With a bang, Huang Degong smashed a tea bowl, seemed to be still angry, and kicked down a chair. All of his staff members stood aside with their hands bowed and shoulders down, and they didn't dare to come out, and they didn't know how to get rid of this general soldier who was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen.

Because Huang Degong is angry with people like Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Qian Qianyi, and Huang Shu.

In the past few days, in addition to endless quarrels and debates, they and the scholars and attendants of other Nanjing departments gathered in Yanzhou to meet them are wasting their time in vain.

Among them, Qian Qianyi advocated responding to Kong Yinzhi's call to protect the name of the sect and defend Kong Lin, so he would not worry about Zhu Cihong, a rebel, for the time being.

Huang Shu, on the other hand, was at odds with Qian Qianyi, advocating that Emperor Chongzhen first be restored to power, and then that Confucius be defended under the leadership of Emperor Ming......

As a result, the officials concentrated in Yanzhou were divided into two factions, one supporting Qian Qianyi and the other supporting Huang Shu, arguing endlessly every day. I don't know how many argumentative articles have been written, and all of them are quoting scriptures, which looks very reasonable, but no one can convince anyone!

And Shi Kefa, the head of the six departments in Nanjing, and Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Nanjing household department who is in charge of the money bag, are all big men who have no ideas. Seeing that the people below were divided into two factions, they were endlessly torn apart, and they had no ideas. just accompanied them day after day to argue, as if waiting for two groups of invincible Wenchen to quarrel.

But as the days passed, the two groups of mouth cannons became more and more noisy, and it seemed that they had put aside the question of whether to protect the name or Bao Chongzhen, and they were arguing purely for the sake of arguing.

While the ministers in Yanzhou quarrel every day, the prince is not idle!

The measures to rectify the defense of various parts of Shandong are one after another, and they all seem to be very reasonable, and they are clearly done by the British lord Mingjun!

First of all, the finishing of Denglai Seven Guards has achieved great results! The land of Qiwei, which was originally more chaotic than chaos, was cut off by the prince's quick knife - all the land in the territory of the guard was nationalized (originally state-owned), and then redistributed to 10,000 new military households.

The number of people seems to be small, and there are only 10,000 military households left in the seven guards. But the actual combat effectiveness has increased several times!

These 10,000 people are all elites who have more than 100 acres of land, and they have received at least 10 taels of "armor silver" from the line. At least you don't have to worry about supporting your family, and you have enough money to improve your equipment.

The second was to rectify the 15 prefectures and counties of Denglai, and through the "Enke", two or three hundred local scholars and doctors were selected, and then they were asked to "contract" the regimental training and taxation of each prefecture and county. Although this move is also the same as the rectification of the guard, it violates the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. But the effect is also very significant, at least the fifteen prefectures and counties of Denglai are "mastered".

It's better to have someone in charge and someone to organize than someone to be in charge!

Moreover, the commanders of the Denglai Guards, the families of the co-commanders, and the families of the powerful people in the fifteen counties of Denglai were all "protected" in Dengzhou City or Jiaozhou City, and in fact became hostages......

The third measure is to move Tang Fan to Runing, and move the Lu domain to Qingzhou, and grant the two feudal domains the right to manage the army and the people! At the same time, he also promoted Li Shiyuan, who participated in the former Qingzhou sub-guard, to be the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou town guard, and ruled Qingzhou with Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu.

Although Zhu Cihong did not rectify Qingzhou like he rectified Denglai, he finally found a master for Qingzhou Mansion, and he didn't know what trick to use to make Qingzhou's Heng Fan give up the palace, land and most of the silver deposits, and was willing to go to Nanjing to be an idle king.

With the savings of more than 200 years of Heng Domain, Zhu Yihai and Li Shiyuan should be able to make a little situation.

The fourth measure is to use an unknown trick to actually woo Kong Yinzhi, the Yansheng Gong, who has always advocated the restoration of the power of Emperor Chongzhen, and shout there all day long to protect the name of the religion and defend Konglin, as if the purpose of the Tartars entering Beijing is to dig up his ancestral grave!

Although Huang Degong didn't believe Kong Yinzhi's words at all, Qian Qianyi, a great Confucian, did! There was also news from the Jiangnan side, saying that several young gentlemen from the Fushe also believed it, and wrote articles every day calling for the defense of the famous religion...... It's really a bunch of nerds, all of them are deceived by Zhu Cihong!

And in the past two days, there has been bad news from Jinan Mansion! The prince of Fujun led an army of 40,000 and suddenly approached Licheng, the capital county of Jinan, and put on a posture of forcing Gao Jie to submit by force.

In this case, Qian Qianyi and Huang Shu, two scholars with mouths, still quarreled, and Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu were still helpless.

