When the two Northern Expeditionary armies swooped down on Henan with an unstoppable momentum, the atmosphere in the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty seemed a little strange at this time. The reason for this could not be simpler - the Northern Expedition! Since Li Ziyuan's Northern Expedition, the atmosphere in Nanjing has become more and more weird, and it seems that everyone has unanimously made up their minds that they will never talk lightly about the Northern Expedition.

Even though no one mentioned the Northern Expedition, for Zheng Chenggong, who was the king of Yanping, the news related to the Northern Expedition still came to his ears from time to time, especially after learning about Luoyang Kefu, Zheng Chenggong was silent for a long time, and only then did he sigh and ask at the end.

"Fufu, where has the loyal and righteous army in Jiangbei arrived?"

"Kaifeng!"

Chen Yonghua replied truthfully.

Originally, he was a staff member of the Shizifu, but last year because of a secret letter, he was invited by Zheng Chenggong to enter the curtain and became one of Zheng Chenggong's most trusted subordinates, only a few people in Nanjing know that Chen Yonghua had traveled in Jiangbei for several months, and his secret letter was also related to Jiangbei and the Loyal Army, and now in Nanjing, it can be said that he is the person who knows Jiangbei best.

However, this is not the reason why Zheng Chenggong relied on him, the reason why Zheng Chenggong relied on him was because he spent half a year to develop a considerable number of eyeliner in Jiangbei and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially the latter, he recruited a group of Han officials in Beijing and Jinan in the name of King Yanping for his use, and provided him with a lot of information.

"Kaifeng, Chengren's movements are so fast!"

Looking at the distracted King of Yanping, Chen Yonghua comforted him.

"King, this Northern Expedition of the Loyal and Righteous Army, but only with six battalions of more than 20,000 people, there is no Northern Expedition at all, it is not so much a Northern Expedition, but it is better to use this as an excuse to tell the world that he, Zhu Chengren, also sent an army to the Northern Expedition!"

When mentioning Jiangbei's Northern Expedition, Chen Yonghua's young face was slightly mocking, the reason why this was so was because he knew why Jiangbei's "Northern Expedition" was, but it was just to block the world's mouths.

"Even if it's a show, it also plugs the mouths of people all over the world."

Zheng Chenggong slowly recovered a little of his spirit, he pondered for a long time, looked into the distance and said.

"In the past, everyone said that they were honest but not benevolent, so that everyone in the world said that they were upright. Now it seems that, in the final analysis, the world still underestimates him too much! ”

Chen Yonghua nodded and agreed.

"What the king said is extremely true, Guan Chengren has all kinds since Jiangyin, although it seems to be sincere, but in fact it is tricky, he shows his sincerity, but he just turns the conspiracy to the light, just like his Northern Expedition this time, even if the world knows that his Northern Expedition is just a show, but everyone can't say anything about him, after all, he has a Northern Expedition!"

"Yes, he's on a northern expedition!"

Zheng Chenggong smiled softly and bitterly.

"He is on such a northern expedition, even if we wait for Gan Hui and Wanli to lead the troops back, we can only look at Jiangbei, and we can't make the slightest move, if Lone makes a move, I'm afraid that the reputation of this stench for thousands of years will fall on Lone."

King Yanping's words fell on Chen Yonghua's ears, making him think: The current chaos may not be solved by standing still. But his mouth was still comforting.

"King, after the army returns, it's not too late to re-examine ......."

"Alas!"

Zheng Chenggong let out a long sigh and closed his eyes slightly.

For so many years, it was the first time he was so powerless, even after the death of Emperor Longwu back then, he had never felt as powerless as he did now.

On the one hand, although he knew that Emperor Yongli and the imperial court were now escorted by Zhu Mingzhong's fleet, he could not send a fleet to intercept it, because it was a great rebellion. On the other hand, although he was eager to immediately move Jiangbei, arrest Zhu Mingzhong in front of the case, and ask him what he wanted, Zhu Mingzhong's Northern Expedition made him have to give up this plan.

For Zheng Chenggong, he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, so that he will not take advantage of Zhu Mingzhong's Northern Expedition to wave Jiangbei, and he can't do that, once he does that, how will the world look at him?

He cherishes his reputation, and he can't do these things, so he has all his strength, but he can't use it, and what's even more annoying is that even if he does, the complaints of the people of the world have fallen on him.

There is no strength in the air, and there is nowhere to release it.

This kind of powerlessness is probably only understood by Zheng Chenggong himself.

"Fufu, you go down first!"

After getting the king's orders, Chen Yonghua gently retreated, he knew that at this time, it was best to let the king stay alone for a while.

