Although the ministers were happy as usual, there were many factions in the inside, and although Donglin occupied the general trend, it could not convince the Wei party, the Qi party, and the Chu party.

After greeting for a while, you can see the clues, the relationship between civil and military officials is complicated, they are used to speaking through a layer of window paper, their attitudes are different, and those who have a better relationship get together in groups, and some of them who are depressed are left aside and isolated.

The poor relationship between the horizontal eyebrows and the sneering and bragging with each other to show off, fortunately, today's occasion is special, although there are a large number of people and the chaos is abnormal, but no one dares to make trouble in the mansion of Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei today.

The situation is so critical, but most of the literati still speak in a relaxed tone, and they don't know what they have to do to retreat from the enemy.

However, some civil and military officials of the Qi Party and the Lu Party were born in Shandong, and when they mentioned the famous Shandong Army and Anton Hou Wang Zheng, they all gloated in a tone.

Many people even have an idea buried in their hearts, and they don't have any rights here anyway, but they are just doing some work to serve tea and water, so it is better to let the Shandong army enter the city, anyway, it is the army that came out of their own territory, of course, they can't ask for it.

"Wen Tian Wu Huan, the building will fall!"

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, clenched his fists, and when he saw that the people had not yet arrived, he secretly shook his head at the moment, and heard the sound of artillery fire that had already sounded outside the city, so he decided to take a few steps and said:

"Everyone, be quiet!"

After these words were spoken, most of the people present naturally couldn't help but give face to the national government, so they all put down the verbal gossip and turned their heads to look at the past, Xu Hongji seized this opportunity and said loudly:

"The thief army is coming to the city, the Beijing camp cannot be mobilized without the seal of Gonggong Liu, and the soldiers and horses in the city need to enter the outer city immediately to assist in defense, what about Shi Shangshu, why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Xu Hongji glanced around a few times, and found that there were still some small minions, and the important ministers who could mobilize troops, horses, and food and equipment had not yet arrived, so he couldn't help but be anxious.

From the heart, Xu Hongji is concerned about the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Zheng's various behaviors, in the eyes of people of insight, are stealing the country in the skin of officials and soldiers.

Wang Zheng's style, Xu Hongji doesn't like it from the bottom of his heart, and he is hostile from the bottom of his heart, but when he sees his group of pig teammates who only know how to drink and have fun and talk about peace, his heart is actually full of disgust.

The mentality of these people, Xu Hongji, who is a relative, can guess it somewhat.

When the enemy is at present, you can't be too afraid, otherwise what to do in front of people, besides, the city of Nanjing is deep and high, and there are tens of thousands of strong soldiers, surrounded by imperial court officers and soldiers, reinforcements must be on the road, and what thieves are afraid of.

Most of the relatives are pretending to be confused, looking cynical and indifferent, but in fact, they are all a cover for the fear in their hearts.

"Gong Wei! I haven't seen you for many years, but you are getting older and stronger, and your complexion is getting more and more ruddy! ”

Suddenly, a few people in the group were late, and Xu Hongji looked at it in response, and it turned out to be Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Fu, the eunuch of the town guard.

At that moment, he snorted coldly and asked with a smile:

"If you say that you should be old and strong, my father doesn't dare to compare with Qian Lao, who married a famous prostitute, it's really a big knife in front of Guan Gong."

"Ahem! Cough! Cough! ...”

Qian Qianyi's face turned red, and he coughed violently a few times, but the Donglin Wenchens, who had only the most basic respect for Xu Hongji before, were suddenly alarmed, like a group of sons taking care of Lao Tzu.

"Why are you still coughing, don't let that little lady drain you!" Xu Hongji frowned lightly and continued to remind:

"Money can be tempered!"

At this time, Shi Kefa raised his eyebrows and said bluntly:

"Did Gong Wei summon me to come here just to talk about Qian Lao's family affairs?"

Glancing at this Nanjing Shi Kefa praised by everyone, Xu Hongji sneered a few times, and said in his heart that he was really spared by these people, so he took a few steps back, and said:

"The Shandong army is approaching the city, the troops in the outer city are insufficient, and Shi Shangshu and Liu Gonggong need to seal the letter to mobilize troops and horses to assist in the defense, the opportunity cannot be lost, we have been delayed for too long!"

