At noon on this day, a team of carriages and horses faced the cold wind in winter, and walked slowly towards Shenyang City in the heavy snow. There were four people sitting in the carriage. In the middle, an official in his early forties, dressed in a red official robe and wearing a black veil. Although his expression was dignified and solemn, his expression was gloomy, and he looked like he was sitting in a sad city.

The emperor is dead!

Li Ziyuan usurped the throne!

All of this was caused by him, if he hadn't suspected the king at the beginning, how could the emperor have suffered an assassination, and how could the Ming Dynasty have ended up where he is today.

I am a sinner of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhang Huangyan thought to himself in the bottom of his heart, after getting the news of the emperor's death, he fell into such self-blame, no matter anyone's relief, he could not let him cross the hurdle in his heart, and now, for him, there is only one thought, that is, to return to Jiangxi and raise troops to rebel.

However, before returning to Jiangxi, he must go to meet the King of Huai, he wants to win the support of the King of Huai, with the support of the King of Huai, if he can persuade the King of Jin to send troops, and persuade the King of Min to at least remain neutral, then Li will be defeated, although Hong Chengchou and others defected to Li Ziyuan's strength, but in Zhang Huangyan's view, they are crusading against rebellion, and they are righteous teachers who conform to the principles of heaven, and righteous teachers will win.

But even if it is a righteous teacher, he also needs food, although Jiangxi has recovered a little bit of vitality under his auspices, and can still provide military rations, but to start a war, the money is like flowing water, far from Jiangxi's financial support. If you want to rebel, you have to raise food, and there is only one place in the world that has endless food - Jiangbei!

Jiangbei's wealth is not only because of the supply of Huai salt to the world, but also because of Jiangbei's thriving commerce and, of course, Jiangbei's banks. Almost instinctively, Zhang Huangyan put his hope of raising food and salary on Zhu Mingzhong, looking forward to not only lobbying Zhu Mingzhong to send troops, but also obtaining his support for military salaries.

But what if he refuses?

When Zhang Huangyan was suffering from gains and losses there, Lu Liuliang, who was in the same car with him, closed his eyes and pondered, and what flashed in his mind was the portrait of the first emperor that he had the honor to see, of course, the first emperor was not Yongli, nor Longwu or Hongguang, but Emperor Lie.

The appearance is indeed similar, if, if King Huai is really the heir of Emperor Lie, isn't this the time to comply with the mandate of heaven?

For more than ten years, Lu Liuliang, who has regarded himself as a remnant of the Ming Dynasty, does not have any nostalgia for Yongli, but every time he thinks about the martyrdom of Emperor Lie, he will always cry like rain. If Emperor Lie's heirs are still alive, then shouldn't the throne of the Ming Dynasty be inherited by him.

It's just that......

Looking at Shang Shu with a solemn expression from the gap in his eyes, Lu Liuliang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Sima was too pedantic. Compared with Yongli and King Huai, if they are both kings, what are the two of them, but everyone can distinguish clearly, and they don't ask anything else, that is, King Huai created this foundation in the grass, which can make any Ming clan embarrassed.

Everyone in the world knows, but Sima really can't see it?

Of course not, I'm afraid the reason is because Sima is too pedantic!

As far as Sima is concerned, since he is the minister of Yongli, he should naturally be loyal to the king. Now that Yongli has passed away, does Sima still intend to be pedantic and take the crown prince as the supreme?

The only thing that relieved Lu Liu's conscience a little was that at least on the issue of the crown prince, Zhang Huangyan chose to remain silent.

Perhaps, Sima doesn't know the answer either!

Looking out of the car through the glass window full of frost flowers, Lu Liuliang secretly thought to himself.

What is the answer?

No one knows, but Lu Liuliang knows very well in his heart that if King Huai is really the heir of the first emperor, then King Huai is the Ming orthodoxy in his Lu Liuliang's conscience.

Almost as soon as he saw Zhu Mingzhong, Zhang Huangyan was very sad and indignant, telling how rebellious Li Ziyuan was, and he was even more impassioned to be a teacher to rebel, and sincerely asked King Huai to invite the world's ambition to rebel, Zhang Huangyan knew his strength and status very well, and only King Huai could act as the "leader of the alliance".

"The world will fight against the thief!"

In the face of Zhang Huangyan's request, Zhu Mingzhong naturally would not refuse, after all, this is exactly what he wants to get, leading the "soldiers and horses of the world" to rebel, this reputation is indeed good, but this is not his current goal.

"It's just that this king doesn't know, when the rebels and thieves are in peace, what should happen in this world?"

Zhu Mingzhong stared at Zhang Huangyan, and didn't even say this sentence through the mouths of others, and the meaning of his words was even undisguised - who should be the emperor in the world in the future!

"This ......"

Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Mingzhong to be so direct, originally he thought that this question would not be asked until at least after Li Yi was pacified.

Facing the king's sight, Zhang Huangyan looked at the face in front of him that was seven points similar to the portrait, the last time, when he tempted, King Huai did not refute, and even vaguely agreed with that identity, but, this, is this true?

