On August 16, Zhu Ping'an had arrived at Chuzhou and Lai'an. Duan Xinian, the chief soldier of Fengyang, and Qian Defu, the eunuch of the town guard, led 2,000 soldiers and horses to follow Zhu Ping'an south. At this time, Zhu Yujian, who had already restored the title of Tang Wang, had already left Fengyang Zhongdu.

Earlier, Zou Jing had sent a message that after learning that Chongzhen had restored his title before his death, Zhu Yujian bowed to the north and thanked the emperor for his grace with tears in his eyes. Zheng Hongkui and Chen Ding, who had been traveling back and forth between Zhongdu, Fujian and Dengzhou, and were particularly well-informed, also lost no time in coming to congratulate and persuade Zhu Yujian to rush to Fuzhou to join the domain.

The relationship between Zhu Yujian and Zhu Ping'an was revealed to the world, and Zheng was surprised, but what he thought of was to welcome Zhu Yujian into Fujian as much as possible, so that he could control Zhu Ping'an's father in his hands, so as to gain the upper hand in the contest with Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Yujian also agreed, but stated that he would go to Nanjing to greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and assist Zhu Cihong to ascend the throne as emperor, and he would not go to Fujian to take up the throne until he was officially recognized by the new Ming Emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Yujian's family rushed to Nanjing in advance under the escort of Zheng Hongkui and Chen Ding.

At the same time, Zuo Liangyu's army had also entered the Taiping Mansion, and the defenders of the Taiping Mansion surrendered. Zuo Liangyu is a well-informed person, after capturing the Taiping Mansion, he stopped, sent his son Zuo Mengeng to Zhu Ping'an's army to pay homage to the prince, and clarified that he would obey the dispatch of the prince Zhu Cihong.

Zuo Liangyu's surrender made Zhu Cihong ecstatic, and within a day, he received Sun Chuanting's recital, which also showed his loyalty, which made Zhu Cihong fall into a state of madness.

If it weren't for Li Shichun, Wang Pin, Yao Minggong and others to stop him, I'm afraid he would have to wave his hand. It is time to order all kinds of soldiers and horses to attack Nanjing.

Now, Nanjing is a miserable rain, Ma Shiying, Zhang Shenyan and others lifted stones and smashed their feet, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong smeared oil on the soles of their feet and slipped away. Only leaving them and the blessed king Zhu Yousong, they can only sit in the city of sorrow. In desperation. In order to save their lives, Ma Shiying and others could only find the relationship between Zhu Cihong's subordinates in the East Palace, and submitted a letter of petition in time, stating that they and others made the decision to support the new monarch under unclear circumstances.

Originally, things like this, Ma Shiying and others and Fuwang Zhu Yousong could never escape death, but Li Shichun and others are busy these days, and the news transmitted through Nanjing. received a lot of benefits, and also exonerated Zhu Yousong and Ma Shiying a lot in front of Zhu Cihong. At least, it suppressed Zhu Cihong's anger for the time being.

This qiē is all through the eyes of the military intelligence department, and it reached Zhu Ping'an's ears without leaking, and Zhu Ping'an pushed all these things to Yang Tinglin, looking at Yang Tinglin's red and white and angry expression, Zhu Ping'an's heart was extremely happy.

On August 18, the vanguard of Zhu Ping'an's army arrived at Yanziji at Guanyinmen. Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, Zhu Guobi, Duke of Baoguo, Tang Guozuo, Marquis of Lingbi, Deng Wenyu, Marquis of Dingyuan, Qian Qianyi, Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Zhilong, Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Tang Shiji, the Imperial History of the Du. As well as Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Zhang Shenyan, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and others and Zhu Yousong all came to greet him. Everyone was dressed in white, and Zhu Yousong and Ma Shiying looked even more sad and pleaded, kneeling in the team, their hearts pounding.

Zhu Cihong's horn scarf Ge Yi, surrounded by Zhu Cijiong, Wang Pin, Li Shichun, Yao Minggong and others, abandoned the boat and landed in high spirits. Looking at the nearly 1,000 people crawling at my feet, I didn't feel a little dizzy for a while.

