Zhang Shi's conditions are very simple, the people of the Three Guards can stay, but they must have absolute autonomy over the training and promotion of the defenders, and no one who is not in the division can interfere privately. To be honest, his request was indeed excessive, but the disaster was pressing on his head, so the Jiujiang prefect gritted his teeth and agreed.

However, Zhang Shi's next action made the Jiujiang prefect a little embarrassed.

"Clerk's office, take a pen and paper, write down the terms one by one, and hand them over to the Fuzun to sign and draw!"

The prefect of Jiujiang endured the grief and indignation in his chest, signed his name on the ink-drenched paper, and then stamped the official and private seals, and he suddenly felt like he had signed a deed of sale. But no matter what, Dehua's safety has been guaranteed, and he will not end up in a tragic fate of dying in a foreign land.

Over the years, rogue bandits have swarmed all over the country, and local officials have the responsibility to guard the land, and those who have lost their teachers and land have either been martyred and killed, or they have waited for the court to condemn and behead the public, confiscate their family property, and their wives and daughters have been enslaved by the officials. In short, horizontal and vertical is death, compared with these thoughts, it is much happier to sign the deed of sale with the soldier in front of him.

As soon as he thought of this, the original grief and indignation in the heart of the Jiujiang prefect was also swept away, and he could be regarded as enduring humiliation for the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiujiang Mansion, and this kind of suffering was not enough for outsiders.

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""Communiqué, the official army of the Taiping Mansion was defeated, Qiu Jingguo, the chief soldier under the command of the Duke of Wei, defected to the enemy, and Jianyang Wei was in danger!"

Early this morning, the children selling along the street spread the news of the heavy setback of the front-line war throughout the ten miles of Qinhuai, the powerful and rich gentry, the merry and talented people actually lost their minds to pity the flowers and make the text, the bustling bustling street in the past was suddenly deserted, only the flower boat on the Qinhuai River is still floating as usual, but it is a pity that the beauty leans on the window and looks at the broken chapter platform, and does not look forward to the shadow of the former lover and benefactor.

Several provinces in the Central Plains were in turmoil, and many literati took refuge in Nanjing. Now that the Taiping Mansion Wei Guogong army has been defeated, Jianyangwei will fall sooner or later, and Nanjing may not be a safe place, many people have begun to pack up and continue to go south to Hangzhou to avoid the limelight, and then talk about others.

It's just that the rich gentleman can have the idea of being inescapable, but the officials in Nanjing have official positions and are not allowed to get out freely, so everyone invariably aimed their venting at the only person in the city who can be responsible for the military, the capture of Hou Li Xin.

Previously, Li Xin's prestige accumulated when he cleaned up Ruan Dacheng, Master Jingran, and Xiong Ming of the Ministry of Industry when he met officials at the following levels was once again challenged, and this time the pressure was unprecedented. Dozens of officials from various ministries and yamen, headed by Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, and Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, changed the direction of the wind one after another, accusing Li Xin of mishandling the situation and of deliberately conniving with the enemy to put Nanjing in a dangerous place.

Among them, Zheng Sanjun's words were the most intense, "The Marquis of Zhenyu should not have bypassed the Taiping Mansion to besiege Wei to save Zhao's idea, if he can increase his troops in the Taiping Mansion, why would Wei Guogong have today's fiasco?" Why is Nanjing so precarious? ”

That's true! Or even Wei to save Zhao? What the following officials saw was nothing more than Dong Shi following his example, making a fool of himself and betraying his ......"

The speaker was the former Yangzhou prefect Wu Zhen, the governor of Zhejiang reopened the yamen in the past few days, he became Zhang Ge Lao's right-hand man, and suddenly the waist pole was a little more confident, and someone originally planned to impeach him for the crime of losing his teacher and land, but because of this, it was over.

Wu Zhen's speech intensified the situation in the political hall, and officials, big and small, vented their dissatisfaction with Li Xin, accusing him of being responsible for Wei Guogong's defeat. There were even people who suggested that he should be dismissed from the errand of defending the city, and that he would be replaced by Shao Hualong, the chief soldier.

In this regard, Zheng Sanjun, Gao Hongtu, and others strongly agreed. It's just that the most important person, Zhang Fangyan, a scholar and the governor of Zhejiang, did not attend, and everyone had to get his consent before they could make a final decision.

However, since the reopening of the governor's yamen, this Zhang Ge Lao has acted more low-key, almost never showing up on weekdays, and all the errands of reception and official correspondence are handled by Wu Zhen, the prefect of Yangzhou. Therefore, this heavy task of winning Zhang Fangyan can only fall on Wu Zhen's head. Facing everyone's expectant eyes on him, Wu Zhen felt very good, so he immediately said whether he should admit it or not.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Please listen to Xiong's words, how can the responsibility for the defeat of the Taiping Mansion be counted on the head of the marquis? Could it be that it was not the Duke of Wei who lost the battle, but the Marquis of Zhenyu? Could it be that it was not the Duke of Wei who was ordered to stay in Nanjing, but the Marquis of Zhenju? All of you are righteous and strict, in Xiong's opinion, it is unfounded, except for finding a scapegoat for Wei Guogong, there is no benefit in the current situation! ”

The words were sharp and mean, and the officials were speechless. Xiong Mingyu has changed his temperament since Zhen Shu was imprisoned, from the previous firm fall of the town of the marquis to a firm support for the town of the marquis, at first the vast majority of people thought that he was taken by yin wei and had to bend his knees, and now Li Xin suffered from the pond fish of Wei Guogong, it is a good time to break the drum and beat the ten thousand people, and the wall is pushed by everyone. Why did this Xiong Mingyu still blindly return to protect the town?

