Chapter 432 (1/2)

”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.”