Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 6
Turning around and walking into the palace, Zhu Yihai put away the smile on his face.

This is not the time to be happy.

Beheading ten real Tartars and a traitor dog prefect is certainly a bit of a joy, but just like the surrenderist Gu Wenguang feared, this is a complete stabbing of a hornet's nest.The city of Hangzhou, which is only four or five hundred miles away, is now entrenched in Boluo, the deputy commander of the Tazi Nanzheng.

Although this Boluo's title is only Baylor, it is not simple. He is the grandson of the wild boar Pinurhachi, the son of Abatai, the king of Raoyu County, and one of the three ruling kings in the early Qing Dynasty.

He went south with Prince Yu Duoduo, and he was invincible and invincible all the way.

Today, troops are divided to guard the Suzhou-Hangzhou area, with tens of thousands of Mongolian and Mongolian banners in their hands, and countless Ming troops who surrendered. In history, it was Boluo who killed his carbine and was awarded the title of General of the Southern Conquest. He broke the defense line of Qiantang, Zhejiang, and drove Zhu Yihai into the sea. , Then attack Fujian, capture and kill Emperor Longwu.

This man invaded the southeast half of Daming, and his hands were stained with the blood of countless Han people.

This feeling of the sword hanging above the head is really bad.

"Your Highness?" Seeing that King Lu was in a daze, Neiping Liu Chao called out in a low voice, "Let this servant carry the gun for Your Highness."

Zhu Yihai came back to his senses, saw the firecracker still in his hand, and shook his head, he was facing a very serious situation now, if he made a wrong step, he might be doomed.

He simply found a place to sit down, and then reloaded the firecracker that was emptied after shooting Niha just now. Zhu Yihai only felt it when the firecracker was reloaded and ready to fire again. There was a little bit of fullness in my empty heart, and there was a little support in my hands.

Although he also knows these two firecrackers, he can't face Boluo's 10 horses in Hangzhou, let alone Duoduo who is still in Nanjing at this time, with the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Han army's coat, and the newly descended Hongguang Dynasty. There are more than [-] troops in his hands, but after all, it can make him feel that he still has a little resistance.

What should I do next?
"Liu Chao."

"The servant is here."

"You go to the treasury to get 1 taels of silver, give it to Wang Xiang, let him lead his brothers, and then recruit loyal and brave warriors in Taizhou to rebuild the Yongwei camp."

Liu Chao hesitated for a moment, but carefully persuaded, "His Royal Highness, the Yongwei Battalion is the Royal Forest Guards. Should we change their name, why not enrich the Commander of the King of Lu, or the Guard of the King of Lu?"

The Yongwei Battalion is the imperial guard directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, and neither the Ministry of War nor the Beijing Camp can control it. How a vassal king of Lu can rebuild the Yongwei Battalion has already overstepped.

But Zhu Yihai didn't care at all, "What time is it, and you still take these things into consideration. Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself and died for his country, Hongguang escaped and was captured, and King Lu surrendered the city in five days in charge of his country. If the Ming Dynasty doesn't see the sun today, The country does not see the king, people are in panic, and the world is in turmoil, and I, Zhu Yihai, have a duty to stand up and provoke this heavy responsibility."

"Zhu Changhao doesn't want to be a state supervisor, and he doesn't dare to be, so I'll do it."

These words were spoken so directly in public, which made Liu Chaojing's complexion even paler, while Wang Chuangzi, who was holding the Qi's knife and loyally guarding him, became even more excited when he heard the words.

"Guardian..."

"That's right, the country can't be without a master for a day. The Ming Dynasty has not perished, and the world has not yet perished, and the descendants of Huangming's Zhu family have not died."

Zhu Yihai will not hesitate at this time. Now that he has made up his mind, he must integrate all favorable conditions and resources. Zhu Yihai suffered a disadvantage in history. Although he wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and never surrendered, he did not stand up and take the responsibility immediately. The responsibility of supervising the country.

After King Lu of Hangzhou surrendered, Zhu Yihai just said he was sick and refused to go to Hangzhou. Although he temporarily delayed the need to go to Qingying, he also missed a great opportunity.

After a few months, volunteers from all over eastern Zhejiang raised their troops, and everyone came to embrace Zhu Yihai and go to Shaoxing to supervise the country. Although Zhu Yihai also agreed, in fact, the Zheng Group in Fujian and many ministers in the court and China, such as Huang Daozhou and Su Guansheng, had already agreed. He embraced the king of Tang as the supervisor of the country, and soon officially proclaimed himself emperor.

After Zhu Yihai proclaimed Jianguo in Shaoxing, Fujian soon sent envoys. Only then did everyone know that King Tang had proclaimed Jianguo earlier than King Lu, and had already proclaimed himself emperor.

The king of Tang sent envoys to ask the king of Lu to abdicate and return to the vassal. Many officials and generals in eastern Zhejiang also felt that the king of Tang had already proclaimed himself emperor, and there would be no second ruler in the country, so they also supported the orthodoxy of the king of Tang. Zhu Yihai finally had no choice but to announce his abdication Return to Fan and return to Taizhou.As a result, when he arrived in Taizhou, some ministers such as Zhang Guowei in Zhejiang thought that the country was in chaos at this time, and Zhejiang was on the front line. There was no reason to worship King Tang of Fujian. Kings Wang and Lu are all Shufans of the Ming Dynasty. If it is agreed, whoever can recover the two capitals first in the future will be the emperor.

Zhu Yihai was also flocked to Shaoxing to supervise the country again during this quarrel, but a rift between the Zhejiang and Fujian feudal clans also created a gap, and later they attacked each other, which led to the rapid defeat of the two feudal clans.

From Zhu Yihai's point of view, the internal strife in the Southern Ming Dynasty continued 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 the supervisor, the king of Tang will be one step behind him, and the righteous name will also be on his side in the future.

