On the third day of the first month of the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zhi convened his subordinates in the three halls of the Jinguo Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's cold, it's a good day to attack Jiangnan."

Li Xing's eyes lit up when he heard Li Zhi's words.

"Big brother is finally going to kill the gentry who stabbed them in the back?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Qian Qianyi, Zhang Shenyan and others colluded with Taqing to attack my Xinzhou during the Northern Expedition of our army, which is extremely shameless. If such crumbs are not removed, everyone in the world thinks that I, Li Zhi, are weak and can be bullied. ”

Li Xingdao: "As soon as the eldest brother gave the order, I led 40,000 tigers to the south to crusade against Qian Qianyi. ”

Hong Chengchou arched his hand and said: "Grandpa Guo is above, and it is best to obtain the approval of the Son of Heaven in this crusade." Nanzhili is the location of Nanjing, the capital of Liu, which is of great political significance. If Grandpa Guo does not play the Son of Heaven and goes south, I am afraid that the world will be in an uproar. Under the suspicion of the Son of Heaven, it is difficult to judge what kind of reaction he will make. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, Staff Officer Hong, you draft a piece of music, and I will copy it and play it to the Son of Heaven, and ask the Son of Heaven to allow us to lead the army to the south." ”

Zhong Feng touched his chin and asked, "What if the Son of Heaven doesn't allow it?" ”

Li Zhi was silent for a while before he said: "If the Son of Heaven doesn't agree, we won't care so much, and we will go directly to Suzhou to arrest Qian Qianyi." ”

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On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Forbidden City Imperial Palace is holding an early dynasty.

"The military department has something to say to Gong Dingyu in the matter!"

"Say!"

Gong Dingyu shook his long sleeves, stood up and said loudly: "The minister thinks that Li Zhi must not be allowed to attack the second town of Jiangbei. ”

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "The second town of Jiangbei attacked Xinzhou during the Northern Expedition of the Duke of Jinguo, and I issued three holy decrees in a row to let it retreat, but Zhang Shenyan turned a deaf ear. After the second town of Jiangbei retreated from Xinzhou, I issued a holy decree to let Qian Qianyi and Zhang Shenyan enter Beijing, but the two turned a deaf ear. If such behavior is not crusaded, there are still rules in the world? ”

Gong Dingyu said loudly: "The Son of Heaven is fallacious! ”

Gong Dingyu arched his hand and said: "Previously, Li Zhi ignored the holy decree, illegally occupied a province in Shandong, and bloodily slaughtered soldiers in Shandong, and the world was shocked. Li Zhi's various actions in Shandong were really rebellion. However, the saint could not make a decision, and he did not send troops to suppress Li Zhi for a long time, so there was a matter of Jiangnan Shizi preparing to build the Jiangbei Army. ”

Listening to Gong Dingyu's words, he was extremely disrespectful to himself, and Zhu Youzhen frowned. However, although this Gong Dingyu seems to be just a person who is soft-spoken, he is actually a cadre of the Donglin Party. Even though Zhu Youzhen was very dissatisfied with his remarks, he really didn't dare to pull him out to beat the court cane.

Otherwise, the Donglin Party will suddenly rise up in trouble.

Gong Dingyu said eloquently: "The formation of the Jiangbei Army is actually something that the Son of Heaven does not dare to do, and he is anxious that the Son of Heaven does not dare to be in a hurry, and he is dealing with Li Zhi, the Duke of Jinguo, who is called a good general and is actually a thief. ”

"Because of this, when Li Zhi's Northern Expedition and Shandong was empty, the second town of Jiangbei would resolutely go north. However, Li Zhi's cunning tactics killed thousands of artillery soldiers in Jiangbei Town in the first battle, resulting in the Jiangbei Army being unable to attack Tianjin. ”

In a word, Jiangbei Town is not only not a criminal army of rebellion, but a righteous army that suppresses the rebel Li Zhi. At this time, Li Zhi wanted to attack the Jiangbei Righteous Army, and the saint could not let Li Zhi go. ”

The civil officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty have always been arrogant, and there are countless cases of pointing at the emperor's nose and scolding. At this time, the Donglin Party controlled the imperial court, and at a critical juncture related to the survival of the Jiangbei Army, it spoke very sharply. They directly scolded Li Zhi as a thief, leaving no room at all.

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he frowned.

Li Zhi had just destroyed the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and in Zhu Youzhen's heart, he was already a good general who could expand his territory and assist him in the Ming Dynasty. Hearing that Gong Dingyu scolded Li Zhi as a thief, Zhu Youzhen was very displeased.

However, not every official in the court is a Donglin Party, and Zhang Guanghang, the waiter of the Criminal Department, stood up and said loudly: "Minister Zhang Guanghang has something to say!" ”

"Say!"

