Chapter 1 The Situation in the World
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Zhu Changyuan drove all the way from Beijing to Tianjin, not to mention the bumps on the road, which took him a day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
When you get to the beach and get on the big boat, this bump is over.
Zhang Yan's face was much better, and the temperature on her forehead gradually receded, but she was still unconscious, and in a daze, she always just grabbed Zhu Changyuan's hand, and shouted from time to time: "Brother Hong, Brother Hong!" ā
Zhu Changyuan sighed, turned up the temperature of the room, and said to the palace maid who was waiting next to him: "You are optimistic about the queen mother, don't make a mistake, and call me when she wakes up." ā
The big ship traveled the sea for a day and reached the island of Sun and Moon.
When she arrived on the island, Zhang Yan's body temperature was completely stabilized, and she woke up, but she didn't have the energy and couldn't get off the boat.
asked several palace maids to carry Zhang Yan to the courtyard where she lived, and ordered the doctor on the island to come and diagnose her, and learned that it was just a cold caused by exhaustion, Zhu Changyuan's heart finally relaxed.
Chen Yuanyuan and Yu Min walked over, looked at the beauty lying on the bed, their hearts were sour at the same time, and said secretly: Who is this woman? How did you grow so beautiful?
"Lord Wang!"
The two women bowed to Zhu Changyuan at the same time.
"This is Empress Zhang!" Zhu Changyuan pointed to the queen on the bed and said to Chen Yuanyuan and Yu Min.
The two women naturally knew that Zhu Changyuan had such a confidant, and when they thought of the demise of the Ming Dynasty now, they couldn't help wiping away tears.
Even if Yumin is a Korean, his feelings for the Ming Dynasty are no worse than those of any Ming Empire.
"Sister Yang, let's go!"
After a long time, Chen Yuanyuan lowered his head and said a few words to Zhu Changyuan.
Zhu Changyuan chuckled in his heart, and then smiled bitterly. said: "Let's go, but someone to protect her?" ā
Yu Min said: "Xiaohua and Lana are following her, there shouldn't be any problems!" ā
"That's good!"
Zhu Changyuan likes Liu Ruis very much. I also admire her stinky, hard and stubborn character. But there is no power to change it, do you want to lock her up at home and become your plaything?
Zhu Changyuan shook his head: "No way!" With her kind of fierceness, she will inevitably do stupid things. ā
Now that the Ming Dynasty is gone, she has not been martyred with her, and Zhu Changyuan has already burned high incense.
"So, let's go!" Boss Zhu could only sigh and said, "According to the previous promise, if the **** settles the world, I will go to her again." ā
Reaching out and gently adding another thick quilt to Zhang Yan. Only then did he turn to Yu Min and Chen Yuanyuan and said: "Da Ming is dead, Your Majesty is dead, although he can't stand me when he was alive, but after all, he is the king of a country, let's go and set up a tablet for him." ā
Yu Min said: "Cao Huachun is here! ā
"What?" Zhu Changyuan felt incredible.
This palace has just fallen, and he hurried back to Sun Moon Island in two days, and this old eunuch actually ran over, could it be that he also hung up?
I'll go!
Zhu Changyuan was suddenly amused by his mysterious thoughts.
Then he was not busy setting up a sign to pay tribute to the emperor, but went directly to Cao Huachun's place.
Sure enough, I saw this old guy coming, but this time I didn't see the slightest smile on his face. But his face was full of sorrow, with a few tears on his face, and a big white hat on his head. Dressed in plain clothes.
"Lord Wang!" As soon as Cao Huachun saw Zhu Changyuan, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed to him a few times, and couldn't cry.
It seems that this cargo lived on the island for two days, and also learned about the death of Emperor Chongzhen.
"Cao Gong, get up!" Zhu Changyuan squeezed out two tears and said, "The widow also just received the news of His Majesty's death, I don't know what Gong Cao is doing here?" ā
Cao Huachun sobbed and stood up, then turned around and pulled out a framed roll of paper from behind Emperor Chongzhen's spiritual seat. said to Zhu Changyuan: "Your Majesty wrote a word before the tenth day, and ordered the ministers to send it to the prince." I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! ā
Speaking of which. I couldn't stop crying.
Zhu Changyuan stretched out his hand to take the piece of paper and opened it, and found that in addition to a big character on it, there was also the jade seal of Emperor Chongzhen.
What appeared in front of his face was a big word "Jing".
At that time, when Chongzhen wrote this word, although Li Zicheng besieged the Beijing Division, it was still far from breaking the city, if it was not for Gao Qiqian to offer the city.
"Alas!" Gently placing the paper on the table, Zhu Changyuan sighed.
He didn't know the emperor's intentions, but this letter came a little late, or rather, Emperor Chongzhen himself didn't expect that Jingshi would fall so quickly.
As for his intentions, it couldn't be more obvious, he just wanted Zhu Changyuan to do the old things of Emperor Chengzu back then, and lead his troops to appease. Also, Emperor Chongzhen himself does not want to be the king of the dead country, and would rather be Emperor Jianwen.
Unfortunately, he miscalculated.
Even if Zhu Changyuan received this letter in advance, he would definitely not give him a chance.
