Chapter 4: The Wind Rises
Liu Yongxi felt that there was nothing wrong with Liu Kongzhao's judgment: "Uncle Wang doesn't know enough about Uncle Yang Longyou, no matter whether Ma Yaocao agrees or not, Yang Longyou will definitely agree to run for his friends." ”
Liu Kongzhao was also very proud: "Yes, Yang Longyou is a friend enough, and this matter is beneficial to Donglin Junzi and not harmful, he will definitely help us thread the needle." ”
For Donglin and Fushe, it is now an embarrassing situation that is difficult to clean up, in the early stage, they advocated that King Fu had "seven cannot stand", and advocated supporting King Lu, who is known as the king of virtue, even if he could not stand King Lu, he should also establish King Gui and other good kings, anyway, they could not support King Fu who had political grievances with them.
After all, there were no old cases such as the national capital and the attack, and it was very likely that the old Fu King would succeed to the throne, so when Fulu was fighting, Donglin did not hesitate to give up the basic principle of "establishing a successor and standing long" when fighting for the country, and changed to the banner of "Lixian", but the final outcome was that King Fu was supported by the two governors of Jiangbei and the four general soldiers to enter the southern capital.
Although the first article of the three chapters of the agreement between Empress Zhang and King Fu is "the old case cannot be overturned", some people have even spread the original words of Queen Zhang, saying that "the national capital, the attack, the red pill, and the palace should be moved to the old case, and the past will pass, Lao Fu Wang is Lao Fu Wang, His Royal Highness is His Royal Highness, I hope His Royal Highness has the stomach of the world", and Fu Wang has repeatedly publicly promised that he will never turn over the old case.
But Donglin and Fushe are still terrified, after all, life and death are all in the hands of King Fu, and after King Fu ascends the throne, he can deal with Donglin and Fushe how to deal with Donglin and Fushe, even if he has no intention of retaliating, there is always a thorn in his heart, and they are more and more frightened when they think of those old cases back then.
Although they also knew that Empress Zhang was just the emperor's sister-in-law, and it was purely an embellishment in the Chongzhen Dynasty, but Empress Zhang was already full of praise in Nanjing, and even had the voice of supporting Empress Zhang as the queen mother.
Although the gentleman of Donglin also knew that the matter of supporting Empress Zhang as the empress dowager was completely unreasonable and had no practical operation, it had now reached the point of burning his eyebrows, and he had to hold the life-saving straw of Empress Zhang.
What's more, the people in Donglin and Fushe already had a good impression of Empress Zhang, the virtuous saint, and had a few pleasant cooperation with Taikanghou, so Yang Longyou had a good response to the contact in the past, and there were suddenly many virtuous stories about Empress Zhang in Nanjing to build momentum for her.
In fact, the enthusiasm of Donglin Fushe for this matter exceeded the imagination of Liu Yongxi and Liu Kongzhao, and Yang Longyou personally brought back the message of the gentlemen of Donglin: "The country is eventful, and we should put aside the past grievances and cooperate sincerely!" ”
Liu Kongzhao felt that he could breathe a sigh of relief, but Liu Yongxi did not dare to relax at all, because King Fu's performance in the past few days can be described as extraordinary, and many people think that he is the master of Zhongxing, and Queen Zhang is a dispensable embellishment after all.
On April 29th, Wang Zhou arrived at Yanziji, and the next day King Fu saw hundreds of officials with royal courtesy, plain clothes and horns, tea and words, and Emperor Chongzhen frequently cried bitterly, and talked about the succession is three resignations and three concessions, and even many Donglin bigwigs feel that his response is impeccable, and it may be a mistake to support King Lu at the beginning.
On the first day of the fifth month, King Fu finally left Wang Zhou, but he did not rush into the city, but first visited the tomb of Ming Taizu Xiaoling.
Paying homage to Taizu Xiaoling is the story of this dynasty, when the change of Jingnan King Yan entered the city of Nanjing to prepare for the throne, Yang Rong specially blocked the head of the Yan King and asked: "Your Highness first visit the tomb, first ascend the throne?" ”
King Yan suddenly realized, and rushed to worship Taizu Xiaoling as soon as possible, so Yang Rong was able to rise to the top, and King Fu had a civil servant like Ma Shiying by his side, so naturally he didn't need the second Yang Rong to block the horse's head to remind.
