For this reason, Chongzhen reduced his diet and ate vegetarian dishes, which was not very effective, and he did not save much money. Sometimes the vegetarian diet increased. However, Chongzhen gained a good reputation for loving the people! Moreover, the civil and military officials in the court kept praising merits, leaving Chongzhen in the clouds and mist all day long, so he was so happy! He would continue to do it.

Chongzhen believed that as long as his holy virtue could increase, this would be the best result!

Zhang Biwu knew that no matter how diligent Chongzhen was or how frugal Chongzhen was, the lack of military pay was too large, and the officials in the court could not be the same as Chongzhen. Chongzhen himself was suspicious, and since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he had been mean and polite to his ministers, which made it impossible for him to treat him with his honor, so he could not treat him with concentration.

In addition, since the rise of the Donglin Party, the phenomenon of civil servants forming cliques for personal gain has become more common. The strong power of civil servants can compete with the emperor! The emperor sometimes has no choice!

The monarch and ministers were not united, and Chongzhen was also anxious. If he was too anxious, he would easily make mistakes and make missteps, which would lead to the situation becoming more and more unfavorable.

Zhang Biwu was waiting to see how Chongzhen punished these court officials. If Chongzhen punished important officials in the court, especially royal relatives, or cabinet chief ministers, it would shake the entire court and force civil officials to restrain themselves. What a pity! Chongzhen just used the little shrimp to vent his anger!

These little shrimps cannot shock the civil servants at all! What civil servants should do will continue to do whatever they want. The small ones stare at what the big ones do, the big ones are unscrupulous, and the small ones are even less afraid.

For this reason, all Chongzhen's actions were useless! Zhang Biwu couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty had too many problems. It was not easy to save this severely ill person who was terminally ill?

After Zhang Biwu said goodbye, only Chongzhen and Empress Zhou were left. Empress Zhou asked Chongzhen: "Emperor, what do you think of Mom and Zhang Biwu?"

Chongzhen replied: "I can see that our daughter is in love with her! She has a lot of affection for Zhang Biwu!"

Empress Zhou then said: "Your Majesty, you asked Mom to fly kites with Zhou Shixian at that time. I came back to find out about my daughter's situation, but my daughter was full of worries. I also saw her holding the note tightly. The note said the three words Zhang Biwu were written on it! Did Mom really fall in love with Zhang Biwu?"

Chongzhen laughed and said, "Haha! Maybe it's right! Haha! Beauties love heroes! Our Princess Kunxing is a great beauty that is praised throughout the capital! If she can give her favor to the person she likes, I don't know that it will be a blessing for eight lifetimes! Haha! This is what I often tell my mother!"

Queen Zhou was worried and said, "But I think Zhang Biwu is not loyal to the emperor!" Then she saw the haze on Chongzhen's face. Queen Zhou was scared and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I deserve to die! I shouldn't do the government, so I ask the emperor to forgive me!"

"Oh!" Chongzhen sighed and said, "Empress, what you are worried about is the most! In fact, I don't value it, I am guarding against Zhang Biwu everywhere because Zhang Biwu is not loyal to my ministers! How many ministers in the court are loyal to me? None of them! I am walking on thin ice!"

Empress Zhou expressed her understanding and constantly comforted Chongzhen. Chongzhen valued Empress Zhou's first wife, and her relationship was quite deep, although Chongzhen liked and loved Concubine Tian the most.

Instead of mentioning Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, he turned to Zhang Biwu. After Zhang Biwu withdrew, many eunuchs came to congratulate him. They all said that no one had ever been treated like this by the emperor. Although Zhang Biwu is just a small garrison in three counties and a guerrilla general, his future will be limitless! Even the highly favored Yang Sichang did not receive such honors.

Zhang Biwu just smiled. He said nothing and left the palace gate. But he saw a large group of civil servants waiting here. He turned out to congratulate him. He also said that the emperor set up an imperial banquet list to invite Zhang Biwu alone. Zhang Biwu could still eat with the emperor at the same table. What an honor! It is hard to have it in ancient and modern times!

After all, the king is the leader of his ministers, and the ministers can eat with him at the same table, which is rare in ancient and modern times.

Zhang Biwu did not speak out. He just dealt with these civil servants casually and immediately returned to his residence. As soon as he arrived at the residence, he saw that his residence was full of cars. Many officials or nobles came to congratulate Zhang Biwu! Many people expressed their intention to flatter!

Zhang Biwu could only smile bitterly. He worked hard to deal with the people who were hiding their swords in their smiles and were tempted by the people. After sending all of these people away, Zhang Biwu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that there was no one around, Huang Qi gave Zhang Biwu a letter, which even touched Zhang Biwu's heart. It was hard to save the Ming Dynasty! This was a letter written by Lu Xiangsheng!

Lu Xiangsheng and Yao Dongzhao were driven away by officials and had to leave the capital. When Lu Xiangsheng saw that Chongzhen was not sympathetic to the hungry people, he just repeatedly used empty words and clichés to make things perfunctory. This made the people feel heartbroken. Everyone thought in their hearts that the emperor and the court, who did not think about the people, would collapse earlier and perish earlier! The idea of ​​looking forward to a change of dynasty has already emerged in the hearts of the people. Although the people did not say it, they were just afraid of being killed.

