"Please ask for it, Duke Zhenguo." Zhang Huangyan raised his glass and said.

Wu Zheng was dissatisfied now, so he put down the cup he had already picked up and complained: "I call Brother Xuan, you call me Duke Zhenguo. Could it be that there is nothing else between you and me except for colleagues?"

Zhang Huangyan laughed, then changed his words: "Wu Zheng, please."

Wu Zheng then picked up the cup again, "Okay, that's how it should be. Come on, the first glass of wine should be paid homage to Mr. Zhang who sacrificed his life for the country in the post pavilion."

"Yes, there are also soldiers who fought bloody battles during the Northern Expedition."

The two slowly poured the wine in their hands on the ground.

Then I started to sing and reminisce.

As the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine are enough for friends.

After a jar of wine, the two of them blushed. Wu Zheng came to his temper and shouted that Song An would come to get the wine again.

At this time, Zhang Huangyan reached out and pressed Wu Zheng and said, "We shouldn't drink Japanese today. I just saw that you were uneasy. I'll drink a jar with you and can't add it anymore."

Wu Zheng was stunned at first, then fell silent, and slowly sat back.

"I can't hide it from Brother Xuan."

Zhang Huangyan said: "It can't be hidden from Lord Qian and Mr. Wozi."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. I didn't want to hurt people, but people insisted on hurting me, what can I do?"

"But they are not enemies after all!" Zhang Huangyan said seriously, "You have made great contributions to the court, and now you have been confirmed as a royal family... Give them some time, and they will turn around."

Wu Zheng said worriedly: "But we don't have that much time."

Zhang Huangyan sighed lightly: "Yes, the news from the south is probably not going to be able to resist for a long time... Once the south is pacified, the Qing court will definitely strive for Jiangnan and our court will be in danger."

Wu Zheng tapped the table with his finger and suddenly said, "I want to send a surprise troops south to Fujian. Brother Xuan thought what?"

When Zhang Huangyan heard this, he opened his mouth wide, "Are you crazy?"

Looking at Wu Zheng's calm eyes, Zhang Huangyan said anxiously: "Not to say whether they will agree, just say that if you transfer the army south, there will be no help if there are fewer people. If there are more people, how do you deal with the chaos in the court... Now, it is really not the time."

Although what Zhang Huangyan said was obscure, Wu Zheng understood what Zhang Huangyan meant.

According to the current court's right to speak, Wu Zheng can't decide it alone.

The army was transferred south to reinforce Longwu, but this really didn't work.

In the fight against the Qing Dynasty, there was basically no objection, but it was difficult to respond to the need to reinforce one's "political enemies".

Many people in the court were eager to perish the Longwu Dynasty, which had been suppressing their own efforts, to perish earlier.

Wu Zheng knew that Zhang Huangyan was saying the truth, the situation is not stable now, and the selection of cabinet personnel is the top priority.

So he said, "Then wait a little longer, I will talk about it after tomorrow's grand ceremony."

Zhang Huangyan asked, "The fifth person, do you really want to recommend Ma Shiying?"

Wu Wai was stunned and asked depressedly: "Why do you know everything? I have never told anyone about this, and I have never even revealed Ma Shiying."

"Not only do I know, Lord Qian and the others have guessed it too."

"Is it so obvious?" Wu Zheng was a little depressed.

Zhang Huangyan looked at Wu Zheng and chuckled, "It's not that you didn't do well enough, but..."

“But what?”

"But there are too few people around you."

Wu Zheng was stunned.

Zhang Huangyan sighed, "Selects to join the cabinet not only require talent, but also qualifications. Such candidates are rare now in the court, and you can guess it with a little guess. And you are even more... Alas, you don't need to guess, you will know it's Ma Shiying."

Wu Zheng suddenly realized and stomped his feet and said, "What's the solution? The past two years have been spent on the war. How could he have the intention to recruit literati and poets?"

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said, "Yes, if I really spend my energy on recruiting, I'm afraid I won't be able to recover Nanjing today."

"Since you have guessed it, then you said, can Ma Shiying enter the cabinet?"

Zhang Huangyan lowered his head and thought, "He is not suitable. But... he must enter the cabinet!"

Wu Zheng said inexplicably: "How do you say this?"

"Not to mention whether Ma Shiying is loyal or treacherous, capable or mediocre, his reputation is enough to keep many scholars away from him, which will affect you."

Wu Zheng nodded. He was mentally prepared for this.

Zhang Huangyan continued: "But now, according to your strategy, four of the five people in the cabinet, Qian and Chen, will inevitably constrain you. With my own strength, I cannot compete with you. Duke Xingguo seems to be on your side, but he is a full-fledged minister after all. Unless you take office as a royal family or ascend to the great treasure, you will not be able to be loyal to you. In this way, the fifth person in the cabinet determines the ownership of the cabinet's voice. Therefore, even if Ma Shiying is not suitable, he can only enter the cabinet."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too. When dealing with money and Chen, ordinary people are no match for them at all. Only experience and means like Ma Shiying can compete."

Zhang Huangyan suddenly interrupted: "But I don't understand at all. Do you really believe in Ma Shiying and be loyal to you?"

Wu Zheng laughed when asked, "Loyalty? How could I believe he would be loyal to me?"

Zhang Huangyan was a little anxious now, "Then you... aren't this... nonsense!"

Wu Zheng patted Zhang Huangyan's hand that was placed on the table and said, "Don't be anxious, listen to me finish your words."

"I do not believe that he is sincerely loyal to me, but that he has no goal of loyalty except me at least for now. With his reputation, I am afraid that no one will take him in. To be precise, no one with more strength than me has taken him in. In this way, whether he is sincerely loyal to me or not, at least in the short term, his interests overlap with me. If I fail, he will be even worse, and vice versa, then there is no need to be a tangle whether he is sincerely loyal to me."

Zhang Huangyan had a slight head. He understood Wu Zheng's meaning, "It's reasonable. But, I don't mean that. If he was not sincerely loyal to you, will he cause another incident once he takes over the important position of the cabinet minister..."

"No." Wu Zheng said firmly, "Before I took him in, I had already had a word with him. If he dared to reorganize the eunuch party gang under my command... then he would firmly eradicate it!"

Hearing that Wu Zheng was so determined, Zhang Huangyan felt relieved and let out a sigh of relief.

"That's good." Zhang Huangyan changed direction, "Then the question is simple. Just discuss how to ensure that Ma Shiying enters the cabinet."

Wu Zheng asked: "What are you good ways?"

Zhang Huangyan replied: "There is no good idea, but there is one bad idea."

Wu Zheng was a little disappointed, "Let's hear it."

"Exchange." Zhang Huangyan spit out two words gently.

"exchange?"

"right."

“What exchange is used?”
Chapter completed!