Everyone else also knelt in front of Zhu Hongsan and shouted, "Please King Chu obey the will of heaven!" ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at Ma Mingyuan, who was kneeling behind Feng Ruoshu, and scolded in his heart. When he and he were in Huguang, they set the policy of "building a high city and slowly becoming king", isn't this contrary to the policy at that time?

Zhu Hongsan hurriedly stood up and helped Feng Ruoshu up, and said, "Uncle, please get up, gentlemen, please get up too, sit down and say something." After helping Feng Ruoshu up, Zhu Hongsan hurriedly asked the servants to give the seven gentlemen seats and tea.

After the gentlemen sat down, Zhu Hongsan said: "The king's intentions are known, but now is not the time to be the emperor." Now that the Manchus are in Nanzhili, we should first unanimously eliminate the threat of the Manchus to the outside world, and then discuss the issue of becoming emperor. ”

Ma Mingyuan stood up and said: "King, now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is powerful, and the officials and soldiers from all over the country have fled, it is precisely the need for a man of great talent like the King of Chu to ascend to the heights to gather the confidence of the people in the world who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, so please do not shirk the King of Chu." ”

"But the bloodline of this king is really remote, or everyone will go to Guangxi to meet Zhu Changying, the king of Gui, he is the descendant of Emperor Wanli."

Zhu Hongsan's words are so unfortunate that Ma Jiyuan is angry, and now half of Guangdong is the territory of your King of Chu. Do you still want to go to greet Zhu Changying, the king of Gui?

Ma Jiyuan stood up and said: "The King of Chu is a thousand years old, and the King of Gui is thousands of miles away in Guangxi, and Guangxi is separated from Guangdong by lofty mountains and mountains. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is in Nanzhili, and it will go south in the near future, does the King of Chu still have to follow the old road of the Hongguang Dynasty's party struggle? ”

Zhu Hongsan was very unhappy when he heard Ma Jiyuan compare himself to Zhu Yousong. But there is no way, Ma Jiyuan is his own cheap father-in-law, he is a square person, and he has to give him face if he doesn't give face.

Zhu Hongsan actually wants to be the emperor in his heart, who doesn't want to be the emperor? However, after becoming emperor, he had to face the all-out blow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he also had to deal with the surrounding kings of Gui, Tang, and Lu, who were all emperors, and the cost was too high. Zhu Hongsan thought about it, it was better to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan said: "What does Mr. Ma mean, this king knows, but this king is not a descendant of King Yan, and the emperor can't convince the public at all, what if someone questions the legitimacy of this king?" ”

At this time, Tong Yangjia stood up, he knew Zhu Hongsan best. He knew that it was useless to reason with this King of Chu, as long as he saw that the advantages of being the emperor outweighed the disadvantages, to put it bluntly, the King of Chu was a pure utilitarian.

"The king of Chu is a thousand years old, and now it is not the same as it was at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, several princes in the world were clothed, and the surrounding strategists and generals were also clothed. But now the king of Chu is surrounded by meritorious people, if the king of Chu does not claim to be the emperor now, and is preempted by his vassal king, how can the two Mr. Ma deal with themselves. However, I believe that the two Mr. Ma will righteously reject all temptations. ”

Tong Yangjia's offended all the literati in the hall, because the few people sitting in the room, except for Tong Yangjia, were all people in the system, that is, they had all been officials before.

Fu Wenlong, who was sitting below, couldn't sit still, he was Ma Jiyuan's same year and friend, and it was inconvenient for the Ma brothers to stand up and refute Tong Yangjia at this time, and only Fu Wenlong could send this head shot.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the few Wenchen below arguing, and he also had a headache. But what Tong Yangjia said just now was in his heart, what Tong Yangjia said was very right, he is now suffering a loss without a name. Now his own decrees can only be implemented in the land of the four prefectures, and other Chaozhou Mansions, Nanxiong Mansions, etc., have disobeyed their orders, but they have nothing to do with them. After becoming the emperor, this situation will disappear immediately, and at that time, if the government does not obey the order, it will be cut off from the world and the people, and it will be enough to send troops to attack directly.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan made up his mind to be the emperor, but in order to avoid becoming the opponent of several other vassal kings, he first called the prison country.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the Wenchen who was arguing below, that is, Fu Wenlong and Tong Yangjia were both in their fifties, and their physical strength was not good, or it was possible to directly live PK, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty had this tradition. However, the dozen or so military leaders on the side opened their eyes, but they didn't expect that these usually high-ranking scholars and old ladies were not much different from the old ladies in the countryside, so they almost picked out their eyes and broke their fingers.

They don't read history, they don't know that the quarrel between the two is a small scene, and there used to be a group fight of forty or fifty people in the court.

Zhu Hongsan shouted on the side: "Okay, don't quarrel with the two gentlemen, listen to me." Hearing that the King of Chu had something to say, Fu Wenlong Tong Yangjia stopped talking. Tong Yangjia returned to his seat as if nothing had happened under the angry eyes of the Ma brothers and Fu Wenlong.

Zhu Hongsan organized the language and said: "The hard work of all gentlemen, this king knows, but this king is deeply favored by the first emperor. My imperial uncle is only being arrested now, and the news has not yet been confirmed, so I can't wait to be called the emperor, and it is really difficult for me to do it. ”

As soon as Zhu Hongsan's words came out, the six strategists below all knew that Zhu Hongsan had made up his mind. They all know what kind of temper this King of Chu has, loyalty, honesty, benevolence and righteousness have nothing to do with him. Now to say this is to let the people below behave like it, and you can't say that I will be the emperor.

