He was treated again from the prisoner. Early the next morning, hundreds of fast horses formed a cavalry formation and escorted Shi Kefa out of Yangzhou City. Then, by the river, he opened his eyes again. More than a dozen three-masted sailboats were spread across the river. The two-story decks showed dense muzzles, and the big flags were blown by the river.

As the guards boarded the huge Dongjiang warship, a sense of gratitude arose in Shi Kefa's heart. He was not glad for himself, but for the entire Southern Ming Dynasty.

It is said that the south ships are in the north, but Mao Jue is evil. He is born in the wilderness of Liaozuo, but he is so proficient in warships. Moreover, the firepower of the Dongjiang River has also allowed him to see it. The Yangtze River natural danger, which has caused headaches and stopped in front of such gunboats, is simply paper-filled in front of such gunboats.

Mao Jue's request can be said to be harsh! But when he has the ability to seize Nanjing and destroy the Southern Ming Dynasty, he can put forward such conditions. He has to admit that this is kind of kindness. After all, there is no greater gift than living, and in time, he may really have a chance! So even Qin Hui and Shi Kefa are taken as such!

Shi Kefa did not notice it, and Mao Jue, who watched him leave on a boat, was blown in the river breeze, looked relieved.

He was really scared by the ability of these Jiangnan gentry! Sending Shi Kefa away was equivalent to sending away a burden in his heart.

"Will you be reborn in the ashes or collapse in a blast? Just play yourself first!"

He hummed with sneering with a sneer, and then Mao Jue smiled again and turned around and looked at Huang Degong, who was pulled out of prison last night and was tied with a bandage, gently shook his tight fist.

"What is Mr. Huang thinking about it? Are you really loyal? Or are you just loyal to your own reputation?"

That smile was like a zombie chicken feet and pig's trotters that had been refrigerated for forty or fifty years.

...........

These days, Jiangnan was brewing on its own and hiding its strength for the upcoming battle of crossing the river. Mao Jue's fleet has been wandering around between Xu Yang and Zhoushan. This is the first time that he officially appeared in front of the scholars in Jiangnan. The 30 to 45 meters of ship, the cannon window that looked at the eyes of centipedes. At noon, when the fleet appeared on the river in front of Xiaguan, for the Southern Ming court, which was already like a frightened bird, it was like a large basin of cold water in the cold winter. It was heart-warming.

The fishing boats and merchant ships leaning against the river bank were like small fish fry in front of sharks, looking for the river up or down the river, scattered and fleeing everywhere. They had been frightened once. Qinhuai pleasure boat, who had experienced escape, hung up the white flag high, roving a heavy oar like a centipede to hide towards the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River. The crowd on the shore was like ants on rainy days. The porter who was pushing a human wheelbarrow threw the car aside and ran away. The guests in the car didn't care about their wealth and honor. Even after falling a few times, they fled from the ground in a panic.

In just over a dozen minutes, the bustling Nanjing Port was almost gone and there was no one to see.

The Ming Dynasty had two peak shipbuilding periods. One was Zheng He's treasure ship during the Yongle period, and the other was the anti-Japanese war during the Jiajing period. At that time, it was said that 20,000 large and small warships floated near the sea, and the number was even comparable to that of the Dutch at its peak. Unfortunately, Western shipbuilding was a national policy, inherited and flourished, but the Ming Dynasty was only a flash in the pan. The Qi family army emerged, and the Toyotomi shogunate gradually calmed down the Warring States Period of Japan. After the absence of external threats, the Ming fleet was once again decayed and festered in the port due to lack of financial maintenance.

The Nandu, known as the southern ships and the north, did not receive any decent fleets. Only more than 20 Dongjiang Road, the Dongjiang River, had already eliminated the Cangshan boats, rice boats, and the like huddled on the shore, shivering, and the defense was still the Nanjing Imperial Army.

Looking at the bronze cannons pushed out along the river, the Southern Army bird gunners and archers lined up in messy formations, even Shi Kefa felt the paleness and amusement.

The fleet of Dongjiang also caused great panic among the literati and officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty and even the royal family. Before the war could begin, Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong actually fled first under the protection of Ma Shiying. Following them were Dongge Grand Secretary Jiang Yueguang, Censor Gao Hongtu, Minister of Justice Liu Zongzhou and other gentlemen of Donglin. They called it "Going the Captain".

Full of fear, a small half of them were out of the city to greet the minister of Rites Qian Qianyi, a grandson Wang Duo, a nobleman Zhao Zhilong, a duke of Wei Xu Jiujue and others were leaving the city to greet them, trembling behind the Beijing camp. It seemed to be supervising the battle, but in fact, they made up their minds as soon as the northern troops broke through the city, they would take the lead in proposing to surrender and compete for a better political position in the new regime.

