Zhu Changshu was also afraid of change, so he first came up with a set of guarantee plans.

The minimum requirements of the Luwang Mansion for the marriage of the county lord were finalized first.

The operation method he said also made Shen Shuren stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood and expressed his support.

Zhu Changshu does not have a son now, but it does not mean that his concubines and concubines have only conceived Zhu Yuchan's child - as mentioned earlier, the fetal dystocia and stillbirth rate in the Ming Dynasty is very high, and even if it is born, the congenital deficiency and premature death rate is very high.

Zhu Changshu only raised a child, only Zhu Yuchan, and other examples of nominally premature births or even stillbirths add up to two or three.

In fact, even if Zhu Changshu's concubines have no other birth records, they can fabricate one of these things - in the future, they will insist that Princess Lu was pregnant once more than ten years ago, but she had a miscarriage, and it was a stillborn baby if she was born early, and there was no record. Is there anyone who can't refute it? Anyway, it's just a name.

In order to be reasonable in terms of patriarchal status, if Shen Shuren himself nominally refuses to be a son-in-law, if he has a child with Zhu Yuchan in the future, the safest way to deal with it is to pass one of the children to "Zhu Yuchan's younger brother who died early and inherit his ancestry", that is, from Zhu Changshu's grandson to a grandson.

Perhaps modern people will find this stubbornness incredible: how can a child who dies prematurely before the age of one or two still have patriarchal children?

But this kind of thing is not uncommon in ancient times.

To say an inappropriate analogy, in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Liu Xiu reinvigorated the Han Dynasty, he also posthumously recognized Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty as the imperial ancestor and Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty as the imperial examination. Although he was a full seventy years younger than Emperor Yuan of Han, he was forty-six years younger than Emperor Cheng of Han, the son of Emperor Yuan of Han.

So much so that later in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei also thought about copying Liu Xiu's homework. Although Liu Bei did not achieve great things in the end, the people around him also gave him ideas.

According to Liu Bei's uncle, he is the same generation as Emperor Ling, and he should recognize Emperor Huan if he recognizes his father. But Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling are not related by blood, and they are both the heirs of the first emperor and the vassal king.

The last Chong Qianhuan Ling of the Han Dynasty, Chong Zhihuan was all the same generation, and they were all children who succeeded to the throne, so some advisers at that time thought that Liu Bei really wanted to learn from Liu Xiu to recognize his father in the end, and he could directly recognize Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty. That Emperor Han Chong was finally the son of Emperor Shun of Han, but he died at the age of three.

Since the civil officials of the late Han Dynasty thought that Liu Bei could recognize a child who had died seventy-five years ago and was three years old at the time of death as his father (if he was still alive, it would be three plus seventy-five, seventy-eight years old, and Liu Bei was sixty years old when he ascended the throne, and it is reasonable for the father to be eighteen years older than his son).

In the future, if Shen Shuren and Zhu Yuchan have a son, it will not be unreasonable to recognize a Zhu Yuchan's younger brother who died early before he was three years old as his father.

Thinking about all this, of course, Shen Shuren will no longer have any psychological burden.

"Therefore, whether Chongzhen is willing to give me a knighthood and a surname, or he refuses to give a knighthood and a surname in the future, we can only succeed in the future, we all have a back hand to deal with.

I give the surname, and I can compare Li Ke with Li Cunqiao. The step-son can be compared to Liu Xiu and Liu Bei, no matter how you calculate it, it is reasonable, and it is not a loss." Shen Shuren's heart was secretly worried, and his mood was settled.

Of course, he would never say anything about these mental activities, after all, these examples are a bit of a big contradiction.

These two sets of examples, one is to revive the Yan Han Dynasty, and the other is to recreate the Tang Dynasty, which cannot be compared indiscriminately.

……

After Shen Shuren agreed to King Lu's arrangement, early the next morning, the group set off from Xinyang again and went south to Wuchang first.

At the same time, Shen Shuren had already repaired a book overnight, and when he set off, he also called a confidant messenger at the same time, asking him to immediately take the letter and hurry to Nanjing, inform his father Shen Tingyang of the cause and effect, and ask Shen Tingyang to take leave to go to Hefei for a trip, meet King Lu, and finalize some details.

