Before Ma Shiying came, King Fu was discussing with Lu Zhenfei the question of when to go south, and now Ma Shiying has agreed to support King Fu, plus King Fu has the support of the leading generals. And just yesterday, Liu Zeqing, who was far away in Shandong, also sent news that he was willing to support King Fu to ascend the throne. Now King Fu has won the support of all the governors and soldiers north of the Yangtze River, and his ascension to the throne is a foregone conclusion.

Lu Zhenfei's meaning is very simple, he should ascend the throne sooner rather than later, who knows what kind of moths will be made in Nanjing, so Lu Zhenfei asked King Fu to take a boat from Huai'an to the south directly.

King Fu is a person who has no ideas, and he is also a little moved in his heart when he hears Lu Zhenfei say this, after all, King Fu has been displaced for several years, and now it is finally the emperor's turn to do it himself, so he naturally hopes that the sooner the better.

At this time, Ma Shiying came, although King Fu had agreed in his heart to go south to ascend the throne immediately, but Ma Shiying had a heavy identity and old qualifications after all, so he wanted to listen to Ma Shiying's advice.

Ma Shiying heard King Fu say this and knew that it was Lu Zhenfei's strategy, and now King Fu has a lot of soldiers, but there are only two civil officials who can handle it, one Ma Shiying and one Lu Zhenfei. These two must be divided into a big and small king, after all, everyone wants to have the final say.

So what Lu Zhenfei agreed with Ma Shiying was going to object, Ma Shiying shook his head after listening to King Fu and said: "Your Highness, I think that Lu Zhenfei said that there are three can'ts!" Ma Shiying called Lu Zhenfei by his name in front of King Fu, of course, it was not that he was disrespectful, but that the minister in front of the monarch wanted to call each other by his name to show respect for the emperor, although King Fu was not the emperor now.

Lu Zhenfei heard Ma Shiying call his name, and he was angry, but he couldn't object, although King Fu has not ascended the throne now, but do you dare to say anything?

"Lord Ma, now that the country is in urgent danger, it is natural that King Fu should go south immediately to ascend the throne, so as to stabilize the people's hearts!" Lu Zhenfei also wanted to call Ma Shiying by his name, but Lu Zhenfei was not as shameless as Ma Shiying, and King Fu used the etiquette to treat the emperor before he ascended the throne.

Ma Shiying smiled in her heart when she heard Lu Zhenfei say this, Lu Zhenfei, if you say this, your momentum will be weaker than the old man.

"Your Highness, I think the most important thing at the moment is to correct your name! His Majesty relied on the throne of Tongxu Lunchang, and now the Emperor's Ancestral Mausoleum is in Fengyang, if Your Majesty does not go to worship, how can you face all beings in the world? ”

Ma Shiying's words are very right, what did you rely on to ascend the throne? Isn't it the etiquette law established by Zhu Yuanzhang back then? Now that you are less than five hundred miles away from Fengyang, it is really unreasonable that you will not go to worship the ancestral grave of your old Zhu family in order to ascend the throne quickly. And Ma Shiying pointed out in his words that you King Fu and the opposition are staring, originally these guys didn't agree with your King Fu ascending the throne, and now you are still on a business with the procedures, these guys won't kill you!

Although Ma Shiying did not say who the people in the world were, everyone with a discerning eye knew that these people were the Donglin Party in Nanjing.

Fu King Zhu Yousong nodded when he heard Ma Shiying say this: "What Ma Qing said is very right, this king decided to go to Fengyang to worship the ancestral tomb first!" ”

Lu Zhenfei stopped hearing this, and hurriedly stood up to say the benefits of going south, Ma Shiying began to refute on the side, and for a while it became a small court meeting in front of King Fu, and the two of them quarreled together.

At this moment, the little eunuch outside the door entered the house to report that Qianhu Ma Cheng was coming.

Ma Cheng followed You Er to the West Lake Courtyard, and the courtyard he said was actually a few houses. Ma Cheng looked at the courtyard like a private house and despised it in his heart, and said that Zhu Yousong was arrogant and lascivious, why did he live in such a dilapidated place.

Ma Cheng followed You Er into the house, and saw that the small room was full of people, and in the middle sat a dead fat man in white, more than 200 pounds, but he was quite honest, probably this is the toad son Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong stood at the head of two civil officials in red robes, one was his own son Ma Shiying, and the other was in his forties, very handsome, Ma Cheng didn't know who this was, and it was estimated that he was also a big official. The other seven, seven, eighty or eight were all the general soldiers and staff brought by Ma Shiying, and most of them were not recognized by Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng had already adjusted his emotions outside the door, and after entering the house, he knelt down with a grunt on his knees, and shouted on the ground: "On the occasion of this Shenzhou bandang, the minister can meet the holy face, although he dies, he has no regrets!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he lay on the ground and cried.

Ma Shiying and Lu Zhenfei were arguing just now, and suddenly Ma Cheng couldn't stop crying like this, and they both focused on Ma Cheng.

Fu King Zhu Yousong originally wanted to meet this young man who said good things for himself, and then reward him with an official position, but when he wanted Ma Cheng to come out like this, Zhu Yousong was also very uncomfortable when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and gradually his nose was a little sour, is it easy for me to be the Fu King? originally lived a happy life like a breeding pig in Henan, but when he thought that his hometown was burned by Li Zicheng, who killed a thousand knives, his father was also boiled into a pot of Fulu soup. It was easy to escape from Henan, but when I arrived in Huai'an, there was no silver at all, and the dignified prince of Fuwang almost went to ask for food. There is also the issue of the emperor's succession, he should have been the emperor himself, but the killing of those Donglin parties prevented him from ascending the throne, if it wasn't for Lu Jiude's central plan to win over the leading generals, the emperor would definitely not have been his turn.

