Hu Guozhu's face sank for a moment, and he muttered: "You have some truth in what you said, but this official was promoted to me by the emperor, and if I resign, it will be a little bad." ”

Several people present could see that Hu Guozhu didn't understand the reason, but it was really uncomfortable for him to raise his hand and let go of this opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune.

The scholar continued: "General, you and Lord Xia have joined forces, how much glory and wealth can be enjoyed, besides, those things that were greedy for ink before, if it weren't for Lord Xia circling around in the court, I'm afraid that you would have been murdered now, and those courtiers had just murdered you, how could you be promoted to an official, not to divide your relationship?" ”

At this time, a person next to him also stood up: "Don't talk about this useless thing, what's wrong with him Xia Guoxiang, why let him press our general, our general is not as good as him, besides, this time our general has made such a great contribution, if this battle continues, as long as our general wins, who will have the final say in the court at that time." ”

"That's right, in terms of seniority and ability, our general is not as good as him Xia Guoxiang, why has he been commanding behind his back, but our general has to run out to sell his life?"

If you want to say that the thoughts of these people are also very understandable, when Zhao Kuangyin was inspected in front of the Zhou Palace, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers were inspected to Chenqiao, and his subordinates rushed up to put on a dragon robe for him, which is called a yellow robe, why do you want to do this? Zhao Kuangyin checked before the palace, they were all small soldiers, if Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, they would become the founding generals, even if no one taught this kind of thing, they could figure it out themselves.

Who knew that Hu Guozhu's face suddenly changed after hearing these words, and he slapped the person who had just spoken directly to the ground: "You two get out of the camp, don't appear in front of me in the future." ”

Hu Guozhu thought about the thoughts of these people, and dealt with them with his hands, saying that his ability was on par with Xia Guoxiang was not to arouse his ambitions, but one thing he knew very well in his heart that if the last thing changed places, he would definitely not be able to protect the corrupt Xia Guoxiang. In that case, what are you fighting about?

People are self-aware, and if they don't have that ability, sitting in that position is also harmful to others and themselves. Besides, now that Xia Guoxiang is supporting him, no one in the court dares to touch him, if he turns his face with Xia Guoxiang one day, those ministers in the court will not want to make trouble for him in front of the emperor again, and he will not have so many tricks and tricks at that time.

Hu Guozhu has changed a lot from him in the history books of later generations, and the reason is that Wu Sangui started the army a year earlier, giving him the opportunity to work with Xia Guoxiang, after so many years, he also understands that the glory and wealth are no longer unparalleled in the world, and for a long time, even if you control the glory of the world, what is the use of dying for half a lifetime, only by extending this glory to your children and grandchildren can it be regarded as truly glorifying the Hu family's court, and the most important thing is to have one heart with Xia Guoxiang. As long as the two of them have one heart, no one can touch them.

Three days later, Hu Guozhu's resignation was sent over, which clearly read: "The minister's virtue is shallow and shallow, and he is overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility, Lord Xia is the pillar of the country, and he sits in the imperial court, and the minister is very peaceful, and he can fight with his heart without the need for an official to be promoted." ”

Xia Guoxiang was overjoyed by this, and praised Hu Guozhu in his heart for being a rare smart person, and Wu Shifan was also a dragon face Dayue: "If the courtiers are all like my uncle, indifferent to fame and fortune, why can't Da Zhou rule the world?" ”

All the courtiers bowed down and said yes, the depression in their hearts was really indescribable, this time stealing chickens and rice, not to mention that they did not succeed in sowing discord, and also strengthened the trust of the two of them, many people secretly scolded in their hearts, this Hu Guozhu is simply mud and can't support the wall.

Of course, no matter how resentful they were in their hearts, they naturally didn't dare to show the slightest bit on their faces. A few days later, Xia Guoxiang dismissed five officials from their official posts in the name of corruption, and all of them were replaced by his own cronies.

The battle between Hu Guozhu and Feiyangu lasted nearly 50 days, and the total number of casualties on both sides exceeded 100,000.

And at this time, a major event suddenly happened, the Mongolian Galdan made a comeback, and the Xuanfu Datong was in an emergency, and now it was autumn, and the Mongolian cavalry went south to plunder the grain for the winter.

Immediately afterwards, Daming claimed that Cheng Xiaolian had recovered from his injuries, and Daming was waiting for the day and preparing for the Northern Expedition to recover his homeland.

Kangxi looked at the courtiers and coughed a few times in a row, the weather has been dry since the autumn, and his cough has worsened a little: "Even if the Qing Dynasty is not embattled now, I'm afraid it's not far away, we are attacked on three sides, even if it is the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, it may not be able to stop it, not to mention the current situation, I really plan to return to Liaodong to recuperate, and what ideas can be put forward by the courtiers as ministers." ”

Since the recovery of the Ming Emperor, the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has reached the point of no return, if it is strong, it can hold on for a period of time, but it can only lose the capital of the comeback.

At this time, Suo Etu and Mingzhu can't care about factional fighting, as the emperor said, whether it is the former Ming Dynasty or the reverse Zhou Dynasty, they will not spare them, and when the time comes, they will not only lose the country but even the clan.

"The minions are incompetent and let the master suffer, and now it is all up to the master's orders."

"From today on, immediately transport our money and grain to Liaodong, and arrange for their respective families to take the first step, as for those Hanchens, if they want to go with us, in the future, the Manchu and Han will not be high or low, if they don't want to go with us, let them stay here to deal with the Ming Dynasty and the reverse Zhou."

"Your Majesty, over there in Mongolia?"

"Hmph, the ambition of the Mongolian wolf, it was just an expedient measure to surrender to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning, and the fox tail was revealed so quickly, and when we make a comeback, we can't spare them, as for now, let them go. If they don't kill people, how can anyone think of our good in the Qing Dynasty, and I even hope that they can come to this land of Gyeonggi and fight with the Han court. ”

This decision was made in a hurry, but with the previous foreshadowing, coupled with the critical situation this time, the Qing Dynasty really could not keep the land of Gyeonggi, so it could only listen to the emperor's words and then retreat to Liaodong. Gold and silver are fine and soft, and money, food, and ordnance are continuously transported to Liaodong. As for the people, they did not take them hostage, and went north.

If they leave an empty city for the former Ming and the reverse Zhou, they may catch up, but leave a prosperous Beijing city for them, they only think about the dragon chair in the Forbidden City, who cares about the lost dog of the Qing Dynasty?

At this time, the eyes of the three families were staring at Beijing together, as if a huge oil cake was placed in front of them, depending on whose mouth was faster.

(End of chapter)