Today's court meeting, Emperor Hongguang came very early, and as soon as the two classes of civil and military entered the palace, they heard the eunuch shouting in a thin voice, "The saint is in the court, kneel"

Hula Baiten's people fell to their knees, and shouted in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Wang Lanping looked up and looked around, but found that the first assistant Ma Shiying was just bowing his waist and arching his hand there, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs were like this, this honor is really not small, think about the entire Ming Dynasty Zhang Juzheng dared to confess in front of Emperor Wanli, as a result, he was ruined.

"Flat" Zhu Yousong's face was full of red light, and the woman who served her last night was very thoughtful.

"Emperor Xie"

The ministers got up, and a eunuch immediately brought a chair and sent it to Ma Shoufu, Ma Shiying didn't seem to shy away from all this, and sat down generously in front of the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, Wang Lanping tilted his body and asked a courtier next to him softly, "Shoufu sits like this every day?" ”

The man nodded, "Lord Shoufu is a very popular minister, with outstanding merits, and he is very old, the emperor has authorized him to sit and discuss politics."

Wang Lanping crooked his eyes and looked at this Ma Shiying, who was only in his fifties, with a shiny red face and few white hairs, he didn't look like he was old from anywhere, and there were not a few ministers in the court who had all white hair, this old boy really dared to sit here with a big face.

"Didn't he just stand at the last court meeting" Wang Lanping whispered, looked at the emperor, and saw Zhu Yousong waving his hand to let the eunuch Han Zanzhou step forward.

"Last time, it was a military emergency, and the emperor temporarily convened a court meeting, and today this is the official court meeting" This person on the side is always answering, Dingnan Marquis Wang Lanping is hot now, and his popularity is close to that of the first assistant of the dynasty, how dare he not answer.

Wang Lanping sighed and nodded.

"The emperor has an order, and the discussion begins," Han Zanzhou shouted.

Ma Shiying stood up and was about to speak, but he heard Han Zanzhou shout again, "Lord Shoufu, before today's political discussion, the emperor has a will to be issued."

Ma Shiying was stunned for a moment, and ordered? It seems that this emperor is more and more regarded himself as the real emperor, and last time there was a surprise attack to make Wang Lanping the supreme military commander of Nanjing City, if it weren't for the fact that this matter is good for him, he would have dismissed it a long time ago, and now there is still a purpose?

Ma Shiying glared at Han Zan with cold eyes, meaning why didn't he notify him in advance, did he want to turn against the sky? Han Zanzhou didn't dare to look at Ma Shiying directly, tilted his head, avoiding his fierce gaze, Wang Lanping saw all this in his eyes, although the emperor promoted himself to become this official, but the government was still completely in the hands of Ma Shiying, and he couldn't speak.

When Wang Lanping was thinking about whether to give Zhu Yousong some face, he heard Zhu Yousong speak, "Wang Lanping, come, come to me"

Wang Lanping didn't know what he meant, and under the jealous and admiring eyes of everyone, he walked onto the platform nervously and said, "Your Majesty"

Zhu Yousong nodded with satisfaction and pointed to the side of the dragon case, meaning you stand there.

Everyone was surprised, hey, he actually stood with the emperor to accept the worship of hundreds of officials, and our Ming Dynasty is going to produce a second horse head.

Ma Shiying was even more angry, but it was inconvenient to attack on the spot in front of the Manchu ministers, so he just stared back and forth at Zhu Yousong and Wang Lanping with a pair of eyes that wanted to eat people.

Han Zanzhou turned around and glanced at Zhu Yousong, and said with courage, "Since the Holy Ascended the throne, it has been more than a month, the court ceremonies and music have been deserted, and the palaces and palaces are also dilapidated, and they cannot show the spirit of the royal emperor.

After listening to this, Wang Lanping suddenly realized that Zhu Yousong let himself take over the city defense, not to let himself rescue his identity at the mercy of others, but to give him a happy life to take care of the home, it seems to be no different from the previous work in the Du Mansion, just the difference between a rich family and a royal family.

As soon as Ma Shiying heard this, he was relieved at the moment, it turned out that you got a champion general to take over Nanjing so that you could toss it as much as you wanted, or not, you play your game in the small court, and you can't turn the sky outside if you want to, and all the overall situation of the government is in my hands.

