Gao Jie asked: "Hezhou, we tied up Mr. Shi. After all, he is a civil servant and a master. Will the people in the court be unfavorable to us?"

"Yingwu (Gao Jie), do you really think that now is the era where civil servants have the final say? We have soldiers in our hands, and the court still listens to us?" Liu Zeqing laughed.

Liu Liangzuo said: "Hezhou, Yingwu, don't worry about the affairs of the court. Chongzhen's ignorant king went south, causing grievances and people to get angry along the way. Do you think those civil officials would like to see this ignorant king continue to be the emperor, or an incompetent Fu King to be the emperor? If Chongzhen arrived in Nanjing, it would probably cause another bloody storm. If Fu King became the emperor, it would be a good thing for their civil officials and our military generals!"

"The biggest enemy now is Li Lao Er, Mingfu (Liu Liangzuo's name), Yingwu, I'm not saying that our three families are not his opponents. It's not known whether Zuo Liangyu dares to come. Even if Zuo Liangyu comes, our four families may not be able to beat him." Liu Zeqing said worriedly.

Gao Jie thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Suizhou to bring Xu Dingguo up. He is also a person who supports King Fu. Let's do this, let me, Mr. Gao."

In real history, Gao Jie was killed by Xu Dingguo, and Xu Dingguo surrendered to Duoduo. In this time and space, Gao Jie repeated the mistakes of that time and space and was killed by Xu Dingguo. It was a little different. After Gao Jie's death, his number one general Li Chengdong surrendered to Li Guodong, which lacked a traitor army.

The city of Nanjing was already in chaos. Chongzhen was not dead. After Shi Kefa went to Yangzhou, he lost contact. In the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi, Lu Xiangsheng and others insisted on letting King Fu withdraw from the position of governing the country and waiting for Chongzhen to go south to take over the throne. However, many people in the Donglin Party insisted to let King Fu ascend the throne and did not recognize Chongzhen's orthodoxy. After all, Chongzhen went south and slaughtered many gentry.

In fact, there are two different people within the Donglin Party. One is the Donglin Party members who mainly focus on industry and commerce, who join forces with Zheng Zhilong, and make a fortune by exporting silk and ceramics; and some are traditional gentry, that is, the landlord class.

Traditional gentry certainly did not like Chongzhen's going south because the foolish monarch was bewitched and wanted to kill the gentry to share the land. As for this issue, Qian Qianyi and Lu Xiangsheng were not worried at all. The farms of the Qian family and the Lu family had become farms, and tenants had also become agricultural workers who were able to keep their income from drought and flood. Although in a bad year, Qian Qianyi and others would reduce the wages of workers, no matter how they said that agricultural workers would not borrow usury, sell their children and daughters, and starve to death, and live much better than tenants.

What's more, behind Qian Qianyi, Lu Xiangsheng and others is Li Guodong's support, so they don't have to worry about their property being confiscated.

The news that Chongzhen was not dead was blocked by Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie and others. Shi Kefa only learned about this after he arrived in Yangzhou. But the news of Chongzhen's southern hunting had already spread to Jiangnan, and a group of people led by Ma Shiying became nervous.

In Lu Jiude's mansion, officials such as Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, as well as Xincheng's mansion Zhao Zhilong, Zhenyi's man Liu Kongzhao, Wei's man Xu Jiujue, Huaiyuan's mansion Xu Jiujue, Huaiyuan's mansion Chang Yanling and other nobles gathered in the mansion.

"Eunuch Lu, Your Majesty is still here, can we still be the King of Fu?" Xu Jiujue asked.

"My dear masters, things have come to this point, and we still have a choice. Everyone here either followed me to support King Fu or never expressed their opinion. When the tyrant king of Chongzhen is here, you still have your life?" Lu Jiude said.

Huaiyuan Hou Chang Yanling stood up and sneered: "Chang's ancestors were founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty. Your descendant, what can you do to me?"

"Marty Huaiyuan, don't forget that when our family supported King Fu, you didn't say a word! You didn't say anything, you agreed!" Lu Jiude sneered, "Since you have not opposed, once the foolish monarch arrives, you can't escape the crime of rebellion!"

"Chang didn't do anything, why did he become a thief?" Chang Yanling asked dissatisfiedly.

