Everyone else knelt in front of Zhu Hongsan and shouted: "Please follow the will of heaven!"

Zhu Hongsan looked at Ma Mingyuan kneeling behind Feng Ruoshu and cursed in his heart. He and he and he decided to "build the city high and be king slowly" when he was in Huguang. Isn't this contrary to the policy at that time?

Zhu Hongsan quickly stood up and helped Feng Ruoshu up, saying, "Uncle, please come up, and you gentlemen, please sit down and say something if you have anything to do." After helping Feng Ruoshu up, Zhu Hongsan quickly asked the servants to give the seven gentlemen a seat and tea.

After all the gentlemen sat down, Zhu Hongsan said: "I know the intentions of all the gentlemen, but it is not the time to become emperor now. Now the Qing Dynasty is in Southern Zhili. We should first unanimously eliminate the threats from the Qing Dynasty to the outside world, and then discuss the issue of becoming emperor."

Ma Mingyuan stood up and said, "King, the Qing Dynasty is now in great power, and the government troops from all over the country are fleeing one after another. It is precisely because the lord of the king of Chu, such as the king of Chu, can gather the confidence of those who are fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty in the world, so please do not refuse."

"But my bloodline is really remote. Otherwise, when everyone goes to Guangxi to welcome King Gui Zhu Changying, he is a descendant of Emperor Wanli."

Zhu Hongsan's words were so irritating that Ma Jiyuan was so angry. Now half of Guangdong is the territory of your King of Chu. Do you still want to welcome Zhu Changying, King Gui?

Ma Jiyuan stood up and said, "The King of Chu is thousands of years old, and King of Gui is far away from Guangxi, thousands of miles away, and Guangxi is separated from Guangdong by mountains and steep mountains. Now the Qing Dynasty is in Nanzhili, and it will go south soon. Will the King of Chu still follow the old path of the Hongguang Dynasty party struggle?"

Zhu Hongsan was very unhappy when he heard Ma Jiyuan compare himself to Zhu Yousong. But there was no way. Ma Jiyuan was his father-in-law and was a square man. He would give him face if he didn't give him any face.

Zhu Hongsan actually wanted to be the emperor, but who doesn't want to be the emperor? But after becoming emperor, he had to face the full blown attack from the Qing Dynasty, and he had to deal with the surrounding King Gui, King Tang, King Lu and others who were both emperors together. The cost was too high. Zhu Hongsan thought about it and would make a fortune in silence.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan said, "What does Mr. Ma mean? I know, but I am not the direct descendant of King Yan. After becoming emperor, I cannot convince the public. What if someone questioned the legitimacy of my king?"

At this time, Tong Yangjia stood up. He knew Zhu Hongsan the most. He knew that it was useless to reason with the King of Chu. He just wanted to see that the benefits of becoming emperor outweighed the disadvantages. To put it bluntly, the King of Chu was a pure utilitarian.

"The King of Chu is a thousand years old. Now it is different from the end of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the princes in the world were all common people, and the counselors and generals around them were also common people. But now there are fame and fortune around the King of Chu. If the King of Chu does not claim to be emperor and is taken first by his vassal kings, how can the two Mr. Ma handle themselves? But I believe that the two Mr. Ma will refuse all temptations with righteousness."

Tong Yangjia's nonsense offended all the literati in the room, because except Tong Yangjia, the people sitting in the house were all people within the system, and they all had officials before.

Fu Wenlong, who was sitting below, couldn't sit still. He was Ma Jiyuan's same year and friend. The Ma brothers were inconvenient to stand up and refute Tong Yangjia at this time. Only Fu Wenlong came to send this trick.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the quarrels of the civil officials below, and his head hurt. However, what Tong Yangjia said just now was in his heart. Tong Yangjia said it very well. Now he suffered a loss without a name. Now his government orders can only be implemented in the four prefectures. Other Chaozhou Prefectures, Nanxiong Prefectures, etc. all disobey their orders, but they have no choice but to deal with them. After becoming emperor, this situation will disappear immediately. At that time, if that prefecture does not listen to the orders, it will be self-severe from the world and the people, and just send troops to attack directly.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan made up his mind to become emperor, but in order to avoid becoming the enemy of several other vassal kings, he would first call him the governor.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the civil officials who were quarreling below, that is, Fu Wenlong and Tong Yangjia were both in their fifties and were not physically strong. Otherwise, they could just pk directly. The literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty had this tradition. However, the dozen military heads on the side opened their eyes. Unexpectedly, these literati who were usually arrogant were not much different from those of the rural old ladies when they cursed. They just wanted to pick their eyes and beat their fingers.

These martial artists do not read history, and they do not know that the two of them are quarrels. They used to have 40 or 50 people in the court to fight in groups.

Zhu Hongsan shouted from the side: "Okay, sirs, don't argue, listen to me." When the King of Chu had something to say, Fu Wenlong and Tong Yangjia stopped. Tong Yangjia returned to his seat as if nothing had happened under the glaring eyes of the Ma brothers and Fu Wenlong.

Zhu Hongsan organized a speech and said, "I know all the hard work of all sirs, but I am deeply grateful to the late emperor. My uncle is just arrested now, and the news is not confirmed yet. It is really hard for me to become emperor."

As soon as Zhu Hongsan said this, the six advisers below knew that Zhu Hongsan had made up their minds. They all knew what the King of Chu was, loyal, honest, and had nothing to do with him. Now that I just want the people below to act like this, I can't say that I will be the emperor.

