Ma Cheng and his entourage of thousands of people entered from Xi'an Gate, entered the palace through Xihua Gate, and Wuying Hall was in front of them.

Nanjing Palace City has fallen into disrepair for a long time, the three major halls have collapsed, and the only one that is still complete is the Wuying Hall of the West Palace, which has become the place where Zhu Yousong meets every day.

When Ma Cheng and the others came to the gate of Wuying Palace, they thought that all the people in the palace had run out, but they didn't expect that there were still many people in Wuying Hall now. More than a hundred people inside were kowtowing to a person, muttering something that they didn't know what to say.

waited for Ma Cheng and the others to walk in before they heard clearly, it turned out that what these people said was "Meet the Son of Heaven, long live the emperor!" Waiting for slogans, Ma Cheng was stunned when he saw this, but he didn't expect that there would be a wave of forces in the city to support the new monarch in front of him, which is not good.

At this time, everyone in the hall also noticed that someone was coming, and a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar at the head of the hall stood up and said loudly: "Who are you?" Why don't you come and meet the new king! ”

Ma Cheng walked into the main hall and looked at these people, most of them were ordinary people, and a few of them were low-level officials in green robes, Ma Cheng frowned and asked, "Who are you?" What supports the new king? Do you want to rebel? ”

The middle-aged man at the head scolded: "Presumptuous, the one in front of you is the prince of the first emperor, and he is also the emperor of the new dynasty!" What do you want to do? Don't kneel down and kowtow yet? ”

Ma Cheng looked at a young man sitting on the dragon chair in the middle, about twenty years old, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe from nowhere, looking at him anxiously.

This person that Ma Cheng doesn't recognize, the first emperor and the crown prince? Ma Cheng remembered that Zhu Yousong didn't have a son, why did he make such a fuss?

Ma Cheng looked at Ruan Dacheng behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Ruan, who is this kid?" How dare you call yourself the crown prince of the first emperor? ”

Ruan Dacheng saw the young man and said angrily: "This young man is the fake prince, the nephew of Wang Yu, the commander of the horse!" Ruan Dacheng saw this kid sitting on the dragon chair, knowing that the big thing was not good, Ruan Dacheng has been suppressing the Donglin Party, and the fake prince was made by the Donglin Party, if this fake prince becomes the emperor, the first one to clean up is Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng pulled Ma Cheng and whispered: "Boy, no matter what you think, you must not let this fake prince ascend the throne, or your father and old man will be finished!" ”

Just as Ruan Dacheng and Ma Cheng were talking, a person ran out from the crowd opposite, and everyone saw that it was Wang Duo, a scholar of Dongge University.

Wang Duo was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and no one saw him lying on the ground, but now he ran to Ma Cheng's side while no one was paying attention.

After Wang Duo's explanation, Ma Cheng knew what was going on, it turned out that after Zhu Yousong ran away, the palace was in chaos, and the news spread quickly. Zhao Xu, the prisoner of Guozijian, felt that this was an opportunity, so he summoned dozens of ruffians and scoundrels to Wang Duo's house to beat Wang Duo, and Wang Duo was forced to have no choice but to tell the location of the fake prince's detention.

Next, the prisoner Zhao Xu took Wang Duo to the prison to release the fake prince Wang Zhiming, and then came to the Wuying Hall with some people and officials who did not know the truth, preparing to support Wang Zhiming to ascend the throne as the emperor.

Ma Cheng saw that Wang Duo, the old man, was beaten very lightly, and one of his front teeth was lost, Ma Cheng patted Wang Duo on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Wang, this governor will avenge you!" ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he pushed away the crowd and came to the fake prince Wang Zhiming, Ma Cheng was covered in armor and held a waist knife, and the pressure was very great. Wang Zhiming was sweating all over his body and stumbled and said, "You... What do you want? Hongu. I am the first emperor and the crown prince, you. You don't bow down yet! ”

Ma Cheng has the intention of chatting with this guy, but now the situation is at a critical point, and if it is delayed for too long, it will change.

Ma Cheng came to Wang Zhiming, and without saying a word, he took out his waist knife and stabbed Wang Zhiming in the stomach, and then pulled out and cut off Wang Zhiming's head with a knife.

There were hundreds of people in the entire hall, and no one expected Ma Cheng to be so ruthless that he would kill the fake prince directly, and everyone was stunned for a while.

After Ma Cheng hacked Wang Zhiming to death, he came to Zhao Xu's side, hacked this ill-intentioned guy to death with another knife, and then ordered: "Gu Yong, kill all these rebels and thieves!" ”

Gu Yong received an order to bring his own soldiers forward and hacked to death the more than 100 people who knelt down to worship Wang Zhiming just now, and even some of these low-level officials were not spared. 020

More than 100 people died in the main hall, blood flowed all over the ground, and many ministers had seen so many dead people there, and they were lying on the ground one by one and vomiting.

Ma Cheng kicked Wang Zhiming's body away, vacated the dragon chair, and then came down to support Zhu Lunkui, the grandson of King Zhou, and pressed him to the dragon chair, Ma Cheng knelt down on his knees and shouted: "Please Your Majesty is the emperor!" ”

Zhu Lunkui is a son-in-law, where he has seen this kind of bloody scene, just now he saw Wang Zhiming die in front of his eyes and was so scared that he peed his pants, and now seeing Ma Cheng make himself the emperor, he hurriedly excused himself and said: "Master Ma, the kid will never dare!" Please Master Ma and please be smart! ”

Zhu Lunkui was about to get up from the dragon chair after speaking, but Ma Chengna could let him get his wish, Ma Chengyin said deeply: "Your Majesty, our wealth is tied to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty pushes it, where is it equal to me?" We advise Your Majesty not to follow in the footsteps of the king! ”

Ma Cheng's meaning is obvious, we have killed countless people for you to be the emperor, and it's like this, is it a matter of saying that if you don't play, you won't play? Since you are not the emperor, then don't live, and it's not impossible to kill you and set up one!

