Yue Qijie's words were like dropping a bombshell in the house, and the whole room immediately fell silent. Ma Shiying didn't expect Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to be so ruthless, and he actually played the trick of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle.

All the power in Ma Shiying's hands comes from the four towns in Jiangbei, and now three of the four towns have supported Zhu Yousong, and without the support of the army, Ma Shiying will lose the value of wooing.

The four towns of Jiangbei were an important local force in the early period of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and for the development of the plot, I would like to talk a little about the origin of the four towns of Jiangbei.

Before Zhu Yousong ascended the throne, there was no such thing as the four towns of Jiangbei, the four towns of Jiangbei were the collective names of the four general soldiers of Jiangbei who supported themselves after Zhu Yousong ascended the throne.

The most effective in the four towns of Jiangbei is Gao Jie, the harrier who turned over the mountain, this Li Zicheng's brother-in-law because he rebelled against Li Zicheng, so there is no possibility of reconciliation with the peasant army at all, and he is naturally the most loyal warlord of the Ming Dynasty. After Gao Jie rebelled against Li Zicheng, he took away Li Zicheng's most elite 30,000 cavalry, which were the foundation of Gao Jie's roots.

The second combat effectiveness is Huang Degong, Huang Degong is a native of Liaodong, who followed the Liaodong warrior Cao Wenzhao into the pass to pacify the Liukou, and later after Cao Wenzhao died in battle, Huang Degong followed Lu Jiude to fight with the Liukou in Henan. Huang Degong's later generations evaluated him as a martial artist, a man of simple loyalty, and one of the few military generals who were willing to die for the Ming Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The third of the four towns in Jiangbei is Liu Liangzuo, who is known as Huama Liu, this guy is from Shanxi, and he fights with Liukou in the Central Plains all the year round, but Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie and Huang Degong can't be compared at all. It's just that Liu Liangzuo was very lucky, and he followed the right person in several big battles, and became the chief soldier with merit.

If Huama Liu is still a general, then Liu Zeqing, the last of the four towns in Jiangbei, is a waste. The first three general soldiers all fought against Li Zicheng, Liu Zeqing's main opponent was the common people in Shandong who couldn't survive, and Liu Zeqing also mixed with the general soldiers after several kills and meritorious work. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, when the Dashun army approached Beijing, Chongzhen ordered him to lead his troops to rush into the Weijing Division, but he lied that he was injured by falling from his horse and refused to obey the edict. But it's not like such a guy is lucky, and when Chongzhen dies, no one will be held accountable for his crimes, and at the same time, because Liu Zeqing has the largest number of troops, more than 300,000, so he is relied on by the Donglin Party as the Great Wall of Jiangbei.

You see it right, at this time, Liu Zeqing was a member of the Donglin Party, which is also one of the main reasons why Liu Zeqing Qingming did not have any outstanding military exploits, but he was able to be promoted.

However, at this time, these four generals did not have the kind of power they had later, although they were all generals who commanded tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, but they still had to listen to the military orders of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, which was also where Ma Shiying's confidence lies.

Now Ma Shiying heard Yue Qijie say that his confidence has gone to Zhu Yousong, which will cost Ma Shiying's life. Ma Shiying was able to talk with Shi Kefa on an equal footing, relying on these four general soldiers, and now three of the four general soldiers want to support Zhu Yousong, so Ma Shiying will become a loner. (At this time, there were only three people in the four towns of Jiangbei who supported Zhu Yousong, and Liu Zeqing relied on the Donglin Party, so he supported King Lu, but Liu Zeqing was capricious, and soon betrayed the Donglin Party and attached himself to Zhu Yousong after learning that he was alone.) ）

Ma Cheng had been kneeling on the ground for more than ten minutes at this time, his knees were already numb, Ma Cheng saw that several people in the room did not speak, Ma Cheng shouted anxiously: "Dad, two uncles, big brother!" What are you guys thinking? Now that King Fu has won the support of the three general soldiers, if we don't express our position, when King Fu issues an edict to supervise the country and ascend the throne, then our family will be in a big disaster! ”

Ma Shiying, who Ma Cheng said, of course knows that now that King Fu has not ascended the throne, everyone can say whatever they want, and the court law also has the saying that crimes are punished by words. But when King Fu ascended the throne, it was different, King Fu became the emperor, do you Ma Shiying dare to oppose it? At that time, it was not a battle of will, but a political issue.

Ma Shiying, as an old bureaucrat, naturally knows what is powerful, but Ma Shiying has reached an agreement with the Donglin Party, and he turned around and regretted it, which is really unkind.

Yang Wencong knew that the big thing was not good after listening to Yue Qijie's words, and he wanted to be yellow in the matter of the Donglin Party, Yang Wencong hurriedly explained: "My lord, although King Fu has already recruited three general soldiers, but after all, the military power is in the hands of adults, and adults can order that these three general soldiers must not leave the garrison without permission!" ”

Ma Cheng was amused when he heard Yang Wencong say this, this Yang Wencong seems to have been in the officialdom for a few years, why is it so simple and I don't know, people have military power in hand, do you think you can remove military power with a red-headed document? Do you think you are Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang?

