"Since Jiashen, the country has declined and the mountains and rivers have changed color!"
"I have received the holy grace of the late Emperor Longwu, bestowed the surname of the country, and granted the title of county king. However, now I can only retreat overseas and cannot counterattack the mainland. I am really ashamed!"
Zhu Hongyu said.
"The ones who are most ashamed are my clan!"
"When the Qing invaders entered the Pass, the foundation of our ancestors was lost. The great achievements of Emperor Taizu in driving out the Tartars and restoring China collapsed."
"Even the ancestral mausoleums are now in the hands of the Tatars. It is the clan members like me who will not be able to see our ancestors after death!"
The two talked about their shame to each other. After saying this, Zheng Chenggong spoke again.
"With today's capture, we, the anti-Qing people with lofty ideals, have lost our backbone and our banner to call on people to stand up and resist!"
"The most important thing now is to establish another clan member as the superintendent of the country, use the name of the Ming Dynasty to rectify the wavering hearts of the world, and continue to lead the anti-Qing cause!"
"The young and heroic Commander-in-Chief, the young hero, raised an army and was only a few years old, but he already had the foundation of Luzon!"
"The soldiers and horses under his command fought bravely, the civil servants were honest in their administration, they farmed the fields and herdsmen, and they loved the people. They have the legacy of Taizu!"
"You can supervise the country and lead the world in resisting the Qing Dynasty!"
"Please the Governor, please consider this matter seriously!"
Zheng Chenggong put down the tea cup and proposed to support Zhu Hongyu to ascend the throne to supervise the country and continue to lead the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Although he was trying to persuade him to join, he acted neither humble nor arrogant, because he was very confident in his own strength.
Now that Yongli has been rescued, he has ascended the throne again in Chengdu, and there is no news yet that he will launch an uprising against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.
Zheng Chenggong naturally felt that it was very important to establish a new supervisory state.
After making a choice between King Lu and Zhu Hongyu, Zheng Chenggong quickly decided to choose Zhu Hongyu.
Although if he supports King Lu to become the supervisor of the country again, Zheng Chenggong may be able to control the government by controlling King Lu.
However, King Lu's supervision of the country was not only helpful for him to control the government, but it did not help the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty at all!
If it had been before the defeat of Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong would have definitely chosen King Lu.
But not anymore!
The former small expert in party fighting has begun to think about the overall situation!
The expression on Zhu Hongyu's face was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zheng Chenggong to say so directly that he wanted to support him in supervising the country.
But I was only slightly surprised!
In fact, after the cursed water disaster occurred, Zhu Hongyu was already thinking about the possibility of going further.
He is a clan, and he is a clan with a lot of troops!
He is qualified to go a step further and ascend to the throne to supervise the country!
Zhu Hongyu's original plan was to join forces with Zheng Chenggong to conquer Qiongzhou after the Chinese New Year.
Anyway, the Qing Dynasty only had a few thousand green troops stationed in Qiongzhou, so it would not be difficult to defeat them!
In addition, the current southeastern coast is experiencing constant wars due to the border relocation and sea ban, and the Qing army cannot mobilize troops to rescue Qiongzhou.
It's a good time to attack Qiong!
After conquering Qiongzhou, Zhu Hongyu was ready to take advantage of his achievements in regaining his homeland and call himself the superintendent of the country!
Originally, he was still thinking that if he claimed to be a prisoner of the country, would Zheng Chenggong fall out?
Unexpectedly, Zheng Chenggong actually proposed that he should be appointed to the prison position.
Zhu Hongyu naturally had no reason to refuse, but he still opened his mouth to test.
"The mountains, rivers, lands, and ancestral mausoleums have all fallen into the hands of the enemy. I am so ashamed!"
"How can I carry in with dignity?!"
Zheng Chenggong continued to speak.
"Because of this, it is even more necessary for the Governor to take over the throne to supervise the country and lead the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty!"
Zhu Hongyu heard this and knew that Zheng Chenggong was serious. He remembered what Chen Yonghua had mentioned about Zheng Chenggong's desire to marry his daughter, and spoke.
