"Totally give up Kunling Pass and the six eastern counties?" Hu Yicai's voice trembled. This is a small half of the territory of Chu. Cheng Wu would have dared to do this, but he would soon become a sinner of the entire Chu State and become the target of verbal criticism. "If Cheng Shuai leads 30,000 troops to withdraw and does not defend Kunling Pass but to Jinghu, he is afraid that in the future..."

"This is exactly what Mr. Cheng deserves to be admired." Min Ruoxi's face flushed slightly, "If it is beneficial to the country's life and death, how can he avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune? Mr. Cheng will inevitably abandon his personal honor and disgrace and flee to Jinghu. If this is not the case, what the State of Chu will lose will not only be the six eastern counties. If the six eastern counties are lost, but can protect the land of Jiangnan, then Chu will still have enough strength. If even Jiangnan is trapped in war, then Chu will be destroyed by no means."

Hu Yicai fell silent. With the personality of Cheng Wuben, he was afraid that he would really do this. In the battle for the throne, Cheng Wuben was caught in this trap. At that time, the emperor gave an order. He knew that he might be killed by the emperor when he came back, but he still lightly chariots from returning to Shangjing.

Although he was not dead, he was idle since then and even threw himself to the war-torn Yue Kingdom for two years, which was called to open up the second battlefield against Qi. The veteran, without saying a word, set off with a burden on his back. In two years, he assisted Qin Feng in establishing the Ming Kingdom and was highly valued by Qin Feng. At this time, Min Ruoying called him and returned to Chu Kingdom without complaint.

If he did not come back, he would definitely get a good position in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the position could not be higher than that in the Chu State, in the Ming Dynasty, he would be respected by the emperor and respected by his subordinates, rather than returning to the Chu State, where the emperor was suspicious and his colleagues were excluded.

He is such a person. He always puts the interests of Chu first, rather than considering his own life, death, honor and disgrace first. Hu Yicai asked himself that he could not do this.

But this does not prevent him from helping him without endangering himself. I'm afraid this is also the reason why Princess Zhaohua came here. Since Princess Zhaohua believed that the decision to set up a defense line would inevitably use Jinghu as a base, then what he wanted to do was clear at a glance.

"What does Your Highness the Princess hope that Weichen will do?" Hu Yicai asked.

"Jinghu County was originally the hinterland of the Great Chu, with a poor city block, insufficient troops, and no food or grass." Princess Zhaohua said.

"Your Highness, Quanzhou is still rich. I can do my best to support Jinghu's money and grain. In addition to leaving the county government, I will also call on all the gentry and people in the county to donate money. The grain can also be supported by Jinghu. However, the soldiers, the weak ministers cannot mobilize them at will. Quanzhou originally had two troops, one navy and another garrison, but they were all directly ordered by the court. As for the county soldiers, there were not many, and they would probably not work if they went there, and they would cause chaos." Hu Yicai said.

"The faster the money and food matters, the better, and the navy must be transferred to Jinghu." Princess Zhaohua said firmly. "Jinghu County does not have a strong city, but there are many rivers and lakes, which is most suitable for navy combat. If the Qi army attacks Jinghu, they will not be able to carry the ship from land to Jinghu. With the navy, Jinghu County can be a battlefield everywhere, while the Qi army can only passively respond to the battle, and the initiative is all in our Great Chu. This is also the reason why Cheng Shuai wanted to choose Jinghu."

"But I did not mobilize the power of the navy! And your Highness, the navy is afraid that it is not worth fighting!" Hu Yicai hesitated for a moment and revealed the truth. The navy of the Great Chu was basically in chaos.

"They can't fight and still be transport soldiers? Let them go to the coolies." Princess Zhaohua sneered: "As for mobilizing the navy's troops, just do it. I will go to the capital soon. If I have the government decides for you, I think who dares to make things difficult for you?"

"Your Highness, you are the Queen of the Ming Dynasty!" Hu Yicai smiled bitterly. If the princess in front of him was just Princess Zhaohua of Da Chu, it would be fine, but with another identity, he could mobilize the army of Da Chu at will, he could not bear the blame.

"Don't forget Hu Yicai, the Empress Dowager is still there!" Min Ruoxi said sternly. "If I can't take the lead for you, then can the Empress Dowager be okay?" Hu Yicai was so excited.

"Are you staying in your Quanzhou Prefecture as a puppet, or try to be a savior, and you should consider it yourself?" Min Ruoxi snorted coldly: "The second brother said he was not a wise king, but he was not a fool. What did you do, whether to him is good or bad, loyal or traitor, he can still distinguish it clearly."

Hu Yicai took a deep breath and knew that if he didn't do as he did, he was afraid that Princess Zhaohua would lose his official position on the day she arrived in the capital. Moreover, just now, the princess said that she mercilessly revealed his true feelings. Obviously, Her Highness knew the situation in Quanzhou clearly.

Yes, Zhou Li is now a general of the Ming Dynasty. With Zhou Li here, what can I hide from Quanzhou from the princess?

"Since His Highness is willing to endorse this matter, the empress will also fight for it. Even if the empress is fighting for this life, he will still be able to supply Jinghu. Your Highness, will Cheng Shuai really go to Jinghu?" Hu Yicai said.

