The King of Lu faction finally disintegrated, and Wan Jun rested in Xiamen for two days. He Tengjiao was ordered to take charge of Xiamen, and the fleet was stationed in Xiamen Island, supporting each other with Haiphong and Taiwan. He took the surrendered King of Lu and others back north.

The Ming Dynasty's civil war in Fujian finally came to an end. In Guangzhou City, Emperor Yongli received the news, and his inner joy only lasted for a moment.

Although King Lu was defeated, this was a war without a winner. The banner of the Ming Dynasty was once again unified. However, when the eyes moved away from Fujian, they realized that the world was no longer the same world.

Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Royal Guards in the palace, was still bragging, "This battle is all thanks to the Emperor Hongfu. The soldiers risked their lives to fight against King Lu's soldiers..."

Emperor Yongli sat slumped on the dragon chair and had no intention of listening to Ma Jixiang's nonsense. An Guogong Liu Chengyin, Minister of War Zhang Tongchang, and Jin Yiwei commander Xie Furong had already informed Yongli of the matter.

The scene in front of Emperor Yongli was somewhat blurry. Thinking back to the secret performance last night, he only had one thought in his mind: the Ming Dynasty was over.

According to An Guogong Liu Chengyin and others, after the Battle of Xuzhou, the Chinese army had completely driven the Hu people to the north of the Yellow River, Guanzhong, Henan, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, and even

Annan and Taiwan have both been captured by the Chinese army.

Even without King Lu, the Ming Dynasty has long been unable to recover and has no strength to compete in the Central Plains. After the Hu people, the Huaxia Army has become a real thorn in the side. No, today's Ming Dynasty has no way to be the opponent of the Huaxia Army.

Thinking of this, Emperor Yongli felt extremely irritated, "That's enough!"

An angry shout interrupted Ma Jixiang, and Emperor Yongli said, "How brave Ma Jixiang, do you think I am a fool?"

Ma Jixiang was startled and quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I would never dare."

Emperor Yongli sneered, "Humph, let me ask you, since you said that you led the Jin Yiwei to fight to the death and defeated King Lu, may I ask where King Lu is now?"

Ma Jixiang said quickly, "Your Majesty, at that time our army fought desperately to reach the Chinese army and surrounded King Lu. Unexpectedly, King Lu turned around and jumped into the sea to commit suicide. When our ships arrived, they found that King Lu had been captured.

Rescued at sea."

Emperor Yongli was extremely angry and laughed back, "Okay, Ma Jixiang, you won't give up until you see the coffin. Where is the Minister of War?"

Zhang Tongchang, the Minister of War, came out and said, "I'm here!"

Yongli said, "Okay, tell me in front of all my dear friends how King Lu was defeated?"

Zhang Tongchang said, "As far as I know, after the Battle of Chaozhou, before our army reached Xiamen, King Lu had already surrendered to the Chinese army!"

Yongli said to Ma Jixiang, "Come on, tell me, didn't you surround Xiamen, where are our troops now?"

Ma Jixiang secretly hated Zhang Tongchang and quickly explained, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to Your Majesty. Our army has indeed reached Xiamen. Because the traitor He Tengjiao suddenly led his troops to kill, our army can only retreat from Xiamen and is currently in Zhangpu."

area."

After Ma Jixiang finished speaking, Liu Chengyin, Duke of Anguo, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

Yongli said, "Send it up!"

The young eunuch hurriedly walked down from Danchi, took the letter from Liu Chengyin's hand, and handed it to Yongli.

Liu Chengyin said, "The letter was sent by the Nanjing officials and gentry. The messenger claimed to be the former great scholar Wang Duo's confidant. He said that Nanjing had escaped from the control of the barbarians and was now raising the banner of the Ming Dynasty and respecting our emperor Zhengshuo."

Upon hearing this, all the ministers were delighted and said, "Congratulations.

Long live my emperor, long live my emperor."

After Yongli read the letter, he was not very happy, "What does Duke An Guo think?"

