Cao Bianjiao supervised Fengyang, gathered soldiers and horses to prepare for the Northern Expedition, this matter soon spread in Nanjing, because a steady stream of grain and grass from Jiangsu and Zhejiang was mobilized to Fengyang, Cao Bianjiao will take Fengyang as a stronghold to recover Henan, Shandong, this matter is not a secret, after all, Cao Bianjiao has been played before leaving Beijing.

But with Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo two towns of the general army in the month has been dealt with by Cao Bianjiao, this matter has set off an uproar, today's Southern Ming court, there are only a few people who hold the power of the army, after Cao Bianjiao took power, the power of the governors in various places was greatly weakened, no war can only be trained soldiers and horses to prepare for war, in case of war can be engaged in the camera, but it must be played when the court declares the original situation, from the current situation, the place where there can be war is nothing more than the Jiangbei line, and the rest of the two Guangzhou, Yungui land, it is difficult to see a war, And the soldiers and horses on the front line of Jiangbei, in addition to Zuo Liangyu and Cao Bianjiao, are Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and a few people in Gao Jie, Huang Degong needless to say, is Cao Bianjiao's hardcore general, naturally only Cao Bianjiao is the first to look forward, and the current situation is that Gao Jie and Cao Bianjiao have formed an alliance of interests, Gao Jie's son recognizes Cao Bianjiao as his father-in-law, so naturally he is also a raccoon dog with Cao Bianjiao, and Er Liu was disposed of by Cao Bianjiao, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have become Cao Bianjiao's soldiers, except for Zuo Liangyu, Then Cao Bianjiao's family is dominant.

Liu Zhaoji of Jingying is Cao Bianjiao's person, it can be said that in addition to Zuo Liangyu's department, starting from the stone pillar that the Ming Dynasty can still control in the upper reaches, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili are all Cao Bianjiao's forces entrenched, and he wantonly used the relatives of those who died in the Chongzhen period as garrisons, such as Lu Xiangjin in Nanchang, Cao Fengtu in Anqing, etc.

Hanyang, Zuo Liangyu's station, Zuo Liangyu is meeting the son of the benefactor, the scene is very luxurious, Zuo Liangyu's benefactor is naturally Hou Sui, if it weren't for Hou Sui's recommendation, he Zuo Liangyu can have today, it is still unknown, the only son of the benefactor came, Zuo Liangyu was naturally hospitable, Hou Sui's son is known as Hou Fangyu, the fourth son of the Fushe.

When Li Zicheng entered the city of Beijing, Hou Sui was beaten out of prison because of the failure to rescue Kaifeng, and was released by Li Zicheng's leniency, Hou Sui then fled to Jiangnan without stopping, but he did not show up, but hid the people, because he fled back to the disgraceful, if the court arrested him and imprisoned again, he would lose a lot, Jiangnan is half of the Donglin Party, with their care, Hou Sui, the Donglin boss, is naturally fine, this time Hou Fangyu came to Hanyang with a mission.

Hou Fangyu was hidden in the home of Chen Zhenhui, a friend of the Restoration Society, because of Hou Sui, and later Nanming was established, he switched to Shi Kefa's staff as a guest, of course, this time he did not get Shi Kefa's instructions to come, but the Donglin Restoration Society, why, it was just dissatisfied with Cao Bianjiao's government, monopolizing power, and suppressing the Donglin Party, so he came to win over Zuo Liangyu.

"General Kunshan, the current situation in the imperial court, the general is also clear at a glance, since Cao Bianjiao welcomed the king of Fengding to the south to inherit the unification, first abolished the old system, so that the cabinet is not in charge of the six departments, and convenient for him to install people close to him, and under the pretext of rectifying the army, he will put his good friends in various places as governors, these generals must have heard of it, and now the righteous people and gentlemen in the court are not allowed to be officials, and the treacherous villain is full of the government and the opposition, and the new emperor is young, because Cao Bianjiao has the merit of protection, he is blinded by it, and he is very dependent on it, and this goes on for a long time, I am afraid that the government and the opposition will be restless, the country will not exist, and our loyal people are full of feelings of serving the country, but they have ambitions and cannot stretch their ambitions, and they are not allowed to reuse such talents as generals. ”

