"The daughter of the Tang King?"

When Zhu Youlang heard the name of the fake Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuyou, he was not as excited as Guo Zhiqi thought, and cursed Zhu Yuyou. Instead, he still called Zhu Yuyou the vassal title before he became emperor. He asked him strangely: "When Guangzhou City was broken, did the whole family call Li Chengdong to capture it? Why did there be a daughter running out? Are you sure that the woman is the daughter of the King of Tang... Princess Changle?"

"emperor?"

Guo Zhiqi couldn't figure out whether Emperor Yongli was really concerned about the authenticity of the Tang King's daughter, or was talking in anger. He felt that the emperor in front of him had changed too much in recent years. When he heard that Zhu Yuyou became emperor in Guangzhou, Emperor Yongli cursed Zhu Yuyou as a rat who secretly ascended the treasure in front of all officials, and wanted to tie him up and kill him on the spot. This made Yongli court officials dare not mention the matter about Shaowu before Emperor Yongli, and even Shaowu's reign title was a taboo. Guo Zhiqi just called the King of Tang Zhu Yuyou, also known as the princess, and had already violated the taboo of the Yongli court, so he was extremely nervous and afraid that Emperor Yongli would be angry.

Seeing Guo Zhiqi looking at him nervously, Zhu Youlang knew what he was thinking, sighed and whispered: "Although the King of Tang had fought for the throne with me back then, he died for his country, and he was loyal to my Zhu family. Why do you think I and a vassal king should be angry with? Besides, the King of Tang is my uncle, how could I really hate him for his temporary mistakes for the rest of my life?"

After saying that, he sighed again: "It's a pity that Guangzhou City was broken back then, and 24 vassal kings of our royal family were captured and killed by the Qing army, which caused the talents of the royal family to wither. No big talent can assist me, otherwise, why would I be allowed to deal with this crisis alone?"

Guo Zhiqi didn't know how to take on this. When Li Chengdong entered the city of Guangzhou, 24 Ming Dynasty vassal kings in the city were martyred together with Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuyou. Although it made the close relatives and relatives of the royal family empty, it also made no vassal king in the world who could threaten Zhu Youlang's succession. To put it bluntly, if there were still several relatives of the vassal kings now, Emperor Yongli would probably not hope that these vassal kings could assist him, but would be afraid that another Emperor Shaowu would appear. After all, what the Yongli court did was very disappointing to some people who were wise.

Once a vassal king who is more capable than Emperor Yongli and can win the hearts of the people, even if he is only more courageous than Emperor Yongli. He will not run away when he encounters trouble, it is hard to say whether Emperor Yongli's throne can still be recognized by the Ming forces in the world. This can be seen from the current attitude of the Er Zhang and Zheng in Fujian and Zhejiang that although they nominally regarded Emperor Yongli as the communist ruler, one of them still did not give up on King Lu. The other was under the banner of the dead Emperor Longwu and was not cold to the Yongli court.

Of course, Guo Zhiqi definitely dared not say these words in front of Emperor Yongli, and could only hide them deeply in his heart.

"When the King of Tang was fighting for the throne with me, it was my fault if I calculated it carefully. If I didn't run away, the King of Tang would not usurp the rebellion in Guangzhou and call him a false title."

Looking back on what happened back then, Zhu Youlang was extremely upset and had no intention of embellishing himself. This made Guo Zhiqi feel a little moved when he was surprised. After experiencing the ups and downs of the years, the emperor finally matured much and was able to reflect on what he had done.

In the second year of Longwu, because Zheng Zhilong refused to send troops, the Qing army drove straight into Fujing and captured Emperor Longwu Zhu Youjian in Changting. Soon, Emperor Longwu went on a hunger strike and died. Zhu Yuyou, who was the King of Tang, and the palace officials of the Longwu Dynasty fled to Guangzhou. Other Southern Ming forces elected King Gui Zhu Youlang as the governor in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. In response, King Tang Zhu Youlang and officials of the Longwu Dynasty who fled to Guangzhou had no objection. They were willing to respect Zhu Youlang.

