Chapter 588: Heartache (1)

Zheng Xunrui has estimated that the emperor has used a variety of means and began to deal with him, thinking about the time after the withdrawal of the Golden Tartars, Beizhili has not even completely settled down, and the Liukou is constantly strengthening its strength in Huguang and Sichuan, and it is really unwise for the emperor to start at this time.

Zheng Xunrui is a person who travels through the country, it is impossible to have such a strong idea of loyalty to the monarch, his only belief is that he hopes to build an invincible Han Dynasty through his own efforts, and through his own efforts, completely change the future history, in order to achieve this goal, Zheng Xunrui's tireless efforts, through more than ten years, almost never completely relaxed.

Striving towards this goal, there must be a fierce conflict with the imperial power, which is unavoidable, in the previous life was a civil servant, Zheng Xunrui's thoughts, or with the shadow of Confucianism, the word rebellion is still difficult for him to accept, but as time goes by, he finds himself bound to embark on such a path, which is like history is always moving forward, individuals can not stop the pace of history, many times, conforming to history is the trend of the times, and the only choice.

Zheng Xunrui was ready for everything, but he didn't expect that the real blow would come from a place he hadn't thought of at all.

Yang Tingshu, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, made a special trip to Huai'an.

As a member of the imperial court, Yang Tingshu could not leave Nanjing City easily, and he had to report to Huai'an, and even need to get the emperor's approval, otherwise he would encounter strong impeachment and even lose his official position.

Zheng Xunrui is very strange, the relationship between him and Yang Tingshu is known in the court, the two of them are the best friends when they take the township test, after entering the court as an official, Yang Tingshu is following in the footsteps of Zheng Xunrui, in order for Zheng Xunrui to gain a good foothold in Huai'an, Yang Tingshu even came directly to Nanzhili. Yang Tingshu, who was appointed as the secretary of the household department, was not very old, and it was impossible for him to go to Nanzhili and stay in a position of leisure according to normal circumstances.

Zheng Xunrui felt very bad. He felt that Yang Tingshu's sudden arrival in Huai'an was not necessarily a good thing.

The Investigation Bureau detected a lot of information in Nanjing, and after the beginning of the year, the imperial court sent several batches of imperial historians to Nanjing, and each time the stay was not very long. But every time I met with the six Shangshu of Nanjing, the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the key figures such as the eunuchs and the garrison lords, as for what to talk about, the outside world does not know.

Yang Tingshu is the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and he is also going to meet with the imperial history, this time Yang Tingshu came to Huai'an, is it because the imperial history emphasized some things, so that Yang Tingshu had to make a special trip to Huai'an.

Zheng Xunrui personally went to the dock to pick up Yang Tingshu.

After the two met at the dock, they exchanged greetings for a full quarter of an hour, greeting each other, followed by Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong and others. Standing on the side, watching the two talk with a smile on their faces, Xu Wanghua finally discovered that when Zheng Xunrui turned his head, there was a haze on his face.

Caoyun Governor's Palace, study.

"Qingyang, I came to Huai'an this time to congratulate you, Zheng Jiajun is so brave, I saw the Di newspaper in Nanjing. I am very excited, Zheng Jiajun can exterminate so many Houjin Tartars, this is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty. ”

"Huaidou, don't mention the past. The Zheng family army was able to defeat the Houjin Tartars, which had the credit of Lord Hong Chengchou, Lord Xiong Wencan, Gao Gonggong and others, as well as the efforts of the army of the Beizhi Liwei Institute, it was impossible to achieve victory by relying on the Zheng family army alone. ”

"What you're saying is that the hateful post-golden tartars. Treacherous, saying that I surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but secretly suddenly entered the customs and plundered, according to my temper, I must go to Shenyang and completely destroy the Houjin Tartars. ”

When Yang Tingshu said this, he looked at Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, his inner uneasiness became more and more intense, the relationship between him and Yang Tingshu can be described as the best, Yang Tingshu is not his confidant, but the two are heart-to-heart, it can also be said that they are heart-to-heart, the two have teamed up to deal with the Donglin Party, Fushe and Yingshe, Yang Tingshu is also fearless.

However, there is one biggest difference here, that is, Yang Tingshu is only against the Donglin Party and party disputes, etc., and will not oppose the emperor, Zheng Xunrui is very clear in this regard, so when he dealt with confidential matters, he never thought about Yang Tingshu, as for the direct conflict with the emperor in the future, even if Yang Tingshu is on the side of the emperor, he will not be embarrassed, after all, this is Yang Tingshu's personal choice, he can't interfere.

But it is precisely because the relationship is different that Zheng Xunrui also has expectations for Yang Tingshu, that is, Yang Tingshu should not turn his head to deal with himself, so Zheng Xunrui is difficult to accept, whether it is from the emotional aspect or the action aspect.

What Yang Tingshu just said was very interesting, on the surface, he was expressing his heart directly, thinking that he could kill Shenyang and completely destroy the Houjin Tartars, but in fact, he reminded Zheng Xunrui that he could consider leading the Zheng family army to completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui has to do such a thing, but now is not the time.

