When the Minister of War of Nanjing, Lu Daqi, heard that King Lu had arrived in Chongming, he immediately rushed to the Duke of Wei's mansion and asked Duke of Wei to lead the honorary officials of the Nandu to prepare Yiluan to Chongming to welcome the King of Lu, and to the Nandu sacrifice to Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Qian Qianyi and others also immediately found Shi Kefa and asked him, the first civil official in the southern capital, to go to Chongming to welcome the King of Lu.

"First, Ma Shiying threatened the court with a Huaixi warrior, and all officials had to surrender. Now, Lu King has 20,000 soldiers from the north to support him. How can we be afraid of Ma Shiying!"

The Ministry of Revenue Shang Gao Hongtu and the Right Censor Zhang Shenyan and others were excited.

Ma Shiying, who had already arrived at Pukou with Wei Xu, a senior secretary of the Chongzhen Dynasty, heard that Nandu had turned to the capital of Lu, and was also very anxious and sent someone to cross the river to invite officials from various Nanjing yamen to Pukou, hoping to make rice cooked for the matter of supporting Tang.

However, officials from the six ministries of Nanjing changed their previous attitude of Tang, saying that the Governor of Fengyang was just a local governor and could not convene a meeting of court officials.

Ma Shiying was so angry that he stomped his feet in Pukou and scolded a group of sour scholars who didn't know that this was awesome. No matter how virtuous Lu Wang was, he was a cowardly person. At this critical moment of survival of the country and the country, how could he be the cowardly person?

Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, who had been practicing the "Three Dynasties" during the Tianqi period, was inspired by the will of Wei Zhongxian and compiled the "Three Dynasties" and was unaware that Chongzhen had always been in a idle position and had no real power. Now there is a rare opportunity for two vassals to compete for good opportunities. He believed that this was an important opportunity given to him by God to participate in the decision. Without Shi Kefa and Duke of Wei and Han Zanzhou, he led a group of officials of the Ministry of Rites to Chongming to welcome Lu Fan.

He also said, "It is God's will, and it is very good, but it must be fast, so there may be changes if it is late."

Wang Duo's private behavior was highly praised by Qian Qianyi and others. They insisted on supporting Lu and opposed the ascension of the Tang King because they were afraid that Ma Shiying and eunuch Lu Jiude would enter the court with their decisive achievements and exclude the forces of the Donglin Party.

After repeated persuasion by Gao Hongtu, Zhan Yueguang and others, Shi Kefa finally decided to welcome Lu.

But Yu Yonglu, the first civil official in the southern capital, had a different view from everyone, not because Lu Wang had a reputation.

"As the boss of Qi Huan, he will be treated by Guan Zhong; he will be confused by Yi Ya, and he will be confused by the way. What we have established now is not only listening, but also what is the trouble of?"

Shi Kefa's meaning is very simple, which is that King Lu is virtuous, but he is timid by nature. Although soldiers from north escorted him to the south, King Lu was still a difficult vassal.

Therefore, this relative who was in trouble suddenly met wealthy and climbed to the throne of the emperor and enjoyed the wealth and honor of the world. He would never be like the former emperor who "precepts are wise and asks about everything". After ascending the throne, he would definitely be a mediocre leader. In this way, the government power was controlled by the gentleman of Donglin, and the situation of the dynasty in the early years of the Tianqi period, the country would be able to turn danger into safety.

Shi Kefa's words were said to several members of the party. They were the most realistic words. Unexpectedly, someone in the inner world revealed Shi's words.

As a result, when the Tang faction heard this, they cursed Shi Kefa for the self-interest of Donglin's party, and such behaviors were not important officials.

Lu Zhenfei even more angryly wrote down his official orders to post them on major city gates in Nanjing. For a moment, the public opinion pointed at Shi Kefa, who said the "honest".

Some people even blamed Shi Kefa, who had led troops in Jianghuai, had no success in winning the canal transportation office. In the past, he led troops across the river to fight the thieves, and was ignored by the thieves, which made Shi Kefa feel embarrassed.

There is an old saying that we should stop and suffer from chaos.

