Lu, it is impossible for the dispute of blessing not to spread to Huai'an, and King Lu has no gratitude for the Donglin Qungong who tried to drive him to the shelf.

King Fu has seen a lot of arrogant generals recently, and there are even more civil officials who are not interested in him or even rude.

Although Liu Zeqing was rude in front of him, he came with good intentions, and he usually took care of Du Yuan's side, with strict guards and rich supplies, and King Fu was still quite grateful to Liu Zeqing.

Of course, he didn't know that when the discussion first started, Liu Zeqing agreed to establish King Lu, and even suggested that King Zhufu should prevent future troubles.

As a result, after many days, Shi Kefa never made a decision, and he dared to delay such a major event, and Liu Zeqing suddenly felt that things were not good.

Coupled with Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo, after exchanging voices, although the feudal domains are not in harmony, and will even attack each other soon, they still decide to be consistent in supporting the major matters, and the bloodline of King Fu is recently, and it is easy to be recognized by the people of the world.

If King Fu and the others walked around the Ghost Gate, if there was a little ruthless and responsible person in the group of wastes of the Donglin Party, a letter would be enough to kill him.

"Liu Shuai has worked hard." Fu Wang Zhu Yousong said: "Come to Xiao Wang, I don't know what's important?" ”

"Of course, Your Highness, the emperor has been martyred, and the crown prince, the Yongwang, and the Dingwang are all trapped in the matter of Jingshi?"

"Yes, got it."

"Listening to the latest news, Li Zicheng failed to surrender to Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Liaozhen, after winning the Beijing division, he led his troops to attack Sangui, and was ambushed by the Qing army and Sangui soldiers in a piece of stone, so he was defeated, fled back to the Beijing division and burned the inner court and left, and now the Beijing division has been occupied by Wu Sangui and the Dongyu soldiers. The Eastern Capture Army occupied the Beijing Division, known as the revenge of the Ming Dynasty for me, and did not send troops after occupying the Beijing Division, but also mourned for the first emperor, pacified the hundred officials, and governed the place, and its ambition was not small. Now Liukou, Dongyu, I Ming tripartite stand, this Cheng is in danger of survival, the emperor is in danger, the prince and the kings have fallen and their whereabouts are unknown, the country can not be empty for a day, the ministers and the towns and the governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying, suggested that His Royal Highness go to Nanjing to supervise the country......"

"How can this work?" Zhu Yousong subconsciously refused: "This king is weak in talent and morality, and he is really unworthy of this great responsibility." ”

"Emperor Shenzong left a lineage of Guangzong, and today it is extinct, and now it is His Royal Highness King Fu, at this time he refuses, but what about Zongmiao, how to explain to Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzuwen?"

Liu Zeqing didn't give Zhu Yousong a chance at all, how could the parties be allowed to push back and talk about the matter of supporting!

At the moment, he simply waved his hand, and a sedan chair carried by four people had fallen in front of Zhu Yousong, Liu Zeqing pressed the sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Please Your Highness take the sedan chair and set off to the dock, and set off for Nanjing Pukou today!" ”

"Alas...... In this way, Xiao Wang is arranged by the marshal. ”

Zhu Yousong couldn't help himself, and the position of the prison and the emperor was really tempting, and later King Lu was ready to surrender, and when Ma Shiying and Zhu Dadian and others supported him, King Lu was still a squirming superintendent.

Seeing that King Fu was surrounded and headed to the dock, a large number of soldiers also followed with knives and guns, and Liu Zeqing's originally resolute and majestic face also showed a smile.

Supporting such a great achievement, coupled with the fact that each person actually occupies a lot of territory, the imperial court already has the intention of establishing a vassal to resist the thieves, as long as the vassal is established, it is originally a strong general army of tens of thousands of troops, plus the merit of supporting the establishment is in hand, and the position of Uncle Hou is also in hand.

At this point, it is impossible for civilian officials to suppress the title of military general.

"Handsome, handsome......"

Seeing that Liu Zeqing was about to go to the dock surrounded by everyone, Master Mao felt that he had a heavy responsibility, and shouted loudly at the moment, regardless of the guards around him.

"Looking for death?" A guest lieutenant greeted him, and with a crackling crackle, he smoked several big ear shaves from Master Mao.

