Xu Zhan was very hesitant when he heard Ma Cheng say this. Xu Zhan was very respectful and had always been rude to a guy like Ma Cheng who was born in a eunuch party. However, what Ma Cheng said was very reasonable. As a local official, he should really stand up and take charge of this matter.

Seeing this stinky old man hesitating, he knew that the old guy was still thinking about some destruction between the eunuch party of the Donglin Party. Ma Cheng continued to persuade: "My lord, now in the crisis of the country, can't he let go of the party dispute? Do you have to watch the emperor and the people suffer?"

Ma Cheng has risen to the national height, and Xu Zhan cannot help but express his opinion. Xu Zhan bowed and said, "Since Ma Junmen said that, Xu Zhan will be disrespectful. Please rest assured. Xu Zhan will definitely move the whole city of Lishui County to the Nandu City safely within the specified time!"

Ma Cheng knew that these stinky old men were soft but not hard. He could not stand it immediately after seeing the big truth.

"Okay, there are more than 200,000 refugees outside the city, please ask Lord Xu! By the way, you must also relocate the Guanjian in Lishui County to Nandu. The food to defend the city is very important!" Ma Cheng was so unwilling to care about the lives of the people, mainly because he was interested in the millions of stones of grain in the iron plants and the iron warehouse outside the city of Lishui County. This is the top priority.

Xu Zhan nodded solemnly, and then asked, "Ma Junmen, can such an important matter be made of the emperor's imperial edict or the cabinet's writing?"

Xu Zhan said that this time, more than 40,000 people in Lishui City will be moved, and more than 200,000 refugees outside Nanjing City will be moved into the city, without the emperor's imperial edict.

Ma Cheng dared to say that this was his own decision, and Ma Cheng had no choice. According to the bureaucratic system in the Ming Dynasty, Ma Cheng's application today would take as soon as five days to write a cabinet's writing, let alone go to the emperor to ask for an imperial edict.

However, there are policies and countermeasures from the top. Ma Cheng thought that he would do it first and then ask me Ma Shiying to write a document when he got home tonight. So Ma Cheng fooled Xu Zhan and said, "Don't worry, the cabinet's writing is in the yamen of our governor. Our governor will send someone to Lishui County to take it back and organize the relocation first!"

Xu Zhan never expected that the admiral from the first rank would also lie, so he nodded and said goodbye, returned to Lishui to organize the county yamen runners, and the inspection department began to assist in the relocation.

Ma Cheng was still trying to defend the capital here at Zhengyang Gate, but the emperor who was far away in the palace was ready to move the capital.

Late at night on April 25, Yangzhou City was broken and the news that Shi Kefa died in his country spread to Nanjing. Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong was really scared. He had only been the emperor for a year, but he didn't want to hang himself like his cousin Chongzhen.

On the morning of the next day, the 26th, Zhu Yousong had a rare morning court. The issue of discussion was very simple. What should I do next!

All the ministers also received news last night. No one expected that hundreds of thousands of soldiers around Yangzhou would have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Did they have no patriotism at all?

But at this time, who can still care about Qiu Ba? Everyone is thinking about their future and destiny, so this court is not as quarrel as before. Dozens of civil and military ministers in the hall stand there like wooden chickens and tiles.

Seeing that the ministers didn't speak, Zhu Yousong was really angry. OK! Why did you ministers make such a big fuss about your official positions before? Now it's time for you to talk, why are you all not sure of your voice?

The situation was urgent, Zhu Yousong couldn't wait, so he stood up with his big belly and asked, "Everyone, the Beilu army is in Jiangbei now. What should we do next? Let's talk!"

What to do? What else can I do? There were more than 100,000 troops in Nanjing, but in April, Ma Shiying had already drawn all the strong troops in Nanjing in order to resist Zuo Liangyu, and now, in Nanjing, except for Ma Cheng's 25,000 people, there are less than 60,000 people in the old and weak. Not to mention the strength of this, the Eight Banners of the Manchus, the Tiger and Wolf Army, even maintaining public order in Nanjing.

Zhu Yousong waited for a quarter of an hour, but no one spoke in the Chinese civil and military ministers. Zhu Yousong was so angry that he cursed: "You guys had to let me be this emperor back then. Now that the country has become like this, why don't you talk anymore? He's talking! Ma Shiying, what do you think should you do?"

What Zhu Yousong said is reasonable. Back then, it was Ma Shiying and others who supported him to the throne, and these guys also followed the crowd and dogs to heaven. Now that the country is not good, you all don’t speak, that’s a good thing!

