After a simple and short temptation, the question of "which vassal king to support for the temporary supervision of the country" quickly converged to the last two options, King Fu and King Lu.

This is also normal, after all, in the original history, it was mainly these two people who competed, and at most added a fig cloth King Gui who wanted to respect Lun Changgang and called in the later period of Shi Kefa - but now in this life, because of the butterfly effect brought by Zhu Shuren, King Gui's whole family was killed by Zhang Xianzhong in the battle of Hengzhou because of the chaotic command and squeezing the local Ming army.

And the options such as King Rui are also dead like the original history.

Therefore, Shi Kefa didn't even have a chance to find a fig leaf to weigh it, only King Fu and King Lu were left, and the retreat was completely blocked.

Although not all of the Gonggong princes present here are of the same vein as Donglin, they can be mixed in the six departments of Nanjing, which is more or less related to Donglin - in fact, by the end of Chongzhen, the concept of "Donglin" has been greatly abused and expanded, just like the "eunuch party" of the year, which was once expanded and abused.

In the party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty, everything was done at all, we must oppose what the enemy supports, and we must support what the enemy opposes.

Therefore, those who can be officials in the Apocalypse Dynasty almost all have to put on the cloak of eunuchs, even if they are not.

And in the Chongzhen Dynasty, with the fall of Wei Zhongxian's party, the remaining people who are not from the Donglin Party have to pretend to have something to do with Donglin, and finally they are full of Donglin, in fact, they are still those people, nothing more than changing their skins and pretending to take refuge in another faction.

Everyone has a little bit of Donglin's involvement, so they naturally have to worry about King Fu's grievances against his father Lao Fuwang and Guangzong for the crown prince, and liquidate the old enmity of Donglin people who supported Guangzong back then.

What I am afraid of is not just the liquidation of Zhen Donglin, but the fear that someone will take the opportunity of liquidating Zhen Donglin to carry out arbitrary expansion of the attack.

Even if the blood relationship between King Fu and Chongzhen is indeed closer than that of King Lu, the civil officials of Donglin must try their best to ignore this fact and find some excuses.

Shi Kefa is relatively disciplined, and he can't say these words himself.

Gao Hongtu and Xu Shiqi were transferred not long ago, and it was inconvenient to come out, and Jiang Riguang, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had a high-profile just now, and it was not good to say those exceptional words immediately. Shen Tingyang has a little motivation, but his cultural level is too poor, and after looking around, only Wang Duo, the secretary of the ministry, sings with a white face.

Wang Duo was speechless for a while, so he had to be this wicked man and proposed:

"In this autumn of national calamity, it is not a peaceful time, and those who are in charge of the country must have the ability and the virtue to gather people's hearts in order to survive the difficulties. Although King Fu is often closer, in the time of the domain, the name of loyalty and filial piety seems to be ...... The Scott Department, you still have to be cautious. The old man is in charge of the ministry, and he doesn't know much about the affairs of the domain, so you should be cautious. ”

Wang Duo's words were flickering, and he also wanted to encourage others, and he didn't want to take too much responsibility, so halfway through his words, he said that he didn't know the situation very well, just reminded him and let the people who knew the situation discuss it specifically.

After Shi Kefa heard this, it was more fair, he felt that whether the so-called vassal king was loyal, filial, virtuous, and greedy or not, he usually couldn't see it, and it was still a bit unkind to attack King Fu with these illusory things.

Although in history, Shi Kefa finally told Ma Shiying that "the seven kings of Fu cannot be established", but when it comes to conscience, most of them are made up by others. The core reason that Shi Kefa himself thought of was actually one, that is, when he accused King Fu of being a vassal king, he "intervened in Yousi".

Although the "History of the Ming Dynasty" does not record how King Fu intervened in Yousi, considering Shi Kefa's character, later generations of researchers also feel that King Fu really intervened in Yousi during the period before Chongzhen's death.

After all, judging from the later results, King Fu was indeed ambitious, and secondly, when Chongzhen just died, he made friends with the support of some local feudal generals, if he didn't make friends with officialdom and generals at all, how could he get support so quickly?

And the seven points that attacked King Fu in history, only this point was pointed out by Shi Kefa himself, if there was no basis, Shi Kefa would not have ruined his reputation like this, if he was willing to spoil it, he would have ruined the other six points a long time ago.

Of course, regardless of the Fu King in history, before Chongzhen's death, what the specific situation of intervening in Yousi was, in this life, because of the butterfly effect of Zhu Shuren, he did fall into a real intervention Yousi-

In the last two months before Chongzhen's death, on the eve of Zhu Shuren's troops going north to rescue the driver, Liu Fangliang's troops of the Southern Route Army attacked Shandong and Hebei from Henan, and broke through the Guide Mansion at that time.

