Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Driven by the benefactors behind the scenes and led by Qian Qianyi, the party members preached everywhere that when a king is established, he should establish a virtuous person. They strongly supported King Lu's ascension to the throne.

However, some local powerful people, out of considerations of restricting wealthy families and considering their own merits, firmly opposed King Lu and supported King Fu Zhu Yousong's ascension to the throne.

The two factions were quarreling fiercely, which caused the death of Shi Kefa, the highest official in Jiangnan.

Shi Kefa was in a dilemma.

Emotionally speaking, his teacher Zuo Guangdou is the leader of the Donglin Party.

He is also a member of the Donglin Party.

Therefore, he had some scruples in his heart about supporting King Fu.

But he also believed that according to ethical principles, the descendants of Emperor Wanli should be welcomed. If he established King Lu, I am afraid it would cause greater political turmoil.

Shi Kefa's character has been sealed, and he...

Regardless of ability, skills, or personality, he is far inferior to his teacher Zuo Guangdou.

After Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, he set up a left-behind imperial court, and Nanjing became the elderly care department from then on.

At this time, only these three people in the imperial court in Nanjing had real power - the eunuch Han Zanzhou, the garrison Xu Hongji (Dong Wei), and the counselor Shi Kefa (who also served as the minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing).

Shi Kefa is the Minister of War in Nanjing, the highest official in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Counselor of Machinery Affairs. Now that the capital has fallen, he can decide the affairs of the world with a single word.

He personally prefers King Fu.

Jiang Riguang and Lu Daqi told him that it was time to establish King Lu, and Shi Kefa made it clear:

"We cannot establish King Lu, as this will lead to military disaster."

However, the energy of Donglin's lineage is too great!

Countless scholars and gentry expressed their opinions to him that he should be crowned King of Lu, and some even attacked him...

……

Seeing that the dispute was so fierce, Shi Kefa, as the supreme commander of Jiangnan, should have decided with one word, but he hesitated.

In order to prevent the division of Jiangnan caused by hastily establishing one side, Shi Kefa made a "wise" decision.

He decided to establish neither of them, but Zhu Changying, King of Gui!

King Gui was the seventh son of Wanli and was granted the title of Hengzhou (Hengyang, Hunan).

Two thousand miles away from Nanjing...

Well, there is the Yangtze River along the way, you can take a boat, it's not too far...

The premise is that you can stabilize the four kings of Huaiyin who are nearly four hundred miles away!

However - Shi Kefa's problem of not having a backbone broke out again.

Since he has decided to establish King Gui, he can just send people quietly, and wait for King Gui to come——

When uncooked rice becomes cooked rice, who can make waves or what?

who knows……

He was so smart that he went to the Governor of Zhongdu (Fengyang) Ma Shiying to discuss it.

It's good now!

Shi Kefa didn't make his decision, he even just talked about it. The envoy sent to Hengzhou to greet King Gui has not yet been selected...

The news that Shi Kefa wanted to establish King Gui was already known to everyone.

Oh!

This is also Donglin's practice.

Do things for one minute, and then yell for ten thousand points.

No matter what, you have to earn back your reputation first, and who cares if he can succeed?

……

At this time, it is time to show the depth of the foundation I mentioned earlier.

Li Zicheng caused harm to the Central Plains. King Fu, King Lu, King Zhou, and King Chong all fled to Huai'an and Huaiyin.

In Huaiyin, there is a small lake named Huzui, which the locals call West Lake.

These four vassal kings bought wooden boats and lived in them.

On March 65th, the [-]-year-old Zhou King Zhu Gongqi died in a wooden boat on the West Lake in Huai'an.

Soon afterwards, the three vassal kings, King Zhu Changzi of Lu, King Fu Zhu Yousong, and King Chong Zhu Ciyao, could not bear the life on the ship.

On March [-], when Chongzhen was hanging, the three kings came ashore and lived together in Wanxiu Garden, the residence of Shanxi salt merchant Du Guangshao on the edge of the West Lake.

In other words, the news in this world is the same for King Fu and King Lu, because the time when the two received the news can be regarded as almost synchronized.

Just when King Lu didn't know what to do, Zhu Yousong had already demonstrated his ability!

He directly found Ma Shiying's eunuch Lu Jiude. Under Lu Jiude's guidance, he asked for help from the three general soldiers who were in the north of the Yangtze River and were attracted by Ma Shiying after fleeing all the way south.

Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Liu Zeqing were originally ambitious wandering warlords.

Seeing that Li Zicheng was gaining momentum, the three of them abandoned the defensive area and ran away.

Gao Jie even fled thousands of miles south, from Shaanxi to Nanzhili.

Seeing that troubled times were about to arise, Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying was not willing to lag behind. Therefore, instead of punishing the three people, he also took them under his command.

(Huang Degong's situation was different from that of these three people. He defeated the rebel general Liu Chao at that time and returned to his base in Dingyuan County, Chuzhou.)

The three of them were overjoyed when they saw that there was a big deal to be made with "decided strategy and support".

This is really a good opportunity to make huge profits without any capital.

As a result, the two sides hit it off and got rid of their immediate boss, Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying, who was in secret discussions with Shi Kefa.

The three of them joined forces and sent out an army of [-] to protect King Fu Zhu Yousong. They went straight to Nanjing and became the hero of the decision-making process.

When the news reached Nanjing, everyone was shocked.

Ma Shiying was old in the officialdom. Seeing that his generals were rebelling, it was useless to oppose him, so he hurried back and expressed his feelings to Zhu Yousong, becoming the No. 1 civil servant of Conglong.

Under Ma Shiying's guidance, Zhu Yousong roped in Huang Degong again, making all the proud soldiers and generals belong to King Fu.

Donglin was dumbfounded...

Damn it, fighting over and over again has made my feelings so lonely!

How can these "slave soldiers" in Jiangnan, who were bullied by them and turned into cowardly and weak soldiers, be their opponents?

Then, after King Fu and Ma Shiying talked all night, Ma Shiying stayed behind to lead the army, looking at Nanjing from a distance, threatening to stay at the court.

However, King Fu Zhu Yousong, escorted by a small number of elite soldiers, went straight to Yizhen, took Shi Kefa with him, and went to Nanjing.

The Hongguang regime was established!

But Ma Shiying understood that he, a civil servant, could not support Prince Fu, so he thought of his benefactor.

Earlier, Ruan Dajue, a public enemy of Donglin and Fushe, recommended himself to the court, and thus he rose to prominence.

Now, he has completely offended Donglin Fushe and other party members to death!

In this case, why not recruit Ruan Dayue to join the team?

……

Nanming's inescapable duo has completely entered the stage of history.

……

But Zhu Youjian, who was about to leave the border of Beizhili, was having a long conversation with his brother-in-law Gong Yonggu and his cousin Xinlehou Liu Wenbing.

He plans to use biological and chemical weapons...

Collect plague patients and bring them to Donglu territory.

Zhu Youjian sighed:

"The two Qings are both ministers of the Ming Dynasty and relatives of me, Zhu Youjian. However, our current situation does not allow us to be benevolent, righteous and moral!"

Gong Yonggu and Liu Wenbing nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if I die, I will definitely fulfill your Majesty's trust!"

"Brothers, please pay attention to your safety!"

Zhu Youjian said: "Pimples and sores are rampant. We have been suffering from the plague for several years. So many people have died in the capital. Those of us who are alive have developed resistance. We will not be infected by the pimples and sores easily. .”

"You two must take precautions along the way. Don't let the Qing discover your true identity!"