Li Xiangjun was worried about Ma Cheng's retaliation, but she forgot who she was, and now Ma Cheng was so busy fighting for the defense of Nanjing that she hit the back of her head, where can she take care of a kabuki? In fact, the next day, Ma Cheng forgot about it and began to devote himself to his work.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the decrees of King Qin have already been issued everywhere, but I don't know if the magistrates can buy it. If the army of King Qin around Nanjing arrived, it would still have the strength to fight with the Manchu army. Ma Cheng estimated that there should be more than 100,000 guards around Nanzhili now, and these people don't need them to fight, even if they set up a position to scare the Qing army.

On the afternoon of 13 May, the newly registered Emperor Zhu Lunkui sent an edict to the Yingtianfu Ya, which was very simple, in addition to formally appointing Ma Cheng as the Marquis of Guiyang, the governor of Jiangnan, and the guard of the southern capital, that is, to prepare for the enthronement ceremony tomorrow, that is, on May 14.

Ma Cheng scolded in his heart when he saw this: When is this, what do you still have the heart to do about the enthronement ceremony, emperor? However, Ma Cheng didn't dare to say anything, so he had to kneel down to accept the order.

On the morning of the 14th, Ma Cheng handed over the work in his hand to the deputy general Zhang Guozhu, and he took his personal guards to the imperial city to participate in Zhu Lunkui's enthronement ceremony.

Outside the Fengtian Gate, there are already many people waiting here, Ma Cheng is now a hot real power figure, and as soon as he appeared, many people came over to praise his stinky feet.

Zhu Guobi, who had not been pretentious to Ma Cheng before, nodded and greeted: "Guiyang Hou is here!" The old man's family has received a few more kabukis, can Guiyang Hou have kung fu to appreciate his face? ”

Looking at Zhu Guobi's virtuous Ma Cheng, I was full of hatred, when Lao Tzu asked you to play in Kou Baimen for two days, look at your virtue! Now that you know you've got the power? Now it's time to lick your belly? It's late!

"Oh, it turned out to be the Duke of Baoguo, the Governor didn't dare to go to the Duke of Baoguo's house, this closed-door soup is not delicious!"

Zhu Guobi was not ashamed to hear Ma Cheng's sarcastic words, but said even more lowly: "At that time, the Donglin Party in the court was powerful, and the old man didn't dare to deliberately befriend the Marquis of Guiyang, but now it's okay, the people in the court are in the court, and the Marquis of Guiyang wants a concubine is a matter of one sentence!" Wait for tonight, the old man will send someone to send Kou Mei to the Guiyang Hou Mansion! ”

Until now, Ma Cheng knew that the original name of the famous Kou Baimen was Kou Mei, Ma Cheng heard Zhu Guobi say this and smiled: "I don't need it these days, this governor lives in the yamen these days, and it is inconvenient for there are many people inside, so let's do it!" The Duke of Labor and Treasure will give this Kou Mei's address to the Governor, and the Governor can go when he is free! ”

Zhu Guobi scolded in his heart when he heard Ma Cheng say this, but he didn't expect this Ma Cheng to be so shameless, not to mention that he wanted his concubine to build a house. But Zhu Guobi can't help it now, now the Ma family's father and son are in power to the government and the opposition, especially this Ma Cheng, not to mention that he has made great contributions, and he is also very ruthless, this kind of person should not be offended.

While the two were talking, the Fengtian Gate slowly opened, and a little eunuch came out and shouted: "The enthronement ceremony begins, and the civil and military ministers will meet you!" ”

This is the first time Ma Cheng has participated in such a large-scale ceremony, looking left and right and not knowing where he is standing, Zhu Guobi hurriedly pulled Ma Cheng to stand in the team, and said in a low voice: "Marquis of Guiyang, you are a marquis, just stand behind the old man." ”

Ma Cheng nodded, and glanced at a young man in front of Zhu Guobi, why is there still someone in this Nanjing city with a higher title than Zhu Guobi?

"Bao Guogong, who is in front of you? Is there anyone in the city who is more of a knighthood than you? ”

Zhu Guobi smiled bitterly and said, "This is Wei Guogong!" ”

Wei Guogong? Isn't it Xu Hongji? How did you become a young man? When the Duke of Wei heard Zhu Guobi mention him, he hurriedly turned around and said, "My father passed away the year before last, and the younger son Xu Wenjue took the title of Duke of Wei!" ”

It turned out that Xu Hongji died, and Ma Cheng secretly hated this old guy for dying early. The fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xu Wenjue in front of him was probably Xu Hongji's second son, Ma Cheng remembered that Xu Hongji's eldest son was called Xu Jiujue, and he was later framed by himself and lost the title of the prince.

Xu Wenjue, the Duke of Wei, knew that his eldest brother and Ma Cheng were in trouble, but Xu Wenjue was still very grateful to Ma Cheng in his heart, because without Ma Cheng to clean up Xu Jiujue, the title of Duke of Wei would not be his turn Xu Wenjue.

Xu Wenjue found that Ma Cheng looked at him, and hurriedly saluted and said a few words of congratulations, and Ma Cheng nodded as a greeting.

At this time, the civil and military classes had already stood up, and slowly walked into the imperial city under the leadership of the little eunuch. Because the three major halls in the imperial city have been destroyed, today's enthronement ceremony is still held in the Wuying Palace.

Today's Wuying Hall has no blood, there are two seats in the hall, and the one on the right sits a woman, wearing a full set of robes, wearing a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, this person is the Empress Dowager Ma Shi, that is, Ma Cheng's eldest sister Ma Hongning.

Because Ma Shiying and Ma Cheng supported their meritorious service, Ma Hongning also ascended to heaven and became the queen mother of the new dynasty. On today's occasion of legal significance, the Queen Mother, as the mother of the Son of Heaven, naturally wants to participate.

