Zuo Guangdou thought to himself, if I misread you, Xu Xingxia, I will take your surname, and will be your youngest son in the future. If your army arrives in Nanjing and does not take the place for itself, the sun will really come out from the west. As long as there is a benefit, what can you do? Your princess has just arrived by your side, and you will attack Xi'an Mansion, which is completely unscrupulous! However, Xu Xingxia said so clearly, but he is not easy to answer. Could it be that he replied, Chairman, you are too right, we really don't believe you, you should let it go!

Seriously speaking, Xu Xingxia, the son-in-law, is really a freak among freaks. At the beginning, it was Zhu Changluo's special family background, which gave Zhu Yilan the opportunity to wander outside, so that he could get to know Xu Xingxia. Without this prerequisite, the two could not have been together at all. Then, the Ming Dynasty split, which almost all the original rules were broken. King Fu could even do the matter of plotting against rebellion and usurping the throne, and don't mention any other rules again. []

If it weren't for the split between the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, under the pressure of others, Zhu Changluo would probably ask the clan mansion to remove the name Zhu Yilan and not recognize her as her biological daughter. Looking at the five thousand years of history, countless people who decisively break away from their relationship with their relatives in order to protect themselves. Even killing their relatives with their own hands to avoid implicating themselves is countless. Since Zhu Yilan is not a princess, it naturally has nothing to do with the royal family.

Of course, it is another thing now. Now, everyone in Nanjing knows that Xu Xingxia has a veritable princess around her. Their lives are still maintained on this princess. For this reason, the status of His Royal Highness of the Princess instantly seemed extremely important. Some court officials even suggested that Zhu Yilan be given a special title to show the difference between her and other princesses, in exchange for her to blow the pillow wind to Xu Xingxia.

Zuo Guangdou hurriedly said, "Since ancient times, there has been a family member. Why should I be so polite?"

He is also a smart person and knows that the only person who can maintain the relationship between Nanjing and Xu Xingxia is Zhu Yilan, who is already His Royal Highness. Therefore, he should try his best to get along with every sentence. He should actively confirm the identity of Xu Xingxia, the son-in-law. At present, only this identity is the most useful to the Nanjing court.

If Zuo Guangdou's estimate is correct, the Nanjing court should have sent a group of envoys to Ningxia Town and actively visited Zhu Yilan. As the emperor's father, he actively sent someone to greet his daughter. On the surface, there seemed to be nothing special, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was the father asking for help from his daughter.

Regardless of whether Zhu Yilan would agree to his father's request, the Nanjing court must do this. Their purpose is actually not Zhu Yilan, but Xu Xingxia. This visit was made for Xu Xingxia to see. The so-called "not looking at the monk's face and seeing the Buddha's face" is Zhu Yilan in the middle. Even if Xu Xingxia is not happy with Nanjing, she will not show it directly. She will not hit the smiling person!

When the prince-consort heard Zuo Guangdou's voice crying with great affection, the other government committee members present showed disapprovingly. Someone glanced at Zuo Guangdou with contemptuous eyes without any concealment. It turned out that this guy also knew how to flatter the committee member! He thought he was so aloof! By the way, why didn't anyone notice that Zuo Guangdou's skill in flattering is so perfect!

Xu Xingxia nodded quietly and said with a smile: "Okay, why not ask Lord Zuo to go back to Nanjing first to show my sincerity?"

Zuo Guangdou was immediately overjoyed and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Xu Xingxia smiled slightly and said nothing. Zuo Guangdou was indeed a little anxious. He was worried that the Nanjing court would neglect cooperation with the White Army. As soon as he heard that he could let him go, he could no longer hold back. Zuo Guangdou was a civil servant with very good cultivation skills, and he could not control his inner impatience. But he thought he was already anxious. It is estimated that Zuo Guangdou would arrive in Nanjing in at most ten days.

Zuo Guangdou is in a hurry,

If Xu Xingxia agrees to cooperate with Beiming, it would be awful.

There is no doubt that the King of Fu of the Northern Ming would definitely send envoys to Xu Xingxia. The white-clothed army was a huge monster that Nanjing and Beijing courts would face in fear. Even if they could not win over it to their own command and become their own support, they would at least not let their anger be thrown into the other party's arms and thus become their own enemy. Maybe with the efficiency of the Northern Ming court and the envoys they sent were already on the way. No one knew whether the Northern Ming court would show Xu Xingxia some very attractive conditions.

