In the Duke's Mansion, Emperor Yongli was staring at a middle-aged internal prisoner. The middle-aged internal prisoner was named Chen Xing, the former disciple of the Sili Supervisor Pang Tianshou and the young supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor during the Chongzhen period. Like his master Pang Tianshou, Chen Xing was also a Catholic, and was baptized by the missionary Johannson Tang at the same time as his master Pang Tianshou. After being baptized, the Pang Tianshou sect was called Yajilou, and Chen Xing's name was Peter.

When Li Zicheng conquered Beijing in the Jiashen year, Pang Tianshou and Chen Xing followed the will of Chongzhen to reorganize the troops and escaped the disaster. After Emperor Chongzhen died, the Ming officials of the Nandu supported Emperor Hongguang. In order to raise military salaries in the four towns in Jiangbei, Hongguang ordered Pang Tianshou to go to Fujian to conquer Rui. As a result, before Pang Tianshou transported the money from Fujian, Nandu was lost.

After Emperor Longwu ascended the throne in Fuzhou, Pang Tianshou and his apprentice Chen Xing contacted Bi Francis, a missionary from Fujian at that time, to Macau, together with him, hoping to seek the Portuguese in Macau to help fight the Qing Dynasty. After arriving in Macau, Pang Tianshou's disciple fully demonstrated their Catholic identity and successfully lobbyed the Portuguese to organize a mercenary composed of 300 musketeers and six cannons. However, as soon as this mercenary was formed, Long came to Fuzhou.

After the news of Emperor Wu's death, King Zhu Youlang of Gui immediately became the governor of Zhaoqing, Guangdong. Pang Tianshou did not go to the Shaowu regime in Guangzhou, but took this mercenary to Zhaoqing to obey the Yongli regime. When Emperor Yongli was driven to Guilin by the Qing army, it was Pang Tianshou's disciple who led this Portuguese mercenary to undertake the arduous task of defending the city. After several cruel battles, relying on the fierce firearms of the Portuguese, he finally temporarily repelled the Qing army sent by Li Chengdong to pursue Yongli.

With the help of Guilin defending the city, Pang Tianshou's disciples began to carry out missionary activities in Yongli Palace. With Pang Tianshou's efforts, Empress Dowager Ma and Concubine Xiao were baptized and renamed Maria and Rena respectively. Empress Wang also believed in Catholicism under the persuasion of her mother-in-law, and renamed Yana. The prince of the Eastern Palace was also baptized and renamed Constantine. As a result, under the leadership of the empress dowager, the empress and the prince, most of the palace maids and interns in Yongli Palace became Catholics, and they kowtowed at the statue of the Virgin in the palace day and night, hoping that the Virgin could bless the Ming Dynasty to defeat the invading Qing Dynasty.

His mother, wife and son have become Catholics, and Yongli is no exception to become Catholic. However, his biggest purpose of baptism was to receive assistance from the Pope. He ordered Pang Tianshou to write three letters on his behalf to Pope Innocent X, the president of the Jesuits and the Republic of Venice, asking Chen Xing to go to Macau to request the Polish missionary Bumig to submit it, begging the Pope to send reinforcements to China. As a result, the letter was not long after it was sent out, Pang Tianshou was disappointed with Yongli's cowardice and incompetence, and sent to Sun Kewang, who was strong and powerful, hoping that Sun Kewang could take on the heavy responsibility of resisting the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Chen Xing did not choose to surrender to Sun Kewang like his master, but chose to continue to be loyal to Emperor Yongli, and later followed him from Anlong to Kunming. Pang Tianshou committed suicide fearing his sins on the way, and his body was buried by Chen Xing.

