"Do we still have the bargaining capital?" As Zhang Fu said this, his eyes had become sharp.

"Hey......" Liu Sheng rubbed his temples, and sighed as if resigned to his fate for a long time: "No." ”

"Uncle Shi rest assured," Zhang Fu was very satisfied with Liu Sheng's attitude, and said in a rare manner: "I will use my net worth and life to keep you safe!" ”

"Can you keep it?" Liu Sheng glanced at Zhang Fu and said weakly.

"I think we should be able to keep it!" Zhang Fu said in a deep voice: "First, if it was me at that time, I would have chosen to attack Qingzhou instead of rescuing King Han." "What Zhang Fu said is the truth, the White Lotus Sect was so powerful at the beginning, but now it has been cut off all of a sudden, and it can only be trapped in Le'an Prefecture, and it has become a yellow flower of tomorrow. It's all because of Liu Sheng's decisive decision - taking advantage of the fierce battle between the King of Han and the White Lotus Sect, to seize the White Lotus Sect's lair and throat Qingzhou!

It's just that no one expected that His Royal Highness the King of Han, who was invincible in the world, would be wiped out by the rabble of the White Lotus Sect army in a battle...... Liu Sheng's wise decision at the beginning became his damn reason!

"Moreover," seeing Liu Sheng's expressions of deep understanding, Zhang Fu continued: "King Han is also to blame!" As a vassal king's private army, he left the fiefdom to fight without authorization, and even rebelled against the imperial army and murdered important ministers of the imperial court! No matter how short the emperor is, he has to weigh it, in order to avenge this rebel, kill his henchmen and beloved generals, is it worth it! ”

"Hmm......" Liu Sheng nodded, as if he was persuaded by Zhang Fu, and grinned: "When the virtuous nephew said this, the old man's heart was much brighter. He laughed out loud: "It seems that I have drilled the horns!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Zhang Fu was also in a good mood and laughed with Liu Sheng......

The next day, Liu Sheng ascended to the account, handed over the handsome seal to Zhang Fu in front of the generals, and reprimanded him with a beard and glaring: "From now on, the British Duke is your commander, and you must honestly obey the orders of the grandfather of the country as if you were listening to my orders!" If anyone violates the military order and wants to be beheaded by Grandpa Guo, don't blame me for not reminding you! Did you hear it all? ”

"Obey!" The generals responded.

"Please give a lecture to Grandpa Guo!" Liu Sheng walked down the steps and gave up the position to Zhang Fu.

Zhang Fu stood on the steps, looked at the generals in the tent with deep eyes, and said slowly after a while: "The Marquis of Anyuan has worked hard and made great achievements, and the emperor thinks that he is old, so he will be allowed to return to Beijing to recuperate, and the prince will take over the handsome seal." Now although the White Lotus Sect has accepted Zhao'an, but the thief nature has not changed, and it is most prone to recurrence, so that the generals must not relax a little, strictly guard, order and prohibit, and the rewards and punishments of this public are clear, neither soft-hearted, nor stingy with rewards! ”

After a brief lecture, the generals naturally led in unison. Zhang Fu ordered the generals to retreat and said to Liu Sheng: "Uncle Shi, it's better to stay for more time and help me stabilize the morale of the army." ”

"Hey, the old man's luggage is all packed," Liu Sheng waved his hand again and again: "Don't mix it, with your British duke's prestige, you can't suppress those boys who have never seen the world?" ”

Zhang Fu saw that he couldn't keep it, so he had to let people set up a banquet to see Liu Sheng off, and after a banquet and drink, he personally sent Liu Sheng out of the camp, and when they were separated, he also presented Cheng Yi, and told him that he had already made a good effort to protect the scene, and then he returned to the camp.

On the way back, Zhang Xuan, the deputy general on the side, said with an unhappy face: "Big brother, it's just a puppet waiting to die, why bother with all this effort?" ”

Zhang Fu glanced at his third brother and said coldly: "If it weren't for you, a puppet who was waiting to die, why would you have to wade into this troubled water for your brother!" ”

Three years ago, Zhang Xuan followed the Han king to rebel and took control of the capital for the Han king. After the defeat, he was punished according to the crime, but the emperor spared him from death in the face of the British duke, and only imprisoned him for half a year, and then put him home and thought about it behind closed doors. This time, Zhu Di ordered Zhang Fu to go south and take over Liu Sheng's army. According to Zhang Fu's original intention, he refused to accept this hot potato.

With Zhang Fu's current status and weight, if he resolutely refuses to accept it, the emperor can't do anything about him, but the emperor proposed to let Zhang Fu go south with him, and Zhang Fu can't refuse. Because the British duke regards the honor of the family as bigger than the sky, there is a rebellion in the family, so that the British duke has always been on his back and cannot sleep peacefully.

This time I have the opportunity to whitewash Zhang Wei and let him be reused, which can undoubtedly wash away the shame of the British government, which is a temptation that Zhang Fu cannot resist. Moreover, when the emperor mentioned Zhang Fu at this time, he was reminding Zhang Fu that I had betrayed your personal favor before, and now you have to pay me back!

Under all kinds of considerations, Zhang Fucai had to take over the burden .......

Hearing Brother Nai's reprimand, Zhang Xuan was a little annoyed, but he didn't dare to hang it on his face, and followed Zhang Fuxing silently.

