Gu Tong said: "Naturally, there is something, and it is a big deal. [Full text reading. 】”

When Sun Chuanting saw the looks of the two, they were very solemn, and said: "Your Highness is out of danger, and I can't die in the Ming Dynasty, why are you so worried?" ”

Zhang Huang said: "Dashuai, the two of us are worried about this highness. ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned: "How do you say this?" Gu Tong said: "Both of us have thought of a problem, right now, the saint is martyred, and the thieves occupy the capital, and the momentum is huge, and we only have tens of thousands of horses, and our strength is insufficient." In the past few days, the marshal has been proclaiming the affairs of His Highness in the army, and I am afraid that once the thieves hear about it, they will immediately send a large army to come, so the two of us feel that it is better to keep this matter a secret first. ”

Zhang Huang said: "Yes, this is also for the sake of His Highness's safety. ”

Sun Chuanting listened, and his face was straight: "Since the two of you mentioned this matter, then Ben Shuai will tell you the truth, about your worries, I thought of it on the day I met His Highness." ”

Zhang Huangyan was taken aback: "So, the handsome man is so provocative, and it has been carefully considered?" ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "Exactly, I have a deeper consideration. Gu Tong said: "Please show the marshal." Sun Chuanting said: "The saint was martyred, the capital fell, and it stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty should be regarded as dead." Such a major event, will have a huge impact in the hearts of the army and the people, as the saying goes, the country can not be without a king for a day, if we hide the matter of His Royal Highness, a long time, the people's will gradually adjust to zero, the Ming Dynasty will lose its prestige in the past three hundred years, and the provinces and towns of the world, will have the heart of self-reliance as the king, that is a earth-shaking change, if everyone in the world has the heart of the king and the emperor, who will respect His Royal Highness as the Lord? At that time, we will lose a trump card for nothing. ”

After listening to Sun Chuanting's words, Gu and Zhang suddenly realized.

Sun Chuanting continued: "This is only the people's heart, but also the military heart. After the death of the country, the soldiers will no longer have the intention of defending their home and country, and will have more thoughts of returning to their homeland. At this time, if His Highness did not give them hope, it would not take a month for these soldiers to disperse. Once the military spirit collapses, what will we rely on to restore the Ming Dynasty, and what will Your Highness rely on to command the world? ”

Gu Tong and Zhang Huang heard this, and gave a deep salute to Sun Chuanting: "Dashuai's words made me pause, and I was not shallow to be taught, after all, Dashuai still thinks deeply." That's exactly what happened. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "You two are here to say this, just to give Ben Shuai a strategy, without further ado, tomorrow is an auspicious day, Ben Shuai will hold a ceremony of succession to the throne in Anze." ”

Gu Tong was stunned: "Does the big marshal want to make His Royal Highness the emperor here?" ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "As I just said, the country cannot be without a king for a day. The matter should have been settled as soon as possible. Otherwise, once we wait until Nanjing sets up the Xiaofu King, it will be a little late for us to act. ”

Zhang Huangyan frowned and said: "But what if we set up His Royal Highness and Nanjing doesn't recognize it?" You must know that from such a distance, they can say that the handsome man has the heart of self-reliance, and make a puppet to make an appearance, which will damage the reputation of the handsome. ”

Sun Chuanting sneered: "Your Highness is here, alive, who dares to disagree?" King Xiaofu is just a collateral relative, how can he be compared to His Royal Highness? You don't have to worry, as long as His Royal Highness succeeds to the throne, how Nanjing will treat it, that's their business, we just need to establish a foothold in Shanxi. ”

Gu Tong and Zhang Huangyan looked at each other and nodded, and this was the only way to do it now.

After the discussion, Sun Chuanting came to see Zhu Cijiong again and explained his plans to him. That's what my father told me when he was leaving. ”

After Sun Chuanting said goodbye, he immediately ordered people to erect a high platform in the city, the platform is divided into five layers, and there are nine feet high, which is the meaning of the ninety-five honor.

This heirloom jade seal was handed over to Zhu Cijiong by Chongzhen himself, and Zhu Cijiong has always been with him.

The high platform was completed overnight, early the next morning, Sun Chuanting held a succession ceremony in Anze County, Zhu Cijiong was the emperor, it stands to reason that the new emperor succeeded to the throne, and still need to pursue the name of the first emperor, and wait until a year later, you can choose the name of the year by yourself, so it is still called Chongzhen for ten years.

When the succession ceremony was held, Sun Chuanting issued an edict to the world, in which some changes were made to Zhu Cijiong's origin, and his title of His Royal Highness was hidden and renamed the third prince of Zhu.

The edict said that when Chongzhen was dying, he made Zhu Cijiong the crown prince, and passed on the national jade seal to command the world.

After the ceremony, Sun Chuanting printed and distributed thousands of notices and sent people to the provinces to post them. Then he didn't stop and went straight to Wang Qiaonian's camp.

The news that Sun Chuanting had proclaimed Zhu Cijiong as emperor immediately spread across the country like a hurricane. All sides have shown different attitudes, and under these attitudes, there is one emotion that is the same, and that is shock.

No one thought that when Li Zicheng's army besieged the capital, and no one in the city escaped, a third prince of Zhu actually left.

