Due to the agreement reached with the cabinet, Zhu Cihong's holy decree was quickly issued.

On the first day, the edict arrived in the cabinet, and on the same day, it was unanimously voted by the second assistant Wang Duo and the other two cabinet ministers, and then the two Ti rode out of Beijing.

The first Tiqi came directly to the outskirts of Nanjing, found the reclusive Zhu Dadian, and read out the holy decree of Emperor Shaowu to summon him to restore the dynasty as the secretary of the military department.

Zhu Dadian was originally the left squire of the military department in Nanjing, but later suddenly announced his resignation due to some factors.

The second Tiqi had to make a long trip to Hangzhou to read out the decree on the removal of Shi Kefa from his post as secretary of the military department, which greatly affected the situation.

On this day, a petition from Shandong was placed in front of Zhu Cihong.

"The minister is the Qingzhou Road of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, and he is forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and now the prince crosses to the south and establishes the Shaowu New Dynasty in Jinling, and the minister is deeply admired, and he is willing to respond internally."

"The captives in the Shandong True Banner Army are only 800 people, under the hub, righteous deeds and theft, and until captured, the young and long are all put in the law, and those who can't bend the bow and manipulate the blade are also slaughtered indiscriminately."

"The captives brutally slaughtered the people, and the people were panicked. I want to fake it as the capital of the green forest and the new city, and the industry of the south and the sun. ”

The business of the south sun? Is this comparing me to Han Guangwu?

Zhu Cihong sat in the inner hall of Jiming Temple, listening to Han Zanzhou read this petition with a smile on his face.

It seems that his previous secret edict has played a role, and many people who have surrendered to the Tatar Qing or those who have resisted the Qing in the local area have fewer worries.

The petition came from a soldier named Ye Tingxiu appointed by the Tatar Qing in Qingzhou, Shandong.

This person first descended to the shun and then to the clear, no matter how you look at it, he is a complete wall grass and a traitor, but the traitor has the usage of a traitor.

At least now when it is time to win people's hearts, it can't be beaten to death with a stick, this Ye Tingxiu is enough to stand as a typical example.

Of course, the premise is that the information he gives is true.

According to Ye Tingxiu's intelligence, the Qing troops in Shandong were only passed on, and since most of the troops were transferred to the northwest to fight Dashun, only the "True Banner Army" of 800 was left in the provincial capital.

This so-called True Banner Army is talking about the Jurchen armor soldiers, and only these people in the Qing army are really combative.

The rest of the green battalions were all reorganized from the former Ming army.

According to his understanding of history, Zhu Cihong felt that the news on this intelligence was inseparable, but the problem was that he didn't know this pseudo-Qing Qingzhou Dao named Ye Tingxiu.

In history, there were actually many villains like Ye Tingxiu in the Southern Ming Dynasty, but most of them betrayed the Ming Dynasty to send intelligence to the Tartars.

None of the real reasons for the people who have come to send information to themselves today are hard to believe, and it is very likely that they are Dolgon's methods.

However, Dorgon can use people without suspicion, and those who come do not refuse, and I can naturally do it.

Zhu Cihong thought for a long time, his nails kept beating on the chair, and after a long while, he asked with some certainty:

"This Ye Tingxiu, does anyone know it?"

Han Zanzhou had been waiting, waiting to see whether the emperor would affirm or refuse, so he didn't squeak first.

Now he heard that the emperor meant that he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, so he had to take advantage of this opportunity to make good use of it.

So he said: "Back to the emperor, Ye Tingxiu is a person, the slave and maid only know that he was born as a jinshi during the Chongzhen period, and he has been an official in Shandong, and other slaves and maids don't know." ”

Seeing Zhu Cihong's "oh" and his eyes a little lost, Han Zanzhou thought for a while and said, "But Your Majesty, the slave knows his fellow countrymen. ”

"Oh? Who is it? ”

Zhu Cihong didn't see the meaning of asking for merit and reward in Han Zanzhou's words, and his eyes lit up, and he was also discovered by the latter.

Han Zanzhou smiled and said: "This person's name is Ma Jixiang, and he was a Jinyi Wei Qianhu in the Chongzhen Dynasty and was sent to Shandong as a supervision official. ”

Ma Jixiang!?

