Two hundred and twentieth chapters know ourselves and the enemy
"This matter is of a very bad nature and must be dealt with as a priority. They commit crimes in a gang and will retaliate against those who refuse to hand over their money. They even break into people's homes in the middle of the night and injure people's lives."
After hearing this, both Ling Yiqu and Feng Ying said that this matter was their own negligence and that they would start handling the matter immediately.
Lin Chong rubbed his temples and waved his hands to let them go down. He had too many things to consider now, not only things in the capital, but also things outside the capital.
He took out a letter and spread it on the table to read carefully. The letter did not indicate who wrote it, and it was impossible for him to recognize the handwriting. However, he still knew who sent the letter to him.
Because in addition to this letter, there is also a drawing in the envelope. On the drawing, there are quite beautiful and exquisite rows of small houses arranged according to the Five Elements and Bagua.
He saw this house accidentally when he went to Ivory Hill to purchase food. At that time, Yang Sanzhen told him that the arrangement of those houses was personally designed by their head master Fang Zihuai. Lin Chong was envious for a while and wanted to invite Fang Zihuai to help him.
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Before the food crisis broke out, I reminded him out of good intentions and left a lot of food for him. After that, I neither heard any news about Heifeng Village nor saw anyone in Heifeng Village.
Lin Chong also thought about sending someone to look for him, but he always felt that this was not very authentic and seemed to betray Fang Zihuai's trust and care for him, so he gave up on it.
At this moment, he almost forgot that there was such a number one person. He didn't expect to receive a letter from the other party at this time.
The content of the letter was very short. Although the handwriting was clear, Lin Chong still saw a hint of hurry in it, just like the rush of the invigilator who has collected the papers and stood in front of you but suddenly found that he forgot to write his name.
The Qing Dynasty has entered the customs, and the vassal kings are pressing hard. There are internal and external troubles. I hope your majesty will make plans in advance.
Lin Chong frowned and thought about the two short lines in the letter. Everyone knew that the Manchus entered the customs, but why did he get involved with the affairs of the vassal king? Could he be hinting that there were many people among his vassal kings?
Let Ergon collude.
The more I think about it, the more likely it is that the vassal king is pressing forward. Is there someone in Chen Luan who has plans for the capital, no, for the throne?
All he could guess were some old acquaintances, such as King Hui who was kicked out by Wei Changqing because he failed to get any benefits in the capital, King Ji who thought he would secure the throne but was unexpectedly pulled down, and those who failed to rebel and died in the capital.
King Xiang.
He understands these to some extent, and he is not unsure if they really want to fight. He is afraid that behind these rookies are real master-level players. The opponent has already memorized his pitiful history, but he knows nothing about them.
You know, this is what he is most worried about.
There are also those who cooperated with Dorgon and the others. This must be such a crazy move. Letting Dorgon enter the customs is to lure the wolf into the house. It is easy to invite the gods but difficult to send them away. Even if you really become the emperor, will you be sure?
Kick them out?
Lin Chong had a vague hunch that if things got too big this time, he might not be able to do anything good. In the end, if the situation was really beyond his control, then the only option left would be to move the capital.
Lin Chong no longer knows who Fang Zihuai is. When he first met him, he seemed to be a bandit leader from a small mountain. The only difference is that he is a high-level intellectual bandit leader.
But today, he actually sent himself a letter saying "I hope your majesty will make plans soon". It's shocking as you can imagine, just like you found out that your good-for-nothing roommate who lives in the dormitory every day and only knows how to play games can actually do it at any time.
It’s like transforming into a superman to save the world. I don’t know how I should feel when facing him.
Lin Chong has an advantage, that is, he temporarily stops thinking about things that he cannot understand, and instead thinks about something useful. For example, he has called the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of the Ministry of War to the Imperial Study Room.
"Don't be nervous, dear sirs. I've called you here today just to have a casual chat and see what you two think of the vassal kings." He really had no choice but to learn some experiences and lessons from others.
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Ni Yuanlu and Zhang Guowei looked at each other, and Ni Yuanlu stood up first: "I don't know which vassal king your Majesty wants to ask about. After the peasant uprising, many vassal kings died or fled, and there are not many vassal kings who still exist."
Lin Chong held his chin and looked like a good student working tirelessly: "I know it was Zhang Xianzhong who beat him in the south, but it seems that Zuo Liangyu dealt with him a few days ago and is still chasing him now."
Zhang Guowei nodded; "Indeed, General Zuo performed very bravely this time. Apart from the palaces that have been captured by the rebels, the more powerful ones now should be King Hui of Jingzhou Prefecture and King Rui of Hanzhong Prefecture. These two
The two princes are brothers and have a relatively close relationship. In addition, there are also Prince Heng who has just succeeded to adulthood in recent years, Prince Yi and Prince Huai who have always been hidden and rarely communicate with the outside world. Others,
I don’t know.”
Lin Chong nodded, that's pretty much it. Next, let's take a closer look at these few. In addition to these two ministers, Lin Chong also asked others about the situation. He wanted to know himself and the enemy as much as possible in the shortest possible time.
However, the result was not satisfactory. After all, each vassal king succeeded and changed his position many times. Some stayed for many years, and some only sat in the position for a few years before being pulled down by their brothers. As for the people in various places,
In terms of strength, it is recognized that the only ones that are more powerful are Prince Heng’s Palace, Prince Huai’s Palace, and Prince Zhou’s Palace.
It happened that these Lin Chongs were not familiar with each other, so they crammed in their homework for a few days.
When he was alone in the imperial study, he remembered what Fang Zihuai had hinted that someone might be secretly helping the Manchus enter the country. Considering the ultimatum sent back by Wu Sangui before, the originally smooth plan was suddenly interrupted, and there was an unknown person.
Someone showed up, and now I think this must have been the work of a certain prince.
But what Lin Chong was curious about was that there must be very few people who knew about this kind of thing, so how did Fang Zihuai know about it?
Does he have some secret source of information or is he also a pawn in this interlocking chess game?
Just when everyone in the capital was worried about the possibility of robbery gangs and vassal kings entering the capital, a force had quietly taken shape in the coastal areas of Zhejiang.
Zuo Liangyu chased Zhang Xianzhong all the way to Yangzhou, but he did not dare to act rashly once he entered the territory of Yangzhou. Zhang Xianzhong was much tougher than him here, and he had to think carefully about what he wanted to do.