The person in front of him was dressed in a bright red robe, his demeanor was gentle and virtuous, and he looked even more national, it was Chen Yuanyuan, the girl who followed Chen Yuanyuan was tall, wearing a lake green robe, looking like a good demeanor, and his demeanor revealed a heroic spirit.

Chen Yuanyuan saluted Sun Chuanting and said coquettishly: "My daughter-in-law has seen my godfather." ”

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Hehe, no courtesy." ”

The girl behind Chen Yuanyuan also bowed to Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting said: "This girl is ......"

Before Chen Yuanyuan could speak, the girl had already said in a coquettish voice: "Little woman Liu is like this, see Master Sun." ”

"Uh, it turned out to be Miss Liu." Sun Chuanting brushed his beard and said, "The old man has admired the name for a long time, but I don't know what the girl's words just now mean?" ”

Liu said: "Lord Sun, not long after you came to Jiangnan, you don't know much about the people of the Donglin Restoration Society, but the little woman has been in Jiangnan for many years, and every time she interacts with these Confucian students of the Donglin Restoration Society, she knows their surnames well!" The current Donglin Restoration Society is no longer the Donglin Party in the Wanli period. ”

Sun Chuanting solemnly invited Liu Ruis and Chen Yuanyuan to take a seat, and he also sat down, and asked, "Can Miss Liu explain more?" ”

Liu said: "Lord Sun, the Donglin Party members in the Wanli period such as Gao Panlong, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian and others are all Fenggu Zhengchen, for the country, for the community, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, they can abandon their heads, spill blood to fight to the death, so there is a national capital dispute, which is passed down as a good story through the ages." ”

"This old man knows." Sun Chuanting said, "For Gao Panlong and others, the old man is extremely admired. ”

Liu said: "But today's Donglin Restoration Society is extremely intriguing and squeezing out, and it has long been without the backbone of the Donglin Party members back then, if the adults reveal the news that the prince and General Wang Pu came to the south, the little woman thinks that the Donglin Restoration Society will definitely collude with Ma Shiying and harm the prince and General Wang Pu halfway." ”

Sun Chuanting said calmly: "They dare!" ”

"Your Excellency." Liu Ru said indifferently, "There is nothing they dare not do!" ”

Sun Chuanting's expression changed several times, and finally felt that what Liu Ru said was not unreasonable, there is a way to harm people, but the heart of defense is indispensable, if the Donglin Fushe group of people are bold and dare to harm the prince and Wang Pu and others halfway, then wouldn't he Sun Chuanting become a sinner through the ages?

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and said in a condensed voice: "Miss Liu, what should we do now?" ”

Liu Ru said: "It is imperative to support the new monarch, and the adults can't stop it even if they want to, but the adults are not without the power to fight back, and now the adults still have a good move, which can muddy the scene of supporting the new monarch, as long as it drags on for ten days and half a month, and when General Wang Pu escorts the prince back to Nanjing, the situation can be reversed in one fell swoop." ”

"Oh?" Sun Chuanting said happily, "What kind of good chess?" ”

Liu said: "Your Excellency, send someone to contact the relatives in Nanjing City now, and jointly support King Fu!" ”

Sun Chuanting frowned and said, "Supporting King Fu? ”

"Yes, support King Fu." Liu said, "If the little woman is not bad, the Donglin Restoration Society will definitely support King Lu, because they are afraid that after King Fu ascends the throne, he will overturn the case of fighting for the country, as long as the adults and the relatives in Nanjing City insist on supporting King Fu, this matter will be deadlocked!" ”

"Okay." Sun Chuanting struck and said, "The old man will go to contact Chang Yanling and Li Zushu." ”

Liu said: "In addition, it is necessary to send a message to General Wang Pu, so that he can pay attention to concealment along the way, so as not to be known by Liu Zeqing in Huai'an and Gao Jie in Yangzhou." ”

Sun Chuanting asked Liu Qingyan: "Can you send a message to the stinky boy?" ”

"Yes." Liu Qing said, "Jining has a hall of the Holy Sect. ”

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Nanjing Military Department Yamen.