"Huaiyuan Hou, the tyrant lord doesn't think so!" Ma Shiying smiled, "The tyrant lord went south all the way, and many innocent gentry suffered! Although some relatives were rebelling, they were not their own. They were far away in Shandong, but they were tragically injured. Why is this? The tyrant lord was crazy about money! Being deceived by two treacherous lords Li Laoer and Wang Chengen! Issue a way to make a fortune! If the tyrant lord goes south, all the rich men here can rival the country. Be careful that the tyrant lord will find an excuse to raid your house!"

After Ma Shiying said that, Chang Yanling shut up. Their ancestors of the Chang family, Chang Yuchun, were founding nobles of the Ming Dynasty. Although they were later deposed as the Duke of the Kingdom because of the Lan Yu case, they were given the hereditary position of the commander of the Nanjing Jinyiwei. Later, when Chang Xuanzhen was in the face of the Chang family, they were named Marquis of Huaiyuan. The Chang family was also a nobleman who lived with the country, and the wealth accumulated by more than ten generations was also rich enough to rival the country.

Maybe Ma Shouying's words hit the point, Liu Kongzhao suddenly slapped the table and said, "Make a Fu King! Is Chongzhen's tyrant monarch still qualified to be an emperor? As the king of a country, he abandoned the capital and fled in a hurry, throwing the ancestral temple, the country, the ancestors' tombs, and even the whole family of civil and military officials to the thieves, and only care about escaping their own lives. Is such a person worthy of being the emperor? The tyrant monarch is cruel and violent, suspicious by nature, slaughtering ministers, killing loyal and kind-hearted, and treating the court.

Ministers are slaves who are worse than pigs and dogs. Since ascending the throne, dozens of ministers have died under his butcher knife! They are greedy by nature, abuse the people, and increase taxes repeatedly, which makes the heavens angry and people resent the people and live in dire straits. Countless people rise up, and the whole north is full of barbarians, and even the capital falls! They still do not repent when they escape from the capital, harming the people along the way, killing innocent people indiscriminately! Such a foolish monarch, can we welcome him to Nanjing to continue to ruin the Ming Dynasty? "

Zhao Zhilong also stood up: "Don't argue, everyone is going south anyway, you are going to be unlucky. Now we are grasshoppers on a rope, we can only support King Fu ascend the throne and stop the Wudao and the foolish king from going south!"

"It's so light!" Xu Jiujue sneered, "Now that Li Laoer is escorting his troops along the way, this bandit is strong and powerful. Can we stop them?"

Lu Jiude said: "With the support of the four towns in Jiangbei, King Fu can also issue an edict to order Zuo Liangyu to enter Beijing to serve the king. The army from all walks of life will be at least one million! How many people are Li Laoer? How can he stop my millions of troops?"

In real history, Zuo Liangyu was dissatisfied with King Fu and even more dissatisfied with Ma Shiying, which led to the later reprimanding army to clear the king. However, in this time and space, because of Li Guodong's pressure, Zuo Liangyu could only stand with the four towns in Jiangbei to fight against Li Guodong. After all, Li Guodong put too much pressure on these warlords, and they had to unite to deal with Li Guodong.

Next, Lu Jiude, Ma Shiying and others began to arrange the matter, and the regent King Fu issued an edict, ordering the three towns in Jiangbei to find ways to stop Chongzhen from going south, and then issue an edict to Zuo Liangyu, ordering Zuo Liangyu to enter the capital to serve the king; in Nanjing, Chang Yan was responsible for defending the city, Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong were responsible for the navy, and preventing Chongzhen from crossing the river.

"Mr. Qian, something big is wrong. Ma Shiying's group of eunuchs will support King Fu ascend the throne! A group of nobles will also turn to the eunuchs!" Lu Daqi ran to Qian Qianyi's mansion and reported a series of bad things to him panting.

"I went to visit Ma Shiying's mansion and said that our Donglin Party did not object." Qian Qianyi thought for a while and said.

"Mr. Qian, you are the leader of the Donglin Party. If you don't stand up and oppose King Fu, you may be disappointed." Lu Daqi said in surprise.

Qian Qianyi sighed: "Yanruo, I also oppose King Fu, but now the knife is in the hands of others, let's compromise for the time being. Yanruo, don't worry, the army of Wuweibo is about to protect the south. Humph! As long as Wuweibo arrives in Nanjing, all the eagle dogs will be killed!"

"Okay, that's all for the time being! But I, Lu, bowed my head to them, I was really unwilling to accept it!" Lu Daqi sighed.
Chapter completed!