Ma Shiying and the generals hugged King Fu ashore, and Shi Kefa welcomed him on behalf of the ministers of Nanjing.

The two sides still have a tacit understanding, and they did not mention the matter of King Fu's supervision of the country at this time, and Shi Kefa and others greeted King Fu and his party coldly.

From the wharf to the Shuiguan City Gate, then to the streets in the city, to the area around the Forbidden City of Nanjing, Liu Kongzhao, the sincere Bo Liu Kongzhao, made a big fanfare, and thousands of officers and soldiers of the three battalions under the commander of Caojiang lined up from the Shuixi Gate, guarding half of Nanjing.

In terms of the future identity of King Fu, it is also worthy.

King Fu was temporarily placed on the boat, and settled in Yanziji, the Nanjing palace was dilapidated, and extremely dirty, and now it could not be inhabited at all.

Zhu Yousong has nothing to do with this, when Li Zicheng broke Luoyang, Zhu Yousong fled in a hurry, and he didn't even care about his mother. He was a beggar, disguised as a businessman, and only after two years of escaping was he named the king of Fu, and the court will not be like his father Lao Fu Wang succeeded to the throne, the Son of Heaven looted the world's money and grain and a large number of acres for the Fu King to enjoy, after Zhu Yousong ascended the throne, the money and grain given by the court were quite meager, and it was almost impossible to provide for himself.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu fled to Huai'an from Songnan, and he was sent under the fence.

Zhu Yousong was not at all dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the Nanjing officials.

"Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Shi Kefa knocked on His Royal Highness King Fu."

"Governor Fengyang's minister, Ma Shiying, knocked to see His Royal Highness King Fu."

Although Shi Kefa bowed to King Fu, he did not call him a minister.

Compared with the two, the attitudes of the two red-robed civil officials are very different.

"Two adults, please get up." Zhu Yousong is dressed in a scarf and cloth, sitting in a chair, although he has been displaced in recent years, his figure is still quite fat.

Taking a boat from Huai'an all the way to Nanjing, after a few days of turbulence, Zhu Yousong was also obviously tired, but at this time, not only Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying, but also Lu Jiude and Han Zanzhou and other great eunuchs standing in the boat, in addition to Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and Chengyi Bo and other nobles in the city, these people are enough to decide Zhu Yousong's future, how dare he slack?

In the life of this blessed king in the past few years, he gradually realized a truth, there is no noble blood in the world, and people who are far away will look at the Prince of Heaven from afar, and the closer they are, these big people will only think about how to manipulate and influence the emperor and how to obtain greater benefits under the imperial power.

Profit is the ultimate goal of everyone, even gentlemen who are full of benevolence and morality.

This kind of career makes Zhu Yousong's heart relatively indifferent, and he is not too happy about the current power and identity changes, and on the other hand, it makes his original lazy character develop into pessimism.

After the restoration of the Nanjing palace, Zhu Yousong made people hang a couplet, writing: Everything is not as good as a cup in hand, a hundred years but the moon is the head.

This kind of nihilistic pleasure is certainly not framed by the Donglin Party.

This kind of psychology and the originally timid and lazy temperament were also undoubtedly displayed when the generals of the four towns met the blessed king when they were on the boat.

After Ma Shiying saw him, he got up and stood aside, and also looked at His Royal Highness King Fu from the corner of his eye.

The towns will see the blessed queen, of course, to mention the matter of support.

The generals also wanted to be rich and noble, but His Royal Highness King Fu only promised, neither generously promised, nor promised any benefits to the four towns, let alone showed any eloquence, or the least responsibility.

His speech was slurred, and he was even quite frightened and cowardly when talking to the generals of the four towns.

Ma Shiying's heartfelt contempt for the blessed king in front of him rose, this highness is really not the appearance of a human king.

When I think of when I saw Emperor Chongzhen, the awe of the majesty of the emperor, the fear of the emperor, the trembling posture and the fear of the psychology, I still think of it as if it was yesterday.

The ministers of this dynasty, as long as they have seen Emperor Chongzhen, are all intimidated by the majesty of the emperor.

The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Taizu to Chengzu diligent government, Renzong and Xuanzong have rarely personally handled government affairs, after Yingzong, Xianzong opened the tradition of not seeing the minister and not listening to the government, from the priest to the cabinet to deal with the tradition of government affairs, from Taizu, really diligent government, every day to see the minister, every day to listen to the government, there is only Emperor Chongzhen who has committed suicide.

Ma Shiying sighed lightly, her voice almost inaudible.

At this time, Shi Kefa, Xu Hongji, Liu Kongzhao, including Lu Jiude, Han Zanzhou and others all knelt down again, and Shi Kefa took the lead and said: "The country cannot be without a national foundation, please Your Highness enter the city quickly, imitate the story of Jingtai, and supervise the country with the prince." ”

Zhu Yousong's face was still confused, and the corner of his right hand robe moved, as if he wanted to scratch his head, but he still held back.

