was woken up by the imperial doctor on the sickbed, and Luo Rucai's first sentence was: "Has the prince found it?" ”

Unfortunately, the answer is no. This is not to blame the commander of the Praetorian Guard, a stone and a note suddenly appeared in the morning, but there were no witnesses, and the main road in this imperial city is basically paved with bluestone, and there will be no footprints, how to track the sender in this case?

Besides, there is only one sentence on this note, but there is no contact address, and I don't even know who sent the letter, how can people find it?

Luo Rucai didn't worry too much about the child's affairs at the moment, and he could be so powerful, either Jinyiwei or Neiwei, but among the two, he preferred to believe that the latter did a good thing, because at this moment Dawei was at war with the Republic.

Since it was a good thing done by Zhang Hongbin's guy, the only thing that is certain is that before getting a reply, at least the prince's safety does not have to worry. But the reply can't be too slow, the other party's tolerance limit is an upper limit, and this upper limit is mainly inversely proportional to the strength of his search for the prince. Letting the stone stain the blood is not telling him: don't continue the search, otherwise......

In this way, at least one conclusion can be confirmed: the prince is in Xiangyang City, but does Luo Ru dare to search?

"Check, but check it carefully for me, don't startle the snake...... By the way, how many days have I been in a coma? What about the situation outside in recent days? Luo Rucai called the commander of the city guard over and instructed word by word. Finally, he turned his head to look at the prime minister and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, some battle reports have been sent back from the front recently, and the situation does not seem to be optimistic." Prime Minister Shen Jun stepped forward and replied.

"Bring me the battle report!" Luo Rucai saw that the situation was not good, and immediately got up on the hospital bed.

Before taking the war report, he frowned at first, because this war report wrote the news that Zhang Xianzhong's son died in the battle, and the rear of Daxi seemed to be attacked by a mysterious army of the republic, so that Zhang Xianzhong seemed to plan to withdraw his troops.

This is not good, if there is no Zhang Xianzhong's troops to contain some of the republic's troops, then his own troops will be in danger.

The second battle report made him even more worried, it was the news that Daming was forced to withdraw his troops. The Tartars of Liaodong seem to be ready to move again, not only that, but also made the first landing in Dengzhou, trying to attack Beizhili from the sea, but they were defeated and fled. However, in this way, there is one more place where Daming needs to defend against the Tartars.

It seems that Da Wu Guo also intends to pick up the bargain, but his target is Da Ming. God knows if the emperor of the Great Wu Kingdom was caught in his head, or if he was in a trance due to lack of sleep, he actually dared to challenge the Ming Dynasty, a force that could beat the Tartars and lose the capital.

However, in this way, the Ming Dynasty directly faced the two forces of Tartar and Great Wu, and there was no way to fight on three fronts. According to the situation reflected in the battle report, the previous troops, led by the general Man Gui, seem to have been captured by the Republic again, and Da Ming is now considering whether to ransom him back.

Man Gui is also hard, he was captured twice and still died and did not surrender, it is okay to say that he is upright, but if he goes on like this, I am afraid that for the sake of face and in order to give an explanation to other soldiers, Daming will have to be dragged to death by these captured generals in the end.

What made Luo Rucai vigilant was one thing, that is, Man Gui was captured, not after the defeat, but in the process of marching, on the night of staying at the post station, he was kidnapped in the eyes of the pro-army. The next day they woke up and were found missing, of course, three or four pro-soldiers were found missing, and their bodies were later found in remote corners.

This situation is so similar to the disappearance of his three princes!

The Republic, in the end, has trained a mysterious army, which is like a ghost, and it seems that people can't guard against it. Such a force is inevitably too terrifying, right?

After all, no one wants to be at home eating at one moment and being locked up in some secret place the next, waiting for the verdict of the republic.

"Let the Praetorian Guard commander, recruit 3,000 more people into the Praetorian Guard, ensure that every corner is under the supervision of the Praetorian Guard, and in addition, maintain stable contact." After reading this battle report, Luo Rucai raised his head and said to Shen Jun.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister for trespassing, after reading this battle report, the old minister made his own decision and asked the Praetorian Guards to strengthen the monitoring of the palace." Shen Jungui is the prime minister of Great Wei, so he can naturally call the shots in some small matters. However, when it comes to the Praetorian Guard, it is still necessary to confess.

"You're also for my good, I know, forgive your innocence!" Luo Rucai stepped forward and helped him up.

After accepting Shen Jun's thanks, Luo Rucai sat back and continued to watch the battle report. The third battle report made him feel in a trance, and in the two days before and after, Zhang Xianzhong was assassinated together with his only remaining son. And the enemy who assassinated them has not been discovered so far. There was no need to think about it, Luo Ru suddenly thought of the elusive army.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong died, the entire Daxi was leaderless, and even Luo Rucai had already predicted that the entire Daxi Congress would enter the countdown to disintegration. This is not the time to attack the Republic, and it is necessary to occupy these territories before those timid generals plan to defect to the Republic!

It's just that he didn't do it immediately, but opened the fourth battle report, which was related to him, or related to his relative Luo Heng.

The three thousand soldiers were wiped out in one go, and if Luo Heng hadn't led people to retreat as soon as possible, I was afraid that I didn't know how many people would die. But what made Luo Rucai depressed was that Luo Heng was actually captured by the enemy after being wounded in the right leg during the battle.

After opening the fifth battle report, Luo Rucai only felt dizzy and almost fainted on the hospital bed.

