The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

Mr. Wuzhai shook his head and said,

"This is exactly the brilliance of the Lord of Great Wu!"

Then he looked at Shui Rong and asked,

"Your Highness, do you know why all the news was suppressed before, but after Jia Zheng and others entered Yangzhou, all kinds of news began pouring into the capital?"

"Not only did Nanjing fall into their hands, but even the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, and Jiangxi regions fell under the attack of the Great Wu army?"

Shui Rong vaguely thought of something, but his thoughts were still a little confused, so he bowed.

"Please give me some advice, sir!"

Mr. Wuzhai said solemnly,

"This is the ruler of Great Wu trying to show off his strength and make peace with the imperial court!"

"A show of strength and peace?"

Shui Rong frowned slightly.

"Not bad!"

Mr. Wuzhai nodded slightly and continued,

"The reason why Great Wu released the news only after the imperial guards entered Yangzhou was not only to show its strength to the court, but also to show peace!"

Seeing Shui Rong still looking confused, Mr. Wu Zhai said with emotion,

"The Great Wu wants to divide the river and rule it with the Great Qian!"

Shui Rong was instantly shocked.

"What? Divide the river and rule it? How is that possible?"

"If the other party really has such a powerful force, why not go directly north to Shenjing?"

Mr. Wuzhai shook his head slightly.

"This is precisely the brilliance of the Lord of Great Wu! While Great Wu's military might is at its peak, it also has its shortcomings!"

"If we go directly north and fight the imperial court to the death, even if the Great Wu has the advantage of firearms, facing a dynasty's dying counterattack, no matter who wins in the end, it will benefit the others!"

"The current series of actions of the Great Wu is clearly telling the court that the condition for peace talks is to divide the country by the river, even if they are willing to accept the imperial court's enthronement!"

After listening to Mr. Wuzhai's words, Shui Rong was dazed for a long time before he reacted and looked at him.

"Sir, do you think the palace will agree to this?"

Mr. Wuzhai closed his eyes slightly and shook his head slowly.

"I don't know!"

……

The Imperial Palace, inside the Daming Palace.

The Supreme Emperor and Emperor Xinglong both sat in the hall in silence with solemn expressions. The atmosphere in the hall was particularly heavy and depressing.

Even the eunuchs Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong who served the two emperors felt this atmosphere and lowered their heads so much that they wished they could crawl into the ground.

Facing the profound meaning behind all the news sent back from the south,

Shui Rong had a vague understanding of it, so the retired emperor and Emperor Xinglong, who were masters of political intrigue, naturally understood it.

After a long time,

Suddenly, Emperor Xinglong looked up at the retired emperor.

"Father, how do you think Daqian should respond to this act of the rebels?"

The retired emperor slowly opened his slightly closed eyes, glanced at Emperor Xinglong, sighed softly, and shook his head slightly.

"With the Tartars in the north and rebellion in the south, Daqian can't withstand two major wars!"

"If you want to break the deadlock, you have to take the initiative to seize the advantageous chips!"

Then he turned to Xia Shouzhong and asked,

"Tell me about it!"

"Yes!"

Xia Shouzhong bowed hurriedly before beginning to report.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, all members of the Shadow Division are dispatched to search for the whereabouts of the Lord of Leping County within a hundred miles of the Divine Capital."

"However, they always find their tracks at the critical moment. The Shadow Division tracks them down and finds that most of them are professional assassins. Once caught up by the Shadow Division, they will immediately commit suicide!"

"We found no traces of them at the passes along the way south."

Emperor Xinglong frowned, then smiled and shook his head at the retired emperor.

"Father, do you really think that a mere woman can make the rebels of Qingfeng Village lay down their weapons and serve me?"

The emperor did not speak, but looked up at Xia Shouzhong.

Xia Shouzhong nodded and bowed quickly,

"After an in-depth investigation by the Shadow Division, it was discovered that as early as early February of this year, the Prince of Beijing and the Zhen family of Jinling felt that this year's salt tax was too high, and they intended to find flaws in the Salt Inspector Lin Ruhai."

"So he ordered his men to deliberately leak the news that Lin Ruhai's daughter was going to Daming Temple outside Yangzhou City to offer incense to the Qingfengzhai troops heading to Daming Temple."

"Lin Ruhai's daughter therefore stayed on Datong Mountain for several days. During this time, Lin Ruhai climbed the mountain. It's unknown what the two discussed, but one thing is certain: they must have made an agreement! Otherwise, the eight million taels of salt tax and Lin Ruhai's daughter would never have left Yangzhou City!"