"I heard that the prince has a daughter who is beautiful and well-educated. She is only twenty-eight years old and is already capable of conquering the country and the city!"
"The governor wants to ask the prince to marry this girl!"
"From now on, the Zhu and Zheng families will forever be united with the Qin and Jin Dynasties, and the Zheng family will also retire with the country!"
Zheng Chenggong's eyes lit up, but he still pretended to be serious.
"So good!"
Marriage is the best way to bring two forces closer, there is not even one way!
Zhu Hongyu also said with a smile.
"Then my son-in-law is here, so I can thank my father-in-law in advance!"
The two discussed the matter of supporting Zhu Hongyu to ascend to the prison position, and then talked about other things.
Zhu Hongyu said.
"The Qing government's decree to move borders and ban seas caused wars everywhere along the southeastern coast."
"I'm glad that the old traitor has transferred a lot of troops from Qiongzhou back to Guangdong to defend Guangdong. At this time, Qiongzhou's troops are empty!"
"My son-in-law intends to counterattack Qiongzhou after the year. After taking Qiongzhou, he will cultivate the fields and raise troops, build fortresses, and use Qiongzhou as an advance base for the counterattack against Guangdong and Guangxi."
"At that time, our Ming Dynasty will be able to use Qiongzhou and Da Yuan as each other's horns. If we advance, we can threaten Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian at the same time. If we retreat, we can recruit each other to protect ourselves!"
Zheng Chenggong said with a smile.
"My dear son-in-law, why don't you be bolder? Maybe we can take advantage of the chaos in the southeast to regain Guangdong and Fujian provinces in one fell swoop."
The Zheng family has extensive roots in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and the local gentry and clans are inextricably linked to the Zheng family.
If the Ming army could defeat the main force of the Qing army in a field battle, Zheng Chenggong would be sure that the entire Guangdong and Fujian provinces would be defeated.
This is also the reason why Zheng Chenggong attacked Nanjing so aggressively in 1659 instead of counterattacking step by step.
Because the Zheng family is in the entire southeast and has acquaintances everywhere.
Zheng Chenggong was convinced that as long as he could capture Nanjing and severely defeat the main force of the Qing army, the whole southeast would be able to spread the word.
Then there is no more!
Facts have proved that Jiangnan is just a bunch of grass on the wall. When Zheng Chenggong's advance went smoothly in the early stage, various places quickly changed their flags and returned to the Ming Dynasty!
When Zheng Chenggong defeated Nanjing and the local area surrendered to the Qing army again, it would be a mess!
So much so that after Zheng Chenggong was defeated in a battle at Nanjing City, he was so defeated that he didn't even have a chance to reorganize his troops and fight again.
The Qing army pushed them to Xiamen and Kinmen in one fell swoop!
It wasn't until the great victory in the Xiamen naval battle that the situation was somewhat restored.
The corner of Zhu Hongyu's mouth twitched. Zheng Chenggong had committed the old habit of being very happy with success again. He didn't learn a lesson at all.
Zhu Hongyu laughed dryly and said.
"There is no rush to counterattack Guangdong and Fujian!"
"The current turmoil in the southeast is exactly the time for our Ming Dynasty to use Dajuan and Qiongzhou as the frontier to gather the Han population, expand war potential, cultivate troops in the fields, and accumulate strength."
"To counterattack rashly will do more harm than good!"
Zhu Hongyu attacked Qiongzhou to show that he was not partial to peace and was determined to regain the Central Plains.
At present, the most he plans to do is to use Qiongzhou as an advance base to store food, ammunition and weapons, and to accept people fleeing from the mainland to Southeast Asia.
A counterattack on the mainland is certain, but not now!
"The total strength of our Liberation Army now is only about ten thousand, and most of them are new recruits who have never seen blood!"
"And my father-in-law only has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them are naval troops, so they cannot fight on land."
"Even if we join forces, the land combat force that can be used to counterattack the mainland will only be around 20,000 people at most."
"And how many troops did the Qing army have in Guangdong and Fujian?"
"The flag soldiers of Pingnan and Jingnan, as well as the flag soldiers who can be mobilized to form an army in time of war, the total number of coats probably exceeds this number, right?"