It is now the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. Wait until next year, the Tongguan War, which is related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, will break out. After Sun Chuanting's 100,000 Qin soldiers are wiped out, the last elite of the Ming Dynasty will be lost.

At that time, Li Zicheng successively captured Shaanxi and marched eastward to Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen Meishan hanged himself, and then Wu Sangui led Qing troops into the pass, causing chaos in the world.

Feng Yuan still has one year left. During this period, while he is practicing the Hun Tian Xuan Gong to increase his strength, he also needs to recruit troops and cultivate forces. When the Jia Shen Tian changes, the forces he has cultivated will be able to play their role.

While Feng Yuan was silently contemplating his plan, the merchant ship sailed along with the wind, quickly passed the grain ship, and entered the Yangtze River not long after.

The river is vast, and the number of ships is several times greater than that of the canal. Not only are there merchant ships, but also many children of wealthy merchants and academicians from the south of the Yangtze River are taking boats to enjoy the scenery.

The closer you get to the south of the Yangtze River, the more prosperous you see. The south of the Yangtze River is picturesque, with majestic rivers, small bridges and flowing water. Countless high-ranking nobles and scholars are intoxicated and carefree, unaware that the north is already a mountain of corpses.

A sea of ​​blood and smoke everywhere.

"Honorable, gentry, scholar... Haha!"

When Feng Yuan saw this, he suddenly remembered that when the Qing soldiers went south, Jiangyin resisted for more than eighty days, but the extremely strong Jinling City surrendered without a fight. What else is there about "the water is too cold and my scalp itches".

The Ming Dynasty was not so much destroyed by bandits as it was destroyed by these people.

At this time, the sailors on the merchant ship burst into cheers. Feng Yuan raised his head and looked forward, only to see a majestic city lying on the ground in the distance, with dragons and tigers squatting on it, and the momentum was extraordinary.

Jinling City has arrived!

"Young prince, when we arrive at Jinling, should we go to see Uncle Xincheng and Duke Wei first?" Guru Jin came over and asked in a low voice.

"You go and take my invitation to meet at Uncle Xincheng's house. I won't come in person! After all, my status is sensitive and it is not convenient for me to make friends with these nobles who stayed behind in Aurous Hill!"

Under the Ming Dynasty system, vassal kings were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms and make friends with civil and military officials. Feng Yuan was the direct grandson of the King of Zhou, and he also had the title of county king. It would be fine if he left the fiefdoms for a reason. It would indeed be a bit sensitive if he made friends with these officials in Jinling again.

However, these are actually excuses. The real reason is that Feng Yuan does not want to have contact with these people at all, for fear of disgusting himself.

Moreover, in Feng Yuan's plan, these noble officials who had little success but more than failure were not of much use.

The officers and soldiers at the Jinling City Gate were relaxed and casually threw a small piece of broken silver, and Feng Yuan and his party entered the city.

As soon as we entered the city, a lively atmosphere hit us. On both sides of the street, there were many merchants selling goods along the street, and there were restaurants, inns, and grain stores.

After the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Jinling, this city became the core of the south. Even after the capital was moved to Beijing, the status of Jinling City did not drop much.

"The treasure of Wei Guogong is in a firewood shed in the old house of Dagongfang. Go to Dagongfang first!"

Feng Yuan asked Gu Rujin to visit Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, while he took the remaining few people and ran all the way towards Dakongfang. Dakongfang was not far from the Qinhuai River and Confucius Temple, and the old house that originally belonged to Duke Wei had already

Dilapidated and dilapidated.

During the Yongle period, the lineage of Xu Da, king of Zhongshan, was divided into two branches: Ding Guogong and Wei Guogong. Among them, Ding Guogong supported Zhu Di during the Jingnan crisis, gained the respect of the other party, and inherited most of Xu Da's family business.

The direct descendants of Wei Guogong who supported Emperor Jianwen were left out in the cold after Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, and had no choice but to move out of the original Wei Guogong mansion and settle down elsewhere.

Duke Dingguo had already moved to Beijing, and the old house he left behind was unmanaged and seemed a bit abandoned. As time went by, the people in Nanjing did not know that this abandoned house was the old house of Zhongshan King Xu Da.

Feng Yuan asked Jiang Yingjie to take the people to settle down in a nearby inn, and then he quietly visited Dakongfang alone.

There are many courtyards on this street, many of which are in the same state of desolation as the Wei Guogong Mansion. These were originally the residences of princes and dukes. After the owners of the houses moved the capital with the emperor, no one paid attention to it anymore.

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And due to over-regulation, the houses here cannot be sold casually.

"I'm afraid, only when the Ming Dynasty is about to fall, will the officials in Nanjing ignore the problem of exceeding the regulations and prepare to sell the houses here to finally make a fortune."

Such thoughts appeared in Feng Yuan's mind.

When he came to the high courtyard wall, Feng Yuan used his hands to easily cross the high wall and entered the interior of the mansion.

In the more than ten days since he came to this world, since practicing the Huntian Xuan Gong requires a lot of energy, blood and essence, Feng Yuan only tried it briefly and exercised his hands and feet a little to make his movements more flexible. He climbed over the wall and climbed over the wall.

The household could no longer hold him back.

The mansion was very desolate. Feng Yuan quickly passed by the front yard. There were several woodsheds in the back yard, and he wanted to confirm them one by one.

Three hours later.

In a woodshed, a large pit was dug in the ground, and a large stone slab was exposed under the soil. When he saw the stone slab, Feng Yuan couldn't help but wipe his sweat. After wasting so long, he finally found it!

After removing the stone slab, there was a large hole underneath. Feng Yuan found a torch and went down the stone steps at the entrance of the cave. He immediately saw ten large iron boxes lined up in the underground secret room.

There are chains wrapped around the iron box, and a huge lock seals it, making it difficult to open it without a key.

Feng Yuan only knew the location of the treasure, but he didn't know where the key to the iron box was.

However, he expected that the key should be nearby, so he searched the surroundings carefully, and sure enough, he found an iron box in the corner, which contained exactly the key.

In addition to the key, there are two pieces of paper inside the box. One of the pieces of paper reads: "My uncle's rebellion led to the surrender of all the military officials. Wei Guogong Xu Huizu is a meritorious minister and loyal to the country, which is highly commendable. It is a treasure of the inner palace."

, I was in such a hurry that I couldn’t carry it with me, so Wei Gong guarded it for me. One day, I will re-glorify the ancestral temple and the country, and use this as a capital. In June of the fourth year of Jianwen, Geng Shen wrote the imperial pen."

On another piece of paper, there is a poem written on it.

"Poetry of Emperor Jianwen!"

Feng Yuan glanced at it casually and tore up the two pieces of paper.

Use the key to open the iron box, and suddenly it will shine brightly. The iron box is paved with gold bricks, and the top is covered with gems, agate, jade, and jade. Each piece is a carefully crafted treasure and is worth tens of thousands.

"These treasures were left in the inner treasury of Emperor Jianwen, at least tens of millions of taels of silver!"

After seeing these dazzling gems and agates, Feng Yuan made a rough estimate. Not to mention the jade jewelry, the gold bricks in the second half of the box alone were equivalent to tens of millions of taels of silver.

"My current identity is Zhu Lun Sheng, and I am also a descendant of Taizu. If these treasures fall into my hands, it can be regarded as a good thing and will not flow to outsiders!"
Chapter completed!