This guy must be crazy! Huh

Chen Kai said this lightly, but Li Dingguo was dumbfounded. He had absolutely no way to connect this matter with the word "good thing", and it was such a huge adjective. If he had to make a connection, then it would be impossible.

It can only be said that it was a great good thing for the Manchus, but for the Ming Dynasty, this was an out-and-out bad news!

Unless, Chen Kai has already had the idea of ​​rebelling against the Ming Dynasty and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. But this is obviously an even more absurd speculation. Chen Kai has been working alone in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and now he is a feudal official, holding great power.

But everything was achieved within the framework of the resistance to the Qing Dynasty. Without this framework, how many people would follow him and switch sides.

Just like Sun Kewang, the powerful King of Qin in the Ming Dynasty. Once he defected, only a hundred people would follow him in life and death. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty still used it and gave him the title of Righteous King, he was just a living person.

He is just an apartment man living idle in Beijing. With Chen Kai's wisdom, he would be stupid enough to imitate his idiot sworn brother. Even if he beat Li Dingguo to death, he would not believe it.

Fortunately, after Chen Kai's intervention in the Battle of Mopan Mountain and his judgment on the purpose of his trip, Li Dingguo realized that he alone would never be able to follow Chen Kai's ideas, so he simply put the question

Throw it back again.

"how you said that?"

Hearing this, Chen Kai smiled. Obviously, after the exciting scene of asking for Huang Yue just now, the nerves of His Highness the Prince of Jin in front of him had become much thicker, at least he was not startled to the point of jumping up. Since

In this case, he changed to a more comfortable position and sat on the back of the Taishi chair, and asked Li Dingguo with a calm expression: "Ning Yu, there are only you and me here. To be honest, what do you think of today?

"

As soon as these words came out, Li Dingguo's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately thought of the conjecture about Zheng Chenggong just now. Unfortunately, before he could continue to extend his thoughts, Chen Kai couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Look, I misunderstood again.

Well. Unlike you who can often see the emperor, like me, like the big tree, like Zhang Shilang, like the shepherd, we have never been lucky enough to see the dragon's face, but we still regard him as the emperor and the Ming Dynasty. Why?

"knit the brows

Seeing that Li Dingguo still didn't understand why, he gave the answer directly: "After the martyrdom of Emperor Lie, first there was the dispute between Fuli and Lu, then there was the dispute between Tang and Lu, and then there was the dispute between Tang and Gui. After several twists and turns, how much territory was left in the Ming Dynasty? But?

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is not a good idea to continue like this, so after Emperor Shaowu died for his country, all the loyal ministers and righteous men in the world respected him as the master. Otherwise, so many clans of the Ming Dynasty would have been exiled, and there would have been Tang vassal and

For distant branches like Lu Fan to supervise the country, the old practice of proclaiming emperor can be followed. Supporting whichever one is not not supporting..."

Li Dingguo knew more or less what Chen Kai said. Nanming's strength on paper was not weak at the beginning, and was even stronger than its opponents Dashun Army and Manchu Qing. As a result, Fu Luzhi

The dispute resulted in the loss of southern Zhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. The Lu Jianguo uprising did temporarily regain the Zhejiang prefectures and counties south of the Qiantang River, but they soon lost everything in the internal fighting, including Long, who was born in the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Wu's nominal jurisdiction of Fujian was also lost. The next small court of Shaowu was busy competing with Emperor Yongli of Gui Fan for the throne, but was stabbed in the back by Li Chengliang. The loss of Guangdong Province seemed like child's play.

After these three rounds, the Ming Dynasty was left with only a few "underdeveloped" provinces in the southwest. Among them, Sichuan was still in chaos, Yunnan had also fallen into the hands of their brothers, and Huguang was continuing to

The Ming Dynasty was about to end, so the anti-Qing forces from all over the world united under the banner of Yongli to fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at least in name only.

Not to mention, except for Sun Kewang's big enemy, at least the scale of internal fighting is no longer what it used to be. If you look at it optimistically, this is still a kind of progress.

