After Ma Shiying's death, there were still eight university scholars left in the cabinet.

Among these eight scholars, the most promising to inherit the position of the first assistant of the cabinet is Wang Duo, the second assistant of the former Hongguang court.

He came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, killing the eunuchs is my luck for the Ming Dynasty and the luck of the people of the world." ”

As he spoke, the conversation changed.

"But... The thieves were defeated in Sichuan, and the Qing soldiers were about to go south, so the minister thought that it was time to discuss the matter of moving the capital? ”

Moving the capital?

Where is this going, and the capital is about to be moved?

Zhu Cihong looked at the seemingly loyal Hanlin University scholar in front of him, and remembered his deeds in history when the Qing army was in the city to lead the Wenchen to surrender, and his heart was even more disgusted.

Nine times out of ten, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty surrendered to the Tatar Qing Dynasty in history and competed to be the second minister, but now they are all ugly faces of loyalty and righteousness for the country!

The current scholar of Dongge University and the head of the household department Wang Duo, one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, probably also knows the secret of his life experience.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "Nanjing is where my ancestor of the Ming Dynasty is located, I think it's better to see the situation first." ”

Wang Duo's performance seems to confirm Zhu Cihong's conjecture.

He sneered: "It depends on the situation? ”

"Your Majesty, don't you know that after Duoduo defeated the thieves at Tongguan, he led 100,000 Qing troops straight to my Nanjing?"

"That Duoduo has great achievements, advancing by land and water, and he said that he will take Nanjing within a month, and if he does not move the capital, who will lead the troops to resist?"

In these words, the meaning of the threat is already obvious.

The smile on Zhu Cihong's face gradually solidified, and after a long while, he raised his sword eyebrows and asked playfully:

"Look at Aiqing's meaning, I already know the intelligence of the captives going south."

"Does anyone else know about these things?" While speaking, Zhu Cihong looked around at the ministers in the Fengtian Palace.

In the direction they saw, many civil and military courtiers were silent.

Wang Duo was stunned for a moment, he boasted that he was pinching the secret of this fake prince's life experience, so he dared to speak disrespectfully, and he didn't have any scruples.

But I didn't think that this guy's thinking was so meticulous that he would be an army.

However, after all, Wang Duo has been in the officialdom for many years, and the city still has this, so he quickly smiled and said: "Your Majesty is joking, the minister guessed." ”

"How could the minister know the information about the Qing army's southward movement?"

"Oh, guess." Zhu Cihong looked suddenly enlightened, and smiled at him: "In this way, Aiqing is really extremely smart. ”

"I really sighed to myself, and I couldn't help but think, if I had a few more virtuous and capable ministers like Aiqing, how could the first emperor say such a thing as 'the ministers are mistaken'?"

Wang Duo naturally heard the irony implied in these words, but he didn't dare to attack in public, and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty has an overreputation, let's still discuss it, in case the minister is unfortunate enough to say it, how to deal with the Qing army!"

With that, he retreated with a cold face.

In his heart, Wang Duo's opinion of this fake emperor was completely different from before.

Judging from the performance of this fake emperor before and after he ascended the throne, he doesn't look like a person at all, his thinking is so meticulous, and the city government is also very afraid.

Wang Duo was suddenly a little afraid, could it be that those idiotic actions before, it was just this guy pretending to be able to ascend the throne.

Is it a good thing to help him get on the throne with the fake?

"I have an idea, I don't know if I can say it."

Holding Wang Duo back, Zhu Cihong was in a much better mood.

Leaning on the dragon chair, while talking, his eyes looked around the Fengtian Hall a little lazily.

As an emperor, he is asking his courtiers if they can speak, which is simply a great irony, and even many Donglin Party members feel that Wang Duo is a little too hasty today.

At this time, an official came out of the ranks.

"Your Majesty laughed, you are the Son of Heaven, those of us who are courtiers, of course, must act according to Your Majesty's will."

Zhu Cihong looked over and found that it was Xu Yu, a doctor of Taixue.

Taixue was the highest national institution of learning in ancient China.

The name of Taixue began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and all dynasties from Xia, Shang and Zhou to the present day have set up Taixue, but the titles are different.

In the Ming generation, there were two main official positions in Guan Taixue.

One is Xu Yu, a doctor who is in charge of teaching and teaching, and the other is the one who manages the school, which is called sacrificial wine.

