Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 780 The rising sun
Seeing Yu Taichu coming in, Wang Yan frowned, feeling a little bad in his heart, could it be that something has happened to the two feudal clans while they were discussing, or that Lu Fan was planning to leave Nanjing?

At this moment, Wang Yan's face darkened, and when he stepped forward, he couldn't help asking: "But what happened?"

After Yu Taichu approached, he cupped his fists and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, just now the people who monitored King Lu came to report that Shen Chenquan left King Lu's barracks and went south secretly."

Wang Yan was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around and said to the guard beside him: "Go, Lord Chen, Lord Fang, and Lord Gu, please come back."

Hearing the order, the personal guard hurriedly chased them out, and led several officials who had already walked out of the hall, and returned to the hall after a while.

At this time Wang Yan asked Yu Taichu: "Do you know what Shen Chenquan is going to do?"

"It's not clear how to send someone to follow me in a humble position." Yu Taichu clasped his fists and said.

Wang Yan frowned, waved his hand, and signaled him to stand aside first.

"Everyone, what is the intention of King Lu sending Shen Chenquan to go south secretly?"

At this time, Wang Yan will be highly vigilant against any move of the two vassals.

Chen Bangyan and the others re-entered the hall. Before they were seated, they heard Wang Yan ask each other.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't figure it out for a moment. Fang Fengnian thought for a while after hearing this, and guessed, "Could it be that you want to appease Zhejiang?"

Fang Fengnian was originally a bachelor of Lu Jianguo in Shaoxing Jianguo. After the Eastern Zhejiang Revolution, Lu Jianguo was exiled to the sea, and he moved to Wuchang.

After Wang Yan established a vassal in Wuchang, his faction urgently needed Fang Fengnian, an experienced old bureaucrat, so he was absorbed into the Chu party.

Just like Zhang Kentang, a scholar of the Longwu court, who is now a capable officer of the King Lu family, Fang Fengnian is also impressed by Wang Yan, and he has been an official for many years and is seasoned, and now he is also a very capable member of the Chu Party.

Fang Fengnian is from Zhejiang, and he is familiar with King Lu's faction and Zhejiang, so he can make a good guess.

Wang Yan listened to his words and looked at Chen Bangyan, probably it was true.

"Your Highness, I think Mr. Fang is right." Gu Yanwu said, "The family of the King of Lu is inextricably linked with Zhejiang. Now below Nanjing, the spread of Zhejiang can be confirmed. The King of Lu must be going to appease the eastern part of Zhejiang."

Wang Yan frowned slightly. Now Daming is a imperial court in name. In fact, there are three great vassals, and Wang Yan himself is the largest one. Otherwise, Ken will still fight a civil war in the future.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid King Lu not only wants to appease Zhedong, but also wants to bring all the [-] to [-] Qing troops in Zhejiang and Fujian into his pocket."

Chen Bangyan is not from Zhejiang, but after Fang Fengnian mentioned it, his train of thought returned, and he pointed out the key point.

Now that the Tang and Lu factions have soldiers and land, Wang Yan said that it is impossible to restrict them, and the fruits of the recovery of Nanjing this time must be divided between the two feudal clans. This is something that cannot be stopped. Wang Yan's military strength It can't take up so much land, and there is a serious shortage of officials in the vassal state, and there are not so many officials to take over the land.

However, there is also a saying about how to divide the fruits. Wang Yan, the tens of thousands of Qing troops, absolutely does not want to see it fall into the hands of King Lu's family, so Tang Lu's balance will be broken.

Wang Yan frowned, pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "King Lu has a unique advantage in Zhejiang. We can't compare with King Tang in this regard, but the tens of thousands of Qing soldiers cannot be occupied by King Lu alone. Mr. Fang People from Zhejiang, this feudal clan asked Dai Zhifan to lead 3 people to go with Mr. Fang, and Mr. Fang worked so hard to recruit as many as he could."

Wang Yan was about to snatch someone from King Lu's teeth. Fang Fengnian cupped his hands, "I still have some contacts in Zhejiang, so I will do my best to live up to Your Highness's trust."

Wang Yan nodded, but his face was still a little uneasy. In Zhejiang, his faction was not familiar with the place, and he didn't even know where to go if he wanted to recruit others, but the Lu Wang faction was familiar with it.

Wang Yan was still worried that King Lu would recruit too many troops at once, so he hesitated for a moment, so he added: "Sun Shoufa is still struggling to pass the customs. King Lu's recruiting of Zhejiang, Fujian and Qing troops can be sent to Tang Wang and the others."

"Your Majesty knows!"

Chen Bangyan quickly understood Wang Yan's intention, which was to let Tang Wang also join in and compete with Lu Wang. He immediately bowed his hands and wanted to leave.

But just as they turned around, Wang Yan suddenly regretted, "Wait!"

Several people stood still after hearing the words, Wang Yan pondered for a while before saying: "Don't tell Tang Wang, wait until the matter is settled tomorrow!"

Chen Bangyan was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and cupped his hands to show that he understood.

Seeing this, Wang Yan nodded, waved them away, and turned around to enter the back hall.

Just after Nanjing, there are still many things that have not been done, such as the search of the treasury, the liquidation of the bannerman's property, and the trial of the surrendered officials.

In addition to not doing these things that should be done, the entire administrative system in the newly liberated area is also in chaos.

In the entire Jiangnan area, Wang Yan has soldiers but no officials, and Tang Fan has few officers and soldiers. The two sides are essentially independent of each other. There is no way to do many things.

In the early morning of the next day, the morning sun rose from the east and shone on the golden glazed tiles of the imperial city, shining brightly yellow, showing the majesty and majesty of the palace city.

The sun is rising in the east, and there is Ming Dynasty in the east. The ancient empire seems to be exuding vigorous vitality again like the rising sun.

The palace gate was wide open, and Lu Fan, who was wearing a four-clawed dragon robe, led a group of officials in scarlet robes to enter in a file, passed between the red palace walls, and went straight to the meeting hall.

Not long after, Jin Shenghuan and Zheng Chenggong, who wore scarlet gowns, beam crowns and lion patches on their chests, also entered the palace gate with a group of ministers.

Wang Yan rested for a night, cheered up, changed into the clothes of the county king, and led the officials in scarlet robes and green robes to the outside of the imperial city.

The three parties passed through the marble corridor between the palace walls one by one, and all of them cheered up and fought with all their strength to decide in one fell swoop the future of the next 20 years of the Ming Dynasty.

In the meeting hall, the three parties still stood on one side, but this time they did not tear it apart at the beginning, and both sides seemed to be quite prepared.

The hall was quiet for a while, Wang Yan, as a peacemaker, still stood up first, coughed lightly, and then said: "It has been two or three days since Nanjing was restored, but everything cannot be carried out because of the issue of succession. I am a general, Commanding the armies during the war, and presiding over the discussion here today, I hope that all parties must compromise with each other today, discuss a result, establish a new monarch as soon as possible, and then form a cabinet, so that political affairs can proceed smoothly."

Wang Yan paused for a while, glanced at both sides, and then said: "Everyone has discussed for a whole night yesterday, let's talk about your views today."

(End of this chapter)