Coincidentally.

Zhu Youzhen took advantage of Qian Qianyi's murder of the king to continue to attack the power of the big squires and big bureaucrats.

At this time, the Dehou Mansion in Henan was still quiet.

The dismissed Marquis of the Ministry of War did not know that the end of his Marquis Mansion was approaching.

As the largest landlord in Guide Mansion, and has been an official in the court for so many years, Hou Sui also knows how corrupt the Ming Dynasty is now, and sooner or later the world will change from a new dynasty.

Therefore, Hou Sui was also preparing to surrender to the Manchus or break into the thieves, but the news of the Ming Emperor's retreat to the south also made him hesitate, so that he was not sure who the world would belong to in the future.

Therefore, Hou Sui did not clearly and directly express his political movements.

Hou Sui even thought about contacting Zuo Liangyu and helping Zuo Liangyu become a hero in troubled times, and then he could still get a dragon merit.

But Zuo Liangyu's health is deteriorating, which makes Hou Sui have to give up the idea of being Zhang Liang in troubled times.

However, as Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the customs, Li Zicheng was defeated repeatedly, and Hou Sui was also a little anxious and bored.

Henan Guide is the foundation of his Hou family, and hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in the entire Guide Mansion are the property of his Hou family.

Today, Li Zicheng is constantly retreating to the west and south, and there is a great tendency to return to Henan.

And Hou Sui didn't know whether to surrender Li Zicheng or help Jiannu eliminate Li Zicheng, surrender Jiannu with the merit of eliminating thieves, or obey the will of His Majesty Chongzhen, Emperor Ming Emperor, appease Li Zicheng's troops, and organize village soldiers to resist Jiannu.

"Master, the prefect of Guide Mansion has come to ask for silver again, saying that the government treasury has no savings due to the relief of the displaced people, and the city of Guide Mansion is in urgent need of renovation to defend against the enemy, so I hope that you can donate a sum of silver."

Just when Hou Sui was bored, his housekeeper hurriedly ran to report the news.

Hou Sui has been struggling with whether to surrender Jiannu or go south to Zuo Liangyu's territory, so he doesn't care about the defense of Guide Mansion, and now he heard that the prefect of Guide Mansion came to ask for silver again, and shouted directly: "Just say that I am sick, refuse to meet guests!" ”

As soon as Hou Sui's words fell, he heard the neighing of the horses, and he was so frightened that he immediately asked: "This is the sound of the war horse, listen to this voice, when it is not under a hundred horses, what happened outside!" ”

As he spoke, Hou Sui hurriedly ran to the front yard, and he wondered if it was Jiannu's Eight Banners strong team calling.

In a panic, he hurriedly ordered his servant to bring the letter of surrender from his study to Dorgon, the regent of Jiannu.

Hou Sui straightened his clothes and ordered someone to open the door, but as soon as he opened the door, when he was about to kneel, he saw that it was not the Jiannu cavalry, but Ma Shiying, who had just been promoted to the rank of scholar of Dongge University and the secretary of the military department, and the pacesetters under his command.

"It's you, Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying!"

Hou Sui belongs to the Donglin Party, while Ma Shiying belongs to the Eunuch Party, and the two have never dealt with each other.

Therefore, now Hou Sui is not in a good mood when he sees Ma Shiying, and he doesn't even bother to play the basic politeness in the officialdom.

After all, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party were once incompatible, and they looked down on each other.

However, Ma Shiying looked proud, and did not look like he was worried about Hou at all, and said with a smile:

"Hou Butang, you should call this official a horse elder now, the contemptible person has been ten days ago, thanks to the favor of His Majesty Longen, he joined the cabinet to take charge of the military department Shangshuyin."

After Ma Shiying said this, he ordered: "Fence the Hou Mansion, no one is allowed to go, and those who dare to resist will be killed!" ”

"Yes!"

The 500 cavalry under Ma Shiying immediately split into two wings and rushed away from the left and right, and the remaining 3,000 infantry also quickly outflanked both sides.

