On the Dinghai side, Qian Qianyi and Chen Zilong were preparing to go south. Zhu Hongsan, who was thousands of miles away, was waiting for Feng Ruoshu to send good news. Today, Feng Ruoshu wants to persuade Chen Zizhuang to surrender, which is an important part of whether Zhu Hongsan's group can get the full support of the local forces in Guangdong, so it must not be lost.

A few days ago, Chen Zizhuang had already received a reply from Zhu Hongsan to the Tang King, but Zhu Hongsan only put Chen Zizhuang's entourage back to Fujian, leaving Chen Zizhuang on the grounds that Chen's imminent delivery was imminent, and his grandfather could not stay away.

Chen Zizhuang didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to be so shameless, and such a lewd trick came out, and he scolded Zhu Hongsan in the post station every day in the past few days.

Today, Chen Zizhuang had nothing to do after eating in the morning, and was ready to start scolding Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, the ancestor of Zhu Hongsan. At this moment, someone outside came in to report that Master Feng Ruoshu Feng was here.

Chen Zizhuang snorted, it seems that the lobbyist is here. A few days ago, Zhu Hongsan also found a few people, including Chen Zizhuang's younger brother Chen Zisheng, who was also sent, and they were all scolded by Chen Zizhuang.

But Feng Ruoshu who came today is not ordinary, not to mention that his age and qualifications are far above Chen Zizhuang. Feng Ruoshu and Chen Zizhuang's father Chen Xichang are close friends, they were both Qingliu back then, wearing a pair of pants, can the relationship be shallow?

Chen Zizhuang thought for a while and said, "Please! "In any case, Feng Ruoshu is Chen Zizhuang's uncle, and it is really unreasonable to see it.

Lord Shoufu didn't wear an official uniform today, but just wore a linen gown, a square scarf on his head, and a folding paper fan in his hand.

Chen Zizhuang knew what Feng Ruoshu was here for, but he had to get by on face. Seeing Old Man Feng coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I didn't know that my uncle was here, and my little nephew didn't go out to greet him, it's really a capital crime!" ”

Feng Ruoshu stepped forward to help Chen Zizhuang up, and said with a smile: "Jisheng, it has been twenty years since you and your father and son were separated from each other for three years now, I didn't expect the old man to see his virtuous nephew!" ”

"Yes, in the third year of the Apocalypse, my father and son were dismissed on the same day because of the eunuchs, and their status was reduced to the people. At that time, my uncle was sent out as a political envoy to Henan, so I didn't say goodbye to my uncle! “

Feng Ruoshu's old face turned red, back then, their father and son and the eunuch party were dead, and they also looked for themselves. But he didn't agree to them for the sake of his career, it seems that Chen Zizhuang still hates himself now!

Feng Ruoshu laughed, "Don't mention those old things!" Then he came to the hall and sat down on the main seat.

Chen Zizhuang was also embarrassed by this old man, but this old guy was his uncle, and if he didn't respect his own reputation in Shilin, he would be completely ruined, so he couldn't help it, so he stepped forward and sat down with Feng Ruoshu.

Chen Zizhuang also knew what Old Man Feng was doing, and said first: "Uncle, if you are here to catch up today, the virtuous nephew will greet you, if you are a lobbyist for the King of Chu, please don't say it, Uncle Zhuang, Chen Zizhuang will definitely not be loyal to the vicious King of Chu!" ”

"Jisheng, uncle didn't come here today to persuade you, but just to show you a military order from the King of Chu, which has something to do with your Emperor Longwu!" After Feng Ruoshu finished speaking, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang didn't want to take it, but when he heard that it was related to his side, he reached out and took the piece of paper and looked at it.

