Shi Kefa was not angry for a while, and the next day he told a few cronies what he thought.

"No, the Cabinet." Ying Tingji didn't quite understand Shi Kefa's self-abandonment, he arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Ma Yaocao told His Royal Highness the Fu King about the seven unattainable things, it is nothing more than that the cabinet is the only person who can threaten his position in the cabinet. If the cabinet invites itself to go out, then Lord Jiang, Lord Lu, Lord Gao and others will not be their opponents. ”

"Qian Muzhai will definitely recover." Shi Kefa said with a tired face: "When the time comes, Mu Zhai Gong and Ma Yaocao will work together in the cabinet." ”

"Mu Zhai Gong may not be able to enter the cabinet." Yan Ermei shook his head and said: "He has been dismissed from the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years, and after more than ten years, his reputation is not as good as it was back then. It is inevitable to recover, but there will definitely be people who mention that Emperor Daxing is dissatisfied with Mu Zhaigong, if he suddenly enters the cabinet, it is difficult to settle the matter, I think, Shi Gong had better not think about it. Peace of mind in the cabinet, with the prestige and real power of the public, is enough to balance Ma Yaocao, and cannot make this generation do whatever he wants in the cabinet. If Shi Gong goes out, Zhu Gong is not Ma Yaocao's opponent, and he does not accept Ma Yaocao's control of the government, Nanjing will inevitably have civil strife. When the time comes, I'm afraid it will be an opportunity for the rogue to take advantage of. ”

"Hey, why do you care so much?" Shi Kefa was quite desperate in his heart, but there were some things that even his closest staff members could not say.

The shelves here in Nanjing were erected, and the towns were newly established, but Shi Kefa knew that it was only because Li Zicheng's army was still thousands of miles away.

If Li Zicheng led hundreds of thousands of troops south, I am afraid that the towns would either surrender directly or flee in despair, counting on those warlords to sincerely resist, and Shi Kefa was not very confident.

If the central government is smooth, works together, establishes four towns outside the four towns, and sets up defense areas in the general forces of various provinces, to ensure that the middle reaches of the Yangtze River reach Nanjing, and to protect the vast half of the lake and the southern part of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang and other places, there is still something to be done in state affairs.

But now like this, King Fu has not yet succeeded to the throne, and the internal mess is already bad, and Shi Kefa is already upset, or rather disheartened.

Take the letter of the Seven Cannot be established as an example, although Ma Shiying took the manuscript, and the Seven Impossible Positions on it were not Shi Kefa's original words, it was Shi Kefa who relayed Jiang Yueguang's words, but as long as King Fu saw it, what would he think of Shi Kefa?

Shi Kefa is embarrassed to think about it himself, and he doesn't know how to face King Fu in the future?

Shi Kefa is a person with a spiritual cleanliness, or rather cherishing feathers, although he seems to be complaining, but his heart to go out is extraordinarily firm.

Again, of course, this is a wrong choice.

Ma Shiying has always served as a local governor, and even if he has the merit of supporting it, it is impossible to dominate the cabinet.

Shi Kefa is determined to stay in Nanjing, with the power of Donglin's lineage, who can squeeze him out?

He has no outstanding military talents, and his military and political ability to coordinate finances and pacify the local government is also quite average.

Going abroad is to give up the power of the cabinet, which makes the internal strife even more intense.

Later, Ma Shiying intended to reconcile, and after the death of a certain Donglin bigwig, he mourned in the cabinet, but Jiang Yueguang and Gao Hongtu expressed their dissatisfaction in person, they believed that Ma Shiying was not a Donglin lineage, and he did not have the qualifications to mourn the Donglin Party members at all.

Xenophobia and the party have fought to such an extent, and these gentlemen of the Donglin Party are really brainless. The Donglin Party really mastered the major politics four years before the Apocalypse, that is, the period when the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty was in power. Although Wei Zhongxian was favored at that time, he was not qualified to face the Donglin Party.

Four years after the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian won a complete victory, and the Donglin Party was completely defeated, and it was regarded as a rectification of the chaos during the Chongzhen period, but how could the lost position be so easy to recover back, and before the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the strength of the Donglin Party in the court was quite limited.

However, during the Chongzhen period, no party was big, the emperor was arbitrary, and no minister had the opportunity to form a party, including Zhou Yanru.

In the Southern Ming Dynasty, the strength of the Donglin Party in Jiangnan was still unshakable, but Ma Shiying took the lead and occupied the central position. Because Ruan Dayue helped Ma Shiying, he insisted on making Ruan Dayue come back, and he did not hesitate to make trouble for this reason.

Finally, when the Qing army went south, Zuo Liangyu raised troops on the side of the Qing Jun at the instigation of the Donglin Party, and the Qing army was about to arrive in Yangzhou, and the two strongest towns in the Southern Ming Dynasty were still fighting infighting, which was really impossible to talk about.

If Shi Kefa can force himself to stay in the cabinet, with his prestige and status, Ma Shiying will be involved and suppressed, and the internal strife will not be white-hot......

Several staff members saw Shi Kefa's true intentions, and they all understood that his determination had been made.

Everyone sighed, and Ying Tingji sneered repeatedly.

Shi Gong didn't say anything about character, but about the wisdom and responsibility of politicians, well, after all, he was Shi Gong's staff, so he didn't say anything ugly.

Shi Kefa really made up his mind, and he didn't take everyone's reaction to heart.

