Chongzhen continued to wander the streets and alleys of Fengyang City until nightfall, when the lights were on and thousands of homes were lit up.

Looking at the dense lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, the stalls forming one after another, and the noise of all kinds of accents, Chongzhen was a little curious, is there no curfew here?

Curfews have existed since ancient times, especially in the era of wars and disasters, to prevent the enemy from infiltrating, violators of the curfew will be detained at the least, and the law will be rectified on the spot at worst, and the special period will be governed by heavy regulations, but Fengyang Mansion, which is close to the place occupied by the intruding army, actually has no curfew?

As he was thinking, a group of people in red armor suddenly rushed in, all of them holding fire guns, and the leader was a brocade guard wearing a flying fish suit.

Chongzhen was shocked, thinking that they were coming for him, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.

However, the group rushed past him, went straight to a small courtyard facing the street not far away, surrounded it, and under the gesture of the brocade guard, two of them broke down the door.

People on the streets of the neighborhood were not only not afraid, but were watching and commenting on the neighborhood.

"The city defense army is doing a good job, and there is a good show to watch!"

"Those dog-day thieves should be cut with a thousand knives!"

"It doesn't have to be a thief's work, maybe it was sent by the Tartars, didn't the Jinyi guard catch and slaughter one some time ago?"

“.......”

Chongzhen looked curiously, only to hear the loud sound inside, all kinds of sounds sounded, not long after someone broke through the wall to escape, just landed and was shot and killed by the city defense army outside, some were broken dog legs, dragged away on the spot.

The head of the brocade guard kicked the fine work of breaking into the army, and sneered: "At your level, you dare to come to Fengyang to find out?" Do you know what Longtan Tiger's Den is? Let's go and reincarnate! ”

The onlookers applauded, and some people angrily scolded these meticulous works for not knowing life or death, and not going to tell their fortunes first when they came.

Chongzhen understood in an instant, why did Fengyang dare to lift the curfew, with strong strength as the backing, why be afraid? Why did he abolish the intelligence function of Jinyiwei in the first place!

The crowd dispersed, Chongzhen also dispersed along the flow of people, the surrounding teahouses and wine shops in and out of the people kept waiting, the hot food was fragrant, the business was booming, it was the small food shop on the street, the same crowd was full, greetings, greetings, endlessly.

As the saying goes, not to suffer from poverty but to suffer from anxiety, the people of Fengyang Mansion not only do not have to worry about thieves, but also do not have to worry about building slaves, they wear new clothes, accompanied by food, full of vitality and smiles, and live a peaceful and leisurely life.

Along the way, Chongzhen also heard many times that people from Henan and other places wanted to come to Fengyang Mansion to develop, at first he didn't understand why, but now it seems that if he is not the emperor, he is willing to settle here.

Looking at all this in front of him, Chongzhen's heart suddenly felt in a trance, the so-called prosperous era recorded in the history books is nothing more than that, could it be that the people killed by the prince, the policies he did, and everything he did were right?

I thought that the crown prince Zhu Cihong had some means in governing the army, but he didn't expect to govern the country, and his ability was also outstanding, and Chongzhen's heart was mixed.

On the second day, Chongzhen went to the imperial mausoleum of Zhongdu outside the city, and worshiped Zhu Wusi, the poor peasant of Dayuan and the emperor of Daming Renzu, and when he came out, he worshiped the loyal soul shrine next to the imperial mausoleum.

Looking at the dense spirit cards in the hall of the Loyal Soul Ancestral Hall, Chongzhen's face was solemn, and he lost everything, so he truly realized the extraordinaryness of these soldiers who sacrificed for the country.

He muttered: "If the soldiers of the national dynasty are as heroic as the princes, why am I ...... like this?"

In the distance outside the Loyal Soul Temple, angry scolding is like a dragon, the banner is hunting, and thousands of elite horsemen are galloping.

They were dressed in fine iron scale armor, armed with spears, carrying firearms, and wearing fine-colored eight-petal hats and iron helmets, covered with hideous iron masks, and the red tassels on each helmet, jumped like flames in the wind.

In the horse team, a golden dragon flag wrapped in gold is flying in the wind, which is the dragon warrior army horse composed entirely of cavalry.

Running to the Loyal Soul Temple a hundred steps away, Cao Bianjiao, the general of the Longwu Army, raised his hand, turned over and dismounted, and all the cavalry behind him immediately dismounted and stood solemnly.

Cao Bianjiao walked into the square in front of the Loyal Soul Shrine with heavy steps, knelt down on one knee, and said in a loud voice: "The last general, Cao Bianjiao, is ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to welcome His Majesty to Nanjing!" ”

Chongzhen walked out slowly, looking as usual, looking at the neat ironclad elite rider in the distance, nodded, and said, "Let's go." ”

......

Jiangning County, Yingtianfu.

On the side of the Yangtze River, the dragon flag rolls over, Luo umbrellas gather, all kinds of honor guards and chess cards appear densely, and more than 10,000 Tianwu troops stand solemnly, completely blocking this area.

Zhu Cihong personally led Nanjing's civil and military officials to welcome here, and the officials of Nanjing's ten departments, the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, the governor of Nanzhili, the prefect of Yingtianfu and other prefectures, prefectures, counties, etc., as well as Yang Shicong, the governor of Liangguang, Yang Tinglin, the governor of Zhejiang, and Huang Daozhou, the governor of Fujian, have all arrived.

