Zheng Sen also stayed in Nanjing City seriously, studied under the Jiangnan Confucian Qian Qianyi, and naturally also had an understanding of the people and officialdom in Nanjing City, as far as those officials were concerned, they would only quote a few words of nonsense criticizing the current situation from the classics all day long, and the cowhide blew loudly, pointing out the country and pointing out the country, regardless of three, six, nine, etc., everyone said that it was the head of the way, but really let them come up with a feasible strategy for governing the country, all of them were silent, these people gathered together, there was a very loud name, Donglin Party.

For example, a few months ago, a Chongzhen Emperor from the capital issued a decree to let the Jiangnan teachers enter the king of Beijing Qin, and the officials in Nanjing City cried bitterly for the holy decree as if they were mourning, this cry, crying for three days, then I remembered, it turned out that crying alone is not enough, and I have to go to war, so after another ten days, how to send troops or there is no follow-up, Nanjing Six Department plus the eunuchs left behind in Nanjing, only then found that they didn't say that they didn't know if they didn't send troops.

Not to mention that it is the idle officials in the yamen of the six departments of Nanjing, who are the first-class civil officials of the six departments of Beijing, and they are also unable to transfer troops, at this time and that time, the Ming Dynasty is in chaos like this, fighting every day, and the waist of the generals is thickened.

Nanjing's household department is an empty shell yamen, and there are only rats left in the treasury except for rat, and the Confucians of the Donglin Party who once reprimanded the Ming Dynasty discussed it, and they all set their sights on Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, because he had four thousand old, weak, sick and disabled in his hands.

In fact, Shi Kefa wanted to go north to King Qin, but he understood too well, just these soldiers, when he reached Beijing City, it was estimated that he would be the only one left, and Li Zicheng led a million troops to jump up and down in the north, going to 4,000 people, could he solve the siege of the capital?

Although Shi Kefa is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, nominally controlling the general soldiers of the towns in Nanzhili, but in fact he can't move anyone, so he said that the four general soldiers under Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, which one does not hold tens of thousands of troops, Shi Kefa sent several transfer orders to the four people in a row, but the four brothers seemed to have discussed, just one sentence: The armament is insufficient, the food and grass are not enough, and they dare not move lightly.

This is clearly to ask for silver, but now Nanjing City in addition to the lack of officials, there is a shortage of silver, just when everyone is at a loss, someone has a bright brain, saying that it can imitate the precedent of the two Song Dynasty, welcome the royal drive south, and the emperor of Nanjing will be able to protect the Ming Dynasty.

The person who said this almost didn't let the officials beat him to death, and everyone knew that yes, the emperor was here, and Li Zicheng was also here.

Another half a month has passed, the soldiers of King Qin have not even been shadowed, and the officials in Nanjing can only gather together, shaking their heads and sighing, and some officials also ran to burn incense and burn paper in front of the tomb of Taizu Xiao, crying and wiping tears, and there is an impulse to die in front of the tomb of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Sen, who was studying in Nanjing, saw this, and was naturally indignant, and went to Fujian with several letters in a row, wanting his father to lead troops north, but his father not only did not come, but also scolded him, saying that the monarchy should not mess around.

Zheng Sen really didn't understand why he was messing around, and then he went to find Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang stationed not far from Nanjing, this person is Zheng Sen's fourth uncle, born in Wujinshi, once an official to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Chongzhen was transferred to Zhenjiang as the chief soldier in ten years, don't look at the general army of the towns in Nanzhili, Zheng Hongkui has the least soldiers and horses, only 15,000 people, but this is one of the two most effective troops in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the army that has never been defeated until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Water Division, The other is the Guanning Iron Cavalry stationed at Shanhaiguan.

Zheng Sen wanted to persuade the fourth uncle to go north along the canal, but Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhilong, the eldest brother in Fujian, had a tacit understanding, saying that if they didn't go north, they wouldn't go north.

Zheng Sen, who was extremely angry, abandoned his pen and joined the army in a fit of anger, the world was impermanent, and finally he ended up in this Huaining City in desperation.

So as soon as Zheng Sen heard that Wang Zhuangyuan was going to Nanjing, he was immediately deflated, and the big officials in Nanjing only knew that they were spending all day drinking in the gentle township, and they would only cry and wipe their tears when they encountered something, and they would die or live, and they couldn't solve anything except to make trouble for themselves.

Zheng Sen arched his hands and said very earnestly, "General Wang, if you stick to Huaining, I will shed the last drop of blood with you, and if you want to abandon the city, I have nothing to say, it's a big deal to choose a strong city and regroup, but if you want to go to Nanjing, you and I can only part ways."

"Oh, why?" Wang Lanping asked.

Zheng Sen said, "Forgive me for being disrespectful, during my studies in Nanjing, I studied under Qian Qianyi, the former waiter of the Ministry of Rites who lived in Nanjing, so I also knew a little about the officialdom in Nanjing, and said a disrespectful word, this group of officials headed by the Donglin Party only knew the wind and the moon, but did not know the wind and clouds, and opened their mouths and closed their mouths to say that they were poems, and they chased the wind and shadows at every turn, impeached the loyal and good, and sold their reputation to see the Qing Gao, and the general wanted to rely on them to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it be humiliated to the name of the world's first martial champion."

Wang Lanping laughed when he heard this, and said secretly: It turns out that Zheng Sen's concerns are here, no wonder, your Zheng Sen's family has a big business, your father is a black and white character on the southeast coast, your uncle is the chief military officer of the Daming Naval Division, and even the teacher is a famous Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River, even if you go out to study, you can take out the financial resources to gather a thousand people with a wave of your hand, can I compare with you?

