Ma Mingyuan heard Zhang Jiayu say this and got up to find Zhu Hongsan, but when he walked to the door, he stopped. He thought that he could not persuade Zhu Hongsan, so he might as well call back all the officials outside and persuade the King of Chu together.

After thinking about it, Ma Mingyuan returned to the house and said to Zhang Jiayu: "Yuanzi, you go back first, leave this matter to me."

"What should I do with the King of Chu?"

"We are alone and lonely. Only by transferring all the officials outside and moving them with reason and emotion can the King of Chu agree."

Zhang Jiayu thought about it and said goodbye.

Ma Mingyuan sat down and wrote five letters, respectively, to Feng Ruoshu and Xu Dali of Zhaoqing; Ma Jiyuan of Leizhou; Tong Yangjia of Qiongzhou and Fu Wenlong of Yong'anzhou. In the letter, he explained the situation in the north and explained that he was about to support the King of Chu and asked about the situation. Ma Mingyuan believed that these people would definitely support him.

As soon as the letter was sent out, three days later, the news of Nanjing being captured and surrendered by Hongguang spread to Dongguan. The entire Guangzhou and Dongguan were in full swing. Everyone knew that there was a Ming vassal king in Dongguan, and there was no emperor in the entire south. If an emperor was established at this time, the contribution would be great.

Therefore, the local gentry in Guangzhou changed its policy of staying away from Zhu Hongsan and sent representatives to Dongguan to persuade him to enter.

Zhu Hongsan has been disturbed by these guys these days, and several waves of people come to him to be the emperor every day. In the end, Zhu Hongsan asked the gatekeeper to block the enemy and said that he had gone to Baiyun Mountain to worship Buddha.

But he could not escape the first day of the lunar month. On the tenth day of the sixth month, Fu Wenlong, the farthest, rushed back. In addition to the others who had arrived a long time ago, the counselors under Zhu Hongsan held the first collective meeting.

Seeing everyone sitting down, Ma Mingyuan started to speak with a cough and said, "Dear colleagues, I believe that everyone has seen my letter. It is now the tenth day of June, and it has been almost a month since Hongguang was hit. Now some literati from Nanzhili have fled south and have confirmed this news. Now the Qing army has occupied Hangzhou, and the latest news is that the Lu Wang of Hangzhou has also been captured alive. What to ask everyone to come today is to discuss what to do?"

After Ma Mingyuan finished speaking, let’s look at everyone here. These Zhu Hongsan’s advisers were not angry young young people who had just become officials. They have been through the officialdom for a long time and naturally know what to do to get the best benefits.

Everyone here didn't say anything. Ma Mingyuan had no choice but to let the oldest Feng Ruoshu speak and express his opinion. After all, Feng Ruoshu was far ahead of everyone in terms of prestige, age, and qualifications.

As an old official, Feng Ruoshu naturally knew the reason why these literati did not speak. They were afraid that if the vassal kings who were close to blood would become emperor, those who spoke first would not have a good end.

Feng Ruoshu sighed secretly, "There is no way, who told me that my family was too involved with the King of Chu? If the King of Chu fails to accomplish a big thing, the first one to be unlucky is himself. Thinking of this, Old Feng organized some language and said, "Everyone, the building is about to collapse now, and it is the time for us to stand up as the first in the world. I, Feng Ruoshu, are sixty and eight years old this year, and today I am speaking up for justice. I propose to support the King of Chu ascend the throne and become the emperor."

Someone was a pioneer, and of course everyone sitting below spoke with a generous expression of death.

At this time, Ma Jiyuan stood up and said, "Mr. Feng, we are all easy to talk about. What if the King of Chu disagrees?"

Ma Jiyuan said something about the point. They were very interested. What if the parties involved disagreed? The Lu Wang from Hangzhou refused to agree to the ruling state. In the end, the empress dowager knelt down and begged to agree.

At this time, Tong Yangjia's eyes rolled, and a poisonous plan came to his mind. He knew that the King of Chu was most taboo to literati and the army, so now the civil servants and military officers under the King of Chu have completely different systems. It is better to take this opportunity to give some medicine to the two brothers of the Ma family.

Thinking of this, Tong Yangjia stood up and said, "Dear colleagues, if the King of Chu does not agree, we can learn from Song Taizu's yellow robe." As soon as Tong Yangjia said that, all the advisers nodded. If you don't agree, you will give you a fait accompli.

Tong Yangjia continued, "Mr. Ma Er, you have been in Dongguan for a long time and you should have a lot of contact with Nanhaiwei. Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong will ask you."

Ma Mingyuan is now completely in the fantasy of joining the cabinet and becoming the prime minister after supporting him. He has not paid any attention to Tong Yangjia's vicious plan. After agreeing to the meeting, he contacted Qian and Zhao.

Not all the fools attending the meeting, and no one else could hear it, but how could Tong Yangjia hide the political veteran Feng Ruoshu?

Old Man Feng glanced at Tong Yangjia, but said nothing. Old Man Feng is 68 years old this year. How many years can he live? But his sons and grandsons all count on Zhu Hongsan. However, as long as there is a Ma family for one day, Feng Ziyong will not be able to enter the core of power at all, so Feng Ruoshu is now reluctant to let the Ma family be in trouble.

Tong Yangjia noticed that Old Man Feng looked at him, which scared him so much that he was frightened, but he didn't say anything. Tong Yangjia thought about it and immediately knew what Old Man Feng meant. If the Ma family did not fall, how could their Feng family come up? It seems that the Feng family and the Ma family are not the same as each other. If you have the chance, you can talk to Old Man Feng.

Except for Ma, Feng and Tong, the other few people were all good at making money. Today they came here to see that they were in a high position within the group and were not good at face notifying them. The final decision was Ma, Feng and Tong. Fu Wenlong and Xu Dali knew that they were not from the first echelon of the King of Chu. People like him who were on the boat halfway through the journey were still making a fortune in silence. So the two of them didn't say anything, so you can do whatever you want.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Ma Mingyuan stood up and said, "Since that's the case, please come back. Let's go to the Chu Prince's Mansion tomorrow morning."

After the meeting, Ma Mingyuan asked someone to inform Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong that these two were martial artists and they had been waiting for this day for a long time. This time, I heard that I had the opportunity to bring all the twelve regiment leaders in Dongguan with me to Dongguan.

The next day, these military officers rushed to the Changshi's Mansion early, and together with six civil officials, they rushed to the King of Chu's Mansion to ask for the King of Chu Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan was heartbroken by some gentry these days. This morning, when he heard that these people outside the door asked for a meeting, he knew that things were not good. But there was no way. These people were Zhu Hongsan's hardcore main players, so they would not be able to do their jobs in the future if they didn't convince them.

The servant brought everyone into Zhu Hongsan's office. This time, nearly twenty people came, and a room full of people stood.

Zhu Hongsan sat on the chair, looked at the group of people, and said, "What's wrong with everyone?"
Chapter completed!