Zhang Fu sighed and said in a deep voice: "Now the situation is very delicate, and if you don't get it right, it will be an uncontrollable situation, at this time, it is more important to stabilize people's hearts than anything else." If you can smoothly take over the military power, let alone give it to Marquis An Yuan, what if you kneel and send it? ”

"Big brother is too careful," Zhang Xuan muttered in a low voice: "Shuai Yin is all in his hand, what else is there to worry about?" ”

"Humph! Others think it's a handsome seal, but if you don't recognize it, it's a piece of broken copper and iron! Zhang Fu said with a grim face: "You have also brought soldiers for many years, and you don't even understand this truth?" ”

"Who still dares to deny the handsome seal granted by the emperor in this great tomorrow? If you want to rebel, you can't?! Zhang Qiyou was not convinced, and was still muttering.

"Shut up!" Zhang Fu shouted in a deep voice: "Idiot who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, if my Zhang family were like you, I would have been wiped out many times!" As he spoke, he glanced at the other lieutenant general beside him and said, "Tell me, what did you see in the barracks?" ”

"Back to Grandpa's words, there is indeed something abnormal." The lieutenant general didn't give Zhang Qian face at all, and replied in a deep voice: "It is said that this army was established by Marquis An Yuan and trained by himself, and the officers and soldiers should have a very deep affection for him. But from the time I learned that An Yuanhou was leaving, until An Yuanhou left, there was almost no abnormality among the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion, which was the biggest abnormality! ”

"That's right," Zhang Fu nodded approvingly, and said in a deep voice: "In a short period of time, it is almost impossible to cut off the connection between Liu Sheng and these officers and soldiers. After a pause, he said: "We can only closely monitor the movements of the army on the one hand, and tighten the control of the officers on the other hand, and those who do not obey the order must be mercilessly replaced!" ”

"Yes!" The generals responded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't want to ruin your reputation in Shandong, cheer me up!" Zhang Fu said in an accentuated tone.

"Yes!".

The emperor ordered the lanterns from all over the country to enter Beijing to be suspended for a year, and all kinds of New Year celebrations were also suspended, so that the city of Beijing in the first month was not lively in previous years, and people were suddenly a little at a loss, so they could only gather in the teahouse and restaurant to listen to books and chat, and kill this great time......

Inside the front door, the largest Chunfeng teahouse in the capital, the guests are full of guests at the moment, the tea guests are wearing New Year's clothes, clasping each other's fists and saluting, and saying auspicious words such as 'auspicious New Year' and 'good luck'. Then seven or eight people gathered at a table, drinking melon seeds, walnuts, and all kinds of dried fruits, drinking a hot bowl of tea, and chatting in the clouds.

"It's been a boring year." A man in a coarse cotton robe and a beard clutched two walnuts in his hand and pinched them heavily, and the walnuts shattered. "There's no oil and water in my stomach, I can't even see a lantern show, it's boring, it's really boring!"

"You can be content," a thin middle-aged man wearing a satin robe with patches on his cuffs unceremoniously took a piece of walnut kernel from the man's hand and brought it to his mouth to enjoy chewing, "Anyway, the whole family is still hungry, how many people can't eat a full meal during the New Year?" ”

"Liu Yuanwai, you rich lords from the south of the Yangtze River," the bearded man stuffed the remaining walnut kernels into his mouth, and said vaguely: "You haven't lived such a hard life, have you?" ”

"Hey......" Liu Yuanwai said with a depressed face: "When my family was in Jiaxing, there were 800 acres of fertile land and 15 acres of ponds. ”

"Hey, it's all the evil ...... made by the emperor today" The old man who had been drinking tea with his head bowed on the side couldn't help but sigh: "If Hong Wuye is still here, he will have to be angry with him again." ”

"Be cautious, Daddy Qiu," the tea guest on the side hurriedly persuaded the old man: "Now Dongchang is in charge of Jinyiwei, but the capital is full of arrests!" ”

"The old man's loess is buried in his neck, afraid of a ball," Father Qiu shouted excitedly: "Eight years ago, our weaving shop in Hangzhou had six looms, more than a dozen weavers, sitting still a year, all of them had thousands of taels of silver!" But as soon as Emperor Yongle gave an order, we had to sell our family property and move to this windy and sandy Beijing city! What's even more hateful is that at that time, the shop could only be sold to the Weaving House, and the Weaving House only gave the treasure money that was too hard to rub the belly! This is more hateful than robbing! At least I can still run, in Emperor Yongle, if I dare to run, I will be killed! ”

Father Qiu was in tears, wiping his tears and whimpering: "A few years ago, I could barely make ends meet by weaving cloth for others, but now my old eyes are dizzy, and everything in Beijing is so expensive that I want to die, I think I should find a rope earlier and hang Lisuo!" ”

Everyone hurriedly persuaded: "What is unlucky about the New Year?" But in my heart, I felt the same way. Nowadays, the Ming treasure banknote has depreciated to the point where you can buy two steamed buns with a denomination of ten denominations, and the dignified Ming capital has seen a depressed scene of trade withering and shops closing in a large area. The common people are almost every family with four walls. Every day, hundreds of poor people who starve to death are dragged to the suburbs of Beijing......

Especially those ordinary people who Zhu Di forcibly moved from all over the south, they were originally wealthy families in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, but now they have reached the point where they can't eat, and the gap and resentment in their hearts can be imagined......