The reason why it is said that Chongzhen's secret decree was followed instead of Princess Kunxing's edict was to consider the safety of Princess Kunxing.

Anyway, in the eyes of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, as long as Chen Yue returns to Beijing, it will be a rebellion, and the secret edict is just an excuse to cover up the mouth of the people in the world.

On the side of Qingjun, as long as this banner is played, it is a sign of rebellion, which is already a well-known thing. At least, Shangyi Supervisor Cheng Ma Xiang thinks so.

Regarding Chen Yue's reaction, there have long been discussions in the central palace, and some people think that Chen Yue may not necessarily obey the imperial court's holy decree and go to Wuchang honestly, and maybe he will put forward some conditions. And there are not many people who think that Chen Yue will rebel, after all, Chen Yue's consistent performance shows that he is definitely a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and now Chongzhen is not dead, and Princess Kunxing is his future wife, how could he rebel?

And when this matter really appeared in front of him, Ma Xiang knew how lucky he was, it was said that he was the messenger of the imperial court, since Chen Yue rebelled, it was not impossible to kill himself to sacrifice the flag. And now Chen Yue not only did not kill himself, but let himself go back to Beijing, which made Ma Xiang have a surprise for the rest of his life.

The day after sending Ma Xiang away, that is, on April 28 of the 19th year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yue officially announced that he would return to Nanjing, Qing Jun's side, and stabilize Sheji!

Chen Yue was accompanied by 30,000 troops, mainly the Dongfan Water Division, the Qinwei Battalion, the Dinghai Army, and Yu Feng's Anqing Army, all of which were veterans of the original Pingnan Army.

The number of 30,000 troops is not too much, but the strength should not be underestimated, this is the most elite army in the Ming Dynasty! Take the sailors as an example, including seven Western-style Galen ships, more than 20 three-masted ships, more than 100 other warships, and more than 300 red-coated cannons alone, such strength is second to none in the entire Daming Sea.

Among the infantry, there are Chen Yue's 3,000 personal guard battalions, each of whom wears armor, of which 800 are ironclad soldiers, wearing the newly made plate armor of the Zhoushan Workshop, the defensive ability is amazing, everyone wears armor, and the most inferior is leather armor, which can be said to be the only army in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The 3,000-guard battalion was equipped with 2,000 muskets, 20 Franco-machine guns, and nearly 100 tiger squat guns.

These 3,000 people were veterans of the Pingnan Army, and the officers among them were all old men who followed Chen Yue from Beijing, and after countless bloody battles, their combat strength was far beyond that of ordinary armies.

In addition to the infantry, there were also Yu Feng's 1,000 iron cavalry, which was an elite division that charged and broke the formation. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there is no second such cavalry now.

With such an army in hand, although there are only 30,000 people, Chen Yue is sure to fight any army, even if it is a full Tartar Eight Banners, he is not afraid at all!

It is much more convenient and faster to go down the river by boat than by land, and the 30,000 troops except Yu Feng's cavalry are all by boat, a distance of more than 800 miles, and it only takes half a month to go down the river from Jiujiang, which is still because it is a huge fleet of ships, if it is a single fast boat, it can reach Nanjing in ten days at most.

On the second day after leaving Jiujiang, Liu Neng sent someone to send information from Nanjing, reporting on the current situation in Nanjing and the results of the cabinet's election of the prince.

King Tang, it turned out that it was really King Tang who became the crown prince! Looking at the detailed description in the letter of the cabinet boss Liubu Jiuqing's selection of the crown prince, its ups and downs are no less than a war, even Chen Yue couldn't help but sigh!

Time back to Nanjing more than ten days ago.

The cabinet bosses didn't know that a secret letter written by Princess Kunxing had been sent to Jiujiang by Jinyiwei, and they were even more unaware of what happened in the near future. The main thing is that their energy is focused on the upcoming election of the vassal king as the prince.

In the whole of Nanjing, only Han Zanzhou may have vague worries in his heart, and only he is afraid that Chen Yue will return to Beijing blatantly, so he is so protective of Princess Kunxing. That's because he was a thief, for fear that what he had done had been leaked, the prince was killed, and Chongzhen had a stroke.

But in the hearts of the cabinet elders, they didn't think about it so much. Because in the eyes of almost everyone, Chen Yue has no reason to do rebellious things at all. Chongzhen didn't die, but he was sicker, which was no different from usual. Although the western thieves were defeated, they were far from being eliminated, and at this time, they should bravely chase away the poor and kill the thieves to recover the land and make greater achievements.

As for the fact that the Nanjing ministers supported the establishment of the vassal king as the prince, it would definitely spread to Jiujiang, but the bigwigs thought that the establishment of the prince had always been a matter for the cabinet and the ministers of the court, and had nothing to do with the military generals, and Chen Yue had no reason to rebel because of this matter. However, out of prudence, they still wrote a holy decree to Chen Yue, asking him to go to Wuchang farther away from Nanjing, of course, in order to appease Chen Yue, they allocated a huge reward of 500,000 taels of silver, thinking that Chen Yue would be honest and obedient when he got this silver.

Then, the bigwigs spent all their energy on competing for the prince. Shi Kefa, Qian Qianyi, and Wang Duo each elected a vassal king, and they refused to give in to each other, and the courtiers were also divided into three factions and quarreled all day long.

However, the day before the court meeting, news suddenly came from Hangzhou that Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, unfortunately fell into the lake from the painting boat and drowned when he was visiting the West Lake!

The time of death is so coincidental that people have to have a reverie, but to die is to die, which means that there is one less candidate for the prince, and there are only two candidates left, Gui Fan and Tang Wang. Shi Kefa was overjoyed, thinking that without King Lu, Wang Duo's ministers would definitely support the establishment of the Gui Domain, after all, the Gui Domain was the descendant of Shenzong, and the Tang King was too far away from him. And Wang Duo also hinted that he would support Shi Kefa.

Who knew that when the court voted, Wang Duo suddenly turned against the water, and even the ministers of his department changed their banners and supported King Tang one after another. Shi Kefa's sad discovery was that some of the ministers who originally supported him also sided with Qian Qianyi one after another, and the only ones who really stood on his side to support the Gui Fan were those real Qingliu ministers.

What Shi Kefa didn't know was that in the past few days, Zheng Zhibao had sent nearly one million taels of silver, and Qian Qianyi had promised many benefits on behalf of King Tang. In the face of Bai Huahua's silver and future, what is the blood order?

With the support of most of the ministers of the Six Ministries and Nine Qings, the succession of Tang Wang has become a foregone conclusion, and Shi Kefa can only pinch his nose and admit this result. The ministers agreed to immediately send someone to Jiaxing to pick up the Tang King to Nanjing, first serve as the supervisor of the country, and then ascend the throne as the emperor after Chongzhen's death!

In order to show respect, Qian Qianyi, the second assistant, personally led a team to Jiaxing to meet the Tang King. However, Qian Qianyi was still on the way to greet the Tang King, and the rebellion of the Duke of Qi in Jiujiang had reached Nanjing, which immediately caused a great earthquake in the city!