Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 162, Harming Yinde

Go north to King Qin!

Fang Yong stared at these words closely, and even with his current achievements, he still couldn't help but feel excited.

He immediately sent someone to summon Wu Yuan, Jia Yucun and Xue Dacuizi to discuss the matter together.

At this time, Zhai Xun was providing disaster relief on the Shandong border, and Ma Laohei was in Jiaxing preparing to attack Zhejiang, so the two could not be transferred back for the time being.

After Fang Yong called back his three trusted confidants, he circulated the letter to them.

After reading the letter, all three of them were moved by the contents of the letter.

In addition to requesting Fang Yong to go north to defend the emperor, Guo Bai also informed Fang Yong in detail of the current situation in the capital, including the crisis on the front line, the court's lack of available troops, Emperor Longqing's indecision, and most of the Zhili troops having been transferred away.

It can be said that once Fang Yong goes north, he can directly break through the two provinces of Shandong and Zhili and kill all the way to the capital!
It has only been two or three years since Fang Yong started the rebellion. Could it be that he is going to! !

Everyone suppressed their excitement and together assessed the current situation and analyzed Fang Yong's next move.

First of all, the route of serving the king must be taken.

Go north to defend the king and fight against foreign invaders!
Whether from the perspective of justice or interests, this route is Fang Yong’s best route at the moment!
As for Zhejiang...what a crappy Zhejiang, the capital is still more important!
Wu Yuan, Xue Dacuizi and Jia Yucun all had completely identical views on Fang Yong's going north, except for some slight differences on the details.

"If the capital is destroyed, the nine states will surely revolt!"

Wu Yuan judged.

Xue Daguizi said: "If we govern Shandong and Zhili at the same time, and then fight against the grasslands, we will have some financial difficulties."

Fang Yong nodded upon hearing this.

This is indeed a big problem. If someone in other regions rises up in rebellion when his finances are tight, he will be in real trouble.

Jia Yucun said: "We can follow the example of Emperor Wu of Wei who used the emperor to control the princes!"

Wu Yuan shook his head and said, "The emperor is unpopular today. It is easy to hold the emperor hostage, but it is difficult to control the princes!"

What Wu Yuan said is true.

Since Emperor Longqing promulgated the Nineteen New Policies, rebels have emerged one after another in all nine provinces of the country. Feng Tai, Fang Yong and Wu Sheng are just the best among them. The rest of the small and medium-sized rebel forces are too numerous to count and cannot be listed at all.

These people either defend themselves in the mountains or occupy the water. The court officials are only concerned with making money, and are indifferent to the rebels in the country, allowing them to develop. I heard that they recently promulgated a policy of "annual provision in good years", collecting taxes in advance, which is unprecedented.

Although Emperor Xian of Han did nothing, at least he was not so foolish. Cao Cao's use of the emperor to control the princes did have some effect.

But a tyrant like Emperor Longqing crushed two tyrants, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, by himself. Even if Fang Yong used the emperor to control the princes, I am afraid that not many people in the world would take him seriously.

After hearing this, Jia Yucun said, "Although the emperor cannot command the princes, he can command the princes with righteousness!"

Wu Yuan frowned when he heard this, thought about it, but couldn't figure it out.

Fang Yong and Xue Dacuizi also looked confused.

Isn’t the emperor righteous?

How come the emperor cannot command the princes, but justice can command the princes?
Jia Yucun noticed the doubts of the others and said:
"Now the foreign tribes have invaded the capital, and the imperial court is in danger. If the general leads his troops north to defend the king, he will inevitably fight against the foreign tribes. However, the general's base is far away in Suzhou, and a long-distance expedition will be full of dangers and obstacles. Moreover, most of our troops are from the south, and they are not suitable for fighting in the north. Even if we defeat the foreign tribes, we are afraid that there will be heavy casualties."

"At that time, if someone took advantage of the situation to raise an army, the general would be too busy to take care of it and could only sit back and watch it grow bigger. Wouldn't that be making things easier for others?"

After hearing this, Fang Yong was still confused.

As with everything in this world, if you gain something you must lose something.

If he successfully went north, expelled the foreigners, and captured the capital, then all the losses that Jia Yucun mentioned now would be acceptable.