The order was very simple, that is, Zhu Hongsan gave Li Zhi in Zhoushan to stop all military activities in Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

Chen Zizhuang is not a useless scholar, and after reading it, he immediately understood Zhu Hongsan's treacherous scheme, which was to use the Manchu Qing Dynasty to eliminate competitors. Without Li Zhi's containment, the Manchus could mobilize a large army to go south, the first unlucky was the Lu Wang regime in Shaoxing, and the second unlucky was the Tang King in Fujian.

Chen Zizhuang stood up and scolded: "This bastard prince, he is for his own selfish interests and disregards the righteousness of his family and country, this is to lure the wolf into the house!" ”

Feng Ruoshu smiled and watched Chen Zizhuang standing in the room and scolding Zhu Hongsan, and after waiting for ten minutes, Chen Zizhuang was tired of scolding. Feng Ruoshu continued: "Jisheng, there is one more thing that Uncle wants to tell you, that is, in the reply letter to King Tang, Uncle also wrote a letter to King Tang for you. ”

Chen Zizhuang felt bad, stood up and asked, "What letter?" ”

"It's nothing, just use Jisheng's handwriting to tell King Tang that this military order of the King of Chu was offered by you, and at the same time, your family is in Guangdong, so you are ready to stay in the King of Chu to develop, and let King Tang eat himself!"

Chen Zizhuang really didn't expect Feng Ruoshu to be so shameless, and ghostwriting could do such a thing.

Chen Zizhuang's hands trembled, he stood up and pointed at Feng Ruoshu and said, "Hello! Hello! My Chen family will break off with you in the future! After speaking, he raised his head and looked at the north, and shouted: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister is incompetent, and he can only repay the king with death!" After speaking, Chen Zizhuang was ready to hit his head to death. But when Old Man Feng came, he guarded against this move, and there were already two powerful soldiers at the door, and when he saw that Chen Zizhuang was going to play horizontally, he immediately entered the house and hugged Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang didn't die, jumped to his feet and scolded: "Feng Ruoshu, you let me die, I won't be under the same sky with you, a sinister villain!" ”

Feng Ruoshu asked the two soldiers to tie Chen Zizhuang to the chair, and when Chen Zizhuang was tired of scolding, Feng Ruoshu stood up and said: "Jisheng, since King Tang and King Lu have no way to live, why can't they serve King Chu?" ”

"Fart, you monarchs and ministers are so despicable and obscene, I, Chen Zizhuang, will never serve Zhu Hongsan, a bastard, you have this heart!"

Feng Ruoshu sighed and said, "Since Jisheng doesn't agree, then okay, you can die, but what about your younger brother, son, daughter, grandson, and family?" When the Manchus hit Guangdong, you can die, but they have to drag an ugly braid for the rest of their lives! ”

"Hmph, I believe they can also sacrifice their lives for the country!"

"Even if they could, what about the people of Guangdong? Do you want them to still throw themselves into the sea like the Southern Song Dynasty? Do you want the Yunsong Academy you run to become a fishy place from now on? ”

Hearing Feng Ruoshu say this, Chen Zizhuang stopped talking. He can die, and even the whole family can die, but what about the people of Guangdong?

Feng Ruoshu saw Chen Zizhuang like this, and knew that his plan worked. Old man Feng's strategy is very simple, that is, to cut off all Chen Zizhuang's back roads, and then use the righteousness of his family and country to force Chen Zizhuang to submit, although Zhu Hongsan is not a good monarch, but he is also better than the Manchu Tartar who shaves his head and is easy to obey!

"Jisheng, you don't know the king of Chu, the king of Chu was born poor and knows the suffering of the people. In addition, the king of Chu himself has the talent of Liu Bang, and he must be the best candidate for the revival of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Chen Zizhuang agreed with this sentence, Zhu Hongsan was ruthless and thick-skinned, and he was better than Liu Bang.

"Jisheng, now the world is in turmoil, seeing that my Han people are about to repeat the disaster of the five chaos and China, what is needed now is the king of Chu, a firm and eloquent master. And not an indecisive person like King Tang! ”

"No, my Emperor Longwu is diligent and loves the people, and it is not comparable to your King Chu at all!"

