Wang Chengen now has a good impression of Gao Hongtu, and he knows that if Gao Hongtu hadn't set the tone first, he would have suppressed the ministers.

I'm afraid that Nanjing City will not settle down so easily.

Therefore, when Wang Chengen came to see Gao Hongtu again, he rarely smiled, and he didn't care about Gao Hongtu's previous reprimand.

"Shoufu, the queen has a decree to summon you, announcing that you will enter the palace immediately."

Gao Hongtu got up: "The old minister has already prepared, let's go." ”

"Do you think the queen will agree to go on patrol with a certain prince?"

Wang Chengen asked Gao Hongtu on the road with some curiosity.

"No," Gao replied.

"Why?" Wang Chengen was very happy to hear Gao Hongtu's answer.

"Because the minister believes in the queen, just as the queen will believe in His Majesty, there is some affection, the prince's identity is special, he may not understand, and the minister can't explain it clearly, please forgive me!"

Gao Hongtu replied.

Wang Chengen knew that Gao Hongtu was saying that he was a eunuch and might not understand the love between husband and wife, but he couldn't help laughing:

"Shoufu's words, Wang understands, although Wang can't experience it in this life, but he also knows that there is a sentence that husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes, is Shoufu really only based on love to conclude that the queen will not leave?"

"Naturally, more than that, in fact, the queen herself also understands that if she leaves, the princess will not agree, Ruan Dayue will not agree, if His Majesty comes back one day, naturally he will not agree even more, Niangniang and His Majesty are a husband and wife in distress, since the Jiannu detainment, this kind of thing has been experienced many times, how can she not understand the truth here."

As soon as Gao Hongtu said this, Wang Chengen suddenly felt that he had stayed by His Majesty and the Empress for so many years.

"The prince is a sincere person, and it is precisely because of this that Your Majesty can rest assured of you."

Gao Hongtu smiled slightly.

……

"Wechen has seen the queen mother".

Gao Hongtu made a big salute through the bead curtain.

"Get up, give the first assistant a seat, it stands to reason, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the palace summoned the first assistant to come today, naturally it is not a matter of military and politics, but when this crisis is in place, the palace wants to tell the first assistant, since Your Majesty has let Ruan Da Sima be in charge of defense, I hope that the elder of the pavilion will not have a bad heart, and when he has full authority to cooperate with the elder Ruan Ge, the credit of the first assistant, the palace and His Majesty will remember it."

As soon as Queen Zhou said this, Gao Hongtu hurriedly said: "Please rest assured!" ”

"This palace has made up its mind to wait for His Majesty's triumphant return with the people of Nanjing, this palace and His Majesty have already moved south once, how can there be any reason to move again;

Here are 50,000 silver dollars and some jewelry, which is the savings of the palace over the years, and the troublesome first assistant took it as a way to recruit strong men, although it is just a drop in the bucket, but presumably the gentry in the city should be able to move one or two after knowing it, and do more for the court. ”

Queen Zhou said so.

Gao Hongtu fell directly to the ground and cried:

"Wechen thanked Niangniang for the subjects of Nanjing!"

……

The news that the queen took out jewelry to recruit strong men to defend the city spread in Nanjing.

At the same time, the officials and gentry of the entire Nanjing City also knew the news that the queen was not leaving.

Some people with ulterior motives are naturally disappointed and think:

"Now there is no choice but to defend the city of Nanjing and resist the rebels to the end."

Because he wanted to surrender to the rebels, but the military power in Nanjing City was still in the hands of His Majesty's diehard loyalists, and he wanted to support the prince in another way to obtain political benefits, but it was also shattered because the queen refused to leave Nanjing City.

Therefore, no matter who is in the entire Nanjing City at this time, they can only obediently obey Ruan Dayue's arrangement and cooperate to defend Nanjing City.

What's more, even Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, didn't say anything more, and the others couldn't have any opinions.

Even with Zhu Cihong, the king of Hui, and Zhu Cihuan, the king of Ding, they didn't know which minister's guidance they received, and they all rushed to Nanjing to boost morale, saying that they would defend Nanjing and live and die with the people of Nanjing.

