Hearing the sudden words, the court, which was buzzing like flies, instantly fell silent.

A group of court officials, including Zhu Yousong, all looked at the source of the voice with surprised eyes. They were surprised to see that the person who said this was actually the first assistant of the Hongguang Puppet Dynasty, Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying, the word Yaocao, because of the meritorious service of "supporting the army to welcome the blessing of the king on the river", was promoted to the scholar of Dongge University and the secretary of the military department, the right deputy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and became the first assistant of the Hongguang Puppet Dynasty, known as "Ma Ge Lao".

"Ma Yaocao! What do you mean by that?! Do you want to be alone here and die with this Nanjing city, or do you want to curse the lonely death? Hongguang Jian Guo Zhu Yousong pulled down his face, his voice cold and angry.

Hearing Zhu Yousong's words of hidden murder, the entire court suddenly became more silent, and even a needle could be heard.

Ma Shiying, who was thin and small, slowly walked out of the court, bowed to Zhu Yousong on the dragon chair, and then said in a deep voice: "The prison country, in the next meaning, is not to oppose the relocation of the prison country from Nanjing to other places. It's just that Weichen thinks that the prison country left Beijing so riskily and left in a hurry, and there were not enough soldiers and horses to accompany him, and the risks along the way were really unpredictable. ”

"Oh?"

"Prison country, now Jiangbei has been lost, people's hearts are in turmoil, this Jiangnan area, it is impossible to say that it is rumored. Wechen is only afraid that now in the country, there are many lawbreakers who are willing to exchange the net worth and life of the prison country for their own future wealth. Forgive Weichen for saying a heart-wrenching word, if the prison country came out in such a hurry and fled by grabbing the road, wouldn't it be like a child walking through the downtown with gold beads in his hand? I'm afraid that not only those mountain bandits will think wrongly, but even the generals who defend the territory in various places, who are afraid that the ambitious people among them will also have many evil intentions. ”

Ma Shiying's words made the court more and more silent, and Zhu Yousong was even more dumbfounded, not knowing how to reply.

He knew that Ma Shiying was actually right.

The current situation is so turbulent and chaotic, and I am so anxious to escape from the country, I am afraid that it will really be as Ma Shiying said, and it will become a big chip shining with golden light in the eyes of any thief or careerist with evil intentions. If they tie themselves up on the spot, or slaughter them with a knife, and then go to the Tang army to ask for merit and reward, it is very likely.

This problem, it seems, is more serious and urgent than the Tang Army's attack on Nanjing.

"Haha, it seems that I'm lonely now, I still can't go, and I can't stay." Zhu Yousong struck hard, squeezing out a stiff smile on his face: "Old Ma Ge, then in your opinion, what should Gu do now?" ”

As soon as Zhu Yousong finished speaking, all the ministers in the court also focused their eyes on Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying smiled faintly, and continued: "In the opinion of Wei Chen, if the prison country wants to withdraw safely and move the capital smoothly, it must rely on the power of the two remaining military towns of the dynasty and leave under their protection, so as to be stable. ”

"Oh?"

"Jianguo, in my opinion, now Ningnan Hou Zuo Liangyu is fighting fiercely with the Tang army in the Luzhou area, and the outcome is not yet known, so he dispatched soldiers and horses to Beijing to escort him away, but I am afraid that it will be quite difficult. Then, in the opinion of the ministers, it is necessary to quickly summon the soldiers and horses of Zheng Zhilong, the Marquis of Nan'an, and escort the prison country to leave and move the capital elsewhere, so as to ensure safety. ”

Ma Shiying's words made Zhu Yousong, the superintendent of Hongguang, nod again and again.

He groaned for a moment, and then immediately said: "In this case, Gu listened to Ma Yaocao's opinion, quickly summoned Zheng Zhilong to lead the troops into the city, escorted the prison country from Nanjing City, Boyue eastward, and moved the capital to Hangzhou. ”

Ma Shiying responded to the order, however, he did not retreat immediately, but just looked straight at Zhu Yousong on the dragon chair.

"Ma Yaocao, you look at Gu like this, but what else do you have to say, do you want to say to Gu?" Zhu Yousong, who was a little hairy by Ma Shiying's eyes, couldn't help but ask.

What Zhu Yousong didn't expect was that when he asked, Ma Shiying pounced, knelt down to the ground, and said loudly: "Prison country, forgive Weichen bluntly, the situation is so critical now, if you just move the capital to avoid trouble, what good is Xi?" If the Tang army chases after me again, where will I flee again! ”

Ma Shiying's words hit the real sore spot in Zhu Yousong's heart.

