On October 23, Xiao Ruxun led his army to Nanjing, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Dahai and Chai Guozhu organized a ceremony to enter the city to welcome Xiao Ruxun to lead the rebel army into Nanjing.

Subsequently, Xiao Ruxun led the Wenchen generals to worship Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, in the filial piety tomb, and presented the memorial text, called the Ming Dynasty to crusade against the rebellious Shen Zheng, reshape the style of the dynasty, and had to raise troops as a last resort, disturbing the Taizu Emperor to sleep, and hoping that the Taizu Emperor Haihan.

After that, Xiao Ruxun held a banquet to entertain the military generals gathered in Nanjing, conveying a beautiful vision for the future to everyone, and welcoming all those who support the crusade against the rebellious Shen to join the team of the crusade against the rebellion, he absolutely welcomes it.

Ye Mengxiong personally went out and persuaded more than 100 Nanjing officials who were detained in the cell before, and when they saw this, seeing Ye Mengxiong's endorsement, they no longer hesitated and were willing to join Xiao Ruxun's team, and some officials who were unwilling to follow Xiao Ruxun captured on the way forward were also persuaded by Ye Mengxiong.

There are only a small number of diehards left, and they lash out at Xiao Ruxun with the concept of "no name in the teacher", and Ye Mengxiong can't persuade him, so forget it, continue to lock them up, and give them food and drink, and don't care about the rest.

In fact, most of these people are fame and reputation sellers, most of them are just waiting and watching, how can people who really have the will to die and never want to surrender eat and drink constantly?

Even if he deliberately cut off his rations, he would still shout in prison, and he would shout if he didn't give him water to wash his body, this kind of person is not like a person who will seek death.

Lock him up for a while!

At the banquet in Nanjing, Xu Hongji supported Xiao Ruxun's Northern Expedition on behalf of the Wei Prince's Mansion, saying that Shen had always been rebellious, conspired to abolish the emperor, and was rebellious, Xiao Ruxun was a loyal minister, and he was willing to help Xiao Ruxun crusade against rebellion.

Ye Mengxiong also expressed his opinions, praising Xiao Ruxun's pure heart, calling on everyone to help him, crusade against rebellion, and never tolerate any rebellious people, Shen has always done such ugly things, he must be crusaded, otherwise the big tomorrow will no longer be the big tomorrow.

In addition, they also jointly sent letters to many state capitals that still obeyed the instructions of the imperial court in the north, expounding their hopes and warning the officials of these state governments not to continue to be obsessed, not to be loyal to Shen, to recognize the current situation, to recognize loyalty and treachery, and to contribute to the great cause of the Northern Expedition together.

Nanjing's civil and military leaders have all spoken out in support of Xiao Ruxun, so no matter what others think, Xiao Ruxun's reputation of rebellion is confirmed, at least in Nanjing, no one will continue to say that Xiao Ruxun is rebellious.

And officials in other places saw the joint letter of these two Jiangnan bigwigs, and it is really unknown whether they will continue to obey the orders of the imperial court in the north.

If Shen always issued any more edicts of rebellion and the like, it would not be very marketable, and Xiao Ruxun directly regarded the little emperor of Taichang as Shen's puppet, directly compared to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and was a plaything that everyone handled, and loyalty to the little emperor was always loyal to Shen.

Everyone is a seven-foot man, with their own ideals, and they should be loyal to the emperor, but what does it mean to be loyal to him Shen consistently?

If you can't do this, you must resolutely not recognize the edict that Shen has always passed on in the name of that puppet little emperor, which is all Shen Zhengyi's selfishness, not the will of the emperor and not the imperial court.

The issuance of such a declaration was an attack on the legitimacy of the Shen Cheng government, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the Shen Cheng government and the little emperor, and also issuing such a declaration in a city of great political significance like Nanjing, thus forming a situation of confrontation between the north and the south.

