Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay, you say!" I know who you know best who is good and who is bad, who is mediocre and who is good. ”

Wang Jinlong said: "The first person to be recommended is Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Yonggu Zhongneng, how can I not know?" ”

"You know you don't need to? The emperor knows his virtue, but he doesn't use his virtue! ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned, special! Why do you talk to me? But Zhu Youzhen also knew that Wang Jinlong was talking like this, this night, he choked several times, and he said to Wang Chengen, Wang Jinlong, this kid spoke even more badly, "Aiqing doesn't know, the ancestral system, the imperial family is not allowed to interfere in the government affairs." ”

Wang Jinlong said: "That's what the minister said. ”

"Oh?" , Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Jinlong, he wanted to hear what Wang Jinlong said.

"The emperor, the ancestral system, relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics, it is nothing more than that they are afraid that their relatives will endanger the society by relying on their relatives with the royal family, the root is not in the emperor, the emperor does not allow it, who dares? Could it be that he knows that Gong Yonggu is loyal and virtuous, so he doesn't need to be idle because of the ancestral system? You are now the most lacking of a loyal and virtuous person like Gong Yonggu. Will relatives interfere in politics? The reason is not in the subordinates, but in the king, the king is wise, how can the relatives interfere in politics? Only if the emperor is weak and confused, it is possible for relatives to interfere in politics, but it is not necessarily. In history, in all dynasties and generations, the emperor did not have many relatives, and if he married a daughter-in-law, he would have one more family of relatives, and if he married a daughter, he would have one more concubine, wouldn't it be a Wang Mang? Aren't most of the relatives in a proper way to contribute to the country? Isn't that Wang Guoxing your brother's brother-in-law? When the big thing comes, he can't help it, but he goes with you? As the saying goes, brothers in battle, fathers and sons in battle. Good relatives should be used back, you and you are relatives, they are more loyal, but some relatives you should pay attention to, not only can not be used, should be cleaned up, your two old fathers-in-law, they are not officials, aren't they the same as doing things that lack morality? Those brothers-in-law of yours are all either governors or governors, and they use their power to bring disaster to the country and the people, are they considered to interfere in politics? You know that Gong Yonggu is virtuous, at the critical moment, you know that Gong Yonggu is the most reliable person, and you know that you can discuss it with Gong Yonggu when you have a big event, why do you dare not use it because of the ancestral system? Then Li Guozhen and Zhu Chunchen are not relatives, right? What do you see they did? One who manages your Gyeonggi garrison in a mess, and the other who befriends bandits and forms a party for personal gain, does all things that bring disaster to the country and the people, and is the one who really drives you to a dead end. ”

"Employing people can not look at what his identity is, but to see his quality, there is a saying that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, isn't it very reasonable? Therefore, the second person recommended by the minister to the emperor is Liu Wenbing, he and Gong Yonggu, one is your brother-in-law, and the other is your cousin, can they do anything to be sorry for you? If the army in Gyeonggi let the two of them take charge of it, let alone one Li Zicheng, what if there are ten or eight Li Zicheng? Where did you come from, honestly go back to where! ”

Why, are you giving me a lesson? However, Zhu Youzhen felt that what Wang Jinlong said made sense, "You let me think about it." ”

"Okay! The third person recommended by the minister to the emperor is He Fu. ”

"He Fu?"

"That's right! He Fu is a very talented person, with both ability and political integrity, he just became an official and took up the post of magistrate of Gao County, and he encountered Li Zicheng's siege and attack, for three years, Li Zicheng couldn't put a small county town without many soldiers and horses, he knew He Fu's talent, and even Li Zicheng's subordinates were willing to be driven by He Fu because they admired He Fugai to the side of the court, isn't it very revealing? Later, He Fu was degraded to the border for violating Shangguan's intentions, and after the recovery, he was appointed as the commander of Yingshan County, Zhang Xianzhong attacked for two years, and the surrounding area was broken, but Yingshan was safe and sound. A few days ago, the emperor was determined to stick to the Beijing Division, but the emperor is a person who understands, not to mention that the emperor does not have a second plan? The emperor wants to tour the south, and someone on the road will open the way to answer it, isn't the emperor's choice He Fu? With such a talented and loyal person, why didn't the emperor reuse it? ”

Zhu Youzhen was convinced, "Aiqing, you are right, He Fu is indeed a reliable person." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister will recommend you a few little people, these people are now in their twenties, they are bent on restoring the Ming Dynasty after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all earth-shattering ghosts and gods, their deeds are admired by future generations, hundreds of years later, other people have long been forgotten, but they are still enjoying the incense that people worship, the reason why the minister recommends them is because they have great righteousness in their hearts, tenacity and do not avoid danger, determined to serve the country, and young, you can also leave it to your son in the future."

