The battle between the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, together with Ying Tianfu and Jinyiwei, lasted for a short time, ending with the defeat of the imperial officers and soldiers and the smooth escape of Jinyiwei from Nanjing. But its impact was no less than a magnitude 5 earthquake, and in a short period of time, millions of people in the entire city of Nanjing knew about it.

"Did you hear that? Jinyiwei and the Wucheng Terracotta Division fought, killing so ruthlessly, the blood flowed like a river, the sun and the moon were gone, Jinyiwei deserved to be a powerful killer, and the heads of the soldiers of the Wucheng Terracotta Division were covered with the streets. "The first people are mystical ways.

"Really? Aren't they all officers and soldiers of the imperial court, why did their own family fight with their own family? The second asked in amazement.

"Scared, I said that you are really lonely and unheard, don't you know, the Duke of Qi has rebelled, and he is coming to Nanjing with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard is the person of the Duke of Qi, of course the court can't tolerate him. I said Lao Tie, you can't just patronize to make money, you are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you have to care about the major affairs of the court, don't you? The first people shook their heads.

"Alas, why did you say that the good Duke of Qi was reversed? He is the hero of our Ming Dynasty, he has saved the current emperor and eradicated the rebellion of King Fu, without him, all the people of our Nanjing City may have become slaves of the Manchurians. You don't know, I have a relative who is from Beizhi, his home is outside Beijing, and he fled to Nanjing last year to join me, he said that the north is now miserable, the soldiers are in trouble, the Tartars are running stakes, and the fields of the common people have been turned into horse farms by the Tartars, and many people can't survive and flee to the south, but they are chased and killed by the Tartars on the road. Tell me, if it weren't for the Duke of Qi to drive the Manchu Tartars away, we Nanjing people would definitely be like the northerners, and we don't know how miserable our lives are now! ”

The third person had been listening quietly beside him, and then he couldn't help but speak.

"Hey, those who are said to be rebels are not necessarily rebellions, and those who frame others for rebellion may be traitors. Do you know why the Duke of Qi killed him, I heard that there were traitors in the court who killed the three princes for their own benefit, how did the three princes come out? Beijing City broke out of the ah, and His Majesty was separated and fled to Shandong to hide, His Majesty knew that his son was still alive and immediately sent someone to rescue, that is, the traitor of the court sent someone to kill the three princes, His Majesty was in a hurry after learning the news, he was already very sick, and this time he had a direct stroke, and it is said that now His Majesty is completely unconscious and will not speak.

Tell me, what is the relationship between the Duke of Qi and His Majesty, that is His Majesty's son-in-law, can you still sit still when you hear this? Isn't this the reason why they will raise troops and return to Nanjing, to eradicate the traitors and avenge His Majesty's father and son. ”

The first person obviously had a very good background, and he knew a lot about the Xin Mi in the court, and when he said it, the other people were shocked.

"Even the prince dares to kill His Majesty, and these traitors are too bold!"

"Qi Guogong is good at killing, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear this breath. The brother-in-law and father-in-law were killed, and the country was about to be given to outsiders by the ministers, no one could help it! ”

Everyone has a rod and scale in their hearts, and in the past few years, although Chen Yue has made many enemies in the officialdom and court, his image among the people is extremely high. Especially after his father Chen Jianghe was loyal to the country, the reputation of the Chen family's father and son as a loyal martyr and Chen Yue's invincible deeds were spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, loyal ministers and filial sons have been the most loved by the people, not to mention that Chen Yue has done much more than that. Not to mention the loyalty and courage to kill the enemy for the sake of the country, the seizure of most of the nobles in Nanjing, and the cleaning up of the two Huai salt administrations have all benefited the people greatly.

The nobles were confiscated, and a large number of fields forcibly occupied by the nobles were returned to the original owners, and the business monopolized by the nobles disappeared, so that the people got more opportunities. The clean-up of the two Huai salt policies has reduced the price of salt by almost half, and the people have been grateful.

In particular, he was recently ordered to lead the army to the expedition, blocking the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Western Thieves in Jiangxi and eliminating them, which made Nanjing and the entire southeast eliminate a military rebellion, so that the people were exempted from the suffering of war.

All this, especially under the propaganda of well-intentioned people, caused the hearts of the people of Nanjing to quickly shift to Chen Yue, a lonely and loyal minister, and the prestige of the imperial court declined rapidly.

Of course, for all this, the bigwigs with the high temples have not yet realized the deviation of the people's hearts. At this moment, the first assistant Shi Kefa was angry.

"Waste, thousands of soldiers actually let hundreds of Jinyi guards be defeated, how did you, Ying Tianfu Yin, behave? And what did the army defending the city do, and let the rebels escape from Nanjing City without firing a shot! ”

Yao Sixiao stood in front of Shi Kefa with a dejected face, but he was speechless.

"Yuanfu, don't complain about Yao Fu Yin for this, it's that Liu Neng is too fierce. Who would have thought that the Jinyi Guard Yamen would hide a large number of firearms, bows and crossbows, and the duty of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was only to arrest bandits, and the equipment was nothing more than broadswords and spears, so there was no way to fight against them, let alone those servants with iron rulers in Ying Tianfu. Pavilion elder Wang Duo persuaded on the side.

Shi Kefa took a few deep breaths, and then suppressed his anger, he himself knew that Yao Sixiao couldn't be blamed for everything.

"If you want me to say that the biggest responsibility is still the Jingying garrison, the Jinyi guard escaped from the Tongji Gate, and when he escaped, the city gate was opened, and all the officers and soldiers did not know where to go. There were soldiers guarding the outer city, but when the Jinyi guards were killed, they didn't resist and let the Jinyi guards break out.

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The soldier of the military department said to the left. Wang Yin, the secretary of the military department, is Chen Yue's person, and has been ordered by Shi Kefa to remove his official position, and the military department is temporarily in charge of Zuo Maodi. At today's cabinet meeting, the discussion was how to resist Chen Yue's army, and Zuo Maodi was able to attend the meeting.

"At present, although there are as many as 100,000 troops in the city, they belong to the Beijing camp, the Caojiang Water Division, and the guest troops in Fujian and Zhejiang. It is very troublesome to rectify it and who to send to rectify it.

Although it is reported that the Duke of Qi only brought 30,000 troops to attack, these 30,000 people are all battle-hardened soldiers, all of whom are old soldiers, and they are not at all comparable to these troops in the city. If there is a real fight, the outcome is unknown.

And the Duke of Qi is a general of the imperial court after all, and now His Majesty is still here, it is estimated that he is not bent on betraying the imperial court, and in the opinion of the following officials, it is better to send someone to negotiate with him first to see what his intentions are. If the war can be eliminated through negotiation, it is better than the war and disaster that will affect the living beings. ”

After Zuo Mao's first analysis, he solemnly proposed to the cabinet elders to negotiate with Chen Yue.

ps:After dinner last night, I wanted to lie down for a while and then get up to code words.,As a result, I couldn't wake up until five or six o'clock.,Hurry up and code a chapter.,And then you have to go to work.,Hard-pressed author.。