The laughter in the wing room was non-stop, and the movement was very loud, and of course it also spread to the big flower hall not far away.

Shi Kefa sat on the main seat, but he didn't hear it at all.

He wears a scarf on his head, dressed in a robe, is a typical home dress of the great Ming scholar, in terms of appearance, he is a graceful middle-aged man, whether it is height or appearance, are impeccable, the son of the family, Donglin Confucianism Zuo Guangdou's disciple, when Wei Gelding was fierce and rebellious, and the arrogance covered the world, Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian died in prison, and became famous, even with disciples like Shi Kefa are famous all over the world, to Chongzhen's accession to the throne, clean up the eunuchs, and at the same time began to use a large number of Donglin party people...... Shi Kefa is naturally soaring, and his career is very proud!

Of course, it is not surprising that this alone is not surprising, because Shi Kefa's stubbornness and the ability to go to the civil officials at that time, coupled with his age, Chongzhen has already regarded him as an important minister who can be in charge of the aspect alone, and the north is erosive, and Nanjing is a wealthy land, an important town in the southeast, and it is also densely populated and where the filial piety tomb is located, such an important place, Chongzhen handed it over to Shi Kefa, which itself shows how high the level of trust in him is.

In the sixteenth year, Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinhui, went to the south of the Yangtze River, and the task was of course to inspect the officials, and he and Gong Yonggu both praised Shi Kefa, which strengthened Chongzhen's confidence, and at the same time, it was also for Shi Kefa to strengthen and consolidate his position in Shilin and Xunqi.

It can be said that this young and vigorous "Shi Gong" is now a powerful figure in Nanzhili, especially in Nanjing, and there is no doubt about this.

But Shi Kefa's facial expression at this time was very dignified, in addition, there was hesitation, hesitation, and a little faint panic!

Since February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Shi Kefa's heart has been like being put in an oil pot, frying and frying, constantly rolling around...... That uncomfortable person, not an insider, really has no way of knowing!

He is the first important town in the southern capital, big and small, he has to be in charge, and since the edict of King Qin, there is no news in the north, the whole Ming Dynasty seems to have lost its backbone overnight, and there is no edict to make a book, everything is stuck in a pause, every meeting, many high-ranking officials are helpless, when the meeting, they are just a long sigh, to the ground. And the most said is to complain that he should not stay in the capital today, and at least, he should send the prince to Nanjing to supervise the country!

At this time, the news of the northern capital is not clear, and there is already news coming one after another, there is no doubt that the capital division has been broken, but there are no civil and military officials, or persuasive ministers who have fled to the southern capital, so, no matter what, they can only conceal the news and calm it down, in case the news leaks and causes unnecessary panic in the market.

Of course, the ministers and well-informed gentry already know the inside story, so there have been a lot of discussions recently, and the most concerned is of course the candidate for the new monarch!

"Princess, when there is no definite news today, what the prince said, the students dare not hear it, and they can't bear to hear it!" The topic in the hall was also at the last moment, Shi Kefa's face was grim, and he said to everyone: "Princes, please go back!" ”

The people present thought that Li Qing was the oldest in the matter, and he was also from the Hanlin family of Jinma Yutang, so he dared to speak, he first looked around left and right, and then looked at Shi Kefa, and said in a deep voice: "Today, the news is not clear and the northern capital has heard of the change, and Shi Gong bears the heavy responsibility of staying in the southern capital, how can he not plan for the future in advance?" The so-called everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, and it is better to have no reason? ”

A middle-aged man dressed in civilian clothes with a Yangzhou accent also said in a loud voice: "The capital gate is shocked, the murderous letter is spread frequently, I don't know if Shi Gong has a plan, in case the murderous letter is true, after the support, how to ask for driving, how to take the throne, don't you make preparations, won't you do these things in the future?" If there is nothing to do today, I don't think I will blame Shi Gong, this is for the world, for the community, for the temple, is there no such a little elegance today? What do you think of the student's words? ”

Shi Kefa just shook his head, waved his hand and said, "It's still early, it's still early!" ”

There is also a reason for his attitude. As early as the end of last year, the crown prince had a private message, saying that Li Zicheng might be a soldier in the coming year, and he had to prepare in advance, so he greeted him first, and after the New Year, sure enough, people and money in the East Palace kept going south, secretly buying land and houses, and placing people in the East Palace.

At the beginning of March of the seventeenth year, many eunuchs in the East Palace also went south first, such as Qiu Zhizhong and Li Jiye and others, all of whom were eunuchs of the East Palace.

With these actions of the crown prince, Shi Kefa was originally very hesitant, as soon as he thought of the complexity of choosing the king and the sharpness of the struggle, he felt weak and panicked, the overall situation is like this, how can he fight inwardly? Moreover, Shi Kefa was a person who had personally experienced the tragic situation of the party struggle back then, and he didn't want such a thing to happen again, both in public and private.

But the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, speaking of which, it is still the trouble that his Donglin colleagues give him! The news of the tragedy in Beijing came one after another, and some of the registered Donglin Party members couldn't stay still.

It's no wonder that who doesn't want to grasp it?

This trend is headed by Qian Qianyi, and he contacted Lu Daqi, the squire of the Ministry of War, Gao Hongtu, the Shangshu of the Household Department, Zhang Shenyan, the Imperial History of the Right Capital, and Jiang Yueguang of Zhan Shi.

They are all comrades of Donglin, and they are high-powered and old enough officials, like Qian Qianyi, Chongzhen was a big man who would be pushed into the cabinet in his early years, although he lived at home as a waiter, but this person's activity ability, political energy, even Shi Kefa was afraid of a little ...... He took the lead in coming forward, and the candidate he recommended was the so-called King Lu who chose the meritocracy!