"It must be so. This is the only way for Chu State to save itself. Cheng Shuai is a veteran and has been in charge of the country for many years. How could he not see this reality clearly?" Min Ruoxi said calmly: "You just have to go through the newspaper and look at Cheng Shuai's retreat route, and just know what Cheng Shuai's intention is!"

Hu Yicai nodded.

"Your Highness, if you want to go to Beijing, you will take a boat faster next time, but your boat cannot drive in the inland river, so you can only change the boat in Quanzhou. Please ask Your Highness to rest at the Quanzhou Inn for a few days, and wait for the Weichen to prepare the boat and guard for you."

"Okay, but you must be fast. I will stay in Quanzhou for one day. I must set off the day after tomorrow. You only need to prepare the ships. As for other sailors, it doesn't need to be arranged by Zhou Lihui. By the way, don't want the navy's ships. Go and ask Ning for a fast ship for me." Min Ruoxi said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Hu Yicai bowed and responded: "There are all officials in Quanzhou outside Chengcheng, and there are also gentry in Quanzhou headed by Ning Zhiwen. Will Your Highness meet?"

Min Ruoxi thought for a while, "I will disappear today, and I am really tired. Let's take a day off first. Tomorrow evening, I will invite these gentry to the court. Aren't you going to raise money from them? I'll sit on the stage for you."

"That's good!" Hu Yicai was happy. Princess Zhaohua came forward, and his face was always much greater than that of himself. "Then please let the princess move to the inn!"

Min Ruoxi is indeed tired. She has never been on a boat for such a long time when she grew up. Although the boat is big, it can't stand the storm and waves at sea. Even if there are no big storm at this time, even the usual small storm is enough for her. If it weren't for her martial arts spirit, she would have been unable to hold on.

Thinking about the time when Huo Guang, as the master of the master, followed Zhou Li in the storm and vomited in the dark when he came back. Until she arrived at the inn, she still felt her feet floating under her feet. As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought she was still on the bed.

After entering the inn, the first thing was to climb into bed and go to bed. As for Yinggu, the situation was similar to Min Ruoxi. It was just a pain for the good man Le. Even if he was floating under his feet, he still had to do what he dared to do. As for the guards, it was a common practice. After all, they had been drifting on the sea with the emperor for more than a month. After seeing the terrifying storm, they had been smooth sailing along the way.

The guards of the inn were naturally taken over by the Ming soldiers, and all the irrelevant people in the inn were driven out by Eunuch Le. Even the chef was brought by the Taiping ship. When he was out, Eunuch Le didn't want to take any risks, even if the Empress was the princess of Chu.

And wasn’t His Majesty asking him to come with the Queen just to worry about these things? Although Yinggu is very skilled in martial arts and is an excellent personal bodyguard, when it comes to these subtle details, he is still good at eunuch Le.

Min Ruoxi slept very sweetly this time, and she was not awakened by Yinggu until midnight.

Sitting up from the bed and looking at the dark outside the window, Min Ruoxi couldn't help but be surprised.

"Yinggu, what happened?" Without any special things, Yinggu would definitely not wake her up at this time.

"Empress, Fan Ying just found Eunuch Le, and Eunuch Le went to find me again. Fan Ying brought someone and needed to report to the princess if there is an emergency." Ying Gu whispered.

Min Ruoxi immediately lost all her sleepiness. Fan Ying was a commander of the Eagle Nest. This time, with Min Ruoxi, he wanted to use him to contact the Eagle Nest spies in the Chu realm for Min Ruoxi to use. The people he brought were naturally the Eagle Nest spies in Quanzhou.

"Let Fan Ying bring people in." Min Ruoxi said.

A man with a dark face and a little fishy smell on his body, walked in behind Fan Ying with his hands down. Min Ruoxi just glanced at him and knew that this person must be someone who was seeking life on the water. The smell on his body was similar to Zhou Li.

"Luo Yang, the Quanzhou branch of the Chu State branch of the Eagle Nest Foreign Affairs Department, met the Empress!" As soon as the man entered the door, he immediately bowed to the ground.

"Get up, no need to be polite." Min Ruoxi waved, "What is your current identity?"

"Report to the Empress, my subordinates are now working under the Ning Grand Master Ning of the Ning family." Luo Yang said.

"When you come to see you late at night, what is the emergency?" Min Ruoxi asked. Luo Yang might have leaked his identity when he came, and it would be more costly. After all, what Qin Feng had to deal with is the eldest son of the Ning family to help the second son Ning Zeyuan take control of the power of the Ning family. There is a spy next to Prince Ning, which would definitely be much more convenient.

"When I return to the Queen, my subordinate accidentally discovered that Ning Zefeng, the eldest son of Ning family, was actually in contact with the ghosts in Qi State." Luo Yang said: "After discovering this, my subordinates investigated many times and finally found that the eldest son hid these people in one of his other courtyards. The leader was Xiang Lian, the deputy commander of the ghost. This man had a very high status among ghosts. He actually came to Quanzhou to collude with the eldest son of Ning. He was afraid that his plan was quite large, so his subordinates were eager to see the Queen."
Chapter completed!