Chapter 16: Genius

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is similar to what Ma Cheng said, although Yue Qijie is not a eunuch, but he has a good relationship with Lu Jiude, Lu Jiude was the eunuch of the old Fu Wang, and in the third year of Chongzhen, Lu Jiude came to Fengyang, the capital of the town, and became a town guard eunuch, originally Lu Jiude thought that he would never see the old master again in this life, but when he thought of feng shui, the prince of Fu Wang was exiled to Huai'an, and took over as the new Fu King.

The relationship between Lu Jiude and Lao Fuwang is already good, and although the eunuch in Zhongdu is very famous, he does not have much power in his hands, and Han Zanzhou, the eunuch who guards the town in Liudu, is really a heaven and an underground. In order to improve his voice in the court, and at the same time add the feeling for the old Fu King, Lu Jiude naturally hopes that Zhu Yousong, the Fu King he is familiar with, will ascend the throne.

However, the Donglin Party in Nanjing is not vegetarian, although some backbone of the Donglin Party have fallen into the hands of enemies in Beijing, but because Nanjing is the base camp of the Donglin Party, the officials here in Nanjing are still the majority of the Donglin Party. For example, Qian Qianyi, the first unlucky ghost in the officialdom, Zhang Zongzhou, who is old and immortal, Huang Daozhou, who is old and strong, and Jiang Yueguang, who is known as the four great sages in the late Ming Dynasty, Lu Daqi, the squire of the military department, Zhang Shenyan, the imperial history of the right capital, etc., these Donglin bigwigs who were kicked out of the core power circle in the political struggle of officialdom and had no choice but to retire in Nanjing, now they finally have the opportunity to shine again for the scourge of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the logic of this gang of Donglin Party, of course, they don't want King Fu to come to power. Because it's very simple, the dream of the prince of the old Fu King was stirred up by these old guys, if the son of the old Fu King was allowed to come to power this time, wouldn't everything the Donglin Party did back then be done in vain? Therefore, these Donglin parties searched all the clans around Nanjing, and even King Gui, who was far away in Huguang and Hengyang, entered the selection range, but the Fu King who was close to Huai'an was also the most legitimate Fu King, but it was not good.

This group of Donglin Party made a lot of noise, but they forgot that it was not they who finally decided who would be the emperor, but Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying.

After Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, although Nanjing was not the capital, there was still a set of office teams, but most of the officials of the six departments in Nanjing were idle, basically a place for retirement and retirement, but only the Nanjing Military Department was the secretary.

Although Nanjing is not the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is still the capital after all, so the entire local army of Nanzhili is under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Military Department, including Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of Nanjing, and Xu Hongji, the commander of Caojiang who stayed behind in Nanjing, and these generals are legally subject to Shi Kefa.

Not to mention Ma Shiying, who supervised the military affairs of Fengyang, Henan, Shandong, Huai'an and other places, that is, the entire large area north of the Yangtze River, nearly one million troops were under Ma Shiying's jurisdiction.

These two big guys are the real power figures who decide who will be the emperor, but the Donglin Party, which claims to be "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty", can't see through it, and it is really blind to their titanium alloy dog eyes.

The Donglin Party couldn't see through it, but Lu Jiude saw through it, and the political alliance he chose at the beginning was Ma Shiying, after all, the two were in Fengyang, which was convenient for collusion. But Lu Jiude didn't expect Ma Shiying's bottom to stink badly, but he still wanted to make up for the flowers. After Ma Shiying learned that Chongzhen was hanged in Beijing, he actually had the same idea as the Donglin Party and wanted to support King Lu on the throne.

Of course, this is not because of Ma Shiying's lack of political ability, but because of historical limitations. At that time, although the north was rotten, and the whole of North China was plagued by exile and famine, there was nothing to do in South China, and the essence of the entire world was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

The situation at that time was much better than the Jingkang period of the Northern Song Dynasty in history, when the Jin army had already reached Henan, and Zhao Goucai escaped across the Yangtze River in embarrassment. But the Ming Dynasty is different, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they are fighting against Li Zicheng in Hebei and Shanxi, and Li Zicheng still has millions of troops, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty is powerful, one fight a hundred, doesn't it take time?

Therefore, Ma Shiying naively thought that the Ming Dynasty could at least learn from the Southern Song Dynasty and continue his life for a hundred years. It was precisely because Ma Shiying had this idea that he was going to Pukou to meet Shi Kefa under the prodding of Yang Wencong and his son Ma Luan, and decided to support the emperor.

Lu Jiu failed to win over Ma Shiying, so he was ready to win over Ma Shiying's staff Yue Qijie, the reason is very simple, Lu Jiude knew that Ma Shiying's strength came from the army, and the Ming Dynasty's nearly one million troops north of the Yangtze River were in the hands of four generals, among which Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong were the most powerful. And Yue Qijie's official position is Huaibei Bingbeidao, and he has a very good relationship with Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, and if he wins over Yue Qijie, the hundreds of thousands of troops of these two generals will listen to Lu Jiude's dispatch.

Yue Qijie originally had a good relationship with Lu Jiude, but in addition, he was always pressed by Yang Wencong among Ma Shiying's staff, so the two were in love with each other, and they hooked up together as soon as they came into contact. The two discussed that Yue Qijie would contact Gao Jie Liu Liangzuo, and Lu Jiude would contact Huang Degong, and take the first step to support King Fu's accession to the throne without knowing Ma Shiying, and then the army would press Nanjing to force those Donglin stirring sticks to submit.

