Nanjing was still in chaos, all kinds of people ran and lobbied, Qian Qianyi and others advocated supporting King Lu, and many ministers demanded that King Fu ascend the throne in accordance with the orthodox procedure. If you like the net, you can get on the l. However, as the supreme commander of Nanjing, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, was hesitant at this time.

Lifu Wang is right, it is completely in line with the normal procedure. However, in the fight for the country, as well as the later "Court Attack", "Red Pill", and "Moving the Palace" three cases, his teacher Zuo Guangdou was a capable leader. If King Fu really ascended the throne, he would definitely be affected. Because when they tried the reverse case, they were also widely implicated, and King Fu overturned the case, so naturally he would not be polite.

But they still have time. Since the fall of the capital, the news of Nanjing has been quite closed, and the news about Beijing has come from Henan. However, Henan is Li Yan's territory, and Emperor Chongzhen also ordered a crusade against Li Yan in Henan before his death, so they didn't dare to believe it completely.

Without accurate information, there will naturally be countless rumors, some people say that the prince has escaped and is on the way south. Others said that the emperor was not dead, and he was sitting on a sea ship with the crown prince and the second king, or he would be able to come to Nanjing soon.

But these are all rumors among the people, and those high-ranking officials are convinced of the news in Henan. Because there is no need for Li Yan to make up such rumors, whether the emperor is still alive or not, Li Yan's control of Henan will not be shaken. However, the top brass of officialdom can use this time to try to achieve the most favorable results for them.

Shi Kefa was in a dilemma, so he had to go to Jiangbei to see Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying is the governor of Fengyang, and Gao Jie and others are temporarily under Ma Shiying's command, so Ma Shiying also has a lot of say in the new emperor's succession.

After the two discussed, they adopted the method of not offending, King Fu and King Lu were not established, and they planned to go to Guangxi to welcome King Gui to come over and take the throne. Qian Qianyi and the other Donglin lineages naturally would not object, what they opposed was only King Fu. Although this matter has been decided, it cannot be announced yet. The news that convinces the people in Beijing has not yet arrived, and it is really unreasonable for them to appoint a new monarch here.

However, what they ignore is that they can get news of Beijing from Henan, and Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others can do the same. As for non-military secrets, Henan is completely non-blockaded, and anyone can get information. The literati in Henan have realized that this is a major event, and they have collected the published news into a book, which is updated and revised every day as a material for future historical revision.

For the literati of Henan, it is more embarrassing now. Li Yan did not explicitly say that he would not accept them, but he demanded that they must be practical. To be an official in each section, you must be familiar with the affairs and processes of each section, and you must start from the grassroots level, that is, you must do the work done by officials.

But the little officials are not in the stream, and they have been despised by scholars for a long time, and now let them be officials, many scholars can't let go of this face. So they began to delve into learning and compiling history. Anyway, living in Henan is more at ease than in other places. First of all, there is no need to worry about hunger, Henan's agricultural production has recovered very well. Another is not to worry about thieves and bandits, the combat effectiveness of Li Yan's troops is enough to ensure the safety of Henan.

Therefore, it is very easy for Huang Degong and others to get news from Beijing. Especially Gao Jie, who has the Blessed King in his hands, is even more of a strange commodity to live in. The most important thing is that Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, served the old Fu King when he was in Beijing. With this relationship, it is natural that King Lu cannot be allowed to win the first prize.

Originally, King Fu was the first heir, and Lu Jiude contacted him, so Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie all supported King Fu's accession to the throne. King Lu was in Huai'an, under the control of Liu Zeqing, and Bu Congshan's support, but after all, the soldiers and horses of the two of them were less than half of Gao Jie and others, so they had to agree to let King Fu ascend the throne.

Although Ma Shiying is the governor of Fengyang, he does not have a soldier of his own. He saw that the generals of each town wanted to make King Fu the emperor, so he immediately reversed the agreement with Shi Kefa and decided to support King Fu to ascend the throne. With the reasonable support of the tripartite forces, the Wenchen, the eunuchs, the military generals, and the ascension of King Fu to the throne is a sure thing, and it can be realized as long as the exact news from Beijing comes.

And Qian Qianyi, Shi Kefa and the others didn't know at all, and they were glad that their goal had been achieved. The Donglin Party members are discussing the future official appointment arrangements, so that their Donglin gentlemen can occupy important positions and let the Jiangnan half run completely according to their will.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was in the Hunan and Jiangxi areas, was also attacking the city and plundering the land.

Originally, he wanted to go to Sichuan, but he suddenly found that Li Zicheng's main force went to Shaanxi, and Zuo Liangyu occupied Wuchang again. Later, Li Zicheng occupied Shanxi and attacked Beijing, as if he wanted to develop in the north.

In this way, he and Li Zicheng have no contact. There is Li Yan in the north, and Zuo Liangyu in the south. Moreover, Li Zicheng controlled Shaanxi, and from Hanzhong to the south is Sichuan, if he goes, won't he have to face Li Zicheng head-on

So he changed his plan and continued to attack the city and land to the south and east. Now the area under his control has reached Ganzhou and Shaoguan in the south, Poyang in the east, and Guilin in the west. The area he controls is not small. Although it is not as good as Li Zicheng, it is better than the rich place and abundant products.

At the same time, he finally built a batch of artillery on stable territory. However, his craftsmen will not only make the great generals of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, the materials he gave were sufficient, the salary was not low, and the punishment was severe, so the craftsmen did not dare not be unsatisfied. This time, a total of fifty cannons were cast, and by the time of the final inspection and acceptance, only fourteen were left to work.

That's it, the craftsmen are also excited to repay Zhang Xianzhong. Because when casting cannons for the imperial court, their success rate has never been more than two percent.

Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to give the craftsmen some wine and rice, and no one gave them two taels of silver, so that they could make persistent efforts and continue to cast cannons. Although the artillery is not as far as Li Yan's, the quality is a lot more reassuring, and it finally dares to charge a sufficient amount.

However, Zhang Xianzhong is now facing the same problem as Li Zicheng. The territory occupied is too large for enough troops. Some of the official troops of the Ming Dynasty were absorbed, but the number was limited and it was of little use. The others were peasants who had spontaneously organized themselves to rebel when they heard that he was going to come and fight.

These people are even like village soldiers, and sending someone to contact his people is even his subordinate. And the hometown of these people can be regarded as his control area. Then he sent officials to do the thing, anyway, there are many scholars who want to be officials. However, it is not known whether effective control can be formed.

Therefore, after the official army established a defensive line in Jiangxi and Liangguang, Zhang Xianzhong basically stopped expanding, but prepared to train troops and consolidate his territory. In this respect, he is better than Li Zicheng, who has already occupied the city of Beijing.

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