The next day, in the city of Nanjing, news suddenly came out, saying that the army of the imperial court had defeated tens of thousands of Tartars in Henan, and had beheaded a Tartar. The men and horses who sacrificed the prisoners have arrived in Jiangbei.

Since the Liao Incident, the Ming Dynasty has been constantly losing in wars.

Every defeat is actually a huge blow to the morale of the people.

If a large empire is bullied by a small clan of hundreds of thousands of people for decades, and fails again and again, it will inevitably make people discouraged and discouraged, and even have no hopes and expectations for the imperial court.

However, there must be faithfulness in the city of ten rooms, and there is no shortage of hot-blooded and loyal people in any era and place, but the failure of the Ming army again and again has made people gradually lose confidence, and from hope to disappointment and numbness, no one will talk about these bad things.

Suddenly, when they heard that the official army had won the battle, the people of Nanjing, who did not care about political affairs, as well as the literati, were shocked at first, but then they immediately boiled, and the news spread throughout the city in a very short time.

Especially the young readers, the inmates of Guozijian, were all boiling at once.

At all times, young people are always the most impulsive and radical.

This kind of radicalism is sometimes not a good thing, but if young people are not impulsive, have no ideals, and are not jealous of evil, then the country and the dynasty will almost be finished.

For a while, in the restaurants and teahouses in the city, and even in the Qinglou Painting Boat, they all talked about this matter again, and the sisters in the Qinglou all knew about Gao Yihuan.

After all, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, everyone hopes that the Ming Dynasty can be stronger, and don't always suffer defeats.

The news of this victory, as if the national football team has entered the World Cup, has become a hot topic in Nanjing, if you don't know that Gao Jingzhong is handsome, you will be despised, as if it is not fashionable enough.

In the love building and painting boat, the literati and ink writers who usually do some obscene poetry and glamorous words also chased after the fashion, and began to chant in a dragging tone, "Why don't men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures." Poetry and so on.

Of course, the vast majority of people, that is, to catch up with fashion, perform in front of their sisters, and win the favor of famous prostitutes, really give him a Wu hook, and immediately cowardly.

In Nanjing City, in a restaurant, Wang Shicong and Chen Zilong sat opposite each other, heard the sound of discussion around them, and suddenly felt that Nanjing City was not a dead body.

Wang Shicong smiled, "Brother Mao, tomorrow at noon, the prisoners will cross the river, and I want to trouble you to bring more colleagues over." In addition, Brother Mao Zhong has a high prestige in Shilin, and he has to mobilize the students and young scholars. ”

Chen Zilong nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Kunyu, don't worry. ”

After the two met, they dispersed, Wang Shicong went to see He Tengjiao, but Chen Zilong did not go to Shilin's friends, but went around, and finally arrived at a house and got together with a young man.

Chen Zilong said about the current situation, and after the young man heard it, he couldn't help but nod slightly, "He Cabinet Department has offended several scholars in the cabinet by using this move. However, when He Gebu first came to Nanjing, he had no foundation, and he obviously had some scruples, and he didn't dare to offend them too much! ”

The young man said and sneered, "This time is actually an opportunity for us to take advantage of Gao Jingzhong's victory to incite the Tai students and scholars to attack the cabinet, saying that they have betrayed the country to seek glory, betrayed the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and made peace with the Qing court." ”

Chen Zilong is a smart person, but in this way, wouldn't he have pitted He Tengjiao and Gao Jingzhong, and the cabinet would definitely hate these two people to death.

The young man saw Chen Zilong's expression, "Brother Mao, Your Majesty can only trust us, now our strength is too small, pushing He Tengjiao to the front is conducive to our development, and this is all for Your Majesty!" ”

The news of Henan's great victory soon spread in the city, but I don't know when it began, it turned from inner excitement to complaining about the cabinet, and was very dissatisfied with the cabinet's inaction and weakness in the past two years.

In fact, the actions of the Nanjing Imperial Court in the past two years have made many people dissatisfied, but there has never been an incident that can be expressed by everyone.

Nanjing City, Wenyuan Pavilion, several university scholars, sitting gloomily in the lobby, their hearts full of anger. Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Qian Qianyi and others were all distraught.

The imperial court was preparing to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Gao Jingzhong suddenly came out like this, didn't he add chaos to the imperial court?

With this victory, he still made such a big move, inciting the military and civilians in Nanjing, and how could the cabinet implement the national policy of uniting the people and seeking peace with the eastern captives?

Isn't this guy against the imperial court? The current atmosphere in the city, how to negotiate peace with the Qing court, I am afraid that if I make a slight concession, I will be scolded as a national thief and nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

For a while, several scholars had a headache, and Ma Shiying had a straight face, "It's not like words, it's nonsense!" ”

Ruan Dacheng's political sense of smell is very keen, "Ma Gebu, I think this matter is strange, Gao Jingzhong has a good report, if we can make such a big move in Nanjing, someone must be targeting us." ”

When Ma Shiying heard this, he glanced at Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi, who were sitting opposite, but then immediately denied his idea, and he and the Donglin Party fought openly and secretly, but in the Qing Dynasty, the opinions were unified.

Taxes were levied to fight a war, and the Donglin Party did not do it, and the warlords of Jiangbei did not want to fight with the Qing army, so both sides were supporters of the policy of uniting and capturing the Qing army.

Qian Qianyi saw Ma Shiying glancing at him, afraid that Ma Shiying would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said: "This matter is easy to investigate, and attacking us must be the main battle faction." As soon as He Tengjiao came to Nanjing, he tried to persuade the cabinet to be tough on the Qing, could it be that he was a ghost? ”

Donglin's internal struggle is also a good hand, and Qian Qianyi grasped the key point at once.

Ruan Dacheng muttered: "He Tengjiao is involved in this matter, and he will definitely not be able to escape, but he has just come from Huguang and has no influence in Nanjing, so if he can make such a big move, someone must help!" ”

Hearing this, everyone in the hall raised their vigilance, and Qian Qianyi immediately understood, "This is the main battle faction, which wants to deal with the cabinet, and takes the opportunity of Gao Jingzhong to win the battle to make a big fuss and want to overthrow the cabinet." It's a pity that those scholars are too naïve, but they don't know that the gap between our Ming army and the Dongyu is very far, thinking that Gao Jingzhong won a small battle, we can immediately go north and recover Shenjing, but I don't want to think about it, once the war starts, in case of a big defeat, the loss is far more than the current peace. ”

Ma Shiying said: "This gang of main battle factions, where do they know these things, they will only be rash, the court was soft back then, how can it be today." Now that the north has been occupied by the Eastern Captives, we will not negotiate peace, he is in the hands of the Eastern Captives, and after the peace is negotiated, our dynasty can maintain at least half of the country, and have time to prepare for war......"

For a time, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Qian Qianyi and others all expressed their opinions and reached a unified opinion, and these people must not be allowed to shake the national policy of the imperial court, and only Shi Kefa had reservations.

Previously, the Ming Dynasty was defeated in successive battles, and the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty could not see any hope of victory, so the voice of opposition to peace was not fierce.

Now that the wind is reversed, negotiating peace is betraying the country, and the Cabinet Department loves reputation more, and at the critical moment, like an old monk, he is unwilling to express his position.

His silence shook the hearts of several bachelors who were originally enemies~

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