The fall of Sichuan can be said to be an extremely heavy blow to the Zhou State.After losing Sichuan's population, grain, and well salt, the strength of the Zhou State was greatly weakened, which shook Wu Sangui's determination and also hit the confidence of the Zhou State's civil and military forces.This made the Zhou dynasty begin to split, and many surrender factions appeared, and the voice had overshadowed the main battle faction.During the deliberations, some ministers actually hoped that Wu Sangui would surrender to the Ming Dynasty in order to protect their interests, which made Wu Sangui extremely angry and broke up unhappily.In the palace of King Zhou, Wu Sangui stood in the attic of Weiyang Palace, looking at Chang'an City with a chessboard layout, and looked depressed.At this time, Hong Chengchou saw that Wu Sangui had regained his composure, so he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Your Excellency!
”Wu Sangui turned around and looked at Hong Chengchou, a little annoyed, "Just now in the main hall, why didn't the prime minister say a word, did he also think that the widow would be defeated." ”Hong Chengchou sighed, "Okay, the minister admits it, but in fact, the minister is a pessimist. ”"Sure enough!"
Wu Sangui was furious, "Even you think that Da Zhou is going to die." ”Wu Sangui's heart was cold, and his subordinate ministers only cared about their own interests, did not consider his situation, and wanted to sacrifice him to keep their glory and wealth."
Your Majesty's Wrath!"
Hong Chengchou hurriedly saluted: "The strength of the Ming Kingdom is strong, and it is not my Great Zhou that can be defeated, but my Great Zhou is not without a way to survive." ”Hong Chengchou decided to confess his worries to Wu Sangui and Sun Kewang and confess his plan to Wu Sangui.Wu Sangui said angrily: "What kind of way to survive, isn't it to persuade the widow to surrender to Zhao Zamao?"
”The fall of Sichuan greatly hit the morale of the Zhou State, and some voices began to appear in the court to persuade Wu Sangui to submit to Zhao Ming.Hong Chengchou said: "Your Excellency, those who persuade your lord to submit to Zhao Ming should be executed." ”Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, put away his anger, and listened to Hong Chengchou continue: "They surrendered to Zhao Zamao, and they still did not lose their high-ranking officials, but the monarch was worried about his life.Even if Zhao Zamao does not kill the king, I am afraid that the king will be shelved and placed under house arrest for life, so the king must not be submissive to Zhao Zamao. ”This said to Wu Sangui's heart, although Wu Sangui was born as a military general, he also read books.For thousands of years, a few kings who surrendered had a good end, not to mention the humiliation, and could have died inexplicably, and even if they didn't die, they would be under house arrest for life.The eldest husband stands up to the sky, how can he be like a canary, being raised by Zhao Zamao.Moreover, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was merciful, but how miserable was Empress Li, not only was he poisoned, but Xiao Zhou was also fortunate by Zhao Fatzi, and ordered the court painter to paint on the spot, making Empress Li a laughing stock.Wu Sangui thought about the roundness of his beauty, if it fell into the hands of Zhao Zamao and gave him such a play, then his face would be lost.Therefore, Wu Sangui would definitely not surrender to Zhao Ming, and he was unwilling to be insulted like this."
The prime minister is right, those who persuade the widow to surrender are selfish, but Zhang Zhao's generation is just a generation."
Wu Sangui sighed, "It's still relatively loyal to the widows. ”In fact, Hong Chengchou also wants to be Zhang Zhao, the key is that he feels that if he surrenders, Zhao Zamao will not let him go, so he supports Wu Sangui."
It's great that the king can understand the minister's intentions."
Hong Chengchou said emotionally.At this time, Wu Sangui reacted, "Prime Minister Fang Cai said that there are other ways to survive in Da Zhou, I don't know why?"
