Nanjing City, also known as Jinling, the name of Jinling has a lot of opinions, the legend is that Qin Shi Huang ruled the world in those years, Qiankun was arbitrary, went out to patrol through the Moling Pass (now Nanjing) at that time, saw that the mountains here are handsome, there seems to be the emperor's breath surrounding, Qin Shi Huang suspected that there would be a king in this place in the future, so he ordered people to dig open Fangshan (now Nanjing Fangshan), poured in with gold and silver water, which means to suppress the king's spirit.

Since then, the name of Jinling has spread, this is a folk legend, not enough to believe, but one thing is obvious to all since ancient times, Jinling City, the former capital of the Six Dynasties, this can not be said to be a coincidence.

Throughout the history of the next 5,000 years, every time a foreign race occupies the Central Plains, the Han people are about to suffer a catastrophe, the Han kings of the past dynasties will choose Jinling as the temporary refuge of the Han nation, where they recuperate, waiting for the opportunity to go north to the Central Plains, even the Southern Song Dynasty, which did not have the slightest enterprising heart, set Jinling as the 'line capital', and Jinling City became synonymous with the revival of the homeland of the Han people.

The Ming Dynasty lost half of the country, but saw the imperial flag in Jinling City, the capital of Liudu, waved, and the dilapidated Fengtian Palace, which had been idle for more than 200 years, was repaired and repaired, and once again became the power center of the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Fengtian Temple has long since disappeared the majesty and grandeur of the Ming Taizu, like a late old man making the final struggle, but although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete, the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, is everything, and the Fengtian Temple is crowded.

A few days ago, Ma Shiying, who was still the second assistant of the cabinet, had already ranked first among the ministers, and took the position of Shi Kefa instead, only to see him with an arrogant face, standing in front of the dragon case, with his back to Emperor Hongguang, facing the civil and military forces, dancing with his hands and feet, his mouth like a river, and chattering endlessly.

And Emperor Hongguang, who was sitting on the dragon chair behind him, frowned, wanted to speak and stopped, and had no way to interject.

Ma Shiying, who was dressed in a red court dress, was full of red light, complacent, looked at the hundred officials standing in the court, and said, "Everyone, my suggestion has been said, today's imperial court meeting, everyone is not afraid to speak freely, but also talk about their own opinions, in order to avoid long dreams at night, it just so happens that the eunuch Han Gonggong, the master of ceremonies, is also there, and he will come up with a charter, and then ask the emperor to judge it" After that, he turned around and bowed to Emperor Hongguang, and Emperor Hongguang turned his face to see the little palace maid who had just entered the palace in the corner.

The civil and military generals who stood in shifts were silent, and no one spoke, Ma Shoufu expressed his voice, set the tone, and who dared to speak.

This should be placed in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and it is inconceivable that the military generals stand side by side with the civil officials in the court, but the current emperors are all supported by the military generals, so naturally they are indispensable in the court.

After a long time, someone finally broke the deadlock in the silent court, and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, still did not hold back, and went out to play, "The minister Shi Kefa started to play the emperor, the thief is the first evil of my dynasty, this time the Tongguan thief was defeated, my dynasty should immediately wave the army north, and must not let the thief die at the hands of the Qing army, forcing the first emperor to death, destroying my two hundred years of revenge in the Ming Palace can not be faked, as for the Qing army, you can quickly send people to the camp of the Wuqing coalition army, so that Wu Sangui raised troops to go south along the canal, to meet the new monarch, and at the same time ordered the Qing army to immediately retreat outside Shanhaiguan, The affairs of the Han people have their own emperor of the Holy Judgment, Ma Shoufu said, borrowing the policy of capturing the Kou, the minister does not dare to agree, this is a plan to lure the wolf into the room, and the thief will not be peaceful in the future, and add to the disaster, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger

As soon as these words came out, many courtiers secretly snickered in their hearts, the Qing army is you said to let him retreat, he will be obedient, it is just a fool's dream, and that Li Zicheng, although Tongguan was defeated, but the strength of the people is far better than that of the Ming Dynasty, exterminate the thief, standing and talking without backache, which general is full of food and panic, playing the song and dance of the warbler, the rich and gentle Jinling is not staying, and he wants to go to the north where the grave is left to fight.

