Zhu Hongsan, who was high above, saw the flattery of the Wenchen below, and sneered in his heart: "Now these guys are all planning to be monks for a day and hit the clock for a day, and none of them really think about me, what he thinks in his heart is to wait until the Manchu army arrives and immediately open the city and surrender, right?" ”

This is really Zhu Hongsan's heart of a villain, this group of stinky old nine does have all kinds of problems, but most of them can't do it if they want to open the city and surrender to the Manchu Dynasty. They are now following the crowd, but they are not satisfied with Zhu Hongsan's heavy use of several of his own strategists.

Erma, plus Feng Ziyong and Tong Yangjia. In the past, he was at most a Zhizhou and Tongzhi, and Tong Yangjia was not even a person, but just a showman whose fame had been removed, so how could these stinky old nine convince the public.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Feng Ruoshu who was sitting in the first place, Old Man Feng is obviously old this year, there is no way, he is sixty-eight this year, seventy years old, look at him like this, he will not live for a few days.

Old man Feng sat on the embroidery pier and closed his eyes and recuperated without saying a word. Zhu Hongsan looked at Old Man Feng, and was about to open his mouth to ask Old Man Feng what he thought.

Below, Feng himself spoke.

"His Royal Highness, the minister thinks that he can ignore the Tang King."

Zhu Hongsan was very surprised when he saw Feng Ziyong say such a reason, and asked, "What do you think, sir?" ”

"Your Highness, now that the war in the north and south is tight, the pace of the Manchu offensive has begun to accelerate. The minister thought that the Tang King's Fujian would not last long. ”

Feng Ziyong's words were full of Wenchen discussions, Feng Ziyong's strategy was very shameless, obviously using the Manchu Qing attack to force the Tang King not to take care of Guangdong's affairs.

But then Feng Ziyong's words made some honest ministers scold.

"Your Royal Highness, now Fujian can still maintain a side of peace, because the Manchu army was pinned down by us in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, if we let Li Zhi reduce the attack on the shore and let the Manchu Qing go south, I don't think the Tang King of Fujian will last long."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the room scolded one after another.

"Feng Ziyong, you erection! You can think of such a vicious plan for your official position! ”

"Feng Ziyong, are you worthy of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty?"

Feng Zi used this strategy to seek the country without seeking his life, and he sacrificed everything for the king of Chu, and he didn't want his name, which was an indirect expression of loyalty to the king of Chu!

This kind of vicious strategy has always been talked about in a secret room, and Feng Ziyong is now talking about it in public, which is gambling with his own net worth and life. The bet is that Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu, can finally succeed in the Northern Expedition, so Feng Ziyong will not say that it will be almost the same as splitting the soil and sealing the duke.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Feng Ziyong dumbfounded, he knew Feng Ziyong too well. Feng Ziyong has the ability to use this person, but he is by no means the kind of talent that happens once in a few hundred years. Feng Ziyong's communication and coordination up and down are not as good as Ma Mingyuan, his scheming is not as good as Tong Yangjia, and his loyalty is not as good as Ma Jiyuan, the only thing that is stronger than them is that he has some talent for governing places, plus he follows him early. But such a mediocre person could come up with this trick, which really impressed Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Feng Ruoshu who closed his eyes and recuperated again, and suddenly understood everything. This vicious trick was definitely not something Feng Ziyong came up with, only Feng Ruoshu, an old guy, could think of.

Feng Ruoshu must know that he doesn't have a few years to live, and now he is starting to pave the way for his son. The first step was to be loyal to the King of Chu, and as soon as this strategy came out, Feng Ziyong was immediately tied to Zhu Hongsan. Zhu Hongsan succeeded and his chicken dog ascended to heaven, and Zhu Hongsan's failure led to ruin and disrepute, and there was no second way.

Zhu Hongsan knew what Feng Ruoshu was planning, but he was still very grateful to Feng Ruoshu in his heart. In fact, Zhu Hongsan himself had already prepared to let the Manchu Qing go south and eliminate the strength of the Tang Dynasty. But this fact is dirty, and Zhu Hongsan is also afraid that he will lose the little fame he has left, so he is ready to implement it secretly after today's court meeting.

But there is also a day when secret things are revealed to the world, and the day that Zhu Hongsan is ready to hide is counted as a day. But I didn't expect Feng Ziyong to bring it up at today's court meeting, which allowed Zhu Hongsan not to have to bear the charge of murdering his own clansmen. With this, how could Zhu Hongsan not be grateful to Feng Ziyong?

Zhu Hongsan looked at the noisy ministers below, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, what does the noisy noise look like?" ”

When the ministers calmed down, Zhu Hongsan said again: "Feng Ziyong has done his best in the past year, and the construction of the new city of Guangzhou is very satisfactory to this king, and the cabinet is going to make a decree. Feng Ziyong enters the Ministry of Rites and acts as the affairs of the Ministry of Rites! ”

Zhu Hongsan paused after speaking, and then continued: "Enter the Hanlin bachelor and enter the cabinet office!" ”

There are few other items, the most important is the latter clause "into the cabinet office", which is one step from a local official to the role of a central leader.

After hearing this, the Wenchen didn't know whether they were jealous or angry, and they looked at Feng Ziyong with red eyes.

