Liu Jun was wearing a python robe and a jade belt, and strode into the hall of the Zongli Yamen.

All the ministers stood up to salute Liu Jun, and he saluted him one by one. Before the little emperor arrived, Wu Yan sat in the seat of the chief minister, and the empty seat next to him was Liu Jun's position.

Wu Qi brows urgently and his face was gloomy.

He had just received a report from Privy Councilor Fan Jingwen, and Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

This was simply bad news. When Wu Xuan heard the news, he almost fainted.

There are many important officials attending the meeting today. Except for the newly-entered cabinet Yuan Jixian and Yao Minggong, two new cabinet ministers, who have not arrived in Beijing, the other six ministries and nine ministers have arrived.

Liu Jun glanced at Wu Qing and sneered in his heart. Wu Qing must have regretted the bet he made before at this time. Although Liu Jun never thought of driving Wu Qing off the stage with just one bet, this bet was still a good handle. Once it was well operated, Wu Qing's reputation would be stunning.

After a moment, Zhu Cilang arrived.

Zhu Cilang looked dissatisfied. He looked at Wu Yan and said angrily, "Gei Wu, I heard that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. What's going on? I just approved what you asked, and I will grant the title of Count of Wu Sangui in the world. I will not blame him for his rebellion. But now my edict has just been issued, but Wu Sangui turned around and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. What's going on?"

When the young emperor started to get angry, he also had a somewhat Chongzhen style.

"Your Majesty, there must be some misunderstandings in the middle?" Wu Yan's forehead was sweating. He still couldn't figure out why Wu Sangui wanted to abandon the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

"Misunderstanding? What are the misunderstandings? The prince had long seen that Wu Sangui was a wolfish ambition and a traitor, but the chief minister and Chen Yan and others insisted that Wu Sangui was a loyal minister. It was really ridiculous. They all raised their troops and made chaos, and they were still loyal ministers. The most ridiculous thing is that Wu Sangui had rebelled. Some people in the court wanted to appease and surrender, and they also asked for an imperial edict to grant him a title. I don't know why they did this. I suspect that some people had been bribed by Wu Ni long ago, so they would be so determined to help them."

The person who spoke was Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Navy, who had just entered Beijing recently, who was appointed as the commander of the Navy. Not long ago, Liu Jun combined the East China Sea and the South China Sea Fleet into one, and Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhibao took over as the general officer of the Nanyang Navy, and Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Cai and others assisted the general manager.

Since working with Liu Jun, Zheng Zhilong has increased its power in the Southeast Sea. The family's wealth has surged continuously. Especially since the Zheng family has not only increased its wealth, it has also entered the officialdom from the business world. They have relied on Liu Jun to successfully bleach themselves. Before working with Liu Jun, Zheng Zhilong was only a deputy general, although he was the uncrowned king on the sea. However, his official position in the Ming Dynasty was not high.

But now it’s different. In just a few years, a large number of senior officers such as the Zheng Group’s admiral General General and General have emerged. They have bleached from a pirate group to a maritime merchant group, and now they have successfully crossed that threshold, transformed from a group of maritime merchants into a top general in the southeast.

Zheng Zhilong did not hesitate when he received a letter from Liu Jun and asked to transfer him to Beijing.

When he attended the meeting of the Prime Minister's Office for the first time, he fired a fire at the prime minister Wu Yan without hesitation. He didn't care at all about others listing him as the Chu party. He was a Chu party, and he followed Liu Jun's leader, and he wanted to tell everyone that he was Liu Jun's person.

Although he had just entered the capital, Zheng Zhilong still had a very clear understanding of the situation in the entire capital and even the entire Ming Dynasty. He came from the southeast and walked up the road, and knew the current situation better than the officials in the court. As the saying goes, bystanders are clearer, he can see more clearly than anyone else. The world today is controlled by Liu Jun.

Liu Jun controlled the Ming Dynasty's wallet with one hand, and half of the Ming Dynasty's army with the other, and the most elite army. With these two things, who can still compete with Liu Jun?

Liu Jun has not usurped the throne of the Ming Dynasty until now, and Zheng Zhilong has already admired his restraint. However, based on his original experience of getting along with Liu Jun, Liu Jun would never be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. The failure of Liu Jun usurped the throne does not mean that he will not usurp the throne in the future, but that he has not usurped the throne yet.

Although the Zheng family has a strong influence in the Southeast, it is too far from Liu Jun.

Especially with the nobles in the capital in front, and Zuo Liangyu, Wu Sangui and others behind, Zheng Zhilong didn't want to end up like them.

Zheng Zhilong was just a child of ordinary people in his early years. He went to sea to travel, did business in Japan, and even fled to Taiwan and robbed the sea again. He has reached the present day. Zheng Zhilong's life is very rich, but his biggest goal in the past was to be the largest pirate in the Southeast Sea, and later to be the largest maritime businessman. However, now, he only thought that one day he would be able to be a title and make the Zheng family a new crown in the empire.

"Rareless, you pirate can't tolerate you here." Wu Yan shouted in anger.

Zheng Zhilong did not take Wu Xuan at all, "I am the commander of the Navy of the Third-rank Minister of War, and the rank of general. Do you dare to say that I am a pirate?" He glared at Wu Xuan, "What qualifications do you have to insult me? Didn't you bet with the prince before, insist on using your official position as a guarantee to guarantee Wu Sangui's acceptance of the recruitment, and wouldn't you surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Now Wu Sangui has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, why are you still standing here? What kind of face do you have to stand here? Do you want to resign? If I were you, you would have resigned from your post now!"

