Everyone has weaknesses, some people's weaknesses are obvious, and some people's weaknesses are deeply hidden.

There is no fuel-efficient lamp in the court. Those who change their minds like Ma Shiying can often live longer.

Five years ago, when Zhu Dadian was appointed as the governor of Fengyang, he was famous for his greed in Jiangnan. Today, he was the chief minister and still could not get rid of this problem. He knew that he was plotted against, but he didn't know why Zhai Zhe planned on him. Didn't they go out to East Zhejiang together?

When he walked into the gate of the royal palace, Zhu Dadian took great steps and could not see any timidity.

At least, he is still the chief minister of the dynasty now.

Zhai Zhe stood at the gate of the yard to greet him, his face slightly red, and he was recuperating on the shore of West Lake for a month, and his complexion was very good.

The two walked straight into the huge living room. After Emperor Longwu gave Zhai the palace, this was his first move in. The Shang League had many industries in Nanjing. If it were not for this, Zhai would never choose to live in this house.

What is "King Datong"? Datong is still under the rule of the Qing court, and King Zhu Youjian of Tang failed to satisfy him.

The servant hurriedly retreated after serving tea. There were no female relatives in the palace, and it looked more like a barracks. Zhu Dadian didn't like it.

"Prince!"

"Zhuge tribe!"

Zhu Dadian looked righteous and spoke with a righteous attitude. He first complained: "General Xiao of the Beijing Camp was involved in the affairs of the government without authorization and arrested the new scholar Tanhua in prison, which caused dissatisfaction with the scholars and caused trouble. He also asked the prince to manage his subordinates."

"Is that true?" Zhai Zhe chuckled, "Why did what I heard differently from what Zhugebu said?"

Zhu Dadian slowed down and said, "Do you still remember the scene of you and I guarding Qian County?" His voice was very low, as if he remembered the numerous dead bodies on the top of the city.

"Of course I remember that the bravery of Zhugemen made me ashamed!"

"Do I have anything to do to the prince?"

"No!"

He is really a tiger, but he still has three points of power. There is no sign of giving in or flattering expression on Zhu Dadian's face. "Then please ask General Xiao to give Hu Jincai to me!"

Zhai Zhe's face turned cold and he asked: "Does Zhugemen know the significance of enrolling scholars this time? The Ming Dynasty recaptured Jiangnan and was the time to curb the people's hearts. Doesn't Zhugemen know the consequences of the fraud in the scientific research?"

"Your Majesty is so serious!" Zhu Dadian tried hard to hide the panic in his heart, "How could anyone dare to cheat if he is such a big deal in the matter of enrolling a cadet?"

He knew that Zhai Zhe would not let him go. Zhu Dadian couldn't figure out why Zhai Zhe wanted to pull himself off from the position of chief minister.

Zhai Zhe said coldly: "I will report to the emperor to thoroughly investigate this matter! After the emperor determines the candidate for the investigation, I will hand over Hu Jincai."

Since Zhai Zhe did not give face, Zhu Dadian no longer had to pretend and scolded him: "General Pinglu, don't be too arrogant!" He had never been afraid of Zhai Zhe.

"See you in the court tomorrow!"

After the two princes came to Nanjing from Zhenjiang, the scholars stopped causing trouble and waited for the court's disposal.

Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong jointly submitted a memorial, asking the court to thoroughly investigate the fraud case of scientific research. The chief assistant to the cabinet, Zhu Dadian, made a memorial, impeaching the general of the Beijing camp, Xiao Zhiyan, without authorization to capture the new science and technology, Hu Jincai.

The arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

Zhu Youjian wanted to slap Zhu Dadian a few times. He gave him the position of the chief minister, but he couldn't control his own hands and was greedy for the few taels of silver. With Zhu Dadian's reputation, this matter is probably not wrong, and it is likely that someone has been trapped.

He was talking about it for several days in the court. Before the case was completed, Zhu Youjian did not dare to deal with Xiao Zhi's words, so as not to cause greater disappointment to the scholars.

