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At the end of March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, all kinds of gossip in Nanjing were flying all over the city, and it was rumored that Jingshi had been captured by Li Zicheng.

Since the north of Xuzhou has been occupied by the Dashun army, the communication channel between Nanjing and Jingshi has been blocked, and the official has not been able to confirm the authenticity of these news, but the city is already panicked, the atmosphere is unprecedentedly tense, and the city is full of mountains and rains and wind full of buildings.

The high-level officials in Nanjing issued martial law, and the nerves of the military and civilians in the city were further tensed and almost broken.

On the first day of the first month of April, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, convened the officials of the six departments of Nanjing to issue a document to discuss the thief and the king of Qin, and at the same time held a grand oath-taking meeting, and then led the army to cross the river.

Interestingly, the scene was so big that the swearing-in meeting was held, but Shi Kefa's Qinwang army stopped at Pukou in Jiangbei, according to the official statement, the soldiers still need to practice.

Well, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.

It is right to train the soldiers first and then go north to King Qin, so as not to have to go and not return to the meat buns and dogs.

The problem is that if you train soldiers, you will train soldiers, why do you have such a grand swearing-in meeting in advance? Haven't you heard of one boom, then decline, and three exhaustion?

After the oath meeting, you will train the soldiers for another half a year, and when you go north after half a year, it is estimated that the soldiers will not remember what they are doing.

Just as Shi Kefa was training his Qinwang soldiers and horses in Pukou day and night, Jiangxi and Huguang seemed to be snowing heavily for several days, and they were white. The three armies are vegetarian, and all states and counties set up mourning halls to worship the Daxing Emperor.

According to the old system, during the period when the emperor died and the new monarch was not established, the emperor who died was collectively referred to as the Daxing Emperor.

This news spread to Nanjing, immediately caused an uproar, according to the distance, Nanjing is closer to Beijing than Jiangxi and Huguang, Nanjing has not received the exact news, but Jiangxi and Huguang began to set up a mourning hall to commemorate the Daxing Emperor. What's going on?

This scene is a little weird, if you look down on the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty from outside the clouds, including the Beijing Division, no one mourns the emperor, the high-ranking officials are busy defecting to the new dynasty of Dashun, and the people are busy paying money and grain to the new dynasty, they are all busy, who can care about Chongzhen's life and death? Other places are still muddy, and for some reason, only Jiangxi Lake has become a white ocean. It is unique in the land of China and looks so special.

As Jiangxi and Huguang became snow-white, then came a letter written by Yang Shen and issued in the name of Qin Mu: Safety is fighting for breathing, and the society is in a hurry. Three hundred years of cultivation and respect, how can there be no reward for the wind and grass? The gentlemen come after the family and the country, and would rather forget the thoughts of loyal ministers? I want to lead the land to the same hatred, and I have the left side of the world, and I want to ask for thieves. The soldier who asks for the crime is famous, and he is the king of righteousness and diligence, and he will win the battle with righteousness

This article is awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring, and fully embodies the fiery heart of the governor of Qin, who is loyal to the monarch and patriotic. Woohoo, the wind knows the strength of the grass, the board knows the loyal ministers, who is not admired by the integrity of the governor of Qin?

And the difference between this essay and Shi Kefa is. Shi Kefa's essay on the thief was to boost morale and go north to King Qin.

Qin Mu's thief essay first made it clear that Li Zicheng had broken through the Jingshi. forced the emperor to death, threw the body of the emperor and empress on the side of the road, and was busy extorting the property of the officials and the people. Zuihou called on the Ming army and people to unite as one to avenge Emperor Daxing.

Qin Mu's essay of daring to be the first in the world caused a ten-magnitude earthquake in the north and south of the river in an instant, and the sky collapsed.

At the same time, two eunuchs who escaped from Beijing came to Nanjing, confirming that what Qin Mu said in the text of the thief was true, which made the city of Nanjing even more gloomy, as if it was about to end.

Since Yongle, the Ming Dynasty has been using the two-Beijing system, Nanjing, like the Beijing Division, still retains the six departments and nine Qing, this set of leadership groups, many people think that Nanjing's leadership team is only used to place idle retired or excluded officials, in fact, this is a great misunderstanding.

It is true that because Nanjing does not have an emperor, when making decisions on national affairs, the officials of the six departments of Nanjing have far less power to speak than the officials of the six departments of Beijing, but it is definitely not purely an institution for the placement of idle officials;

There are a total of thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, in terms of daily governance, it has been divided into six in the south and seven in the north, and Nanjing's team is responsible for the governance of the six southern provinces.

Moreover, as the capital of Liu, it also has a very important role, that is, once the Beijing division guarding the country falls, Nanjing can immediately be substituted to perform the functions of the central government.

Now, it has been determined that Beijing has fallen, and the emperor has made a great move, and the eyes of the people of the world have immediately converged on Nanjing, and officials like Lu Daqi have rushed to Nanjing.

It is clear that the first task facing the remaining ministers is to install a new monarch and reorganize the regime.

Nanjing was in turmoil for a while, the undercurrent was turbulent, and the officials of various ministries were busy running for the establishment of a new monarch, and the public and private discussions were collegiated, but it was difficult to reach a conclusion for a while.

According to the historical succession procedure of the father and the son, of course, Chongzhen's son is preferred to succeed to the throne. Emperor Chongzhen had three sons: the crown prince Zhu Cijiong, the second son Dingwang Zhu Cijiong, and the third son Yongwang Zhu Cijiong, but these three princes were all trapped in Beijing and their whereabouts are unknown.

The Ming Dynasty is now in turmoil, and urgently needs a monarch to come out as a spiritual leader, and it is impossible to wait for Chongzhen's son to be established before setting up a new monarch.

