On November 14, the second year of Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the news of the death of Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Tingzhou was rushed to Guangzhou, Guangdong by Jinyiwei.

The cabinet members who received the news were mixed with joy and sorrow, sad that the barrier of Fujian was gone, and they would have to face the Manchu iron cavalry next, and the joy was that Zhu Yujian died, and this time Zhu Hongsan could be the emperor.

Cabinet members Chen Zizhuang, Tong Yangjia, and Feng Ziyong went to see the king of Chu as soon as they received the news, but the king of Chu was not in the mansion, and when they inquired, they learned that the king of Chu had gone to the Guanyin Courtyard to offer incense.

Hearing Xiao Huangmen say this, Chen Zizhuang couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, when did this prison country still go to look for flowers and ask Liu?

Zhu Hongsan has now completely turned the Guanyin Temple, a pure place of Buddhism, into a place to hide filth and dirt, in addition to the two fake nuns of the Zhang family and the Chen family, there are more than a dozen real nuns, Zhu Hongsan picked out a few young and beautiful ones among the real nuns, and they were obscene and happy day and night.

Just when Chen Zizhuang was looking for Zhu Hongsan, this guy had just gotten up from a little nun.

Zhu Hongsan patted the bald head of the little nun under him, and sighed in his heart: "Sure enough, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as stealing, and it is better to steal than to steal!" Playing with a little nun outside and playing with a wife at home just doesn't feel the same! Just as Zhu Hongsan was sighing, Cao Fang knocked on the door twice outside the door.

"Master, Cabinet Master Chen is asking to see you outside the hospital!"

Zhu Hongsan got up and got dressed, Chen Zizhuang came, and it is estimated that Zhu Yujian in Fujian is finished. Thinking that he was about to face the Qing army, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but feel bitter, "After waiting for twenty years, it's finally here!" ”

Chen Zizhuang was not in the mood to be angry with Zhu Hongsan at this time, and when he saw Zhu Hongsan coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Prison country, big thing, on the eighth day of November, Tang King Zhu Yujian is in Tingzhou!" ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, indicating that he knew, "Mr. Chen, you send a letter to Zhang Jiayu of Nanxiong Mansion, asking him to pay attention to vigilance and prevent the Qing army from moving south from Ganzhou!" ”

Unexpectedly, the three people in the cabinet didn't move, Chen Zizhuang looked at the other two, and the three of them knelt down together and shouted: "Prison country, now the autumn of critical survival, the ministers ask the prison country to succeed to the emperor's throne!" ”

Damn, he forced himself to be the emperor again. Zhu Hongsan was very depressed, originally he wanted to develop quietly in Guangdong, Zhu Yujian hung up, didn't there be Zhu Youlang, and there were those who blocked the knife. Who would have thought that these ministers were too heavy on the minds of officials, and they had already made themselves prisoners of the country last year not human inside and out, and this time they were also called emperors, and they would immediately fight with Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui in Guangxi, so forget it.

Zhu Hongsan picked up Chen Zizhuang and said: "The king understands the mood of the gentleman, but we are not suitable to be the emperor now, let others block the sword." ”

Others? Who else, now Guangdong is the front line.

"Prison country, now the clans of the whole world are dead and fleeing, so who still dares to claim that the emperor and the Manchu Qing are doing against each other? Therefore, the ministers asked the prison country to succeed to the throne for the sake of the ancestors' inheritance! ”

Hearing Chen Zilong say this, Zhu Hongsan thought about it and it made sense, now there are still people, the Qing army has arrived in Fujian, and it will be his turn next.

Seeing that Zhu Hongsan didn't speak, Tong Yangjia knew that he was alive with his mind. Tong Yangjia understands Zhu Hongsan, this King of Chu is a self-interested villain, and if he wants to do anything, he must let him see that it is beneficial.

"Jianguo, you see, because His Royal Highness is not right, except for Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Qiongzhou, and Lianzhou in Guangdong, the others are all against Jianguo Yang, if His Highness is called the emperor, they are in this situation It is a rebellion, and we can raise rebels to attack them. Wouldn't it be better if the territory of the prison country would be expanded, more factories could be built, and more troops could be recruited? ”

When Zhu Hongsan heard Tong Yangjia say this, his heart moved, yes, now he only has more than 50,000 horses, if the territory is expanded, he can expand the army immediately, it seems good.

Zhu Hongsan had already agreed in his heart at this time, but he still had to make a show on his face. Zhu Hongsan flicked his sleeves and said: "The three of you are trapping me in injustice, Emperor Hongguang is not thin on me, I must not do anything to be sorry for him!" After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left.

The three members of the cabinet are all old rivers and lakes, so I can't see what Zhu Hongsan means, I'm sorry Hongguang, now Zhu Yousong's bones are rotten, what's the point of mentioning him!

Chen Zizhuang turned his head and said to the two: "Jian Guo has agreed, let's prepare separately!" ”

Zhu Hongsan agreed, and then the ministers of the Chu royal family in Guangdong began to go to the table one after another, persuading Zhu Hongsan to be the emperor.

For the first time, all the generals were on the table, and Zhao Guodong and Yan Qingshan, who were far away in Dinghai, rushed back in person and knelt in front of Zhu Hongsan to plead.

Zhu Hongsan scolded Qian Yong, Zhao Guodong and other generals, scolding them for making themselves untrustworthy in the world.

The second time was when all the ministers came to the table, and they begged Zhu Hongsan to conform to the will of the people and ascend the throne as emperor. Of course, this time Zhu Hongsan still didn't allow it.

For the third time, Chen Zizhuang found Zhu Hongsan's uncle, Feng Ruoshu, and entered the mansion to ask Zhu Hongsan to be the emperor.

