Wen Zhenheng finally got the letter, although it was a little late.

In the letter, Wen Zhenheng expressed his attitude that he would not strive to go to the capital, that is, he politely refused to serve as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Zhenheng's choice made Zheng Xunrui really relieved, he knew very well that once Wen Zhenheng chose to go to the capital to serve as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, it would mean that he would be completely loyal to the emperor, and the two would likely become opponents in the future.

However, the relationship between Wen Manshan and Wen Zhenheng is very good, after Wen Zhenmeng's death, Wen Manshan regards Wen Zhenheng as his own grandfather, if there is a direct competition between Zheng Xunrui and Wen Zhenheng, it will be a huge blow to Wen Manshan, and it may also lead to instability within the family, which is a very fatal thing.

In fact, there have been unstable factors in the Zheng family, that is, Zhou Bingyan, although Zhou Bingyan is the daughter of Zhou Yanru's concubine, but in this era of governing the world with filial piety, it is impossible to ask Zhou Bingyan to oppose Zhou Yanru, Zheng Kaihua is very likely to divorce his wife when he has no choice, so as to truly ensure the stability of the overall situation of the Zheng family.

Under such circumstances, Wen Zhenheng's attitude is very important.

Of course, Wen Zhenheng also euphemistically put forward in the letter, loyalty to the emperor is still necessary, although Wen Zhenheng knows everything that happens in the court and knows the environment in which Zheng Xunrui lives.

In this round of competition, Zheng Xunrui is at a disadvantage, especially Yang Tingshu as the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, which can be said to be a symbol of Zheng Xunrui's defeat, everyone knows the relationship between Yang Tingshu and Zheng Xunrui, but Yang Tingshu still chose to go to the capital and chose to be loyal to the emperor, which should be said to be a big blow to Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui also found that the situation was unfavorable to him through this round of competition, and if he allowed this trend to develop, he was likely to be left with only Zheng Jiajun, and finally had to rebel in advance.

Judging from the overall situation, this is the next step, after all, there are still many people who are loyal to the emperor. Moreover, because of Zheng Xunrui's efforts over the years, he has maintained the smooth flow of Cao Yun and integrated Huaibei and Shaanxi and other places, so that the crumbling situation of the Ming Dynasty has also been properly whitewashed. In the eyes of many people, the Ming Dynasty seems to be developing in a good direction.

But all these credits are recorded in the emperor and the imperial court, and they are not directly related to Zheng Xunrui.

Broken reconstruction and effective inheritance have completely different meanings.

Zheng Xunrui has to make a choice.

Caoyun Governor's Palace. Den.

The discussion had been going on for a while, and a large map was laid out on the ground, with symbols already drawn on it.

Zheng Xunrui's expression was unusually serious, Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu, Zheng Kaitao, Su Congjin, Su Manzi, Wang Xiaoer, Liang Xingli and Li Yan and others all stood aside and looked at Zheng Xunrui.

Wen Kun is in Fuzhou, Xu Jikuang is in Xi'an, Zhao Danyu is in Fengyang, and Cao Chi is in Jinzhou, and these four people were unable to participate in this analysis and discussion.

Yang He, Hong Xintao, Wang Yuncheng and others were also supposed to participate, but they ended the first phase of the lecture hall. has returned to Fuzhou, Xi'an and other places, as for Liu Zeqing, Zheng Xunrui still doesn't dare to trust it.

It stands to reason that Xu Fo's family should also participate, but Zheng Xunrui doesn't want his family members to know about these things, and he doesn't want them to worry, after all, women's ability to bear is limited, and they are too worried, and it is difficult to stabilize the family.

In Zheng Xunrui's heart, even if he is a soldier of the Zheng family. is also different from intimacy, he has to be extremely cautious, in his plan, the temporary stability of the Ming Dynasty needs to be maintained.

"The discussion has been going on for so long. Most of you think that I should start moving, at least I need to show a tough posture, relying on the terrain advantages of Zheng Jiajun and Huaibei, gradually control Shandong, Nanzhili and other places, and use strength to force the imperial court to recognize Zheng Jiajun's control of Shandong, Nanzhili and Shaanxi, which is indeed a good suggestion. It is also the main strategy that we should consider in the next step, Huaibei and Fuzhou and Shaanxi and other places, too far away, can not be connected, which is very unfavorable for us, only let these places can be connected, we can really enhance our strength. ”

"There is a certain degree of difficulty in controlling Nanzhili, Shandong and Shaanxi and other places, there are also simple and complex parts, Shaanxi we have actually controlled, and through the mutual market, basically control a lot of tribes in the grassland, the difficulty of controlling Shandong is not very large, after all, we have controlled Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Lushun and Penglai and other places, control other places, it is only a matter of time, and Shandong will not attract the special attention of the imperial court, to say that the most difficult is Nanzhili, after all, this is the treasure land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty."

