Chapter 367: Nanjing Changed Hands

The choice of sinking Zhu Yousong is very good, but Chen Cao is unwilling to sink Shi Kefa to death, this stubborn civil official still has something to use, at least a civilian official who does practical things.

As for the manpower, Chen Cao thought about it for a long time and didn't know who to send, so he called Zhao Xin after sending away Xu Fuyuan, who looked aggrieved.

Zhao Xin heard about the cause and effect, thought about it, and said, "Why don't you let your subordinates go down?" ”

Chen Cao smiled: "Hehe, Zhao Xin, do you know how Liao Yongzhong died in the end?" ”

Zhao Xin was excited, and then hurriedly shook his hand and said urgently: "My subordinates don't go, don't go... Hey..."

It is difficult to do this thing, it is clear that Zhu Yuanzhang himself is unwilling to do it, and then talk to his subordinates intentionally or unintentionally, and let his subordinates figure it out for themselves, but Liao Yongzhong is that smart man, but this is also one of his ways to die.

After all, any emperor cherishes his reputation very much after ascending the throne, and a person like Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in poverty, naturally attaches more importance to what others think of him.

Seeing that Chen Cao was thinking, Zhao Xin also thought about the candidate, and after a while, he thought of a person: "Lord Wang, there is a candidate for his subordinates." ”

"Speak..."

"Zhou Dingfang, the original garrison of Tuanshan Fort, and Ke Guangxian, the son of Mrs. Ke..."

Chen Cao's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he listened to Zhao Xin continue: "If Fu Yingxing, the nephew of Gonggong Wei, is here, he can take Zhou Dingfang's place." ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin, and said after a long time: "The Wenchen under my command is not good, it seems that you martial artists are not good birds..."

Zhao Xin smiled: "This is not with the prince for a long time, and the means must also be improved..."

"Where are these two?"

"Ke Guangxian is now the commander of the first division of the Dingwu Army, and Zhou Dingfang is also the commander of the Longwu Army."

Chen Cao nodded: "Good job, it's them, you can arrange this matter personally, remember, it must be done seamlessly, before noon tomorrow, I want to know the result." ”

"Don't worry," Zhao Xin clenched his fists and said solemnly: "If this matter is messed up, only his subordinates will ask." ”

Hearing this, Chen Cao patted Zhao Xin's shoulder with relief and smiled: "Okay, good, with your command, the great cause of this king is close at hand, Zhao Xin, this matter must be done well..."

Zhao Xin nodded again and again and laughed, Chen Cao held his shoulders and walked out with him for the first time, and the smile was also sweet: "Haha, don't think I'm joking with you, Zhao Xin, if this matter is messed up, this king will personally burn paper money for you tomorrow night, please bless me to ascend to the throne early..."

Zhao Xin's figure staggered and softened: "Lord Wang..."

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"At this moment, all units of our army have successively occupied the eastern, southern, and northern cities of Nanjing, and only a small remnant of the Qin army is still wreaking havoc in the west of the city.

Chen Cao sat on the main seat, listened carefully to Tang Kainian's proclamation, nodded from time to time, and then interjected two sentences, after all, now that Nanjing has entered his hands, just like he said before, he will never give it away again.

"The scouts who went to reconnoiter have returned one after another, and the Qin army is gathering at Dasheng Pass at the moment, and there seems to be no sign of withdrawing."

Xu Fuyuan frowned and said: "If this is the case, will Yang He's purpose be to occupy various important places south of the Great River and north of the Jiang, so as to form a flanking attack on our Nanjing?" ”

"Lord Wang, many nobles in the city have chosen to surrender, but only some of them closed the door of the mansion and did not respond."

Tang Yannian was furious when he heard this: "Raised by a son of a bitch, prince, let me go and handle them." ”

"Hey..."Chen Cao stopped Tang Yannian's next move: "We are cultural people and intellectuals, don't shout and kill at every turn, don't let others misunderstand that my Chen Cao's subordinates are all a gang of killers..."

Many people blushed from the old face, and many of them are indeed from the homeless people of their own princes, intellectuals, and they have nothing to do with cultural people.

"After the Xicheng is all cleared, let the original Five Cities Soldiers and Horses come forward to maintain order in Nanjing, send an order to Huang Chunyao, and urgently mobilize a part of the grain hoarded in Zhenjiang to stabilize the market of Nanjing City and restore the prosperity of the city, which is the first priority;"

Chen Cao looked around: "Secondly, the Longwu army has all marched out of the city and entered the Dasheng Pass and the pass along the river, I don't want there to be a remnant of the Qin army in the south of the Yangtze River, and the surrounding area of Nanjing must be in a stable state." ”

"Yes..."

The generals clenched their fists.

"Also, let all the students who are ready for Shanghai come to Nanjing, there are many official positions vacated after the Nanjing purge this time, and the city of Nanjing needs a lot of manpower to maintain order."

As soon as Chen Cao finished speaking, Zhao Xin ran into the lobby in a panic and deliberately said loudly: "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, there are remnants of the Qin army in the city who have robbed the blessed king Zhu Yousong." ”

Only Chen Cao, Zhao Xin and Xu Fuyuan knew the inside story, and at this moment, the insiders had a subtle smile on the corner of their mouths.

Chen Cao pretended to be out of shape and scolded: "Bastard, do you know the importance of His Royal Highness King Fu?" Send someone in pursuit quickly, go quickly..."