Although deep down, Zhang Huangyan even hoped that the king in front of him was the heir of the first emperor, but as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, he could not abandon his position just because he looked like it.

The throne of the Ming Dynasty must be inherited by the Zhu family!

This is Zhang Huangyan's last, and even the only bottom line. After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Huangyan gritted his teeth and said.

"The throne of the Ming Dynasty must be inherited by the Zhu family!"

After Zhang Huangyan said his bottom line, Lu Liuliang, Luo Lun and others were all disappointed, they knew that this was Sima's final bottom line.

How could Sima be so foolish!

"If yes, if ......"

Although Zhang Huangyan wanted to say, "If he is a virtuous person every day, the emperor is willing to let Zen, and Zhang will not object", but he can't say this sentence, he will not object, but he will choose to resign and go into hiding, this is his real bottom line.

And who is this virtuous man?

Zhang Huangyan already had the answer in his heart, after this rebellion, the world may be surnamed Zhu again, but this Zhu is probably this Zhu not Zhu Zhu.

The virtuous man comes out of ...... This may be the only reason he can find to convince himself as a literati. Despite this understanding, he did not want to break through his personal bottom line.

Looking at Zhang Huangyan's hesitation and entanglement, and looking at his inner struggle, Zhu Mingzhong sighed in his heart, and let him be called the "Three Heroes of West Lake" along with Yue Fei and Yu Qian in the history books, and take the initiative to say those rebellious words, I am afraid it is impossible.

In the sigh, Zhu Mingzhong glanced at Luo Lun again, in the history of another time and space, Luo Lun, as his subordinate, has been following him, and the two were captured by the Qing army together, and were killed by the Qing army in Hangzhou together. went to death together, as well as his servant Yang Guanyu, and the supervisor saw that Yang Guanyu was young and had the heart to exonerate him. Yang Guanyu categorically refused: "Zhang Gong is for the country and dies of loyalty; I am willing to die for Zhang Gong and die for righteousness. If you want to kill, you will kill, needless to say. After saying that, he knelt in front of Zhang Huangyan and was tortured. When I first met Yang Guanyu a few years ago, the twelve or thirteen-year-old boy should have grown up by now.

Nodding thoughtfully, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Luo Lun who seemed to have something to say on the side, he just nodded slightly, and then said slowly.

"On March 17 of the year of Jiashen, thieves besieged the capital. On the evening of the next day, the first emperor and his personal eunuch Wang Chengen climbed the coal mountain, looking at the sky-high beacon fire outside the city and in the area of Changyi Gate, just sighing and wandering speechlessly. Thieves invaded Beijing. The eunuch Wang Lian hurriedly told the first emperor, and the first emperor drank in the palace and sighed: "Bitter for my people!" The eunuch Zhang Yin persuaded the emperor to surrender and was stabbed to death by the first emperor. Subsequently, the first emperor ordered people to send the crown prince, Yongwang, and Dingwang to the homes of Xunqi Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu. ”

Zhu Mingzhong's voice was not loud, and even seemed a little low, but when he spoke, Zhang Huangyan and the others were all stunned, the reason why they were so stunned was that they never thought of why King Huai would say these words.

"But who would have thought that even if they were blood relatives, they were just a piece of thin paper in front of interests, and the thieves entered Beijing, and Zhou Kui was already rich and noble, and dedicated the prince, Yongwang, and Dingwang to the thieves. After the thieves were defeated, the three were coerced out of the capital by Li Zicheng, and the three escaped from the chaos on the way south, and the three were scattered in the fire, and they never saw each other again......"

Perhaps thinking of the heir of Chongzhen, who had already died at the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, Zhu Mingzhong's expression was a little depressed, and he even thought of Wang Shiyuan, the real prince, who was only twelve years old at the time, how did he drift in the troubled times and beg all the way south......

"In the troubled times, life is as cheap as a dog, once clothed and fed, but now in order to survive, he even has to grab food from the dog basin and is injured by vicious dogs......"

Talking about the hardships Wang Shiyuan suffered along the way, Zhu Mingzhong's face slowly squeezed out a smile.

"If it weren't for the rescue of the master who wandered the rivers and lakes to cure diseases and save people for a living, I'm afraid he would have died on the streets......"

Although Zhu Mingzhong did not say "I", let alone call himself "Dingwang", he still used his master to tell others that he was Dingwang, and he was the king of the first emperor and the Zhou emperor!

However, even when he didn't say this directly, Zhu Mingzhong still secretly said sorry to his real parents in his heart, in this era, he must have a suitable "background", only in this way can he explain the reason why he appeared out of thin air. On the other hand, there is no more suitable identity than the identity of "Dingwang", with this identity, he can get the throne openly! Become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

Listening to the king's words, I don't know how many hardships he has suffered along the way. But Zhang Huangyan, Lu Liuliang, Luo Lun and others all had red eyes, and it was difficult for them to imagine what kind of hardships a prince who had been clothed and fed in clothes and food suffered to survive after he was exiled to the people, but they could imagine how persevering he had been, and he had come to this day step by step.

"Great, great, but can there be anything?"

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