Wang Zhiming's headless corpse was not far away, and Zhu Lunkui didn't dare to move when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and for a while, the monarch and the ministers were deadlocked here.

At this time, Ruan Dacheng saw the key, and the ministers of the DPRK and China did not agree to support this Zhu Lunkui, but if Ma Cheng was angered and had another bloodbath, it would not be good, thinking of this Ruan Dacheng was the first to walk in front of Zhu Lunkui, and after kneeling down, he shouted loudly: "Minister Ruan Dacheng, meet the new king!" ”

Ruan Dacheng is a weather vane, he has a group of irons in the court, such as Yang Weiyuan, the political envoy, Tian Yang, the governor of the river who fled back, and others, and now these people saw Ruan Dacheng being the first to pay homage, and they also stepped forward to meet the new monarch.

At this time, Ma Shiying's rope had already been untied, and he saw that his son supported the new monarch, so Ma Shiying had no choice but to step forward and kneel in front of Zhu Lunkui, shouting: "Minister Ma Shiying, meet the new monarch, long live His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Ma Shiying's party in the DPRK is a big force, Ma Shiying did this, and most of the other officials knelt down one after another, and now only a group of Donglin party members are standing in the hall.

These people are headed by Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in fact, they want Wang Zhiming to be the emperor, but they didn't expect Ma Cheng to act too quickly, and before the Donglin Party could react, Wang Zhiming had been killed. Now all the people in the hall except for the Donglin Party have fallen to Zhu Lunkui, which makes Qian Qianyi anxious.

Qian Qianyi didn't have much contact with Ma Cheng before, but he had heard that this Ma Cheng was a second ancestor, but he didn't expect that Ma Cheng would be able to lead such a big event today, which really made Qian Qianyi too passive.

Now Ma Cheng holds the power of the whole city, and he will be executed immediately if he makes a slight change on his side, thinking of this Qian Qianyi sighed, came to Zhu Lunkui and knelt down on his knees and shouted: "Minister Qian Qianyi, meet the new king!" Then he slammed his head on the ground.

Qian Qianyi bowed his head and Ma Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, after half a year's purge of the Donglin Party, there are not a few bigwigs in the court, and now it is Qian Qianyi who is the leader, as long as this old guy is willing to bow his head, others are not a problem.

Things are the same as Ma Cheng thought, the remaining officials of the Donglin Party saw that the boss Qian Qianyi had bowed his head, and had no choice but to follow Qian Qianyi to meet the new monarch, so far the eighteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty was born under Ma Cheng's iron-blooded means.

A head knocked on the ground and the name was decided, Zhu Lunkui saw that this look was not suitable for this emperor, Zhu Lunkui had no choice but to sit on the dragon chair again, and then said: "Since your ministers are like this, then I... Then I will be as you wish, but now that the first emperor does not know whether he is alive or dead, can I first supervise the country? ”

The ministers of the court and the central government looked at each other, and then Ma Shiying, as the first assistant, said: "No, the situation is urgent now, only Your Majesty's succession to the throne can be exciting, and the ministers welcome Your Majesty as emperor!" ”

Ruan Dacheng heard Ma Shiying say this, and scolded Ma Shiying in his heart for being shameless, just now outside the Xi'an Gate was still looking like he was going to die generously, and now he changed his attitude and hoped that the emperor would directly call the emperor, it seems that this incident must be Ma Shiying's behind, or can he do such a big thing according to Ma Cheng's waste appearance?

However, although Ruan Dacheng secretly scolded in his heart, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Ma Shiying said is very right, and the minister also welcomes His Majesty as the emperor!" As for the first emperor, you can follow the old Jingtai calendar and respect the first emperor as the emperor! ”

Zhu Lunkui thought about it, and Zhu Lunkui opened his mouth and said: "In this case, I will conform to the will of the people, that is, the emperor's throne!" The first emperor abdicated as the emperor, and the first emperor and then the concubine Ma were virtuous and virtuous, and now they are respected as the queen mother! Ma Cheng was loyal and resolute, named the Marquis of Guiyang, the governor of Jiangnan, and was responsible for the anti-capture affairs of the whole city of Nandu! Ma Shiying worked hard and made great achievements, and was named the Duke of Shu, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and a scholar of the palace, and an overview of government affairs! Ruan Dacheng was named the Duke of Huaiguo, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and an assistant government officer! Qian Qianyi was named the Duke of Yueguo, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and an assistant government officer! Chin this! ”

Although Zhu Lunkui's level is not high, he also knows how to buy people's hearts, and now that he is the emperor, he naturally wants to be a meritorious hero. Everything else can be understood, Ma Cheng, as the first meritorious hero, naturally takes the first credit, Ma Shiying, as the first assistant, is still Ma Cheng's Laozi, so it makes sense for him to have an overview of national politics, Ruan Dacheng was the first to jump out and kowtow just now, and the leading role is obvious, so his reward is normal, but Qian Qianyi is a little interesting.

Although Qian Qianyi has a high literary attainment, he is not ambitious in the officialdom, and after the Hongguang Emperor became the emperor, he only gave him a position as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, until March of the first year of Hongguang, when the Lin Party in the East and the Middle East was almost suppressed, and Qian Qianyi was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

At the same time, Qian Qianyi was the last to say his position just now, if he didn't kill this kind of wall grass according to common sense, it would be good, and he still wanted to be an official? What a dream! But now Zhu Lunkui has let him enter the cabinet, and he is still ranked third, it seems that this Zhu Lunkui is not so wasteful.