No matter what public opinion is, Shi Kefa is always the first minister in Nandu. He is just determined to welcome Lu Wang to Nanjing. Lu Wang's bloodline is closer than that of the Tang king, and he has a reputation as well as a guard. At the same time, all the Shilins in Jiangnan support Lu Wang. As long as Lu Wang worships Xiaoling first, will Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang really dare to jump over the wall and raise his troops to rebel?

The Huaixi generals claimed to be 100,000, but in fact they were only 40,000 to 50,000!

Unfortunately, Shi Kefa lacked the burden of blocking the situation and always wanted to deal with it everywhere. He was in good condition. He actually went to Pukou to discuss with Ma Shiying secretly, saying that Lu Fan could be the governor of the country and the Grand Marshal of the Tang Fan.

In this way, the combination of the wise and the strong wise of the Tang dynasty is even more beneficial.

Ma Shiying was a little reluctant, but he refused Shi Kefa. He only said that Fengyang and the King of Tang were discussed by the generals and asked Shi Kefa to temporarily suspend the welcome to Lu.

For the sake of overall situation, Shi Kefa agreed.

But on the day Shi Kefa returned to Nanjing, he received an urgent report from Suzhou that King Lu, who had landed in Chongming, had arrived in Suzhou under the escort of soldiers from the north, and marched towards Nanjing to pay homage to Xiaoling.

In addition to more than 10,000 officers and soldiers from the north, there were also dozens of officials from Chen Mingxia, Chen Jingsong, Gao Douxian, and Yu Yunzhong, accompanied by dozens of officials from the capital.

Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites who had secretly ran to Chongming, and others were also in the team. The scholars and officials of the Fushe area where King Lu passed by were all encouraged, either donating military pay to King Lu or providing food and grass to the army.

For a moment, all the prefectures in Jiangnan were named after the wise deeds of Lu Wang.

Needless to say, what it means to pay homage to Xiaoling, Shi Kefa was shocked, for fear that King Lu's actions would anger Ma Shiying, so he quickly sent someone to Suzhou to dissuade him.

"Go away, what a shit Shi Benge, go back and tell him that the country cannot be mastered for a day. If this country is in the hands of the Manchu Tartars, he will close the gate of Nanjing and prevent King Lu from entering the city!"

Shi Kefa's envoy did not even see the face of King Lu, and was beaten away by the soldiers under Sun Wujin.

The King of Lu and his party were like a parade, and no soldiers dared to stop him. The Zhang brothers in Zhenjiang sent people to contact the King of Lu early, offering silver and grain, and led thousands of soldiers under his command to transform into an army that protected Emperor Lu.

At this point, the overall situation has been decided. Even if Shi Kefa in Nanjing did not accept the facts, he would not have any troops to stop this scene.

On the seventh day of the sixth month, Lu King Zhu Changqing accompanied Wang Duo, Chen Mingxia, Lu Daqi, Shen Tingyang, Sun Wujin and others, arrived at Yanziji outside Nanjing City. The officials and gentry in Nanjing came to pay homage with Shi Kefa, Duke of Wei, Qian Qianyi and Gao Hongtu.

The next day, Zhu Youqing landed on the shore, first visited Xiaoling, then entered the city from Chaoyang Gate, and stayed in the inner garrison mansion.

Logically, since King Lu had visited Xiaoling, Shi Kefa and others should welcome him as the new emperor and immediately presided over the throne ceremony. But after hearing that, Shi Kefa, who said what to do if the third son of the late emperor escaped, was right, so he advocated waiting for a while and asked King Lu to be the governor for the time being.

"Go and go, let's be the king of the country. If Lu Wang wants to be, he will be the emperor and the king of his bitch!"

Sun Wujin, who could not recognize a single word, directly tore up the imperial edict drafted by Shi Kefa to pieces in front of Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites.

The officials and gentry from the southern capital were boasting each other.

"this"

Wang Duo looked at King Lu and thought to himself that General Sun was a martial artist and was ignorant, but King Lu should be sensible.

Unexpectedly, King Lu first looked at the torn imperial edict on the ground, then looked at the officials, and said a word for a long time: "Yes."
Chapter completed!