Don’t think that this relationship between a father-in-law and son-in-law really has any effect. In dirty politics, beautiful women have never been just tools and cannot play a decisive role. Zuo Guangdou is not so stupid yet. If you really want to pull Xu Xingxia over, you must give him real benefits. If there is no substantial benefit, even if you marry a hundred princesses, Xu Xingxia will not be moved. It’s just that Zuo Guangdou cannot make the decision on this matter, so he must go back to discuss with Emperor Taichang and the senior leaders of the Donglin Party.

Zuo Guangdou quickly left Ningxia Town and went to Nanjing. The government affairs meeting chaired by Xu Xingxia continued to be held. The government affairs committee members agreed with the fundamental principles and strategies for asking for the money from Nanming and the life of Beiming. After the meeting, the proposal was officially formed. The rest was how to implement it step by step.

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After the Supreme Committee's meeting ended, Xu Xingxia excitedly found the Science and Technology Department.

When he was in Hami Guard, Xu Xingxia had already sent someone to notify the head of the Science and Technology Department to seize the time, seize all opportunities, use all resources that can be used to research several key projects. Now, what are the results of these research projects? Xu Xingxia wants to know about them personally. He also needs to make some suggestions on the spot.

The Science and Technology Department and the Science and Technology Committee are actually two sets of brands and one set of people. The highest person in charge of the Science and Technology Department is named Wang Zheng. This guy is from a juren and has always been unsatisfied. However, he has some talent in mathematics. He wrote a book called "The Song of Arithmetic", which has some similarities with the 99 multiplication formulas in later generations. Born in the fifth year of Longqing, he happened to be forty-five or six years old, and he was the age with the strongest R&D capabilities.

Wang Zheng was not willing to surrender to the White Army. At that time, scholars were influenced by Confucianism and were still very resistant to rebellion, rebellion, etc. Although Wang Zheng was not satisfied, he was not as interested in surrendering to Xu Xingxia. He was dug up by Xu Xingxia through Zhu Yilan's channel. Zhu Yilan personally wrote a letter to Wang Zheng and invited him to come.

The entire process of surrendering was a bit despicable. Xuanying Guard used some methods to get Wang Zheng's family to prison, which made Wang Zheng's whole family very frightened and in panic all day long, and then rescued it in the name of the White Army. Wang Zheng was desperate, and there was a genuine princess who invited him to write a letter to him, and finally agreed to surrender. Of course, Wang Zheng would never know about these things.

Another person in charge of the Science and Technology Department was Song Yingxing. Song Yingxing's arrival was a kidnapping nature. At that time, Song Yingxing was not famous and had no official position, and no one noticed him. He had no backing behind him. Xuanyingwei didn't ask anything or say anything, and kidnapped his whole family directly. Anyway, when it came to Xu Xingxia's land, it was not the turn of Song Yingxing to stop cooperating.

In addition to Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing, there are also many reserve forces with good vision under the Science and Technology Department. Among them, there were Bi Maokang and others. At that time, Bi Maokang had not shown his talent. However, he had developed a strong interest in gun research. The production process of the Sun and Moon Guns was also re-examined by him, making the Sun and Moon Guns produced better quality and lower cost. At the same time, he also had many suggestions on the development of steam engines.

However, in the Science and Technology Department, Xu Guangqi was the most famous one. Xu Guangqi's arrival was completely the result of a multi-pronged approach. This great scientist in the late Ming Dynasty was indeed very interested in researching inventions. As long as someone was willing to actively fund his invention, he did not care about his official position. After Xu Xingxia gave many very tempting research suggestions, Xu Guangqi finally agreed to surrender. Given the reputation of Lao Xu and his more united personality, Xu Xingxia finally let Xu Guangqi be in charge of the entire Science and Technology Department.

The Italian missionary Matteo Ricci who defected to him with Xu Guangqi was also the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci. This Italian missionary did not come to Ningxia Town to preach. He also came for scientific and technological inventions. In order to pull Xu Guangqi over, Xu Xingxia would provide him with some research suggestions or research directions from time to time. Obviously, Matteo Ricci, who often accompanied Xu Guangqi, was deeply attracted by some "inventions" deliberately made by Xu Xingxia.

In particular, Matteo Ricci was very curious about where Xu Xingxia's glass came from. As an Italian, Matteo Ricci was very concerned about the unique technology of Italian glass production. After all, in the era of sailing where heroes emerged, the Italians could not even drink soup. They could only rely on the confidentiality technology of glass to make a little profit.
Chapter completed!