The matter was still settled, and the national funeral could not be completed in a day or two. As little as half a month, more than a hundred years, now the first emperor is martyred, but the dragon body is in the hands of the capital Tartars, Nanjing City wants to hold a huge and grand funeral, it is unlikely, even if Qian Qianyi boasts greatly, there is no way to get Chongzhen's body to Nanjing.

The national funeral gradually spread, and the undercurrent in the DPRK began to surge again.

Ma Mansion, this is a mansion that Ma Shiying bought directly after coming to Nanjing, covering an area of dozens of acres, a typical royal garden-style pattern, luxurious.

In the back garden, under the shade of green bamboo, a group of officials sat around the fireplace, it is now the end of the year, even in Nanjing, the weather is very cold, if there is no charcoal stove, these officials will not stay in the open air for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this current situation is confusing, I don't know what to say?"

Ma Shiying has been in a bad mood recently, and asked with a gloomy face.

There was a circle of people around, Qian Qianyi, Gao Hongtu, Xu Hongji, Zhang Yixian, etc., all of them were present, and the Shangshu Shilang of the six departments reached eight people, the honorable people reached ten people, and even the imperial history of the Inspectorate reached two, which almost occupied three-quarters of the entire Nanjing magnates.

"Master Ma, everything else can be put aside, but the matter of supporting the new monarch should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, the family cannot be without an owner for a day, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, the new emperor is not registered, our court decree will be unknown, who can listen to us? Now that the Manchurian Tartars are stabilizing the situation in Gyeonggi, we still have a chance to breathe, once the Manchurian Tartars stabilize their foothold and move south, and the Central Plains and the seven southern provinces are fighting separately, we will really be blind......"

Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice.

Everyone nodded one after another, Gao Hongtu's idea was good, and it was already imminent to support the new monarch.

Xu Hongji frowned and asked, "Lord Gao, we also know that it is imminent to support the new monarch, but who do we support?" The emperor was martyred, the crown prince and the two princes fell into the hands of the Manchurian Tartars. ”

Ma Shiying sighed and replied: "My lords, according to the rules of the ancestors, establish a successor; Now that the first emperor's vein has been cut off, it is impossible to say that the lineage is impossible, so you can only choose a vassal king from the close branch of the first emperor and support him to ascend the throne......

Gao Hongtu frowned, and replied: "Master Ma, this is bad, if it is a peaceful and prosperous world, what you said is very true, we are the courtiers' assistant to the king of Fu, do our best, and the people can also enjoy peace, but now it is a troubled time, civil strife is undecided, and the Tartars have entered the Central Plains, if the new emperor has no talent, don't say that Zhongxing Daming, whether he can keep this half of the country, it is difficult to say, this official thinks, or choose a virtuous king from among the vassal kings to ascend the throne, after all, the troubled times are not the master of the Ming can not be determined!" ”

Xu Hongji said unhappily: "Lord Gao, establish a successor, this is the rule of the ancestors, in fact, our courtiers can change it?" Abolish the king of blessing and choose others, I am afraid that the teacher is unknown, and he will be criticized by the world......"

More than 20 people made generous statements one by one and spoke one after another, but most of them still stood on Ma Shiying's position, and Gao Hongtu could only sigh, originally, Shi Kefa and others were all absent today, and Gao Hongtu was also alone!

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

Ma Shiying saw that everyone was almost there, and said in a deep voice: "Rong Benguan will say a few more words, in fact, whether it is King Lifu or King Lixian, we can discuss this, but there is one thing, this official must remind you, there must be no ambiguity!" ”

Everyone looked at Ma Shiying, not knowing what Ma Shiying was going to say.

"Master Ma, what do you mean by this?"

Ma Shiying sneered: "It's very simple, whether it is King Lifu or King Lixian, it is a matter for our ministers to discuss, and the noble lords also have the right to speak after they are all the heroes of the founding of the country, but we absolutely cannot tolerate Zhu Jie pointing fingers in this matter, no matter which vassal king he promotes, we must resolutely oppose it!" ”

Belch......

Everyone's hearts trembled, and they glanced at each other, resolutely opposing Zhu Jie's proposition? Isn't it enough for this Lord Ma to suffer losses, at this time, he still has to fight against Zhu Jie?

"Master Ma, this is not good......

Gao Hongtu was a little dissatisfied, and replied: "After all, the prince of Zhenguo is also an important minister of the country, and the first emperor trusts him, and he is also the righteous son of Empress Yi'an......

"Master Gao, you are confused!"

Ma Shiying glared at Gao Hongtu with hatred and hatred, and said in a low voice: "Have you forgotten? What has Zhu Jie done in the past two or three years? Suppress the powerful, suppress the powerful, suppress the powerful! In addition to assessing the rebellion, all the things he did were to suppress the powerful people of the court, even the wealthy businessmen, and none of us had suffered his losses? You don't want to think about it, once he supports the new king of his choice to ascend the throne, he must be in power, and when the time comes, the new king will completely listen to him, he picks up the butcher's knife, and slashes wildly, you all think about it, those unlucky magnates, which one has less power in his hands than you? From Tian Hong to Liu Kongzhao, from Fang Kezhuang to Zhu Guobi, which one is not a high authority? All of them fell under his butcher's knife, and don't you worry that the butcher's knife will cut your head in the future? ”

It's okay to say other things, Ma Shiying's words scared everyone, no way, Zhu Jie's murderous reputation is too strong, there are too many powerful people who died under him, if they don't agree with each other, they will kill people, even Zhu Guobi and others, and even Han Zanzhou, are dead!

The muscles on Xu Hongji's face twitched fiercely, and he said fiercely: "Master Ma is right, even if it is to let King Mu of Yunnan ascend the throne and support the new monarch, we must not listen to Zhu Jie, we can't afford to take this risk, who here is not a big family?" Who doesn't have a hundred and ten people in their family? was accidentally chopped up by Zhu Jie, and finally broke off his children and grandchildren, so it was a big loss......"

"Yes, we must not let Zhu Jie succeed, no matter who he supports, we must oppose it to the end, and we must not allow the person he supports to succeed in ascending the throne!"

Everyone shouted one by one, and the shadow left by the bloody slaughter on everyone was too deep and chilling! However, they obviously didn't expect that Zhu Jie didn't want to support anyone to ascend the throne at all, but personally ascended to the throne!

In the corner, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Huang Degong's mouth, look, look! Why is Zhen Guogong's popularity so miserable?

(End of chapter)