……

In any case, the situation in the city of Nanjing stabilized.

There is Gao Hongtu's understanding of the overall situation, as well as the insistence of Queen Zhou, and Wang Chengen's loyalty.

Of course, there is also Ruan Dayue's choice.

At this time, Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, who was outside Nanjing, waited for several days, but did not wait for a Nanjing official to deliver the news that he was willing to surrender, and he was also a little anxious.

"Zhang Shoufu, why do you say that these civil and military officials in Nanjing City have not moved? Could it be that Zhu Youzhen really defeated the Qing army and really wanted to return to Jiangnan, so these civil and military officials didn't dare to come out to surrender? ”

King Lu Zhu Changshu couldn't help but ask Zhang Bingzhen.

Zhang Bingzhen, like Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, had only recently learned that the Shandong Guards had won a great victory over the Qing army and that the guards had surrounded the main force of the Qing army.

But Zhang Bingzhen knew that it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he also knew that since he had chosen this path, he could only accompany Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, to the black, and he did have a fluke, and comforted Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu:

"Your Highness, don't worry too much, let's not say that the Qing army has a million, and it is difficult to say whether the guards can be completely annihilated, even if the guards win, it will be a defeat for both sides, and it will take a while for him Zhu Youzhen to return to Jiangnan;

And in this period of time, we have already taken Nanjing, as long as we take Nanjing, and then go north to control the Zhenjiang waterway and the grain route of the Guards, he Zhu Youzhen will naturally not be able to come back!

At that time, Your Royal Highness, you have ascended the throne as the emperor, supported by hundreds of civil and military officials, and Zhu Youzhen can completely come to the river and rule, imitating the example of the five dynasties and ten countries, why not. ”

"As Shoufu said, as long as we take the Ming Ordnance Station, we can have artillery, and it is only an overnight matter to break through Nanjing City, and it will take a while for Zhu Youzhen to return to Jiangnan, which is the time of day;

We have the Yangtze River moat, as long as the mouth of the river is blocked, it will be difficult for him Zhu Youzhen to cross the river even if he has hundreds of thousands of troops, which is geographically advantageous;

Your Royal Highness, you have the support of the gentry in Jiangnan, and the people's aspirations, this is the people;

No matter how you look at it, Your Highness, you will definitely be able to ascend to the throne! ”

Guo Yong, who was named the secretary of the military department by Zhu Changshu and Guo Yong, the king of Lu, also analyzed it reasonably.

Luwang Zhu Changshu was very satisfied after hearing this:

"In this way, the key now is whether or not you can take the Daming Ordnance Institute."

"That's true, the Ming Ordnance Institute is also very easy, it is said that the Ordnance Institute is only 6,000 people, and most of them are just craftsmen who can only make iron and guns, what can they do, we sent 30,000 Huzhou elites, and 2,000 cavalry, it is not easy to occupy the Ming Ordnance Institute."

Zhang Bingzhen said.

"Zhang Shoufu is right, but in Weichen's opinion, he can also send another 20,000 horses to attract Austrian reinforcements to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Guo Yong was reluctant to let all the words be said by Zhang Bingzhen, so he also spoke actively.

King Lu Zhu Changshu nodded:

"Just do what Guo Aiqing did, send another 20,000 over, and now it depends on when the Ordnance Institute can take it."

Not only did the rebels know the importance of the Ming ordnance, but Ruan Dayue and others in Nanjing City also knew the importance of the Ming ordnance at this time.

Because everyone knows that most of the rebels are the guards and gentry, and the Xiangyong has no heavy artillery, while the heavy artillery of the Ming Dynasty is only for the four main armies of the Guards and the navy, which is not only because of the problem of insufficient productivity, but also because Zhu Youzhen deliberately left a heart.

And now there are heavy artillery places in the entire Nanjing City, except for Nanjing City, there is only the Ming Ordnance Institute.

Therefore, if the rebels want to break through the city of Nanjing, they can only grab heavy artillery from the Ming Ordnance Institute first.

But what the rebels didn't know was that there was not just one infantry battalion at the Daming Armory, but two infantry battalions.

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