"She...isn't she?"

Chen Zhiyuan took the tea handed over by Wu Zheng and asked casually without raising his head.

"Don't worry, your father is watching. After this battle, you will return home in glory and you will be able to hold a fat boy when you go back."

Chen Zhiyuan raised his eyes and said, "How did you know that he was just a kid?"

Wu Zheng laughed and said, "Even if it's a girl, that's not bad... Raise it well and be a wife for my son at that time."

Chen Zhiyuan rolled his eyes and said, "You think beautifully... I have nothing to worry about, I just asked casually."

Looking at this insincere childhood friend, Wu Zheng sighed softly, "If... I mean if, if you can't convince Dong'e, she still wants to avenge her Ama... Then you will be sad in the future."

"There is nothing to be sad." Chen Zhiyuan raised his head and closed his eyes, shook his head, and said leisurely: "Let her live... just live like an ordinary person."

"So... are you not planning to make her a real wife?" Wu Zheng asked.

Chen Zhiyuan turned his head to look at Wu Zheng, "Can you agree?"

Wu Zheng was silent.

"Since you have made a decision, ask me what to do?"

Wu Zheng smiled bitterly, "Is this something I can make a decision... But I really have to be cautious about this matter. Wherever she is placed, she is a side room, and it's fine. If she really wants to be a countess... she is still in public and private, it's really unreasonable. Besides, your father also means that he wants you to choose another virtuous wife as his official wife."

"I... have no objection." Chen Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I originally planned to... but she died in Yanzhou. In my heart, only she deserves the title of Countess!"

This is her, naturally, Changlin Wei, who was with the enemy's confidant for three years, Qian and Qingyin.

Wu Zheng nodded with relief and said, "That's good... I'm very relieved if you think so!"

The two of them fell silent. After a while, Chen Zhiyuan asked, "You really think this plan can you hide it from Jirgalang, Hong, Fan and others?"

Wu Zheng smiled, "Even if Hong and Fan see through it, what if? The little emperor just took power and was the time to gain power, how could he miss such a good opportunity... Jiergalang had the will to be independent, and the emperor lost his power, so how could he stop it? Moreover, in Jiergalang's view, our dynasty did not really threaten the strength of the Qing court in the short term, and he had to be ordered to mediate with me in the face of danger, and so he would take the opportunity to regain power. Why not do it?"

"If the Qing court stopped when it is better, and only occupied Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Haizhou, and then it will not go south. How should you deal with it?"

"Have you ever seen people who eat sugarcane and don't eat halfway?"

Chen Zhiyuan frowned slightly and said, "Actually, with the troops in your hands, contact the Daxi Army and fight the Qing army to a desperate battle, the chances of victory are still very high... Why do you have to do this? Have you ever thought that in this way, your reputation in the hearts of the people of Jiangbei will be ruined, which is very unfavorable for your future rise!"

Wu Zheng paced back and forth, "Zhiyuan, you are also an earl now. Although you don't have a fief, you are a super title after all... Why do you have to insist on where I sit? Do you still want me to sign you as a vassal king? If you really have this idea, then I will tell you clearly today. Even if I really sit in that position in the future, I will not imitate the Zhou emperor to enfeoff the world... You and I know that the disputes in the world are the root of disaster!"

Chen Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "If I don't have this mind... that's a lie, but this is not the most important thing. Wu Zheng, do you really think that this world is really a blessing for the world when it comes to Zhu's hands? If so, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished."

"I have said that this world must be returned to the Zhu family?"

"But you have never said that you won't return it to the Zhu family?"

"Isn't this good?" Wu Zheng laughed, "at least it won't immediately trigger the rebellion of the royalists. If there is a chaotic situation in the rear at this critical moment, then the consequences... you should be clear."

"Everything has its pros and cons. Your mind is vague, which will also cause many people who originally wanted to follow you to change their direction... This will also cause one to decline and the other to rise. Moreover, even if they are sincerely loyal to you, your lack of progress will also cause their fighting spirit to be depressed... Wu Zheng, you would not think that all those who follow you are like you, can not think about your wealth, rice, oil and salt, or make achievements, and be granted a wife and son? But if you have no intention of the throne in the end, how can you satisfy those arrogant soldiers and soldiers who have made great achievements... At that time, do you have to cooperate with Zhu to stage a good show of releasing military power with the wine and hiding the bow of the bird?"

Wu Zheng looked at Chen Zhiyuan's face for a long time, "So... are you talking about this?"

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"I admit it!" Chen Zhiyuan nodded, "If you didn't go back to Shaoxing Mansion, or I was a scholar who failed many times, I finally took over my father's store, business name, and became a local official... If you sit in that position, I don't worry, at least, you won't harm me for no reason... But if Zhu sits in that position, can you guarantee that Zhu won't settle the accounts after the autumn?"

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "If you think I am a piece of wood, will you not have the power to protect yourself?"

Chen Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because of this that I am afraid... Not only I am afraid, Chen Sheng, Li Ruhai and other old people are afraid! Wu Zheng, if you are incompetent, you are a lucky minister, and we are not afraid, because the emperor can deal with you at will... But you are a powerful minister, the only powerful minister in the world. Even in history, such powerful ministers can count them with one hand. Can the emperor not be afraid of you? Can he weaken your power without changing the law and take back the power that should not belong to? In this way, the battle begins... The emperor cannot do anything to you for a moment, so he will first attack us, waiting for these old subordinates, and we, neither can we get your protection nor can we fight against the entire court alone, and we are a group of sheep that can be ravaged by others!"

Wu Zheng was a little moved.

Wu Zheng knew the truth. Not only Chen Zhiyuan said it, but many people have said such things, especially the madmen such as Mao Xiang and others who directly persuaded them to enter.

However, if Chen Zhiyuan said it to his face, the impact on Wu Zheng’s heart was different.

Chen Zhiyuan is right, namely, is the root of all chaos.

Currently, he has 200,000 Northern Expedition Army in his hands, and he has great power. He can control the government at any time, and even depose and establish an emperor as he pleases.

But when the world is truly unified and the new king is supported, I will be a minister after all. As long as the king and his subjects are destined to be, countless people will flock to the new king, fighting for the merit of following the dragon, even if some of them are those who originally wanted to him.
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