"The old slave knew that he was guilty of a lot of sins, and he had caused a lot of trouble to the emperor. (If the emperor kills the old slave, Lu Yan can withdraw from the army, and the old slave is willing to present his head with both hands.) It's just that Lu Yan's thief and wolf are ambitious, and he wants to be crowned king and even peep at the artifact, how can he withdraw because of the head of the old slave, and ask the emperor to think twice. ”

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground with red eyes, crying out loudly in pain while kowtowing to death.

He knows that now is definitely a life-and-death crisis, and if he can't pass this level, this life will be over.

So kowtowing is definitely thumping, without the slightest moisture.

Soon a large amount of blood was knocked out of his forehead.

Looking at Wei Zhongxian, who was extremely embarrassed, Zhu Youxiao's face changed.

He knew that it was impossible to kill Wei Zhongxian and let Lu Yan withdraw from the army, how could he raise troops against King Qin, how could he retire because he killed a eunuch, at most, it would only make King Lu Yanqin a righteous name.

If he was Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, of course he wouldn't care about the life of a eunuch.

Just a eunuch, if his death can bring even a little trouble to the opponent, they will not hesitate to kill the killer.

It's a pity that he is the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao!

Throughout Zhu Youxiao's life, he is very good to those close to him.

For example, the empress and the emperor Sun Chengzong, such as the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian, he has always been very trusting and tolerant of these people.

Even if you know that they have made a big mistake, you can't bear to blame them.

At this time, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, also stood up and said: "The Hakka family and the Duke of Wei are loyal to the emperor, if they harm the loyal ministers of the country because of a thief, this will make the people of the world look at the court and the emperor." Weichen thought that the Donglin Party was afraid that Lu Yan would smash their Donglin Academy, so he did not hesitate to harm Father-in-law Wei to show favor to Lu Thief. ”

Hearing this, those Donglin parties all changed color, and then scolded Wang Tiqian angrily.

"Bastard Wang Tiqian, how dare you slander us?"

"Damn gelding, our Donglin Party has always been honest and honest, serving the country and the people, you dare to slander us like this."

“……”

"It's not necessarily true that to be honest and honest, I think Li Sancai is a corrupt person."

Gu Bingqian stood up and said.

Li Sancai may not be very famous in later generations, but at that time he was famous all over the world.

He once served as the governor of Fengyang and the governor of Caoyun, and was extremely well-known and capable.

Later, Wei Zhongxian made a book of "Donglin Point Generals" and ranked it first, which shows how much attention is attached to it.

Although his ability is extremely strong, his character is not very good.

It spends money lavishly, which is completely unworthy of its income, which shows that its hands and feet are not clean.

Recently, the Donglin Party has been active to bring it back to the court, but it has been opposed by other parties, and the most important reason is corruption.

Hearing this, those Donglin parties scolded angrily again, and then defended Li Sancai one after another.

Seeing that there was another quarrel, Zhu Youxiao, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help but say angrily: "Enough! Shut up! You are all important ministers of the court, what kind of system is it to scold the street like this! ”

Seeing that the emperor was angry, these courtiers closed their mouths so as not to upset the emperor, but they still glared at each other viciously.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, and then said, "There is no need to mention the expulsion of Mrs. Fengsheng and the harm to Father-in-law Wei. I am the Son of Heaven, and I will never bow my head to a thief. ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

The emperor is really a good person.

Wei Zhongxian wept again and thanked the emperor before standing up.

However, Zhao Aiqing was also reasonable, and the matter of sending elite soldiers from the Nine Sides to quell the rebellion was stopped. Zhejiang is too far away from the nine borders, and there are Mongolia and Jurchens outside, and Shaanxi and Shandong are not very peaceful, so it is still not advisable to stay away. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh.

It's really an internal and external trouble.

Wei Zhongxian and **Xing glanced at each other, and they both snorted coldly.

This time it's a draw!

"Those who negotiate with Lu Yan, I don't know if you Aiqing have any suitable candidates."

Zhu Youxiao continued to ask.

"Weichen proposed Li Sancai, Li Sancai is a rare capable official, although he is only a civilian now, but he is shrewd and capable, it is best to order him to contact Lu Yan."

