For this reason, Chongzhen reduced his diet and ate vegetarian dishes, but the effect was not great, and the silver saved was not much, and sometimes the vegetarian diet increased. It's just that Chongzhen has a good reputation for loving the people! Moreover, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty continued to sing praises of virtue, so that Chongzhen was in the clouds and fog all day long, so unhappy! He'll keep doing it.

Chongzhen believes that as long as his holy virtue can increase, this is the best result!

Zhang Biwu also knew that no matter how diligent and frugal Chongzhen was, the lack of military salaries was too great, and the officials in the court could not be of the same mind as Chongzhen, Chongzhen himself was suspicious, and the Ming Dynasty had been mean and unkind to his subordinates since its establishment, which made it impossible for his subordinates to be treated attentively.

In addition, since the rise of the Donglin Party, the phenomenon of the civil official group forming a party for personal gain has become more common, and the civil official group is so powerful that it can compete with the emperor! The emperor is sometimes helpless!

The monarch and the minister are not of the same mind, Chongzhen is anxious, and if he is too anxious, it will be easy to make mistakes and take improper measures, which will make the situation more and more unfavorable.

Zhang Biwu waited to see how Chongzhen punished these courtiers, if Chongzhen punished important ministers in the court, especially the emperor's relatives, or the first assistant of the cabinet, then it would be able to shake the entire court, and the civil officials would have to be restrained. What a pity! Chongzhen just used small shrimp to vent his anger!

These little shrimps can't shock the civil officials at all! The civil officials should be reckless, but they will continue, the small ones will stare at the big ones, the big ones will be unscrupulous, and the small ones will not be afraid.

For this reason, all of Chongzhen's actions are useless! Zhang Biwu couldn't help sighing, it seems that Daming has accumulated too many shortcomings, how easy is it to save this terminally ill seriously ill person?

After Zhang Biwu said goodbye and left, only Chongzhen and Empress Zhou remained. Empress Zhou asked Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, what do you think of Zhang Biwu?" ”

Chongzhen replied: "I can see that our daughter has a spring love!" Her affection for Zhang Biwu is not ordinary! ”

Empress Zhou then said: "Your Majesty, at that time, you asked Yu Jiao to fly a kite with Zhou Shixian, I came back to find out about my daughter's situation, but my daughter was full of concerns, and I also saw her hand holding a note, and what was written on the note was Zhang Biwu's three words!" Is it that Yu Jiao really likes Zhang Biwu? ”

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Ha Lu Ha! Perhaps! Ha! Beauty loves heroes! Our princess Kunxing is a great beauty praised all over the capital! If she can give it to the person she likes, I don't know if she has cultivated it for eight lifetimes! Ha Lu Ha! This is what I often say to my sisters! ”

Empress Zhou's face was worried, and she said: "But the concubine feels that Zhang Biwu is not loyal to the emperor!" Then she saw Chongzhen's face covered with haze, Queen Zhou was afraid, she hurriedly knelt down, and said, "The concubine should die!" You shouldn't be doing government politics, and you should ask the emperor to forgive your sins! ”

"Alas!" Chongzhen sighed and said, "Queen, you are very worried! In fact, I don't reuse, and I guard against Zhang Biwu everywhere because Zhang Biwu is not loyal to his ministers! How many of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were loyal to me? One of a hundred! I'm walking on thin ice! ”

Empress Zhou expressed her understanding and constantly comforted Chongzhen. Chongzhen values Queen Zhou's wife, and her feelings are also quite deep, although Chongzhen's favorite and favorite is Concubine Tian.

did not mention Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, but turned back to Zhang Biwu. After Zhang Biwu withdrew, many eunuchs came to congratulate him, and they all said that no one has ever been able to get such courtesy from the emperor, don't look at Zhang Biwu now is just a small three-county garrison, guerrilla general, his future future is unlimited! Even the favored Yang Sichang did not receive such an honor.

Zhang Biwu just smiled, he didn't say anything and exited the palace gate, but he saw a large group of civil officials waiting here, it turned out that he wanted to congratulate him. It is also said that the whole city of Beijing has spread that the emperor set up a royal banquet to invite Zhang Biwu alone, and Zhang Biwu can still eat at the same table with the emperor, what a privilege! It's hard to have it in ancient and modern times!

After all, the monarch is a minister, and the minister can eat at the same table with the monarch, which is rare in ancient and modern times.

Zhang Biwu didn't say anything, he just casually dealt with these civil officials and immediately returned to his residence, as soon as he arrived at the residence, he saw that his residence was full of cars, and many officials or nobles came to congratulate Zhang Biwu! A lot of people are stammering!

Zhang Biwu could only smile bitterly for a while, and he worked hard to deal with these people who hid knives in their smiles and tended to be inflammatory. After sending all these people away, Zhang Biwu was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Huang Qi saw that there was no one around, so he gave Zhang Biwu a letter, which touched Zhang Biwu's heart, and it was difficult to save the Ming Dynasty! This is a letter written by Lu Xiangsheng!

Lu Xiangsheng and Yao Dongzhao were driven away by the officials and had to leave the capital, and Lu Xiangsheng saw that Chongzhen was not sympathetic to the hungry people, but repeatedly used empty words and clichés to perfunctory. This made the people very sad, everyone thought in their hearts, the emperor and the court, who did not think about the people, it was better to collapse and perish as soon as possible! The idea of looking forward to changing the dynasty has already been born in the hearts of the people, although the people don't say it, they are just afraid of being killed.

