Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen's mood can be described as mixed.

The Zheng family army defeated the Houjin Tartars, captured the Houjin Beiledudu, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde and Huaishun King Geng Zhongming, killed nearly 40,000 Houjin Tartars, and nearly 20,000 Han troops, forced Dolgon to evacuate in a hurry, so that Beizhili restored calm, and also let the Houjin Tartars enter the customs and plunder this time to fail, which was originally a great thing, but Zhu Youzhen was not happy at all.

The growing strength of the Zheng family army made Zhu Youzhen feel afraid and fearful, this is an instinctive worry, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the military generals have been suppressed, and the military commanders were sent to monitor the military attachés, and at the same time the establishment of the five military governors' mansions is to put an end to the situation of separating the feudal towns and strengthen the centralization of power, not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, even abolished the prime minister, and replaced the cabinet with the duties of the prime minister, concentrating all power in the hands of the emperor, so that Wenchen also became a person who worked for the emperor, more than 300 years have passed, This approach has worked.

But the appearance of Zheng Xunrui broke this rule.

Since the establishment of the Zheng Jiajun, there has been no supervising army, and Zhu Youzhen cannot send the supervising army, although Zheng Xunrui did not serve as the chief soldier of the Zheng Jiajun, but he actually controls the Zheng Jiajun, and the allocation of Zheng Jiajun's officers, the imperial court can hardly interfere.

This is beyond the bottom line that Zhu Youzhen can tolerate, and God knows what the consequences will be when the Zheng family army grows to a certain extent.

But the situation is pressing, Zhu Youzhen has no chance to "care" about the Zheng family's army, and the Houjin Tartars are eyeing each other, thinking about entering the customs and looting all the time, and the rogues are harassing in the north, and now it is extending to the south, and the court can't take out much silver, so it is necessary to strengthen the defense line of Guanningjin. He had to exterminate the Houjin Tartars again, and a large amount of silver was invested in them, coupled with the fact that Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and others took refuge in the Houjin Tartars, which dealt a heavy blow to the imperial court, and the imperial court had almost no ability to form a strong army.

Years of famine have left a large area of desolation in the north. The common people have been struggling on the death line for many years, and the famine has also directly affected the income of large taxes, so that the imperial court cannot come up with silver relief at all, and arrears of military salaries have become the norm.

It is precisely because of the difficulties and disasters that Zhu Youzhen can only acquiesce to the growth of the Zheng family's army, to say that Zheng Xunrui is really capable, and he did not ask the court to provide a penny of silver for military salaries, but actually maintained the huge expenses of the Zheng family's army. conAd1();

But in today's situation, Zhu Youzhen really began to worry. He felt that he and the imperial court could no longer directly control Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, and let Zheng Jiajun develop and grow, and one day he was afraid that he, the emperor, would give way to Zheng Xunrui.

So Zhu Youzhen is going to make a move.

Zhu Youzhen thought very simply, after all, it is the world of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is oriented towards the royal family, and they all want to maintain orthodoxy, and at this time, it is a big deal to make a move on Zheng Xunrui, which will cause some shocks. But Zheng Xunrui will definitely be able to take down, and the powerful Zheng family army will definitely be able to directly return to the imperial court.

As for Zheng Xunrui, he has made great contributions. But what is it compared to the interests of the royal family, the monarch and the ministers have to die, Zheng Xunrui has nothing to say.

The plan is being implemented step by step, and Zhu Youzhen is closely following the situation in everything, and it should be said that so far, everything has been successful. I believe that it won't take long to do it to Zheng Xunrui.

As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen is extremely noble and well-regarded, and he is impatient to adopt some roundabout tactics to deal with Zheng Xunrui. When Zhou Yanru served as the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhu Youzhen directly expressed his attitude, preparing an edict to transfer Zheng Xunrui to the capital, and at the same time adjusting the officers at all levels of the Zheng family's army, sending a supervising army, and letting the court directly control the Zheng family's army, but his idea was dissuaded by Zhou Yanru, and Wang Chengen and others around him also raised different opinions, thinking that it was better to be cautious.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Youzhen reluctantly accepted the suggestions of Zhou Yanru and others, but when he started, he was still very aggressive, and he took a multi-pronged approach, ready to solve the problem of Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun with one blow.

When Wang Chengen led Zhou Yanru into the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen was still pondering, he seemed to see a good situation after the imperial court controlled the Zheng family's army, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

"Zhou Aiqing, Wang Chengen, what I asked you to plan, shouldn't you give me a good time. conAd2(); ”

Wang Chengen looked at Zhou Yanru and lowered his head and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet has just received a letter from Lord Wen Zhenheng, the governor of Shaanxi, and Lord Wen does not want to come to the capital for the time being......"

Zhu Youzhen's face changed rapidly, he didn't expect that Wen Zhenheng would actually make such a statement, wouldn't this be shameless.

"Hmph, I asked Wen Zhenheng to come to the capital, didn't I fancy his ability, so arrogant, thought that I really couldn't move him, since I didn't want to come to the capital, I issued an order to let him go to Liaodong."

