Xu Hongji asked himself, he had no distracting thoughts of raising troops to attack the superiors and taking Chongzhen instead.

On the contrary, he was very satisfied with the power and status that the Duke of Wei Mansion now has, and even felt a little nervous and treasoned, thinking that the Xu family's two dukes were a bit too shocking.

Since he has been staying in Nanjing, Xu Hongji is also well aware of the various disadvantages of the Jiangnan region. He also thought about how to solve the disadvantages of the Jiangnan region if he was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and make the scholars in Jiangnan love the court.

The answer is unsolvable. Faced with the Jiangnan gentry class who only cares about personal gain and ignores the national justice, Xu Hongji neither could convince them to be loyal to the court nor had the courage to turn against them.

In Xu Hongji's view, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he had to face such a huge disadvantage in Jiangnan. After the northwest, there were droughts again and there were Jiannu in the northeast, and the north had to guard against Mongolia. This was simply not a job that people did.

On the other hand, I just need to stay leisurely in Nanjing and enjoy the happiness. As long as the Jiangnan is not in chaos, I will be as stable as Mount Tai. On such a life, I would not be willing to change it if I was a god, let alone the thankless emperor!

Therefore, Xu Hongji was extremely satisfied with everything he had now. He did not have such great ambitions and was very satisfied with the status quo. He just wanted to be a Duke of Wei who did not have to be responsible for the country but could enjoy the support of the country.

Now, for the sake of a momentary aura, he almost broke up with Zhang Chaozhong, the imperial envoy representing the emperor. This is undoubtedly an extremely unwise behavior, and it can even be said to be a brainless act!

"I am still too young. If it were my father, I would be afraid that when I received the news that Liu Ronghua led his troops out of the city, I would lead my troops to capture Liu Ronghua as soon as possible and leave it to Zhang Chaozhong for a break."

"But I was so confused that I only thought that as the head of the powerful in Nanjing, I would make the decision for Liu Ronghua."

"Xu Hongji, Xu Hongji, you are so arrogant. How did your father explain to you before he died? 'Just just sweep the snow in front of the door, don't worry about the frost on others' tiles'. This proverb that you are so self-protection has been forgotten by you, right?!"

"No! There is also the dog thing Zhang Yuanqing. If he hadn't been instilling malice towards Zhang Chaozhong all the time, I might not have done such an unwise thing."

"Zhang Yuanqing studied at Donglin Academy when he was young, and he was indeed the same as those of the Donglin Party. Humph! How can I clean up your dog's things after I return home!"

Xu Hongji's psychological transformation is described as long as a piece of cloth, but in reality it is only a blink of an eye.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Hongji's expression gradually relaxed, and he smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Governor Zhang, you did a good job. I saw that you were young, but I just tried you a little and found that you were indeed loyal to Your Majesty and deserve the heavy responsibilities you entrust.

As for the traitors like Liu Ronghua who were disrespectful to Your Majesty, they naturally could not forgive him. The reason why I brought 30,000 troops out was to take down Liu Ronghua and hand it over to Duke Zhang to deal with it. Come! Leave the body of the traitor Liu Ronghua, the traitor, to Duke Zhang, and withdraw the entire army back to Nanjing!"

Silence, dead silence!

As soon as Xu Hongji said this, not only did Zhang Chaozhong not expect it at all, but even the personal military generals who had followed Xu Hongji for more than 20 years could never expect it.

Whether it was the three thousand iron cavalry under Zhang Chaozhong or the 30,000 Nanjing Jingzhang soldiers under the Duke of Wei, they all looked at each other, looking at me, and I looked at you.

Some people even dug their ears in confusion, wondering if their ears have too much earwax, causing auditory hallucinations.

But even after they took it, what they heard in their ears was indeed Xu Hongji surrendered to Zhang Chaozhong and even told a lie that anyone could hear, in order to cover up his purpose of leading troops out of the city for Liu Ronghua and Zhang.

Zhang Chaozhong was startled at first, but he was extremely smart and soon realized that from Xu Hongji's perspective, the Duke of Wei's mansion was with the Ming Dynasty, and Xu Hongji really had no need to go against the emperor.

For the sake of an insignificant Liu Ronghua, he clearly showed that he had torn apart with himself, who represented the emperor, was a brainless act, and what a wise man would not do.

Since he understood Xu Hongji's position, Zhang Chaozhong would naturally not refuse the olive branch that Xu Hongji extended. He bowed and smiled and said, "The Duke of Wei is very wise and I admire him very much. However, in addition to the Liu Ronghua clan, the Ma Jiang clan was involved in the case of massacre of Qian Qianyi's family. He also asked the Duke of Wei to make some convenience and allow me to lead troops into the city to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan."

"Of course!" Xu Hongji stroked his beard and smiled: "The two clans of Ma Jiang dared to do evil things like slaughtering Qian Qianyi's family, which are both angry with the gods. Of course, I have no choice but to help Zhang to eliminate such evil thieves."

Zhang Chaozhong nodded and smiled, "In this way, Duke Wei has troubled. I owe Duke Wei a favor."

Seeing that Duke of Wei and Zhang Chaozhong reached such a shameless agreement, everyone knew that this time, the Anyuan Marquis Mansion and the Ma Jiang clan were completely finished.

...

Nanjing City, Jiang Family.

In the study, Jiang Hai'an, the head of the Jiang family, Ma Qingyuan, and Zhang Yuanqing, the aide of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, were happily savoring the fragrant tea, and they looked happy.

Ma Qingyuan bowed and smiled at Zhang Yuanqing, "Mr. Zhang is such a good method. If you don't take action, you will be able to press down on Mount Tai. He actually told Eunuch Wei to lead 30,000 troops to reinforce Anyuan Hou. With these 50,000 troops to support Zhang Chaozhong, it would be difficult for him to fly this time."

Zhang Yuanqing smiled modestly and said, "Mr. Ma is so ridiculous. Mr. Zhang is just a little guide. The key is that Eunuch Wei has to make his own decisions.

According to Zhang, although Anyuan Hou had an army of 20,000 and Zhang Chaozhong had only 10,000, Zhang Chaozhong had three thousand cavalry under his command. When the two armies met, the victory and defeat between Anyuan Hou and Zhang Chaozhong should be between 28 points, and Anyuan Hou would be defeated 80% of the time.

When An Yuanhou was defeated and chased by Zhang Chaozhong, the 30,000 army led by Duke Wei was about to arrive on the battlefield. On one side was Zhang Chaozhong who had never met before, and on the other side were powerful Nanjing people who were in harmony. Duke Wei would definitely help his relatives and send 30,000 troops to attack Zhang Chaozhong.

As long as the two armies start, there will be no room for change afterwards. They will definitely not stop until one side dies. This time, the Duke of Wei will win overwhelmingly without any suspense.

In this way, the Duke of Wei led his troops to wipe out the imperial guards of the Dog Emperor. In order to calm the Dog Emperor's anger, the Duke of Wei could only make mistakes and slander Zhang Chaozhong for pretending to be an imperial envoy.

In order to ensure the long-term stability of the south, the dog emperor had to choose to make mistakes and admit that Zhang Chaozhong was a traitor who pretended to be an imperial envoy, hahahaha!"

"Gao! It's really high! Mr. Zhang's wisdom is far better than Zhuge Wuhou, and we admire him!" When Ma Qingyuan and Jiang Hai'an heard this, he couldn't help but raise his thumbs up and exclaimed.
Chapter completed!