In the seventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the sixth day of October.

Early in the morning, there was a slaughter inside and outside the capital, and Zhu Hao led the soldiers and horses into the city to accept the defense of Gyeonggi, and the garrison army in Daming City was immediately disarmed.

Zhu Si, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, took hundreds of officials out of the capital from Zhengyangmen to worship the emperor of the Chinese Empire.

The civil officials knelt on both sides of the road, mourning the decline of the Ming Dynasty, but almost everyone present was secretly glad that they had saved their lives in the war.

Emperor Daming personally went out of the city to surrender, but unfortunately did not see Zhu Hao himself.

Later, Zhu Si was led by Guan Jingqin and escorted him back to the inner palace of the palace.

"When will I be killed?"

Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Si sat back on the dragon chair, but it was no longer the Jinyi Guard, who was watching around him, but the "Javanese soldiers" with loaded guns.

The military generals of Wenchen still stood in two queues, facing the guns of a group of heavily armed soldiers, and still did not know where the enemy who captured the Ming Jingshi came from.

Guan Jing appeared at the door of the hall, walked quickly to Zhu Si, took out an edict, and said loudly: "Edict of the Emperor of the Chinese Empire!" ”

Wenchen Wuxun at the scene looked at each other, they didn't know if the big guys would kneel next, or if they only needed Zhu Si to kneel alone.

"Emperor Ming."

Guan Jing said loudly, "From now on, you are still the emperor, but you will change the yuan to Xinhe, and take this year as the first year of Xinhe." You will be transferred to a newly built city between the capital and Tianjin, where your daily life is located, and you can contact all the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but all the armies are no longer under your control! ”

Such an almost vernacular edict can be said to be unheard of by the military generals present.

Zhu Si asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Guan Jing did not answer Zhu Si's question, and continued: "In your name, an edict was issued, and people from all over the country were recruited, totaling 500,000 people, and they moved overseas, and 500,000 people will be moved out every year in the future...... This is a cycle of five years, that is, after five years at sea, they can choose to stay overseas or return to Daming according to their wishes. The people in the Ming Dynasty were exempted from paying taxes for three years. ”

"Huh?"

The ministers present were stunned.

Listen to the meaning, it is not that the new emperor ascends the throne, but that someone wants to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes to waive the money and grain for three years first, and no one can understand it.

Without taxes, what did the Ming court rely on to feed?

What does the Northwest Frontier Town rely on?

"Emperor Ming, the edict has been drafted for you, you can sign it yourself and show it to the world!"

After Guan Jing finished speaking, he handed over an edict to Zhu Si.

Zhu Si asked with a dark face, "General Guan, who are you serving now?" ”

Guan Jing continued to be silent.

After Zhu Si picked up the pen, signed his name on the edict, and sealed it, Guan Jing immediately took the edict, turned around and went down the jade steps, and came to Liu Chun, the first assistant at the front of the civil official queue, and said, "Execute it as it is!" ”

Liu Chun's sense of presence has been very low recently, he looked up at the emperor, and saw Zhu Si's face was dead, as if he understood something.

"The order will be carried out by the six ministries and the government at all levels."

After Liu Chun finished speaking, he took the edict with both hands.

Zhang Xuan on the side asked, "Is the country name unchanged?" ”

Guan Jing said: "The name of the Ming Dynasty remains the same, but the Ming Dynasty is only a part of the Chinese Empire, if there is a violation, it will not be forgiven!" ”

As he was talking, his subordinate generals brought Guan Jing a battle report, and Guan Jing read it and said: "Nanjing City has been taken, and Nanjing Wenchen and Wuxun have all returned to the Chinese Empire. ”

The incident happened two days before the capture of the Jingshi.

The monarchs and ministers present naturally felt that the officials and generals in Nanjing were very spineless, after all, the Ming Emperor was still there at that time, and the Nanjing officials were obedient...... Aren't you afraid that the emperor will settle accounts after the autumn?

