After saying goodbye to Hong Chengchou, Zhang Zhao sent me to Ninghaiwei overnight and asked me to take a boat south to Fuzhou.

And he himself took my holy decree and went straight to Fuzhou by land.

The main reason why I want him to go south by land and bring the holy decree with him is that I must immediately raise money for the Manchu Qing so that Wu Sangui can quickly withdraw his troops.

The delay time by sea is longer, and the land route is much faster.

I sat on the boat and basically had nothing to do, so I took out the "Xuanhua Sutra" that Hong Chengchou gave me and looked through it, hoping to find the secret in it.

It's a pity that just like last time, no matter how much I researched, I still didn't understand the essentials, which made me very distressed.

Fortunately, with Chen Yuanyuan by my side, my anxiety was relieved.

The group drifted at sea for more than 20 days, and finally arrived in Fuzhou.

……

After arriving in Fuzhou, I didn't have a moment of rest, and went straight to the court, just to know about the situation of the ministers in the more than a month that I had been going north.

I have to say that I was right to let Shi Kefa preside over the overall situation, not only did he manage the government in an orderly manner, but also united with Chen Jinnan to find out the route of entering Taiwan, as well as the number of soldiers and horses stationed in Taiwan, and even the route of attacking Taiwan has been drawn into a map.

I am very pleased that there was no problem with the government and that it was doing better than before I set off.

However, when it comes to money, a big problem arises.

After Zhang Zhao returned to Fuzhou with my holy decree, he quickly issued an imperial edict to the officials of the five provinces south of the Yangtze River, and the officials of the five provinces south of the Yangtze River responded one after another, donating their local taxes to support the country's major policies.

But there is one place that has not responded to the call of the country for a long time, and this place is Yunnan.

Yunnan didn't pay for it, but it didn't even reply to the letter, which directly led to the lack of silver taels handed over to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After Zhang Zhao reported this to me, I was very puzzled.

You must know that whether it is a history book or a wild history record, Yunnan Muwangfu is loyal to the imperial court in every way.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked his adopted son Mu Ying and Fu Youde to go south to Yunnan, Mu Ying repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang named him the Duke of Qianguo, the town of Yunnan, and gave him a copy of "Xuanhua Sutra", which can be said to be as kind to his entire family.

Even Mr. Jin Yong in "The Legend of Deer and Ding" specifically praised the anti-Qing people in Mu Wangfu, including Wei Xiaobao's wife, Mu Jianping, the small county lord of Mu Wangfu.

How could a person like Mu Wangfu, who was favored by the emperor and was loyal to the court, not respond to the call of his buddy?

Could it be that there is an error in the historical records, and Mu Wangfu is not loyal to the court at all?

Or was there some other accident?

For a while, I was in doubt, scratching my head and constantly thinking about whether I had forgotten something recorded in the history books.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong's deputy Gan Hui hurriedly ran into the court, and without saying hello to me, he directly handed me the battle report from the front.

"Your Majesty, take a look!" Gan Hui said eagerly.

I opened the battle report and glanced at it, and my face instantly became solemn.

"Zheng Chenggong enlightened the emperor, the traitor Wu Sangui has broken through Tongling, Chizhou, and Anqing, and now a large army has pressed Quzhou. Although the city of Quzhou is strong, it can only withstand it for a while. Once Quzhou is forced, the Wu army is approaching Fujian, please send troops to help the emperor quickly! ”

I grass, when I saw the battle report, Lao Tzu's heart was almost cold, Wu Sangui's anti-thief battle was really too fierce.

As Zheng Chenggong said, once Quzhou falls, if Wu Sangui does not withdraw his troops, Fuzhou will be finished sooner or later.

It's just that now that the troops from the five provinces south of the Yangtze River have been requisitioned and transferred to the front line, I want to rush to the aid of Zheng Chenggong, so I can only transfer the troops from Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

However, in Guizhou, where there are thousands of mountains and bad waters, there are many ethnic minorities, and they have always disobeyed the discipline of the imperial court.

Historical records record that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the ethnic minorities in Guizhou surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and did not listen to the call of the imperial court at all.

In this way, it seems that the only one who can solve the problem is Yunnan, but Yunnan Muwangfu doesn't even want to give me money now, let alone soldiers.

I'm thinking, could it be that Mu Wangfu betrayed the court and wanted to play independence by himself.

But this seems impossible, after all, the record of Mu Wangfu in the history books is loyal.