But at a glance, seeing the Fu King Zhu Yousong trembling in the crowd, the anger in his heart arose.

Zhu Cihong took a deep breath and took a few steps forward, "What a good thing the ministers of Nanjing have done!" Jingshi was besieged by thieves. The first emperor issued an edict, so that the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River entered Beijing to help, and everyone sat firmly in the Diaoyutai, not as quiet as a virgin. On the contrary, it is the matter of supporting the new king, but it is like a rabbit, and the palace admires it so much! ”

As soon as Zhu Cihong said this, the audience was silent, and some courtiers originally chanted the slogan "Please ask the prince to succeed to the throne as soon as possible", but as soon as they heard this, they suddenly fell silent.

Zhu Yousong collapsed directly to the ground, came to his senses, and shouted vigorously with his head: "The ministers deserve death, and please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to remember the bloodline of the clan and spare the minister's life!" ”

Zhu Cihong sneered, but a strong hatred suddenly appeared on his immature face. "Needless to say! If it weren't for the fact that you were the uncle of this palace, this palace would have ordered you to commit suicide to atone for your sins. What's the Nanjing Sect Order? ”

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, replied tremblingly: "Minister Xu Hongji is here!" ”

"Fu Wang Zhu Yousong arrogantly exerted himself, and now he has cut off his title and handed it over to the Zongren Mansion to take care of, and he is not allowed to contact a foreign official, and his descendants and relatives are also under the care of the Zongren Mansion."

Zhu Yousong's eyes rolled and he fainted suddenly.

Zhu Cihong looked at Ma Shiying and others again, "The officials who participated in the establishment of the establishment were stripped of their official positions and handed over to Jinyiwei for investigation!" ”

When Shi Kefa heard Zhu Cihong's words, he knelt on the ground, bowed deeply to Zhu Cihong, and then straightened his waist, closed his eyes, and did not say a word.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Shi Kefa deeply, "Shi Qing, as the Nanjing Military Department, cannot control the overall situation, resulting in the rebellion of the Blessed Domain, so I will remove him from the post of Secretary of the Military Department and go to Lufeng to supervise the division!" ”

Shi Kefa was stunned, and the tears in the corners of his eyes couldn't help dripping.

Ma Shiying and the others were in a mess, and the accompanying Nanjing Jinyi Weitang Shangguan immediately pounced, and the scene was noisy, and some people shouted directly at Li Shichun and others while being dragged away: "Master Li, you can't leave us alone, ......!" ”

Li Shichun's face suddenly became gloomy, fortunately, Zhu Cihong didn't care about the shouts of these people, but walked directly to the car to greet him, and as soon as he boarded the car, he immediately drummed and played loudly, so lively, mixed with the cries of the criminal officials, a good welcome ceremony, it actually made people feel like they couldn't cry or laugh.

But as soon as Zhu Cihong arrived in Nanjing, he had not yet ascended the throne as the emperor, so he took down Zhu Yousong, Ma Shiying and others as the crown prince for questioning, but it was beyond the expectations of many people, and it also made everyone have a strong sense of awe for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is about to ascend to the Ming Emperor.

Empress Zhang Yan of Yi'an was tired all the way and was unwell, and she was still recuperating in Jinan Mansion, Shandong, so she did not follow the prince south this time.

Just two hours after the crown prince Zhu Cihong entered Nanjing. Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu's army also arrived outside Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu was seriously ill and was carried into the city on a soft couch.

Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu clearly supported the crown prince Zhu Cihong to ascend the throne, which also made many people with other thoughts have to stop fighting. In addition, Ma Shiying and others were imprisoned, and the Fuwang Zhu Yousong was imprisoned, which made the atmosphere of the entire Nanjing court clear.

The arrival of Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu. It also made Zhu Cihong a lot more down-to-earth, and after the two met, news came out in the palace, saying that the two had been named Dingbei Bo and Ning Nanbo respectively, and they were only waiting for Zhu Cihong to ascend the throne before announcing it to the world.

