"This time I persuaded the book, and there is already a reward from the king over there!"

His father's words reached Hong Shiming's ears, which only made his heart tremble, maybe others didn't know, but he knew very well that the persuasion book was not handed out at all, and what so-called "reward" would there be, and why did his father say that?

It must have been to appease the four of them.

For Hong Chengqing, who once served as the governor of Jiangnan and made great contributions to the south of the country, all this is naturally familiar with the road, but just a few words, Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong, Sun Sike, and Wang Jinbao said that they were all grateful, and they definitely wanted to die for Lord Hong and the imperial court.

Everything fell into Hong Shiming's eyes, only to make his mind more and more depressed, in the next time, Hong Shiming just watched his father's performance with his eyes open, watching his father privately grant the position of marquis to the four of them, although in Hong Shiming's view, this so-called marquis, then Li Ziyuan will definitely recognize it, but he may not have no opinion on his father's overstepping, which may even bury hidden dangers from now on.

And doesn't the father know this?

Although Hong Shiming tried his best to hide the worries in his heart, Zhao Liangdong, who was observing the subtleties, still found some signs, and he felt a little strange in his heart, but he quietly toasted Lord Hong with Daniel Zhang and others, but he also secretly kept an eye in his heart.

After the four of them said goodbye again, Hong Shiming, who had long been worried, immediately asked.

"Father, such a private title, even if the king recognizes it in the future, I am afraid that he will have a grudge against his father in his heart, so ......"

Without waiting for Hong Shiming to finish speaking, Hong Chengchou looked at him and sighed helplessly.

"Do you think that the father does not know? But now, how can there be any other way for the father, and the four of them have heavy armies, how can they not do their best to appease ......"

Seeing his son's worried look, Hong Chengchou smiled again.

"Shiming, you don't need to worry about anything else, the persuaded son has already ordered someone to send it over quickly, and he also explained this matter in the letter, you don't have to worry about anything else, then Li Ziyuan is a hero in the world, how can he lose a big ...... because of a small loss"

Although he has never met Li Ziyuan, Hong Chengchou knows his kind of character very well, just like Huang Taiji back then, in order to be able to convince him that Hong someone, he even did not hesitate to serve him as a concubine, for those heroes, they have always been unscrupulous to achieve their goals. In this way, how could he care about his actions to appease him in advance.

But Hong Chengchou missed a little bit of his calculations, he missed his son!

Although Hong Chengchou suppressed the news of Yunnan, so that almost no one in Changsha knew the news of Wu Sangui's defeat, but for Hong Shiming, since he learned the news, he was in a state of panic.

first Wu Sangui's defeat, and then his father did not hesitate to accept other people's titles privately, all of this, in his opinion, is undoubtedly "self-defeating". As Hong Chengchou's son, Hong Shiming is similar to his father in many places, if there is any difference with his father, it is that he cherishes his life more and knows how to comply with the destiny of heaven.

Two years ago, almost when the news of the Ming army's occupation of Wuchang reached the capital, Hong Shiming, who was the head of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing, immediately made the decision to go south.

In the end, everything was as he expected, and in just over a year, the seemingly invincible Manchu Qing Dynasty fled from the pass in a hurry and fled to Shaanxi to survive.

Obeying the mandate of heaven, these four words are easy to say, but it is not easy to do, one of the simplest and most difficult places is, where is this mandate of heaven?

Where is the Mandate of Heaven?

If everyone can obey the destiny of heaven, how can my father bet on the wrong chips?

The surrender of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has made my father intolerable to the world, or this time my father bet on the wrong treasure again, how can there be any place in the world that can accommodate the Hong family at that time?

Hong Shiming doesn't know if there is a place in the world that can accommodate the Hong family, but he can be sure that if he can't make a choice early, there will be no place in the world that can accommodate him!

"Wu Sangui is defeated!"

Zhang Daocheng stood up violently, he looked at Hong Shiming with shocked eyes, knowing that what he said must not be a lie.

"Did he really lose?"

"Defeated, and more than half of the army of more than 100,000 people has been lost!"

Hong Shiming said with added oil and vinegar.

"How, how can this be?"

"The army's spirit is scattered!"

Hong Shiming stared at Zhang Daocheng and said.

"When people's hearts are in turmoil, Kunming naturally can't hold it!"

His sentence was confused, which only made Zhang Daocheng's heart panic, he looked at the Daming official robe on his body, lost his mind for a while, and then said.

"I, we are also great officials, why, why is King Mu still pressing so tightly?"

"Da Ming?"

Sneering, Hong Shiming asked rhetorically.

"Do you think it will take for the one in the capital to ascend the throne and become the emperor?"

"This ......"

Hong Shiming's rhetorical question made Zhang Daocheng's heart "chuckle", and the whole person suddenly became dumb, as Hong Chengchou's confidant, he naturally knew that Li Ziyuan would not wait long, maybe he would ascend the throne and become emperor after the New Year.

