After announcing the official procedures under the heaven and earth, Zhu Hongsan took the queen Ma Xiaofang to sit in the main hall and accept the worship of the ministers.

Zhu Hongsan is still lucky in Guangdong, at least in the past few years, Guangdong has been governed very rich, Zhu Hongsan is much stronger than Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, Zhu Youlang ascended the throne directly in the grass shed to accept the worship of the ministers. said that it was a minister, and it was the same as calling Hanako, and I couldn't wait to have no pants.

But Zhu Hongsan is much stronger here, at least the official's dress can still be matched, coupled with the cooperation of the Guangdong family, there is still no shortage of people in the main central departments, of course, there are still vacancies in other places such as Taifu Temple and Taichang Temple to raise uncles.

Zhu Hongsan turned his head to look at Ma Xiaofang, she was very nervous today, and the palms of Zhu Hongsan's hands that grabbed Zhu Hongsan just now were full of sweat. After all, this is also a mother's etiquette in the world, and no woman can be calm.

Ma Xiaofang is wearing the queen's dress today, wearing a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, wearing a red large-sleeved shirt, adding a xia veil on the clothes, a red Luo long skirt, a red jacket, and a dragon and phoenix decoration on the special bun of the first dress, and the clothes are embroidered with a woven gold dragon and phoenix pattern, plus embroidery. The three layers of this suit are very complicated, Ma Xiaofang got up in the middle of the night to freshen up, and put this one on until dawn.

The first of the following ministers is the prime minister, and the next six are the deputy prime ministers, who are the first rank, wearing the big red bullfighting clothes given by the emperor, and the officials below the second rank do not have the treatment of the cabinet prime ministers, and can only wear their own court clothes.

Because it is an extraordinary period, a lot of etiquette has been saved, and after the ministers pay their respects, the official ceremony will be completed, and the next thing is that Zhu Hongsan issued the first edict on his accession to the throne, that is, the edict of promotion and fortune discussed with the cabinet, anyway, as long as he is an official, he will issue silver. Next, the edict was sent to all directions, telling the surrounding forces that Zhu Hongsan was the emperor.

The power of the emperor is very great, except for the Chaozhou Mansion in the north, the other prefects and counties in Guangdong are all present, and of course Zhu Hongsan welcomes them, and if he has the ability, he will be transferred to the central government as an official, and if he is not capable, he will issue money and silver. For the Chaozhou Mansion Zhu Hongsan who did not come has ordered Qian Yong to be stationed in Dongguan, after the ceremony, he took two regiments to the north to subdue the Chaozhou Mansion, Chaozhou Mansion is the second richest mansion in Guangdong Province, the population is second only to Guangzhou Mansion, originally Chaozhou Mansion was attached to the Tang King Zhu Yujian, now Zhu Yujian is dead, and if he is still stubborn, don't complain that Zhu Hongsan is not emotional.

When Zhu Hongsan ascended the throne as emperor, far away in Wuzhou Mansion, Guangxi, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang appointed by the Longwu Dynasty, Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, Wang Huacheng, the political envoy of Guangxi, Zheng Feng, the governor of Guangxi, Zhu Zhimi, the prefect of Wuzhou, Yan Congyun, the chief soldier of Guangxi, Ma Jixiang, the secretary of the Jinyi guard, and Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of procurement, plus Lu Daqi, the secretary of the Cabinet University Soldier Department who came from Fujian, discussed together to prepare to set up Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, as the prisoner. It was decided to supervise the country on the 10th day of the first month of November, and the emperor will be on the throne on the 14th, still called the second year of Longwu, and the next year will be the first year of the eternal calendar.

