I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 2

"This... this..." Zhu Youlang, the emperor who didn't want to go to Burma, suddenly hesitated.

Ma Jixiang's face was gloomy. He didn't know what happened to the prince who usually had no sense of presence today, and he spoke to obstruct him.

But he had already made a plan in his heart. He collected a lot of gold and silver by himself, so that he could continue to live a rich and luxurious life even in Burma. He didn't want to die yet.

So with sharp eyes in his eyes, he shouted: "Ma Xiongfei, protect His Highness the Crown Prince and leave with the Emperor."

"Follow orders." A big man in Jin Yiwei with triangular eyes smiled maliciously, and came straight to Zhu Cixuan with open arms.

Zhu Cixuan sneered, and without further ado, he reached out and took out the pistol from his pocket, loaded the bullet with a "click", pointed the muzzle at him, and pulled the trigger...

"Bang" the gun rang out, and then Zhu Cixuan turned the gun and pointed it at Ma Jixiang.

Ma Jixiang's soul was daring. Although he didn't know pistols, this gun-like thing gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.

"His Royal Highness, if you have something to say, please put down what you are holding first." Ma Jixiang rolled his eyes and held the handle of Xiuchun Knife with his right hand.

"Huh..." Zhu Cixuan didn't intend to talk nonsense with him, so he directly pulled the trigger.

"Bang" the gunshot rang out, and a flower of blood bloomed on his chest. Ma Jixiang's eyes were wide open, and he fell to the ground with a disbelief.

He didn't understand until his death why the prince would do it directly without giving him a chance to speak.

Holding a pistol, Zhu Cixuan glanced around. Everyone Zhu Cixuan saw shrunk their necks and lowered their heads in horror.

They all felt the chill in their necks at this moment, and they were just afraid that they, like brothers Ma Jixiang and Ma Xiongfei, would be killed indiscriminately by His Royal Highness with weapons like firecrackers in their hands, that would be too wronged.

Zhu Cixuan saw that he had intimidated everyone, and at the same time knew that the emperor Zhu Youlang was cowardly and had no opinion at ordinary times, so he said loudly: "Ma Jixiang, Ma Xiongfei intends to kidnap the emperor for rebellion, and has been killed by the prince. make."

"The minister is here."

"The crown prince ordered you to lead the troops to arrest Ma Jixiang's remnants immediately."

Duke Qian Mu Tianbo hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Emperor Zhu Youlang.

Only then did Zhu Youlang, Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty, recover from the shock. He looked at the dead Ma Jixiang and Ma Xiongfei, and his heart was filled with joy.

Because as the war became more and more unfavorable, Ma Jixiang became more and more presumptuous, disobeying himself again and again, and did not take himself as the emperor at all.

And Ma Jixiang controlled the inner and outer courts, and the emperor himself had nothing to do with him. Now that he was killed by the prince, he got rid of Ma Jixiang's control, so he was naturally very happy.

Seeing Mu Tianbo looking at him now, he said: "Mu Aiqing, just follow the prince's wishes and arrest Ma Jixiang's remaining party."

"Sir, obey the order."

Due to the sudden incident, Ma Jixiang's remnant party was quickly wiped out by Jin Yiwei and bodyguards led by Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo before he could react.

Zhu Cixuan turned around and saluted the emperor Zhu Youlang: "Father, my son, please order to prepare the military affairs, guard Tengyue, and resist the Manchu Tartars."

"Okay, okay, okay." Emperor Zhu Youlang said hello repeatedly.

"My son listened to the decree. The crown prince made meritorious deeds in killing Ma Jixiang. He ordered the crown prince to be the supervisor of the army, command the whole army, prepare military affairs, and guard against the army of Tartars."

"My son obeys the order."

"Well, my son, is that a firecracker in your hand?" Emperor Zhu Youlang looked at the Browning M1906 pistol in Zhu Cixuan's hand and asked curiously.

The civil and military ministers next to him also reacted from the shock of Ma Jixiang being killed by the prince, and all of them looked curiously at the pistol in Zhu Cixuan's hand.

Because although they have all seen firecrackers, they are not as powerful as the strangely shaped firecracker in Zhu Cixuan's hands, so they also want to know if the one in the crown prince's hands is actually a firecracker.

"Father Huang Shengming, this is the new type of firecracker of Frangji." Zhu Cixuan could only answer in this way, he couldn't say that it was a pistol, they wouldn't understand if he said it, but fortunately the emperor Zhu Youlang didn't delve into it.

After receiving the imperial decree, Zhu Cixuan began to prepare military affairs. At this time, the Ming army in Tengyue mainly included the 400 troops of Jin Tongwu, the general under Jin Wang Li Dingguo, and the [-] soldiers of Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo.

General Wei Bao, Wang Sheng, Wang Qilong, Chen Qian, Gong Xun, Wu Chengjue, Wang Zijin and dozens of other generals had nearly 2000 soldiers, plus more than 300 Jinyiwei, a total of more than [-] troops .

Jin Wang Li Dingguo's General Jin Tongwu's 2000 soldiers and horse Zhu Cixuan could not move for the time being, so he can only rectify now the more than [-] people under Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo, several general soldiers and dozens of generals.

Because the emperor Zhu Youlang usually has no opinions, he is often bewitched by Ma Jixiang.Coupled with the successive defeats of the Ming army, the entire army was about to be annihilated, so both the generals and soldiers had low morale and were on the verge of collapse.

Now the young Prince His Royal Highness suddenly showed his power and killed Ma Jixiang, the commander of Jinyiwei on the spot, which shocked them who were confused about their future, and regained a glimmer of hope in their hearts, so they immediately assembled their soldiers according to Prince Zhu Cixuan's order.

