The reign of Hongguang has not been changed at this time, but Liu Zeqing's subordinates have at least doubled.

This is also the result of Shandong soldiers' desperate plunder in the Jiangbei area. The imperial court's tax collection must be taken into account the tax amount. Officials, gentry, landlords have to pass on the pressure to merge land and acres. They also have to consider whether the common people can survive. The enemy soldiers plundered them at all, and even the final ration and seed grains are collected. Anyway, even Liu Zeqing himself doesn't know where he will be next year and what force he belongs to. How can he talk about sympathy for the local area under such a premise?

Although it is not wise to kill a chicken to retrieve eggs, the premise is that the chicken is your own. If it is replaced by someone else's, of course it will be a good idea to kill it.

No matter how painful it was in Huai'an, Liu Zeqing's troops expanded rapidly in a short period of time, not only in the number of people, but also in the sufficient military capital, the strength of its generals was growing rapidly. Even though it was less than 100,000 at this time, it was quite obvious that the troops and horses doubled and the elite soldiers doubled.

With an army of 50,000 or 60,000 people and over 10,000 elite troops, this strength is quite good. It is not a big mistake for Liu Zeqing not to take Min Yuanqi, a small deputy Qianhu, seriously.

I just sent a general to take thousands of soldiers over, but I couldn’t help but suppress him?

Moreover, in contrast, after Emperor Chongzhen's death, the warlordization of various towns gradually formed, and Liu Zeqing no longer had to hide money and food. If the local snake like Yang Shili is not tactful, Liu Zeqing could take his life with just one word, so Liu Zeqing didn't take what Yang Shili asked for seriously.

With the horse's hooves, Liu Zeqing quickly walked away surrounded by over 100 guards. The passenger soldiers stationed on the street also scattered in yawning. Even if they were driven out to guard the police, the big men left, so naturally these soldiers and generals came back wherever they came.

The military discipline of the guest soldiers in Huai'an City is quite good, and there are many things to bully men and women and smash and loot, but generally the prosperous and lively pattern of Huai'an Prefecture City is still maintained.

Of course, this is the constraint of Liu Zeqing and the generals. If they cross the city, they would not leave immediately, but where would they live to settle down?

Everyone dispersed one by one. Today's lively event is really impressive. After returning, I can't help but brag about the most time.

Master Mao was beaten with blood, but he had no place to deal with it. After thinking about it, he stomped his feet and had to go out of the city to Shuiguan immediately, preparing to go back to Yancheng to find Yang Shili to report the news.

At the moment, Master Mao felt a little uneasy. The war in Shuiguan that night, along with Min Yuanqi's development speed made Yang Shili and Master Mao feel quite nervous, and even vaguely afraid.

It would be strange if Yang Shili and Master Mao were not afraid. The three Yang brothers had already died at the hands of Min Yuanqi. Not to mention that Yang Shili must take revenge, even if he did not take revenge, Min Yuanqi would not be able to let Yang Shili go...

If Master Mao had done so, it would have been the case. If he killed two brothers, of course he would have to be eradicated!

"I'm afraid..." Seeing the surrounding soldiers dispersed, many soldiers sat at the base of the city wall chatting and laughing, and they didn't stand or sit. There were also scattered soldiers wandering around in the city, and even forced vendors to rob, and soldiers who were extorted at the store were everywhere.

Liu Zeqing would definitely not allow soldiers to make trouble in the city, but in the eyes of this commander, the small extortion or forcibly robbing some supplies was a small matter that was not worth mentioning, and there would be no generals coming out to cause trouble.

For Liu Zeqing and many generals, the camp soldiers were their fundamentals, and indulging was inevitable. In fact, the guest soldiers did too much in places outside the city, which could be said to be extremely cruel. Burning, killing, looting is common. Once the guest soldiers arrived, the village was like robbers, and they were even more arrogant than robbers and bandits. Because the bandits and robbers were afraid that the government would come to wipe out the bullet suppression, the guest soldiers themselves were officers and soldiers, and they were unscrupulous when looting, and even hung signs to collect grain to ask the local government to assist them, and went to the door to grab grain and goods. If they were not robbed on the spot, they would rob their wives and children and only then could they redeem the people. There were countless such behaviors.

Even people like Master Mao sighed repeatedly. Such a visiting soldier and such military discipline may not be Min Yuanqi's opponent if he sent one or two thousand people to Yunti Pass. However, with such thoughts, he could only hide his heart deeply, and he was afraid that he would not dare to talk to anyone.

...

"Thousands of sails arrived and the army gathered. What if it was done?"

At the Pu Port, watching a large number of warships and sailing ships coming, the hull was obviously full of soldiers holding guns and knives. As the Minister of War of Nanjing, Shi Kefa, who was still wearing a big red official robe and embroidered with a second-rank civil servant's patch, his authority was gone in the eyes of many people.

Looking ahead, looking back and forth, the two sides of the rat are both sides, and lacking decisions when encountering major issues. To be fair, these are all shortcomings of Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa's talents, not to mention the top civil officials who were able to be civil and military in the late Ming Dynasty, even the flawed Yuan Chonghuan, Wang Zaijin, Yang Sichang, Fu Zonglong, Ding Qirui and others, Shi Kefa was very different.

Even his senior Donglin, even if he cannot lead the troops, was ruthless and decisive in killing, Zhao, Nanxing, Yang Lian, and Zuo Guangdou were also one hundred streets ahead of Shi Kefa in terms of nature.

