At noon, in Ma Shiying's mansion, in the secret room.

Ma Shiying was sitting on it, his face was cold and terrible, his face was beating with anger, Liu Kongzhao, Ruan Dacheng and others were sitting on both sides, their expressions were not very good-looking, the room was quiet, and in the end, Ruan Dacheng said solemnly: "Master Ma, we can't just forget it, when the emperor presides over justice, we must take the initiative to attack." Otherwise, once Shi Kefa and those people become the climate and gain a firm foothold in the court, they will definitely control the government and target us. ”

"Yes, Master Ma, this official can see that Ma Shiying's people are targeting us everywhere, the key positions in the imperial court, and some fat shortages are almost all their people. They will spare no effort to oppose any officials we recommend. Liu Kongzhao looked angry and echoed.

However, Ma Shiying secretly exhaled, pretending to be relaxed, and said faintly: "Then what can I do?" Among the hundreds of officials, although the vast majority of them are on our side, there are not many important ministers in the court who can speak above the court. Otherwise, today's early dynasty would not have had this result. ”

"Hey~ Master Ma, don't be discouraged, it's not like we don't have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

Ruan Dacheng answered meaningfully, and then continued: "My lord, don't look at Shi Kefa and others in the court, there are many important ministers on their side. However, as long as they break their unity, let them deviate from morality, and cannot be huddled together, they can be cleaned up one by one, excluding the court. ”

Hearing this, Ma Shiying's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Then what should be done to make them deviate from morality?" ”

"Hey~hey~"

Ruan Dacheng smiled smugly and coldly, revealing the meaning of being a bamboo in his chest, and replied loudly: "My lord, the reason why these Donglin parties can hold together and compete with us is because Shi Kefa takes the lead and plays the role of the leader. As long as Shi Kefa is suppressed, or the city of Nanjing is out, these Donglin Party members will be equivalent to a group of dragons without a leader, and if they do not attack, they will be in chaos internally, and they will no longer be able to work together. ”

"Good! You can say that again! As the saying goes, the thief captures the king first, and the man shoots the horse first! Liu Kongzhao interjected, and while admiring again and again, he said: "Without Shi Kefa, an old thief, at the helm, those people in the Donglin Party are a plate of scattered sand, if they are intimidated and tempted again, they can be divided and disintegrated, and after a while, those people will not have to worry, Master Ma, you can be ranked first among the hundred officials, appointed as the first assistant, and we people can also benefit from it." ”

Ma Shiying seems to be calm, but he has already moved his mind and has an idea, and knows how to deal with Shi Kefa, drive him out of Nanjing City, and leave Zhu Yousong's side, how can he ascend to the position of first assistant?

In the afternoon, in the palace, Zhu Yousong was sitting on the couch, enjoying the song and dance, and there was a table of wine next to him, enjoying it beautifully, but Gao Qiqian reminded Zhu Yousong with emotion on the side.

"Your Majesty, although Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng have the skills of following the dragon, they can't let their family dominate. Once these people are powerful and have no opponents, it is inevitable that they will be arrogant, control the government, and do not take the emperor in their eyes. ”

Zhu Yousong shook his head and hummed a little tune, drank two glasses of wine from time to time, ate two mouthfuls of food, and replied nonchalantly: "Grandpa Gao, didn't I listen to you and Grandpa Lu?" Isn't it enough to suppress Ma Shiying as much as possible, support the other party to go up, and let Ma Shiying enter the cabinet alone? ”

"But... But..."

Gao Qi swallowed and spit out two sentences, gritted his teeth, stiffened his head, and still said: "But the emperor, Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing and other general soldiers of the four towns are in the same group as Ma Shiying and others, and now not only have they been sealed separately, but even the jurisdiction has increased, although the power of Ma Shiying and others has been suppressed, but there are these people, there is such an army behind the back, once Ma Shiying makes a request, the emperor ...... you"

In an instant, Zhu Yousong's heart was a spirit, and he was afraid for a while, and he couldn't help but think of the role played by Huang Degong and others when they were fighting for the throne, more precisely, the military power in their hands.

When the opposition to him in Nanjing City was strong, Ma Shiying led the general army of the four towns to escort him all the way to the outside of Nanjing, forcing the officials in Nanjing to submit and have to accept himself as the new emperor.

From another angle, if Ma Shiying came again and swung the army outside Nanjing, just like the words that Gao Qiqian didn't say behind him, he couldn't help but agree, so he could only obediently obey.

Therefore, as soon as he thought of this, Zhu Yousong made up his mind, and heard Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the ceremony, hurriedly walk in and shouted loudly: "Emperor Qi, Master Ma Shiyingma asks to see you!" ”

"No..."

Zhu Yousong's brows were furrowed, and he just spit out a word impatiently, but because of the situation, Ma Shiying had the merit of supporting it, and he was worried that he would be forced to be in a hurry and cause unnecessary trouble, so he swallowed back the word "see" behind him, and changed his words: "Announce him in~!" ”

Soon, under the leadership of Han Zanzhou, Ma Shiying's figure appeared at the door, passed through the dancing palace maid, came to Zhu Yousong's approach, and after bowing, he took out a letter from his sleeve, held it in his hands, raised it above his head, and shouted loudly: "Emperor Qi, Weichen wants to participate in Shi Kefa's book, Shi Kefa slanders the emperor and ruins the emperor's reputation, his crime should be punished, and he is not to blame!" ”

Just when Zhu Yousong was in a dilemma, Han Zanzhou had already taken the letter in a hurry, "Tengteng" a few steps, three steps and two steps, and came to Zhu Yousong's body in the blink of an eye, and handed the letter over.

"Your Majesty, this letter is written by Shi Kefa himself, it is ironclad evidence, using all kinds of slanderous words to slander the emperor, the words are hateful, outrageous, and very indignant!"

Ma Shiying's voice was sonorous, and he said it with righteous indignation, and when he lowered his head to speak, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, outlining the arc of a wicked smile.

At this time, Zhu Yousong had already taken the letter, and opened it to read, and the moment he saw the content, a nameless fire suddenly surged in his chest, and his lungs exploded, completely throwing the decision he had just made out of his mind.

Although I have long heard of Shi Kefa's "Seven Sins" exposition, saying how he is not qualified for the throne and is immoral and incompetent, when he looks at the specific content, he instantly loses his reason, and he is full of anger and rushes straight up.

Zhu Yousong was so angry that his hands were trembling, the "sharp" words of this letter were thousands of times more vicious than the one Ma Shiying gave for the first time?

Seven major shortcomings: greed, yin, alcoholism, unfilial piety, abuse of subordinates, failure to study, interference with officials.

Every time Zhu Yousong finished reading a piece and saw the following examples, the nameless fire in his heart increased by a point, and kept surging in the direction of his head, burning fiercely.

"Bang!"

Zhu Yousong couldn't bear it anymore, couldn't read it anymore, and slapped the letter on the dragon case, and shouted even more: "Call Shi Kefa into the palace for me, I want to see, what else does he have to say?" If I ask, what is the crime of slandering and slandering me in this way? ”