Taichang Temple Shaoqing Gao Panlong said.

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nodded.

Li Sancai's name is even something he has heard

"No, Li Sancai is a traitor, how can he be reused."

It didn't take long for someone to retort.

"Weichen proposed that the two Huai patrols be according to the imperial history Cui Chengxiu, and the two Huai are not far from Zhejiang, and they just happened to be in contact with the Lu thief."

"Wei Chen proposed Wei Guangwei, the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites."

“……”

Soon there was a lot of chatter among the courtiers, especially the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Zhejiang Party, which were the most active, desperately trying to stuff their own people into it.

Wei Zhongxian was afraid that someone would betray him during the negotiation, because he didn't dare to be careless at all, and desperately wanted to stuff the members of the eunuch party into it.

The Zhejiang Party is because it is related to its own vital interests, and it is impossible to be active or not.

As for the Donglin Party being so active in this regard, it is somewhat intriguing.

Ye Xianggao, the head of the cabinet, was silent for a while, and then stood up and said, "Weichen has nominated one person." ”

Seeing this, all the ministers in the court and the central government quieted down.

The first assistant of the cabinet is the first person in the real civil minister, the absolute Ming important minister, and they also want to know who Ye Xianggao wants to promote.

"Weichen elected Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town!"

Ye Xianggao's words were like a shock, and the courtiers were stunned.

How could it be him?

But soon they realized the beauty of Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong used to belong to Wang Huazhen's faction, but now Wang Huazhen is in prison, that is, now Mao Wenlong belongs to a person without party affiliation.

In the past, Wang Huazhen had a good relationship with the parties in the DPRK and China, whether it was the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party.

So it's a person who is acceptable to all parties.

"Mao Wenlong has the grace of knowing Lu Yan, and it was Mao Wenlong who turned Lu Yan into a garrison. If Lu Yan had a little conscience, when he met this old boss, he would be more restrained no matter what he did. ”

Ye Xianggao continued.

Hearing this, all the courtiers were full of praise.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being the most intelligent person in the Donglin Party, no wonder he was able to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet twice.

The idea was just wonderful.

No! It's just amazing!

Even Wei Zhongxian was impressed by Ye Xianggao, and there were still capable people in the Donglin Party.

"And Weichen learned from Jinyiwei that Cao Wenzhao, a garrison in Liaodong, had a fateful friendship with Lu Yan, and Weichen thought that he could order him to go together to persuade Lu Yan."

Ye Xianggao continued.

"High! That's high! Sure enough, he is worthy of being the first assistant of the cabinet and an exemplary minister. ”

Someone couldn't help but praise.

Zhu Youxiao listened to it and finally had a good idea.

Weichen thought that the task of Dongjiang Town was to contain the slave chief, and with the current strength of Dongjiang Town, it was definitely more than enough to contain the slave chief. We can send one of them and order them to guard Nanjing or Fengyang. Wei Chen wanted to see if Lu Yan could get his hands on his former robes. If he really does it, we can completely publicize to the whole world how ruthless and unrighteous Lu Yan is. ”

At this time, another member of the eunuch party said.

Hearing this, the other courtiers couldn't help but look at him with strange eyes, it was really a real poisonous plan.

Only Wei Zhongxian's face was full of smiles, this guy is very good, it seems that he has to find a chance to be promoted.

Zhu Youxiao also smiled and nodded, a very good idea.

"It's just that the Dongjiang River is too far away from Zhejiang, and it is difficult to save the fire from far water. I'm afraid that it is still necessary to choose a nearby important minister to contact and negotiate with Lu Yan. ”

At this time, someone said again.

"That's right, we also need an envoy to stabilize Lu Yan first."

"I'm afraid one is not enough, Weichen thinks that it is advisable to use two, so as not to collude with Lu thieves in private."

So next, they quarreled again over who to negotiate with Lu Yan.

Ye Xianggao retreated silently, looking a little haggard.

He is a native of Linqing, Fujian, and now the whole of Fujian is going to be occupied by Lu Yan, and I don't know what happened to his clansmen.

*****

*****

After the day's court meeting, Wei Zhongxian returned to his room in the palace with a tired face.

The negotiation quota with Lu Yan was finally obtained by him.