The officials were puzzled, but Xiong Mingyu's heart was very tight, and now the hundred officials were making it difficult for the marquis, it was the time for him to show his loyalty, everyone was not optimistic about the marquis, but he thought that this was his golden opportunity. Since suffering a big loss at the hands of Li Xin, Xiong Mingyu learned from the pain, turned out all the imperial court newspapers, carefully studied all the achievements and events since Li Xin became an official, and found an astonishing pattern.

This young marquis has not tasted a defeat since the revolt, and all those who are enemies of the court, whether they are ministers or local officials, will either end up miserable or have no hope of promotion. Among those who threw themselves into their arms, Tian Fuzhen, the current governor of Shanxi, was promoted from a criminal to a feudal official in two years. Later, there was Chen Wenshan, who had been a small county magistrate for decades and became a hot Ying Tianfu Yin, although he was only acting, but he had strong support that was more stable than any previous Kegang power.

Let's just say that this governor of Nanzhili, who has been a man for more than 20 years, is not confused when he is too old, if he is measured according to common sense, he is already a hopeless person in the officialdom, and his rapid rise is not only under the shadow of his father, but also inseparable from the fortune of the marquis.

There is also a negative example of these manpower, He Tengjiao, the commander of Qianyanggu County, climbed the light of the marquis of Zhenyu, and was promoted from a seven-pin county commander to the Jixi Soldier Preparation Road, and then appointed Huaiyang Soldier Preparation Road, and the official fortune suddenly prospered. But after that, he defected to the non-human, betrayed the marquis of Zhen, who had the grace of recommending him, and took refuge in Zhang Fangyan, the seemingly high-ranking governor of Zhejiang, what was the result? Until now, the army has been defeated and disappeared, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead, and even Zhang Gelao, who he took refuge in, is a wolf to the extreme, and almost even confessed his life in Jiangbei.

With the above facts, Xiong Mingyu finally came to a conclusion that even he himself felt surprised and very surprised, the reason why the Hou Hou and his people have been able to turn evil into good fortune and triumph all the way is of course due to his ability, but there is a more important point, that is, a person's luck.

The number of fortunes is something that cannot be seen or touched, and it is mysterious and mysterious, but it is really existing. At this moment, Xiong Mingyu's heart has undergone a subtle change, but this subtle change cannot be explained to anyone, and even he himself has not figured out the root of this change. There is only one thing that is clear, that is, as long as you only follow the footsteps of the Marquis of Zhenyu, the quasi-security official will be prosperous and prosperous.

Xiong Mingyu, who had figured out this, was once frustrated, blaming himself for not being able to see the essence of things clearly, but now is a good time for God to give him loyalty, how can he let it go? Three or two sentences dumbfounded a group of officials who were ostensibly righteous and strict but full of selfishness.

Some officials were keenly aware that Xiong Mingyu's move showed that he was not optimistic about Wei Guogong, so he unscrupulously tore his face, saying that the main responsibility for the failure of the Taiping Mansion and not Nanjing was on Weiwei. Others dare not say this, but they all know that what Xiong Mingyu said is not alarmist, but the basic facts.

The officials relied on nothing more than a few words of condemnation as speculation, without a tangible evidence, if it is used to rectify people under the will of the people, it is not indispensable, but Li Xin is not alone, there is the governor of Nanzhili as the Austrian aid, not to mention, and now Xiong Mingyu, who has defected, supports it, and if it is not good, it will offend people in vain.

Suddenly, everyone in the political hall hesitated again. Until the evening, there was a new change, Wu Zhen revealed the wind, and Zhang Fangyan, the governor of Zhejiang, supported Li Xin to seize the garrison power of each gate in Nanjing, and handed it over to the chief soldier Shao Hualong to control.

At the same time, Wu Zhen also emphasized that Zhang Ge Lao had written to the emperor to impeach Li Xin for his actions. With Zhang Fangyan's joining, Zheng Sanjun, Gao Hongtu and others' originally wavering minds became firm again. Under the cover of night, the night in Nanking was not destined to be peaceful, and the correspondence between officials was transmitted at a rare speed through the main streets and between the mansions.

A vigorous battle to defeat Li officially kicked off.

Early the next morning, news suddenly spread that the elite soldiers sent by the Three Guards to Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province to quell the rebellion were defeated, and the foundation on which Li Xinyi had established himself was already precarious and crumbling.

For a while, the officials were overjoyed when they saw the hunt, and they rushed to tell each other, as if the Ming army was not defeated, but won.

Among them, the most ferocious and the most energetic performance is none other than Wu Zhen, who in addition to agitating the court officials, also stretched out his hand to the Nanjing Shilin, in order to make a voice from the people, and the hundred officials just echoed to uphold justice.

Wu Zhen's idea was opposed by Zheng Sanjun, the head of the household department in Nanjing, who somehow advocated only calling on the Marquis of Zhenyu to send troops to rescue the Taiping Mansion, and ignored the previous proposal to seize power. However, the current shape shì is no more than him, and there is no less than him, and the cloth clothes have a strong desire to participate in politics, and under the encouragement, there have been more than 100 joint signatures.

Outside the political affairs hall, Wu Zhen, who was holding a book of ten thousand words and looking for the signatures of officials, suddenly saw the haggard Xiong Mingyu walking over step by step, and decided to taunt him.