Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 164

Zhu Shengli galloped on Dongshan Road on horseback.

Dongshan, also known as Dongdongting Mountain, was originally an island in Taihu Lake. It and Xishan are the twin pearls of Taihu Lake. However, it gradually connected to the land to the west and became a peninsula. It is the famous back garden of Suzhou.

However, at this time, the roads of the Dongshan Peninsula were full of people and vehicles, and countless people and supplies from Suzhou were being evacuated to the East and West Islands.

Hurry up and go 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 saw Zhu Chenggong, and the two young men greeted each other, "Didn't brother Shengli go to the lake under the order of the state prison? Why did you 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 meet Governor Wu, and we'll talk when I get back."

One is successful and the other is victorious. Both of them are talents under the supervision of the state, and they have a strong background. Zhu Chenggong is the son of Zheng Chenggong, the governor of Fujian, Marquis of Nan'an, and he gave the country the surname.And Zhu Shengli is not simple. He is the adopted son of Li Chixin, the 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 Li Zicheng's nephew.

Li Chixin came to pay homage to Jian Guo before, and brought his adopted son Li Laiheng. When he returned, he left him to guard Lu Jian Guo. Baronship.

"Your Highness, I'm here to return."

Zhu Yihai was reading the statistics of the battle results in the newspaper. This time he fought against Suzhou and gained a lot of money, as well as a lot of food and supplies, especially a lot of weapons and equipment and horses.

"Have you seen King Tongcheng?"

"Ah."

The king of Tongcheng, Zhu Shengcheng, was the king of Chu Fan County. In the last years of Chongzhen, the army invaded and plundered the city everywhere. When the king of Tongcheng arrived in Huzhou, Hongguang was captured, and King Lu surrendered. Many gentry in Changxing, Huzhou raised righteousness. Disciplining Cai Fan, Gongsheng Qin Ridu, Zang Erbing and others died in battle, but this did not scare off the Changxing people.

Changxing scholar Jin Youjian, with the word Gongyu, has always been a hero. Facing the national crisis, he killed his wife and raised righteousness. He contacted Wen Kan and others and raised thousands of troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Hearing that Zhu Shengcheng, the king of Tongcheng of Zhou Fan, was in Taihu Lake, he went to meet him in white mourning clothes. The king of the city led the rebel army.

They appointed the king of Tongcheng as the general, contacted the heroes from all over the world to recover Huzhou, beheaded the puppet magistrate, and after recovering Huzhou, the military doctor Wang Qisheng entrusted the king of Tongcheng to sit in Huzhou, supervise the state affairs, send salaries to recruit soldiers, select beautiful girls, and win gold and jade. He was awarded the title of general soldier and led his troops back to his hometown to recover Changxing.

The Qing army took advantage of Jin Gongyu to return to Changxing, so they raided Huzhou. Fei Hongji fought hard to defend, while Tongcheng King fled quietly into Taihu Lake.

Fei Hongji defended the city alone, with no supply of food and grass. Zhu Guofan, the Tongzhi of Huzhou, once again surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the city was destroyed.

"We were one step too late. Huzhou fell, Fei Hongji was killed, Jin Gongyu retreated to Dusongguan, the king of Tongcheng fled into Taihu Lake, most of the Huzhou rebels were killed, and hundreds of women threw themselves into the lake after the Huzhou city was broken. "

"What does the King of Tongcheng say?" Zhu Yihai didn't have a good impression of the King of Tongcheng, who was known as the military governor of the country, because although he was hailed as the leader of the rebel army, he only occupied one city in Huzhou, and he began to force draft girls and conscript them. Soldiers were even paid very heavily, and many gentry in Huzhou even aroused resentment and dissatisfaction. That's why the Qing army came to attack, and many people responded privately.

"The king of Tongcheng is very embarrassed now. Hearing that Huzhou was lost, many people around him collapsed and left. Now there are only three boats with a hundred or so people left."

"He is willing to abdicate and return to the vassal, and offer the treasure of the prison country."

With that said, Zhu Shengli took off a burden, inside a red sandalwood box, opened it, and it was the treasure of the prison.

"This is the treasure of Jianguo brought out by Wang Qisheng, a doctor in the Ministry of War, after the surrender of Hangzhou. Emperor Sheng'an Jianhongguang used this treasure to supervise the country before, and was later brought to Hangzhou by Ma Shiying and Queen Mother Zou, and dedicated to Lu Wangjianguo... ···”

Zhu Yihai looked at this jade seal, but he was not at all excited. Not to mention it was just a treasure of a country, so what if it was a jade seal passed down from the country.

There are dozens of various seals of the emperor, but few are actually passed down from generation to generation. Every emperor will have his own exclusive seal after he succeeds to the throne.

