From the capital to Nanjing, the two places are two thousand miles apart, such as the fall of the capital, the emperor martyrdom such news, in a few days, will be transmitted from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River, there is no doubt, just the news reached Zhu Jie's ears, and then Zhu Jie returned to Nanjing, seven or eight days have passed, at most two days, the news of the fall of the capital will arrive in Nanjing, at that time, even if you want to hide the news is impossible.

But whether it is Li Yan, Sun Chuanting, or Hou Xun, it will take four or five days to reach Nanjing, and once the news spreads in Nanjing City, it will be passive.

Zhu Jie knows in his heart that from a general point of view, he will definitely not be able to stand on his own feet when he returns to Nanjing, as for the siege of any courtiers, the lack of food and grass is an excuse that cannot be put on the table, in the eyes of the scholars, loyalty and filial piety are the most important, at least the integrity on the surface can not be lost, those people will not listen to you explain what you say that you are looking at the enemy, what government decrees are different, they will only ask you why you don't go north to King Qin, why don't you go north to build slaves, as for how to fight, it has nothing to do with the scholars, it is all the general's business!

Since it is no longer possible to control the spread of the news, so let's take the initiative and announce the news first!

Zhu Jie sent a servant and invited all the officials of the six departments of Nanjing, plus the garrison yamen and all the members of the inspectorate to the yamen of the ministry at once.

In the morning, I went to invite people, and at noon, all the people came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, from Ma Shiying to Shi Kefa, from Qian Qianyi to Yang Tingshu, plus the nobles of Nanjing, there were more than 30 people in the lobby of the Ministry of Officials, all of whom were the leaders of Nanjing.

"Zhen Guogong, why are you so eager to invite all our officials to the official hall?"

Ma Shiying's heart skipped a beat when he saw Zhu Jie dressed in plain clothes, he didn't know what was going on, could it be that an elder in his family died? It's impossible, this second pole is obviously a young child, and he has been an orphan since he was a child, where did the elders die?

Zhu Jie's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, I invited you here today because there is a big bad news, and I announce it to you......"

"Zhen Guogong, what happened, you said!"

Shi Kefa sensed that something was wrong for a while, and asked urgently.

"Four days ago, the governor led the troops to Fengyang, and got the news from the capital, Wu Sangui rebelled, sacrificed Shanhaiguan, the Manchurian Tartars 100,000 troops were like a bamboo, surrounded the capital, the traitor Chen Yan lived up to the emperor's letter, not only surrendered the city, even the prince and the two princes were dedicated to the Manchurian Tartars, the capital fell, the emperor was on the coal mountain, self-hanging, the entire Forbidden City, all the concubines, princesses were martyred......"

Before Zhu Jie's words were finished, Shi Kefa was already anxious, jumped up suddenly, grabbed Zhu Jie's collar with his hand, and shouted angrily: "Zhu Jie, you don't want to talk nonsense and confuse the public!" The city walls of Beijing are tall and impregnable, and there are Tongzhou Zhentianwei army and Beijing camp defense, with more than 70,000 troops, according to the city, even if it is three months, the Manchurian Tartars will not be able to capture the city of Beijing! ”

Whether Shi Kefa was angry, the other ministers were also shaken one by one, physically and mentally shocked, the capital fell, and the emperor was martyred, which is equivalent to the entire Ming Dynasty being subverted!

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Lord Shi, my lords, others can talk nonsense, when it comes to important military affairs, the emperor's safety, which one dares to talk nonsense?" I got the information from the front in Fengyang, and there is no doubt that the emperor has been martyred, and the prince and the prince are afraid that they are now more than lucky......"

"Ah, the emperor, the emperor, Weichen is incompetent......"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the courtiers are guilty of capital crimes......"

As soon as Zhu Jie's words were finished, the entire yamen of the official department was instantly drowned out by the sound of crying, and the earth-shaking crying even had a tendency to lift the roof!

The ministers' eyes are red one by one, the capital has fallen, the emperor has been martyred, how will these courtiers be recorded in the history books? A group of wreckers, none of them are useful, and finally fell to the capital, and even the emperor hanged himself!

"Your Majesty, Weichen is here with you......"

An old man with gray hair suddenly got up and slammed into the pillar on the side, at this time, everyone around him was busy crying bitterly, who would notice that someone committed suicide?

"Master Cheng!"

Several officials exclaimed, and if they wanted to reach out and grab it again, it was too late, Cheng Ying, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, hit his head on the pillar, and he was out of breath when he landed, after all, he was an old man of sixty or seventy years old, where could he withstand it?

The whole lobby was even more chaotic.

"Zhu Jie!"

Suddenly, Ma Shiying roared angrily: "The emperor edicted you to be the king of thousands of miles, and you ran halfway and did not move forward, resulting in the fall of the capital and the martyrdom of the emperor, what face do you have to live in the world?" Why don't you die? You are not as good as Master Cheng, an old man who is almost old! ”

Finally, someone aimed the spearhead at Zhu Jie, after all, Zhu Jie was ordered to go north to the king of Qin, and ran back halfway through, now the emperor is martyred, the prince and the prince are more auspicious, and it is necessary to support the new monarch, but to support the new monarch, there are more of them, there are so many vassal kings in the world, which one to support? At that time, the ministers in the court will definitely not be able to unify their opinions, everyone has their own favorite candidates, and when the time comes, it will depend on the resources in the hands of these ministers, who has great influence and who has great power, and who will use the vassal king to ascend to the throne.

In Ma Shiying's view, in terms of prestige and strength, in the entire Jiangnan, there are only two people who can wrestle with themselves, Zhu Jie is naturally the first to bear the brunt, and he is the one who will not give up, Shi Kefa has the support of the Donglin Party behind him, although it should not be underestimated, but after all, it is limited power, as long as he takes this opportunity to bring Zhu Jie down, then in the future, on the issue of supporting the new monarch, he is undoubtedly the one with the most power!

"That's right! Zhu Jie, the Ming Dynasty is a time of ups and downs, you have a large army and do not want to serve the country, but shrink back in the city of Nanjing, what is the reason? Are you worthy of the emperor's mighty grace?"

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, roared angrily.

The two of them are naturally of the same mind at this time, first subdue Zhu Jie and then say, without Zhu Jie, he is the biggest snake in Nanjing, no one has to be afraid, even if Ma Shiying is a high power, in Nanjing City, he has to let himself score three points!

Zhu Jie said coldly: "Master Ma, Wei Guogong, why don't you say I continue the Northern Expedition?" Joke, what about your rations for me? Without food and grass, without military salaries, how can we go on a northern expedition? Now that the emperor is martyred, the most important thing is to support the new monarch in Nanjing City, unify the decree, and then lead the army to the Northern Expedition, and when it comes to the Northern Expedition, you don't need to talk nonsense, the national prince is naturally the one who rushes to the front! ”

(End of chapter)