It is Wei Guangwei, the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, which is finally good news.

However, in order to strike a balance, the negotiation quota became two, and another Li Sancai was added.

Wei Zhongxian was a little puzzled as to why the Donglin Party was so actively involved in this matter.

But as long as he thought of today's events, Wei Zhongxian was afraid for a while.

Today is really a walk on the ghost gate, if it weren't for the Emperor of the Apocalypse's soft heart, maybe he would have confessed there.

Since King Lu Yanqin, he has been low-key.

No matter how humiliated those Donglin parties were, how they impeached him.

He is always smiling and welcoming, and it is nothing more than the past to practice lying on the salary and taste the courage.

It's just that I didn't expect those Donglin parties to still press step by step, and today they actually planned to jointly force the palace in front of the emperor.

As soon as he thought of this, Wei Zhongxian was born of evil and courage.

I can't kill all those Donglin parties.

It was only then that he sighed again, and he knew that it was just a matter of thinking.

Since the Lu Yan uprising, the scenery of the eunuch party has not been as good as before.

Those courtiers always put the responsibility of King Lu Yanqin on his head at every turn, and even some ministers who wanted to take refuge in him began to wait and see, which made Wei Zhongxian feel a lot of pressure.

If it weren't for the strong ally of the Hakka clan, maybe he would have lost his holy favor a long time ago, and then be cut down by someone.

Therefore, as long as Lu Yan is not eliminated for a day, then he has to be a man with his tail between his legs, so as not to be angered by the Emperor of the Apocalypse because of this matter.

It's just how to get rid of Lu Yan?

As soon as he thought of this, Wei Zhongxian felt an incomparably headache.

Lu Yan is a thief, protected by tens of thousands of troops, and ordinary methods can't get rid of him at all.

There is no better way than to defeat his army.

It's just that now the imperial court has been defeated in successive battles, and no one even dares to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the army to guard Nanzhili.

Because the responsibility of guarding Nanzhili is too heavy, once Nanjing or Fengyang, any one will be lost.

Then you don't have to think about killing your head, at this point, the Emperor of the Apocalypse can't be soft-hearted.

One is the location of the dragon vein of the Ming Dynasty, the other is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the location of the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, all of which are more important than Liaodong and other places, I don't know how many times.

Therefore, no one is willing to take on this heavy responsibility.

This made Wei Zhongxian think deeply, who should he find to deal with Lu Yan?

At this time, a little eunuch walked in lightly with tea, he knew that Grandpa Wei had been in a bad temper recently, so he didn't dare to be careless at all.

Wei Zhongxian glanced at him, and then said, "Little Dengzi, who do you say is the best at fighting in our Ming Dynasty?" ”

The little eunuch couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but he was also a clever person, and he knew that the best response now was to ask what to answer, and talking casually would only make Wei Zhongxian angry.

So he thought for a while and said: "If you go back to my father-in-law, I want to say that I can fight the best in the court than Xiong Tingbi." ”

"Xiong Tingbi?"

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's eyes couldn't help but light up.

If you want to say whether Xiong Tingbi can fight or not, I believe that nine out of ten courtiers must say that he can fight.

Although he has a bad temper and is easy to offend people, his ability is recognized.

Take the Battle of Quang Ninh as an example, although Quang Ninh was defeated.

But it turned out that Xiong Tingbi's vision was correct, and at that time, Daming should indeed be defensive, not offensive as Wang Huazhen said.

Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi were imprisoned at the same time for different reasons.

Comrade Wang Huazhen was because of the problem of ability, and the whole army was in his hands at that time, but he lost the battle, and he was unjustly imprisoned.

Xiong Tingbi was a matter of attitude, he was angry with Wang Huazhen at that time, and gave up the entire Liaodong without authorization, which is why he was imprisoned.

In other words, Xiong Tingbi's ability to fight was still recognized by the courtiers.

The more Wei Zhongxian thought about it, the more he felt that this person was good, although Xiong Tingbi was not a member of the eunuch party.

But as long as he can win against Lu Yan, he doesn't care if he is a eunuch or not.

No matter who can win against Lu Yan, he is willing to do everything to support him.

Speaking of which, Lu Yan is his number one enemy.

