On the third day of February, Zheng Xunrui came to the capital.

Needless to say, the prosperity of the capital is needless to say, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, although many places in Beizhili have suffered from the ravages of the Houjin Tartars, but it has not affected the capital, the bustling crowd on the street, the shops, restaurants and Qinglou gambling houses, etc., there are a lot of people in and out of it, the most lively is still in the teahouse, where the storyteller has compiled the content of the story of the Zheng Jiajun's defeat of the Houjin Tartar and the victory of the battle of Yongning last year, and publicized it in the teahouse.

The real scene of the battle between Zheng Jiajun and Houjin Tatars, it is impossible for these storytellers to know, but they can explain it according to their own understanding, and I don't know how many examples can be used for reference.

The capital is different from other places, it has been the case for thousands of years, that is, the political atmosphere here is very strong, and the ordinary people also care about the affairs in the court, and the people in the capital think that the emperor is by their side, holding a natural sense of superiority, which is incomparable to other places.

Before entering the official post, Zheng Xunrui went to a teahouse and listened to a storyteller's joke.

Hong Xinyu beside him listened to it with relish, but Zheng Xunrui frowned, in the mouth of the storyteller, Zheng Jiajun has become a heavenly soldier and a general, invulnerable, and he can destroy the Houjin Tartars with a single move, this Zheng Jiajun is really so powerful, he would have already gone to Shenyang, and completely destroyed the Houjin Tartars and Liukou, it is difficult to become the emperor's blind foot self-confidence, and it will also affect the people.

Zhang Fengyi's reminder, as well as Yang Tingshu's warning, made Zheng Xunrui a lot more cautious, from the moment he entered the capital, he would pay attention to all the circumstances, he knew very well that details determine success or failure. When he came to the capital this time, he should be in a disadvantageous position, and everything he saw showed the existence of this unfavorable situation.

First of all, the emperor. The emperor has been on the throne for eleven years, and it is said that he has understood many things, and he has experienced a lot of things, how can he have no scruples about the rise of Zheng Jiajun. It's just that Zheng Jiajun's toughness makes the emperor have nothing to say, and he won't do anything to self-destruct, but to say that he has complete trust in Zheng Xunrui and tens of thousands of reassurances, it is impossible, after all, this is a common problem of the royal family, and the situation of high merit will always exist.

Secondly, when it comes to the Donglin Party, Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party have always been at odds, with deep contradictions, and when they were in Huai'an. The large-scale purging of the Cao Gang has shaken the foundation of the Donglin Party and made the Donglin Party feel panicked, in this case, the Donglin Party will never sit idly by, they will think of all ways to weaken Zheng Xunrui's strength, and finally achieve the goal of eliminating Zheng Xunrui and eliminating hidden dangers from the top.

Finally, Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou has a very good prestige in the imperial court, and he is in the battle against the rogue. achieved a good record, at that time was considered the first person in the martial arts of the Korean Chinese rule, but unfortunately, with the rise of Zheng Xunrui, Hong Chengqian's position became more and more embarrassing. If this situation continues, Hong Chengchou is afraid that he will be excluded, which is a situation that Hong Chengchou does not want to see, and it is also unbearable.

Taking into account all aspects of the situation, Zheng Xunrui's opponent is very powerful, once these forces are united. Zheng Xunrui is afraid that he will fall into a place of no return.

Of course, under the current situation, there is the threat of the Houjin Tartars outside, and there are rogues making chaos inside, the emperor will not make a big move, and the Donglin Party people also need to skillfully seize the opportunity to calculate, even if Hong Chengchou and the Donglin Party members unite, they must secretly calculate, and will not openly deal with Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun.

Such calculations are often hidden in the name of righteousness, which may be discovered by others, but they cannot put forward opinions and suggestions, such as a hard blow to the Houjin Tartars, which is supported by everyone, the Houjin Tartars have repeatedly entered the customs and plundered, and the crimes committed are too numerous to mention, and the common people of Beizhili and Liaodong are deeply hated for the Houjin Tartars, and the court asked Zheng Jiajun to strike hard at the Houjin Tartars, no matter whether the timing is very good or not, and no matter what the outcome is, they can get the support of the old white people. If someone stands up and publicly opposes it, it is very likely that they will be accused of fornication.

To avoid such a situation, only by relying on Zheng Xunrui himself, through reasoned and well-founded rebuttals, can he defend his own interests and thwart calculations from all sides.

Zheng Xunrui came to the capital, did not directly enter the official post, but chose an inn, followed by fifty personal soldiers, it is impossible for these people to all live in the official post, that will give people the truth of impeachment, and at this time, Zheng Xunrui does not want to meet Hong Chengchou, and the two are afraid that it will be a very embarrassing situation when they meet.

