Zhu Hongsan knew that Feng Ruoshu was planning for him, because Old Man Feng didn't know who Zhu Yousong was. If he wanted to make an emperor as wise as Zhu Hongsan himself, he would be a widow's son who died - no hope.

Zhu Hongsan knew that Zhu Yousong was a master. An emperor like him might be able to do something if he had to be in the Taiping period, but it would be a fee in troubled times.

However, Zhu Hongsan didn't say anything, after all, Old Man Feng was for his own good.

Zhu Hongsan saw everything he wanted to say, and it was meaningless to stay in this Huaziwan, and said, "Then the emperor's nephew wishes the emperor's uncle to ascend to the great treasure."

After saying that, Zhu Hongsan took out a stack of silver notes and said, "Uncle Emperor, I have nothing to help you. This is 10,000 taels of silver. I know that my uncle wants to do big things and use more money. These are my nephew's wishes."

Zhu Yousong was really moved. In the past few years of exile, he has been used to seeing relatives' faces. For the first time, there was a timely help like Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Yousong stood up and said, "Nephew, uncle promises you now that as long as the uncle is accomplished, you will be the King of Chu. Lord Feng is the Grand Secretary."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Then I will thank the emperor uncle first. I will say goodbye." After that, he got up and left with Feng Ruoshu. Zhu Yousong naturally sent someone to find Lu Jiude according to Feng Ruoshu's arrangement.

Zhu Hongsan and Feng Ruoshu walked out for a while and admired the scenery of Hongze Lake. Zhu Hongsan said, "Sir, what we should do now is done, and the rest depends on God's arrangement."

Feng Ruoshu nodded and said, "It's all right below. We're waiting for news in Huai'an. It just so happened that I've never been to Huai'an. Is the lord interested in accompanying me to browse the hometown of this Huaiyin Marquis?"

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "It just happened that the kid is free, so please help me, my uncle."

Just as Zhu Hongsan and Feng Ruoshu were visiting the scenery of Hongze Lake here, Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa, who were far away in Pukou, were discussing the candidate for the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Shi Kefa came to Pukou to discuss with Ma Shiying was not because Ma Shiying had a good relationship with him or had a high official position, nor because Ma Shiying had experienced people, but because Ma Shiying had a large number of troops led by generals of several towns under Ma Shiying, holding guns in his hands.

The two popular candidates for Fu and Lu are just within his territory, so no matter who they want to be emperor, they must reach an agreement with him. At this time, they can be said to be an important figure.

Shi Kefa still has this basic understanding of the situation, and he did it as soon as he said it. He immediately made an appointment with Ma Shiying and had a close conversation with him in Pukou. From this point of view, Shi Kefa has a much higher political vision than Qian Qianyi and others.

Ma Shiying's attitude at this moment was quite close to the Donglin Party and was determined to make great contributions. So the two quickly reached an agreement and secretly agreed on a compromise plan that would not offend, that is, to give up King Fu and King Lu, and support King Gui Zhu Changying.

The day after he arrived in Pukou, Shi Kefa wrote a letter back to Nanjing and proposed a plan to support King Gui and temporarily lead the troops according to the ancient Marshal of the Army.

In fact, as long as the Donglin forces in Nanjing were not King Fu Zhu Yousong succeeded to the throne, no matter who chose it, they would have no objection. So as soon as they received Shi Kefa's plan, the Ministry of Rites immediately prepared various ceremonial wars and planned to set off to Guangxi to take King Gui to Nanjing to succeed the throne.

From this we can see that the so-called "establishing a wise man" by the Donglin Party members in Nanjing is indeed just a slogan that ignores the country for their own interests.

If they really "establish wise men" for the sake of the country and the country, they should strive to the end. How could they just say that the candidates for emperors can be replaced with such a joke?

From this point of view, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and others are far from each other than the predecessors of Donglin during the Wanli period. As the saying goes, one generation is worse than the other.

No matter what the reasons for the senior Donglin, they dared to fight against the emperor without hesitation and disregard their own interests, which was much better than Qian Qianyi and others.

But these Donglin shit-making sticks forgot the famous saying that history was created by small people. They forgot a small person, a eunuch they didn't take seriously.

When the old Fu King Zhu Changxun was in Beijing, he had a young eunuch nicknamed "Feal Red" named Lu Jiude. After Zhu Changxun left Beijing to become a vassal, he was promoted all the way. When he arrived in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he had repeatedly supervised the army and controlled Zuo Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Chen Yongfu and other powerful generals. He also fought with the peasant army for successive battles. He was once the eunuch of the governor of the Beijing camp, and now he was the eunuch of the army guarding Fengyang.