As soon as he thought of Lu Yan, Gonggong Wei gritted his teeth for a while.

It's all because of this damn bastard that he has to live in fear every day.

******

******

"Ahh

Lu Yan, who was far away outside Hangzhou, sneezed fiercely.

Lu Yan couldn't help but wipe his nose, and then thought, who is cursing me?

Jia Xu glanced at him with some surprise, and then continued to look at the city wall.

Since the First World War in Wenzhou, Lu Yan has once again gained a lot of military exploits.

However, he used part of his exploits on the fleet, and his fleet was not only extremely tired physically and mentally due to continuous combat, but also suffered a great loss of strength.

Therefore, he added 8 Hongyi warships of 1000 to 1300 tons and 20 Hongyi warships of 400 to 900 tons to his navy.

In addition to this, there were three treasure ships (horse ships), which were mainly used to transport cavalry.

In this way, the strength of his navy skyrocketed again, and he completely had the strength to confront the entire Daming Naval Division.

It's just that some of them need to train for a while before they can have combat effectiveness.

In comparison, his army did not increase much, only a few thousand infantry troops.

After all, the south is mountainous and hilly, and the infantry army is not only easy to feed, but also more suitable for fighting in the south.

But even so, there is no problem in winning the whole of Zhejiang.

Attacking Hangzhou by sea was the idea that Lu Yan came up with, and he originally wanted to land in Songjiang Mansion (later Shanghai) and then open up a second battlefield in Nanzhili.

Now that Nanzhili's strength is empty, it is definitely a good time to occupy Nanzhili.

But considering what he said to Wang Zaijin, he couldn't be untrustworthy, so he had to land in Hangzhou instead.

Of course, those ships transporting officers and soldiers were a cover-up, and the most important thing was that Lu Yan was there.

As long as Lu Yan is there, his forces will continue to emerge.

After coming to Hangzhou, although Hangzhou is a strong city, how can it be the opponent of Hongyi cannon.

Now since Daming only has a small number of Hongyi cannons, as long as Lu Yan is willing, he can easily capture any city in Daming.

What he didn't expect was that the walls of Hangzhou City had been breached, and the resistance of Hangzhou City was still so fierce, which couldn't help but make Lu Yan very angry.

Now the main force of Hangzhou's resistance is no longer the officers and soldiers, but those powerful families.

As one of the richest cities in the south of the Ming Dynasty, Hangzhou was inhabited by all kinds of powerful and gentry.

Some of them meddled in illegal salt, and their net worth was at least a million taels of silver.

Some are giant businessmen, and they don't know how much they have.

In addition, there are many palaces with a large number of industries here, after all, Hangzhou is a famous place in the south of the Yangtze River.

In short, the big families in Hangzhou are very rich! Very rich!

Lu Yan estimated that the sum of the silver of those big families in Hangzhou City alone was at least more than 10 million taels.

However, this also brings a problem, that is, those Haoqiang have a large number of family members.

Once these heroes are willing to make up their minds to defend the city, the force to defend the city will be very strong, even stronger than the officers and soldiers.

As the saying goes, under the heavy reward, there must be brave men.

Those heroes and magnates scattered a large amount of silver, and the morale of the family members and villagers who defended the city doubled.

After Lu Yan's troops entered the city, they were beaten out several times by these family members and village warriors at any cost.

Of course, this made Lu Yan feel extremely annoyed.

It's just a pity that they don't know what kind of person Lu Yan is.

If this continues, it will only make Lu Yan's soldiers more and more, and his strength will become stronger and stronger.

But it is not a way to go on like this, Lu Yan thought for a while and said: "From now on, we will attack the city day and night. After the city was broken, each soldier was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. The big families in the city, whoever they were, all took away half of their property. The top five companies with the most funding for the military...... No, the top ten, all the family property was confiscated. He is often the big family of the wicked, and all his family property is confiscated. Those who operate smuggled salt will have all their family property confiscated, and then their families will be distributed to Taiwan first, and then to Nanyang in the future. ”

Although Lu Yan did not order the attack on Nanyang, he already regarded Nanyang as his private property.

How can the natives of Nanyang stop his army.

"Yes, my lord."

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