Guan Jing said: "All yamen officials perform their duties! The soldiers and horses of the nine-sided important town were immediately replaced, and all the generals met with the emperor of the Chinese Empire in the afternoon. ”

Zhu Si asked again, "I don't know who it is?" ”

Guan Jing still didn't answer, but said loudly to the crowd: "Disperse." ”

Then the heavily armed soldiers stepped forward, and the civil and military officials were escorted back to their respective yamen.

In the huge Fengtian Palace, only Zhu Si was left.

Even Zhang Zuo was not allowed to enter.

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Zhu Si was panicked.

When he heard that he was going to be escorted to live in a newly built city outside the city, he lamented in his heart, his life was saved, and the throne seemed to be saved, but his freedom was gone.

Just thinking about his thoughts, the door of the hall that had just been closed was opened from the outside again, and then a person walked in under the sunlight, Zhu Si fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhu Hao who was wearing ordinary clothes.

"Salute...... Oh no......"

When Zhu Si saw Zhu Hao, his eyes first showed a frenzy, and then he understood something, stared at Zhu Hao deadly, and asked in a trembling voice, "You...... It's you ......."

Zhu Hao didn't walk over, just stood at the door and looked at Zhu Si, like looking at a poor worm, and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, I have become a king and a loser, and I left you dead, and it was also for you and my friend." ”

"Why?"

Zhu Si was almost about to cry, he felt that he had been shamefully betrayed, and he looked particularly aggrieved, "I gave you so much, and I was even willing to share the world with you, let you be the first assistant, and even let you be the prime minister, willing to listen to all your suggestions, and you actually rebelled?" ”

Zhu Hao shook his head: "You and I are born equal, if you still think that this world is yours, then let's see the truth with our strength." Your wife and children, old and young, live with you in the new city, you will meet the people I prepared for you, they will tell you all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, if you can be a diligent emperor in the next twenty years, and even I will let you return to the Forbidden City, be a decent emperor, and the Ming Dynasty will still belong to you. But if you don't repent, I won't kill you, and you will be imprisoned for the rest of your life. ”

Zhu Hao is very polite.

He didn't kill Zhu Si, in addition to using the name of Emperor Zhu Si to control the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it could be regarded as giving Zhu Si a chance to "reform himself".

It's just that Da Ming's army can no longer be handed over to Zhu Si.

As for the cultural governance, Zhu Hao will hand over his limited power and let Zhu Si understand.

The soldiers and horses brought by Zhu Hao will ensure the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually make the subjects of the Ming Dynasty accustomed to being subjects of the Chinese Empire, rather than the subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Hao said this, he turned around and was about to go out.

Zhu Si refused to give up, came down from the jade steps, chased a few steps and asked, "Why is it?" ”

Zhu Hao said coldly: "It's not impossible to help you achieve great things, but your vision is too narrow, if you have no reservations at the beginning, let me develop science and technology and promote the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty, I will naturally go all out." It's a pity that in the end, you only want to be your emperor, indulge in pleasure, and live up to my expectations of you, but you have become a stumbling block to the progress of the times, so I can only complete the ideal I planned for you when I was a child.

"At least now Da Ming is still yours, and I didn't lose you."

After speaking, Zhu Hao went out and ignored Zhu Si who was yelling behind him.

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The Ming Jing Division was captured by Zhu Hao's army.

Zhu Hao met with the city's Chinese military generals, and at this time Zhu Hao's identity was only gradually revealed, and the Daming Junchen finally knew that Zhu Hao was the initiator of everything.

Originally, they were still immersed in the fear of being ruled by Waiyi, but as Zhu Hao's identity was exposed, they realized that the so-called Waiyi was just a pawn controlled by Zhu Hao.

The soldiers and horses of the king of Qin from all over the country have gathered near the Beijing division one after another.

Zhu Hao also sent people to show favor in a combination of rigidity and softness, and if the other party did not listen, he would teach them a lesson with heavy firepower.