But once the idea of changing the dynasty takes root in the hearts of the people, then the will of the people of the Ming Dynasty will be lost, and the will of the people will be completely scattered! The Ming Dynasty is not far from the day of its demise.

Lu Xiangsheng was heartbroken by the actions of the great tomorrow to whom he was loyal, but he had no choice, and he mourned the misfortune of the people. The tragic situation of Chidi Qianli made Lu Xiangsheng feel painful, his thoughts have completely changed, can this Daming still be saved? Isn't it the same as the people to have an early change of dynasty?

Lu Xiangsheng is now in confusion, and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty has long been polished out because the people were born in dire straits, and the status quo of the Ming Dynasty not being saved.

Lu Xiangsheng even said in the letter, the scholar is a confidant, the countryman treats me, the countryman repays him, the dung treats me, and the dung repays him! Because the imperial court is already sorry for Zhang Biwu! Even if Zhang Biwu is sorry for the Ming room, Lu Xiangsheng will not blame him. I just want Zhang Biwu to put the people of the world first, even if he doesn't fight for the Ming Dynasty, he has to fight for the people.

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After Zhang Biwu finished reading Lu Xiangsheng's letter, he sighed, how could he not know the Tao in his heart? What he thinks now is that there can't be a tragedy in Yangzhou for ten days and the three massacres in Jiading! It is best to avoid the tragedy of Li Zicheng's three attacks on Kaifeng, Kaifeng suffered a flood, and millions of lives were swallowed up by the flood.

Zhang Biwu's greatest wish, what he is fighting for is to change the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains, he has to return to Lingbao now, and he must expand his strength! If he could, the land of the three counties alone was still small, and he would continue to expand his territory and increase his troops and horses.

Time is running out! It's now the fourteenth year of Chongzhen! Chongzhen for seventeen years! The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains! Three years to go! Three years! Time is running out!

And Zhang Biwu received the order to help Yang Sichang destroy Zhang Xianzhong, so he had to leave quickly!

Because the latest is on February 20, Zhang Xianzhong captured Gwangju. Zhang Xianzhong broke through Xiangyang to the east, and entered Henan with Luo Rucai's troops to attack the mall. At that time, the county was prosperous, and he was transferred to Kaifeng Tongzhi and would be done. Zhang Xianzhong's army arrived, but he refused to defend with the township official Yang Suoxiu and others. It was raining and snowing, and the soldiers defending the city were too cold to fight, so Sheng Yiheng led the crowd to shoot and kill 17 rebels. Later, Yiheng was injured and was arrested and died.

Zhang Xianzhong then attacked Suizhou, although Xu Shichun personally defended it tightly, but in the end he was still attacked by the cunning Zhang Xianzhong's plan to attack the west, feint to attack the south but sneaked into the north and broke the city. Xu Shichun died in the chaos.

Now Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng seem to be competing to see who is the most powerful! Both of them were constantly shaking the rule of the Ming Dynasty and growing their own momentum.

Zhang Xianzhong's strength is strong again, Zhang Biwu can't stay in the capital anymore, and he must rush back to Lingbao as soon as possible.

Zhang Biwu, Huang Qi, and Song Yi were packing up their things, but they didn't know that Zhang Biwu would suffer a family change after returning to Lingbao! He is about to face the mutation of his family again! What's going on?

Good! didn't mention how Zhang Biwu prepared to pack up, and then set off back to Lingbao, but talked about what happened on Lingbao's side. Readers, you should remember the above-mentioned Delis, who came to China on a merchant ship.

This caravan benefited a lot from her help, and of course, the most important reward for Delis was to let Delis come to China.

As soon as Dai Lisi arrived in China, she just wanted to find Zhang Biwu, fortunately Zhang Biwu had made meritorious contributions in Jinan before, he was already famous, and when asked about him, there were many people who knew Lu Dao, and it was not difficult for Dai Lisi to know where Zhang Biwu was.

No, Dai Lisi found out that Zhang Biwu had been named the garrison of Lingbao, Lu's, and Ruxiang counties, and Zhang Biwu was not only a prestige in Guangzhou's inland rivers, Humen Fort broke the Anglo-Dutch and pirate alliances, he also broke into Jinan City and killed Yue Tuo and Ma Zhan brothers, and shocked overseas, even in the battle with Zhang Xianzhong, he also defeated Zhang Xianzhong. Today's Zhang Biwu is famous!

Delicis was not surprised at all, she knew that with Zhang Biwu's ability, it was normal for her to be able to do this.

Since this is the case, what Dai Lisi wants to do now is to go to Lingbao to find Zhang Biwu, and at the same time, she also wants to see what kind of woman Zhang Biwu's wife Qin Huaiyu is!

Delis's mood became hot, and she didn't want to delay for a moment, so she rented a carriage to give her more money, and let the coachman carry her to Lingbao quickly.

Because the coachman got so much silver taels, his heart was moved, and of course he agreed to come down and run all the way away.

On the way, Delis got a very important news, which was given to her by one of her former business partners, this business partner was Lin Hengwan, a famous Tong'an businessman in the late Ming Dynasty, it can be said that this news is very helpful to Delis, and even to Zhang Biwu. Without further ado, Delis soon arrived at Lingbao.