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Chapter 60: Cartilage Head

After Ma Cheng said that, Zhu Yousong's face was a little bad. He had suffered a lot in recent years. He just arrived in Huai'an and couldn't even eat. If Lu Wang hadn't helped him, he might have asked for food now. Of course, this is all secondary. Zhu Yousong's most disgusted is that he was used. Lu Zhenfei, you, got rich earlier, but Zhu Yousong lost points in legal principles. You must know that Zhu Yousong was able to ascend the throne because of the legal advantages. Now, Lu Zhenfei, you want to destroy the legal principles, naturally Zhu Yousong cannot agree.

Lu Zhenfei saw that King Fu's face became more and more gloomy. He knew that something was wrong, but he didn't expect that Ma Cheng's words were so sharp, and he made him passive in a few words. However, Lu Zhenfei was not afraid. He was from the Qingliu Censor and had never lost a verbal battle. Ma Cheng couldn't say that, so he attacked him, Ma Shiying.

Lu Zhenfei ignored Ma Cheng and stood up and fired at Ma Shiying: "Your Highness, King Fu, I am considering the Ming Dynasty. My loyalty is the best! But Ma Shiying is different. Ma Shiying went to Pukou to meet Shi Kefa before. I heard that they were plotting to get rid of King Fu and support King Gui. Isn't this a ulterior motive?"

Lu Zhenfei originally thought that he would definitely kill Ma Shiying this time, but he didn't expect that Ma Shiying, like his son Ma Cheng, was a shameless person who had no faith and no faith.

Ma Shiying was prepared for this situation today. He heard Lu Zhenfei say this and quickly bowed and said, "Master, I did go to see Shi Kefa, and Shi Kefa did say that he wanted to support King Gui!"

Lu Zhenfei was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying admit it, and Zhu Yousong was also very unhappy. So you, Ma Shiying, also stepped on two boats, but Zhu Yousong now has to rely on Ma Shiying, so he laughed and said, "It's okay, this king and Uncle Gui are both in the blood of the Divine Sect, and everyone is the same!"

Ma Shiying heard that Zhu Yousong was a little unhappy, but Ma Shiying just smiled slightly and continued: "Master, although I have seen Shi Kefa, I have gone to investigate Shi Kefa's illegal affairs for the saint!"

At this time, Ma Shiying took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Yousong with both hands: "Prince, please see, this is a secret letter from Shi Kefa to the minister. It says that the emperor must not be established! If I hadn't gone to Pukou to see him, how could he hand over such things to me?"

This letter is very long, and it roughly means that Shi Kefa scolded King Fu, saying that he had seven major crimes and could never be made emperor. The seven charges were "unfilial, abused, interfered with Youshi, not studying, greedy, lust, and alcoholism."

Not to mention seven of these seven charges, even if one is put on an ordinary person, he is defeated. When Zhu Yousong saw Shi Kefa demoted him to nothing, he was so angry that he was like Wu Laoer next door, trembling all over.

However, Zhu Yousong was not so stupid that he cursed Shi Kefa in public. It took Zhu Yousong a long time to calm down his chest, and then smiled and said, "It's okay, although what Shigemen said is wrong, it's all over. In the future, everyone should work together sincerely to fight against the bandits!"

After saying that, Zhu Yousong said to Lu Zhenfei: "Sir Lu, Huai'an is located in a key transportation hub between north and south. It is really impossible to live without Lord Lu. You don't have to go to Fengyang with us, stay here to guard Huai'an!"

Lu Zhenfei was covered in a state of silence when he heard Zhu Yousong say this. He knew that he had been completely excluded from the core of power, but what can you do? Political* struggle is so cruel, either you die or I die!

Zhu Yousong was very enthusiastic about Ma Shiying: "Ma Aiqing, I know your hard work. Ma Aiqing gathers the team and we will get up tomorrow and go to Fengyang!"

Ma Shiying was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Yousong say this and quickly bowed down to make arrangements. This meeting basically determined the political situation of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Lu Zhenfei, the supporter of the first person, was jointly squeezed out of the core of the court by Ma Shiying and Ma Cheng and his son. Ma Shiying became the first civil servant under Zhu Yousong as he wished.

After the meeting, Ma Shiying immediately wrote a formal letter to the eunuch of Nanjing garrison Han Zanzhou, in the name of Governor of Fengyang, to announce the support of King Fu Zhu Yousong.

Ma Shiying's letter was sent to the Nanjing Governor's garrison on April 23. Han Zanzhou was shocked when he saw Ma Shiying's letter. Unexpectedly, King Fu was so powerful that he actually bought all four towns.

The matter has been like this, and Han Zanzhou had no choice but to find all the ministers left behind in Nanjing and everyone discussed what to do.

The bigwigs who stay in Nanjing now include Zhang Shenyan, Minister of Personnel, Gao Hongtu, Minister of Revenue, Jiang Yueguang, Minister of Hanlin Academy, Li Zhan, Minister of Rites, Guo Weijing, Duke of Wei Xu Hongji, and Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao.

When everyone heard that Ma Shiying actually joined forces with the four towns to support King Fu Zhu Yousong, the house was very quiet for a moment. Except for Xu Hongji, these people were all civil servants. Now Ma Shiying and the four towns have a total of hundreds of thousands of troops. If they do not agree to support King Fu, Nanjing will be in a sea of ​​fire.

When Zhengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao saw the appearance of these people in the room, he sneered in his heart. He asked you to support King Fu at that time and refused to listen. Now he is anxious.