As a rule, the selection rules are generally based on blood proximity. Guangzong and Xizong have no heirs, so they can only be considered from the generation of Emperor Wanli of Shenzong.

Among the vassal kings who are close to Chongzhen, Fuwang Zhu Yousong is the grandson of Emperor Wanli, and there are also several princes of his uncles, Zhu Changrun, King Hui, Zhu Changhao, King Gui, Zhu Changying, these three are the sons of Emperor Wanli.

And King Lu is the nephew of Emperor Wanli, and his bloodline is slightly distant.

However, judging from the current situation, the three kings of Hui, Rui, and Gui are all in their own feudal domains, which are far away from Nanjing, and it will take several months to go back and forth, and there is no possibility of actual operation to support them.

At a feasible level, officials in Nanjing set their sights on Huai'an, which is not far away. Originally, it should not be controversial to support Zhu Yousong.

But at the time of this national disaster, the Donglin Party did not forget to go over the old accounts, as the so-called thief is weak, the Donglin Party remembered the three major doubts;

Although there is no definite evidence to prove that these three major suspicious cases were concocted by the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party used the attack case to hit Zhu Yousong's grandmother Zheng Guifei, so that Zhu Changxun, the old king of fortune, lost the possibility of inheriting the throne.

In the Red Pill case, it was even pointed out that Concubine Zheng Guifei instructed someone to poison Emperor Guangzong. and then forced Zheng Guifei into the cold palace.

With these old things, the Donglin Party was worried that after Zhu Yousong succeeded to the throne, they would settle accounts with them, so the things that were taken for granted became strange and unpredictable.

At this time, Qian Qianyi, one of the bigwigs of the Donglin Party, was the fastest, this gentleman was the best at drilling camps, when Chongzhen was first established, he was the first to push the partisan dispute in the Chongzhen Dynasty to a climax, he wanted to kill Wen Tiren and compete for the quota in the cabinet. It's a pity that he can't wipe his ass clean with a bunch of shit, but he was kicked out of the court by Wen Tiren.

Now, Big Qian felt that the opportunity had come, so he first contacted Lei Zhuozuo in Ding Weizhong to be active, and they were the first to find Lu Daqi, the squire of the military department who hurried to Nanjing.

It should be noted that Lu Daqi, the squire of the military department, is the squire of the military department of the sixth division of the Beijing Division, and he also has the four titles of governor of Jiangxi, Huguang, Yingtian (Nanjing), and Anqing, and his weight is undoubtedly very heavy;

So Qian Qianyi was the first to find him and lobby: "King Lu is the grandson of Mu Zong, and Zhao Mu is not far away." Virtuous and standable. At the beginning, King Fugong coveted the throne, almost causing a catastrophe, if he set up his son, he would be able to repair the three cases. Treat our generation as meat. ”

This is said to the insiders of the Donglin Party, it is very sincere, there is nothing to hide, and there is only one reason why the king cannot be established. Our Donglin Party has a grudge against Zhu Yousong and his father, and Zhu Yousong is a man for swords, and I am a fish and meat. Therefore, it is not possible to bless the king.

After Qian Qianyi's lobbying, Lu Daqi and Zhang Shenyan, the imperial historian of the right capital, Zhan Shi, Jiang Yueguang and other Nanjing courtiers all agreed to establish the king of Lu.

But now supporting the new emperor is not an internal matter of the Donglin Party, and the above reasons for not being able to establish the blessing of Wang Zhu Yousong can also be said to the people in the Donglin Party, and it is definitely not possible to say this to the outside world, even to Shi Kefa.

Although Shi Kefa also belongs to the Donglin Party, this guy has a lot of brains, and if he says this to him, I'm afraid this guy won't cooperate.

So, under the auspices of the big man Qian, the Donglin party in Nanjing divided labor and cooperated, cooperated closely, reorganized the materials, and after a night of fighting, everyone re-compiled the seven reasons why Zhu Yousong, the king of Fufu: unfilial piety, abuse, interference, not studying, greed, lewdness, and alcoholism.

After the materials were compiled, he immediately sent a letter to Shi Kefa, who was stationed in Pukou, and Shi Kefa saw the reason why King Fu Qi could not stand, so he also agreed to support King Lu.

The princes of Nanjing were busy operating in the dark and did not move for a while.

Zhu Yousong, who was far away in Huai'an, panicked, and as the hottest candidate, no one came to ask him to deliver a campaign speech and a policy program. There are very few who come to show their loyalty and engage in speculation.

All this made Zhu Yousong feel that the situation was not good, and it was good for others to arrange him, but Zhu Yousong was definitely not a real fool, if you don't come to me, I won't take the initiative to attack.

I have experience in this regard, in order to remind Chongzhen's brother to canonize me, I fled while inspecting the mountains and rivers, studying military strategy, and soon gave me Chongzhen's brother a lesson, suggesting to strengthen the river defense, which was greatly appreciated by Chongzhen's brother, and then the canonization came down.

This time, Zhu Yousong decided to continue to take the initiative and hit the key points.

The first target is naturally the nearest Governor Lu Zhenfei, but it is not wise to hang himself on a tree of Governor Lu.

At this time, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Fengyang Supervision Army, came to the door to show his loyalty, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but be overjoyed, the Donglin Party is engaged in black-box operations, right, I will do this trick, let's do our own thing, see who can more

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PS: Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass. The monthly ticket list has fallen all the way to outside the 200th, and if it falls again, I will fall into the sea.

Zuihou scolded, the big horse raised by the son of a bitch must be hiding some unsightly truth, they are operating in the dark, and even the Vietnamese don't play with them anymore.

Well, after scolding, continue to summon a monthly pass! Ask for support.

(To be continued......)