Yidu City, Hengwang Mansion.

It is said to be a royal palace, but it is actually a royal city! The city is high and the walls are solid, and there are moats on all sides to protect it, if there is no Hongyi cannon, this royal city alone is enough for Zhu Cihong's new army to drink a pot.

Don't look at the new army, which is now disciplined, neatly lined up, and has high morale, but it is still far from the real elite soldiers!

They didn't have the Hongyi cannons that could break the city, nor did they have a sufficient number of firearms, so they basically had to rely on spears, bows and arrows, and knives to support the market.

Such an army may be able to exert good combat effectiveness in the field, but it is unlikely to break through Yidu Jiancheng and Hengwang City.

However, on the night of the second day of the seventh month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong had already sat on the Yin'an Hall of the Hengwang Mansion in a big way, and looked at the Hengwang Zhu Youdi and his sons with a smile.

Yidu City and Hengwang Mansion are now firmly under the control of the new army!

And Li Shiyuan, the former Qingzhou sub-guard general who assisted Zhu Cihong in controlling the Hengwang Mansion, had already become the chief military officer of the Qingzhou local army and the governor of Qingzhou at this time. In other words, the military and political power of the Qingzhou government has been arrested!

Li Shiyuan, who was the new official, is now standing beside Zhu Cihong, and is interceding for Zhu Youdi, the king of Heng.

"Chitose Lord, although His Royal Highness King Heng surrendered to the rebellion, he still repented after all, and sent his ministers to attack the rebellion Yao Yingfeng's department and killed him, and finally he could redeem a little sins. I also hope that His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujun will be gracious and exempt him from the death penalty. ”

Just to avoid death...... Living sins are impossible to forgive, and the Heng clan is definitely gone. King Heng was abolished as a concubine, and the high wall was banned for life, and the county kings below the Heng domain, the generals of Zhenguo, and the lieutenants of Fengguo must also be abolished as concubines. In the future, the whole family will fend for themselves!

As soon as they thought of the hard days in the future, King Heng and his sons couldn't help but cry, and it was sad to watch.

However, Zhu Cihong still had a grinning expression and was not moved at all.

"Hengfan, don't cry! It's no use crying! Zhu Cihong said, "Although Mr. Li is willing to give you some credit for his work, this palace doesn't believe it." You are such a scumbag, and you dare to give Mr. Li an order to fight the rogue? Your sin, that is unforgivable! ”

Unforgivable?

Is it going to die?

Hengwang Zhu Youdi was so frightened that he couldn't even cry, the whole person was shaking there, and his lower body was still warm for a while, and then there were traces of water on the floor tiles.

"Unforgivable," Zhu Cihong looked at his cowardice and smiled, "But you can make meritorious service to atone for your sins!" Hengfan, do you want to atone for your sins? ”

Can you atone for your sins?

"Think, want to ......" Hengwang Zhu Youdi heard that he could live, and hurriedly kowtowed like pounding garlic, "The minister is willing to dedicate all his property to His Royal Highness the Prince, and only asks His Royal Highness to spare the minister's life, and Rong Chen will die in the high wall of Fengyang." ”

"Hehe," Zhu Cihong shook his head with a smile, "It's not enough!" Your sin is too great, and your possessions are too small to be redeemed. What to do? ”

"This, this ......" Hengwang Zhu Youdi's words were not good. He is willing to give all his possessions, and if it is not enough, he will have no choice.

"Your family property, this palace doesn't need it." Zhu Cihong smiled at this time and showed the way to live for King Heng Zhu Youdi, "Your throne, this palace can also keep it for you." Of course, you can't stay in Qingzhou, follow the palace to Nanjing, and get you a palace for the elderly, what do you think? ”

And such a good thing?

Hengwang Zhu Youdi is a little stupid, he was unforgivable just now, and now he can even keep the throne?

Zhu Cihong looked at the stunned vassal king, and said in a low voice: "King Heng, if you want to go to Nanjing alive to enjoy happiness, you have to do things for the palace, are you willing to do things for the palace?" ”

"Willing, willing......" King Heng nodded again and again, and then cried again, "It's just that the sinner is stupid, and he can't do anything!" ”

"It doesn't matter," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "This king will let someone teach you how to do things..... Someone is coming, Zhu Chunchen, the head of the Xuanyu Battalion! ”

The one who was sent to teach King Heng to do things was Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, who is now the head of the imperial camp, a very big official!

