The desire for power is not a desire for the power to do good, but a desire for the possession of power itself.

Beginning at the end of the summer of the sixteenth year of Yongli, although the threat of the Qing Dynasty has not been removed, in the Ming Dynasty, which seems to be prosperous, it has once again been shrouded in dark clouds. From "King Huai looks like the first emperor", to "The vassals ask the court to return the favor", and so on. It is not so much a rumor, but rather a worry that the people of the world are worried about the four feudal domains holding the military power in the world and the imperial court being false.

In the face of power, whether it is the court or the vassal king, they all show their desire to possess power, and in the face of power, everything becomes more and more direct.

Who will be the final winner in this power struggle? No one knows, but for Li Ziyuan, who is in Beijing, now, he is in an unprecedented state of excitement.

"I didn't expect the Jin Fan to be a book, in this way, it means that the whole world agrees with the return of the imperial court, and in this way, he Zhu Mingzhong will be alone!"

It's no wonder that Li Ziyuan is so proud, everything is even smoother than expected, not only the feudal clans agreed, but more importantly, now Zhu Mingzhong has been forced to a dilemma, for Li Ziyuan, who has always regarded him as his biggest opponent, he is naturally happy to see Zhu Mingzhong fall into this situation.

Now, no matter how he argues, to the imperial court, his name as the "heir of Emperor Xiaolie", whether true or false, has no meaning in the imperial court, and the only role is to think about how to clean him up! ”

Li Ziyuan was proud, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then continued.

"Now, if he dares to detain the imperial court, when the time comes, Lone will immediately call on the world's soldiers and horses to crusade against his disobedience, if he lets the court return to Beijing, once the court reprimands him for not being subordinate, Lone will also fully support the court to fight against the Huai Domain, in short, no matter what, this time, the Huai Domain must be completely defeated!"

When Li Ziyuan mentioned these two choices, he was so excited that he had even thought about how to crusade with the King of Min and divide Jiangbei together.

"As soon as the Huai Domain is removed, the Min Domain will not be afraid, and the Lone Domain will only need to use the relationship between the King of Min and the Marquis of Nan'an, pick its internal fighting and wait for its internal fighting to be in full swing, and lead the troops into Fujian, so that the Fujian Domain can naturally be pacified, and then the Jin Domain......"

Jin Domain...... Don't be afraid!

Once the two feudal domains of Huai and Fujian are annexed, how can there be anyone in the world who can resist his soldiers and horses!

At this time, he seemed to have enough confidence in the future, after all, all along, in Li Ziyuan's opinion, the only one who could threaten him was Zhu Mingzhong, and only the loyal army. But now, Zhu Mingzhong is no longer afraid, he can completely solve the Huai Fan with the help of the imperial court and in the name of righteousness.

"King, now, the Huai Fan has fallen into a dilemma, we just need to wait and see what happens, there is another thing......"

Xu Yuncheng looked at Li Ziyuan and said in a deep voice.

"You mean Hong Chengchou!"

Nodding, Xu Yuncheng said.

"King, in addition to mastering several provinces, Hong Chengchou still has nearly 200,000 green battalions and tens of thousands of elites such as Wu Sangui under his command, if he can surrender it, he can not only get the land of several provinces, but also get more than 200,000 troops, if he can get his help, the king will naturally have nothing to worry about."

Hong Chengchou's territory in several provinces and hundreds of thousands of horses have always been regarded by Li Ziyuan as a piece of fat, and even for him, this is also the basis for him to be invincible in the face of Zhu Mingzhong in the future. It is precisely for this reason that he attaches great importance to Zhu Yingsheng, because he is Hong Chengchou's cronies, and this time he was sent to Changsha, but until now, there is still no news from Changsha.

"The king, since the minister, Changsha should send someone to urge again!"

Xu Yuncheng, who was extremely vigilant about Zhu Yingsheng's reuse by the king, did not say anything about Zhu Yingsheng, but only said euphemistically that the time that had dragged on was too long.

"Hmmm......"

After pondering for a moment, Li Ziyuan shook his head and said.

"No!"

Li Ziyuan, who refused Xu Yuncheng's suggestion, shook his head and said.

"Now is not the time, when he left the capital division, he made an appointment with Gu in three chapters, he went to Changsha, Gu must have absolute trust in him, and he must not be urged because of too long time, besides, the court has to deal with one or two, after all, if you want him to return to Hong Chengchou, you have to have the permission of the court!"

Whether it is Hong Chengchou or Wu Sangui, their charges are too big, these two can be said to be the "great heroes" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and because of this, no one dares to accept their surrender easily, even Li Ziyuan has to deal with it carefully.

Regarding this, Li Ziyuan understands that Hong Chengchou is also very clear, which is why he sent Zhu Yingsheng to the north, but Li Ziyuan didn't know that the intermediary that Hong Chengchou pinned his hopes on surrendered with him, rather than under his subordinates.

In fact, each has a ghost, this sentence is really true, not only Hong Chengchou, but also Zhu Yingsheng, but even so, at least on the surface, they still seem quite close, completely thinking about each other.

"In fact, Hong has no idea in the future!"