As for the advocated by Donglin Neo-Confucianism, I am sorry, I can't remember it for the time being!

At this moment, the Dongjiang Navy, who had been patrolling the Yangtze River center for more than half an hour, had no intention of attacking. Instead, he put down a large boat, a large flag with two holes burned out of the Shi-character flag hanging high at the bow of the ship, and rushed to the river bank. Before the battle was fought, he was afraid of hurting it to anger Mao Jue. Xu Da's descendants, Xu Jiujue, also the Duke of the Assistant Guo, Zhu Guobi, and Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, were already anxious and waved loudly on the shore.

"The two countries are not allowed to fight and send arrows when they are in war! No arrows are allowed!"

Shi Kefa was also very proud. Nanjing Imperial Guard welcomed him in the middle of the road, and the Jiang Fang Governor welcomed him in person. However, after seeing Shi Kefa, both Xu Jiujue and Qian Qianyi showed signs of disappointment and jealousy, and Qian Qianyi happily clasped his fists.

"The Zuo Gong Gaotushi Shige is now the Regent, and I am the Nandu. I wonder what is the key to do?"

This clearly mocked him for not having a dead end, but instead surrendered to Mao Jue and treated him as an outsider. However, when Qian Qianyi said this, he completely forgot how he got to know the North.

However, it is completely different from him, a fearful devil. Although Shi Kefa has no talent, his loyalty is still amazing. He is not afraid of death. Besides, a sarcasm, he doesn't even care about sweating on his forehead. He shook his sleeves and shouted quickly.

"Mr. Qian, the reason for right and wrong will be explained. Our cabinet will now enter the palace to meet the saint immediately, which is related to the life and death of our Ming Dynasty! Hurry! Hurry!"

After all, he was born in Donglin and knew the virtues of Donglin people. As soon as he finished shouting this, Shi Kefa turned around and pointed at the river, pointing to the dark muzzles lined up and shouted at the Dongjiang gunboats on the river bank: "Before noon, if you don't get a reply, Mao Ni's army will bombard Nanjing City!"

No big reason is better than cannons. The Nanjing ministers who were supposed to stand on the moral high ground to criticize Shi Kefa were immediately shocked. They said a lot of nonsense and hurried into the city surrounded Shi Kefa.

But what embarrassed the ministers was that the emperor ran away! In desperation, Shi Kefa had to run away again and row the boat to the river. He did the orders the fleet received were just to scare. After bombing the unmanned warehouse by the river, the Donglin scholars and Jiangnan family said harsh words, come again tomorrow at noon! Without any reply, Ying Tian was really made into a pile of stones.

Watching these murderous machines disappear downstream, both Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat beads on their foreheads, and their backs were all wet.

But there are 30,000 Nandu Guards in Nanjing City and 30,000 people can rely on, but people have no desire to win, which scared the fleet of just a few thousand people. This is evident in the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

However, I have to praise him. Zhu Yousong is still very good at running away. Li Zicheng broke Luoyang and rushed from Luoyang to Fengyang. In just half a day, his horse was about to run out of southern Jiangsu and sneak into Zhejiang. It was still a few noble horses who ran away with their lives, and then he chased the emperor with more than 300 kilograms near Suzhou.

And after catching up, Zhu Yousong didn't believe that the Northern Army had not attacked the city and refused to go back. In the end, several nobles were sweating and moved the armored Grand Secretary Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying forced the imperial guards to move north, which delayed the effort for more than half an hour.

When Zhu Yousong returned to the Nanjing Palace, it was already midnight, but who cares about the rules of the palace or the rules of the palace? All civil and military officials, noble ministers, as long as they are qualified to attend court, the entire Xuanzheng Hall was brightly lit, and even the minor officials who were not qualified to attend court took advantage of the chaos today to guard the empty guards and hid outside the palace to eavesdrop.

There is no way, this is related to your own wealth, life and a prosperous official career?

In the court, the ugly face of these self-known scholars, Jiang Nan Mingxiu, who called herself a famous scholar of Qingliu, was undoubtedly revealed. On the one hand, she had to claim that she was a loyal minister and righteous man, far away from Shi Kefa, for fear that she would get close to her and get involved in any stigma. But since she returned to Nanjing, Shi Kefa never mentioned the Northern Affairs Bureau. What was Mao Jue's attitude and what was the purpose of sending him? Everyone was itchy, and then they were anxious and surrounded by them. The ministers wanted to stick to him.

In terms of qi cultivation, Shi Kefa is extraordinary. He lets his colleagues chatter, whisper, or yells in a low voice, or scolds loudly. He just lowers his head and eyes, keeps his mouth silent, and is not surprised by the real favor and disgrace.

