Yue Qijie's words were like dropping a bombshell in the house, and the whole room immediately disappeared. Ma Shiying didn't expect that King Fu Zhu Yousong could be so cruel that he actually used the move of cutting off the firewood from the cauldron.

All the rights in Ma Shiying's hands come from the four towns in Jiangbei. Now three of the four towns have supported Zhu Yousong. Without the support of the army, Ma Shiying will lose the value of winning over.

The four towns in Jiangbei were an important local force in the early stage of the Southern Ming Dynasty. For the sake of the plot development, I would like to briefly talk about the origin of the four towns in Jiangbei.

There was no such thing as the four towns in Jiangbei before Zhu Yousong ascended the throne. The four towns in Jiangbei were the general term for the four generals of Jiangbei who supported him after Zhu Yousong ascended the throne. These four people held military power. In addition, because of the merits of support, Zhu Yousong appointed local officials to collect taxes in the local area, so these four generals were later called the Four Towns in Jiangbei.

The most combat-capable person in the four towns in Jiangbei was Gao Jie, the mountain-crossing kite. This Li Zicheng's first glance brother-in-law rebelled against Li Zicheng, so he had no possibility of reconciliation with the peasant army. Naturally, he was also the warlord who was most loyal to the Ming Dynasty. After rebelling against Li Zicheng, Gao Jie took away Li Zicheng's most elite 30,000 cavalry, which were the foundation of Gao Jie's roots.

The second combat-capable one was Huang Degong. Huang Degong was from Liaodong. He followed Liaodong's powerful general Cao Wenzhao into the pass to pacify the bandits. Later, after Cao Wenzhao died in battle, Huang Degong followed Lu Jiude to fight the bandits in Henan. Huang Degong later generations praised him as a martial artsman, a heroic and powerful character, and was one of the few military generals in the late Ming Dynasty who were willing to die for the Ming Dynasty.

The third of the four towns in Jiangbei is Liu Liangzuo, known as Huama Liu. This guy is from Shanxi and has been fighting bandits in the Central Plains all year round. However, Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie and Huang Degong are incomparable. However, Liu Liangzuo is very lucky. He followed the right person in several major battles and became the general.

If Liu Huama is still a general, then the last Liu Zeqing among the four towns in Jiangbei is a waste. The first three generals were fighting against Li Zicheng. Liu Zeqing's main opponent was the common people in Shandong who could not survive. After several killings and making contributions, Liu Zeqing also became the general. When the Dashun Army approached Beijing in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen ordered him to lead his troops to enter the capital of the Guard. He lied that he was injured when he fell off a horse and refused to obey the imperial edict. However, such a guy was unlucky and no one was prosecuted for his crimes when Chongzhen died. At the same time, because Liu Zeqing had the largest number of troops, with more than 300,000, he was relied on by the Donglin Party as the Great Wall of Jiangbei.

You are right. At this time, Liu Zeqing was a member of the Donglin Party. This is also one of the main reasons why Liu Zeqing clearly had no outstanding military achievements, but was promoted.

However, at this time, these four generals did not have the power positions they later. Although they were all generals who commanded tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of troops, they still had to listen to the military orders of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, which was also the confidence of Ma Shiying.

Now Ma Shiying heard Yue Qijie say that his confidence had all gone to Zhu Yousong, which took Ma Shiying's life. Ma Shiying could talk to Shi Kefa on an equal footing, and it was precisely because of these four generals. Now three of the four generals wanted to support Zhu Yousong, and then Ma Shiying became a lonely man. (At this time, there were only three people in the four towns in Jiangbei to support Zhu Yousong. Because Liu Zeqing relied on the Donglin Party, he supported King Lu. However, Liu Zeqing was a capricious person. After learning that he was alone and alone, he quickly betrayed the Donglin Party and turned to Zhu Yousong.)

Ma Cheng had been kneeling on the ground for more than ten minutes at this time, and his knees had already been numb. Seeing that the few people in the room were not speaking, Ma Cheng shouted anxiously: "Dad, two uncles, brothers! What are you still thinking? Now King Fu has obtained the support of three generals. If we don't express our opinion, when King Fu issues an edict to supervise the country ascend the throne, then our family will be in a disaster!"

Of course, Ma Shiying, who Ma Cheng said, knew that now that King Fu has not ascended the throne, everyone can say anything, and the court rules also have the saying that the court will not punish the crime with words. But if King Fu ascends the throne, it is different. King Fu becomes the emperor. Do you still dare to object? At that time, it was not a dispute over intention but a political issue.

As an old bureaucrat, Ma Shiying naturally knew the power, but Ma Shiying had reached an agreement with the Donglin Party and turned around and regretted it. This was really unkind.

After hearing Yue Qijie's words, Yang Wencong knew that something was wrong. His alliance with the Donglin Party was going to be a yellow card. Yang Wencong quickly explained: "Sir, although King Fu has won over three generals, the military power is in the hands of the generals. You can order these three generals not to leave the base without permission!"

Ma Cheng was amused when he heard Yang Wencong say this. It seems that Yang Wencong has been in the officialdom for several years. Why is it so simple? Do you think that a red-headed document can help people to remove military power? Do you think you are Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang?