King Fu deliberately avoided the royal road from the west gate into the tears, after the ceremony, and specially asked where the tomb of Prince Yiwen was, and under the guidance of the ministers, he specially worshiped the Jianwen Mausoleum.
After the ceremony, he entered the city through the Chaoyang Gate, walked through the Donghua Gate to pay homage to His Majesty and worship the first hall, and then entered the inner garrison of the eunuch in Nanjing through the Xihua Gate.
Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of Nanjing, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Zhao Zhilong, the Nanjing garrison, had already been waiting here, and immediately held a high-level imperial meeting, but the level of the imperial meeting was too high, and Liu Yongxi, the sincere prince, was not qualified to attend the meeting, and even Liu Kongzhao was not qualified to speak.
According to Liu Kongzhao, this time the monarchs and ministers discussed the strategy of war and defense at the pre-imperial meeting, Shi Kefa and Yu Shi Qi Biaojia played against each other for a long time, and Wang Sunfan also said a few good words for Empress Zhang.
But the most memorable thing is still the performance of King Fu, he is still three resignations and three concessions, and always insists on the convenience of the first prison country, the more the ministers persuade to advance, the more King Fu insists that the national shame has not recovered and it is inconvenient to ascend to the pole, and finally can only set the name of the prison country, and now it has been used overnight to cast the seal of the prison country with gold.
King Fu's performance in the past few days can be described as impeccable, even Liu Kongzhao is praised repeatedly, and many Donglin bigwigs who once supported Lu hurriedly wrote a note to persuade him, but the three persuasions were rejected by King Fu, which made everyone feel that King Fu was a wise lord, and some people even felt that the three chapters of the agreement between Queen Zhang and King Fu were meaningless.
Liu Kongzhao felt that Liu Yongxi seemed to be too active now: "Tomorrow, King Fu will be in charge of the throne, Zhang Niangniang is still in the boat and has never gone ashore, this matter has to be discussed in the long run, and you can't be too anxious!" ”
Liu Yongxi laughed out loud: "My father is very right, it is indeed necessary to think in the long run, and you can't be too anxious!" ”
The reason why Empress Zhang was still in the boat was naturally because the Imperial Council had not been able to establish her specific status for the time being, and Empress Zhang did not want to get off the ship in a daze, so she stayed on the ship.
Wang Sunfan, who was running next to him, laughed out loud: "Tomorrow is the day when Your Majesty will ascend the throne and supervise the country, no one else can see it, how can Zhang Niangniang and His Majesty not get the three chapters of the law, no matter how confused Shi Kefa and Lu Daqi are, this matter must always be thought of!" ”
Liu Yongxi smiled again: "Actually, His Royal Highness King Fu has sent Lu Jiude and Han Zanzhou to invite Niangniang to get off the boat, Niangniang feels that the country's new political affairs are complicated by more than 10,000 a day, and she is not suitable to interfere in political affairs as an imperial sister-in-law, so it is better to see the scenery in Yanziji for a few more days, so I declined His Highness's kindness!" ”
Don't look at Liu Yongxi now that he has entered Nanjing City, but he can get the accurate news of Empress Zhang and Yuzhou for the first time, and Liu Kongzhao and Wang Sunfan finally understand that Empress Zhang must be dissatisfied with the specific conditions proposed by King Fu, so they refused to get off the ship.
Liu Kongzhao immediately said: "Yongxi, why don't you persuade Zhang Niangniang, since Your Majesty is the master of Zhongxing, Niangniang shouldn't worry too much." ”
Liu Yongxi smiled but did not answer, she and Empress Zhang had already reached a consensus on this matter, Liu Kongzhao was about to say a few more words, when he heard Yang Longyou's voice outside: "Take me to see Uncle Chengyi, Yongxi Gongzi is also here, that's the best!" I'm here to invite Young Seok! ”