Now that he has come to the capital, then Zheng Xunrui needs to do something to achieve the goal he wants to achieve, and does not allow others to interfere in the affairs of the Zheng family, which is just to protect his own interests, if such things are not done well, then Zheng Xunrui and the court will completely break up, this goal is achieved, Zheng Xunrui will start to run for several other things.

In a few years, Zheng Xunrui has understood a lot of things, in this era, if you want to do anything, you need a large group of like-minded people around you, you need a large group of loyal people, and there is a certain difference between the two, loyal people, Zheng Xunrui has them, and there are a lot, especially many officers of the Zheng family, either they are only linked to the interests of the Zheng family, or Zheng Xunrui's family, these people are absolutely loyal, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu and others are typical representatives.

Like-mindedness is a bit reluctant in this regard, this requirement is very high, if it is measured by the standards of hundreds of years later, there are almost not many such people around Zheng Xunrui, Xu Wanghua, Yang Tingshu, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Gu Menglin, Wen Zhenheng, etc. are all regarded as people in this regard, but they can't be completely counted.

Politics is not so pure, no one thinks it is so noble, there are a lot of internal transactions, the so-called Donglin Party, the so-called Zhejiang Party, and even the so-called Eunuch Party, aren't they also communities of interests, or alliances.

Once he sees these things clearly and understands the truth, Zheng Xunrui's road in front of him is much wider, and he can throw away many scruples in his heart, or break the rules and regulations that confine his actions and thinking, boldly pursue power, and boldly make various efforts for his own strength.

After the meeting, Zheng Xunrui went home to meet his parents and Erniang.

Zheng Fugui, Ma and Sun are in good health, their life in the capital can be described as pampered, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and their sons are so competitive. Even his daughter and son-in-law have begun to have a good future, the only disadvantage is that it is difficult to reunite with their families, and every year during the Spring Festival, Zheng Kaihua can come to the capital.

I met Zheng Xunrui. Several old people must have been happy, Zheng Fugui took out the prepared wine, and Ma and Sun personally went to the kitchen to cook for Zheng Xunrui.

After dark, Zheng Xunrui went to visit Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Such a situation. It was impossible to do so before, Wen Tiren was the representative of the Zhejiang Party, and Zheng Xunrui, who hated party disputes, was generally avoided, even if Wen Tiren was the first assistant of the cabinet.

Wen Tiren did not show a particularly surprised look at Zheng Xunrui's visit, he took Zheng Xunrui directly to the study, and specifically warned the housekeeper not to see anyone again.

After sitting down, the two chatted for a while. Didn't talk about the daytime pilgrimage.

Or Zheng Xunrui went straight to the point.

"My lord, the lower officials have some requests, and I have the courage to put them forward and ask for the approval of the adults."

"If Lord Zheng has anything to say, just say it directly, as long as this official can do it, he will spare no effort."

"Thank you, my lord, Xia Guan has three requests, the first request is to transfer Lord Tang Ruowang of Qin Tianjian to the Caoyun Governor's Mansion. The second request was whether Lord Yin Yang Tingshu of Shuntian Prefecture could be transferred to Nanzhili to serve as the head of the household department, and the third request was that the Caoyun Governor's Mansion could develop firearms in the Nanzhili Ordnance Bureau. ”

Zheng Xunrui said very directly. made such a major request, it should not be concealed, that would make Wen Tiren uncomfortable, you must know that Wen Tiren is an old man, a man in his sixties, and he has never seen anything.

Really. After Zheng Xunrui made these three requests, a smile appeared on Wen Tiren's face.

"These requests made by Lord Zheng, the official does not dare to pat his chest and agree, but the official can work hard."

Wen Tiren did not refuse, and Zheng Xunrui will continue to explain.

"My lord, these three requests from the lower officials are actually related to the Zheng family, and in the long run, they are all related to the Houjin Tartars and the Liukou."

Wen Tiren stroked his beard and nodded slightly, but did not speak.

"Xiaguan also said at the court meeting, in fact, several times and Houjin Tartar fighting, Xiaguan has to admit that Houjin Tartar is extremely brave, Houjin Tartar has a force of about 300,000 people, of which the Manchu Eight Banners are close to 200,000, if the court wants to fundamentally defeat Houjin Tartar, only a strong army, this is the only way out, now the government and the opposition think that the Zheng family army is very strong, can fight with the Houjin Tartars, but the lower officials are clear, the Zheng family army is no match for the Houjin Tartars."

