After all, the imperial court is not what it used to be, and the Empress Dowager wants to insist on commanding Jinling, but I am afraid that it is wishful thinking.

Even if Prince Zhu remembered the brotherhood between him and the former emperor and listened to the words of the empress dowager, other people would not agree.

Jinling City is now a mercenary self-respecter, and it is impossible to give the imperial court any more chances.

Jinling is Jinling, and the imperial court is still the imperial court.

The two cannot be compared with each other.

At least that's what the Jinling Zhu family thinks.

The Zhu family has reached the edge of the cliff, even if they don't mercenary, they will still be forced to recruit troops to defend the city by King Kang Mian and Zhu Lequan in the future.

Why are people so aggrieved when they live?

Zhu Changxi was born to be very aggressive, eating soft rather than hard.

If you cry with Zhu Changxi, he will think you are very pitiful and will help you. Even if you're hostile to him.

But if you give him a hard one, even if you are his friend, he will have a bad attitude towards you.

He himself understands this, and Gu Zizhong criticized Zhu Changxi a lot because of this.

But Zhu Changxi just couldn't remember.

So now the imperial court can only flatter Jinling.

Jinling still thinks of the kindness with the imperial court.

Aunt Cui can see clearly, but she is an outsider, and she is not good at commenting on this kind of big thing.

Gu Zizhong and his family also talked about this topic.

Li Nanyu still sees the current situation very clearly, and she feels like a mirror in her heart.

Gu Zizhong had no confidence, but he was told by Li Nanyu that he was ready to move.

Li Nanyu knew that if Jinling didn't oppose it now, it would have to do it sooner or later.

The current imperial court is already in name only, and the little emperor has no power at all.

The power of the court is in the hands of the Empress Dowager.

And the Empress Dowager is still a huge group of relatives behind her.

If the relatives are not removed, the little emperor cannot do anything.

The Empress Dowager is immortal, and the little emperor cannot get rid of the shackles.

Therefore, there are deep contradictions within the imperial court, and outside King Kang Mian and Zhu Lequan are eyeing the imperial court.

The Ming Dynasty is very dangerous now, and there is such a big problem inside, the Tatars in the north and the Japanese on the other side of the sea will wait for the opportunity to move.

It's the people who are hurting.

Li Nanyu persuaded Gu Zizhong not to be kind to women.

Although Gu Zizhong is indeed a woman.

Li Nanyu saw that the county lord had softened his heart at this critical juncture, and even said sharply: "The eldest husband has something to do, and he doesn't do something." County Lord, what you respect most on weekdays is that you can understand the overall situation. Now that Jinling is in danger, you can't drop the chain. ”

When Gu Zizhong heard this, he was still uneasy in his heart.

She is responsible for Jinling and the people of Jinling.

Li Nanyu said: "King Kang Mian himself is brave, and all of his subordinates are strong men. But I don't know if it's okay to fight, they can do the robber thing. King Kang connived at his subordinates, robbed the people's things, and raped the people's daughters. They did all these things. If our Jinling surrenders, the people of Jinling City can imagine......"

She couldn't stand it, and Gu Zizhong couldn't listen to it anymore.

Gu Zizhong understood, and there was no need for Sister Li to persuade her again.

For the sake of the Zhu family and the Gu family in Jinling, and for the people of Jinling, Gu Zizhong must be ruthless.

Jinling is no longer of the same mind with the imperial court now, and Gu Zizhong has no need to worry about anything for the friendship between her and the Empress Dowager.

Gu Zi regained his determination to have a showdown with the imperial court.

After all, rebellion is against the teachings of our ancestors.

If Brother Zishan's rebellion fails, how will he go underground to see his ancestors a hundred years later?

The Jiangshan Society of the Ming Dynasty cannot be buried because of Brother Zishan's own interests.

I heard that the Aixinjue Luo clan in the north is also eyeing the Central Plains.

Daming's internal and external troubles are really a mess.

Gu Zizhong thought too much, but was awakened by Li Nanyu's words: "County Lord Gu, you are the county lord of Jinling City, not the county lord of the imperial court. If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. You think so much, but what's the use of the court?"

Gu Zizhong pondered carefully, and still said: "The Ming Dynasty is important, even if we don't want Jinling City and are destroyed by other vassal kings, we still can't cut off the Ming Dynasty." What if we Central Plains people make a fuss and the barbarians from outside take the opportunity to come in? The Tartar soldiers always want to rob our Ming people, and the Japanese always want to invade and occupy the Ming Dynasty. ”

Li Nanyu also admired Gu County's intentions, she was a girl, but she thought so far.

Gu Zi was distracted, and sat down at the table to calm himself down.

After a while, Li Nanyu came in with tea.

Gu Zizhong drank two sips of tea, and his mood improved.

Li Nanyu smiled and said, "County Lord, what are you thinking about now?"

Gu Zizhong looked around and saw that there was no one, so he said to Li Nanyu: "I think about how Jinling can protect itself." If the court doesn't give us a way to live, we have no choice but to do the opposite. ”

Li Nanyu sighed and said, "You think so, it's very correct. The imperial court is now not in the hands of the little emperor, but in the hands of the empress dowager, in the hands of those relatives and eunuchs. We have no way to preside over the overall situation, so let's protect ourselves. If there is trouble in the Central Plains, let the foreigners take the opportunity to come in. Then everyone is responsible. Anyway, a hundred years later, we all went underground, and when we met the ancestors and ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, there were so many descendants, and it would not be us who carried the black pot. ”

Gu Zizhong's head was sweating.

She didn't expect that Li Nanyu, a girl, would know so much.

Li Nanyu said in her heart: "Sister Gu, I can see what you are thinking at a glance." You are soft-hearted when it is critical. When will the Ming Dynasty die? There are so many local vassal kings, if they all want to fight for their own interests, then the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its qi and should also die. Therefore, we are all descendants of Grandpa, all of whom are from the Central Plains, and we will not let the barbarians enter. ”

Gu Zizhong listened to Li Nanyu's words, and felt much better.

She went back to Zhu's house.

Aunt Cui brought her good news.

Aunt Cui said that Zhu Changxi and Zhu Shizi will come home tomorrow.

And the Empress Dowager, who was far away in the capital, also sent a letter to Gu Zi.

Gu Zizhong looked at the content of the letter, and what he wrote was some heartfelt words and common words.

If it had been placed in the past, Gu Zizhong would definitely reply to the Empress Dowager.

But now it's different, she won't.

She knows that the current Empress Dowager is no longer the Empress Dowager of the past.

The relatives behind the Empress Dowager are too powerful.

If the imperial court wants to continue to exist, and if the little emperor wants to make a difference, he must destroy the foreign relatives behind the empress dowager.

Gu Zizhong pressed the letter written by the Empress Dowager on the head of the bed, and showed it to Brother Zishan when he came back.