Huang Degong has received a total of three edicts from Nanjing in the past few days, the first is the abdication edict of Emperor Hongguang, and the second is the enthronement edict of Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of Chongzhen.

The third is the edict of King Qin that he now has in his hand, asking him to take the army to Nanjing.

Huang Degong didn't expect that after receiving the emperor's edict, he would hesitate.

Why hesitate?

Because this emperor came up a little too fast, in just a few days, Nanjing has changed the day, and it is so fast that people have no defense.

The fundamental reason for his hesitation was that he hadn't figured out whether this prince was real or not.

Huang Degong put the edict on the table, his eyebrows filled with deep worry, and he sighed inadvertently.

Is he thinking too much, if this prince is fake, will he trust himself so much as soon as he takes the throne?

He has 20,000 elite soldiers under his command, so let him lead the troops to Beijing, isn't he afraid......

Suddenly, Huang Degong felt as if he was a little too bad, His Majesty trusted him so much, and he was still worried about whether his identity as a prince was fake.

Thinking of this, there was no hesitation in his eyes, and he slapped the table hard.

"Someone! Pass on my military order, today the whole army left Luzhou and was ordered to go to King Qin in Nanjing! ”

His Chinese generals walked in, and naturally they had heard the rumors of the past few days, and their faces were a little hesitant, so they stepped forward and persuaded:

"Master Hou, whether this prince is real or false has not yet been determined, and you can't just listen to the words of those civil officials."

"Besides, we didn't have a plan in the Shaowu Dynasty, if we went to Nanjing rashly, wouldn't Hou Ye be afraid of causing trouble to Xiao Wall?"

Huang Degong was furious when he heard this, and he took the case.

"Woe to the wall? Fuck your shit! ”

"When today's son trusts me so much Huang Degong, and is the first to summon me to see me, I Huang Degong only hate that I can't rush to Nanjing immediately, and my liver and brain are smeared to repay my great kindness."

"I think you want me to rebel against the mastermind and learn from Zuo Mengeng, right?"

The generals of the Chinese army actually did have this idea, but they were just tempting, but they didn't expect Huang Degong to react so much.

He was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Hou Ye is angry, and the last general is also thinking about Hou Ye's future." ”

Huang Degong sighed: "Jiashen is in trouble, the country is in trouble, and the rivers are declining!" I, Huang Degong, am the Son of Heaven, how can I miss a major national event for my future? ”

The general of the Chinese army still did not give up, and whispered: "Having said that, it is just that this edict issued by His Majesty is a central decree, and if we go by order, I am afraid that the cabinet will not allow it." ”

"Your Majesty is now a civil servant, and you have to guard against it."

The so-called Zhongzhi is issued directly by the emperor's inner court, without the will of the cabinet, and in the Ming generation, the courtiers have the right to disobey the Zhongzhi without being punished.

"What's wrong with the middle will, isn't the middle will not His Majesty's will?" Huang Degong didn't care in the slightest, and sneered:

"What is the Cabinet?"

"As long as it is His Majesty's will, whether it is a medium decree or a holy decree, we as courtiers can only obey it, and we must obey it."

"You don't have to say any more, go down and give orders!"

Seeing that he could no longer persuade him, the Chinese army rolled his eyes and had no choice but to retreat.

......

"Huang Degong obeyed his orders?"

Zhu Cihong looked at this echo and was overjoyed.

Huang Degong generally doesn't care whether it is a holy decree or a middle decree sent by him, so Zhu Cihong will bypass the cabinet and directly send him a central decree.

Sure enough, Huang Degong directly received the order.

A good thing, a good thing.

This shows that Huang Degong recognizes himself as the prince of Chongzhen in his heart.

Huang Degong is the only one in the four towns of Jiangbei to listen to the imperial court, and the only one who was knighted by virtue of his military exploits.

In history, Huang Degong fought with the Qing army on the riverside, escorted and martyred the country, and his loyalty was beyond doubt.

The rest of the warlords of Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo were all defeated generals before, and they had the merit of supporting and establishing policies in the Hongguang Dynasty, so they were able to be awarded the title of uncle.