Gain's battle report only wrote one content, in the process of the rear of the army, it was attacked by the enemy at night, and the rest of the troops were actually captured by the enemy. To make matters worse, enemy forces began to masse on the border, and depending on the situation, it was likely to cross the border.

Finished...... Or underestimate the combat capabilities of the republic!

At this moment, Luo Rucai finally woke up to the fact that in the new battle mode, the number of people is meaningless, and if he can't adapt to this torrent, he will be eliminated by history. But this tuition fee is too high, so high that Luo Ru can't breathe.

The situation is now: the fighting on the northern and southern fronts is over, and the republic no longer has to worry about attacks from these two places. Now they can mobilize superior forces and enter the Great Wei State to fight. Meantime...... The whereabouts of his three princes are still unknown......

Last, what a terrible threat. Luo Rucai really feels very tired now, after becoming the emperor, this is the first time he feels so tired and powerless.

On the second day of rest, the Commander of the Praetorian Guard came to report again, and another note appeared at the door, still pressed against a blood-stained stone.

There are a few words written on it: surrender, or finale, decide quickly.

At that moment, Luo Rucai felt that he had no choice. He knew that these words had another meaning, that is, the Republic would officially send troops to attack Great Wei, and if Xiangyang was defeated at that time, then he and the entire imperial family would actually have no need to continue to exist. In history, which dynasty would have allowed the royal family of the previous dynasty to still be alive.

Even though the Manchu claimed to have inherited from Dashun, they symbolically retained the Ming Tombs and some things from the Ming Dynasty. But the culling of the Ming Dynasty royal family has not stopped. No one knows that by the middle and late Manchu Qing Dynasty, how many Ming royal families were still alive.

"Send messengers, and say...... Luo Rucai is willing to pay tribute to the republic! Luo Rucai gritted his teeth and said to Shen Jun.

Shen Jun understood and immediately gave an order.

Luo Rucai is still very cunning, he is a minister, not a submission, in other words, like the previous Manchu Qing Dynasty, he can't defeat the Ming Dynasty, so he pretends to be obedient, and when he is strong and strong, he rebels again.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Great Wei is indeed out of disadvantage, and it is the safest way to call a minister.

Probably because the two capitals are very close to each other, and it took only two days for the national letter to arrive in Chang'an. When the envoy returned, he brought back an envoy from the Republic, his name was Li Yan.

Yes, he was once a civil servant and was a member of the Republic, but in the original time and space, it was Li Yan, an important general under Li Zicheng.

At this moment, his identity is the negotiating envoy of the republic.

When he came to Great Wei, Luo Rucai, as the little king of the subject country, met with the envoy of the kingdom.

"Hello Emperor Great Wei, now please don't be sentimental, okay? After all, our emperor has not yet promised that you will become a vassal state of our country. Li Yan looked at Luo Rucai and said to him with a condescending attitude.

"Oh, Mo Fei Republic, do you really want to fight with my Great Wei?" Seeing this, Luo Rucai was not hypocritical.

"No, according to the meaning of the republic, as long as you sign this vassal treaty, then you and your forces are the direct vassal states of our republic." Li Yan smiled and took out an agreement in his arms.

Luo Rucai looked at it, and couldn't laugh anymore.

1. In places bordering the Republic, the Great Wei garrison is not allowed.

2. All troops of the Great Wei Dynasty must be retrained by instructors sent by the republic, and they must be equipped with political commissars sent by the republic.

3. The finances of the Great Wei must be open to the Republic, and the Republic will have a permanent adviser (Li Yan) who will be responsible for assisting the Great Wei in managing its finances, politics, and military.

4. The prince of Great Wei must reside in the Republic. Every year, the Great Wei Emperor was allowed to go to the Palace of the Republic for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and then he could reunite with the prince for a period of time.

5. Every year, the Great Wei Dynasty must hand over 30% of its fiscal revenue to the Republic.

6. Civil servants of the Republic are allowed to work in the Great Wei.

7. The banks of the Republic will be opened in Dawei unconditionally, and Dawei will recognize the legitimacy of the Republic's currency and ensure that the legitimate interests of the banks are not infringed upon.

Of course, there are also provisions that are also beneficial to Dawei:

8. The Republic helped the Great Wei to build the most advanced army, and helped the Great Wei to establish the most advanced military academy (Zhang Hongbin served as the honorary president).

9. The Republic helped the Great Wei to carry out the rectification of its political institutions and helped the Great Wei to enter a more advanced mode of governance.

10. The Republic will support a batch of advanced firearms to the Great Wei, and the price will be settled at cost price.

11. In the case of goods of Great Wei entering the territory of the Republic, no customs duties will be charged (the goods of the Republic also have reciprocal rights).

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One after another regulations that humiliate the country, the so-called seemingly good regulations, in fact, there are a lot of landmines buried underneath. Luo Rucai didn't even doubt that if he dared to sign this agreement, the consequence would be that after a few years, without even his own consent, the entire Great Wei would automatically join the republic.

Moreover, from the date of signing, he will completely lose his control over politics and the military, and become a complete stamping machine.

However, even if Luo Rucai wanted to tear up this agreement in public, he couldn't do it.

The whole negotiation lasted for three days, during which Luo Rucai communicated with Li Yan many times and discussed with his subordinates many times.

During this period, he also had to read the letters of the captured generals many times, read the crying letters written to him by the three princes, and the crying of the concubines.

As a man, or as a person, Luo Rucai went from hesitation to despair, and finally, he covered the jade seal.

Since then, he has submitted to the Republic......