I haven't heard that the jade seal of the previous dynasty can cover the imperial decree of this dynasty.

Moreover, the emperor's authority does not only come from this seal.

This is like an official. The official seal is just a proof of the seal, and it can be made up if it is not there.

When Zhu Yihai called Jian Guo, he didn't have any treasures of Jian Guo, and he didn't have any jade seals passed down to the country. Even the great scholars and generals he worshiped didn't have time to engrave their seals, no it's the same.

In troubled times, seals are of no use with knives and guns.

The king of Tongcheng was not satisfied with the treasure of the prison country, and he insisted on calling himself the prison country. As a result, he couldn't be a prison country for a few days.

Li Laiheng, who is now named Zhu Shengli, was also known as a little tiger back then. He has seen many things in the world when he fought in the Middle East and the West. It is possible to stay with the city king.

But it is definitely inconvenient to kill directly, and it is more likely to be assassinated.

For example, sending his confidants to be executed secretly, or even causing accidents such as falling into the water and drowning, or even disappearing directly among the rebellious army, etc.

After all, if one dares to call himself a supervisor, he is fighting for the position of supremacy, and how can the imperial power be shared?
However, to Zhu Shengli's surprise, Jian Guo just glanced at the treasure of Fang Jian Guo, and was not interested, "Since the king of Tongcheng is willing to abdicate and return to the vassal under the imperial edict, it is also very righteous. Both the Lu Fan and the Chu Fan The grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao is facing a national crisis, I hope he can restore Ming Dynasty together."

"You go and ask Dazong Zhengdeng King to go with you, and connect the city king to come to camp."

The identity of the King of Tongcheng has been confirmed. He is indeed the vassal of the Ming Dynasty. He is the tenth grandson of Zhu Zhen, the first Chuzhao King of the Chu Dynasty, and the tenth King of Tongcheng. When Zhang Xianzhong besieged Wuchang, the King of Chu was very selfish and refused to come out. He paid for the army with money, but spent a lot of money on his daughter's wedding during the siege, which finally made everyone feel cold. After the city of Wuchang was broken, Zhang Xianzhong also drove the Chu king's mansion into the Yangtze River to feed the fish.

King Tongcheng and other side branch kings escaped unharmed because they were not in Wuchang.

"Give Tongcheng Wang Pinglu the Great General to lead the right army as the governor's mansion."

Zhu Yihai gave two false titles, which were the same as those given to King Deng and Zhu Yujian before. It was normal to kill someone like King Tongcheng who claimed to be a military general or even a clan who supervised the country after he had supervised the country.

However, Zhu Yihai finally planned to take over first and give him a false title to appease, not to raise pigs, but to appease the rebels who followed King Tongcheng back then.

For example, Wang Qisheng, Jin Gongyu, Bai Xiangfu and other officials and gentry are all loyal and righteous. He doesn't want to attack them because they once embraced the King of Tongcheng, and he doesn't want to let these people kill him because of the execution of the King of Tongcheng. Fear of alienation.

"Give gold to the commander-in-chief of Yuhuzhou Town, and give the Baron Changxing!"

"Wang Qisheng summoned the former Minister of the Ministry of War, Zuo Shilang, to be a military counselor."

"The officials appointed by King Tongcheng are still reserved."

Huzhou's rebel army of Fengtong City King was newly defeated, but most of them were local officials and gentry, and they had a great reputation in the local area.

Zhu Yihai disapproved of Jin Gongyu's act of killing his wife and revolting, but he deserves to be commended for being able to wholeheartedly fight against the Qing Dynasty. This person is somewhat similar to Zheng Zunqian of Shaoxing.

Zhu Shengli hesitated after hearing the will.

He asked tentatively, "Recently, the lake has been very windy and rough, and it is easy to capsize."

Zhu Yihai looked up at him.

Zhu Shengli continued to test, "Will the boats of King Deng and King Tongcheng capsize?"

"you ask me?"

"That may turn over." Zhu Shengli said immediately.

But Zhu Yihai got up and patted him on the shoulder, "No matter how big the storm is, you must ensure the safety of King Deng and King Tongcheng. No mistakes are allowed. Don't speculate wildly. I'm not the kind of person who likes to play tricks and tricks , if you really want to kill Tongcheng King, there is a clear decree, why do you need to do this?"

"do you understand?"

Immediately, Zhu Shengli felt admiration for him. He fought with a tiger Li Guo since he was a child. Brothers in the Chuangjun often talked about the things that Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk when he was a monk, and how he killed him after he sat down in the world. The hero even sent people to meet King Xiaoming back then, but the boat capsized.

So he thought that Zhu Yihai would do the same, Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants.

Who knew that Jian Guo was so magnanimous.

"In the face of national crisis, we should all unite as one to fight against the Tartars!"

(End of this chapter)