Chapter 164 Abdication and Returning to the Domain
Zhu Shengli rode a horse on Dongshan Road.
Dongshan, also known as East Dongting Mountain, was originally an island in Taihu Lake. It and Xishan were the twin pearls of Taihu Lake. However, it later gradually connected to the west of the land and became a peninsula. It is a famous back garden in Suzhou.
However, at this time, the roads on the Dongshan Peninsula were filled with an endless stream of vehicles, horses and people, and countless Suzhou people and supplies were being evacuated to the East and West Islands.
We rode quickly and rode all the way to the admiral's camp at the foot of Qionglong Mountain on the outskirts of the city.
In front of the camp gate, he met Zhu Chenggong. The two young men greeted each other, "Didn't Brother Shengli go to the lake on the orders of the prisoner? Why did he come back so soon?"
"If you encounter an accident, you need to report it to Your Highness."
Zhu Chenggong nodded without asking too much, "I'm going to Wujiang to see Governor Wu. We'll talk when we get back."
One is successful and the other is victorious. Both of them are talented people under the supervision of the current government, and they have strong backgrounds. Zhu Chenggong was the son of Nan'an Marquis Zheng Chenggong, governor of Fujian, and was given the national surname. There were even rumors that the supervisor intended to give his daughter to him. And Zhu Shengli
It’s not simple either. He is the adopted son of Li Chixin, Marquis of Xingguo, General Huben, and the Left Governor of Zhongzhen Town in the front of the imperial camp. Li Chixin’s real name is Li Jin and he is Li Zicheng’s nephew.
Li Chixin came to pay homage to Jianguo before, and brought his adopted son Li Laiheng with him. When he returned, he left him to guard Lu Jianguo. Jianguo gave him the national surname, the name Shengli, and the title of deputy general, and was granted the title of Sanyuan.
Baronetcy.
"Your Highness, I'm here to give you my orders."
Zhu Yihai was reading the statistics of the battle results in the newspaper. This time he attacked Suzhou and gained a lot. He got a lot of money, a lot of food and supplies, especially a lot of weapons, equipment and horses.
"Have you met King Tongcheng?"
"Um."
The king of Tongcheng, Zhu Shengchun, was the king of the Chu vassal. In the last years of Chongzhen, he broke into the army and attacked the city everywhere. King Tongcheng arrived in Huzhou, Hongguang was captured, King Lu surrendered, many gentry in Changxing, Huzhou acted righteously, and the Qing army captured Changxing.
He taught Cai Fan, Gongsheng Qinridu, Zang Erbing and others died in the battle, but this did not scare away the Changxing people.
Changxing scholar Jin Youjian, also known as Gongyu, had always been a heroic man. In the face of national calamity, he killed his wife for justice. He contacted Wen Kan and others to raise thousands of troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He heard that Zhu Shengchen, the king of Tongcheng in Zhou Dynasty, was in Taihu, so he went to greet Tong in white mourning clothes.
The city king leads the rebel army.
They appointed King Tongcheng as their general, contacted heroes from all over the world to recapture Huzhou, beheaded and surrendered to the Qing and puppet magistrates. After regaining Huzhou, Wang Qi, a doctor in the Ministry of War, was promoted to King Tongcheng and took charge of Huzhou. He supervised state affairs, sent out salaries to recruit troops, selected beautiful women, and won gold and jade.
He was awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief and led his troops back to his hometown to regain Changxing.
The Qing army took advantage of the fact that Jin Gongyu, a fierce general, returned to his division in Changxing, and raided Huzhou. Fei Hongji resisted with all his strength, and King Tongcheng quietly fled into Taihu Lake.
Fei Hongji defended the city alone with no supplies of food and grass. Zhu Guofan, the co-president of Huzhou, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty again and the city was destroyed.
"We were a step late. Huzhou fell, Fei Hongji was killed, Jin Gongyu retreated to Dusong Pass, King Tongcheng fled into Taihu Lake, many of the Huzhou rebels were defeated, and hundreds of women committed suicide after the city of Huzhou was broken.
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"What did King Tongcheng say?" Zhu Yihai didn't have a good impression of King Tongcheng, who served as a military general and supervised the country, because although he was hailed as the leader of the rebel army, he only occupied one city in Huzhou and began to draft and recruit women.
The soldiers were even paid extremely heavily, which even aroused the resentment and dissatisfaction of many gentry in Huzhou, so the Qing army came to attack, and many people responded secretly.
"King Tongcheng is very embarrassed now. When he heard that Huzhou was lost, many people around him fled. Now there are only three boats and about a hundred people left."
"He is willing to abdicate and return to the vassal state, and offer the treasure of overseeing the country."
As he spoke, Zhu Shengli took off a baggage, which contained a rosewood box. When he opened it, it was revealed to be a treasure of the prison.
"This is the treasure that Wang Qisheng, a doctor in the Ministry of War, brought out after the surrender of Hangzhou. Emperor Sheng'an used this treasure to supervise the country before he established the Hongguang Dynasty. Later, it was brought to Hangzhou by Ma Shiying and Queen Mother Zou and presented to King Lu to supervise the country...
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Zhu Yihai looked at the jade seal, but he was not excited at all. Not to mention that it was just a treasure of supervising the country, so what if it was a jade seal passed down to the country. Do you really think that this thing is like relying on heaven and slaying dragons, and that you can order the world to fail if you get it?