"Dad, this kind of thing is related to their net worth and life, do you think they can still stick to your father's military orders? And even if their brains are broken and they obey their father's military orders, what about King Fu ascending the throne in Jiangbei? The imperial tomb is in Fengyang, and it is not necessary to go to Nanjing to ascend the throne, and after King Fu ascends the throne, a holy decree can put your father's official position to the end, what should I do then? ”

Ma Cheng's words really went to Ma Shiying's heart, he didn't think that a few of his generals didn't respect military orders, and the Donglin Party in Nanjing was also really natural, they thought that by winning over Ma Shiying, they could control the four general soldiers in Jiangbei, but they forgot when this was, supporting the emperor is a great merit, and the four general soldiers in Jiangbei can be so honest at your mercy?

Ma Cheng saw Ma Shiying's hesitation, and continued to fan the flames on the side: "Dad, although you are the governor of Fengyang, my son estimates that it is impossible for those Donglin parties to let you enter the cabinet!" At most, you will be given a military department book! But my son estimates that after giving you the book of the Ministry of War, he will send you to Yangzhou to supervise the division, and although you will come up as an official, won't the power in your hands be the same as now? But if Dad supports King Fu, it will be different, King Fu has no important ministers at all, as long as Dad takes refuge in the past, the son is estimated to be able to at least give Dad an identity to enter the cabinet! ”

If Ma Shiying was still hesitating just now, Ma Cheng's words just now really moved Ma Shiying! That's right! Although Ma Shiying's status is very high, but in Nanjing, it is not bullshit at all, and the Donglin Party does not say anything else, there are more than a dozen people who are qualified to enter the cabinet, even if it is a hundred turns, it will not be your turn to enter the cabinet Ma Shiying. You, Ma Shiying, a squire from the second-rank military department and the governor of Fengyang, want to ascend to the sky in one step? Is it a dream?

But King Fu is different, although King Fu can contact the general soldiers of the three towns, but the only important minister with enough qualifications is Ma Shiying. If King Fu ascends the throne and comes to power, he must rely on Ma Shiying to fight with the Donglin Party, and when the time comes, don't say that he will enter the cabinet, even Shoufu can also do it.

Thinking that he was qualified to be the first assistant, Ma Shiying was very excited. Shoufu is the highest ideal of a scholar, who doesn't want to be a famous minister like Zhang Juzheng?

Ma Shiying had already made up his mind at this time, he looked at Ma Cheng who was kneeling on the ground, snorted and said, "You kid has learned such a set, get up!" ”

Hearing Ma Shiying say this, Ma Cheng quickly stood up, his knees were numb after kneeling for so long just now, Ma Cheng slowly stood up while holding on to the chair and rubbing his knees with his hands.

Ma Shiying looked at Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie and said with a smile: "Two, although Ma Cheng is stubborn, what he said today also makes some sense, what do you think?" ”

Ma Shiying actually basically agreed with Ma Cheng's opinion when he said this, but he was not easy to do as a leader.

"My lord, people can't stand without faith, we have already promised the Shi Pavilion Department in Pukou, and now we will regret it when we come back, this is not good!" Yang Wencong knew that Ma Shiying had made a decision to support King Fu instead, but he still had a glimmer of hope and wanted to fight for it one last time.

Yue Qijie sneered on the side: "Xinyi? Did they talk about faith in the Donglin Party? Back then, the Donglin Party fought for the country, and what was said to be a good thing to be the eldest brother and the eldest brother, but now? Why don't they talk about this, but instead do a set of what kind of virtuous, what kind of faith do these rotten Confucians talk about when they are capricious? ”

Ma Cheng heard Yue Qijie say this on the side, and quickly beat the side drum: "Yes!" My uncle is right! The Donglin Party guys are all sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact, their stomachs are full of poop goods, and the son heard that Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, married Liu Ruis with the gift of a wife when he has a wife at home, this kind of old bastard who destroys the tradition of etiquette and religion must do everything to steal the ashes and steal the sister-in-law! ”

Yang Wencong and Ma Luan listened to Ma Cheng scolding Qian Qianyi's face became more and more ugly, Yang Wencong and the Donglin Party had a bad relationship, Ma Luan had listened to Qian Qianyi's several classes when he was studying in Nanzhili, although he could not be counted as a disciple but he held a disciple ceremony every time, and now he listened to Ma Cheng scolding his teacher Ma Luan's face was naturally not good-looking.

Ma Luan listened to Ma Cheng's more and more unpleasant sounds, and couldn't help but shout: "Second brother! Okay, now let's get down to business, and you don't talk about anything else! ”

Ma Cheng was talking so loudly, the corners of his mouth were foaming, and he ended his speech stupidly when he heard Ma Luan say this.

Ma Shiying had already made up his mind to support King Fu at this time, although he wanted to get close to the Donglin Party, but only by supporting King Fu in front of him could he achieve the greatest benefits, Ma Shiying was not a good man and a woman, so he naturally knew what to do.

Ma Shiying looked at the two strategists, groaned and said, "In this case, the old man conforms to the will of the people in the world and supports King Fu to ascend the throne!" Zixing, you have a good relationship with Lu Zhenshou, you go to him first to say goodbye, and say that the old man wants to see Lu Zhenshou! ”

Yue Qijie was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this, and quickly stood up and arched his hand and said, "My lord, please rest assured, the lower official will be fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

Ma Cheng pouted in his heart when he heard what Ma Shiying said, he didn't expect that the old fritter was the old fritter, and just now he looked like he was supporting King Gui for the country and the people, so he knew that when he saw that the situation was unclear, he immediately changed his course and supported King Fu, it seems that these old guys are not good people, and they are a little sheep who will learn badly with these old guys?