Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 34 There's a Conspiracy
It has to be said that this Shi Lang really had a trick, and Liu Dapao was dumbfounded when he heard the so-called method of killing two birds with one stone.

Isn't it too blatant to add this private goods? !

Even an ordinary person like Liu Dapao can see this plan to kill with a knife at a glance.

After all, Shi Lang surrendered relatively early. Originally, it was the main force of the Qing court navy, but before and after the Fourth Xiamen War, a large number of generals of the Zheng family surrendered to the Qing, and these new surrenders squeezed him again. The position of the old general has caused him to be almost half-idle now.

So Liu Dapao reckoned that the relationship between Shi Lang and Zhou Quanbin's faction and Zheng Mingjun's faction would not be too good no matter how they thought about it, there might be a blood feud between them.

More importantly, who will call the shots when the two navies merge?

Perhaps it is Liu Dapao who is calling the shots on the surface, but everyone knows these days whether the sea is chaotic or not. His descendant general.

After these people surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, almost all of them led the original soldiers and horses, and the mountain-top doctrine was very strong. Even if the heavenly king and Laozi came, they could only command indirectly.

He, Shi Lang, just wanted to take advantage of Feng Xifan's incident to drag Zhou Quanbin's faction into the water. If possible, he even wanted to take advantage of Zheng Mingjun's faction.

In this way, Liu Dapao can only rely on Shi Lang to command the navy in the future.

This is actually clearly a conspiracy, because Liu Dapao stepped on the face of their Fujian navy this time, because the Fujian navy was defeated and his Chaozhou army won, so this happened.

Besides, Shi Lang's side is relatively weak now, so normally speaking, Liu Dapao should really stand on his side to suppress Zhou Quanbin's faction and Zheng Mingjun's faction.

But after Liu Dapao thought about it, he realized that this was indeed a solution, and he had an explanation to Feng Xifan. After all, didn't this also complete the task of recruiting Zhou Quanbin by the way? This is called killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether it was Feng Xifan who killed Shi Lang in the end or Shi Lang succeeded in counter-killing Feng Xifan, I think both are damn good, and it is best to die together.

So Liu Dapao actually agreed to Shi Lang.

But they didn't know that after Shi Lang bid farewell to him and left, in the evening, he sneaked into this Wangzhuang in Chaozhou, which was Shang Zhixian's other courtyard.

Liu Dapao has too many things to do recently, but he forgot about this stuff.

"The last general, Shi Lang, has met the Fifth Young Master."

"General Shi, please hurry up. After so many years, General Shi still has the same demeanor."

"Fifth Young Master is lightened."

"Hey~, I was so angry at Liu Xun, General Shi came to my mansion so late, I don't know why?"

"I have a plan to help Fifth Young Master get rid of this person, but I still need Fifth Young Master's help."

"Oh? I don't know why General Shi wants to help me?"

"The imperial court has issued an order to move the Guangdong navy to the north and the Fujian navy to the south to converge in Chenghai County. I'm afraid that in a short period of time in the future, only this Chaozhou navy will be available to us in the Qing Dynasty."

"The last general is now in the position of the Guangdong Navy. I, the Shi Family Navy, have been in Fujian and Guangdong provinces for decades. Seeing that the Fujian Navy has suffered heavy losses, it is my generation who have served the court and made great achievements. When I was in the top spot, the imperial court seemed to deliberately let me be restrained by this mere civil servant, and the general was quite dissatisfied with this."

"General Shi, he is an ambitious man."

"In front of the fifth son, I dare not say the word ambition, but I am only willing to serve King Pingnan for the rest of my life."

"Well... it's just that Liu Xun was born in the imperial examination, not only has a clean resume, but also is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, how can he defeat him? Is General Shi trying to act like an assassin?"

"Assassin's method is absolutely unacceptable, but if this Liu Xun says he has a clean record, it may not be so. I think that there seems to be some collusion between this person and the chaotic party of the Tiandihui."

"What? Liu Xun and Tiandi will have collusion? If so... This time, Tiandi will rebel against the party. King Jingnan suffered a lot from it, and the Fujian Navy suffered heavy losses. Canceled, Liu Jinzhong, Deng Guangming and Duke Xushun died, and it is true that he was the only one with the so-called unsolvable blood coagulation claw in his body, but he was still alive, um...do you have evidence?"

"No."

Shang Zhixian frowned.

There is no evidence, what are you talking about?
"This is exactly what I want to discuss with the Fifth Young Master. This person told me that Feng Xifan has personally come to Chaozhou to assassinate the last general. Although there are many doubts about this matter, the last general can't get to the bottom of it. Therefore, the general will follow his plan and formulate a counter-killing strategy that uses his body as bait."

As he spoke, he explained the plan between him and Liu Dapao to Shang Zhixian in detail.

It caused Shang Zhixian to ask: "General Shi made such an arrangement. Didn't he want to kill Liu Xun after killing Feng Xifan? What does General Shi need me to do for you?"

"No, if there is no proof for this death, the loopholes are too big, and I am afraid it will be difficult to face the court's questioning, so...Feng Xifan has to live, the key to this matter lies in this person."

"Tell me in detail."

"The last general and Feng Xifan are old acquaintances. We know that this person is a cunning person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If the assassination fails, it is best to capture this person alive. King Pingnan will come forward and lure him with a high-ranking official and rich salary. , will surely make them abandon the dark and turn to the bright.”

"Since Feng Xifan has this opportunity to assassinate, there must be internal support. If Feng Xifan can correct this Liu Xun, the fifth son will have a reason to take this person into prison first with the righteousness of the Pingnan Palace to control the military power in Guangdong. At the end of the day, we will go to collect further evidence of this person’s collusion with the Tiandihui rebellious party.”

"Are you sure you can collect it?"

"The last general has been dealing with the chaotic party of the Tiandihui for more than ten years. He has been identified by Feng Xifan, and he himself has a lot of doubts. There is a mountain of iron evidence."

Shang Zhixian was overjoyed when he heard the words, he laughed and said: "Okay, okay! Okay! General Shi Lang just let go and do whatever he wants. My father has already asked to retire. He wants to go back to Liaodong to retire. I want to come here before leaving. Your Majesty has absolutely no reason not to make arrangements for the one-acre land in Guangdong, if this is done, whether it is the Guangdong Navy or the Chaozhou Navy, besides you, General Shi, who else can take command?"

Shi Lang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and kowtowed: "Minister general, no, I thank the fifth young master for your kindness."

(End of this chapter)