Everyone listened to King Fu and said: "The whereabouts of the crown prince, the king of Yong, and the king of Ding are unknown, and there are also the elders of the Gui and Lu clans, and it is not appropriate for the widow to supervise the country, please take back the invitation." ”

Shi Kefa kowtowed and said: "Today's state affairs are like this, the world is shaking, Emperor Daxing is extremely resolute, and Yu Jingshi was martyred." How can the world be without an owner for a long time? His Royal Highness is the closest in blood, the crown prince, the king of Ding, and the king of Yong are all caught in the hands of thieves, and it is difficult to get there, for the country, for the Ming Dynasty, and for the Emperor Taizu Gao, Your Highness, please don't shirk anymore. ”

Xu Hongji, Ma Shiying and others also kowtowed: "Please ask Your Highness to supervise the country." ”

Zhu Yousong half-lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The widow is in such a difficult situation, how can he think about it?" Alone, with no one around him to serve, how can he talk about supervising the country? ”

"The palace, the eunuchs, all the people, will be ready." Shi Kefa said in a deep voice: "In the Nanjing Palace, the minister has urged the internal garrison to send more soldiers and craftsmen to repair and clean, and you can barely move in after a few days." Today, there is no peace, the threat of exile and the East is imminent, please Your Highness put state affairs first! ”

This is a bit heavy, Zhu Yousong looked around a little timidly.

These red-robed officials, princes, eunuchs, and military generals with weapons standing outside the boat, all of which made Zhu Yousong feel strange and quite timid.

"Please put state affairs first!" Shi Kefa kowtowed again.

Xu Hongji, Ma Shiying and others also kowtowed again.

"Reluctantly from the Qing and the others invited." Zhu Yousong replied vaguely: "The widow is willing to supervise the country." ”

As if it was an illusion or what he really saw, Zhu Yousong sighed first when he saw Shi Kefa, and then frowned.

"In that case." Shi Kefa said: "His Royal Highness first entered the city from the Sanshan Gate, went to pay homage to the Tomb of Filial Piety, and then entered the Donghua Gate from the Chaoyang Gate, paid homage to the Ancestral Palace, and then exited from the Xihua Gate, and entered the garrison mansion in Nanjing for temporary residence. At the beginning of May, I asked His Royal Highness to re-enter the palace from the palace, perform the state ceremony, and make an edict to the world. ”

"Everything is as Qing asked."

"Then Your Highness can prepare to go."

The big thing was in order, and the people present still showed some relaxed looks, Shi Kefa, Xu Hongji and others went out to arrange first, and told Lu Daqi, Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu and others, the big thing was decided.

Most of the people present sighed, shook their heads, and even turned cold.

No one showed joy or relief, relatively speaking, the predetermined crown prince, or even the king of Yong or Ding, would inevitably cause bursts of cheers and even tears of excitement.

Even if King Lu or King Gui is here, his official position in the country will make people feel gratified, and the Ming Dynasty still has the Lord, there are still most of the country and millions of soldiers and horses, and there are still big things to do.

Only His Royal Highness the Blessed King does not look like a human king, I don't know if it is a human delusion or obsession, or is it true?

While everyone was preparing for the carriage and horse guards, Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude stayed in the boat.

After the two glanced at each other, Ma Shiying pulled out a letter from his sleeve, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, here is a letter for Your Highness to read." ”

"He Xin?"

"Your Highness will know it when you see it."

When Zhu Yousong opened the letter, he was first dazed, then a little angry, and then blushing.

The letter is written by Shi Kefa, and the one who wrote is Zhu Yousong's Ke Li.

"I'm afraid it's hearsay." Zhu Yousong felt hurt in his heart, and Shi Kefa, the right talent, took the lead in asking him to supervise the country, and Zhu Yousong was still quite excited and grateful in his heart.

Although the four towns were supported, Ma Shiying caught up, and was supported by Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the prison army.

But Zhu Yousong also knew that the power was held by Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. If this person does not welcome himself, I am afraid that he can welcome the rest of the relatives into the Nanjing prison country long before the four towns decide to support it.

After seeing the Seven Impossible Letters, Zhu Yousong felt that he had been insulted and defrauded, and his perception of Shi Kefa had changed sharply!

"I drink alcohol, but I never drink too much, so how can I drink heavily? Covet. Lewdness is even more ridiculous, and now that the widow is alone, how can he talk about greed. Lewd? is not filial, does not study, interferes with the division, and is even more nonsense, it is simply too deceitful! ”

If there is no emergency, or something that really makes Zhu Yousong angry, his personality is relatively mild, and even many things are indispensable, and he will not be too stubborn.

But the so-called seven cannot stand, which is a real shame for Zhu Yousong, and it is not surprising that he is angry.

"This generation still remembers the matter of the old Fu King during the Shenzong period, which is the reason for criticizing His Highness." Ma Shiying leaned over and said calmly: "The minister does not want to separate His Highness and the minister, but just ask His Highness to know in his heart, and he must not be controlled by this generation." ”

"The widow understands." Zhu Yousong said hatefully: "I'll talk about it in a few days, and I'll ask Mr. Ma for this matter." ”

Zhu Yousong was not stupid, knowing that if he wanted to fight a faction among the courtiers, he had to pull a faction.

Since Shi Kefa and the Donglin Party he represents are so disrespectful to themselves, they have to win over Ma Shiying, who is the first to support him and is very obedient and respectful.

Ma Shiying was not born in Hanlin, but this dynasty has reached such a point, of course, the old rules can't say much, Zhu Yousong is called Mr., and has made it clear that Ma Shiying can enter the cabinet.

If Shi Kefa is excluded, although Ma Shiying cannot say anything in the cabinet, he also has a place.

Ma Shiying is already quite satisfied with such a result.

Donglin can be yin once, but Ma Shiying has a lot of strength comparison between the two sides, and if he wants to completely overturn Donglin, it is possible in Beijing, but it is absolutely impossible in Nanjing.