Zhu Cihong was not surprised, and said with a faint smile: "I'm tired of the old man leading the way." ”

The officer didn't even dare to say it, and walked in front with his body bowed.

Zhu Cihong shook his robe and followed behind.

Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin glanced at each other and followed. As for the rest of the guards, they waited outside the yamen.

The layout of the governor's yamen is similar to that of the general county government and the government office, and it is the pattern of the front and back yards.

The front office is for the governor to handle official business, and the back yard is the place where the governor lives and lives.

The slight difference is that there is a small school field in front of the governor's yamen, and all kinds of blades are placed on the weapon racks around it.

Zhu Cihong knew that the system of the guard post collapsed at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the military households of the guard post had fled seriously, and most of the people left behind were squeezed by officers at all levels and became their tenants, with no combat ability.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, what really had combat effectiveness was the border army, that is, recruitment. Among these border armies, the strongest combat effectiveness is the family of the chief soldier and the deputy general. These people are the private soldiers of the generals, and they are the most brave in battle, but there is also the problem of only recognizing the generals and not the imperial court.

This is the case in Liaozhen and Zuozhen.

In addition to the border army led by military generals, the standard battalion of the governor and governor is also a combat army.

It was said that under the standard of Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huai'an, there was a standard battalion that could fight well, with a number of about 1,000 soldiers.

Now that most of Shandong is controlled by thieves, Huai'an Province, which is adjacent to Shandong, can naturally feel the pressure.

Lu Zhenfei not only organizes the training of village warriors on weekdays, but also tempers the soldiers of the 1,000-governor standard battalion like copper and cast iron.

Zhu Cihong believed that if the thieves really sent a partial division to besiege Huai'an, Lu Zhenfei would have the strength to fight.

Menzi took Zhu Cihong all the way through the courtyard and stopped in front of a hanging flower gate.

He bowed slightly, and said with a smile on his face: "My lord is in the main house in this courtyard, and when he enters this door, it is the back house, so only the son can go in alone, and the rest of the two masters please wait outside for a while." ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Chuanzong was anxious, his job was to serve the prince, so naturally he couldn't leave Zhu Cihong.

Zhao Xin was also extremely dissatisfied, he was the chief guard of the East Palace, if he was not by Zhu Cihong's side, who would guarantee the prince's safety?

Zhu Cihong saw that the two of them were angry and their eyes widened, and his hands pressed down.

"You two wait for me outside."

After that, Zhu Cihong took a package from Liu Chuanzong's hand and went straight through the hanging flower gate to the back house.

The back house is composed of several independent courtyards, and according to the menzi, Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huai'an, lives in this cross-courtyard that enters the door.

Zhu Cihong walked to the front of the main house and took a step to shake up his robe.

He was about to knock on the door when an old man with a white beard opened it.

Zhu Cihong looked at it intently, and saw that this person was wearing a black veil on his head, wearing a Yunyan tonic suit, and a leather belt around his waist.

He said in his heart that this person was probably Lu Zhenfei.

At this time, Lu Zhenfei was the governor of the imperial history of Cao Yun, and the governor of Huai'an, and this Yunyan complement suit corresponded to the official rank of the fourth grade.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhenfei fell to his knees with a thud, and couldn't cry: "Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Huai'an, visited His Royal Highness the crown prince. ”

Zhu Cihong was puzzled in his heart, he had never seen this person in his impression, why did the other party bow down without even determining his identity?

But after thinking about it, Lu Zhenfei has done the imperial history of the right capital, and he can be regarded as a big member, maybe he met him when he was in Beijing. After all, Zhu Cihong crossed in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and it is possible that he had seen Lu Zhenfei in the East Palace before that.

Lu Zhenfei obviously understood Zhu Cihong's doubts and explained: "Chen Chongzhen saw His Royal Highness when his majesty left in the sixteenth year. ”

Zhu Cihong recognized this statement.

Emperor Chongzhen loved him very much, and whether it was discussing politics or receiving courtiers, most of them would let Zhu Cihong stay by his side and serve.

Since Lu Zhenfei entered the palace before Chongzhen went to Huai'an in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, it is not difficult to explain that he has seen Zhu Cihong.

It's just that Zhu Cihong didn't inherit this memory.

Zhu Cihong hurriedly helped Lu Zhenfei up, and said with emotion: "Haoyue Gong, I went to Nanjing to supervise the country with the will of the Son of Heaven, and I passed by Huai'an today, and I came to see you." He paused and said: "The thieves besieged Jingshi, and the Son of Heaven ordered Lone to go to Nanjing to supervise the country, how dare Lone disobey the order?" Fortunately, the breakthrough was successful, first to Jinmen, and then by boat to Haizhou, and then to Huai'an after four or five days. ”

Lu Zhenfei was very excited to see that the crown prince knew his alias and called it an alias, but when he thought that the Son of Heaven was still trapped in Shenjing, he choked up and said, "Dare to ask Your Highness what is the situation in Shenjing now?" ”

Zhu Cihong knew that he was worried about Emperor Chongzhen, so he only sighed and said, "Shenjing is in danger. ”

In the original history, on the eighth day of April, Zhenfei would get the report of the fall of Shenjing and the martyrdom of the Son of Heaven, which is estimated to be similar in this time and space.

Of course, Zhu Cihong will not tell this result in advance, anyway, in another ten days at most, the news should arrive.

"The minister can't share the worries for His Majesty, he deserves death!"

Lu Zhenfei beat his chest and cried again.

Zhu Cihong was still quite moved by this. If everyone is like Lu Zhenfei, how could Daming come to such a point where he is exhausted now?

He comforted: "Haoyue Gong's words are wrong. I heard that Haoyue Gong trained tens of thousands of soldiers in Huai'an, all of whom were combatable soldiers. Although the thieves are besieging Shenjing, the troops of King Qin have rushed to Jifu, and the thieves are just around the corner. ”

Of course, he was comforting Lu Zhenfei, if he was not mistaken, Li Zicheng would probably have sat in the Forbidden City's Jinluan Palace by now, right? Most of his subordinates were chasing stolen goods in the Jingshi. The princes and magnates who are currently unwilling to take out the money to help the army not only failed to escape in the end, but even their lives had to be put into it, and they really responded to the sentence karma, the reincarnation of heaven.

When Lu Zhenfei heard this, hope was rekindled in his heart: "Your Highness has praised it falsely, the ministers can't train more than 20,000 township soldiers in the two Huai regiments, and they can't compare to the border army." ”

Zhu Cihong said in a harmonious voice: "In just one year, it is rare for Haoyue Gong to be able to practice tens of thousands of villagers, and it is very comforting to be alone. ”

Zhu Cihong did set his sights on Lu Zhenfei's 20,000 villagers. He doesn't have a single soldier in his hands now, except for the name of a crown prince, which is really not convincing. In this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, only soldiers have the right to speak, and Zhu Cihong doesn't want to become a puppet like Hongguang. If you want to recover the Ming Dynasty, receiving Lu Zhenfei's 20,000 villagers is the first step.

Of course, he is not familiar with Lu Zhenfei now, so it is impossible for him to rashly make this request. In addition, his current identity is only the crown prince of the prison country, not the emperor, and it is taboo to rashly ask for military power, and it is impossible for Lu Zhenfei to give it to him.

After a few days, the news of the fall of Shenjing and the martyrdom of Chongzhen came to the country, and Zhu Cihong could ascend the throne and claim the emperor in Nanjing, and then the 20,000 township soldiers who wanted to ask for Lu Zhenfei would be justified.

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