Nanchang, Jiangxi Governor's Office.

Since learning that Zheng Chenggong passed away, Zhang Chao's mind has become much more active. After carefully analyzing his own situation, Zhang Chao found that he was the most advantageous among the governors of the Southeast. After the Jingdezhen was in Zhang Chao's hands and implemented the unified purchase and sales policy, it was a stable source of income for exports and foreign exchange, which greatly made up for the disadvantage that income was not as good as that of Jiangnan and Huguang. Moreover, because the chassis was small, Jiangxi's military expenditure was relatively low, and there were fewer areas along the river threatened by Deng Ming, so he saved up some of his possessions in the past two years.

Moreover, Jiangxi has the advantage of small goals. Jiangnan is an area that the Qing court attaches great importance to. If the southeast is unstable, Jiang Guozhu will definitely be the main target; Zhang Changgeng has the largest territory and is adjacent to the nine provinces, and is also the one who falls deepest in the quagmire of Tong Deng. But the Zhang Chao is different. It is neither the main target of attack, nor the surrounding evil neighbors. If the Qing court is determined to conquer the southeast again, Jiangxi will definitely be the secondary target, and the possibility of winning over and surrendering is also very high.

The only trouble is in the battle of Gaoyou Lake. Once the matter of participating in the murder of the former emperor is exposed, Zhang Chao will confess and the Qing court will settle the accounts, and the whole family will definitely be executed. Although this matter is extremely secret and the insiders are all top-level personnel, if Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng are forced to do so, they may have to be exposed at all costs.

"Oh, why did you participate in this matter at the beginning?" Now Zhang Chao regretted it when he thought of this matter. He couldn't help but think that even if he pretended to be deaf and dumb, maybe Deng Ming could kill Shunzhi. Before the Gaoyou Lake Incident, Zhang Chao was afraid that Deng Ming would not succeed and did not dare to keep his strength. However, Deng Ming won so easily, and not many people died, which made the governor of Jiangxi have the idea that he was better than watching.

Zhang Chao still remembers Deng Ming mentioned the incident of "Kangxi" with Dong Weiguo in person. The Southeast Governor-General wrote secretly and believed that there was a big tiger hidden in the court. This mysterious figure of Tong Deng was at least one of the ministers of the regent. Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo even determined that it was Sony, and only this old guy was able to rule out the agreement to decide this year name. This hint made the Southeast Governor-General-General-Dong Deng dare to sell his companions to the court, because exposing the neighbor Tong Deng not only increased the possibility of the Gaoyou Lake incident being exposed, but also the secret complaint was likely to fall into Deng.

In the hands of Ming's accomplice, Dong Weiguo once analyzed to Zhang Chao privately that he suspected that Sony in Gaoyou Lake also had a share. It was probably Sony who instigated Shunzhi to personally expedition, in order to force the Southeast Governor into a dead end, and had to cooperate with Deng Ming, who seemed loyal and honest, so that there was no way out. If it was as Dong Weiguo expected, even if Zhang Chao did not participate, Deng Ming would have a great chance of success. Even if the governor of Jiangxi did not submit this letter of surrender, Deng Ming would probably not be permanent in Jiangxi, which made Zhang Chao feel even less.

"And why did Zheng Chenggong die in his prime?" Until the whole news came, Zhang Chao felt that his position was as safe as Mount Tai. The Qing court's troops on the southern coast were nailed to death by Zheng Chenggong. Last year, Zhejiang was defeated again and was pulled back by the Sichuan army. Although Li Guoying tried his best to apply makeup to himself, the governors could see that Chongqing was not optimistic. When the court's troops were stretched, they could only be favored to the southeast. Since the Kangxi year, Beijing has been obedient to the appointment of officials in Jiangxi. As long as Zhang Chao can still transport the rated taxes to Beijing, Beijing will never mention letting him move his position.

However, although Zheng Chenggong's death is a danger and an opportunity, it is to increase the bargaining chips for bargaining with Deng Ming. Zhang Chao felt that Deng Ming, who had lost Zheng Chenggong's support, would have a worse confidence in the Southeast Governor, and Zhang Chao's position became more important. At least it would be natural to increase the price of porcelain.

