Although he was ready, Ma Shiying did not expect that he encountered resistance as soon as he came up.

In fact, there was almost no objection to the issue of supporting the new emperor ascending the throne, but there was a great contradiction about whom to support him.

Qian Qianyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, advocated supporting Lu Wang Zhu Changqing, and many people supported this proposal, including Lu Daqi, the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Shenyan, the Secretary of the Right Minister of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, and Jiang Yueguang, the Minister of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, and others. The Ministry of Rites had a natural advantage in discussing which one is qualified to be an emperor. In addition, the support of those censors, officials of the Hanlin Academy and other institutions can be said to be huge and aggressive.

Ma Shiying was calm and suggested that King Fu Zhu Yousong should ascend the throne. His reason was very simple. King Fu's father, Lao Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, was the younger brother of Emperor Guangzong Zhu Changluo, and was the cousin of Emperor Daxing. According to blood ties, no one in the royal family had a closer relationship than King Fu and Emperor Daxing. However, King Lu was the nephew of Emperor Shenzong, and he was much more distant in terms of blood ties. Moreover, in terms of seniority, he was the uncle of Emperor Daxing, and it was not appropriate to inherit the throne.

However, his proposal was fiercely opposed. Qian Qianyi and others said that King Fu had seven major shortcomings: greed, lust, alcoholism, unfiliality, abuse of subordinates, not studying, and interfering with officials. Lu Wang Zhu Changqing was the nephew of Shenzong, who was virtuous and smart, and should make him the king.

Ma Shiying was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood after hearing this, asking her uncle to inherit her nephew's position. This is thanks to these old guys who could think of it. Once King Lu inherited it, what should the two emperors of Tianqi and Chongzhen do? Will they be behind him or ahead in the future? Although there is a precedent for the uncle to ascend the throne in the Ming Dynasty, that is, Emperor Taizong Wen Zhu Di, the most important thing is that Zhu Di does not recognize Zhu Yunwen as the emperor at all. Should he learn from Zhu Di, once King Lu ascends the throne, he will not recognize Tianqi and Chongzhen?

Later, when Ma Shiying thought about it, he realized that Qian Qianyi and others did not insist on supporting King Lu, as long as the new emperor was not King Fu, because they were afraid that King Fu would overturn the "demon book", "shocking", "red pills" and other matters after ascending the throne, and use this to retaliate against the Donglin Party.

However, Ma Shiying was not an ordinary person. He soon came up with an idea and immediately contacted Liu Kongzhao, Zhu Guobi, Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing and other generals, and directly led the troops to Yizhen County, Yangzhou Prefecture with King Fu.

Yi Zhen was Shi Kefa's residence. Seeing that things had become a foregone conclusion, he had no choice but to go and greet them.

In this way, the matter of supporting King Fu became a foregone conclusion. Ma Shiying decided to strike while the iron was hot to facilitate this. At the same time, in order to ensure the stability of Fengyang and seize the military power, Ma Shiying decided to let Shi Kefa follow King Fu to Nanjing, while he personally led his army to take charge of Fengyang.

What happened afterwards went smoothly. Although there were some twists and turns and quarrels, the matter of King Fu's regent was completely settled.

However, another conflict occurred while discussing the candidates for the cabinet. After some discussion, Shi Kefa and other Donglin Party members decided to elect Shi Kefa, and Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang were cabinet ministers.

This aroused the anger of Liu Kongzhao. He had a good relationship with Ma Shiying and his son, and he knew the inside story of supporting King Fu. It can be said that these people were all opposed to supporting King Fu. Ma Shiying, who caused this, did not take credit and was willing to lead troops to guard Fengyang. People like this could not enter the cabinet. The Donglin Party is really too bullying.

So Liu Kongzhao broke into the hall, waved his fists to protest, and proposed to let Ma Shiying enter the cabinet.

