Nanjing City, the matter of the national funeral, has finally come to an end, the Forbidden City Fengtian Palace, a group of courtiers are concentrated here, not only the officials of the six departments of Nanjing, together with the officials and nobles who escaped from the capital, there are not a few, gathered in Nanjing City, as a companion capital, now that Beijing has fallen, then Nanjing is the indisputable temporary capital, all the magnates know that if they want to make a difference, they must come to Nanjing, and the most important thing is to support the new monarch and rise up to resist the Qing Dynasty, which is the most basic duty of the courtiers, and the Son of Heaven is dead, As a courtier, there is no dead Sheji, so at least it has to be smeared for the Sheji's liver and brain, even if the officials' private morality is a little poor, but there are still big festivals.

Now a month has passed, Sun Chuanting and Hou Sui and others have also come to the court one after another, in addition to the two people, Hubu Shangshu Huang Daozhou, Zuodu Yushi Li Banghua, Weiguo Gong Deng Huai, Huai'an Hou Huaxian, etc., at least a dozen magnates have also arrived in Nanjing City, and now sit on the Fengtian Palace and begin to discuss the matter of supporting the new monarch.

Jiang Dejing, the head of the household department and the prince of Shaobao, is the only cabinet assistant minister who came to Nanjing in the current dynasty, although now Nanjing has a chance to rely on strength to speak, but nominally, after all, he is still the head of a hundred officials, and these people in the six departments of Nanjing cannot be compared with it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the Manchurian Tartars have stabilized the situation in the Gyeonggi area, and began to send troops to Shanxi and Henan, Jierharang heard that it has entered the territory of Shanxi, as for Duoduo, it is even under Baoding, Hejian, Zhending three mansions, the soldiers are directly pointed at the Daimyo Mansion, the first emperor martyred, as the saying goes, the family can not be without an owner for a day, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and if you are not sure about the new emperor's candidate, the Ming Dynasty and the mountains and societies are really going to be wiped out......"

Jiang Dejing said in a deep voice.

Ma Shiying replied on the side: "What the minister said is very true, but now that the emperor has been martyred, the whereabouts of the prince and the prince are unknown, and there are rumors in the north that the prince and the prince have all fallen into the hands of the Tartars, if we want to support the new king, at least we must have a charter before we can ......."

"This Pavilion knows!"

Jiang Dejing said in a deep voice: "This pavilion is the prince Shaobao, and the waiter of the East Palace can be regarded as the prince's teacher, is there anyone in the world who is more like letting the prince ascend the throne than this pavilion?" However, now that the whereabouts of the crown prince are unknown, and the prince's whereabouts are also unknown, time is running out, if we keep delaying and waiting for the prince to return, the dragons have no leader, how can we resist the wolf-like Manchurian Tartars? You must know that now except for the Manchurian Tartars, even the Guanning Iron Cavalry has all defected, together with the artillery deployed in Gyeonggi and Liaobian, all of them are obtained by the Tartars, the soldiers are strong and strong, and they are eyeing us, the situation is no longer allowed for us to wait to the death, we must support the new monarch as soon as possible, as for the matter of the crown prince, we can only talk about it later......"

I have to say that Jiang Dejing is a person who understands, compared with the rise and fall of his family and country, the prince is waiting for him. The top priority is to establish a new monarch candidate, support him to ascend to the throne immediately, and then edict the world to seek the Tartars in the north, and be ashamed of it!

"In that case, I wonder if there is a suitable candidate for the prime minister?"

Ma Shiying hurriedly asked.

Jiang Dejing said angrily: "The ancestral regulations, the heirs of the monarch are long, this is the foundation of the country, now the heirs of the first emperor are all missing, the capital fell too quickly, and the first emperor did not have an edict to flow out, then you can only choose the nearest vassal king from among the vassal kings, this pavilion means Luoyang Fu King, is the heir of the gods, the first emperor is close to the branch, the identity is the most prominent, should be the heir of the king!" ”

"Master Jiang! That's a mistake! ”

Gao Hongtu stood up again, and said in a deep voice: "If it is a peaceful season, it is naturally undisputed, and the ministers work together, and they can also maintain long-term peace and stability, but now it is different, the capital has fallen, Shanxi Zhili and even Shandong have fallen into the flames of war, the Manchurian Tartars are menacing, there are countless traitors and thieves, and only half of the Ming Dynasty is left. Isn't it to delay national affairs? Without Mingjun in charge, how can we exterminate Jiannu and restore my Ming Dynasty? ”

Ma Shiying's face sank, and he shouted: "Lord Gao, the last time you had a discussion, you won and opposed, and now the cabinet minister has come south and proposed this proposal, and you still oppose it, what is your intention?" ”

Gao Hongtu said angrily: "Master Ma, the family and country are in trouble, and in the autumn of critical survival, supporting the heir, it is natural for the virtuous to live in it, and the talented to live in it, and there is no virtue and no talent, how can we settle the world and restore the mountains and rivers in the troubled times?" From the old Fu King to the current Xiao Fu King, they are all greedy people, with no grand talent, no great virtue, and talent and virtue are not enough to compete, and suddenly ascend to the throne, which is useless for the country! ”

Jiang Dejing frowned, and replied lightly: "Lord Gao, what you said is not unreasonable, it's just that among the vassal kings, which one can be regarded as a virtuous person?" Which vassal king can surpass the first emperor? From character? From the ability? From the mind, from the responsibility? Don't say that it surpasses the first emperor, even if it is close to the first emperor, every one can be compared, since they are not as good as the first emperor, who is different? Why should we choose a good king? From this point of view, King Fu still has this orthodox title, and everyone expects it, isn't it? ”

Belch......

Gao Hongtu was so blocked by Jiang Dejing that he couldn't speak, yes, since no one can compare to the first emperor, what kind of virtuous king should he choose? The first emperor can't do it, can it be that the elected virtuous king can? And Jiang Dejing is not as good as Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying is just a governor of Fengyang, plus the secretary of the military department, and he can't be compared with the cabinet that sits in charge of the world, this is a real big man, in Nanjing City, no one can compare with him, and Gao Hongtu's momentum is two points weaker.

"Master Jiang, having said that, it is much better for us to elect a virtuous king than to elect a mediocre talent, right? This, the notoriety of this blessed king's father and son is far and wide, and the people in Henan Province all hate it to the bone, otherwise they won't be directly cooked by rebellion, right? How can such a bad person be worthy of the throne of the Ninety-Five? ”

Lu Daqi smiled bitterly.

Jiang Dejing's face sank, and he shouted: "Lord Lu, we are just courtiers, the son does not say anything about the father, the minister does not say anything about the king, how about the king, it is not for us to be judged as courtiers, you are inappropriate!" ”

Jiang Dejing is a dignified person, a great Confucian, he has always regarded himself as orthodox, and he can't tolerate a little sand in his eyes, where can he tolerate Lu Daqi talking like this?

Jiang Dejing spoke, and a group of magnates and ministers stepped forward one after another, constantly patting their ass, determined to put King Fu on the throne!