In life, who doesn't want to work hard, who wants to be just a stumbling lord who is fleeing for his life!

His face was full of anger all of a sudden, he stood up from the dragon chair and shouted, "Ma Yaocao, what do you mean by this?!" Could it be that you are laughing at the sarcasm of Lone as a greedy and fearful of death, and a straw bag with nothing to do?! ”

Ma Shiying raised his head, but a wry smile appeared on his face: "Jian Guo, you reprimand like this, Wei Chen'an has such a condemnable heart!" I'm just thinking that if we have no way to attack the Tang Army one after another, and we have no power to fight back, we can only passively escape and do nothing, it will not be a long-term plan after all! Wei Chen believes that our dynasty needs to deal with the current situation well, and it will definitely cause considerable pressure on the Tang army, so that they will eventually have to stop attacking our dynasty, which is the most important thing. ”

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, the court, which was originally as quiet as water, suddenly buzzed and noisy like flies flying in the entire toilet.

"What you said, I don't know what I said! It's just that thinking of forcing the Tang army back and defeating Li Xiao is really not easy! Zhu Yousong narrowed his eyes, his face full of complexity and inquiry. Lonely to hear you say this, Ma Yaocao, you now, do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy? ”

Ma Shiying nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Prison Guo, as the first assistant in the lower body, An Ke is not concerned about the safety of the imperial court?" During this period of time, I have been thinking hard about the countermeasures to repel the Tang army, and I have some superficial opinions, and I want to talk to the prison state. ”

"Oh, you can say it as bluntly, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Jianguo, in my opinion, now that I am in the Hongguang Dynasty, I have lost two important military towns of Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong in a row, if I want to rely only on the two military towns of Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong to save such a seriously corrupted situation, it is too unrealistic. Therefore, if we want to make the Tang army stop or even retreat, the only feasible way is to use external forces. Ma Shiying said with burning eyes.

"With the help of external forces?" Zhu Yousong's swollen eyes flashed brightly, and then they turned dim: "Old Ma Ge, don't you want to use external force, but now, where can I go to find external force?" In other words, where is there any external force that can be used by orphans? ”

As soon as Zhu Yousong finished speaking, the discussion in the court was even louder, and the ministers exchanged heads and ears, and the discussion was endless, and the court was as noisy as a vegetable market.

Ruan Dacheng stood up with a confused face, and asked Ma Shiying dissatisfiedly: "Elder Ma Ge, what you said is simple, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk." We are now in a lonely situation and have insufficient troops, where can we find external forces? Aren't your words all false? ”

"It's not a lie." Ma Shiying turned his head and looked at Ruan Dacheng with burning eyes: "Our army now, there are three helpers to seek, in addition, there is a hidden force, if the lobbying is good, it can also be used by our court." ”

As soon as Ma Shiying's words came out, the court immediately quieted down, and the ministers who had been talking endlessly turned their heads and looked at the smiling Ma Shiying with an extremely shocked gaze.

And Zhu Yousong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also stared at Ma Shiying in front of him with wide-swollen eyes, looking very surprised, his eyes seemed to be looking at a person he didn't know at all.

"Oh? Is there such a good thing? So are you going to tell me, who are the three helpers, and which hidden forces can be used by us? At this time, Ruan Dacheng, hearing him say this, suddenly became interested, his eyes widened, looking at Ma Shiying who was smiling in front of him, and he wanted to find out immediately what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd.

"Ma Yaocao, if you have any plans and suggestions, you can say it bluntly, you don't have to go around like this, and let the prison country and me guess here." Liu Kongzhao on the side also urged impatiently.

"That's right, Elder Ma Ge, hurry up and say it, don't sell it anymore." Zhao Zilong also interjected hurriedly.

Ma Shiying smiled and looked around at everyone, then turned his head and looked directly at Zhu Yousong, who was staring at him in front of him, and then said something slowly.

"Yu Jian Guo, in my opinion, the three helpers that our dynasty can find are the Taqing in Liaodong, the Li Zicheng tribe in the north according to the Jingshi and the northern border, and the Zhang Xianzhong tribe in the Xichuan tribe. And the hidden force that can be used is the current Emperor Chongxing, Zhu Cihong. ”

As soon as Ma Shiying's words came out, everyone was shocked.

