Hangzhou City, Ma Shiying’s Mansion.

In a guest room in the attic of the courtyard, the maid was applying medicine to Ruan Dacheng's swollen face. The couch in the room was a little messy. The noise from the front yard kept coming, and Ruan Dacheng felt a little upset.

The door was pushed open violently, and Ma Shiying walked in with a livid face.

Upon seeing this, the maid who was serving Ruan Dacheng obediently withdrew and closed the door gently.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Dacheng asked.

"I don't think I can continue to be the chief assistant." Ma Shiying sat down at the round table and said angrily.

The cabinet had just held its first official meeting, and he proposed that the kings of Tang and Chu who were in Hangzhou should be immediately evacuated to the south for complete preparation. As the saying goes, eggs cannot be put in the same basket. If the city of Hangzhou cannot be defended, it will be destroyed all at once.

The three kings will be lost. The current Ming Dynasty can no longer bear such a loss.

Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Huang Daozhou's cabinet ministers all felt that what he said was reasonable, so they did not object. However, when he proposed that Ruan Dacheng escort the Tang Dynasty king south, the three people immediately objected fiercely and spit.

He has a look on his face.

"I've already said that being an official is not just a job, it's better to..." Ruan Dacheng took the opportunity to encourage him. If he could drag Ma Shiying along with him, Prince Yu would definitely look at him with admiration. After all, he kidnapped a child.

The contribution of the first assistant is really not small.

Ma Shiying was silent. To be honest, he was really shaken. Now King Lu is completely different from before. He seems to have completely changed. Especially after he was imprisoned, a series of decrees revealed his shrewdness. It is said that he

I also visited Liu Zongzhou before, but I don’t know what they talked about.

Now that he was being sidelined, Ma Shiying had to suspect that King Lu was forcing him to resign and then resurrect Liu Zongzhou to replace him.

Seeing that Ma Shiying was silent, Ruan Dacheng poured him a cup of tea and continued to lie: "The Qing army has 50,000 infantry and cavalry, and there are still 200,000 surrendered soldiers in Nanjing. Even with a heap of people, the city of Hangzhou will be destroyed. You can't really

I think the city of Hangzhou can be defended."

For a long time, Ma Shiying glanced at Ruan Dacheng who was chattering away, and said coldly: "Prince Lu put the office in my house, and now I can't count the eyes staring at us. I advise you to be careful and don't mess with me again."

Trouble"

After saying that, Ma Shiying stood up and left.

Ruan Dacheng, on the other hand, murmured secretly in the back: "Students really can't save scholars."

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In the front yard, a spacious side room is temporarily used as the cabinet room. Gao Hongtu is calculating the current money and food in Hangzhou. Jiang Yueguang, sitting at the table next to him, is sorting out the current list of remaining officials from the Hongguang Dynasty in each province.
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Huang Daozhou was a little free, so he helped Gao Hongtu plan.

At this time, Zhu Dadian, Minister of the Ministry of War, hurried in, waving a memorial in his hand.

"Why is Yanzhi so flustered?" Gao Hongtu looked up and saw Zhu Dadian, frowning and asked.

"Mr. Ge, I have just received a memorial from He Tengjiao, Governor of Huguang. Li Zicheng died in Tongcheng, Hubei! His subordinates Li Jin and Gao Yigong entered Huguang from Hanzhong, and the other subordinates were Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tichun and Hao Yao.

Banner, Yuan Zongdi's troops gathered in Pingjiang and Liuyang areas. The two troops combined have more than 300,000 troops!"

After Zhu Dadian saluted, he handed the memorial to Jiang Yueguang, with uncontrollable joy on his face. In his opinion, Li Zicheng was dead, and the remnants of the 300,000 Dashun Army were leaderless and at a loss, so it was time to surrender.

Good times.

After Jiang Yueguang read the memorial, he passed it on to Gao Hongtu and Huang Daozhou.

The three people watched and sighed. In the past, they would have been ecstatic and dancing with joy when they heard the news of Li Zicheng's death. But now their mood is a bit complicated.