Zhou Yanru coughed, lowered his head and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Shaanxi still has to maintain stability."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhou Yanru and spoke coldly.

"What, Zhou Aiqing is saying good things for Wen Zhenheng, is it possible that she is still thinking about her daughter."

Zhou Yanru's body trembled, and his face quickly turned pale.

Seeing such a situation, Wang Chengen, who was familiar with the emperor, immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, about the matter of Lord Wen, Lord Zhou and the slave maid have discussed, the slave maid thinks that it is also expedient to let Lord Wen stay in Shaanxi temporarily, and now the Liukou is wreaking havoc in Huguang and Sichuan, and the imperial court needs to spend time to exterminate the Liukou, in this case, it is very important for the north to maintain stability, if the Lord Wen is forcibly adjusted, it will lead to the instability of Shaanxi, and it is very likely that the situation in the north will get out of control......"

Wang Chengen's explanation made Zhu Youzhen's emotions slowly calm down, of course he knew that if Shaanxi was in chaos, the situation in the northern provinces would become a mess, and it would be difficult for Beizhili to be peaceful.

"Then you tell me what to do, it's hard for me to give in."

Wang Chengen looked at Zhou Yanru, he was waiting for Zhou Yanru to speak. conAd3();

One of the two is the head of the cabinet, and the other is the eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi, they must join forces, and many things must be the same, otherwise many things will not be done well, and major things will not be able to find good solutions.

Zhou Yanru paused and slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is feasible to gradually isolate Zheng Xunrui, Lord Yang Tingshu of the Imperial History of the Left Capital, and Zheng Xunrui can be described as irreversible friends, or follow the emperor's will to the capital, Fengyang Governor Shi Kefa, supervise and urge Ma Shiying, escort Su Jiancheng, etc., have shown their loyalty to the emperor, these people are the people Zheng Xunrui relies on, once Zheng Xunrui loses all his support, he will give in without the emperor's decree in the end."

Zhu Youzhen's face showed an impatient look.

"I don't need Zheng Xunrui to give in, I don't want to wait any longer, I need to know when the edict will be issued."

The surroundings quickly fell silent, this question Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen were unable to answer, in fact, they discussed this topic many times, but came to the conclusion that it would not work for the time being, you must know that the influence of Zheng Jiajun in the court is extraordinary, and a rash move will definitely cause a huge shock, who knows if the Houjin Tartars will take this opportunity to do it again, and the Liukou is ravaging in Huguang and Sichuan, and its power is becoming more and more powerful, which has made Huguang and Sichuan unstable, if there is a problem within the imperial court, There is a high probability of devastating consequences.

The most important thing is that Zheng Xunrui actually controls the Zheng family's army, if people don't care about the emperor's decree and rebel with the Zheng family's army, it will definitely be devastating.

Thinking about the fact that the Liukou can hold out for so many years, let alone the well-trained Zheng Jiajun.

Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen both knew very well that the army currently controlled by the imperial court was not the opponent of the Zheng family army at all.

Seeing that Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen did not speak, Zhu Youzhen of course understood the meaning, and continued to exert power and question in front of the two, which also lost its meaning, in fact, it really annoyed Zheng Xunrui and let Zheng Jiajun join the rebel army, so that the big tomorrow will really not be able to keep it.

Although Zhu Youzhen thinks that such a situation is impossible, because Zheng Xunrui is from the imperial examination after all, and he is the champion of the palace examination, it is impossible to rebel at all, but he is not afraid of 10,000, he is afraid of what if, so fundamentally speaking, Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen's thinking and suggestions are still correct.

As for speeding up the steps, as long as Zhu Youzhen urges Zhou Yanru, Wang Chengen and others all the time and asks them to step up their actions, things will naturally be able to be handled well.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen adjusted his tone.

"Zhou Aiqing, Wang Chengen, I know that you are dedicated to the great tomorrow, and I was also in a hurry just now, don't mind ......"

Before Zhu Youzhen's words were finished, Zhou Yanru knelt down, and tears even appeared in his eyes.

"The minister is worthy of the emperor's trust, and the minister must discuss with the prince and solve the problem as soon as possible."

After Zhou Yanru left, Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen.

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid have been observing Lord Zhou for a long time, and Lord Zhou has no outside intentions for the time being, and the slave and maid think that they can be trusted."

"Wang Chengen, you shouldn't have been deceived by Zhou Yanru."

Wang Chengen's face has not changed, he has been with the emperor for many years, and he knows the emperor's suspicious character.

"The slave and the maid don't dare, the slave and the maid are dedicated to the emperor, it is impossible for Lord Zhou to deceive the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid are just from the performance of Lord Zhou these days, and I feel that Lord Zhou has no external heart for the time being, in fact, some of the strategies and methods proposed by Lord Zhou, the slave and the maid think that it is feasible, and Lord Zhou also analyzed the reasons with the slave and the maid, and after listening to Lord Zhou's analysis, the slave and the maid think that Lord Zhou still spent a lot of thought."

"Oh, what analysis does Zhou Yanru have?"

"The slave and maid were afraid that it would not be good to say, so they wrote it out and asked the emperor to take a look." …… (To be continued......)

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