Chapter 44 Gap

Chen Jiuru did not lie, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng did run to Fang Guoan's camp, and now they followed their patrons to the place of the military parade - Guanshan.It's just that because the notoriety of these two people is too notorious, it may arouse public anger anytime and anywhere. Even Fang Guoan felt that it was inconvenient for them to show up in public before the quasi-Lu Jianguo, so these two people had to hide temporarily. In the camp, waiting for news. In fact, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng did not come here recently to attach themselves to Fang Guoan.When they were staying in Hangzhou, they met Fang Guoan who fled south from Chikou with his troops. The three of them were like-minded and hit it off right away.Unexpectedly, King Lu decided to sacrifice the city and surrender soon, so they had to escape the Qiantang River together.For more than four months after the establishment of King Lu's regime, Ma and Ruan have been hiding in Fang Guoan's barracks, helping to make suggestions. The outrageous request of "dividing land and paying wages" a few days ago was actually their idea , in order to attack and weaken the power of the local rebels, so that regular soldiers like Fang Guoan can control the military power.As a result, this purpose was achieved.Now Fang Guoan's status has risen sharply, and he has become the leading military strongman in the Lu Wang regime; while Sun Jiaji, Xiong Rulin, Zheng Zunqian, Yu Ying and other senior ministers who initiated righteousness are increasingly losing money due to the lack of military pay and the disintegration of their subordinates. Influence.With the situation at this stage, Ma and Ruan thought that it was a matter of course for them to come back out of the mountain, and there should be no big problem.However, Fang Guoan still only let them stay in the tent so far, which made the pair of suffering brothers and sisters a little disappointed.

Now, soldiers and horses from all walks of life who came to participate in the military parade have gathered one after another.Even through the tent, you can hear the sound of the tide coming from afar.At first glance, the sound waves are just a crowd, but if you listen carefully, you can distinguish the galloping horses, the long sounding of horns, the shouts of the crowd, and the rolling of wheels.According to the scheduled plan, the official military parade will not start until tomorrow morning, so these noises are only caused when the troops entered their respective camps.But with people from all directions shouting horses until nightfall, it is not difficult to imagine that the scale of the military parade in the future will be quite grand, and the altar worship ceremony held for Fang Guoan will also be very grand and solemn .It was stimulated by this increasingly intense atmosphere that Ruan Dacheng couldn't sit still any longer, he straightened himself up and stood up from a piece of wood that was temporarily used as a stool.

"Huh, this old Fang is really real!" He said angrily with his still bulging belly, "We tried our best to give him ideas and help him seize the military power, but in the end he locked us here and only cared about himself. To show off, I don't know what the hell is going on!" Ma Shiying, who was leaning on the edge of the low table, no longer had the majestic demeanor he used to have when Gui was the chief assistant, but looked a little depressed on the contrary.Holding half of the remaining wine in his hand, he raised his eyelids: "Don't worry, Lao Fang is a friendly person. Since he promised us, he won't break his promise. You and I should wait patiently!"

"Wait, wait, I've been waiting for almost half a year! Every time I enter the court, I say that I will play for us, but there is no follow-up!" "Well, he also has his own difficulties. A warrior has no right to interfere in the government. What's more, the people in power in the court now all regard us as the heinous culprits, staring at us like black-eyed chickens. , if you are not careful, you will be pecked to death by a whole bunch of them—oh, how hard this is!" "However, the soldiers under them have been dispersed by us now! Without soldiers, who would be afraid of him! Hmph, I have experienced a lot in these years, and only I can really worry about my own affairs. When I was in Liudu, if I hadn't been so hard to push, you Ma Yaocao might not have been so attentive, and to this day, I, Ruan Huzi, have no choice but to stay at home as an apartment!"

Ma Shiying was sitting listlessly, but when he heard this, he blinked his eyes, his blushing and thin face immediately turned deep purple, and his goatee also turned up.Suddenly, he put the wine glass on the table and said angrily, "I don't care? To tell you the truth, the only thing I regret now is that I cared too much for you at the beginning. As a result, I got blamed by everyone and became notorious. Such a situation!" Seeing Ma Shiying get angry, Ruan Dacheng also cheered up.He pulled his beard with both hands, and said viciously: "Okay, you finally said it! No wonder you didn't look good since the meeting in Hangzhou. It turned out that I ruined your bright future! But, is it my fault? If it wasn't for Donglin and Fushe's gang of hypocrites who were instigating everywhere, would Zuo Liangyu have raised his troops to commit crimes? If it wasn't for Shi Daolin and other pussies who lost Yangzhou in one battle, would the Tartars cross the river so quickly? I have been urging Get rid of that group of hypocrites as soon as possible, get rid of Shi Daolin, but you just hesitated and refused to do it, and all of them came out in the end. Who can blame this? Hehe, you still want to blame me? You have to blame yourself!"

