In the court, the little fat man Zhu Yousong was a little flustered by Liu Zongzhou's words.

He immediately looked at Ma Shiying and said, "Shoufu should make a plan as soon as possible, I don't want to sit on the dragon chair and there will be variables." ”

Ma Shiying stepped forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Liu Zongxian's words are a bit excessive, even if Xin Anbo occupies Huguang and other provinces, but his soldiers are all imperial court soldiers and horses, and the chief seal officials of each province are appointed by the imperial court. ”

"But it is true that as the general constitution said, the new Amber should still be comforted by everyone, and it is best to recall him back to Nanjing as an official, so that the dynasty can firmly hold the south of the Yangtze River.

Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and the others glanced at each other, and their hearts were full of disdain.

This Ma Shiying is cheating and tricky, only saying things for Liu Xi's life, but not saying how the cabinet will arrange it, this kind of will, according to Liu Zongzhou's understanding of Liu Xi's life, he will agree.

However, Zhu Yousong on the dragon chair was very excited when he heard this, and he waved his fat hand and said happily:

"This is a very good intention, just do it according to the meaning of the first assistant, in addition, I think I can order Jingnan Hou Huang Degong, Xingping Bo Gaojie and other leading troops to be stationed in Anqing, if the new Anbo is not a minister, you can lead the troops to attack it, what do you think?"

Above the court, the faces of Huang Degong, Gao Jie and others instantly turned the color of pig liver.

The little emperor didn't know how powerful the generals under Liu Ximing were, but these generals who fought all year round knew.

The prestige of this Cao Yan Luo and Judge Shao is not in vain, it is all shot with a knife.

Fortunately, Shi Kefa hurriedly stepped out to stop him: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done, not to mention that Liu Ge's old men are all elite, and being able to resist 300,000 rogues under Wuchang City without defeat is the focus of the current battle in the world, and it is also the rogues rather than the ministers of the court, and you must not do this thing that is happy for the relatives and enemies." ”

Huang Degong and the others hurriedly followed at this time, "The ministers think that what Inspector Shi said is right, and it is only right that the ministers should stay in the Jiangbei Gongwei Capital." ”

Seeing the opposition of many civil and military forces, Zhu Yousong gave up in a huff and sent a holy decree to Huguang to announce the summons without mentioning it.

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Wuchang Mansion, Huguang Governor Yamen.

At this time, Wuchang City has become prosperous again compared with Liu Ximing's arrival here a year ago.

With the smooth implementation of the reform of the rule of officials, first the seven prefectures of Beihuguang were firmly under the control of Liu Ximing, and soon after, after hearing that Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to the west, Liu Ximing certainly would not miss this opportunity.

Cao Bianjiao, Shao Derong and others each led an army of 50,000 to the east to capture Jiangxi and Nanhuguang all the way to the south.

Unlike what the imperial court and Jiangnan knew, Liu Ximing's soldiers under the command of the Central Plains at this time had actually expanded to as many as 350,000.

Originally, there were 100,000 militia groups and 20,000 people of the 103rd Division in Nanyang and Xiangyang, plus Cao Bianjiao, Shao Derong and Zheng Jingcai's subordinates, there were 200,000 people.

By the time the whole province of Huguang was gradually infiltrated by the Liu family system, Liu Ximing had quietly ordered all localities to recruit another 150,000 people.

It's just that these people neither register with the imperial court, nor ask for money and food from the military department, plus the officials in various places have been overlooked by the officials and become blind, and an information black hole has formed in the sky above Huguang.

Zhang Xianzhong and others didn't know that at the same time as they captured Chengdu, Liu Ximing had successfully destroyed the entire Nanhuguang and the western part of Jiangxi.

At this time, Liu Ximing already owned 16 prefectures in Huguang Province, Nanyang and Runing in Henan, and Nanchang, Jiujiang, Yuanzhou, Ruizhou, Linjiang, Ji'an, Nan'an, and Ganzhou in Jiangxi.

If we include the five prefectures of Chengdu, Shunqing, Kuizhou, Chongqing, and Baoning in Sichuan, which have actually been brought under control, plus Hanzhong and Fengxiang in Shaanxi, Liu Ximing actually has 33 prefectures and a population of more than 35 million.

The most populous of them are Huguang and Jiangxi, and many of the provinces in the Central Plains have fled to the south due to years of war, resulting in a large increase in population.

Liu Ximing's years of universal education have finally had some effect, and with the support of hundreds of thousands of talents who have received six years of compulsory education, the Liu family already has the foundation to establish political power.

However, his family knows his own family affairs, and although Liu Ximing's command has controlled the local area and there is no shortage of grassroots officials, there is still a big gap in the high-level officials.

