Liu Liangzuo's reckless move was cut off by Zhang Mingzhen, and finally did not immediately force the three towns of Jiangbei Liu Liangzuo, Xu Dingguo, and Liu Zeqing to meet with the swords and soldiers of the Nanjing Imperial Court in an all-round way.

But the distance between the two sides is completely torn apart, and there is only the last fig leaf and the last step down.

The chain of suspicion has been activated to this point, and the Fuwang family must be extremely guarded against the upcoming Lu Wang regime.

In this conflict, it is impossible for the army to be stopped by a few words from the commander.

On the defense line on the river, which stretched for several miles, when the two sides finally pulled apart, Liu Liang's left side had also sunk two small boats, killed dozens of soldiers in total, and fell into the river with more than 100 injuries.

On Zhang Mingzhen's side, the warship was unsunk, at most, a few planks were damaged by a few planks from muskets and crossbows, and then a single number of soldiers were killed, and the casualty exchange ratio was at least ten times more.

The Northern Army is not accustomed to water warfare, there are no professional warships, and it is normal to fight like this.

And this degree of friction and fire was also common in the early Southern Ming Dynasty in history-

Originally, in that time and space, Gao Jie moved to Lianghuai, and in order to compete with Huang Degong for the rich defense area near Yangzhou, he also fought a lot. Gao Jie once even tried to set up a banquet to trap and ambush Huang Degong's more than 100 cavalry henchmen and guards, and Huang Degong himself broke through with injuries based on his martial arts.

If this scene is made into a TV series, blocking the subtitles and turning off the lines, the audience may see it as the plot of the Hongmen Banquet used by Zhu Wen and Li Ke.

But in the end, Huang Degong had to be persuaded by Shi Kefa to have Gao Jie pay a large sum of money for his crimes, and he exposed this grievance. At that time, the military generals of the feudal town were domineering, which can be seen.

Now that Liu Liangzuo has been killed and wounded, 100 people have retreated, and the casualties themselves are nothing at all.

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Zhang Mingzhen's volley resulted in a quick return to Nanjing in just three hours.

Shi Kefa and Shen Tingyang, and even Wang Duo and other Shangshu were also relieved, and at the same time became more and more afraid.

There is a bloody conflict, and it is necessary to ensure that King Lu succeeds in ascending the throne, otherwise once King Fu turns the tables, everyone will have to be liquidated.

Shi Kefa could only continue to send six hundred li to urge Zhu Shuren to hurry up.

Zhu Shuren had just arrived in Hefei at this time, and a day later, on the way back with King Lu, he heard that King Fu wanted to enter the capital near Chaohu Lake.

Previously, Zhu Shuren considered that King Lu couldn't endure hardship, and he didn't dare to urge King Lu too much to work day and night. After getting this information, I can't care about it at all.

He immediately had a showdown with his old father-in-law, Zhu Changzhu also knew the severity and knew that there was no way out, so he gritted his teeth and endured hardships, and let people lead a fast horse, and a cavalry general with superb riding skills and a relatively light body rode with him to protect Zhu Changzhu, who was not skilled in riding, from falling from his horse at gallop.

Because he carried two people at the same time, he had to change a horse every thirty miles, but fortunately, there were enough good horses, and he galloped from Chaohu Lake to Wuhu in half a day. Zhu Changzhu also gritted his teeth, he was pampered since he was a child, and he almost vomited so much that he was about to vomit bile.

When they arrived at Wuhu and boarded the battleship to cross the river, the situation was slightly better. The battleship also went down the river, with full sails and all the strength of the sailors, and the night did not stop, and the next morning it had arrived in Nanjing.

Shi Kefa, Shen Tingyang, and Wang Duo led the three and greeted them directly at the Yangtze River wharf at the mouth of the Qinhuai River. As soon as Zhu Changzhu, who was vain in his steps, stepped on the solid ground of the wharf trestle under the support and protection of Zhu Shuren, several pavilion elders and Shangshu couldn't wait to greet him.

Needless to mention the process of being polite and a little twists and turns, Shi Kefa and others quickly sent Zhu Changzhu to the throne, first went to the Purple Mountain to pay homage to the tomb, and then entered the city and entered the palace.

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Tell the tomb, that is, go to the Ming Tomb to worship Zhu Yuanzhang, this is also a helpless thing, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who ascended the throne in Nanjing had to go through this process, and Zhu Di usurped the throne like this. Although Zhu Changzhu is a prisoner, he cannot be saved.

Along the way, Shi Kefa also took advantage of the red tape to take the time to discuss with Zhu Shuren and ask Zhu Changzhu, wanting to see how he characterized King Fu's attempt to seize Nanjing two days ago.

After all, when it comes to the grievances of the most recent vassal kings in the clan, the cabinet has become foreign ministers, and it is not easy to act arbitrarily.

