Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Then is it true that you led troops to rescue him?"

"That's fake. The soldiers in my hands are either old, weak or sick and disabled. There are less than 200 soldiers in total. It takes a month to travel from Nanjing to the capital. Why should I save them?"

"Then are you happy or unhappy today?"

"I am both happy and unhappy today." Shi Kefa then sighed again.

Today, he was forced to take the lead. Although this was what he was looking forward to in his heart, he also knew that this burden was not easy to take.In terms of system, the imperial court has two sets of administrative teams, one in Beijing and one in Nanjing.Under normal circumstances, the team in the capital holds the real power, especially the cabinet, which is equivalent to the emperor's secretary group.Although the system is not a real establishment, but the power is as great as the prime minister.

Nanjing's administrative team is basically just a decoration. Those who are old, weak, or the emperor doesn't like them are all sent here.Speaking of being a high-ranking official, it is actually being thrown into the cold palace.How can an official have the chance to prove his ability if he doesn't dangle in front of the emperor?

"Now that the emperor is gone, all the officials in the capital have been captured, and the city of Nanjing has now become the center of power. My lord, although I am an alternate Minister of the Ministry of War, but now that the Minister of the Ministry of War is gone, I have become the real minister. The old guy didn't want to take responsibility just now, and left everything to me."

"Then is the master now the Grand Marshal of the World's Army and Horses?" Shi Zhongfen was very happy when he heard that his master had become the biggest official.

"It's easy to say. I, the Marshal of Soldiers and Horses, can't mobilize any soldiers at all. I guess the only thing that can be mobilized is the gatekeeper at the door of the house. Even the soldiers in Nanjing City Defense are all Huang Degong. Gao Jie from Jiangbei, who was in Henan as early as When he was beaten by intruders, he fled to Xuzhou, and Liu Zeqing from Shandong ran to Huai'an Mansion to hide when he heard the intruders surrounded the capital. Huang Degong guarded Nanjing, Liu Liangzuo guarded Fengyang Mansion, They are all nestled and dare not move.

And Zuo Liangyu, He Tengjiao, and Zheng Zhilong are all self-respecting soldiers who have long since disobeyed orders.My lord, I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, not the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.Officials in Jiangnan will not listen to me either.Although I have a high position now, I have no real power.Do you think I should be happy or not? "

"Then why didn't the master use your official authority to suppress them?"

"There is no master in the world, and everyone is vying to be the master. Who would look at the official authority of my former master?" Shi Kefa helplessly looked up to the sky and shouted.

Chapter 31: The Controversy of the Country

In the early morning of the next day, before Shi Kefa got up, there was a message outside the door that Mr. Mu Zhai had come.

"Understood, please sit down in Mr. Mu Zhai's study, I'll be right there." Shi Kefa said so, but lay down again after speaking.

Mr. Mu Zhai is Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle and the current leader of the Donglin Party.Shi Kefa's teacher was Zuo Guangdou, the founder of Donglin Party.The Jiangnan generation was deeply influenced by Donglin. Qian Qianyi was the leader of Donglin in the hearts of the gentry, while Shi Kefa was the spokesperson of Donglin in official circles. The two were equally influential in terms of influence.

Shi Kefa knew very well that Qian Qianyi's visit this time was definitely not to discuss poetry and songs with him.The emperor died, the capital fell, and Nanjing City suddenly became the political center. At this time, I hurried to find an opportunity to hang around in front of the new emperor, and I could get the treatment of a minister of the dragon.Qian Qianyi came here by smelling it!

Since Qian Qianyi was jumping up and down in such a hurry, Shi Kefa didn't want Qian Qianyi to steal the limelight at this time.Shi Kefa deliberately left Qian Qianyi to dry, making him wait in the study for an hour, then washed up and got up, and came to see him leisurely.

"Okay, my Lord Shangshu, why are you not in a hurry?" Qian Qianyi was so anxious that the cat scratched his heart, seeing that the great opportunity was in front of him, he came here by carriage from Suzhou for a day and a night, didn't he just hope to get this Fellow support.

"Brother Mu Zhai, I don't know when you were in such a hurry? The emperor just passed away, we should abide by the etiquette of the emperor and ministers, and mourn for the late emperor." Shi Kefa pretended not to understand, and deliberately annoyed Qian Qianyi.

