Before Wu Sangui's army arrived in Nanjing, many officials in Nanjing began to secretly contact Wu Sangui, wanting to surrender to the Chu army and obtain wealth and high officials. Wu Sangui read the surrender documents sent by these officials, and his mouth pursed with disdain.

However, disdain is disdainful, Wu Sangui still seriously gave a reply to these people, that is, as long as they surrender, the grade will remain the same, and the treatment will remain the same. Wu Sangui also has his careful thoughts when he says this, and his rank remains the same, not the official position. In the past, you were a second-grade master, and as long as you surrendered, you would be given a second-grade level, but as for the position, you don't have to think about it. Only give you second-grade treatment, but no position. It's equivalent to being idle.

Wu Sangui knows exactly what virtues those officials in Nanjing have, and he can't let these rat feces spoil the officialdom he has cultivated with great difficulty. What's more, at this moment, he is the leader, even if there are no surrendered officials who should cooperate with him, Wu Sangui is confident that he will break through the city of Nanjing.

It's just a matter of time.

What are the people who have been at the pinnacle of power for a long time are most worried about? That is the absence of rights. For petty officials, it is better, and they can gladly accept Wu Sangui's request. However, for those who are in high positions and positions of high power, such a request cannot be tolerated.

When they were in Nanjing, they were in power, and Emperor Hongguang didn't care about anything, they were basically the most powerful people. If Wu Sangui surrendered, he was only given the treatment of a second-grade official, but he had no rights, wouldn't this cost them their lives?

But now it is not something they can control, Wu Sangui's army is attacking, and it is almost impossible to hold Nanjing City.

"What to do? Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of troops are estimated to be able to attack the city of Nanjing tomorrow, and it is only a matter of time before the city is breached. ”

In the palace of Ma Shiying in Nanjing, a large number of officials gathered, and these officials were mainly Ma Shiying.

"What else can I do? It's better to surrender Wu Sangui, no matter what, he also gives us the same level of treatment, although he has no rights, but he can enjoy a lifetime of wealth. ”

"No, you must not surrender Wu Sangui. This person has a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, and he commits the following crimes, which is really the anger of heaven and man. What if we ordered Liu Xia to send troops to Wuchang to besiege Wei to save Zhao, so that Wu Sangui had to retreat. ”

Ma Shiying also felt that this suggestion was better after hearing it, but he frowned again and said: "Now that we have basically severed relations with Liu Xia, especially in the past few years, we calculated with him, he must have a grudge, and it may be even more difficult to let him send troops." ”

Qian Qianyi sneered and said: "He can't help if he can't send troops, no matter what, he didn't rebel against my Ming Dynasty, and he can be regarded as a member of my Ming Dynasty." Didn't he call King Zheng? Let's temporarily crown him as King Zheng, and then order the world to let him be the king of Qin, if he doesn't obey, how should the scholars in the world look at him? If there is no support from readers, it will not be better than Liu Xia. ”

When Zhao Zhilong heard Qian Qianyi's words, he first objected, and said: "No, Liu Xia is also a wolf with ambitions, and without His Majesty's reward, he can call himself King Zheng, and his ambition has been undoubtedly revealed." What's more, my Ming Dynasty has a different surname and is not crowned a king, he Liu Xianai is surnamed Liu, not Zhu, how can he be crowned a king? ”

Then the two quarreled again, the two were old enemies, and it had become common for them to insult each other. But at this time, Ma Shiying was having a headache, how could he let him continue to quarrel like this? So he scolded angrily and said, "Quiet! Be quiet! ”

As soon as Ma Shiying became angry, the scene suddenly calmed down, after all, the momentum created over the years is still there.

According to what Lord Qian said, Liu Xia was rewarded as King Zheng. Now is an extraordinary time, let's reward it for the time being, and after Wu Sangui is defeated, we will remove it. ”

Ma Shiying said, many ministers wanted to oppose it, but when they thought about it, what Ma Shiying said also made some sense, after all, it is necessary to treat it very well at very moments. So they all obediently shut up, compared to the rules formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, they still felt that their lives were more valuable.

