Ma Shiying shouted wronged, "Don't you know that once the party struggle begins, it will be as dangerous as the battlefield, or even more cruel. On the battlefield, the enemy simply wants you to die alone, but the party struggle is different. The enemy not only wants you to die, but also wants your family, your relatives and friends to die together, and you will be defeated and you will never be able to turn over again. Ask the Donglin Party members start a war, is Ma willing to kill and harm his family? Can Ma not fight?"

Speaking of this, Ma Shiying became a little excited, "Today, Ma made fish and Hou Jinghai killed him for a knife. He wanted to kill and cut him. It depends on the words of Master Hou. Since Ma said it, he had to say it thoroughly."

Wu Zhengqiu said with his lips: "That's right, no one stops you."

"Does the King of Jinghai think that Nanjing was captured by the Qing army?"

"Isn't it?"

"Hmph!" Ma Shiying sneered, "Before the Qing army attacked, Nanjing was actually like a defenseless city. Shi Kefa buried all the elites of the court in the battle of Yangzhou, and the four towns had already become a perfect match. Has Mr. Hou heard of the previous case of the fake prince?"

Wu Zheng nodded slightly and said, "I heard something."

"It was this case of fake prince that led to the fact that Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan, raised troops in Wuchang, saying that he was secretly ordered by the prince, and went downstream to Nanjing in the name of saving the prince and killing Shiying, and thus he had internal conflicts. Hum... Hum... Hum, a fickle person actually has the face to play the role of a loyal minister of Jingnan? He simply wanted to use this matter to destroy the emperor's reputation, force the court to compromise, and give him greater autonomy. Master Hou can tell that all taxes in the four towns, including the Duke of Jingguo, were intercepted in a year, and the court never received a penny?"

Wu Zheng was silent, he had heard of this.

"The case of the fake prince completely wiped out the emperor's majesty. From then on, the government orders did not leave the Nanjing city gate. But Ma could still clearly see that there was a shadow of the Donglin Party behind this incident."

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense. What are the benefits of the demise of Hongguang Dynasty and the Donglin Party members?"

Ma Shiying was stunned, then laughed and asked, "Hasn't Mr. Hou heard a saying that loss is not good for oneself?"

Wu Zheng was stunned, then suddenly realized and said angrily: "Are you ridiculing me?"

Ma Shiying then calmed down and said, "I used a plan to contact the four towns, supported King Fu, and led a large army to escort King Fu to Pukou, Nanjing. Although Shi Kefa and the Donglin Party members were full of regret, they saw that the general situation was settled and the road was already completed, so they could only accept the reality. However, the Donglin Party members have been looking for opportunities to turn the tables, and the case of the fake prince is the best place to enter. As long as the fake prince dies, the emperor will confirm the reputation of the king's virtue. If the king's virtue is not good, it would be fine to issue a self-criminal edict in the prosperous times. In troubled times, especially when the qualifications of King Fu ascend the throne are controversial, it would be a disaster."

Wu Zheng suddenly said: "Did Emperor Hongguang kill the prince?"

Ma Shiying was stunned and silent for a while and asked back, "If Mr. Hou changed his position and got along, what would he do with this prince?"

Wu Zheng did not expect Ma Shiying to ask back and was speechless for a moment.

The two stared at each other for a long time.

Wu Zheng suddenly said a word from his mouth, "Kill!"

Ma Shiying sighed and said in a slight sigh: "Hou Ye Yingming, if anyone else, the way to deal with this matter is the same, that is, killing. Otherwise, over time, people's hearts will fluctuate, the throne will be unstable, and the country will be in turmoil."

Although Wu Zheng said the word "kill" popped up, he sighed in the end: "It can't solve the problem even if you can kill it, but it will intensify the matter."

Ma Shiying was excited as if she met a soulmate and said in a trembling voice: "Wu Ye Yingming, this is a double-edged sword that hurts others and yourself. If you don't kill, people's hearts will fluctuate. If you kill, people's hearts will fluctuate."

Wu Zheng suddenly asked, "Is that prince... the real prince?"

Ma Shiying's eyes suddenly widened and he stared at Wu Zheng blankly. After a while, he replied, "Of course not! Although Ma is despicable, he dare not do anything about regicide! He is a young man who pretends to be a slander, his skin, words and actions are all vulgar. Ma only takes a look and knows that this must be fake. But since he has been brought to the court by someone with a heart, he has to follow the rules, not Ma can decide with one word."

Wu Zheng seemed a little disappointed, but seemed to feel much more relaxed.

Ma Shiying is right, regicide is the greatest sin in this world after all, regardless of whether you are a fool or not.

"How did the fake prince die in the end?"

Ma Shiying shook her head and said, "Ma advised the emperor to imprison this person, but killed this person without any advice."

"Can it be the murderous attack of Emperor Hongguang sent someone else?"

Ma Shiying thought for a while and said, "No...it shouldn't be. I remember explaining the pros and cons with the emperor at that time clearly between killing and not killing. The emperor also thought it was better not to kill. As long as it was imprisoned for unknown reasons, it would be equivalent to having quality in hand, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."

"But after all, I died in the end."

"This is why I said that there must be the reason why the Donglin Party members were causing trouble behind this."

Wu Zheng disagreed, "Maybe it was not a member of the Donglin Party, or it was the Qing Dynasty's detailed work at work?"

"No, it cannot be the Qing court. If it were done by the Qing court, they would definitely not find a fake prince who was not very similar to it to disgust the emperor and the court. They would carefully select someone who was difficult to tell the truth. Secondly, the fake prince died in detention for no reason. I think the Qing court did not have this to assassinate the palace. If that was true, why bother to make a fake prince in one fell swoop. It would be better to assassinate the emperor and important officials directly? In the end, the death of the fake prince would be of no benefit to the Qing court. If the Qing court really instructed it to do it in detail, then letting the fake prince live would cause chaos in our court."

Wu Zheng nodded slightly and said, "It's reasonable."

"Ma is sure that the fake prince was definitely not killed by the emperor. The emperor knew very well that if there was something wrong with the fake prince at this time, the account would be kept on him. Besides, if the emperor really killed someone, how could it be spread? "

Wu Zheng nodded again. This made sense. It should not be difficult for the emperor to kill someone and destroy a body. How could the outside world know that the fake prince was dead immediately?

Ma Shiying said: "So, the Donglin Party must be behind this matter. Only they can bring a person who has no similarity to the prince to the court for discussion. Only they have this motivation, and only they can kill people in secret without knowing it, and then spread the news immediately."

Although Wu Zheng was moved, he didn't say anything about it on his face.

Looking at Ma Shiying with an excited face, Wu Zheng asked: "I can't figure out something. Hongguang Dynasty was destroyed. You were excluded and expelled by the King of Lu and Longwu Dynasty. Why do you still have to... go around to fight against the Qing Dynasty?"
Chapter completed!