Zuo Liangyu was the governor of Huguang's military affairs, while Sun Chuanting was stationed in Jiangzuo, Tuntian recruited troops, and ran Nanzhili and Lufeng with the assistance of Shi Kefa.

After Sun Chuanting met him, he and Zuo Liangyu parted ways at the palace gate. At this time. Mrs. Sun and her children and their families have arrived safely in Nanjing under the escort of Zhu Ping'an's men, and are currently temporarily living in a house arranged by Zhu Ping'an, located in Taipingli, west of Dazhong Bridge in Tongji Gate. This is the concentration of the residences of the nobles and courtiers in Nanjing, and it is very close to the imperial palace and the five mansions and six departments, which is a rare good location in the city of Nanjing.

A few days ago, Sun Chuanting had received a letter from his wife and learned that his family was fine. That's when I was relieved. After the audience was over, he hurried to his home.

But. Before he could get on his horse and whip up, he was stopped by a person.

Seeing who it was, Sun Chuanting was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Mr. Erhe, why are you here?" ”

Nanjing in August. The weather was still hot and humid, and Li Shichun seemed to have just come out of the palace, still shaking a folding fan in his hand, and walked over with a smile, "Brother Boya." On that day, I said goodbye to Beijing and it has been three years in the blink of an eye. After the first battle of Tongguan, there were many rumors in the world that you had been martyred for the country, and the foolish brother also regretted it! ”

Speaking of these, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, "On that day, the younger brother was also seriously injured, but fortunately his subordinates sacrificed themselves to save him, so he broke out of the siege, and then he has been hiding in the mountains, so that he failed to enter the king of Beijing in time, which is the regret of the younger brother's life!" ”

The two recounted some old things, but Li Shichun seemed a little mysterious, and when he saw that there was no one around, he pulled Sun Chuanting to a secluded place.

"You and my brother are friends with each other, there is no need to say polite words, now there is a big event in front of us, the foolish brother is here to tell him, and please prepare for it early!"

Li Shichun's solemn appearance made Sun Chuanting nervous. "Brother, but it's okay to talk about it!"

A few days later, the crown prince will ascend the throne, but the first emperor and the queen mother are in Japan, but the prince's marriage contract has not been confirmed, so it seems a little out of place. Now that the crown prince is about to ascend the throne, the foolish brother knows that the virtuous brother has a daughter under his knees, which is the beauty of the country, and what is even more rare is that he has good conduct and is known as a virtuous name. So, he boldly recommended it to His Royal Highness the Prince, and seeing what the prince meant, he also recognized this matter. I just don't know, what do you mean, brother Xian? ”

Sun Chuanting was taken aback. "Why does my brother say this, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty and the marriage contract of the prince are all selected ......!"

Li Shichun simply interrupted Sun Chuanting's words, "What time is it?" A qiē always has to follow the trend, the virtuous brother is a smart person, the prince promised to marry the daughter of your mansion, what is the meaning behind this, don't you know?

Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment.

On August 19, Zhu Cihong led the tomb of the hundred officials and the tomb of Prince Yiwen, and then entered the Donghua Gate through the Chaoyang Gate, worshiped the first hall, went out of the Xihua Gate, and took the garrison mansion in Nanjing as the palace. On August 20, hundreds of officials went to the palace to meet and persuade to advance, and the prince excused himself on the grounds that the first emperor's spiritual bed had not been rested, and after that, the ministers repeatedly persuaded him to advance, and Zhu Cihong agreed to ascend the throne.

August 25, Zhu Cihong from the Ming Gate into the Nanjing Imperial City, to the Wuying Palace to supervise the national ceremony, August 18, Zhu Cihong in the Wuying Palace officially succeeded to the throne, determined the year name as "Yixing", and at the same time announced to the world, will marry Sun Ruoxuan, the daughter of Sun Chuanting, as the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, said that the amnesty of the world, the whole world celebrates. (To be continued......) R1292