Zhu Changzhu was cowardly and unassertive, and refused to answer Shi Kefa directly, but he just found another opportunity to support the other party and asked his son-in-law in private:

"What does the virtuous son-in-law think should be done with King Fu's matter? Is it still possible not to tear your face? They are all the Ming clan, and in the autumn of this national disaster, Lone really doesn't want to harm himself anymore. Liu Liangzuo has finally retired from the army, is there a way to reassure them? ”

Zhu Shuren sighed slightly, his father-in-law was really cowardly and afraid that things would not work. The other party wants to grab the throne, and he just wants to pretend that there is no contradiction.

From the perspective of the overall interests of the nation, there is really no need to fight too hard, and this is the potential for future cooperation to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Even if it is the ideal state that Zhu Shuren originally pursued, that is, only a few first evils should be dealt with, and the people below should try to win over as many as possible.

Zhu Shuren pondered for a while, and said calmly: "Father doesn't want to be implicated, then you can consider completing the big gift, and take the opportunity to summon King Fu to Beijing to explain, if King Fu is willing to come, others can naturally be pardoned."

Especially Ma Shiying, Erchen feels that this person still has a bit of national righteousness, although he is now being used by King Fu, it may not be all his sincerity, and it may be that he is coerced by the generals of several towns under his command.

Among the civil officials, only Ruan Dacheng is despicable and shameless, specializing in instigating infighting, and will never be spared in the future. ”

Zhu Shuren is also rare to speak and report his conclusions directly, and a considerable part of his basis is to rely on his foresight of history, relying on him to know that Ruan Dacheng and Liu Liangzuo are all hardcore traitors in history, and Ma Shiying still insists on resisting the Qing Dynasty to the end.

If it was the era when Chongzhen was in power, Zhu Shuren would never dare to be so straightforward, but now it is his father-in-law's turn to take power, and his father-in-law has no son, so he is allowed to repay him so presumptuously.

After all, as long as his words are reasonable, and he can justify himself, his father-in-law must be inclined to believe him.

Zhu Changzhu knew very well in his heart that Zhu Shuren was the only one in the DPRK and China who would never harm him, and everyone's interests were tied together.

Sure enough, at this moment, Zhu Changzhu was so sure when he heard him say, he was also relieved, he was no longer afraid of wolves and tigers, and quickly completed the process of going to the tomb.

In the next three days, Shi Kefa presided over the overall situation and completely completed the formalities of King Lu's supervision.

The six Shangshu were still retained, and the squires that Shi Kefa and Wang Duo wanted to promote temporarily were also officially recognized, and the formation of the cabinet was also reconfirmed by the edict of the superintendent, which improved the legal legitimacy and relieved both inside and outside Nanjing.

Subsequently, Zhu Changzhu officially issued an edict to supervise the country, sending people to build a royal garden on the site of Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou and the Southern Song Dynasty, and placed Empress Yi'an to spend her old age in secret. Before the garden was built, Shen Tingyang, the head of the household, donated his manor in Suzhou for Empress Yi'an to live in temporarily (that is, he has now lived in)

There should also be a Buddhist hall in the garden, for the widowed emperor and queen to pray for the emperor of the apocalypse, etc., it is said that the first emperor will bless the restoration of Daming Shenzhou in the spirit of heaven. In this way, the embarrassment of the uncle and the nephew and queen of the prison in the palace was avoided, and the biggest hidden danger of legitimacy of the Lu Wang's regime was solved.

In contrast, the identity of Princess Zhu Jiao of Kunxing is not so sensitive, and she doesn't have to worry about seniority. Zhu Changzhu directly took Zhu Jiao to the Nanjing Palace as a granddaughter, and still enjoyed all the treatment of the princess.

This also shows that he treats the children left by Chongzhen absolutely preferentially, which is consistent with what he said when he accepted the gift of being a prisoner-

At the ceremony, when Zhu Changzhu was ordained, he swore to the Heavenly Alliance, and the reason why he accepted the last emperor's last order was to help the first emperor take care of the orphans. If either King Yong or King Ding escaped, he would definitely help them ascend to the throne, and then as the regent of his uncle, he would preside over the overall situation until his nephew and grandson were brought to adulthood, and then return the right to supervise the country and let the young lord govern himself.

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On the Jiangbei side, after Zhu Yousong was escorted by Liu Liangzuo to retreat, he was also very nervous, Liu Liangzuo knew that he had lost the bet, for fear of being liquidated, and frantically reorganized his troops every day.

In order to prevent the army's morale from being unstable, he only said to the outside world that it was to prevent Liu Fangliang from going south, so it was necessary to strengthen training and discipline. And these excuses are obviously also thought of by the embarrassed Ruan Dacheng.

But Liu Liangzuo didn't make any effort to stop Liu Fangliang when he broke through his defense area to attack Chongzhen, but now he pretended to pose as if he wanted to fight Liu Fangliang to the death.

At this juncture, in the city of Nanjing, after Zhu Changzhu sat firmly in power, he naturally had to make some responses.

On the eighth day of the first month of March, on the fifth day after becoming a prisoner, Zhu Changzhu inquired with Shi Kefa, expressing his hope that Liu Liangzuo would properly handle the previous incident of Liu Liangzuo's escort of King Fu's nephew to the south, and let Shi Kefa think of a way to avoid the friction of the vassal king casually entering Beijing in the future.

