Fang Yuan properly arranged the two princes of Tian Guifei Tuogu, Shi Kefa waited for a day, but he waited for such a result, but he was helpless.

The two princes were reluctant to return to the capital, and he did not have the ability to tie the two back to the capital from Fang Yuan's hands, so he could only set off on the road north to become the governor of Shandong.

Zhu Ciwei was still full of joy when he was transferred to Zhejiang, but when he heard that Zhu Cihuan, who was originally talking about returning to the imperial court, he was entrusted with an important task by Fang Yuan and transferred to the cabinet to learn to write votes, which was actually familiar with the government affairs of the central imperial court.

And Zhu Cizhi himself went to Zhejiang, but he was just an intern in the government affairs of various state capitals, and the two realms were judged from a high level. It can be seen that in Fang Yuan's mind, he still takes a fancy to Zhu Cihuan higher than Zhu Cizhi, and regards Zhu Cihuan as the emperor's cultivation, and he is just a feudal vassal king when he goes to heaven.

Zhu Cizhi was so angry that he found Fang Yuan directly, Zhu Cihuan happened to be asking Fang Yuan for advice, and when he saw Zhu Cizhi coming in angrily, he asked in amazement, "Fourth brother, who are you?" ”

Zhu Cizhi said angrily, "Fifth brother, aren't you going back to the capital to visit your father?" Why did you stay in the cabinet again? ”

Zhu Cihuan hurriedly explained, "Fourth brother, since our father canonized us to Jiangnan, and my mother entrusted us to the teacher, we should still learn more from the teacher and become talented as soon as possible, which is the best way to repay our father." ”

He spoke politely, courteously and thoughtfully, and took care of the faces of the two brothers. However, in Zhu Cihuan's opinion, Zhu Cihuan's behavior was to get cheap and behave, pretending to be a little white rabbit in front of Fang Yuan, and said angrily, "Fifth brother, you are duplicitous!" Teacher, I'll go to the cabinet, and the fifth brother will go to Zhejiang! ”

Fang Yuan closed his eyes slightly, without saying a word, Zhu Cizhi took the initiative to come to the door to find trouble, he just took the opportunity to observe and observe, especially Zhu Cihuan, who was focused on cultivating, what was his character?

Zhu Cihuan was stunned on the spot, and then he knew that the purpose of the fourth brother coming to the door to make noise was to go to the cabinet, or to Zhejiang, so he was busy and said, "Okay, since the fourth brother wants to go to the cabinet, I will go to Zhejiang." ”

Zhu Cizhi grabbed Fang Yuan's collar and said, "Teacher, let me enter the cabinet!" ”

His desire for power made Fang Yuan deeply disgusted, Zhu Cihuan was one of his only two remaining relatives in this world, and he didn't even care about brotherhood, he wanted to fight for a red face, how could he easily give in to Fang Yuan, who was not related by blood, in the future?

On the contrary, Zhu Cihuan was humble and polite, which made Fang Yuan have a great good impression, and if there was a power struggle with him in the future, a prince who knew how to be humble and did not have a strong desire for power would of course be the best.

Fang Yuan said lightly, "King Yong, if you don't want to go to Zhejiang and are willing to go to the cabinet, then go to the People's General Assembly under the cabinet and participate in the election of the cabinet candidates of the People's General Assembly." ”

Going to the People's General Assembly to manage the election campaign is a typical idle pension.

Zhu Cizhi was stunned, his face sank, in contrast, although it was far away to Zhejiang, it was better than being idle, he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Teacher, then, I still go to Zhejiang." ”

Fang Yuan got up and patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "King Yong, those who have achieved great things must not only understand the art of power, but also know the people's livelihood, if you don't go to the grassroots level, how can you know the people's livelihood and suffering?" ”

Before the crossing, almost all leading cadres had to go to the grassroots level for training and familiarize themselves with the people's customs and feelings. The crown princes of the Ming Dynasty have only learned Confucianism and imperial techniques since they were children, and they are completely isolated from the world and do not know the suffering of the people. This kind of prince is the heir to the throne, but it is just a statue placed on the altar, which seems to be worshiped by tens of thousands of people, but in fact, it is just at the instigation and fool of the cabinet or eunuchs.

Fang Yuan's patient Dun Dun teachings can be regarded as Zhu Cizhi's last exhortation, if he can make political achievements in Zhejiang, Fang Yuan will still give him greater real power as appropriate. If he is only low-eyed and down-to-earth, no one can save him.