When Ma Shiying heard Zhu Yousong ask him, he had no choice but to stand up and say, "Your Majesty, it is urgent to prevent someone in the city from taking the opportunity to cause trouble. I suggest that Ma Cheng's troops outside the city be transferred to various places in the city to guard against the scoundrel!" Ma Shiying is not a loss for being an old fox. I would say it if the emperor asked me to speak, but he didn't speak humanly, but instead proposed to let his son enter the city.

Ma Shiying said this and other ministers also had ideas and stood up to make suggestions, such as transferring the garrison troops in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Zhejiang to Beijing to serve the king, and sending envoys to discuss the land of Xu and Jiangbei, etc. These ministers were very excited, but there was no one that satisfied Zhu Yousong.

No matter how the government is, or how many people died in Yangzhou City, what he cares most about is his life. Now the Qing Dynasty has already reached the doorstep of his home, and the most important thing is to escape. What else should he care about when he is in charge of the king?

Although Zhu Yousong thought so, these ministers were all wise men, and they didn't want to bear the reputation of traitors. During the Tumu Fort Incident, Xu Youzhen just said that he moved south, and was scolded by some upright ministers such as Yu Qian. There was also Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War of the Chongzhen Dynasty, who still negotiated with the Qing Dynasty according to Chongzhen's instructions. After knowing that the matter was exposed, Chen Xinjia was beheaded as a scapegoat.

With these traditional ministers in the court, they dared to say they could escape, so these ministers all knew what Zhu Yousong wanted, but no one said it.

It’s a pity that Zhu Yousong was not his cousin Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian could be called a politician, while Zhu Yousong was just a greedy person who was afraid of death. Since your ministers cherished their feathers and refused to speak, then I will do it myself!

"I heard someone outside say that I moved the capital? What do you think?"

When the ministers in the court saw that the emperor had begun to be shameless, how could he, as the head of state, propose to run away?

Wang Duo, the Grand Secretary of Dongge, was a nerd. Seeing that the emperor was so shameless, he could no longer bear it. He stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, who did you hear this? This man should be killed!"

Zhu Yousong dared to say that it was what he thought, so he pointed to the little eunuch beside him and said, "It's just what he said!" The little eunuch heard the emperor press the shit basin on his head, so scared that he knelt down and kowtowed, "Slave, I haven't said it before!"

Until now, all the civil and military ministers in the court knew that the emperor was about to run away, and Zhu Yousong's face was flushed because of the quarrel. However, he ignored it and then asked, "How about you talking about moving the capital? Is it good to go there?"

Zhu Yousong thought he had become a leader, and these ministers should be able to speak! Then he knew that Zhu Yousong had no words to say anything to the ministers who had said the whole court.

This made Zhu Yousong so angry. The fat man stood up and pointed at the ministers in the court and scolded him. But what can I do if I scold him? Can you still move the capital by yourself if you don’t say anything? Zhu Yousong was tired after scolding for a long time, so he had no choice but to wave his hand to leave the court.

When he returned to the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Yousong sent out all the palace maids and eunuchs around him, leaving only the confidant eunuch You Er, then took You Er's hand and cried: "You Er, these ministers are really angry. What should you do if you think I should do?"

You Er is one of the few eunuchs who followed Zhu Yousong out of the secret residence, and is also the best person to do these guys. Now, seeing the emperor crying bitterly, he cried with him: "Master, the slave is different from them. I am willing to die for the master!"

You Er said this not to be lies. After Chongzhen hanged himself, the eunuch Wang Chengen was the eunuch who was the last to stay by Chongzhen. The one who resisted in the palace to the end was the dead eunuchs.

Zhu Yousong saw You Er's true feelings and cried, "Okay, You Er, I'll leave you something, you can prepare it. I decided to leave Nandu alone in a few days. As for who this emperor loves to do whoever he does!"

When You Er heard that Zhu Yousong was about to quit, he quickly asked, "Master, where are we going?"

Zhu Yousong thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Taiping Prefecture and find Huang Degong!"

You Er nodded and asked again: "What should I do if all the ladies in the harem?"

Zhu Yousong has not been idle for more than half a year. He has widely selected girls among the people, and there are more than a dozen concubines of grade in the harem.

Zhu Yousong gritted his teeth and cursed, "Who cares about who is at this time? Remember, take the Queen Mother Zou and a few confidant eunuchs with you, don't notify any of the others, do you know?"
Chapter completed!