Ma Shiying happily got off the horse.

He was ordered to raid the Hou Mansion today.

Hou Fangyu participated in Qian Qianyi's rebellion, and his father Hou Sui naturally couldn't stay out of it.

Although Hou Fangyu's father was Zuo Liangyu's previous boss, Yu Zuo Liangyu was gracious.

But Zhu Youzhen, as the emperor, did not have to be afraid of Zuo Liangyu, and even he had to take the opportunity of moving Hou Sui to express his stance to Zuo Liangyu.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to tell Zuo Liangyu that he, the emperor, was not afraid of him Zuo Liangyu.

And it is best for him Zuo Liangyu to stay in Hubei honestly and obey the orders of the imperial court, otherwise Hou Suizhi's today is your Zuo Liangyu's tomorrow.

Ma Shiying was very glad that he chose to betray Liu Liangzuo when he learned that Li Banghua led Gao Jie and Liu Fangliang to attack Liu Liangzuo on the grounds that Liu Liangzuo had brutalized the people, did not obey the imperial edict, and secretly married foreign captives, and decisively obeyed Zhu Youzhen's will to come to Henan to supervise the division.

Otherwise, Ma Shiying felt that his fate would not be much better than the current Hou Sui, and naturally it would be impossible to have the opportunity to enter the cabinet and be in charge of the military department.

When Zhu Youzhen ordered Ma Shiying to go to Nanjing to take charge of the military department, he also issued an edict that he confiscated Hou Sui's house by the way, and executed the important prisoners of the Hou Mansion on the spot, and took the Hou Mansion's family property to Nanjing to be used as the treasury of the military department.

As Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen asked the eunuch Ma Shiying to confiscate the Donglin Party giant Hou Sui and kill him, naturally to deepen the hatred between him and the Donglin Party, so as to achieve Ma Shiying's goal of relying on himself completely.

And Ma Shiying can naturally guess the purpose of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, and can also guess that after His Majesty arrives in Nanjing, in order to control the power of the court, he will definitely attack the Donglin Party, which is not a member of the Donglin Party, and a member of the Eunuch Party who is not a member of the Donglin Party and has a deep hatred with the Donglin Party is naturally very hopeful, or he will not directly enter the cabinet and take charge of the military department with great authority.

Ma Shiying didn't intend to show mercy to Hou Sui's subordinates, he wanted to satisfy Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, he could only be more ruthless than Zhu Youzhen thought, so that he could hand over a weighty letter of nomination to Emperor Chongzhen.

"You actually became a cabinet scholar, and you are still in charge of the military department!"

Hou Sui pointed at Ma Shiying incredulously, but immediately shouted:

"God, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why did you let a traitorous villain who was attached to Wei Zhongxian, who was attached to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, be a cabinet scholar, and let him be in charge of the military department, the Ming Dynasty is not far from the country, and the country is not far away!"

Ma Shiying was not angry because Hou Sui scolded him for being a traitorous villain, but still spoke calmly:

"Hou Butang, I, Ma Mou, live in the cabinet and are in charge of the military department, whether it will ruin the Ming Kingdom or not, but at least I, Ma Shiying, will not rebel against Your Majesty, I, Ma Shiying, only look forward to Your Majesty's horse, unlike some people who not only look towards Qin and Dusk, but also have no king and no father, and even teach an unfilial son who intends to kill his father!"

Hou Sui heard what Ma Shiying said, and hurriedly asked: "What do you say, who rebelled against His Majesty, whose son is unfilial?" ”

When Ma Shiying saw Hou Sui asking, he ordered someone to bring Hou Fangyu's head over and throw it in front of Hou Sui:

"Hou Butang doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, take a look, Lingzi Hou Fangyu participated in the case of Qian Qianyi's rebellion, trying to scuttle the imperial boat in Dantu, but fortunately, His Majesty was blessed with Qitian, and he escaped by luck and accidentally captured Lingzi's murder."

Hou Sui recognized his son's head at a glance, and was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back, and was so emotional that he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.