When entering the governor's yamen, Zheng Xunrui's face was unusually grim, this time the governor of Huguang, Fang Kongzhi, did not come out to greet him, but waited in the lobby, the formation was still the same as the last time they met, Zheng Xunrui exterminated Zhang Xianzhong and his 150,000 liukou in Sichuan, and he had not yet arrived in the capital, and Fang Kongzhi could not know the accurate news.

It's about to be the time of spring break, Zhang Xianzhong led most of the Liukou to leave Huguang, after entering Sichuan, the situation in Huguang was slightly better, and the news of Zheng's army entering Huguang also spread, which must have made Liukou feel taboo, Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces stationed in Xiangyang, also wrote a few letters, through these letters, Fang Kongzhi knew that some of the soldiers of the Zheng family army entered Yunyang Mansion, but more than a month passed, Zheng Jiajun did not move, Xiong Wencan also waited and saw the situation, which made Fang Kongzhi very annoyed, he even wrote a memo to the imperial court, condemning Zheng Jiajun for just wanting to get food, and not really exterminating the Liukou.

Fang Kongzhi also knew that these twists and turns could not have much effect, and now to stabilize the situation in Huguang and Sichuan, Zheng Jiajun is needed, if Zheng Jiajun lets it go, then these two places will be in chaos.

The news of Henan and Shanxi, Fang Kongzhi still knows, Shanxi Governor Wei Chengrun was killed, which made Fang Kongzhi sweat coldly, Henan Governor Zhang Pu submitted his resignation, and simply returned to the capital, which made Fang Kongzhi have a sense of crisis, but the 50,000 army led by Xiong Wencan is still stationed in Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang, and nearly 20,000 troops are also stationed near Wuchang Mansion, which still gives Fang Kongzhi some confidence.

As for Zheng Xunrui's request for him to exterminate Yunyang's Ai Nengqi and his subordinates, Fang Kongzhi had long forgotten about it, anyway, he had already written a letter to Xiong Wencan, as for whether Xiong Wencan sent troops to exterminate the Liukou, it was not something that he Fang Kongzhi could control.

It was learned that Zheng Jiajun had returned to Huguang. Coming straight to the news of Wuchang Mansion, Fang Kongzhi was still a little surprised.

The situation in the imperial court is already very clear, the first assistant of the cabinet, Qian Shisheng, is leading a large army to fight against the Liukou in Beizhili, the cabinet and the imperial court are controlled by the eunuchs and the Donglin party, and there are already some contradictions between the eunuchs and the Donglin party, or because of the chaos in the north. Shanxi and Henan were all occupied by Li Zicheng, and there were too many problems, which led to many contradictions, and the emperor became very negative, and almost didn't care about things in the court.

Qian Shisheng wrote two letters to Fang Kongzhi, which roughly meant that he asked Fang Kongzhi to do his best to restrict Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, in short, Zheng Jiajun could not be allowed to develop in Huguang, and Huguang could not become Zheng Jiajun's sphere of influence.

Fang Kongzhi was originally a member of the Donglin Party, and his son Fang Yizhi was one of the four sons of Donglin. Although his personality tends to be tranquil and he doesn't like to ask about officialdom very much, his fame is still not small, which also makes Fang Kongzhi have an unusual status in the Donglin Party.

Whether it is from a personal point of view or from the perspective of the Donglin Party, Fang Kongzhi has to find ways to restrict Zheng Xunrui, no matter how powerful Zheng Xunrui has in Nanzhili and other places, but he came to Huguang. You have to follow the rules.

Seeing Zheng Xunrui enter the lobby, Fang Kongzhi, who was sitting at the top, just owed his body.

"Lord Wang. The official is on official business, and he can't meet him from afar, so please forgive me. ”

Zheng Xunrui waved his hand, not caring about Fang Kongzhi's attitude at all.

"Lord Fang, when this king left Huguang, he once asked Lord Fang to exterminate the Yunyang and others. I don't know how this is going. ”

Faced with Zheng Xunrui's inquiry, Fang Kongzhi didn't care.

"What the prince said is this matter, the lower official specifically asked the emperor and the court, but did not get the emperor's holy decree and the imperial court's edict, but the lower official still thought of the arrangements made by the prince to pacify the lake Guangliukou. He wrote a letter to the governor of the five provinces, Lord Xiong Wencan, asking Lord Xiong to exterminate the Yunyang gangsters. ”

Zheng Xunrui showed a sneering look on his face, and watched Fang Kongzhi speak word by word.

"Lord Fang said so easily, it seems that this king is responsible for the holy decree of exterminating the Liukou on behalf of the imperial court, Lord Fang is not in his eyes, this king left Huguang for more than a month, entered Sichuan to exterminate the Liukou, went through hardships, I thought that Lord Fang led the army, has won the battle, and solved the problems for the emperor and the court, who knows that Lord Fang has no movement, since you think that this extermination of the Liukou is the matter of the king and the governor of the five provinces, Lord Xiong, then what does the court want you to do as the governor of Huguang, as a governor, On behalf of the emperor and the imperial court, he governs the place, and he doesn't want to pacify the place, but he shirks his responsibilities in every possible way, how should this king evaluate what Lord Fang did. ”

Fang Kongzhi smelled the danger and looked at Zheng Xunrui, his face flushed slightly.

"The prince's words are too big, the lower official is the governor of Huguang appointed by the emperor and the imperial court, only the emperor and the imperial court can evaluate the merits of the lower officials, the prince is not satisfied with what the lower officials have done, and he can be impeached, if the emperor and the imperial court blame it, the lower officials will naturally bear it, and the prince evaluates the lower officials like this, whether there is a suspicion of overstepping his bounds."