As an old man in the palace, he certainly knew a series of stories from the court in the court many years ago, such as "fighting for the foundation of the country". He also knew very well that the son of the former master, the current Fu Wang Zhu Yousong, is the most qualified candidate for the emperor.

The years of experience in fighting on the battlefield made him know what the bottom line is.

So after he received a letter from King Fu Zhu Yousong, he immediately went to find the hard truth - Gun Zhuzi.

Later, Gao Jie, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, among the four major towns of Hongguang, were under the command of Governor Ma Shiying, but they were mostly under the jurisdiction of Lu Jiude. They were close comrades who had fought side by side in the trench.

Therefore, when Lu Jiude showed up on Gao Jie and others and showed a letter from King Fu Zhu Yousong, explaining that he wanted to support King Fu as a plan to make a decision, these generals who had always been suppressed by intellectuals in the Ming Dynasty knew that their days to make a comeback were coming, and that this wealth was so great that they had never dreamed of.

As for another town, Shandong general Liu Zeqing, although he had agreed with the opinions of the Donglin forces at the beginning and supported the establishment of King Lu, he saw that his troops were far inferior to the three towns that supported King Fu, so he immediately changed his mind and expressed his loyalty to King Fu.

After Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa reached a deal, they returned to Fengyang happily. Who knew that as soon as he entered the city, they were shocked to find that his generals and troops were gathered inside and outside the city, and they all turned to King Fu Zhu Yousong.

Ma Shiying is also an old official. He knows very well that the situation is so he has no other way to go, so he can only follow the trend and turn to King Zhu Yousong of Fu. Otherwise, let alone any official career, he is afraid that even his life will be difficult to save.

Therefore, he immediately joined the alliance and joined Lu Jiude and the generals of the towns to swear to support King Fu in front of the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, and became the number one meritorious official among civil officials.

At this point, the great event for King Fu Zhu Yousong to ascend the throne has been decided.

After the "Embrance of King of Fu" in Fengyang became a foregone conclusion, Ma Shiying led his army of 50,000 to Huai'an on April 20, and picked up Zhu Yousong to Nanjing.

Zhu Hongsan and his party did not follow Ma Shiying and the others. After all, Zhu Hongsan and his family couldn't keep up with the speed of the army. So they agreed to meet in Nanjing with Zhu Yousong.

When Ma Shiying took Zhu Yousong to the south, Zhu Hongsan and his party slowly set off on April 22 and continued along the canal.

Zhu Hongsan and his party passed by Baoying and Gaoyou, and walked all the way. They did not arrive in Yangzhou until the fifth day of the fifth month. After staying in this thousand-year-old town for three days, Zhu Hongsan accompanied Feng Ruoshu to the scenic spots in and outside Yangzhou, and then set out for Dantu, where the canal was connected to the Yangtze River.

Zhu Hongsan's fleet was heading against the river and finally arrived at the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing, on the tenth day of May.

Zhu Hongsan asked the fleet to park at the Outer Jinchuan Gate, and took Feng Ruoshu and everyone along the Outer Jinchuan Street to enter the Jinchuan Gate and enter Nanjing.

After finding a place to stay, Feng Ruoshu visited a few old friends, such as Chen Youlong and Ruan Dacheng, who only came back in the evening.

After returning, Feng Ruoshu found Zhu Hongsan and told him two news, one good news and the other bad news.

The good news is that King Fu took office as the governor of the country on the third day of the fifth month and was scheduled to ascend the throne on the fifteenth day of the fifth month. In addition, Zhu Yousong wanted to grant Zhu Hongsan the king, and the fief was not yet decided, and Feng Ruoshu was appointed as the Minister of Revenue.

Seeing Feng Ruoshu's floating expression, Zhu Hongsan said, "Why should my uncle stay?" Feng Ruoshu thought about it and shook his head. He said, "Now those Donglin shit sticks regard me as Ma Shiying's people. Staying here will definitely not have any good results. I'd better go to Guangdong with you."

Zhu Hongsan asked: "What about bad news?"

Feng Ruoshu said: "It cannot be said that it is bad news. Many people in the court still say that it is good news, that is, the fake Emperor Shun Li Zicheng was defeated by the Qing Dynasty on a stone. I heard that Li Zicheng had retreated to Beijing."
Chapter completed!