Regarding Wu Sangui's so-called "Borrowing the Thieves by the enemy, the Hongguang Dynasty was able to rely on it as a national policy. In addition to the Chinese and military style of the court at that time, the four towns in Jiangbei and Chu Town were self-respecting and unable to recover the lost land. But more importantly, the interests of the Confucian landlord class represented by the Ming court, Wu Sangui used the enemy to suppress the thieves and pledged Li Zicheng, the gentry, out of class attributes, would only cheer loudly. Even the Qing army gained a foothold, and there were gentry defending it.

Chen Wen remembered that in school, he mentioned a young hero Xia Wanchun who rose up to fight against the Qing Dynasty and angrily scolded Hong Chengchou before his death. In fact, Xia Wanchun's father Xia Yunyi was also a righteous man in the anti-Qing Dynasty, and he was also a famous scholar in Jiangnan at that time. He was called Chen Xia along with Chen Zilong.

Regarding Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Xia Yunyi mentioned the works compiled and completed before his death - "Sangui was young, brave and powerful, and the border commander was not as good as the border commander. The reason why the enemy invaded him was even tempted was even Sangui refused to follow. The capital had been destroyed, so he killed the enemy and attacked himself. Bao Xu restored Chu, and Sangui was worthy of it. Bao Xu borrowed Qin troops and captured the Chu community. Sangui borrowed Dongyi and Dongyi swallowed our China. How could Sangui be guilty of it? The misfortune he suffered." The meaning of the defense of Wu Sangui and the regret were fully reflected in the lines.

Even if a righteous man who fought against the Qing Dynasty until his death was like this, other scholars had more sent him to Wu Sangui. In this case, Wu Sangui had asked for reinforcements from the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, most of which were jokes about scholars talking about state affairs at poetry gatherings and banquets.

However, they did not dare to go to the Qi Palace to "prove ideas", let alone force Chen Wen to send troops like those old seniors to use public opinion. It is only a little too early to get up without profit. The key is that they do not touch their fundamental interests, and these people do not have the courage to provoke Chen Wen, the god of killing.

The core of Chen Wen's control and the longest-recovered area are nothing more than the three provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. These places were originally extremely powerful, otherwise monsters like the Donglin Party would not have been born.

However, Jiangxi has been destroyed and its power has been greatly damaged. The gentry in the Eight Prefectures in East Zhejiang, Jinquyan and Taiwen were tortured by Chen Wen for several rounds, and they were most afraid; while Ning Shao's gentry was frightened by Chen Wen when Huang Zongxi regained Dalan Mountain, and he was even more afraid to talk.

As for the Jiangnan gentry, Jirgalang and Ma Guozhu's final madness, they were killed in a group. After Chen Wen recovered Nanjing, he thought that those righteous men had to uphold justice and killed another group again. Most of them had the courage to resist the Qing Dynasty or were close to the Qing Dynasty. Even if there were always the most fence-bearers, and they were still not in their strength, but they didn't care about themselves, and they might not really dare to do anything in terms of courage.

However, since the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang did not reinforce Wu Sangui, some gentry complaints Chen Wen still listened to the supervisory department, and even such discussions were discussed in Nanjing University.

As far as Chen Wen knew, Zhang Huangyan had only contacts with the gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang on weekdays. Among them, Xu Fuyuan, who invited Zhang Huangyan to join several overseas associations, was not only the left censor of the Lujian Dynasty, but also the best friend of Xia Yunyi, who raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty with him.

With this relationship, Zhang Huangyan was furious this time, whether he had the potential intention to attack him. Chen Wen was willing to believe in Zhang Huangyan's character, but if he was instigated by those gentry, he still needed to be wary of it.

However, when he heard Chen Wen's question, Zhang Huangyan's brows frowned immediately and replied sternly: "His Highness of Qi is thinking too much, and he does not have the time to talk to Wu Sangui, the fence-skinned man. What was he doing when the court was in danger? He was following the Tartars to massacre the rebels in Shaanxi's anti-Qing army."

"Although the subordinates are not talented, after so many years of handling common affairs, they also know that they still have to look at how to do it, not how he says it. What's more, even those who are discerning in their eyes can see that if the Tartars had not shown their decline, Wu Sangui would have to be a slave to the Tartars for the rest of his life. Why should the subordinates speak for such a traitor?!"