After some rebuttal, Fang Kongzhi quickly changed the topic.

"The lower official has something to ask the prince, since the prince is entrusted by the emperor and is responsible for exterminating the rogues, why is it that more than a month has passed, and the rogues in Yunyang are still arrogant, is this the prince's mistake, should the lower officials impeach the prince......"

Fang Kongzhi was indeed very good at speaking, and quickly pointed the finger at Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui kept a sneer on his face, waiting for Fang Kongzhi to finish speaking.

Fang Kongzhi is so arrogant, it is understandable, after all, the Donglin Party in the court controls the power, Fang Kongzhi is a member of the Donglin Party, naturally he is supported, if Zheng Xunrui really wants to impeach Fang Kongzhi through the court, it is a big joke, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui has long been no longer concerned about the court, he is just using the name of the emperor and the court to punish Fang Kongzhi.

"Have you finished speaking, is there anything you want to say that you haven't said?"

Fang Kongzhi looked at Zheng Xunrui and shook his head decisively.

"Well, then this king will say, when this king leaves Wuchang Mansion, there is a word first, if Lord Fang can't go to Yunyang Mansion to exterminate the Liukou, can't make Huguang and the mountains peaceful, then this king will have to exercise the duty of punishment on behalf of the emperor, since ancient times, there are no rules, since the emperor has the emperor's holy decree, since it is cheap, then he must be responsible for the emperor and the court, Lord Fang knows that there are a large number of rogues in the direction of Yunyang, but he has not moved for more than a month, Is there a collusion with the rogue in private? ”

"Lord Fang wrote a letter to the emperor and the court, blindly explaining, whether he didn't want to fight face-to-face with the rogue, and whether he wanted to cover up the crime of inexplicable collusion with the rogue."

"Does Lord Fang think that with a good backer in the court, he can do whatever he wants, regard the lake as his own territory, don't care about the emperor's holy decree, don't care about the life or death of the people, as long as his own interests are guaranteed, it is enough."

"Do you think that this king has no way to deal with you, you are the official of the three products of the imperial court, and it stands to reason that the emperor needs to decree to be able to deal with it, but unfortunately you have forgotten one thing, that is, now is the wartime, Henan and Shanxi Li Zicheng plundered, Beizhili was invaded by the Houjin Tartars, Huguang and Sichuan and other places were attacked by Zhang Xianzhong, and the Ming Dynasty was already in a dangerous situation, in this case, Lord Fang was reluctant to steal peace, and may even collude with the Liukou, do you think this king will let you go." ……

Fang Kongzhi's face was flushed, and he pointed at Zheng Xunrui with his finger, and his body began to tremble.

This is a trumped-up charge, and it is a big joke to say that he colluded with the rogue.

"Since the prince said so, the lower officials are not welcome, the prince is in the south of the direct division of the party, do not obey the orders of the court, do not care about the emperor's holy decree, arbitrarily dispose of and adjust the officials, but also ruthlessly suppress the scholars and businessmen, now the prince is even more self-respecting, with the strength of the Zheng family's army, at will to threaten the emperor and the court, the prince is not thinking about rebellion, is thinking about what to do, the prince came to Huguang, the lower officials follow the emperor's decree and the imperial court's edict, do not allow the prince to do whatever he wants, the prince can't help it, I just want to frame the lower officials, but I'm afraid that there is no such a good thing......"

When Fang Kongzhi was still filled with righteous indignation, a smile actually appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face.

Fang Kongzhi is indeed a good person, no wonder he has a certain reputation in history, but it is a pity that people like Fang Kongzhi are the most undesirable people in Zheng Xunrui, with a sharp mouth, he thinks he can settle everything, but in fact, when he really encounters things, he can't do anything, and sometimes it will even be counterproductive, you must know that your mouth has no role in front of knives and guns.

During the period of Emperor Jianwen, the famous Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were the emperor's most trusted ministers, but it is a pity that they were all scholars, only knew how to read poetry and books, but did not know the importance of military affairs, as a result, Zhu Yunwen, Emperor Jianwen, with their assistance, went to ruin step by step.

It is useless to be a scholar, and in the process of power struggle, the spirit of the scholar is indeed deadly.

"Lord Fang, enough is enough, this king just asked you to finish speaking, and it is very tiring to say so much, this king appreciates your eloquence, and this king also thought of those Donglin party people in the court, all of them are sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed, and the words they say are righteous and awe-inspiring, but unfortunately when they really encounter things, they either become a turtle with a shrunken head, or they don't care about anything for their own interests, this Henan governor Zhang Pu, I heard that he handed over his resignation to the imperial court, and he has gone to the capital, as the governor of Henan, he actually stayed in the capital, It's really a big joke, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Qian Shisheng, when the Houjin Tartars were ravaging in the Bazhou area, Lord Qian led the army to guard in Changping, and when the Houjin Tartars arrived in Changping, Lord Qian led the army to wait in the Bazhou area, and the king didn't understand, did Lord Qian lead the imperial army to hide and seek with the Houjin Tartars......"

Fang Kongzhi's face turned red instantly, Zhang Pu's performance was criticized, and Qian Shisheng's move to lead the army to fight against the Houjin Tartars caused a huge controversy in the imperial court, which he couldn't argue.

"Lord Fang, I'm sorry, this king doesn't want to talk to you so much, since this king is unwilling to carry out the order issued by this king on behalf of the emperor, then at that very moment, this king will also use extraordinary means."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Hong Xinyu and the others beside him quickly pounced...... (To be continued.) )