Seeing Xu Hongjue's self-righteous appearance, Zhu Youdong couldn't wait to pull Xu Hongjue out and cut him down. It's really not okay to do anything, compete for the first place in interests. Such a person still wants a knighthood, and it is already a gift for me Zhu Youdong to let you live. Zhu Youdong was not angry yet, and the other person shouted again.

I went to Zhu Youdong before and wanted to restore the title of these princes and princes. At that time, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of Zhu Youdong, after all, Zhu Youdong held the army in his hands. When he came to the front of the city, Yao Qisheng had the upper hand again. They have been cleaned up by the Manchurians, and now they have no power and no power, so they dare to come out and offend people.

But now it's different, Yao Qisheng is obviously not Zhu Youdong's opponent, and he has been exhausted by the rebuttals. Hearing Xu Hongjue's shout, Xu Wenjue immediately said loudly: "Yes, this bastard actually dares to openly excuse the Manchu Qing in the city of the Ming Dynasty." He is betraying the Ming Dynasty, he is going to be a traitor. He must be put to death, otherwise it will be difficult to dispel the hatred of the people. ”

Zhu Youdong saw the crowd around him, and gradually noticed Yao Qisheng. I had no choice but to find a way to bring it back to the yamen first, and then deal with it quietly. So Zhu Youdong immediately preemptively said: "Come on, bring Yao Qisheng to the Heavenly Yamen for me, and wait for disposal." ”

As soon as Yao Qisheng heard that he was going to be arrested into the yamen, he thought that Zhu Youdong had murderous intentions, and immediately shouted: "You don't talk about credit, you don't count what you say." Seeing that Zhu Youdong and the others ignored them, he suddenly shouted again: "Your Highness, you can't do this, you brutalize the scholars, and the gentry in the world will be your enemies." ”

But these soldiers of the Restoration Army ignored him at all and dragged him out of the crowd directly. Seeing that Yao Qisheng was taken away, Zhu Youdong had time to take a look at the recruitment. Sure enough, after my own encouragement, there were many people who signed up to join the army at this time. Although Xu Wenjue and others have made such a mistake, the enthusiasm of the people to sign up is still undiminished.

Seeing this, Zhu Youdong took a look at the lifeless Ming Imperial City, sighed, and prepared to return to Yingtianfu. Xu Hongjue, who just thought he had made a meritorious service, hurriedly ran to Zhu Youdong with Xu Wenjue. He smiled and said: "Your Highness, that Yao Qisheng actually dares to slander Daming, His Highness must punish him severely." ”

Zhu Youdong glanced at Xu Wenjue and Xu Hongjue, and said, "You don't have to be like this, after all, you are the heroes of the Ming Dynasty." As long as you can make some military achievements, I will definitely restore your title. If you just want to use this way to get back the title, then what is the meaning of Daming's title? ”

Seeing that there were people everywhere, Zhu Youdong didn't like to discuss these things here, so he led everyone out of the crowd. Zhu Shenglang, Zhu Ganyan and other Ming princes are also there. After leaving the crowd, Zhu Youdong looked at the more than 20 people who came with him, and immediately said: "You also heard it just now, my Ming vassal king, Xun Gui has become the reason why my Ming Dynasty is going to be overthrown, do we still want to continue to do such a thing?" ”

Xu Wenjue said: "Your Highness, these are just the words of a Manchu spy like Yao Qisheng, how can you believe it?" As long as the Ming Dynasty recovers, there will be no more such voices. Besides, at that time, His Royal Highness was the Son of Heaven, and who else dared to say the right words of the Son of Heaven. ”

When Zhu Youdong heard this, he immediately lowered his face and said, "But what should we do like you people who have nothing to do?" Is this a waste of money and food for the imperial court? You don't think about what you have done for the court, what contributions you have made for the court, but you are thinking about how to make money from the court? ”

Zhu Youdong's words are a bit heavy, but now that the situation is not serious, these princes and princes don't know how shameless they are. still looked like a matter of course all day long, Zhu Youdong couldn't wait to kill them all when he saw them. But they did not die in the war, and Zhu Youdong was not guilty of it.

Tang Guozuo is old after all, and some things may be understood. Coupled with how much he still suffered from the Qing court, now listening to Zhu Youdong's words, he also felt a little touched in his heart. Immediately said: "Your Highness is right, this is all the ministers who have gone dark for the Ming Dynasty." The ministers are willing to serve in the army and contribute to the recovery of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Oh" Zhu Youdong looked at He Tang Guozuo with some surprise, and then asked, "Are you willing to go to the army?" But after looking at Tang Guozuo's body, he was already a little rickety. Coupled with a few years of poverty, it seems that they are now a little sluggish.

Not only Zhu Youdong arrived in surprise, but also the other princes and princes who came with him also looked at Tang Guozuo in surprise. There are a few old people among them, and they also seem to understand what Tang Guozuo means. A pair of leaps to try Yangzhou, but it was difficult to speak for a while.

Tang Guozuo saw Zhu Youdong asking, and replied: "His Royal Highness was right before, the title of Daming cannot be rewarded casually. The titles that our ancestors got were all spelled out in the sea of corpses and fire. We, the descendants, have enjoyed the national grace of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. The people of the Ming Dynasty have already paid back the original credit, not to mention that we have also sat down in Nanjing for shameless things. We don't have the face to ask for a knighthood again. ”

Facing Tang Guozuo, who suddenly changed his hexagram, other nobles such as Xu Wenjue and others didn't understand why Tang Guozuo suddenly changed his tone. But then Tang Guozuo said: "Yesterday we were confused and caused trouble to His Highness." But the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and the minister is already old, so I am afraid that he can no longer contribute to the Ming Dynasty. I just ask His Highness to reward me with a thin field and let me take care of it for the rest of my life. ”

Xu Wenjue, Xu Hongjue and the others suddenly scolded in their hearts, and said, "You old thing, your words are beautiful." Now you say that you can't go to the battlefield, but let us go to the battlefield to die, what are you thinking? Zhu Youdong was also stunned, there are really shameless people.