During this period, although there were some stories about clans competing for position, they were just clowns, and their influence was so limited that just being a general or deputy general could extinguish that ambition.

"Yes, everyone in the world wants this support, but the lesson is not far away. In the era of Queen Xia, the Tatars have just shown a slight decline, but they still control most of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Ning Yu, what do you think?

Would I do stupid things that would hurt my loved ones and make my enemies happy? Is Damu such a fool?"

In Li Dingguo's eyes, the word "stupid" clearly cannot be associated with Chen Kai. Although he has never met Zheng Chenggong, he knows through letters and indirect interactions with Chen Kai that he must be a man of extraordinary intelligence.

scholar.

"Who are the Zhang Shangshu and the Shepherd you just mentioned?"

"Shilang Zhang concealed his words. He was once the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War appointed by His Royal Highness King Lu to supervise the army of Marquis Dingxi. After the death of Marquis Dingxi, the army was led by Shilang Zhang. As for the shepherd, he is more special. He is a big wood

Teacher, it was he who gave Damu the nickname. He was the Minister of Rites when Emperor Lie was alive, and he was also the Minister of Rites when Emperor Hongguang was in power. Later, he surrendered to the Tatars..."

"ah?"

Chen Kai did not feel the need to talk to Li Dingguo about the water being too cold and his scalp was itchy. Besides, Qian Qianyi made a lot of contributions to the anti-Qing movement during his incubation period, and he was a reformer: "For example, Jinhua's case not long ago

The commander-in-chief of the Army, Horses, and Treasures was the result of the shepherd's repeated solicitations, and he even sold off his property many times to supply military supplies. In addition, the shepherd also planned the Three Catalpa Bureaus, and for this purpose he tried his best to contact the rebels in Southern Zhili."

Speaking of which, the Catalpa Ping Three Bureau was a strategy developed at the same time as Li Dingguo's aggressive expansion into Guangdong, and the cooperation was with Sun Kewang, who had already had conflicts with Li Dingguo. But at that time, Sun Kewang was powerful and controlled the government, which made it clear that cooperation with him would be more successful.

Hope, including Zheng Chenggong sending Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan to the Yangtze River three times, they actually served the Three Catalpa Bureaus.

However, when the envoys of Jiangsu and Zhejiang lurkers saw with their own eyes the huge difference between the Qin Palace and An Longxing, they also roughly understood the situation of the Yongli court at that time. With the unification of Ping, the case of He Wangsheng's restoration to the Ming Dynasty was revealed to the Qing Dynasty

After the detection, they and Sun Kewang had no intention of further cooperation, and instead focused on hooking up with Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition and the governor general who instigated rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.

After listening to Chen Kai's introduction, Li Dingguo also better understood what Chen Kaizhi said - Zheng Chenggong, who had a close relationship with the Tang vassal, and Zhang Huangyan, who had a close relationship with the Lu vassal, had served in the Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen, and Hongguang dynasties and had been demoted.

Qian Qianyi of the Qing Dynasty, they all now regard Yongli as their master. Is it because Yongli is more like the leader of ZTE than his predecessors? Obviously not, at least Lu Jianguo, who once personally went to the front line to boost morale, is far more brave than Yongli

, one can see at a glance the importance of reopening the imperial examinations and implemented it, and Longwu was much smarter and more capable than Yongli. Naturally, as Chen Kai said, everyone was fed up with the drama of intraclan fighting, so they chose a compromise.

I want to find something that everyone can accept, so that I can throw off my arms and fight with the Manchus.

"Even if we don't say that it hurts relatives and makes enemies happy, the cost of finding a clan that can satisfy everyone to inherit the throne is too high. I can't afford it, and neither can Damu."

, no one in this world can afford it. Therefore, it is good that the throne of the emperor is passed down here today. At least, it is better than if you support a family, I support a family, and everyone beats the head out of the dog's brain first, and let the Tatars

You have to be strong when you take advantage of me." Huh.