"Gong Dingyu's tongue is like a sword, slandering the Duke of Jin Guogong as a thief, which is really ridiculous. If it weren't for the fact that the Duke of Jinguo conquered the south and the north, and the south exterminated the thieves and slaughtered the Tatar Qing in the north, I am afraid that the situation of my Ming Dynasty would be much worse than today. If it weren't for the Duke of Jinguo, to put it mildly, I'm afraid that Gyeonggi would have been plundered by the Tartars several times, and Huguang and Sichuan would have been a mess of erosion. ”

"To put it seriously, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Duke of Jin supports my Ming Dynasty."

"If Gong Ding is slandered as a thief in this way, I am afraid that it will make the loyal ministers and righteous men of the world feel cold!"

Hearing Zhang Guanghang's righteous words, Zhu Youzhen stroked his beard and nodded slightly. Zhang Guanghang can be regarded as saying Zhu Youzhen's heart.

However, on the issue of dealing with Li Zhi, the Donglin Party and officials close to the Donglin Party are not prepared to give in to a single step. Li Zhi wants to take away the tax-free privileges of the gentry, which is the life of the gentry. Gong Dingyu pointed at Zhang Guanghang and said, "Zhang Guanghang, you were an accomplice when Li Zhi killed Wu Fu!" We won't let you go! ”

"Presumptuous!"

Zhu Youzhen finally couldn't bear Gong Dingyu anymore, and shouted loudly: "Gong Dingyu, you are so wildly talkative, do you know that the monarch and the minister are common?" ”

Gong Dingyu saw that Zhu Youzhen was angry, so he didn't dare to say any more, so he retreated.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Gong Dingxiao coldly, took a deep breath, and finally decided not to poke the hornet's nest of the Donglin Party.

However, there are countless cadres in the Donglin Party, how can it be Gong Dingyu? Of the ten scholars who passed the Jinshi examination, nine and a half were against Li Zhi. Unless Zhu Youzhen stops the imperial examination of the Ming ancestors, the follow-up strength of the Donglin Party can be said to be endless.

"Chen Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar Wang Duo has something to say!"

Wang Duo, the first assistant of the cabinet, personally went into battle.

"Say!"

"Li Zhi's ambition is not small. The day before yesterday, he killed Wu Fu, yesterday he killed Zhou Yanru, and today he tried to send troops to attack Jiangnan and slaughter the southern scholars. What Li Zhi wants is nothing more than to use brute force to block the mouth of the world, use brute force to confront the gentry of the world, and use brute force to kill all the scholars who stop him from advancing. ”

"If the Son of Heaven allows him to send troops to Jiangnan today, then Li Zhi will definitely cause a bloody massacre in Jiangnan after defeating the second town in Jiangbei. Li Zhi is ambitious, and we and other court officials must not let him do it. ”

Zhang Guanghang said loudly: "Zhang Shenyan, Qian Qianyi and his ilk colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty to attack the Duke of Jin from the north and south. How can such crumbs collude with the Tartars? ”

Wang Duo snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid that Li Zhi is going to kill more than Zhang and Qian. With Li Zhi's style, I am afraid that Li Zhi will not let go of any of the Jiangnan gentry who funded and sponsored the second town of Jiangbei! ”

Hearing Wang Duo's words, the court was quiet for a while. Li Zhi's bloody methods have been seen by everyone, and his soldiers have controlled Nan Zhili, and none of the gentry who have been funded by Nan Zhili to oppose him will be able to escape.

Everyone looked at the Son of Heaven to see how the Son of Heaven decided.

Zhu Youzhen tapped his fingers on the dragon chair and didn't speak for a long time.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen's face was wrong, Pavilion Elder Fan Jingwen jumped out and said loudly: "Holy Sanshang, I'm afraid that Li Zhi will not only slaughter the scholars, but also rely on Nanzhili and turn Nanzhili into a second Shandong." Nanzhili is the capital of my Ming Dynasty, how can Li Zhi be allowed to occupy it? ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said lightly: "I won't let Li Zhi occupy Nanzhili. ”

"Spread my holy decree, set Qian Qianyi, Zhang Shenyan and several people as anti-thieves! Li Zhi was allowed to crusade against the two towns of Jiangbei and rectify the order of Nanzhili. But Li Zhi was strictly ordered to withdraw from Nanzhili after dealing with the affairs of the second town in Jiangbei! ”

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's decision, the civil officials in the court immediately exploded.

"Holy!"

"Holy Lord, this is very inappropriate!"

"Holy! The minister has something to say! ”

Seeing the civil officials who jumped out one by one, Zhu Youzhen sighed.

"I'm tired, retreat!"