Liu Zeqing was already surrounded by a Chinese officer riding over on horseback and shouted: "Who is shouting, how did you press it?" ”

Master Mao ignored the bleeding from his mouth and nose, and shouted wildly: "My surname is Mao, and I was sent by Master Yang Shili over there in Yancheng, and there is a letter from the marshal to Master Yang as proof." ”

"Bring it."

The Chinese officer took the letter and replied, and after a while, he turned back and took Master Mao out of the crowd and took him directly to Liu Zeqing, who was in the middle of the road.

Master Mao quickly knelt down and presented Yang Shili's reply letter high.

"Oh, this guy surnamed Yang is willing to work." Liu Zeqing had a faint joy on his face, Huai'an he occupied was not as good as the four towns, and the importance of the strategic place was not as important as Xuzhou in the north, and the territory was not as big as Gao Jie.

In terms of importance to Nanjing, it is not as good as Huang Degong of Gongwei in the Wuwei Prefecture area of Hezhou, that is, he and Liu Liangzuo in northern Anhui have the same disease.

Huai'an is fortunate to be able to take advantage of Caoyun and Yanli, and Liu Liangzuo is undoubtedly the worst one.

Liu Zeqing also wants to further grasp Yancheng, Taizhou and Yangzhou, and now when he is established, there is another local snake who has a lot of roots in Yancheng and Yangzhou to express his allegiance, although it will involve the rest of the involvement, but what Yang Shili said is just a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning in Liu Zeqing's eyes.

"Go back and tell your family." Liu Zeqing turned a blind eye to the blood on Master Mao's face, and said calmly: "After I and Zhuzhen send King Fu to Nanjing to supervise the country, I should come back to do what he said." ”

"Handsome and graceful." Master Mao said tremblingly: "That Min Yuan Qixin's military exploits are afraid that he will be awarded an official by the imperial court, and this person is good at training, the villain is afraid that it will be delayed for a long time, and his person will be a little tricky, even if he wants to deal with him, he is a little tricky." ”

"Listen, what do you say?" Liu Zeqing didn't laugh angrily, but his laughter faintly had the sound of gold and stone.

Those who are familiar with Liu Zeqing know that this is anger, but it is not to the point of killing.

If Liu Zeqing is extremely angry, he will remain silent and expressionless.

Previously, Liu Zeqing worshiped the scholar Liu Hongxun as his uncle, and later the Liu clan from Shandong went to Huai'an to defect to Liu Zeqing, and Liu Zeqing treated Liu Hongxun's two sons as sons and nephews, domineering, and excluded in every way, and also tried to annex Liu Konghe's soldiers and horses.

Once Liu Zeqing feasted guests to write poems, this person is vassally elegant, and has always been quite confident in his poems, but Liu Konghe was silent after reading the poems, Liu Zeqing repeatedly asked, Liu Konghe said helplessly: "It's better not to do it."

After hearing this, Liu Zeqing obviously changed color, and soon talked and laughed with Liu Konghe.

After a short time, Liu Konghe, who had been stationed in Andong County, was ordered to take 2,000 troops to Hezhou, and halfway through, Liu Zeqing sent a large number of elite soldiers to surround Liu Konghe's troops, first arrest Liu Konghe and kill them, and then kill all the soldiers and horses of 2,000 Liu Konghe and his troops in batches!

This man's heart is ruthless, murderous like numbness, turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, which has been fully reflected in this matter.

"Dashuai cleaned up a thousand households in your place, it's not a matter of turning over your hands." The lieutenant officer stepped forward and scolded: "Don't hurry up and get down, I'm annoyed by the marshal, you don't have a head!" ”

"They know a lot about the countrymen." Liu Zeqing smiled and said: "My subordinates said that there were 30,000 soldiers, and when I first went south, Lord Lu of the Governor also prevented me from entering Huai, and then Lao Tzu detoured from Fengyang, didn't he come in?" Now that we occupy Huai'an Mansion, there are so many counties, and we are collecting wages and food everywhere, if we pay back 30,000 people, Lao Tzu will not die of shame? With so many soldiers and sufficient salaries, Lao Tzu can't try to fight the world, let alone a deputy thousand households who have just emerged in a place? Is this also worth mentioning? It's really funny. Okay, we've got a delay here, so we've got to hurry! ”

Of course, Liu Zeqing didn't say these words for a mere master, even if Yang Shili didn't take it very seriously.