Shi Kefa just finished speaking, and someone came out of the class, this person is named Liu Kongzhao, the fourteenth generation grandson of Liu Bowen, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, inheriting the sincerity of the earl, he said, "Your Majesty, Lord Shi is really the theory of the death of the country, yes, the thief is rebellious, not enough to comfort the subjects of the world, the Qing army entered the customs for the Ming Dynasty to recover Beijing, and added the army to Ningyuan General Wu Sangui, to help it break the thief under the Tongguan City, this is a great opportunity for my Ming Dynasty to recover the homeland, the minister believes that Ma Shoufu said that borrowing the capture of Pingkou is not enough to show the mind of the Ming Dynasty, Should be captured Pingkou, immediately send an envoy to the north, take the initiative to contact the Qing army, pay a lot of money to ask the Qing army to suppress the thief on his behalf, and add Wu Sangui as the Dingxi Bo, reward his army, and order him to join forces with the Qing army on the spot to destroy the thief, if this plan is successful, the revenge of the Ming country will be avenged, and I Ming did not hurt a soldier, isn't it beautiful"

Liu Kongzhao really inherited the wisdom of his ancestors, and he thought too well about the trick of killing people with a knife, but if the Qing army destroyed the Shun army, who could guarantee that he would not continue to invade the Ming in the south.

Ma Shiying nodded and praised when he heard this, "Sincerity is reasonable, this is a plan to drive away wolves and tigers, very wonderful."

Shi Kefa looked displeased, and just wanted to speak again, but was preempted by Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

This Qian Qianyi is a big man, the head of the Nanjing Donglin Party, a few days ago when he was the king, he was very dissatisfied with King Fu's succession, but helplessly, where did the Donglin Party with an empty mouth fight for a few generals who stood on the same line with Ma Shiying, since King Fu was called the emperor, the Donglin Party lost the right to speak in the court, and everyone was afraid of being squeezed out by the generals, and all of them invariably intentionally or unintentionally showed favor to Ma Shiying and others, in order to keep peace.

Qian Qianyi said, "Your Majesty, Lord Shoufu, I have a new establishment in a hurry, and the people's hearts are unstable, if I can really get rid of the thieves by the hands of the Manchurians, it is really a very happy thing, and the ministers agree with the policy of uniting the people to level the Kou."

Shi Kefa shook the hem of his clothes and knelt down, "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui has 70,000 Guanning iron cavalry in his hand, how did the Qing soldiers enter the customs?" Whether he Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty or borrowed the Qing soldiers, if it is difficult to predict at present, if there is, whether the Qing army's entry into the customs will help the Ming to suppress the thieves or plot against the world of my Han family, who dares to assert? If this time the captives are exterminated, then in the future, the Qing army will sit on the tail of the big and will not fall, and then invade our dynasty, then how can I explain to the people of the world, today's move is not to help the people of the world, and raise tigers for trouble, the minister once again implored the emperor, and ordered the army to go north to shock the thieves, and block the Qing army in the Hebei area, and must not let them get involved in the Central Plains, the Manchurians have lived outside the customs for a long time, and the villagers in the countryside, once they see the rich products of the Central Plains, they will not leave, the emperor"

Emperor Hongguang glanced sideways around Ma Shiying's back and glanced at Shi Kefa, snorted, and said secretly: Didn't you say that I had seven deadly sins when I was called emperor, now run here and pretend to be a loyal minister, pinch it, and see who strangles whom.

Emperor Hongguang didn't bother to pay attention to him, sat on the dragon chair, squinted his eyes and leisurely watched the two groups of people fight in the ring.

Ma Shiying's face sank, glared at Shi Kefa fiercely, walked down the steps, turned around and knelt down, "Your Majesty, I have more than 10 million people in the Ming Dynasty, less than 100,000 barbarians, how dare I dare to have an attempt on my Han family, even if they have this courage, what is the Ming Dynasty afraid of, Shi Da kept saying that the army was going north, and now the foundation of my dynasty is not stable, the household is short of money and food, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are moving, and the money and food spent are not more than millions, now there is this God-given opportunity, why not take advantage of it, the emperor, the minister still advocates the alliance of the Qing and the thieves, The chief military officer of Wu Sangui who recovered Beijing was added to the rank of knight and rewarded his army."

