At this time, Yuan Hongguang has not yet been changed, but Liu Zeqing's subordinates have at least doubled.

This is also the result of the Shandong soldiers' desperate looting in the Jiangbei area, the imperial court must take into account the amount of taxes when collecting taxes, and the gentry and landlords should also consider whether the small people can survive by passing on the pressure to annex the fields, and the looting of the guest soldiers will not be taken care of at all, and even the final rations and seed grains will be levied, anyway, even Liu Zeqing himself does not know where he will be next year, and what forces he belongs to, how can he talk about sympathy for the local area under such a premise?

Although it is not wise to kill a chicken to take eggs, the premise is that the chicken is your own, and if it is replaced by someone else's, then of course it is correct to kill it.

No matter how painful Huai'an is, anyway, Liu Zeqing's troops have swelled sharply in a short period of time, not only in terms of numbers, but also in terms of military resources, and the strength of the generals under his command is growing sharply, although the number of soldiers and horses is less than 100,000 at this time, it is quite obvious that the number of soldiers and horses has doubled, and the number of elite soldiers has doubled.

With an army of 50,000 or 60,000 people and more than 10,000 elites, this strength is quite good, and it is no wonder that Liu Zeqing does not take Min Yuanqi, a small deputy thousand households, in his eyes.

Just send a general to bring a few thousand soldiers over, and you can't just kill it?

And in contrast, after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, the warlordization of various towns gradually formed, Liu Zeqing no longer has to hide his money and food, Yang Shili is no longer interesting, Liu Zeqing can ask for his life with a word, so Liu Zeqing is not very concerned about Yang Shili's invitation.

The horse's hooves were obtained, Liu Zeqing quickly walked away surrounded by more than 100 guards, and the guest soldiers stationed on the street also yawned and scattered, they were driven out to guard the guard, the big men were gone, and these soldiers naturally came from where they went back.

The military discipline of the guest soldiers in Huai'an City is quite good, and there are many things of bullying men and women and smashing and robbing, but in general, they still maintain the prosperous and lively pattern of Huai'an City.

Of course, this is the constraint of Liu Zeqing and the generals, if the city is crossed, they will not leave immediately, but where will they live and settle down?

Everyone dispersed one by one, today's excitement is really enough to see, and after going back, it is rare to be able to blow a cow for an hour.

Master Mao was beaten with blood on his face, but he had nowhere to reason, thought about it, stomped his feet, and had to go out of the city immediately to Shuiguan, preparing to go back to Yancheng to find Yang Shili to report the news.

At present, Master Mao is faintly uneasy in his heart, the night of Shuiguan and the war on the seaside, as well as the development speed of Min Yuanqi, Yang Shili and Master Mao feel quite nervous, and even faintly afraid.

Yang Shili and Master Mao are not afraid, it is strange, two of the three Yang brothers have died in the hands of Min Yuanqi, don't say that Yang Shili will definitely take revenge, even if he does not take revenge, I am afraid that Min Yuanqi will not be able to let Yang Shili go......

It must be the same if you are Master Mao, if you kill two brothers, of course you have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots!

"I'm afraid of ......" watched the surrounding guest soldiers disperse, many soldiers sat at the base of the city wall chatting and laughing, standing and not sitting, the city was also full of stragglers wandering around, and there were even robbers and vendors, and there were soldiers who extorted money at the door of the store.

Liu Zeqing will definitely not allow the soldiers to make too much trouble in the city, but a small extortion or forcible robbery of some materials is a trivial matter in the eyes of this marshal, and there will be no generals to control the troubles at all.

For Liu Zeqing and many generals, the battalion is their foundation, indulgence is inevitable, in fact, the guest soldiers outside the city are quite excessive, it can be said that it is extremely brutal, burning, killing and looting is commonplace, as soon as the guest soldiers arrive, the village is like a robber, even more arrogant than the robbers and bandits, because the bandits and robbers are afraid that the government will come to extinguish the bomb pressure, the guest soldiers themselves are officers and soldiers, and they are unscrupulous when looting, and even hang a sign to ask the local government to assist, go door to door to grab food and grab things, If they are not caught on the spot, they will rob other people's wives and children, and pay food to ransom people, and there are countless such acts.

Even people like Master Mao sighed again and again, such a guest soldier and such a military discipline, I am afraid that sending one or two thousand people to Yunti Pass may not be Min Yuanqi's opponent, but with such thoughts, he can only hide it in his heart, and he is afraid that he will not dare to talk about it with anyone.

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"Thousands of sails are coming, and the army is gathered, what can I do?"

On the side of Pukou Port, looking at a large number of warships and sailboats, the hull was obviously full of soldiers with guns and knives, Shi Kefa, who was the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, although he was still wearing a red official robe and embroidered with a second-grade civil official complement, but in the eyes of many people, his authority was gone.

Looking ahead and looking ahead, the first rat at both ends, and the lack of decision in the event of a major event, it is fair to say that these are Shi Kefa's shortcomings.

Shi Kefa's talent, not to mention Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Keli, Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, the top civil officials in the late Ming Dynasty, even if it is the flawed Yuan Chonghuan, Wang Zaijin, Yang Sichang, Fu Zonglong, Ding Qirui and others, Shi Kefa is also very different.

is his Donglin predecessor, even if he can't lead the troops, but in terms of ruthlessness and decisiveness, Zhao, Nanxing and Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou's generation, are also a hundred streets away from Shi Kefa in terms of heart.