Ma Shiying said, "The emperor is sage, rebuilding the palace is a major event celebrated by the whole world, and it is also the first priority of the imperial court, and it is natural for the electorate to enter the palace, and serving the emperor's diet and daily life is related to the blessing of all the people, and it is also the duty of the courtiers.

Wang Lanping wanted to speak, what has become of the world, and he has to overhaul the palace, as soon as he opens his mouth, he will choose thousands of beauties, nonsense, it is better to practice more military horses with this silver, but he also understands that he is just a city defense general, and he has no right to discuss politics, so he looked around at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, it is impossible that there is no one who understands here.

The emperor has an order, and the first assistant has no objections, who dares to speak more, and even the self-proclaimed Qingliu of the Donglin Party have not stood up.

Wang Lanping stayed on Shi Kefa, he is still a little famous, if you don't speak, this matter will be a certainty, it just so happened that Shi Kefa also set his eyes on Wang Lanping at this time, and looked at his expression as if he wanted Wang Lanping to speak.

Wang Lanping laughed secretly in his heart, I'm stupid, touch this mold, and say that the emperor wants to do this, Ma Shiying is happy to pat himself on the back, and he wants to oppose it, so don't you die, now I don't have the capital to fight against Ma Shiying, before the military power arrives, the emperor can toss as much as you like, I will honestly make a nursing home for you first.

Shi Kefa saw that Wang Lanping turned his face and didn't seem to have the intention of speaking, he was a little anxious, repairing the palace and expanding the harem, all of which were major events to death, and the depletion of finances caused the anger of the people, but he also knew that there was really no need to refute this matter, and no one supported him if he refutated it, and even Zuo Du Yushi was pretending to be dumb, hey, Daming.

Seeing that all the ministers had no objections, Zhu Yousong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Shoufu, let's start the court."

Ma Shiying arched his hand and said, "Obey the order"

Today's court discussion is still continuing the last time did not decide the matter, on how to deal with the Manchu and Shun thief, this matter is not decided next statute, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military including Ma Shoufu's days are all worried, Nanjing is a good place, rich and gentle township, if you want to continue this good life for a long time, the first thing to deal with is the relationship with the Shun thief and the Manchu, so that they don't fight.

As usual, Ma Shoufu talked about it in front of the emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and even said another reason why he thought it was sufficient for the national policy 'Lian Ping Thief' proposed by himself and sublimated by Liu Kongzhao, who was sincere, and not only that, but also gave it in the name of the cabinet.

Peace talks with Manchu, by the Ying Tian Governor Zuo Maodi to the north, to meet the Qing army regent Dolgon peace talks, the purpose of the peace talks Ma Shoufu also made arrangements, first of course to bury Emperor Chongzhen, and then add Wu Sangui as Ding Xibo, ordered him to lead the Guanning army for the country to quell the rebellion, exterminate the thieves, with 100,000 taels of silver as military expenses, please Manchu troops to help Wu Sangui to suppress the thieves, the day of success, the Ming Dynasty recognized the Manchu leader Aixin Jueluo. Fulin's status as Khan gave the land north of the Yellow River to the Manchus, and the two sides ruled with the Yellow River as the boundary.

Ma Shoufu's plan is, to put it bluntly, to cut the land and seek peace, keep the world peaceful, and make himself comfortable as the head of the cabinet.

The entire court only listened to Ma Shoufu pointing fingers there, arranging everything, Shi Kefa had a lesson from the last time, this time he didn't open his mouth when he died, and he didn't make the emperor unhappy if he said it, so why bother.

There was no opposition from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and Ma Shoufu said that everyone gave it up, and took advantage of the situation to pat a few sycophants.

Zhu Yousong is like a listener, sitting on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, as if all this has nothing to do with his half a dime, I love to cut where to cut, I don't change the emperor, the soldiers and horses are also in the hands of your horse Shoufu, I want to discuss with you, today Shi Kefa is not bad, there is no quarrel, this ear is much quieter, and finally there is no need to make a decision for me.

The cabinet vote was written quickly, Ma Shoufu beckoned the little eunuch to come and send it to the dragon case, Zhu Yousong didn't look at it, so he asked people to take the Zhu pen, and he wanted to approve it in the court.

