Zhou Zheng watched as the two Xiyi people passed by him and went up the city wall.

Zhou Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at them.

When the soldier saw it, he hurriedly said: "Zhou Yushi, these two people are from Guangdong, I heard that Governor Yuan is going to buy more Hongyi cannons, and Ningyuan and Jinzhou will install this kind of cannon, which is very powerful." ”

Zhou Zheng snorted, what he was thinking of was not the Hongyi cannon, but another way to make money - sea trade!

Now Europe's great voyages are becoming more and more mature, and Asia, especially around the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more active, although the Ming Dynasty has adopted a 'ignore' attitude, plus there have been naval battles, sea trade is not obvious, but the Ming Dynasty has been very active in the sea trade, never interrupted, especially the smuggling in Fujian.

If you can plan it properly, it will be a continuous source of money!

Zhou Zheng watched the two of them go up to the city tower and still chatter, wow, and continued to go downstairs after thinking for a while.

Shanhaiguan is not big, Zhou Zheng walked a few places, and then returned to the residence arranged for them by Shanhaiguan.

Huang Weihuai was leisurely, in a small hall, drinking tea, posing for an endgame, looking at it by himself, and going down.

Zhou Zheng glanced at it and was about to enter his own room.

Huang Weihuai dropped a son, and said without raising his head: "The water in Liaodong is deeper than you think, if you want to check the money and grain in Liaodong, you will die without a place to be buried." ”

Zhou Zheng stopped and said to Huang Weihuai: "So, you don't do anything?" Go with the flow, or go with the flow? Or maybe it's a piece of the pie? ”

If you want to talk about the complicated situation of money and grain in Liaodong, no one can say clearly, first of all, it is necessary to raise taxes and enter the treasury, and it has nothing to do with how much is levied, and how much is sent to Liaodong has nothing to do with how much is received, and Liaodong's arrears, delays, and misappropriation are even more common, and even the big and small incidents that have been made have hardly stopped.

How deep the water is, I'm afraid that no one in the government and the opposition doesn't know.

Huang Weihuai turned a deaf ear to Zhou Zheng's words, continued to play chess, and said lightly: "I don't care if you make trouble in the imperial court, when you get to Liaodong, you can settle down a little, otherwise, I will not be polite to you." ”

Zhou Zheng had a premonition that Huang Weihuai was going to do something to him on the way, his expression did not move, and he said lightly: "Why are you not welcome?" ”

Huang Weihuai raised his head again, looked at Zhou Zheng expressionlessly, and said, "If you are disobedient, I will leave you in Liaodong and escort you back to Beijing to punish you when I come back." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Huang Weihuai, he didn't want to talk nonsense with him, but at this time, he suddenly wanted to ask something.

Zhou Zheng walked over, sat down opposite Huang Weihuai, looked at the chessboard, pondered for a moment, and said: "I have read a lot of books, throughout the past dynasties, the death of the country is all related to the party struggle, the party is the same and different, and the internal friction continues, saying that it is dead outside, but in fact it is dead inside, you have read more books than me, you should understand this truth." For example, Donglin Academy, which was formed at the beginning because of the opposition party, why did you all end up becoming party members, keen to exercise authority, and the party was the same as the other? ”

Huang Weihuai looked up at Zhou Zheng, his emaciated face was indifferent, and said: "Li Hengbing said that you don't know how to do general affairs, so ambitious, now it seems that it is true." Do you think you can fight against those evil parties alone? If you can make the dynasty prosperous and cleanse the world, why am I here? Hmph, you're just a concubine who has just entered the court, what do you know! You'd better listen to me, or I'll have someone escort you back to Beijing and put you in prison right now!" ”

Zhou Zheng listened to his words and said, "When you just succeeded to the throne today, wasn't it the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty? I haven't seen any change in the Ming Dynasty, how much worse is the party struggle than it is now? Bloodthirsty people, corrupt and bribe-taking, selling official positions, and corrupt officials are not better, but worse......"

"That's less than time!"

