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Chapter 439 The True and False Monkey King 2

"Long live my lord, there are Haikou and Cuju teams all along the road from the left gate of Chang'an to Tongwen Hall. Is it possible that there are really people who can grow wings from their ribs?" Hearing this voice, Wang Chengen's waist immediately bent, and he slowed down and waited. Asking in a low voice only in parallel with it.

"A person cannot have wings from his ribs, but a projectile can smash your kid's head from three hundred steps away. You must be careful." Following Wang Chengen was a man dressed as a Taoist priest. He was not tall and wore a hat. The straw hat blocked most of his face, making it difficult to see his appearance clearly.

This is the real Emperor Jingyang, and the emperor walking in front is a substitute. If you don't look closely at it, even the courtiers who often see it will have a hard time noticing that it is a fake.

After Hong Tao learned that Ruan Xiangjiang had arrived in the capital, he suddenly came up with a good idea to harm the courtiers. He planned to use the excuse of a private visit to Tongwen Hall to see if there were any well-hidden hostile elements in the court.

If so, this private visit via incognito is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You can walk from the left gate of Chang'an to the Emperor Tongwen Hall. On the right is the Hanlin Academy and on the left is the Yuhe River.

Except for Zhan Shifu, the east bank of the Yuhe River is basically full of official residences and private residences, making it a good location for sniping. Rifled guns, heavy crossbows, strong bows, and artillery can all hit from the east coast to the west coast, and they are lethal.

In order to make possible killers more bold, Hong Tao specifically informed the cabinet and the Ministry of Etiquette in advance about the private visit in private, including the walking route, and ordered the Jinyiwei, Yumajian, Haihusi, Dongchang, and Cuju teams to only stay on the river. West Coast Alert.

Then he used the substitute hidden on Qiong Island. After more than half a year of training, this guy finally knew how to stand and sit. But that's all. You can't get too close and you can't open your mouth to speak.

"Have you asked him to come out to lure the snake out of the hole?" Wang Chengen really doesn't know whether the fire cannon can accurately hit a person three hundred steps away. Anyway, the muskets used by the Cuju team and Haikou are not that accurate, and people can't. Not that good of eyesight.

But he heard the emperor's sinister intentions, and then he broke into a cold sweat. His head began to turn left and right involuntarily, and everything looked like an assassin's hiding place.

"Don't be afraid. This kind of thing will happen many times in the future. You will get used to it gradually. Hey, why is there still no movement after half a journey?" Hong Tao felt that Wang Chengen's behavior was normal. Loyalty was one thing. It's another thing to be afraid of death. Being loyal does not mean that you are not afraid of death, and being afraid of death does not mean that you are not loyal.

What makes him wonder now is why the assassins haven't taken action yet. Could it be that he had killed all the courtiers who had the guts to kill the emperor, or that he hadn't violated their interests enough?

As they walked to the entrance of Tongwen Hall, the assassin didn't see a single one, but there were quite a few vendors setting up stalls. Judging from their clothing, skin color and appearance, some are Ming Dynasty people and some are Southeast Asians. The goods sold are nothing more than snacks, books, shells, feathers, corals and dried tropical fruits.

"Annan Ruan Xiangjiang, I have met His Majesty the Emperor!" Hong Tao met Ruan Xiangjiang in the wing room in the backyard of Tongwen Hall. Although he put on the clothes of a fake emperor, he was still recognized at a glance.

"Why did you suddenly go north?" Compared with more than a year ago, Ruan Xiangjiang is a little fatter and in better spirits.

"When I heard that the capital was attacked, I was worried about your majesty's safety. I have trouble sleeping and eating. I must see it with my own eyes to relieve my worries." Ruan Xiangjiang answered very cleverly. He didn't mention a word about the Li family's mission, but instead said that the Jurchens had raided the capital. The love is sincere, and it is more tender than a son seeing his own father.

"Can Hue City also see "Half Moon Talk"?" Hong Tao didn't believe that this confession was a punctuation mark, but he was quite interested in Annan being able to know the changes in the capital so quickly. After thinking about it, there seems to be no other explanation other than newspapers. "It's all because of the navy's clippers that cut through the waves as if they were walking on flat ground. Only when I was thousands of miles away did I have the honor to know that His Majesty has great talents and strategies, and he used his troops like a god!" Ruan Xiangjiang didn't mind it, and continued to flatter him if it didn't work.

"You are a smart man, that's why I entrust Annan's fate to you. Smart people should behave like smart people. Don't imitate those incompetent people. It's useless to flatter you. Tell me, what are you doing on this trip to the north? Require!"

There is a flaw in Hong Tao's character. The closer he is to people, the colder he becomes. He knew this problem himself, but he could never change it. When facing unimportant people, he thought he was very smooth, but with acquaintances, including subordinates, he was unwilling to talk nonsense.

"This time I traveled thousands of miles to pay tribute to Beijing for three main purposes. First, to compete with the Li family for the canonization, and to prevent him from being canonized even if he failed to do so; and secondly, to report to His Majesty face to face what he has done in Annan for more than a year. , please correct me; finally, I want to borrow some soldiers from His Majesty to train the soldiers I have recruited.

After the Zheng family annihilated the Mo family, they were constantly dispatching troops to the south. The decisive battle between the north and the south was not long away. The Ruan family's military strength is not as good as that of the Zheng family, and they lack the troops to fight for hundreds of battles. Without His Majesty's help, the situation may be in danger. The safety of the minister and the Ruan family is not worth mentioning. I am afraid that the sugar factory, sugarcane fields, and ports will be destroyed, and His Majesty's grand plan will be delayed. "

"There will be no canonization, and the Li family will not have the Ruan family. Borrowing troops is not possible for the time being, but it can support some armor and weapons. I think we should not just think about stopping the Li family from going south, but should be more open-minded.

There is a famous saying in China that the best defense is offense. When Li's army presses the territory, the rear will definitely be empty. In addition to frontal defense, you can also send a partial division to go north by sea to take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack, making it difficult to look at the head and tail. "

Although Ruan Xiangjiang said it very tactfully, Hong Tao understood clearly that the three purposes were one thing in the end, which was to ask the Ming Dynasty to provide military support to help the Ruan family fight against the Li family's attack.

Can you give it? Of course, Ruan Xiangjiang has indeed made many changes that are beneficial to Ming Dynasty in the more than a year since he returned. For example, it actively cooperated with the Ming Dynasty to build a port and base in Da Nang, took the initiative to reconcile with the Cham people, and cultivated large areas of wasteland in the southern region to plant sugar cane and rubber trees.

A lot of cypress and rosewood aniseed materials were also obtained through the Khmer people in the west. Yuan Keli once petitioned to allow the navy to set up a shipyard in Da Nang to make full use of the local wood advantages.

However, it was not approved. Shipbuilding technology is a standard high-end technology in this era. Annan is not yet under the complete control of Ming Dynasty and is not suitable for excessive local proliferation.

Youdao taught his apprentices to starve to death, but Ruan Xiangjiang seemed very obedient and obeyed in order to preserve the continuation of the country and nation. But Hong Tao firmly refused to believe that he had completely surrendered. There might be a rebellious big heart hidden under that gentle face.

(End of this chapter)