Zhu Yousong wiped his tears and said, "You are Ma Aiqing's son Ma Cheng?" Hurry up! ”

Lu Zhenfei heard that this shameless guy was Ma Cheng, and secretly scolded in his heart, if there is a son, there is a son, Ma Shiying was shameless enough just now, but he didn't expect his son Ma Cheng to be even more shameless than Lao Tzu!

Ma Cheng stood up and choked up and said, "Holy Lord, I'm really sorry, I can't control my joy when I see Holy Lord unharmed!" ”

Now that Zhu Yousong has not ascended the throne, Ma Cheng calls Zhu Yousong a saint, which is already an arrogance, but now everyone knows that Zhu Yousong's accession to the throne is a foregone conclusion, and no one stands up to touch this lung tube. However, everyone scolded Ma Cheng for being shameless in their hearts, and even the even more shameless Ma Shiying's face was a little red.

"Ma Cheng, this king has also heard some of your feats in Huai'an, and you have done a good job! That's right! It just so happens that there is a lack of a guard by the king's side, so you should follow the king! Zhu Yousong originally just wanted to give Ma Cheng an idle position as a brocade guard, but today he was very moved to see Ma Cheng's true feelings, so he took Ma Cheng to his side as a guard.

What are the emperor's guards? That's an absolute fat difference, and in the future, as long as the emperor is happy in his heart, the governor can do it.

The other generals in the house were jealous when they heard King Fu say this, and they knew that they could get such a beautiful difference in exchange for shamelessness, so they were not as shameless as they were, so let Ma Cheng, this kid, pick up a big bargain.

Ma Shiying was overjoyed when he heard the emperor say this, so that his son's background was solved, Ma Shiying smiled and said: "Cheng'er, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" Ma Shiying also began to be embarrassed, and directly called King Fu His Majesty.

On the side, Lu Zhenfei really couldn't stand the scenery of Ma's father and son, and stood up and objected: "Your Highness, this Ma Cheng has no merit and no military merit, staying by His Highness's side as a guard is really inconsistent with the law, and the minister thinks it's better to let Ma Cheng stay in the army!" ”

When Ma Cheng heard that such an old guy was going to block his own ladder, he was about to scold, but Ma Shiying spoke first.

"Lu Zhenfei, how do you know that Ma Cheng has no military merits? Just the day before yesterday, Ma Cheng led the team to exterminate a gang of rogues! For the sake of his son, Ma Shiying had to put Zhang Guozhu's credit on Ma Cheng.

Lu Zhenfei sneered when he heard Ma Shiying say this: "Hmph, Ma Shiying, you father and son are as shameless!" Everyone knows that you are the Governor, and of course you can say whatever you want in the army! ”

Ma Shiying and Lu Zhenfei began to ridicule each other again, Ma Cheng heard clearly on the side, it turned out that this old guy was Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Caoyun.

Ma Lu and the two gradually shifted the dispute to the question of whether to go south or go to Fengyang first, Ma Cheng heard that his Lao Tzu suffered a little, after all, Lu Zhenfei was born in Qingliu, and he played with lip service.

Ma Cheng had an idea in his heart, and he stood up and said loudly: "Holy Lord, Minister Ma Cheng has something to say!" ”

Zhu Yousong was also troubled by the two of them, and when he heard what Ma Cheng had something to say, he hurriedly asked, "Ma Cheng, what did you say?" Come on! ”

Ma Cheng stood up and pointed at Lu Zhenfei and said, "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that this Lu Zhenfei should be killed!" ”

As soon as Ma Cheng's words came out, the house was in an uproar, Lu Zhenfei was a feudal official, or the first hero to propose to support King Fu, you Ma Cheng, a small man from six grades and thousands of households, what qualifications do you have to kill Lu Zhenfei?

Lu Zhenfei sneered when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Okay, Ma Qianhu, what do you say about this official?" If you can't say it, the official will definitely not spare you! ”

Since Ma Cheng dared to stand up, he naturally had a stick in his chest, Ma Cheng pointed at Lu Zhenfei and said: "Lu Zhenfei, you are full of words for the country and the people, but in fact, your heart is all for yourself!" You said that you let the Holy Lord immediately go south to ascend the throne, do you want to find a position for yourself in the court? And you prevented the saint from going to Fengyang to worship the emperor's ancestral mausoleum, did you want the saint to be ashamed of the ancestors and ancestors? ”

Ma Cheng's words can be said very seriously, Lu Zhenfei is indeed a little selfish, he wants to go to Nanjing as soon as possible to occupy a good place, if he goes late, with his shallow officialdom experience, it would be good to have a waiter. But Lu Zhenfei does have considerations for the country and the people, and now that the country has become like this, the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north has entered Shanhaiguan, and Nanjing is still fighting for that prince to be the emperor, which is really unreasonable.

Lu Zhenfei was speechless by Ma Cheng's anger, knowing that Ma Cheng was not finished, and then said: "Lu Zhenfei, you claim to support the Holy Lord, but look at what the Holy Lord lives like?" Didn't the saint just arrive in Huai'an, the saint has been living here in Huai'an for three or four years, how do you manage it as a magistrate? Do you want to bet on both sides of Shengshang and King Lu, and please both sides? ”

It is true that Zhu Yousong fled to Huai'an in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, but Lu Zhenfei was the governor of Caoyun who took over in the autumn of Chongzhen's sixteenth year, but it has been half a year from autumn to April this year, and Lu Zhenfei is indeed a little unreasonable to ignore King Fu.