The discussion of supporting King Lu has reached a deadlock for the time being, although the vast majority of people in the Donglin Restoration Society are in favor of supporting King Lu, but Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying think that King Fu should be supported, and there are some Ming officials who are only blood-based and also resolutely support King Fu, and the two groups quarreled for most of the day, and in the end there was no result, so they had to discuss it another day.

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That night, the Donglin Restoration Social League advocated Pu's residence.

Donglin veterans Qian Qianyi and Liu Zongzhou, Pu of the Restoration Society, Confucian scholars Zhou Bi, Wu Yingji, Chen Zhenhui and more than a dozen backbone members of the Restoration Society gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

There is only one topic, that is, no matter what, King Lu must be put on the throne, so that the Donglin Restoration Society will have the merit of making a decision, and then King Lu can only rely on the people of the Donglin Restoration Society to govern half of the south of the Yangtze River, so that the Donglin Restoration Society will become the ruling party of the Ming Dynasty again.

Qian Qianyi said: "Let's talk about it, how can we push King Lu to the throne of God?" ”

Speaking of tricks, no one in the Donglin Restoration Society can get out of Zhou Bi's right, Qian Qianyi's voice fell, and almost everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Bi.

Zhou Bi stroked his willow whiskers under his chin, and said in a deep voice: "Whether to wait for the prince to come to Nanjing for the throne, or to support the new monarch as soon as possible is no longer a problem, but now the question is whether to support King Fu or King Lu?" Everyone here knows the grievances between our Donglin Restoration Society and the old Fu King, so no matter what method is used, we can't let the Fu King ascend to the throne! ”

Zhang Pu said: "Zhongyu (Zhou Bi's words), don't sell Guanzi, what is the way?" ”

Zhou Bi said: "Actually, as long as Ma Shiying can change his position and support King Lilu, this matter will be done." ”

"It's easier said than done." Qian Qianyi said disapprerovingly, "It is said that Ma Shiying has taken King Fu to his apartment, and King Fu has also privately promised him that as long as he can take the throne, Ma Shiying will have the ability to make a decision, and in the future he will be a scholar of Dongge University and the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Hmph." Zhou Bi sneered, "If Ma Shiying wants to make a decision, then I have to ask our Donglin Restoration Society if they agree." ”

"Oops." Liu Zongzhou hurriedly said, "Zhongyu, if you have something to say, say it quickly." ”

Zhou Bi said: "There is only one way, drag this matter first, and then send people to Huai'an, Yangzhou and Fengyang respectively, and privately contact Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and others are all martial artists, they only have interests in their eyes, and they don't necessarily have much loyalty to Ma Shiying. ”

"Good, good plan!" Zhang Pu smacked the knot and said, "This trick is very powerful!" He Ma Shiying never dreamed that the three major towns that he relied on as his confidants would jointly write a letter against him at that time, hehe, in this way, there are people from our Donglin Restoration Society waving their flags and shouting, and there are Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo The general soldiers of the three towns echo each other from afar, and great things can be done! ”

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Jining.

Liu Zeqing has led the army to evacuate, and the thieves who drove into Shandong soon received Li Zicheng's military order and transferred back to Yanjing.

Although there were also homeless people attacking the fleet on the way, they were easily repulsed.

A few days later, the fleet arrived in Jining, the officials of Jining Prefecture died, and those who fled, Jining City completely became an undefended city, and most of the people in the city fled to the south, only a very small number of old and weak women and children who did not want to walk or could not walk stayed, guarding this chaotic land.

At this time, Shandong Province can only be described in one word, that is, erosion, and erosion to the extreme!

And the initiator of all this is not a thief, but an official army guarding this land, to be exact, Liu Zeqing's soldiers!

Wang Pu stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the devastated shores, gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Zeqing, this old brute, one day I will peel his skin!" ”

The generals Huang Degong, Shi Lang, Monk Zhang, Zhang Yanlin, and Li Ang, who were standing behind Wang Pu, were also full of righteous indignation!

As the general soldier of a town in the Ming Dynasty, it is just that he can't protect the territory and the people, and he actually poisons the people like Jiannu, and his style is even more cruel than Jiannu, which is simply inferior to beasts!

The fleet slowly moored at the Caoyun Wharf in Jining, which was originally the hottest urban area in Jining, with restaurants on both sides of the street, and teahouses scattered one after another, but now it is full of depression, and as far as the eye can see, there is not a single restaurant that has opened.