The current colleagues, the scheming Ma Shiying, the experienced Zhu Dadian, the well-intentioned Qian Qianyi, the dedicated Gao Hongtu for Donglin, Jiang Yueguang, or the responsible Zhang Shenyan and others are also much stronger than Shi Kefa in terms of decision-making ability.

Either take into account the overall situation, directly announce that he will ignore the views of the people in the party, cooperate with Han Zanzhou, Liu Kongzhao and others, and directly support King Fu.

Either they only care about the same party, there are a large number of Donglin Party members and Fushe, it is easy to grasp public opinion and real power, and no one from the local warlords will come out to stand up to the truth, take King Lu from Huai'an and immediately announce the supervision of the country, and then ascend the throne, and then kill King Fu, and the overall situation will be decided.

The partial life Shi Kefa fantasized about currying favor on both sides, but as a result, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others privately frowned, and the generals of the three towns even concealed their governor Ma Shiying, and directly decided to support King Fu.

Ma Shiying has already taken the lead, and now that the army is gathered, King Fu has already come to Nanjing, and it is too late.

Hubu Shangshu on the side smiled coldly: "I can't wait to lose one step first, and then I have to finish this game of chess." ”

Nanjing Hubu Shangshu is Gao Hongtu, but also the backbone of Donglin, Hubu Shangshu has a part of the money and grain power in his hands, in Nanjing's six departments are considered to have some real power, the status is second only to the military department.

Lu Daqi on the side, Jiang Yueguang also nodded silently.

These people are the backbone of Donglin, Gao Hongtu is the head of the household, Lu Daqi once served as the left squire of the military department, the governor of Baoding, and he is also a top military and political leader in this dynasty.

Jiang Yueguang once served as the left waiter of the Beijing Division, and later saw that Emperor Chongzhen was belittled, and after a period of time, he was appointed as Nanjing Taichangqing, the head of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, and he was also a backbone figure in the Donglin Party.

These people are the backbone who decided to support King Lu and prevent King Fu from entering Nanjing.

"I'm sorry to disappoint Mu Zhai." Jiang Yueguang said coldly: "But I have already sent a letter last night to ask someone to send it to Wuxi, please rest assured that Mu Zhaigong will never give up." Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice: "The top priority is to master the court!" I, Daolin, Dongchuan, and Yan Ji, if we and others can enter the cabinet together, or most of them can enter the cabinet, even if Ma Shiying can get lucky enough to enter the cabinet, it will be difficult for him to speak alone. Nanjing's six ministries and local officials, originally our Donglin lineage had the advantage, mastering the cabinet and the six ministries, and with a strong vassal as foreign aid, it is not difficult for us to spread the government. ”

Fu Wang Zhi, as a relative of the close bloodline, must first be the supervisor of the country under the premise that the country has no owner, and then succeed to the throne.

Gao Hongtu and the others no longer have the intention or method to stop this matter in the short term, and of course they also understand that there is no way to abolish the establishment...... The monarchy of the Ming Dynasty is already sacrosanct, and it is completely unthinkable to abolish it.

During the Chenghua period of Xianzong, there was a matter of wanting to replace the prince during the Wanli period of Shenzong, but they were all pushed back by the ministers on the grounds that the country could not be shaken, and even the abolition of a queen in Daming would cause an uproar, let alone the prince.

As for the emperor, who is already a monarch and a minister, it is even more unthinkable to conspire against him.

The gentlemen of Donglin boasted of their own ways, and it was unthinkable to murder the king or abolish the establishment before, but at least in the hearts of Gao Hongtu and others, it is inevitable to overthrow the Fu King.

As for the abolition, wait and see.

In terms of Mu Zhaigong, that is, Qian Qianyi's idea, it will be difficult to recover the impact in the future if things are done at this point, so they can only continue to do things.

First set it up, and then consider abolishing it, this is Qian Qianyi's position.

Not only the big guys in front of them, but also the backbone and small characters of Donglin, including the group of people in the Fushe, almost all have the same concept.

I have to say that when the history of the Ming Dynasty developed to the last years of Chongzhen, scholars and doctors freely expressed their opinions in a relatively free environment, freely formed associations and formed parties, and like-minded people were the same party.

Under such a premise, it is almost impossible to make such a group of paranoid and arrogant gentlemen give up their prejudices against King Fu and wholeheartedly support King Fu and serve the Prince of Ming......

Shi Kefa was also helpless against the few people around him.

These few in front of him, no matter which one of the qualifications are only above Shi Kefa, like Jiang Yueguang, he is a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, and a group of Donglin old-timers were still in the court at that time.

Gao Hongtu's qualifications are even older, Wanli thirty-eight years of Jinshi, and he was a cadre under the command of Zhao, Nanxing and other Donglin predecessors.

Only Lu Daqi's qualifications are the same as Shi Kefa's, and the two are also in the same year, both of them are Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen.

In the past seventeen years, the two of them have gone from ordinary jinshi to the secretary and governor of the military department, and the emperor's appreciation is only a secondary reason, and the most important thing is the promotion and care of the seniors in the party.

It must be the appreciation of Emperor Chongzhen that Shi Kefa can be the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department, but it is not the propaganda of the Donglin Party that he can emerge and be valued by the emperor, but also the identity of his Zuo Guangdou disciple?

When you are in the party, it is too difficult to strike a balance or do your own thing.

Shi Kefa's face was extremely ugly, and the people in the same party were like this, and he was even more pessimistic about the future situation from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't know what to do.

As the ships approached, there was a dead silence everywhere in the harbor and docks.

There were no cheers, no one saluting the fleet in advance, only the roar of the river.

This should have been quite famous in history, but because both sides were deliberately low-key, the matter was completed in a very short time.