King Fu ascended the throne in early May and became emperor, on the same day Wu Sangui led Dolgon into the customs, and the next day Shi Kefa invited himself to go out to Jiangbei to sort out the defenses, history was frozen on this day, and everything seemed to be destined......

"Mr. Ying, don't sneer......" Shi Kefa smiled helplessly, handed an official document stamped with the seal of the main hall of the military department in his sleeve to Ying Tingji, and then said: "Huaiyang soldiers are preparing to ask Min Yuanqi for credit, saying that it is to prevent thieves, bandits, and pirates, this time there are more than 1,000 people, and next time there may be thousands of people. It is a post, please set up a guerrilla attack in the area of Yancheng, and use the guerrilla battalion to defend the seaside to the Yantai place. Then set up a garrison in the area of Yunti Pass, and then set up a battalion, Huaiyang is empty and empty, with these two battalions, the defense can also save a lot of worry. The Min family has been a generalist for generations, and the foundation of the soldiers and generals is already there, so there is no need to spend much more money on the imperial court. Zhou Bingbei also said that there are many large local families who are willing to donate military supplies, and the imperial court can just give a name to this matter. ”

Shi Kefa said with a smile: "This Min family should have entrusted a lot of people, and it is rare for Zhou Bingbei to contribute so much for him, and he has made a lot of rules and regulations, after I read it, I feel that the seaside around Yancheng is really reckless, ambushes everywhere, what is the real situation?" I'm afraid I can only laugh it off. Now is the time to employ people, since Zhou Bingbei and the local authorities have all reported their merits, there is a person named Min Qiande from the Min family who has sent more than 1,000 heads to Nanjing with great fanfare, and he must always give Zhou Bingbei and the local government face...... I am determined to allow this. ”

Ying Tingji's face also showed joy, and he arched his hand and said: "The students have fought for the characters in Huaiyang and Min Yuanqi Min, and I have thanked the Cabinet Master." ”

Shi Kefa smiled: "I am also cultivating talents for the country. ”

After Shi Kefa decided to go abroad, his thirst for local talents increased suddenly. Now in this matter, one is that a local snake like the Min family must have a lot of local connections, and Shi Kefa intends to sell it well. In addition, Zhou Lianggong's Huaiyang Dao face can not be given, Shi Kefa is determined to go out of the town of Yangzhou, Yangzhou is not allowed to be touched by the towns or other forces, after all, it is the first important town in Jiangbei, Shi Kefa did not dare to come to Xuzhou, not to discredit him, if Shi Kefa really went out of the town and intended to recover, the first target should be Xuzhou, but from the beginning of his determination to go out of the town, the first target is Yangzhou.

If Huaiyang Dao's strength increases, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for Shi Kefa.

"I hope that this Min Yuan Qi can be cautious and loyal to the Ming Dynasty in addition to being brave and brave." Shi Kefa sighed: "In the past few years, many general towns have become more and more arrogant, especially Liu Zeqing and others. Now that it has the merit of supporting, it is even more difficult to suppress, I hope this Min Yuanqi will disappoint me! ”

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At the beginning of May, King Fu entered Nanjing, and then paid tribute to the tomb of filial piety, and entered the garrison house to live temporarily.

Surrounded by hundreds of civil and military officials, Zhu Yousong went to the Wuying Hall in the palace of Nanjing to hold a ceremony to supervise the country.

At that time, few of the Southern Ming monarchs and ministers knew, and on the second day, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, led Dolgon into the customs.

All the main forces of the Eight Banners of Manchuria were exhausted, and almost all the old men of the Eight Banners from their teens to fifty or sixty years old were brought by Dolgon as long as they could get on the horse and shoot arrows.

The mobilization of this scale is no longer one out of three or one out of five, almost the entire Eight Banners have been dispatched.

In addition, with the addition of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Han army had been driven out of the Eight Banners at the time of the death of the old slave, or was canceled as an independent establishment, and the Han army declined to almost no longer exist.

There were only more than 1,000 people on the left and right flanks of Mongolia, and a few thousand people with the outer Mongolian vassals.

During his reign of more than ten years, Huang Taiji restored the status of the Han people, established the inner courtyard and the six-ministry system, reused foreign talents in an eclectic manner, and plundered the wealth and people in the Ming Dynasty many times, so as to strengthen his own national strength. At the same time, he conquered the Mongolian steppe, eliminated Lin Dan Khan, and subjugated the three tribes of Outer Mongolia, when the old slave was there, only Horqin was barely regarded as an ally of the Later Jin, and when Huang Taiji died, Mongolia's Mobei Three Khans, Horqin, Bahrain, Chahar, Tumut, the original Duoyan Sanwei Tribes, almost all the Mongolian tribes surrendered in the form of alliances.

After the battle of Zhengming, Mongolia more or less will be sworn by the alliance to send troops, if there is a violation of the order, or late, Huang Taiji will be punished, judging from the record, Mongolia is not only superficial submission, has achieved the point of financial, material and human resources are used by the Jurchens.

By the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the national strength of the Jurchens was far from the small tribe they were at the beginning, and they could be called a big country with a territory of thousands of miles.

The main force of the Eight Banners is extremely elite soldiers and horses, experienced in a hundred battles, and strong soldiers, after subjugating the Mongols, to solve the defect of the lack of war horses, on the day of May 3, when King Fu announced the supervision of the country, the Southern Ming monarchs and ministers did not know, nor did they understand at all, what a terrible and terrible opponent they would face.

They will roar south and destroy everything!