After Zheng Xunrui settled down in the inn, he immediately wrote a note to the emperor, indicating that he had come to the capital and was waiting for the summons, before that, Zheng Xunrui would not visit his parents for the time being, the situation in the capital was already very complicated, and he didn't want to make trouble.

After sending him out, Hong Xinyu entered Zheng Xunrui's room, but in a few minutes, he walked out of the room, took his hat, and after dressing up, he left through the back door of the inn.

Zheng Xunrui waited honestly in the inn.

The feudal officials came to the capital, not on the same day to be able to get the emperor to summon, lucky to be able to enter the palace within three days to meet the emperor, bad luck may take more than a month, of course, Zheng Xunrui to the capital, it is impossible to wait for a long time, after all, the emperor ordered him to come to the capital.

Meeting the emperor is a thing, but Zheng Xunrui has more important things to do before that.

Zheng Xunrui needs to be extra careful when doing things in the capital, there are secret agents from Dongchang and Jinyiwei everywhere, and his every move may have been monitored for a long time, and the emperor in the palace should know.

After dark, the inn slowly quieted down.

When the inn is ready to close, a person with a black hat comes to live in the hotel, the shopkeeper is naturally a warm greeting, there have been more than 50 people living in the inn during the day, the good room is gone, the shopkeeper is very apologetic and said that there is only a general guest room, the person who comes does not care, take out some broken silver, and say that there is a place to sleep.

Looking at the broken silver on the counter, the shopkeeper was overjoyed, today's luck is really good, if the inn had such a business every day, then he would have developed a long time ago.

When it was ugly, the inn was completely quiet, and there was no one to be seen around.

No one saw it, and they didn't know when the man with the hat who entered the inn had entered Zheng Xunrui's room, all of which was unaware.

There were only Zheng Xunrui, Hong Xinyu and the man with the hat in the room.

The man wearing the hat knelt on one knee with an unusually respectful attitude.

Zheng Xunrui's face was calm and he slowly spoke.

"You have been in the capital for more than five years, and you are slowly familiar with everything here, for such a long time, you have also done a lot of things, sent back a lot of information, overall it is good, but now the situation has changed, from now on, you must find out the big and small things that happened in the court, timely report, you have to be very careful, where you need money, even if you put it forward, Zheng Zongbing will definitely solve it."

"Tomorrow, you must contact Gao Qiqian and send this thing to Gao Gonggong, this matter is very important, you remember, you must send things and letters to Gao Gonggong before I meet the emperor, this matter cannot be delayed."

"Regarding the development of the offline line, you can make your own decisions, the capital is full of Jinyiwei and Dongchang fans, and their tentacles extend to every place, so you must be careful, you must not reveal your identity."

"One thing you must remember is that you are all one-line contacts, and only you can directly contact Zheng Zongbing, once any of you are discovered by the imperial court, or captured, you can't open your mouth if you are killed, don't say anything, I will find a way to rescue you when the time comes."

"That's all I should say, you leave the inn before dawn, there must be Jinyiwei and Dongchang's fans staring outside the inn, don't be noticed by them, okay, you go down."

The man in black with a hat clenched his fists and spoke.

"Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely complete the task, this is the information that my subordinates have collected recently, and I heard that my lord is coming to the capital, so I didn't send it out."

A thick stack of letters had been placed on the table, and Zheng Xunrui nodded.

After the man in black with a hat left, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Hong Xinyu beside him.

"Xin Yu, during this time in the capital, you should pay special attention, under normal circumstances, don't contact anyone, stay in the inn, don't think about wandering on the street, so as not to attract the attention of others."

Hong Xinyu nodded.

Zheng Xunrui waved his hand, and Hong Xinyu went to rest.

Hong Xinyu's room is next to Zheng Xunrui, and there are two pro-soldiers standing at the door, who won't sleep all night, and the pro-soldiers are on duty in turns, although they came to the capital, Hong Xinyu was more careful, and the guards were more strict.

After Hong Xinyu left, Zheng Zheng Xunrui did not feel sleepy, he opened the letter on the table and began to look carefully.

It was dawn, and after breakfast, Zheng Xunrui returned to the room.

At that hour, a eunuch came to the inn, and the shopkeeper of the inn was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and he didn't know what he had done.

After the eunuch saw Zheng Xunrui, he saluted respectfully.

The eunuch told Zheng Xunrui that he would arrive at the Qianqing Palace on the sixth day of the second lunar month.

The eunuch brought the emperor's edict, and after Zheng Xunrui accepted it, he casually stuffed a piece of gold to the eunuch, this action was very hidden, of course the eunuch saw the gold, and the smile on his face was more humble. (To be continued.) )