Wu Qi was so angry that his face turned red, but he really didn't want to resign and leave.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui surrendered to the thief, because I don't know the people, and I know that I am guilty. But now that the Wu thief surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army is coming in a fierce manner. If I abandon my post at this time, I will ignore the overall situation and not be a loyal act of the minister. I request that I will keep the crime for the time being. After retiring to the thief, I will resign and return."

Zheng Zhilong stood in his position and let out a few disdainful sneers.

Fu Shan, Chief of Staff of the Privy Council, also took the opportunity to finish the fight.

"Is the Prime Minister's intention to personally lead troops to defeat Wu Sangui and the Qing army?"

Zheng Zhilong laughed, "So that's it. It seems that Zheng underestimated the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is indeed very courageous and loyal, and the officials admire him. The officials here wish the Prime Minister in advance that he can succeed, win the flag, and defeat the attacks of Wu Ni and the Qing Lu in one fell swoop."

Wu Yan was blocked.

His so-called retention of guilt was just because he didn't want to resign. But at this time, Fu Shan and Zheng Zhilong sang and drank, but he could not refuse.

"I have this intention, but the court has appointed the prince as the commander of the county, and the governor of all the troops to defend the enemy. The prince has rich experience in fighting formations, so it is hard for me to interfere in this matter again." Wu Xuan said.

"No." Liu Jun stood up and said. "I can give up the position of supervisor to the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister took action personally. Maybe he could persuade Wu Sangui to change his mind and accept the court's re-entry. If that is the case, wouldn't it be better?"

Wu Qi was so uncomfortable that he could only lower his posture at this time.

"It is not my chief, but the princes are still capable. Now Wu Ni colluded with the Qing dynasty to attack, and continued to increase his troops to the west. The princes still need to take action to coordinate the defense and counterattack of the troops in various towns."

This is the Zuodu Censor Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Revenue Li Banghua, the Ge Lao Fang Fengnian and others also came out to mix with each other. Everyone knows that although Wu Yan is also known as the military officials, it is limited to the suppression of a few bandits and bandits in the local area. If he really wants him to command this defensive battle, it will definitely not work.

Especially now, all the troops on the Great Wall defense line are Liu Jun's old commanders. Even if Wu Yan goes, they may not be able to sell his account.

"For the sake of national affairs, we should unite and work together, so don't say anything like resigning from office. Now we have to consider whether we have to argue. Wu Sangui has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing throne has also sent more troops to prepare for a large-scale attack. At this time, we have to consider how to repel the enemy. There is no need to fight for the rest of the others." At the critical moment, Li Banghua came out to speak for Wu Yan.

Finally, after a long quarrel, Zhu Cilang issued an order to remove Feng Yuanbiao and Chen Yan, who were the first to propose to be named Wu Sangui, from his official positions. As for the real advocate Wu Qi, the chief assistant, he verbally scolded him.

The final result was that Liu Jun immediately left the capital and went to Tongzhou to be responsible for defending against the Qing army's invasion.

After the meeting, Liu Jun, Fu Shan, Zheng Zhilong, Zhao Shun and others left together.

"Prince, today is a good opportunity. Why don't you take the opportunity to knock Wu Yan down in one fell swoop and kick him out?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

“Not that simple.”

"Then let him stay in the court so shamelessly?"

"Go step by step." Liu Jun smiled. Although he did not take the opportunity to bring Wu Qi down at the meeting today, it was just because there are still many officials in the court who are on Wu Qi's side. Some of them are not from the Jiangbei Party and they are not willing to see Wu Qi get out, which makes the Chu Party dominate in the court.

If Liu Jun forced himself to overthrow Wu Yan, it would definitely cause a rebound.

However, Liu Jun didn't take action just now, which doesn't mean he is going to let Wu Qi go.

The eyes of the masses are sharp and the power of public opinion is even more powerful.

This bet has actually spread a long time ago. With such a result, Liu Jun will not miss the fun of letting the people of the capital participate.

Mobilize the masses and make Wu Yan’s reputation bad first. Once his reputation is bad, it will be much easier to kick Wu Yan away.

"Prince, the Qing emperors are very brave this time and dare to collude with Wu Sangui. Now they dare to mobilize troops. Should we give them a reply, draw troops from Denglai, Lushun, and Beiyang towns, and directly land in Liaodong, and then attack Huanglong and plow the caves?" Fu Shan asked.

Liu Jun shook his head, "No need to be so big, just send troops from Beiyang, Lushun, and Zhenjiang to prepare for a summer sweep and sweep the coastal areas again. There is no need to be so big, and they will surround Liaoyang and attack Shenyang at any time. Then the Tartars immediately frightened and retreated. They finally came over, so we will satisfy them once and let them see our Great Wall defense line."

"Our Great Wall defense line is very strong, and they will definitely get bleeding from their heads."

"It's okay. If the Tartars hit, we won't attack. Let them fight. I want to see how long they can support an army of more than 100,000 people with the current national strength of the Tartars."

"It must not last for three months." Fu Shan said with a smile.

"That's right. Let's give them a summer sweep first. When we look back, we will give them a autumn counterattack, give him a set meal, and let all the Tartars come to get the bento." (To be continued.)
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