Zhai Zhe submitted another memorial, "The court opened a statute to recruit scholars, which is related to the cornerstone of the country. Huang Dao and Zhou were respected, Zhang Guowei was famous, and Ma Shiying was proficient in political affairs, so he asked these three people to take the lead in the trial, to find out the truth and give an explanation to the scholars all over the world.

The three people he chose were very subtle. Huang Daozhou was Zhu Youjian's confidant, and Ma Shiying was the current Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. It seemed that no one would offend him. Zhang Guowei was once the chief assistant of the King of Lu in eastern Zhejiang and had a high reputation in Jiangnan. He has been idle at home since the King of Tang ascended the throne. It was time to come back at this time.

On the 11th day of the first lunar month, Zhu Youjian issued an order to summon Huang Daozhou to return to Nanjing from Huguang. At the same time, he ordered Ma Shiying to be the chief official and Zhang Guowei to investigate the case thoroughly.

The case was not as complicated as expected. Hu Jin arrived at the lobby and didn't even beat the stick. He immediately took it clear. He gave Zhu Dadian 50,000 taels of silver. He wanted to buy the top scorer at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to become Tanhua. When did he give the silver and who would exchange the papers, he would pay it clearly all the way. With his level, he could not write such a paper.

Huang Daozhou was still unknown, but Ma Shiying only reviewed it for two days, then checked the bottom of the test paper and immediately became clear.

The government and the country were in an uproar, and the position of the chief minister of Zhu Dadian cabinet was in danger.

Zhang Kentang, Minister of Personnel of the Cabinet, and others jointly impeached Zhu Dadian, but everyone pushed him.

Zhu Dadian was the position of chief minister as easy as the chief minister. At that time, Zhu Youjian was desperate to hope that Zhai Zhe would give up King Lu, but Huang Daozhou was burdened by defeat, so he was selected from the Grand Secretary of the East Zhejiang Cabinet as the Chief Secretary, but the Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet who came from Fujian did not agree with him. Now Zhai Zhe, the general of Pinglu in eastern Zhejiang, took the lead in opposing him.

Only Zhu Youjian was unwilling to give up on him.

Because he could hardly find a prime minister who was more suitable than Zhu Dadian. Looking at the court, only the three people who were highly regarded as prime minister were recommended to be the presiding officer.

Huang Dao Zhou Ming was stubborn, and Ma Shiying left many notorious names in Jiangnan during the Hongguang Dynasty. Zhang Guowei? That is absolutely not possible. I heard that he opposed the abdication of King Lu the most.

The situation was stalemate, and the emperor was reluctant to issue an order, hoping to wait for Huang Daozhou to return to Nanjing before making any conspiracy.

There were curses everywhere in Zhejiang and Nanzhili, and Zhu Dadian was like Ma Shiying, sitting in the seat that thousands of people were referring to. But he still had a hint of luck and went to court as usual every day.

This person has a strong heart! Zhai Zhe admired it very much. But he just wanted to change to an obedient chief minister. One mountain cannot withstand two tigers.

Huang Daozhou was unable to come back for a long time. On the 20th day of the first lunar month, nightmares came from Huguang. Yuezhou, which He Tengjiao's heavy troops were guarding, was lost without fighting. Du Yinxi could not capture the city of Jingzhou for a long time. Without any defense, he was attacked by the Qing soldiers and retreated to Changsha.

Jin Shenghuan has not been moved for a long time, and the Qing court's flag is still hanging on the walls of Nanchang.

Zhai Zhe submitted a memorial and asked to lead his army to help Huguang and clear out the Jin Shenghuan tribe entrenched in Jiangxi. The troops from all over the south of the Yangtze River went north, and the storm was about to come in Nanjing.

The scholars were raging, and the army was raging.

Zhu Dadian was still standing in the court, and Ma Shiying, Zhang Kentang and others almost broke their faces with him, and the court discussion could not be carried out.

