Gu Qingcheng took the letter and read it again.
She broke down and chewed up almost every sentence and every word, studying them thoroughly.
Then, she came to a conclusion:
The time has come!
Something unexpected happened in Jiankang, and the new emperor Chen Jing was in trouble.
As a general second only to Chen Jing and also the King of Liang, Chen Duan naturally had to fight back as soon as possible.
Gu Qingcheng put down the letter, took out some intelligence received in recent days, read it carefully, and re-analyzed it.
This information was sent back by the merchant caravans that Gu Qingcheng had stationed in various places in Jiangnan.
On the surface, these are the prices of industries such as rice, silkworms, or local conditions such as rainfall and drought.
However, through these trivial matters, Gu Qingcheng was still able to gain insight into the trends in the court.
When Gu Qingcheng first saw this information, she had some vague guesses.
In ancient times, fluctuations in grain prices were very critical and could reflect certain problems.
For example, the turmoil in the court and the allocation of troops.
The latter, in particular, is directly related to food prices.
"It's not just Chen Duan, the other generals are also secretly mobilizing troops!"
Gu Qingcheng sorted out her speculations.
She took out a piece of letter paper and quickly wrote a letter.
Let the ink dry, fold it, and put it in an envelope.
"Come here, take this letter to His Royal Highness Prince Liang!"
Gu Qingcheng sealed the envelope with wax, pressed her own seal, and then handed it to the visitor.
"yes!"
The visitor agreed, took the envelope with both hands, carefully put it into his lapel, and then quickly retreated.
After watching the man leave, Gu Qingcheng wrote down the other information she had just summarized, and then took it to find her grandfather and father.
"Jiankang is about to be in chaos again!"
Gu Heng, Gu Yi and Gu Ji, father and son, were kneeling in the study.
They passed around the letters, notes and other items that Gu Qingcheng had brought.
Gu Hengxian sighed and said, "It's only been a few years, and the Chen Dynasty is already in turmoil again!"
Gu Yi was calmer, or rather, he had even less favorable impression of the new dynasty.
Come to think of it, he was the son-in-law of the Xiao family of the previous dynasty.
The Chen family was a traitor who overthrew the Xiao Dynasty.
Chen Jing's accusation of "treason" was more like a cycle of cause and effect and retribution.
Gu Yi has absolutely no sympathy, let alone any feelings.
He would only consider whether the whole matter was beneficial to the Gu family.
"Chen Duan is going back to Beijing? He wants to seize that position?"
Gu Yi pondered for a moment, and asked directly without hiding anything.
Gu Qingcheng smiled slightly, "Even if he doesn't want to, I will push him to the top."
It is difficult to achieve unification from south to north.
It would be even more difficult if there is not even a title of "righteousness".
Only if Chen Duan became the emperor of the Southern Dynasty could he integrate all the military forces and fight against the Northern Dynasty.
As for Gu Qingcheng, she can also complete her plan accordingly.
Hearing Gu Qingcheng's ambitious words, the three Gu family members, father and son, all laughed.
"Aqing is right! Chen Duan is the best person to be the emperor!"
Gu Ji is not as calm as Gu Yi, but he is also good at planning.
He stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and nodded slowly.
Chen Duan came to power, and his fiancée Aqing could naturally return to the capital and enter the palace.
With a formal status, many of Gu Qing's actions will become legitimate.
Rather than a traitor who intends to rebel.
Of course, these days, rebellion is as easy as eating and drinking.
However, becoming the mistress of the Southern Dynasty is not only convenient in terms of title, but also has many benefits.
The Gu family can leave Lingnan openly instead of fighting back with difficulty.
After ten years of development, Lingnan is no longer a barbaric place of exile, but it is still too far away from Jiangnan.
Not to mention anything else, the layers of mountains that lie in the middle have added a lot of difficulties to the Gu family.
"Aqing, do you want to go back to Beijing?"
Gu Heng thought for a long time, and finally looked at his granddaughter.
His eyes are full of calmness and wisdom.
"It's been ten years, it's time to go back!"
Gu Qingcheng didn't have much attachment to her hometown.
However, according to her grand plan, Jiankang must be captured.
Only by occupying Jiankang can she move north.
Take Qizhou and then enter Jizhou!
If we can't even take Jiankang, and instead send troops directly from Lingnan—
Haha, even if she trained wolf soldiers and had sufficient food and money, the journey of several thousand miles was enough to drag down the entire team.
There is no way. The Celestial Empire is too big, and it is too difficult to achieve unification from south to north.
Throughout history, only Emperor Hongwu has achieved this.
And he was able to do it because of various reasons.
Even the Northern Expedition in modern times ended in failure.
You know, during the Northern Expedition, we had hot weapons!
In this era, when there were no hot weapons and cold weapons prevailed, the northern cavalry could play the greatest role.
Chen Duan is a natural-born general, and he has brave and capable soldiers under his command.
However, even Chen Duan himself had no confidence in defeating the Northern Dynasty cavalry on the other side of the river!
We must first return to Jiankang, use Jiankang as a base, and advance all the way to the north.
Gu Qingcheng has a clear and complete map of the Celestial Empire in her mind, and she also has a clear idea of the direction of her "development".
"But I can't go back by myself!"
Gu Qingcheng had already made plans. She smiled with confidence and her tone was filled with inexplicable pride.
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