Turning around and walking into the palace, Lao Zhu put away the smile on his face.
This is not the time to be happy yet.
Killing ten real Tatars and one traitorous dog prefect is certainly a bit satisfying, but just as the capitulationist Gu Wenguang feared, this has completely stirred up a hornet's nest. The city of Hangzhou, which is only four or five hundred miles apart, is now
Then there was Bolo, the Tatar deputy commander in charge of the southern expedition.
Although this Bolo's title is only Baylor, it is not simple. He is the grandson of the wild boar Pinurhaci, the son of Abatai, the king of Raoyu County, and one of the three kings who governed politics in the early Qing Dynasty.
He went south with Prince Duduo of Yu, and he was invincible and victorious along the way.
Today, troops are divided to guard the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, with tens of thousands of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners in hand, and countless surrendered Ming troops. Later in history, it was Boluo who killed a horseman and was awarded the title of General of the Southern Conquest. He broke through the Qiantang defense line in Zhejiang and drove Zhu Yihai into the sea.
, then attacked Fujian, captured and killed Emperor Longwu.
This man invaded half of the southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty, and his hands were stained with the blood of countless Han people.
This feeling of the sword hanging above my head is really bad.
"Your Highness?" The flattering Liu Chao saw King Lu in a daze and called out in a low voice, "Let this servant carry the gun for Your Highness."
Lao Zhu came back to his senses, saw the blunderbuss still in his hand, and shook his head. He was now facing a very serious situation. If he made one wrong move, he might be doomed.
He simply sat down somewhere, and then reloaded the emptied firecracker that he had just shot and killed Neha. When the firecracker was loaded and ready to be fired again, Lao Zhu just
I feel that my empty heart is a little fuller, and I have a little support in my hands.
Although he also knew these two guns, he could not face Boluo's 100,000 troops in Hangzhou, let alone Duduo who was still in Nanjing at this time, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, plus the Han army, and the newly surrendered Hongguang Dynasty.
He has more than 300,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but after all, it makes him feel that he still has a little resistance.
What to do next?
"Liu Chao."
"My slave is here."
"Go to the treasury and take out 10,000 taels of silver. Give it to the Prime Minister and ask him to lead his men. We will recruit loyal and courageous warriors in Taizhou to rebuild the Yongwei Camp."
Liu Chao hesitated for a moment, but then carefully persuaded, "Your Highness, the Yongwei Camp is the Yulin Forbidden Army. Should we change the name? Why not enrich King Lu's Command Envoy Division, or King Lu's Guards?"
The Yongwei Camp was under the direct control of the emperor. Neither the Ministry of War nor the Beijing Camp had any control over it. How could a vassal like King Lu rebuild the Yongwei Camp? This had already been overstepped.
But Lao Zhu didn't take it seriously at all, "How long has it been before you still care about this? Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself to die for his country, Hongguang escaped and was captured, King Lu surrendered after five days of overseeing the country, and the Ming Dynasty has never seen the light of day now.
, the country does not see the king, people are panicked, and the world is in turmoil. It is my duty, Zhu Yihai, to step forward and take up this important task."
"Zhu Changzi doesn't want to be a prisoner and he doesn't dare to be, so I'll be the one."
These words were said so directly in public, which made Liu Chao's face turn paler in shock, while Wang Chuangzi, who was guarding him loyally while holding the Qi family knife, became even more excited when he heard the words.
"Supervise the country..."
"That's right, a country cannot be without its owner for a day. The Ming Dynasty has not yet perished, the world has not perished, and all the descendants of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty have not died."
Lao Zhu will not hesitate at this time. Since he has made up his mind, he must integrate all the favorable conditions and resources. Historically, Zhu Yihai suffered a loss because although he was determined to resist the Qing Dynasty and would never surrender, he did not stand up and take the initiative at the first time.
He was appointed to oversee the country.
After King Lu of Hangzhou surrendered, Zhu Yihai just excused his resignation from Hangzhou because of illness. Although he did not have to go to clear the camp for the time being, he also missed a great opportunity.