Zhang Huang said this, and Chen Wen nodded, he was committed to building a new China, a China that is not restricted by the Ming Dynasty ancestors and has the potential to develop to deal with major changes that have not been seen in three thousand years.

Within the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, most officials supported this, because under Chen Wen's command, their rights were greater than before, and their living conditions were better than before. Although they were more restricted, the vitality of this group was far more vibrant than that of the Can Ming, who had been corrupt for more than two hundred years of operation.

But even so, there are still people who hope to repay the Ming court. Zhang Huangyan is one of them, and Chen Wen is the one that he least wants to see.

"Wu Sangui, a traitor who is like Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, only jumps out of the fire to get the chestnut when he sees the decline of the Tartars. I believe that Shangshu Zhang is not a verbal person. Since it has nothing to do with Wu Sangui, I will say a few words."

Since it took a lot of time to send the head from Jungel to the capital, Chen Wen had not received any news of Wu Sangui's death. Even if he knew, he would only laugh at him and say that this was the retribution for the Qing army entering the pass, and he deserved it.

At this moment, Zhang Huangyan revealed his heart. Although the officials present were dissatisfied with his previous speculation, they still agreed with the character of the Minister of War. After Chen Wen publicly expressed his views on this, he also expressed his thoughts based on previous questions.

"In recent years, Thailand and China have cooperated with us, but there are more conflicts. Take the Portuguese in Macau as an example. They went from Guangdong, to Zhejiang, to Fujian, and finally returned to Guangdong. After many twists and turns, they all went wherever they were pirates, plundering people's wealth, and harming the people."

"As far as I know, the Portuguese destroyed an empire with less than 200 people west of Thailand, the Americas east of China and the east of the ocean. They first came to China and reported the same thoughts, but China was not the Inca. The Portuguese were repeatedly defeated by the royal division, and they could not stay honestly in Macau."

"Of course, in specific analysis, the Dutch are not Portuguese, but they have never been in the south of the senior officials to smuggle taxes and attack coastal people. Now they are nothing more than taking advantage of our department's strength and being honest. But if they are allowed to gain a foothold, their jackal nature may not be as closed as they are now, and the people who suffer will still be the coastal people."

China and Europe had early contacts, and China learned European science and technology. While Europe made profits through maritime trade, it also admired and learned Chinese culture and art.

However, good exchanges are based on the fact that European colonists were defeated by the Ming army again and again. Otherwise, as in the late Qing Dynasty, wouldn’t there be any maritime trade between the Chinese sea and the Sun King building palaces in the Chinese architectural style?

The officials here are all the leaders of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Mingjun Group. They can get more information and have deeper insights. They naturally understand what this means. Even if they don’t understand, they can at least understand what Chen Wen said.

"As Zhang Shangshu said, our army and the Fujian royal army are both Chinese troops, and we must take it as our responsibility to protect the Chinese people. Our king's intention has been decided. In order to prevent it, we cooperate with the Fujian royal army's trade blockade against this Dutch. We welcome business in a regular manner. If we still have other thoughts, let them know, let them know, let us not be a member, the entire Nanyang has been a sacred and inseparable part of our China since ancient times!"

After the generous speech, the meeting quickly passed the decision to blockade. However, cooperating with the Ming army in Fujian was essential, but the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang wanted to investigate the Dutch suspected of smuggling weapons, machinery and other important military weapons from the Qing court, because the Beijing station of the Military Intelligence Department did obtain information about Europeans smuggling weapons and machinery from the Qing court.

At the end of the meeting, the officials at the meeting began to leave the conference hall in groups. At this moment, Zhang Huangyan, who had already had a few friends who had been negotiated, was already alone. Chen Wen affirmed his opinion but could not save him from the fact that he was inevitably excluded by other senior officials of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is important to know that taking a side is more important than whether a person has the ability.

"Please stay, your highness has something to discuss with Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Huangyan left the seat silently, but unexpectedly, as soon as he left the conference hall, he was stopped by Chen Wen's personal soldiers, and then led to Chen Wen's office.

"At the meeting, Shangshu Zhang said he was interested in resigning from his official position?"