Now the situation is different, if Emperor Chongzhen is still there, he must have the most basic program and military discipline, now the emperor is in good spirits, the new emperor is supported by the generals, what else to talk about?

During the Hongguang Dynasty, someone asked Liu Zeqing to act in Huaishang, build a big mansion, and in the fishing and meat township, soldiers and horses were rampant, and Liu Zeqing replied: "The emperors are all established by me, and he should repay me and let me enjoy happiness in Huaishang." If I ride south, I will go straight to the south of the Yangtze River and choose a county to settle down. ”

As one of the four towns and a knighted general, if you can say such things, there is no need to say more about the rot of Nanming.

When Liu Zeqing went south, there were only about 30,000 people, most of whom were battalion cannon fodder and strong men, and the elite under his command came from his own family and the generals' personal soldiers, adding up to two or three thousand people.

When he first arrived at the periphery of Huai'an, he was blocked by Lu Zhenfei like Gao Jie, Gao Jie chose to settle in Xuzhou, and Liu Zeqing took a detour from Fengyang to Huai'an, and finally occupied the more wealthy Huai'an Mansion.

Among the four towns, only Huang Degong, who was born in Beijing, has the best military discipline, and the other three towns, Gao Jie was born as a thief, and he doesn't know what military discipline is.

Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo are people who have no character and no moral ambitions, the two of them and Gao Jie are three departments, attacking each other, and the corpses are all over the field, even if they usually levy salaries and food in the local area, the soldiers burn, kill, prostitute and plunder all kinds of evil, because the system of supervising and patrolling and other civil officials and controlling the military has been completely destroyed, the commanders of the four towns have knighthoods, Shi Kefa regards the four towns as the pride of the Ping Domain, and only knows how to be a peacemaker when encountering trouble, and even the four towns did not even look at Shi Kefa later, Gao Jie even put Shi Kefa under house arrest.

If it weren't for Zuo Liangyu's head, and Huang Degong's domineering attitude towards the center, he would be quite respectful and loyal on the whole, I am afraid that the three towns would not even have the most basic attitude of loyalty to the imperial court.

During the Chongzhen period, all the towns had to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of the soldiers, because the imperial court discipline was still there, and by the time of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the four towns were basically doing whatever they wanted, and force had become the foundation of the security forces.

In less than a year from the seventeenth year of Chongzhen to Hongguangnian, Liu Liangzuo's department swelled from 30,000 to more than 200,000 people, and it was Liu Liangzuo's department that besieged Jiangyin.

Liu Zeqing's department swelled to more than 100,000 people, Huang Degong's department had 780,000 people, and Gao Jie's department also had more than 100,000 people.

The towns not only have a large number of soldiers, but also rely on the salaries and weapons given by the Southern Ming Dynasty and the local looting, and the force does not decrease but rises, which is much stronger than when Chongzhen was restrained by civilian officials.

Gao Jie has Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Gao Jinku and other fierce generals, Huang Degong has Tian Xiong, Ma Degong, Bu Congshan, Liu Zeqing has Bai Yongfu, Ma Huabao, Zuo Liangyu has Jin Shengheng, Ma Jinzhong, Wang Yun and other generals.

These fierce generals, or for the Southern Ming Dynasty, most of them surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and became a strong existence that is not inferior to the Han Army's Eight Banners and the King of Sanshun, especially Jin Shengheng, Li Chengdong and others have made the greatest contributions, these generals, almost led the headquarters of the troops to fight several provinces for the Qing court, Li Chengdong is a single person to defeat Guangdong, great meritorious service, and because of the lack of reward, far less than Wu Sangui Shang Kexi and other Liaodong Han troops who surrendered early, successively returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and the Qing army spent a lot of effort to exterminate these people, These proud soldiers and warriors were all formed from the end of Chongzhen to the Hongguang period, especially the chaos in the Hongguang period made these fierce generals under the four towns rapidly expand their strength, and most of the armor weapons and elite soldiers and horses were formed at this time.

The soldiers and horses of the four towns add up to hundreds of thousands, and Zuo Liangyu claims to have an army of hundreds of thousands of people.

Liu Zeqing's arrogance and confidence come from this.