As soon as Duoduo died, there were only the remnants of Boluo in western and southern Zhejiang, and in this battle, he still wondered why Bolo had not moved, but now he understands that Bolo is guarding against the eastward advance of the righteous army, and he is unable to attack Jinhua and Ningbo.

Therefore, in Wu Zheng's heart, he did have the idea of first relieving his breath and accumulating strength, and then going south to regain the lost territory.

Wu Zheng thought of a question, "How could the Qing court sit back and watch the Yixing Dynasty occupy the entire Huguang?" ”

Qian Qianyi said: "The imperial court sent an envoy to the north, as long as the Qing court does not intervene in this war, our court acquiesces to the Qing court's occupation of the northern part of Huguang, with the Yangtze River as the boundary." ”

Wu Zheng was speechless, and he would rather be a slave with a thief.

He secretly made a decision, he couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to stop it, because the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army was indeed not enough for the Northern Expedition, and he needed some time to strengthen the army, develop weapons, develop people's livelihood, and straighten out the messy relationship between the six provinces.

In addition, for the Yixing Dynasty, this war is just, it is a reconquest, and the people's army is a traitor.

If Zhu Cihong is determined to do it, unless he breaks up, Wu Zheng can only agree, at most he will not participate, and sit back and watch the changes.

But not participating is negative, so Wu Zheng decided that he must participate, so that at least he can keep the loyalty battalion.

The population of the land of the Six Prefectures, after two consecutive recruitments, has been exhausted, and in the second recruitment, it has even broken through the boundary of "those who have more than three sons enlist in the army, and only sons and two sons are not recruited".

Therefore, the allure of the loyal battalion of tens of thousands of soldiers to Wu Zheng is very great.

As a result, Wu Zheng temporarily changed his mind.

"Since His Majesty and Shoufu both have the idea of going west, my father has no objection."

Qian Qianyi was overjoyed.

Wu Zheng said: "But this father has one condition. ”

"Lord Wang, please speak."

"This duke must be the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and the imperial court can appoint deputy commanders, but the power to make decisions on military aircraft must be in my hands."

Qian Qianyi hesitated for a moment and said, "This matter...... With His Majesty's approval, the old man entered the palace to ask His Majesty for instructions. ”

Wu Zheng stretched out his hand and said, "Shoufu, please do it." ”

Looking at Qian Qianyi's back in the distance, Wu Zheng frowned.

Song An came in from outside the door and asked puzzledly, "Young Master really plans to fight the rebels?" ”

Wu reprimanded: "Are you eavesdropping again? ”

Song An said with an aggrieved expression: "The young master didn't let me eavesdrop." Besides, I'm guarding outside the door, and it's hard not to hear this distance of several feet. ”

"You ......."

Seeing that Wu Zheng was about to become angry, Song An hurriedly changed the topic and said: "The young master has always said that we must unite all the forces to resist the Qing Dynasty, the righteous army has been recruited by the Longwu Dynasty, why do we still attack?" Besides, if we win the war with great efforts, and the land and population are all returned to the imperial court, what can we get? It's just a promise, Jiangxi and Fujian are still in the hands of the Qing army, and now they have just signed a peace treaty, and they don't know when the war will start again? ”

Wu Zheng looked at the indignant Song An and sighed: "You think the young master wants to, but after all, the court is not the court of the young master alone, and this world is not the world of the young master alone." Everyone's demands are different, and you can't force others to obey your will. Of course, you can also do it with force, but your young master doesn't have the strength to do it now, and even if he can do it, he doesn't want to do it, because the subjects of the Yixing Dynasty are another main force in Jiangnan to resist the Qing Dynasty after all. ”

Song An nodded and said, "Before that, the young master promised to be the imperial historian...... What to do? ”

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Qian Qianyi knew that Chen Zilong and others had visited before, so he thought that he should have arranged eyeliner outside. ”

Song An was furious, "I'll take someone to deal with these thieves." ”

"Nope." Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "What's the use of taking these little minions?" I don't have to startle the snake, since I have decided to go west, then let His Majesty and Qian Qianyi feel at ease...... In this way, I will write a letter, and you will send someone to Taifu's mansion, and this matter will have to be mediated by Taifu, otherwise, with Chen Zilong's fiery temper, it will not be enough to make trouble for me. ”

"Yes."

Wu Zheng fell into deep thought again.

It is too harmful to let someone like Qian Qianyi continue to serve as the first assistant.

This guy reminds Wu Zheng of the big traitor "Wang" in later generations, who is knowledgeable and talented, but also fears the enemy like a tiger and has a defeatist tone.

Let such a person continue to be the first assistant, and the Yixing Dynasty is likely to be bad in the hands of this person.

But the problem is that the appointment and dismissal of the first assistant is not in Wu Zheng's hands.

The emperor regards Qian Qianyi as a humerus, and he will definitely not easily fulfill the wishes of Chen Zilong and others.

Sending a letter to Qian Sule was just to mediate and appease...... Wu Zheng suddenly gritted his teeth and made a decision.

……。

The next day, just after the fourth watch, before the fifth watch, Wu Zheng knocked into the palace.

Fortunately, when the palace gate court meeting, it was opened half an hour in advance, and seeing that it was Wu Zheng, the prince of Zhenguo, who entered the palace alone, the palace gate guards did not dare to stop it.

In the Hanliang Palace, although Zhu Cihong forced his appearance, he still couldn't help but yawn a little.

However, his appearance is still good, and he is very satisfied with Qian Qianyi's reply yesterday.

"Does Aiqing know that I just slept for an hour, and came to see me so early, could it be that the first assistant came to ask me about yesterday?" Zhu Cihong smiled and teased, "Aiqing is inevitably too anxious, right?" Although the matter of the Western Expedition has been decided, it can be negotiated with the Qing court, the mobilization of the army, and the preparation of grain and grass, etc., and the time of one or two months is fast. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong saw that Wu Zheng's face was wrong, and thought that Wu Zheng was too stubborn about what he was asked for, so he smiled and said: "Aiqing, rest assured, I still recognize the general's martial arts, and this position as the commander of the Western Army is naturally the general's." ”

Wu Zheng ignored this stubble, and said in a deep voice: "The minister rushed to the palace of the Great Dynasty today, so as not to be the commander of the Western Army. ”

Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment and asked, "What happened to the general?" ”

Wu Zheng said: "Your Majesty asks Your Majesty to remove Qian Qianyi from the position of first assistant and choose another meritorious." ”

Zhu Cihong's face changed, "Is it Shoufu who offended the general yesterday?" ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said: "Although the minister is young and wild, he is not so angry that he will ask His Majesty to be angry for the minister. ”

"Why? Qian Qianyi was kind to people in the past, and I also heard that he had a personal grudge with the general, in my opinion, he was much better tempered than Chen Zilong. ”

Wu Zheng said: "But for the first assistant candidate, Chen Ning can choose Chen Zilong instead of Qian Qianyi." ”

Zhu Cihong's face suddenly became gloomy, "The general entered the palace today in order to recommend Chen Zilong as the first assistant to me?" Do you know that Chen Zilong's rebellion is not a fiction, if I hadn't discovered it early, he might have succeeded. I didn't want to pursue it, so I didn't make it public, otherwise, even if you had ten heads, you would have to take them all off. ”