Wang Lanping is really anxious at this time, the emperor, you repair the palace to choose beautiful women, I can ignore these royal private affairs, but this country's major policy is related to the future of the Ming Dynasty, not to say a few words, it will be a matter of time before the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the Central Plains, but how to say it, it is boring to deny Ma Shoufu completely.

"Your Majesty, can you listen to the words of the minister" Wang Lanping interrupted Zhu Yousong, who was about to put down the pen, and stood on the side of the dragon case with arched hands.

Zhu Yousong didn't expect someone to come out at this time, and there was no end, and he had been arguing for many days, and he was about to open his mouth to reprimand, but when he looked up and saw that it was Wang Lanping, the expression on his face immediately eased, and he put down his pen and said, "What does Wang Qing want to say?" ”

I don't know why, as soon as Zhu Yousong saw Wang Lanping, he couldn't help but feel a sense of security in his heart, the people who were appreciated by the emperor would definitely not be wrong, which is why Zhu Yousong took a big risk to transfer Wang Lanping to the commander of the garrison in Nanjing, as long as I can stay in Nanjing, it will be done, with this kind of person, I will toss in it with a hundred hearts, and take care of him outside.

Wang Lanping walked onto the platform, he understood that he had to tell Ma Shoufu and the ministers about this, and the emperor didn't understand that it was all the same.

Ma Shiying sat at the head of the ministers calmly, and said with some displeasure, "General Wang, you are also worried about state affairs?" ”

Wang Lanping arched his hand and said, "Don't dare, Lord Shoufu, your strategy of uniting the thief is really the way of the old and honest way to seek the country, the last general admires, talks about political affairs, and the last general has no right to ask, but the last general is in his position to seek his own affairs, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, or you can try to say a thing or two."

Ma Shiying was very satisfied with this answer, and nodded, "Oh! I wish to hear the high opinions"

Wang Lan straightened his waist, bypassed Ma Shiying, walked back and forth between the two classes of ministers, and said, "The army of Shun Thief Tongguan was defeated, but the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, its vitality still existed, and it is also a fact that the army of 150,000 people was stationed in Beijing."

Hearing this, Ma Shiying suddenly stood up and laughed, "I thought General Wang had something to say, the one who recovered Beijing was Wu Sangui, the general soldier of my dynasty in Guanning."

Wang Lanping smiled behind his back, "Lord Shoufu, if I tell you that Wu Sangui has shaved his hair and been crowned King of Pingxi by Dolgon, and the 70,000 troops of Guanning have all returned to Manchu, do you believe it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar, shocked, and discussed, but Zhu Yousong didn't seem to care about this, and teased the little palace maid behind him on the dragon chair alone, and from time to time he let out bursts of laughter, turning a deaf ear to the affairs of the court.

Shi Kefa came out of the class and exclaimed, "Wang Lanping, this matter is not trivial, you can't talk nonsense"

Ma Shiying slapped the chair, stood up, and said angrily, "Honest and unbelievable, Wang Zhuangyuan, Wu Sangui borrowed the Qing army to recover Beijing, and broke the thief Yu Tongguan, this matter is known to the world, aren't you afraid that the soldiers in front of you will feel cold?" ”

Wang Lanping smiled coldly, "I'm afraid of scaring you, there are bigger things I haven't said."

"What?" Shi Kefa became nervous, he didn't feel like Wang Lanping was a casual nonsense person.

"Good!" Wang Lanping walked under the platform, looked at the panicked crowd, and said, "Although the thief was defeated through Tongguan and was unable to go north again, if my expectations are correct, he should go south within three months, seize Jianghuai, and enter the north of the Yangtze River."

As soon as Wang Lanping's words fell, he heard Ma Shiying laugh out loud, "Ridiculous, Wu Sangui and the Qing army are in Tongguan, only a few hundred miles away from Xi'an, you are also a general, don't you know the truth of chasing after victory, it will take three months for the thief to be destroyed?" ”

Wang Lanping also laughed, "Yes, Tongguan is very close to Xi'an, but far away from Beijing, the Wuqing army has been chasing from Beijing to Tongguan, and its grain and grass have to be transported and adjusted in Beijing, chasing so tightly, how to transport the grain, if Li Zicheng can hold on to Tongguan for a month, the Wuqing coalition army will be defeated without a fight, but the result is that he did not hold it."