Zhu Yousong's eyes widened and his mouth opened into an O-shape, his expression was extremely stunned, as if he had not recovered from Ma Shiying's words at all, or rather, he did not believe what his ears heard at all.

And Liu Kongzhao, Ruan Dacheng, Zhao Zhilong and others next to him, as well as the ministers in the entire court, each of them also had an expression of shock to incredibity.

Isn't it, Ma Shiying, who was the first assistant of the court, actually said such ridiculous and ridiculous words, is he crazy or stupid?

"Phew! Ma Shoufu, isn't it all a joke when you say this? Don't you want to be a three-year-old kid when I'm waiting for you? Ruan Dacheng was the first to come back to his senses, and he asked Ma Shiying with a stern expression: "Old Ma Ge! You said that these three major helpers are all my mortal enemies and stubborn criminals, and you even said that you expect them to help us and others, isn't it crazy and crazy, is it ridiculous? ”

He paused for a moment, and then said sharply: "Besides, isn't it even more nonsense to say that you expect to revive the emperor and become a potential force that can secretly help us?" Don't you know that such a so-called Emperor Rejuvenating is just a puppet that Li Xiao's subordinates can control at will? Do you let this emperor, who is not even as good as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, go to control Li Xiao, who is like no one in the sky? This, this is a big slide! ”

Ruan Dacheng's rhetorical words were immediately approved by the ministers of the DPRK and China.

"What the right attendant said is that Ma Ge Lao's words are too rash and nonsense. When this word spreads, I am afraid that it will become the biggest joke in the world, and it will make everyone in the world laugh off their big teeth. ”

"That is, the Tartar Qing court, the Li Zicheng department and Zhang Xianzhong's department, which is not the sworn enemy of my Ming Dynasty, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp, these people and my Ming Dynasty are all mortal enemies who do not share the sky, Encore came to help me and wait, don't laugh at the dead."

"Yes, Ma Ge Lao, you are confused, what do you say about expecting that puppet-like Emperor Chongxing to oppose Li Xiao and let him withdraw his troops and return, it's really a fool's dream, it's not worth mentioning."

……

Everyone gossiped and criticized and opposed Wan Shiying. Everyone in the court felt that Ma Shiying was not crazy today, otherwise how could he say these crazy things here.

What everyone didn't expect was that Ma Shiying, who was in the center of the whirlpool, was criticized by everyone, but he was very calm on the surface.

In the end, after everyone's words gradually stopped, Ma Shiying sighed lightly and said to Zhu Yousong: "Prison country, what Weichen said is definitely not a boring joke. will not talk nonsense and damage your reputation in this court. Weichen's strategy was all after careful consideration and consideration, and he said it to the prison country here. ”

A cold light flashed in Zhu Yousong's eyes, and he hummed expressionlessly, motioning for him to continue.

Ma Shiying coughed lightly and continued: "Prison country, everyone, now the situation in our court is in danger, and it can be overcome. In such a crisis, if we consider it as normal, I am afraid that there will be a worry of destruction. Therefore, Wei Chen was thinking, since our dynasty has reached such a dangerous situation, and even the foundation for foothold is almost gone, then why should we think about whether those Qing prisoners and rogues were once our enemies? You must know that it is not the Tartars and thieves who want our lives to bury my Hongguang Dynasty completely, but the damned Tang King Li Xiao! Don't you understand this situation?! ”

When Ma Shiying said this, his face became gloomy, he shook his head, and replied: "There is a way, the enemy of the enemy is the friend. Now that Li Xiao is strong and powerful, not only fighting against our dynasty as an opponent, but also with the Tartars and the rogue, he has become an indestructible mortal enemy. So, in such a situation, why can't we give up our old suspicions, and instead reconcile with the Tartars, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, and even form an alliance to deal with the arrogant and arrogant Li Xiao? ”

When Ma Shiying said this, she deliberately paused to watch everyone's reaction.

He saw that all the courtiers, including Zhu Yousong, the prison state, were all seriously thoughtful. The entire court hall was silent, and it seemed that the heavy breathing of everyone could be heard clearly.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Ma Shiying continued to strike while the iron was hot: "Everyone, Weichen thinks that at such a critical time, my dynasty will immediately send envoys to these three forces, recognize their original rights and interests, and form allies together, so that they can send troops and horses respectively, and all parties will come together to attack Li Xiao. In order to avoid greater losses, he can only obediently retreat from Jiangnan and return, so that our dynasty can avoid the danger of destruction and regain the lost territory. ”