Shi Kefa himself was a bit in the wrong, and knew that Ma Shiying had heavy troops, so he proposed that Ma Mingfeng's teacher was a member of the Fushe Society. Ma Shiying had been traveling thousands of miles for Zhang Pu, and the father and son were barely considered members of Donglin. After brief discussions with Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang, he decided to allow Ma Shiying to enter the cabinet, become the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and the Right Commander of the Censorate, and still the governor of Fengyang. Shi Kefa was appointed as the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge. Although both were Grand Secretary of the Dongge, because Shi Kefa was also the Minister of Personnel, he was the chief minister of the cabinet and his status was higher than Ma Shiying.

After hearing this news, Liu Kongzhao and many others were dissatisfied. Shi Kefa did almost nothing in the process of supporting King Fu, and actually won the high position of the chief minister of the cabinet. Ma Shiying made a significant contribution, but in the end he had the lowest position among the three cabinet members. Moreover, because Ma Shiying is still guarding Fengyang, his deeds are equivalent to being squeezed out of the core of the regime.

"Hmph, although Shi Kefa is virtuous, he is incompetent. The Donglin Party is no longer as good as before. They will say some beautiful and beautiful words, but how many talents with both virtue and talent are not tolerant? They are even more inclusive. Once they take control of the power, the Southeast tax will never be collected. The next situation may be like Bei Zhili, which quickly collapsed due to lack of money. Hehe, I have to say that the words of Nephew Mingfeng are still very reasonable. Since this is the case, I must find a way to prevent the Donglin Party from taking power. It seems that I must find a way to meet Ma Yaocao."

Thinking of this, Liu Kongzhao crossed the river overnight to meet Ma Shiying, and told Ma Shiying in detail what happened in Nanjing.

Ma Shiying was also dissatisfied after hearing the news. Shi Kefa was originally just a governor Fengyang, Huaian and other places. Strictly counting, he was still his boss. Moreover, he did not do much in the process of supporting King Fu, and he actually stole the chief minister of the cabinet. He, who was busy and powerful, was actually squeezed out of the core of the regime.

Moreover, in terms of ability, Ma Shiying is much stronger than Shi Kefa. If someone with ordinary abilities like Shi Kefa is really over, the Ming Dynasty will be finished.

What's more, I promised to my son Ma Mingfeng that I must bring the chief minister over. How can I keep my word now?

"The Buddha said that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Since that's the case, I will just be a wicked person."

So Ma Shiying secretly wrote a letter to King Fu, telling the story of Shi Kefa's seven major shortcomings of King Fu.

After Shi Kefa got the news, he knew that he could not survive in the court anymore, so he had to take the initiative to apply to go to Yangzhou to supervise the army and exchange Ma Shiying for him.

Zhu Yousong was a little nervous about Shi Kefa when he heard these words. Now, when he heard this, he naturally took advantage of the situation and changed his position to Shi Kefa as Minister of War, and still served as Grand Secretary of the Dongge, while Ma Shiying was appointed as Minister of Rites.

Ma Shiying could still accept this ending. Although he looks the same level as Shi Kefa, after all, Shi Kefa is not at the core of power now, and it doesn't matter even if he has a false position.

After taking office, Ma Shiying first proposed some urgent measures to stabilize the current situation, and jointly wrote a letter to request Zhu Yousong to ascend the throne and become emperor. Then various appointments were started. Liu Kongzhao, Zhu Guobi and others were all promoted. Even Ruan Dacheng was appointed as the right deputy Du Jingshi, Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and other generals were all granted marquis, Yang Wencong was appointed as the head of the Ministry of War, and Yue Qijie was appointed as the general.

In addition, Ma Shiying also made an important appointment, including Ma Mingfeng, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of the navy and foreign trade in coastal provinces such as Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Zhili. Although the official title was still the Governor of Jinghai, his power was greatly enhanced, and he almost became the chief leader of the navy in coastal provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and was in charge of all sea and road trade.
Chapter completed!