But then Tang Guozuo said: "Although the minister can't go to the battlefield, the minister is willing to donate all his family property, business, and grange to His Royal Highness, which can be regarded as a little meager contribution to the Ming Dynasty." Tang Guozuo's words suddenly set off a storm in everyone's hearts, and everyone looked at Tang Guozuo in horror.

Xu Wenjue and Xu Hongjue kept glancing at Tang Guozuo and asked him not to say any more. But Tang Guozuo still continued: "These are all from the ancestors, who were rewarded by the imperial court. Now that the court is in ruins, the minister has donated all these extraneous wealth to the court, and it has also made the minister serve the court. ”

Zhu Youdong looked at Tang Guozuo, and didn't know what Tang Guozuo thought for a while. But Zhu Youdong also knew that Tang Guozuo could be so generous, and he no longer had any property in his hands. Sure enough, then some older people opened their mouths one after another, wanting to donate their family property. Including the grange, the garden and the business.

For a time, these princes and princes donated all their family businesses for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. One by one, they showed a sense of righteousness and awe-inspiring, and those who didn't know were really loyal to Daming. But those young people didn't think it through, and they still held on to their own industries and refused to let go.

Zhu Youdong saw it and said: "You can donate your family property to the imperial court, and your loyalty to the Ming Dynasty can be described as an example for the people of the world." Daming can have all loyal courtiers, why worry that Daming can't be recovered? However, the matter of your title will have to wait for the ministers of the DPRK and China to come before making a decision. ”

Then Zhu Youdong said with some seriousness: "In the past, the vassal kings and nobles of the Ming Dynasty could not enter politics. So most people are forced to stay at home and do nothing. But when the Ming Dynasty needed them, most of them did nothing and were useless. This is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, and it also makes people all over the world mistakenly think that my Ming vassal kings and ministers have become moths of the Ming Dynasty. So in the future, it's better to have fewer such things happen. ”

Zhu Youdong's words, and everyone suddenly didn't dare to answer. If Zhu Youdong only said that the nobles were incompetent, they would just say a few words directly, and they would be ashamed of their ancestors and have a negative national grace. But Zhu Youdong's words are with the vassal king, which is not easy to accept, after all, in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king has always been a sensitive topic.

Zhu Youdong didn't think about letting them come up with ideas, and continued: "In order to change this situation, I plan to let both the nobles and the vassal kings come out and do things for the world. In this way, it can be washed away, and the bad reputation of my Ming vassal king and nobles can also reduce some of the burden on the imperial court. ”

What does it mean to "lighten the burden"? Zhu Shenglang and others suddenly thought of a story, Zheng Zhuang killed Gongshu Duan. At that time, Gongshu Duan did not rebel, and he was not prepared to rebel, but he was a little crazy, and Zheng Zhuang Gong was much darker. He prepared all the rebellion for his younger brother and uncle Duan.

Gongshu Duan saw that Zheng Zhuanggong was not guarding against himself at all, and the rebellion was also smoothly prepared. It's like trying to sleep, and someone sends you a pillow. Under such circumstances, no one could resist such a temptation, so Gongshu Duan decided to rebel.

Who knew that as soon as he made up his mind to rebel, he was arrested by his brother Zheng Zhuanggong, and then killed by his brother. Could it be that Zhu Youdong also feels that he deserves to kill these people now, and wants to go out and cause trouble by himself, and then have an excuse to kill himself?

Suddenly, Zhu Shenglang and the others hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I'm too worried." We are already stupid, what can we do there, Your Highness still finds a random place, so that we can spend this life safely. The princes and princes on the side also accompanied them in fear.

Zhu Youdong said: "You think too much, I really want everyone to come out and do things." Now that we want to recover the Ming Dynasty, we find that we, the people of the Taizu bloodline, have basically been slaughtered by the Manchus. If these people of the emperor's bloodline fought bravely against the Qing army, they finally died on the battlefield. It's worthy of Taizu's majesty, but look at those who were killed. All of them coveted the glory and wealth promised by the Manchus, and then obediently ran to let others kill them easily. ”

Zhu Youdong said with some hatred: "Is it worthy of being the blood of Taizu like this?" If you look at the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were originally some barbarians, but if you look at the personnel of their chieftain's family, all of them are people who lead the troops to the battle. Look at our Da Ming again, don't we feel ashamed of this? ”

Zhu Shenglang and others were a little touched in their hearts, the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can lead troops to fight, why can my Ming prince only be raised like a pig? is also the prince, why is there such a big difference? Zhu Youdong said again: "Also, you see the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the generals who came out to lead the troops, whether they were bannermen or Manchurians, all of them seem to have titles, why are their lords not like my lords of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Tang Guozuo said: "Yes, yes, His Highness is right, this is all the incompetence of the ministers, which has made Daming ashamed." Zhu Youdong said: "So, my ministers and clans of the Ming Dynasty should also come out and do something." Besides, the world is so big, and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty can't let me come alone. You are also the lords and vassal kings who are retired with the country, so you have to come out and do things and share some of it for me. ”