It can also better integrate the hearts of the people and the army in Zhejiang.

In fact, he also thought about voting for King Tang. After all, King Tang is a bloody suzerain, and in terms of seniority, King Tang is still his cousin. Compared with the cowardice of Hongguang, King Lu, and Yongli Incompetent, this is a very enterprising prince.It's just that after King Tang proclaimed himself emperor, the Longwu regime didn't last long. The biggest reason was that Emperor Longwu was basically supported by the Zheng Group in Fujian.

After proclaiming himself emperor, the Longwu regime was quickly controlled by the brothers of the Zheng family. Longwu became a puppet. The separatist party even regarded Emperor Longwu and the small court as a political bargaining chip.

If you go to Fujian, you won't do anything.

It's better to leave Zhejiang and do it yourself.

Although Zhu Yihai failed in history, after he finally fled to Fujian, he was controlled by Zheng Cai and became a puppet. More chances.

In terms of seniority, Zhu Yihai is the cousin of Emperor Chongzhen, but he is relatively distant. After all, Zhu Yihai is the tenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Chongzhen is the eleventh grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Chongzhen belongs to the branch of Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yihai It's Zhu Shan's, the tenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang's. In fact, it's five clothes early.

However, after the death of Chongzhen, Chongzhen and Tianqi had no successors, and although Tianqi's father Mingguangzong Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo had seven sons, except for the eldest son Tianqi Emperor and the fifth son Chongzhen Emperor, the other princes all died early. tender.So when Chongzhen died for the country and several princes disappeared, the throne naturally returned to Emperor Wanli of Ming Shenzong.

At the beginning, Nanjing Wenwu supported Fu Wang Zhu Yousong precisely because he was the longest living grandson of Emperor Wanli.

And 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.

King Hui Zhu Changrun and King Gui Zhu Changying, both of the same mother, are the most entitled to inherit in terms of law. King Hui is older, so he has the most right to inherit.

However, after Hongguang was captured, Ma Shiying, the chief assistant in Hangzhou, felt that King Hui was not serious and unreliable.

Unexpectedly, King Lu was even more unreliable. King Lu offered Hangzhou to surrender, and then King Hui immediately ran to Hangzhou to surrender.

Now, the number one heir to the Ming throne should be King Gui Zhu Changying.

But Zhu Yihai didn't care about these things. Gui Wang Zhu Changying was the father of Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, who was dying in history, and his son was even more unbelievable.

If no one can fight, then naturally you have to do it yourself.

It's such a time, what's the point of being polite.

I want to be an emperor, but I am embarrassed to say that I have to be persuaded by others, and I have missed a good time after guessing and persuading. Isn't this sick?

Zhu Yihai knew that he had no right to inherit the throne, the difference was too far, even if King Gui died of illness suddenly, he still had sons, even if his sons died suddenly, but the other dead sons of Emperor Wanli, There are always sons, even if all the descendants of Emperor Wanli are dead.

That is also pushed up to Emperor Longqing, and above Emperor Longqing there is Emperor Jiajing, from Chongzhen to Zhu Yuanzhang, a whole eleven generations, and the Sixteenth Emperor of Ming Dynasty, no matter how many rounds, there will not be a descendant of King Lu to be emperor of.

But right now, it's not a normal continuation after all, as long as Zhu Yihai moves fast enough to set up the flag early and make his name known early, there is still a great chance.

Moreover, if we want to resist the Qing Dynasty, the flag of the Ming Dynasty is still very important, and the title of emperor is even more important.

It is impossible for Zhu Yihai to give up such a top-notch resource.

"Your Highness, the last general will swear allegiance to his death and support His Highness to supervise the country and regent!" Wang Chuangzi was very straightforward and quick as a martial artist, and since he believed that King Lu had an appetite, he expressed his support without hesitation.

A group of fierce soldiers who had just been conferred by Zhu Yihai as officers of the Yongwei Battalion also patted their chests and directly called them Jian Guo.

"Liu Chao, add another 1 taels of silver. If we want to fight against the Tartars and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, we cannot do without loyal and brave soldiers. The military pay must be sufficient."

Liu Chao was a little embarrassed, 2 taels of silver was a lot of money for Lu Wangfu, after all, they only fled all the way south last year.

What's more, even if it can be taken out, Liu Chao is still not at ease. These Qiu Ba are brave, but they may not be really trustworthy.

What if these people took this large sum of money and finally recruited soldiers and horses, but they instead support themselves, just like the four Jiangbei towns in Hongguang, or Zuo Liangyu and others in Hubei, wouldn't it be a success? suffer from.

"Is there a problem?" Zhu Yihai asked.

"Your Highness, the slaves just feel that even if the Yongwei Camp is rebuilt, it is customary to be under the command of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and civil servants will be sent to supervise the army. Although the emperor specially arranges the military's food and grass, there are also special civil servants to supervise the food and military supplies... "..."

Liu Chaoyin reminded Zhu Yihai that using literature to control martial arts was the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and controlling the army's food and equipment was the key secret to controlling Qiu Bamen.

Otherwise, these warriors may lose control at any time.

Standing there, Wang Chuangzi suddenly understood that his family used to be a military household in the town of Sichuan in the early Ming Dynasty, and was later transferred to Liaodong to join the army. The matter in the army was clear, and he was not dissatisfied at the moment. Instead, he patted his chest and took the initiative to say to King Lu, "What Liu Fengcheng said is exactly, and please send a big Diao Dang to command me. Wait for the warriors, and then send one or two Jinshi to supervise the food and pay, and I, the vulgar warriors, only know how to fight, and don't know anything about managing money and food, and we don't know how to spend money if His Highness gives us money!"

(End of this chapter)