Zhu Youzhen was shocked, there is still such a figure in the dynasty? was also moved, Wang Jinlong thought about it like this, he was scheming and loyal, "Aiqing, don't sell Guanzi, hurry up and tell me who there is." ”

Wang Jinlong said: "The first person recommended is called Yan Yingyuan, a native of Tongzhou, Beizhili, and the current history of Jiangyin County. You also know the original ending of my dynasty, after the rat's tail occupies the north, and then, it will occupy the south, the year before last, Yan Yingyuan went to Jiangyin Dianshi, at the beginning of his tenure, Haikou Gu San Mazi led hundreds of warships to attack, Yan Yingyuan led the troops to guard, fired three arrows in a row, and some people fell in response, Haikou was frightened and did not dare to commit it again. During his tenure, he pacified the salt thieves, served the civil unrest, and the political discipline was outstanding, and the people of Jiangyin were grateful for his kindness, and painted a portrait for him in social science, and the imperial court wanted to transfer him to the chief secretary of Yingde County, Shaozhou, Guangdong, because his mother was seriously ill and the road was blocked, Yan Yingyuan failed to make the trip, and the whole family was scattered at the foot of the sand mountain outside Jiangyin City. ”

"Jianyu asked the people to change their clothes and cut their hair, and they also kept an ugly rat's tail like them, which aroused the anger of the people, and everyone swore to die, but there was no talent in Jiangyin County, someone invited Yan Yingyuan to preside over Jiangyin County's anti-capture plan, Yan Yingyuan gathered 600 people to go happily, and even the pirate leader Gu San Mazi was inspired by him to follow, he led 100,000 righteous people with the strength of one person, faced 240,000 Jianyu iron cavalry, more than 200 heavy artillery, trapped in the lonely city for 81 days, so that the rat's tail broke three kings, eighteen generals, and 75,000 people died, It is known as Jiangyin 81 in history. On the day of the city breaking, the righteous people did not surrender, the survivors of the city were only fifty-three old and young, Yan Yingyuan was brave and unyielding after being captured, he was pierced through the tibia, the blood was boiling and servant, heroic righteousness, he had left a poem on the city gate, 80 days with allegiance, the 17th Dynasty of Taizu, 100,000 people died with one heart, and left 300 miles of rivers and mountains in the Ming Dynasty. A woman wrote a poem saying: The rotten gizzards and white bones are all over the territory, and the lonely city of ten thousand deaths has not surrendered. Message to passers-by to cover their noses, the living are not as fragrant as the dead. Later generations wrote that 'talented people have come out of the country's generations, each leading the way for hundreds of years.' The famous poet Zhao Yi is such a harsh and arrogant person, but when he faced the portrait of Yan Yingyuan, he had to be in awe, and he sighed, "He is a strange man, and he is a mere official". ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, tears of emotion flowed out, "Aiqing, with such a brave and resolute minister, I will immediately use it." ”

Wang Jinlong smiled, "That's right!" The second young talent recommended by the minister is called Zhang Huangyan, twenty-four years old this year, in the middle of the year before last, civil and military all-rounders, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, he still summoned righteous people to resist to the death, trying to restore the Han Dynasty, but the general trend has gone, people are quiet, but he still sticks to the faith, indomitable, repeatedly defeated and defeated, repeatedly defeated, resisted the Jianju for 22 years, and was finally captured and heroically righteous, when he went to the execution ground, the righteousness was awe-inspiring, his face was fearless, he raised his eyes to see Wu Shan, sighed and said: Great country, but unfortunately fell into the fishy body! Before the righteousness, he was given a poem of "Desperate Poem", refused to kneel and be killed, sat and suffered the blade, at the age of forty-five, buried under the Lychee Peak at the northern foot of Nanping Mountain in Hangzhou, became the third hero buried in Hangzhou with Yue Fei and Yu Qian, and later generations called the Three Heroes of the West Lake, his father Zhang Guizhang, a member of the Criminal Department, Zhang Huangyan should be in the capital. To tell the truth, Zhang Huangyan is a lonely person, and there is nothing to do, otherwise, the country of our Han people would have recovered a long time ago. ”