Zhao Xin was very embarrassed, but Chen Cao felt that this guy's acting skills were too exaggerated, and it was completely a snake painting.

More than a dozen generals in the hall were curious about how the command of the dignified brocade guards had made Lord Zhao so unbearable.

Chen Cao coughed twice, and then pretended to be an attitude and said: "Yang He's command is not simple, knowing the importance of Zhu Yousong to us, he actually hid the dead and robbed him, if so, my title of King Liang will not be right, and besides, the order changes every day, I want to see what kind of character he Zhu Youzhen is." ”

The meeting lasted until about noon, Zhao Xin returned again, his face had become iron-blue, and as soon as he entered the lobby, he bowed down and hugged his fists: "Lord Wang, his subordinates are guilty." ”

Everyone in the hall looked sideways, only to hear Zhao Xin continue: "The subordinates led people to chase out of the city, the Qin army went out of Qingliangmen to board the ship and entered the Yangtze River, and when they wanted to enter the Yangtze River, they were discovered and intercepted by our ships when they left the Yangtze River and wanted to enter the river, and the thieves of the Qin army did not surrender for some reason, and the ships of King Fu on board were on fire..."

Chen Cao tried his best to turn his expression extremely blue, and anyone who saw it could clearly see that he was holding back his anger: "What do you mean, King Fu is dead?" ”

Seeing this, Xu Fuyuan said: "The prince is angry, King Fu is dead, which is a good thing for us." ”

Everyone looked over, and Xu Fuyuan continued: "However, in front of me, Yang He sent someone to rob King Fu, so we can make a fuss about this matter." ”

"After all, it was the old master, Zhao Xin, who sent someone to salvage the body of King Fu, and this king wants to see it with his own eyes..."

"Yes..."

Zhao Xin hurriedly left, and Xu Fuyuan said again: "Make a big fuss about this matter and push it to Zhu Youzhen in the north, there are still many Zhu family clans in the south..."

Chen Cao smiled: "What do you mean?" ”

"Killing the clan, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, only Emperor Jianwen has done this, so Emperor Chengzu took away this great country..."

Xu Fuyuan said to himself, as if he was telling a story, but this kind of thing was clearly said to more than a dozen generals in the hall, Chen Cao nodded: "Since they did it, it doesn't matter whether Zhu Youzhen really ordered it or not, in short, King Fu's death, their Chongzhen courtiers will definitely not be able to get rid of it." ”

In the back hall, Chen Cao was listening carefully to Zhao Xin's report.

"Keguang first and Zhou Dingfang boarded the ship and killed Zhu Yousong, and spread the fire oil all over the ship, the fire burned the ship, and the subordinates saw that Keguang personally lit the fire after verifying his identity, along with his few close eunuchs, all of them were also killed, presumably his bones have sunk to the bottom of the Yangtze River at this moment."

Chen Cao patted Zhao Xin's shoulder and sighed: "After all, the master and servant, although I look down on Zhu Yousong, but I still restrain it for him, after all, I still need his bones to make a fuss in the future, find some sergeants who are proficient in water to do it, and the aftermath of King Fu must not be simple..."

To give King Fu is to help himself earn fame, first of all, regardless of the cause of Zhu Yousong's death, but this black pot Zhu Youzhen, who killed the clan, is determined.

Moreover, since Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he has been constantly rectifying the Zhu family vassal kings, especially the feudal lands in the northwest border, which are already full of complaints.

On the same day, Chen Cao once again showed an actor-level performance, Zhu Yousong's burned black bones were put into the coffin of golden silk nanmu by the officials of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and then Chen Cao asked Zhu Yousong to pay tribute to Zhu Yousong with imperial regulations.

Not only that, Chen Cao also cried in the coffin on top of Zhu Yousong's sacrifice, almost fainting, which moved the original old and young people in Nanjing.

Emperor Zhu Yousong of Chongde Emperor of Ming Mourning Sect was buried in the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain, the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, of course, if the coffin wants to be buried, at least wait for next year, it is the officials of the Ministry of Rites who temporarily placed Zhu Yousong's coffin in the east side hall of Emperor Taizu's Ming Palace, and sent someone to take care of it.

After a series of sao operations, Chen Cao's reputation has reached a new height, at least he does not forget the old master, but some people still have a clue from it, and some rumors spread in private, saying that Zhu Yousong was killed by Chen Cao, the credentials, please refer to the incident of Emperor Taizu crying Han Lin'er back then, maybe Liao Yongzhong knows the inside story, but if you want to know the truth, you must go to the underworld to ask Liao Yongzhong.

"The ministers respectfully invite King Liang to ascend to the pole and take the throne..."

This is not a rumor, but a letter of surrender from Nanjing headed by Pu Xiang to Chen Cao, Nanjing is the nominal capital of the Ming Dynasty, and now the national capital has fallen into his hands, isn't it a matter of shuntian?

"How many people are out there?"

Chen Cao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and asked very comfortably.

Zhao Xin looked at the palace maids who were beating Chen Cao's legs, and sucked the saliva at the corner of his mouth: "Back to the prince, the Marquis of Jinshan, the Marquis of Yingyang, and a few assistants of Uncle Cheng Cheng and Uncle Fuqiang, with the nobles of Nanjing and a small number of officials and gentry of the original six departments of Nanjing. ”

Chen Cao took advantage of Zhao Xin's low head and didn't dare to look at the vacancy on his side, grabbed and rubbed a handful of the palace maid's breasts on the right, and then said, "Go, let them go back..."

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