Ma Shiying glanced at it, and seeing that everyone had no objection, he cleared his throat and said, "Since all the adults are not opposed, then it is decided." After a while, he sent someone to quickly pass the news to Liu Xia, and asked him to force Wu Sangui to withdraw as quickly as possible! ”

"At the same time, I will also inform the world of this news, if Liu Xia dares not to send troops, hmph, just wait for the crusade of the people in the world!"

This is a matter of small lives, everyone does not dare to delay, and as soon as the holy decree is issued, someone will immediately report to Luoyang for 800 miles.

After all, the distance is quite far, when the person who sent the holy decree left for a day, Wu Sangui's army finally came to the city of Nanjing, the thousand warships, against the city of Nanjing is a burst of bombardment, immediately killed and injured countless Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses.

A few days later, the army on the road sent by Wu Sangui finally arrived in Nanjing, which can be described as overwhelming, and all the cities were surrendered by the wind.

Luoyang

Liu Xia informed his two military advisors of the content of the holy decree sent from Nanjing, and the person who sent the holy decree was arranged in the post station.

"Lord Wang, this matter cannot be saved."

Li Wen frowned and hurriedly spoke.

"Let's not talk about whether we have the ability to rescue, even if we have, we can't be the enemy of Wu Sangui at this moment, after all, now that we are in the north, we have to fight to the death with the Tartars, where do we have the energy to manage Nanjing at this moment? What's more, if Nanjing is destroyed, it will also be beneficial to us. ”

Liu Xia heard Li Wen's words, nodded, and turned his head to look at Chen Liu, Chen Liu coughed dryly, fanned his feather fan, and said: "If you don't save it, it won't work, but you can't save it, as Li Junshi said, if the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, it will be good for us." ”

"Now it is estimated that the people of Nanjing will definitely spread the news of our King Qin to the world, if we don't go, how should the people of the world view us?"

Liu Xia smiled slightly and said, "King Qin has to be diligent, but he has to wait until the city of Nanjing is broken before King Qin." The king now ordered Ma Peng to send a guard of soldiers and horses to advance slowly. Until the time when the city of Nanjing was broken, it would pass. These dog thieves in Nanjing, when they can use this king, they give rewards and coercion, and when they don't need this king, they are either framed or insulted. Do you really think that this king is the one they will bully? Hum! ”

In the end, Liu Xia was also a little angry, especially a few years ago, the people in Nanjing did harm to Liu Xia, and Liu Xia is still haunted by it. What's more, if the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, this world will become a chaotic era in the true sense, and no one will say what Liu Xia wants to do. As for whether some other forces are looking for another person from the Zhu family to be the emperor, it is none of Liu Xia's business, and they will not admit it anyway. After all, if you don't set up an emperor, you're an emperor.

After Liu Xia and the others finished discussing, Liu Xia called someone to call the person who delivered the holy decree and said, "This king has sent troops and horses, and you go back to tell the Holy Lord, so that they can insist on waiting for reinforcements to arrive." ”

The person who delivered the holy decree suddenly showed joy on his face, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Zheng, if Your Majesty learns such news, you will be very happy." He also asked His Royal Highness King Zheng to send troops quickly to relieve the siege of Nanjing. The lower officials would like to thank King Zheng here. ”

Liu Xia waved his hand casually and said: "This king's order has been passed down, I believe that it will soon be able to reach the Kui Wolf Legion in the south and let it send troops." Go back. ”

The person who delivered the holy decree couldn't stop being happy, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he originally thought that Liu Xia would definitely make things difficult for him. When he walked out of the house, his heart was still fluttering.

"The matter has been done, and if I go back this time, I will definitely be promoted to a knighthood. Hahahaha, it's been worth the hard work of the past few days. Hmph, what bullshit King Zheng, after Wu Sangui is pacified, he will definitely seize your military power. How can I, Daming, let you be the king of a person with a foreign surname? ”

The person who delivered the holy decree was very envious, jealous and hated Liu Xia along the way, and constantly insulted Liu Xia in his heart.

After the person who delivered the holy decree left, Liu Xia sat on the top seat, smiled coldly, and said: "I don't know what is dead or alive, really think that this king is your dog, if you have it, you will raise it if you have it, and if you don't need it, you will slaughter and eat it?" ”