Liu Chengyin said, "Your Majesty, please punish Ma Jixiang for deceiving the emperor!"

Ma Jixiang was shocked and said, "Liu Chengyin, you?"

After saying that, he quickly kowtowed with his head to the ground, "Your Majesty, I was wronged. Liu Chengyin framed Zhongliang!"

Yongli said, "Dong Anguo, tell me in detail how Ma Jixiang deceived you."

Liu Chengyin said, "The letter I gave to Your Majesty just now was not originally given to us in Nanjing, but to King Lu of Xiamen."

Yongli put down the letter and said, "Are you saying that Nanjing wanted to surrender to King Lu first?"

Liu Chengyin said, "Your Majesty clearly knows that Nanjing first surrendered to King Lu. However, Nanjing surrendered three times and rebelled again. King Lu was unwilling to accept it. In addition, King Lu was defeated in the Battle of Chaozhou. King Lu felt that the situation was over, so he sent troops to garrison.

The surrender of He Tengjiao in Jiangxi was not what Ma Jixiang said at all."

Ma Jixiang quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I deserve to die."

Zhang Tongchang, the Minister of War, said again, "Your Majesty, I have a plan to report!"

Yongli said, "Say!"

Zhang Tongchang said, "Ma Jixiang controlled the government and killed dissidents, and was good at killing Wu Xiangsheng, the imperial censor, and other court ministers."

Ma Jixiang was sweating on his forehead. He knew that today they were going to join forces to deal with him, so he kowtowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, last year the Chinese Army envoys came to Guangzhou City, and the Imperial Censor Wu Xiangsheng and others secretly colluded with the envoys to plot rebellion. I want to punish the rebels.

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At this time, a man walked out of the Jinyi Guards, knelt on the ground and said, "Commander Xie Furong of the Jinyi Guards pays homage to Your Majesty!"

Yong Li's face was as cold as frost, and he raised his hand, "Say it!"

Xie Furong said, "Your Majesty, I can testify that Wu Xiangsheng, the censor of the capital, Liu Qiming, the minister of rites, and others were secretly kidnapped by Ma Jixiang because of disagreements in the palace."

When Ma Jixiang heard that Xie Furong came out, he already knew that today was doomed. At this time, he collapsed on the ground, pointed at Xie Furong and said, "In the Jinyi Guards, I treat you well, why do you betray me!"

Xie Furong cupped his hands towards Yongli and said, "I am your Majesty's minister, and I only live and die for Your Majesty. Why do you need to treat me like this!"

Qu Shishu, a scholar and minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said, "Ma Jixiang deceived the emperor and neglected his superiors, and brought trouble to the imperial court. His crime should be punished!"

As soon as Qu Shichun said these words, all the courtiers in the hall drew a clear line with Ma Jixiang. Even a few close friends who were usually good friends could only protect themselves wisely and knelt down with everyone, "Ma Jixiang deserves to be punished for his crime!"

Yongli said angrily, "Someone, take Ma Jixiang out and behead him!"

Four imperial guards heard the sound and ran in, carrying Ma Jixiang out of the hall. Soon Ma Jixiang's crying stopped abruptly.

Emperor Yongli said, "Thank you Furong!"

Xie Furong kowtowed and said, "I am here!"

Emperor Yongli said, "Since Ma Jixiang is dead, you will be appointed as the commander of the Jinyi Guards. I hope you will devote yourself to the public and support the country!"

Xie Furong said quickly, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, I will never give up even if I die!"

Emperor Yongli said again, "It's just that Nanjing has surrendered to our army. How should we deal with it?"

All the ministers fell into silence for a moment, and there was silence in the hall. For a long time, Yongli said to Liu Chengyin, "Gong An Guo, please tell me!"

Liu Chengyin said, "I have few talents and little knowledge. I only know how to lead troops to fight. It is better to ask the great scholar Qu for this kind of question!"

Of course Qu Shishu knew in his heart that Nanjing was a rotten chicken now.