"Dad, this kind of thing is related to their wealth and life. Do you think they can still stick to your military orders? And even if they are broken in mind and obey your military orders, what if King Fu ascends the throne in Jiangbei? The imperial tomb is in Fengyang, and ascending the throne does not necessarily mean to go to Nanjing. After the King Fu ascends the throne, you can get your official position to the end. What should I do then?"

What Ma Cheng said really touched Ma Shiying's heart. He had never thought that what would happen if his generals did not respect military orders? The Donglin Party in Nanjing was also naive. They thought that if they win over Ma Shiying, they could control the four generals in Jiangbei, but they forgot when this was the time. It was a great contribution to supporting the emperor. Can the Fourth General in Jiangbei be so honest and obey your mercy?

Ma Cheng saw Ma Shiying hesitant and continued to stir up the flames by: "Dad, although you are the Governor of Fengyang, your son probably cannot let you enter the cabinet! At most, you will be a Minister of War! But my son probably will send you to Yangzhou to supervise the army after giving you the Minister of War. Even if you have your official position, will you not have the same power as you are now? But if you support King Fu, it will be different. King Fu has no important ministers at all. As long as your father surrenders, your son will probably be able to at least give him an identity to enter the cabinet!"

If Ma Shiying was still hesitating just now, Ma Cheng's words just now really touched Ma Shiying! Yes! Although Ma Shiying has a high status, it is simply nonsense in Nanjing. The Donglin Party doesn't say anything else, there are more than ten people who are qualified to join the cabinet. Even if it is a turn of one hundred times, it is not your turn of Ma Shiying to join the cabinet. You, Ma Shiying, are you the second-rank minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Fengyang, want to reach the sky in one step? Are you dreaming?

But it is different for King Fu. Although King Fu can contact the generals of the three towns, only Ma Shiying is qualified. If King Fu ascends the throne and takes office, he must rely on Ma Shiying to fight with the Donglin Party. At that time, he will not be able to enter the cabinet, even the chief minister can do it.

Ma Shiying was very excited when he thought that he was qualified to be the prime minister. The prime minister is the highest ideal of a scholar. Who wouldn’t want to guide the country and be a famous minister like Zhang Juzheng?

Ma Shiying had already made up his mind at this time. He looked at Ma Cheng who was kneeling on the ground, snorted and said, "You guy has learned this, get up!"

After hearing what Ma Shiying said, Ma Cheng quickly stood up. After kneeling for so long, his knees were numb. Ma Cheng slowly stood up while holding the chair while rubbing his knees with his hands.

Ma Shiying looked at Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie and smiled and said, "Two, although Ma Cheng is naughty, what he said today makes sense. What do you think?"

Ma Shiying said this, in fact, he basically agreed with Ma Cheng's opinion, but as the top leader, he was not easy to do anything.

"Sir, no one can stand without trust. We have already agreed to Shigemen in Pukou. Now we will regret it when we come back. That's not good!" Yang Wencong knew that Ma Shiying had made a decision to support King Fu, but he still held a glimmer of hope and wanted to fight for it in the end.

Yue Qijie sneered from the side: "Xinyi? Their Donglin Party still talked about Xinyi? Back then, the Donglin Party fought for the foundation of the country, and it sounded good, "What is the legitimate brother to win over the elder brother, but now? Why don't they talk about this? Instead, they have made a set of talented people? What are these corrupt scholars talking about Xinyi?"

Ma Cheng heard Yue Qijie say this on the side and quickly knocked on the drum: "Yes! My uncle is right! The guys of the Donglin Party are all hypocritical on the surface, but in fact they are all full of bastards. My son heard that the leader of the Donglin Party Qian Qianyi also married Liu Rushi with the courtesy of a wife when he had a wife at home. This old bastard who destroys the tradition of ethics must do anything to steal his sister-in-law!"

Yang Wencong and Ma Luan heard Ma Cheng scolding Qian Qianyi and his face became less and less beautiful. Yang Wencong and the Donglin Party had a close relationship. Ma Luan had even heard of Qian Qianyi's classes when he was studying in Nanzhili. Although he could not be considered a disciple, he always held the etiquette of his disciples. Now, he heard Ma Cheng scolding his teacher Ma Luan, naturally his face was not good-looking.

Ma Luan heard Ma Cheng's speech become more and more ugly, and couldn't help but shout, "Second brother! Okay, now you are studying serious things, don't talk about anything else!"

Ma Cheng was just talking, and the corners of his mouth were full of foam. He heard Ma Luan say this before he finished his speech in disappointment.

Ma Shiying had already made up his mind to support King Fu at this time. Although he wanted to get close to the Donglin Party, he could only gain the greatest benefit by supporting King Fu in front of him. Ma Shiying was not a good man and a woman, so he naturally knew what to do.

Ma Shiying looked at the two strategists, pondered for a while and said, "Since this is the case, I will follow the will of the people of the world and support King Fu ascend the throne! I will rise to the good relationship with Lu Zhenshou. You should go to his place to talk to each other first, and I will say that I want to see Lu Zhenshou!"

Yue Qijie was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this, so he quickly stood up and bowed and said, "Sir, please rest assured, I will be lucky to be unwilling to be the only one who is willing to be disgraceful!"
Chapter completed!