Huang Daozhou hurriedly made a silent action, stopped Zhu Jizuo's words behind him, and even stood up, walked to the door and window one after another, looked at it, and saw that there was no one around, so he was relieved, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then closed it to death.

Obviously, at this time, discussing such a question is definitely very sensitive, after all, Zhu Yujian will ascend the throne tomorrow and become the emperor, and it is as easy as it is that simple to want their heads, that is, to move their mouths.

Huang Daozhou returned to his seat, and did not blame Zhu Jizuo for his recklessness, but explained softly: "The reason is very simple, King Gui is far away in Guangxi, too far from here, and far water can't quench his thirst, and now he urgently needs a prince to preside over the overall situation and stabilize the situation." Otherwise, the offensive of the Dashun army will be unstoppable. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Daozhou's tone paused, smiled mysteriously, and said meaningfully: "Of course, the most important thing is the origin of King Tang, who passed the domain in Nanyang Mansion. ”

The word "Nanyang", Huang Daozhou bit extremely hard, and Zhu Jizuo, who was about to become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, reacted instantly, and couldn't help but say: "Yes, how did I forget this stubble?" Nanyang is the birthplace of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which means the Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty. ”

Jiang Dejing also had a look on his face, nodded frequently in agreement, and then echoed: "Yes, although King Gui is the most qualified to inherit the unification, but Guangxi is thousands of miles away from Jiangnan, and the current situation urgently needs a royal family to inherit the unification, lead everyone, and order all parties, so as to be able to integrate all the soldiers and horses in Jiangnan and resist the Dashun army, relatively speaking, King Tang is the most suitable candidate." ”

The three of them couldn't have imagined that the so-called King Gui in their mouths, Zhu Changying, had already been captured alive by Liu Zongmin in Huguang, along with his two sons, otherwise, there would be no such words!

Suddenly, as if they had a feeling, they thought of the same thing, and the three of them were silent, with a heavy look on their faces and a worried look.

After a while, the three of them glanced at each other, all of them had emotional expressions on their faces, and Huang Daozhou said to himself seriously: "I don't know what the prince thinks?" Shoufu is the head of a hundred officials, how important is it, why do you have to be Ma Shiying? ”

However, Zhu Jizuo did not have so many scruples, and spoke quite straightforwardly and openly.

"Ma Shiying's old man, he is really a hypocrite, abandoning Nanjing City without guarding it, abandoning Emperor Hongguang without regarding, such a person must not let him be the first assistant. Otherwise, they will control the whole situation, act lawlessly, and do things that disagree with them. ”

"Lord Zhu, what you said is right, this official also has this intention, and Ma Shiying must not be allowed to take the position of first assistant again. Otherwise, there will be no peace in the country! ”

When he agreed, Jiang Dejing said that it was a good word, as if he had thought of something, and added: "Not only us, if we want to exclude Ma Shiying and change King Tang's decision, we have to unite with other ministers." Otherwise, it won't be possible to do it at all! ”

Huang Daozhou's attitude became ambiguous, although he was nodding lightly, looking in agreement, but he did not have too many words to express it.

At the same time, in the palace, Zhu Yujian and his younger brothers Zhu Yulu and Zhu Yuqi were alone in the same room, as Emperor Shaowu who followed Zhu Yujian, ascended the throne in Guangdong, and only served as the emperor for a month, Zhu Yujian asked puzzledly: "Brother Wang, my younger brother really doesn't understand, the Zheng family was originally in a high position and held heavy troops, and now they have given so much power, isn't this raising tigers?" If you want to cut power in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to do so. ”

"Hey... Yu Lu, why don't I understand this? ”

Zhu Yujian let out a long sigh and asked rhetorically, his words were full of helplessness, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he stretched his eyes, and then said resolutely: "The reason why my brother did this is that there is no way to do it. After all, brother, I haven't been out of prison for a long time, and I've been in prison for so many years, where does my team come from? If you want to gain a firm foothold, the Zhongxing Imperial Court can only rely on Zheng Zhilong and them now. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yulu nodded slightly, and at the same time, he couldn't help but move in his heart, revealing a sudden look, as if he had figured out something, but he was still not very sure, and asked tentatively: "Brother Wang, you have appointed so many bachelors at once, far exceeding the number of previous dynasties, and you also want Ma Shiying to serve as the first assistant, is there also this reason?" ”

"Yu Liang, you guessed right, the reason why more than 20 people have been appointed as university scholars, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have never been so many bachelors, it is because of this level of consideration, I hope they can contain Zheng Zhilong and form a three-legged situation."

Although he didn't know that he would become the emperor in the future and become the successor after Zhu Yujian's death, Zhu Yulu still silently wrote down these words, kept them in mind, and learned his brother's way of being a royal man, and how to use his strength to balance all parties.

In Ma Xin's residence, in the secret room, Ma Xin and Xiong Wencan stood opposite each other, and the former said worriedly: "Lord Xiong, for the sake of safety, for your safety, and for the sake of future plans, I still think that you should hide for a while." ”

"At this time, Zheng Zhilong, like a bull in estrus, tried his best to please Zhu Yujian, did not hesitate to spend a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and rice grain, almost everything, and the family moved to his brother Zheng Hongkui's house."

"If Zheng Zhilong is hot-headed and treacherous, in order to curry favor with Zhu Yujian, he will hand you over and send you to Zhu Yujian, it will be too late."

"Hey... General Ma, with what I know about Zheng Zhilong, he will never ......"

Without waiting for Xiong Wencan to finish speaking, Ma Xin's face was full of anxiety and interrupted his words.

"Lord Xiong, you think of Zheng Zhilong too well, don't you know, Zheng Zhilong hasn't done such a thing? Back then, when Zheng Zhilong was a pirate at sea, in order to befriend one of the pirate leaders, Liu Xiang, he abandoned Zheng Chenggong's mother and married Liu Xiang's daughter. ”

"Later, after Zheng Zhilong accepted your appeasement, he immediately changed his face and led troops to encircle and suppress Liu Xiang, leaving no room at all. Moreover, even if it is his own nephew and younger brother, he will be ruthless, I am afraid it will be bad for you! ”

Regardless of Ma Xin's spittle and dry mouth, Xiong Wencan was still immovable, with a smile on his face all the time, and as soon as Ma Xin's words fell, he answered with determination: "General Ma, Xiong knows what you said." ”

Ma Xin was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he was relieved, and after thinking about it a little, he understood, as the person who appeased Zheng Zhilong, how could the former governor of Fujian not know this information?

After all, Zheng Zhilong at that time was a very famous pirate!

"Moreover, General Ma, the reason why Xiong decided to stay is not acting blindly, nor is it impulsive, let alone relying on his friendship with Zheng Zhilong, but with a certain basis for judgment, Zheng Zhilong will not only not do anything to me, but will also ensure my safety?"

"Oh~ Lord Xiong, how do you say this?" Ma Xin's nervous and anxious expression eased a lot.

"General Ma, you have been in Fujian for so many years, especially after Zheng Zhilong's sailor for so long, you should know that Zheng Zhilong's personality is absolutely unprofitable and very greedy, how can you make a loss-making deal?"

In an instant, Ma Xin's mind flashed with enlightenment, and he immediately understood the meaning of Xiong Wencan's words.