Zhu Youlang is the grandson of Wanli, and the cousin of Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Yousong, the three unlucky emperors. His father is Zhu Changying, the seventh son of Emperor Wanli, who sealed Hengyang, Hunan, and called Longwu emperor, Zhu Changying died of illness, and soon Zhu Youlang was named King Gui. Zhu Youlang is one of the descendants of Wanli who is still alive, Zhu Youlang is much worse than Tang King Zhu Yujian in terms of ability, but in terms of legitimacy, it is stronger than Lu King Zhu Yihai and Tang King Zhu Yujian, as for Chu King Zhu Hongsan, it is incomparable. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan also took into account the possibility of Zhu Youlang becoming the emperor when he raised the banner, and in order to overpower Zhu Youlang in law, Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to hold high the banner of Zhu Yuanzhang and attack Zhu Di's line on the issue of Jingnan.

However, at this time, Guangxi did not know that Zhu Hongsan of Guangdong was ready to be called emperor, and after supporting Zhu Youlang, he sent several envoys to Guangdong, Huguang, and Jiangxi, which were still under the control of Ming officials, to make them obey Emperor Yongli.

The messenger from Guangdong came to Zhaoqing Mansion on the fifth day of December, and at this time Chen Zilong, the prefect of Zhaoqing, had already rushed to Guangzhou to watch the ceremony, and now the master of Zhaoqing City was Tong Tuchang, the same governor.

The messenger went to Zhaoqing to see the prefect and wanted to convey the news that Zhu Youlang was proclaimed emperor. Tong Tuchang, as a hardcore Chu king's faction, could listen to Zhu Youlang, and after confiscating the letters, he sent someone to beat the messenger with a stick. The messenger was not clear at first, but when he inquired in the city, he learned that the king of Chu in Guangzhou was also preparing to be emperor, which was big news. The messenger didn't dare to make a noise, turned his head and left Zhaoqing Mansion overnight, and rushed to Wuzhou to report the news.

At this time, the newly baked Yongli Emperor had returned to Guilin accompanied by Ding Kuichu, and the messenger went to Guilin immediately after the air in Wuzhou, and finally arrived in Guilin on December 20, and reported the news to Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang.

What the Chinese are best at is infighting, Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang was furious after getting the news, did not expect that Fengguo lieutenant to dare to be emperor?

Ding Kuichu and the Chu king of Guangdong have been at odds for a long time, and Ding Kuichu is completely a representative of China's old-style intellectuals. He was the governor of Liangguang appointed by Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, but Guangdong was run by Zhu Hongsan like an iron bucket, and Ding Kuichu couldn't get into it at all, so Ding Kuichu held a grudge against the Chu kings.

While Ding Kuichu was loyal to Zhu Yujian, he secretly sent people to welcome back Zhu Youlang, preparing to find an opportunity to support King Gui, and then use the name of righteousness to force Chu King Zhu Hongsan to submit, in Ding Kuichu's cognition, Chu King Zhu Hongsan is just a broken clan, and the wealth of Guangdong should be the result of the efforts of the Ma family.

Therefore, Ding Kuichu's first reaction when he heard the news of the king of Chu's proclamation as emperor was anger, and he hurriedly asked Zhu Youlang to go to Guangdong to quell the rebellion. At this time, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, and the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, successively sent a congratulatory watch in support of Zhu Youlang, and Zhu Youlang was supported by other forces under the control of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang has no opinion when he encounters problems, and he is not suitable for employing people, so he really can't afford the heavy responsibility of Zhongxing. After hearing Ding Kuichu's plan, he immediately agreed, and took Lin Jiading, the right attendant of the Guangdong Xuezheng Department, as the military affairs of the right attendant of the military department (the director of the education bureau led the troops?). It's ridiculous! Xia Sifu served as the supervisor of the army, and together with Li Mingzhong, Wu Jingbo from Wuzhou, led more than 10,000 soldiers from Wuzhou to attack Zhaoqing Mansion first.

Ding Kuichu as the governor of Guangxi, the vision is still there, Zhaoqing Mansion has been regarded as a land by the King of Chu in recent years, concentrated millions of displaced people, reclaimed millions of acres of wasteland, and produced countless rice every year, Ding Kuichu also saw the wealth of Zhaoqing before cutting the first knife to Zhaoqing.

