Zeng De was shocked. He didn't expect that the words he just said casually would cause such a huge reaction. Looking at Zheng Chenggong's sinister expression, he was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry?
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He recalled carefully, he didn't say anything just now, and he didn't offend him either.
Zheng Chenggong took a deep breath. He also realized that his reaction was too great. He tried his best to pretend as if nothing had happened: "Actually... I am... a guard beside the emperor. Later, when Li Zicheng came to Beijing,
Then he escaped with the crowd."
Zeng De's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are you a Jinyiwei?"
Zheng Chenggong hesitated for a moment, but Zeng De just took it as his acquiescence: "No wonder you know so many things and know King Ji."
Zheng Chenggong smiled bitterly and did not explain. He wanted to continue the topic he had just talked about: "Those peasant uprisings were not mine...that was not our Majesty's original intention. He has been trying his best to be a wise king."
Zeng De changed to a more comfortable position and leaned on the bed: "I heard that the matter with Li Zicheng has been resolved. He was still fighting the Manchus at Shanhaiguan, and he was still with Wu Sangui. Do you think this is nonsense?
It’s bullshit, but he’s quite capable of bringing these two people together.”
He said this sincerely. He had always felt that the emperor was incompetent, but judging from the fact that Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui sent troops to Shanhaiguan together, he was quite capable.
Zheng Chenggong remained calm: "Oh? Just based on this one thing, you think he is capable?"
Zeng De chuckled: "It's not just that. I heard that he also repelled Dorgon's army outside Beijing, and Jierhalang was also there. Those two people are not easy-going people.
As well as Prince Xiang and the others who came to Beijing before, they have all been dealt with. I heard that the emperor is quite popular now."
"I heard that he did a good job in disaster relief. He is very good at winning over the hearts of ordinary people."
"Those ordinary people are very important," Zeng De said seriously to Zheng Chenggong: "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. You should also be aware of the reform regulations issued by the emperor before."
Zheng Chenggong nodded. Naturally, no one knew those things better than him. He stayed up all night for those reform measures and just wanted to do better. But what happened? Those useless ministers harmed him!
Zende raised a finger: "Do you know why those previous laws were counterproductive?"
Zheng Chenggong shook his head. This is indeed something he has never been clear about. It is obviously a good way to benefit the country and the people, but why is there no improvement at all?
Zeng De was tired. He drank a large glass of water and asked Zheng Chenggong to pour him another glass. Then he slowly said: "Those things may be good, but if you pay too much attention to business and want to develop business, those things that reduce taxes
This practice inadvertently increased the burden on the peasants, and the emperor never considered their life and death."
Zheng Chenggong clenched his hands and said in a low voice: "No, he has never thought about it that way. He hopes that Ming Dynasty can regain its glory in his hands."
Zeng De picked up the cup and drank water, and glanced sideways at Zheng Chenggong: "How can you know what he is thinking? Although you are a royal guard, even the eunuch who is always next to him may not be able to guess the emperor.
What are you thinking about, let alone Jin Yiwei?"
Zheng Chenggong was silent for a moment: "Did King Ji's people explain when he rushed to the capital?"
Zeng De thought for a while: "It's not very clear. He probably doesn't know the exact date. He only knows that it was probably more than a month ago."
Zheng Chenggong nodded, narrowed his eyes and said to himself: "Whose eyes and ears does King Ji want to deceive by letting this person come here?"
He also knew more or less about the situation in the capital. He didn't know if that boy could handle it, and he didn't know if the old guy Wang Chengen was still alive. Zheng Chenggong fell into deep thought.
Zeng De waved his hand in front of Zheng Chenggong. When he saw that Zheng Chenggong was still expressionless, he was sure that this guy was distracted when he was talking about business!
"Now everyone knows the reason why you wear the mask, and they won't ask you to take it off. Isn't it very comfortable?" Zeng De said proudly.
Zheng Chenggong rolled his eyes at him: "We can't stay here any longer."
Zeng Del was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "You want to go to the capital?"
No, Zheng Chenggong thought for a while and shook his head: "The capital is a dangerous place now. He should be preparing to move the capital."
Zeng Decai took a test and found that he should be referring to the emperor. To be honest, he was troubled by Zheng Chenggong's previous relationship with the emperor. Zheng Chenggong respected the emperor, but he rarely spoke with honorifics.
If you don't respect him, you have to see others saying something wrong about the emperor all day long. Who said he was in a hurry with whom? Even Zeng De was glad that he was a sick person or had just saved him, so he couldn't hold back and didn't talk to him.
General knowledge.
"Then where do you want to go? Do you know where he moved the city?"
Zheng Chenggong smiled mysteriously: "With a little thought, you can figure out where he is going."
Zeng De rolled his eyes and looked at Zheng Chenggong for a moment: "Nanjing? There are natural dangers there, and he will use that as a barrier."
Zheng Chenggong nodded: "You should take good care of your injuries. We will leave after the things here are settled."
Zeng De stopped him, with a malicious look on his face: "Then why did you go? Do you want to continue to be a good guard and loyally protect the Lord, or..."
He winked at Zheng Chenggong meaningfully, and Zheng Chenggong gave him a disdainful look in return.
Zeng De advised: "It's not impossible. Although there seems to be no royal guard who has become emperor in history, there is nothing impossible in this world now."
"If you really want to rebel and fight all the way, we will definitely support you!" Zeng De was eager to give it a try.
"Am I rebelling?" Zheng Chenggong sneered: "Anyone in this world can rebel, but I can't. Do you understand?"
Zeng De shook his head and said he didn't understand: "I know boss, you must be a loyal and good guard, but in this world, there is no such temple after this village. Don't you want to try what it's like to be an emperor?"
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Zheng Chenggong was funny. Who could know better than him what it was like to be an emperor? There was a chill in his eyes, but his tone was still calm: "What about you? Do you want to try what it feels like to be an emperor?"
Zeng De snorted disdainfully and lay on the couch with his arms as pillows: "I don't want to, I don't have the ability to be an emperor, and naturally I don't have such great ambitions. I am not the material to be an emperor.
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Zheng Chenggong chuckled: "Then how do you know that I am destined to be the emperor?"
Zeng De thought for a while: "It feels like it, but there is nothing good about being an emperor. How can we go wherever we want and hit whoever we want?"