Zhu Ping'an is now sitting in Shandong, and he has a bit of a peep into the world, and he is constantly dealing with information from all over the world every day, and all government affairs are handed over to a set of teams headed by Zhao Guangluan, Yin Shigang, and Lu Xiangsheng, for the intelligence work of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because it is in the stage of historical transition, so Zhu Ping'an is cautious and abnormal, a small point may cause earth-shaking changes.

For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is still necessary to defeat it completely on the battlefield, after all, the Manchu Qing in this period, the number of talents and Su zhì far exceed the current Ming Dynasty, this point, even if the later generations of angry youths deny it, it is useless. Huang Taiji, Dolgon, Daishan, Zilharang, and Yingordai, these are all all-rounders who are both civil and military, and the other ones are Sony, Fan Wencheng, Duoduo, Shuoto, Azig, Sukh Saha, and Suppilon. Later rising stars include Yue Le, Tu Hai, Yao Qisheng, Nalan Mingzhu, Suo Etu and others, all of whom are bright for a while. Moreover, the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were, to be fair, indeed the most elite army of this period.

Facing this opponent who is in an absolute upward period, Zhu Ping'an still has a lot to do. Chongzhen is alive, the Ming Dynasty has not fallen, and he can only defend the land of Shandong Province, which is indeed a very contradictory and absurd proposition, Zhu Ping'an wants to further expand his strength, and can only wait for the moment when the Ming Dynasty falls, and then there will be the opportunity and foundation for rebirth.

Zhu Ping'an received the news from Huo Wu at noon on October 15, took a few quick glances, and without thinking too much, he returned to his house with these manuscripts.

When he returned home, Mu Yuling, Sun Youniang and a large group of maids and daughters-in-law were happy to sort out a large pile of unopened bamboo boxes and rattan boxes, and ten-month-old Zhu Chengyou could not walk, so he could only crawl around in a pile of silk and satin that had been opened, and from time to time he gave his mother a smile, which looked cute and cute.

As soon as Zhu Ping'an entered the door, he reached out and hugged his son, Zhu Chengyou was playing energetically, and was suddenly interrupted, and was about to cry, but when he turned his face and saw a familiar smile, he suddenly blossomed, and a pair of fleshy tender hands grabbed the short beard under Zhu Ping'an's chin.

The child didn't know the severity, and Zhu Ping'an grinned at once, Mu Yuling looked up, saw her husband's embarrassment, couldn't help laughing, hurriedly stood up, took Zhu Chengyou over, and told the maid to take the child to the next room to play.

The room was deserted all of a sudden, and Sun Youniang said hello to Zhu Ping'an, but she was busy registering all kinds of gifts, and her feet did not touch the ground.

Zhu Ping'an was very surprised, and opened a box casually, which turned out to be a whole box of children's things, from bamboo toys to gold and silver ornaments, Ling Lang was full of eyes. "Which one sent this?"

Mu Yuling said with a smile: "Who else, except for the eldest princess of the Beijing Division, who else can remember your precious son so much, this August 15 just sent three carts of supplies, no, the eunuchs stationed in the Beijing Division came to Dengzhou, and they took the opportunity to send a lot of things!" ”

Zhu Ping'an smiled, "The eldest princess is our You'er's stepmother, and it is normal for people to care about this!" ”

Speaking of Zhu Yujiao, Mu Yuling suddenly sighed, "Yu Jiao came to the letter again, saying that His Majesty and the queen mother have set a family affair for her, saying that Zhou Xian, the current captain of the imperial court, is only twenty years old this year, and his scholarly family and talent appearance are all first-class ......!" ”

Zhu Ping'an said: "This is a good thing! His Majesty and Niangniang love the eldest princess, the world knows it, this marriage is naturally carefully chosen, and you sigh for no reason? ”

"That being said, but there is not the slightest joy in Yu Jiao's letter, the Zhou family's family background, Zhou Xian's character, talent and learning are all the best choices, but she is always not happy, what is it for, don't you know?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Ping'an also instantly thought of the reason. Now he is accompanied by his wife and young son, and he is also the youngest general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, prosperous sea trade, countless gold and silver, and can be said to be unparalleled in the world. But the place where his best friend Cao Wuxian went really made him feel sad every time he thought about it. If Cao Wuxian was an ordinary person, then no matter what, even if he offended the emperor and empress, Zhu Ping'an would think of something to promote his marriage with Zhu Yujiao.

