In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, before the fall of Jingshi (Suntian).

A modern soul was reborn in the body of Zhu Cihong, the prince of Chongzhen.

Since then, this modern soul has become Zhu Cihong.

According to the original history, Zhu Cihong should have been captured by Li Zicheng, who had invaded the northern [Beijing], and named him the king of Song, the Qing army entered the customs, Li Zicheng was defeated, and Zhu Cihong was nowhere to be found.

However, the history of this time and space has changed by Zhu Cihong.

The day before the fall of the capital, Zhu Cihong persuaded Chongzhen to let the Jinyi guard command Luo Yangxing to take himself as a Shun army, and at the moment when the Shun army entered the city, he mixed out of the city and fled south, intending to re-establish power in Nanjing and restore the Daming rivers and mountains.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen acquiesced in the matter.

This also gave Zhu Cihong the opportunity to change history.

Soon after Zhu Cihong escaped from Beijing, Chongzhen hanged himself in the coal mountain.

Zhu Cihong knew that now he had to rush south, kick him out in advance before King Fu established the Hongguang court, and let himself inherit the throne in the orthodox way of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise when King Fu ascended the throne, it would be too late, and the tragedy of the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty would be repeated.

The seventeenth year of Chongzhen came to an end in April.

Just when the ministers of Nanjing were arguing for the king of Fu and the king of Lu, who was the emperor.

Led by Ma Shiying, he thinks that there should be a descendant in the "Emperor Ming Zuxun", and there is no heir, and now Chongzhen's lineage has all fallen to the north [Beijing], the Emperor of the Apocalypse in front of Chongzhen, Emperor Taichang has no son left, so he can only push it up again, and push it to Emperor Wanli of Shenzong.

Emperor Wanli of Shenzong gave birth to eight sons

The eldest son, Zhu Changluo, is Emperor Taichang (Chongzhen, the father of the Apocalypse, Zhu Cihong's grandfather)

The second son, Zhu Changxi, died young, and there was no queen.

The third son, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun (the one who was made into a Fulu banquet by Li Zicheng)

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Because the eldest son of Wanli fell to Jingshi Shuntian, the second son has no queen, according to the generation and order should be set up as the third son of the Fu Wang as the emperor, the third son of the Wanli Emperor Fu Wang Zhu Changxun was killed by Li Zicheng, after the Fu Lu banquet, but his son is still there, his son Zhu Yousong inherited the title of Fu Wang, according to the principle of "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" to establish a long line, Zhu Yousong should inherit the throne.

However, the other faction, led by Zhang Shenyan, Lu Daqi, and Jiang Yueguang, believed that King Fu should not be established, and believed that King Fu had seven sins, greed, adultery, alcoholism, unfilial piety, abuse of subordinates, not studying, and interfering with officials, while King Lu was smart and virtuous, and suggested that King Lu should be established as emperor.

This battle between Lichang and Lixian lasted for a long time.

In the end, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, in order to get the first merit of Conglong, became the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, and quietly united with Liu Kongzhao (a descendant of Liu Bowen), the governor of Caojiang, and the generals Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others.

Prepare to forcibly proclaim King Fu as emperor and send soldiers to meet King Fu.

When the news reached Nanjing, everyone who suggested Lixian sighed.

Helplessly, the overall situation has been decided, and other people who have suggested Lixian have to reluctantly recognize Zhu Yousong as the new emperor.

However, there is still some time for King Fu to arrive in Nanjing.

At this moment, another news came in an instant, Chongzhen's son-in-law, Zhu Cihong, the crown prince, had arrived in Yingtian (Nanjing).

When the ministers heard this, they went to pay their respects.

Those who suggested Lixian seemed to see a ray of light again.

Aren't you Ma Shiying going to establish a successor according to the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training"? Now Chongzhen's sister-in-law, when the prince of the dynasty comes, whether it is generation or order, he is more qualified than Zhu Yousong, the blessed king.