There are dozens of emperors' various seals, but few are actually passed down from generation to generation. Each emperor will have his own exclusive seal after he succeeds to the throne.
I have never heard that the jade seal of the previous dynasty can cover the imperial edict of this dynasty.
Moreover, the emperor's authority does not only come from this seal.
This is just like an official. The official seal is just a proof of seal. If you don't have it, you can make it up again.
When Zhu Yihai proclaimed himself the governor of the country, he did not have any treasures of the governor's country, nor any jade seals to pass down the country. Even the bachelors and generals he worshiped had no time to engrave them, so it was the same.
In troubled times, seals are not as useful as swords and guns.
After King Tongcheng got this treasure of supervising the country, even the general was not satisfied and insisted on claiming to be the superintendent of the country. As a result, he could not be the superintendent of a city for a few days.
Li Laiheng, who is now named Zhu Shengli, was also known as a little tiger back then. He fought in the East and West in the Chuang Army and saw many things in the world. This kind of thing involves a struggle for supreme power. Before he thought about it, Lu Jianguo probably wouldn't be able to do it.
Maybe the King of Tongcheng will stay.
But it is definitely not convenient to kill directly, and it is more likely to be assassinated.
For example, sending henchmen to secretly execute someone, or even causing an accident such as falling into the water and drowning, or even disappearing directly among the rebels, etc.
After all, if you dare to call yourself a supervisor, you are competing for the supreme position, and how can you share the imperial power?
But to Zhu Shengli's surprise, the supervisor just glanced at the treasure of the supervisor and showed no interest at all. "Since King Tongcheng is willing to abdicate and return to the vassal, he understands the righteousness of the emperor. All the vassals of Lu and Chu
The descendants of Emperor Taizu Gao are now facing a national crisis. I hope he can restore the Ming Dynasty together."
"Go and ask Dazong Zhengwang, King Deng, to come with you and get through to the city king to come to the camp."
The identity of King Tongcheng has been confirmed. He is indeed the Ming Dynasty vassal. He is the tenth grandson of Zhu Zhen, the first king of Chu Zhao in the Chu vassal. He is also the tenth King of Tongcheng. When Zhang Xianzhong originally besieged Wuchang, King Chu was very selfish and refused to go out.
Although he used silver to pay for the army, he also spent a lot of money on his daughter's wedding during the siege, which ultimately made everyone feel cold. After the city of Wuchang was destroyed, Zhang Xianzhong also drove the entire Chu king into the Yangtze River to feed the fish.
King Tongcheng and other branch princes escaped the disaster because they were not in Wuchang.
"Awarded to General Pinglu, King of Tongcheng, to lead the right-wing military governor's office."
Zhu Yihai gave two false titles, the same as those given to Deng Wang Zhu Yujian before. Originally, it was normal to kill a clan like Tongcheng King who claimed to be a general in military affairs or even in charge of the country after he had already supervised the country.
However, Zhu Yihai finally planned to take over first and give him a false title to appease him, not to raise pigs, but to appease the rebels who followed King Tongcheng.
For example, Wang Qisheng, Jin Gongyu, Bai Xiangfu and other officials and gentry were all commendable for their loyalty. He did not want to attack them because they had supported the King of Tongcheng, and he was not willing to let these people suffer because of the execution of the King of Tongcheng.
Fear of alienation.
"To the chief military officer for the attack on Yuhuzhou Town, the gold medal was awarded, and to the Baron of Changxing!"
"Wang Qi was promoted to serve as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and counselor of military affairs."
"The officials previously appointed by King Tongcheng are still retained for use."
The rebel army in Huzhou, which was led by King Feng Tongcheng, was newly defeated, but they were mostly local officials and gentry and had a great reputation in the local area.
Zhu Yihai disapproved of Jin Gongyu's act of killing his wife and revolting, but his ability to resist the Qing wholeheartedly is worthy of commendation. This man is somewhat similar to Zheng Zunqian of Shaoxing.
Zhu Shengli hesitated after hearing this decree.
He asked tentatively, "There have been strong winds and rough waves on the lake recently, and it is easy for the boat to capsize."
Zhu Yihai looked up at him.
Zhu Shengli continued to test, "Will King Deng and King Tongcheng's boat capsize?"
"you ask me?"
"That might turn over." Zhu Shengli said immediately.
As a result, Zhu Yihai stood up and patted his shoulder, "No matter how big the storm is, you must ensure the safety of King Deng and King Tongcheng. There is no room for any mistakes. Don't make random speculations. I'm not the kind of person who likes to play tricks.
, if you really want to kill King Tongcheng, there is an explicit decree, why is it necessary?"
"do you understand?"
A feeling of admiration suddenly arose in Zhu Shengli's heart. He had followed Li Guo, a tiger, to fight since he was a child. The brothers in the army often talked about Zhu Yuanzhang's time when he was a monk begging for food, and how he killed people after he conquered the world.
As a hero, he even sent people to welcome King Xiaofu, but the boat capsized.
So he thought that Zhu Yihai would do the same, as he was a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Who knew that the supervisory authority could be so magnanimous.
"With the national crisis facing us, we should all unite as one to fight against the Tartars!"
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