"Then why is Li Ziyuan called the emperor?"

Hong Shiming stared at Zhang Daocheng and asked.

"Because of the fall of the southwest, there are nearly 500,000 more horses under his command, so how can he not be the emperor under his inflated ambitions?"

Zhang Daocheng naturally knew about this truth, listening to Gongzi asking and answering himself, his mind was constantly swaying.

"It's also a last resort for adults to submit to Li Chu, after all, after all, ......"

Squeaked, Zhang Daocheng sighed helplessly.

"We are all guilty of clearing things, no, we can't stay unless it's Li Chu!"

Zhang Daocheng sighed helplessly.

"That's my father, not Lord Zhang!"

Hong Shiming's words only made Zhang Daocheng suddenly startled, he looked at the eldest prince in surprise, and asked for a while.

"What do you mean by what the prince and the son say?"

"Master Zhang, do you know that the third-class lord promoted by the four general soldiers is just a ......"

After a slight pause, Hong Shiming stared at Zhang Daocheng and said.

"It's just that my father gave them a private lecture verbally in order to appease them, and Master Zhang thinks that after this matter is passed on to Jingshi, what will happen to Li Chu?"

"Fake?"

Looking at Hong Shiming in surprise, Zhang Daocheng said in surprise, as the prefect of Changsha, he naturally knew about the four general soldiers being promoted to the third rank, but he never thought that their third-class lord was actually fake!

"Aren't you afraid that after the news gets out, there will be chaos......

The words were abrupt, Zhang Daocheng stared at Hong Shiming in surprise, the moment he knew the news, he only thought it was to appease, but when he thought of the chaos that might be caused after the news was revealed, his heart was tight, what if the four general soldiers rebounded at that time? There were more than 100,000 horses under the command of the four of them.

Suddenly, Zhang Daocheng thought of another possibility, if Li Chu did not confer on the four of them the third rank at that time, how would the four of them react? If at this time, Hong Chengchou appeased them, saying that this matter was all caused by villains, how would they react? Although he will not be grateful, Zhang Daocheng believes that they will obey Lord Hong's life at that time. In this world, the troubled times have been revealed, if there are four of them who want to help, plus the Qiyang General Army, the Yiyang General Army, the Dong'an Deputy General, and Guangxi's Line Guoan, Quanjie, Ma Xiong, Chenchang General Yang Yuming, and Yuanzhou General Zhang Pengcheng......

Thinking of that possibility, Zhang Daocheng's heart couldn't help but gasp, he was even frightened by his own speculation, because this kind of result must be a dead end, not only Hong Chengchou will die, but even he may lose his life!

Now that Lord Hong has submitted to Li Ziyuan, why do he still want to establish himself as the emperor?

It's not impossible!

He Hongda descended to Qing for his life, and the same is true for Li, but in the final analysis, that life is handed over to others, and in this troubled world, who is willing to give his life to others? I'm afraid Lord Hong will definitely not, if Li Chu is the emperor, the world is in chaos, why can't he Hong be the emperor? Can't stand on your own?

Zhang Daocheng's mind was in turmoil, and even he only felt an inexplicable fear, the reason why he felt fear was not that he didn't want to get that dragon skill, but because he knew that Lord Hong's reputation was too evil, and even compared with Shi Jingtang, it was even better, so that people who are not ashamed in the world can be called emperors for a long time?

Besides, looking at the eldest prince in front of him.

Even his own son is not ashamed of being a person, and he does not dare to go all the way with him, let alone others.

Besides, his age and body, he can be an emperor for a few years, live happily for a few years, and then return to the West, but what about him Zhang Daocheng? And the people of the southwest? In the end, I don't have to bury someone for him!

After figuring out everything in it, Zhang Daocheng looked at the eldest prince in front of him, he was originally flustered in his heart, but he was not panicked at this time, he was already prepared in his heart, it was nothing more than a few choices.

"What are the plans of the eldest prince?"

Staring at the eldest son, Zhang Daocheng wanted to learn his thoughts from Hong Shiming, and then think about it.

"Lord Zhang, do you know what the bottom of the kettle is?"

Seeing that Zhang Daocheng was already moved, Hong Shiming persuaded him.

"The reason why the Li thief dared to kill the king and usurp the throne today is nothing more than the fact that his father led hundreds of thousands of troops and several southwestern provinces to surrender, but how can the people of this world tolerate such a thief who kills the king and usurps the throne?"

Staring at Zhang Daocheng, Hong Shiming's words were not loud, and the speed was not fast.

"If the little brother expected it to be true, at this time, Zhu Huai, Min Zheng, Li Jin and others must be dispatching troops to defeat Buchen, if this is the case, how can Li Thief last long?"

Suddenly, Hong Shiming raised his voice again.

Zhuangzi said "conform to the mandate of heaven", what is the mandate of heaven? Don't you know? ”