Even if someone took the opportunity to rebel, he could slowly develop and suppress it, and there was no need to worry too much. Although what Jia Yucun said was correct, these were all necessary losses for the northward march to defend the king. Wu Yuan and Xue Daguizi also raised some issues about this. What did this have to do with the righteousness he mentioned?
"What Shi Fei said, does it mean that he doesn't want me to lead the troops north?"

Fang Yong asked.

Jia Yucun shook his head repeatedly and explained:
"No, no, I have a plan that will allow the general to go north to defend the king and win the world's justice, while also avoiding a war with the grasslands and preparing troops and horses for the opportunity to fight!"

Fang Yong couldn't help but be shocked. The other party actually had such a best of both worlds strategy?
Wu Yuan and Xue Daguizi were also very surprised. They looked at Jia Yucun, waiting for his next speech.

Jia Yucun took two sips of tea to moisten his throat, then said calmly:
"If the general goes north to enter the capital, he will have to fight with the foreign races. If the general goes north to give up the capital, the foreign races will get the capital, and the whole world will fight for it!"

Fang Yong seemed to be thinking about something.

Jia Yucun pointed to the map and said in detail:

"General, please take a look. The passes that the foreign tribes pass through when heading south are none other than Juyong Pass. When you go north, you can send spies to secretly help the foreign tribes take Juyong Pass. This way, the foreign tribes can go straight to the capital without any hindrance."

Fang Yong's brows twitched when he heard this.

Jia Yucun continued:

"At that time, foreigners were approaching the capital, and everyone in the capital would be in danger. The tyrant emperor wanted to flee to Henan. The general could have entered Handan first to intercept him and take him back to Huaizhou!"

Wu Yuan asked doubtfully at this time:
"If we follow this plan, we can preserve our strength, but how can we command the world?"

Jia Yucun smiled and said, "Please listen to me."

Then, Jia Yucun drew an arc on the map along Shandong, Anhui, and Suzhou, and said:
"After our army has captured the tyrant emperor, we only need to give up the Zhili area. The foreigners have always been tyrannical and rude. After they seize Zhili, they will cause great suffering to the people and anger the whole world. At that time, Liaodong has Wang Ziteng, and Shandong and other places are defended by our army. If the grassland foreigners continue to advance, they can only enter Henan to plunder."

"At this time, the general can use the name of conquering foreign races to call on all the princes in the world. Although the tyrant king cannot command the world, the righteous cause of conquering foreign races can command the world!"

Fang Yong's brows twitched when he heard this.

He understood.

Jia Yucun’s plan was not complicated.

To put it simply, they first used a trick to snatch Emperor Longqing away, and then gave Zhili to foreign races to ruin, causing public outrage.

At this time, Shandong was defended by him and Liaodong was defended by Wang Ziteng, so the foreigners could not attack them. If they wanted to continue plundering, they could only go south to attack Henan.

At that time, he could use the name of Emperor Longqing and the national justice to call on the imperial troops in other regions to fight against the alien races together.

Regardless of the effectiveness of this strategy, it probably seems that it is a little unethical... Why would a person like me, who is so upright, have such sinister subordinates?
At this time, Wu Yuan suddenly said:

"Although this plan is somewhat...practical, based on my understanding of Li Hao, if he attacks the capital and seizes the Zhili region, he will definitely reduce taxes and levies, enforce strict laws, and treat the people well. By then, the people will be safe and happy. I'm afraid this plan will be difficult to implement."

Jia Yucun didn't care at all when he heard this, and sneered:

"How difficult is this? We only need three thousand soldiers..."

"slow!"

The corners of Fang Yong's mouth twitched, and he hurried forward to cover Jia Yucun's mouth to prevent him from continuing speaking.

If he allowed this person to continue offering advice, he was afraid that it would damage his good karma.

Said:
"I understand Shi Fei's plan, but although it is a good plan, I pity the people and cannot bear to use it. I will follow the previous plan and go north to serve the king, drive out the Tartars, and restore China! With my strength, why should I be afraid of the villains!!"

Fang Yongyi made a strategy.

Seeing this, the three stopped arguing and began to do their respective jobs and get ready.

(End of this chapter)