In the Qingcheng City of Yun Kingdom, in the Hall of Yangxin.
Guo Xie and Feng Bao, the two chief secret agents of the Yun State, were standing in the main hall with their heads bowed, silently waiting for Xiao Cheng to ask questions.
At this time, Xiao Cheng looked at the urgent report Wu Zixu had just sent from Dejiang County in his hand, raised his brows slightly, tapped the imperial case with his knuckles, and murmured to himself:
"Yixian..."
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Cheng's voice deepened and he suddenly said:
"Wang Zhi!"
Next to Xiao Cheng, at the position where Feng Bao had been serving, now stood a handsome young eunuch.
After hearing Xiao Cheng's words, the young eunuch immediately stepped forward and replied respectfully:
"My slave is here."
[Blue Training Card, Admiral West Factory
Card effect: After using it, you will get Wangzhi and Yuhuatian.
Card explanation: Every time Zhi comes out, there will be a large number of followers, and all the officials will avoid the way.
Wang Zhi, a eunuch during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty...
Martial power 60, Literature 71, Wisdom 84, Morality 70, Age 27, Dominance 78, Politics 75, Charisma 70, Loyalty 100, Ambition 62
Yuhuatian...
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Xiao Cheng said in a deep voice:
"Draft a decree and order the Ministry of Industry to recruit personnel to Yixian County to help Zheng Guo dredge the waterways in Yixian County. The people of the country must ask Xiao Yu, the Chief Secretary of Shicheng County, to provide the necessary supplies without any mistakes!"
"In addition, I will also send a message to the Lujiang River to prepare three animals to sacrifice to the Lujiang Dragon King. Let him go to Yixian and use the power of the Lujiang River to help dredge the Yixian river as soon as possible!"
Xiao Cheng believed in Zheng Guo's talent in water conservancy. Since he felt that Wu Zixu's plan was not nonsense, Xiao Cheng should naturally ask his subordinates to cooperate fully!
Wang Zhi heard this and immediately bowed in response.
Xiao Cheng raised his eyebrows and suddenly said:
"There is also news from the sticky pole. Previously, at the Xia Kingdom's court, Xia Emperor Yu Zhaoling and a group of civil and military officials also discovered the important place in Yixian and began to use soldiers and horses from Anshun and Shaoyang counties.
, I want to do my best to stop it. If the two countries are to fight again, it is just around the corner!"
Having said this, Xiao Cheng looked solemn, looked at Feng Bao who was waiting in the hall, and said in a deep voice:
"If Zhong Zizhuo were to snoop around and have too much contact with Xia Kingdom's various responses and arrangements, it would easily arouse suspicion. The amount of money I allocate to your Dongchang every year is no less than what Shang Yu has in reserve, so at this time,
Your Dongchang will not disappoint me!"
Speaking of which, although Zhong Zizuo has now been promoted to the second rank of embroidered clothing envoy, the information on the movement of ordnance supplies and the movement of troops and horses is not as clear as when he was the deputy envoy of the Southwest Transportation Department.
After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. The Southwest Transfer Department is responsible for the movement of supplies, the transportation of troops and horses, and military intelligence is readily available.
Although the Xiuyi Envoy has great power in the Xia Kingdom, he cannot intervene openly and inquire about the military. If he shows too much concern for this information, it will inevitably arouse suspicion over time.
Zhong Zizuo's current identity is extremely important, so naturally he must try his best to hide his identity.
If Xiao Cheng had asked this question a few months ago, Feng Bao would have felt guilty.
After all, Dongchang's strength in all aspects of Jinling City is no better than that of Sticky Stick Department.
Previously, Dongchang's focus had been on the Yun Kingdom and the Li Dynasty. It was not until the Li Dynasty surrendered that Dongchang transferred and dispatched capable personnel to the Xia Kingdom to start planning.
Moreover, in the Xia Kingdom, Dongchang did not have the help of a high-level embroiderer like Zhong Zizuo, so its strength did not develop quickly, and its many performances were always not as good as those of Sticky Stick Department.
But now Dongchang, after half a year of development, has a sufficient foundation.
Even some time ago, Xiao Cheng randomly found a reason to arrange for Bian Liuyun's master to join Dongchang, and completely brought the intelligence network composed of Yinjia disciples under Dongchang's command.
So at this time, after hearing Xiao Cheng's inquiry, Feng Bao looked proud and said immediately:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty! Nowadays, many dignitaries in Jinling City have their own personnel from Dongchang. It is more convenient to inquire about military arrangements than at Shang Yu's backup office."
Disciples of the music family mostly use the status of "music teacher" or "music guest minister" to enter and leave the mansions of the powerful and sit at the banquets of the powerful. Fragments of news are more convenient than the embroiderers.