"Someone proposed that we openly work against the imperial court, relying on the strength of the Zheng family's army, forcing the imperial court to agree to many of the conditions we proposed, I think this approach will not work for the time being, the time has not come, the Houjin Tartars were defeated by our Zheng Jiajun, and suffered heavy losses, and they will not enter the customs and loot in a short period of time, which shows that the Northern Zhili can be stable for a period of time, but there are prerequisites for this stability, that is, the imperial court needs to come up with a large amount of money and grain relief, and the Northern Zhili was looted by the Houjin Tartars, and the people suffered heavy losses, If there is no relief from the imperial court, it will not be able to be maintained at all, so at this time, we cannot let the emperor and the imperial court divert the target, and we must let them carry out relief to many people in Beizhili. ”

"It's a pity that the emperor doesn't seem to see this, and ignores the people of Beizhili, which is a big taboo, the court can't stabilize the people, so that the people have no way to live, will they still support the emperor and the court, the people's ideas are very simple, as long as they can eat enough and live a stable life, they have nothing else to ask for, whoever can make them settle down, they will support whom, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are the best proof."

"The Donglin Party, the Fushe and the Ying Society are also the targets we will focus on in the next step, we must be in Shandong and Shaanxi and other places, completely eliminate the influence of the Donglin Party, so that they can not gain a foothold in these places, the Donglin Party people are known as hard bones, I don't think necessarily, their bones are not so hard."

"Some people are worried that the emperor and the court will do something to us, so that we don't have so much time to develop and grow ourselves, this worry is very reasonable, but you have forgotten one thing, and that is the rogue."

"The investigation bureau got the news that Li Zicheng developed in the Huguang area, Zhang Xianzhong developed in the Sichuan area, and the troops under their command reached more than 100,000 people respectively, and they developed unconsciously when the Houjin Tatars invaded Beizhili, and at that time, the emperor and the court had no time to take care of the affairs of the Liukou."

"Nearly 300,000 rogues are by no means as simple as they say, even if the Zheng family army attacks on all fronts, I'm afraid it will take a long time to ensure that they are completely wiped out, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, only recruited about 30,000 soldiers, and wanted to exterminate the rogues, which is tantamount to a fool's dream."

"I can conclude that within this year and next year, the growth of the Liukou power will be enough to shock the imperial court, so that the imperial court will not have the strength to deal with us at all, and that is the best time for us to develop."

"From now on, all the soldiers of the Zheng family army must understand that no one is allowed to participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou without my order, whether it is the emperor's holy decree, the edict of the military department, or the request for help from Lord Sun Chuanting, ignore it."

"Why did the Liukou appear on a large scale, the emperor and the court know the reason, but unfortunately they did not take really effective measures, it can also be said that they have no ability to completely exterminate the Liukou, Shaanxi used to be the place with the most Liukou, and it is also the base camp of the Liukou, why so many years have passed, there is no more Liukou, and the local bandits have been completely exterminated, has the court not thought about this problem."

"According to my judgment, the root lies in one point, the emperor and the court did not care about the life and death of the people at all, especially those adults in the court, what they said and what they actually did were completely different, they appealed for the people on the surface, but in fact they were desperately exploiting the people for their own interests."

"Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others, repeatedly encountered blows, when the Zheng army besieged them in Sichuan, there were only a few hundred people left under their command, but how long has it been, they have actually developed to more than 300,000 people, can it be said that the people of the Ming Dynasty are born to want to rebel, who has no way to live, in order to survive, they began to rebel." ……

"What I said today, you all have to remember it firmly, but these words, all of them are rotten in my stomach, don't leak a word, we need time, only gradually grow our strength, and really control Nanzhili, Shandong and Shaanxi and other places, we can start to talk to the imperial court about the conditions, under the current situation, what we need to do is to develop secretly."

"You have followed me for many years, today I will talk about it, you also know what to do with me, where the goal is, I absolutely trust you, but you also have to give me something in return, if someone can't help but be tempted, what will be the end, I don't need to say more."

An in-depth analysis, so that Zheng Xunrui's goal began to be established, this goal was first established in the Zheng family's army, what does this mean, all the people involved in the discussion and analysis know, what to do next, they are even clearer, from this time on, the responsibilities of the Caoyun Governor's Office have undergone major changes, and the north is afraid that it will suffer some crimes, of course, only by doing this, let Caoyun suffer some obstacles, can the conditions be accumulated, Otherwise, what reason does Zheng Xunrui have to control Nanzhili and Shandong.

This deliberation had a far-reaching impact on the situation in the Ming Dynasty, which the imperial court could not imagine, and by the time they really understood the power, there would have been no chance to fight back. (To be continued.) )