After waiting for a few months, volunteers from all over eastern Zhejiang raised troops and came to support Zhu Yihai to go to Shaoxing to supervise the country. Although Lao Zhu agreed, in fact, the Zheng Group in Fujian and many ministers of the DPRK and China, including Huang Dao Zhou, Su Guansheng, etc.
He had already embraced the Tang king as the governor of the country, and soon officially proclaimed himself emperor.
After Zhu Yihai proclaimed himself a supervisory state in Shaoxing, Fujian quickly sent envoys. Only then did everyone know that the king of Tang had proclaimed himself a supervisory state one step earlier than King Lu and had already proclaimed himself emperor.
The king of Tang sent envoys to ask King Lu to abdicate and return to the vassal state. Many officials in eastern Zhejiang also felt that the king of Tang had proclaimed himself emperor and there would be no two masters in the country, so they also supported the orthodoxy of the king of Tang. Zhu Yihai had no choice but to announce his abdication.
He returned to the feudal vassal and returned to Taizhou. As a result, when he arrived in Taizhou, some ministers such as Zhang Guowei of Zhejiang believed that at this time, the country was in chaos and Zhejiang was on the front line. There was no reason to worship the Tang King of Fujian. Everyone should respect the King of Lu as the supervisor to continue the resistance.
The great cause of the Qing Dynasty, and said that the kings of Tang and Lu were all vassals of the Ming Dynasty. If there was no agreement, whoever could regain the two capitals first in the future would be the emperor.
Zhu Yihai was also rushed to Shaoxing to supervise the country again during this quarrel, but this also created a rift between the Zhejiang and Fujian vassals, and later they attacked each other, leading to the rapid defeat of the two vassals.
In Lao Zhu's current view, the Southern Ming Dynasty was plagued by internal strife until its demise, and the small courts of several short-lived emperors never got rid of internal strife. But since he knew this opportunity, he should avoid it.
If he is decisive now and directly succeeds to the throne, then the King of Tang will be one step behind him, and the righteousness will be on his side in the future.
It can also better integrate the hearts and minds of the people in Zhejiang.
In fact, he also thought about simply joining the King of Tang. After all, the King of Tang was a very bloody vassal, and in terms of seniority, the King of Tang was still his cousin. Compared to Hongguang, King Lu, Yongli and others were cowardly.
Incompetent, this is a very enterprising prince. However, after the Tang Dynasty became emperor, the Longwu regime did not last long. The biggest reason is that Emperor Longwu was basically supported by the Zheng Group in Fujian.
After proclaiming the emperor, Longwu's regime was soon controlled by the Zheng brothers. Longwu became a puppet. Longwu wanted to expedition to the north and regain the Central Plains, but the Zheng family was not willing to go north to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
The separatist party even used Emperor Longwu and the small court as a political bargaining chip.
If you go to Fujian, you won't achieve anything.
It is better to leave Zhejiang and do it on its own.
Although Lao Zhu failed in history. After finally fleeing Fujian, he was controlled by Zheng Cai and became a puppet. After Zheng Cai's death, he was forced to defect to Zheng Chenggong and eventually died of illness and anger in Kinmen. However, Lao Zhu felt that
You have a better chance of doing it yourself.
In terms of seniority, Lao Zhu is the cousin of Emperor Chongzhen, but he is relatively distant. After all, Lao Zhu is the tenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Chongzhen is the eleventh grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Chongzhen is from the branch of Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang.
And Lao Zhu belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang's tenth son, Zhu Shan. If you really think about it, he has been out for five years.
However, after Chongzhen's death, both Chongzhen and Tianqi had no heirs. Although Tianqi's father, Mingguangzong Emperor Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, gave birth to seven sons, except for the eldest son, Emperor Tianqi, and the fifth son, Emperor Chongzhen, the other princes had all grown up early.
Yao. So when Chongzhen died for his country and several princes disappeared, the throne naturally returned to Emperor Wanli of Ming Shenzong.
When the civil and military forces of Nanjing supported Zhu Yousong, the King of Fortune, it was precisely because he was the oldest living grandson of Emperor Wanli.
When Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong and his princes were also captured, the succession to the throne faced problems again, and in the end it could only be inherited by his uncles.
