"Governor Lu, Zuo Liangyu pushed out the king Yi, which not only won the support of all civil and military officials in the south of the Yangtze River, but also occupied Nanjing city. His Majesty''s will has not arrived yet. What should I do?"
Li Kefa was so anxious that the situation changed so quickly that he was completely confused and had no idea.
"Hey, now we can only wait and see the change."
Lu Xiangsheng sighed. He wanted to make a decision after the news of Yueyang in Changsha came.
If the Chinese army and the Chu army are in a stalemate and his majesty is willing to move south, he will lead his troops across the river, recover Nanjing and kill traitors and thieves.
But five days later, Chongzhen''s will didn''t wait until Li Dingguo, who guarded Yuezhou, surrendered to Qin Huan and was leading an army to attack Jiangxi. Qin Huan also completely won the Dongting Lake Basin and stabilized the Jianghan Plain.
"Bring the messenger in!" Lu Xiangsheng fell weakly into a chair and waved.
Not long after, two civil servants were brought in. Now there are more than a dozen civil servants sent by King Yi to persuade Lu Xiangsheng.
Many of Lu Xiangsheng''s classmates, friends, relatives and clansmen were rejected. Today, two civil servants were overjoyed to see Lu Xiangsheng finally willing to see them. They knew there was a way.
"Brother Lu, now the Ming Dynasty is full of ups and downs. His highness King Yi is brilliant and has the style of Taizu and the ambition of becoming a ancestor..."
"Don''t say these words in front of the governor. Just say what you mean!"
"All right!"
The two smiled bitterly, and one of them hugged his fist and said again: "brother Lu, Zuo Liangyu is Sima Zhao''s heart. Everyone knows that his highness King Yi is actually forced to be helpless, but now, is brother Lu really willing to watch the Daming River and mountain fall into the hands of traitors and thieves?"
"Yes, brother Lu, it''s not our infidelity, but your majesty is far away in the capital. Please also give priority to the country of the Ming Dynasty and support King Yi''s accession to the throne. Only in this way can you check and balance Zuo Liangyu and prevent your highness and us from becoming puppets."
"Brother Lu, don''t hesitate. If your majesty really goes south, even if he doesn''t punish you immediately, I''m afraid you''ll end up in the future."
"Zuo Liangyu has been courting officials and buying people around the city these days. If he continues to drag on, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
When they said the last thing, they almost burst into tears, but Lu Xiangsheng''s expression never changed much. After they finished speaking, they were silent for a long time before they said in a deep voice: "go back and report to his highness King Yi, and say that his Minister Lu Xiangsheng will lead troops across the river and support his Highness''s accession to the throne."
"Well, well, I will bring brother Lu''s words to you later."
"Brother Lu is really worthy of being the giant pillar of my Daming!"
Both of them trembled with excitement and hurriedly said that although they expected that Lu Xiangsheng might be a little shaken, they didn''t expect him to be so simple and agreed directly without much tongue.
"Governor Lu..." Shi Kefa was worried, but Lu Xiangsheng waved to him.
Without delay, they left in a hurry. They even forgot to say a basket of benefits promised by King Yi.
"Governor Lu, do we really want to go with Zuo Liangyu?" After they left, the officials could not help but be excited.
"The words of the constitution are different. We are not in collusion with Zuo Liangyu, but support his highness Yiwang to inherit Datong."
"But your majesty did not..."
"Alas, in today''s situation, Jiangnan really needs a decent person to coordinate the overall situation and resist the Qin army. Otherwise, Jiangnan can''t keep it and everything will rest. Besides, his highness Yiwang is the son of Taizu after all."
Lu Xiangsheng stood up with his hands on his back and said, helpless to the extreme. These days, he has been struggling whether he is loyal to his majesty or to the country of Daming.
Nanjing city.
At this time, King Yi had lived in the Imperial Palace, and eunuchs and maids were ready-made. Zuo Liangyu only sent 20000 people into the city to control the city walls and the imperial palace. The rest of the army stationed outside the city, chose a big house with incomparable style, and almost invited civil servants and military generals in the city to have fun and win over feelings every day.
Yiwang also receives civil servants and xungui every day. Although Zuo Liangyu is very vigilant, he can''t find an excuse to stop them from meeting Yiwang.
These days, Zuo Liangyu felt that the situation seemed to be getting out of his control, but he didn''t know what to do, so he was very worried.
In order to make king Yi ascend the throne early and canonize him as the leader and assistant, only in this way can he control the government in good faith. However, all the civil servants in Nanjing oppose and ask for a lucky day. Facing the opposition of all the civil servants in the future, Zuo Liangyu had to consider the consequences and finally had to adopt the strategy of differentiation and solicitation.
King Yi did not want to ascend the throne, but did not dare to ascend the throne, because now he must be a puppet, and the civil servants in the city also knew that if Lu Xiangsheng was not brought in, no one would be able to check and balance Zuo Liangyu.
Although the great Confucians in the south of the Yangtze River walk everywhere, reason and play tricks, no one will pay attention to Zuo Liangyu, a martial arts man, but there are no soldiers in their hands. If Zuo Liangyu is rough, they are all lambs to be slaughtered.
When did Dong Zhuo reason in the court?
Therefore, after learning that Lu Xiangsheng agreed, King Yi and the civil servants in the city were very excited. After all, Lu Xiangsheng was born in the south of the Yangtze River, and he had no fewer soldiers than Zuo Liangyu.
Besides, everyone is not a fool. They have no room to resist with one tiger. Only with two tigers can they have the environment to operate power.
On the contrary, Zuo Liangyu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He didn''t expect that Lu Xiangsheng, who had always been loyal to Chongzhen, would also make trouble with him.
"What now? If I had known this, I really shouldn''t have killed him under the banner of pacification. "
"Take it easy, marshal! Even if Lu Xiangsheng crosses the river, the commander-in-chief still has a great opportunity. I''m afraid it''s difficult for the commander-in-chief to be the first auxiliary. For today''s sake, only an official with sufficient qualifications and a good relationship with the commander-in-chief can come out to serve as the first auxiliary and indirectly control the government. "
"I''m afraid Lu Xiangsheng won''t give up?" Zuo Liangyu''s fear of Lu Xiangsheng is needless to say. After thinking about it, he has some doubts.
"The commander-in-chief can rest assured that as long as the commander-in-chief insists, the candidate can be justified. Lu Xiangsheng and other civil servants will certainly agree. Otherwise, if the commander-in-chief and more than 100000 troops in his hands disagree, who dares to ascend the throne?"
The second childe of Wu smiled and said.
"Well, yes, if you don''t agree, it''s a big deal. I had a fight with Lu Xiangsheng." Zuo Liangyu was right to think about it and patted the table.
"Marshal, among the scholars in Jiangnan, Qian Qianyi and Zhou yanru have the greatest influence. Marshal can attract one of them."
"No, these two people have too much influence. I''m afraid they won''t cooperate with Ben Shuai."
Zuo Liangyu waved his hand. He also invited the two people these days. Although Qian Qianyi didn''t come, he also made an excuse, but Zhou yanru drove them out directly. He didn''t pay attention to them. They became the first auxiliary. Can he have a good life?