At this time, it was Ma Mingyuan's turn to speak, he stood up and said: "The king of Chu is benevolent and righteous, and the world knows. If Your Highness doesn't call the emperor, we have no background! After speaking, he glanced at Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong on the side. These two guys waited for a long time, and when they saw that it was their turn to show their faces, they hurriedly took out a three-foot bright yellow cloth from the package behind their backs, and stepped forward to give Zhu Hongsan a batch.

At this time, all the people below saw that it had become a fait accompli, and they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting long live.

Zhu Hongsan still had to make a show at this time, and said tearfully: "You are roasting me on the fire, but it's okay, for the sake of the Ming Foundation and the common people in the world, I will reluctantly make it difficult." ”

The six literati below scolded Zhu Hongsan for being shameless, and they all claimed to be embarrassed and reluctantly.

I didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to have something to say, "I am only temporarily supervising the country now, if there is any prince of Jinzhi, I will immediately hand over power." ”

Ma Mingyuan looked at Feng Ruoshu, and Old Man Feng didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to say this. Old man Feng thought about it, anyway, let's get a fait accompli first, and talk about it later. After thinking about it, Old Man Feng did not answer, but shouted Long live Your Majesty.

When Ma Mingyuan saw Feng Ruoshu doing this, he immediately knew what Feng Ruoshu had in mind, and he didn't say anything and shouted long live.

At this point, Zhu Hongsan claimed to be the superintendent of the country, and became the eighteenth de facto monarch of the Ming Dynasty before Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, became emperor.

The head is finished, and the lower part is naturally the official hat. Isn't this what these stinky old nine are trying so hard to arch Zhu Hongsan to be the emperor? Zhu Hongsan dared to guarantee the vote, and if he didn't give them an official position, these guys would run away the next day, and then proclaim that he was a bastard emperor everywhere.

Feng Ruoshu is the first assistant candidate in any aspect, plus Zhu Hongsan also promised him to be the first assistant when he deceived him from Beijing and went south, and now is the time to cash in, so Zhu Hongsan worships Feng Ruoshu as the crown prince Shaobao, the secretary of the ministry and the scholar of Huagai Palace. The official position of the Ming Dynasty was very strange, and the official position of the serious cabinet members was very low, only five ranks. So I want to add some false titles in front, for example, the official position of Old Man Feng, looking at the front is very awesome, the prince Shaobao is the second grade, not to mention the official department, but the real official position is the last Huagai Hall scholar.

The Ming Dynasty scholars crown the palace pavilion including four halls and two pavilions, which are the Huagai Palace, the Jinshen Palace, the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, the Wenyuan Pavilion and the East Pavilion. These scholars are all positive five grades, and their status is low. But the power in his hands is not low at all, and the old man Feng is also a scholar of the Huagai Palace, that is, the leader of the Wenchen, and can be called the first assistant.

Feng Ruoshu couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard that Zhu Hong had made himself such an official position. I was only a top three back then, and I had no hope of entering the cabinet, but I didn't expect that eight out of sixty would be able to catch up with such a stormy meeting and become a second chief auxiliary university scholar.

Feng Ruoshu hurriedly stood up and thanked him. The Ming Dynasty's first auxiliary scholars had great power, sometimes it can be said that the power was greater than that of the prime ministers in the Tang and Song dynasties, so the scholars did not have to kneel in front of the king.

The second official is Ma Mingyuan. Ma Lao Er left his family and business from Huguang and Zhu Hongsan came to Guangdong, and it was really inappropriate not to give him some sweetness.

Compared with Feng Ruoshu's official position, Ma Mingyuan's is much lower, Zhu Hongsan only made him a scholar of the household department and a scholar of Dongge University, the last of the scholars, and has not yet been given an honorary position. Zhu Hongsan is afraid that the current official position is too high, and it will be difficult to do it in the future.

Ma Mingyuan didn't have any opinions, Feng Ruoshu was his maternal uncle, and Old Man Feng was now sixty-eight years old, so he might have braids at some point, so Ma Mingyuan could wait.

If there is no objection to the first two official positions, the third one is a little interesting. Everyone originally thought that the third should be the boss of the Ma family, after all, Ma Jiyuan can be regarded as a young minister. But I didn't expect the third place to be Tong Yangjia.

Zhu Hongsan is very simple to do this, the Ma family is too powerful, and there are inextricable relationships with the Feng family, so he is really not at ease. Out of the imperial balancing technique, it is necessary to establish a third-party force on the side of these two families. And Tong Yangjia did a good job, and Lao Tong didn't deal with the Ma family since Huguang. In addition, it was actually Tong Yangjia who persuaded Zhu Hong to supervise the country just now, so the third minister was none other than Tong Yangjia.

Zhu Hongsan's official position for Tong Yangjia was a bachelor of Hanlin and a secretary of the military department, and he entered the cabinet. Don't look at Lao Tong as just a Hanlin bachelor, but the words "entering the cabinet" in the back are too powerful, and entering the cabinet means that Tong Yangjia has entered the central decision-making organ.

The third is Ma Jiyuan, who is also the prefect of Leizhou.

The fourth is Feng Ziyong, the political envoy of Guangdong and the prefect of Guangzhou.

The fifth place is Fu Wenlong, Zhu Hongsan saw that Lao Fu was doing well in Yong'an Prefecture, and decided to set up a Nanyang Governor's District and let Lao Fu be the Governor of Nanyang. The name is quite loud, in fact, it is no different from now, that is, the official position has come up, and the governor is a real second grade.

The sixth place is Xu Dali, Zhu Hong's soy sauce crowd of the Trinity Party. In this support, he did not make much effort, and finally got a Guangdong envoy to serve as the prefect of Zhaoqing.