In the summer of the sixth year of Longwu, the Qing army went south, and the good news was frequent.

The Chu army was attacked from both sides, and black clouds overwhelmed the city for a while.

At this time, Emperor Longwu, who had disappeared for more than two months, suddenly appeared, worshiped the filial piety tomb in Nanjing, and announced to the world that from now on, the capital will be returned to Nanjing, inheriting the will of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, driving out the Tartars, and recovering the rivers and mountains.

At the same time, he also announced in the edict that the king of Qin, Sun Kewang, tried to usurp and rebel, ordered someone to pretend to be the eternal king Zhu Cihuan, pretended to be the prison of the country, and abolished his Qin king and prince from now on, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and others were deceived by it, as long as they abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, all the crimes they committed would be pardoned, and the soldiers of the Western Army would capture and kill Sun Kewang, and if they were the kings and kings, if they insisted on going their own way and aiding the abuse, they should be guilty of the same crime as Sun Kewang when the king pacified Yunnan.

This edict was in the name of Emperor Longwu, but it was actually written by Wang Kefan, so Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were treated differently, deliberately provoking their relationship. In addition, he also announced in the edict that after Emperor Longwu left Guilin, he was held hostage by the university scholar Tang Laihe, the eunuch Wang Kun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, with the intention of murdering the Son of Heaven, appointing a new monarch, and supporting the four-year-old prince Zhu Linyuan as the emperor, and doing Dong Zhuo's usurpation of power and chaos in the country.

Fortunately, God blessed the Ming Dynasty, under the protection of the soldiers of the Chu army, Emperor Longwu finally escaped and came to Nanjing, Ma Jixiang had been punished, Tang Laihe and Wang Kun were sent to prison, and other accomplices and minions were also punished as they deserved. He Wusu, Chen Zizhuang, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu, He Zhen and other civil and military generals were deceived by traitors and committed different crimes, but Emperor Longwu was still in Nanjing, and he should be amnesty to the world, and the crimes of He Wusu, Liu Fangliang and others were all pardoned and ordered to come to Nanjing to serve in the future.

At the end of this edict, there was a categorical declaration of war, in which Wang Kefan announced in the name of Emperor Longwu that he would wage war against the Western Army and the Manchu Qing at the same time, and called on the world to crusade against the Western Army rebellion and the Manchu Tartars...... This is not arrogance, but it is just a last resort, if possible, Wang Kefan does not want to fight on two fronts, but the Western Army has already shouted the slogan of "Joining Forces to Fight Rebellion", and the Chu Army can only stand up to meet it.

In fact, this edict should have been issued a long time ago, after Emperor Longwu boarded the ship near Wuchang, under the strict protection of the Chu army's sailors, he went down the river and soon arrived in Nanjing, but the strong twisted melon was not sweet, and Emperor Longwu refused to cooperate with Wang Kefan when he first arrived in Nanjing, and Wang Kefan couldn't take care of him for a while, so he locked him up for two months first, and slowly used water to eliminate his anger.

After Du Yinxi sent the prince to Nanjing, Emperor Longwu's attitude changed slightly, whether he was deliberately acting or really facing the reality, he finally went to Xiaoling to kowtow to Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Kefan only needed him to show up in front of the public, and everything that followed was all done, and it only took a few days before and after to officially announce that Emperor Longwu was still the capital of Nanjing.

After the edict was issued, the world paid attention.

The first to respond positively were Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen, who had already communicated, as well as a large number of civil and military officials and princes and nobles who stayed in their army, such as He Wusu and Chen Zizhuang.

Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen wrote together to congratulate Emperor Longwu on returning the capital to Nanjing, and announced that they would join the Chu army from now on, cooperate with Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and the Western Army to fight, and they also selected their own sons and nephews to "escort" He Wusu and other civil and military officials to Nanjing.

According to Liu Fangliang's secret report, the other civil and military officials and Wang Gongxungui are more cooperative, or they have figured it out, only Mr. Chen Zizhuang can't resist this bend, and on the way to find death and life several times, either jumping into the river, or hitting the pillar, and crying every time, claiming that he is a sinner who buried the Ming Dynasty, and has no face to live in the world anymore, fortunately, he suddenly got up one morning and suddenly fell ill, and then he has been lying in the cabin, so he can be regarded as stopping.

Whether it is an escort or an escort, and why Chen Zizhuang "has a sudden illness", Wang Kefan has no intention of delving, if Chen Zizhuang has been unable to think about it, when he arrives in Nanjing to support the scene for a few days, he will send him home to care for the elderly. This old gentleman is such a temper that would rather bend, in another time and space, he was sawn in half vertically by the Qing army, and he resolutely refused to surrender.

Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen, proton to express allegiance, is also a very normal practice in this era, when the time comes, arrange a suitable position for their children and nephews, if they are indeed competent, Wang Kefan will not avoid suspicion and reuse it, and when this battle is over, Liu Danghe's troops will definitely accept the adaptation, but now they can't take care of these.

Immediately afterwards, Jin Shenghuan and others wrote to congratulate Emperor Longwu on returning the capital to Nanjing, followed by King Lu and Zhang Huangyan, Wan Yuan Ji and Su Guansheng dragged on for a few days, and also successively expressed their submission to Nanjing, only Zheng Chenggong of Fujian did not express his position for a long time, and did not say a word, as if he did not know about this matter.

Silence is also an attitude.

Wang Kefan didn't care.