The Bozhou guard general and Liu Liangzuo, the Huaibei Domain town who was ordered to rescue Gui and Bo, also had the sin of abandoning the land and avoiding the war and not saving it. Chongzhen also ordered these people to be held accountable at that time.

(Note: If you don't know, you can go back to Chapter 232 archaeology)

At that time, Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, looked at Liang Yizhang and others, and when he and Uncle Lu Wang fled to Shangqiu for refuge in the previous year, they had sheltered them, and they were a little kind, so they went to Fengyang from Hefei in a big package, found Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and asked people to shelter Liang Yizhang, Yan Zekong and Liu Liangzuo. Ma Shiying also sold him this face.

Zhu Yousong dared to do this, and it was estimated that he had already understood it at that time, and Chongzhen was likely to be finished. In fact, after he did this, Chongzhen did not live for two months.

Zhu Yousong's request for favor also made the magistrates and military generals of several prefectures around Fengyang grateful to him, and felt that His Royal Highness King Fu had a good sense of everything, cut off His Majesty's indiscriminate pursuit of blame, and saved several generals who lost their land and defeated the army.

After this incident, Zhu Yousong's hearts were bought, but he obviously also left behind a more conclusive evidence than the same period in the original history: he really "intervened in Youji"!

The specific method of intervention is to dissuade Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, from carrying out the will of Chongzhen to "ask Liang Yizhang, Liu Liangzuo" and others! This is the level of anti-decree "intervention with a division"!

Although judging from the results, this intervention reflects "benevolence", is to protect people and save people, and it has indeed bought people's hearts, and it is only a time difference of more than a month, and no one cares about the chaos at that time, but legally it is an intervention.

Even if he thinks that in a few months, this position should be occupied by him, but if he oversteps his authority in advance, he will fall into the hands of others.

But Zhu Yousong can't help it, he has no officialdom foundation and power, seeing that Chongzhen is going to die, he has one or two governors and generals as the backing, which is also normal, obviously a decision after weighing his brain.

Zhu Yousong knows very well that his cousin doesn't have to do anything, he can show weakness and cowardice, and his bloodline is farther than him - but his cousin's life is good! did not give birth to a son, cut off children and grandchildren, only had one daughter, and married a governor with more than 200,000 soldiers and horses!

Even if Zhu Changzhu has no ambition, Zhu Yousong doesn't dare to bet that Zhu Changzhu has no ambition, he must prepare in advance. Once the suspicion chain is activated, it does not mean that the other party behaves harmlessly and the other party can stop it.

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Among the six important ministers, Shi Kefa knows the most about the specific performance and details of Zhu Yousong's "intervention in Yousi".

Who asked him to move from the current position of Ma Shiying before he became the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, among the Ming troops in Anlu and Fengyang, Shi Kefa's eyeliner is the most. Ma Shiying, Liu Liangzuo and Zhu Yousong's small movements, he was also aware of them.

Since he had a justifiable reason, Shi Kefa naturally disdained to chase after the wind and shadow again, so he only attacked this point, and told the other five Shangshu about the above-mentioned flaws in the style of "King Fu's intervention in Yousi".

“…… Whether it is greedy, disloyal or unfilial, regardless of it for the time being, this interference is a matter of authority and arbitrariness, but it is almost real. Now the question is whether this sin can affect the degree of blood tie and whether it is enough to decide whether to let him be imprisoned. I wonder what you think? ”

After listening to the rest of the Shangshu, they also had mixed reactions, several people were in high spirits, Wang Duo was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and he was the most sensitive to the authority and law of the imperial court, and he immediately expressed that this sin was not small.

Jiang Riguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, touched his beard and hesitated: "The intervention is conclusive, and it is really not a trivial matter." But relying on this alone, it is not enough to overturn Lun's estrangement and proximity.

After all, if according to Lun Chang, King Fu is indeed the closest vassal king to His Majesty after his martyrdom, and he also abused his power a month or two in advance...... If we don't pursue it, no one will. After all, this matter is not a big deal. ”

Shi Kefa felt that Jiang Riguang's words were a little slippery, it was said that among the people, he Shi Kefa was relatively not afraid of King Fu taking power, and at least three or four of the other five were more worried about this matter than him.

But Jiang Riguang wants to clear his responsibilities, which makes people feel a little awkward.

Fortunately, this time Shi Kefa did not speak, but a colleague who has always been known for his lack of reading and poor learning spoke very responsibly.