On October 16 of the same year, after the fall of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, Zhu Youlang, who was in charge of the country in Zhaoqing, was shocked when he heard the news. He fled from Zhaoqing, Guangdong to Wuzhou, Guangxi on October 21, and ignored the dissuasion of the court officials, and ignored the entire province of Guangdong. Therefore, when Zhu Youlang gave up the entire province of Guangdong, he discussed with a group of Ming Dynasty vassal kings who had arrived in Guangzhou by sea, according to the principle of brothers and brothers, and together with Grand Secretary He Wuzuo, Guangdong governor Gu Yuanjing, Minister Wang Yinghua, Zeng Daowei and others supported Zhu Yuyou as the emperor, and the next year was the first year of Shaowu.

After the news of Zhu Yuyou's proclaiming emperor in Guangzhou reached Wuzhou, Zhu Youlang was furious and immediately returned to Zhaoqing to ascend to the emperor and changed his reign to Yongli. After becoming emperor, Zhu Youlang immediately sent the military department to the chief of the Ministry of War to Peng Yao, and Chen Jiamo, the head of the Ministry of War, to Guangzhou, to pay homage to Zhu Yuyou with the etiquette of the vassal kings and advised him to cancel the imperial title.

Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuyou himself did not make any statement, but Chief Grand Secretary Su Guansheng was furious and rebuked Yongli for fleeing without regard for Guangdong that day. Today, he accused Shaowu of his monarchs and ministers, asking Emperor Shaowu to take him as his escape and regent as his country. It was really shameless, so he ordered people to behead Peng and Chen and then ordered the general Chen Jitai to attack Zhaoqing.

When the Qing army was in a big enemy, Su Guansheng wanted to fight the Yongli court, which was obviously extremely inappropriate. Seeing that there was no hope of mediation, Yongli's ministers also dispatched troops and generals, using Guangdong Xuedao Lin Jiading as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Xia Sifu served as the military supervisor, and together with Wujing Bo Li Mingzhong, who was transferred from Shaozhou, led more than 10,000 soldiers to fight. The two sides fought in the west of Sanshui County, Guangdong. The army of the Shaowu regime was defeated, and Chen Jitai fled at the forefront. Lin Jiading won the battle at the beginning, and was full of confidence and ordered the soldiers to march day and night, head straight to Guangzhou, in an attempt to wipe out the Shaowu regime.

The general of Shaowu, Lin Cha, took advantage of his relationship with Lin Jiading and his past, and adopted a pseudo-submission strategy to induce pirates from four surnames to pseudo-submission. Lin Jiading was careless and led his troops to take a boat to Sanshan as agreed. He was suddenly attacked by the four surnames. The small boats on the inland river that Lin Jiading's troops were unable to fight against the large ships of the four surnames, and was forced to land on a landing to meet the enemy. Because of his unfamiliar geographical location, he fell into a quagmire of more than three feet deep. As a result, he was defeated. Lin Jiading and Xia Sifu drowned in the dead water. Li Mingzhong escaped alone, and his subordinates were almost wiped out. Shaowu's army won a great victory.

Just when the two emperors of Shaowu and Yongli were killing each other, the Qing troops led by Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong had seized Chaozhou and Huizhou. Li Chengdong used the captured local official seal of the Southern Ming Dynasty to send people to send local peace to the Emperor Shaowu of Guangzhou. The Qing army did not end, which made the Emperor Shaowu of Guangzhou not know Chaozhou at all, and Huizhou had been occupied by the Qing army.

On December 15, the second year of Longwu, Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuyou was attracted to the martial arts school, and all officials gathered. At this time, Li Chengdong selected 300 Qing soldiers and entered Huashan, north of Guangzhou City. He sent more than 10 people to mingle into Guangzhou City. He took off the disguise on his head, exposed his braids, waved his sword and shouted, "The Qing army has arrived." He killed one person. Guangzhou collapsed all over the city. Then, a large group of Qing soldiers rushed in from the east gate.