Chen Kai made his attitude clear, and it could even be said that he was sincere. Li Dingguo couldn't help but feel relieved, and at the same time, he secretly felt a little cordial towards Chen Kai.

"I am kind and generous now..."

"Besides kindness?"

After Chen Kai cleared up his doubts, Li Dingguo answered the previous question. However, the former was more or less embarrassing. What else could he say besides being kind? How could he say that Yongli packed his things quickly before running away?

When traveling, my legs and feet are very sharp, and I can still travel sixty miles a day even if I drag my family with me!

"Let me tell you." Li Dingguo made it clear that he didn't want to talk about Yongli's fault. Chen Kai didn't expect that the prince of the Ming Dynasty, who was born as a bandit, would have the courage to accuse the emperor: "Let's not talk about the previous things.

Being controlled by powerful ministers, there are always things that they cannot help themselves, and they are too harshly criticized for the inconvenience of ministers. However, this time the Tatars invaded Yunnan and Guizhou, but now they are strictly prohibited from burning warehouses and aiding the enemy in disguise. I heard that Hong Chengchou heard this

I was so happy that I danced with joy when I heard this news, and I almost lost my breath from laughing. Then I abandoned my country when the army was facing the enemy. Such a foolish king, if he was not afraid of giving the Tatars an opportunity, I would have done it.

Oh shit……"

"It worked!"

Even Li Dingguo couldn't help but feel uneasy about these two matters. However, because of his special status, he was even more worried that it would lead to heartbreak, so he had to insist on maintaining it. Chen Kai's attitude here made it clear that Yongli's behavior had been

This made his mentality explode. But despite this, Chen Kai was still willing to express his support for Yongli's throne. As for the last sentence that he cut off, it was clearly just out of anger. Huh.

"You and I are brothers who have lived together through life and death. These words came out of my mouth and entered your ears only in this room. I will not recognize them after leaving this room. Besides, is it possible that you, Li Dingguo, have thick eyebrows and big eyes?

I don’t believe that you can still be that scoundrel.”

"You have such a mouth, I can't speak to you."

Chen Kai rolled his eyes, and Li Dingguo was also speechless, but he had no choice but to let Chen Kai continue: "But the problem is that it won't take long for the news of abandoning the country to spread. By then,

Not to mention those who were discouraged and surrendered to the Tatars, but how many more people became kings and emperors, that’s what we can’t afford. So, I thought of the yellow in your hand.

ax."

The problem has returned to its original point, but after this exchange, Li Dingguo's inner resistance has gone away a lot. At the very least, Chen Kai is willing to support Yongli, and supporting Yongli is the consensus within the Xiying Department.

If they have no conflict on this issue of principle, other matters will become less important.

"What do you think?"

"Now that the country has been abandoned, the cabinet ministers will either go hunting south or be separated. Besides, the previous group of cabinet ministers, let alone their abilities, cannot represent the various king masters today. Therefore, I

Plan to form a wartime cabinet and invite Governor Wen from Kuidong, Governor Guo from Guangxi, Zhang Shilang from Zhejiang, Mu Weng from South Zhili, Damu and some of your trusted civil servants, such as Jin Weixin and Gong Ming, to join the cabinet.

Of course, that includes me as the sponsor. It is better for everyone to sit together and discuss national affairs than to fight independently. Especially now that the Tatars have no power left south of the Yangtze River, we must also avoid conflicts after the controlled areas border.

A misfire is not."

Chen Kai's proposal made Li Dingguo stunned on the spot. He had never had the idea of ​​forming a cabinet on his own: "What's more important is that through this move, we can let the people with lofty ideals in the world know that even if the emperor abandons the country,

, but we loyal ministers are still fighting. We are fighting for the Ming Empire established by Emperor Taizu Gao when he drove out the Tartars. We are fighting for our noble nation that stands proudly at the heart of the world. We are fighting for China.

Fighting for five thousand years of civilization is not simply fighting for some foolish king!"

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