What kind of person is Zuo Liangyu, the old fritter above the officialdom, he has been in the official gate for thirty years, and he has not seen any wind and waves, so he naturally will not lose his sense of proportion because of Hou Fangyu's few big words, and he said with a smile at the moment: "This is also common sense, son, please imagine that the new emperor was rescued by General Cao from the wolves in Beijing, and it was General Cao who escorted him all the way south to inherit the unification, so he was naturally very close to him and entrusted him with important tasks, I heard that the general was planning the Northern Expedition, which is also a righteous move to serve the country by loyalty, If you can really recover your homeland and rejuvenate me, it will be a good thing, right? ”

Seeing Zuo Liangyu playing tricks, Hou Fangyu still continued to say patiently: "You can't say that, who knows if he Cao Bianjiao is Huo Guang or Wang Mang, now he begins to take the opportunity to continue to develop his own power, once the wings are full, no one is clamping, when the time comes, he will seek to usurp the throne, I have a three-hundred-year foundation of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it fall into the hands of this person, and in terms of qualifications and reputation, Kunshan General You are far better than him Cao Bianjiao, when the general was the general of Henan, he was just a guerrilla, and this time he said that it was the Northern Expedition, But look at his actions, he has not yet moved troops, first executed Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and then sent Liu Liangzuo, who is the biggest threat to him in the whole country at the moment, that is, the general, I am afraid that he will attack the general you soon. ”

Although Zuo Liangyu didn't believe that Cao Bianjiao would do this, after all, in his opinion, Liu Zeqing was not wronged to die, and Liu Liangzuo, although he sympathized, he didn't care, what he cared about was himself, as Hou Fangyu said, at the moment he was Cao Bianjiao's biggest threat, if Cao Bianjiao wanted to find a crime from him, it would be an easy matter.

"What you said also makes some sense, then son, do you mean that you want me to raise troops to deal with Cao Bianjiao?" Zuo Liangyu didn't say anything to death, he still wanted to find out their true purpose first, he could see that Hou Fangyu was not alone, there must be a large group of people behind him, from Hou Fangyu's interactions, Zuo Liangyu could guess that he was a member of the Donglin Party.

"On the side of the Qing monarch, Cao Bianjiao can't say that he has no merit to the imperial court, after all, he still has the merit of saving the driver, but to restore the old system, the cabinet is in charge of the six departments, this is the rule set since the time of Jiajingye, the matter of soldiers, horses, money and food, should not be counted, he Cao Bianjiao can continue to lead the Northern Expedition, but the official position of this general still has to be appointed by a person with both ability and political integrity, and the most suitable person is General Kunshan!" Hou Fangyu also actively pouted at the moment, and threw an olive branch to Zuo Liangyu, tempting him with benefits, because Zuo Liangyu is profitable, he is a person who cannot afford to be unprofitable, and without interests, Zuo Liangyu will not cooperate with them so easily.

"It's too much! Overrated! Zuo Liangyu hurriedly waved his hand and became humble, but it was not difficult to judge from the light flashing in the corner of his eyes, he was willing to replace Cao Bianjiao, power is a good thing, who is not tempted, although Zuo Liangyu does not have the enterprising heart of the Northern Expedition, but he is very willing to take advantage of the chaos to seize greater power.

"The Manchu Dynasty is loyal and good, but they are all looking forward to the general's righteous deeds? At present, Cao Bianjiao mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the country to Fengyang, the defense line along the river is empty, and the people and horses in Beijing are not a difficult thing, as long as the general does something in one move, there will be someone to cooperate with the time, and when the time comes, it is not difficult to take Cao Bianjiao, although he has soldiers and horses, but those soldiers and horses are gathered from all over the country, he can not do it in a short period of time, the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again, once Cao Bianjiao becomes the climate, it is impossible to do it when the time comes, and I hope that the general will make up his mind as soon as possible. ”

"This matter is very important, don't be in a hurry, you have to plan carefully, if there is a move in the court, I am willing to cooperate." After a while, Zuo Liangyu answered Hou Fangyu perfunctorily, deep down, he respected Cao Bianjiao's strong and resolute determination, and didn't want to be embarrassed by it, but Hou Fangyu came, and he was embarrassed to let him eat closed-door soup, he was not in good health, even if he succeeded in doing such a thing, how long and rich could he be, so it was just perfunctory.