"My brother Xian (Shi Kefa's word Xianzhi), you are pretending to be confused. The former emperor died and the new emperor succeeded. You are acting with me on such a big matter. Let me tell you, we Jiangnan gentry As a whole, it is decided to establish Lu Wang Zhu Changxiao as the supervisor of the country." Qian Qianyi patted the table and shouted.

Shi Kefa was startled, he thought that Qian Qianyi would do something, but he didn't expect Qian Qianyi to be so bold.Qian Qianyi is currently a squire from the south of the Yangtze River. Although he was an official in the past, he was turned into a commoner by Chongzhen after all.For such an ordinary person, his great ability cannot be involved in such a big event as the establishment of the country.

Moreover, Chongzhen is dead, but there is no news about the prince, and there is no news about the prince.According to common sense, the emperor died and the prince succeeded.Even if both the crown prince and the prince were captured and invaded the army, they should be ranked according to their seniority, according to their blood relationship.Not far away, there is a Fu Wang in Fengyang, and it is impossible for Lu Wang Zhu Changhao to be the supervisor of the country.

"Brother Mu Zhai, I'm afraid this is inappropriate? There is no news from the prince yet, what if..."

"Both the crown prince and the prince are deeply trapped in the capital. There is nothing to be done. Unless the emperor left a will before his death, it is not up to them to decide who will be the emperor now."

"Then who has the final say?"

"Our Donglin Party should have the final say. The emperor lost the north, and now it is all supported by our Jiangnan. Jiangnan belongs to our Donglin Party, so naturally our Donglin Party has the final say."

"Brother Muzhai, be careful! Even if the crown prince and prince are not here, there is still King Fu in Fengyang. Logically, he should be the supervisor of the country."

"Don't mention that Fu Wang to me. It's not like you don't know about the "national struggle". Why did Fu Wang hide in Fengyang? Didn't he just see that Ma Shiying was a remnant of the eunuch? Why didn't you kill him back then? What's more, this Little Fu Wang is greedy, promiscuous, alcoholic, unfilial, abuses his subordinates, doesn't study, and likes to criticize everywhere. How can such a person become emperor?" Qian Qianyi was indignant, with an impassioned expression on his face.

"Then Lu Wang Zhu Changhao is very good?"

"Of course, King Lu is very obedient. He will do whatever I ask him to do. If I ask him to read, he will read. If I ask him to write, he will write." Qian Qianyi looked proud.

"Oh, and when you won't let him do something?"

"I won't let him do anything, he just sleeps."

"You are such a good teacher." Shi Kefa sincerely admired Qian Qianyi, why did he accept such an apprentice.

"I think this matter should be discussed at a later stage, and we need to listen to Jiangbei's opinion." Shi Kefa didn't want to express his support for Qian Qianyi on the spot. After all, Qian Qianyi's proposal has little chance of winning, so now put the treasure on him , it is too early.

Qian Qianyi couldn't find a place at Shi Kefa's place, so he went out in despair, but he still didn't give up, turned around and went to the home of Jiang Riguang and Lu Daqi, members of the Donglin Party who were lesser than Shi Kefa.

"Master, Mr. Mu Zhai went to Lu Daqi's house."

"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. Let him go!" Shi Kefa said to Shi Zhongfen: "Hurry up and send someone across the river to ask Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying to speak."

The tense situation in Nanjing has not yet stabilized, and Fengyang is already colluding.Fu Wang Zhu Yousong, representatives of the four towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and Ruan Dacheng, Ma Shiying's close friend, have all gathered together and are discussing how to force Nanjing.

"Can I really be the emperor?" Fu Wang Zhu Yousong still couldn't believe his ears.Zhu Yousong is fat, just like his father.His father weighs three or four hundred catties, but he wants to be slim, only weighing more than two hundred catties.

At that time, Liu Zongmin shaved all the hair of the old Fu Wang's body, raised it in alkaline water for several days, and then drove it into a large iron pot filled with water, and cooked it with the deer, which was called Fulu soup.Xiao Fu Wang was scared and ran to Fengyang, and he is still in shock.

"Okay, my lord, just look at it, the miscellaneous family will guarantee you to be the emperor." Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Fengyang, is the mastermind behind planning Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to be the emperor.