Looking at Zhu Yingsheng in front of him, Hong Chengchou's tone seemed extremely sincere, and of course he also looked a little helpless.

"For Daming, someone Hong can be said to be a serious sin, and the world can't wait to eat Hong's bones, not only one or two? Even if it is the imperial court, if Hong can be allowed to enjoy his life in peace, it is already a great gift, how dare Hong think about anything else? ”

These words sound extremely sincere, if you are ordinary, I am afraid that these words must be Hong Chengchou's heart, after all, everyone knows that Hong Chengchou is indeed "deeply guilty", and it is already an extrajudicial grace to be able to save his life, as for others, how can there be extravagant hopes?

But Zhu Yingsheng, who was once called "Zhuge of the World" by Hong Chengchou, didn't know Hong Chengchou's thoughts, and even the reason why he went north at the beginning was precisely because Hong Chengchou was unwilling to do this, why did Hong Chengchou say this now, and the reason for this is probably still unwilling.

For Hong Chengchou, who had destroyed the Ming Dynasty as his own responsibility, he once wanted to destroy the entire Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty accompany the funeral for his reputation, but now, the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty was completely unexpected by him, and he was no longer willing to retreat from us, so he was naturally unwilling to be buried for the Manchu Dynasty, he was not a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also impossible to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but he wanted more than just saving his life.

After all, for Hong Chengchou, he has come to this day, and every step is for personal glory and wealth, and as for the rest, it is never in his consideration. So this so-called "enjoying the old age" is just a lie, and Zhu Yingsheng doesn't understand this?

"Nakado,"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Zhu Yingsheng just said casually.

"Zhongtang thinks that the Ming Dynasty can let Zhongtang enjoy his life in peace?"

This sentence seems to be not big, but it makes Hong Chengchou's heart suddenly tighten, and he doesn't know that the reason why he will entrust Zhu Yingsheng with a false snake is because the current Zhu Yingsheng is probably no longer his staff, but Li Ziyuan's staff.

"In my opinion, even if Zhongtang is now lowered to the court, I am afraid that the emperor will also issue an order to kill Zhongtang, after all, with the sins of Zhongtang, even if Yongli can tolerate Zhongtang, how can the world tolerate Zhongtang?"

One sentence made Hong Chengchou's brows lock suddenly, and cold sweat poured out on his back instantly, but he still chose to be silent. He understands his own affairs, but how can he Hong Chengchou not know how deep his sins are, and naturally he also knows that what Zhu Yingsheng said is true.

Seeing the cold sweat coming out of Hong Chengchou's forehead, Zhu Yingsheng first sneered in his heart, and then said.

"Zhongtang, today's hesitation in Zhongtang is nothing more than pinning hopes on the imperial court, and now the imperial court does have no land and no soldiers in its hands, if Zhongtang can lead several provinces in the southwest to be like-minded, and there are hundreds of thousands of horses under its command, how can the imperial court not reuse Zhongtang?"

When his inner thoughts were punctured by Zhu Yingsheng's words, Hong Chengchou still didn't speak, his eyes drooped, and he just drank tea silently.

"However, since the imperial court has no soldiers and no land, and the middle hall leads troops to the same party, how can the court trust the middle hall? Besides, with the reputation of Zhongtang, if the Huai Fan accuses him and asks the court to strictly correct the law, what should Zhongtang do at that time? ”

Seeing that Hong Chengchou didn't speak, Zhu Yingsheng added.

"Besides, how can the other three feudatories want to see the imperial court dominant? When the time comes, I will definitely ask the court to correct the law, and as for the middle hall, ......"

Shaking his head and sighing, Zhu Yingsheng, who picked up the teacup again, did not speak, when drinking tea, he deliberately glanced at Hong Chengchou with his spare eyes, as if he was thinking deeply, sneering in his heart, but he was a little proud, Hong Chengchou is the way for him Zhu to become a person, as long as he can convince Hong Chengchou, by the side of King Chu, he is the first minister, and the future is naturally unlimited.

"In your opinion, what should someone Hong do now?"

Hong Chengchou, who broke the silence, stared at Zhu Yingsheng, he already knew the answer.

"Zhongtang, do you remember Nan'anhou?"

Nan'an Hou Zheng Zhilong, Hong Chengchou is naturally very familiar, when he heard this name, he was slightly stunned, and then nodded and sighed.

"He has a good son!"

If it weren't for Zheng Chenggong being his son, how would the imperial court pardon him?

"Zhongtang, why did all the feudal clans in the world not oppose Zheng Zhilong's pardon by the imperial court?"

Without waiting for Hong Chengchou to answer, Zhu Yingsheng said.

"Because everyone doesn't want to offend the Min clan because of this, they all choose to be silent."

In fact, in the final analysis, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, Hong Chengchou does not know the truth that Zhu Yingsheng said, but he has his own considerations. Maybe it was because he made the wrong choice back then, so now he had to become more cautious, after all, he had no chance to make mistakes again, and after a moment of contemplation, Hong Chengchou finally expressed his biggest concern.

"There will always be a person in the imperial court who will cut the feudal domain!"