Zheng Chenggong is a masterpiece of his generation, arrogant, and has a slight moral cleanliness, if he immediately bows to Nanjing, it is incomprehensible, anyway, except for him, all other forces have returned to the banner of Emperor Longwu, it can be said that the overall situation has been decided, no matter how much Zheng Chenggong is emotional, let him go.

Emperor Longwu has also been in a mood for the past two months.

Wang Kefan ignored it, the Qing army and the Western army were pressing the border, and he was in a good position every day, and he was in no mood to send it to the door to be scolded again.

Queen Zeng met twice, she is a reasonable person, although she was a little embarrassed to see Wang Kefan, she was still polite on the face, Wang Kefan proposed to let the prince study with her son, and she agreed.

Education should start from the baby, the prince Zhu Linyuan is only four years old, as simple and naïve as a blank piece of paper, but he can't be taken away...... Although he had other intentions, Wang Kefan's move was more goodwill, so after Emperor Longwu found out, he didn't say anything.

After coming to Nanjing for two months, Emperor Longwu has been staying in the deep palace, living in a simple house, except for Empress Zeng and a few concubines, he never takes the initiative to communicate with outsiders.

After the ceremony of returning the capital to Nanjing, a few days later, Emperor Longwu proposed to go out of the palace and take a look.

Wang Kefan agreed.

Nanjing is now a stable rear, take a walk in the suburbs outside the city, there must be no problem in safety, Wang Kefan ordered, as long as you don't go to the crowded city, don't contact with outsiders, Emperor Longwu wants to go with him, no need to deliberately wear a white dragon fish suit, as long as Emperor Longwu is willing, he can even fight the emperor's dependence, he is now a mascot, and it is also a good thing to appear often.

The fields, the villages and the countryside, the scenic spots around the city of Nanjing, the battlefields where the Chu army and the Qing army fought...... Emperor Longwu was busy for half his life, and now he finally had a rare relaxation, he insisted on traveling in micro-clothes, dressed in a long shirt every day, dressed like an idle rich man, under the protection of the intelligence bureau personnel, wandering around Nanjing, so that after more than ten days, he proposed to go to the Ma'anshan mine to have a look.

Ma'anshan mine, is a large iron mine developed by the Chu army, but also produces a certain amount of associated ore, limited by cost and technical conditions, the mining method of this mine is very primitive, and other mines of the same era is not much different, but the output of this mine is very high, only this mine, to meet half of the needs of the Chu army, the nearby ironworks day and night, the wharf cargo ships on the bank of the Yangtze River shuttle, a steady stream of blood transfusion for the Chu army's military factory.

The reason why the production is so high is because there is enough free labor.

In the past few years, the Chu army has been fighting almost non-stop, and it can always win, and every time after winning a battle, it will send a group of strong captives to serve as coolies. In this era, there were no large machinery in the mines, there was a lack of gunpowder, and the ore was excavated almost entirely by manpower.

In the past, the indispensable soldiers of the Eight Banners, now act as coolies in the mines, and are in a state of physical exhaustion every day, working hard from morning to night, just for that life-sustaining food, the purpose of living seems to be for that bowl of gruel, and he doesn't care about anything except eating, Emperor Longwu can't help but feel good when he sees their situation.

On the surface, it's the pleasure of revenge.

Actually, it's just human instinct.

Emperor Longwu used to feel that he was very unlucky and miserable, but these guys were even more miserable, it was even more miserable than ten times and a hundred times, seeing them one by one like walking corpses, numbly struggling on the line of life and death every day, Zhu Yujian couldn't help but feel that the sky was bluer, the flowers were more fragrant, and even the gang of Wang Kefan's dog legs who never left and right became much more pleasing to the eye.

I heard that Emperor Longwu's mood has improved, and Wang Kefan's mood has also improved, and there are some things that have to be done, but people can be ruthless, and in terms of personal relationships, Wang Kefan is somewhat sorry for him.

"Send the Son of Heaven to Shanghai in a few days to see what Shanghai looks like now, and he may be able to understand what I want to do."

"He Wusu, Chen Zizhuang, King Liao, King Tang and other civil and military nobles arrived in Nanjing three days ago and asked to meet the Son of Heaven." Heiyu was loyal to Wang Kefan, and only listened to his orders, and was specially dispatched to monitor and protect Emperor Longwu.

"No, no one is allowed to see them, tell He Wuyu that the Son of Heaven is very good, and they don't need to worry about it, do their own thing." With Wang Kefan's control, he is not afraid that Emperor Longwu will engage in small actions similar to "clothes and ribbons", but at the current time of the great enemy, he does not want to cause trouble, and Emperor Longwu's current mood is still very wrong, and there is no benefit in seeing his group of loyal ministers and filial sons again.

The most important thing now is to win the battle in front of us.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Chu army continued to fight fiercely in the past two years, and there was almost no time to recuperate, after the Cao Yun was cut off, it was even more difficult to make ends meet, and the Qing army was desperate to counterattack Jianghuai, which was also a forced choice, although it seemed to be violent, in fact, the follow-up was weak, and it was not enough to be troubled.

The trouble is the Western Army.

The Western Army has been hiding in Yungui for the past two years to accumulate strength, and now it is the peak period of strong soldiers and horses, and it is not accidental that Li Dingguo can achieve two brilliant achievements in history, and now the Western Army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty have joined forces, and this pressure has been transferred to the Chu Army exponentially, and it is almost impossible to defeat the Western Army head-on, and the Chu Army can only take the defensive for the time being. <