Originally, Wu Zheng planned to go north along the coastline directly from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Yingtian Prefecture.

But at the mouth of Qiantang River, I received a report from Li Ruhai.

I was really happy to learn that Qian Sule and others were safe and sound.

The news that Qian Jinxuan was hiding in the queue made Wu Zheng sweat.

Just kidding, although Wu Zheng has never seen what this woman looks like today, her name is her own wife.

If this falls into the hands of the Qing army... Wu Zheng even hated Qian Sule for a while.

Why is this stubborn and awesome old man so ignorant?

Fortunately, there was no danger, which made Wu Zheng breathe a sigh of relief.

But when Wu Zheng saw this part of Ma Shiying, he was shocked.

From his memory, Ma Shiying was a treacherous minister, saying that he was a disaster to the country and the people was already light.

According to temper, such people should die and feed dogs.

But Wu Zheng looked at the meaning between the lines of Li Ruhai, which obviously had the taste of pleading for Ma Shiying.

In addition to the three realms blocking battle, Ma Shiying really made an indelible contribution.

If it weren't for him, at least Li Ruhai would have died and would not have come back.

From this point of view, Wu Zheng can understand Li Ruhai's mood and repay kindness. Isn't this what a real man should do when dealing with the world?

No matter whether he is a treacherous or a loyal minister, since he has kindness, he will have to repay it.

It is not done by a real man to repay kindness and revenge for his grace.

It was precisely this personality that Wu Zheng leaned on Zhu Ma's ship with his letter.

He handed the letter to Zhu Mai, and Wu Zheng said, "God bless you, Lord Qian and his party have crossed the river safely."

Zhu Mo looked at the letter paper, his face was gloomy and clear.

After she finished reading it, the first sentence was: "Why should I scold Lord Qian, how can I put the prospective wife of Jinghai Hou into danger!"

This shocked Wu Zheng.

The two of them looked at me, and I looked at you, silent for a long time.

Wu Zheng finally got to the point, "Your Highness thinks Ma Shiying should deal with it?"

Zhu Mai casually handed the letter back to Wu Zheng and said, "This matter will naturally be decided by the Hou Jinghai and the officials of the court."

Wu Zheng sighed in his heart. This woman was becoming more and more skilled in the way of power and conspiracy. Her Tai Chi was already in perfect state.

Without any help, Wu Zheng could only say: "Ma Shiying's reputation and his sins are enough to kill him. At least the ministers of our dynasty will not tolerate him in the court and face each other day. But according to Li Ruhai's meaning, Ma Shiying did make great contributions to our dynasty this time. If he had not rescued him in time, Li Ruhai and his troops would have all died in the country. This contribution must be lost!"

Zhu Ma's eyes flashed, and he looked at Wu Zheng and said, "I heard from Jinghai Hou that I want me to speak on my behalf to keep him in the court? Have you ever thought that Ma Shiying is the Grand Secretary and Chief Minister of the Hongguang Dynasty. Even if I agree to take him in, how should he place him? If the official position is high, how can the princes in the court be convinced? If the official position is low, wouldn't he be a rebellious dog?"

Wu Zheng became silent, and Zhu Mo's words hit the point of the matter.

After all, this is the main reason why officials and enemies Kai are together.

It is also the main reason for expelling Ma Shiying when Lu was the governor of the country.

His former official position was too high to be placed. As for the evil things he had done, it was the second.

No matter what, Wang Zhiren also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Many officials in the court have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but now they are different and stay in the court, sighing "The world is not as old as ever"?

Once Ma Shiying was the chief assistant, he did not seek refuge in the end. I think that in the past two years, he could gather these thousands of troops. I am afraid that he would not want to seek refuge in the past two years.

It is precisely because of this that Wu Zheng decided to help Li Ruhai with his help and fulfill his desire to repay his kindness, and came to Zhu Moe.

Wu Zheng thought about it and said to Zhu Ma: "What Your Highness said is reasonable, but the ministers have a law. The court awarded him a title according to merit, and then gave his official title to the three palaces of the ministers. In this way, the court not only showed that the court rewards and punishments were clearly distinguished, but it would not allow him to stay in the court and be in the eyes of the princes."

Zhu Ma was stunned, thought for a while and said, "Aren't you afraid that he will turn against you?"

Wu Zheng felt aroused, and then smiled and said, "If he really had this ability, he deserved it. I have nothing to worry about."

Zhu Ma's problem is very serious. Ma Shiying was the chief minister of the Hongguang Dynasty before and had many disciples under him. If the court gave him the name, then taking the opportunity to recruit disciples in the three palaces to grow stronger, Wu Zheng would have the possibility of raising a tiger and fighting back on himself.

Seeing that Wu Zheng had already understood what he meant, Zhu Mai stopped persuading him, "Since Jinghai Hou intends to take in this person, I will not object. After joining the imperial court, I will discuss this matter."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

....

Today's Hangzhou City is no longer the case when the Qing army occupied it.

This is not about the people-friendly policies that Wu Zheng implemented in Hangzhou. In fact, Wu Zheng did nothing and had no time to do it.

Not long after the restoration of Hangzhou, Wu Zheng embarked on the road to the Northern Expedition.

Although Wu Zheng really wanted to do something in his heart, he didn't have time.

Besides, in Wu Zheng's view, what he does now will not play a decisive role in the great cause of restoration.

The failure of the Ming Dynasty was not a party struggle or an external trouble, but a corruption from the root.

This is the conclusion reached by Wu Zheng. The Ming people did not lack the courage to fight to the death, nor did they lack the strong civil and military officials.

Every dynasty is about to fall, and there are inevitably scum who surrender. It is too much to blame for these scums.

Wu Zheng’s evidence of root corruption is not an internal friction that he has experienced personally. This has been found in any dynasty and is not more serious than other eras.

What Wu Zheng saw was the system. Whether it was the person who formulated the system or the person who implemented the system, they bullied the superiors and did not hide the subordinates for their own selfish interests.

For example, the commercial tax that Mozunian mentioned, in fact, those literati really don’t know that commercial tax is abundant, and agricultural tax is the reason for competing for profit with the people?

No, absolutely not. If Wu Zheng really thought so, he would definitely underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

Needless to say, the ancients' understanding of politics, power and war was no less than that of Wu Zheng.

Later generations just sort out and pick up the wisdom of their predecessors, and of course, they also make additions and improvements.

Therefore, the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty knew very well what commercial taxes mean to the court and the country.

But they just firmly opposed it, not only casting the officials who proposed to increase the tax as traitors, but even used party struggles to kill them quickly.

Moreover, even Chongzhen temporarily imposed the "three taxes" for the sake of the Liaodong war, and it was abolished after only one year of implementation.

Not only did the "three taxes" be abolished, but it also became more severe, and the so-called disaster-stricken agricultural taxes in the two provinces and regions in Jiangnan were exempted from the one to three years.
Chapter completed!