Li Ziran broke through Beijing, forced Emperor Chongzhen to death, and allowed the Qing people to take advantage of the situation and seize half of the Ming Dynasty. It was hateful, but having said that, if his Dashun army hadn't delayed the Qing people from going south, the Hongguang court would have

It’s hard to get a break.

"The situation has changed and Dashun has been destroyed. These 300,000 troops may be used by the imperial court." Gao Hongtu said, stroking his beard.

"What Mr. Gao Ge said is absolutely true. We should immediately order He Tengjiao to recruit them all." Jiang Yueguang was very excited. Among the remnants of the shun army, there were many elite troops. It would be great if they could be recruited.

"This matter still needs to be reported to the Supervisor, it depends on what the superior wants." Huang Daozhou reminded softly.

Hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly, so the three cabinet ministers took Zhu Dadian and hurried to the palace.

After walking a few steps, I ran into a sulky Ma Shiying.

"Everyone, what big thing happened?" Ma Shiying asked when he saw several people leaving hand in hand.

"Why don't we go to see the prison country, the chief minister and the assistants go together? We'll talk on the way." Gao Hongtu said expressionlessly. If it weren't for the seriousness of the matter, he wouldn't bother to talk to Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying saw Zhu Dadian behind him and knew it was a military matter, so he nodded and turned around to join the others.

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Prince Lu's Mansion.

Zhu Changzi read He Tengjiao's memorial and pondered. The 300,000 remnants of the Shun Army are not a small number. Now that the central force is weak, it may be difficult to suppress them.

But Zhu Changzi did not want to let go of such a good opportunity. If these people were not recruited in time, they would be desperate and surrender to the Qing army.

Seeing King Lu's hesitation, Ma Shiying suggested: "This is a God-given opportunity to supervise the country. Huguang is the granary of Jiangnan. If we have these 300,000 soldiers and garrison them, we will have a solid rear for the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty."<

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"Do you all have the same idea?" Zhu Changzi asked the others.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"In this case, let's appease. We will select a commissioner to go to Huguang to supervise the process and make it clear. Since we want to appease, we must be sincere and must not be biased! Remember!" Zhu Changzi ordered.

"I obey your order!" Everyone stood up and accepted the order.

By the time everyone in the cabinet left, it was already ugly time, but Zhu Changzi was not sleepy at all. He sent someone to summon Zhang Huangyan again.

Still in the study, Zhang Huangyan sat and listened.

"Xuanzhu, you have to go to Huguang for me..."

Zhu Changzi explained in detail, but he still felt that this matter was not a trivial matter and must be treated with caution. Based on his understanding of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, he was sure that many officials would be prejudiced against the surrendered Dashun army, and even suppressed them. Once these people went too far,

It is very likely that he will be forced to rebel and join the Qing army, so he has to add an insurance policy to prevent this from happening.

Zhang Huangyan was well aware of the importance of his mission and did not dare to neglect it. After King Lu finished his explanation, he asked for some more details, and then hurriedly left with the seal token that King Lu gave him.

The cabinet ministers who returned to Ma Mansion urgently discussed the candidates to go to Huguang.

"I think Zhang Huangyan can take on this important task in the military affairs department." Jiang Yueguang suggested.

"No, I'm too young and not stable enough." Ma Shiying objected. In his mind, the impression of Zhang Huangyan still lingered in front of the palace.

"Doesn't the chief minister not know that in just a few hours, the supervisor has summoned Zhang Huangyan twice alone?" Huang Daozhou said calmly.

Ma Shiying snorted coldly, glared at Huang Daozhou, and refused to answer.

"How about sending all the former officials to Zhang Zhengchen, who is in charge of the job? This person is reliable and has a long history of making changes." Gao Hongtu recommended.

"Insufficient prestige." Ma Shiying shook his head and said.

Seeing Ma Shiying's repeated denials, everyone looked at him, waiting for Ma Shiying to name their favorite candidate.

Ma Shiying hesitated and said, "How about Ruan Dacheng?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw everyone's expressions as expected, and then he heard Huang Daozhou's light voice falling into his ears.

"Oh~ the chief assistant is really talented! First he united with the invaders to defeat the invaders, and now he is preparing to betray the invaders and surrender them?"

"Bang!"
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