Shen Tingyang, the secretary of Nanjing's household department, is not as busy as his counterparts in Beijing after all, and what he has to manage is the transportation and taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is still easy to take time to take a long vacation.

After setting off here, King Lu's mansion and his entourage didn't cause trouble to Shen Shuren along the way, and King Lu and the princess didn't settle down

I told my daughter in detail that I felt that my daughter was still young and shouldn't know too many complicated things, so it was better to tell her when the dust settled.

Anyway, along the way, the little county lord also lived in a simple place, and Shen Shuren didn't come to see the princess again, and the little girl didn't care, she had long been used to the lifestyle of not seeing men outside.

Two days later, the group crossed the Xinyang Road, arrived at the junction of Suizhou and Huangzhou, and after another day, they went down the Han River into the Yangtze River and arrived at Wuchang.

Shen Shuren said goodbye to the people of Luwangfu, and it was only at this time that he saw Zhu Yuchan again and chatted with the little girl for a while.

Zhu Yuchan didn't know what was going on, and she chatted with Shen Shuren quite well, asked a lot of questions, and Shen Shuren answered them one by one, and her speech and demeanor were interesting and extraordinary, which made the little girl admire her very much.

"Lord Wang, then I wish you a smooth journey, wait for good news, and when you arrive in Hefei, be sure to send someone back to report your safety. The lower officials still have important things to do, and they must stay in Wuchang to rectify the military and politics in order to prepare for the aid of Sichuan, so they will not be sent." On the Wuchang wharf, after the sinking tree man got off the boat, he bowed his hand to King Lu and his party.

Zhu Changshu: "Shen Futai doesn't have to be polite, I hope that Wuyun Hengchang will create peace for the Ming Dynasty."

(Note: What we are talking about here is "Wuyun Hengchang" is not "Wuyun for a long time", so no problem, don't say that this is a Japanese style, Xie Wei said that "Wuyun Fangchang" described the initial military merits,

But if you keep winning battles and go from one victory to another, you will be transformed into "Wuyun Hengchang", and it will be used in this way. Nowadays, many people spray when they hear a wording that is a bit like traditional Japanese, regardless of whether it is real Japanese or ancient Chinese. ）

Zhu Changshu and his entourage continued to go down the river to the east, and after another three or four days, they naturally arrived in Hefei.

……

The words are divided into two ends, while Shen Shuren and King Fu of Lu are returning to the south and east, on the battlefield in Henan, the battle to pursue Li Zicheng and relieve the siege of Kaifeng is also steadily advancing.

The good news of the first phase of the Henan Campaign also reached Chongzhen's ears one after another, but what he received at the beginning was not the good news written by Shen Shuren——

After all, the decisive battle of Chen County only repelled Li Zicheng's main force and destroyed a lot of enemies, but it was not a decisive reconquest of lost territory. If you only rely on a battle to defeat the enemy, you will make a big show, and it will also appear that Shen Shuren is not modest.

Therefore, Chongzhen has not heard Shen Shuren personally report the victory, which is very normal, why should he Kaifeng be released before he can give a phased conclusion.

Because Shen Shuren demanded to work steadily and steadily to open up the Yingchuan waterway before they could continue to advance, Huang Degong and Zhang Mingzhen also really delayed three or four days to remove the traces of water conservancy damage left by the invading army, and then carefully advanced.

When Huang Degong's troops advanced to Yuncheng, the Shen Shuren had already set off from Xinyang again and were preparing to go south to Wuchang.

In the four days that Shen Shuren traveled from Xinyang to Wuchang, Huang Degong advanced in the north synchronously, basically advancing fifty or sixty miles a day and seventy or eighty miles a day.

In four days, the four counties of Linying, Yanling, Xuchang and Xinzheng under Kaifeng Prefecture were recovered.

In addition to a little fight at the beginning of Yuncheng, and the defeat of the remnants of a reluctance to leave, about a few thousand people, one or two thousand enemies were annihilated, and the rest were scattered or surrendered.