Shi Kefa stood up and said in a deep voice, "Lord Shoufu, the shortage of money and food for soldiers and horses can be discussed in the long run, but Lianqing is absolutely impossible, the land of the Ming Dynasty does not allow foreign races to gallop, this is the bottom limit, you and I are both descendants of the Han family, once the Manchurians do not leave in the Central Plains in the future, can you afford this responsibility?" ”

Ma Shiying was even more arrogant, and said angrily, "This is an expedient measure, when the Qing army and the thieves are both defeated, my Ming Dynasty can just hit them painfully, wipe them all out, and recover the northern Xinjiang."

Shi Kefa did not show weakness, and retorted, "You are wishful thinking, I am the secretary of the military department, and I have a little bit of the terrain of the Central Plains, within a thousand miles, it has nothing to do with it, and there is no danger, one horse and Pingchuan, do you want to wait until the Qing army occupies the Central Plains to fight?" What to fight for? The four towns in Jiangbei claim to have 200,000 troops, and if you ask them who dares to say that they can stop the Qing army in the Central Plains, now the only way to send troops is to occupy the Central Plains before the Qing army and force the Qing army to retreat to Shanhaiguan."

Ma Shiying's face was red with anger, he didn't expect Shi Kefa, who had always been unassertive, to dare to sing against him in the court, how could he bear it, pointing at Shi Kefa's nose, and shouting bitterly, "Shi Kefa, you are growing the morale of others and destroying the prestige of our dynasty, not to mention when the Qing army said that it was disrespectful to me, this is just your speculation."

Shi Kefa turned around and hugged his fist at Emperor Hongguang, "The great politics of the imperial court are not the courage of the horseman, and what about the ambition of others, you can't take precautions to talk about reviving the Ming Dynasty."

Who would have thought that the dignified Ming Parliamentary Hall would become a shrew scolding street, Ma Shiying thought that he had the support of the general soldiers and the newly joined Donglin Party and Confucianism, and he was aggressive, and Shi Kefa also relied on the fact that he was the head of the hundred officials, and the current secretary of the military department, and he refused to fight for it selflessly in his heart.

The reason why there is this is because yesterday there was news from the north, saying that Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, united with the Qing army to break the Shun army under the city of Tongguan, and Li Zicheng once again abandoned the west and fled.

Everything happened too fast, who would have thought that a few months ago Li Zicheng was violent, with a million troops to break through Beijing, before Nanjing reacted, he lost Beijing, Nanjing did not react, in a blink of an eye Li Zicheng lost Tongguan again, before and after only two months, you must know that Tongguan is the strongest city pass on the road from Beijing to attack Xi'an, seeing that Dashun has reached the point of strong crossbow, Nanjing is now too late to react.

The Manchurian people can fight well now is obvious to all, when the Shun thief rebel army beat the Ming army to a great uproar, and today the Qing army will defeat the rebel army again and again, this is a dangerous signal

That's why there is today's meeting of hundreds of officials, but after some disputes, two conclusions were drawn, the Donglin Party led by Ma Shiying was determined to unite with the Qing Dynasty to destroy Shun, and the people were powerful, and they could not erect more strong enemies; Shi Kefa and other feudal officials who stayed in Nanjing advocated immediately sending troops to occupy Shandong, Hebei and other places abandoned by Li Zicheng, control the Yellow River, and stop the idea that the Qing army might move south.

The two groups of people quarreled from the last dynasty to the afternoon, hating Emperor Hongguang so much, this group of ministers, too good at tossing, this meal has passed, the whole court, he didn't say a word, this is mainly because he understands his weight too well, support Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying's two thieves can't wait to kill themselves on the spot, support Ma Shiying, then this kid will become more and more boundless in the future, maybe he will not do two things and drive himself off the throne, so simply, pretend to be dumb, it is better to quarrel to death in this court.

Just when the hundred officials were arguing, a eunuch entered the main hall and said on the ground, "Your Majesty, Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang, has successfully brought back Wang Lanping, the deputy chief soldier of Anqing, and is now waiting for His Majesty to see him outside the main hall."

Emperor Hongguang, who was difficult to open Chrysostom, was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't know where the strength came from, his bloated body stood up with a sigh, and waved his dragon sleeves, "Xuan, Xuan, the first emperor once praised this person as the first martial champion of my Ming Dynasty, since I inherited the unification, and the thief went all the way south, such as entering the realm of no one, Wang Lanping can be called the head of my dynasty to defeat the thief, rank Aiqing, and go out with me."