Huang Degong already has a very bad premonition! Gao Jie, a rogue soldier, has no loyalty, and it is very likely that he will defect under the coercion and temptation of the prince!

Gao Jie has 30,000 people on hand, and now the prince has about 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. If the two of them joined forces, there would be an army of 80,000. And after Shi Kefa's Qinwang army lost Gao Jie, the number of people was at most seventy or eighty thousand...... And among them, those who can fight are the six or seven thousand families in the hands of Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo.

Huang Degong was a little discouraged, why did the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty love to quarrel so much?

By the way, there are also a lot of civil officials on the prince's side, right? Why don't they make noise? The decrees of the crown prince are all planned to be pasted on the top of the cabinet, why is the cabinet so easy to talk about? When the emperor was in power, those people were not like this!

Just when Huang Degong was struggling to reach his ambition, one of his personal soldiers walked in quickly and reported: "Report to the general Rong, the horse army is visiting." ”

"The Horse Army is coming? Right now? Huang Degong looked out the window, it was pitch black, what was Ma Shiying visiting for this time? Is there something unspeakable?

He really guessed right, Ma Shiying really had something ulterior to discuss with Huang Degong. Because he came from Weifu Jian, after being welcomed into the inner hall by Huang Degong, he asked Huang Degong to retreat.

"There is a secret edict!" After Ma Shiying saw that the idlers and others had left, he said solemnly, "Huang Degong took the order!" ”

Huang Degong was stunned for a moment, and did not immediately accept the decree, but asked rhetorically: "Is it a holy decree or an edict?" ”

"It's the emperor's decree!" As he spoke, Ma Shiying had carefully taken out a square silk, which was densely packed with words.

"Chen Huang has to take the order!" Huang Degong hurriedly knelt down.

Ma Shiying did not recite it, but handed Fang Juan to Huang Degong and asked him to read it for himself. Because the secret edict was not for Huang Degong, but for Ma Shiying. The handwriting on the square silk is the handwriting of Emperor Chongzhen, and the content is to order Ma Shiying to contact loyal people and wait for the opportunity to serve the king.

Huang Degong carefully read the edict word by word, and then returned the edict to Ma Shiying with both hands, and then got up and stood.

"Suppress the army, you say, what should Huang do?" Huang Degong asked Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying sighed: "Yanzhou is no longer available!" I just got the news that Gao Jie of Jinan Mansion has taken refuge in the prince! ”

Huang Degong gritted his steel teeth: "What? How can the surname Gao be so unfaithful and unrighteous? ”

Ma Shiying frowned, "After Gao Jie and the prince joined forces, there will be an army of 80,000 in Jinan Mansion, and Liu Zeqing of Dongchang Mansion will definitely not dare to resist, and he will soon be attached." And Liu Liangzuo's department has no discipline, and the Qinwang Yijun brought by Shi Butang is not refined, and there are not many decent equipment, so they are not vulnerable at all. Now in Yanzhou, only the soldiers and horses of Huang Zongzhen can still fight, and they are loyal to the saint, which is what the prince fears the most! ”

Huang Degong nodded again and again, "The elites of this town are all from the Yongwei Battalion, and they are the most loyal to the emperor!" ”

Ma Shiying sighed: "But the enemy is outnumbered, and the prince is indeed resourceful and good at managing the army...... Overcoming the new army is not trivial! If you really want to fight hard in Yanzhou, I'm afraid that the emperor's last strength will not be able to be maintained. If there is no Yongwei Battalion, what else can the prince be afraid of? will definitely brazenly usurp the throne, and maybe even harm the emperor! ”

"He dares!" Huang Degong shouted angrily.

"As long as loyal ministers like you and me are gone, how dare he!" Ma Shiying looked distressed, "You can also see what Shi Butang and Gao Butang are doing these days, and it is not enough to succeed at all." The road control army was discouraged the day before yesterday and took people back to Huai'an. We can't stay in Yanzhou anymore, otherwise we will definitely die for Shi Butang and Gao Butang! ”

"Don't stay in Yanzhou? Where to? ”

Ma Shiying said: "Go to Fengyang Mansion!" I am the governor of Fengyang, and I can control the place of Fengyang, and Fengyang has a strong city to rely on, and the Huai River can rely on, and the surrounding area is rich in grain, which is enough for self-sufficiency. When you arrive in Fengyang, I will guarantee you as the chief soldier of Fengyang Town. Let's base ourselves on Fengyang first, and then try to contact the loyal people, and Xu Tu is enterprising! ”

Huang Degong nodded heavily, "Okay, the general system has the emperor's secret edict, and the merit is naturally obedient!" ”