Hearing this, Xiao Cheng nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Next, you have two things to do separately!"
Guo Xie and Feng Bao both bowed and said:
"Please give me your Majesty's orders!"
"First, find out as much information as possible about the southwest. This matter has just been mentioned. It is more convenient for the East Factory, so the East Factory will be responsible for the investigation!"
"Second, check the person named Gong Yingzong! He is now a member of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy. It would be easier for Shang Yu to check through Zhong Zizuo."
Xiao Cheng had heard the name Gong Yingzong twice before.
Once, I heard about it from the strategist Zhang Yue. Another time, I learned about it from the information at Sticky Rod.
Originally, no one in the Xia Kingdom's court cared much about the loss of Yixian County. Due to limited knowledge, everyone in the Xia Kingdom did not even think about Wu Zixu's plan to dredge the waterways in Yixian County.
On the contrary, Gong Yingzong, although he was in Jiangcheng Mansion, was able to see through Wu Zixu's plan at a glance, and he also quickly gave advice through Feng Chu, which attracted enough attention.
Xiao Cheng keenly felt that if such a person was left alone, he would cause him a lot of trouble sooner or later!
After hearing Xiao Cheng's instructions, the two men immediately bowed and said in unison:
"O ministers, please obey your Majesty's will!"——
At this time, thousands of miles away in Anguo Shanluo County.
On the mountain roads that were rarely used by people in the past, there are many Anguo martial arts people wearing powerful clothes and different styles.
A group of martial arts people bowed to each other, greeted people they knew well, and headed towards the mountain peak in front of them. The atmosphere was very lively.
Shanluo County, due to the dense mountains and forests in the county, making it easy to hide, is now a well-known place for rebels in Anguo.
In particular, Rong Yichun, the leader of the Fuli Army, who was regarded by the Anguo court as the number one rebel, scattered his soldiers and horses in the mountains, and often organized his troops to attack everywhere, harassing counties and counties, and overwhelmed the soldiers and horses of the Anguo court.
As for the people in the martial arts world, most of them are brave and courageous. They are naturally dissatisfied with the current situation of the imperial court surrendering to the Yun Kingdom, losing the title of country and king, and accepting the canonization of Emperor Yun.
The assassinations of Anguo court officials, Yunjun generals, and even the assassinations of Yang Dayan and Anwang Lihu happened from time to time, and most of them were carried out by these people.
After Yang Dayan was assassinated once before, he said angrily that even if he captured ten of these Anguo martial arts people and killed nine, there would still be some traitors who slipped through the net.
And in a rebel stronghold like Shanluo County, it is obviously very unusual for so many people from the martial arts world to suddenly appear, who are regarded as unstable factors by the Anguo court!
In front of the group of martial artists, several Fuli soldiers in armor were leading the group towards the mountains.
After walking through the winding mountain road and walking for a long time in the dense and confusing forest, a camp hidden in the valley suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
At this time, many people had already gathered in the camp, all of whom were members of the Anguo martial arts community dressed in different styles.
Seeing someone else coming, Rong Yichun, who was wearing the official uniform of the previous Li Dynasty, immediately went up to him personally, bowed his hands to the martial arts people who came from afar, and said with a smile:
"Rong Yichun, I have met all of you martyrs. I am extremely grateful that you can come to my National Restoration Conference today!"
The National Restoration Conference, with a concise and clear name, is obviously a gathering of those who have a heart for the Li Dynasty and the country, to come to the conference to discuss how to drive away the Yun Kingdom's soldiers and horses!
When a group of martial arts people saw Rong Yichun saluting, whether they were famous martial arts veterans who were over sixty years old or young boys who were just starting out, they all quickly returned the salute and said they didn't dare.
As the leader of the rebel army with the most famous reputation in Anguo, and his righteous deed of returning to Shenglong Mansion alone in times of crisis to kill the traitors who betrayed the martyrs, Rong Yichun has a high reputation both in the underworld and in the white world.
Scary.
Rong Yichun said a few words in a warm voice and greeted all the martial arts people in front of him, and then arranged for someone to lead them to the camp.
When everyone was sent away and only a few of his confidants were around, Rong Yichun removed his smiling face, frowned, and lowered his voice:
"Why are there so many people? Are they really not afraid of death?"
Rong Yichun appears to be the leader of the rebel army, but in fact, he is a spy of the East Factory of the Yun Kingdom. It is precisely because of Dongchang's many layouts that he was able to achieve the goal in less than two years.
, achieved such a prestigious status.
