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    Nanjing.

    After Liang Huafeng planted his own flag, he put Jiang Guozhu and his family under house arrest and sent his guards from Biao Camp to keep strict guard.  Jiang Guozhu's family felt that a disaster was coming. They cried and cried all day long, scolding Liang Huafeng for being a wolf, and hoping that Jiang Guozhu would fight him.

    Today, Liang Huafeng suddenly brought a team of people to the place where the whole Jiang Guozhu family was imprisoned. Seeing a large number of soldiers coming in surrounded by Liang Huafeng, the Jiang family members did not dare to scold him, and many people began to tremble in their calves.

    "Old dear," for the sake of the safety of the whole family, Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to come forward to make friends with Liang Huafengtiao: "The governor has treated you very well these years."

    "That's what my mother-in-law said." Unexpectedly, Liang Huafeng actually admitted it and nodded seriously: "My mother-in-law, don't panic. No matter what, can I still have trouble with my relatives? Let my mother-in-law pack her things now. I will send them to my mother-in-law in person today."  Leave the city and make sure no one dares to touch my mother-in-law."

    Originally, Liang Huafeng arrested Jiang Guozhu¡¯s family to serve as hostages. Jiang Guozhu was already old. Except for one son who was far away in Sichuan, the rest of his descendants were all in Nanjing.  Even if Jiang Guozhu showed great power and fought back to Nanjing, Liang Huafeng could use Jiang Guozhu's whole family to blackmail him and make him use the rat weapon to prevent him from attacking Nanjing.

    However, Jiang Guozhu was not able to perform beyond his level. He lost ground in Chizhou. After the incident, except for the Biao camp of the Governor of Liangjiang and a small number of troops around him, the other Liangjiang troops were in chaos.  It turned out that Liang Huafeng was calculating in his head but not intentionally, and with the cooperation of Zhou Peigong, the Liangjiang troops formed a long snake formation. After receiving Liang Huafeng's notice, they were still far away from Jiang Guozhu and could not get orders from Jiang Guozhu for a while.

    If outsiders usurp military power, these Jiangnan troops may still try to resist, but Liang Huafeng's prestige in the military over the years is second only to Jiang Guozhu, and everyone knows it.  Seeing that it was Liang Huafeng's coup, most of the officers immediately felt relieved and were not worried that their old boss would annex their strength - everyone had followed Liang Huafeng for so many years, and they were his people to begin with.

    There was neither psychological burden nor unknown fear of defection. The officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Army responded to Liang Huafeng's call and led the team back to Nanjing. The Deng Suppression Corps was also sent by Zhou Peigong to assist Liang Huafeng. There was no news from the Governor.  As long as an officer is not stupid, he can understand which side has the advantage.  Besides, everyone still has to eat. All the troops have announced their support for Liang Huafeng. If they don't follow Admiral Liang, let alone fight, there will be no food tonight.

    In the morning, Liang Huafeng received a report from Zhou Peigong, saying that Jiang Guozhu had clearly understood the situation and knew that with the troops at his hand, he could not even capture Chizhou; and even this army had begun to be in chaos. Those troops knew that Jiang Guozhu had lost control of most of the army.  Without the ability to control, they have become rogue bandits without a base.  After Jiang Guozhu saw that the Biao camp was shaken, he surrendered under the persuasion of the envoy sent by Zhou Peigong. He disbanded the army outside Chizhou City and joined Zhou Peigong's army.

    After the governor-general announced his resignation, the army disbanded by Jiang Guozhu surrendered to Xie Gao, the prefect of Chizhou.  Of course, Magistrate Xie would not make it difficult for these Jiangnan officers and soldiers and re-allocated food and grass to them. Even Jiang Guozhu's Biao Battalion was led by the original officers, waiting for further instructions from Liang Huafeng.

    The Chiang family helped the old and young out of Nanjing. Liang Huafeng personally escorted them onto a big boat and comforted Mrs. Chiang: "Don't worry, mother-in-law. The governor is safe and sound. His boat ticket has been given by Zhou Buzheng a long time ago."  After buying it, my mother-in-law will be reunited with the governor when she arrives in Sichuan."

    After the Jiang family¡¯s boat set sail, Liang Huafeng was still waving goodbye on the shore.  As the ship gradually moved away, Liang Huafeng put away the smile on his face, and a bidding officer beside him had the opportunity to question again: "Your Excellency, just let them go like this? Jiang Ni has been the governor for more than ten years.  ah."