Feng Ruoshu hasn't seen him for a year, but he is really old, and old age spots began to grow on his face, and he is no longer the kind of person who looks dignified on the surface, but is actually a man thief and a prostitute.

Seeing Feng Ruoshu enter the house, Zhu Hongsan hurriedly stepped down from the throne and personally helped Old Man Feng to sit down.

"These guys, why did you invite your old gentleman too!"

Feng Ruoshu smiled and said: "Hehe, Lord Wang, the three orders are Zhou Li, Your Highness wants to be the Holy Son of Heaven, this gift cannot be abolished!" ”

"It's really troublesome, according to me, just ascend the throne and it's over, how could there be so many eggs before!"

"Your Highness, it's not the same now as it was before. Although this large piece of foundation was built by Your Highness yourself, but Your Highness didn't think about it, you and Emperor Taizu Gao are different! ”

It seems that Old Man Feng has something to say, and Zhu Hongsan asked, "Please uncle teach me!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, you are not in the line of King Yan, if you want to serve the public, you must revive the ancestral system, that is, inherit the set of Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizu is the most important thing to talk about etiquette!"

What Feng Ruoshu said is also what Zhu Hongsan is worried about now, Zhu Hongsan really wants to restore the prime minister system of the Song Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system that year and wrote it into the emperor's ancestral teachings, which became the constitution. And if Zhu Hongsan wants to be the emperor, he must oppose the legitimacy of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, only in this way can Zhu Hongsan stand on orthodoxy, but if he opposes Zhu Di, he must emphasize legitimacy and abide by the ancestral system, which is really a paradox.

There is also the issue of heirs, Zhu Hongsan is very optimistic about the secret reserve system of the Manchu Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang got it is the inheritance system of the eldest son, this thing is okay in the first two generations, after all, the first two generations of emperors have endured hardships, and they know that it is not easy to fight the country, but the later emperors are all rich second generations, and they know the hard work of their father and grandfather, and it will be possible for an emperor like Wanli Tianqi to appear when the time comes. But fortunately, although Wanli and Tianqi are inactive, they are still a little self-aware, knowing that this country will be governed by these stinky old nines. If you meet a guy like Chongzhen, who has a low level of skill and mastery, it is really unreasonable not to perish.

The Chengxiang system is easy to solve, and what the Chinese are best at is exploiting loopholes, and Zhu Hongsan is ready to abolish the university scholar system after he ascends the throne and replace it with the cabinet prime minister system in later generations. But Zhu Hongsan, the heir system, really didn't dare to move around, because there was no ready-made example of this thing in later generations.

Feng Ruoshu was happy when he saw Zhu Hongsan distressed. In fact, in addition to persuading Zhu Hongsan to ascend the throne today, he was entrusted by Ma Mingyuan to persuade Zhu Hongsan to adhere to the primogeniture inheritance system. Only when Zhu Hai is the crown prince, Ma Mingyuan will have a bright future.

Feng Ruoshu said: "Your Highness, the minister has a suggestion that can solve the heir problem. ”

Hearing that Feng Ruoshu had a good suggestion, Zhu Hongsan hurriedly asked, "Uncle, please speak!" ”

"His Royal Highness can take two steps, the first step is to set up a prince, and the second step is to give them some work when several princes become adults, to see which prince is suitable for the next emperor, if the prince is competent, naturally everyone will be happy, if the prince is not good, His Royal Highness can also find the strengths of other princes!"

Zhu Hongsan was dumbfounded when he heard Old Man Feng say this, isn't this the same as Kang Mazi's Nine Dragons in later generations? When the time comes, won't you be angry with your sons?

"Uncle, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, in case several princes attack each other, it will immediately cause trouble to Xiao Wall!"

Feng Ruoshu raised his head, his two little eyes flashed brightly, and said slowly: Has Your Highness ever heard of the wolf pack? There is always a wolf in every group of wolves, and this head wolf dominates the life and death of the wolf pack, but the head wolf is not born to be the head wolf, in fact, every male wolf has the opportunity to become the head wolf, as for who can do it, it depends on the minions and brains. ”

"This ......" Zhu Hongsan's heart suddenly pinched as soon as he heard this, this truth Zhu Hongsan naturally understands that natural selection has always been a bloody reality, but it can be understood that when it is his turn, it makes Zhu Hongsan feel distressed. It's all their own flesh and blood, and when the time comes, there will be a few who can really live well, Zhu Hong is ruthless, and he kills people without blinking, but he still loves his children tightly. Feng Ruoshu glanced at Zhu Hongsan's pale face, closed his mouth, and stopped speaking, leaving only Zhu Hongsan's increasingly heavy panting sound in the study.

Damn, this is Feng Ruoshu, the old coffin seedling has not lived for a few days, and others will never have the courage to say such a thing. Alas, if the children really fight, what should we do with them? As soon as Zhu Hongsan thought of the tragedy of the Nine Dragons in the future, his hands shook unconsciously, but the problem is that it is impossible not to let them fight, and the children will definitely be divided into gangs when they grow up.

"That's it, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, how can you see the rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, and this king can't do anything." Zhu Hongsan said very frustratedly, with a sad look on his face.

"Not really." Feng Ruoshu's eyes were blazing and said: "It's okay to fight, but it's not okay to fight, Your Highness must be well guided." Throughout the ages, there have been such disputes, and this is the nature. Inevitable. It's just a matter of degree. As long as His Highness guides him, he will prevent trouble before it happens, and he will not be able to control the intensity of it. ”

Hmm, Old Man Feng is right, a limited fight is better than a jar of stagnant water. It's too early for that, let's talk about it in a few years. Alas, when the children are older, we can't make the decisions. It is everyone's life to do whatever it is.