Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

"You mean, the Marshal did it on purpose?"

Huaiguo Gongsun Weifan's pupils trembled and his face was full of disbelief.

Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing said with a slightly worried look:

"Alas! For the past two years, officials in the court have been constantly impeaching you. Some say you are too powerful, others say you are arrogant and tyrannical, often accusing you of threatening the country.

However, they never mentioned the adults' contributions to the court. In just three years, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty have changed so much. Anyone who takes a walk in the countryside can see it.

However, they did not know that the adults did not actually want to take on these tasks, and they really did not want to.

They always think that adults are being pretentious and using their achievements to blackmail others.

Haha, this kind of mentality, to say something extremely treasonous, even a foolish brother cannot stand it, whoever wants to do it can do it."

Liu Wenbing was obviously very upset about Zhang Shikang. For several years, Liu Wenbing had been following Zhang Shikang. During the bloody night in Kyoto, the southward march to Li Ting, and the two major battles outside the pass, he saw with his own eyes who was doing the work and who was just slacking off.

As for whether Zhang Shikang had the intention of rebellion, no one knew it better than him.

In Liu Wenbing's words, for the commander-in-chief, traveling around the world by sea might be more interesting than plotting treason. The commander-in-chief is indeed the laziest person he has ever met.

As a military general, Sun Weifan did not like internal strife in the court and had been busy with military affairs and did not pay much attention to the situation in the court. When he heard what Liu Wenbing said, he immediately became furious.

“There are bad people in the court!

"Xinle Hou, you are in charge of the Jinyiwei, so you must know who it is. Tell me, and I will kill him when I get back."

Sun Weifan was quite calm when he said this, but the words came out from between his teeth.

The imperial court has finally shown some improvement, but those guys who read the books of sages never think about this: if those books of sages are really useful, why are they so incompetent?

The Marshal raised their salaries and treated them respectably, and His Majesty didn't say anything, but that group of people started to jump up and down.

Sun Weifan was good at deploying troops, but he was an idiot when it came to power struggles. His idea was simple: chop down the one who got angry.

Just say that you are drunk. Considering the merits of your ancestors and your current merits, Your Majesty will at most deduct his salary, or at worst give him a beating in court. He is tough and can withstand it.

However, Liu Wenbing shook his head this time.

"Sir, please don't be reckless. To be honest, I only sensed from some clues that someone might be behind this.

But the civil officials have experienced the commander-in-chief's many reckonings and have become very smart. The people behind the scenes will never show up easily until the critical moment."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much, because the most important thing about this matter is His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, you know that as long as Your Majesty trusts the Commander, even if the civil officials impeach him a hundred times a day, it will be useless," Liu Wenbing consoled him.

But in fact, his face was not too relaxed, because he was not very clear whether there was any instruction from the palace.

Liu Wenbing had actually always been somewhat disappointed with his cousin, and his cousin had always been lukewarm towards him. If it weren't for the commander-in-chief's support, he wouldn't even have been able to enter the upper echelons of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

As the saying goes, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. Liu Wenbing certainly would not take that poor blood relationship too seriously. As an intelligence analyst, he had reason to be skeptical.

But it was obvious that Sun Weifan didn't think so much. When he heard this, his face immediately became much happier.

"That makes sense. Marquis Xinle, you don't know that our emperor trusts my nephew."

After saying this, Sun Weifan turned his head to glance at the tent where Zhang Shikang was, and said to Xinle Hou in a very mysterious tone:

"I'm telling you something, but don't tell anyone else."

Xinle Hou nodded and moved closer. Sun Weifan covered his mouth with his hand and whispered:

"Our Majesty may betroth Princess Kunyi to my eldest nephew."

Xinle Hou showed a look of surprise on his face, which made Sun Weifan very satisfied. He patted Xinle Hou on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, our Majesty will never make any mistakes. He is training the Marshal as a son-in-law."

Xinle Hou was indeed a little surprised, but he was not surprised by the news itself.

He remembered that when His Majesty personally led the army to fight, he and the commander-in-chief were on close terms, and the commander-in-chief even called him "old brother" all the time.

After all, the commander-in-chief is only eight years younger than Your Majesty.

This...isn't this generational order messed up?

The commander already has eight or nine concubines, and Princess Kunyi is still young. Will the commander agree?

Xinle Hou thought it was unlikely. He knew the commander too well and he knew that the commander liked mature women.

Liu Wenbing was still pondering the new information when Sun Weifan suddenly slapped his forehead.

"Ah! Marquis Xinle, since there's no problem with His Majesty, what if my nephew doesn't want to do it anymore?"

This question suddenly appeared in Sun Weifan's mind, catching him off guard.

In the past, when the imperial court was extremely poor and faced internal and external troubles, the Marshal worked diligently and rarely complained. However, since the situation improved, Sun Weifan often heard his nephew complaining.

I get up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the dogs, but I don’t get overtime pay.

There are also people who go on business trips once a year, and are away for a whole year at a time. They have no travel expenses and cannot see their wife and children.

He also often muttered about lying down, saying that a hands-off boss is still a boss, or that he was tired and so on. Sun Weifan didn't quite understand it. Anyway, his nephew always said strange things.

For example, during this expedition, his eldest nephew often stayed with his new wife, talking about nonsense such as hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, and odd changes but even does not change.

His mind is not on the court at all. My nephew wants to run away!

How is this possible?

This is absolutely not okay!

If Mr. Sun doesn't agree, Mr. Huang won't agree either. Although Mr. Lu is not very familiar with him, he probably won't agree either.

But the question is, does it matter whether they agree or not?

Even His Majesty would probably be worried.

Sun Weifan and Liu Wenbing fell into deep thought.

First of all, their thoughts are unified. No one from the Jinyiwei to the Imperial Guards wants to change their leadership.

There is only one leader like Zhang Shikang in the world, and the two men are very sure of this.

Liu Wenbing then analyzed:

“It is almost certain that some officials in the court want the commander-in-chief to step down.

Secondly, Your Majesty does not think so, or may not think so for the time being, or may hope that the commander-in-chief will stay in the position of Grand Marshal of the Army for a few more years.

Therefore, those officials can be ignored for now, and we just need to keep a close eye on the person behind the scenes."

"I, Old Sun, know all of this. Tell us about the strategy, tell us about the strategy!" Sun Weifan said impatiently.

"Then the problem is not complicated. If the Lord wants to withdraw, we can find a way to force him to withdraw, right?

You see, my lord, you have gone to so much trouble, isn't it just to make His Majesty suspicious?

Then we will..."

Liu Wenbing also covered his mouth and whispered something to Sun Weifan.

Sun Weifan showed a look of surprise on his face.

"Isn't this bad? Is this appropriate?"

"There is no such thing as having the best of both worlds," said Liu Wenbing.

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