Zhou Shixiong accepted the gift, and the grudge between the two was settled. Zhou Shixiong ordered the food to be served again, "Mr. Liu, don't be kind to your husband, you can't afford to call me old." Finally, seeing Zhou Shixiong's smiling face, Liu Ning certainly knew how to make up for fun, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou is young and promising, and you have to wait for a long time to get old."

The atmosphere between the two slowly heated up under the intentional control of each other. After drinking a few drinks, Zhou Shixiong asked, "General Liu, do you know about Pidao?"

Liu Ning grinned, "Mr. Zhou, Daming knows this, why can't I know about it?"

Zhou Shixiong pretended to be mysterious and approached Liu Ning, "What I heard was a little different from what was in the diary, and I don't know whether it was true or false."

"Oh? What interesting news did Lord Zhou hear?" Liu Ning cooperated very much and asked very interested.

"I heard that it was Mao Wenlong, the Water Camp Dushi Zhao Kehuai, who used the Shangfang sword to kill Mao Wenlong." Zhou Shixiong did not doubt Kang Chengjue lied to him, but wanted to seduce Liu Ning's gossip fire. It is hard to say whether Kang Chengjue's brother Kang Chengli was an eyewitness, but as the general of a province, Liu Ning must not have a bad news channel. It would be good to let Liu Ning confirm the news that Kang Chengjue said.

"Is there something wrong? This is the first time I have heard this statement by Lord Zhou. Didn't it mean that the best friend of General Yuan, Xie Shangzheng, killed Mao Wenlong?" The Xie Shang mentioned that Liu Ning mentioned in the newspaper that he was a general. As for the best friend of General Zhou Shixiong had never heard of it, he asked in confusion, "Yuan Chonghuan's best friend? A general is worthy of being equal to the Ji Liao general?"

"Mr. Zhou doesn't know that Xie Shangzheng is a Guangdong native. He was a martial arts master in the 46th year of Wanli. The southerners have been suppressed by the northerners in the army. Although he was a martial arts master, he still was not successful. He wasted nearly ten years and was attracted by his fellow Dongguan hometown, and was promoted from a hundred households to the title of General General of the Governor General. Master Zhou, can Xie Shangzheng not repay his death with such great kindness as General Yuan? The saying of a best friend is true."

It turned out that this general was several levels higher than that of Kang Chengjue, and the governor Tongzhi was a first-rank military general, only one level lower than Yuan Chonghuan, the Ji Liao commander. Of course, if Yuan Chonghuan was included in the title of Minister of War, the status of the two would be far different.

"It turns out to be a village party, no wonder." Although there has been a saying that gentlemen are not party since ancient times, Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty also wrote a theory of flirtatiousness to distinguish between gentlemen and villain party. The kings of each dynasty tried their best to crack down on the phenomenon of flirtatiousness and did not want ministers to unite the party for personal gain. However, in the same year, various forms of interest groups such as the party, town party, clique, teacher and student party emerged one after another, and it was truly endless to kill. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party shone even more and participated in the government affairs in the form of an organized party group.

As the name suggests, the so-called village party is connected with each other, and one person is in trouble, and one person is in support from all directions. One person is ascending to heaven and the chickens and dogs are following each other. A village party like Chen Yongfu is the lowest-level village party. He became a thousand households in Zhennanguan, and almost all his subordinates are fellow villagers. Although Chen Yongfu is not considered as a member of heaven, the chickens and dogs at home are indeed following each other.

"Yes, everyone knows that the village party is good. In the court, the village party responds to the Buddha and helps each other, and life is much better." Liu Ning's mood suddenly became depressed, and it seems that there is a story.

"What's wrong with that Water Camp Chief Zhao Kehuai?" There was some error in the news between the two sides. Zhou Shixiong didn't want to inquire about Liu Ning's matter and brought back the topic.

"The Water Camp Dushi should be the Liaodong Water Camp under the Liaodong Metropolitan Department. Although there are also second-rank official ranks, it is actually just a hollow old man calling it nice. The Liaodong Metropolitan Department has been in name only since the Jiannu rebellion. This Water Camp Dushi may have been created after Mao Wenlong captured Zhenjiang. I didn't care much about the matter in the north before, and I didn't have any impression of it."

"I understand, high-end." The Zhenjiang Victory was Mao Wenlong's pioneering work, and it was also the biggest reason why later netizens supported Mao Wenlong. The Ming army occupied the only stronghold in the Later Jin Dynasty and directly threatened the hinterland of the Later Jin Dynasty. As long as Zhenjiang Fort and Pi Island were in the hands of the Ming army, the Later Jin Dynasty could not attack the Ming Dynasty unscrupulously. Zhou Shixiong also agreed with this view, so Zhou Shixiong had no favoritism for Yuan Chonghuan. In the view of those who supported Mao Wenlong, the incident of Yuan Chonghuan killing Mao Wenlong abandoning Pi Island was the main reason for completely subverting the Ming Dynasty's rule, no doubt.

At this stage, the Later Jin Dynasty seems to be very powerful on the battlefield, but in fact it has reached the verge of collapse. Eat, no, wear, no, and every year the tribal alliance that racks brains for the winter will be buried in a heavy snow at any time. If someone tells Huang Taiji that your son is the master of the Central Plains, I am afraid that the only fate of this person is to be cooked as a midnight snack.

Yuan Chonghuan took the initiative to help the Later Jin solve his worries. What a great achievement for Jiannu. No wonder the Qing Dynasty rehabilitated Yuan Chonghuan. Zhou Shixiong felt that the Tartars were too stingy and thought to himself, "If I were Qianlong, at least I would give Yuan Chonghuan a reward to protect the king. Yuan Chonghuan is definitely worthy of the praise of the new Qing Dynasty without Yuan Chonghuan."