After three knocks and nine bows, there was a little eunuch who read out the decree of the Queen Mother, what did it mean Ma Cheng didn't understand, probably meaning that the country is in danger now, and the emperor is hunting in the south, but the country can't be without a monarch for a day, so Zhu Lunkui, the king of Zhou, is the new son of heaven, and the year name is Shaowu! Ma Cheng heard that the era name was Shaowu, and knew that in the end, it was the eunuch party forces that had the upper hand.

After the Empress Dowager finished reading the decree, several little eunuchs helped Zhu Lunkui, who was wearing a dragon robe, out, Zhu Lunkui was really crying pear blossoms with rain, kneeling in front of the Empress Dowager Ma Shi and even said that he didn't dare to dare. The next thing is to persuade the ministers to advance, Zhu Lunkui has to push three times, and finally he can reluctantly sit on the dragon chair. There is a book shortage

Of course, it's not that Zhu Lunkui doesn't want to be this emperor, but this is an ancient etiquette, three lets! The position of representing the emperor is not easy to do, and now that I am the emperor, I have to be honest and fearful.

Ma Cheng knew this, and it was really boring to watch this kind of ritual. At this moment, a big Han general rushed in from outside the door, and after entering the hall, he knelt down on his knees and shouted: "Your Majesty, news has come from the outer city, and military information has been found five miles outside the south of the city!" ”

The ministers of civil and military affairs all knew that the Manchus had landed in Zhenjiang, and now they found that the military situation must be that the Manchus had come.

Just now there was still a solemn atmosphere in the hall, but now when I heard the news, people immediately became panicked. Ma Shiying, who was the first assistant, hurriedly stood up and asked, "But the army of the Northern Captives?" ”

The Han general Si Si Ai said: "My subordinates didn't see it, but they also listened to the rumors from the outer city!" ”

Ma Shiying was just about to scold this Han general, but Ma Cheng stood up on the side and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of guarding the southern capital, why don't you let the minister go and see what the situation is!" ”

Zhu Lunkui was not a responsible person in the first place, but now he has already been frightened by the Qing army, and when he heard Ma Cheng say this, he hurriedly said: "Okay, please General Ma go and take a look, what military situation is reported quickly!" ”

Ma Cheng was very depressed in the main hall, and just took this opportunity to go out to breathe, stood up from the ranks of generals and bowed his hand, and then went out of the palace to Jubaomen.

When he arrived at the Jubaomen in the south city, Ma Cheng climbed the city tower, and Ma Bao and a group of generals also watched from the watchtower, and saluted when they saw Ma Cheng coming.

"Sixth Uncle, how is it? What's the news? Ma Cheng went upstairs and took the clairvoyance from his own soldiers, and looked at the outside of the city in detail.

Ma Bao pointed to the outside of the city and said, "My lord, look there, there are figures shaking five miles outside the city, but they don't look like cavalry, but they look like fleeing homeless people!" ”

Refugee? Now the Manchu Qing Dynasty is in Zhenjiang, and the entire hundred miles around Nanjing will become a battlefield, except for a few cities, there can be no homeless people in the wild.

Ma Cheng carefully watched with clairvoyance in the direction indicated by Ma Bao, the magnification of this primitive telescope was only five times the size, and the light transmittance was not good, Ma Cheng could only vaguely see someone shaking five miles away.

Now that the sun has just come out, there is a fog outside the city, and the visibility is not good, Ma Cheng looked at it and said: "Order the soldiers guarding the city to be on guard first, and wait for the sun to come out to disperse the fog and see!" ”

Hearing Ma Cheng's order, the entire city gate in Nancheng was in a panic, although Ma Cheng's soldiers had been trained for a year, but after all, he was still the first brother who had never been on the battlefield. If you really want to fight, you must be nervous.

At about nine o'clock, the sun rose to disperse the fog outside the city, and at the same time the men were three miles away, and they could see their faces without a telescope. They were wearing the mandarin duck robes of the Ming army, and they were the soldiers of the Ming army.

At first, Ma Cheng was very happy to see that it was the soldiers of the Ming army, he thought that these people were from King Qin, but when these people walked in, they found that these soldiers had lost their armor and were covered with injuries.

When these Ming troops came to the Jubao Gate, a general on a horse shouted: "Guard, open the door quickly, we are here to King Qin!" ”

King Qin? Are you like this? Ma Cheng was afraid that these people were spies of the Qing army, and strictly ordered his subordinates not to open the door.

As the soldiers gathered more and more, more than 3,000 people gathered in front of the treasure gate, and then a man stood up and shouted, "Who is the general guarding the gate?" Yang Wencong, the governor of Songjiang, let your lord come out and speak! ”

Yang Wencong? Ma Cheng heard this sound, but wasn't Yang Wencong in Songjiang Mansion, why did he come here, and what did he say about King Qin?

Ma Cheng came to the battlements, stretched out his head and looked down, only to see that the person who spoke was wearing a piece of armor, but there were wounds everywhere, and his face was covered with blood, so he couldn't see his face clearly.

"Are you an uncle?" Ma Cheng asked tentatively. As soon as the man heard Ma Cheng's voice, he quickly looked up, looked at it for a while and cried, "Is it Zhonghe?" Open the city gate quickly, I am really your uncle Yang Wencong! ”

Hearing this person call out his name, Ma Cheng knew that it was really his uncle, and hurriedly ordered someone to open the treasure gate and let this group of defeated soldiers in.

Ma Cheng came to the gate of the city to greet his uncle, and Yang Wencong knew that he saw Ma Cheng crying loudly: "Zhonghe, the 20,000 army of this official will be lost in less than half an hour!" ”