With the capture of the Ming Emperor, officials and generals from all over the country lost their goals, and Zhu Hao's identity was revealed, and the soldiers and horses from all over the country returned one after another.

Between Tianjin and Beijing, a new city sprung up and was completed in just one month.

This is a defensive city, Zhu Hao sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to stay behind, and will also build such a city near major cities such as Nanjing, Xi'an, and Guangzhou.

Ming soldiers and horses will be stationed in the city, but they will only use ordinary cold weapons, as for the nine-sided town, Zhu Hao will send 3,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, plus mining and garrisoning all over the country, Zhu Hao's 100,000 army does not seem to be enough.

Fortunately, Zhu Hao has an extensive network base in Daming.

The officials and people of Xishan City and Taiping Mansion cheered when they heard that Zhu Hao had returned and successfully rebelled, and put the emperor under house arrest.

Coupled with the influence of the soldiers and horses who went to sea, as well as Lu Wan's submission, Zhu Hao brought the support of at least 500,000 young and middle-aged men, who would be trained to become recruits who knew how to use firearms in a short period of time.

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New and two years, March.

Zhu Hao sent an army of up to 30,000 to conquer the grassland, and in just four months, he completely wiped out Monan, Mobei and Liaodong, and even North Korea was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The expeditionary troops and horses went all the way to the west and north, as far as the Ural Mountains in the west, and as far north as the Arctic Ocean in the north, and the whole of Central Asia and North Asia was under the jurisdiction of China.

Mines in various places were reopened, and the Daming veins were all used by Zhu Hao.

Corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes were planted in the Ming Dynasty in the shortest possible time, and the first batch of overseas immigrants who followed Zhu Hao to the sea began to return in turn, and their family scrolls and relatives were preserved to the greatest extent.

New and the end of the second year.

The entire territory of the land of China, including all the lands and islands of Southeast Asia and Australia, was captured by Zhu Hao's troops.

The Wenchen who once felt that Zhu Hao had failed the Ming Dynasty, his attitude had changed at this time, and even Zhu Hao's side often received the above list of persuasions to ascend the throne, especially the loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the members of the ritual faction who once stood behind Zhu Hao and shouted the flag.

Liu Chun is still the first assistant, but his body is no longer up to the task.

Zhu Hao is ready to let Lou Suzhen return to the Ming Dynasty and use Lou Suzhen to help him govern the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time will use many people he knew when he was in the Xingwang Mansion, as well as those Wenchen who had been proven to be talented in history but could not be reused at this time.

At the same time that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was thriving, Zhu Hao was going to sea again.

Before he went to sea, he had already moved two groups of about a million people to the American continent, where the conquest never stopped.

Zhu Si, on behalf of the Ming monarchs, went to Tianjin Port to see off Zhu Hao.

After more than a year...... Zhu Si really achieved diligence and self-denial, and the environment forced him to be a productive emperor, and he also wanted to get Zhu Hao's pardon and return to the Forbidden City. He finally figured it out now, Zhu Hao didn't kill him, it was really for the sake of his friends.

Because with Zhu Hao's current strength, it is easy to capture the entire Ming Dynasty by force.

It's the same with or without him.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of Shangbang, dare to ask when you will return?"

Zhang Xuan, who had just taken over the position of first assistant from Liu Chun, asked.

Zhu Hao glanced back at Zhang Xuan, as if looking at a dead man.

With Lou Suzhen's return to Daming, the purge of the Ming bureaucracy will soon begin, and Zhu Hao does not need to do it himself.

"Maybe a year, maybe three or four years, when I come back next time, I hope to see the whole Ming Dynasty different from the past. Remember, whoever causes me trouble is making trouble for himself. ”

Zhu Hao said, looking up at the blue sea and blue sky, "I will let the dragon flag of Huaxia be planted all over the world, and then the world will be unified, Daming will be the bright pearl of this world, and the Huaxia people are the masters of this world!" ”

(End of book)