What to do?

"King Fu is meritorious!"

Yang Chao said clearly.

"Your Majesty is killed, the prince is missing, King Fu is in charge of the country, and the stability of Jiangnan is all due to King Fu!"

Yang Chao added again.

Lu Jiude, who came to Huai'an quietly and met Yang Chao, immediately thanked Dade.

King Fu was able to supervise the country, it can be said that he planned it single-handedly, if King Fu did not die well, he, the eunuch, would definitely have no good results.

"I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to do with the King Fu?"

Lu Jiude is very smart, he didn't ask the prince for questioning, he asked Yang Chao directly, just like the civil officials in Nanjing were arguing with each other one by one at that time, and he had already gone to Huang Degong and Gao Jie's military generals, he knew very well that it was Yang Chao who said the conversion at this time.

Yang Chao was not polite to him: "King Fu naturally can't continue to supervise the country." ”

Lu Jiude hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness King Fu does not intend to supervise the country, but only focuses on the overall situation, and the power is replaced. ”

Yang Chao nodded and said, "King Fu is coming to greet him!" ”

Let King Fu come to meet you!

At this time, there are still many people waiting and watching, because they are tied to King Fu, King Fu has not expressed his position, they can't make a statement, if King Fu comes to greet him, it is a kind of statement.

Lu Jiude gritted his teeth, since King Fu plans to surrender, then there is no need to put up a fight, just come to meet him, put his posture to the minimum, and finally get a good ending.

"What about civil and military officials?"

Lu Jiude asked again, he was looking at how Yang Chao would treat the civil and military officials.

Yang Chao said: "The hundred officials are in place and cannot be moved lightly. ”

Lu Jiude was completely relieved, Yang Chao was planning to acquiesce to the current situation, and he didn't plan to play cleaning, the civil and military forces who followed King Fu could not move, King Fu would naturally not move, and he Lu Jiude would naturally not move.

Lu Jiude has been supervising the army for a long time, and he was originally plotting to guard the position of Han Zanzhou's eunuch, but now it seems that he can't move, but it is not impossible to find a eunuch with a pen. After all, the crown prince went south, and he didn't bring a single eunuch with him.

So he also planned to fight for himself: "Our family intends to assist His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know if there is such an honor?" ”

Yang Chao smiled: "How does Gonggong Lu want to assist?" ”

Lu Jiude said: "Our family is willing to be a small official next to His Royal Highness." ”

Yang Chao nodded: "It just so happens that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lacks a pen-writing eunuch by his side, so I think Gonggong Lu is very suitable." ”

Lu Jiude hurriedly said: "Our Royal Highness Xie will not give up." Grace Xie Yang. ”

Yang Chao said: "There is also Father-in-law Lao Lu, let His Royal Highness King Fu cross the river as soon as possible, and the prince will set off immediately, arriving in Guazhou within ten days, and arriving at Longjiang Pass within fifteen days." King Fu must cross the river to accompany him. Hundreds of civil and military officials can be driven at Longjiang Pass! ”

Lu Jiude responded: "Our family obeys orders." ”

After that, Lu Jiude met with the crown prince again, and wept bitterly at the feet of the crown prince, crying about the misfortune of the emperor, and hated to accompany the emperor.

Yang Chao was also at ease at this time, the general trend has been decided!

The operation finally received results, although it failed to save Chongzhen. saved the Ming Dynasty, but it was not a complete failure to stabilize a Southern Ming Dynasty first.

Stability maintenance comes first.

Lu Jiude soon returned to Nanjing, this old eunuch really worked hard, he rode a fast horse, braver than Wenchen, galloped all the way, it only took three days to return to Nanjing, after conveying the attitude of the prince, not only let King Fu rest assured, but also those who followed King Fu were also relieved.

The Donglin Party felt like a big victory. King Fu will not be the emperor anymore, so they will be at ease, and they are not afraid of King Fu settling accounts after the autumn.

Now they are thinking about how to get the most power out of the crown prince. So they crossed the river one by one, although Yang Chao let the civil and military officials wait in Longjiang Pass, but there are some who want to take a shortcut and can't wait to go north.

Among them, the most active is Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party.

At the end of May, Qian Qianyi greeted him in Yangzhou, and after meeting with the crown prince, he paid a private visit to Yang Chao.

A sumptuous feast was held. also took his concubine Kou Baimen as a companion, let Kou Baimen sit next to Yang Chao at the banquet, let her sing music to cheer up, and let her pour wine for Yang Chao, Kou Baimen sat a little farther, he glared and scolded, let Kou Baimen sit next to Yang Chao.

It can be seen that Kou Baimen is not happy, after he is full of wine and food, he still leaves Yang Chao to rest, Yang Chao excuses that he is busy with military affairs, Qian Qianyi immediately hinted that his concubine can accompany Yang Chao, which makes Yang Chao feel cold, and he dare not accept it.

Qian Qianyi's character is like this, Yang Chao knows it, he didn't expect it to be so bad that even his own woman can be sold, which is simply beyond the bottom line, fortunately, he broke up Liu Ruis and him by mistake, otherwise I am afraid he will let Liu Ruis come out to laugh.

What Yang Chao didn't know was that in the original history, in order to seek an official, Qian Qianyi really asked Liu Rushi to come out to accompany the guests, and he accompanied Ruan Dacheng, who was extremely despised by Liu Rushi and others.

Qian Qianyi is not a good person, but his writing is excellent, Yang Chao has read some of his articles, and his writing is very imposing.

