It has been rainy in Wuchang these past few days, with heavy rain falling continuously. Even Zuo Liangyu looked a little melancholy in the face of such weather. Drinking tea no longer tasted good, and some of the little girls around him were not as provocative as before.
I always feel that something is missing in my heart and I feel uncomfortable. These days I always like to look at the scenery outside and get distracted, and I don’t come back to my senses until it’s time to eat.
Seeing his father by the window, looking melancholy, his son Zuo Mengeng specially ordered someone to make a cup of good tea, and then handed it to him himself.
Faintly smelling the fragrance of tea wafting around him, Zuo Liangyu, who had always liked drinking tea, couldn't get interested. He gently pushed the tea cup aside and refused to drink tea. Seeing his father like this, Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but
After a moment of confusion, he had no choice but to hand the tea to the servant, step forward and ask, "Is there anything troubling in my father's mind?"
"No."
Zuo Mengeng was a little confused by his light words. He didn't know why his father was worried. But he also wanted to share the burden for his father, so he asked again:
"Father is worried about the court?"
"No."
Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but feel frustrated twice in a row. Although he didn't know what his father was worried about, he couldn't ask easily anymore, so he had to think hard behind his back.
"It's already May." Suddenly, Zuo Liangyu asked a question that made Zuo Mengeng's eyes light up immediately, and he immediately replied: "Yes, father, it's May 3rd."
Looking at the pounding rain outside the window, after letting out a long sigh, Zuo Liangyu turned around and frowned and said, "Your Majesty has arrived at Yingtian Mansion, did you know?"
"The child knows."
"After your Majesty pacified Ma Shiying and others, he did not leave, but stayed in Yingtian Mansion. Do you know what his plan is?"
Seeing that his father felt melancholy because of this incident, Zuo Menggeng immediately stepped forward and said: "My child believes that His Majesty must be planning to raise military pay and rations in the south of the Yangtze River, and then go north. At present, the situation in the north is changing, so Chongzhen will definitely not hide.
We are in Nanjing. Father, don’t worry, Your Majesty will not touch us."
"madness!"
Suddenly, Zuo Liangyu looked at his son coldly, uttered a scolding, and then angrily said: "You dare to talk about His Majesty's name casually, aren't you afraid of death? You are not afraid of death, others are too!"
Although he didn't know why his father suddenly scolded him for this matter, Zuo Liangyu still lowered his head and listened to the scolding.
After a while, Zuo Liangyu's anger subsided, and then he said slowly: "From what you just said, I can see that you didn't ask about the situation in the north at all. Because Jiannu went south again, there was that kind of
The plan is to unify the Central Plains, so now the invaders have made peace with His Majesty and return half of the Northern Zhili to the Ming Dynasty to resist the invasion of Jiannu."
Zuo Mengeng on the side did not dare to speak after being scolded. He also knew that he had been living in drunkenness and sex these days. Not to mention his grasp of these important matters, his body felt very weak.
If it weren't for the fear of my father being angry, I wouldn't have come to make tea for the first time today.
"If this is true, the situation in the north will be relatively relaxed. In this case, His Majesty has other intentions in staying at Yingtian Mansion. One of these intentions is Zhang Xianzhong, and the other is us."
"Your Majesty will probably not touch us." Zuo Mengeng didn't have much political sense for these things and could only guess: "And we now have an army of 500,000. His Majesty will not touch us so easily, and he has no ability to do so.
us."
"I don't want to be a criminal in history, let alone a treacherous official."
While the two were talking, a general suddenly came to report that they had found a courier who was in urgent need of 800 miles away near Wuchang and fainted on the road. They have now brought him in.
"What?"
Zuo Liangyu suddenly discovered that his men were all idiots. How dare he bring in people who were in a hurry from eight hundred miles away? Even if the prestige of the imperial court was no longer the same, it could not be so blatant!
"take me!"
When everyone hurriedly saw the messenger, he had been placed in a room and fell asleep, and the letter had been taken out.
