Zheng Hongkui looked left and right and said, "Don't think so much, what is the surname of the Central Plains has nothing to do with us, you also forgot about it in the end, otherwise there will be a disaster of killing, the fourth uncle is for your own good, you must not mention the Northern Expedition when you go back, no one will agree, and it is impossible to succeed, there are more than 500,000 soldiers in Jiangbei, and there are no less than one million elite soldiers and fierce generals, at this time, the Northern Expedition, the scholar's opinion"

Zheng Sen said, "The fourth uncle's words are wrong, shouldn't the food monarch be worried about the king?" The emperor called the emperor in Nanjing, it is really a last resort, my Ming Kingdom should be in Beijing, the Northern Expedition is a major event that Shuntian should be praised by the people and the country, the fourth uncle should not have the heart of a villain"

Zheng Hongkui laughed, "Villain, the fourth uncle has become a villain in your mouth, besides, Shijun Zhilu, what you take is not the imperial grain, you are taking the grain of the Prime Minister's Mansion, do you believe it You go back to the Prime Minister Wang to talk to see if he will agree to your Northern Expedition, by the way, you seem to have no soldiers now, what Northern Expedition do you take, you look back, are these soldiers yours?" ”

Zheng Sen said in a serious voice, "The Prime Minister's Mansion is also under the rule of the emperor"

Zheng Hongkui said, "Well, that's true, but have you ever visited the emperor in the palace recently?" I guess not."

Zheng Sen nodded, "Yes, first, the military affairs are busy, and secondly, the emperor has no summons, how dare I bother?"

Zheng Hongkui sneered, "Don't say it's you, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, except for Prime Minister Wang's hum and the second general, no one can see the emperor."

Zheng Sen couldn't help but be stunned, the fourth uncle seemed to have something to say, how could he feel that he was a little bit provoking the prime minister and the emperor, and it was a big deal if the monarch and the emperor were not in harmony.

Zheng Lin said, "The fourth uncle means that the prime minister put the emperor under house arrest?" It's impossible, my visit to Xiaoling this time is still an order from the emperor himself."

Zheng Hongkui sighed. This nephew is too stupid and loyal. It's almost to the point where you can't tell the truth from the fake, and the books are all read in the dog's belly. Can't communicate.

Zheng Hongkui said, "Silly boy, your heart is too straight, you are not suitable to stay here at all, listen to the fourth uncle's advice, don't think about those unrealistic things, you better go back to Fujian, oh yes, I'm stupid too." In the past, Prime Minister Wang didn't let you go, but now that your poem comes out, I'm afraid that you won't be able to leave if you want to."

Zheng Sen was puzzled and stunned, "What does the fourth uncle want to say?" Why are you so hostile to Prime Minister Wang? Isn't this stable situation in the current situation controlled by the prime minister? It's there for all to see."

Zheng Hongkui sighed, "Yes, everyone can see it clearly, but you stupid boy didn't see it clearly, you." I am afraid that I will be buried with Emperor Hongguang in the future, remember the words of the fourth uncle, the fourth uncle will not harm you, and you will leave here if you have the opportunity. Don't get involved in the military affairs of the Military Affairs Department, it will only hurt you," and then beat his horse and left.

Zheng Sen is a little wooden, with the funeral? What do you mean? Prime Minister Wang wants to kill the king and usurp the throne? No way? That's not a river of blood. Since the fourth uncle persuaded me to leave, why didn't he leave the place of right and wrong.

**

The commander of the Jinyi guard hurried to the prime minister's office. Seeing that there was no one left and right, he presented the poem that Zheng Sen wrote on a whim in Xiaoling.

Wang Lanping glanced at it. His face changed greatly, and then he crumpled the paper into a ball, clutched it tightly in his hand, and sneered: You can't live if you do your own evil!

Genghis Khan's life to conquer the east and west, in addition to the battlefield is unparalleled, there is also a laurel that belongs to the king, so far no one has broken, from the beginning of his army to death, never a general betrayed him, Wang Lanping wants to conquer the world, the first thing is to conquer the loyalty of his subordinates, Zheng Sen is an exception.

A few days ago, Zheng Sen was ordered to cut off fourteen heads of the current court officials outside the Fengtian Hall in one go, and he had become the target of public criticism, and even the emperor couldn't help but shudder in his heart when he heard his name, but he didn't know where he got the courage to dare to tell the world that the Central Plains would only be surnamed Zhu.

To be loyal to the Ming Dynasty is to betray yourself, and whoever crosses this bottom line will die! But now is not the time to cut off one's own arm, and the marriage with the Zheng family has not yet been completed.

Afterwards, Wang Lanping's face calmed down, and he said to Zhang Mingzhen, "Commander Zhang, why are you loyal to me?" ”

When Li Zicheng had not yet broken through Beijing, Zhang Mingzhen was only the commander of Nanjing Jinyiwei, and his status and power were far under the command of Beijing, and later Hongguang ascended the throne, and he thought that the good days of Jinyiwei were coming, but he didn't expect that no one in the hundred officials was willing to deal with them, and even the emperor abandoned them.