Therefore, the person from Chengdu Development Bank came to Nanchang to promote war bonds, which was like a blow to Zhang Chao who was full of confidence and longing. Deng Ming, who lost Zheng Chenggong's support, not only did not give in, but became even harder. Zhang Chao, who was thinking about how to raise the price of porcelain, could swallow this breath? Needless to say, the person who was selling the bonds was just a nobility without fame and fortune - Zhang Chao did not recognize the fame like scholars; this nobility was not even an official appointed by Deng Ming, so he dared to roar in the court and threatened Zhang Chao, saying, "Call the soldiers in western Sichuan to attack you!"

The angry Zhang Chao almost beat this crazy man to death who didn't understand the superiors and inferiors on the spot. Fortunately, he had been an official for many years and had already achieved great success. In the end, he just ordered the crazy man to be imprisoned first, and the 50 million bonds he brought were also found to be in the official position. Zhang Chao, who was a veteran in the country, did not dare to order it to burn it on the spot. Isn't it that Zhuge was cautious in his life?

When the banker of Chengdu Development Bank was dragged away by the officers and soldiers, he was furious and shouted to Zhang Chao over and over again: "Call the soldiers in western Sichuan come and fight you! Call the soldiers in western Sichuan come and fight you!"

Needless to say, Zhang Chao was so angry that his hands were trembling, and his hands kept trembling. When he asked Deng Ming to ask his wife to offer his son, Deng Ming never shouted at him like this. After returning to normal, Zhang Chao instructed him to clean the cell where the banker and his entourage lived, and three meals a day were indispensable.

Two days later, Zhang Chao sent someone to inquire about the prisoner's movements. He heard that the dead thief kept asking for water every day. After drinking, he pulled his neck and shouted: "Call the soldiers from western Sichuan to attack you!"

After pondering for a while, Zhang Chao ordered the thief prisoners to be brought out from the cell and placed under house arrest in a tightly guarded yard. He also found two monks to accompany them to play chess and relieve their boredom, and by the way, he taught the banker the Dharma to eliminate his anger.

At about this moment, another person from the Construction Bank of Xuzhou came to promote public debts. This time, Zhang Chao's strategy became much more clever. He took out the confiscated bonds to the newcomers and said that he had bought all the money in Nanchang. This trick was not bad. The person who came was discouraged when he saw it. After checking the quantity, he found that there were as much as 50 million, the people from the Construction Bank of Xuzhou muttered something: "I didn't leave any balance for me."

Zhang Chao, who was surprised in his heart, invited the people of Xuzhou to dinner and found a lot of information from him. It seemed that when they were selling public bonds on behalf of them, Governor Xiong from Sichuan Bank also sent them a quota table, setting a ceiling for all downstream prefectures and counties, so that they should not exceed the quota, otherwise they would be fined.

After sending away several subsequent bankers like this, Zhang Chao contacted other Southeast Governors in a rush. In a private message, Zhang Chao said that he believed that he should unite against Deng Ming. If Deng Ming was going to be tough, then arrange a Gaoyou Lake for him to let him know that the Southeast Governors Alliance is not easy to mess with.

Jiang Guozhu cheered loudly in his reply, saying that Nanjing is the strong backing of Wuchang and Nanchang. Whether it is Beijing or Chengdu, whoever dares to provoke the Southeast Alliance will be defeated. Shunzhi is their lesson - of course, Jiang Guozhu only dares to say this in a letter without leaving a seal.

Zhang Changgeng also said that Wuchang also encountered the national debt salesman of the Ming War from western Sichuan. Since Yuezhou, Huguang has flatly refused this increasingly violent blackmail. He hoped that Liangjiang could support him some food and grass, and allocate the balance of the General Li Yamen to him first, so that he could recruit warriors and block Deng Ming, a red-eyed robber west of Wuchang for the Southeast Alliance.