Ma Shiying said, "Listening to what you mean, General, it seems that it is a pity for the thief."

The corners of Wang Lanping's mouth raised, and he said with a smile, "No, I'm sorry for Daming, my lords, since Dolgon entered Beijing, he immediately sent officials to take over the whole city, and sent people to transfer a large amount of grain from outside the Guan, distribute it to the people, calm the people's hearts, and announced that all the land occupied by the Manchus outside the Guanxi will be exempted from taxes for three to ten years, depending on the extent of the war, do you know?" At this time, the hearts of the people in Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and Beizhili were all bought by the Manchus, and the local garrisons had all been returned to the Manchus, and the current Qing army was no less than 300,000, plus Wu Sangui's 70,000 Guan Ning Army, Ma Shoufu, you want to negotiate peace, do you think the Manchus will accept it? Moreover, with the Qing army marching into Tongguan, it surrendered to the past state capital all the way, set up official offices, and stationed soldiers and horses, and now the north of the Huai River belongs to the Qing army."

These words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, even the heartless Zhu Yousong almost fell on the dragon chair, Zhu Yousong's face was pale, strange, the little Manyi has developed so fast, can this Nanjing still stay?

"Wang Zhuangyuan, what you said is the truth? Will the Qing army go south? Zhu Yousong lost his voice.

Ma Shiying sneered and flicked his sleeves, "Why haven't I heard of these things, can't it be all speculation like Shi Kefa?" Hehe, ridiculous! ”

Wang Lanping arched his hand to Zhu Yousong, "Your Majesty, it's true, the last general has arranged a lot of eyes and ears in the capital when he left Beijing, and these news are sent back by them, but the emperor can rest assured that although the Qing army is arrogant for a while, the last general has expected that after the battle of Dingtongguan, the Qing army will suffer heavy casualties, and the grain and grass will be scarce, and it will withdraw to Beijing to rest in a few days, and it will not go south in March or May."

Zhu Yousong was relieved, rubbed his chest, and smiled, "Okay, that's good, that's good"

At this moment, a little eunuch outside the hall ran in in a panic, and said on the ground, "Emperor Qibing, Li Wenming, the head of the military department, saw him outside the palace, and said that there is a military situation and important matters."

Han Zanzhou, the chief eunuch of the celebrant and eunuch, glanced at the emperor and shouted, "Xuan! ”

Not long after, Li Wenming, the head of the military department, rushed in, and said loudly, "Six hundred miles to rush to send the military department documents, it is reported that the first battle of Tongguan, the thief fled westward, the Wuyi coalition army returned victoriously, 30,000 troops were stationed in Taiyuan, and the rest returned to Beijing, and it was also learned that the thief leader Li Zicheng had withdrawn from Xi'an, and the original thief south of the thief Yuan Zong's first department passed through the Tongguan battle, and suffered heavy losses, and the remnants of 50,000 troops have been led by the thief general Li Laixiang, and went south again, and within five days, they will be stationed in Anqing Mansion and confront our dynasty and the general army of Huang Degong."

Wang Lanping had expected it a long time ago, but he still couldn't help but shout, it came so quickly, it seems that Li Zichengtong Pass was defeated too hard, and what he lost in the Qing army should be made up for from Jiangnan as soon as possible.

Ma Shiying's face twitched, and he pulled the side newspaper in Li Wenming's hand, and said while reading, "How is it possible, how is it possible, how can Manyi be willing to retreat after winning this big victory?"

That Zhu Yousong looked even more dead, looking at Ma Shiying in despair.

After Ma Shiying finished reading the side newspaper, he sat down on the chair, stared at Wang Lanping, and muttered, "Your Majesty, the thief has been killed."

"Ah, really, how is it good, how is it good, retreat from the enemy, quickly retreat from the enemy" Zhu Yousong stood up and shouted on the dragon chair, without any imperial authority at all.

After Shi Kefa hurriedly took the side newspaper and read it carefully, he lost his voice and said, "Wang Zhuangyuan, you, since you can see the opportunity, you must have a countermeasure."

Zhu Yousong suddenly said, "Yes, yes, Wang Aiqing, is there a way to retreat from the enemy?" ”