What is impermanence?

When the news of Zheng Jing, the king of Fujian, dying of illness, was transmitted to Shanhaiguan by telegram, for everyone who had just arrived at Shanhaiguan a few days ago and was planning to advance the affairs of Beijing, they all sighed at the impermanence of the world.

No matter who mentions Zheng Jing's death, they all feel that the world is impermanent and unpredictable. On the other hand, they had to admire Zheng Jing's wisdom.

"This Zheng Jing is coming, and I finally figured out something!"

Qian Lei said this, but his expression was quite relaxed, before that, the most worrying thing was the attitude of King Min, and now with Zheng Jing's sentence "The size is determined by King Huai", the Min system is no longer a threat.

"In this world, that is, the king can protect the Zheng family, and replace it with anyone else, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, and he has been stable for a while, but he can't be stable for a lifetime, even if he is like Huo Guang, he has also been abolished. If you run into a strong minister, you may end up with a dead and annihilated clan. ”

Regarding Qian Lei's words, Zhu Mingzhong only nodded slightly, Zheng Jing is indeed very smart, he knows that he will never embarrass an infant child, and after he is so orphaned, he will not only protect his integrity, but also protect his throne.

This Zheng Jing ...... I did figure out something. It's just that......

"Kill Zheng Zhilong, kill Zheng Zheng, speaking of which, this Zheng Jing can be regarded as ruthless!"

In addition to sighing like this, Zhu Mingzhong sighed in his heart, for the outside world, Zheng Jing died of illness, and it can even be attributed to "heavenly retribution".

But in reality?

"King, now that Zheng Jing is dead, the Fujian system is submissive, just after sweeping away the Li thief, the world can be stable, and from the perspective of the ministers, now you can order Zhang Cangshui to temporarily stay in Nanjing, appease the generals of the Zheng family, and make them submit, and at the same time you can send a partial division to the west to conquer Huguang ......"

Qian Lei's suggestion is actually a plan drawn up a long time ago, in order to pacify Li Ziyuan as soon as possible, the loyal and righteous army will carry out a two-front battle, one is to take the Yangtze River Naval Division as the main force, with the cooperation of the Zheng Jiajun and the Jiangxi Ming Army, to attack Huguang and smash its foundation, and the other way is to take the Beijing division directly from Shanhaiguan. Under the simultaneous development of the north and the south, Li Ziyuan will inevitably fall into a situation where it is difficult to take care of one and lose the other.

It's just that for all this, Zhu Mingzhong still has other plans.

"You can order Cangshui to stay in Nanjing first, and as for the matter of sending troops, ......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong shook his head and said.

"Suspend the dispatch of troops, if Lone's expectations are correct, there should be news from Changsha in the next few days."

Is there news coming from Changsha?

Qian Lei looked at Shi Lei, and then asked.

"The military department has other plans for Changsha?"

"Hong Chengchou is the leader of the thieves in the southwest, if he insists on resisting to the end, then the war in the southwest will continue for several years, and I don't know how many people will be displaced, so according to the king's order, I have ordered people to plan in his shogunate, if everything goes well, there should be news in the next few days."

"King, the flood thief must not surrender!"

As soon as Shi Lei's words fell, Qian Lei hurriedly persuaded him.

"The flood thief is selfish, willing to be driven by the Qing captive, he enters the customs every day, and the killing of my Han people is caused by him, or the king collects the flood thief, it will be shameful to the world!"

Qian Lei, who got up and shook his head, said sternly, perhaps, Qian Lei has always advocated that it can be properly surrendered, but, on the other hand, he knows very well who can surrender and who must not surrender.

"All those in the world who surrender can accept their surrender, but the flood thief must not accept his surrender, otherwise, how to explain to the people of the world?"

After a long time again, Qian Lei, who couldn't bow down, said sternly,

"Please take back your fate!"

Strategy, that strategy is naturally going to be surrendered, this kind of strategy is absolutely undesirable in Qian Lei's view. He had even made up his mind in his heart that even if the king accepted the surrender of the surname Hong now, he would secretly tell Qinghe to join the military mansion and ask him to kill Hong Chengchou on the way, and he would never be allowed to see the king alive.

"Bingqi!"

Looking at Qian Lei, who couldn't afford it for a long time, Zhu Mingzhong said with a slight feeling in his heart.

"You can rest assured...... Hong Chengchou will die! ”

In any case, it is impossible for Zhu Mingzhong to let Hong Chengchou go.

"Not only must he die, the nine clans of the Hong family, although they are not ashamed of being human beings, but their sins are difficult to atone for, and they should also be exiled!"

Unlike others, when referring to the Hong family, Zhu Mingzhong used the word "should" because the Hong family and Hong Chengchou are completely different. is even more different from the later generations of the Hong family who are proud of Hong Chengchou, at this time, the Hong family is not ashamed of being a person, even his mother, is not ashamed of being a person.