On January 25 of the first year of Shenwu (the year name of Zhu Hongsan will be used in the future, after all, it is orthodox, the first year of Shenwu is 1647, the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty), Lin Jiading, director of the Education Bureau, came to Wuzhou Mansion in Guangxi with 10,000 soldiers and 3,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers.

Wuzhou is the place where Zhu Hongsan Jinyiwei strictly controls and monitors, and after Zhu Hongsan arrived in Guangdong, he has built intelligence agencies in the surrounding provinces, and Wuzhou is a prefecture-level unit here, and Jinyiwei has a hundred households in charge here.

After this hundred households got the news that Zhu Youlang was preparing to make a move on Guangdong, they sent the news to Zhaoqing as soon as possible. Chen Zilong had come back at this time, and was surprised to receive a secret report from Jinyiwei, Zhaoqing and Wuzhou are connected by the Xijiang River, and there is no danger to defend in the two places, if the Guangxi soldiers can reach Zhaoqing in five days down the river, after sending a letter of help to Guangzhou, Chen Zilong immediately found the commander of the garrison, Yan Liang.

After Yan Liang came, Chen Zilong was not polite to him, and directly handed over the information of Jinyiwei to him, and asked: "Commander Yan, Guangxi has sent 13,000 people, can your regiment withstand it?" "Chen Zilong has worked under Li Zhi, and he knows that the combat effectiveness of these new armies is super strong, but there are only 3,000 people in a regiment, and I don't know if it can be successful.

How do you know that after Yan Liang read the information, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lord Prefect, as far as the broken military households of the Ming Army, let alone 13,000, even 30,000 are not necessarily our opponents!" I, Lao Yan, will lead the troops to meet me now, and the prefect will wait for my good news! ”

"I don't know where Commander Yan is going to meet the enemy?"

"I'm going to meet the enemy in the Deqing Prefecture area!"

Chen Zilong thought for a while and said: "No, there are more than 200,000 displaced people in Deqing Prefecture, and fighting and defeating the army in that place will definitely harm the township, if it works, it is best to rush to Fengchuan, Fengchuan County is the gateway of my Guangdong, I hope that Commander Yan will succeed in the first battle!" ”

Fengchuan County? Li Zhaoqing is more than 100 miles. Yan Liang looked embarrassed and said: "Lord Prefect, the terrain of Fengchuan is dangerous, but it is more than a hundred miles away from Zhaoqing, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up!" ”

"Commander Yan, rest assured, I will let the grain carriers on the Xijiang River make every effort to ensure your transportation, and strive to arrive in Fengchuan in three days!" Yan Liang had no choice but to agree.

Yan Liang left Zhaoqing City, returned to the military camp outside the city, and immediately sounded the rallying call, and soon a regiment of five battalions of 3,500 people was ready, and under the leadership of Yan Liang, he got on a grain ship and went up the Xijiang River.

In this era, the water volume of the Xijiang River was very large, and the shipping could reach Liuzhou Mansion in Guangxi, and the 100 inland river grain ships prepared by Chen Zilong on the wharf had been prepared, and Yan Liang's 3,500 people and equipment were all on board and set sail by the slender man. This is also why Zhaoqing is now a grain-producing area, and hundreds of ships come and go between Guangzhou and Zhaoqing every day on the Xijiang River, so Chen Zilong can mobilize enough ships in a short time.

In fact, Yan Liang's worries were unnecessary, when Yan Liang arrived in Fengchuan three days later, Lin Jiading's 13,000 people were not ready to go.

The quality of the Ming army in this era was far lower than that of Zhu Hongsan's army, and in the days when they arrived in Wuzhou, several leading cadres had a day and night banquet, and the soldiers under his command also harmed the township, making the whole Wuzhou mourn.

Finally, on 15 February, when Lin Jiading, director of the Education Bureau, finished eating and drinking, he took the 13,000 army, known as the 50,000 army, along the Xijiang River to prepare to attack Zhaoqing.