"This matter has been considered since the time when His Highness of the King of Qi led his army to serve the king at the beginning of last year. Now it is time to leave."

After meeting, the personal soldiers closed the door. As soon as Zhang Huangyan sat down, Chen Wen said this. Chen Wen said this clearly, but Zhang Huangyan was not angry, and even felt a little relieved.

Zhang Huangyan was like this, but Chen Wen shook his head and then said to him: "Don't get me wrong. I don't have this intention. Instead, I hope that Zhang Shangshu can abandon this idea, at least for the time being. Otherwise, I don't need to ask Shangshu Zhang to move here and wait for the news. Then I will give you some wealth. Whether or not the Shangshu will receive or not, I can gain a good reputation of loving money and cherishing talents, so why not do it?"

Chen Wen said this to this point, and Zhang Huang could understand it himself, but he didn't understand it at all, because Chen Wen did not have the need to keep him as a senior civil servant in the Qi Palace and the Yongli Court.

"Your Highness of the King of Qi is wise and rare in the world. But you should also understand the principle that the three armies can seize the commander, but ordinary men cannot seize the ambition. You are not talented, but you will not be a traitor to the despotics. You also hope that Your Highness of the King of Qi will be sympathetic."

Zhang Huangyan's words were clearly distinguished, and Chen Wen could understand that as the Minister of War of the Ministry of War of the Lu Supervisory State and the Minister of War of the Yongli Court, Zhang Huangyan was not only a subordinate of Zheng Chenggong when he was in Zheng Chenggong's army, but also maintained his independence. When Zheng Chenggong was defeated in Nanjing, he came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to work in Chen Wen, but in fact he was almost the same as in Zheng Chenggong. The difference was nothing more than that in Zheng Chenggong no longer had military power over the remnants left by Zhang Mingzhen.

But to this point, the layer of window paper was also broken by Zhang Huangyan. Since that was the case, Chen Wen shook his head and smiled, and then said to Zhang Huangyan: "Shangshu Zhang made the words clear, and I would not use the common people to threaten them. That would be an insult to the Shangshu and a self-deprecating oneself."

"I have known for many years that I have been together for a long time, but I think Mr. Zhang should be able to understand that my actions are for the Han people and the Han people. Otherwise, my commander army would be able to take advantage of the situation to wipe out the court. King Jin is good at fighting, but I am afraid that it may not be possible to face the crushing of my iron armor in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"But I didn't do this. Even to this day, I made a step-by-step arrangement just to avoid anyone dragging me behind me during the Northern Expedition. Just like Cao Conglong did back then, the great achievements of the Northern Expedition failed!"

What Chen Wen said was not false, and Zhang Huangyan even clearly remembered how the ministers of the Lu Supervisory State in Kinmen were planning to restore their former authority, and how Chen Wen used his great achievements to capture Quzhou and kill Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, slapped him in the face.

"Since that's the case, what else does His Highness King Qi want to persuade?"

In the conference hall, in this office room, Zhang Huangyan vented his long-squeezed depression, but the emptiness that followed also made him feel inevitably depressed.

Seeing this, Chen Wen smiled and said with a sigh: "Shangshu Zhang, since he served the king last year, you have never called me Fu Ren again, and I have never called you Cangshui again. Today, if you say something heart-to-heart, I hope you stay and hope you can have the opportunity to achieve your wish to expel the Tartars."

"Aren't you afraid that I will learn from Cao Yunlin's power to make trouble for you?"

As soon as this statement was made, Zhang Huangyan was also shocked. He had never thought of this. Even for the sake of the court and the thought of loyalty to the emperor, he had never thought of stabbing the knife in the back. This was something his ethics did not allow. And this statement here was nothing more than a rush to speak.

Hearing this, Chen Wen seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke of the year. He sat on the magistrate chair and laughed loudly, and even leaned back and forth. It was not until a moment later that Chen Wen recovered and then asked Zhang Huangyan: "Cangshui, are you teasing me? With your character, you will play with me behind my back. This is an insult to my IQ in Chen Wen."

After saying this, Zhang Huangyan seemed to be a deflated balloon. After saying this, Chen Wen returned to his true colors, stood up from the Grand Master's chair, and slowly walked to Zhang Huangyan.
Chapter completed!