As soon as Zhu Hongsan's words fell, Feng Ruoshu, who was still closing his eyes just now, immediately stood up and said, "The cabinet respectfully obeys the holy decree of the prison country!" ”

Ma Mingyuan in the back was half angry, and the Feng family began to gradually move away from the Ma family for more than a year, and slowly drew a line with the Ma family. Ma Mingyuan also knew that it was easy for Zhu Hongsan to be suspicious of the two families when they had too much contact, so he didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning.

But as soon as this incident came out, Ma Mingyuan was very angry. In this way, the Feng family occupies two seats in the cabinet, and with Tong Yangjia, who is not at the same time as him, he immediately became the weakest party in the cabinet.

Ma Mingyuan thought about it, since the Feng family didn't greet him beforehand, and suddenly made such a thing, this has completely drawn a line with the Ma family, if you are unkind to me, your Feng family should not blame yourself for being ruthless!

Ma Mingyuan stood up after thinking about it clearly and said: "Your Highness, Yuan Fu and Lord Feng are father and son in the cabinet, do you need to avoid it alone?" ”

As soon as Ma Mingyuan's words came out, the ministers in the room immediately shut their mouths. Now that the Ma family and the Feng family have completely broken up, this kind of battle between immortals, it is better for a petty official like himself to be celibate.

But there is another person in the cabinet who is happy, and this person is Tong Yangjia. Lao Tong was really happy to see the Ma family and the Feng family eat the dog today, completely breaking up. Although the Feng family is not a good thing, that Feng Lao has a lot of checks and balances on himself in the cabinet, but at present, his mortal enemy is the Ma family, and only by killing the Ma family brothers first can he have a bright future.

Tong Yangjia saw Ma Mingyuan say those words, and was just about to stand up and speak for Feng Ruoshu, this was a good opportunity to befriend the Feng family.

But Feng Ruoshu, who is old and sophisticated, can give Tong Yangjia this opportunity, and when he saw that Tong Yangjia was about to stand up, he rushed out and said: "Your Royal Highness, the minister has a book!" ”

"Feng Aiqing, please speak!"

"Your Highness, the old decay is sixty and eight this year, thanks to His Royal Highness, but the old decay has limited energy and cannot handle the daily heavy work, so today I want to ask His Royal Highness for permission, and the old decay will return to his hometown!"

As soon as Feng Ruoshu's words came out, Ma Mingyuan was also surprised, he didn't expect Old Man Feng to resign! Then you can be forgiven for letting Feng use his own position just now. Thinking of this, Ma Mingyuan suddenly found that if his uncle (this will not be called Old Man Feng) resigns, will he be promoted to the first assistant? Thinking of this possibility, Ma Mingyuan's face was red with joy.

Zhu Hongsan didn't expect Feng Ruoshu to suddenly come to such a move, and thought that he was advancing and retreating.

"Feng Aiqing, now that the country is in danger, it is precisely the need for the assistance of a capable minister like you, don't say anything else, this king will not allow your resignation. As for the reply to King Tang, the cabinet will look at it, and the meeting will be dismissed! ”

Hearing the dismissal, all the ministers went out one after another, only Feng Ruoshu did not leave, it seemed that he had some private matters to discuss with the King of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan saw that Feng Ruoshu hadn't left in the house yet, and asked, "Uncle, is there something wrong?" If you still don't mention the matter of returning to your hometown, this king is not allowed. ”

"Your Highness, listening to the old ministers, didn't the king find out why the ministers didn't have anything to say today? Did the king find something unusual? ”

When Old Man Feng said this, Zhu Hongsan really reacted, it was a little wrong.

"What do you think, uncle?"

"Hehe, it's very simple, this is a silent protest from these Wenchen. Although His Royal Highness has appointed many local officials in Guangdong after his imprisonment, most of them are in unimportant positions. And the important places, such as the cabinet, are controlled by officials from the Huguang department. This is very detrimental to unity. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded again and again, what Old Man Feng said was very right, Zhu Hongsan himself knew that this would not work. But there is no way, the Huguang officials who followed them all the way to Guangdong, and it is really unreasonable for them not to give them an explanation.

"Uncle, what can I do?"

"Your Highness, there is now a person who can solve the crisis at hand. This person is Chen Zizhuang. Chen Jisheng is the leader of the Shilin in Guangdong, and his daughter is still married to His Royal Highness, and the stay of this person is the key to whether the Guangdong scholars can return to their hearts. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, what Old Man Feng said was very reasonable, and he did the same thing.

Old man Feng looked at Zhu Hong and nodded repeatedly, and then said: "Jisheng is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the side of King Tang, how can he settle his heart if he is allowed to stay and not give him a higher position, so the old minister is willing to abdicate and make way for Xian, and let Chen Jisheng be the first assistant!" ”

"But I've really wronged my uncle!"

"Your Highness, what the minister said just now is true, and the minister has often fallen asleep when dealing with government affairs in the past few months. What a saintly grace you have! So the minister also thought, since this is why it is better to hand over the minister's position to the young and promising Chen Jisheng, not only for His Royal Highness to receive a useful talent, but also to let the Cantonese scholars return to their hearts, why not? ”

"Hey! Since my uncle has made up his mind, the king will not stop my uncle, but the news of my hometown in Sichuan is not clear now, and the place is not what Zhang Xianzhong has harmed, so my uncle will retire in Guangdong, so that this king can see his uncle often in the future. However, Chen Zizhuang still needs his uncle to talk about it. ”

"In this way, the old minister will live up to His Highness's good intentions. Chen Jisheng handed it over to me, please rest assured, Your Highness! ”

Feng Ruoshu said goodbye and went out.