Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 535

Chapter 536 : Jingxiang's tongue-to-mouth battle with Jingyang Palace

After Jingxiang arrived in Wancheng, he went directly to the palace to see Deng Sheng without any delay. After learning that Jingxiang had come to Wancheng, Deng Sheng was also very surprised. At this time, shouldn't Jingxiang, who is the division of the Yongping Guard, be on the front line? ?Without any edict, why did Jingxiang come to Wancheng suddenly?However, Deng Sheng still chose to meet Jing Xiang at the first time. After all, the Yiwei army division suddenly came to Wancheng from the front line, there must be something urgent.

"Who came up with this?" In Qianyang Palace, Deng Sheng asked with a blank expression on his face while holding the notebook written by Guan Yu himself, without any trace of waves.

Jing Xiang replied: "Your Majesty, this is what I came up with. The tense situation in Guangling County is not conducive to our army. In order to reverse the situation, our army must make changes. After deliberation, I decided to present it to the king, and ask the king to personally judge!"

"Jingqing, do you know what effect this will have on Deng? I'm afraid the princes in the court will not agree." Deng Sheng sighed and said, Jingxiang's idea is too embarrassing. For decades, Deng Sheng The princes and nobles who have been captured from various countries have been placed under house arrest in Wancheng in disguise, just to eliminate their influence in the local area. Now Jingxiang wants to bring the former Chu nobles to Guangling, which makes Deng Sheng very embarrassed.

It has only been a few years since Guangling County entered the Kingdom of Deng. Although the benevolent government implemented by the Kingdom of Deng in Guangling County in recent years has gradually gained the recognition and support of the people of Guangling County, Deng Sheng knows very well that compared with the former Chu Kingdom, , in the eyes of the people of Guangling County, Deng Guo is not the first. The effect of Chu State's 200-year rule in Guangling County cannot be replaced by a few years of benevolent government.

Jing Xiang nodded, and said: "Of course I know, in fact, I have analyzed this issue with General Guan. Although the rule of my Great Deng in Guangling County is not particularly stable, I am not a nobleman of the Chu Kingdom. It can be easily shaken, and I believe that the nobles of Chu State are somewhat self-aware. It is not ten years ago. Ten years ago, Zhao State first entered the Central Plains, and the foundation was not stable, so they took advantage of the loopholes. But now the general situation of the world is gradually stabilizing. Now, at this moment, it is as difficult as going to heaven to restore the country, so I think it will be all right."

Deng Sheng thought about it carefully, and felt that what Jing Xiang said was quite reasonable. The reason why Chu State was able to restore the country for a short time more than ten years ago was full of too many accidents, and the most important thing was that that At that time, most of Chu's elite soldiers and generals were in the hands of Chu people themselves. In addition, Qi and Wei defeated the Central Plains and were on the verge of collapse. Zhao was eager to stabilize the results of the battle and had no time for others. Once, the state of Chu was really hard to say whether it would be able to successfully restore the country.

But now it is different. Zhao Guo has established a firm foothold in the Central Plains, and Deng Guo has also managed Guangling for many years. Under the pincer attack of the behemoths, it will disappear sooner or later, and by that time, no other Deng country will come out to rescue the nobles of the Chu country. More importantly, after the Chu people entered Deng, the remaining troops were all disbanded. A strong general dies, and a retired one retreats. Without soldiers and without generals, what will the people of Chu do to restore their country?
Deng Sheng pondered for a while, and then said: "Jingqing, I basically have no opinion on the request of you and Guan Qing, but the court officials are not as easy to talk to as the widow, you need to persuade the court officials one by one, Otherwise, it will be difficult for a widow to do it, do you understand?"

What Deng Sheng meant was that there is no problem with me here, but you need to convince all the ministers in the court, otherwise you will have to feel sorry.

Jingxiang was overjoyed when he heard the words, the most important thing is to get Deng Sheng's approval if this matter can be carried out smoothly, and wait until Deng Sheng agrees.This matter is half done. As for persuading the court officials, Jing Xiang also has an idea in his mind. In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there are not many people who can influence this matter. Zhongshuling Cui Hao, Shangshuling Jiang Wan, Men Order Zhang Bin, together with Bao Zheng, the imperial historian, and at most one more general Yao Guangxiao, the military adviser of the Military Aircraft Department, as long as they get the support of these people, others will be easy to handle.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely convince the court officials that this matter is related to the war situation in the Central Plains, and I believe that the court officials will take care of the overall situation." Jing Xiang said.

Deng Sheng nodded, and said: "Well, tomorrow I will call a group of ministers to discuss this matter in the Jingyang Hall. Whether it will go smoothly or not depends on Jing Xiang's eloquence."

After leaving the palace, Jing Xiang did not go back to the post house immediately, but went to visit Zhongshu Ling Cui Hao. Jing Xiang knew that Cui Hao was the most trusted minister of Deng Sheng, and he was known as the number one civil servant of Deng Sheng. Without him, there is basically no problem with this matter.

After coming to Zhongshu Province, facing Jingxiang's request, Cui Hao did not immediately agree to it. He just said that he would not explicitly object, and it would depend on other people's opinions.

Although he did not get Cui Hao's support, it was the best result if Cui Hao did not object, and Jing Xiang was not discouraged, and then visited Jiang Wan and Zhang Bin one after another, with the same attitude as Cui Hao.