”After losing Sichuan, Wu Sangui no longer had the confidence to defeat Zhao Ming, but he, the king of Zhou, deserved it well, and he hadn't enjoyed it enough, so he was naturally unwilling to die in defeat and destroy the country, so after finding out that he was not allowed to surrender, he cared very much about the way of survival that Hong Chengchou said.Hong Chengchou immediately said: "Your Majesty, at the moment, between Da Zhou and Zhao Zamao, war or surrender is not the best choice for your lord. ”Wu Sangui nodded, he definitely couldn't fight, and he definitely wouldn't fall, these two were dead ends for Wu Sangui.Hong Chengchou saw that Wu Sangui agreed, so he confessed: "The minister has a showdown, and the minister is actually not the main battle faction, but the escape faction." ”"Is the prime minister telling the widow to escape?"
Wu Sangui frowned.Hong Chengchou walked to the map, pointed to the map and said, "Not bad!
Your Majesty, if you can't fight and can't surrender, then you can only escape. ”Saying that, Hong Chengchou pointed to the Western Regions and said: "In fact, the minister and Sun Xiang have reached a consensus a long time ago, and in the past six months, they have transferred a lot of people and materials to the Western Regions!"
”"The Western Regions?"
Wu Sangui had a calm face.Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "When the Jin State rose and the Liao State fell, Yelu Dashi fled to the Western Regions, established the Western Liao here, and dominated the Western Regions for more than 100 years.Now that it is difficult for my Great Zhou to defeat Zhao Mao, why don't you retreat to the Western Regions?
”Wu Sangui thought about it, compared to being defeated and dying, moving to the Western Regions was indeed a choice."
The two prime ministers have already decided, why didn't they tell the widow earlier?"
After Wu Sangui figured it out, he couldn't help but complain.Hong Chengchou hurriedly explained: "The king atons for his sins.Sichuan was in hand before, and my Great Zhou may not be able to fight, so the minister did not tell the king, because he was afraid that the king would shake the heart of the decisive battle and cause chaos in the country.Now, Sichuan has been lost, and it will die if it fights again, so the minister informed the king. ”Wu Sangui waved his hand, accepted his statement, and asked, "How does the prime minister think that Gu should retreat to the Western Regions and make an order to move the capital now?"
”Hong Chengchou was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't do it."
The minister thought that the matter of retreating to the Western Regions could not be known to the courtiers at the moment!
”Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Since you can't beat Zhao Zamao, shouldn't you transfer as soon as possible?"
Wait for Zhao Zamao to call, and it will not be too late to transfer. ”Wu Sangui approved the plan to flee to the Western Regions, and since he decided to escape, he should take advantage of Zhao Zamao's failure to attack and transfer the materials in the Guannai to the Western Regions as soon as possible.In this way, Zhou Guo's life in the Western Regions will be better, otherwise people will run over, what will be the point.Hong Chengchou explained: "If the king directly gives an order, then the king and the ministers will definitely not be able to leave." ”Wu Sangui was puzzled: "Why is this?
”Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "Once the monarch gives an order, first of all, Zhao Zamao will definitely attack immediately, and he will not let the monarch empty Guanzhong."
Secondly, the interests of many ministers in the DPRK and China are in Guanzhong, and most of them will not follow the king to the Western Regions, and they will definitely surrender to Zhao Zamao immediately.In the end, the front-line generals knew that the king was going to flee, and they would not fight to the death to resist Zhao Zamao's attack.In this way, once it is known that the monarch wants to abandon Guanzhong and flee to the Western Regions, the Zhou State will inevitably collapse instantly. ”Wu Sangui is a smart person, he understands a little, thinking about those who persuaded him to surrender, he nodded hurriedly, "The prime minister is reasonable, it is true that he can't give an order directly, but how to evacuate?"
”Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "On the bright side, the king should continue to fight the main battle, pursue peace through war, and stabilize people's hearts, but secretly transfer materials, craftsmen, gold and silver to the Western Regions.Wait until Zhao Zamao launches an attack, and then retreat to the Western Regions. ”If Zhao Ming listened to Hong Chengchou's words, he would definitely think that a few hundred years later, the bald head knew that the general trend had gone, and he desperately transferred gold and silver to Taiwan.Wu Sangui bowed his head heavily, "The prime minister is right!"
Then stabilize the courtiers first, and then try to transport as much money as possible to the Western Regions before Zhao Zamao attacks. ”(It's not tonight, it's updated tomorrow!)
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