However, there are no soldiers in the imperial camp, only two commanders, four commanders, and a bunch of generals, adjutant generals, and generals. In short, those nobles and hereditary senior military attachés who ran out of Beijing with Zhu Cihong, if there is no other place to arrange, then they will put their names in the imperial camp and take a share of money and food for nothing.

By the way, those civil and military officials who ran out with Zhu Cihong can now get the full amount of Yulu, and they will not be compromised. On the contrary, their legal income is higher than when they were in Beijing before.

Of course, Zhu Cihong didn't treat these nobles and hereditary military attaches in the imperial camp as waste-as long as these people are used in the right place, they are all pillars!

Even if it is Hengwang Zhu Youdi, as long as it is used well, it is still quite useful.

......

Yanzhou, the governor of the Lu Palace, the Shi Kefa Marshal's Mansion.

In a reception hall, a few cups of tea are wafting with a rich fragrance of tea. Shi Butang changed into a loose jade-white Confucian robe, did not wear a hat, and sat on the top leisurely.

The three visitors were all dressed as scribes, and one of them was Kong Yinzhi, the prince of Yansheng. The other man had a gray and thick beard, and was Gao Hongtu, the head of the household department of Nanjing, who had just arrived in Yanzhou.

The other was a thin scribe, with a goatee, blistered eyes, and an age similar to Gao Hongtu, about sixty years old. This person is amazing, he is the leader of Donglin, Qian Qianyi, who is famous in history for the allusions of "the water is too cold" and "itchy scalp".

Gao Hongtu led most of the Shangshu and Shilang who stayed in Nanjing to the north to welcome him. The six departments of Nanjing are headed by Shi Kefa, followed by Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan. Now only Zhang Shenyan, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry who is sick and difficult to walk, is still staying, and the other five books are all gathered in Yanzhou.

And Qian Qianyi is not an incumbent official, he is the leader of Donglin has bad luck, Chongzhen lost both sides because of a political dispute with Wen Tiren when he was ten years old, and was sentenced to return to his hometown, and then he has been idle until now.

This time, Xu saw an opportunity, so he took a few disciples and Gao Hongtu to Yanzhou together.

"Accept it, although you are in the wilderness, but you are recognized as the leader of Donglin, and your reputation is still above us. It would be nice if we could mobilize more talented people from Nanzhili to jointly write and speak together and form a trend. ”

Shi Kefa's face was solemn, his tone was calm, and he slowly said his thoughts.

On the issue of confrontation with Zhu Cihong, Shi Kefa has always been firm and ruthless!

Zhu Cihong, an unfilial son who dares to attack the foundation of the great tomorrow, will definitely oppose it! But he didn't dare to gather soldiers and horses, and sent troops to Dengzhou to fight with Zhu Cihong. Instead, he wanted to defeat His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had a new army of 60,000 people, through the Shangshu and public opinion offensives.

And he didn't dare to openly play the banner of abolishing the prince - because Chongzhen didn't have a spare tire by his side, who would be the country's capital if the prince was abolished?

can't be abolished, then you can only ask the prince to return to the government and think about it behind closed doors......

Of course, just because of the distancing and public opinion, it is estimated that Zhu Cihong will not back down. So there must be military preparations! The soldiers of the four towns, plus the army of King Qin pulled out of Nanjing by Shi Kefa, plus the soldiers and horses of Liudu controlled by the nobles of Nanjing.

There are more than 150,000 account soldiers!

150,000 soldiers, plus the officials in Nanjing, plus the public opinion of Nanzhili, plus the Yan Shenggong who seems to have the authority of the vassal king here in Shandong.

Zhu Cihong should be scared, right?

Even if you don't return all the power to Chongzhen, you will give in to the landlords, scholars and doctors, the foundation of the great tomorrow, on the land issue, right?

Qian Qianyi gently turned the tea bowl in his hand, as if he was thinking about something, when footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and then he saw Stilwell walking in quickly, still holding a newspaper and a decree in his hand.

"Father, the saint has left Dengzhou, arrived in Yidu, the first county of Qingzhou, stationed in the Heng Palace, and ordered His Royal Highness the King of Heng and the head of the imperial camp Rong Chengguo Gong to be the top business, and is bringing people to Yanzhou Mansion, and it is estimated that he will be able to Qufu tomorrow.

In addition, there was also an edict delivered, saying that the emperor and the prince were going to sacrifice holes in Qufu. The Holy Duke of Yan and the Governor of Shandong jointly arranged the driving matters with King Heng and the Duke of Chengguo. ”