Shen Tingyang, the head of the household, was quite chivalrous, and couldn't help but say: "Jiang Butang! When you say this, you keep saying that the court etiquette system, but those etiquette systems are only used to choose a new monarch and set the country.

But what we are talking about now is the election of the prison country, and there is no Ming law ancestral system that says that the election of the prison country must also be according to the norm! Is there a problem with the selection of talents in the selection of supervisors? Besides, you said that King Fu was just using his authority a little earlier, then I would like to ask you, could it be that when King Fu opened the trust for Liu Liangzuo, Liang Yizhang, and Ma Shiying, he could predict that His Majesty's sons would also suffer unexpectedly!

After all, if one of the sons of Emperor Daxing came from the south, it would not be his turn to give King Fu a finger at the national affairs! ”

Shen Tingyang is a businessman, he pays more attention to substantive issues, and he doesn't drop his bookbag with others, his words are not rough, Shi Kefa and Wang Duo also feel very reasonable when they hear it.

That's right, we are electing the prison country, not saying that the prison country should also be selected according to the standards of the new king.

Shi Kefa couldn't help nodding and said: "Brother Shen's words are quite inspiring, indeed, we are just electing the prison country, and the prison country is virtuous, there is no problem." In these troubled times, the most important thing for the prison is to stabilize people's minds and not interfere in the operation of the cabinet. Although King Lu is benevolent and cowardly, he can also make people feel at ease, and everyone in the world knows that he will not interfere with Yousi.

Since ancient times, the way of supervising the country, it is in the selection of talents, vertical arch and rule, Qi Huan Gong has his people, in case of trouble, one will sue the middle father, the other will tell the middle father, not also the princes of Jiuhe, a Kuang world? ”

These words are righteous and awe-inspiring, and no one can find fault, because according to Confucian political theory, the emperor or the monarch, the most important thing is to listen to and understand, plus to know and employ people, as for specific things, there is no need for the emperor, the emperor only uses good people.

When Wei Wenhou was having dinner with Tian Zifang, he heard that the rhythm of the bell was inaccurate, and pointed out which bell was high, and he should let the coppersmith file it again, and Tian Zifang educated him:

Confucius said that a gentleman is not a weapon, and a gentleman should not feel that he is better than a professional talent in any professional skills, and a gentleman should select the most professional talents to do professional things, so as not to be rigid and self-serving.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be the same as the administrative officer of the World Football Association commanding the head coach. (A gentleman does not mean that a gentleman cannot have skills, but a gentleman must remain humble, even if he has skills, he cannot feel that he is more skilled than professionals, and he must trust professionals)

Jiang Riguang was summed up by Shi Kefa like this, and it was not easy to say anything, anyway, the process of today's meeting, even if it was spread in the future, he would not have any responsibility. At most, if King Lu is really on the throne, he may not get much benefit, but as long as it is stable, it is enough.

Shi Kefa glanced at the audience again, and felt that there was roughly a unified opinion.

And Wang Duo saw that the general trend had been decided, and he also added a few words of icing on the cake, which can be regarded as saying to Shi Kefa and Jiang Riguang at the same time:

"Shi Gebu, Jiang Butang, there is a sentence, the old man also suddenly thought of it. If you really want to select talents, just this intervention is a little bit more important, I'm afraid it is not enough. The rest of the virtues are said to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites, but if Jiang Butang can't manage them, and there are many complicated things, it is better to temporarily negotiate a waiter of the Ministry of Rites to take care of this matter. ”

Shi Kefa and Jiang Riguang glanced at each other, knowing that Wang Duo was trying to pull someone to do something that offended people, so Shi Kefa asked, "Is there a suitable candidate in the Wang Pavilion Department?" ”

Wang Duo's eyes narrowed: "How is Qian Qianyi?" Although he has been idle for three years, his qualifications are sufficient. ”

Historically, Qian Qianyi was re-promoted to an official position before and after Chongzhen's martyrdom, just to take advantage of his status as a scholar and build momentum. Qian Qianyi also tended to support King Lu at the beginning, for the benefit of Donglin, and later Ma Shiying supported King Fu, and he went to kneel and lick through Ruan Dacheng, currying favor on both sides.

In addition, as an aside, in history, when Duoduo finally hit Nanjing City, and when the ministers surrendered, Wang Duo led the surrender with Qian Qianyi, and the personal relationship between the two was good.

Now, because of the butterfly effect, seeing that Shi Kefa is only willing to use the conclusive reason of "intervening in the division" to deny King Fu, he refuses to distort the facts and pour dirty water.

