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Chapter 349 They are all from Songjiang Prefecture

After hearing Liu Sheng's third military order, Peng Youyi was finally no longer depressed.

With the military order of Liu Sheng, although he did not get the chance to fight this time, he still had the seal of General Zhenbei and was in charge of the military affairs of Henan and Huainan provinces. His status in the army was still the same as that of Yang Heqing and Helianyue.

When Da'ei's northern expedition to Shandong and Hebei is completed in the future, he will definitely be the commander-in-chief.

After thinking about this, Peng Youyi immediately stood up, performed a military salute, and said loudly: "I accept your order!"

After the military meeting, Yang Heqing and other generals left, but Li Banghua, Ma Shimin, and Ma Jinshui were left behind by Liu Sheng.

"It is said that Yin Zhangkuang of Tianfu and Hou Dong, Minister of Communications, came to Wuying Hall."

Liu Sheng gave instructions to the guards in the palace and motioned for Li Banghua and Ma Shiying to sit down and drink tea.

Li Banghua took a sip of tea and said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, do you want to try to persuade Shen Youlong to surrender first?"

"Yes." Liu Sheng nodded, "Shen Youlong is from Songjiang Prefecture after all. Now that Songjiang Prefecture is under my rule, I will always have some influence on him."

The flow of people in ancient times was far less than that in modern times, so people had a strong sense of rurality and country party sentiments. Liu Sheng vaguely remembered that during the Southern Ming Dynasty, many Ming gentry resisted the Qing Dynasty and gathered people in their hometowns.

Therefore, he believed that Shen Youlong should be better than Xiao Yifu in persuading surrender.

Zhang Kuang and Hou Dong were both from Songjiang Prefecture, and one was a wise man and the other had been in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for many years. They should have some good suggestions on persuading Shen Youlong to surrender.

After a cup of tea, Hou Tongzeng and Zhang Kuang came to the main hall of Wuying Hall one after another.

"See Your Majesty."

"Sit flat and sit down."

Zhang Kuang was used to Liu Sheng's rules and sat down naturally.

Hou Tongzeng was still a little cautious, so he also sat down.

Liu Sheng got straight to the point: "I want to send someone to persuade the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Shen Youlong, to surrender. Both of you are from Songjiang Prefecture. Do you have any friendship with Shen Youlong?"

Zhang Kuang spoke up first: "Wei Chen has been in the official career for a short time. Although I have admired Shen Yulong for a long time, I have not been able to meet him."

Zhang Kuang is only thirty-one years old now and started serving as an official a few years ago. Shen Youlong was a Jinshi in the [-]th year of Wanli, and he had been in officialdom for [-] or [-] years.

There was a big gap in seniority and status between the two, so it was not surprising that Zhang Kuang had never met Shen Youlong.

Hou Tong once said: "Wei Chen has visited Shen Youlong several times and exchanged letters with him several times, but that's all. In terms of friendship, we can only say that it is average."

"Then is Hou Qing confident in persuading Shen Youlong to surrender?"

Hou Tong once frowned and said: "In Wei Chen's impression, Shen Youlong is not pedantic. But after all, he is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, and he has the responsibility. Wei Chen is not sure whether he can persuade him to surrender.

However, if we can get help from these two people and write another letter from the minister, we may be able to get him to surrender to Dawei. "

"Which two people?" Liu Sheng asked curiously.

"Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong." Hou Dong once spit out two names.

Liu Sheng looked slightly strange after hearing this.

These two people can be regarded as celebrities in the Jiangnan anti-Qing Dynasty in the history of later generations, more famous than Shen Youlong, Hou Tongzeng and others.

Xia Yunyi is famous not only because he died for his country after failing to rebel against the Qing Dynasty in Songjiang Prefecture, but also because he had a son, Xia Wanchun, who was a young anti-Qing hero.

As for Chen Zilong, in addition to being famous for his resistance to the Qing Dynasty, he was also famous for his unresolved love affair with Liu Rushi.

Naturally, Liu Sheng would not tell these things, but asked: "Is it possible that these two people have a deeper friendship with Shen Youlong than Hou Qing?"