"Well, you mean, the students understand. After the students have consulted with the princes, how about the results of the lectures one by one? Today's students still have guests, please go back, please go back. ”

In the past few days, Shi Kefa has really had enough of the taste of foreign attacks, at this moment, although there is some truth in listening to the other party's words, but he always feels that it is too serious, the country's major affairs, how can Meng Lang act hastily?

These people, who are not in their positions and do not seek political power, know how to make trouble for the ministers of the state by their profligate words...... Shi Kefa's words have come to this point, of course, everyone in the hall has nothing to say, and when they get up together, they will leave, only Yangzhou Jinshi Zheng Yuanxun glanced at Shi Kefa with dead eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Shi Gong, I must persuade Shi Gong in my later life: Don't remember that the order is constant, and you can't say anything about changes!" Otherwise, if you don't follow the order, you will be afraid that you will not be convinced, and you will not be convinced, so you will give the villain a chance, and there will be changes! ”

"Okay, Brother Venerable's words are reasonable, students remember."

A jinshi who has never been an official in his registration has been pulled into this kind of major government affairs by these court officials, although this Zheng Yuanxun is very popular in the local area, and he has the courage to do things, and he has done some good things in Yangzhou, but in any case, Shi Kefa is also very dissatisfied in his heart.

When Li Qing, Zheng Yuanxun and the others left, Shi Kefa strode to the side compartment, and when he pushed the door, the original solemn and grim look on his face had already been announced, but instead of it, there was a graceful and kind smile.

"Old Shepherd, are you old and take care of me in vain? It really makes the students shine, haha! ”

"Brother Ji Dong, have you missed my good tea? This is the big red robe specially sent by Zheng Zhilong, picked from the real Wuyi Mountain, you have always studied the tea ceremony, how is it, is it different to drink? ”

"Since you are old, how have you been doing lately? I heard that I had a cough that didn't stop a while...... At your age, you can't be careless! ”

Shi Kefa in front of others, Yan Gang and graceful image both, only in front of these Donglin seniors and peers, he is very cordial and amiable, and there is no trace of the shelf of the left-behind minister, of course, the people present, Qian Qianyi, who has nothing to do, is also the identity of a waiter, not far from him, and the name of the department is Qian Qianyi far before him, as for the qualifications in the Donglin Party, it is too far away.

Since the news of Jingshi's murder came, Qian Qianyi has returned to Shi Kefa for the second time, and Qian Qianyi has done a lot of preparation work in advance.

He has the best personal relationship with Gao Hongtu, every time he comes to Nanjing, he has greeted Gao Hongtu in advance, and he lives in Gaofu, as for communicating with the chief military officers and local officials, and greeting the Donglin party, many times it is Qian Qianyi and Gao Hongtu and others who join forces, so it has caused a lot of momentum in a short period of time, and at this time, Lu Daqi and Jiang Yueguang and others have also joined in, and the Donglin juniors and the talents of the Fushe are running together, Qian Qianyi knows that the small matter of Shi Kefa in front of him has a decision, also has courage, but when he encounters a major event, he shrinks back and does not dare to make decisions, but this matter is related to the rise and fall of him Qian and the entire Donglin Party, at this moment, I can't help this junior!

Coughing slightly, Qian Qianyi spoke first, followed by Gao Hongtu and Lu Daqi, who attacked one after another, and always asked Shi Kefa to make up his mind now, and hurriedly welcome King Lu to Nanjing, once the murderous letter is confirmed, he can sue the sky and take the throne!

For these people, Shi Kefa's excuse for being suitable was useless at all, and in the end, he muttered: "It is not impossible to choose talents." The students really don't have a fixed opinion in their minds, and they ......"

Some words that are inconvenient for Zheng Yuanxun and others to speak, in front of colleagues in the party, you might as well say it directly, Shi Kefa paused, and said slowly: "In terms of the selfishness of students, it is indeed not suitable for the Fu Fan to be the king of ten thousand times. ”

"That's it!" Qian Qianyi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "There are seven Fu Kings we are talking about, if someone insists that the Fu Fan is a close clan of the clan, you might as well take this block!" ”

"Even so, students are afraid of being spoken." Shi Kefa told Zheng Yuanxun and Li Qing and others about the intention of everyone present, mentioning this, Qian Qianyi remembered that he had opened Lu Zhenfei's letter, because he pushed the letter, and said with a smile: "Look, Li Qing and others are not the only ones who hold this humble opinion, there is another ready-made." ”

"How dare he open my letters!"

Shi Kefa's heart was very angry, but he was deeply cultivated, knowing that Qian Qianyi was doing this on purpose, at this time, he was top with him, but he fell behind, relying on the truth in vain, he only smiled slightly, took the letter, took it at a glance, put it on the small table at hand, frowned, and said: "The public opinion is disturbed, and the students are also quite confused." ”

"Dao Weng, when the judgment continues, you will suffer from its chaos." Qian Qianyi said in a resolute tone: "We have already said that Zuo Liangyu is available, and there is Liu Zeqing in Jiangbei, who is even more of a person in my generation...... He has already sent troops to protect King Lu, as long as this side declares, he can escort King Lu to Nanjing...... We are in a high position in the center, everyone is united, and there are people in my Donglin and Fushe who preach the sage of King Lu, even if someone can't figure it out for a while, the central position is certain, and there is nothing to say. This is the only opportunity for the honest gentleman to establish the dynasty, once the Lu Fan is established, the court must be the right color Ying Dynasty, and the state affairs are promising, at this time, but don't hesitate! ”

(To be continued)