With Zhu Ping'an's troops into the city, the situation in Nanjing quickly settled down, although there were only more than 1,000 people, but Zhu Ping'an's prestige really made the small people in the city who took advantage of the chaos tremble, coupled with the full assistance of the Nanjing Thousand Households Office of the Military Intelligence Department, and the cooperation of Lu Jiude's Beijing camp, Nanjing, a city that has experienced several times of turmoil, finally ushered in temporary tranquility.

Liu Liangzuo did not withdraw to Shouzhou as he wished, as soon as he walked to the area of Langya Mountain in Chuzhou, his generals launched a rebellion, cut off his head at night, and scattered the looted goods as birds and beasts.

Zuo Mengeng did not support it for too long, in the face of Yang Tinglin's army and Huang Degong's front and back attacks, as well as Luo Rucai's Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo suddenly entered Huguang, Zuo Menggeng's more than 100,000 troops were already in a dilemma, plus the logistics supply line was cut off, there were not a few days, Zuo Menggeng's army was in chaos without a fight.

Yang Tinglin took advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack, and overnight, he broke the 12 battalions of the left army, and Zuo Mengeng was trampled to death in the chaos, and most of his subordinates surrendered to the Shandong army except for a small number of outstanding encirclements.

Zhu Yousong, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Liu Kongzhao, Ma Luan, these rebel leaders were all captured, and the famous "Yixing Rebellion" in history finally came to an end.

The Yixing Rebellion brought a blow to the Nanjing court of the Ming Dynasty was devastating, and a large number of courtiers and gentry died in the turmoil, and some of the famous ministers also embarked on the road of no return. But at the same time, it also gave the dying Ming Empire a chance to be reborn. The various power groups that originally controlled the government were greatly damaged in the turmoil, and this was especially true of the local groups in Jiangnan represented by Ma Shiying and the Donglin Party. Emerging power groups, such as Zhu Ping'an's Shandong faction and Zheng Zhilong's Fujian faction, began to officially enter the center of the imperial court.

On the twelfth of February, Zheng Zhilong's army and Yang Tinglin's troops arrived outside Nanjing at about the same time, not long after. Lu Zhenfei's Huaiyang soldiers and horses and Huang Gongfu's men and horses also arrived one after another, and Yuan Jixian of Jiangxi and He Tengjiao, the governor of Hubei Military Affairs, also arrived, and the governors of all provinces gathered in Nanjing in a short time. An imminent task is to appoint a new king.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss, and the top priority is to prepare for the funeral ceremony of Emperor Yixing. But this is only perfunctory. During the period of mourning, the courtiers had to determine who would succeed the emperor.

The answer is in front of you, the reality is that after Ma Shiying and others supported King Fu and the Yixing Rebellion, the heirs of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen have been cut off, and there are few vassal kings who can inherit the throne. And the two most powerful Shandong and Fujian teams, jointly promoted by Tang King Zhu Yujian.

Other powerful factions such as Lu Zhenfei, Huang Gongfu, Yuan Jixian, and Huang Degong are also inclined to succeed to the throne of Tang Wang. In comparison, the voice above the court seemed much weaker. The Donglin Party suffered a heavy blow. A large number of backbones died in the rebellion, and leaders such as Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou were also clever women, so they had to watch Zhu Ping'an and Zheng Zhilong unscrupulously stuff a large number of descendants into the court.

The funeral of the Yixing Emperor Zhu Cihong was carried out in an orderly manner, and under the recommendation of the ministers, Zhu Yujian had begun to preside over various ceremonies and ceremonies as the heir to the throne. It is even rumored that the temple number of Zhu Cihong's "Suzong" was drawn up by him personally. Although as the heir to the throne, Zhu Yujian is not very suitable, and his seniority is much older than Zhu Cihong. And back then, he entered the high wall because of his sin in the past, but now this situation is like this. There was really no one who was more suitable and "satisfied" to the courtiers.

On the second day after Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Liu Kongzhao and others were sentenced to death, and the Fu King Zhu Yousong was ordered to commit suicide, Zheng Zhilong entered Nanjing to meet Tang King Zhu Yujian. Therefore, the monarch and the minister met for the first time, and they were very happy.

But this meeting, Zhu Yujian handled it very low-key, and the people present only included Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui, Su Guansheng, the former Yixing Dynasty Rite Lang Zhong Su Guansheng, and the former Rite Ministry Lang Huang Daozhou. Su and Huang are both old friends of Zhu Yujian. Zhu Yujian and the two are also teachers and friends, and they have great trust in them, and have decided to appoint Huang Daozhou as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials and the scholar of Wuyingdian, while Su Guansheng will take over the post of squire of the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, the content of this meeting and interview is unknown to outsiders, and even the military intelligence department of Yin Shigang cannot get any information from it.

As a result, Yin Shigang could only obtain the content of the meeting between Zhu Yujian and Zheng Zhilong through Guò Zou Jing.

The current Zou Jing can be described as high-spirited and proud. Zhu Yujian's accession to the throne is imminent, and Zou Jing, who is in her fifties this year, will also rise with it.

Lu Jiude captured Zhu Yousong and Ma Shiying, and he was the one who held the seal of the celebrant supervisor, but he was Zhu Ping'an's subordinate, obviously after Zhu Yujian ascended the throne, it was impossible for him to stay in the position of the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. And Zou Jing, the internal official from the hidden mansion, will be the best candidate for the next celebrant to hold the seal.