Hou Tong once said: "Although my family is now in Songjiang Prefecture, my ancestors were from Jiading. They moved to Zidi Village in Songjiang Prefecture a few generations ago. Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong both came from Songjiang gentry families, especially the Chen family. His father, Chen Suowen, a wealthy family in Songjiang, had been a minister of the Ministry of Industry and had a close friendship with Shen Youlong.

If these two people are willing to persuade Shen Youlong to surrender, they may be [-] to [-]% sure that they can succeed. "

Liu Sheng frowned after hearing this.

Because neither Xia Yunyi nor Chen Zilong are in official positions now.

Chen Zilong had previously served as a general magistrate in Shaoxing Prefecture. In response to Dong Xiangheng's call, he gathered troops to fight against Wei. He was defeated and captured. Now he is still working as a hard labor in Zhejiang.

As for Xia Yunyi, Liu Sheng didn't know, so he had to ask the Xunfeng Guards and Xiuyi Guards to investigate.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng said: "According to what Hou Qing said, if you want to persuade Shen Youlong to surrender, you must first persuade Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong to surrender. Will Hou Qing be willing to write two letters to persuade these two people to become officials?"

Hou Tong once said: "Wei Chen is willing to give it a try."

At this time, Zhang Kuang said: "Wei Chen has some friendship with Chen Zilong, so he can also write a letter to persuade him."

"Then the two Qing families will have to worry about this matter."

At this point, the small meeting about persuading Shen Youlong and Xiao Yifu to surrender came to an end.

For Liu Sheng, it would be good to persuade Shen Youlong and Xiao Yifu to surrender. If you really can't persuade him to surrender, then fight!

Da'ei now maintains an army of hundreds of thousands, and it's not for nothing!

However, he felt that the best effect would be to have Yang Heqing and Li Dingguo exert military pressure on Fujian and Guangdong while sending people to persuade them to surrender...

After the meeting, Liu Sheng saw that it was only around ten o'clock in the morning, so he returned to Fengxian Hall and processed the memorials for about an hour before going to the harem to have lunch with the Red Lady.

After lunch, Liu Sheng talked to the matchmaker about the harem again.

"I plan not to use eunuchs anymore. What do you think?"

"This is a good thing." Lady Red said without hesitation, "I'm not used to eunuchs. I always find them strange. Moreover, it is precisely because of the use of eunuchs in the palace that many poor people commit suicide and enter the palace."

Having said this, the red lady paused, then frowned and said, "But it is always inconvenient for guards to interfere in matters in the harem. If eunuchs are not used, it will indeed be a bit inconvenient."

What the red lady said later seemed a bit insincere.

Liu Sheng smiled after hearing this and said: "Just hire more healthy women. What's the inconvenience? If that doesn't work, you can also train the palace ladies and expand your female bodyguards."

The red lady doesn't understand anything now, and said: "I think, I'm just afraid that someone in the past was gossiping."

Liu Sheng said: "As long as I'm here, why are you afraid of gossip? Just do it."

After saying this, Liu Sheng thought that it was time to slowly start liberating women.

He does not want to liberate today's women's moral concepts, but just wants to liberate women's power so that women in Dawei can do more things and contribute more to building the country.

To do this, it would be best to let the women in his harem set an example.

Therefore, in addition to asking the Red Lady to manage all the affairs of the harem and train a female personal guard, he also planned to let Bai Taiwei continue to participate in the Ministry of Health.

When conditions permit for two to three years of compulsory primary school education in Da'ei in the future, he will also allow girls to enroll in the same schools as boys...

After the meal, Liu Sheng took a nap in the Red Lady's palace for a while, then returned to Fengxian Hall to continue his work.

Not long after, Bai Xiaosheng, the commander of the Xiuyi Guards, came to ask for an audience.

After he came in and bowed, he said: "Your Majesty, Xia Yunyi's situation has been found out."

While talking, he took out a small book and handed it to the guards in the palace.

　Second more.

　　Good night~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)