"But your Fujian army is in the hands of Zheng Zhilong's pirate, and your Tang King is just a puppet he supports. Even if Jisheng is right, King Tang can handle the relationship between all parties and restore the Ming Dynasty, then Zheng Zhilong is afraid that he will become the second Cao Cao! “

The strength of the various factions in the Longwu Dynasty is indeed a problem, and Chen Zizhuang also understands it very well. Listening to Feng Ruoshu talk about Chen Zizhuang, he lost his voice.

"But our King of Chu is different, all our troops in Guangdong are under the control of the King of Chu, and all the soldiers are proud of their loyalty to the King of Chu. You have also seen it in the past few days when you came back, and Dongguan is a prosperous state. Don't you know, just in Dongguan alone, nearly 5 million taels of taxes will be collected this year, and nearly 10 million taels will be collected in Guangdong. There is also the king of Chu who took in millions of displaced people from the south, and there was not a single case of starvation and freezing to death this winter, do you say that such a king of Chu is not good enough? ”

Chen Zizhuang's hometown is in Guangzhou, and of course he understands the situation in Guangzhou and Dongguan, and in recent years, business has flourished around Guangzhou, not to mention others, even his own family has earned tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Chen Zizhuang looked up at Feng Ruoshu and asked, "Isn't this all the work of the cabinet headed by my uncle?" Why is it counted on the head of the king of Chu? “

"Yes, this is the result of the efforts of a few people in our cabinet, but the king of Chu also has credit, His Royal Highness has delegated all the power of internal affairs to the cabinet, and he himself does not care at all. Jisheng, isn't this the virtual monarch reality system that our scholars want? “

I didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to have such a big courage to be able to delegate all internal affairs to the cabinet, which is a big thing that Emperor Longwu has not done.

Chen Zizhuang thought about it, Emperor Longwu of Fujian can't go back, and now the only one in the country who has the strength to fight to the death with the Manchu Qing is the King of Chu in Guangdong, but he scolded the King of Chu just now, and now he can't pull his face if he wants to stay as soon as he changes.

Feng Ruoshu was old and refined, and when he saw Chen Zizhuang's hesitant expression, he knew that he was already active in his heart, but he was just one step away. Feng Ruoshu made a color at a soldier behind him, and the soldier went out to report to Zhu Hongsan. As for what to do, it's up to Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan in the palace of the king of Chu heard the situation of the post station and knew that Chen Zizhuang already had the intention of taking refuge in himself, but he just needed to go down the steps. It's very simple, isn't it just about saving face! Just give it to him.

Zhu Hongsan called Zhu Bao, who was standing guard at the door, that is, Zhu Hongyi's second son.

"Second brother, you go to the firewood room in the backyard and find me a bundle of firewood!" Zhu Bao promised to go to the backyard to find it.

Zhu Hongsan made it exactly the trick of pleading guilty. Seeing that Zhu Bao brought firewood, he picked out a few thorns, took off his dragon robe and shoes, wore only a pair of pants, tied the firewood behind him with a rope, and went to the post station to see Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang is still engaged in ideological struggle, and logically speaking, Zhu Hongsan is indeed much stronger than Fujian Longwu. But he was so loyal to Zhu Hongsan, and he really couldn't get off the stage. Just when Chen Zizhuang was fighting fiercely in his heart, Zhu Hongsan came.

Feng Ruoshu was also stunned when he saw Zhu Hongsan dressed up like this, but he didn't expect the King of Chu to work so hard for a Chen Zizhuang, and he used all the tricks of pleading guilty.

Zhu Hongsan entered the house and saw Chen Zizhuang sitting on a chair, and without saying a word, he stepped forward and knelt down, shouting: "Father-in-law, it was the son-in-law who was rude a few days ago, and today I came to ask my father-in-law to punish him!" “