At this time, it was Ma Mingyuan's turn to speak. He stood up and said, "The King of Chu is benevolent and righteous, and the world knows it. If Your Highness does not proclaim himself emperor, we will have nothing to come from!" After that, he winked at Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong next to him. These two guys had been waiting for a long time. When they saw that it was his turn to show their faces, they quickly took out three-foot bright yellow cloth from behind and stepped forward to give Zhu Hongsan a batch.

At this moment, everyone below saw that it had become a fait accompli and kowtowed, shouting long live.

Zhu Hongsan still had to act like this at this time and said tearfully: "You are putting me on the fire, but it's fine. For the sake of the BenQ and the people of the world, I will be reluctant to do it."

The six literati below cursed Zhu Hongsan in their hearts, and they all called themselves my own fault and said they were reluctant to do so.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Hongsan still said, "I am only a temporary regent now. If there is any prince who is close to the government, I will hand over the power immediately."

Ma Mingyuan looked at Feng Ruoshu, and Old Man Feng didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to say this. Old Man Feng thought about it and decided to make a faita fact first and then talk about what happened in the future. After thinking about it, Old Man Feng did not answer, but shouted long live Your Majesty.

When Ma Mingyuan saw Feng Ruoshu doing this, he immediately knew what Feng Ruoshu had made, and he didn't say anything and shouted long live.

At this point, Zhu Hongsan called himself the governor and became the 18th de facto monarch of the Ming Dynasty before the Tang Dynasty King Zhu Youjian became emperor.

After he finished his head, he naturally wholesales the official hats below. Isn’t these stinky old ninths so desperately urged Zhu Hongsan to be emperor for this? Zhu Hongsan dared to guarantee his votes. If he didn’t give them an official position, the next day, these guys would run away, and then he would publicize everywhere that he was a bastard emperor.

Feng Ruoshu was the candidate for the chief assistant in any aspect. In addition, when Zhu Hongsan deceived him from Beijing, he also agreed to be the chief assistant. Now it is time to fulfill his promise, so Zhu Hongsan appointed Feng Ruoshu as the Prince's Young Guardian, the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace. The official position of the Ming Dynasty was very strange, and the official position of the serious cabinet members was very low, only the fifth rank. Therefore, some empty titles should be added in front, such as the official position of Old Man Feng, which looks very awesome in front. The Prince's Young Guardian is the second rank, not to mention the Minister of Personnel, but the real official position is the last Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace.

The Guan Hall of the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty included four halls and two pavilions, namely Huagai Hall, Jinshen Hall, Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenyuan Hall, and Dong Pavilion. These Grand Secretary were all fifth-ranked and had a low status. However, the power in his hands was not low at all. Old man Feng also served as the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, who was also the leader of civil officials and could be called the chief minister.

Feng Ruoshu couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard that Zhu Hong had three positions. He was only a top student back then and had no hope of joining the cabinet. He didn't expect that he could catch up with such a storm and become the Chief Secretary for the Times.

Feng Ruoshu quickly stood up and thanked him. The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty had great power, and sometimes it can be said that he had greater power than the prime minister of the Tang and Song dynasties, so the grandson did not have to kneel in front of the king.

The second person who was appointed as an official was Ma Mingyuan. Ma Laoer came to Guangdong from Huguang Paojiasheye and Zhu Hongsan. It was really inappropriate not to give him some sweetness.

Compared with Feng Ruoshu's official position, Ma Mingyuan's official position was much lower. Zhu Hongsan only granted him the Minister of Revenue and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, the last of the Grand Secretary, and has not given him an honorary position. Zhu Hongsan is afraid that the current official position will be too high and it will be difficult to deal with in the future.

Ma Mingyuan had no objection. Feng Ruoshu was his biological uncle. In addition, Old Man Feng is now 68, so he might be slacking off his hair at any time, so Ma Mingyuan can wait.

If there is no objection to the first two official positions, the third one will be interesting. What everyone originally thought was that the third one should be the boss of the Ma family. After all, Ma Jiyuan is considered to be the old minister of Long. But he didn't expect that the third one was Tong Yangjia.

Zhu Hongsan did this very easily. The Ma family is too powerful and has a close relationship with the Feng family, so he is really worried. For the sake of the imperial balance, he must establish a third party force beside these two families. Tong Yangjia did a good job. Old Tong has been incompatible with the Ma family since Huguang. In addition, it was actually Tong Yangjia who persuaded Zhu Hongsan to supervise the country just now, so the third minister must be Tong Yangjia.

Zhu Hongsan gave Tong Yangjia an official position to be a Hanlin bachelor and a minister of the Ministry of War. He entered the cabinet. Although Tong was only a Hanlin bachelor, the two words "entering the cabinet later were too powerful. Entering the cabinet means that Tong Yangjia entered the central decision-making organ.

The third one is Ma Jiyuan, who is also the Minister of Revenue and the Prime Minister of Leizhou.

The fourth one is Feng Ziyong, who also serves as the governor of Guangzhou.

The fifth one is Fu Wenlong. Zhu Hongsan saw that Lao Fu was doing well in Yong'an Prefecture, so he decided to set up a Nanyang Governor's District and let Lao Fu be the Nanyang Governor. His reputation is quite loud, but it is actually no different from now. He is the official position, and the Governor is a real second-rank rank.
Chapter completed!