Chapter Forty-Six: The Heart of the Old Ministers of the Black Cloud Lonely City

This is actually inevitable.

The reason why Lu Zhenfei is so easy to pull up tens of thousands of troops is not that Lu Zhenfei has extraordinary ability, but that Lu Zhenfei and the Huaiyang gentry are united. These gentry were willing to support Lu Zhenfei in order to protect their family business.

As everyone thought before, everyone felt that the situation was not good this year, but how many people could have thought that Daming was going to die this year?

Even if I think about it, I don't want to believe it.

But when it really happened, all the gentry were in an uproar for a moment, and all kinds of thoughts were born.

Although Chongzhen is not a Ming monarch, he has been in the palace for 17 years, and he has not lost his virtue in the world. It is still very prestigious in the hearts of the scholars.

As soon as Chongzhen died, the spiritual pillar that supported these gentry to persist collapsed instantly, and they had to think about their net worth, whether to continue to resist stubbornly, or to be more flexible.

However, Luo Yulong didn't give them more time to think, the army attacked, almost ploughed the court and swept the holes, and knocked down Lu Zhenfei's various departments, and then Lu Zhenfei fled miserably back to Huai'an City, news came from all over the world, the entire north of the Yangtze River, only Anqing, near Wuchang, plus Huai'an, Xuzhou Fengyang Gaojie, these places, there are still the banners of the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Zhenfei is not a fool, he naturally knows that the current situation is very bad, Luo Yulong can catch up at any time, and the people in Huai'an City are panicking, and there may not be no people who have surrendered to the enemy.

The North is no longer safe.

At this moment, he is not for himself, but also for Da Ming.

"Call Master Ma, Ding Chukui, and Shen Tingyang over." Lu Zhenfei said.

But in a moment, a few people arrived, and Lu Zhenfei didn't talk nonsense, and directly said the current situation, saying: "The current situation, Huai'an is about to be lost, but there are still several provinces in the south that can recuperate." Three hundred years of glory will never be extinct today. Now my only concern is that the dragons in the world have no leader and have no refuge, so I asked Lord Ma and Lord Ding to escort King Fu to Wuchang by boat. Then Wuchang's enthronement, recreate the world. ”

Ma Shiying said: "This is a top priority, but the superintendent doesn't go with me?" ”

Lu Zhenfei shook his head and said: "Your Majesty gave me the responsibility of the side, the life of the thief, I worked hard for several months, I gained nothing, and I was tired of the dust in Shenjing, and the crime was great, and then I abandoned the city and left, how could I see Your Majesty underground." I only Yaocao has always been talented, and this responsibility will be handed over to Yaocao. ”

Lu Zhenfei was actually desperate.

What if the imperial court was rebuilt in Wuchang? When Chongzhen was there, there were domineering actions everywhere, and the court that was established in a hurry had a bit of prestige, and Zuo Liangyu's heart, how could Lu Zhenfei not know? Zuo Liangyu is definitely not a loyal and filial son, in the future, when he comes to Wuchang, there are ministers inside and thieves outside, the situation is difficult, and Lu Zhenfei can't see any hope

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In this case, Lu Zhenfei would rather die in Huai'an. Leaving a clear name in the world is also worthy of Chongzhen's grace. I can't bear to let the court fall like this.

Lu Zhenfei's heart, Ma Shiying doesn't know too much.

But the idea of fame in Ma Shiying's heart has not been extinguished at all.

After Ma Shiying was defeated in Fengyang, he was dismissed from office by Chongzhen, and then because of Ruan Dacheng's affairs, he almost went to Beijing Prison, the Yangtze River waterway was cut off, and Ma Shiying could only stay in Huai'an, but fortunately, Lu Zhenfei was good to Ma Shiying.

The more this is the case, the more shameful Ma Shiying's heart becomes.

At this time, Ma Shiying may not be able to see all the hardships and hardships, but Ma Shiying has a feeling of being someone else.

In fact, after calculating it, there are really few handsome cities that have survived in various places that can compare to Ma Shiying.

Wu Xian, Wang Yongji are in the north, and now the situation is unknown, and only He Tengjiao, Fang Kongzhi and others can be used in the south. And Ma Shiying never felt that he was inferior to them, if he could escort King Fu to the throne in Wuchang, the merit of supporting the establishment would naturally be a great achievement, and with this merit to suppress the various departments, I would be the only one, and I might not be able to revive the country and rebuild the mountains and rivers.

"Since Lord Lu values Ma so much, Ma will definitely live up to the trust of the adults and escort His Royal Highness King Fu to Wuchang." Ma Shiying said.

As soon as the two of them decided, they went to visit King Fu together.

