No one realized how much the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen asked a storyteller and a celebrity to do today would suppress the literati and gentry in the future.

Even Shi Kefa only felt that it was just a whim of His Majesty, and he did see that what His Majesty did was aimed at the civilian clique, but he didn't think that two ordinary people could take back the power of public opinion from the hands of the Manchu Dynasty Hanlin Jinshi and be directly controlled by the king.

However, Liu Jingting felt that it was more meaningful for him to do this than to tell a story, and he couldn't help but ignite the fighting spirit of his youth, and went home late at night, ready to follow Emperor Chongzhen back to Nanjing after packing up.

Li Xiangjun frowned at the candlelight in a daze, she didn't know if this was the idea of the king in front of her to take possession of herself, but the newspaper office mentioned by His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen made her feel that it was a very challenging thing.

Zhu Youzhen stretched his waist, tired for an hour, and was just about to squint for a while, when he saw Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, suddenly came to Zhu Youzhen in front of him at night:

"Your Majesty, according to the detailed report, Zuo Liangyu wants to start the army on the fourth day of the second month, and it has now been clear that this news is true, Li Chengdong's troops under Zuo Liangyu have first led 150,000 elite soldiers to Huangshi Mansion, and Jiujiang is only three days away!

In addition, we have found out that there are people who use the cover of caravans to frequently travel between Nanjing and Wuchang, and in order to avoid being alarmed, we did not act rashly, but according to our observations, the most suspicious of the merchants who frequently enter and leave Wuchang Mansion may be from a certain old mansion in the capital, because some people say that they have leaked their mouths, and they happen to be heard by our people. ”

After Wu Mengming finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Youzhen with a solemn expression, although he could be regarded as an experienced veteran who had been following Zhu Youzhen since the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, but he was also a little nervous at the moment.

Shi Kefa was also busy following in at this time, as the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, he was also more aware of Zuo Liangyu's strength, as soon as he heard that Wu Mengming rushed back from Huguang, he also realized that Zuo Liangyu might have some intentions, and he often stayed in the palace of the master of ceremonies and the generalissimo's mansion, and now he is more sensitive to military intelligence than before.

"Zuo Liangyu really wants to rebel!"

As soon as he saw Shi Kefa also follow, and seeing his curious face, Zhu Youzhen informed Shi Kefa of this information.

"What!"

Shi Kefa suddenly took a step back, gritted his teeth and said: "Zuo Liangyu, this person, and Wu Sangui and the others turned out to be really the same dog, and it was in vain that the imperial court treated him so favorably!" However, Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu has a million divisions, and his fierce generals are like clouds, Li Chengdong, Jin Shenghuan and others are all veterans who have been fighting with the Tartar Liukou for many years. ”

Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was also full of sorrow, he had always followed Zhu Youzhen's side, and as a person in the Jinyi Guard system, he also knew how powerful Zuo Liangyu was now, controlling the vast military and political power of Huguang, and commanding millions of people who controlled the strings, and the total strength of the imperial court except for the recruits who were being trained, was only more than 500,000, even if the recruits were added, it was only equal.

Therefore, forgive Li Ruolian and know that His Majesty must be furious at this time, and the situation in the court must be more auspicious, and even more terrifying, Zuo Liangyu is afraid that it is not a unilateral action, and perhaps there are officials in the court who are not subject to His Majesty's power and secretly communicate with each other, if so, His Majesty's rule will be even more precarious!

In other words, all the efforts that His Majesty had made to prepare against the Tartars before would come to naught!

Yan Yingyuan and the three people who were guarding the stairs also heard the news, and they who had been on the military profile of the Ming Dynasty also knew what it meant for Zuo Liangyu to raise an army to rebel.

"Elder Li Ge said, Zuo Liangyu is the strongest general soldier in the Ming Dynasty at present, and the army under his command is known to have millions of people, and now if he rebels, our court will not be equivalent to suffering from the enemy on his back, this is a taboo for soldiers, and sure enough, as Brother Yan said, next year does not seem to be very clear!"

Chen Mingyu muttered in a low voice first.

"Zuo Liangyu, a traitor, will not rebel sooner or later, but at this time, it is really contrary to the way of the people, and ignores the overall situation of the world, does he know that if he does this, the whole of China may fall into the hands of foreign races! This kind of thing that relatives and enemies are happy to do, he also did it! ”

Although Feng Houdun is said to be a scholar from a good background, a serious scholar, and even a county school instructor in Jiangyin County, his temper is the most hot, first he dared to shoot directly at Mao Bijiang in Yangzhou City, and now he dares to scold Zuo Liangyu directly in front of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen.

Yan Yingyuan shook his head: "You two don't have to be so excited, you and I are both officers and soldiers of the Guards, that is, a gun in the hands of Your Majesty, whether it is Zuo Liangyu or Right Liangyu, as long as Your Majesty wants to fight, we obey the command, why worry about these for Your Majesty, this is the duty of the Generalissimo's Mansion, however, in my opinion, this is nothing to Your Majesty, although Zuo Liangyu has a million soldiers, but it is only a strong outsider, if I am not mistaken, in fact, Your Majesty has already prepared." ”

As Yan Yingyuan said, Zhu Youzhen really didn't think it was so panicked that Zuo Liangyu was going to raise an army to rebel.

After all, even the Hongguang Dynasty in the original history could make Zuo Liangyu's conspiracy to raise troops to seek power and usurp the throne to break down, and now he has Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong already prepared for Jiangxi, and there are hundreds of thousands of newly trained elite soldiers under his command, and he is not Hongguang, and his political foundation is more solid, so Zuo Liangyu is indeed nothing.

Seeing that Shi Kefa, Wu Mengming, Li Ruolian and others were so flustered, Zhu Youzhen felt a little funny and yawned:

"What's the panic, he Zuo Liangyu is far away, not to mention that it's only a month now, and there is still more than a month to go, don't worry, the guards I trained are just taking advantage of this to experience actual combat, so as not to fight with the Tartars in the future, and I don't even know where to cut people's heads."

Shi Kefa and the others didn't expect His Majesty to be so indifferent, and they secretly admired His Majesty's calmness while being suspicious in their hearts.

"Jinyiwei continues to investigate, it's right not to startle the snake, it's best to create an illusion that we only pay attention to the Tartars, but we still have to observe closely, beware of Zuo Liangyu noticing that we are prepared and the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry and chooses to join Jiannu, then the gain outweighs the loss!"

Zhu Youzhen said and ordered: "Let's all go down and rest, we have to rush back to Nanjing tomorrow morning." ”

"But, Your Majesty, this Zuo Liangyu is Liu Liangzuo's generation after all, we can't take it lightly!"

Shi Kefa still couldn't help but say more.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Yan Yingyuan and the others were also discussing, so he walked over: "Let you stay here and stay honestly, nothing to mumble nonsense, and don't stop, but your name is Yan Yingyuan, right, you should have heard what you said just now, tell me your opinion, Zuo Liangyu is going to rebel, but he can't be afraid." ”

Shi Kefa didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen was still thinking about training the new grassroots officers at this time, and he was quite anxious and disappointed, of course, he was also busy giving Yan Yingyuan a look, hoping to help Yan Yingyuan, and let him calmly analyze how big Zuo Liangyu's threat was in front of His Majesty.