"General." Huang Degong sighed, "Why don't you eat some dry food and continue to hurry?" ”

"Wait."

Wang Pu Huoran stretched out his hand, his eyes were attracted by a word measuring stall on the dock, he could see at a glance that this word measuring gentleman was a member of the White Lotus Sect, and the word measuring gentleman's mouth was the joint incision that Liu Qingyan told Wang Pu, which meant that there was 100,000 urgent news.

Wang Pu turned back to Shi Lang and said, "Go, bring that Mr. Word Tester over." ”

"Yes."

Although Shi Lang felt a little strange in his heart, he didn't ask too much and took the order.

In less than a moment, Shi Lang took Mr. Word Measurement into Wang Pu's cabin, Wang Pu waved his hand, Shi Lang turned around and withdrew from the cabin, Wang Pu asked Mr. Word Measurement: "Are you a member of the White Lotus Sect?" ”

"Exactly." Mr. Word Measurement clenched his fists and said, "The villain is the left deacon of the Jining Branch of the Holy Sect, and he should be General Wang Pu at his feet, right?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said, "You just said that there is 100,000 urgent news?" ”

"Yes."

The White Lotus Sect deacon nodded, took out a small pair of scissors from his sleeve, cut open the placket, took out a small note from it, and handed it to Wang Pudao, "This is the sect leader from Nanjing with a flying pigeon, and the villain has been waiting for the general on the dock for three days." ”

Wang Pu slowly unfolded the small note, which was indeed Liu Qingyan's own handwriting, with only a few words from Liao Liao, which probably said the current situation in Nanjing, and estimated that the Donglin Restoration Society might collude with Liu Zeqing and others to be unfavorable to the prince, so that Wang Pu should pay attention to the hidden traces along the way, and don't leak the news.

Wang Pu pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you get horses from the Jining Branch?" ”

The White Lotus Sect deacon thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be a problem to get more than two dozen horses, but you won't be able to get any more." ”

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded and said, "Mr. Trouble will wait at the dock for a while." ”

"The general is gracious."

Deacon White Lotus clenched his fists and turned around and walked out of the cabin.

Wang Pu turned back to Lu Liudao and said, "Liu'er, you go and call Huang Degong and Shi Lang in." ”

Lu Liu took the order and left, and soon Huang Degong and Shi Lang entered Wang Pu's cabin, and the two clasped their fists and saluted: "General." ”

Wang Pu waved his hand and said: "Two generals, there has been news from Nanjing just now, the situation there is not optimistic, the governor and the prince must rush back as soon as possible, but the speed of taking the waterway is too slow, I want to change from Jining to the land route, and rush back to Nanjing as soon as possible." ”

"Overland?" Huang Degong said in a condensed voice, "General, isn't it too dangerous to take the land route with thieves swarming along the way?" ”

"It's more dangerous to take the waterway." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Our trip to Yanjing has been delayed for too long, and now the situation in Nanjing is very complicated, and someone may intercept the prince halfway!" In this way, Monk Zhang and I led more than 20 brothers and horse thieves to protect the prince by land, and the two of you led a large group of men and horses to still take the water route to hide people's eyes and ears. ”

Huang Degong and Shi Lang said solemnly: "The last general will take orders." ”

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Nanking.

Sun Chuanting first contacted Wang Pu's brothers Chang Yanling and Li Zushu, these two guys are now hereditary Marquis of Huaiyuan and Marquis of Linhuai, and they have become marquis, Chang Yanling and Li Zushu contacted Jian'an Wang Zhu Tongyun, sincerity Bo Liu Kongzhao, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and Wei Guogong Xu Hongji.

The opinions of the Nanjing Xun Qi were quickly agreed upon, and they resolutely supported King Fu's accession to the throne.

The Ming Dynasty began with Emperor Hongwu, and the nobles were deprived of the right to participate in state affairs, and lost the right to speak politically.

In a peaceful and prosperous era, Nanjing officials would not take the opinions of the lords and relatives in their eyes at all, but this would be a national disaster, and in troubled times, the water level of the generals rose because of the army in their hands, and these lords and relatives also became important because of their wealth and influence.

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(To be continued)