Zhu Cixuan selected 400 of the 100 people from the three of Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo as his guards in the East Palace, and appointed Mu Tianbo's youngest son, Mu Zhongliang, as the commander.

The reason for choosing people from among Mu Tianbo's men was mainly because Daming was in turmoil, people were in panic, and defectors abounded. Only Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo and his son had been protecting Zhu Youlang's family with unwavering loyalty until both of them died in battle.

He doesn't want to put his life in the hands of people with ulterior motives, and Mu Zhongliang will lead the people in Qianguo's government to protect him, don't worry.

Zhu Cixuan also ordered Mu Tianbo, Duke of the State of Guizhou, to select 2000 people to be led by him, with the assistance of General Wei Bao, Wang Sheng, Wang Qilong, Chen Qian, Gong Xun, Wu Chengjue, Wang Zijin and others.

The rest of the soldiers served as the guards of the generals and generals, and Ren Zixin, the guard in charge of Jinyiwei, was ordered to temporarily lead the three hundred Jinyiwei to protect the emperor Zhu Youlang.

After Zhu Cixuan's drastic rectification, the disorganized Ming army finally looked like an army.It is no longer the same as before, with one person commanding dozens, hundreds, or hundreds of soldiers fighting independently, without a system.

Zhu Cixuan, who had smoothed out the army's command system, was surrounded by the guards of the East Palace led by Mu Zhongliang, and inspected the confiscated Ma Jixiang's family property.

Mu Zhongliang pointed to the thirty or forty boxes in the house, and said, "His Royal Highness, these are all Ma Jixiang's family properties that were confiscated."

Zhu Cixuan suppressed his urgency, and said: "Zhongliang, you lead someone to guard the door, don't let anyone in."

"Yes, Your Highness." Mu Zhongliang replied in awe.

Witnessing that the prince killed Ma Jixiang and Ma Xiongfei brothers cleanly and wiped out their henchmen, the young and energetic Mu Zhongliang's admiration for His Royal Highness was like a torrent of river water.

To know who Ma Jixiang is, he is the commander of Jinyiwei who controls the court inside and outside. He holds great power. Even his father, Duke Qian Mu Tianbo is in awe of him and dare not easily offend him.

Although his father, Mu Tianbo, had long been very dissatisfied with Ma Jixiang, a powerful courtier, he secretly suggested several times to ask the emperor to deal with Ma Jixiang and others, but all of them ended without a problem.

But now, just such a defiant and lawless courtier has been taken care of by the crown prince.And he was chosen by the wise and powerful Crown Prince to be the commander of the guards of the Eastern Palace. How could he not make his heart surge and his blood boil.

Zhu Cixuan saw that Mu Zhongliang led the guards of the East Palace to guard the gate, and he opened a box with both excitement and anxiety. The box was full of neat and shining silver, which dazzled Zhu Cixuan's eyes.

"Hahaha, I got rich." Zhu Cixuan, who was extremely happy, stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of silver.

"Ding Dong, may I ask the customer to recharge?" The mechanically synthesized voice of the lottery system suddenly rang in Zhu Cixuan's ears.

"What?" Zhu Cixuan was confused.

"Ding Dong, may I ask if the customer should recharge?" A yes dialog box appeared in front of my eyes.

"Could it be that silver can be recharged?" Zhu Cixuan blinked his eyes in confusion.He looked at the yes dialog.Tried clicking on Yes.

The ingot of silver in "Whoosh" disappeared in an instant, and the balance of gold coins on the lottery system changed for a while, and finally stopped at 330.

Zhu Cixuan estimated that the ingot of silver just now was 50 taels. According to the purchasing power of the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to 660 yuan in later generations, and 50 taels was equal to 33000 yuan, which means that one hundred gold coins was equivalent to 10000 yuan.

Fuck, 10000 yuan for a lucky draw, I don't know, but I was shocked, this lottery system is really fucking black.

But Zhu Cixuan soon stopped being entangled. Who told this to be a cross-age weapon?After all, it is a life-saving guy, so it should be more expensive.

So he started to recharge desperately, the silver in the box disappeared one by one, and the balance value in the lottery system kept jumping, until the balance of gold coins reached 50260, Zhu Cixuan stopped recharging.

Then, like a little hamster, he put a box of silver and a box of gold into the system space for emergencies, and impatiently started the lucky draw.

"Ding" Congratulations for winning a Mauser 98K rifle, a bullet bag, and a box of 7.92 rounds of 1500mm pointed bullets.

"Ding" congratulations for winning three Mauser 98K rifles and three bullet packs.

"Ding" Congratulations for winning five boxes of Mauser 98K rifle bullets.

"Ding" The number of lucky draws for today has been exhausted, please continue tomorrow.

Fuck, shit, there is a limit on the number of lucky draws, Zhu Cixuan couldn't stop complaining in his heart.

Originally, Zhu Cixuan planned in his heart to draw a few hundred guns on him first, and after a bit of training, he would probably be able to sweep the Qing army led by Wu Sangui in Yunnan, but now this good wish was undoubtedly shattered.

However, Zhu Cixuan is still very happy, isn't it just that he can only smoke three times a day, he still has time, take his time, don't rush.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the Tartars are here." Mu Zhongliang's anxious voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Zhu Cixuan put the Mauser 98K rifle and bullets into the system space and came to the door.Mu Zhongliang saluted and said: "His Royal Highness, the Tartars are here."

"What? Tartar is here, let's go, take this prince to have a look."

(End of this chapter)