Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 659
The yamen of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi had already been waiting for several officials and staff of the shogunate. They didn't know what Wang Yan was calling for, and they were discussing a lot, when suddenly one of them said, "Here we are." As soon as he said those words, the hall became quiet , everyone looked together, and saw Wang Yan walking into the hall with a happy face.

Everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Welcome Your Highness!"

Wang Yan was obviously in a good mood. He waved his hand happily, went straight to the middle hall and sat down, and then signaled everyone to sit down too.

Seeing this, Wang Fuzhi asked with a smile: "Seeing that His Highness is full of happiness, I don't know what kind of happy event is there, so he called me to come here."

"Brother, sit down." Wang Yan stretched out his hand, glanced at everyone, and paid off, "There is indeed a happy event. Can you guess a thing or two?"

Everyone listened and looked at each other a few times, but they couldn't guess that there was any great joy, and there was no war recently.

"May I ask Your Highness, why are you so happy?" Chen Bangyan asked with a salute.

Wang Yan showed a smile, looked at the crowd and said: "Gu just received the news that Jianyi is in conflict, and Hauge is occupying Sichuan and Shaanxi in the west. It seems that he has the heart of proclaiming the emperor by breaking with Dorgon. Do you feel happy?"

Everyone listened, but didn't react, why?What about Jianyi's split?When they came back to their senses, their faces flushed with joy.

"Haha, this is indeed a great joy!"

"Jianyi is in conflict, and it's Hauge, this is a godsend opportunity for our dynasty!"

For a moment, the hall was full of laughter, Wang Yan looked at the crowd with a smile, his eyes fell to a corner, but seeing Wang Fuzhi and Gu Yanwu were not very happy, his heart sank suddenly.

"Your Highness, if the news is true and Jianyi is divided into east and west, then many of my strategies for the future must be changed." Chen Bangyan said after discussing for a while.

After hearing this, Wang Yan put aside the thoughts in his head, but obviously lost the joy he had just now. He straightened his body slightly, and said solemnly: "I invite you all here to discuss this matter. This suggestion In the future, should our focus be dealing with Hauge or Dorgon?"

Daming's enemies split into two, how to take advantage of Jianyi's internal strife is a big problem.

After Wang Yan finished speaking, some guards opened the sand table, and some scribes stepped forward to replace the small flags of the cities in Sichuan and Shaanxi with white.

A group of people gathered around, observed carefully, and after a while, they began to discuss and argue.

"Your Highness, Dorgon's envoy for peace is in Guangjing. Regardless of whether it is true or not, it is better to respond first, and then turn around to deal with the weak Hauge. The army will first go to Sichuan and Shu, then enter Guanzhong, and then turn back to deal with Dorgon." Qu Cong looked straight and saluted.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Bangyan shook his head, "The officials dare not agree with Qu Futai's words. The current situation is like the Three Kingdoms. In comparison, Dorgon is the strongest, and my dynasty is the second, and Haoge is the most powerful." Weak, there is no reason to attack Hauge first. Not to mention that His Highness’s previous preparations were all for the recovery of Jiangnan, it is difficult to change course at this time, and if His Highness attacks Hauge first, how could Dorgon ignore it.”

Qu Congzhi was an old man in Yangzhou. After Wang Yan managed Guangdong, he, together with He Gang, Wang Zanjue and others, quit the army and became a civil servant because he did not have a team of civil servants who could manage the area. Recently, Wang Yan operated him as the governor of Guangdong.

Qu Congzhi was not persuaded, "My strategy is to start with the easy and then the difficult. If the court deals with Dorgon, will Hauge do nothing? I think what Secretary Chen said doesn't make sense."

Chen Bangyan went on to say: "How do you say it doesn't make sense? This time, if we operate properly, we will gain big benefits. If it is not done properly, we will gain small benefits. In my opinion, the strategy of Qu Futai is small benefits."

This was a normal internal debate, but it would turn red in the face of an argument. Qu Cong listened straight and cupped his hands, "Then Secretary Chen's is Dali? I wish to hear more about it."

Chen Bangyan was not polite. He followed Wang Yan to the north and south, and among the many shogunate staff, he was considered the most knowledgeable soldier. "In my opinion, there are at least three possibilities to attack Haoge first. Jianyi has no faith. The first is to take advantage of His Highness to deal with Haoge and attack Chu Gan again. In this case, Jianyi's internal strife has not been used at all. This advantage. Second, when His Highness attacked Sichuan and Shu, Dorgon took the opportunity to send troops to attack Guanzhong, and the two families shared Sichuan and Shaanxi. But now Sichuan and Sichuan are in my hands, and all that His Highness can get is the city. The land with Northern Sichuan, this is Xiaoli. Thirdly, if His Highness attacks Hauge first, it may also cause Hauge and Dorgon to compromise and join forces again, then we will lose a great opportunity."

After listening to it, everyone thought about it carefully, and found that there were three situations that could be caused, even Qu Congzhi nodded, and asked in a different tone: "Then hit Dorgon first, what will happen?"

Wang Yan and everyone turned their attention to Chen Bangyan. He paused for a moment, and straightened his thoughts: "Although Jianyi has internal struggles, it has always been united externally. This time, Hauge actually competed with Dorgon based on Sichuan and Shaanxi. It can be described as unprecedented. I think the imperial court must cherish this rare opportunity. First of all, it is to instigate Hauge to proclaim himself emperor as soon as possible, completely break with Dorgon, and cut off the possibility of the two parties converging. After the two parties are completely hostile , Hauge is weaker than Dorgon, and he doesn't want Dorgon to be too strong, so when the court attacks Dorgon, his most likely choice is to wait and see what happens, and take advantage of the court and Dorgon. Fighting and accumulating strength in secret."

After listening to it for a long time, Wang Yan had an idea in his mind. He was not in favor of a peace negotiation. At most, he agreed to a truce. A peace agreement is to recognize the status of the other party.

At this time, all the ministries of the Ming army were preparing to attack Jiangnan, and wanted to change course. It was not something that could be changed in a short time. He waved his hand to end the following discussion, "What do you think?"

He wanted to end the discussion, seeing that everyone supported that opinion, several people glanced at each other, Qu Congzhi came out first and said: "Your official agrees with Secretary Chen's statement."

Seeing that Qu Congzhi was not insisting, several people also expressed that they should beat Dorgon first.

Wang Yan nodded, but such a big matter cannot be decided in one meeting. He is only initially unifying internal opinions. Recently, he will definitely discuss it repeatedly. Think about it, tomorrow we will continue to perfect Mr. Chen's strategy here, and when the discussion is thorough, we will write it down and play it in the book."

Several people listened and bowed to leave, but Wang Yan said: "Brother and Mr. Gu are staying, I still have something to explain."

When Wang Fuzhi and Gu Yanwu heard the words, they stopped and stood aside, watching everyone walk out of the hall.

After everyone left, Wang Yan raised his hand to let the two of them sit down, and was about to speak when an official came outside the hall. Seeing Wang Yanduan sitting in the middle hall, he saluted at the door and said, "His Royal Highness, He Ge Department sent someone to come Please, I hope His Highness can rush to the Ministry of Rites to discuss matters."

Wang Yan frowned slightly when He Wuzhen invited him. Could it be that he wanted to discuss peace with him.

Wang Yan hesitated slightly, pondered for a while, finally stood up, and said to Wang Fuzhi and his wife: "Since the He Ge Department has something to do with finding orphans, then elder brother and Mr. Gu can do their own thing."

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(End of this chapter)