As soon as Chen Yonghua left here, Zheng Cong, the second son of Zhenguo, walked in with a newspaper. Compared with Zhu Mingzhong, who is thin, Zheng Chenggong can be said to be a man with many sons, with ten sons, but among these ten sons, only Zheng Jing and Zheng Cong are born to Mrs. Dong, and the others are all born and raised by other wives. It is precisely because of this that Zheng Cong's status in the palace is different from that of others, although according to the Ming law, all the sons except for the prince are all generals of Zhenguo, but Zheng Cong, as the second son of the concubine, has always been quite loved by Zheng Chenggong.

"Why are you here?"

As soon as Zheng Cong walked to his side, Zheng Chenggong opened his eyes and said with a slightly unhappy expression.

"Lone is on business, so go out."

If it was usual, Zheng Chenggong would still ask Zheng Cong's schoolwork, but now he is not in the mood.

"Father, the child has something important to say to you."

Zheng Cong stood beside his father, looking quite serious.

"What's the matter?"

Zheng Chenggong felt a little strange, what would he matter? Unlike Zheng Jing, who has already opened a mansion, Zheng Cong is only fourteen years old, neither of which is the age to open a mansion, and because he is a general of Zhenguo, he does not need to open a mansion, he only needs to study carefully, and he can naturally enter the court as an official in the future, or serve his brother. What else could he do besides studying?

"Father, I'll show you something."

Zheng Cong handed a newspaper to Zheng Chenggong.

glanced at the "Ming Pao" that his son had stuffed, and the big-character headline on the front page was "The Four Sins of King Shuyanping". Seeing this article, Zheng Chenggong was taken aback, he stood up and stared at the newspaper for a long time speechless.

"Father, you see that this article says that Father, you have a bad relationship with your uncle, regardless of the trust of the world, this is the first crime......"

Looking at his father, who was standing there with an extremely ugly face, Zheng Cong continued.

"Because of a personal grudge, regardless of the war on the front line in Fujian, the soldiers from the front line were transferred back to Jiangnan, which is the second crime......"

"Enough!"

Before Zheng Cong finished speaking, Zheng Chenggong shouted loudly.

"Xiao Er, if you talk nonsense again, my father will not spare you!"

"Father's ......"

Looking at his angry father, Zheng Cong was taken aback, but he still looked at Zheng Chenggong stubbornly and said.

"Father, even if this child bears the name of unfilial piety, he can't see his father make a big mistake!"

As he spoke, Zheng Cong knelt down and kowtowed.

"The child invites his father, thinking that he can never raise troops with his uncle in the Ming Dynasty, and at that time, even if his father wins, he is also a sinner in the world......"

"You ......"

Glaring at Zheng Cong, who was kneeling on the ground, Zheng Chenggong looked at his son, who was only fourteen years old, and sat down for a while, looked at him and asked.

"Where did you get this newspaper?"

"Brought it back from outside."

Brought from the outside?

Staring at Zheng Cong, Zheng Chenggong's eyes narrowed into a slit, as if he wanted to see the truth of his words, could it be that his teacher wanted to use his mouth to lobby him?

These days, those people have lobbied him a lot, persuading him to put the overall situation first, and never start a war lightly, causing pain to relatives and happiness to enemies, but don't they know what Zhu Mingzhong has done? He held the emperor and the court in his hands, and he had a heavy army in Jiangbei, eyeing Jiangnan!

Could it be that because Zhu Mingzhong sent tens of thousands of people to Henan, the charge of infighting fell on him? Now those people see that they have made no progress, and they actually hurriedly use children like Zheng Cong, which is really hateful!

Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong's heart suddenly became angry, and he asked sharply.

"Brought back from the outside, a good one from the outside, you are not good at studying in the house, but you wander outside, so stubborn, how can you spare it, come here, drag him down, and beat him with fifty military sticks!"

Father's anger made Zheng Cong suddenly startled, and hurriedly said.

"The father is angry, the father is angry, the child is going to the eldest brother's house, I saw this newspaper, and I heard that the eldest brother was worried that the father would send troops to Jiangbei when the two generals led the troops back, and he was anxious about the world and the reputation of his father, so ......"

But with just a slight threat, Zheng Cong recruited the newspapers from where they came from.

It's Jing'er!

It's him!

Why did he let Cong'er ...... Zheng Chenggong, who originally seemed a little puzzled, looked at his son who was scared and didn't dare to speak, and suddenly understood the reason, the reason why his son was "worried about the world" was not because he cared about his Zheng Chenggong's "reputation", but because he was worried about his position as the son of the world in the future, he was afraid that Zheng Cong would snatch the position of the son of the world in the future! That's why he "instigated" Zheng Cong to come here to speak, so as to provoke himself, once he was angry, he might do something wrong, just like Fang Cai, if it wasn't for Cong'er's timidity, these fifty military sticks would have fallen on him.

Thinking of his son, he actually counted himself and his younger brother into it, for Zheng Chenggong, who was upright by nature, he never imagined that his son would be so "scheming", thinking that he almost caught his way, he couldn't help but get angry, slammed the newspaper to the ground, and shouted angrily.

"How can this be true? Outrageous! Come on, call Zheng Jing to Lonely! ”