"Don't be sad Cao Gong!" Zhu Changyuan comforted him and said: "This king is a member of the Ming clan, and in this life he just wants to be free and not pay attention to the court, how can he do such a rebellious thing." ā
"Now Your Majesty is dead, and the Ming Kingdom is dead! However, the kings are still there, and they are not impossible to restore! As Zhu Changyuan spoke, the expression in his eyes was bright, and he said: "I have no way, I will crusade against it, Cao Gong rest assured, this year, this king will definitely let Cao Gong celebrate the New Year in the Forbidden City as in previous years!" ā
Cao Huachun's spirits perked up, and he bowed his head to Zhu Changyuan to express his support!
The fall of the Ming Dynasty, although it was expected by Zhu Changyuan, and even he knew the approximate time, there was always some conflict, and as for the final dedication of the city, it was even more unexpected by him.
Therefore, now that he is not prepared with a specific overall strategy, it is impossible to mobilize a large army to go out brazenly.
Zhu Changyuan has to open his eyes slowly, first look at the situation in the world, one is responsible for himself, and secondly, let those officials and clans of the Ming Dynasty undergo a special test, and see who jumps out to be a clown.
Sure enough, after Zhu Changyuan drove the plane around Beijing, some things began to deviate from the original trajectory.
For example, Li Zicheng, instead of sending troops to Shanhaiguan to fight with the Qing army and Wu Sangui as in history, he gave up the Jingshi who had already arrived.
Li Zicheng withdrew his troops, and as soon as he withdrew, he withdrew several hundred kilometers directly from Beijing to Xuanfu, and from Xuanfu to Datong, and three days later led the army to withdraw to Taiyuan.
And the reason is also ridiculous.
"We started from the end of Wei, I didn't dare to steal the position of the Son of Heaven, but Chongzhen was stupid and incapable of killing Zhongliang, so I asked for the life of the king of Yanming, and now that the king of Yanming is not dead, we should retreat." This is what Li Zicheng said to the people of the world.
Although Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing were unwilling, they could only withdraw with Li Zicheng. Fortunately, the two of them tortured the ministers in Beijing and got tens of millions of silver, so it was not worth the trip.
After Li Zicheng's army withdrew to Taiyuan, he never took a step back, and it seems that although he was afraid of Zhu Changyuan's failure, he also wanted to divide the world and occupy the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi as he had previously idealized. After a while, seeing that Zhu Changyuan didn't react, he became bolder, and he even called himself the king of the northwest.
Li Zicheng is not weak and can be bullied, but he is well aware of the major events in the world today, so he takes retreat as advance, and seems to make concessions but actually gets benefits. Take 10,000 steps back, he became the limelight in the world some time ago, and now take a step back to hide his strength, at least he will not be the first to suffer when Zhu Changyuan raises troops.
In this chaotic era, as long as you don't lose, you make a lot of money, otherwise what else do you want? Snatch a piece of meat from Zhu Changyuan's mouth? Apparently impossible.
However, as soon as Li Zicheng left, the Jingshi was empty, and some people thought that Zhu Changyuan was silent and thought that he ignored the situation in the world, so he was not willing to be lonely.
For example, the two brothers, Duoduo and Dolgon, almost a few days after Li Zicheng retired from the Beijing Division, sent Wu Sangui as the vanguard to plunder the Beijing Division, and finally succeeded easily.
So, those old ministers before the Ming Dynasty, after surrendering Li Zicheng and finding that Li Zicheng was a straw bale without courage, decisively and quickly knelt down towards the Qing Dynasty and licked it as soon as possible.
At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan blocked the Sichuan border, destroyed the plank road into Sichuan, and sent heavy troops to strictly guard several important passes into Sichuan, as if the whole of Sichuan was his personal property.
Moreover, like Li Zicheng, he also wanted to be a prince of one side, and he also gave himself a resounding title: King Daxi.
Zuo Liangyu seized both Henan and Jinling, with 60,000 heavy troops in his hands, although he did not explicitly express his intention to secede or proclaim himself king, but his intention was already obvious.
For example, he first sent troops to defend various important towns in Henan, and then appeased the people and recruited talents, and at the same time secretly sent Qiubo to Xiong Wencan in the south, expressing his willingness to be Xiong Wencan's younger brother.
When Zuo Liangyu wanted to dominate Jiangzuo and become the first prince in the world with Henan, there was a sudden internal turmoil, and the general soldiers of the four towns in Jiangbei, such as Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, and Sizhou, supported Zhu Yousong, the son of Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, as the emperor, and still used the name of the Ming Dynasty to build the capital Nanjing.
Yunnan Mu Wangfu echoed from afar and recognized Nanjing Zhu Yousong as the emperor!
As soon as the Nanjing Imperial Court was established, the world was shaken, and countless ministers of the Ming Dynasty came to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, and people with lofty ideals gathered in an instant, trying to rely on the power of Jiangnan to create a Ming Dynasty.
At this point, counting Zhu Changyuan, there are a total of seven people in the entire Great Tomorrow, and the world is divided into seven.
Of course, Zhu Changyuan has two shares by himself, and Xiong Wencan is just his puppet.
Just when everyone was observing the situation, a sudden news made all the princes in the world who had just been divided feel unprecedented pressure.
Especially the Ming regime in Nanjing, at first they thought they were the most orthodox orthodoxy in China. After all, when the Son of Heaven was martyred, the whereabouts of the crown prince were unknown, and the princes were killed one by one, the most powerful one was Emperor Chongzhen's cousin Zhu Yousong. There will be no problem for him to take over the throne and inherit the Great Tomorrow, and the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty also support it.
However, with the arrival of this news, the Nanjing regime suddenly seemed a little unstable. (To be continued.) )