Eggs, whoever smashes them in the hand will be disgusted.

Now that the Hu people have been driven back to the north of the Yellow River, it is basically impossible for them to go south again. Among the several forces in the south, the Chinese army has an absolute advantage.

When the Huaxia army went to war with the Hu people in Henan, Nanjing betrayed the Huaxia army and surrendered to the King of Lu, and soon betrayed the King of Lu and surrendered to the Hu people. This was considered to have offended King Lu and the Huaxia army to death.

Now that King Lu would rather surrender himself than accept Nanjing's surrender, why should Yongli's party get involved and cause trouble?

But such an obvious thing cannot be said in the court. Is it the royal territory in the world? Nanjing is the territory of the Ming Dynasty anyway. If anyone says that he does not accept the surrender of Nanjing, the censor will immediately jump like a fly.

Come out, say that you have lost power and humiliated the country, and call you a bloody bitch.

Qu Shichu could only pretend to be confused and said, "I am an old minister and I am stupid. It is a good thing that Nanjing is serving Emperor Zhengshuo!"

Zhang Tongchang, the minister of the Ministry of War, glanced at Qu Shichun. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, Qu Shichun was not only his immediate boss, but also Zhang Tongchang's master. "I have something to say!"

Yongli said, "But it doesn't matter!"

Zhang Tongchang said, "I believe that firstly, Nanjing and Guangdong are thousands of miles apart and cannot be directly contacted, so it will not matter whether they surrender or not. Secondly, Nanjing surrendered and rebelled repeatedly. When the Qing troops went south twice, Nanjing was unable to do so."

Surrendering in a battle is really disgraceful to be associated with. The three of them betrayed the Chinese Army in Nanjing. Now the Chinese Army is becoming stronger. If we accept the surrender rashly, I am afraid it will bring disaster to ourselves!"

Hearing this, Yongli said, "According to Mr. Zhang's wishes, we do not accept Nanjing's surrender?"

As soon as Yongli finished speaking, a censor jumped out and said, "Xia Dazhi, the censor, said, Zhang Tongchang is really a common man who misled the country and the people. Jiangnan is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and Nanjing is the land of Emperor Taizu."

The foundation is where our great tomorrow is orthodox. Now that our homeland has come to invest, how can we turn it away?"

The other censors all said, "I second the proposal!"

"I second that Zhang Tongchang has lost his power and humiliated the country, so he should be taken out and beheaded!"

"I second my opinion, there is no reason why the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty should not be allowed to surrender."

Yongli couldn't make up his mind for a moment, and looked at the many courtiers in the palace, "Dear ministers, since Zhang Tongchang's words are not acceptable, what do you think should be accepted?"

The ministers avoided talking and only said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. As long as your Majesty keeps your virtuous ministers and villains at a distance, and supports the government, the Ming Dynasty will be able to restore the mountains and rivers and revitalize the country."

Zhang Tongchang said anxiously, "We and the Chinese Army have always been on the same page. Now Nanjing is like a dog. If we accept it, it will give the Chinese Army an excuse to attack. You guys are ruining the country!"

Upon hearing Zhang Tongchang scolding him as a common man, the censors all yelled at Zhang Tongchang, "A common man, a thief!"

"Forfeiting power and humiliating the country!"

Seeing the chaos in the main hall, Yongli was very tired and shouted, "That's enough, have you argued enough?"

Hearing the emperor's anger, everyone calmed down and Yongli said, "When the national affairs have reached this stage, the kings are still arguing endlessly. Why can't they focus on serving the country and the people of the world?"

Qu Shishu said, "Your Majesty, Minister Zhang and other ministers are all thinking about the country and the country, so they are arguing endlessly. I think both sides have some truths. In this case, in my opinion, it is better for each of us to take a step back and allow Nanjing to honor our emperor."

The reign name, but they did not accept the surrender of the other party, so the two sides drew a clear line to avoid causing trouble."
Chapter completed!