When King Fu saw the two of them, he immediately led the two of them into the main hall, and before he could ask how the situation was outside, he saw the two of them kneeling on the ground with a plop and said, "Now that Shenjing is covered with dust, Your Majesty is in trouble." There is no owner in the world, and please ask His Royal Highness to ascend the treasure and reorganize the rivers and mountains. ”

When King Fu heard this, he was taken aback, and for a while he sat down in his chair and said, "This, this, this, how is it possible?" ”

For King Fu, this incident is almost a bolt from the blue.

King Fu is a little fat man, from childhood to adulthood, he has not read well, let alone how to govern the world, the news of Chongzhen's funeral, he also knows, he is also extremely worried in his heart, worried about his future. Although I may not have thought that I would ascend the throne one day.

But when he thought about going to such a situation in the world, King Fu was afraid in his heart.

If he had a choice, he would rather surrender to Li Zicheng and become a disobedient marquis than be emperor.

When you disobey your order, you may be able to live, but when you become an emperor, you may not have a good end.

"Xiao Wang, virtue is weak and weak, and I also ask the two adults to choose another meritocracy." King Fu hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Lu Zhenfei sighed slightly in his heart, in fact, there was a suitable candidate in Lu Zhenfei's heart, and that was Tang Wang.

Tang Wang has entered the high wall several times since he was a child, and he has been exposed to hardships and hardships, so Tang Wang is far more capable than King Fu

Undertake the great responsibility of the world.

But this major event of succession is by no means what Lu Zhenfei wants.

The reason why Lu Zhenfei chose King Fu was not because King Fu was virtuous, but because King Fu was the closest clan to Chongzhen's bloodline. At this time, the most important thing is to re-establish a new leadership core. According to the etiquette, it is the most convincing to the public.

King Tang, as the prince of the side branch, has no possibility of ascending the throne above the congenital. Therefore, Lu Zhenfei gave up at the beginning.

"Your Highness don't have to worry." Ma Shiying said: "As long as His Highness relies on important ministers, he does not need to personally manage government affairs. Moreover, His Royal Highness is a blood relative of the first emperor, if the side branch succeeds to the throne, does His Highness think they will let you go? ”

When King Fu heard this, he trembled. There was a frightened look in his eyes, although he didn't know how to learn, but he still had a little sensitivity to the power struggle, and said: "Okay, the lonely king listens to the two gentlemen, and listens to the two gentlemen." ”

Lu Zhenfei glanced at Ma Shiying.

How could he not hear Ma Shiying's thoughts, Ma Shiying probably wanted to control the power in the name of King Fu.

If it was before, Lu Zhenfei would definitely stop it.

But now, Lu Zhenfei decided to die with the city, and he has no mind or ability to take care of the rest of the matter. just urged: "Your Highness, without further ado, please leave quickly." ”

"Okay, okay." Fu Wang said.

The two invited the king of Tang, the king of Chong, the king of Zhou, and other kings, and got on Shen Tingyang's ship together, and Shen Tingyang's fleet went north from Qingjiangpu to the sea, and then detoured the Yangtze River, and went north along the Yangtze River until Zuo Liangyu's army. This journey also takes more than ten days.

Now under the supervision of Zhou Fuchen, Cao Ying's Yangtze River sailor already has some sense of existence.

Just three days after they did, Luo Yulong captured Huai'an City, and then raised troops to the west, and Gao Jie at the Fengyang Conference. Gao Jie entered Luo Yulong's army alone to express his submission, Luo Yulong took Luo Rucai's order, named Gao Jie as the general of the expedition to the north, the Huaidong general army, and the jurisdiction of Cao Ying north of the Yangtze River was divided into three parts, one was along the river, which was under the jurisdiction of Li Rugui. Then there is Huaidong Town, which is dominated by Gao Jie, with Huai'an City as the center, and the old land in Xuzhou is also under Gao Jie's rule, and then there is Huaixi Town in Yuan Shizhong.

This is also a way of checks and balances, Yuan Shizhong and Gao Jie were defeated several times before, and the casualties were not small, even if Yuan Shizhong was willing to reconcile, among the lower-level officers in Huaixi Town and Huaidong Town, they may not be willing to reconcile. Therefore, the two towns will not get along well in a few years.

Gao Jie was also very knowledgeable, and sent Mrs. Xing and her son Gao Yuanjue to Nanjing City.

In this way, Luo Yulong's northern expedition can be regarded as a complete end. Luo Yulong's class returned to the dynasty. There was also good news in eastern Zhejiang, and Zheng Zhilong also surrendered. It was the negotiations between Zhang Su and Zheng Cai that came to fruition. For a time, Caoying's jurisdiction, south to Fujian, north to Xuzhou, west to Wuhu, moving to the sea, although there is a dark tide surging, but basically blocked.

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