"Eat the king's lu, be loyal to the king, we are the courtiers of the Ming court, the court has raised me for many years, and now is the time for us to serve the court. Although Shi Kefa was unwilling to tear his face with Ma Shiying and others, when it came to the Northern Expedition, he still fought with reason.

Hearing Shi Kefa's words, Ma Shiying's group of people were also full of sadness, the reason why they were able to argue with Shi Kefa here was because of the relationship between Ma Shiying and Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong and other powerful warlords, but Shi Kefa was different, as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, many soldiers and horses in the entire Jiangnan region were trained by him, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus his reputation as the leader of the Donglin Party and the Fuxing Society, it can be said that Shi Kefa is a man of the hour in the entire Jiangnan region.

Just when neither of the two factions could suppress anyone, Xu Yi, the Duke of Wei who had been sitting next to him and watching the excitement, suddenly interjected, "Everyone, everyone, I heard what everyone said just now, it can be said that both of you are right, and they are both for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not the same thing for you to quarrel like this, in addition, have you all forgotten one thing." ”

"Please also ask Wei Guogong to speak bluntly, we are just worried about state affairs, if there is a mistake, Wei Guogong will point it out." Hearing Xu Yi's words, both parties immediately calmed down.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is said that a snake cannot do without a head, and now, His Majesty has been martyred, and the whereabouts of the prince are unknown, as for whether he died in the chaos, or was captured by Li Thief, or lived among the people, we have no way of knowing, but in any case, should we first elect a nobleman, inherit the throne, and also be famous, otherwise, to today, you earn what I take, not to mention a plate of loose sand, and there is no combat effectiveness, when the time comes, whether it is Li Thief or others come to attack us, How we should respond, there is not even a single person who decides. ”

I have to say that Xu Yi's words were indeed to the point, which made the two parties who were originally arguing suddenly have a stirring in their minds, especially Ma Shiying, as an old fritter in officialdom for many years, from a local petty official, all the way up, and served as a feudal official in many places, this political acumen is still there, so as soon as Xu Yi's words were finished, an idea suddenly flashed in his heart, that is, no matter how difficult it is, he must assist an emperor to ascend the throne, and when the time comes, not to mention the merits of the dragon, he will become a person above ten thousand people under one person, What do you think, you just need to borrow the name of the emperor, and such a thing will never happen today.

"Wei Guogong said well, this point is indeed not considered by us, for the new emperor to ascend the throne, according to Weichen's view, it is none other than King Fu is the most, first of all, King Fu is the grandson of Emperor Shenzong, is the heir of the authentic Huang family, and secondly, King Fu is generous and benevolent, good at admonishment, and is the best emperor." With an idea in his heart, Ma Shiying immediately opened his mouth and said, the reason why Ma Shiying recommended King Fu was not only because he was very familiar with King Fu, but because he knew King Fu's character very well, and knew that as long as King Fu succeeded to the throne, then he would definitely be able to control him, so as to control the entire court.

Hearing Ma Shiying's words, Shi Kefa immediately frowned, for Xu Yi's proposal, Shi Kefa is very supportive, although he is loyal, but he is not a rigid person, now at this time, he will not have to wait until the prince of Emperor Chongzhen comes to succeed to the throne, if that is the case, it will be very unfavorable to the entire Ming Dynasty, but after hearing Ma Shiying's election of King Fu, he is very dissatisfied.

For this Fu King Zhu Youxiang, although Shi Kefa has not seen it, but he has heard some of his origins, since the old Fu King was cooked and killed by Li Zicheng in Luoyang, Zhu Youxiang could not escape to the vicinity of Beijing, and then, because of Li Zicheng's Eastern Crusade, the timid and afraid of death Zhu Youxiang went south to hide, and it was in this way that he escaped a catastrophe.

Zhu Youxiang inherited the character of the old Fu King, lazy, greedy, and regarded wealth as his life, not only that, but also brutal and abnormal, absurd, in addition to drinking and having fun all day long, he didn't do anything serious at all, if such a person inherited the throne, I am afraid it was not the prosperity of the Ming court.

With this thought in his heart, Shi Kefa opened his mouth and said, "No, since ancient times, the succession of emperors is the order of the old and the young, when it comes to the right words, the most suitable should be Zhu Changfen, the king of Lu, he is the nephew of Shenzong, plus he is generous, if he ascends the throne, he must be a rare king of sainthood." ”

"Lord Shi's words are a little inappropriate, you know, since ancient times the emperor succeeded to the throne, the most important bloodline, King Lu is the nephew of Shenzong, and King Fu is the grandson of Shenzong, who is far away in the middle of this, isn't it clear at a glance, usually see that Lord Shi is also a loyal and patriotic person, how can he say such a thing that he doesn't know the importance of today."