Ma Shiying had already put on a quarrelsome posture, but after Ruan Dacheng's rebuttal, his open mouth closed again, and the wrinkles on both sides of his nose became deeper.After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said resentfully: "Hmph, I, Ma, is loyal to the country, and I have a clear conscience! If I want to blame, I blame you—Donglin and Fushe are not good things, but you are not good things either! " Hearing what he said, Ruan Dacheng laughed instead: "Well, if you say that I, Old Ruan, are not a good person, even if I am not a good person! But your father, Mr. Ma, who is loyal to the country, why is he still hanging out with a bad guy like me? Together? Why did I encourage Lao Fang and the others to share the land and pay, and you gave me a big nod to my bad idea? Huh?"

"Huh, I see that there are too many soldiers and too little pay. Instead of letting those mobs waste them in vain, I might as well gather together and raise a few elite soldiers in a serious manner!" He must have heard such inspiring words more than once, so Ruan Dacheng was not surprised.He just squinted at the other party, and said coldly: "Oh, so you always thought you could beat the Tartars? Can this ZTE career really be successful?" "Why not?" Ma Shiying looked very arrogant, "If the new king can use me, Ma, this time I have my own opinion, and I will never repeat the mistakes of Liudu!"

Ruan Dacheng's eyes flickered for a moment, but he didn't immediately refute.He straightened up, stroked his beard for a long time, and finally bent down and said in a low voice: "But, brother, have you thought about it? The Northern Dynasty has already occupied most of China, and the two Zhejiang provinces are really not enough to fight against it." Originally, the Tang Dynasty was in Fujian, and it was heard that the situation was not small. If Zhejiang and Fujian joined forces, there might be something to do. But judging from the momentum of the past few months, the two places have their own personal grievances, and they are not satisfied with each other. It is a blessing to turn faces into enemies; it is extremely difficult to hope that he joins forces—hey, this game of broken chess is obviously waiting for Hong Hengjiu to clean it up! Isn’t it stupid for the old man to want to do something?”

What Ruan Dacheng said was not entirely alarmist.Because this is indeed the case-at the same time as the Eastern Zhejiang Uprising, in neighboring Fujian, a group of officials and gentry headed by the former Minister of Rites Huang Daozhou and Fujian Governor Zhang Kentang, and the joint military officers Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui also established Anti-Qing banner.Unlike the East Zhejiang side, what they carried out was Tang Wang Zhu Yujian who was taking refuge in Fujian, and they didn't let him "supervise the country", but simply ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changing the Yuan to "Longwu".In this way, it seems more justifiable than King Lu.In this regard, the monarchs and ministers in eastern Zhejiang were naturally quite unconvinced.So when the Longwu regime issued an edict to Jiangnan, Guangdong and other places, demanding that the Ming armies from all walks of life be unified under their command, Eastern Zhejiang has always ignored it.The matter of cooperation has been delayed like this...

"Hmph, now I'm thinking," Ruan Dacheng twirled his big black beard again in the quiet scene, "I don't want to stay here, I have a place to stay! If I'm not allowed to see your majesty this time, I'll just run away." Go to Fuzhou and vote for Longwu!" Ma Shiying was slightly taken aback: "What? Vote for Longwu?" "Why not? Longwu is the rightful emperor! In terms of status and prestige, nothing is better than a mere superintendent! What's more, it is far away in Fujian, and the Tartars want to fight, but they can't go there so quickly. Haha, yes, we should have voted for Longwu early in the morning!" Ruan Dacheng began to get excited again.

"But," Ma Shiying was a little moved by what he said, "now that Huang Daozhou and Zhang Kentang are controlling the government over there, I'm afraid they might not tolerate us?" "Hmph, I have to try it to find out! Besides, I have saved up a big gift here. I'm afraid that when Huang Daozhou sees you, I'll salivate and beg me before it's too late!" "You mean—a big gift? What a big gift?" "Yes—hey, I'll talk to you later!" Ruan Dacheng, who became very excited, waved his hand, "It's not too late, we're going to visit him now!" "Interview him? Whom?" Ma Shiying was even more puzzled. "Who are you visiting? Naturally, it's Longwu's envoy—oh, so you don't know! Two days ago, Fujian sent the military officer Liu Zhongzao to Shaoxing, saying that he would read Longwu's imperial edict to Lu Jianguo. Jian Guotui said that he was going to Guanshan for a parade, but he was not free, so he turned him back. Liu Zhongzao didn't give up, so he followed here again, and lived in a tent at the foot of the mountain behind, and no one paid attention to him. Now we just take advantage of the night to visit him, so we can find out what is going on in Fujian if we take advantage of this thread!" Ma Shiying suddenly realized.He hesitated and said, "However, Lao Fang repeatedly told us to stay in the camp and not to show up..." "Bah!" Ruan Dacheng waved his hands arrogantly, "You listen to him! As long as my old Ruan is willing, I can go wherever I like! He can still control me!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out arrogantly.Seeing him like this, even though Ma Shiying was unsteady, she had no choice but to follow behind involuntarily.