Some people immediately linked this matter with Chengzu Zhu Di to raise troops and fight against Nanjing, but lost the public case of Emperor Zhu Yunwen, the more it spread, the more it spreads, the legend is that before Chongzhen's death, he once opened the secret passage in the Beijing Imperial Palace, so that Zhu Cijiong escaped, and said that this secret road was secretly excavated by Yao Guangxiao, a great hero under the leadership of Chengzu Zhu Di, after Zhu Di found out, he immediately asked, Yao Guangxiao replied that this secret road is the way of the hidden dragon, and it will be useful after two hundred years.

Such an attractive legend was released by Gu Tong and Zhang Huangyan and others, who knew the shocking power of mythology to the people, especially the royal family, so that Zhu Cijiong escaped from Beijing City, and became blessed by God, and his ancestors had spirits, and his succession was logical.

Sure enough, the world is boiling about Zhu Cijiong's succession, and everyone in all parts of the world is talking about it.

Such a big move first spread throughout the north.

After receiving the report of the fine work, the king of Qin immediately summoned all the important ministers to discuss countermeasures.

This time, King Qin did not speak first, but waited for his courtiers to express their views. Everyone naturally stared at Zhang Yi first, because he was the prime minister.

Zhang Yi thought for a while before saying: "The succession of the third prince of Zhu shows that the Ming Dynasty has not yet died, Li Zicheng just occupied the capital, * died the first emperor in their mouth, at this time, if Li Zicheng is called the emperor, he must first remove the third prince of Zhu." Therefore, in my opinion, Li Zicheng is going to do his best to attack Sun Chuanting. ”

Li Yan nodded: "In this case, Sun Chuanting will never surrender to Li Zicheng, and the two sides can only fight to the death." ”

Bai Qi has another opinion: "I think that the focus of the situation in the world at this time is not in the capital or Shanxi. ”

Li Yan was stunned: "The general means ......"

Bai Qi walked to the map and pointed upwards to a place: "This is here, this is the focus of the situation in the world." ”

Everyone saw that the place where Bai pointed was Shanhaiguan.

King Qin frowned: "The general is saying that the Qing army and Wu Sangui will control the situation in the world?" ”

Bai Qi arched his hand: "That's what the last general means." Chongzhen hanged, the capital was lost, the Ming Dynasty was almost dead, although Zhu Cijiong succeeded to the throne, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not admit it, it is not yet known. If Li Zicheng recruited Wu Sangui and enveloped him with a high position of heavy money, so that Wu Sangui could hold the Shanhaiguan Pass and block the Qing army outside the pass, then Li Zicheng would have the spare strength to attack Sun Chuanting in Shanxi. ”

King Qin said: "But if Li Zicheng did not surrender Wu Sangui, or if Wu Sangui was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and declared himself a vassal to Zhu Cijiong, then he and Li Zicheng would be enemies who do not share the sky." Li Zicheng has eliminated this threat, and it is likely that he will attack Shanhaiguan first. ”

Li Yan said: "In that case, wouldn't Wu Sangui be attacked on his back?" Outside the pass is the Qing army, inside the pass is the invasion army, he only has tens of thousands of horses, he will definitely not be able to stop it. Therefore, I think that this person may take refuge in Li Zicheng. ”

Bai Qi said: "No matter what the result is, Shanhaiguan will affect the situation in the world." ”

King Qin said: "The Guanzhong occupied by my Qin army is close to Shanxi, and there are still 300,000 horses led by Tian Jianxiu in Shanxi, which are confronting Sun Chuanting, Li Zicheng does not need to go out in person, Tian Jianxiu's 300,000 army should be enough to deal with Sun Chuanting, so he can deal with Wu Sangui wholeheartedly." At this time, the Qin army should not sit idly by, what advice does the general have for this? ”

Bai Qi said with a smile: "The last general has no surprising suggestions, and now the Qin army can only send out thirty or forty thousand horses, and this point of men and horses sent into Shanxi will not play a role, so at this time, it is better to sit and watch the success or failure." ”

King Qin said: "In the general's opinion, who will win the battle of Shanxi?" ”

Bai Qi didn't hesitate: "It must be Sun Chuanting." Don't look at Tian Jianxiu, there are 300,000 horses, but he is not a commander, there is no change, he will only follow orders, once there is a change on the battlefield, he will be at a loss. And the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and this point, he is tied to ten Tian Jianxiu in one place, and he is not an opponent of Sun Chuanting. Therefore, I believe that the army will be defeated. ”

Li Yan said: "What if Li Zicheng personally leads the army to come?" After all, this new successor Zhu Cijiong is the person he wants to eliminate the most. ”

Zhang Yi shook his head: "Li Zicheng will not enter Shanxi, the capital has just been defeated, he still needs to appease the people, ** those officials, command the world, settle the relationship with many allied forces, plus Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan, so many things, how can he be separated?" ”

Li Yan said: "In this way, Shanxi will inevitably become Sun Chuanting's territory, and with Shanxi Province, Zhu Cijiong can also succeed to the throne in a dignified manner." ”

King Qin said: "This is Sun Chuanting's intention to support Zhu Cijiong, he is showing the world that the Ming Dynasty has not died and has a new monarch." ”