Wang Duo was afraid that he would not be able to make sure of it, and Jiang Riguang was afraid of taking responsibility, so he would bring Qian Qianyi up alone and get Jiang Riguang to be Jiang Riguang's deputy in the Ministry of Rites, specifically responsible for the dirty water work of chasing the wind and catching shadows.

If things change in the end, such as splashing dirty water for a long time, if King Fu is still on the throne, it is a big deal that Wang Duo and they will abandon Qian Qianyi's chess piece and push the pot on Qian Qianyi's head.

The rest of the scholars, except for Shen Tingyang, were also well aware of Wang Duo's risk avoidance and didn't say anything.

Shi Kefa thought about it, and did not object to Wang Duo's personnel transfer proposal. Now that there is no prison in the country, it is not a temporary decision for their cabinet to discuss it.

After discussing it, Shi Kefa dismissed everyone and asked everyone to act according to the plan. He also had to think about how to prepare for welcoming King Lu to Nanjing to supervise the country.

After the others left, Shen Tingyang stayed alone, found an opportunity, and said to Shi Kefa in private: "Xianzhi, don't you think that Juesi (Wang Duo) has their wrists...... Some are greedy for more things, sacrificing their own resources?

Since ancient times, to do great things, what you want is an outline, why bother weaving a lot of reasons? If you think that the article of 'intervening in the division' is not weighty, you can think of another way - a few days ago, Zhang Mingzhen, the chief soldier of Caocao, had just rescued Empress Yi'an and Princess Kunxing, and temporarily found land to settle after landing in Suzhou.

Why don't we send someone to greet you anymore, and by the way, ask Empress Yi'an if she heard what words Her Majesty left before her martyrdom? ”

Shi Kefa's Tong Kong scaled violently a few times: "Your Majesty...... At that time, there must have been hope in his heart, thinking that the crown prince or the eternal king would be safe, right? It's impossible to leave a message of succession, right? I don't dare to think of this kind of thing! ”

Shi Kefa knew very well that when Chongzhen died, he knew at most that the crown prince had been arrested with him, but he would never have thought that his two younger sons would also be betrayed by Zhou Kui, the national ruler. So to say that Chongzhen will leave an oral message to pass on the throne of King Fu or even King Lu, it is impossible, no one in the world will believe it, so they haven't asked in the past few days.

On the other hand, the day when Zhang Yan and Zhu Jiao arrived in Suzhou was indeed not long ago, just a few days ago, no one in Nanjing went to greet and greet them for the time being, but let them live in Suzhou temporarily, which was also a consideration.

Because I don't know who will be in charge of the court in the future, if Zhang Yan comes to Nanjing rashly, it is not easy to position - if Zhu Yousong takes the throne, then although Zhu Yousong is older than Chongzhen, after all, he is still younger than Tianqi, so Zhang Yan can continue to be the emperor's sister-in-law.

But if Zhu Changzhu ascends the throne, he is the uncle of Tianqi and Chongzhen, Zhang Yan is alive in the world, and he can only call himself the "nephew" of the new emperor, which is more embarrassing, so he can't be sent to Nanjing in advance.

Shen Tingyang broke Shi Kefa's concerns with one word: "If it is an oracle about the succession, it is naturally impossible for Your Majesty to stay before your martyrdom, and Your Majesty doesn't know which of his sons can escape."

However, if it is about the people who escaped from the temporary imprisonment of the country, the transitional protection of the Yongwang or the Dingwang, it is still possible that such an oracle will remain, right? How do you know without asking? ”

Shi Kefa was right when he thought about it, what they were thinking about before was to establish a new monarch, and it was impossible for Chongzhen to say the dictate of establishing a new monarch, so there was no need to ask. But now that he wants to find a temporary prisoner, Chongzhen may not have left his last words......

Even if it's dictated.

Shen Tingyang saw that Shi Kefa had figured it out, so he provided a candidate: "Xianzhi, the dog is now garrisoning Hefei, and he is serving his parents-in-law with his wife, why don't you let the county lord go to Suzhou to greet Empress Yi'an as a cousin with the etiquette of visiting her cousin-in-law, this is not against the etiquette law, right?" ”

Shi Kefa thought about it, this is indeed in line with etiquette.

Of course, Zhu Shuren is not qualified to meet Zhang Yan, when Chongzhen was alive, Zhang Yan was the emperor's sister-in-law, how could there be a reason to see a man's ministers?

But Zhu Shuren's wife, the little county lord Zhu Yuchan, has no problem if she wants to meet her sister-in-law, the princess and county lord of the clan have always had the habit of being summoned to the palace by the queen and princess, and it is too reasonable for the sister-in-law to meet her sister-in-law.

"Then there is the county lord of Laolu Wangfu, go and ask An to be shocked first."