In the fourth year of Shunzhi, after Hong Chengchou was recalled to Beijing from the post of governor of Jiangnan, he sent someone to welcome his mother to the north, saying that he wanted to do a good job of filial piety. When the person sent to greet him arrived in Nan'an, Fujian, Hong's mother actually dressed up and looked like she was really ready to accept her son's support. At that time, the villagers from all over the world were all surprised, thinking that with Hong's mother as a person, why would they change their vegetarian festivals? When Mrs. Hong got out of the car when she arrived in Beijing, she saw her son kneeling to greet her, so she picked up the jujube cane, split her head and face, and kept scolding: "You unfilial beast!" I'm over 70 years old, and you taught me to come to the banner to be an old mother? I'll kill you and eliminate the harm for the people of the world! At that time, Hong Chengchou had already served the Manchu Qing Dynasty with a yellow flag Han army, and according to the Qing Dynasty, his wife had to take turns to serve the Queen Mother. Mrs. Hong traveled 2,000 miles, worked hard, trekked hard, and used the topic to play, just to vent a bad breath for the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty. Its national integrity has been praised by later generations, and Hong's mother scolding her son has also become a typical example of traditional loyalty education.

After Hong Chengchou descended to the Qing Dynasty, he was a high-ranking official and a prominent authority, but his relatives and friends regarded it as a great shame. When Hong Chengchou returned to his hometown and province after serving as the five provinces, he chose a place to build a luxurious mansion in Quanzhou, but none of his relatives were willing to live in the mansion he built.

After the completion of the Hong Mansion, Hong Chengchou went to his hometown to invite his mother to come and live. But Mrs. Hong was well aware of the righteousness, and deliberately wore the clothes of the Ming Dynasty when she got married, and sat upright in the hall, but she refused to live in the mansion built by Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou went to his younger brother Hong Chengjian to persuade his mother, but his brother was bitter that his brother had fallen and swore that "his head will not be on the sky of the Qing Dynasty, and his feet will not step on the ground of the Qing Dynasty". He built a wooden boat in his hometown of Yingdu, and then sat in the boat with his mother, boated on the river, and lived a secluded life ever since. After the death of Hong's mother, in order to commemorate their integrity, the four characters of "Suyue Lonely Boat" were engraved on the stone wall where they lived in seclusion.

Under the influence of her mother-in-law, Hong Chengchou's wife, Lian, was ashamed of her husband's surrender and betrayal, and angrily cut off her hair and lived in a nunnery. The relatives were disdainful, and the township was intolerable, so Hong Chengchou had no choice but to return, but he left an uninhabited mansion in the ancient city of Quanzhou. In history, he was not allowed to be buried in the ancestral grave until his death, and could only be buried in the capital thousands of miles away.

For such a family member who understands righteousness, Zhu Mingzhong naturally can't bear to exile him overseas, so when he speaks, he naturally leaves a little leeway, and the exile of the traitor's family and relatives is not absolute. At least someone like the Hong family who understands righteousness will never be exiled. Not only should they not be exiled, but they should be rewarded. But even so, there are some things that must be done.

"The whole family of the Hong family is a person who understands the coat, so naturally he should not be exiled!"

The king's answer made Qian Lei breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it was not to collect Hong Chengchou, he nodded in praise, and asked again.

"Then how is the king going to arrange Hong Chengchou?"

Maybe it's right to say how to kill Hong Chengchou, of course, Qian Lei didn't ask so, which did not prevent Shi Lei from telling him the answer directly.

"There are already arrangements, and there should be a death letter in the next few days."

Shi Lei's straightforward answer did not make Qian Lei feel the slightest disgust, and even said with some pity.

"It's a pity, if it weren't for the people of the world not to be displaced, people like Hong Chengchou, even if they were broken into thousands of pieces, would not be able to understand the hatred of the people of the world!"

Regarding the hatred revealed in Qian Lei's words, Zhu Mingzhong just smiled slightly, and then said.

"Bingqi, sometimes...... Murder and heartbreaking! ”

When he said this, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly burst out laughing, he remembered a movie he had watched, maybe because everything was under control, so his heart was naturally extremely comfortable.

Then the three of them talked about some other topics, and after Qian Lei left, looking at Shi Lei, Zhu Mingzhong was silent for a while, and then looked at Shi Lei and asked.

"Won't Lonely be too ruthless!"

Sometimes, some words can't be said even in front of his confidants, Qian Lei may be loyal, but he may not be able to understand some of Zhu Mingzhong's decisions, but Shi Lei can understand, he was born in Jinyiwei and knows that some things must be done.

"The king, for the people of the world, this can only be the case!"

This reason may be the so-called "righteousness"!

For the sake of these two words, Zhu Mingzhong had to make some decisions himself. And now, the results have been revealed, and even better than originally expected, and there is no need to even intervene in it, and everything is solved.

"This thing ......"

groaning, Zhu Mingzhong did not speak, and Shi Lei also remained silent, they all knew that this matter could never be exposed, and sometimes it was necessary to convince the people that the monarch was a "person who combines virtues", so this matter must be kept secret.

"It is the destiny of God that King Min died of illness."

After a long time, Shi Lei said this sentence in his mouth, the world is impermanent, who can violate the mandate of heaven? Although he said this, Zhu Mingzhong, who knew the truth, just shook his head and sighed helplessly, the only thing that could comfort him was probably the two people who died one after another, the "violent illness" is different, even if the world has doubts, there is no evidence. Thinking of his helplessness, after a long sigh, Zhu Mingzhong stared into the distance and said.

"After the flood thieves are resolved, everything will be settled......