After the Qing army entered the southwest, Yongli's eyes for help were turned to the Pope thousands of miles away. He ordered Chen Xing to disguise himself and asked the Portuguese in Macau to help him send a letter to the Pope again, and at the same time organized a large number of mercenaries to help the Ming Dynasty fight against the Qing army. However, unlike the last time he went to Macau and was warmly welcomed by the Portuguese, Chen Xing was treated coldly this time and felt their malicious intentions towards the Ming Dynasty from the grape people. Chen Xing was puzzled and did not understand why the grape people who believed in God had changed drastically to the Ming court. Inquired from many parties, he finally understood what was going on. It turned out that the Taiping Army in Guangdong had taken hostile actions against Macau and used various means to coerce the Westerners in Macau, which made all Westerners in Macau hostile to the Ming Dynasty.

In order to resolve the Portuguese hostility towards the Ming Dynasty and seek their help, Chen Xing told Macau Governor Bugalo that he was willing to go to Guangzhou to persuade the Guangdong Taiping Army to not be hostile to Macau. The two sides cooperated sincerely. As a result, he was disappointed that after he arrived in Guangzhou, he did not see the commander of the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang, but only the Guangdong governor, Duke Xiang of Song. After hearing his purpose, the other party actually bombed him out and did not believe that he was from the Yongli inner court.

Chen Xing felt ashamed to go to Macau again and could not stay in Guangdong, so he had to return to Kunming via Annan. After returning, he realized that the nearest troops to the Qing army in Yunnan were only a hundred miles away from Kunming.

"Your Majesty, what I said is true. The Folang Ji people in Macau are unwilling to support me, unless the emperor can dismiss Zhou Shixiang."

"What's wrong with this Zhou Shixiang? As soon as he promoted him to Duke, he offended all my allies!"

Zhu Youlang became more and more angry the more he listened, but he couldn't do anything except get angry. Could it be that he could really give Zhou Shixian a single imperial edict?

Chen Xing also knew that the emperor could not take Zhou Shixiang at the moment. He sighed and asked, "The Emperor, it is not the time to pursue Guangdong now. When I entered the palace, I heard that the Emperor was going to retreat to western Yunnan?"

Yongli was stunned and denied: "This is what Ma Jixiang means, I did not agree."

"Then why are the palace people packing things?" Chen Xing was a little surprised.

"How do I know what they are doing?"

Yongli's face looked a little ugly and he snorted slightly. Seeing this, Chen Xing knew that he shouldn't ask, so he kowtowed and didn't dare to say anything again. Seeing him like this, Yongli's face was a little slow. When Pang Tianshou defected to Sun Kewang forcing himself as an emperor, Chen Xing secretly protected him and pleaded for him. He had just returned from Macau again. Although the matter was not done, it was not his fault. He traveled thousands of miles away, and he had no credit and worked hard. He, the emperor, could not be too cold to the hearts of the servants.

"The road in Macau is broken, and there is no news from the Pope. It seems that God is not here to bless me."

Yongli smiled bitterly, suddenly felt that his idea of ​​seeking help from the Pope was ridiculous. Could it be that the Pope, who was thousands of miles away, really sent reinforcements because of his congregational emperor who had been baptized for only a few years?

Seeing that Chen Xing was still kneeling there, Yongli asked him to get up and rest, but the inner supervisor led Mu Tianbo, Fu Gang, Lei Yuelong and Liu Qing to see him. The Duke and the Grand Secretary asked for his visit, and Yongli naturally had to see him.

When Mu Tianbo and the other four entered the Duke of Qian's Mansion, they found that the mansion was extremely frightened. Many palace maids and internal prisoners were packing their clothes, and they were in a panic. Although the four of them knew that the people in the palace were packing their things and going back to western Yunnan, they were still very upset when they saw this doomsday scene. The four of them followed the internal prisoners, speechless all the way, but they all felt the doomsday atmosphere in their hearts.

After seeing the emperor, Mu Tianbo first advised that the court and the sages must not retreat to western Yunnan. Afterwards, Liu Qing stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Yunnan is surrounded by the Qing army on all sides. If the sages go to western Yunnan, no one of the civil and military officials will be willing to follow. Even if your Majesty can escape, he will be trapped in western Yunnan and lose all the guards. How can he recover? There are still many towns in the Ming Dynasty in Sichuan, and the generals of the General Secretary of the Literature are there. King Jianchang has been rich for many years and his food is
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