It is precisely because of this reason that Liu Ximing spent great efforts to reform the localities, and on the other hand, he constantly mobilized many officials such as Bao Ergeng and Wang Xingjian, who had joined the Datong Society, to come to Huguang to take up posts.

At present, in hundreds of prefectures and counties in Huguang and other places, members of the Datong Society have occupied the vast majority of positions.

In addition, because Kaifeng, Xi'an and other cities were breached, Henan Governor Yang Yipeng, Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue, Trilateral Governor Sun Chuanting and other officials also fell to Wuchang at this moment, and Wuchang City was also regarded as a gathering of civil and military.

After receiving the news of the establishment of the small imperial court in Nanjing, Liu Ximing immediately gathered all these officials to discuss the future development.

It was also at this time that He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, hurriedly came to the governor's yamen with a group of Huguang officials.

Among them, there is also a face that does not belong to the Huguang officials.

This person is the right attendant of the military department and the right servant of the imperial history Yuan Jixian.

Yuan Jixian was originally stationed in Jiujiang, and specially coordinated the troops and horses in Jiangxi and Nanzhili to fight against Zhang Xianzhong.

After Zhang Xianzhong led the Great Western Army to the west, Liu Ximing immediately recovered Jiujiang, Nanchang and other prefectures in the name of suppressing the Kou, and controlled them in his own hands.

At this time, Liu Ximing was still the superintendent and auxiliary minister, the prince and the prince, and Yuan Jixian did not dare to provoke him, so he had to continue to set up the station in Anqing Mansion.

As soon as the Hongguang Dynasty was established, Yuan Jixian pledged his allegiance to Nanjing, so Zhu Yousong appointed him as the governor of Huguang, hoping to use his experience in Huguang to seize power in Wuchang.

It's just that when he arrived in Wuchang, he found out that although He Tengjiao and others were still officials, they were actually ordered not to go out of the governor's yamen, and in desperation, he had to ask He Tengjiao to help introduce Liu Ximing.

In the governor's palace, Liu Ximing met with Yuan Jixian and his party with an indifferent face.

At this time, dozens of prefects, county magistrates and other officials from Huguang, Henan and other places were densely gathered in the main hall, and Yuan Jixian was stunned for a moment as soon as he entered, obviously not expecting Liu Ximing to have such preparations.

However, he relied on himself, and he was even happier about this situation, if he could convince Liu Ximing, then Huguang and other places would be decided.

As soon as he finished introducing his identity, Yuan Jixian immediately took out Zhu Yousong's holy decree and read it aloud:

"Under the holy decree, the crown prince and the prince, the scholar of the Jianji Palace, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Xi, received the decree."

In the main hall, Liu Ximing looked left and right at Dou Yuquan, Huang Zongxi and others who had been transferred to Wuchang by him, and asked with a puzzled expression:

"This pavilion has already received the news that His Majesty has died in May, and the crown prince has not been found, where did this holy decree come from?"

There was silence in the lobby, and He Tengjiao and the others were trembling in cold sweat.

Yuan Jixian was also embarrassed at this time, and he scolded Ma Shiying and the others in his heart.

Xin'an Bo Liu Xi ordered Gui to be the second assistant of the imperial court, the crown prince and the prince, and he had a heavy army, Jiangnan Lijun didn't ask for his opinion in advance, but now he let himself be a villain, what a bastard.

But having said that, Yuan Jixian is also a veteran for many years, and he is also very handy in dealing with these things at this time.

Immediately, he took the holy decree and said with a smile: "The elder of the pavilion said that it was a joke, it has been more than a month since the collapse of the sky, and the prince and others have no news so far, as the so-called country cannot be without a king for a day, the ministers of Jiangnan are concerned about the world, and can only recommend His Royal Highness King Fu to ascend the throne, which is also a helpless move, and please ask the elder to understand." ”

Liu Ximing snorted coldly in his nostrils, and said with a look of disdain: "What a helpless move, the Jingshi has fallen, and the cabinet has surrendered to the enemy except for this cabinet, and this cabinet is the first assistant. ”

This is clearly a rupture in the remark.

Yuan Jixian was a little flustered and arched his hand: "The old man of the pavilion is angry, and His Majesty also knows that the old man of the pavilion is highly accomplished, so he sent the official to comfort him." ”

At this time, he didn't care about putting up a shelf to announce the decree, and directly unfolded the holy decree to Liu Ximing and said:

"Pavilion Elder, please see, Your Majesty has already decreed in the holy decree that the Pavilion Elder will be made the Marquis of Shunde and promoted to the Taibao, and only when the Pavilion Elder goes to Nanjing to be at his disposal, there will be a heavy responsibility to entrust him."