Zhu Cizhi lowered his gaze and said, "Teacher, I understand." ”

He deliberately avoided making eye contact with Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan couldn't tell whether he really understood or fake, so he went down to prepare and set off for Zhejiang on the same day.

The head of Nanjing City was replaced by Ma Shiying, who was very different from Shi Kefa's style.

Out of consideration for the protection of the people of Nanjing, Shi Kefa compromised between Fang Yuan and Zuo Liangyu, who adopted a policy of Huairou and hoped to curb Fang Yuan's ambition to covet Nanjing with the inexplicable relationship between Fang Yuan and the imperial family.

Ma Shiying, on the other hand, was completely out of consideration for small interest groups and regarded Nanjing City as his own place. Compared with Zuo Liangyu, who only knew about destruction and did not know about construction, Fang Yuan, who obviously solicited the hearts of the people of Nanjing, was a greater threat to Nanjing.

What's more, he had already fought Fang Yuan on the battlefield several times, and he couldn't turn back. Now that he is in power, the hostility of the other party is far greater than that of Shi Kefa, and he has changed his previous methods to a tougher response.

The so-called three fires for the new official to take office, as soon as Ma Shiying arrived in Nanjing City, he directly burned five fires, and burned all the fires to Fang Yuan and the Xuanjia Army.

One is that the general army of Huizhou and Huang Degong exchanged defenses, Huang Degong's 30,000 people were stationed in Fengyang Mansion, and the 20,000 Ming troops of Fengyang Mansion, which originally belonged to Ma Shiying, were all stationed in Nanjing City, and borrowed quarry rocks only 100 miles away from Nanjing City for Liu Liangzuo to station.

Ma Shiying's adjustment of defense is to strengthen the defense of Nanjing City, and also use Liu Liangzuo's 40,000 troops as foreign aid for Nanjing City.

The second was to immediately cut off the supply of military rations to the Xuanjia Army stationed at the Longjiang wharf, and ordered Fang Yuan to prepare military rations on his own, and the military rations that had originally supplied Fang Yuan were transferred to Liu Liangzuo.

If Nanjing City does not supply military rations, the military rations from the Longjiang wharf and shipyard must be provided by the Jingkou wharf in Zhenjiang Prefecture, which will virtually greatly increase the cost of the garrison.

The third is that the Longjiang Shipyard chops wood for shipbuilding in the Nanjing area, and must pay 20,000 taels of silver every month.

Ma Shiying cut off the military rations, and forcibly collected the cost of cutting wood, which was to invisibly force Fang Yuan's forces to withdraw from Nanjing City.

The fourth is to promote his friend Ruan Dacheng to be the squire of the Nanjing Military Department to supervise the military affairs of Nanjing City. The first thing Ruan Dacheng did when he took office was to examine the squires and wealthy businessmen who had been with Fang Yuan in Nanjing one by one. However, anyone who has donated silver and fertile land to Fang Yuan must also donate a copy to the government, otherwise, he will be punished as a thief.

Fifth, the Dutch who privately colluded with Fang Yuan and proposed a plan to purchase a large number of Western artillery and guns. In order to punish and contain Fang Yuan's threat, the two sides hit it off and agreed to provide Ma Shiying with 100 artillery pieces and 5,000 guns that were originally used for the defense of the island of Taiwan, at the original price of Western sales, without earning a tael of silver.

As soon as Ma Shiying's five fires were burned, he planned to fight with Fang Yuan and would never compromise. The entire city of Nanjing is silent, seemingly calm, but it is already full of war clouds.

Fang Yuan's side also received Ma Shiying's extremely hostile policy in Nanjing City. Ma Shiying is a-stirring stick and a war maniac, when he was the governor of Sanfu before, he bit Fang Yuan and fought with Fang Yuan like kraft candy.

Now that he is in charge of Nanjing City, whether he will carry out a military adventure and sneak attack on Longjiang Wharf and shipyard, Fang Yuan is actually unsure.

It was a matter of safety and supply for the 5,000 Xuanjia sergeants at the Longjiang Wharf, and without further ado, Fang Yuan ordered Hu Qi to go to the Taihu base to deliver the message, and three days later to convene a meeting of all middle and high-level officers.

Fang Yuan also remembered what Liu Ru had persuaded him at the groundbreaking ceremony of the giant ship before, if he didn't give Princess Kunxing a chance to hone, how could he know that Princess Kunxing couldn't be a virtuous helper? He ordered Hu Qi to spread the word that Princess Kunxing could also participate in the military meeting together.