Ye Tingxiu and Zhu Cihong don't know him, but he is a fellow countryman, but he can't be more familiar.

Ma Jixiang, the origin of a thousand households in brocade clothes, is actually made up, and he is a fart who wants to take advantage of the opportunity.

After all, in this year, the identity of the former prince can be faked, and with useful information, he said that he was a former dynasty Jinyi Wei Qianhu, what is so difficult about this.

As for Zhu Cihong, he doesn't care whether his identity is true or not, as long as he can use it for himself.

This Ma Jixiang has a bad reputation in history, and it can be said that it is extremely smelly.

People like Ma Shiying and Ma Jixiang, who are extremely stinky and are classified as rebels, are all anti-Qing to death, and would rather accompany them all the way to the Qing than surrender to the Qing.

For example, Wang Duo and Li Zhan, these famous sages in the world, and Qingliu people, chose to abandon the former emperor when the Qing army came to Nanjing.

But that's exactly where the problem lies.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, it was said that Ma Jixiang was greedy for money and lustful, made friends and friends, thought that he was a fellow party, arrogantly and arrogantly committed lawlessness in the local area, and listed him, Ma Shiying, and Ruan Dacheng in the "Legend of Traitors".

It is said that Ma Jixiang "is greedy and despicable, reciting friends, taking revenge on daily affairs, recruiting power and profit, and ending his death".

There are also people who say: Yongming has auspicious Xiang, and the king of Jufu has heroic soldiers.

And it is such a person who is useless in the history books, a traitor, but the Ming Dynasty is loyal and will never abandon Emperor Yongli until he dies in battle.

Historically, a group of Donglin sages lived in temples and were nothing more than boastful and fighting for power and profit, but they were helpless when it came to the country's situation.

They are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality all day long, but the country is difficult to do but they do not pull out a dime, and the Qing army's guns are aimed at it, and they all turn against and shave their hair without exception.

Ma Jixiang, a villain with such an ugly reputation, followed the emperor all the way and did not hesitate to donate assets to help the court tide over the difficulties.

It was difficult to curse the water, and he was the last group of brocade guards, all of whom were killed while guarding the Yongli Emperor.

Is such a person loyal or treacherous, evil or evil?

Could it be that Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang is a complete fool, knowing that there is such a big traitor next to him, and he has to keep reusing it?

It's really hard to say.

The great sages in the history of the Ming Dynasty are basically listed in the second minister's biography, Yu Daming is a complete traitor, this so-called traitorous thief, Zhu Cihong has to try it himself.

Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said, "Since this Ma Jixiang knows Ye Tingxiu, you call him to Jiming Temple to see me." ”

That night, Ma Jixiang came to Jiming Temple, and as soon as he came in from afar, he shouted and bowed: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"The little Jinyi Guard commands Ma Jixiang, see Your Majesty!"

Zhu Cihong could see at a glance that this person was definitely not from a thousand households in Jinyi before, otherwise it would be impossible to even make a mistake about etiquette.

However, isn't he the real Zhu Cihong?

Don't care about these for now, let's see if this traitor in the history of the Ming Dynasty is good for himself?

Zhu Cihong stared at him for a long time, until he broke out in a cold sweat and was so frightened that he asked coldly, "I heard that you know this Ye Tingxiu?" ”

"Do you think this letter he wrote is true or false?"

Ma Jixiang took it and glanced at it casually, and said, "Your Majesty, the little one is the same villager as Ye Tingxiu. ”

"He descended first and then descended to the Qing, according to the small understanding of him, he must be in the Qing side of the reuse, so he wants to defect to the Ming Dynasty and plan a future."

"It should be credible."

"Should?" Zhu Cihong's eyes shot straight over, and he saw Ma Jixiang bow his head a little flustered, and said:

"I don't just want 'be' credible, I want definite information."

"Since you were appointed by the first emperor in the past, you have meritorious service for not surrendering to the Qing Dynasty in Shandong, and I have recovered your original official and still serve as the Jinyi Wei Qianhu of this dynasty."

"You go to Shandong, find out this matter, if it is meritorious, I will not hesitate to reward it."

The last four words made Ma Jixiang's heart itch, and he hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the little one will go to Shandong to find him and verify the authenticity." ”