During the struggle for the foundation of the country, Emperor Wanli desperately wanted to make Lao Fu Wang the crown prince, but Zuo Guangdou and the others desperately refused.As an eunuch eunuch facing the emperor, he also has a good impression of King Fu, so Lu Jiude is doing his best this time to help King Fu ascend the throne.

"Everyone, the matter is already very clear. Those gangsters in the south of the Yangtze River must want to prevent the wise King Fu from ascending the throne. We are all warriors. If those gangsters grab the power, will we still have us?" As Ma Shiying's A capable subordinate, Huang Degong participated in this meeting in person, and his words were basically the thoughts of the four warlords in the four towns of Jiangbei.

"We have a complete reason for this matter, so we can't let them not do it. In the worst case, let's fight across the river together, I see who can stop it." Ruan Dacheng fanned the flames, but he also hit the nail on the head.

"Yes, we have hundreds of thousands of troops in our hands, let's see who can beat them." The other warlord representatives were very excited. These people had low official positions before, but now they can participate in the establishment of the emperor. It's exciting just thinking about it.

Before Shi Kefa sent someone to contact Ma Shiying, Jiangbei's opinion had already reached Nanjing.Shi Kefa is in a dilemma. If you support Qian Qianyi, there is no chance of winning; if you support Ma Shiying, you are not considered a close minister of the future emperor.Qian Qianyi's opinion is very simple: as long as there is no King Fu, anyone can be established; Ma Shiying's opinion is also very simple: as long as there is no King Fu, he will fight across the river.

"Why don't we establish Zhu Changying, King of Gui?" Shi Kefa panicked and wanted to choose a compromise.

"Bah!" Representatives from Jiangnan and Jiangbei spat at Shi Kefa.

In the end, Shi Kefa had no choice but to speak kindly to Qian Qianyi, we are all pens, if they kill them, it is not a joke to lose their heads for nothing.

Qian Qianyi wiped the chills on his neck, bit the bullet and agreed, and said harshly before leaving: "I can't beat them, I will write a book and scold them to death."

In this way, on the fifth day of May, when Zhu Youjian and the others were catching fish in Baiyangdian, Fu Wang Zhu Yousong, surrounded by a group of people, supervised the country in Nanjing.As compensation for Qian Qianyi's compromise, he was made the minister of the new dynasty, making Qian Qianyi's smile crooked.The others are naturally those who get promoted, those who get rich get rich.Only Shi Kefa has not changed at all, and continues to be his Minister of War.

It is said that it is the prison country, but in fact there is nothing to do. It is nothing more than to send a statement to all places, saying that I, King Fu, is now the master, and someone has a knife in his hand. Let me kneel down and worship.

Xiaofu Wang's supervisor is very comfortable, he doesn't have to worry about all the outside things, and other people have done everything.The first big thing he did was the draft, and he was about to become the emperor. How could he be worthy without the Sangong Sixth Court?The first decree is to draft a large number of drafts in Jiangnan, and the decree specifically states: Don't be fat.

Especially on the first day in Nanjing, when I saw Shi Xiangyun at Shi Kefa's house, I was so fascinated that I was so fascinated that there was an additional clause in the imperial decree: the adopted daughter of a minister in the court can also stand for election.

When Shi Kefa saw the imperial decree, he was furious, and thought: You are clearly here for my daughter, you are a lucky king, and you have hit on me before you became the emperor.With your 200-pound body, which thin girl can stand up to you?

Before the draft started, the news of the battle between Chuang Jun and Wu Sangui came.The news of Wu Sangui's conquest of gold has not yet spread, and everyone still thinks that Wu Sangui is the commander-in-chief of Ming Dynasty.Ma Shiying couldn't sit still anymore, if Wu Sangui won the fight and the prince was pinched by Wu Sangui, it would be the end of his gang.

As a result, representatives of all parties gathered together to discuss what to do next.Qian Qianyi is a cunning head, he reads a lot and has a lot of thoughts.

"Don't worry about him, Wu Sangui, or the crown prince. Didn't they not ascend the throne? When His Majesty the Emperor has a first-come-first-served approach, let's preemptively pretend that we don't know anything about the northern affairs."

"For the current plan, we can only take a slant, let King Fu quickly ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, cook the raw rice, and make things a fait accompli." Qian Qianyi and Ma Shiying's proposal received unanimous praise, and everyone thought it was reasonable.