The anxious waiting continued until a sharp sound was heard in the court.

"The Emperor is here!"

"Long live your Majesty!"

He was also impatient. With the support of the eunuch Tian Cheng, a pair of thick and short radish legs moved like flying. Zhu Yousong rarely ran to the dragon throne quickly. Before the ministers could finish their salute, he could not wait to poke forward half of his body.

"Sir, what does the Regent mean?"

"Mr. Shi, I beg you, you must say a few words to me! As long as the Regent promises to grant me the King of Blessings and possess the fief of Henan, no, half, give me half of the fief! I will go out of the city and surrender!"

The emperor had no intention of protecting the country. In the entire court, the ministers kneeling on the ground also turned pale and sighed with regret. This double moral standard was once again revealed. Gao Hongtu, who was "turning away with his crown", was full of resentment. He slapped his thighs and knelt straight, and shouted with pain.

"Your Majesty is the emperor and the saint! The grandson of Emperor Wanli of Daxing, should be with the kingdom and the king. How can you bow your knees to the savages of Liaodong, that savage warrior? Is your Majesty worthy of his ancestors?"

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Then, a group of ministers also knelt down and kowtowed heavily.

Now Shi Kefa understands Ma Shiying a little. He has fully seen the ugly behavior of the ministers. In an afternoon, it took most of his efforts to call these well-dressed colleagues back. Hundreds of horses ran out of breath, but now he is here to pretend to be a good person. His hypocrisy is simply a true portrayal of them!

Among a group of gentlemen, the real villain also seemed cute. Ruan Dacheng, the Minister of War, who was beaten to be the eunuch party, bravely stood up and shouted indignation.

"Northern army is in the city, where are you? Now you are talking about it with silence? How shameless are you?"

"Besides, there will be no reply tomorrow. The Northern Army's heavy artillery is about to come to the city! In the battle of Yangzhou, the regent's king fired ten thousand artillery fired together, the defenders instantly cut their flesh and flesh, the city collapsed, and the people were killed and injured. Do you want to seek fame and make Yingtian suffer such a disaster and put Your Majesty in a dilemma? You are not a minister! You are not a son!"

This is the ability of the Donglin Party. It is worthy of being injustice. Listening to Ruan Dacheng's accusation, the Zuodu Censor Li Zhan knelt straight without blushing and bowed loudly.

"The ministers are also returning home, spending all their family resources, and calling on the righteous soldiers to fight to the death of the Northern Invaders! You, a remnant of the eunuch party, have the face to be a minister in front of the princes and talk freely? The most shameless thing is you who are unconventional and righteous. If it weren't for you, how could the Ming Dynasty be today?"

After cursing, Li Zhan knelt down to Hongguang again, and kowtowed with a bang: "I beg your Majesty to kill this treacherous minister!"

The Donglin Party's usual ultimate move, full screen attack, followed by the Zuodu Censor, hundreds of people knelt on the ground in a hush, and kowtowed heavily together.

"I beg your Majesty to kill this treacherous minister!"

Listening to these pieces, Ruan Dacheng's old face was as bright as ever, and he couldn't help but snort coldly.

But just as the party struggles were surging, a roar suddenly rang out of the hall!

"Enough!"

Indeed, Zhu Yousong was stupid, lazy, greedy and lustful, but his only advantage was that he was immortal and wanted to save face. A real man could bend and stretch!

"When the country is alive and dying, you are still making noises for your own selfish interests, and you should all kill you!"

After all, the emperor was the emperor. For the first time, Zhu Yousong was furious and really shocked the ministers. The ministers knelt down in shock, and they didn't dare to show up.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yousong was handsome for only three seconds, which scared the ministers. He smiled again and nodded at Shi Kefa and asked, "Sir, don't go around in circles. The Regent ordered you to negotiate, do you sometimes discuss it!"

At this time, Shi Kefa was obviously a little discouraged. He knelt straight and said coldly, holding his fists heavily.

"Return to Your Majesty, I will follow Doctor Zuo! The first lesson taught by the teacher is to be loyal to the emperor and filial to the father. I will never forget it for a moment. I am not a surrender to Mao Ni, but I am also your Majesty's minister. Once the country is overturned, I am willing to die in this alchemy palace to serve the country with death! Mao Ni is undestined!"

"Then what are you doing when you come back?"

Even though Shi Kefa cried and expressed his loyalty, Zhu Yousong still made a 180-degree turn, and his smile disappeared, and he hummed coldly in anger.

"When you go back to your Majesty, Mao made a proposal against me. I believe it will be beneficial to the country, so I did not die in Yangzhou and brought it back to Nanjing to obey the verdict!"

"Mao Jue intends to reconcile!"
Chapter completed!