Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"His Royal Highness, please be sure to respectfully ask the emperor to move the capital to Yingtian as soon as possible."

Looking at the respectful people in front of him, Zhu Cichen looked suspicious. The people in front of him had urged him to do everything possible to delay his journey to the north not long ago, so why did he contradict himself in the blink of an eye? situation?

"What do the Qing family mean by this? Could it be that the palace in Nanjing has already been repaired?"

Looking at the future Ming emperor in front of him with a slow sense of smell, Huang Zongyan's son, from Wupin Tongzhengshi experienced Huang Baigu's heart, said: "Your Highness, King Xia has decided to make a northern expedition. If any If this is accomplished, the story of Liu Jinu's attempt to usurp the throne will reappear, Your Highness, please look into it."

Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu started his family as a soldier from the northern government, and then forced the Jin Dynasty to abdicate during the northern expedition to the Central Plains. This historical fact is very similar to the current situation, so Zhu Cichen's face suddenly became ugly, and he murmured after a long time He said: "The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to expel the Tartars is a national and national event. What do you mean, let me wait for my father and son to stop it for our own selfishness?"

Zhu Cichen's words sounded righteous, but the next sentence immediately revealed his true thoughts: "Besides, King Xia has made all preparations. Even if the emperor goes north, what can he do about it? It's better to stay in Fujing and just live. And just have fun."

"Your Highness's words are wrong," Qu Dajun became anxious when he saw Zhu Cichen's resigned look. "King Xia sending troops on his own is the selfish desire of the powerful ministers. If His Majesty returns to Yingtian and then grants him the Northern Expedition, it will show what is orthodox. In this way, King Xia should be concerned about the hearts of the world, and he will never dare to immediately plot rebellion. "

"Going north and being ordered can really curb King Xia's ambition?" Zhu Cichen couldn't believe it. "I'm afraid it may not be."

Chen Gongyin also stepped forward to persuade: "Your Highness, the matter has come to this, and we must give it a go."

Zhu Cichen was still hesitating, but at this time the servant came to report that Ning Wang Zhu Da and Yiyang Wang Zhu Daoming came to see him.

"Prince Ning?" Zhu Cichen frowned, Wuding Emperor Zhu Youge's warning was still in his ears, so he didn't dare to have too many contacts with the Zhu clan, let alone treat him from the very beginning. Zheng Fan showed great dissatisfaction and vigilance against the Zhu Da brothers. "Let's just say that I'm not feeling well alone, so I invite the two princes to go back."

"It's absolutely impossible." Qu Dajun urgently stopped him. "His Royal Highness, now only King Ning's old department in Huguang has the strength to contend against King Xia, and Prince Ning's Mansion and Prince Yiyang's Mansion each have a hundred strong trusted guards. These guards have nothing to do with King Xia and are the most loyal. , it is also a great force available at critical times.”

Two hundred strong guards are naturally inconspicuous in an army of tens or hundreds of thousands, but a thunderous blow in the court is also the key force that can turn things around, so when Qu Dajun specifically mentioned that these guards were not Xia When he was with the king, Zhu Cichen's eyelids twitched wildly.

So after thinking about it again and again, Zhu Cichen changed his original mind: "Let's invite King Ning and King Yiyang to come in and have a talk."

"I have good news to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The two kings were ushered into the side hall, and after kneeling down to stop Zhu Cichen, Zhu Daoming was the interpreter, and Zhu Da began to compare gestures. "Guangwei Deputy General, Huguangdu Commander Tongzhi, Huguang Deputy Commander Liu Ning'an recently restored Hanyang Fucheng." Hanyang and Wuchang across the river, was originally a poisonous thorn in Liu Ning'an's heart, but now it can be pulled out, butt joint It is of great benefit to go further to the Northern Expedition or to guard Jianghan conservatively. "The minister thought that Vice President Liu might be able to be promoted to the earl due to his great achievements."

Since Zhu Da is the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, the first king of Ning, he is from the generation of Zhu Cichen's great-grandfather in terms of seniority. However, Zhu Cichen is the heir of the emperor after all, so it is not easy to use the folk seniority to show respect. Therefore, Zhu Cichen just nodded flatly and agreed: "What King Ning said is very true. Don't let the soldiers in front of you feel cold. In this way, I will report to the emperor alone, and the Ministry of War will give a memorial to discuss with the Ministry of Officials and the cabinet."

Although it is said that Zheng Fan's lackeys now control the key departments in Fujing, but since Zheng Kezang is still gentle with the Zhu family, Zhu Cichen came forward to say hello. A little bit of face: "Aside from this matter, what else does King Ning have to do?"

"King Xia's Northern Expedition is imminent, and I invite the Emperor and His Royal Highness to go north as soon as possible to preside over the grand plan."

Zhu Cichen looked at Zhu Da with a strange expression. He didn't expect that Zhu Da, who had always been at odds with Zheng Fan, would suggest that he go north, so he asked thoughtfully, "I don't know what King Ning means by this?"

Zhu Da looked at the inner eunuchs standing around, and Zhu Cichen shunned everyone knowingly. Zhu Daoming took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his arms, melted some water from the ice cubes placed in the corner, and then started to grind them. Zhu Da dipped his pen in ink and wrote on the paper anxiously: "Vice General of the Zhenjun, Uncle Xin Feng, and Wang Xinhua, Deputy Commander of Hunan, asked Ying Tian to invite a boat to enter Yunmeng a few days ago, and he was very annoyed. After the Northern Expedition, the Yangtze River Fleet will be dispatched to serve in Dongting, this is an opportunity."

