Shi Kefa was Zuo Guangdou's student and left him a lot of connections, and many people in the Donglin Party were close to Shi Kefa.
His status in the Donglin Party is not much worse than Qian Qianyi.
Qu Shishi did not want to offend Shi Kefa, so he explained: "This blood edict was obtained by Jin Yiwei from the Supreme Emperor. If Mr. Shi presented it to the court, once someone in the court asked Mr. Shi how he obtained this blood edict, Mr. Shi would How to explain it?"
Hearing this, Shi Kefa fell silent.
From the bottom of his heart, he did not want to come into contact with people like Jin Yiwei and Dongchang. His teacher was killed by Jin Yiwei. Everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty knew that he despised these Jin Yiwei the most.
"Leave it to me!" Ma Shiying said, "I will ask the Jin Yiwei people to present it to the court. Master Shi just needs to stand up and support it."
As he spoke, he looked at Shi Kefa.
"Okay." Shi Kefa nodded in agreement.
Although he hated those Jin Yiwei in his heart, he was willing to join forces with the Jin Yiwei once in order to restore integrity to the court.
Ma Shiying looked at the others again and said, "Don't be idle, everyone. Contact everyone who needs to be contacted. It's not that easy to add another auxiliary minister. I'm afraid it won't work without a lot of effort."
"Of course, everyone will contribute," Zhang Shenyan said.
Although the rest of the people spoke, they all nodded in agreement.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Qian Qianyi picked up the tureen on the table and said with a smile: "Come, let's have tea instead of wine to celebrate the immediate success of this matter."
After hearing this, everyone else raised their teacups on the table and gestured to each other.
Because more people needed to be contacted to build momentum for tomorrow's morning meeting, everyone left one after another to contact more people.
In the end, only Qian Qianyi and Ma Shiying were left in the room.
"Brother Shou is really powerful. He can even find someone like Shi Xianzhi and make him willing to contribute." Ma Shiying said with a smile.
Qian Qianyi smiled and said: "I have had contacts with his teacher Zuo Yizhi. As his student, Xianzhi is quite similar to his teacher. Now that there is a blood letter written by the Supreme Emperor himself, Xianzhi will naturally take the initiative to come forward. Complete the Emperor’s instructions.”
"A gentleman bullies others." Ma Shiying smiled contemptuously.
When Qian Qianyi heard this, there was no trace of embarrassment on his face.
Over the years, he has developed a thick enough face. If he had been thick enough back then, he would have joined the cabinet long ago, and there would be nothing wrong with people like Zhou Yanru.
Ma Shiying suddenly stopped smiling and said, "Don't forget what you promised. I don't care, but you must fulfill what you promised to Eunuch Yang."
"Brother Yaocao, don't worry. As long as I become the auxiliary minister, I will definitely stand with Eunuch Yang and ask the court to send troops north to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to the capital." Qian Qianyi assured him.
Ma Shiying nodded and said, "As long as you haven't forgotten it, I will take this blood edict from the Supreme Emperor back with me."
As he spoke, he stood up.
Qian Qianyi personally sent Ma Shiying outside the house.
The wooden box containing the blood edict was also placed in Ma Shiying's sedan in advance by the steward of the Qian Mansion.
Ma Shiying, who sat in the sedan, slowly disappeared from the street outside Qian's mansion.
However, he did not go back to his mansion, but went to the guarding eunuch Yang Guorui with the blood edict.
The eunuch who guards Nanjing is a assigned position, and no one who is useful in the palace is willing to leave the emperor's side and come to Nanjing.
But no one expected that the Ming Dynasty would lose the northern capital so quickly, and the status of the southern capital would immediately rise. The Nanjing garrison eunuch, who was originally not valued by the great eunuchs in the palace, suddenly became one of the auxiliary ministers.
Of course, when the Ming Dynasty was still dominated by the northern capital, the Nanjing garrison eunuch was also the local emperor of Nanjing, holding military power, and the Nanzhen Fusi Yamen was also suppressed by him.
"Godfather, Mr. Ma Ge is here." A young eunuch serving Yang Guorui came to the room to report the news.
"Bring him here!"
Yang Guorui, who was leaning on the bed and being served by several maids, said something lazily.
Ma Shiying was quickly brought in.
"I would like to send my regards to Eunuch Yang." Ma Shiying quickly took a few steps closer and came to Yang Guorui to salute and say hello.
Yang Guorui smeared the date core from his mouth and said, "Okay, you are not an outsider. The dignified cabinet ministers don't need to greet you as soon as they meet. This makes our family embarrassed."
"Even if you are a senior minister in the cabinet, you are still a subordinate in front of your father-in-law. It is your duty to take the initiative to say hello to your father-in-law." Ma Shiying said in a flattering manner.
Upon hearing this, Yang Guorui smiled in his throat and said, "You are always so polite, that's all. Just do whatever you want! Our family will accept your filial piety."
After speaking, Yang Guorui raised his hand and pointed to the side, saying: "Sit down!"
"Thank you, father-in-law." Ma Shiying walked to the round stool next to him and sat down.
Yang Guorui said, "Did you just come back from Qian Shouzhi's place?"
"Xiaguan did just come back from him, and the emperor's blood edict was also brought back by him." As he spoke, Ma Shiying lifted the wooden box he had been holding in his arms.
A young eunuch next to him walked over, took the wooden box, and held it in his arms.
Yang Guorui said: "It's not easy for the Supreme Emperor. He fell into Beiping City and couldn't escape. Every time I think about it, our family can't sleep at night. We wish we could replace the Supreme Emperor with ourselves so that the Supreme Emperor can return the capital to Nanjing."
"My father-in-law's loyalty to the emperor can be seen from time to time. If the emperor knew about my father-in-law's loyalty, he would definitely feel grateful and remember my father-in-law's loyalty." Ma Shiying said flatteringly.
Yang Guorui waved his hand and said: "Our family does not ask for anything extravagantly. We only hope that the Supreme Emperor will be well, and we are satisfied."
"If everyone in the court were like my father-in-law, our army would have sent troops north to rescue the Supreme Emperor. It's a pity that there are always a few people who only want to fight for power in the court and don't care about the safety of the Supreme Emperor." Ma Shiying looked angry. said.
Yang Guorui sighed and said: "Although we are assistant ministers, it is difficult for one person to stand alone in the court!"
"With this bloody edict from the Supreme Emperor, as long as Qian Shouzhi becomes the auxiliary minister, my father-in-law will have a helper in the court. The other auxiliary ministers will have scruples no matter what they want to do." Ma Shiying said.
Yang Guorui turned over and sat up from the bed, took the tea cup from the maid on the side, rinsed his mouth, and said: "It is not that simple for Qian Shouzhi to become the auxiliary minister. Even with the support of our family, several other The assistant minister will not let him come up easily. When you see him this time, do you think he is confident?"
"I don't think the problem is big," Ma Shiying said. "For the position of Assistant Minister, Qian Shouzhi tried his best this time. He even invited Shi Xianzhi."