After discussing with the cabinet, Shi Kefa also felt that he could send an edict to the state of prison, summoning King Fu to Beijing to meet and explain, and at the same time asked that he could not bring an army escort, and could only bring a hundred guards at most.

In addition, Shi Kefa will naturally do a little more grinding work and post a series of articles, tactfully expressing that he can not blame Ma Shiying and others in the past, but also divide and disintegrate potential opponents.

After the edict was issued, it was sent to Fengyang in just three days, but the reply was delayed, and finally it was delayed for at least five or six days, but what was waiting for was a sincere confession reply that "King Fu was frightened and sick, bedridden, and difficult to act".

Obviously, King Fu was worried that if he did not bring troops back to Nanjing alone to explain, he would be placed under house arrest or even questioned. So I can't afford to be sick.

When the news came back to Nanjing, those Donglin officials who had the worst relationship with King Fu's family at the beginning were naturally excited, and some even shouted that they wanted to urge the military department to go north to Fengyang and Lianghuai, and eradicate the forces of King Fu that had become like mercenaries.

But Shi Kefa is still relatively stable, lest he further provoke the other party and temporarily suppress all these radical remarks. He knew very well in his heart that many of those Donglin Qingliu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take revenge, not completely out of public intentions.

Shi Kefa is more concerned about the overall situation in Donglin, so naturally he will not let these people mess around.

On the other hand, it is also caused by Shi Kefa's indecisiveness - in history, he was indecisive for a long time on the issue of supporting King Fu of Lu, and in order not to bear the infamy of going against the norm, he even came up with a compromise method of "supporting Gui".

However, although Shi Kefa was indecisive, he was also worried that King Lu would not give up, so when he entered the palace to play the coping strategy, he was still a little uneasy.

Fortunately, Zhu Changzhu is also a cowardly and fearful person, and he actually didn't want to poison his nephew.

In the end, Zhu Shuren, who was more concerned about the overall situation, jumped out and helped them check and fill in the gaps:

"Father, Shi Gebu, you take into account the overall situation and don't want to stimulate the sick King Fu, it is indeed the old Cheng's strategy to seek the country. However, if this matter is not revived, it will inevitably lead to local contempt for the imperial court, and more instability will arise in the future.

In my opinion, it is better to take the opportunity to gather the surviving kings of the southern provinces, in the name of showing loyalty to the tombs, let them move to Nanzhili as much as possible, and then slowly settle in Yangzhou, Jiezhou, Wuhu, Taipingfu and other places around Nanjing.

In this way, the kings were close to a hundred miles, and they could not easily enter the capital, which not only prevented changes in the court, but also avoided them from being far away from the frontier and being supported by the local military ministers of the feudal territory.

After all, the first emperor did not leave a clear edict to pass on the throne, and ambitious people still had to guard against it. Originally, if King Fu obediently entered Beijing, we would not be able to take the opportunity to summon the kings to gather and confine.

Now King Fu said that he was sick and couldn't come, which can be regarded as an excuse for the court! The imperial court was provoked by King Fu's suspicious behavior, so it temporarily decided to do so, not that the imperial court wanted to break through the ancestral system! ”

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are usually not summoned, and they have always stayed in the fiefdom, which is also the ancestral training left by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, if Zhu Changzhu does not have a strong excuse to directly summon the kings to Nanzhili, it may be considered that he wants to cut the feudal domain like Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di.

But now, King Fu said that he was sick and made an excuse, and Zhu Changzhu was to take precautions and draw inferences from one case to another, so he wanted to summon all the kings. If the kings want to hate, let them hate the troublesome king!

Of course, among the other kings, there must have been some Xuefu King who said that he was sick, but in any case, at least half of the surviving vassal kings in the south would never dare to resist. If you can collect the mainstream first, the remaining thorns will be solved much faster.

Zhu Shuren knows very well that a very important reason why Nanming failed to resist in history is that there are too many vassal kings that can be supported!

If it was like the Southern Song Dynasty, when Jingkang was ashamed, all the kings were confined in Kaifeng in the pigsty, and the Jin soldiers came to all the pots, and only one Zhao Gou escaped, and no one fought for the throne, then the Southern Ming Dynasty could also unite for a long time.

It is because there are many princes that the warlords can support the vassal kings in their own defense areas for their own interests, which has led to the continuous civil war of the Han people!

In today's situation, the key to saving the Ming Dynasty is to gather all those pig princes and not leave "potential resources to be supported" for local warlords!

Moreover, only when all the kings are controlled, Zhu Shuren will be able to let his son succeed the throne of his old father-in-law in the future!

On the occasion of the autumn of national disaster, only by taking the military monopoly and following the line of one country, one nation, one army, and one leader can we save the country and survive!

Of course, this control is limited to the kings. As for the local civil, military, military and common people of the Ming Dynasty, of course, it is necessary to completely unite, and there must be no internal friction in the process of controlling the kings.

The only ones who were consumed internally were the pig kings of the old Zhu family.