The imperial court sent Yang Lian to Chuzhou Mansion to meet Wang Qi, and the news soon spread throughout Nanjing and the surrounding provinces.

Everyone wants to see, what kind of mentality will this Yang Wenru Yushi, who has already prepared his own coffin, go to meet Wang Qi?

Or in other words, will Wang Qi kill this Donglin backbone again-after all, the Donglin literati who died indirectly at Wang Qi's hands already have five fingers.

Chuzhou Mansion, the chief ruling temporary government.

"Yang Lian wants to bring his own coffin to see me?"

Wang Qi sat on top of the high office, holding the reply letter from the Nanjing court in his hand, and the smile on his face was as good as ever.

Sitting in the hall were Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng, who shone in the First Battle of Dacangling, and Xiong Tingbi, who performed brilliantly in the Battle of Chuzhou Mansion.

Standing under the yamen was Ruan Dacheng from the Nanjing Military Department who was sent to deliver the letter.

If Ruan Dacheng is discussing things in the court and harming his colleagues, it is logical and meticulous, drawing inferences from one case, but let him face Wang Qi, who is full of noise all over the world and kills people like numbness, it is trembling, trembling and unable to speak.

After all, Ma Shiying died indirectly in the hands of Wang Qi at the beginning!

How can this not make Ruan Dacheng's heart tremble?

If it weren't for Zuo Guangdou and Gao Panlong promising a position as a squire in the military department, Ruan Dacheng would not have been able to come on this trip.

"Grandpa Guo, you know, Yang Lian doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he wants to make a big deal in front of the emperor, and now that the situation is here, he can't come anymore!" Ruan Dacheng cautiously replied to Wang Qi while considering the words.

"You go back and tell Chongzhen that I will give him three days to prepare, and let him come to see me in person, otherwise when the time comes, the soldiers will come to Nanjing City, and both sides will not look good!" Wang Qi put Zhu Youzhen's reply on the table, patted it gently, and looked at Ruan Dacheng.

"The little one must bring the letter!" Ruan Dacheng couldn't wait to leave quickly, anyway, he had already delivered the letter, and it was his business whether Wang Qi could see it: "Live up to the expectations of Grandpa Guo!" ”

After a while, Ruan Dacheng left tremblingly.

"My lord, are we going to start preparing?" As soon as Ruan Dacheng left, Qin Erbao on the side asked: "After all, Nanjing is strong, and it is difficult to capture without many siege equipment and artillery!" The city fire cannons in Fengyang Mansion and Chuzhou Mansion are not so easy to disassemble, it takes some time, and it takes time to convert them into movable cannons."

"The siege equipment of Chuzhou Mansion can be used, but the siege operation of more than 10,000 people will be difficult to continue after a long time!"

On the other side, Lu Xiangsheng and Xiong Tingbi also spoke.

"I don't really want to attack the city of Nanjing," no matter what, in the memory of later generations, as a Han person, the precious wealth of Nanjing City, as well as countless ancient buildings, cultural toys and other things, still need to be protected.

"Chongzhen will meet me," Wang Qi took a sip from his teacup.

As Wang Qi expected,

When Ruan Dacheng brought Wang Qi's reply to the Fengtian Temple,

In the whole hall, there was a dead silence, and no one spoke.

Yang Lian, who originally planned to carry the coffin out of the city, was even more suffocated, his cheeks were red, and the green tendons on his forehead were rising.

It's not just because Wang Qi wants Chongzhen to go out of the city for a first time, but what is too deceitful is that Yang Lian helped the coffin out of the city, which seems to be a trivial matter for Wang Qi!

Yang Lian's feat of gambling with his life, which should have been heavily colored in the history books, was ignored by Wang Qi in this way?

"Is it tolerable or !!unbearable?"

Yang Lian was furious, ignoring the expressions of the rest of the people in the hall, and directly arched his hand towards Zhu Youzhen, who was high above: "He Wang Qi is so blind to the monarch and the imperial court, then let him attack!" Nanjing City has countless Yu Shaobao and countless Yang Wenru who died with their bodies!! ”

As soon as these words came out, even Zuo Guangdou, who was standing on the side, couldn't listen to it anymore.

How did you Yang Lian secretly poke and compare yourself with Yu Shaobao?

You haven't gone out of the city to be martyred!

"Your Majesty, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, Wu Xiang's 100,000 army has died in Dacangling, and the army of the king of requisition and dispatch from all over the country is still on the way, there are only more than 20,000 people in Nanjing City at present, if it is really a war together, then Nanjing City will fall into the flames of war, such a thousand-year-old capital, once it fell, I have no face to meet Emperor Taizu!"

Gao Panlong said that he was sick a few days ago, and today he finally went to the court, and now the situation is like this, this old minister of the three dynasties is also like a knife, and his face is like ashes.