In your eyes, if you want to achieve a great cause, you only need to solve a problem, how to recruit troops and horses to win the battle, and I was born in cloth, no money, no power, no backers, no connections, even the only Chongzhen who appreciates himself is gone, if it weren't for the tens of thousands of taels of silver that he borrowed from Dufu regardless of his face, Huaining City might not even be able to hold on for an hour, and I really thought that talking about the blood of a man, the glory would be able to win a hundred battles, nonsense, no silver, no soldiers, nothing, who takes a light pole general as a green onion.

Wang Lanping said, "I also know what you said, but at the moment I have nothing around me except for these more than 100 soldiers, look at these generals of the Ming Dynasty, which one is not holding tens of thousands of male soldiers, named Ming generals, but actually warlords, wherever I go, I will inevitably end up being eaten by others, it is better to go to Nanjing, ask for money, food and soldiers, and the name is justified."

Zheng Sen smiled disdainfully, "Do you really expect those people to help you?" ”

Wang Lanping waved his hand and smiled, "Don't count on it, but it's better than no hope"

Zheng Sen said, "What if you go and get nothing?" ”

Wang Lanping snorted and smiled, "There is no money, food, soldiers and horses, but with our war in Huaining, it is still simple to go to Nanjing to become an official."

Zheng Sen didn't expect him to say this, "You! ”

"Don't worry, don't worry," Wang Lanping pressed his hand, "The official I want is not to be greedy for pleasure, you know, my deputy chief soldier of Anqing Mansion is sealed by Emperor Chongzhen, and it is not popular in this Hongguang Dynasty, and it will not take a few days, this Anqing Mansion will all fall into the hands of the Shun thief army, Anqing Mansion is gone, I am left with a false name, I have to move, as long as I have political capital, it is not easier to recruit soldiers and horses."

Zheng Sen pondered for a while, and his words were also a little reasonable, and he nodded slowly.

"That's right" Wang Lanping smiled and patted Zheng Sen's arm, "Zheng Zhuangshi, although you and I have only known each other for one day, but today's words are all from my heart, without reservation, I am treating you as a brother."

Although in Wang Lanping's view, the current Zheng Sen has a little heroic spirit and a sense of worrying about the country and the people, but the words he said today are completely dependent on the evaluation of his national hero by later generations, and it really has little to do with trust.

There are three ways for men to deal with women, deceiving, coaxing, and scattering silver, and the tricks work, and men dealing with men, these three tricks are equally good, as long as you add more great ideals, ambitions and blood to the expression, no one can take it.

Zheng Sen glanced at Wang Lanping with sincere eyes, hugged his fist, "I'm ashamed, General Meng is loved, and I am willing to follow the general."

Pretending to be pretended, Wang Lanping waved his hand, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Ling Zun is the chief military officer of Fujian, you condescend to me, I don't have such a big face, so let's do it, you and these people you brought are temporarily organized into the wooden character battalion, the military salary is no different from the wind character battalion, you are the official of the wooden character battalion, but it is temporary, and when you arrive in Nanjing, I will ask the emperor for a reward for you"

said that he didn't have this face, but in fact, he had already pulled all these people over, and in a blink of an eye, Wang Lanping's strength doubled, and he didn't spend a tael of silver.

"Yes! General," Zheng Sen said.

Since the whole army has no objections, it is only a matter of time before abandoning the city and leaving, before leaving, Wang Lanping still has some things to do, he wants to meet a person, Du Ningning, the daughter of Du Mansion, although Du Mansion has categorically repented of the marriage, but Wang Lanping knows that this matter has nothing to do with Ning Ning.

As soon as he took the army away, Huaining City, which was still a Ming Dynasty just now, became the city of Dashun in a blink of an eye, and under the discoloration of the mountains and rivers, what would happen to Dufu? Does the consensus reached between Li Laixiang and my Fengzi Camp really work? During the war years, these verbal assurances didn't even dare to believe themselves, Du Fu was a well-known and wealthy family in Huaining, and he was the person most hated by the Shun army except for officials, would it be dangerous for Ning Ning to stay in the city, should you take her with you.

Wang Lanping went out of the county office, there were few people on the street, most of the people hid in their homes and did not come out, only a few soldiers of the Fengzi battalion on the street knocked on the doors of the shops from house to house, and before the army left, it was necessary to prepare enough grain, grass and living utensils.

Wang Lanping took a few soldiers and strolled on the street, here is everything he has in this era, he was born here, grew up, became famous, fought bloodily, and now he is leaving, when will he come back, will the people here blame him, hey!

Unconsciously, Wang Lanping had come to the outside of the Du Mansion compound, and the Du family was still so magnificent, but the door was closed.

After getting off the horse, Wang Lanping asked the soldiers to wait on the street, and walked straight towards the gate of Du's house.

'Knock knock'

After a while, an alert voice came from inside, "Who, who" This is a mess, and no one dares to open the door casually.

"Uncle Du, it's me" Wang Lanping worked as a nurse in Du Mansion, and he knew everyone up and down in the house, and he could hear that the voice inside was the voice of the housekeeper of Du Mansion, Uncle Du.

The door opened a crack, and an eye appeared in the crack, "Champion Gong, you, why are you here?"

Duber opened the door.

"Passing by, come in and have a look," Wang Lanping walked inside.

Du Bo hurriedly closed the door and followed, "The staff is not at home"

Wang Lanping stopped, "Then, is the young lady at home?" ”

Duber lowered his head and sighed, "Yes, but she's locked up outside the staff."

"Locked up? Can you show me there? ”