Zhang Mingzhen arched his hand and said, "Jinyi Weijiang River is declining, if there is no support from the prime minister, it will be just a group of inactive people, and the subordinates will always remember the cultivation of the prime minister, and they dare not have the reason to be disloyal, without the prime minister, there will be no place for us in this court."

Wang Lanping smiled and nodded, "Well said, no flattery, no pretentiousness, it's the truth, I made you reborn, then let me ask you again, if I ask you to do one thing, if you succeed, you will ascend to the sky in one step, and if you fail, you will die without a place to be buried, will you do it?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen bowed his hands and knelt down, "But please give the Prime Minister's order"

Wang Lanping stood up and turned his back to him, "Don't you ask me what I asked you to do?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen said, "Only do things, don't think about anything else, the prime minister who should be considered must have all thought about it, and his subordinates only need to do things wholeheartedly."

Wang Lanping was very happy, this is called knowing the current affairs, this is called loyalty, only doing things without brains, often smart people die early.

"You get up!" Wang Lanping turned around and returned to the edge of the desk, paused, then took the pen and waved it, finished writing, put down the pen, and said, "Do you dare to do this?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen stood up, glanced sideways at the table, and was horrified in his heart, only to see two words written on the white paper, 'Kill the king'.

Zhang Mingzhen wished that his eyes were blind and he didn't see anything, but he was not blind, and he was stunned on the spot.

"What's the matter, Commander Zhang is illiterate?" Wang Lanping's face was full of yin and yang, and he squinted at him.

Zhang Mingzhen can also be regarded as a long-term officialdom, he understands very well that this kind of thing that has fallen into the world is impossible to know if it is not for the prime minister's cronies, but anyone who knows only has two ends, either surrender or die, there may be three ways, to be a courtier loyal to the Ming Dynasty, this seems to be very stupid, if you show a little disloyalty here today. It is likely that you will not be able to get out of the Prime Minister's residence.

"It belongs to going to the soup and going to the fire, but the prime minister's order is obeyed. The commander of the minister's brocade and guard, see the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live" Fortunately, Zhang Mingzhen's brain turned quickly, and he hurried to pay homage at the moment to show his loyalty.

Wang Lanping laughed and helped him up, "Okay, I already know the loyalty of Commander Zhang, please get up, but God knows that you know and I know this matter, and it will be done." I will reward meritorious deeds."

Zhang Mingzhen also quickly recovered from the panic, and secretly rejoiced in his heart:, the gold ingots in the sky are smashing Lao Tzu's head, and he accidentally mixed up with the founding hero.

Zhang Mingzhenjin expressed his loyalty, "From now on, only the orders of the prime minister will be obeyed, and there will be no two hearts, dare to ask if your subordinates will go now?" "He's talking about killing kings.

Wang Lanping took the paper from the desk, took out the fire fold, and burned it immediately. smiled, "Don't worry, it's not time yet, you just have to prepare for this"

Zhang Mingzhen gave up. "The subordinates are ready to listen to the Hou at any time, Prime Minister, the subordinates have one more thing to report today"

"What?"

Zhang Mingzhen said. "I just received information that there is a soldier of unknown origin in the Taiping Mansion. Thousands of people, they raided the Jiangbei Fort of Shun on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. It didn't work out though."

"Oh?" Wang Lanping was a little surprised, who is this, there is a kind, a few thousand people rushed across the river, and the 50,000 people of Hezhou Huang Degong only dared to hold on, "Have you found out whose person it is?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen said, "I don't know at the moment, but it's definitely not a soldier of the imperial court, according to intelligence analysis, it looks like a local militia or a bandit who robbed a house."

Wang Lanping said with a smile, "The courage is commendable, I have personally learned the combat effectiveness of the Shun army, when did the Taiping Mansion have such a character, why did the magistrate never report it?"

Zhang Mingzhen said, "My subordinates have long heard that there is a bandit in the Daqingshan area of Taiping Mansion who is recruiting troops, but this bandit is a little strange, and it is only these six or seven months, one does not rob and the other does not kill people and goods, and does not embarrass the court, maybe the local government did not report, the reason is this, but I didn't think that this bandit dared to cross the river, by the way, it is rumored that the leader of this bandit is a woman."

"Female? Interesting, you go and invite the military department to come, the local armed forces must not be independent of the imperial court, either they are obedient or they are rebels, the Taiping Mansion is only 200 miles away from Nanjing, and they must not be allowed to recruit troops privately."

When the Lord was in charge, the guards shouted outside the door, "Prime Minister, Lord Zhang of the Ministry of War and Lord Qian of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs ask to see you"

Wang Lanping smiled, "Look, it's still your Jinyi Guards who are doing things quickly, they're late, let them in."

Qian and Zhang ran in in a hurry and greeted each other.

Zhang Huangyan spoke first, "Prime Minister, I just received a report from the Hezhou Huang Degong General Army, and Chinese New Year's Eve have ...... day and night."

