293 The restless city of Nanjing
In the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the usual song and swallow dance, the beautiful sound has long disappeared at this time, replaced by a crowd of people in a hurry, and at the same time, everyone's faces are serious, and even some tragic expressions.
The reason why there is such a huge difference is because of the tense intelligence that keeps coming from the front line, since September, Azig led the elite of the Manchu Eight Banners to begin to go south, the entire Jiangnan region is permeated with a decadent look, the four towns in Jiangbei, one army was defeated and fled, two surrendered directly, only one Huang Degong is still holding on, so the situation, the rumors can be described as three changes in one night, just one news said that Huang Degong repelled the Manchu army, and another news said that Huang Degong had been defeated and died, Now the Manchu army is about to descend on the city of Nanjing.
In this case, not only the people were panicked, but even many officials couldn't sit still, and came to the palace one after another, wanting to hear some accurate news, so as to prepare in advance.
"Ma Aiqing, what should I do now, you have already seen Huang Degong's request for help, let's talk about how to solve it, didn't you say that the Manchu Tartars would definitely deal with the puppet Ming court in Shaanxi first, why, now they not only did not attack Shaanxi, but they will press our soldiers, and also, at the beginning, you blew Huang Degong like a god, but now, it has only been a month, he can't hold on, it was okay originally, just urging some salary, and now he actually wants us to replenish his troops, where will I allocate troops to him, as the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, should you have thought about it? "On the top of the Jinluan Palace, Zhu Youxiang, the Yongli Emperor who was originally with a humanoid meat ball, has miraculously lost a lot of weight, and his eyes are already about to be seen. Now it is actually revealed, and with that serious look, it looks really a bit majestic.
In fact, it is no wonder that Zhu Youxiang will become thinner, during this period of time, rumors are all over the world in Jiangnan, and Nanjing City, which is the top priority, is full of rumors. Even if Zhu Youxiang is in the deep palace, he is also aware of these rumors, and in the face of the rumors that make him frightened several times a day, how can he eat well and sleep well, so all the way, it is certain that he will become thinner.
Hearing Yongli Emperor Zhu Youxiang's question at the bottom of the steps, Ma Shiying hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, sighing helplessly in his heart. While pleading guilty to Zhu Youxiang. To say that Ma Shiying, a cabinet college student, is really sad, since he successfully supported Zhu Youxiang to ascend the throne, he has not done anything important, and all his energy has been focused on fighting with the Donglin Party personnel, and later, although he successfully suppressed the Donglin Party, but then the Manchu army swarmed south.
Unlike those Donglin Party who only know how to fight for the sake of fighting, Ma Shiying has real skills, relying on his ability. If there is no containment of the Donglin Party, with the rich land of Jiangnan. He still has a lot to do, but unfortunately, the will of heaven is like this, and when he meets him and encounters a faint monarch like Zhu Youxiang, he can only cry out in vain.
Seeing Ma Shiying, who was kneeling below and constantly kowtowing to ask for sin, Yongli Emperor Zhu Youxiang thought about it. still let him stand up, Zhu Youxiang also knew that the situation had become like this, not because Ma Shiying was incompetent, but because the enemy was too strong. But now, he can only find a scapegoat to take responsibility, because as far as he knows, there are already many people below who have a secret in his heart about his ascension to the throne and the emperor, after all, he is really far behind the emperor of Shaanxi compared to the Hongguang Emperor, although everyone knows that Shaanxi is now ruled by Shi Lei, but after all, Shaanxi is now pressing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was indeed beaten by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so compared with the two, his image has dimmed.
"Okay, Ma Aiqing should hurry up, I am too anxious today, Aiqing should know that the military situation on the front line is urgent now, if Huang Degong makes a mistake, my century-old foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be burned, in this case, what face do you let me go to the bottom of the Nine Springs to see the ancestors and ancestors, so, Aiqing still thinks about how to stop the Manchu army from going south, as long as this matter is done, then talk about other things." Zhu Youxiang opened his mouth and said, to be honest, this period of time can be regarded as the most difficult time for Zhu Youxiang, originally thought that if he became an emperor, he would be able to become above tens of thousands of people, unscrupulous, and free at will, but he never thought that he had just sat on the throne of the emperor, and he was about to become a prisoner.
"Your Majesty, please be calm, for these things, Wei Chen has already thought of a solution during this time, as long as one of them can be done, then it can stop the Manchu army from going south." Ma Shiying said.
