In the blink of an eye, the season has entered winter, and the weather is gradually getting cooler.

A first frost, the leaves of the maple tree in front of the door of the Enlightenment Hall gradually turned red, the wind blew, and a few maple leaves fell from time to time.

From spring all the way, in winter, the three ministers Wen Anzhi, Qu Shiyun, and Wu Zhenyu were almost unmoved, and they went to the Enlightenment Hall every day to study history and enlightenment with Zhu Ci.

Unconsciously, the maple leaves in front of the door turned from green to yellow, and then from yellow to red, Zhu Cijiao's height also grew taller, and the sky of Daming was even more changeable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the past two years, the Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil, is there still any hope of resurrection? Where is the way out? ”

Still as usual, after the ministers sat down, Wang Ma presented the tea, Zhu Cijiao raised questions, and everyone discussed the issues.

Zhu Cijiao is right, two years and seven months after Emperor Chongzhen left, the sky of the Ming Dynasty was changing like a face.

Emperor Chongzhen was martyred, Yanjing was occupied by the rebel army led by Li Zicheng, the Ming court fell apart, and the country was divided into five columns.

Li Zicheng had not yet gained a firm foothold, and the Ming traitor Wu Sangui opened the Shanhai Pass, let Dolgon enter the customs, and approached Yanjing City.

The rebel army occupying Yanjing was defeated overnight, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were shot dead by the Qing soldiers, the Dashun army and the Daxi army were leaderless, and the Qing soldiers occupied most of the territory of the Ming Dynasty from north to south.

Oppose the Qing Dynasty and regain the lost land! It became a somewhat bloody dream of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming royal family supported Wang Chengjun and carried the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty, in order to turn the tide.

First of all, the Fu King Zhu Yousong was proclaimed emperor in Nanjing and established the Hongguang regime, and Qu Shiyun was appointed as the governor of Guangxi at that time. However, Zhu Yousong was immediately defeated by the Qing army that took advantage of the victory, and Zhu Yousong was captured and executed by the Qing soldiers.

Then Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor in Fuzhou, established the Longwu regime, and continued to carry the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. However, the emperor's dream had not been done for 100 days, and Zhu Yujian dreamed of breaking the battlefield and dying in vain.

Then the king of Lu Zhu Yihai just called the emperor, the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty has not yet fluttered, the Qing soldiers immediately chased, Zhu Yihai did not move a single soldier, because of the inability to resist, he fled to Shanghai, died without a problem.

In just two years, King Fu, King Tang, and King Lu were all killed by the Qing army because they ascended the throne as emperor and carried the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty. Where is the way out?

"This question raised by Ci Ji is related to the future and fate of the Ming Dynasty, this question is well raised, the Ming Dynasty has reached the moment of life and death, we have to plan carefully." Wen Anzhi fully affirmed Zhu Cijiao's thoughts.

"Is there still hope for the Ming Dynasty? The minister thinks that although King Fu, King Tang, and King Lu have been destroyed, we still have King Gui, which is the only hope for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Qu Shiyun answered the first question raised by Zhu Cijiao in a clear and unambiguous manner.

"That's right! We still have hope in the Ming Dynasty, hope is in King Gui, our period of learning history and enlightenment is not in vain, we plan well, wholeheartedly assist King Gui, kill a bloody road, and recover my Daming rivers and mountains. ”

The young and vigorous Wu Zhenyu was even more passionate when she spoke.

"Yes, we rely on King Gui to save the Ming Dynasty, this is the only spark for the Ming Dynasty to come back to life! How can this fire be burned? ”

Wen Ansheng said, turned over lightly and looked at Zhu Cijiao, the meaning was very clear, that is, to listen to Zhu Cijiao's thoughts.

"Judging from the current situation, most of the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty have been occupied by the Qing army, only Liangguang and Yunguichuan remain, Guangxi is still under the jurisdiction of King Gui, and Guangxi faces the Central Plains, backed by Yunguichuan, can attack, retreat can defend, King Gui does have an advantage in geography."

Zhu Ci looked at the ministers and slowly analyzed the military strategic position of King Gui's territory.

"Ciyao's analysis is very thorough, if King Gui does not lift the pole, it will not be long before the Ming Dynasty will be occupied by the Qing army." Qu Shiyun took Zhu Ciyi's words and said.

"However, the time and place are favorable, King Gui only occupies the land, and the time, people and people are not dominant." Zhu Cijiao couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

In fact, when Zhu Cijiao said that his father did not occupy the sky, he meant that he was less than three years old now, and although he could predict the future, he could not assist his father at all.

"How can you see that time and people are not dominant?" Wu Zhenyu asked puzzled.

"When I talk about the time of day, I mean that the difference between the strength of the enemy and us is too great, Dolgon has hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, and King Gui has less than 10,000 troops, and competing with the Qing army is undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg."

Zhu Cijiao always kept a cool head, and when he analyzed the sky from the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us, several adults listened and nodded silently.

"Well, the rest of the people of the Ming Dynasty are not united, most of them are in their own positions, King Fu, King Tang, and King Lu have failed to claim that the emperor has failed, this is the lesson."

Zhu Cijiao said, supporting his chin with both hands, looking at the table with his eyes, thoughtful.

"Ci Jiao's analysis of the time, people and people is in place, providing us with a direction to find the way to save the Ming, how can we create the time, people and advantages, solve these two problems, the success rate of the anti-Qing restoration is much greater."

After Wen Anzhi listened to Zhu Ciyi's analysis, he suddenly opened his mouth.

"However, both of these problems are difficult to solve." Wu Zhenyu shook his head.

"yes, where are we going to get hundreds of thousands of soldiers? In addition, it is difficult to solve the problem of discord. Wen Anzhi also looked helpless.

"Do you give up if you don't take advantage of the time and people? At least we have one of the three? Qu Shiyun was unwilling to give up the last country of the Ming Dynasty like this.

"It's not that there is no way at all, the time is right, we don't have the upper hand, but we can adopt a strategy to deal with it, we can fight if we win, run if we can't win, and we must not die." Zhu Cijiao took a sip of tea and continued.

"In terms of people, we have a force to fight for, that is, Zhu Yulu, who governs Guangdong, if the two factories join forces to form a fist, they will definitely be able to hit the Qing army fiercely."

"Ci Yao, it's really a big ghost, why is your little head so flexible? The matter of uniting Guangdong will be handed over to me, and I will strive to win over Zhu Yulu. Qu Shiyun patted Zhu Ciyi's shoulder and said.

"That is to say, as long as Zhu Yulu is brought over, King Gui can be elected to the throne and be the emperor!" Wu Zhenyu was ecstatic.

"Yes, then it depends on Master Qu's kung fu." Wen Anzhi deliberately looked at Qu Shiyun and used an affirmative tone to enhance the effect of the agitation.

"Chen Yiding went all out, in short, now the strategy for saving Ming is basically clear, this is all thanks to Ci Yao's advice, he can be our little military division, come, we will replace the wine with tea to honor the little military division."

Qu Shiyun said, the three adults raised the teacup, Zhu Cijiao also raised the teacup, and the teacups of the four people touched together.