Lu Jiude and Yue Qijie are actually rebelling by doing this, if King Fu ascends the throne normally, it will naturally be a great achievement, but what about failure? Without going through the military department and the governor of Fengyang, they mobilized the army privately, and it was impossible for the emperor to spare them when he ascended the throne. Therefore, when Lu Jiude and Yue Qijie were discussing, they were extremely secretive, and no one knew.

But Yue Qijie never imagined that his plot could be seen through by a second ancestor, could it be that Ma Shiying also knew?

Yue Qijie squinted his eyes after listening to Ma Cheng's analysis and asked, "Nephew Zhonghe, where did you get this news?" Yue Qijie decided that if Ma Cheng said that he learned from Ma Shiying, Yue Qijie would immediately go to Lu Jiude, and at the same time kill the second ancestor in front of him, and then even if he was not fully prepared, he would not care, and he would start it first.

But Ma Cheng learned about it from Ma Shiying, and he read it from the Internet in later generations. Ma Cheng looked at Yue Qijie and said, "Uncle, isn't this clear!" Now are troubled times, and those who have an army in their hands have the most right to speak! King Fu and Lu Jiude had known each other for a long time, and now the two must have colluded together, after all, the temptation of the throne is too great. If he learns that his father refuses to support King Fu, then the next step must be to support King Fu in front of Nanjing, resulting in the established fact, you must know that according to the law of etiquette, King Fu was originally enthroned, even if the whole world knows that Lu Jiude is inappropriate to do this, but there is no way to do it! ”

What Ma Cheng said was all seen from the Internet in later generations, although sensational, it is very much in line with the current situation. Yue Qijie was also relieved to hear Ma Cheng say this, if Ma Cheng also told Lu Jiude about colluding with Gao Jie and others, then Yue Qijie would definitely suspect that Lu Jiude had Ma Shiying's secret agent.

However, this is not that Ma Cheng has anything to hide, it's just that Ma Cheng really doesn't know the detailed process of King Fu becoming emperor. Ma Cheng's historical knowledge was seen when he wandered around the Internet in later generations, Ma Cheng only knew that Lu Jiude and Ma Shiying supported King Fu, but Ma Cheng didn't see the specific historical process, and he didn't have that kung fu.

Yue Qijie breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ma Cheng say this, it seems that the matter of his conspiracy with Lu Jiude has not been revealed, this kid can only say that he has strong analytical skills. Thinking of this, Yue Qijie looked at Ma Cheng appreciatively: "Zhonghe Xian, are these all analyzed by yourself?" ”

Hearing Yue Qijie ask Ma Cheng like this, he hurriedly said: "This is natural, my nephew is actually very smart, but he doesn't usually show it!" ”

Yue Qijie didn't know that Ma Cheng was bragging, and thought that Ma Cheng was really an unborn genius. Yue Qijie thought in his heart: This Ma Cheng is really powerful, just by relying on clues, he can analyze eight or nine without leaving ten, it seems that the old man should help him, maybe King Fu's affairs can still have a delay.

Yue Qijie made up his mind and said, "Zhonghe Xian's nephew, do you really want to save that pro-soldier?" ”

Nonsense, of course! Ma Cheng said: "Uncle, Xu Dahu killed that person in order to protect the little nephew, at that time the little nephew had already said that he wanted to ensure his safety, but now he let him be a substitute for the dead ghost, the little nephew is really uneasy!" ”

Yue Qijie nodded: "Okay, the old man will help you today!" After Yue Qijie finished speaking, he said loudly outside: "Zhang Zhongjun, bring those eleven people in!" ”

Zhang Guozhu heard Yue Qijie say this and hurriedly put the eleven personal soldiers back into the room, Yue Qijie looked at the eleven people, and said to Zhang Guozhu: "Zhang Zhongjun, loosen these eleven people, and then you can go out!" The official has something important to tell them to do! ”

Zhang Guozhu heard Yue Qijie say this, and knew that Ma Cheng's intercession had worked, but he didn't expect Ma Cheng to be a responsible man.

Zhang Guozhu bowed out after untying eleven people, Xu Dahu didn't expect that he could still live in death, and after loosening the tie, he quickly knelt down on his knees and thanked him and said: "My subordinates thank Lord Yue!" ”

Yue Qijie shook his head and said: "Don't thank this official, if you want to thank you, thank Ma Cheng, just now he begged for death in front of this official, so this official decided to help you once!" ”

Xu Dahu and the others heard Yue Qijie say this, and quickly knelt in front of Ma Cheng to thank him, and Xu Dahu cursed and swore that he would repay Ma Cheng's great kindness in the future.

Yue Qijie waited for Xu Dahu and the others to get up and then said: "Although you are fine, but the murder is not over, Wei Guogong must have an explanation!" What do you say to do? ”

Xu Dahu and others don't recognize any words, they are good at killing people and setting fires, but it is not a strong point to let them come up with ideas.

Xu Dahu and the others looked at each other, and then Xu Dahu stood up and said: "The more adults, the subordinates are all rough people, we can kill people and set fires, but this kind of fine work is really not good for subordinates, so please show the adults!" ”

Yue Qijie nodded, and said word by word: "This official is just letting you play to your strengths to kill people and set fires!" ”

Xu Dahu was relieved when he heard Yue Qijie say this, he thought that he was playing some kind of trick to replace death, and now it is no problem to kill people and prevent fire.

Xu Dahu arched his hand and asked, "This is no problem, may I ask who the adults let us kill?" ”

Yue Qijie smiled coldly: "Human witness, I saw your murder witness today, and I killed them all!" ”