Since he took command of the rebel army, he has been constantly consuming the most loyal remnants of the Li Dynasty. At the same time, with the tacit cooperation of Dongchang, he also deliberately allowed him to capture several cities, making his reputation more and more prosperous.
Today's National Restoration Conference was held because of the deliberate arrangement by Dongchang. The troops led by Rong Yichun took advantage of the lack of troops in the Anguo court to "recover" Shanluo County in three days and seized a large amount of grain and grass supplies.
The senior leaders of the Restoration Army were very excited about this and urged Rong Yichun to hold this so-called Restoration Conference, firstly to declare the achievements of their own Restoration Army, and secondly, to boost the people's increasingly weak resistance to the Yun Kingdom.
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Rong Yichun was naturally reluctant, but after repeated insistence from the senior officials of the Fuli Army, he had no choice but to agree.
Now that he saw that this conference had attracted so many martial arts people, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.
Is it true that the people of An An are so resistant to Dayun's rule?
The few confidants around Rong Yichun were naturally hired by Dongchang.
At this time, hearing Rong Yichun's solemn tone, someone whispered back:
"Not all of these people are harboring remnants of the Li Dynasty. People in the martial arts world like to make friends with each other to build up their courage, but they also attach great importance to face. It seems that many of them are rejected by their relatives and friends.
Brother brought me here. In fact, in my heart, I may not dare to be my enemy, Dayun..."
Hearing this, Rong Yichun couldn't help but nodded and whispered:
"Indeed, the people are very grateful to General Yang for his benevolent policies. If nothing else, there were many people in the army who fled secretly. I am afraid they were attracted back home by the land distribution policy."
Although people in the martial arts world always like to make some noise, which is very troublesome, as long as the people do not resist the rule of the Yun Kingdom and are not easily incited by others, that is enough!
At this moment, the sound of footsteps was faintly heard again in the mountain road ahead.
The conversation between the few people suddenly stopped, and they quickly put on their smiling faces and began to greet everyone.
After a while, several capable voices appeared on the mountain road, walking quickly towards the camp.
Before those people could get closer, a Dongchang fan next to Rong Yichun suddenly pointed at one of them, lowered his voice, and reminded:
"Sir, looking at the way that man walks, he seems to be from the military!"
Rong Yichun and the others were secret agents, and they were doing lurking work, so they were very sensitive.
Some people who were born in the military and were brave enough to fight had gathered under Rong Yichun's men early, and most of them had already died on the battlefield.
At this time, several people with military backgrounds suddenly came. Their first reaction was that these people were probably sent by the Anguo court!
The Anguo court did not know Rong Yichun's identity as Dongchang, but they really regarded Rong Yichun as the number one rebel.
"Born in the military?" Rong Yichun frowned.
At this time, another Dongchang fan continued to remind:
"Look at the thin man who is hiding behind others. Although he pretends to be fine, his eyes are always looking around. The aura on his body makes me feel that he is our colleague!"
Hearing this, Rong Yichun's face tightened, and he immediately looked at the person carefully.
Then I saw several people who came, all of them were strong and had different temperaments.
Some people are full of charlatanism, while others have wandering eyes and habitually dodge.
Especially the leader was the most conspicuous, with a capable and resolute look on his face, and a military aura coming to his face, with no intention of hiding it at all.
Although the Anguo court was incompetent, and most of them were people who had nothing to do with corpses, they were not incompetent. They sent the group of people in front of them who looked extremely suspicious, hoping to sneak into the Fu Li army...
Just when Rong Yichun was secretly confused, those people had already arrived in front of Rong Yichun. Without saying a word, they bowed and saluted, saying:
"Daxia Southwest is recruiting Si Yamen. Fengjun Colonel Zhan Han has met General Rong!"
"Li Kan, the embroidery envoy of Daxia, has met General Rong!"
"Daxia Zhongmeng, I have met General Rong!"
Rong Yichun was slightly startled when he heard this.
Before, he was still doubting the identity of this group of people, but he never expected that these people would come up and announce themselves.
People from three different backgrounds, including those from the Xia Kingdom's army, the embroiderers, and those from the martial arts world, all came to Rong Yichun together. Without saying anything else, just saying that they were all from the Xia Kingdom was enough to make Rong Yichun be more vigilant!
Rong Yichun narrowed his eyes, looked at the people in front of him and cupped their hands, and said in a deep voice:
"I never expected that my conference would actually attract people from the Xia Kingdom..."
When several people heard this, they said in a deep voice:
"We came uninvited and asked General Rong to forgive me! But we came here with orders, just to help General Rong and repeat the Li Dynasty Sheji Ancestral Temple!"
Hearing this, Rong Yichun and the others suddenly stared at each other and remained speechless.