    "If it were the troubled times before, of course I wouldn't let him go." Liang Huafeng looked at Ye Fengfan from afar and replied coldly.  Jiang Guozhu has a very deep foundation in Jiangnan. According to the traditional hegemony model, not only can no one of Jiang Guozhu's family members be spared, but the fleeing Jiang Guozhu himself must be hunted down with all his strength.  However, Liang Huafeng knew very well that these were no longer the traditional troubled times. He seized the governor's throne from Jiang Guozhu so that he could sell more money to the Ming army in the future, and had no intention of competing with other heroes for the world.  In this case, there is no need for Liang Huafeng to do anything absolutely. Anyway, he will probably surrender to Deng Ming in the future.

    "Why did General Zhao declare in advance that as long as Jiang Guozhu surrenders, his life will be guaranteed?" Liang Huafeng asked again. The surrounding officers and soldiers of the Biao Camp looked at each other, and no one could tell the reason.

    In the end, Liang Huafeng asked and answered himself: "Sichuan is guarding against me. If I disobey, Sichuan can send troops to escort Jiang Guozhu back. If we really see Sichuan soldiers coming, plus JiangZhu's handwriting calls for surrender, and I don't know how many cities will surrender without a fight.  Liang Huafeng snorted again: "If I want to run Jiangnan like an iron barrel, Chengdu and Beijing should not trust me."  Therefore, I want to give face to General Zhao and not kill anyone. Who are they? Even though Jiang Guozhu is a threat, I will send his family to Sichuan nicely and let Chengdu know that I have no intention of competing for the throne. Let me sit down  They can rest assured in this chair.  In this way, Chengdu will not think about tossing me again and driving me out of office.  "

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    Soon, Jiujiang received news of the mutiny in the south of the Yangtze River. Dong Weiguo hurried to see Zhang Chao: "I'm so happy, sir! Jiang Guozhu is so unpopular that he has rebelled against his relatives. The governor of Jiangnan, Liang Huafeng, has announced his support for the governor and asked him to go to Nanjing to serve as Liangjiang Governor.  Governor."

    "Is this happening?" After hearing that fighting had begun on the border, Zhang Chao had been a little nervous, fearing that he would hear reports that the Jiangxi army was defeated and that the Jiangnan army was rushing towards Jiujiang.

    "It's absolutely true." Dong Weiguo sent several letters to Zhang Chao, all of which were sent by Liang Huafeng, calling on the Jiangnan troops to refuse to obey Jiang Guozhu's orders.

    After reading it, Zhang Chao also beamed with joy: "Anyone who commits many unjust acts will be punished by his own death. Admiral Liang is so loyal and loyal."

    "However, Jiang Ni is still resisting in Chizhou. Admiral Liang asked the governor to quickly send troops to surround and suppress Jiang Ni with him." Dong Weiguo also brought a person who was said to be Liang Huafeng's envoy. The envoy told the Jiangxi governor that Jiang Guozhu  The power accumulated in Jiangnan was too strong, so Liang Huafeng was not sure of victory.  And if Liang Huafeng is defeated by Jiang Guozhu when he returns to the army, Jiangxi will still encounter military disasters. Therefore, Liang Huafeng wants to ask Zhang Chao to lead 10,000 Jiangxi elite troops to Chizhou quickly to completely eliminate Jiang Guozhu; Liang Huafeng is also willing to appoint Zhang Chao as the governor of the two rivers.  But he hoped that Zhang Chao would promise to promote him to the position of governor of Jiangnan.

    "Hmm." After hearing Liang Huafeng's conditions, Zhang Chao was silent.

    However, Dong Weiguo tried his best to persuade Zhang Chao to accept: "Liang Huafeng is just a warrior. Without your full support, how can he legitimately become the governor? Now that Jiang Ni has committed an evil act and committed suicide, in the entire Liangjiang, who else can obey him except for the high moral and respectable adults?"  Can a person take the position of governor of Liangjiang?"

    Zhang Chao was pleased to hear this, but still had some doubts.

    Dong Weiguo further struck while the iron was hot: "Now Jiang Guozhu is stubbornly resisting, and Liang Huafeng is not sure of victory, so your Excellency plays a very important role; Your Excellency personally went to Chizhou to annihilate Jiang Ni and recruit his army. Even if Liang Huafeng is not sincere now, he will have to do it then."  Serve the Lord as the master.¡±

    Zhang Chao nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He was about to agree, but stopped: "But isn't this wronging you?"