But in any case,

The city of Nanjing cannot be caught in the flames of war!

In this case, all of you here will be sinners through the ages!

"Lord Gao, you don't really want Your Majesty to go to Chuzhou and meet with that traitorous thief in person, right?" Gou Ying, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is quite impressive, and when she opens her mouth at this moment, she also wants to disturb the troubled waters.

After all, under the current situation, the Donglin Party has begun to split!

"Your Majesty can't go, but the city of Nanjing can't be caught in the flames of war! If we go any way, we will all be sinners through the ages! Gao Panlong ignored Gou Ying's cynicism, but said calmly: "What Wang Qi wants is just face, and in three days, the minister is willing to go to Chuzhou Mansion."

"Zuo Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhu Youzhen hadn't slept all night, and his face looked a little ugly at the moment.

Now, in the face of Wang Qi's step-by-step pressing, this son of heaven, who has only been on the throne for more than a month, is about to collapse.

Zuo Guangdou stood there, facing the emperor's inquiry, and did not reply for a long time.

This question, how can Zuo Guangdou reply?

The rout of the battle of Okura Ridge made all the preparations of Nanjing City like a joke.

Wang Qi now completely occupies the initiative.

If he could, Zuo Guangdou could also exchange his life for the safety of Nanjing City.

However, the death of an individual is completely meaningless in Wang Qi's eyes.

Let's see Yang Lian's reaction.

It's already angry.

"Minister," after a while, Zuo Guangdou finally moved his feet and stood in the center of the main hall: "I am willing to go to Chuzhou with Lord Gao and have a meeting with Wang Qi!" Try to promote peace talks and avoid the city of Nanjing falling into the flames of war. ”

"Minister, I am also willing to go to Chuzhou! Meet Wang Qi. Yang Lian naturally followed.

For a time, the three major Donglin party members in the DPRK and China asked the emperor for orders together, went to Chuzhou, and met with Wang Qi.

One Yang Lian is not enough, so is it enough for the three Donglin Party members to go together?

"I" Zhu Youzhen didn't want to show his weakness in front of the courtiers, so he forcibly straightened up and said to the three people: "I will personally send you out of the city, if you return successfully, I will go out of the city for ten miles and personally greet you Aiqing!" ”

"If yes. If it fails," Zhu Youzhen clenched his fists: "I will gather troops from all provinces to avenge your Aiqing!" ”

The Forbidden City of Nanjing has always been leaking from all sides, and the things agreed upon by the court in the morning will spread throughout the city of Nanjing in less than an hour.

"Big news, big news !!"

"The three major Donglin party members will go to Chuzhou Mansion and have a meeting with the Duke of Qi !!"

Everyone wants to know, will Wang Qi accept it this time?

"With Qi Guogong's past methods, what can the three Donglin Parties do?"

"I'm afraid I'll still be gone!"

"However, how could the city of Nanjing tolerate the emperor going out of the city in person?"

"This kind of thing is a great shame for any imperial court."

"Let's look at Qi Guogong, how do you reply?"

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Although Wang Qi did not plan to really attack the city of Nanjing, these days, the Liaodong Army of the Third Route did not relax too much, and after a day of rest, all the original army and the prisoners of war were newly incorporated and divided, and the overall number reached 23,000.

The food and money raised by the parliament are also being transported from Beijing, Kaifeng and other places to Chuzhou Prefecture.

In addition, Xu Guangqi also deliberately mobilized 30 newly cast 10-inch caliber cannons to be transported directly to Chuzhou by water from Dengzhou Mansion.

Wang Qi, who had just returned from the review of the school grounds, had no time to rest, and was in the study to summarize and review the manuscript sent from Beijing City Kuaima.

The seven members of the National Congress have their own subordinates, but Wang Qi is the chief minister, and some things must be signed by him before they can be issued.

Therefore, even if he was commanding the war on the front line of Chuzhou Mansion, Wang Qi's daily time was not too free.

"My lord, Nanjing City, I sent someone again." Outside the study, the guards whispered.

"How many?" Wang Qi lowered his head to read the letter, and the maid Qingluo was waiting for tea at any time.

"The three of them led the team, Zuo Guangdou as the leader, Yang Lian, and Gao Panlong as the deputies, and they have arrived outside Chuzhou City, waiting for the warrant of the adult"

"The three leaders of the Donglin Party are here?" After a while, Wang Qi put down his pen with a smile on his eyebrows.

"My lord, to see or not to see?" The guard outside the door continued to speak.

Wang Qi folded the letters on the table, then covered the sealing clay with the chief seal, and placed the letters in a wooden box at the corner of the table, and someone would deliver the letters away.

