If it weren't for Zhang Huangyan's "squeezing", Wu Zheng would have no intention of going to Qian Sule.

A lot of coincidences came together to cause this chaos that shouldn't have happened.

And Dong Yingdi's reaction was indeed very fast.

When he heard about this, his first reaction was that he felt that an opportunity had come.

Dong Yingdi immediately connected with other imperial historians and several courtiers and rushed to Liao Zhongping's place, in order to prevent Liao Zhongping from going to mediation.

There is no love for no reason in the world, and naturally there is no hate for no reason.

The reason why Dong Yingdi was bent on going against Wu Zheng and wanted to put Wu Zheng to death was actually very simple.

The word interest.

On the surface, Wu Zheng and Dong Yingdi have no intersection.

But in fact, Wu Zheng touched the cheese of this part of Dong Ying's officials.

When Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was in charge of the country before, Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren intercepted hundreds of thousands of taxes from more than a dozen counties around Shaoxing Mansion, which included the shadow of Dong Ying's first group.

Just imagine, Fang Guoan was stationed on the east bank of the Qiantang River, and Wang Zhiren was far away in Dinghai.

Even if the taxes of more than a dozen counties around Shaoxing Mansion want to be intercepted, how can they be transferred to the east and west?

This expropriation and transportation require manpower, and it also requires the coordination of the upper echelons of the imperial court and the cooperation of the local government.

It is self-evident what role Dong Yingdi, who is the secretary of the household department, plays in this.

It's not that no one guessed the important ministers of the court, but they were afraid of the army in the hands of Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren, for fear of forcing the two of them against them and causing a catastrophe.

And Zhu Yihai really doesn't know, he doesn't have that kind of insight.

According to this, Dong Yingdi and the others were not angry with Wu Zheng.

However, Wu Zheng's rapid rise and Fang Guoan's rebellion led to Wu Zheng's initiative to depose Zhu Yihai and support Zhu Yujiao.

In the end, Wu Zheng integrated the Lianghu Guard into an iron plate, almost southeast of Shaoxing, and became a country within a country.

In fact, the imperial court had lost its ability to collect taxes from the southeastern counties of Shaoxing Prefecture.

There are only eight counties in Shaoxing Prefecture, and the cake is only so big.

Wu Zheng has more points, and naturally some people have fewer points.

The so-called blocking people's money is undoubtedly killing parents.

Hate, that's how it came about.

But this hatred is not to the point of life and death.

This is also the reason why Dong Yingdi has always pulled a group of officials to impeach Wu Zheng whenever he has the opportunity.

At that time, Dong Yingdi and others just wanted to pull Wu Zheng off the horse, not necessarily to kill Wu Zheng.

But from the beginning of Wu Zheng's Northern Expedition, especially the occupation of Hangzhou.

The nature of the matter changed.

The human heart, in addition to greed, also has an important negative emotion - jealousy.

Jealousy, commonly known as red-eyedness.

Wu Zheng's prosperity in Hangzhou Mansion made Dong Yingdi and others red-eyed.

This is different from Fang Guoan's plundering of half of Hangzhou and bringing back twenty boatloads of property.

If Fang Guoan grabbed a basket of eggs, then Wu Zheng didn't even let go of the chickens that laid eggs.

In addition, Fang Guoan has deep qualifications, and he has always been the Duke of Guo since Zhu Yihai supervised the country.

The so-called persimmon has to be pinched softly, in the opinion of Dong Yingdi and others, Wu Zheng's foundation is shallow and he rises too fast, so he naturally can't be compared with Fang Guoan.

There is also a saying that the higher you climb, the heavier you fall.

Dong Yingdi and others wanted Wu Zheng to fall down, the logic is very simple, without Wu Zheng in Hangzhou Mansion, the imperial court will be able to control the tax rights in Hangzhou Mansion and the surrounding areas, and how can the tax collection of the imperial court bypass the household department?

But Dong Yingdi and others couldn't expect that Wu Zheng could sing all the way and rush forward, and the Qing army, which was as stable as Mount Tai in their eyes, was defeated again and again, which made Wu Zheng pick up a big leak.

At this time, Dong Yingdi and others found out that it was bad, the young man who had a shallow foundation in the past suddenly became a giant that they could not shake, at least in terms of strength, he had formed a crushing trend.

At this time, there were internal differences among Dong Yingdi and others.

There are two plans, one is to shake hands with Wu Zheng and make peace, and from then on, we will share weal and woe. The second is that water and fire are incompatible, you live and die.

Shaking hands and making peace, naturally everyone is happy, and political struggles are never ashamed of surrender and peace, only about success or failure, for this point, Dong Yingdi and others are familiar with it.

But the problem is that Wu Zheng is different from ordinary people, whether he is young and arrogant, he does not have the tolerance and forgiveness that a mature politician should have.

This is no secret.

In fact, as long as Wu Zheng can take the corner of his eye to glance at Dong Yingdi and them in his spare time, maybe the second half of today's incident will not happen.

But Wu Zheng didn't, to be precise, no.

It is precisely because of Wu Zheng's "vigor" that Dong Yingdi and others were cut off from moving closer to Wu Zheng in disguise.

prompted them to fight to the death with Wu in order to protect their power and interests.

In the final analysis, everything is still for two words - profit.

The power of the DPRK and China is limited, but the officials are relatively unlimited.

How to divide up limited power with unlimited officials and occupy the majority of it is a science, and it is also the root of all political struggles.

Dong Yingdi is a Jinshi in the Wanli period, old qualifications, otherwise he would not be able to mix with the high position of the household Shangshu, he has gone through five dynasties, has seen the party struggle, and has also seen the fall of Wei Zhongxian, he is a first-hand witness of the political struggle.

In his mind, Wu Zheng was far more harmful than the Qing army.

Thinking about it day and night, he was looking for an opportunity to bring down Wu Zheng, so as soon as the incident happened, his reaction was very fast, that is, to take this opportunity to eradicate Wu Zheng.

This thing sounds difficult, Wu Zheng is the commander of tens of thousands of troops, a powerless minister, even if it is a book, it is difficult to kill Wu Zheng.

But in Dong Yingdi's opinion, this is very easy.

In fact, in Dong Yingdi's heart, he didn't believe that Wu Zheng would rebel at this time, to put it mildly, with his judgment, if Wu Zheng really wanted to usurp the throne and stand on his own, why did he have to do this great rebellion in person?

As long as his army is withdrawn from the cottage, and then borrowed the hands of the Qing army to make a nest of the cottage, then not only will his wish be fulfilled, but he can also occupy the initiative in the name of revenge for the prison country and the imperial court, and occupy the initiative of fighting or not fighting with the Qing court.

If you come back and do this rebellion in person, your brain will burn out, and you may not be so stupid.

As long as Wu Zheng is not a rebellion, then he will have restraint in the fight between the two armies, and with moderation, there will be a stay, and if there is a stay, it is the best time to launch it himself.

Killing, in fact, don't bother much, if you really want to kill, you only need a knife.

Even the knife is not too good, blunt, lacking a mouth, even a firewood knife, is enough.

There is a battalion of guards from Liao Zhongping, so that Dong Yingdi is a bamboo in his chest, and the guards represent Zhu Yujiao and the imperial court.

As long as Wu Zheng has no intention of rebelling, then the arrival of the guards will make him lose his vigilance, or at least make him less vigilant.

Nothing is impossible at night, isn't it?