But Cao Wuxian is in such a situation, even if Zhu Ping'an's hands and eyes are all over the sky, he can only sigh and make people.

"That's it, don't talk about these things!" Mu Yuling saw her husband's worries at a glance, and hurriedly stopped not mentioning it. "Now I am working in the MI without injury, and I am also the guard of the inner house, I am busy training the personnel of the MI during the day, setting up a boy class, and taking care of the inner house at night, so busy, but I can forget a lot of troubles, let's not mention it in front of him!"

"That's right!" Mu Yuling patted her forehead, "Yu Jiao also mentioned in the letter that the Jingshi will soon send the eunuchs of the prison army to various places, and the one who came to Shandong is a person named Feng Da, who was the entourage of the governor of the capital before, and is now the confidant of Du Xun, the first master of ceremonies. Yu Jiao also mentioned that this person and Tian Guifei are the same party, so we must be careful. Now Du Xun in the inner palace is in full swing, even the palm print eunuch Fang Zhenghua is not in his eyes, this Du Xun and Tian Hong have made several times to the emperor to say that they want to return Shandong's military power and financial power to the center and hand it over to the eunuchs to take care of. ”

Zhu Ping'an's heart warmed, Zhu Yujiao was worried about Mu Yuling's mother and son He Cao was unharmed, and naturally paid special attention to his career, and he could remind himself at this time that this was an absolutely trustworthy friend.

Zhu Ping'an patted Mu Yuling's arm, "Don't worry, the news has been sent by Jingshi Zhongzhong, and I have my own response!" ”

After lunch, coaxing his wife and son to take a nap, Zhu Ping'an put on a big coat and came to the lotus pond in the backyard, where the breeze is breezy and elegant, but it is an excellent place to think about problems.

After Cao Huachun left, Zhou Yanru also realized the severity of the problem, but it was too late to remedy it at this time, and it was only a matter of time before he stepped down, and it was still unknown whether he could retreat with his whole body.

This qiē doesn't seem to have anything to do with Zhu Ping'an. The reason is that because of He Renlong's rebellion, there are already too many variables, and Li Zicheng is imminent approaching Jingshi. After He Renlong attached himself to Li Zicheng, he was named General Quan, and his title was already on an equal footing with Liu Zongmin, but it made another faction within the Chuang army out of thin air, because of his surrender, a group of old troops rushed to vote, and it didn't take much time for the troops under his control to reach about 30,000 people, all of whom were the elite of the original Shaanxi army.

In a short period of time, Li Zicheng was unable to reorganize He Renlong's troops, so he could only sit and watch his power grow bigger and bigger. But it was also because of the addition of He Renlong that the strength of the Chuang army had risen to a higher level again, and Li Zicheng could also calmly send generals to go around to conquest. Not long ago, Bai Wang, the general of the Chuang army, was ordered to lead 20,000 troops to conquer Jianghan and Huguang, and soon defeated Zuo Liangyu and occupied Xiangyang, expanding his troops to more than 50,000. For a while, he became another newly rising general in the army, and even Zhang Xianzhong was forced to give up Wuchang and turn to the southwest to continue to attack Sichuan.

Under these circumstances, Li Zicheng called himself the "King of Xinshun" in Luoyang, and put forward a new slogan of "giving cattle breeding, relieving poverty, livestock sins, and farming" to attract the masses of people to come and defect. Zhang Xianzhong was not angry, and then on the eve of withdrawing from Wuchang, he proclaimed himself the "King of the Great West", and Li Zicheng was equal to the south and the north.