Although I don't know the situation of Muwangfu yet, in order to solve the urgent situation, I decided to go to Yunnan on the spot.

The reason why I decided to go to Yunnan was to investigate what was going on in Muwangfu; On the other hand, I wanted to ask the people in Mu Wangfu if they knew the specific secrets in the "Xuanhua Sutra".

You must know that the scripture in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was stolen in King Mu's mansion.

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The next day, I took Zhang Zhao and others and embarked on a journey to Yunnan; At the same time, he also brought with him all kinds of military books and the governing books of the sages and sages.

My buddy has experienced the humiliation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Hong Chengchou's mention, he has really put all his mind on governing the country and the country, and he has no time to study any room techniques, let alone "Golden Vase Plum".

We followed Fujian into Guangdong, then into Guangxi, and finally detoured through Guizhou, from Qujing Military and Civil Government to Kunming.

It was already evening when I arrived at the city of Kunming, but the gate of the city was heavily guarded, and the pedestrians were interrogated one by one, as if they had entered a state of combat readiness, which made me feel very abnormal.

You must know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains and Jiangnan were in turmoil, and the only one who could survive was Yunnan.

Fortunately, we were not stopped by the officials and soldiers defending the city, and after entering the city, I asked Zhang Zhao to go straight to Mu Wangfu with the holy decree, and then found an inn with Xia Wanchun and others to stay, and prepared to go to see the current Duke of Qianguo early tomorrow morning.

After having dinner at the inn, I watched "The Art of War" when I had nothing to do, and after reading it for a while, I took out the "Xuanhua Sutra" that Hong Chengchou gave me, and prepared to study it again.

Unexpectedly, just as I opened the scripture, suddenly a dart with a string shot at me from the window.

I only heard a whoosh, and the dart was inserted directly into the "Xuanhua Sutra", and before I could react, the book had been pulled out of the window.

I hurried to the window, only to see a handsome man in a green shirt under the moonlight, holding the scriptures and winking triumphantly at me, and pouting again, as if he was despising me.

By the time I reacted, the guy had already taken the scriptures and disappeared into the moonlight.

Seeing this, I hurriedly shouted: "Xiao Xia, Xiao Xia, come out quickly!" ”

Xia Wanchun hurriedly ran to my room and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?" ”

"Someone stole the "Xuanhua Sutra", hurry up and chase it!"

Xia Wanchun jumped out of the window without saying a word, and stomped his feet angrily.

I'm thinking, could it be that my whereabouts have been exposed?

But who could be this man who robbed the scriptures?

Half an hour later, Xia Wanchun ran back, knelt on the ground in frustration and told me that the guy who grabbed the book was very good, he didn't catch up, and he let him go.

Lao Tzu slapped the table angrily and said, "Damn, I haven't gone to Mu Wangfu to ask about the secret of the scriptures, and the scriptures have been stolen, and I will be his uncle!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Zhao walked in and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?" ”

I told him about the theft of the scriptures, and he smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, the people from Mu Wangfu have promised to see us tomorrow, I believe that as long as the people from Mu Wangfu come forward, the thieves will not be able to get out of Kunming City." ”

Zhang Zhao said it easily, but buddy, I am not at ease at all, in my opinion, the book thief is definitely not an ordinary martial arts master, even Xia Wanchun can't be caught, let alone the people of Mu Wangfu.

But I can't help it, after all, this is not Fuzhou, and I can only rely on the people of Muwangfu.

Early the next morning, I took Zhang Zhao and them to the legendary Mu Wangfu.

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After entering King Mu's mansion, the housekeeper let us take a break in the home remedies, and then ran to inform the Duke of Qianguo.

A short time later, a man with a baby in his arms walked in.

The man was in his early twenties, not tall, and lean. He was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had dark skin, and at first glance he looked like a typical Yunnan person.

He handed the baby in his hand to the maid on the side, and then knelt down and said, "Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, knocks on the emperor!" ”

When I heard Mu Tianbo's three words, my heart was cold.

At the same time, it suddenly dawned on him why Yunnan did not respond to the call of the imperial court and provide money to support.

It's not buddy, I'm modest, I really didn't study Chinese history seriously before I crossed over, so there are some historical events that I can't remember for a while.

If I'm not mistaken, Mu Tianbo should be the last Duke of Qianguo in history.

And now there should be another emperor in Muwangfu, and this emperor is the last monarch of the Southern Ming Dynasty recorded in the history books - Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang!