The battle in the palace city was not over, and the battle in Nanjing was not over. Although Ma Cheng's new army had super combat effectiveness, Lu Siye's inner city guards had more than 20,000 people. In addition to Lu Siye's military command, patrol department, and the city guards at each gate, Lu Siye had a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, more than twice that of Ma Cheng's new army.

The residence of Li Zhan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is in Sanyuan Lane, Yuminli, Xicheng. It is not far from Jubao Gate. He also heard the loud noise from Jubao Gate in the morning. Li Zhan didn't know what was going on at first, so he quickly sent a servant to find out what was going on, and at the same time closed the door to make defense.

After a while, the servants came back to report that the Jubao Gate was blown up and a large number of troops outside the city flocked to Nanjing.

"Army? Where did the army come from? Is it the Beilu?"

The servant shook his head in horror: "Master, it's a new army wearing red clothes outside the city! These guys are so fierce that they will kill the soldiers of the Bingmasi and they will almost arrive at our house!"

Li Zhan was surprised to hear that it was Ma Cheng's army. Could it be that Ma Cheng had another mutiny like he did in the past few years? But now the emperor is very nice to Ma Cheng, so what else is he not satisfied?

Li Zhan was frightened at home. Although Ma Cheng's new army was like a wolf or a tiger, its military discipline was not bad. Apart from dealing with the resistance of the military personnel, they did not rush into the private house to rob, so Li Zhan's family spent the morning without any danger.

At noon, the shouts of killing outside the door were reduced a little. Li Zhan was about to send a servant out to see him, but before the servant could go out, a knock on the door came from outside.

This scared Li Zhan's family in the mansion to a great extent. One of the family members asked tremblingly: "Who is outside the door? This is the home of Mr. Li, the official of the Ministry of Revenue. What are you doing?"

The person outside the door heard someone inside and shouted, "Open the door quickly. We are the guardians of Zhenguo Marquis. For the Marquis of Zhenguo, we will protect Lord Li to enter the palace!"

Everyone knows who the Marquis of Zhenguo is. When the servant inside the door heard that it was Ma Cheng, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurried in to report to Li Zhan.

Li Zhan frowned when he heard Ma Cheng come to pick him up. He had nothing to do with Ma Cheng, but he had a good relationship with Ma Shiying's eldest son Ma Luan. However, Ma Cheng should not harm him, so Li Zhan prepared and let the servants open the door after putting on the official uniform.

More than a hundred new troops stood in front of Li's mansion, and they saw that they were indeed Ma Cheng's guardian on their robes. Li Zhan bowed and asked, "A few, I am Li Zhan, I wonder what's wrong with the Marquis of Zhenguo?"

The head of the hundred households saw Li Zhan coming out and said in a muffled voice: "I am a rough man. I don't know what the marquis is asking for the marquis to come to the palace. When I see my marquis, I understand!"

Li Zhan knew that he asked these Qiu Ba and the others, so he had no choice but to go into the sedan chair and follow these guys into the palace. At this time, the battle in Nancheng had ended, but no one had cleared the corpses on the ground. The Xihuamen in the palace was similar, with dead people everywhere and blood donations. Seeing these, Li Zhan knew that something must have happened this morning.

When he arrived at the gate of Cining Palace, Li Zhan found that there were several sedan chairs at the door. It seemed that he was not the one who came here today. Li Zhan followed the eunuch who led the way into the back hall of Cining Palace and found that there were already several people sitting inside, and Ma Shiying was sitting in the middle. The first one on the left was Zhang Jie, then Yang Weiyuan and Tian Yang. The first one on the right was Ma Shiying's brother-in-law Yue Qijie, the second one was Yang Wencong, the third one was Ma Shiying's eldest son Ma Luan, the fourth one was Hou Ma Cheng, the fifth one was

It's Massi.

When Ma Shiying saw Li Zhan coming, he pointed to the seat next to Zhang Jie and said, "De Xiu is here, sit down quickly, I'll wait for you!"

Li Zhan sat carefully next to Zhang Jie, and then asked, "Yuan Fu, what happened in the city today? Why are people dead everywhere?"

Ma Shiying looked at the confidants in the room, and then said, "Today I have an important matter to discuss! Last night, I received news that the Sili Supervisor Lu Jiude and his nephew Lu Siye conspired to rebel, preparing to take the emperor hostage and surrender to the Northern Barbarians, so I asked Zhonghe to lead troops into the city to quell the rebellion!"

Ma Shiying's words were half true and half false, and did not express his embarrassment last night. At the same time, Ma Shiying was Ma Cheng's son after all, so he covered up his son and said that he led his troops into the city under his order.

Ma Shiying said it tactfully, but no one in the room was foolish. Who doesn’t know what Lu Jiude has to do with the emperor? In addition, Lu Jiude’s strength is not enough to control the emperor. It seems that something must have happened last night. Ma Shiying was furious and asked his son Ma Cheng to lead his troops into the city.

Zhang Jie is the Minister of Personnel and the highest-ranking official under Ma Shiying. He first asked: "Yuanfu, can the emperor be safe now?"

Ma Shiying didn't say anything, Ma Cheng said from the side: "When Lu Jiude started, the emperor fled to Cining Palace. He is now with the Empress Dowager, and he is very safe!"

Zhang Jie was relieved when he heard that the emperor had nothing to do, and then said, "Lu Jiude plotted against him, so he deserved to die. We have no objection!"

Ma Cheng was unhappy when he saw these guys saying this. Are you asking you to watch the fun today? He asked you to express your opinions. Since you refused to say it, I will force you to say it.

Ma Cheng stood up and said, "Uncles, I'm young and don't understand many things, but I know why Lu Jiude is so popular? Isn't it because of the emperor's favor? Now when the country is in danger, if the king is not virtuous, the country's fortune will not be prosperous, so I think that Zhu Lunkui should be deposed and King Zhu Lunsheng of Yan should be appointed as the new king! And my father has such great achievements, the emperor only gave a mere Duke, so I also think that my father should be regent, Duke of Wu, and have a look at the important affairs of the military and national affairs, add nine tins and swords to the palace!"

Ma Cheng's words were like throwing a bomb in a pit, and the house was completely messed up. If Ma Cheng's first half of the words were acceptable, what would be the regent in the second half of the sentence, Duke Wu, who would have a summary of military and national affairs, add nine tins and swords to the palace, isn't this the prerequisite for treacherous ministers of all generations to usurp the throne? Especially Duke Wu, as long as he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely unacceptable.

In the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, from Zhu Yuanzhang's founding of the country to Zhu Youjian's hanging, a total of 36 dukes were granted no matter how dead or dead, but there was no duke of Wu. The reason is very simple, because Duke of Wu was the title of title before Zhu Yuanzhang was not named emperor.

After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Nanjing and defeated Chen Youliang, the King of the Ming Dynasty, Han Liner, appointed Zhu Yuanzhang as Duke of Wu in the 16th year of Zhizheng. Therefore, there was no such title as Duke of Wu since the Ming Dynasty. Now Ma Cheng proposed to grant his own title as Duke of Wu, and his intention to usurp the throne and reliance is obvious.

Everyone in the house is not a fool. I know that although Ma Cheng pretends to be a naughty man on the surface, Ma Shiying must mean it later. So everyone else is arguing whether the emperor should be deposed, but no one questioned whether he asked to be named Duke Wu.

Yue Qijie is the oldest among all the people in the house

He was a big one, how many years older than Ma Shiying. When he saw Ma Shiying sitting there without saying a word, he knew that what Ma Cheng said must have been approved by Ma Shiying. Ma Cheng's passionate speech just now was that the most important thing was that in the second half, Ma Shiying added nine tins and was named Duke Wu. As for who will become this emperor, it doesn't matter.

Yue Qijie thought for a while and stood up and said, "Everyone, everyone! I am the oldest, can I listen to my words?"

Yue Qijie's official position is not as high as Zhang Jie and others, but after all, he is the oldest. When others saw him talking, they stopped arguing and sat down again.

"Everyone, I think there is no threat around Nandu now, but don't forget that in Yangzhou, hundreds of miles away, the northern barbarians have been eyeing each other, and Jiujiang and Wuchang, the important towns in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, are still in the hands of the Beilu. Compared with the safe Zhejiang, Nanzhili, and Fujian, more than 100,000 troops of the Tang King in Fujian, threaten the flanks. In this case, it is really not suitable to establish a new king!"

Yue Qijie is worthy of being the strategist who has been with Ma Shiying for the longest time. He knows what Ma Shiying thinks. After Yue Qijie finished speaking, Ma Shiying opened his eyes and smiled: "Brother Zixing is right. Although the emperor has a minor mistake, he will not be deposed. Now the country is in crisis, and he still needs the Changjun!"

Ma Shiying's words set the tone for the debate, that is, not to abolish Zhu Lunkui. Then Ma Shiying glared at Ma Cheng and said, "My son, you Qiu Ba, who is not familiar with literature, do you know what is regent? Do you know what Duke Wu means? Do you know what Jiuxi is? Do you think you are Wang Mang and Cao Cao? Let's talk about these regents in the future, Duke Wu, add Jiuxi and swords to the palace. Don't blame me for not remembering the relationship between father and son!"

Ma Shiying scolded Ma Cheng here. Although Ma Cheng was not allowed to mention the affairs of Duke of Wu in the future, he forgot one thing, that is, to summarize the important affairs of the military and national affairs. Except for Ma Cheng, everyone in the room, Ma Xi and Qiu Ba were both old fried dough sticks. Naturally, he knew that Ma Shiying did not want to let go of his power, and the others were just false names.

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he stood up and went to the door and said to everyone: "Since you have decided, then you and I should go and welcome the emperor back to Qianqing Palace!"

Zhang Jie and others nodded repeatedly, followed Ma Shiying out one after another, and went to the front hall to welcome Zhu Lunkui.

Yue Qijie saw Ma Cheng confused and deliberately stayed at the end. He came to Ma Cheng and asked in a low voice: "What? I'm unhappy?"

Of course Ma Cheng was not happy. The original plan was perfect today. It would be better to proclaim himself emperor, and the last time he would have to proclaim Ma Shiying, but now it is completely contrary to his original intention. Now welcoming Zhu Lunkui back to the palace is not the same as before?

"Uncle, do you think my father is crazy about gaining and losing his heart? If the emperor doesn't like him, he wants to be a minister?"

After hearing Ma Cheng's words, Yue Qijie smiled and patted his shoulder, and then said, "Boy, you have too little experience. Fighting is different from being an official. You can follow me and learn more in the future!"

After Yue Qijie finished speaking, he looked at Ma Luan in front of him, and then said to Ma Cheng: "Boy, I am old, your two cousins ​​are just a masculine person. From now on, they will rely on you to take care of you!" After Yue Qijie finished speaking, he left Ma Cheng and quickly caught up with everyone in front of him.
Chapter completed!