"Master Zhou, it's not too late to disturb you to rest." Liu Ning got up and said goodbye after drinking a few glasses of wine. Zhou Shixiong sent him out of the door. Liu Ning wanted to speak but stopped several times, but Zhou Shixiong just refused to be a good supporting actor and pretended not to see it. Liu Ning couldn't speak, so he could only get on the horse and left in depressed manner.

Back in the living room, Fang Zhenghua sat at the table and swallowed her voraciously. I saw Liu Ning visiting just now, but Fang Zhenghua couldn't come out. Liu Ning came to see an imperial envoy in private as a general of a province. It was inappropriate for such a thing to spread. It was Liu Ning's business that Liu Ning did not be jealous of Fengqiu County Magistrate, but Fang Zhenghua was jealous, so he could only hide in the house and starve.

"Xiao Fang, you have a lot of things to do. I am not a senior official and a high-ranking official in the court. How could there be so many taboos?" Seeing Fang Zhenghua eating and drinking, Zhou Shixiong joked with a smile.

"Sir, can you compare with you? We eunuchs must be careful. No one knows that the wrong step will be taken, but if you make a mistake, you will have no way to turn back!" Fang Zhenghua swallowed the chicken in his mouth with difficulty and said in a voice-proof manner.

"Okay, eat yours." He laughed and scolded Fang Zhenghua. Zhou Shixiong poured his own glass of wine, drinking while thinking about his worries. It seemed that the troubled times swept across the Ming Dynasty could not be avoided. There were only two roads in front of him. Either leave the Ming Dynasty and go abroad or stay in the Ming Dynasty.

Going to sea seems good, but it is not easy to do this. It is not a big problem to help with cheats in language, but it is difficult to find a place to settle in a foreign country with your family. I won’t mention the high-end racial discrimination. Most parts of Southeast Asia are primitive societies, and it seems that as long as you have a certain amount of force, you can make your own king. Then why haven’t you heard of that?

Zheng Zhilong is not awesome, and no one can receive any navigation tax in East Asia than him. He also accounts for a part of Dongfan Island, why should he surrender to the Ming Dynasty? Is it not good to occupy the mountain and be king? Zheng Zhilong must have his reasons not to do this. Although Zhou Shixiong does not know the specific reason, logical reasoning tells him that this idea is correct. Since even the East Asian pirate king who ruled the world cannot do it, Zhou Shixiong has no reason to think that he can do it.

If you can’t find a place where you have the final say overseas to settle down, then staying in the Ming Dynasty is the only choice. There are more difficulties to face in the Ming Dynasty. The legendary Little Ice Age, the great Li Zicheng Uprising Movement, and the greater Great Integration Movement of the Qing Dynasty, Zhou Shixiong asked himself if he could withstand it?

The Little Ice Age's blow to agriculture was fatal. The farming countries believed in the knowledge accumulated by historical experience, such as China's twenty-four solar terms were specially invented for farming. But the experience was decided by the experience. The spring plowing that has been passed down for thousands of years was simply a slag in the Little Ice Age, and the land was as frozen as iron. Spring plowing? Plowing hair!

The great Confucianism invented a way to solve the climate abnormality, that is, let His Majesty the Emperor write a review and take it to the altar to read it to God. As long as the review is profound enough, nothing will be a problem. Suddenly, Zhou Shixiong thought that the Organization Department would be God? Because they all have a common hobby and like to listen to very extreme and profound reviews.

"What are you thinking!" Zhou Shixiong slapped himself and pulled his jumping thoughts back to reality. Fang Zhenghua was already rubbing his stomach and burping on the side, making Zhou Shixiong want to beat someone up!

"Sir, are there mosquitoes?" Fang Zhenghua saw Zhou Shixiong slapped him for no reason, and thought there were mosquitoes, but he looked around but couldn't find the suspect.

"Person Qi, let them rest early and have to rush to the road tomorrow." Zhou Shixiong ignored Fang Zhenghua and said to Qi Chuge who was standing aside as a waiter.

"Yes, sir." Qi Chuge responded and arranged a rotation. Zhou Shixiong turned around and looked at Fang Zhenghua, "Xiao Fang, I will depend on you when I enter Beijing. Remember to report to me if there is any trouble."

Zhou Shixiong suddenly said this, and Fang Zhenghua was stunned. After a while, he realized, "Sir, are there any trouble?"

Zhou Shixiong shook his head, "I am now the commander of Xiangzhou. According to the law, the court will send the assistant magistrate to assist. If the title of imperial envoy is still there, the problem is not a big deal. I am afraid that the emperor will cancel me as an imperial envoy, and life will not be easy at that time."

Fang Zhenghua also had a similar premonition. Long lively promoted Zhou Shixiong and even handed over the land of a state to him. The actual commander who controlled a military state could no longer be called an imperial envoy. Such power was too great, so great that no one could bear it. Moreover, with Fang Zhenghua's understanding of the Donglin Party members, even if the emperor did not want to withdraw Zhou Shixiong's imperial envoy, these Donglin Party would not speak out and let the situation develop.

"Sir, I'll definitely go to see my teacher after entering Beijing." Fang Zhenghua thought about it and finally came up with a solution for him. In order to be the emperor's eyes and ears by Zhou Shixiong, Fang Zhenghua had a very thorough understanding of Zhou Shixiong's resume. Zhou Shixiong's hometown has no connections, and his only uncle Zhou Zhizhu is an honest farmer and is not worth paying attention to.

PS: Someone ran naked and hey~~~~ Please watch!!!
Chapter completed!