"Houjin Tartar suffered several failures, need to adjust, and dare not launch a large-scale attack in a short period of time, Huang Taiji ascended the throne without authorization and became emperor, but unexpectedly suffered several failures, it is very good to be able to stabilize the interior for a period of time, so this time is very precious, Xia Guan thought of being able to strengthen the strength of the Zheng family army very well, in order to look forward to the decisive battle with Houjin Tartar in the future."

"Blindly increasing the number of sergeants, the consumption is too huge, and the lower officials think of specially developed sharp firearms, and use firearms to deal with Houjin Tartars, so that they can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"These requests made by the lower officials are all related to this matter, and I ask your Excellency to fulfill them."

After Zheng Xunrui explained, Wen Tiren immediately spoke.

"Lord Zheng is far-reaching, and the official agrees with it, and the matter requested by Lord Zheng is very big, not big and not big, and when the cabinet is deliberating, the official will directly bring it up."

"Thank you, sir."

"There is one more thing about this official, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places of the Liukou wanton plunder, I don't know how Lord Zheng thinks about this, the official remembers that the Zheng family army besieged the leaders of the Liukou Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others in Kuizhou, Sichuan, and saw that they were about to completely exterminate the Liukou, but they didn't know that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong actually escaped, and the official never expected it."

Zheng Xunrui didn't answer immediately.

Zheng Xunrui is not good at making too many evaluations, he has a lot of contact with Lu Xiangsheng, the overall impression is okay, but Lu Xiangsheng's shortcomings are also clear, that is, some are tall and arrogant, and it is difficult to get along with others.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Xunrui spoke cautiously.

"Xiaguan thinks that this matter of exterminating the Liukou is closely related to the stability of the people, and the Liukou has a great demagogy, and the Xiaguan knows that there is a saying circulating among the Liukou, what everyone has food, everyone is equal, etc., ordinary people are difficult to resist such demagoguery, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places, frequent famines, the people are displaced, a little bewitchment, will join the team of the Liukou, which may also be the reason for the long-term ravaging of the Liukou."

"Lord Lu is responsible for exterminating the Liukou, not only to lead the army to encircle and suppress, but also to find ways to calm down the people, only by doing this can we completely eradicate the Liukou and stabilize the situation in the north."

Zheng Xunrui said very objectively, Wen Tiren asked this question, nothing more than two purposes, one may be dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng, and even prepare to adjust the candidates for the governors of the five provinces, and the other is to hope that he Zheng Xunrui will participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou again, Zheng Xunrui does not want to interfere in these two aspects, and now he needs to calm down and start to strengthen the Zheng family army from another aspect.

Wen Tiren's face was as usual, and he smiled and spoke.

"Master Zheng's analysis is indeed incisive, and it is necessary to trace back to the root cause and find the crux of the problem in order to truly solve the problem, and this official also agrees."

Leaving Wen Tiren's mansion, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Hong Xinyu beside him.

"Xin Yu, there are a few things, you go to implement them immediately, the first thing, order the dark line of the capital, from now on to prepare, within five years, send my parents, Erniang and other family members out of the capital, when to act, wait for my notice, the second thing, order the dark line of the capital, closely monitor the every move of Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun, Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Yi, Wu Weiye, Wu Changshi, Gong Dingyu and others, and report at all times, the third thing, order the dark line of the capital, from now on, in the court to develop candidatesThis move requires caution, and it is necessary to strictly select the officials of the DPRK and China, and there must be no mistakes due to careless operation. ”

"In short, the intelligence work in the capital must be carried out in an all-round way."

Back at home, Zheng Fugui was still waiting.

After the two chatted for a while, Zheng Xunrui returned to his room, he didn't rest immediately, but spread out the pen and paper, and began to write letters, he had already gone to visit Wen Tiren, so he couldn't visit Zhang Fengyi directly, not to mention whether this move would make Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi uncomfortable, what needed to worry more was the emperor's attitude, all his actions in the capital could not be hidden from the emperor, if the emperor learned that he had visited the cabinet first assistant and the cabinet deputy assistant in private, it would be strange to be at ease.

Several letters were written one after another, and it was already close to the time of the child.

After packing up the letter, Zheng Xunrui walked out of the house, only to find Zheng Xunrui actually standing in the yard.

A warm current crossed his heart, and Zheng Xunrui knew that Zheng Fugui must have been waiting outside for a long time.

After breakfast, Zheng Xunrui told his parents and Erniang that he was going back to Huai'an, and he left Huai'an in Layue last year, and the family must have been in a hurry after a few months of time.

Zheng Fugui understood very well and urged Zheng Xunrui to leave immediately, while Ma and Sun wiped the corners of their eyes and didn't speak for a long time, after all, over the years, Zheng Xunrui, his parents and Erniang have gathered less and left more, and rarely have time to meet. (To be continued.) )