Zhu Cichen took the pen from Zhu Da, and wrote on the paper: "What opportunity?"

"When the army marched to the north, Yingtian was empty. After the Yangtze River Navy went west, there would be no warships on the river. The Liu Department could go down the river and defend Nanjing in one fell swoop. Such a big event can be settled."

Zhu Cichen took a deep breath, and then with his heart beating wildly, he smeared the whole paper with ink, but even so he was still not at ease, and reached out his hand to tear up the paper.Seeing this, Zhu Da made a gesture to stop it, and then took out the scythe to turn this piece of waste paper that once contained important secrets into ashes.

After two quick steps in the hall to stabilize his mind, he raised his pen again and wrote on a new piece of paper: "This plan is very clever, but first, Liu Bu can't be trusted; It will be hindered by people. After all, once it goes east, it will not be able to hide people's eyes and ears. Once the incident is leaked, Yingtian will mobilize sea boats to enter the river, and the big event will be over; Things have changed, what should I do if I enter the imperial city?"

"I will use my wealth and life to guarantee Liu Bu's trustworthiness." Zhu Da replied one by one. "Secondly, the Qing captives are centipedes that die but are not stiff. King Xia must use the power of lions and tigers to fight rabbits in the Northern Expedition. Therefore, there must be few defense troops in Nanzhili and Jiangxi along the river. Even if people find out, King Xia will have no soldiers. It can be adjusted, as long as you enter Nanjing before King Xia's army returns to the division, and defend the city to the death, King Xia will have nothing to do, not to mention that the northern captives may not watch the Zheng family's children return safely."

When Zhu Da wrote this, Zhu Cichen's eyes were already shining brightly, and Zhu Da continued to write: "There are two hundred strong men in the palace of the minister and Yiyang, and there are more or less dozens of guards in each palace. The total number is more than [-]. Although it is not enough to control the whole city of Nanjing, it is not impossible to take advantage of the emptiness of troops in the city. As for the defense of the city guards from rushing into the palace, one can serve the eunuchs Close the gate of the palace, and secondly, on the day of the launch, you can ask the emperor and the prince to change their clothes and leave the palace, so Zheng Fan may not be able to take hostages if he wants to."

Zhu Cichen's mood was much more stable this time. He unhurriedly took the flint in Zhu Da's hand and lit the paper again. Seeing the rising smoke, he suddenly knelt down to Zhu Da: "Save Daming!" Jiangshan, nephews and grandchildren depend on King Ning."

Zhu Da and Zhu Daoming also knelt down immediately, and the two sides immediately formed a mutual worship situation. At the same time, Zhu Daoming responded on Zhu Da's behalf: "Your Highness, there is no need to do this. It is the minister who waits for the descendants of the Zhu family to clear the Qing Dynasty Hall." what to do"

After seeing off Zhu Da's brother, Zhu Cichen showed a rare lightness on his face, and his expression naturally fell into the eyes of Qu Dajun and the others who came back from the side hall. Qu Dajun, who proposed to meet Zhu Da for this reason, was a little confused, so he asked : "Your Highness, King Ning sent some kind of panacea, and it only took a short while to make His Highness look sad."

Zhu Cichen opened his mouth to tell the whole story of the conversation just now, but he also knew the reason why Jun Bumi lost his country, so he covered it up and said: "King Ning is here to ask for credit for Liu Ning'an, the deputy general of Huguang. Of course, Liu Ning'an is a member of King Ning. , naturally he is my loyal servant of Zhu Ming's royal family, if you want to show kindness to him, it will always be beneficial to King Xia."

Qu Dajun was fooled, but Huang Baigu took a deep look at Zhu Cichen, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, the reason why Emperor Hongguang lost his country in the final analysis is that the four towns in Jiangbei killed each other and let the Qing captives have a chance." Taking advantage of this opportunity, the situation of King Xia's Northern Expedition is very good now, Your Highness must not make mistakes."

Huang Baigu's words made Zhu Cichen very displeased, but after all Huang Baigu was a loyal minister of the Ming court and a famous uncle who was a symbol of scholasticism, so he couldn't reprimand him explicitly, so he had no choice but to say perfunctorily: "Huang Qing Why do you think so, Gu is one of those Donglin scholars who only know the same party and fight against dissidents."

Strictly speaking, Zhu Cichen's words should be a bit accusatory. You must know that Huang Baigu's grandfather Huang Zunsu was a member of the Donglin Party, and his uncle Huang Zongxi was also a member of the Fushe Party in the remaining line of Donglin. Even his father Huang Zongyan was also confiscated by the Donglin giant Strictly speaking, Liu Zongzhou belonged to the Donglin Party.

"Senior Brother Nong, I'm afraid you are worrying unnecessarily." Seeing Huang Baigu's flushed face, Chen Gongyin hurriedly explained. "His Royal Highness shoulders the destiny of reorganizing the Great Ming Dynasty, so how can he do what the loved ones hurt the enemy." Speaking of this, Chen Gongyin bowed to Zhu Cichen again. "Your Highness, please also understand Master Huang's loyalty."

Zhu Cichen only had such a few hardcore around him, of course he didn't want to lose a few more, so he waved his hands pretending to be pregnant: "It's a poor metaphor, Huang Qing doesn't have to worry about it."

"Chen," Huang Baigu lowered his head and clenched his fists. "I dare not be ashamed"