"Ahh With an exclamation, Zhu Yousong sat up from the bed suddenly. It's been two years since he escaped from Luoyang www.biquge.info but he still often wakes up from nightmares in the middle of the night. Especially after the recent successive bad news of the defeat of the Ming army and the flooding of Kaifeng.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, have nightmares again?" Hearing his exclamation, one of the chamberlains hurriedly stepped forward and said. Another chamberlain quickly lit a whale oil lamp.

"Ah, it's fine, it's just a dream. I dreamed of Luoyang again. Zhu Yousong said a little dazedly, "What time is it now?" ”

"It's only two ugly times." The chamberlain replied.

"Oh," Zhu Yousong sighed, first listening to the movement outside with his ears sideways, and there was a dead silence outside. He looked at the whale oil lamp again, and said, "Okay, I'm fine, you guys go down, well, that lamp, and then put it out when I'm asleep." ”

"The slave knows." The chamberlain replied.

Zhu Yousong lay down again, closed his eyes, and the waiter came over cautiously and helped him cover the quilt.

Although it was still early, Zhu Yousong couldn't sleep anymore.

This is the second year that Zhu Yousong has spent in Huaiqing, two years ago, Li Zicheng broke Luoyang, Zhu Yousong used a rope to tie down the city wall of Luoyang, and fled to Huaiqing, where he is now. And his father, the blessed king Zhu Changxun fell into the hands of Li Zicheng and was killed, and it is rumored that Zhu Changxun was cooked and killed by Li Zicheng, and it is said that Li Zicheng stewed Zhu Changxun and shared it with everyone. This naturally made Zhu Yousong hate, but also frightened him, and became one of the sources of his nightmares, Zhu Yousong dreamed more than once that he was caught by Li Zicheng, and then, like his father, was thrown into a cauldron by Li Zicheng to cook, Li Zicheng, and some other rogues kept saliva together, sitting around the cauldron with their big mouths open, Zhu Yousong saw that the fangs grew rapidly from Li Zicheng's open mouth, until they protruded from their lips, like a wild boar, At the same time, the other rogues next to him quickly turned into demons......

Originally, with the arrival of his mother, who also escaped from Luoyang, life gradually stabilized, and such nightmares gradually became a lot less, but with the bad news that the official army was defeated by Li Zicheng continued to come, especially with the news of the Kaifeng flood, such nightmares have increased again, you know, Huaiqing is only a few hundred miles away from Kaifeng, and now Li Zicheng is not much stronger than two years ago, and the strength of the officers and troops guarding Huaiqing is far less than the officers and troops who guarded Luoyang.

In addition to this incident, there is another thing that worries Zhu Yousong. That is, the imperial court has not recognized him to inherit the title of King Fu to this day. Zhu Yousong knew that this was because some ministers in the court had opinions about him, or his father's lineage. Many years ago, when Emperor Wanli was still in power, because of the "fight for the country", the people of Donglin have always hated King Fu. Now, the people of Donglin (Zhou Yanru) are in front of the first assistant, and some people have excused themselves that when he was fleeing, he did not bring his parents with him, and only cared about his own life, which was unfilial, so he was not qualified to inherit the title of King Fu. That's really ...... At that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, and wasn't it normal to be separated from your parents on the way to escape? Do you have to die with your father to be filial piety? I'm afraid that those Donglin Party people are really looking forward to it, they have long been eager to let King Fu and his family die.

To obtain the title of King Fu, you can only rely on bribing the emperor's close attendants and some ministers or nobles in the court who can still speak. But this all costs money, if it is still back then, Luoyang has not fallen, and when the Fuwang Mansion is still there, it is not a problem for the Fuwang Mansion to take out all this money, but if all this is still there, Zhu Yousong does not need to worry about this kind of thing at all. And now, Xiaofu Wang, who escaped from these places alone, can have a little more money around him? This money is not enough to stuff people's teeth. So the priority now is to find the money.

Zhu Yousong's eyes widened, but this kind of thing was not familiar to him, although he thought about it, he didn't come up with anything. Zhu Yousong has read a lot of books and knows the story of Lü Buwei and Qin Yiren, but it is not easy to find a Lü Buwei who is willing to pay a lot of money.

The officials in Huaiqing are relatively respectful to Zhu Yousong's family, and they don't need Zhu Yousong to worry about the general food and clothing, but it is impossible for them to come up with money to help Zhu Yousong go to the capital to run relations. The matter of this money still has to be done by Zhu Yousong himself.

Thinking about my thoughts like this, the sky gradually brightened.