Zhu Youzhen was excited, and hit his left palm with his right fist, "Great, great, I will send someone to find it at dawn and entrust me with a heavy task." ”

"The third person recommended by the minister is also a young hero, called Zheng Chenggong, his father Zheng Zhilong, the emperor should have heard of it, he was originally a maritime merchant and the leader of a maritime smuggling group, and after returning to the imperial court, he was also half-hearted, and continued to engage in smuggling at sea, this guy has a total of five wives in his life, of which the second wife is a native of the Japanese country, called Tian Chuan, Zheng Chenggong was born to Tian Chuan, 20 years old this year, and should be studying in Nanjing Guozijian."

"What kind of character is a person like Zheng Zhilong? The emperor should know that like your father-in-law, except for recognizing money, no one else recognizes it, so what is the righteousness in his heart? This guy sees that the building is powerful, the Ming Dynasty is finished, and the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, oh! It is the secession regime established by the other people of your old Zhu family, and it can't be a climate, so he surrendered to Jianyu, Zheng Chenggong still broke with his father, and began his vigorous life of resisting Jianyu, he once fought with Zhang Huangyan, and finally, because the general trend has gone, he led his troops to capture the island of Taiwan occupied by the Dutch, as a base for resisting captives, until he died, he was doing the great cause of restoring the Han family all his life. ”

"Oh! By the way, now, he should be called Zheng Sen, the name Zheng Chenggong was given by Zhu Yujian, the former Tang King who was imprisoned in the Zongren Yuan by you, and later fled to Jiangnan to call Emperor Longwu, Zhu Yujian also gave Zheng Senguo the surname, Zheng Chenggong is a well-known national hero in Chinese history, Xiao Yong is good at fighting, which makes the colonists frightened, but Zheng Chenggong died soon after the recovery of Taiwan, at the age of 38. Alas! Pity! Pity! Some say he was poisoned. ”

"Good! Good! Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, he didn't expect that there were so many young talents in the Ming Dynasty, and even Wang Jinlong lost no time in continuing to ridicule his father-in-law.

"That Zhu Yujian later fled to Jiangnan to become the emperor?" Regarding this news, Zhu Youzhen was a little shocked.

"Yes! Speaking of which, among the people of your old Zhu family, Zhu Yujian is still quite good, think about it, when the prisoners were built into the fortress, who of your old Zhu family raised troops to serve the king? Isn't it just Zhu Yujian? He came with 2,000 people, just 2,000 people, what can he do? But this incident at least shows that Zhu Yujian has the country in his heart and has a bit of courage. If the people of your old Zhu family are like Zhu Yujian, they will not fall into this situation, if they are all like your uncle Fuwang Zhu Changxun, what will the Ming Dynasty do? That guy is about to be broken by Li Zicheng, and he still has an iron rooster, if he follows the example of King Zhou and gathers people to defend the city? Can Luoyang be broken? He is good, no matter how the people around him persuade him, he just refuses to pay, a typical miser, but in the end, it was not the city that was robbed by Li Zicheng, but also put it in the pot by Li Zicheng and stewed it with the deer and ate it, Li Zicheng is known as the Fulu feast. You, the emperor, are good at everything, but they are too rigid. How many emperors have there been from your old Zhu family to your generation? Every emperor has some regulations of one kind or another, do you say you have implemented them? Won't you tie your hands and feet to death?

"Actually, you're still not good! Emperor Chengzu violated Emperor Taizu's decree, Emperor Taizu erected a monument and an iron scroll to clearly order the eunuchs not to interfere in politics, and he was only the emperor for a few years? The East Factory was established, who of those ministers farted? ”

Although what Wang Jinlong said was ugly, it was not unreasonable, Zhu Youzhen knew that Wang Jinlong was completely for his good, so he didn't care that Wang Jinlong was talking with a big grin, and even his elders and ancestors dared to take it out and comment.

Zhu Youzhen agreed that there was some truth in what Wang Jinlong said.

