Every time Zhou Shixian remembered what Shi Kefa said on behalf of everyone when Chongzhen summoned his ministers in Pukou Camp, he would not help but shake his head and smile in his heart.

"Your Majesty is kind to the home, and it is a blessing for the people and the country."

This Shigemen is really pure-minded, but how deep is his misunderstanding of Chongzhen to believe that the emperor no longer pursues the truth behind the "Luma Rebellion"?

Since he went south, Chongzhen's personality has indeed changed, but if he thought he had become a kind-hearted master from now on, he might have thought too much.

If Chongzhen was a magnanimous lord, there would be no stingy emperor in the world.

Besides, such a thing has nothing to do with being magnanimous. Behind the rebellion, one side involves a general in command of the army, and the other side involves a vassal king who almost succeeded to the throne. Such a major case of rebellion, unless the emperor is a fool, it is impossible to pass it in a confused way if it is placed in the hands of any emperor.

With Li Banghua's scheming and ingenious plot, he received news after taking over Huaifu for ten months and sent Zhang Huangyan back to Beijing to report secretly, which was much faster than Zhou Shixian's own estimate.

"Before I set off, this case of Liu Konghe happened to have occurred. Governor Li said that since Liu Zeqing's internal chaos first, he simply brought Mrs. Liu to Nanjing and told the prince consort about these things in person, so that the prince consort would make a decision."

After hearing Zhang Huangyan's words, Zhou Shixian nodded, weighed the matter in his heart, and did not speak for a moment.

Li Banghua said, "Master Consort is determined by profit", which means that what civil officials should do has been done. If you can fight or not, your Madam Zhou will make up your mind.

The matter in Huai'an is actually two things, one is about Liu Zeqing and the other is about King Fu. Because the two things are mixed together, it seems a bit complicated.

Regardless of whether there is a matter of King Fu or not, the fact that Liu Zeqing must be removed is a matter that had been agreed long ago.

Among the so-called four towns in Jiangbei in the previous life, one of the troops of the Jingnan Bo Huang Degong was born in an orthodox official army. They had some minor problems, but they did not hinder the overall situation. They were the most reliable and reliable force.

The remaining three, because of Chongzhen's southward journey, have not yet been able to become a "town" with their support, but they are all under the title of governor and can command several generals under their command.

Gao Jie was originally a subordinate of Li Zicheng. After joining the official army, he gradually gained merits and promoted. He was tyrannical and acted between black and white. The only thing he had is that he knew that he was from the court and was willing to fight for the court.

The remaining two, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, were all useless disasters, among which Liu Zeqing was the best. According to Zhou Shixian's summary, he had only three attitudes towards the court.

If you don’t give me military pay, I will rob it myself. If you give me military pay, I will still rob it.

Even if you give me military pay, it is absolutely impossible if you want me to go to war for you.

When the Qing Dynasty came to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the army that the court sent the money to him was raised was all raised for others, and they fought back on their own.

Such a person would feel that it would be too much for him to give him one tael of silver, and he even owned Huaidong and spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on the Ministry of War every year. Is it tolerable, but who can't bear it?

However, whether you can tolerate it is one thing, and whether you can beat it or not is another thing. If you can't beat it, you can only continue to endure it. Liu Zeqing also saw that the Beijing camp was powerless and felt that the court had no choice but to dare to be so rampant.

"Xuanzhu," Zhou Shixian asked Zhang Huangyan, "What do you think of Liu Zeqing's military strength? "

After all, in order to save her husband, the situation mentioned may be exaggerated, and it must be confirmed by Li Banghua and Zhang Huangyan's opinions.

"What Mrs. Liu said is not bad." Zhang Huangyan said, drawing pictures on the paper, "His confidants are only ten thousand people-"

According to Zhang Huangyan, the 10,000 people were the 2,500 central army led by Liu Zeqing's nephew Liu Zhigan, 4,000 people led by Li Huajing, 2,000 people led by Deputy General Zheng Longfang, and 1,500 people led by Deputy General Yao Wenchang.

"The one who could fight the most was Ma Huabao's troops, but unfortunately they were disbanded by Lu Jiude, leaving only one shell of about two thousand people, but in fact they could not fight. The other two generals, Bai Yongfu and Huang Guoqi, were just withdrawn from Henan and Hubei, and each had about five thousand people. Not counting his confidants, the troops were also very mixed and would not exert their strength to Liu Zeqing."

Zhou Shixian looked down at the piece of paper drawn by Zhang Huangyan. He saw a city in the center of his pointing, with the word Huai'an written on it. There were several circles around the city according to the position of the garrison, which contained the name and number of soldiers of the commander. The circles with more troops were larger, and the circles with less troops were smaller. Liu Zeqing's direct descendants drew double circles, which was obvious at a glance.

Zhou Shi smiled and thought to himself that Zhang Huangyan was only twenty-five years old at this time, and his talent in military affairs had been fully revealed.

"It seems that there are still three thousand people missing?" he asked Zhang Huangyan.

"Oh, those are defenders stationed in the northeast, and some scattered grain-collecting troops, which are far away from Huai'an. Even if a war starts, there will be no time to rush back."

This is complete. Zhou Shixian calculated that if he really wanted to take action, he could use three powers.

The first team is his own government soldiers, which are not yet fully equipped. There are 2,200 soldiers, 600 auxiliary soldiers, and hundreds of senior men. They can be calculated as 3,000 people, and they are the main force.

The second unit was Liu Konghe's army, led by his general Chen Wangxin, with about 2,500 people. According to Mrs. Liu's words, morale and combat power are still acceptable.

The third branch is the force of the governor of Li Banghua.

"There are a lot of messy things in this area. In fact, the ones that can be used are the two battalions of commandos, as well as the three hundred spearmen and two hundred rattan players I brought with me." Zhang Huangyan said, "Together, there are 1,500 people, all in Huai'an City."

"I understand," Zhou Shixian nodded and said, "I guess Meng Weng and you have already planned Liu Zeqing's charges?"

"Yes, Meng Weng and I have drawn up a total of five items for the prince consort to consider."

The first one is to not listen to the orders of the court.

The second article is to plunder Linqing and Huai'an.

The third article is to assassinate the imperial official Han Ruyu.

Article 4 is to get involved in a rebellious case.

Article 5 is to abandon the land and flee south.

When each of the first four articles was spoken, Zhou Shixian nodded and said yes. After listening to the fifth article, Zhou Shixian did not answer, looked at Zhang Huangyan and pondered without saying a word.

"What?" Zhang Huangyan asked in confusion when he saw that the prince consort did not speak, "Prince Consort, can't he be punished for this crime?"

It's possible, but...

A wry smile appeared on the face of the prince-consort.

"So mysterious, to put it bluntly, the days of Nanshou are not long..."

Zhang Huangyan is also an extremely smart person. As soon as Zhou Shixian said that, he immediately understood.

The Emperor Wansui had just abandoned the land and fled from Beijing to Nanjing. Now, when Liu Zeqing fled south, where would he be placed?

If the eldest brother doesn’t mention the second brother, he will forget about the crime of abandoning the land and fleeing south first.
Chapter completed!