Guozijian was the highest level of education management in the Ming Dynasty, governing all national and private institutions, including Taixue.

Zhu Cihong looked at the first person who stood up to speak for him, and he had the impression that there was no information about him, so he didn't trust him very much.

After thinking about it, he said tentatively: "What does the Xu Qing family think?" ”

Xu Yu did not hesitate, thought about it and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the capital should not be moved, and now Nanjing is the first in the country." ”

"Emperor Taizu Gao is here to control the dragon, and then seize the world, if the capital is moved at this time, it will be a great blow to the morale of the whole country."

"What's more, our city is high and deep, and the grain and rice are enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for more than half a year, so why be afraid of the Tartars!"

said well, Zhu Cihong was very pleased.

In this entire court, there is finally a person who speaks to people.

Without waiting for the rest of the people to refute, Zhu Cihong couldn't wait to affirm this, nodded and said, "Yes, I have this intention!" ”

"In the face of Li Chuang's million-strong army, the first emperor was still able to stick to the Beijing division and did not hesitate to die for the country. Today, Nanjing is the land of Emperor Taizu Gao's Longxing, and I must obey the ancestral system, and the Son of Heaven will guard the country! ”

"I have made up my mind, and I will send a letter to summon the world's soldiers and horses to work hard, but anyone who can come will be rewarded, and the knighthood is not a problem!"

"Fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, defend Nanjing!"

It doesn't matter what you can reward, anyway, the pie should be drawn first, in order to survive, there is no shame.

In fact, last night, Zhu Cihong tossed and turned and thought for a long time.

I thought about the situation in Nanming several times, but as long as there is an ending that can run away, no one wants to stay in Nanjing to fight this battle that cannot be won at all.

But the question is, can you survive if you run away?

That's choking!

Now that he has Nanjing in his hand, he can barely call for half the world, and once he runs away and the Jiangnan gateway is opened, it will be even more unbeatable.

Eighty percent of them are like in history, and they will be defeated like a mountain when they run, and they can't stop at all.

Look at the endings of the captured Nanming Emperors, I remember it vividly!

Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was sent to Beijing to be executed, Longwu Emperor Zhu Lijian was defeated and killed, and then his younger brother Zhu Yulu was imprisoned in Guangzhou, and the Qing army committed suicide after breaking the city.

As for the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, after the defeat of the army, he went abroad, but he was still given as a credit, and was finally hanged by the traitor Wu Sangui himself.

His identity, now Chongzhen's prince Zhu Cihong, can't hide it, how many people are waiting to send him out to ask for a reward?

If you don't kill yourself, the emperor of Taqing is not stable.

Today's court meeting, in fact, Zhu Cihong is waiting for this step, no matter who says it, Nanjing must be guarded.

The Wenchen were stunned when they heard it, but they didn't refuse, their attitude was indifferent, and besides that, they even wanted to laugh a little.

Defend Nanjing, what to guard?

Is it your Taixue Doctor Xu Yu to lead the troops, or Emperor Shaowu himself to lead the troops?

Don't look at us, we're not going anyway.

In their opinion, it doesn't matter much whether they keep or not, it's nothing more than changing places to be courtiers, and they can wait for defeat and then surrender.

As for winning, no one thought it would exist.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

With the hundreds of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people in Nanjing City, how can they win in the face of 150,000 well-armored Qing troops?

Since he has decided to defend Nanjing City, who should he believe, Zhu Cihong actually has a spectrum in his heart.

Zhao Zhilong, the Xincheng Bo who holds the military power of Nanjing? Count the balls.

This kid, as well as the group of nobles under his command who are "in solidarity with the country", are the fastest to surrender in history.

Before the Qing army came over, Zhao Zhilong had to be withdrawn.

and the group of ministers in front of him who are not too big of a problem, and may even have secretly defected to Tatar Qing, Zhu Cihong did not have any hope for them at all.

Zhu Cihong only hopes that these goods can be busy dividing Ruan Dacheng's family property now, and don't bother themselves.

Obviously, there is no second candidate except for Huang Degong, one of the four towns in Jiangbei, to be transferred back.

Zhu Cihong was not worried at all about the issue of issuing the decree.

At this time, those who can listen to the mobilization can be mobilized in the same way, and those who do not listen to the announcement will not be able to command even if they issue the holy decree.

Zhu Cihong was convinced that as long as he said a word, Huang Degong would definitely rush to Nanjing City with 20,000 elite soldiers in the starry night.