"I see, how is the Ministry going to deal with this?" Wang Lanping interrupted him.

Zhang Huangyan was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that the commander of the Jinyi Guard was also present, and he knew it in his heart, and said secretly:! You can't catch up with the heat.

Zhang Huang said, "The Ministry of War has just received the report, and it has not yet been discussed, so please make a decision."

Wang Lanping's gaze stopped at Qian Xiaole again, "Qian Shangshu, what's the matter with you?" ”

Qian Xiaole hurriedly raised a copy of the report in his hand, "It's also about this matter, Zhou Shining, the prefect of Taiping Mansion, reported that the chaos in Daqingshan is getting worse and worse, and the imperial court is asked to immediately send troops to suppress it."

Wang Lanping frowned, "Who?" Zhou Shining, the prefect of Taiping Prefecture? Which Zhou Shining, I seem to have heard this name somewhere?"

Zhang Huang said, "The prime minister must have heard that this person was originally the prefect of Anqing, and he was still the official of the prime minister's parents before his career, but later the thief Li Laixiang entered Anqing, he abandoned the city and fled, attached Ma Shiying, and was transferred to the Taiping prefect, and he was in office for less than a year."

"Hehe, it turned out to be him, acquaintance" Wang Lanping took Qian Xiaole's report and glanced at it casually, "He wants the imperial court to send troops to suppress it?" The bandits have grown to 5,000 under his rule, and he only now remembers to report it, is it too late?"

Zhang Huangyan said with a smile, "There is no imperial court garrison in Taiping Mansion, presumably the prefect of Zhou has the heart to suppress the thief, but he has more than enough strength but is not enough, Prime Minister, how to reply to Taiping Mansion in this matter"

Wang Lanping walked back and forth a few steps, "Suppressing bandits is just a trivial matter, and it is clearly written in the newspaper that this bandit is not an enemy of the official army, but this bandit dares to 'sweep away the capture and destroy the Shun' slogan, what is this trying to do?" Ordered the Taiping Mansion to recruit An, and limit the bandits of Daqingshan to surrender to the official army within ten days.

Everyone arched their hands and said, "Respect the Prime Minister's Order"

Wang Lanping said again, "Zhang Shangshu, how is the arrangement of the martial arts examination?"

Zhang Huang said, "Everything is according to the will of the prime minister, step by step, Wuju people from all over the country have also rushed to the capital, and the people are also talking about this matter, and the crowd is enthusiastic."

Wang Lanping nodded and said, "Okay, well done, Enke is set on the first day of the first month of March, in order to encourage the world's martial arts students who are interested in serving the country, you are ready, five days later, you will go south to patrol the provinces, you must make the imperial court's martial arts this time beautiful, not to miss a good talent, to let the world see the determination and courage of the imperial court's martial arts to open the examination."

Zhang Huangyan gave up his hand, "the lower officials obey orders" This matter has been discussed by the two a long time ago, and Zhang Huangyan has other purposes for going south this time, that is, to promote the marriage of the Zheng family of the One Piece in the southeast and Wang Chengxiang.

All the people in this room are people that Wang Lanping can trust, at least they don't take the initiative to approve of anything Wang Lanping does, but they won't oppose it.

Wang Lanping asked again, "Zhang Shangshu, how many soldiers' families have been placed in Jiangning City now, and are there any difficulties?" ”

Zhang Huang said, "So far, nearly 30,000 family members have come, and more are coming one after another, everything is in order, and the land outside the city must be measured, and this matter will be completed as scheduled in less than two months."

Wang Lanping said, "Okay, remember, the soldiers fought on the battlefield and served the country, you must settle their families, and the military salary must be paid on time."

Wang Lanping's seven battalions, the right to command the army belongs to the generals, the right to transfer troops belongs to the right division of military administration, and the military salary is also independently distributed by the Finance Department under the Prime Minister's Office, and the three powers are separated, so that the generals of each battalion can not do the thing of deducting military salaries, and without this financial power, they will not be able to collude with their soldiers.

Zhang Huang said, "Subordinates remember, if there is nothing else, the subordinates will go back to prepare for the south."

Wang Lanping waved his hand, and everyone left.

**

Outside the prime minister's mansion, there was a person hiding in the corner of the wall to probe his brain, and when he saw seven or eight soldiers standing guard at the door, he didn't dare to go forward for a while, and lingered for a long time.

"Hey, what about you, sneaky, what are you doing?" It was Wang Lanping's personal guard method who spoke, he was going out to inspect, he saw this person at a glance, and after observing for a while, he walked over.

The man had a roe deer, with a dogskin hat on his head, and a soldier walked towards him for a while, trembling in his heart, and said in a low voice, "I'm looking for someone, is there a person named Wang Lanping here?"

As soon as he heard the method, he said angrily, "Presumptuous, the prime minister's name is also from you as soon as you open your mouth, left and right, take it with me, see that you don't look like a good person, and hand it over to Tianfu for investigation."

The man looked flustered and hurriedly said, "Don't be, Master Jun, the little one does have something to find the prime minister" (to be continued.) )