In the remaining places such as Xuchang, Xinzheng and other places, no fighting broke out, or even if there were rogues who did not leave, they all opened the door and surrendered directly as soon as the officials and soldiers arrived.

After Xinzheng, there is only one Zhongmu County left, plus one Zhuxian Town, and it will be Kaifeng Fucheng.

Huang Degong advanced to this point, but he didn't see the main force of the Chuang army staying behind to resist, and he also had a trace of suspicion, because Zhongmu County and Zhuxian Town were originally Li Zicheng's own station, and Liu Zongmin's station, respectively, it is impossible that there are still troops left in the small counties in front of them, but they are withdrawn so cleanly.

With Huang Degong's original temper, he wouldn't think too much, but before sending troops this time, Shen Shuren repeatedly told him and made some deductions. After Huang Degong remembered it, he was inevitably afraid, and he became more and more careful in advancing, and he had to cooperate closely with Zhang Mingzhen.

On November 18, when the official army interspersed between Zhongmu County and Zhuxian Town, what Shen Shuren was worried about finally happened.

Huang Degong's troops marched in the guard, searching forward, in front

Suddenly, there was a flood of scouts, and it spread rapidly.

Zhuxian Town is still more than thirty miles away from the Kaifeng City Wall, so when the water rushes in front of him, it will not be too deep at once, Huang Degong immediately let people sing gold, blow the horns of the troops, and gather the search troops back, and at the same time let the rear army that got the alarm immediately get close to prepare to board the ship.

Zhang Mingzhen brought more than 200 large boats, and squeezed dozens of additional people into each boat, and finally gathered all the main cavalry of Huang Degong's front army. Except for some of the soldiers who became soup chickens and were soaked, there were no casualties.

"Li Zicheng, a dog thief, really left someone to dig up the Yellow River dam! It's a pity, if we come half a month later, maybe the Yellow River will dry up and freeze! This release of water will cause many people in Kaifeng Mansion to suffer! It is estimated that there are no bandit troops outside the city! They must have all run away!" Huang Degong looked at the spreading stagnant water, hated it, and scolded Li Zicheng for being vicious.

Zhang Mingzhen's face was also pale, but he could only persuade Huang Degong not to be angry: "It's not something we can stop if we come early and late, if we want to dig up the embankment, a few hours is enough, even if we find that our army is within twenty or thirty miles and then make a move, it will be too late."

For now, let's think about the aftermath and how to play it. This place has become a Ze country, but there is no longer a need for cavalry to search and attack the besieging thief army, it is better for me to divide half of the ships first, and transport the cavalry back to the rear.

Then gather all the food on the ship to the remaining ships that do not return, and sail to Kaifeng City lightly. Under the heavy water, Kaifeng City will inevitably be even more hungry and dying, and the military rations can be transported in, which can somewhat solve the urgent need.

Anyway, Lord Futai had already prepared a lot of grain in Shou County and Chen County, and since it had been transported to Henan, it would be a waste of manpower to transport it back to Huguang, so it was better to save more people on the spot in Henan.

In addition, we must hurry up to rescue the king of Zhou, the king of Zhou can scatter all the money of the palace to help the army defend the city, and he is also a virtuous king among the kings, saving him is good for us, and it is also good for the reputation of Shen Futai.

In addition, look at the men and horses of Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Kaifeng, if there are any willing to escort the retreat of King Zhou. Let's just say that there is a big flood here, anyway, it is impossible for the thieves to attack this kind of dead place again, and the imperial court will not transport military rations to Kaifeng again, and they will go elsewhere to get food, which is also to reduce the pressure on the imperial court, at least to save freight for food."

Huang Degong thought for a while and sighed: "That's the only way, or Zhang Zongzhen is thoughtful, you sailors must have a lot of dealings with maritime merchants, and settling accounts is more coarse than us."

After the discussion was decided, Huang Degong led the team back, and at the same time prepared a good news, stating that Kaifeng City had been lifted, but Li Zicheng jumped over the wall in a hurry and dug the Yellow River to flood the city, fearing that at least hundreds of thousands of people would die.

Zhang Mingzhen carried out humane rescue according to the plan, and evacuated the Zhou Wangfu and part of Chen Yongfu's garrison.