The soldiers reported to the Grand Secretary Su Guansheng that the Qing army was attacking, but Su Guansheng did not believe it at all. He even killed the soldiers with rash words. In a blink of an eye, the Qing army climbed up to the city wall, then removed the disguise, exposed its braids, and shot down the arrows. The city suddenly became bustling. Soon, the battle situation of the Qing army was confirmed, and Su Guansheng urgently ordered the city gate to close and mobilize troops to fight.

However, all the elite soldiers of the Shaowu court were sent to Zhaoqing to deal with the Yongli court, but they could not be transferred back for a while. Su Guansheng then led the Ming army in the city to fight fiercely with the Qing soldiers for a day and night. The Qing soldiers originally intended to retreat. However, the general of the former Chongzhen dynasty Yuan Chonghuan, the general general of Fujian, Xie Shangzheng, led the Qing soldiers into the city and Guangzhou fell.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Su Guansheng wrote eight big words "The loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty should die" and hanged himself to death. Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuyou saw that the situation was hopeless and could not return to the palace to pick up his wife and sons, so he had to drag a quilt and mix among the beggars, intending to climb the city wall and escape, but was caught by the chaser and captured and imprisoned in the East Procuratorate. Li Chengdong sent someone to send food, but Zhu Yuyou refused and said, "If I drink a spoonful of water from you, what kind of face will I see my ancestors underground!" Later, he hanged himself to sacrifice his country and ended his forty-day rule.

The main officials of the Shaowu Dynasty, such as Wu Zuo, Wang Yinghua, Gu Yuanjing, etc., surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, while all the twenty-four Ming Dynasty vassal kings in Guangzhou were killed. After Zhu Yuyou's death, Zhu Youlang became the only emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The past was vivid in my mind. Guo Zhiqi was originally a minister of Longwu, so he had no resistance to the continued throne of Emperor Longwu Zhu Yuyou, who was the brother and brother, as he continued to ascend the throne. Moreover, Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang gave up his own province and fled to Guangxi, which caused a vacuum of power in Guangdong. Then it was understandable that the Ming Dynasty officials who stayed in Guangdong supported the new king and continued to resist the Qing Dynasty. In the end, Emperor Shaowu and Su Guansheng also died for their country, and there was no criticism in terms of integrity. If it was wrong, it was that the Shaowu court should not have a civil war in the face of the great enemy, but this matter had a lot to do with Emperor Yongli's handling at that time.

The dispute between the Tang and Gui was really complicated, and it was even more sensitive to the inheritance of the imperial system. Even Guo Zhiqi, even though he was a Grand Secretary and was deeply trusted by Emperor Yongli, did not dare to express his own opinions on this matter.

Zhu Youlang was so sad that he stopped mentioning this matter and asked Guo Zhiqi: "Where is the daughter of the Tang King now?"

Guo Zhiqi said: "I will place it in the inn before entering the city."

Zhu Youlang frowned and asked again: "Can there be a token prove her identity?"

"There are several ornaments that the King of Tang gave him during his lifetime."

Guo Zhiqi was not confident when he said this. After all, based on what the princess said and the few ornaments in the palace, it was really hard to prove that she was the daughter of Zhu Yuyou, the King of Tang.

Sure enough, Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang shook his head as soon as he heard this, "It is impossible to prove it by just a few ornaments. You must find someone to check the Fangxing." Then he asked Wang Kun: "Is there anyone in the palace who has served in the house of the King of Tang?"

Wang Kun, who was still kneeling on the ground, looked up and said, "Long lively, there are no ones who have served in the palace of the Tang Wangfan house, but there are people who have served in Fujing."

Fujing refers to Fuzhou. When Emperor Longwu ascended the Dabao in Fuzhou and changed Fuzhou to Fujing.

After Wang Kun said this, Guo Zhiqi also remembered it and hurriedly said, "I saw the King of Tang and his daughter entering the palace to meet Emperor Longwu when I was in Fujing. I can let the people in Fujing Palace come to check whether it is true or false."

Wang Kun said, "When Fujing fell, the daughter of the Tang King was probably only a few years old. Now ten years have passed, and her appearance must be different from when she was young. I am afraid that the people in Fujing Palace may not be able to see it."
Chapter completed!