Hui Wang Zhu Changrun and Gui Wang Zhu Changying, who share the same mother, are legally the ones with the most inheritance rights. King Hui is older, so he has the most inheritance rights.
However, after Hongguang was captured, Ma Shiying, the chief minister in Hangzhou, and others felt that King Hui was dishonest and unreliable. King Gui fled too far to Guangxi after his fiefdom was breached by Western thieves, so he eventually supported King Lu, the nephew of Emperor Wanli.
Unexpectedly, King Lu was even more unreliable. King Lu surrendered to Hangzhou, and then King Hui immediately went to Hangzhou and surrendered.
Now, the first heir to the Ming Dynasty throne should be King Gui Zhu Changying.
But Lao Zhu didn't care about this. Gui Wang Zhu Changying was the father of Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, and he was about to die in history. His son was even more unsatisfactory. He could only run away all the way, and he ran away for more than ten years.
If there is no one who can fight, then of course you have to do it yourself.
It's a time like this, why are you so polite?
I want to be the emperor, but I am embarrassed to say that I have to be persuaded by others. I have missed the opportunity by trying to persuade me. Isn't this sick?
Lao Zhu knew that he had no qualifications for the succession to the throne. The difference was too far. Even if King Gui suddenly died of illness, he still had a son. Even if his sons died suddenly, the other dead sons of Emperor Wanli , there will always be a son, even if all the descendants of Emperor Wanli die.
That is also pushed up to Emperor Longqing. There is Emperor Jiajing above Emperor Longqing. From Chongzhen to Zhu Yuanzhang, there are eleven generations. The sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how it turns, it will not be the turn of a descendant of King Lu to become the emperor. of.
But after all, this is not a normal continuation of the unification. As long as he, Lao Zhu, moves quickly enough, sets up the flag early, and gets his name out early, he still has a great chance.
Moreover, if you want to resist the Qing Dynasty, the flag of the Ming Dynasty is still very important, and the title of the emperor is even more important.
It is impossible for Lao Zhu to give up such a top-notch resource.
"Your Highness, I will follow you to the death, and support your Highness to supervise and regent the country!" Wang Chuangzi was as straightforward as a martial artist. Since he recognized King Lu's appetite, he did not hesitate to express his support.
A group of fierce soldiers who had just been awarded the title of officers of the Brave Guard Battalion by Lao Zhu also patted their chests and directly worshiped the Supervisor.
"Liu Chao, please add ten thousand taels of silver. To fight against the Tartars and revive the Ming Dynasty, we cannot do without loyal and brave soldiers. The military pay must be sufficient."
The Liu Dynasty was in a bit of a dilemma. Twenty thousand taels of silver was a lot of money for the Lu Palace. After all, they had just fled south last year.
What's more, even if he could take it out, Liu Chao still felt uneasy. These Qiu Ba people were brave and brave, but they might not really be trustworthy.
What if these people took this large sum of money and finally recruited soldiers, but instead turned out to be just like the four towns in Jiangbei in Hongguang, or Zuo Liangyu and others in Hubei? Suffer.
"Any questions?" Lao Zhu asked.
"Your Highness, I just feel that even if the Yongwei Camp is rebuilt, the practice is to have the Royal Horse Supervisor lead it, and to send civil servants to supervise the army. Although the military pay, food and grass are specially selected by the emperor, there are also special civil servants to supervise the food, pay and military supplies... ···”
Liu Chaoyin reminded Zhu Yihai that controlling military power with culture was the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and controlling the army's food, pay, and equipment was the secret to controlling Qiu Ba's fortress.
Otherwise, these warriors may lose control at any time.
Wang Chuangzi stood there and suddenly understood that his family was a military household on the edge of the town in Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty in the early years. Later, he was transferred to Liaodong to join the army. He served as a soldier in the Guanning Army for several generations, and later he was transferred to the Yongwei Camp.
The things in the army were clear, and he was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, he patted his chest and took the initiative to say to King Lu, "What Liu Fengcheng said is exactly what he said. Please also ask His Highness to send a big Diao Jun to command me."
Wait for the warriors, and then send one or two Jinshi to supervise the food and wages. We are vulgar warriors who only know how to fight and know nothing about managing money and food. Even if His Highness gives us money, we will not spend it!"
