Once an abscess has formed, the quickest way to heal it is to squeeze it through.

The small court of Shaoxing Mansion has accumulated contradictions for two years, and it has been completely triggered.

This is a struggle between the civil and military, the old and the new, over the concept of governance and the division of interests.

It has nothing to do with external enemies, and there is no need to hide it, its essence is an internal strife.

The root of this infighting came from the previous dynasties, from the Chongzhen Dynasty to the Hongguang Dynasty.

There was no outbreak before, but because of the strong pressure of the foreign enemy, many people could only unite and resist the enemy in unison.

Despite this, there was also a dispute between Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren over military strength, and the two joined forces to fight with the Chinese courtiers of the court.

Now, after the sudden rise of Wu Zheng, a new force has been added.

For example, Xia Wanchun and other rebels, uncles and nephews of the Qian family and the Northern Expedition all the way, attached to Wu Zheng, and surrendered to Wu Zheng.

Although these forces have their own demands, at this juncture, they have twisted into a rope and become a powerful force that cannot be underestimated, and it is a new force.

They were originally vassals of the previous two forces, such as the uncle and nephew of the Qian family.

Or the anti-Qing rebels who have been wandering away, such as Xia Wanchun.

Or they are idle people who are not qualified to intervene in the struggle for power, such as surrendering troops.

But at this moment, they have a common interest representative, that is, Wu Zheng.

Under the name Wu Zheng, they have a reason to unite together, and they have the power to express their demands.

They want to fight, they want to grab, they want to fight for the rights that they think should be their right.

In front of Hongwu Gate, a big chaos finally brewed.

At least four sides of the confrontation have formed, although they have not yet drawn their swords against each other, but tens of thousands of troops and 100,000 civilians are mixed together, and there are no casualties, that is impossible.

This is a tragedy, a tragedy that cannot be avoided.

Of course, if Wu Zheng is here, the intensity may be weakened, but it is impossible to stop it.

Wu Zheng is at best a representative of the interests of the new forces, and has binding force, but has no complete control.

He could command his troops to fight against the Qing army, but he could not contain the demands of all sides for profit.

If it is forcibly suppressed, it will lead to a mutiny or fall apart.

This is also the reason why Wu Zheng depressed and lost control of his drinking in front of his uncle's grave and cried bitterly.

An outsider, less than twenty years old, spent more than a year on combat, but the problem was that the war was temporarily stopped, and Wu Zheng found that the imperial court was still the imperial court, and the hundred officials were still the hundred officials, and no one responded to his Northern Expedition strategy with indignation, and some just moved north in unison.

The move north is beyond reproach and beyond reproach.

Now that Nanjing has been recovered, the imperial court should naturally return to set the record straight.

But Wu Zheng knew very well in his heart that the purpose of these high-ranking people wanting to move north was nothing more than to absorb the interests in Nanjing, which were far more than those of Shaoxing Mansion, and then divide them.

Maybe Zhu Yujiao is not, Qian Sule is not, Zhang Huangyan, Xiong Rulin, Sun Jiaji, etc. are not, but they can't have an impact on the entire court.

Those people, with old qualifications and high experience, will quote scriptures and stand on the highest point of morality if they have any appeals, so that you cannot refute them.

Just like Wu Zheng's assassination in Pinggang Cottage, although this started with Uncle Zheng's heart, it represents the collective appeal of a large group of people.

Wu Zheng would not be stupid enough not to notice the darkness behind this matter.

The assassination was indeed instructed by Uncle Zheng, but Wu Zheng was assassinated, but it was in the area controlled by the imperial court, and it was not Zhu Yujiao's personal guards who ruled there, but the 10,000 Ming troops who withdrew from Fenghui to Pinggang Mountain.

Their control lies with the Ministry of War, not Liao Zhongping.

The things are obvious, and the results speak for themselves.

In other words, from Uncle Zheng instructing the officers to guard, to the officers and then appointing the soldiers to do it, and then to the scene where the Ming army did not react, this shows that there are people, many people who helped the occurrence of this assassination case, at least by acquiescence or as if they did not see it.

How does this not make Wu Zheng feel cold?

How not to let Wu Zheng get tired?

The uncle's grave was just a vent, venting the resentment and hatred in his heart, as well as the helplessness of not being able to control the current situation.

And the confrontation in front of Hongwu Gate lasted until the early morning of the next day.

More and more people gradually calmed down, and they began to realize that they were nothing more than ants that could be trampled to death at any time in this kind of chaos.

They no longer believed that they were the people at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they began to abandon the sense of superiority that they did not have in the first place, they began to lick their wounds and take the initiative to evacuate.

With the evacuation of the people, a large area was vacated in front of Hongwu Gate.

And at this time, the Quartet finally thought of a solution to this farce.

In front of Hongwu Gate, on a small platform hastily erected, Chen Zilong and other Ying Hongru, as well as Wang Zhiren, Qian family's uncle and nephew, Xia Wanchun and other more than a dozen powerful figures sat in a circle.

Of course, as Wang Zhiren Xingguo Gong and the largest military power in Yingtianfu, Wang Zhiren deservedly sat on the throne.

From accusing each other of mobilizing troops without authorization, to arguing with each other over who should be the emperor.

Wang Zhiren kept his eyes closed and listened, and he didn't even move the corners of his mouth.

When everyone was fighting for dry mouths, they asked Wang Zhiren to make a closing statement.

Wang Zhiren finally opened his eyes, and he swept the audience coldly, "Supporting the new monarch? Do you have the qualifications? ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

In particular, Hongru, led by Chen Zilong, jumped up directly, "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." What's more, we are all Ming officials...... ”

Wang Zhiren sneered lightly and said with a slight sneer: "Da Ming died two years ago. If you really want to say it, the current court is just a remnant Ming court. Everyone in the world knows this, and you pretend not to know, but you are just humiliating yourself. ”

These were like stabbing a hornet's nest, and more than a dozen Hongru jumped to their feet one by one, pointing at Wang Zhiren and scolding.

Although Wang Zhiren's parents were not involved, words such as "arrogant", "arrogant", "treacherous", "silverfish" and so on were full of ears.

Wang Zhiren closed his eyes again and listened to them scolding.

At this time, Xia Wanchun suddenly got up and said: "Sir, for the time being, in the opinion of the students, such a major event must wait for Jinghai to welcome His Royal Highness into the city and discuss it together." Otherwise, even if we wait for the agreement here, I'm afraid it will be done behind closed doors, and it will only be a joke. ”

Chen Zilong was furious, pointed at Xia Wanchun and said, "Ridiculous! Human ethics is for the sake of righteousness. Shaoxing Mansion was originally the king of Lu in charge of the country, although the order of Lun is poor, but the king of Lu is finally a royal family, and it can be said. But now, it is ridiculous that Princess Changping is in charge of the country. I have been in China for 5,000 years, and except for Wu Zhou, I have not heard of a woman as an emperor. Now that the imperial court has returned to Nanjing, it is the time to shock the world and order all the people to work together to resist the revival of the Qing Dynasty. ”