Liu Kongzhao was a direct descendant of Liu Bowen. At that time, Liu Bowen was born in eastern Zhejiang and could not even pee in the same pot with the Huai Si meritorious officials group that Zhu Yuanzhang relied on. Liu Bowen had many fierce party disputes with Li Shanchang back then. However, Zhu Yuanzhang ended up laughing. In the end, Liu Bowen died of illness and Li Shanchang was killed, which put an end to the party dispute in the early years of Hongwu.

Although Liu Bowen died, Liang Zi, a hero of the Liu family and Huai Si, remained. Chengyi Bo has been away from the Nanjing noble circle, and the same is true for this generation.

Liu Kongzhao never looked down on the Duke of Wei Xu Hongji, so at that time, Xu Hongji proposed to follow the Donglin Party to support King Lu, and Liu Kongzhao immediately proposed to support King Fu. However, at that time, Liu Kongzhao had no power or power, and no one in the court listened to him.

But it’s different now. King Fu Zhu Yousong has obtained the support of hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiangbei, and Liu Kongzhao is more confident now.

Liu Kongzhao stood up and smiled and said, "Several lords, Duke of Wei, what are you waiting for now? Why don't you go to the river to welcome King Fu? Half a month ago, it's nothing. Now the title of the monarch and minister has been determined. If you don't go to welcome him, it's a disrespect!"

Liu Kongzhao was right. Half a month ago, it was the audition stage. No matter what you said, it was okay, but now the emperor has decided. If you are opposing, it is to fight against the entire Ming Dynasty!

Li Zhan, the Minister of Rites, was the same year as Ma Shiying. He originally supported King Fu, but now he was even more excited when he heard this news: "Zhengyi Bo is right. Let's discuss how to welcome King Fu!"

Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, was originally a fence-skinned man. When the Donglin Party was strong, he stood on the side of the Donglin Party. Now that he saw that King Fu was about to ascend the throne, he quickly stood up and said, "Zhengyi Bo is right. All the honors in Nanjing support King Fu ascend the throne!"

Liu Kongzhao looked at the cordyceps and didn't say anything. Xu Hongji's performance was as expected. Today, he mainly depends on the decisions of the big men of the Donglin Party.

Liu Kongzhao asked Zhang Shenyan, who was sitting in the first place, "Zhang Tianguan, what do you think?"

Zhang Shenyan felt very embarrassed. He really disagreed with King Fu's ascension to the throne, but what can I do now? There was no way Zhang Shenyan had to say, "Can you wait until the Shigemen come back?"

Have to wait for Shi Kefa to come back? Liu Kongzhao said: "Officer Zhang Tian, ​​you can think clearly that you are the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Personnel. If you don't go to welcome King Fu as soon as possible, you will be responsible for this great disrespectful crime!"

Zhang Shenyan was very embarrassed to hear Liu Kongzhao say this. Originally, their Donglin Party wanted to support King Lu, but the Lu King's bloodline was too far away. Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying decided to support King Gui after discussing in Pukou. After the Donglin Party members found out, they felt that it was also an option. Although the most beloved Lu King could not be the emperor, it would be okay to change King Gui. The main reason was that King Fu, who had a grudge against the Donglin Party, would be fine if he didn't become the emperor. So after Shi Kefa came back to support King Gui, everyone in Donglin agreed.

But thinking that the plan did not change quickly, Ma Shiying was so shameless that he had reached an agreement and could change it temporarily. It is impossible to support King Lu now. King Gui is still far away in Hunan. These Donglin parties do not have military power. It seems that they can only support King Fu.

Zhang Shenyan sighed and said, "Since that's the case, we support the Fufan and ascend the throne!"

With Zhang Shenyan taking the lead, several officials of the Donglin Party began to express their support for King Fu. Liu Kongzhao was very happy to see the great event, and discussed with everyone that they would cross the river to welcome the new emperor on April 27th.

Several Donglin Party members came out of the garrison's office and were listless. This time, they were completely defeated. Gao Hongtu didn't say anything after coming out. He bowed and said goodbye to several colleagues and went home.

As soon as Gao Hongtu arrived at the door of his house, the butler came out and said that Mr. Qian had been waiting for a long time.

Mr. Qian is the leader of the Donglin Party Qian Qianyi. Qian Qianyi was dismissed from office in the early years of Chongzhen and has been idle at home. This time, he originally wanted to re-enter the world by taking advantage of the Lu Wang, so he came to Gao Hongtu's mansion every day to find out the news.

Qian Qianyi has been there for a while. He received news that Jiangbei Ma Shiying had already supported King Fu, so he came to find his good friend Gao Hongtu in order to prove it.

Qian Qianyi saw Gao Hongtu enter the house and asked quickly, "Ziyou, how about it? Is there any result?"

Seeing Qian Qianyi's concern, Gao Hongtu sighed and said, "There has been a result."

"Welcome to the vassal king?"

"Fu Phan!"

Qian Qianyi was shocked when he heard Gao Hongtu say this. The ascension of King Fu's throne means the Donglin Party's loss of power. After all, the old King Fu was not the crown prince, but the Donglin Party was doing bad things.

Qian Qianyi sat on the chair in amazement and naturally said to himself: "What should I do?"

Gao Hongtu waited for Qian Qianyi to calm down and continued, "The emperor has been established, and this is not something we can compete with, but don't be pessimistic when you accept it! After all, we are in great power in Nandu, so if King Fu wants to stay firmly, we must cooperate!"

Qian Qianyi is also an old man. After hearing what Gao Hongtu said, he realized that, yes! You can rely on those soldiers and generals as an emperor, but you still need us scholars to govern the country?
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