On the 25th, Xiao Ruxun announced the official start of the second round of the Northern Expedition, and issued a declaration of another Northern Expedition in front of the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang in Xiaoling, pointing out that the goal was the Beijing Division, and the Northern Expedition to the Beijing Division, killing the national thief Shen Yiyi, and re-welcoming the Emperor Taishang to the throne.

At this time, no one doubted that Xiao Ruxun would not be able to eliminate Shen Yiyi, after all, the strength of both sides had been placed in front of him, and the leadership of the crusading army sent by Shen Yiyi's government had all been taken down, and none of the civilian officials led by Li Hualong had run away, except for the unlucky Yangzhou prefect who was killed.

Li Hualong himself and those officials who have been imprisoned so far were still pulled to the filial piety tomb by Xiao Ruxun at this time, facing Zhu Yuanzhang's tombstone, Xiao Ruxun scolded him loudly, scolded him for being wolf-hearted, scolded him for having eyes and no beads, and actually worked for a national thief.

Li Hualong didn't admit it at all, and sprayed at Xiao Ruxun, and Xiao Ruxun asked him rhetorically to serve the national thief, regardless of the safety of the current Emperor Taishang, he only had his own power and status in his eyes, and what kind of face did he have to bark in front of the tombstone of Emperor Taizu.

Li Hualong still didn't admit it, and angrily scolded Xiao Ruxun for spewing blood, and wanted to state his innocence to Emperor Taizu, but at this time, this no longer made any sense, Li Hualong was taken down and imprisoned and strictly guarded.

The remaining twelve officials who were considered useless by Xiao Ruxun were beheaded and sacrificed to the flag, on the grounds that they would not repent of their rebellion.

Ignoring their cries, Xiao Ruxun still ordered them to be beheaded and sacrificed for the army.

The big picture has been decided, and everyone can already predict where the future will go.

So those officials in Nanjing came to work, and they all found Xiao Ruxun one by one in the hope that they could contribute to the front of the army, take up some important positions, etc., and the desire in their eyes was not concealed at all.

Obviously, they have set their sights on the upstart of the future, Xiao Ruxun, who can hold power.

Xiao Ruxun said that he wanted to leave them in Nanjing to do things, but they all shook their heads and said that they were willing to follow the army north, and none of them were willing to stay.

This is normal.

Nanjing has a set of political teams that almost copy the Beijing division in the north, but because of historical reasons, Nanjing officials are nicknamed the officials' retirement homes, nominally there are six Shangshu and the official positions that should be had, but in addition to the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu and Nanjing Stay, other official positions are just for example.

The officials who came here were either old and really came to retire, or they were small shrimps who failed in the political struggle or were involved in it, and each of them was politically disappointed, and a considerable number of them also had the idea of returning to Beijing to start a new political career.

At this moment, the Jingshi Imperial Court is controlled by Shen Zhengyi, and the officials who hold real power can be said to be Shen's consistent comrades, whether they are active thieves or passive thieves, as long as Xiao Ruxun wins to capture Jingshi, then it is obvious that few of these people will have a good end.

And this is the opportunity of the officials in Nanjing, if they overthrow the imperial court in the north, they will be able to fill the vacant power vacuum, this is obviously a very good opportunity, and it is the only time that there will be no second chance.

Many officials in Nanjing have a grudge against the current officials of Jingshi, and now that they are unlucky, they don't know how happy they are, how can they not participate in such a good thing?

The winner is the king, the loser is the coward, Xiao Ruxun, who has hundreds of thousands of troops, will inevitably succeed in the Northern Expedition to Beijing, and Shen will inevitably fall, and as long as they follow Xiao Ruxun closely, they will definitely be able to achieve a gorgeous reversal from the loser to the winner!

And it must be fast, the speed must be fast, the vision must be accurate, and the start must be ruthless!

First come, first served!

Whoever can perform better will get a higher position, after all, only in the Jingshi Imperial Court can he really hold power!