Chapter 777 When time comes, heaven and earth all work together
Zhongshu Province, Zuo Prime Minister's Yamen.
The courtyard was shaded from the sun and guarded by military guards. It was quiet and there was no one around.
Hu Weiyong was looking through thick books with Chen Ning, the newly appointed Zhongshu Zuocheng, while discussing something in a low voice.
Peng Geng, the former Zhongshu Zuocheng, was sent to Zhejiang by Hu Weiyong to serve as chief envoy because he was really embarrassed about his big job.
The seat vacated by Peng Geng was taken over by Chen Ning, the imperial censor.
Chen Ning was Li Shanchang's loyal supporter left to Hu Weiyong. Over the years, the two have communicated privately and become best friends.
Moreover, Chen Ning was born as a minor official in the Yuan Dynasty. In order to make a career, he took the initiative to join Boss Zhu and had no Confucian rules in his mind.
This kind of person is often powerful, courageous, and daring. Later, when he became the prefect of Suzhou, he resolutely implemented Boss Zhu's punitive taxation. When the gentry and common people in Suzhou resisted the tax, he was caught and served with a red-hot iron.
To this day, people in Suzhou still talk about him and call him "Chen Branding Iron".
When he became the imperial censor, he would be more stubborn and could not be offended.
His son Chen Menglin couldn't stand it anymore and gave him many admonitions. Once, Chen Ning was so angry that he beat his son hundreds of times with a cane and beat him to death.
Even a ruthless man like Boss Zhu was very dissatisfied with his inhumanity when he found out. He once said to Hu Weiyong: "Chen Ning treats his own son like this, how can he have such a heart for his father?"
Hu Weiyong then spread this word to Chen Ning's ears. Chen Ning was really frightened and resolutely joined Hu Weiyong's rebel gang and became his right-hand man, a hundred times more powerful than Peng Geng before.
Therefore, Hu Weiyong did not hide anything from Chen Ning, and even took out the top secret of the Metropolitan Governor's Office - "The Register of Military and Horses in the World" and studied it with him.
Through this book, the deployment, number of soldiers, number of officers, general information, and equipment of the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty can be seen at a glance.
It is no exaggeration to say that there is no more deadly secret in the entire Ming Dynasty than this.
"This is a good thing..." Chen Ning fumbled with the pages of the album with slightly trembling hands, and whispered: "If it falls into the hands of an enemy country, why don't you take advantage of our troops at will?"
"Hey, it's a pity that there is no decent enemy country." Hu Weiyong said regretfully: "Bei Yuan was hiding in Mobei and did not dare to go south. King Liang stayed in a corner, hiding his head and waiting to die. It would be useless even if Wang Baobao was there.
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"Isn't that useless?" Chen Ning glanced at Hu Weiyong. Others rebelled for the sake of his own advancement, but Hu Xiang rebelled to avenge his son. Therefore, he always had a resentment that wanted to attract wolves into the house, and wanted to tear the Ming Dynasty apart.
A smash.
But precisely because of this, many careerists are willing to engage with him so that they can wait to pick peaches.
"Hey, you are short-sighted. Of course you can use this kind of good thing yourself." Hu Weiyong shook his head and said: "You can tell a lot of things through it, such as which army has a silver pewter gun tip, don't worry about it.
Which army can be brought over, and which army must be dismembered in advance."
"Give it to the Marquis of Jiangyin and the Marquis of Ji'an to ensure that it will be even more powerful than a tiger." He thought for a moment and said, "We can't let them see the whole picture. We can only copy part of it that is relevant to them."
"They were in the Governor's Mansion before. They should have seen this thing, right?" Chen Ning said.
"I've seen it before. It's been so long, and the soldiers and horses everywhere have changed a lot." Hu Weiyong said lightly: "They can see more things from the changes than we can."
"That's right. Now that Ding Yu has become the Governor-General of the Left, how could he have dared to think about it before?" Chen Ning said seriously, "This is just asking God to let Prime Minister Hu succeed."
"Haha..." Hu Weiyong smiled reservedly, and his smile was obviously a little more confident than usual.
That Ding Yu was originally a subordinate of Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er, but later joined Boss Zhu. In the past, no matter how great his merits, such a person would never get the chance to get the position of the Left Governor of the Dudu Mansion.
But since last year, Boss Zhu has kicked out all the marquises from the Dudu Mansion. Since the beginning of the spring, Cao Guogong was tired of work due to illness, and Song Guogong was also sent by Boss Zhu to train in Henan. The Dudu Mansion was promoted by Ding Yu and a group of new recruits.
The officer who came up took charge.
Moreover, he was Hu Weiyong's in-law. His promotion to the position was inseparable from Prime Minister Hu's strong recommendation, otherwise Hu Weiyong would not be able to read this "Book of Military and Horses of the World".
Ding Yu's rise to the throne immediately made up for Hu Weiyong's biggest shortcoming, which inevitably gave him the feeling that "every time comes and heaven and earth are united", and even firmly believed that his rebellion was in line with God's will.
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"But after reading this "Record of Military and Horses of the World", I have two worries." After Chen Ning finished flattering, he expressed his worries to Hu Weiyong:
"One is the army or the world in Huaixi. It is difficult to control the overall situation just by relying on those few marquis standing aside. Even if we are lucky enough to succeed, the world will be in chaos and the warlords will be divided. Maybe we will make wedding clothes for others.
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"Well, your worries are very reasonable." Hu Weiyong nodded heavily and said, "So we still have to persuade the Korean prince to join the group, and rely on his prestige to control Huaixi."
"Yang Wenyu has almost arrived in Fengyang, right?" Chen Ning asked:
"Is there any letter yet?"
"Not yet." Hu Weiyong shook his head and said, "But it will be soon. Let's talk about the second point."
"That's the general. On the Xuan Da Ji Liao front line, there are a total of 300,000 troops, all listening to his orders." Chen Ning said worriedly: "When the general gives the order and returns to the army, King Qin, who in the world can rival him?"
"Yes, Xu Da is the biggest trouble." Hu Weiyong said depressedly: "He is the emperor's eldest child, his son and daughter's in-laws, and his dead brother. There is no way to win over him."
"But if we don't deal with him, I'm afraid no one will follow us." Chen Ning said with a dry mouth.
"Fortunately, there is always a path," Hu Weiyong couldn't help but proudly revealed: "General Xu married a careless little wife."
"Xie?" Chen Ning's eyes lit up.
"She is Xie Zaixing's daughter. The emperor killed her father and married her to her uncle. Isn't this laying a trap for the general?" Hu Weiyong said quietly.
Landmines were invented in the Song Dynasty, so there is no problem in saying so.
"Fuck..." Chen Ning said in shock: "Xiang Hu instigated Xie Zaixing's daughter to rebel?"
"It's a long story. All you need to know is that she is willing to cooperate with us in assassinating the general." Hu Weiyong whispered: "When Yang Wenyu sends a reply, Beiping will launch a campaign. At the same time, we will launch a campaign and ask the emperor and the prince to give it to me.
A son pays for his life!"
"How confident are we here?" Chen Ning asked again in a trembling voice.
"Our side is naturally the highlight." Hu Weiyong chuckled, but said without telling him in detail: "Just wait and see the good show."
"Oh, then I'll have to worry all day again." Chen Ning sighed.
"Just telling you, don't you need to be worried?" Hu Weiyong asked lightly.
"That's true." Chen Ning smiled bitterly and said, "I know, maybe I'm even more worried."
