Chapter 125: Decision-making

Zhang Huangyan felt that Empress Zhang's decision was a bit too much for Meng Lang, and now that people's hearts are undecided, Liu Yongxi really wants to be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, which may lead to the situation getting completely out of control.

After all, the collapse of the Hongguang Imperial Court has shown how dangerous it is to deviate from morality, but now the people's hearts are sluggish, and not many people think that Jinhua, the grass platform, can have high hopes, and the most important thing for Empress Zhang and her lord is to clean up the hearts of the people as soon as possible, as long as Nanjing is recovered, Liu Yongxi, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, seems to have become logical.

Although Liu Yongxi doesn't know why Empress Zhang made such a decision at this time, he knows very well the truth that "heaven and Buddha take it, but suffer the blame", and now it is extremely difficult to get the position of "generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses" after rejecting Sister Yan's kindness, even if it is to recover Nanjing.

After all, the last "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" was Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, so although he did not reject Zhang Huangyan's suggestion, he also did not accept Zhang Huangyan's suggestion: "I'm afraid that if I push it off now, there will be no chance, and the following ten or twenty thousand brothers hope to follow us to soar!"

Mrs. Xing, who grew up by the Wuding River, has always understood righteousness, but now she is also dazzled by the honor of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses": "What the husband said is very true, now as the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses, he will definitely be able to gather people's hearts, and if he pushes it away, it will be a situation where people's hearts are scattered!"

At the beginning, Gao Jie had a similar situation to Feng Xing Pingbo, everyone felt that since Gao Jie could Feng Xing Pingbo, there was hope for the future, and now if Liu Yongxi can be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses with Yue Guogong, the following 20,000 soldiers will naturally see hope.

Although the losses of the Nandu Yue Guogong Department were not large, and even broke the myth of the invincibility of the Qing army in actual combat, due to the loss of Nanjing and the total collapse of the Hongguang court, morale naturally suffered a heavy blow.

Fortunately, the news that Liu Yongxi was crowned the Duke of Yue Guo gave the soldiers hope, if Liu Yongxi can become the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, coupled with Li Xiangjun's propaganda, the morale of the soldiers will definitely recover as before.

And if Liu Yongxi can become the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Mrs. Xing and Li Xiangjun will definitely benefit the most, and the "Duchess of Yueguo" in the eyes of the two outsiders will definitely become the "wife of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses", so she naturally fully supports Liu Yongxi.

And the following group of generals also fully supported Liu Yongxi: "Yes, if Yue Guogong does not take office as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses now, there will be no such opportunity in the future!"

"Mr. Zhang, this is an old saying, but the key is that only when Yue Guogong becomes the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses can he fight back to Nanjing!"

"That's right, Yue Guogong has become the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and we have a chance to fight back to Nanjing!"

Even Fu Ding, the most stable of the generals, is now enthusiastic: "Whoever opposes Yue Guogong as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses is a traitorous minister, and we will crusade against them for the imperial court!"

Seeing such anger below, Zhang Huangyan felt that he couldn't be caught in this matter, so he pinned his hopes on Qian Weikun, another civil official under the command of the Duke of Yue: "What does Mr. Qian think about this matter?" ”

Qian Weikun has a history of "thief" in Beijing, so he naturally knows what is the will of God: "The key is whether Zhang Niangniang really wants to go to the altar to worship the Duke of Yue as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, if Zhang Niangniang really has this intention, the Duke of Yue must not shirk!" As the so-called Heaven and Buddha take the blame, if the Duke of Yue Guo resigns, he will be killed!"

Everyone felt that Qian Weikun's words were very reasonable, and Mrs. Xing asked with great concern: "What does Mr. Qian mean to worry about Niangniang just throwing stones and asking for directions to test Yue Guogong?" ”

She was bent on thinking about the generalissimo's wife of the soldiers and horses that day, and naturally hoped that Empress Zhang would sincerely consider Liu Yongxi, and at this time Jin'er suddenly said: "Niangniang really wants Brother Yongxi to be the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses that day, but in this matter, Mrs. Xing and Sister Xiangjun will suffer a small loss!"

Mrs. Xing knew that Jin'er was not only Liu Yongxi's personal memoir, but also Empress Zhang's personal maid and the most trusted by Empress Zhang, so she naturally said this for a reason, but this matter was very important, and she didn't want to repeat the tragedy of the Suizhou Change: "Then how can you prove that Niangniang's thoughts are sincere?" ”

Jin'er immediately stood up and became the focus of the audience: "I can prove it!"

She's been waiting for this phrase for a whole year.

Liu Yongxi, Mrs. Xing, and Jin'er had just arrived in Jinhua when the news came that King Lu was preparing to supervise the country in Hangzhou, although King Lu felt that the enthronement of the prison country was a big fire pit, but the ministers put the knife on King Lu's neck, so no matter whether Queen Zhang agreed or not, King Lu was in the past two days.

According to the inside news from Nanjing, the commander of the Qing army, Duoduo, has sent Gushan Beizi Boluo to take tens of thousands of Qing troops to Zhejiang, so the civil and military officials who escaped from Nanjing are smarter and run to Jinhua, after all, there are tens of thousands of elite troops of Liu Yongxi.

As soon as Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, entered the city, it attracted heated discussions in the whole city, especially the gentlemen of Donglin were particularly sensitive to this matter, and in their eyes, Liu Yongxi was not the right person for the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.

Not to mention the decades of grievances between Chengyi Bofu and Donglin, not to mention that Liu Kongzhao, Ma Shiying, and Ruan Dacheng were once in the same stream, Liu Yongxi is too young, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, how can he afford the position of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.

Even many officials who have always expressed neutrality feel that Liu Yongxi is too young, but Empress Zhang did not take their discussion seriously, after all, the Ming court requires officials above the fifth grade, and major decisions are always decided by a small circle.

Therefore, there are only a few people who really decide the success or failure of this matter, in addition to Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei, the two cabinet ministers, as well as Tong Yili and Wang Sunfan, who came from Quzhou, plus Liu Yongxi and Mrs. Xing, several big names in the central Zhejiang camp have arrived.

Although Shi Chaoli usually promised to be the closest minister to Empress Zhang, Empress Zhang felt that he was not qualified to participate in such an important meeting, so she directly drove him and Zhou Zhisheng to guard the door, Mrs. Xing originally wanted to bring Xing Shengping over, but Empress Zhang also thought that Mrs. Xing's qualifications were enough, but Xing Shengping did not have such qualifications.

But although Xing Shengping is not qualified, Jin'er, a pretty little palace maid, participated in this pre-imperial meeting, and before the meeting began, Queen Zhang personally took Mrs. Xing's hand and said: "This time I must have wronged my sister, and I hope my sister can take care of the overall situation!"

Mrs. Xing has always been well aware of righteousness, and she immediately replied: "State affairs are important, what kind of grievance can this be!"

Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian both heard different meanings.