The prestige of the court fell to its extreme. Zhu Youjian had to order to demote Zhu Dadian to his hometown in Jinhua, promote Ma Shiying to the Minister of War and the Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet, and Zhang Guowei to the Minister of Revenue.

Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong went to court together to express their support for the new cabinet. The two of them joined forces and did not dare to offend them in the court again. Zheng Zhilong even dared to cut off the nose of He Kai, the Minister of War in Fuzhou. Relatively speaking, Zhai Zhe's behavior should be much more relaxed.

After a year, Ma Shiying took the position of prime minister again, still relying on the support of the military town. There were many people who were dissatisfied in Jiangnan, and the children of Fushe began to curse the eunuch party again. Ma Shiying's heart was not inferior to that of Zhu Dadian.

Huguang's defeat and Jin Shenghuan's silence made Jiangnan regain the survival crisis.

The first major thing Ma Shiying did as the chief minister was to restart the war.

The order was issued to mobilize troops from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian to enter southern Jiangxi. Zheng Zhilong, the king of Yanping, was appointed as the admiral, and the troops of the governor of Jiangxi, gathered 10,000 kilograms of troops to attack Jin Shenghuan of Jiangxi.

The Pinglu General Datong King Zhai Zhe ordered the admiral of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and led his troops to attack Jingxiang in the north and to control the war in Jiangnan.

These orders are not Zhu Youjian’s true thoughts, but after He Tengjiao was defeated, he had lost the capital to play with Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong, and the current cabinet is just a puppet for the two.

Zheng Zhilong came to say goodbye to Zhai Zhe. He would take away 10,000 troops and leave 20,000 soldiers for Zheng Sen to guard Nanjing, and 10,000 naval troops monitored the river opposite Zhenjiang and Nanjing.

The two met in October last year and have been together for three months. They are not good friends, but they have some understanding of each other.

The two have always met each other through tea. Today, they finally gave away their friends with wine.

Zheng Sen held a pot and poured wine for his father. He seemed to like wearing white clothes and was spotless.

Zhai Zhe hasn't drunk for a long time, and he can't even remember when the last time he drank.

"If King Yanping can defeat Jin Shenghuan, the position of the Guangdong general is within easy reach, and all I can do is this."

"Thank you, General Pinglu, it is difficult for Qinglu to deal with. If my navy needs to do its best, just speak up."

Both were very satisfied, and they both got what each other wanted before the league.

In southern Ganzhou, sandwiched between Fujian and Guangdong, Zheng Zhilong led the army against Jin Shenghuan, which opened a way for him to enter Guangdong. If he could defeat Jin Shenghuan and then be rewarded as Guangdong general or Guangdong admiral, it would be natural.

As for Zhai Zhe himself, if he wanted to seize the prefectures in Jiangbei, Nanzhili, he could only use his own hands to seize them.

Zheng Sen poured wine for the two of them, each movement was steady and focused. There would be no drop of wine on the table, but he was secretly observing Zhai Zhe.

Zhai Zhe's hands were as rough as him, Zhai Zhe's waist knife was dull, Zhai Zhe seemed to have a good alcohol tolerance, and that person might become Zheng's biggest opponent in the future.

He was originally very opposed to his father's acquisition of Guangdong. When he was a teenager, he studied with Qian Qianyi and knew the prosperity of Jiangnan and the importance of Nanjing. But in the past few months, he re-recognized the place, and he had to admit that Jiangnan had already belonged to Zhai Zhe, and they had to go to Guangdong again.

In late winter, the river water will not freeze.

Spring in Jiangnan comes early, and in another month, the willow trees will sprout.

The rebels in Jiangnan were a little more skilled than last year, but it was still very risky to take them out and fight the Qing emperors. The Qing court stationed 40,000 troops in Yangzhou, and it was still a bit early for Zhai Zhe to divide his troops to Jingxiang.

So, several teams of merchants crossed the river and headed north. The war could not stop the business trip, and they were no different from other merchants.
Chapter completed!