Just after breakfast, someone suddenly came to report, saying that Zhu Yuanwai in the city wanted to meet King Shaofu. This Zhu Yuan's nickname is Zhu Mouying, and he is actually a royal family, but the relationship is very far away. This Zhu Yuanwai is a large landowner of the Huaiqing generation, and he also has several houses in the city. Now the house where Zhu Yousong and his family temporarily live was originally Zhu Yuanwai's property. Even most of the maids and servants in this big mansion are all people outside Zhu Yuan. It's just that although this Zhu Yuanwai has a lot of land, he doesn't have much money in his hands that can be moved.

got so much help from Zhu Yuanwai, and Zhu Yuanwai is also a royal family, so he came to ask to see, and Zhu Yousong still had to see him.

"Please go to the side hall to see you." Zhu Yousong said.

It's not about identities when you meet in the side hall, but the side hall is relatively small, and it's more convenient for two people to talk.

Zhu Yuanwai went to the side hall, bowed to see Zhu Yousong, and asked about asking the court to inherit the title of King Fu.

"Things are busy in the imperial court, and Li thieves have been particularly rampant recently, so I'm afraid I can't take care of these small things for a while." Zhu Yousong sighed.

"How is this a small thing?" Zhu Yuanwai was quite shocked and said, "His Royal Highness King Fu died of martyrdom, and everyone in the world is sad. Now if the son of the world inherits the throne and is the blessed king, it is to tell the world my determination to exterminate the Liukou in the Ming Dynasty, how can this be a small matter? I'm afraid that someone is playing tricks on the ghost and deceiving the Holy Hearing, right? ”

"It's not for me to know." Zhu Yousong smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"There must be a villain who deceives the saint." Zhu Yuanwai said, "Don't you want to think of a way?" ”

"Why don't you think of a way, but it's so easy to go up to the Holy Hearing, many places need someone to help, but now how many people can be as anxious and righteous as Zhu Yuanwai? Most of them are guys who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, and don't do things when they don't see silver. But since the martyrdom of the previous king, where is the money in my hands that can be used to walk the way? ”

Zhu Yuanwai nodded, but said: "Little Lao'er has the heart to make a contribution, but unfortunately he has the heart to be weak." However, Xiao Lao'er knows some maritime merchants, and they may have some living money in their hands, but they don't know if the prince is interested in meeting them. ”

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Naturally interested, naturally interested." But why are these maritime merchants willing to help me, and what do they want me to do for them? ”

Zhu Yuanwai said: "This little old man is not very clear, but the son, the Fu Fan is a heavy vassal of the imperial court, not an ordinary vassal king can compare, if the son can succeed to the throne smoothly and take the line of the Fu King, as long as you say a word, how many people in this world can not give some face?" Are those maritime merchants afraid that there will be no benefits? With the blessing clan as a backing, it is a benefit that no amount of money can buy, right? ”

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Two days later, still in this side hall, Zhu Yousong met with Zhu Yuanwai and another maritime merchant brought by Zhu Yuanwai again.

"Shizi, this is the treasurer of the chapter, and he has established the morning chapter. Bao Tong specializes in all kinds of Oriental and Nanyang and Taixi things, that is, there is also a branch in the Beijing Division, and the business of a year is not less than millions of taels of silver, which is a rare big trading house. Zhu Yuanwai introduced.

"Grass people Zhang Feimao see the son, may the son be a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." The shopkeeper knelt down first and made a big salute.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, please get up quickly. The shopkeeper is an elder, where can You Song afford such a big gift? Zhu Yousong hurriedly helped up the shopkeeper Zhang. Although he is the prince of the blessed king, he has also learned a lot of things over the years, and he also knows that now he has to rely on other people's money, how can he not behave more respectfully.

Shopkeeper Zhang stood up, bowed and said, "Speaking of which, the contempt is actually in contact with the Fuwang Mansion before. When Luoyang had not yet fallen, Trumpet had some business dealings with Fuwangfu. At the beginning, His Royal Highness King Lao Fu, and Wang Chengfeng, who was martyred with His Royal Highness King Lao Fu, took care of the trumpet's business, and the trumpet was able to make some money in Luoyang. Later, Luoyang fell, and the villain happened to go out, which was considered to have escaped, but he heard that after the fall of Luoyang, King Fu Chitose and Wang Chengfeng died of martyrdom, but they were also sad. Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Zhang really squeezed out a few tears from his eyes.

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he naturally had to shed some tears.

Seeing Zhu Yousong wiping his eyes with his sleeve, the shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly said: "It's the villain Meng Lang, and he brought up this matter again, which made the son of the world sad, and he really deserved death." The day before yesterday, the villain heard Zhu Yuanwai mention that it was because of the obstruction of traitors in the court, so that the prince could not inherit the Fu Domain. The villain thought that the contempt also had a semicolon in the Beijing Division, and he also had dealings with some nobles in the Beijing Division. Xianfu Wang Chitose took care of the business of the trumpet, and he was also kind to the villain, but now I don't know if the prince can be useful to the villain. ”

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he hurriedly turned his sadness into joy and said: "After the death of the first king, the world is hot and cold, and many people who originally had dealings with the Fu Fan have hid aside. ”