Aspiration

Chapter 197
When mentioning Ms. Zuo, the old man was not happy. He said that Li Laiheng was too heartless. He was a big girl who had not married so far and was almost a leftover woman. Li Laiheng shouldn't be.

Indeed, Li Laiheng should not, you have hugged this Miss Zuo, this woman is not from the 21st century, she is an ancient, ancient beauty, she is very feudal, if she has been hugged by a man, she should marry this man.As for Li Laiheng, every day is a battle on the battlefield, and he forgets about his children's affection.Therefore, Miss Zuo's old grandma was not happy, and scolded Li Laiheng for being unfeeling and heartless, which is not a man's style.

Lao Jiu laughed. He said, what is a man's style like?
It seems that this husband has a deep understanding of the relationship between his children and his children.

In fact, this old man was originally a lover. When he was young, he was a fierce general under Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides. He made many military exploits and was expected to be promoted.But he took a fancy to a woman who was of low status and was just a maid in Yuan Chonghuan's mansion.But regardless of these, he had a secret relationship with this woman, and was soon discovered by Yuan Chonghuan's housekeeper. Once he sued Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan never reused him again.Yuan Chonghuan said how can a lustful man achieve a career?Later, after a series of twists and turns, he and that woman came to Zuo Liangyu's mansion. The woman became the nanny of the young lady, and the nanny became a servant with nothing to do all his life.

Now, he is very angry at Li Laiheng's fickleness. In his worldview, Li Laiheng is not a good man.

Lao Jiu didn't come to discuss the children's affair with the grandma, he came to mobilize Zuo Liangyu and Li Laiheng to cooperate.

Grandma took Lao Jiu's words into the mansion.

Now the person in charge of the mansion is Zuo Menglong, the son of Zuo Liangyu, who commands Zuo Liangyu's 30 army and is extremely powerful in the court.

Zuo Menglong was very arrogant, he dismissed Li Laiheng's request, saying how could we Ningnan Hou cooperate with the generals of the bandits?Therefore, when Grandma handed over Lao Jiu's letter to Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Menglong arrogantly tore up the letter.Although Zuo Liangyu was a little displeased with his son's recklessness, he didn't say much. He was also not interested in Li Laiheng's request. In addition to his poor health recently, he basically ignored major and minor matters.

Zuo Menglong's recent military affairs have been going smoothly. Azig is protecting himself in Xiangyang. Wu Sangui was defeated in Yuezhou by a main force sent by Zuo Menglong. Wu Sangui has now gone to southern Hunan and western Hunan, and the vanguard has passed Guiyang. Zuo Menglong will soon be able to win the entire territory of Hunan.Zuo Menglong's current military goal is the land of Wuyue, and winning Nanjing is his most important cause.

Nanjing is the capital of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Emperor Hongguang mainly relied on Ma Shiying, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing.These five people both used and attacked Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu knew that he didn't have much chance to do anything in this court.He himself doesn't care anymore, he's getting older, his health is failing, and he doesn't care much about being ignored, but his son Zuo Menglong can't stop his promotion, so the two of them have been planning one thing recently, which is to eliminate the emperor. Ma Shiying, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and others around him are called "Qing Junfang".Once successful, the most powerful figures in Nanming will be Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Menglong and his son.

So, how could they think about cooperating with Li Laiheng at this time?
Back home, Zuo Menglong had already forgotten about Li Laiheng's letter. He was greeted by his concubine, took off his coat, lay down in the master's chair, and put his feet on the soft stool handed over by his concubine. , two maids helped him hammer his feet.

After hammering a few times, a person came out from behind the screen.

"General Zuo tore up our letter from General Li?" It was Lao Jiu who came out, lurking in Zuo Menglong's mansion.

"Who are you?" Zuo Menglong was startled, and shouted loudly, "Come on!"

The word "person" was not called out, and the cold sword rested on Zuo Menglong's neck.

"There's no need to make a big fuss. If you want to kill you, you'll be out of breath." Then, Lao Jiu put the sword back into its scabbard, and said, "General Zuo, it's very irrational for you to tear up General Li's letter. Now it is General Li who asks you to cooperate with him. From now on, it will be your turn to ask him to take him in. There is a big difference between the two. Why did Emperor Hongguang rely on Ma Shiying and Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and others? You know. You are now preparing to 'Qing Jun's side', let me tell you, people have been guarding against you for a long time. If you don't move, they will have nothing to do with you. Once your army marches towards Nanjing, I can tell you that it is in the arms of Ma Shiying and the others. You won’t say you don’t understand this truth, will you?”

Of course Zuo Menglong would not understand. They have been contacting various forces recently and are also working on He Tengjiao's work. I hope they cooperate.However, their progress in this area has been very limited, which is their big concern.

Zuo Menglong understood in his heart, but he couldn't be soft-spoken. He said to Lao Jiu, "You don't need to worry about our court affairs. You Li Zicheng's thieves, how can we cooperate with you?"

Lao Jiu laughed and said, "Are we still thieves? Now, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei are all under the control of our General Li, with more than [-] troops, especially the capital of our General Li. They are not ordinary soldiers, they are all elite troops. Looking at the whole country, you should know who is the most powerful. Our General Li said that he admired Zuo Liangyu for his character and bravery. Moreover, you are caught between us and General Zuo. Between Nanming, if you cooperate, there will be less loss of life, and if you don't cooperate, the family business that your Zuo family has worked so hard for may become a passing cloud, so, General Zuo, you should be more thoughtful."

These words deeply hurt Zuo Menglong's heart.However, he knew Li Laiheng's strength well, and he was really worried that one day Li Laiheng would send his troops south. At that time, he, Zuo Menglong, would be in a dilemma.In Nanming, because Ma Shiying and others controlled the government, Li Laiheng must have been overjoyed to attack the Zuo family army, and it was absolutely impossible to send a single soldier to help.In the face of the powerful enemy Li Laiheng, Zuo Menglong is absolutely not sure of winning.

Lao Jiu is good at observing facial expressions and knows what Zuo Menglong is thinking.

"Why don't you attack Beijing?" Zuo Menglong asked suddenly.

Lao Jiu smiled secretly: "What does General Zuo think?"

Zuo Menglong really couldn't think of a good reason.He and Zuo Liangyu have been wondering why Li Laiheng didn't capture Beijing.It stands to reason that it is very easy to attack Beijing. As long as you put on an offensive posture, maybe the Qing soldiers will retreat.However, at this moment, he stopped marching.

"Why, only you know, I can't see your tricks." Zuo Menglong said.

Lao Jiu smiled again, "We don't want a second Southern and Northern Dynasty!"

"At that time, after Beijing is conquered, you can bring Emperor Hongguang to Beijing, and General Li can be named a county king or prince. What's the problem?"

Lao Jiu said: "Is General Zuo telling the truth or lying? Do you want General Li to be accused of 'unfounded' charges by the ministers?"

"Could it be that you, General Li, still want to be emperor yourself?" Zuo Menglong asked in surprise.

Lao Jiu laughed, he was noncommittal.

(End of this chapter)