After Zhu Changming and the others left, Zhu Youzhen came back to his senses for a long time, the conversation just now was too shocking, and the purpose of asking Zhu Changming to come at first was just to see what kind of person he was, and he could sort out the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner in just one month.

But now the development of things has exceeded his imagination, and he fully believes that Zhu Changming can do it with a single sentence when he becomes the emperor.

If he had been a prince, Zhu Youzhen's heart would not be chaotic, because all the preparations he made were to "clear the king's side", but he had never thought about making him a prince himself.

This sudden change completely disrupted Zhu Youzhen's plan, the original step-by-step plan, now to be reformulated, it is undeniable that this is an opportunity, it is his Zhu Youzhen's opportunity, and it is also an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty, but this opportunity came too fast, so fast that Zhu Youzhen couldn't turn around for a while.

Alone in the garden, sitting until dusk, when the last ray of sunlight disappeared on the horizon, Zhu Youzhen made a decision, he could not pin all his hopes on Zhu Changming, although Zhu Changming's words were pertinent and talented, but these were also the things he was worried about.

When the emperor can, but his family background can't be revealed, and he will continue to operate secretly until he can compete with Zhu Changming, Zhu Changming is right, "There is no right without soldiers, and everything is empty." Only when his own strength is enough to influence the development of the situation, he is the real emperor, and now even if he ascends the throne, he is just Zhu Changming's puppet, and his own voice cannot be transmitted at all. ”

Thinking of this, Zhu You ordered the inspector to remove the wine and food that had been cooled, and put the four treasures of the study on the table.

Lifting the pen, Zhu Youzhen's first letter was written to his uncle, Liu Qi, a feudal official who guarded Fujian, in which Zhu Youzhen told his uncle word for word about today's conversation with Zhu Changming, and then said his thoughts as well, and ordered someone to go to Fujian overnight to deliver the letter.

In the second letter, Zhu Youzhen wrote to his best friend, Shangguan Hongru of Suzhou Prefecture, in which Zhu Youzhen told Shangguan Hongru in detail about the shape in front of him, but he did not say anything about Zhu Changming, but only mentioned it slightly, if he became the emperor, Shangguan Hongru had a fast and effective strategy for governing the country.

wrote seven letters in a row, and the recipients were all Zhu Youzhen's descendants, these people either held heavy troops, or they were talented through the past and the present, these were Zhu Youzhen's secret family background, and they could not be used unless they had to.

Lifting the pen again, this letter Zhu Youzhen was going to write to Ye Qiushui, but halfway through it, Zhu Youzhen felt a little inappropriate, and after tearing up the letter, he wrote a new one, this time the recipient was changed to Xiang Luyang.

In his letter to Xiang Luyang, his hypocritical and polite words were greater than the actual content, but at the end of the letter, he simply said, "There may be great changes in the capital within the year, I hope Brother Xiang will prepare as soon as possible in case of emergency." Then he asked about Ye Qiushui's injury again, and it ended hastily.

After arranging for all the letters to be delivered, Zhu Youzhen returned to the study, where he began to think about how to deal with things in the future.

After returning to his mansion from King Xin's mansion, Zhu Changming asked Xing Jiamu: "How do you feel about this Zhu Youzhen?" ”

Xing Jiamu smiled and said, "Don't you already have the answer yourself?" ”

Zhu Changming laughed and said: "I can't hide anything from you, indeed, I have already decided, and I plan to arrange it in two days to let Zhu Youzhen take the throne." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "I have no objection to the enthronement, but the time should not be now." ”

Zhu Changming said puzzledly: "Not now?" When will that be? ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Let him go to the Northeast first, to be a supervisor of the army, to see his actual adaptability, although he is talented, but talent and ability are two different things, talking on paper can only prove that he has read more, we still have to see his ability to control the situation." ”

Zhu Changming said: "Tell me what specific implementation plan you have. ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Tomorrow, I will pass him over, and tell him the purpose of the battle directly, and let him arrange the rest of the things." ”

Zhu Changming said: "Are you saying that we will sue him to contain Nurhachi, to restrict Wu Xiang, and then all other matters will be handled by him?" ”

Xing Jiamu nodded and did not speak.

Zhu Changming said: "Isn't it too risky to do this, in case there is any mistake, it may affect whether we can or not, ZTE Daming's overall plan." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "This is the final test of whether he can be a qualified emperor, we can let people spy on him, and once there is a deviation from our thoughts, we will immediately recall him." ”

Zhu Changming said: "It's okay, this can solve the problem of manpower shortage in the Northeast, and secondly, you can also see the actual talent of Zhu Youzhen." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "There is another point that you must make clear to him, he only has the right to supervise, but he has no military power, and the transfer of soldiers and horses still has to listen to Wu Xiang." ”

Zhu Changming said: "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to do this?" ”

Xing Jiamu said: "It's not proper, it's better than Zhu Youzhen having soldiers in his hands, Zhu Youzhen is an ambitious person, he will not be willing to be your puppet, at your mercy, he will seize an opportunity to enrich his strength, so Zhu Youzhen's military power must be limited, not only now, but also in the future." ”

Zhu Changming said: "I didn't plan to make Zhu Youzhen a puppet, I just wanted to train him to be a qualified emperor." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "It's just your wishful thinking, Zhu Youzhen won't think so." ”

Zhu Changming sighed and said, "This is indeed a problem. ”

Xing Jiamu said: "This problem will have to be faced sooner or later, only if Zhu Youzhen fully trusts us and stands with us, can Daming Jiangshan Zhongxing really hope." ”

Zhu Changming said: "It is simply too difficult to make an emperor completely trust a person. ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Let's take one step at a time, the emperor is also a human being, as long as we manage the relationship with him well, it is only a matter of time before he completely trusts us." ”

Zhu Changming said: "I hope so." ”

After the morning of the next day, Zhu Youzhen was invited to Zhu Changming's house, and after telling Zhu Youzhen about the matter, Zhu Youzhen agreed very happily.

He also knew that this was a test of Zhu Changming's ability and a key step in whether he could become an emperor, so after coming out of Zhu Changming's mansion, Zhu Youzhen returned to the mansion and made a simple arrangement, packed his bags, brought his military advisor Yu He, and a few personal guards, and marched towards Shanhaiguan on the same day.