Wu Zongrui soon received a reply from Zeng Yongzhong.

Wu Zongrui wrote a letter to inform Zeng Yongzhong of the arrangements for Liaodong, Shandong and South Zhili. After traveling for more than ten years, Wu Zongrui deeply felt that he, as a time traveler, has a unique advantage in grasping the historical process. However, in

In terms of analyzing situations and handling key issues, they are not necessarily better than Zeng Yongzhong and others. Perhaps it is due to personality. When it comes to handling major issues, Zeng Yongzhong and others can often start from the overall situation, be ruthless, and put the overall situation first.

Take action when it's time to take action, but he, a time traveler, can't do it.

Liao Wenru, Luo Dianzhao and others have already led their troops to intercept and encircle Ai Nengqi and the 100,000 rebel sergeants under his command. This was a gamble by Wu Zongrui to directly attack Huai'an Fucheng. It basically failed and the best opportunity was lost.

Wu Zongrui could conclude that even if Denglai's new army stormed Huai'an Fucheng, what they would get would be a ravaged and ruined city. Rather than doing this, it would be better to wipe out the strength of Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

The Xuzhou government office was a bit quiet. When Wu Zongrui came to Xuzhou, he did not start a big fight and kept the news secret from the outside world.

After Liao Wenru, Luo Dianzhao and others led the troops to the expedition, the wing became much quieter.

When he opened the letter, Wu Zongrui's expression was calm, but after only a minute or two, his face became a little pale, even with a hint of anger.

After finally reading the letter, Wu Zongrui turned pale, looked up at the ceiling, and fell into deep thought without saying a word.

Liu Ning, who entered the wing, was a little surprised when he saw this scene and spoke carefully.

"Sir, it's time to eat soon..."

Liao Wenru looked at Liu Ning and waved his hand.

"Liu Ning, sit down and talk with me."

Liu Ning blinked and sat down opposite Wu Zongrui honestly.

Seeing Liu Ning's expression, Wu Zongrui didn't look very good, and his heart was stabbed.

"Liu Ning, you have to tell me the truth. You have been with me for many years. The people I trust the most are Liao Wenru and you. In front of you, I say whatever I think of and never hide anything, so you are with me

You must also tell the truth in front of others.”

Liu Ning's face turned a little pale, and he nodded vigorously without speaking.

Wu Zongrui also nodded and spoke again.

"Liu Ning, you and Liao Wenru, are you a little scared in front of me..."

Liu Ning still didn't speak, but nodded involuntarily, probably thinking of something, and then shook his head.

Wu Zongrui had a wry smile on his face and sighed slightly.

"I know, you and Liao Wenru are indeed a little scared in front of me..."

In fact, fear and fear are nothing. People in higher positions have their own temperament. No matter how close your friends are, they will feel scared and tremble in front of you. For example, the emperor, and the people around the emperor, no matter how big the emperor is.

Everyone's trust must be respectful. As the saying goes, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. If the emperor loses any majesty, he may not be able to keep his throne and maintain his dignity.

However, the superior must have critics around him, there must be people who dare to tell the truth, and there must be true friends, otherwise the superior without any restraint will eventually end up being willful.

Probably sensing Wu Zongrui's attitude, Liu Ning finally spoke.

"Sir, this is not what I mean. Just like Governor Liao, I respect you and respect you..."

Wu Zongrui waved his hand again, signaling Liu Ning to stop talking.

"Liu Ning, stop talking. I understand what it means. You and Liao Wenru have been with me for many years. I know that you are absolutely loyal and will never go against my wishes, so I am absolutely assured of you.

No matter what trouble I encounter, no matter how critical the situation I face, I can rest assured that you can solve it."

"You respect me and respect me. I know this very well, but I don't want you to shrink in front of me. In the future, the situation we will face will become more and more complex, and there will be more and more things to deal with. If you are in front of me,

You are always shrinking in front of me and cannot share the pressure for me. Are you thinking of letting me take on all the things alone..."

Liu Ning's face turned pale, and she shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly.

"Sir, my subordinates and Governor Liao have absolutely no such idea. As long as you need it, no matter what you ask us to do, we are willing to do it. Even if you want my head, I will never blink an eye...

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Liu Ning's simple words once again touched Wu Zongrui. He knew that some things could not be forced.

"I understand, Liu Ning, you don't need to say anything, just let me be quiet for a while. You can stay outside the door and don't let anyone disturb me. I need to be quiet..."

Liu Ning did not continue to speak, walked out silently, closed the door of the wing, and stood guard outside.

Liu Ning left the wing, Wu Zongrui let out a long sigh, and picked up the letter on the table again.

This letter from Zeng Yongzhong focuses on the issue of appointing officials. Although on the surface it seems that Zeng Yongzhong is recommending officials, the underlying reason is definitely not the case.

Wu Zongrui thought of pattern and magnanimity.