Huang Degong's prestige in the army is very high, as long as he arrives in Nanjing, he will naturally be able to subdue Zhao Zhilong.

As for what to do with Jiangbei's defense line after Huang Degong came.

Zhu Cihong never thought about this question, but he just wanted to ask rhetorically, is there a defense line in Jiangbei?

Four towns in Jiangbei? Forget it.

In the history of the four towns in Jiangbei, only Gao Jie and Huang Degong dared to fight against the Qing army.

Gao Jie was arrogant, plundered the people, and did not obey the holy decree, but he was never ambiguous in the general righteousness of the country, and at least in the first month of this year, he planned to enter the Central Plains.

Later, the Suizhou Incident occurred, and Gao Jie died at the hands of traitors.

As for Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, these two goods have nothing to say, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death.

The four towns of Jiangbei in the Hongguang Dynasty had the merit of supporting the emperor's decision-making, and they were arrogant, and they did not put the prestige of the court and the authority of the emperor in their eyes.

Since he came to the throne, there have been no less than ten pieces of music in the court asking for Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo to be rewarded.

For these recitals, Zhu Cihong didn't look at them all, just stay in the middle and don't send them.

"What about Mu Hu?"

Zhu Cihong put down the recital, a little upset.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have always sorted out the major events in the world by watching the music, but this method is obviously no longer feasible.

The Ming Dynasty now only has half of the south of the Yangtze River, even if this half of the country, most of the local civil and military forces that respect themselves for the Shaowu Dynasty are only on the surface.

Like Huang Degong, there are very few people who rush to the soup and fight the fire with a single sentence.

Looking at the music, my Daming is now a piece of singing and dancing, the country is rich and the people are strong, and there is no intention of dying at all.

But in fact, the Qing army is still more than a month away from Nanjing!

"Back to the emperor, Lord Mu is leading people to raid the Ruan family's mansion recently!"

It was Han Zanzhou, the Nanjing garrison eunuch of the Chongzhen Dynasty, who spoke, and now he is the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.

This celebrant palm print, Zhu Cihong has some impressions.

In history, the only eunuch who was martyred in Nanjing was him, and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty must be no problem.

The question is, what about yourself?

Ma Shiying is loyal to Daming, but he is loyal to both Daming and Hongguang, and he is not loyal to himself, so it is useless to come.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong asked, "What do you think of the factory minister?" ”

Han Zanzhou was stunned for a moment, and then realized what the emperor asked him, he was not the slightest disrespectful, and leaned over and said:

"Your Majesty, Master Hong has ancestral training, internal officials are not allowed to interfere in politics, slaves and maids ......"

His answer and attitude surprised Zhu Cihong a little, so he smiled: "This time is different from the past, I forgive you for your innocence, just say what you have to say." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid feels wronged for Lord Ruan." Han Zanzhou said this and bowed even lower.

The expected anger was not seen, and this Shaowu Emperor still seemed very calm.

The emperor didn't speak, and Han Zanzhou had no choice but to cautiously continue: "Lord Ruan is loyal to the imperial court, even if there is a mistake, the crime will not be punished by the nine clans......"

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Zhu Cihong knew that it was time to make a statement.

In fact, Zhu Cihong was very satisfied with Han Zanzhou's answer.

Han Zanzhou naturally didn't know that Ruan Dacheng would surrender in the future, and his words at least showed that he was on Ma Shiying's side.

In other words, he is not a member of the Donglin Party, and he is a loyal minister in history.

Zhu Cihong came to a conclusion that this person can use.

That's enough, and it's not in a position to ask for too much now.

Han Zan waited with a bow, unable to see his expression.

Zhu Cihong's nails tapped on the imperial case in front of him, and he didn't answer directly, and the palace was surprisingly quiet.

After a long while, Zhu Cihong said slowly:

"In a few days, Jingnan Bo Huang Degong will lead his troops into Beijing, you go out to pick him up, and say that I will let you go."

"Also, I remember that Grandpa Tai set up a filial piety guard near Nanjing, what is the situation there now?"