"The minister will recommend one more to you."

"Who?"

"The prefect of Changsha blocked Yinxi."

"Him?"

"That's right! This Yinxi is not an ordinary character, now, you may not see that Yinxi has any great ability, it is far away, the official is small, you can't see it, Yinxi is indeed not an ordinary person, he is also loyal to you, he is different from other officials is good at judging the situation, can unite different people to do great things, and I am also very responsible. ”

"After Li Zicheng's death, he left a lot of generals, I can't help but say that although they are grass cowards, they are far stronger than the officials of your court, you are gone, most of your officials have surrendered to Jianyu, but none of Li Zicheng's subordinates surrendered, they in turn united with your old Zhu family to fight with Jianyu for many years, and finally died heroically, because of this, many people in later generations praised it, and therefore, there are also many people who praise Li Zicheng."

This is Wang Jinlong's nonsense, and many people in later generations praised Li Zicheng because Li Zicheng dared to rebel and was a peasant leader.

"Really?"

"Such a big matter, do ministers dare to talk nonsense?"

"In April, that is, next month, when Du Yinxi heard that you were martyred, he cried bitterly, wrote five chapters of the poem "Falling Dragon Sao", and paid tribute to you, your uncle and brother Zhu Yousong fled to Jiangnan, and also announced that he was the emperor, and appointed Yinxi as the deputy envoy of Huguang according to the judge, and the superintendent of Xuezheng. Although Yinxi was reappointed as a scholar, he trained soldiers, explained tactics, and was more diligent, and he was ashamed of the national hatred, and attached great importance to talents, and was good at soliciting opinions and brainstorming. ”

Li Chuang Zicheng has a nephew named Li Jin, a one-eyed dragon, who was originally Li Zicheng's successor, and was called "Xiao Li" in the army. After the death of Li Zicheng, Li Jin led 18 troops to support 300,000 troops, from Sichuan and Shaanxi to Jingxiang, garrisoned on the border of Lizhou, claiming that the Ming army would hunt, the people near and far were very panicked, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were also very afraid. So, he volunteered to ride alone, crossed the Lishui from Wuling, arrived at the lawn, and entered the camp to meet Li Jin and others. ”

"Plug Yinxi gave an open and sincere condolence, explained the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety, was impassioned, advocated joint resistance to the captives, and was sincere, Li Jin and others were moved to cry, expressing their obedience to orders. Yinxi conveyed the edict, gave Li Zicheng's wife Gao's order, and gave Li Jin and Xiao general Gao Yigong and other python jade and gold and silver utensils, and rewarded the army, the soldiers were enthusiastic cheers, Gao worshipped, and said to Li Jin: Blocking the prince is a piece of loyalty, you must not live up to his kindness, at that time, I left the Yinxi feast, the prelude to the feast, Yinxi politely declined, crying and said: The two capitals have not yet recovered, the people are very poor, is this the time for the ministers to feast and listen to music? Li Jin and others sighed and withdrew the feast for it, and from then on, Li Jin and others all 300,000 people were appeased, obeyed Yinxi's moderation, and finally died on the battlefield of resistance against captivity. ”

Zhu Yousong was very happy to hear that Plug Yinxi appeased Li Jin and others, and promoted Plug Yinxi to the right squire of the military department and the imperial history of the capital, and wrote a letter to comfort him, awarded Li Jin as the left army in front of the imperial camp, Gao Yigong as the right army, and hung the seal of the dragon and tiger general, sealed the liehou, gave Li Jin the name of the red heart, Gao Yigong must be right, called his battalion as the loyal battalion, and named Gao as the lady of Zhenyi, after that, the Yinxi department met with Li Jin and other departments, coordinated operations, and the momentum was greatly boosted, and the building captives who fought did not dare to attack, and later, Li Zicheng's other old departments were subordinated to the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, In the end, they all died on the battlefield of resistance to capture, and they were basically affected by the blocking of Yinxi. ”

"To tell the truth, Shi Kefa, He Tengjiao, and Qu Shiyun are all famous figures in the late Ming Dynasty, and they are all loyal and loyal, but I think the combined talents of these three people are only worthy of the shoes of Plug Yinxi, don't look at Shi Kefa's loyal ministers, the prestige is extremely high."