At the same time that Chen Yue reorganized the army and ordered the Huai'an regiment to be convened for training, Lu Zhenfei was not idle, and while cooperating with Chen Yue, he led a group of officials from Huaiyin County, the prefect of Huai'an, to prepare for the holy drive south.

Chongzhen was so embarrassed when he escaped from Beijing that the emperor didn't bring all his belongings, even the jade seal was lost in the palace. Now that you are going to Nanjing, of course, you can't be too shabby, at least you have to get the dragon robe honor guard and so on, and you can't let the people along the way laugh at it.

After receiving the edict issued by Huai'an, officials from various prefectures and counties in Jiangbei set off one after another and came to Huai'an to meet their emperor.

Whether it is the prefect or the prefect, as long as it is a high-level official, Chongzhen will meet them one by one, and take the trouble to narrate and comfort. Seeing that the emperor was really alive, all the officials burst into tears.

Zhu Guobi, the chief soldier of Funing Hou Caoyun, hurried from Yangzhou to Huai'an to meet Chongzhen. Seeing the first nobleman to meet himself, especially hearing that there were thousands of soldiers under Zhu Guobi, Chongzhen was overjoyed, and immediately crowned Zhu Guobi as the Duke of Baoguo, and his subordinate guards were organized as the right guard of the imperial forest.

Six or seven days have passed since Chongzhen arrived in Huai'an, and many officials from Huaiyang and even Xuzhou prefectures and counties have come, and even some local officials from Songjiang have crossed the Yangtze River to come to Huai'an, but none of the ministers in Nanjing have come, and even Fengyang Mansion, which is only separated from Hongze Lake from Huai'an, has few officials to come, and Chongzhen's face has become more and more ugly.

The situation is already very clear, something must have happened in Nanjing, and some people don't want Chongzhen to go to Nanjing.

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Nanjing City

Under the escort of Liu Zeqing's troops and accompanied by Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, King Fu crossed the river and arrived at Yanziji on April 26. The next day, the ministers of Nanjing came to visit King Fu, and on the same day, they paid homage to the tomb of filial piety, entered the city of Nanjing, and stationed in the garrison of the inner city.

Since King Fu arrived, after the meeting of the hundred officials, there was a disagreement on whether King Fu should be enthroned as emperor immediately or temporarily in the name of the prison state. Ma Shiying strongly advocated that King Fu immediately ascend the throne, and the ministers Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong agreed, and some ministers thought that although Chongzhen was martyred, the whereabouts of the three princes were unknown, and whether to delay the accession to the throne for a period of time. And the military department is still in the book, and the law is indecisive.

On the night of the 27th, Shi Kefa's mansion was brightly lit, headed by Shi Kefa, Lu Daqi, the head of the military department, Gao Hongtu, the head of the household department, Zhang Shenyan, the right capital of the imperial history, Jiang Yueguang and others of the Zhan Shifu gathered together, and even Qian Qianyi, the former waiter of the Ministry of Rites, rushed back to Nanjing.

"Princes, Ma Shiying, the local governor of the district, but interfered in the affairs of the emperor's throne, and brazenly led troops to the capital, such a domineering generation has never been seen for eternity, and my generation can't let it go!" Lu Daqi, the squire of the military department, shouted angrily.

"Brother, the matter has come to this, do we still have a choice? Who else but the King of Lifu can be appointed? Rest your anger, rest your anger. Jiang Yueguang persuaded.

"Ma Shiying is so domineering now, if King Fu ascends the throne, then it will be repaid, is there still a place for us to stand? Brother Daolin, why didn't you stop him? Lu Daqi pointed the finger at Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa suddenly smiled bitterly, he wanted to establish King Lu as the Son of Heaven, who knew that Ma Shiying had colluded with the warlords of the Four Towns, what could he do with the military power in hand? Do you really not recognize King Fu and fight with the Nanjing guards and King Fu's real swords and guns?

"Brother Ruo, don't say much about this, now let's discuss whether to let King Fu be enthroned as emperor immediately, or let him be the prison first?" Shi Kefa persuaded.

"Of course, he was the first to be a prisoner, maybe the first emperor and prince are still there!" Lu Daqi said angrily.

"Let's be a prisoner first, not to mention whether the three princes can escape, even if they can't escape, King Fu can't ascend the throne in such a hurry, after all, the enthronement ceremony must be fully prepared." Zhang Shenyan agreed.

Gao Hongtu also nodded, agreeing that King Fu would be the supervisor first.

"Mu Zhaigong, what do you mean?" Shi Kefa asked Qian Qianyi, who had always been silent, Qian Qianyi was the leader of the Donglin Party, and he was highly respected among the ministers, and his opinion was very important.

Hearing Shi Kefa ask Qian Qianyi, everyone present quieted down, even Lu Daqi stopped arguing, and everyone turned their heads and looked at Qian Qianyi with blazing eyes.

"Ahem," Qian Qianyi coughed twice, stroked his gray beard, glanced around at everyone, and said: "I think, since King Fu's accession to the throne is a foregone conclusion, it doesn't matter if it's one day earlier or one day later, since King Fu wants to ascend the throne very early, just satisfy his thoughts!" ”

"Ahh Lu Daqi's mouth suddenly grew, and everyone present was stunned. Among the people present, Qian Qianyi was one of the people who didn't want King Fu to be the emperor. At the beginning, it was Qian Qianyi who connected up and down, persuaded Shi Kefa, and encouraged the ministers not to establish the king of Fu, but to establish the king of Lu, Zhu Changshu, to succeed him. But it's only been a few days, and Qian Qianyi has changed so quickly!

"Ladies and gentlemen, since we are powerless to change King Fu's accession to the throne, we should stop opposing it. On the contrary, we must actively persuade and ask King Fu to ascend the throne as soon as possible. In this way, you can leave a good impression in King Fu's heart and occupy a place in the new dynasty, you don't want to see the future court completely controlled by people like Ma Shiying! For the sake of the imperial court, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, what is the little unhappiness in my heart? ”

Qian Qianyi persuaded bitterly, and after listening to his words, the ministers were suddenly silent.

"Mu Zhaigong is right, a moment of honor and disgrace is nothing, we have to focus on the overall situation!" Zhang Shenyan immediately said and agreed with Qian Qianyi's words. The others were also silent, Lu Daqi opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he saw Shi Kefa's eyes, he closed them again.

"Everyone," Shi Kefa saw that everyone was unanimous, and just as he was about to speak, he saw his staff member Qin Fen rushing straight in.

"Dong Weng ......" Qin Fen, who had always been steady, panicked, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, which made Shi Kefa frown dissatisfied.

"What's wrong? Just say something. Shi Kefa said dissatisfied.

Qin Fen looked at the people present, did not speak, but walked to Shi Kefa's side and handed over a letter.

All the officials present closed their mouths and looked at Shi Kefa without saying a word, no matter how stupid people were, they knew what was going on.

Seeing that Shi Kefa's face suddenly became excited, he slapped the chair handle vigorously and applauded loudly, "Okay!" ”

"What's the matter, Brother Daolin?" Lu Daqi couldn't help asking.

Shi Kefa didn't answer, read the letter again, then handed the letter to Lu Daqi beside him, and then laughed.

Lu Daqi took the letter and looked at it carefully, and his expression suddenly became excited.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, he is still alive!"

"Ahh Everyone present was shocked.