Zheng Xunrui faced the biggest danger, not from the Houjin Tartars, nor from the Liukou, but from the imperial court, from the emperor and the Donglin party, he has reason to believe that with the gradual growth of the strength of the Zheng family, the emperor is likely to unite all aspects of the forces to deal with the Zheng family, the emperor may even reuse the Donglin party again, using the influence of the Donglin Academy among the scholars, to gradually encroach on the power of the Zheng family.

The most direct way is to ask the Zheng family army to exterminate the Houjin Tartars.

Huang Taiji's ability should not be underestimated, at least much stronger than the emperor, people can lead a large army to fight, can make a keen judgment on the situation, can condescend to accept talents, and can even change the situation of Houjin's mess of fighting for power and profit, such a person, the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Eight Banners under his command is definitely not weak.

Although it is said that over the years, the Manchurian Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses in the battles with the Zheng Jiajun, but Huang Taiji has always taken the initiative to attack, and when he encounters heavy losses in the blows, he can always return to Shenyang to recuperate, and slowly strengthen the strength of the Manchurian Eight Banners again, and the Investigation Department has obtained information that Huang Taiji has begun to form the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Khan, once the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Khan are established, the power of the Qing Dynasty will leap to a new level.

The strength of the Zheng family army is indeed strong, but the position in the Ming Dynasty is more embarrassing, the real station is only Huai'an, and the Zheng family army stationed in Fuzhou and Shaanxi and other places has no official title and qualifications, but Zheng Xunrui ignored the decision of the imperial court and asked the Zheng family army to be stationed in these places.

This also restricts the continued development of Zheng Jiajun at the greatest level.

Zheng Xunrui is carrying out a thorough brainwashing of all the officers of the Zheng family army through the lecture hall, completely erasing the words of the court and the emperor from the minds of the soldiers, at such a critical moment, what Zheng Jiajun needs is a peaceful and stable situation.

The Houjin Tartars would never attack in a short period of time, and Zheng Xunrui could conclude that at least in two to three years, Huang Taiji would never ask the Eight Banners Army to enter the pass and plunder.

At this time, Yang Tingshu said the words of the Golden Tartar after the Zheng Jiajun completely exterminated.

This is by no means a casual emotion, Zheng Xunrui can conclude that this is what the emperor meant.

Zheng Jiajun sent troops to Shenyang at this moment, and he must have encountered desperate resistance from Huang Taiji, even if Zheng Jiajun relied on sharp firearms to basically wipe out the Houjin Tartars, but their own losses must be heavy, at that time, what will be the emperor's attitude, who can say clearly.

The emperor can find a reason to put him Zheng Xunrui to death.

As a result, in the end, it is very likely that Zheng Xunrui led the soldiers of the Zheng family army to fight hard in the front, and after killing a piece of the world, they encountered crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and became a lost dog.

Zheng Xunrui would never do such a stupid thing.

After stabilizing his mind a little, Zheng Xunrui slowly spoke.

"Brother Huaidou, the relationship between you and me for more than ten years, not a brother is better than a brother, you came to Huai'an to see me, I am very happy, I went to the dock to greet me in person, I can pat my chest and say, even if the cabinet minister comes, I will not do this."

Yang Tingshu smiled and nodded, but his smile was slightly awkward.

"Since the relationship between us is not ordinary, if you have anything to say, you are the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and you can't come to Huai'an easily, if this is known by the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate or the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate, you will definitely be impeached, so I think you came to Huai'an, not only to come to see me, or to congratulate me."

Yang Tingshu's smile slowly disappeared, and he was silent for a while, and finally spoke.

"In this case, I will say it bluntly, I don't need to say more about such an allusion as the meritorious and powerful master, you understand, the strength of the Zheng family's army, the government and the opposition know, in such a situation, thinking of being safe in the Caoyun Governor's Palace, this is a bit reluctant, besides, you are the head of the household department and the governor of Caoyun, the main responsibility is still in Caoyun, to ensure the supply of the north, if you command the powerful Zheng family's army, is it a little unreasonable."

"Brother Huaidou, what do you think I should do?"

"Let the imperial court send the prison army to the Zheng family's army, and all the problems will be solved."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Yang Tingshu for a while, then stood up and spoke slowly.

"Brother Huaidou, I understand what you mean, since the establishment of the Zheng Jiajun, the imperial court has not allocated a penny of silver salary, the Zheng Jiajun soldiers have gone through countless battles, but the officers have never been promoted, it can be said that the Zheng Jiajun has encountered calculations and vigilance since its establishment, and now the Zheng Jiajun is strong, the imperial court wants to intervene, this is impossible, don't say I don't agree, the Zheng Jiajun soldiers will not agree, as for what the imperial court has to say, that's their business, what the adults in the court want to say, I can't interfere, But they should not overdo it, otherwise the situation behind it will be difficult to clean up. ”

Yang Tingshu opened his mouth, but the words did not come out in the end. (To be continued.) )