    Jiangnan is more fertile than Jiangxi. If Zhang Chao becomes the governor of the two rivers, then of course an old subordinate like Dong Weiguo should become the governor of Jiangnan.

    "It doesn't matter. If your Excellency suddenly replaces Jiangnan officialdom with Jiangxi people, it may cause panic and doubts among Jiangnan officials, which will be harmful to your great cause." Dong Weiguo looked fiercely loyal: "Your Excellency, you might as well bring 10,000 elite soldiers to go first.  , and the officials in Jiangnan are temporarily untouched to calm people's hearts. The lower officials will take good care of Jiangxi for the adults and be the adults' stamina - they will wait for the adults to run the business for a year and a half and take root in Jiangning.  The officer and Admiral Liang changed places, that's not a word from your lord."

    "Yes, it is true that Lao Cheng seeks the country." Zhang Chao made up his mind: "Without further delay, I will set off to Chizhou to fight against the rebellion."

    The excited Zhang Chao immediately swore an oath and set off with his troops to the south of the Yangtze River to reinforce Liang Huafeng.

    Dong Weiguo stood on the top of the city and watched Zhang Chao go down the river.  When the flag of the Jiangxi Navy disappeared from sight, a meeting was immediately ordered to call all officers in Jiujiang.

    Everyone was excited when they entered the venue. Most of them had heard about the civil strife in Jiangnan, and it was very likely that Zhang Chao would ascend to the throne of Governor of Liangjiang.

    However, there was no smile on the face of Dong Weiguo, who was presiding over the meeting. Seeing Dong Weiguo's expression, the originally bustling venue gradually became quiet.

    "Here comes someone." Dong Weiguo waved his hand, and soldiers immediately came up carrying several large boxes and opened them in front of everyone.  It was full of bundles of banknotes. Dong Weiguo waved his hand again, and two soldiers buckled a box to the ground.

    "It's all money printed by the Imperial Central Bank. Everyone can see clearly."

    Sichuan¡¯s IOUs are equivalent to real money. Seeing so much money at once made many people in the room breathe quickly.

    Zhao Tianba had a private exchange with Liang Huafeng. If Jiang Guozhu could rein in the situation, he would not necessarily have to step down.  After understanding this, Liang Huafeng began to compliment Jiang Guozhu on his strong soldiers and horses; and Zhao Tianba said the same thing to Dong Weiguo, that is:?Zhang Chao will stop as soon as he sees fit, and if he doesn't take advantage of the civil strife in Jiangnan to counterattack, then his previous disobedience will be forgotten.  Dong Weiguo immediately racked his brains to trick Zhang Chao into attacking Jiangnan.

    Before coaxing Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo had already packed everything. If Zhang Chao refused to rush to attack Jiangnan in a hurry, but continued to wait for news cautiously, Dong Weiguo would flee to Sichuan overnight.  Now he's finally over the hump.  Although Zhang Chao was instigated by him to attack Jiangnan, Dong Weiguo believed that Zhao Tianba would not oppose his coup, because Zhang Chao's previous disobedience and unwillingness to give in made Zhao Tianba very angry, and he complained to Dong Weiguo privately.  Zhang Chao put Jiangxi's interests above the interests of the empire.

    After hearing this, Dong Weiguo secretly made up his mind that when he became the governor of Jiangxi, he must absorb the experience and lessons of the Zhang Dynasty and put the interests of the empire above the interests of Jiangxi at all times.

    At this time, people with quick minds already felt abnormal. Someone secretly looked into the yard and saw groups of heavily armed soldiers driving in.  These soldiers are all Jiujiang garrison officers and soldiers, directly under Dong Weiguo who is stationed here. These Jiujiang officers and soldiers are as solemn and unsmiling as their immediate superiors.

    One after another, all the officers in the room finally saw these Jiujiang soldiers. When they turned back to look at Dong Weiguo, everyone's faces turned pale. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.  Clearly.

    "Zhang Chao is causing trouble for nothing, treating his neighbors as enemies, and wants to involve Jiangxi in the war for his own selfish interests." Dong Weiguo said loudly, word by word: "From today on, Zhang Chaoen and I will sever all ties. You are supporting me.  Or do you support Zhang Ni?"
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