Because of this, in the face of the subordinates sent by Yin Shigang to inquire about the news, Zou Jing immediately changed his face, although he was polite, but he did not hesitate to send the people out.

Jokes, how can today be compared with the past. At the beginning, King Tang was in prison, Zou Jing suffered a lot, and Zhu Ping'an placed his son and nephew in order to be able to entrap him Zou Jing. Now, in a few days, Zou Jing will become the chief Bingbi of the celebrant supervisor, and in time, he will take over the position of the palm seal and become the first minister next to the emperor, who would dare to do such an act? If Zhu Yujian learns, even if he Zou Jing has ten heads, it will not be enough to cut off.

Besides, although Zhu Ping'an is in the army, it is no longer a situation where the emperor was weak during the Yixing Dynasty. Zhu Yujian has the support of the governors of various provinces, and even more so the full help of the Zheng family in Fujian, Zhu Ping'an's soldiers and horses are obviously unable to influence the emperor's will. What's more, he is still a concubine, which is well known to the government and the opposition, and seeing that the position of the prince will not fall on him no matter what.

Why did Zou Jing burn this cold stove wholeheartedly.

"Even if Zhu Ping'an's people are politely taken out of the house, can he Zhu Ping'an still dare to get along with himself today?" figured this out, but Zou Jing didn't take this matter to heart.

These days, Zou Jingjing is busy with his feet not touching the ground, on the one hand, he is handling the funeral of Emperor Yixing, and on the other hand, he is trying his best to prepare for Zhu Yujian's enthronement ceremony.

Early in the morning, after reading the preparation of the utensils in the palace, and discussing the matter of the ceremony with Su Guansheng of the Ministry of Rites, Zou Jing rushed to the Tongji Gate to check the wood and stone needed to repair the three major halls of Fengtian Palace, Huagai Palace, and Jinshen Palace. The enthronement ceremony is imminent, but because of the military turmoil, the three major halls are still different and have been damaged to a certain extent, so the repair project must be completed before the enthronement ceremony.

After finishing these, it was already the middle of the day, and Zou Jing took a short rest at the Yamen duty office by the canal outside Tongji Gate.

The charcoal fire in the house was extremely vigorous, four dishes of side dishes, a pot of flower carvings, Zou Jing was full of food and drink after a short time, and when he saw that it was still early, he took a nap on the soft couch in this room.

In a daze, a gust of cold wind hit, but it made Zou Jing feel agitated. He suddenly got up, and was about to scold his subordinates for opening the door of the duty room, but he turned around inadvertently, and suddenly saw a person sitting at a table five steps away from him, pouring himself a drink.

This time it almost scared Zou Jing's three souls and seven spirits away by half, and finally stabilized his beating heart, and when he looked closely, Zou Jing couldn't help but be shocked again, "Mr. Yin!" ”

Yin Shigang craned his neck, poured a glass of wine into his throat, and muttered to himself, "Good wine!" He turned to look at Zou Jing.

"Zou Gong will enjoy it, it is really beautiful and fast to find such a place to relax in such a cold and freezing time!"

Zou Jing laughed twice, stood up from the soft couch, but peeked at his guards and entourage outside the door, but he couldn't see a single figure, and the courtyard was also empty, silent.

"There's no need to look for it, my subordinates have used some means, they will probably have to sleep for a while, so Zou Gong doesn't have to worry about his subordinates!"

Zou Jing was shocked, "This is the place of the Ministry of Industry, how can you ......?" ”

Yin Shigang smiled, "Zou Gong is also a person who has been in Shandong for a while, don't you know that in this world, as long as I want to go to the military intelligence department, there is no place where I can't go." Even if you are in the palace, if Yin wants to see you, Zou Gong, I'm afraid it's not a difficult thing? ”

At the same time as Yin Shigang spoke, a pair of cold eyes had firmly locked on Zou Jing, making Zou Jing suddenly feel a chill to the bone.

He could only nod with a forced smile, "What Mr. Yin said is that Da Lang's methods are indeed unparalleled in the world!" ”

"Is the name of Dalang what you can call?" Yin Shigang shook his hand and poured a glass of wine on his face. "Old thing! It's only been a few days of comfortable life, and I don't know who my surname is! ”

Since entering the city of Nanjing, who dares to insult Zou Jing in person like this, Zou Jing suddenly couldn't hold back, and just wanted to shoot the case, but saw that there were people shaking outside the window lattice, so he could only stuff the words back into his stomach.

"Humph!" Zou Jing took out a cotton towel, wiped the wine off his face, and snorted coldly, "Mr. Yin, can't you still see the situation clearly today?" We have a lot of energy, so I won't worry about you for the time being, if there is a next time, then ......! ”

"What about next time?" Yin Shigang simply poured a pot of wine on Zou Jing's face.

"You!" Zou Jing, who was drenched in annoyance, got up and slapped the case, and before he could speak, Yin Shigang threw a letter into his arms.

"See, this is the letter you wrote to our commander. The words in the letter are so flattering that even I blush for you when I read it! Today, you dare to drive our people out of the house, and I have already made this matter known. Sue sù you, the handsome man is very angry, and the consequences are very strict! ”

"Read this letter clearly, if we put it on the princess's desk, hum, think about it, what the consequences will be!" (To be continued......) R1292