"Sir, this is a letter."
A general handed the letter to Zuo Liangyu respectfully, and then withdrew.
Although he was a little unhappy, he had already done this, so he had nothing to do. He had no choice but to open the letter and read it. After almost a moment passed, he finally read the content above.
But his brows became more and more wrinkled, and his complexion became worse and worse, until he finally tore up the letter.
Seeing this, Zuo Mengeng and the surrounding generals couldn't help but be a little surprised. They looked at each other in disbelief. The Lord actually tore up the letter! It is probably that the content of the letter angered the Lord, so they dared to directly send the urgent letter from the imperial court.
tear.
"Get rid of this messenger. Anyone who knows his existence will get rid of him if there is a possibility that he will not keep it secret." After saying that, Zuo Liangyu turned around and left.
Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to deal with the matter. Only Zuo Mengeng hurriedly followed.
"Father!"
After returning to the room, Zuo Mengeng asked why he tore up the letter. After all, tearing up His Majesty's letter in front of the generals would prevent it from being spread out in the future...
"Do you know what was written in that letter?"
"What?"
"In addition to conferring the official title of Sichuan Commander-in-Chief Qin Liangyu, it also mentioned an important thing. That is me!" After saying this, Zuo Liangyu's chest kept rising and falling, obviously feeling a sense of fear.
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"The original words above read: In the past, Zuo Liangyu was the pillar of the imperial court, but as time has passed, the greater the power, the stronger the desire. The Zuo Liangyu of today is no longer the Zuo Liangyu of the past. The imperial court is quite afraid of him. If you, Qin Liangyu, have the intention
, so be more afraid of this person; although he will not become a rebellious minister, it is very possible for him to become a country in the Zhou Dynasty. The imperial court will not let it go, unless he hands over his military power, otherwise the imperial court will fight to the death if it wants to send troops!"
"Father!"
After listening to Zuo Liangyu's detailed description of the original letter, Zuo Mengeng suddenly felt a sense of crisis. Don't look at the fact that they now have an army of 500,000 people and are very powerful. Even the imperial court can't put together such a plan for a while.
There are many troops, but if they suddenly rise up to rebel, they still don't dare.
"Is Your Majesty going to take action against us?"
"No." Zuo Liangyu stabilized his mind a little, and his brain turned rapidly. Then he said: "The imperial court is just afraid, and does not have the ability. Their current goal is Zhang Xianzhong, not me. And although the north negotiated peace with the intruders,
But after all, we are in the same boat, so we cannot trust each other so easily. The imperial court does not have the energy to attack us. Moreover, we are loyal to the imperial court on the surface, so it is unjustifiable to attack us suddenly."
Zuo Mengeng, who was frightened on the side, suddenly woke up and said: "Why don't you think so, father? The annihilation of Zhang Xianzhong must pass through us. You may have heard that in the late Zhou Dynasty, the two countries were at war because there were other countries in between.
They tried to find a way to get along, but after destroying the other party, they directly destroyed the country on the way to victory. But looking at it now, aren't we the country in the middle?"
"Geng Er."
"The child is here."
"As a father, this great inheritance will be given to you after all. Therefore, you have to participate in some major events. Now, if you are a father, what should you do?"
Hearing his father's words, Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but feel a little like a master. Thinking that he would be the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops in the future, he couldn't help but feel proud. After thinking about it for a while, he said with confidence: "Now that things have happened, if we let
Handing over the military power is equivalent to beating the boy into a useless person. Doesn't it cost the boy's life? Now the imperial court does not even have 500,000 troops. Not to mention other things, even if we are in the Wuchang Fortress, it is a barrier.
The conditions for rebellion are much better than that of Ma Shiying and others, and they still controlled South Zhili for more than a month! Let the children see, why not... why not rebel!"
[Author's digression]: Sorry everyone! I accidentally posted the wrong message yesterday. I quickly changed it today. I'm sorry.