It is conceivable that Li Zicheng's next target is the land of Guanzhong. The Ming Dynasty is declining, even if the center is not used to looking at Shandong, what can it do?

Feng Da is just a eunuch, even if he comes to Shandong, what can he do, so Zhu Ping'an did not take this matter to heart.

Today's highlight is still outside the pass, He Renlong's rebellion also provided a good opportunity for the Manchu Qing to go south, and the news sent by Huo Wu can be seen that Huang Taiji and his people have seen this, and are ready to actively participate in the ranks of the world hegemony.

Therefore, Zhu Ping'an must prevent the powerful force of the Manchu Qing from entering the Guannai in advance.

Li Dingguo did well in Korea, and Phi Dao had become a qualified small military fortress, threatening the Manchu territory from the flanks. North Korea's Dingzhou was originally a concession of only 30 hectares, but now it has extended its influence to the entire capital city of Dingzhou. Some backbones of the South People's Party rushed to throw themselves into the arms of the Ming Dynasty, which also provided a guarantee for Zhu Ping'an to control the political situation in North Korea. I have to say that the DPRK's military strength is too ordinary, and Li Dingguo wrote a special letter to talk about this, and just used the sentence "rotten wood cannot be carved" to point out the essence of the DPRK's soldiers and horses, and such an army can only be cannon fodder.

Because of Concubine Chen's death, Huang Taiji's health has deteriorated, and there is still more than a year before his death, but Zhu Ping'an does not plan to give him these times again. If Huang Taiji dies violently, the two major factions of Dolgon and Hauge will inevitably fight each other for the throne, and Zhu Ping'an can use this opportunity to muddy this water, weaken the national strength of the Manchus, and delay their time to go south.

Just made up his mind, but out of thin air, a gust of wind hit, and without looking up, Zhu Ping'an knew that it was Cao Wuxian who came back, this brother is still not taking the usual path, and every time he goes home, he is like a snitch.

Cao Wuxian was not injured or polite, and as soon as he landed lightly, he grabbed the teacup beside Zhu Ping'an, and poured a full bowl of water.

"Why, you're not going to the boy class this afternoon?" Zhu Ping'an asked.

The boy class was established by Cao Wu Hurt Tiyì, when the troubled times, he felt his own life experience, so he proposed yì to establish this boy class, recruit orphans among the homeless, join the military intelligence department, train diligently, as a supplement, mix a mouthful of food, fight for a future. Ah Da and others, who are currently stationed in Beijing, are equivalent to the first batch of students in this boys' class.

"Mr. Yin wants to review and screen the new students in the fourth phase of the lecture martial arts, and specially asked me to come over to help."

"How, what is the quality of the students this time?" Zhu Ping'an asked casually.

Cao Wuxian nodded, "Compared with the first three phases, the scope of students has expanded a lot, Huguang, Zhejiang, Yunnan, and Sichuan all have them, and Huang Gongfu from Guangdong recommended a few people to come, and Mr. Lu also recommended one." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Ping'an was very strange, his mentor Lu Zhenfei actually recommended the students to come over, and he didn't write in advance to inform him, which is indeed a bit strange. "Who is it?"

Cao Wuxian suddenly laughed, "It's still a child who is not more than ten years old, I have seen him, he is indeed talented and intelligent, knowledgeable, his ancestral home is Huguang Jingmen, his father has served as the Jianghuai political envoy Siyamen, but he has passed away." His mother Sun raised it single-handedly, this child served his mother to filial piety, and his father and friends funded him to study in Yangzhou official school, and his grades have always been among the best, not to mention, after school, he also served his mother, everyone in Yangzhou City knows, Mr. Lu sighed his filial piety, and specially recommended it to Dengzhou! ”

"Yes! In this way, at the age of ten, it is really rare to be so pure and filial! Zhu Ping'an sighed: "What is this person's name?" ”

"Zhou Chang, the word Peigong!" R1152