After Xu Da, Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei;

After Liu Bowen, the Governor of Caojiang sincerely Bo Liu Kongzhao;

They went to meet each other.

Ma Shiying knew that the time to welcome King Lifu had passed, and his own credit as the first hero of the dragon was gone.

Finally sighed and followed.

Outside the city gate of Nanjing.

Hundreds of officials greeted each other.

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, stepped forward to greet him and said: "After Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, visited His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Minister! After the sincerity of Uncle Liu Bowen, the Governor of Caojiang Sincerity Uncle Liu Kongzhao has seen His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Governor Caojiang sincerely bowed to Liu Kongzhao to see Zhu Cihong and said.

"The achievements of the Northern Expedition in the past, the head of the King of Zhongshan; Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, Liu Bowen in the whole country, the merit of planning, the head of Liu Bowen, after both of you are heroes, you don't have to be polite! ”

Zhu Cihong hurriedly said.

"Emperor Xie!"

The two thanked each other.

"Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!"

In order to please the crown prince Zhu Cihong, Ma Shiying hurriedly went up cheekily.

"Ma Shiying!"

Zhu Cihong had a big head as soon as he heard this name, if it weren't for Ma Shiying, a traitorous minister, the Hongguang court in history would not have been destroyed by the Qing army so quickly.

For such a person, it is difficult for Zhu Cihong to have a good impression.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, have you heard of me too?"

Ma Shiying said excitedly.

"Hehe, I heard that you insist on supporting King Fu as the emperor! The first emperor's concubine is still here, what are your intentions? ”

Zhu Cihong sneered, looked at Ma Shiying and asked.

This sentence instantly pushed Ma Shiying to the opposite side.

Seeing that the prince didn't like Ma Shiying, the ministers expected that Ma Shiying would inevitably lose power in the future, so they saw the wind and steered the rudder, and showed a disdainful expression towards Ma Shiying.

Ruan Dacheng, who was good friends with Ma Shiying, also hurriedly stood up and drew a line with Ma Shiying.

"Ma Shiying! The prince is still here, I said before, you can't make a blessing king, you just don't listen! What kind of intentions do you have! ”

In order to draw a clear line with Ma Shiying, and at the same time to please the prince, Ruan Dacheng hurriedly scolded Ma Shiying with a fake tiger.

"You..."

Ma Shiying saw that his friends betrayed him in an instant, and he suddenly became angry, looked at Ruan Dacheng and gritted his teeth.

Thinking of Ruan Dacheng, who was the first to suggest that he should be the king of Fu, and now he is stepping on a horse, Ma Shiying is angry, and he can't wait to hack him to death.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the previous ministers mistakenly thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had fallen to the head of the thief, in order to ensure that the Ming Society could be continued, in accordance with the principle of "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training", there is a descendant, and there is no heir, and the king is proposed to be the emperor! It's not intentional to do it, but it has to be done! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please be clear! ”

Ma Shiying also wanted to try to redeem some goodwill and trust in front of Zhu Cihong, so she hurriedly explained.

"That's great! According to what you said, according to the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training", there is a grandson, and there is no grandson, and now Emperor Chongzhen's son-in-law, when the prince of the dynasty has arrived, the prince can be the emperor! ”

Zhu Cihong waited for Ma Shiying to explain like this, and Zhu Cihong directly followed Ma Shiying's "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training" and said.

"Otherwise, I will wait for some time, wait for King Fu to come, and participate in the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince together!"

Ma Shiying suddenly felt that he was put on the table, and hurriedly made an excuse to deliberately delay.

"You don't still want to support King Fu, do you? I'm afraid that it will not only be King Fu who will come, but also Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie's soldiers and horses, and when they bring all the soldiers, is this Nanjing City Prince still talking about it? ”

Zhu Cihong immediately saw through Ma Shiying's trickery.

"Shi Kefa!"

Zhu Cihong shouted in the crowd.

"The minister is here!"

Shi Kefa hurriedly stood up.