Hearing Shi Kefa's words, Ma Shiying immediately retorted, for the sake of future interests, Ma Shiying can no longer take care of everything, as for whether he will tear his face with Shi Kefa, that is no longer something he can consider now, you know, if he victoriously pushes King Fu to the throne in this matter today, then he will not have to be afraid of Shi Kefa, and if he fails, then there is nothing to say.

"Hmph, Lord Ma's words are a bit excessive, Shi Mou's loyalty to the country and the people can be learned from heaven and earth, and the recommendation of King Lu is also for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, if you say this, I am afraid that Shi will destroy your plan!" Hearing Ma Shiying's words, Shi Kefa also retorted.

"Okay, okay, my lords, I see that you continue to quarrel like this, it's not the same thing, besides, it's not up to a few of us to have the final say on who will ascend the throne, it's better to go back today, and then after everyone thinks about it, we will convene a hundred civil and military officials to discuss it another day, what do you think." Seeing that the two sides were arguing, the peacemaker Xu Yi spoke again.

With Xu Yi's persuasion, the two parties suddenly extinguished their desire to continue arguing, and turned around to leave, but at this time, the news spread throughout Nanjing City, and at the same time quickly spread to the entire Jiangnan region.

In the north city of Nanjing, in a large courtyard with carved beams and paintings, a fat man like a mountain of meat is sitting in a shady hall, surrounded by copper basins full of ice cubes, and there are four maids, holding fans in their hands and constantly fanning him, but even so, the fat man like a mountain of meat is still dripping with sweat, and the thin single clothes on his body are wet with sweat for a while.

"Master Ma, you said about the enthronement, how much hope does this king have?" It is the Roshan that speaks, and it is also one of the main candidates for this enthronement, Fu Wang Zhu Youxiang, Zhu Youxiang not only inherited his father, but also the various bad habits of the old Fu King, and even this body shape is better than the blue, which is almost the same as his father.

Hearing Zhu Youxiang's question, Ma Shiying, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly replied, "Lord Wang, please rest assured, Weichen has made all the preparations, these days not only contacted all the big men in Nanjing City, but also contacted Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Huang Degong and other leading generals outside, with their support, we are not afraid of Shi Kefa and others, when the time comes, as long as the soldiers are pressing, Weichen believes that the prince will definitely ascend the throne smoothly." ”

"Ah, hahahaha, good, good, good, Lord Ma, you really deserve to be a loyal minister of my Ming court, you can rest assured, as long as this king can successfully ascend the throne and become the emperor, the position of the first assistant of the cabinet will definitely be yours at that time, and you also tell those people that as long as they are willing to support this king, this king will definitely reward them heavily in the future." After listening to Ma Shiying's words, Zhu Youxiang suddenly laughed excitedly, and the sweat on his body flowed even more from this smile.

Accompanied by Zhu Youxiang's laughter, Ma Shiying also laughed, didn't he do so much just to get Zhu Youxiang's promise, now that his wish has finally been achieved, the next thing will be easy to do.

Just when Nanjing City was very lively in order to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, the Manchu Qing Dynasty that had just occupied Beijing City was also in the midst of excitement, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Beijing City at this time, it was also like a sweet dream, in addition to Beijing City, even some suburbs of the capital did not send troops to garrison, but let some of the generals of the Ming army or the Dashun Army who took refuge in them lead the troops to occupy, the real Eight Banners are now all shrinking in the city of Beijing, with the preparation of retreat, and countless carriages full of all kinds of things every day, It also drove northward continuously, passing through Shanhaiguan and heading towards the grand scene of the Manchurians.

"Fourteenth brother, didn't you promise Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou and others that they planned to move the capital to Beijing, why do you still want to talk about these good things being transported outside the customs now, are you lying to them?" Standing on the tower of the city of Beijing, Dolgon and a group of other Manchurian officials were watching the continuous carriage below.

Hearing Duoduo's question, Dolgon smiled and said, "No, of course I didn't lie to them, I'm just preparing for the future, you know, although the Central Plains is chaotic now, and we have now successfully entered the pass, but all this is just the appearance, if one day, the Han people suddenly abandon all prejudices and unite against us, we have no other way but to re-enter the customs, but if at that time, we want to ship these good things out, I'm afraid it's too late, so this king will take precautions in advance, and save trouble in the future, of course, these things are unlikely to happen, but we have to take precautions in advance, even if we can't use it in the future, there's nothing wrong with it, right? ”

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