The atmosphere in Nanjing these days is very unusual.

Since Zhu Cihong ordered Huang De's power department to pursue Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, there has been an uproar in the government and the opposition.

Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo turned out to be the opposite!

The Ming Dynasty had no advantage over the Manchu Qing and Li Zi, and the rebellion of Er Liu made the situation of the Ming court even worse.

The most terrifying thing is that if Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo lead their troops to surrender to Donglu after a plunder in Shandong, the door of Shandong will be opened, and Dongyu can go south at any time and directly deter Nanzhili!

If this is the case, then the Ming court is really at the point of life and death.

Therefore, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo must not be allowed to surrender from the northeast of Shandong, and even if they are chased and intercepted, they must be strangled in the territory of Shandong.

What made the Manchu Dynasty minister a little worried was that Huang Degong's troops were strong and strong, and this time he went north to chase Er Liu like a tiger out of the mountain. If Huang Degong also has an antipathy, what should he do?

After all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and no one knows what Huang Degong thinks in his heart.

But the Son of Heaven is not suspicious of people, and he trusts Huang Degong very much, and he is quite proud of his arms.

Since the Son of Heaven has expressed his position like this, as a courtier, he naturally has nothing to say, and can only hope that Huang Deyun and Gao Jie will become Yue Wumu and Han Shizhong of this dynasty, rather than traitors and villains who sell their masters for glory.

After Zhu Cihong made all the arrangements, he sat firmly in the Forbidden City and waited for the news from the front line.

It's not that he didn't think about the royal expedition, but the current situation doesn't allow it.

If he personally conquered Shandong, the Shandong Ming army would inevitably be divided into a large part to escort him, and the number of people fighting against Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo would be greatly reduced, which Zhu Cihong did not want to see.

Besides, the city of Nanjing seems to be calm, but in fact the undercurrent is turbulent.

Many ill-intentioned scheming Xiaoxiao are ready to move. Zhu Cihong can still suppress them in Nanjing. If Zhu Cihong left Nanjing to conquer Shandong, it was difficult to guarantee that these people would not plot against him.

If there is a fire in the backyard and the southern capital is in turmoil, it will be a serious blow to the imperial court.

In the future, if the time is ripe, Zhu Cihong still wants to go to the front line to boost morale, but now is obviously not the time.

The only thing that made Zhu Cihong feel relieved was that Qin Liangyu's arrival gave the Manchu Dynasty civil and military a reassurance.

It seems that the old man's stop can play a role in soothing people's hearts.

If there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure, this sentence is really reasonable.

Progress in shipbuilding is also welcome. Since the launch of the first small Fu ship, Longjiang Shipyard has built five more sea vessels. Now the imperial court has a full six warships in its hands.

Although this number is still far from the goal of forming a sailor, it is a good sign.

Zhu Cihong believed that in half a year at most, the sailor would be formed, and at that time, Huangming's dependence on Zheng Zhilong would be much reduced.

After being severely reprimanded by Zhu Cihong, Han Zanzhou learned from the pain and launched a major rectification in the inner factory, and the intelligence collection mechanism of the Military Intelligence Department was also changed accordingly.

As an old man in the palace, Han Zanzhou understood that the Son of Heaven would not have much patience. If he is not qualified for the position of the inner factory, there are countless people vying to replace him.

Now the reason why Han Zanzhou can compete with Liu Chuanzong is because he also holds the title of the eunuch of the inner factory.

If you only rely on the name of the eunuch who holds the seal of the imperial horse eunuch, it cannot be compared with the celebrant Bingbi and the commander of the East Factory in any way.

Han Zanzhou is no better than Liu Chuanzong, not an old man of the East Palace Department, so he naturally needs to be more careful. For him, the loss of authority means that there is no return, and only by firmly holding the thick legs of His Majesty the Emperor can he be in front of people.

This time, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing rebelled suddenly, and the inner factory did not make any warnings, which disappointed the Son of Heaven.

Han Zanzhou was also furious. These rabbit cubs are really not like words, Dongyu's meticulous work has sneaked into Fengyang Mansion, and they didn't even notice it at all, no wonder His Majesty is so angry.

Han Zanzhou immediately dismissed the head of the office in charge of intelligence collection in Fengyang Mansion and appointed another person.

However, he also understands that this is not enough, and the operation mode of the military intelligence department of the internal factory needs to be overhauled, and only in this way can it improve efficiency.

His initial idea was to introduce a competitive mechanism, whereby intelligence gathering in the same area would be divided between two different groups.

These two groups of people are not subordinate to each other, they are not in contact with each other, and they work completely independently.

They regularly send the information they collect back to the Nanjing headquarters through the unique channels of the Military Intelligence Department of the Inner Factory, and hand it over to it for summary analysis and judging the winning side.

Victory rewards and defeats, only in this way can we stimulate these military intelligence divisions who are lurking in the local area, and can make the military intelligence department of the inner factory develop in a better direction.

Han Zanzhou has a very clear positioning for himself, since he wants to be the eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, he must be the most vicious one, and he must crush Dongchang and Jinyiwei under him.

The Son of Heaven will bite whoever he asks him to bite, without the slightest hesitation.

For he understands that all that he has received comes from the reward of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven can reward him with these, and naturally he can easily deprive him.

For a eunuch, loyalty is not just a slogan, but the best way to protect oneself.

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The situation in Jining Prefecture is getting worse and worse.

Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, two traitors, have already thrown hundreds of corpses into the small river leading to the water gate.

Chen Fu, the battalion commander of the Xiaoguo battalion, had no good way to shoot arrows at these rebels who were carrying corpses.

There were more and more corpses in the creek, and in some places they were even piled up as tall as Qi people.

What's even more terrifying is that the corpse has begun to decompose, and the stench wafting is disgusting.

Drawing water from a small river is definitely not a thought.

Chen Fu ordered people to close the water gate, and no matter what, they could not draw water from this water source.

Without supplies, drinking water in the city became scarce.

On the one hand, Chen Fu ordered people to dig deep wells, and on the other hand, he ordered people to collect rainwater in water tanks, and as for the water stored in the original water cellar, it was necessary to save some use.

It's a pity that God seems to be joking with the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Battalion, and there was only a light rain for a few days, and the deep well dug was only clear water with yellow mud soup.

Chen Fu had no choice but to cut and limit the daily drinking water of ordinary people, and the livestock were even more thirsty and dying.

Even the water intake of the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Battalion was reduced, and the soldiers had to drink urine in bowls for a second time.

And this is only five days after Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo threw their bodies into the river.

Chen Fu made a preliminary estimate that the water stored in the city would be enough for five days at most. If he couldn't dig a deep well with clear water after five days, he didn't know what would happen.

Thirst is more likely to drive people mad than hunger, and if the water is completely cut off, it is possible for the army to mutini and even the camp to roar. At that time, the situation was beyond Chen Fu's control.

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