The Governor of Huguang was very pleasant, but Zhang Chao was skeptical about this, and it seemed that Jiang Guozhu didn't really believe that the senior expert Deng Deng Zhang Changgeng could sacrifice himself and use his old capital to fight for the invincible Deng Ming. In the end, Liangjiang hesitated and allocated 200,000 taels of silver to Zhang Changgeng, intending to see the results before talking about it.

Good news came the day before yesterday. Zhang Changgeng claimed that he, Chen Shishi Yuezhou, had a reasonable, well-founded and concise negotiation with Deng Ming. In front of the officers and soldiers of Huguang who were ready for battle, the arrogant Deng Ming also shrank. Now the two armies are in a confrontation. Zhang Changgeng asked Liangjiang to quickly write a document to suppress Deng Zongli Yamen and agreed to Zhou Peigong to allocate all the financial surplus this year to Wuchang so that Wuchang could gather more troops to intercept Deng Ming.

Every word written in the letter was something Zhang Chao was willing to believe. He estimated that Zhang Changgen would definitely be beaten half to death by Deng Ming. If he did not give in, Wuchang would not be able to save it. However, Deng Ming would definitely be exhausted after beating Zhang Changgen. After all, Zhang Changgen was also the governor of the side. In this way, Zhang Chao and Deng Ming had more confidence in talking about the price of porcelain, and they would not buy the government debt at all. Of course, Zhang Chao would put the banker under house arrest back and continue to maintain a good relationship with Deng Ming. According to the monk sent to explain Buddhism, the banker had a very bad temper. He ate the monk's horse when playing chess, and he smiled when he ate the monk's horse, but his car was eaten and he raised the chess board, and pointed at the monk's nose and shouted: "Call the soldiers in western Sichuan to beat you!"

Out of caution, Zhang Chao did not believe the Governor of Huguang unconditionally, nor did he immediately bombard the banker. In the past two days, the envoys from Wuchang were able to come two or three times a day, and they were to ask Zhang Chao to quickly allocate funds to cooperate. Recently, an envoy from here burst into tears and said that if he didn't give money, the Governor of Huguang would not be able to maintain the recruited 200,000 troops.

Unable to withstand the envoy's plea, Zhang Chao began to hesitate. Did he agree to allocate the money from Jiangxi in the Zongli Yamen to Huguang first?

Suddenly, an envoy stumbling in: "Sir, sir, intercepted, intercepted!"

Zhang Chao deployed his own spies at the Henan Governor's Office. During this period, they had been following Zhang Chao's instructions, staring at the official letter from Huguang with wide eyes.

When the envoy handed over the secretly copied official letter, he sincerely exclaimed: "Governor is really a sacred calculation. Governor Zhang did not deliver the memorial according to his usual route, but went to Henan to deliver the memorial."

Zhang Chao stood up, hurriedly walked out of the seat to meet him, snatched the memo from the messenger, and then glanced at him and slapped the table and cursed: "Zhang Changgeng, I know you are human-faced and beastly!"

In the urgent report of the Governor of Huguang, Deng Mingzheng's army of 100,000 troops invaded the east again, and the giant attackers of Kuidong Li Laiheng and Liu Tichun also followed. Even Wang Guangxing, who had always been huddled, and Hao Yaoqi, who was cruising in the Han River Basin, and He Zhen, were dispatched. Even if he did not come, he sent out a general, a son and a nephew. More than 100,000 Sichuan bandits, and the trespassed besieged Yuezhou for several days. The prefect of Yuezhou urged the soldiers and civilians in the city to resist to the death, killing many generals of the trespasses, and finally Deng Ming had to withdraw the siege and turn to Wuchang; and Wuchang was as solid as a god under the leadership of Zhang Changgeng. Deng Ming, Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun and others who were incompetent to take advantage of the situation went downstream on April 6 and headed to Jiangxi. Zhang Changgeng reported that the court had warned Jiangxi that the waterway was blocked now, so he turned to Henan to send this urgent report.

"When will this guy warn me?" Zhang Chao hurriedly calculated the time with his fingers: "On April 6th... Go to Jiujiang to call the police and ask Dong Gongsong to be careful. Deng Ming will be at his place soon!"
Chapter completed!