Huang Weihuai sat up violently and said in a deep voice: "If we can give us ten years, we will do better than Zhang Juzheng!" ”

At the beginning of Wanli, it should be the last glory of the Ming Dynasty, from Xu Jie, Gao Gong to Zhang Juzheng, the three first assistants are committed to reform, Zhang Juzheng's reform is based on the two of them, at that time, the rule of the officials is clear, the treasury is increasingly full, it is simply the dawn of a prosperous era.

Unfortunately, after Zhang Juzheng's death, his reforms were overturned.

With Zhang Juzheng being rehabilitated, some people began to miss that time.

Zhou Zheng looked at Huang Weihuai and shook his head secretly.

These people are stubborn and dream of the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty, but after the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty, there will be a new round of party struggle, in the name of power and profit, the party is the same and different, unscrupulous means, for the country and the people, without the slightest benefit.

The party fights for the country!

Zhou Zheng once again convinced this point of view, whether it is in the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, or the Eunuch Party, they have been constantly infighting, consuming the country and dragging the country into the abyss.

"You won't."

Zhou Zheng didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he stood up and prepared to go back to the room.

"We will!" Huang Weihuai seemed to be irritated and said in a deep voice again.

Zhou Zheng calmly left and did not say a word again.

Once caught in a party dispute, it is like falling into a whirlpool, who else can control themselves? By yourself?

Huang Weihuai looked at Zhou Zheng's back, his waist was straight, his eyes were burning, and his expression was full of righteousness.

Zhou Zheng didn't see it, entered the room, took out a pen and paper, wrote down some ideas, and planned slowly after returning to Beijing.

Huang Weihuai didn't move him, and early the next morning, the group set off for Ningyuan.

Ningyuan is Yuan Chonghuan's station, as the current governor of Liaodong, it can be said that he covers the sky with one hand, and Liaodong is the largest.

When Zhou Zheng and his entourage saw Yuan Chonghuan, he was patrolling the city, and the soldiers and civilians were very enthusiastic and shouted 'Yuan Fu'.

Yuan Chonghuan was wearing armor, and a scholar was wearing armor, it was inevitable that he was a little nondescript, he looked at Huang Weihuai, Zhou Zheng and others, did not speak, walked straight over, and continued to patrol the city.

Huang Weihuai didn't care, and said to Zhou Zheng and the others: "You rest first, and Lord Yuan will set up a banquet to entertain us in the evening." ”

Zhou Zheng's expression did not move, and he secretly sighed.

How can you say that they are also envoys, Du Xuan avoids it, Yuan Chonghuan turns a blind eye, are these generals so unruly?

Zhou Zheng watched Yuan Chonghuan leave surrounded by a crowd and said to Huang Weihuai, "Can I walk around?" ”

Huang Weihuai looked at Zhou Zheng, his expression was colder than before, and said, "If you exceed the rules, don't think about leaving Ningyuan City." ”

Zhou Zheng sensed from Huang Weihuai's words that Huang Weihuai really didn't want him to go to Shenyang, and intended to keep him in Ningyuan!

Huang Weihuai didn't talk to Zhou Zheng anymore, and said to the others: "You guys clean up and don't mess around." After a night's rest, we will leave for Shenyang directly tomorrow. ”

Naturally, the others hurriedly agreed, how dare they refute Huang Weihuai.

Zhou Zheng watched, and when they left, he couldn't wait to wander around Ningyuan City.

Ningjin, Ningyuan, Jinzhou is the most important line of defense in Liaodong, if these two cities are lost, it is equivalent to the loss of Liaodong, and there is only one Shanhaiguan left in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Zheng was accompanied by a soldier, who was silent, even vigilant, holding the hilt of his knife in his hand.

Zhou Zheng was stunned and walked on the tower of Ningyuan City.

Ningyuan City is actually not big, compared to the big city in Guannai, it is very small, and there are not many soldiers and civilians, no more than 30,000 people.

Such a city can actually block the Jianyu, does it mean that the Jianyu is not as strong as the government and the opposition think?