Hearing this, Liu Fujian, the eunuch guarding the town, laughed a few times, and said in a weird manner:

"Hey~, didn't Duke Wei just mobilize the soldiers and horses from the outer city to seal the city gate, according to our family, the rest of the people and horses in the Beijing camp are also handed over to Duke Wei, our family and Shi Shangshu have no right to transfer, it is all up to Duke Wei to decide."

Xu Hongji frowned slightly, with hatred in his heart.

It must be the gentry and businessmen who have not done enough and have more than enough failures to find Shi Kefa and Liu Fu in advance, and the Shandong army is in the city, and closing the city gate is a last resort, Xu Hongji does not regret it, he is glad that he did the right thing.

Nanjing City is prosperous, and the closure of the city gate has caused chaos in the outer city, and the goods and travel have been temporarily suspended, and the shops and shops everywhere have suffered a lot of losses, all of which are full of complaints.

"Look at where you've got!?"

Xu Hongji couldn't bear it anymore, he suddenly became angry, got up and pointed at the various people below, looked directly at Shi Kefa, and said:

"The chaos in Jiangbei has come to this point, the thief army has arrived in the city, you don't want to defend the city, but you have a ghost! Shafts, what a bunch of shafts!! ”

The strong enemy pressed the situation, and the ambition was clearly revealed, but there were many contradictions within Nanjing, and Shi Kefa obviously couldn't suppress the situation, but he covered his ears and stole the bell, and he was lucky.

In the final analysis, it is still a lack of ability but a greed for power in his heart.

Qian Qianyi is even more of a raccoon dog, with a sanctimonious and lofty appearance, putting all the blame on the head of Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, Donglin Zhusheng all boasted of their loyalty, grasped the trivial things that were nothing more than nothing, and flattered Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa, in fact, they were all passively avoiding war.

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong saw all this clearly, and secretly sneered at the moment, let's make trouble, but the trouble is terrible, the happier I am.

Zhao Zhilong was in the name of Emperor Chongzhen to assist in Nanjing, holding 3,000 foreign troops, but because of several ineffective things in recent years, it was gradually not reused by Xu Hongji.

On the contrary, Zhang Guocai, who has similar qualifications to him, has more and more soldiers and horses and rights in his hands, and gradually has a tendency to replace them.

Historically, Zhao Zhilong was one of the first relatives to descend to the Qing Dynasty, and even entered the household department to seal the treasury for the Qing army to light up the property, and he was a Zhongshan wolf through and through.

However, Xu Hongji is the head of the Nanzhili Lords, he holds great power, and many of his relatives are attached to him, no matter how much he hates them in his heart, he can't easily change camps on the surface.

That's why Zhao Zhilong has always been forbearing, and he hasn't said anything to anyone, and when Li Zicheng was about to cross the river to attack Nanjing, he felt that he should do something.

However, the Shun army has never had a navy, and there is not enough money to build ships temporarily, so it is not of great use, and it is basically broken up by the waves as soon as it goes down the river, and it does not go south.

Zhao Zhilong was disheartened, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait, until he suddenly heard the news that the Shandong army was coming to the city, and he became excited.

In fact, he has always paid attention to the affairs of the Shandong Army, and at this time, the people who can still pay attention to the big and small things in the world are either loyal and promising, or they are villains and treacherous people.

Zhao Zhilong is obviously the latter, when he heard that the Shandong army had hit the city, he felt that this was an opportunity to change his fate, not to mention that now the Shandong army was still under the banner of the imperial court, which made him even more ecstatic, and felt that the providence was coming.

Not long before coming here for a meeting, Zhao Zhilong happened to hear that Anton Hou Wang Zheng had bought a woman in red named Jin Niang in Suizhou with a lot of money, and felt that he could start from here.

Therefore, he ordered his seventeen-year-old daughter Zhao Ting to disguise herself and send a secret letter to Wang Zheng outside the city, in which she expressed her very sincere allegiance and was willing to send her daughter to Licheng as a hostage.