Nanjing City, now Zhu Jie has already been on the expedition for a few days, and now he has almost arrived at Huai'an Mansion, and all the military and political affairs of the Manchu Dynasty have been thrown to Li Yan, Li Yan feels that the burden on his shoulders is heavier than Mount Tai, too heavy, no one knows what unpredictable things will happen next, no one knows when the emperor will be able to return to the division, the position of the first assistant is very difficult to sit on, the current prince is not yet a year old, not even half a year old, all the burden is on his own shoulders.

Even if Li Yan is talented and famous, now he is worried about his gray hair, worried, he is working day and night on military and political affairs, for fear that there will be the slightest mistake, there is no way, there are too few courtiers who can top the court now, Shi Kefa is counted as one, Huang Zongxi is counted as one, as for Yuan Jixian and Zhu Shunshui are still on the way back to Nanjing City, there is no more than half a month, they will definitely not be able to reach Nanjing City, and they can't count on it for the time being.

When Li Yan was working in the military department, the official outside the door walked in quickly, and said urgently: "Lord Qiqi Ministry, there is a person outside the door who claims to be a confidant of Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang, and he is ordered to send an emergency recital!" ”

Zheng Hongkui?

Li Yan's heart was shocked, and he shouted: "Send the messenger in immediately!" ”

After a short time, the messenger walked into the lobby of the military department, knelt on the ground and said: "The little Zhenjiang chief soldier Zheng Daren under the command of the pro-army commander Deng Long will see the general Deng Long to the ministry hall!" ”

"Zhenjiang Chief Soldier Zheng Hongkui?"

Li Yan asked, "What is the matter with your family sending an emergency recital?" What about the cantata? ”

Deng Long hurriedly handed over the chapter and said in a low voice: "Lord Ministry, Lord Zheng recently received a letter from his brother Zheng Zhilong and left Zhenjiang to return to Fuzhou to meet Zheng Zhilong, only to know that Zheng Zhilong was going to raise the flag to rebel, and the matter was urgent, and when he brought it to Lord Zheng to know, he was already in Fuzhou, fortunately, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Sen had studied in Guozijian and understood the righteousness. We are willing to send all the nearly 10,000 war horses that Manchuria is about to send to Fuzhou by sea to Nanjing! ”

Li Yan took the chapter and read it carefully, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Sen, the two of them have heard a little, especially Zheng Hongkui is the chief soldier of Zhenjiang in the imperial court, this is the first emperor to seal, at this critical time, there is such a letter, there is no doubt that this is written to the emperor, but how much credibility is there? It is written on the chapter that after the pacification of Fujian, most of the clansmen of the Zheng family can be pardoned, only the first evil, and all the accomplices will be pardoned, this condition is clearly mentioned, but it is also reasonable, and no one wants to let their huge family disappear.

Li Yan's brows furrowed, and his heart was constantly thinking.

"Lord Ministry, the situation is urgent, the situation in Fujian is changing three times a day, Lord Zheng and our eldest young master, please give a reply as soon as possible, and if it's too late, I'm afraid that this batch of war horses will not have time to turn around after crossing the mouth of the Yangtze River......"

Deng Long said in a low voice.

Li Yan nodded and replied, "Okay, the headquarters knows in their hearts, and they won't let you wait too long!" Someone came, immediately ordered someone to invite the adults of all ministries and departments to come to the military department to discuss the matter, without delay! ”

After a short time, all the Shangshu of the various ministries came to the yamen of the Ministry of War, and when they heard Li Yan introduce the situation, everyone was skeptical.

The father wants to rebel, but the son wants to pull the hind legs, and even kill his relatives in righteousness, this is only available in storytelling and romance, right? Zheng Zhilong is Zheng Sen's father and Zheng Hongkui's brother, can they really do it?

"Lord Xianzhi, how much do you know about this Zheng Sen, I heard that I once asked you to learn?"

Li Yan asked Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Master Li, this Zheng Sen has been studying in Guozijian for several years, and I have also worked in Nanjing for many years, and I have met a lot of young Junyan in Nanjing, this Zheng Sen is one of them, he is a good person, upright, strong-tempered, quite hard and backbone, we have a lot of contacts, and I appreciate this young man very much, however, this time Zheng Zhilong rebelled, but he was implicated, treason, and rebellion, which is a heinous felony of stealing the family and destroying the family, Zheng Sen was also killed. ”

Duan Xuan on the side was puzzled: "Master Li, how credible is this letter?" Can a son and a brother do such a thing? Brothers in battle, fathers and sons in battle, this is very difficult to say, it can't be a trap set by Zheng Zhilong for us, right? ”

Shi Kefa replied: "Zheng Hongkui is not easy to say, but this Zheng Sen is really possible to do such a thing, this young man is only in his early twenties, he has been studying in Guozijian, he is jealous and hateful on weekdays, and his reputation is very good, maybe he can really do such a thing, after all, not everyone can bear the infamy of the rebel son and the second minister!" ”

Li Yan nodded and said with a smile: "Lord Xianzhi, I want you now, as long as I have your words, everything else is easy to say, since their uncle and nephew are willing to take refuge in the imperial court and oppose Zheng Zhilong, why should we turn them away?" This is a big opportunity! ”

"Lord Li, this is too risky, isn't it? Who knows if it's a trap set by Zheng Zhilong for us? Once the judgment is wrong, then we are more passive! ”

Gao Hongtu on the side said urgently.

Li Yan waved his hand and replied: "In a hurry, we have to use extraordinary means at an extraordinary time, why don't we choose to believe it at this time, once it is true, it will be equivalent to disintegrating half of Zheng Zhilong's power!" Even if it is not true, how could it be worse than the situation we are facing now? Cha Zhu and Zhao Zhenghang have already raised troops to the south! At this time, we have to give it a try! ”

Shi Kefa smiled bitterly: "It's just that, Lord Li, this Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Senti's requirements are too harsh, please ask the imperial court to pardon the Zheng family, and they will say that we will pardon Zheng Zhilong!" ”

"Haha, two ministers, so what? Isn't it just to pardon the Zheng family? As long as we can calm the calamity in Fujian and save the people of Jiangnan from the disaster of swords, even if we pardon the Zheng family, we will make a lot of money, and their one hundred and ten lives can at least be exchanged for tens of thousands of lives. ”

"But, in this case, where is the national program? Where is the law of the country, and where is the justice of the people? If there are no rules, won't it invite even greater disasters in the future? ”

Shi Kefa said urgently.

Li Yan stood up and said in a low voice: "Okay, the matter is urgent, now the emperor is far away from the capital, Zheng's uncle and nephew are waiting for a reply, it's too late to ask for instructions, this matter, I am in charge, Zheng's uncle and nephew said everything, agree to it, in addition, order Zheng Haotian to lead the Yangtze River Sailor to Songjiang Mansion, ready to receive the war horses from the north, this is a heavy gift, we can't miss it!" ”

(End of chapter)