"If you deduct it directly, I'll be gone, and I'll talk about it when Chongzhen comes," Wang Qi casually picked up the tea at hand and took a sip.

"Yes." The guards left softly.

"My lord, this is the new tea that Beijing City has just delivered, and the Tongzheng Yamen said that this first tea tree, a total of nine taels of jasmine silverquill, sent seven taels to the adults here." Qingluo saw that Wang Qi finished drinking, and immediately stepped forward to add tea.

"The general government yamen is being downsized and cut, presumably tea leaves have been sent to each of the big councilors, so that the next time the government is discussed, the power of the department will not be cut too much" Wang Qi doesn't care what kind of tea he drinks, but the thoughts of the general government yamen also reflect the recent mentality of the various departments and yamen in the capital.

It has always been the best yamen that does things with its tail between its legs!

When Wang Qi's red sleeves were incense, outside Chuzhou City, Zuo Guangdou and others had been 'invited' to a newly cleaned up mansion.

"What about Wang Qi?" Yang Lian looked around and found that this mansion had been strictly guarded, but Wang Qi was nowhere to be seen: "We are the official envoys of the imperial court!" Is such a harsh treatment a way of hospitality? I want to see Wang Qi! ”

Yang Lian's temper has always been short-tempered, and now he finally entered the Chuzhou Mansion, but he couldn't even see Wang Qi's face, how could he not be impatient!

With a creak, the guards who brought them here obviously didn't want to pay too much attention, and directly locked the gate from the outside, and then sent troops to completely surround the mansion, except for the daily delivery of food, no one could enter and exit at will without Wang Qi's warrant.

"How dare you!" Yang Lian was so angry that he almost vomited blood, took a few steps forward, and scolded outside.

After a while, no one came in to reply.

"Wen Ru, rest," Zuo Guangdou took a turn in the mansion and found that there were two houses here, except for the newly renovated house, the rest of the places were uninhabited for a long time: "Wang Qi wants to trap us here."

"What does he want to do? How can the emperor be subject to a martial artist? Yang Lian paced around the courtyard a few times, and wanted to step forward and scold again.

"That's it!" Gao Panlong walked out of the main hall with his hands behind his back and stopped Yang Lian's anger: "A few words of scolding will not help!" It's just a laughing stock. ”

"How's that? Wait for Wang Qi to encroach on Nanjing City step by step? Yang Lian clenched his fists tightly, if Wang Qi stood in front of him, I am afraid that he would directly step forward and bite Wang Qi to death!

"The old man writes a letter to Wang Qi and sees if he can condescend to see him," Zuo Guangdou waved his hand and summoned the scribe who was waiting with him: "You will bring the letter to Wang Qi in a moment."

"My lord, if he is gone." The scribe was a little embarrassed.

"The old man and Ye Xianggao have some thin faces, and he Wang Qi will see me when he sees Ye Xianggao's face," Zuo Guangdou was full of confidence, and after a while, he wrote a handwritten letter and handed it to the scribe to let him take it to meet Wang Qi.

Half an hour later.

"I didn't see Qi Guogong, and the letter was returned."

The scribe had already returned from the chief yamen, obviously not seeing Wang Qi, and his face was innocent.

"Wang Qi is simply uninhabited!!" When Zuo Guangdou heard this, he also broke out.

The dignified Donglin Confucian, when he was a cabinet minister, Wang Qi didn't even give a chance to meet!

This is spread out, how can Zuo Guangdou and others deal with themselves?

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Nanjing City, Forbidden City.

Zhu Youzhen had just had dinner, and today Zuo Guangdou and others went to Chuzhou to see Wang Qi.

gave Zhu Youzhen a glimmer of hope.

I hope they can meet Wang Qi smoothly, this kind of thing is best resolved through negotiations.

Even, Zhu Youzhen felt that at the last moment, it was not impossible to compensate some silver and make an edict for his own crimes.

"Your Majesty." Wang Chengen's voice sounded at the right time.

"What?" Zhu Youzhen, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, was a little helpless.

"Ruan Dacheng put on a notebook and gave it to Your Majesty."

"What's the matter with him?" Zhu Youzhen reached out dissatisfiedly to take the song and slowly unfolded it.

After a few breaths, there was a snap.

The recital was slammed to the ground.

"Your Majesty is angry." Wang Chengen was taken aback and knelt directly on the ground.

"Wang Shouxin!" Zhu Youzhen clenched his fists and said fiercely: "Wang Shouxin passed Ruan Dacheng's door and wanted to enter the palace to see me!" ”

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head: "Your Majesty, do you want to arrest him?" ”

"Catch? What's the use of catching him? Is it used to threaten Wang Qi? Zhu Youzhen laughed angrily: "Go, let him enter the palace, I want to hear what he wants to say to me!" (End of chapter)