The next day, Deng Sheng summoned a group of ministers in the Jingyang Palace. Today is not the time for the grand court meeting. It stands to reason that Deng Sheng would summon some important officials to the Qianyang Palace even if there is any urgent matter. Now the court meeting is held in the Jingyang Palace. more common.

In Jingyang Hall, Deng Sheng ordered someone to read Guan Yu's excerpts, which instantly caused an uproar in the audience. Some agreed, but more were opposed. Among them, Kou Zhun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Hu Weiyong, Minister of the Household Department, were the most fierce.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. Therefore, the nobles of Chu have a high prestige in Guangling County. If the nobles of Chu return to Guangling at this time, they will undoubtedly let the tiger go back to the mountain. If there is a slight change in Guangling County, it may lead to the collapse of the entire Central Plains war. , and made Deng Deng’s ambition of unifying the world go to waste.” Kou Zhun said righteously, and won the support of many people.

At this time, Jing Xiang, who is one of the protagonists of today's war of words against Confucians, came out and retorted: "Kou Shangshu's words are wrong, let's not talk about whether the ancient Chu nobles still have delusions of restoration, even if they do, they don't have the strength , so the nobles of Chu are not stupid, and they don’t even understand such a simple truth, and with the help of the nobles of Chu, the Guangling battle can be opened in an instant, which is very beneficial to the Central Plains war.”

"Hmph!" Hu Weiyong, who was sitting beside Kou Zhun, said to Jing Xiang: "This is just the idea of ​​Jing Junshi's family. Guangling County is very important to my Deng. I believe Jing Junshi is very clear about this, and Therefore, the nobles of Chu have a very high prestige in Guangling County, and a little carelessness will shake the foundation of my great Deng in Guangling County, so how can we pin our hopes on the fact that the nobles of Chu have no dissent?"

Faced with Hu Weiyong's doubts, Jing Xiang did not give in at all, but fought hard with reason, so a situation similar to fighting in a ring appeared in the court, and Deng Sheng on the throne did not stop him when he saw this, but sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, silently Watching, and the three giants of the court did not express any opinions.

Seeing that the quarrel was almost over, Deng Sheng stopped the quarrel, and then asked Wang Meng, the minister of the Ministry of War who had been silent all this time: "Wang Qing, what do you think about this matter?"

Wang Meng, who had always been an invisible person, saw that Deng Sheng had named his name, so he cupped his hands and replied, "Return to your lord, I think the request from the military division and General Guan is all right."

"Wang Shangshu, you..." Seeing that Wang Meng actually agreed, Hu Weiyong was very puzzled and wanted to ask, but was stopped by Deng Sheng.

"Hu Qing, don't talk yet, let Wang Qing finish first." Deng Sheng said.

"Here!"

Wang Meng said: "Just as Master Jing said, let's not talk about whether the old Chu nobles have the intention of restoring, even if they do, with my strength, it is easy to suppress them, so there is no shaking. As far as the foundation is concerned, in addition, the nobles of Chu have a deep hatred for Zhao, and I believe that after he arrives in Guangling, he will definitely be able to incite the people to rebel against the Zhao army, so that the balance of victory will be tilted towards our army, it is not impossible."

Deng Sheng nodded in satisfaction. Wang Meng was still very objective. He did not affirm that the old Chu nobles had any dissenting intentions. Instead, he believed that even if the old Chu nobles had any dissenting intentions, with the strength of Deng Guo, it would be easy to suppress them. thing, so nothing to worry about.

"Cui Qing, Jiang Qing, Zhang Qing, what's your opinion?" After hearing Wang Meng's opinion, Deng Sheng asked the three giants of the court again.

The three of them looked at each other, and then Cui Hao said: "Returning to the king, the minister echoed what Wang Shangshu said. This matter should be fine. If the old Chu nobles really have any dissent, they can be suppressed with Yongpingwei's strength. Besides, Zhao Jun will not sit back and watch the old Chu nobles stir up wind and rain in the rear."

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister seconded the proposal!" Jiang Wan and Zhang Bin also echoed.

With the support of the three giants of the court, Deng Sheng can also make a final conclusion, saying: "If this is the case, then it is correct, but who should be sent to go?"

Seeing that the three giants Cui Hao, Jiang Wan, and Zhang Bin all agreed, and the others knew that this matter could not be changed, and even Kou Zhun and Hu Weiyong had stopped, the others had no objections even more, but the problem now is Who should I send?When it came to this issue, even Jingxiang didn't express his opinion.

After a long time, Zhang Bin said: "My lord, it would be no problem if Xiang Jing, the former prince of Chu, was involved in this matter. However, Xiang Jing has a special status, so I suggest that Xiang Quan should do it? Xiang Quan is the old general of Chu. , is also a member of the old Chu royal family, the prestige is enough, and Xiang Quan is only a distant branch of the old Chu royal family, and the people of Guangling County will not support him to restore the country."

Deng Sheng nodded. Xiang Jing, the old Prince of Chu, would definitely not be able to go to Guangling. After all, he is a direct descendant of the old Chu royal family who is rooted in Zheng Miaohong. If he really incites the people of Guangling County to restore the country, the people of Guangling County will respond There must be a lot, but Xiang Quan is different. Xiang Quan is just a distant branch of the old Chu royal family. to the support of the people.

After making a decision, Deng Sheng said: "That's very good, Cui Qing. After the court is over, you will take the widow's edict and go to Xiang Quan's home with Jingqing."

"Here!" Cui Hao and Jing Xiang replied.

(End of this chapter)