The current colleagues, the scheming Ma Shiying, the experienced Zhu Dadian, the well-intentioned Qian Qianyi, the wholehearted Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, or the responsible Zhang Shenyan and others, are also much stronger in decisiveness than Shi Kefa.

Either take the overall situation into consideration and directly announce the disregard of the views of the people in the party, cooperate with Han Zanzhou, Liu Kongzhao and others to directly support King Fu.

Either they only care about their accomplices, with a large number of Donglin Party members and Fushe. It is easy to master public opinion and real power. No one from local warlords will come out to take Lu Wang from Huai'an and declare his regent immediately, then ascend the throne, and then kill King Fu, and the overall situation will be decided.

The two sides fantasized about trying to please each other, but Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others went privately. The generals of the three towns even hid their governor Ma Shiying and directly decided to support King Fu.

Ma Shiying has taken the lead. Now that the army is gathering, King Fu is coming to Nanjing, it is too late.

The Minister of Revenue, who was standing by, smiled coldly: "I can't wait to lose first, and I will finish this game next."

The Minister of Revenue in Nanjing was Gao Hongtu and the backbone of Donglin. The Minister of Revenue had some money and grain power in his hands, which was considered to be somewhat real among the six ministries in Nanjing, and his status was second only to the Minister of War.

Lu Daqi and Jiang Yueguang, who were beside him, also nodded silently.

These people are all the Zhongjian of Donglin. Gao Hongtu is the Minister of Revenue. Lu Daqi was once the Left Minister of the Ministry of War and the Governor of Baoding. He was also considered a top military and political official in this dynasty.

Jiang Yueguang was once the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel of the Capital. Later, he was demoted when he was punished by Emperor Chongzhen. After a period of time, he was appointed as the Taichangqing of Nanjing and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy of Nanjing. He was also a backbone of the Donglin Party.

These few people decided to support King Lu and prevent King Fu from entering Nanjing.

"We are disappointed by Muzhai." Jiang Yueguang said coldly: "But I have sent a book last night to send it to Wuxi. Please don't worry, and we will never give up." Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice: "The most urgent thing is to master the court! I myself, Dao Neighbor, Dongchuan, and Yan Ji. If we all can join the cabinet together, or most of us will enter the cabinet, even if Ma Shiying can enter the cabinet by chance, he will be called alone. The six ministries and local officials in Nanjing originally had the advantage of my Donglin lineage, and we have mastered the cabinet and the six ministries. If we have a strong vassal as foreign aid, it is not difficult for us to carry out the government affairs."

King Fuzhi, as a relative vassal with a bloodline, must first become the governor of the country and then succeed to the throne under the premise that the country is unparalleled.

Gao Hongtu and others no longer have plans or solutions to stop this matter in the short term. Of course, they also understand that there is no way to do the decree... The monarchy of the Ming Dynasty is already sacred and inviolable, and the decree is completely unimaginable.

During the Chenghua period of Emperor Xianzong and the Wanli period of Emperor Shenzong, all of them wanted to change the prince, but they were all over the ministers because the country could not be shaken. In the Ming Dynasty, even the deposed queen would cause an uproar, let alone the prince.

As for the emperor who is already a monarch and a minister, it is even more unimaginable to pursue rebellion.

The gentlemen in Donglin boasted of their own words and thought that the murder of the king or the decree of the king was unimaginable before, but at least in the hearts of Gao Hongtu and others, it is inevitable to undermine the King of Fu.

As for the destruction and establishment, let’s wait.

According to the idea of ​​Mr. Muzhai, that is, Qian Qianyi, it will be difficult to recover the impact in the future when things are done, so we can only continue to do things.

Qian Qianyi’s position is to first undermine the situation and then consider abolishing the establishment.

Not only the big guys in front of you, but also the backbone of Donglin and the younger generation, but also the group of people in Fushe, all have the same concept.

It has to be said that when the history of the Ming Dynasty developed to the late Chongzhen period, the scholars and officials freely expressed public opinion in a relatively free environment, formed free associations and party members, and they were like each other, and they were just a party. They were either my party or their hearts were different. They were willing to fight for the party even if they were corrupting state affairs.

Under such a premise, it is almost impossible to ask such a group of paranoid and arrogant gentlemen to give up their prejudices against King Fu, support King Fu wholeheartedly and serve loyalty to the Prince of Ming Dynasty...

Shi Kefa was helpless with the people around him.

No matter which of the qualifications in front of me are only above Shi Kefa, such as Jiang Yueguang, who was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. At that time, a group of senior seniors in Donglin were still in court.

Gao Hongtu's qualifications became even older. In the 38th year of Wanli, he was a general under the command of senior Donglin such as Zhao, Nanxing.

Only Lu Daqi has the same qualifications as Shi Kefa. Both of them are in the same year, both of whom were Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen.

During the 17th year, the two went from ordinary Jinshi to the Minister of War and the Governor of the Ministry of War. The emperor's appreciation was only a secondary reason, and the most important thing was the promotion and care of the predecessors in their party.

Xiang Shi Kefa was definitely appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen, but he was able to make his mark and be valued by the emperor. Isn’t it the propaganda of the Donglin Party members, and his identity as a disciple of Zuo Guangdou?

It would be too difficult to balance or do your own things in the party.

Shi Kefa's face looked extremely ugly. He was like this among his fellow party members. He was even more pessimistic about the future situation from the bottom of his heart and even more confused.

Warships gradually approached, and the harbors and docks were filled with silence.

There was no cheer, and no one greeted the fleet in advance, only the rustling sound of the river.
Chapter completed!