To be honest, during this time, not only the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youxiang was unable to sleep and eat, Ma Shiying was also the same, not only that, he had to worry more than Zhu Youxiang, Zhu Youxiang was just thinking about how to stop the Manchu army from going south, and he not only had to think about these, but also how to let the Yongli court get more benefits in the process, this is the nature of officials, officials are the same as businessmen, if you want to be a successful businessman or official, then you must take one step to see three steps, and sometimes even look at five steps, In this way, the maximum benefit can be obtained. It is precisely because of this that Ma Shiying can only sleep for two or three hours a day during this time, and the rest of the time is spent discussing this countermeasure with his henchmen.
After hearing Ma Shiying's words, Zhu Youxiang was immediately overjoyed, sat on the dragon chair, and said with his fat constantly shaking, "Say it quickly, Ma Aiqing, come quickly, as long as I can prevent the Manchu court army from going south and protect my Daming Jiangshan Sheji, I will definitely take care of everything." ”
"Your Majesty, now that the matter is now, you also know the specific situation, so Wechen won't say much, therefore, the first way Wechen thought of was to ask for help, which is the best and most direct way." Ma Shiying said.
"Asking for help, like who asks for help, is there anyone who can compete with the Manchu army now?" Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiang was stunned for a moment, although Zhu Youxiang did things absurdly, it did not mean that he was a fool, and he was not only not stupid, but also very smart, otherwise, he would not be able to win over the four towns of Jiangbei to join Ma Shiying, so as to ascend the throne and become the emperor.
"You don't want to ask Shaanxi for help, how can this work, you know, the group of traitors in Shaanxi not only don't know how to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, but dare to arbitrarily establish a court without authorization, even if I die, I am not willing to ask them for help." Hearing Ma Shiying's words, Zhu Youxiang suddenly said angrily, and patted the armrest next to the dragon chair fiercely as he spoke.
Seeing Zhu Youxiang's reaction, Ma Shiying was not surprised in his heart, but it was just a pity, you know, this method is the best way at present, now as long as the Shaanxi Ming army sends a force to support Huang Degong, then the Manchu army will definitely have a fear in their hearts, for fear of being attacked by Jiangnan and Shaanxi, so they will retreat and return.
But although the way is a good way, there are some obstacles in the middle, not to mention whether Shaanxi will send troops to help the Yongli court at this time, there is also a problem is the problem of Zhu Youxiang's throne, you know, Zhu Youxiang established the Yongli court, but Shaanxi is classified as a traitor, if they want to ask Shaanxi for help at this time, Shaanxi will definitely let Zhu Youxiang abdicate, you must know that the emperor has always been able to go up and not down, even if it is between father and son, All dynasties and dynasties have inevitably killed in order to fight for power and profit, not to mention Zhu Youxiang, an unfamiliar person, if Zhu Youxiang dares to abdicate, he will only have a dead end, so Zhu Youxiang, who knows this, will be so angry to oppose Ma Shiying's proposal.
"Since Your Majesty is opposed, then you can only take the second way, recruit the Qin Wang Army, you must know that although the Manchu army is fierce, but I have been a Ming monk for more than 200 years, and the people in the world who are loyal to my Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many, Your Majesty only needs to order the Qin Wang, I believe that in the blink of an eye, you will be able to assemble an invincible army, and at that time, even if the Manchu army is powerful, it is not easy to go south." Ma Shiying continued.
Hearing Ma Shiying's method, Zhu Youxiang nodded, he also knew that the biggest problem that plagued them now was the lack of troops, originally the four towns in Jiangbei had more than 100,000 troops in their hands, and with these more than 100,000 in front of them, the Manchus did not dare to go south wantonly, but now, Gao Jie, and the other three were defeated, and the surrender was surrendered, leaving only tens of thousands of horses under Huang Degong to support them with difficulty, but these tens of thousands of horses were still very difficult to face the Manchu army, which is why Huang Degong kept writing and asking for more troops.
Although Zhu Youxiang knew this method, he agreed and knew that this method was not a good way, not to mention whether he could recruit the Qin Wang army, even if he really recruited the Qin Wang army, these people were all rabble, and if they wanted to stop the well-trained Manchu army, it would be enough.
When Zhu Youxiang put forward this idea, Ma Shiying said confidently, "Your Majesty, although rest assured, recruiting the Qin Wang army is only a way, in fact, Weichen's real intention is indeed to recruit a force, as long as he sends troops to help, not only do we not have to worry about the problem of the Manchu army going south, but maybe even be able to reverse the situation because of this, if that is really the case, when we go on a northern expedition and subdue the rivers and mountains, I am afraid it will not be far away." ”
Hearing Ma Shiying's words, Zhu Youxiang's heart suddenly had some expectations.
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