"The building boat swings the sun and the three rivers surge, and the stone horse hisses and the wind is yin in the nine domains." "Sweep the cave and return Jinling to the lungs, bury Hu Zisai to comfort the heart of heaven." "The arsenal will return to the three-foot sword, and the filial piety will grow for ten thousand years." "The black water wandering soul cries the grass, and the white mountain war ghost cries the beard." "The ditch fills the carcass meat, and the rod hangs on the beard, how can it fly." "The famous king captured the rest of the soldiers, and dared to say that the autumn was high and the horses were fat.

The so-called poetry is born from the heart, and who would believe that a person who can write such majestic poems will be a traitor who surrenders and has no integrity?

But people are complicated, and Wang Jingwei also wrote the strong words and phrases of "guide as a piece and live up to the head of the youth".

Maybe when he wrote poetry, he really had a fierce spirit overflowing his chest, but when he encountered a death threat, he couldn't have the courage to resist, or maybe before he was tested, he himself believed that he was a loyal and righteous man, a hypocritical literati who could even deceive his own heart when he read and read.

Yang Chao doesn't want to make any comments on Qian Qianyi's character, he doesn't care about people's personal morality at all, politics is such a thing, good people can't play well, Yang Chao doesn't feel that he is a bad person, but sometimes political struggles make him unbearable, for example, when he was in Zhejiang, he felt very disgusted when he saw the wealthy clan fighting with civil officials and sacrificing tens of thousands of ordinary people.

And a truly pure person, let him look at these dirty things, and let him have a good time, the so-called traitorous ministers, loyal ministers should be more traitorous, and when you become an official, you have to have the cultivation of thick black learning, this thick money and humble benefit are very passable.

But what really makes Yang Chao willing to associate with Qian Qianyi is not his poetry and songs, let alone his concubine Kou Baimen, but his status, this old man is the leader of the Donglin Party, he will go back this time, he will inevitably not be able to bypass the Donglin Party, and if he does not have a good relationship with the Donglin Party, I am afraid that he will have to fall into endless party struggles, and these people in the Donglin Party are really not afraid of death when they fight.

Yang Chao wants stability, so he refuses to fight, and if he really wants to suppress these people, he must stabilize the situation properly, and even wait until one day when the Northern Expedition succeeds and the world is unified again.

What's more, now the Donglin Party still firmly supports the princeling faction, and supporting the prince means supporting Yang Chao, and there is no reason to drive away the allies.

But Qian Qianyi came to see him, obviously wanting to return to being an official, but can Yang Chao really use him.

Can't you really use him?

If you can't be an official as the leader of the Donglin Party, I'm afraid that the Donglin Party will still not take a break, I'm afraid that the court will still have a fight, in Yang Chao's view, the fight is meaningless, and even to the extreme, if Chongzhen completely cleaned up the court and left only one faction, as long as there is no infighting, I am afraid that Li Zicheng will not be able to enter Beijing.

Now the Nanjing cabinet is basically controlled by Donglin people, only a very small number of people are not Donglin Party, such as Ma Shiying who guards Fengyang, and some are neutrals like Shi Kefa, but most of these neutrals are also sympathetic to Donglin, I have to say that the Donglin Party members who regard themselves as gentlemen do not have much ability, and they have failed in political struggles again and again, but they have a good reputation and control public opinion.

So Yang Chao actually already has a spectrum in his heart, since he is willing to go to Qian Qianyi's banquet, he is actually ready to use Qian Qianyi in the future, and it is not a big deal to install an idle waiter or something like that in the sixth department, and even Yang Chao does not need to come forward at all, as long as he does not object, he has people from Donglin to speak for him, and the crown prince will promise to push the boat down the river at that time.

Yang Chao just lost a favor for nothing.

On the tenth day of the first month of May, the crown prince arrived in Guazhou, and King Fu greeted him as promised.

Like Lu Jiude, he lay at the feet of the prince and cried bitterly, revealing his remembrance of the emperor, and the meaning of waiting for the crown prince to thank the flowers, the crown prince was appeased, and publicly emphasized the merits of King Fu in front of the people who accompanied him, and took on the heavy responsibility of supervising the country without a leader in the case of the dragons in the south of the Yangtze River, and made great contributions to the country.

The crown prince publicly said that he completely reassured King Zhu Youxiang and followed the prince step by step.

To be honest, this ship was not originally prepared for the crown prince, but the ministers were going to Guangxi to pick up King Gui, but as a result, King Fu and the warlords took the throne first, and the boat was not used, so this time it was simply used for the crown prince.

The ship sailed directly to Longjiang Pass, and the crown prince once again told the six ministries and cabinet officials that all the courtiers were meritorious and in their original positions, and let them continue to fulfill their duties.

The reiteration again and again that it would not disturb the officialdom reassured the officials, and the name of benevolence and righteousness of the crown prince was also promoted.

Some officials even praised it on the spot, and suggested that the crown prince grant amnesty to the world to show benevolence.

Yang Chao denied this on the spot, joking, most of the people in prison are villains, why did the emperor ascend the throne, marry a daughter-in-law, and give birth to a child, so he wants to let these villains come out to celebrate with the whole world.

In particular, many murderers can be released because of this incident, Yang Chao is extremely disagreeable with the amnesty under the ancient law, which is completely an act of undermining justice, but occasionally there is an amnesty Yang Chao does not object.

For example, some extenuating homicide crimes can be forgiven, such as Yang Zhi's killing of Niu Er, and the emperor can be pardoned, but this special is definitely not to celebrate the royal celebration, but because of the people's aspirations. (To be continued.) )