However, once the idea of ​​changing dynasties takes root in the hearts of the people, the people's hearts of the Ming Dynasty will be lost and the people's hearts will all be dispersed! The Ming Dynasty is not far from its demise.

Lu Xiangsheng was heartbroken to the loyal emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whom he was loyal to, but he had no choice. He mourned the misfortune of the people. The tragic situation of thousands of miles of land made Lu Xiangsheng feel uneasy. His thoughts have changed completely. Can this Ming Dynasty still be saved? Is it better to change the dynasty as soon as possible like the people?

Lu Xiangsheng is now confused, and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty has long been worn out because the people were born in dire straits and the Ming Dynasty court is not saved.

Lu Xiangsheng also said in his letter that if a scholar is a confidant, the national soldiers will treat me, and the national soldiers will treat me, and the dirt will be given to me! Because the court has already given Zhang Biwu apologized to Zhang Biwu! Even if Zhang Biwu is sorry to the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng will not blame him. I just want Zhang Biwu to put the people of the world first, and even if he does not fight for the Ming Dynasty, he will have to fight for the people.

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After reading Lu Xiangsheng's letter, Zhang Biwu sighed. He didn't know it in his heart? What he thought now was that the tragedy of the three massacres of Jiading in Yangzhou in ten days! It would be better that even Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times, Kaifeng suffered floods, and millions of creatures were swallowed by the flood could be avoided.

Zhang Biwu's greatest wish was to change the history of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains. He had to return to the Lingbao now and had to expand his strength! If possible, there were still fewer places in the three counties, and he would continue to expand his territory and increase his troops.

There is not much time left! It is now the fourteenth year of Chongzhen! The seventeenth year of Chongzhen! The Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains! There are three years left! Three years! Time is getting tighter and tighter!

Moreover, Zhang Biwu received an order to help Yang Sichang eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, so he had to set off quickly!

Because the latest thing is that on February 20, Zhang Xianzhong captured Guangzhou. Zhang Xianzhong captured Xiangyang and went east, and joined Luo Rucai's troops to Henan and attacked Shangcheng. At that time, the magistrate Sheng Yiheng was transferred to the position of Kaifeng Tongzhi and was about to go. Zhang Xianzhong's army arrived and refused to defend with the town official Yang Suxiu and others. It was raining and snowing, and the soldiers guarding the city were frozen and unable to fight. Sheng Yiheng led the crowd to shoot and kill 17 rebels. Later, Yiheng was injured and captured and died.

Zhang Xianzhong then attacked Suizhou. Although the magistrate Xu Shichun personally defended the death penalty, he was eventually defeated by the cunning Zhang Xianzhong's plan to attack the east and west. He pretended to attack the south but sneaked troops into the north city and broke the city. Xu Shichun died in the chaos.

Now Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng seem to be competing to see who is the most powerful! Both of them are constantly shaking the rule of the Ming Dynasty and strengthening their momentum.

Zhang Xianzhong's strength has become more powerful again, and Zhang Biwu can no longer stay in the capital. He must return to Lingbao as soon as possible.

Zhang Biwu and Huang Qi and Song Yi were packing up their things, but they didn't know that Zhang Biwu would suffer a home change after returning to Lingbao! He had to face a mutation in his family again! What's going on?

OK! I won’t mention how Zhang Biwu and the others prepared their luggage, and then set off for Lingbao, but talked about what happened on Lingbao’s side. Dear readers, I should still remember Delis mentioned earlier, who came to China on a merchant ship.

This caravan has benefited a lot from her help. Of course, the most important thing to pay Delis to come to China.

As soon as Delis arrived in China, she wanted to find Zhang Biwu. Fortunately, Zhang Biwu had made contributions in Jinan before, and he was already well-known. When asked what he said, many people knew. It was not difficult for Delis to know where Zhang Biwu was.

Now, Delis discovered that Zhang Biwu had been named the garrison of the three counties of Lingbao, Lu family, and Fengxiang. Moreover, Zhang Biwu not only showed his power in the inland river in Guangzhou, but also defeated the British and Dutch forces in the Humen Fort, and the pirate coalition. He also broke into Jinan City and killed the brothers Yue Tou and Mazhan, which was so powerful that he defeated Zhang Xianzhong even in the battle with Zhang Xianzhong. Now Zhang Biwu is famous!

Delis was not surprised at all. She knew that with Zhang Biwu's ability, it was normal to do this.

Since that's the case, all Delis wants to do now is to go to Lingbao to find Zhang Biwu. At the same time, she also wants to see what kind of woman Zhang Biwu's wife Qin Huaiyu is!

Delis's mood became fierce. She didn't want to delay for a moment, so she rented a carriage and gave the driver more money, so that he could take her toward Lingbao quickly.

The coachman was moved because he got so much silver. Of course, he agreed and ran away all the way.
Chapter completed!