When Chongzhen was still in Henan, Zhu Cihong spread the word to all over the country, and ordered the civil servants from all over the country to come to Nanjing as soon as possible.

Zhu Cihong first accepted the pilgrimage in the Fengtian Temple, and only then did he announce that Emperor Chongzhen had gone south, and the civil and military people went to meet him.

At that time, Fengtian Temple almost blew up, many people thought that the thieves broke through the Jingshi, and the emperor suffered an accident, for this reason, there were many officials around the country who were martyred for Emperor Chongzhen, but I didn't expect him to be almost in Nanjing!

When they learned that the emperor was rescued by the crown prince, all the ministers in Jiangnan were a little confused, and they didn't understand why the crown prince still wanted to save the emperor, and wouldn't it be nice to be the emperor directly?

Among them, Yang Shicong, the governor of Liangguang, was the most radical, and he hinted that the ministers opposed the Emperor Chongzhen to go south to Nanjing, and stayed directly in Fengyang, which was strongly condemned by Li Banghua, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and scolded him for being disloyal and unjust, and having no king and no father.

Yang Shicong's face was thicker than the city wall, and he didn't care about these at all, he even secretly told Cao Bianjiao to kill the emperor halfway, or create an accident and let the dragon boat sink into the river.......

Other loyal members of the princelings also did not understand why the prince wanted to welcome back the emperor, they were not very willing to Chongzhen to come to Nanjing to pick fruits, and some people thought the same as Yang Shicong, learning from King Xiaoming and sinking the ship in the river.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong, the leader of the Red Turban Army, claimed to be the eighth grandson of Song Huizong, and used the White Lotus Sect to raise troops against the Yuan, but Han Shantong was arrested and executed by the officials of the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, Liu Futong was killed by Zhang Shicheng, and Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, complained to Zhu Yuanzhang in a single way, and Zhu Yuanzhang personally led a large army to rescue him and placed him in Chuzhou.

The death of King Xiao Ming, there are two versions recorded in the history books, one is that he died naturally in Chuzhou two years later; The second is that Zhu Yuanzhang called King Wu in Yingtianfu, sent people to welcome King Xiao Ming to Nanjing, and when he passed through Guazhou, King Xiao Ming sank into the river and drowned.

Many people believe in conspiracy theories more, thinking that it is not an accident, suspecting that it was done by Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu, and some people suspect that it was done by Zhu Yuanzhang's ministers, such as Yang Xian, but it has not been conclusive.

Chongzhen, who is familiar with history books, naturally knows this story, he got on the dragon boat to cross the river south in a nervous mood, and even asked for a pot of good wine and a plate of roast chicken on the boat, waiting for an accident to happen.

However, the wine was not finished, the chickens were not finished, and the ship arrived ashore!

When he got off the boat, he saw that the Yangtze River was full of colors, and under the banner in the sky, the ministers wearing all kinds of official complements occupied a few circles, and they all came to greet him.

The person at the head is the crown prince Zhu Cihong, who has not been seen for several years.

Looking at this scale, Chongzhen was so excited that he almost stumbled and fell into the river.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen get off the boat, all the officials looked at him with complicated eyes, if he was allowed to continue to be the emperor, I am afraid that the political pattern of the DPRK and China would have to change greatly, and he didn't know what Jiangnan would become.

Of course, all the ministers know in their hearts that even if the emperor wants to continue to reign, he is afraid that the crown prince will not give up power.

After Chongzhen glanced around, he stared at the crown prince Zhu Cihong, and saw that he was wearing a red five-clawed dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a jade pendant of a single dragon Panyun.

Chongzhen also walked over, and he was embarrassed to find that none of the hundreds of officials around him knelt down to greet him, and he didn't even bow his head.

Zhu Cihong came in a tiger step, stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Son-in-law, welcome your father!" ”

Seeing the crown prince saluting, the ministers woke up like a dream, and then they paid their respects one after another: "The ministers welcome Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Shicong, the governor of Liangguang, was wearing a red official robe decorated with peacock patches, kneeling there with a gloomy face, thinking about how to persuade the crown prince.

After the ministers finished saluting, Chongzhen was relieved in his heart, looked at Zhu Cihong's gaze softened a lot, and asked, "Have they arrived with your mother?" ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "The queen mother arrived half a month ago, and King Yong also arrived two days ago. ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen's heart was warm, and he approached and whispered: "Thank you for your hard work, there is a prince, and it is really the blessing of the country." ”

Zhu Cihong looked at him and smiled, didn't say anything, and ordered: "Welcome Your Majesty back to the palace!" ”

Along the way, the Son of Heaven's honor guard was mighty, the chess and cards opened the way, and more than 10,000 Tianwu troops guarded the road and went to the Forbidden City.

Looking at the ancient capital of Nanjing, which was getting closer and closer, Chongzhen exhaled a long breath, and his emotions were indescribable.

There was no assassination, no overboard, no ridicule and snubbing, everything was different as imagined, the prince was still respectful, put on a full scene, and gave himself the greatest face, at least on the surface.

I still have to make a choice about where to go in this future.......