klisemfg Chapter 711: The 8th Wise King Wins Over General Feng
Chapter 711: The 8th Wise King Wins Over General Feng
Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't say anything, Luo Ye spoke again.
Jiang Chen looked at Luo Ye's pleading expression with a helpless look on his face.
"Fifth brother, I would be very happy if you were the Minister of Revenue."
"But the question is, how do you become the Minister of Finance?"
"Do you think you can compete with Eunuch Zhang and Cai Jing?"
"Old Nine, as long as you are willing to help, then I will definitely have hope!"
When Luo Ye heard that Jiang Chen was about to give in, he hurriedly said, "Old Fifth, now the whole capital knows that His Majesty trusts you, so... as long as you recommend me to His Majesty, His Majesty... might give me this opportunity!"
"Old Nine, you...just help Fifth Brother this time!"
Jiang Chen couldn't bear to see Luo Ye begging, so he finally agreed!
"Okay, Fifth Brother, I agree to this!"
"Tomorrow I will go to the palace to see His Majesty and talk to him, but... you'd better not hold out too much hope. I don't think Eunuch Zhang and Cai Jing will give us a chance!"
"It doesn't matter! As long as you are willing to help, Laojiu!" Luo Ye said excitedly.
In Luo Ye's opinion, since Jiang Chen had spoken, he at least had a chance!
Otherwise, he won’t even have a chance, then… it’s hard to say.
Luo Ye didn't stay long and left soon.
Jiang Chen looked at Luo Ye's leaving back and shook his head helplessly.
The Dajing court is not as simple as Luo Ye thought.
Maybe Eunuch Zhang and Cai Jing have already selected the people by now, and it would be extremely difficult for him to interfere!
And the facts were just as Jiang Chen expected.
Eunuch Zhang and Cai Jing had already set their sights on the positions of Minister of Revenue and Minister of Personnel respectively.
……
Eunuch Zhang recommended his own man to be the Minister of Revenue, while Cai Jing recommended the Minister of Personnel.
However, this matter has not been announced yet.
The capital city of Dajing has calmed down due to recent events, but Jiangnan is in a state of panic.
Yesterday, the news that Emperor Dajing was planning to take action against Jiangnan reached Jiangnan!
After the Eighth Wise King learned about this, he immediately occupied the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River!
For the Eighth Wise King who had been planning in Jiangnan for many years, this was a piece of cake!
While the Eighth Wise Kings occupied the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River, he inevitably fought a battle with General Feng!
General Feng was famous, and the Eighth Wise King originally thought that this battle would be difficult.
But what he didn't expect was that General Feng withdrew from Nanjing after just a symbolic fight with him!
This made the Eighth Wise King a little confused.
"Your Majesty! The defenses of the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River have been deployed!"
Just as the Eighth Wise King was thinking, his generals walked in!
"Good! Well done!"
The Eighth Wise King looked at the general and nodded with satisfaction.
This was one of the generals who had followed him a long time ago, named Tian Ye, and also the descendant of a famous general.
Over the years, this person has been in charge of the army under the Eighth Wise King!
"Your Majesty, although the three counties of Jiangnan are now under our control, I am afraid that we still do not have enough resources to compete with the imperial court."
"Should we take the initiative and attack the surrounding county towns?" Tian Ye asked the Eighth Wise King respectfully.
"Not for now."
The Eighth Sage King shook his head and said, "Now the imperial court has sent 30,000 troops to attack us. What I mean is that we should deal with this army first!"
"As long as we defeat this army head-on, we will definitely be able to deal a blow to the morale of the imperial court. Maybe then we can take the opportunity to counterattack and march straight to the capital!"
……
"Um!?"
Tian Ye was shocked!
He never expected that the Eighth Wise King would think this way!
They now have 80,000 troops under their command, so it is no problem for them to deal with the 30,000 troops of the imperial court!
If we can really make it all the way to the capital... then great things can be expected!
"Tian Ye, what do you think of General Feng?"
Just when Tian Ye was excited, the Eighth Wise King suddenly asked.
"General Feng?"
Tian Ye frowned slightly when he heard what the Eighth Sage King said: "Your Majesty, I have never had much contact with General Feng before, but after this battle... I feel that this General Feng is not that great!"
Regarding the previous battle, Tian Ye felt that General Feng was a waste!
If it were him, the Eighth Wise King would never have been able to occupy Jinling so easily!
And if we leave Jinling as a base, there will be many benefits when the imperial court goes to war with the Eight Wise Kings in the future!
But, after the battle, General Feng withdrew from Jinling...
This is simply giving Jiangnan to them!
Therefore, in Tian Ye's opinion, General Feng is a bit of a facade!
"Do you think General Feng is just a show-off?" asked the Eighth Wise King with a frown.
"That's right!" Tian Ye did not hide his thoughts, but nodded directly.
But after thinking for a moment, the Eighth Sage King said, "I feel that this General Feng is not just a show-off."
"I feel like he lost to us on purpose."
"Hmm? Your Highness means that... General Feng is dissatisfied with the imperial court and does not want to help the imperial court fight? Instead, he wants to help us?" Tian Ye was shocked.
……
"I am not sure what General Feng is thinking."
"But General Feng's performance is really weird."
"If we can win over General Feng, it will definitely be a great help to us!"
"So, I plan to send someone to talk to him!"
The Eighth Wise King said in a deep voice.
In the opinion of the Eighth Wise King, if General Feng could surrender to him, it would definitely be a huge blow to the officials and people of Dajing!
There are countless benefits for him to occupy the entire Dajing!
So, the Eighth Wise King decided to give it a try!
When Tian Ye saw that the Eighth Wise King was eager to try, he did not stop him.
After all, if this thing succeeds, it will bring so many benefits to them!
That night, the envoy of the Eighth Wise King arrived at General Feng’s military camp.
General Feng was drinking in the military camp at this time.
General Feng was naturally happy to see the Eighth Wise King take action to fight against Dajing!
He wished that the Dajing interior would become a mess!
But just when General Feng was drinking happily, his deputy general hurried in!
"General! The Eighth Wise King has sent an envoy!"
"Ok?"
General Feng was slightly startled when he heard this.
What did the Eight Wise Kings send envoys to do?
But General Feng finally decided to meet the envoy.
Soon, the envoy of the Eighth Wise King was brought into the tent.
"I meet the general!"
The messenger was dressed in black and looked like a scholar.
"Sir, there is no need to be so polite. I wonder what advice you have for me since you came here so late at night?" General Feng asked calmly.
"Haha, to be honest with you, General, I came here today to give you a chance to be rich and prosperous!"