More than ten years have passed, and Wu Zongrui is very cautious in hiring people. Among the Denglai New Army, the ones he really trusts are Liao Wenru, Liu Ning, Luo Diazhao, Luo Dianyong and Luo Dianming, including Qiao Mingjun and others. Wu Zongrui has brought them all with him.

A trace of wariness. As for civil servants, Wu Zongrui has never completely trusted anyone.

In the final analysis, this is a matter of magnanimity and structure.

Any emperor in history who wants to achieve great things must have magnanimity and structure. The key point is in employing people. Any founding emperor can use many people, because many people follow him to conquer the world and are trustworthy.

Yes, but there are also founding emperors who, because of their personal character problems, doubted everything and did not trust anyone, and their endings often did not go well.

Wu Zongrui finally discovered his own shortcomings. He had big problems in terms of temperament and structure, and the focus was on the employment of people.

You can conquer the world immediately, but you cannot rule the world immediately.

Wu Zongrui could create an extremely powerful Denglai New Army and could conquer the world with Denglai New Army. However, Wu Zongrui could not rely on Denglai New Army to govern the world. He still had to rely on literati to govern the world.

More than ten years have passed. Wu Zongrui has a fatal flaw when it comes to trusting civil servants. The only people he can trust are Lu Faxuan and Shi Kefa. He has given them two people, but he still has great hesitation when dealing with Dai Mingjie and others.

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In his heart, Wu Zongrui had a fixed idea, perhaps influenced by history books. He always believed that the literati of the Ming Dynasty were either extremely hard-boned and willing to die for their country when the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, or they were extremely soft-boned, no matter what they encountered.

The problem is that the first thing to protect is your own life and interests.

It was precisely because of the limitations of history books that Wu Zongrui hardly tried to win over the literati. It took many years for him to finally believe in Lu Faxuan and Shi Kefa, but Wu Zongrui knew very well that if he adopted such an attitude in winning over the literati, then the dynasty he founded

, there will be no literati available.

The meaning revealed in Zeng Yongzhong's letter is very clear, that is, Wu Zongrui must trust and appoint literati, such as Dai Mingjie, Zhan Zhaoheng, Cui Yunhui and Long Jianhong.

In fact, Dai Mingjie, Zhan Zhaoheng, Cui Yunhui, Long Jianhong and others have been following Wu Zongrui for a long time, but Wu Zongrui has never dared to completely trust others, and it is difficult to think of them at critical moments.

This time, Zeng Yongzhong recommended Dai Mingjie, Zhan Zhaoheng, Cui Yunhui and Long Jianhong.

Wu Zongrui's proposal was to let Lu Faxuan serve as governor of water transportation, Shi Kefa as governor of Shandong, and Wu Zongkun as governor of Liaodong. Zeng Yongzhong did not fully agree with Wu Zongrui's proposal.

Zeng Yongzhong's suggestion was that in order to stabilize Liaodong, Shi Kefa should continue to serve as governor of Liaodong, Lu Faxuan could serve as governor of water transportation and prime minister on all matters related to water transportation, Dai Mingjie could serve as governor of Shandong, and the governor of Denglai still needs to be established separately, and Wu Zongkun should continue to serve as governor of Denglai.

After all, Dengzhou and Laizhou are the base camps of the Denglai New Army and must be firmly guarded.

At the same time, Zeng Yongzhong also recommended Zhan Zhaoheng as the prefect of Dengzhou, Cui Yunhui as the prefect of Jinan, and Long Jianhong as the prefect of Huai'an.

Wu Zongrui did not particularly agree with Zeng Yongzhong's suggestion, but he could not object to Zeng Yongzhong's suggestion.

Zeng Yongzhong's good intentions were actually to let Wu Zongrui start recruiting and appointing civil servants on a large scale.

It's not that Wu Zongrui didn't consider this matter. According to the course of history, the time for him to rule the world is approaching. Denglai's new army has the strength to stabilize and control the Ming Dynasty, completely defeat Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and at the same time completely defeat them.

The stability of the south, and only when the situation in the world stabilized slightly, would Wu Zongrui think of sending troops to completely destroy the Qing Dynasty.

There are still many things waiting for Wu Zongrui and Denglai's new army, including annihilating Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, completely destroying the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time, they must expand their strength overseas.

All of this was only possible when Wu Zongrui stabilized and controlled the internal situation.

If the internal situation cannot be stabilized, even if Wu Zongrui has a powerful new Denglai army, he will not be able to truly control the world. In the end, he will be a generation of heroes, passing away in a flash like a meteor in history.

Over the years, Wu Zongrui has had unparalleled self-confidence, and he has become accustomed to the complete obedience of the people below him. However, it may be that he has been confident for too long, or he believes in the majesty of the emperor. It is difficult for Wu Zongrui to hear real suggestions and opinions.

It's a very dangerous thing.
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