Li Zhaoji nodded: "You are self-aware, your fate will not be too bad, at least stronger than Emperor Chongzhen." ”

"Really?" When Zhu Yousong heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he woke up most of the time. He knew that he couldn't help himself, so he could only go to Nanjing to be a puppet emperor. But he was afraid that Shen Youlong and those people would play martyrdom with the Ming Dynasty.

Lee said: "Of course, I am 100 percent sure. I think the worst outcome for you is to be treated as an idle nobleman with no duties and no powers, and live your life in a courtyard that is not big or small. ”

Zhu Yousong directly grabbed Li Zhaoji's hand and said, "Mr. Li, tell me, what is the truth of this?" ”

"As long as the Ming Dynasty is still there, you are the emperor. Whoever is in power in the court, they like an emperor like you, who has no ambitions. And when the Ming Dynasty is gone, it was replaced by others. Most of the new dynasty was established by thieves.

They won't do anything to you, maybe the nobles and vassal kings of Jiangnan will be killed, but you won't, on the contrary, they will serve you with delicious food and drink.

As for the Manchus, if you fall into their hands, you will surely die, but there is no need to think so. With me, I categorically do not allow the Manchu Qing to enter the customs. Li Zhaoji said lightly.

"But the first emperor died at the hands of thieves." Zhu Yousong is actually most worried about Li Zicheng's Dashun, after all, his father was killed by Li Zicheng.

Li Zhaoji said with a smile: "No, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in the coal mountain, if he didn't commit suicide, but surrendered, most likely he wouldn't have died." For example, the crown prince of Emperor Chongzhen was still in Nanjing at this time to be his own King of Song.

Brother Zhu, Ling Zun died at the hands of Li Chuang, and that was because he was the King of Fu, not the emperor.

Dashun is full of a group of mud-legged people, and these people have a simple view of right and wrong. They can't survive and rebel, although it is against the Ming Dynasty, but it is clear who is the enemy and who is not.

The powerful bullies in the township are the enemy, the landlords and gentry who oppress and exploit are the enemies, and the vassal kings who knock out the bones and marrow of the common people are the enemies.

But the emperor was not, therefore, the sons of Emperor Chongzhen were not killed, and the thieves killed the vassal king, the evil gentry, and the corrupt officials.

Brother Zhu, you are the Fu King, you will definitely die, fortunately, you are the emperor. ”

Zhu Yousong listened to these words and nodded incessantly, he felt that it made sense, and he hoped it was true. The other three people were shocked by Li Zhaoji's bold remarks, although the three of them knew Li Zhaoji's mouth, there was nothing they didn't dare to say, but they were still shocked.

"Well said, well said." Zhu Yousong poured a cup for Li Zhaoji and said: "You just said that Li Chuang and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mr. Li, if you become the emperor in the future, you must look at the friendship in this half a year, let me go, you know my situation best." ”

Li Zhaoji drank a full cup and said, "Okay, it's decided." ”

The eyes of the people around him widened again, and Li Zhaoji spread out his hand and said: "The Taizu of the Ming Dynasty can be the emperor if he asks for food, so I have a higher starting point than him." The prince will have a kind of Xiangning. ”

"But you're not even a Ming person?" Li Xiangjun muttered quietly.

Li Zhaoji laughed: "I am not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Li Zhaoji poured Zhu Yousong a glass of wine and said, "Brother Zhu, if I replace Daming and establish a new dynasty in the future, I will not treat you harshly." But don't do something that makes me unhappy after becoming an emperor. For example, if you become the emperor and force two girls into the palace, it will make me unhappy. ”

This practice is for Zhu Yousong, but also for Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing.

In the past, they were not let go because the matter of supporting King Fu could not be made public for the time being, but now there are no restrictions, and the second daughter will naturally leave.

Although he didn't get the second daughter, Li Zhaoji was slightly disappointed, but it was better than putting it by his side and not being able to eat if he wanted to. Besides, it's not that you can eat without wanting to, and compared with the second daughter, it is not inferior, but has a better reputation, and over there is Chen Yuanyuan, who is also Qin Huai Bayan.

She doesn't have any integrity at all, she is just a plaything for serving people, Li Zhaoji will naturally not be as polite as he was to Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing, and he took it directly.

"Two girls, don't worry, someone Zhu will definitely not do such a thing, the two are my friends." Zhu Yousong said with a straight face, he is lustful, but he is not hungry, he is the emperor, there are beautiful women, why bother touching Li Zhaoji's moldy head.

After Zhu Yousong finished saying these righteous words, he whispered in Li Zhaoji's ear: "Friends and wives can't be bullied, I understand this rule." ”

Li Zhaoji patted Zhu Yousong's shoulder affectionately, and was satisfied with his superiority: "Then borrow your auspicious words." ”

The two drank and chatted, but they were also happy, and Zhu Yousong got drunk after a while. In the end, Zhu Yousong was carried on the ship to Songjiang, and Chen Shangchuan was also with him, and he would get a key position in Zhu Yousong's Hongguang court.

Bian Yujing and Li Xiangjun stood on the boat, looking at the road in the distance, as if waiting for Li Zhaoji's send-off, but they didn't wait until the ship set sail.

And Chen Shangchuan came to the second daughter, handed the second daughter a bunch of keys, and said: "Two girls, Mr. Li took a boat south after the banquet, and it seems that there is urgent military affairs. He said he didn't like a greasy and crooked farewell, and that it was his letter to you and a bunch of keys. ”

Li Xiangjun opened the letter, and there was such a sentence written in it: I don't like to say goodbye, you shed tears, I am sad, if I don't cry, my heart is even more sad.

I want to understand your poetry and melodious singing, and I want to say that you are also beautiful, but in my dirty heart, I always think about your boudoir and your bed.

"Phew, shameless." Li Xiangjun blushed.

Bian Yujing snorted coldly and clenched the letter into a ball.

Chen Shangchuan didn't know what happened to Li Zhaoji and the two girls, but he didn't want to know either. He handed the key to Li Xiangjun and said, "Girl, this is given by Mr. Li." It is the key to the South Tower of Songjiang, which is the property of Mrs. Qian's family, which has been beaten as a reverse production.

The gentleman sent someone to buy it, and if they had nowhere to go, they could go there and take refuge. I will also go to Matsue in the near future, so please take care during this time. ”

After Zhu Yousong arrived in Songjiang Mansion, he immediately obeyed the wishes of Shen Youlong and Shi Kefa, went to Nanjing with the support of the army, and seven days later, recovered the city of Nanjing, which had been in chaos due to the looting of the Liao army.

Zhu Yousong rode a white horse into the city, directly into the Forbidden City of Nanjing, in the next few days, successively went to Fengxian Palace, filial piety tomb worship, and King Lu is different, Zhu Yousong did not hesitate, directly called the emperor, the year name Hongguang.

And because of the perverse behavior of the Wu family and the tolerance and generosity of Emperor Hongguang, the provinces of the Ming Dynasty have supported it, and those who have been loyal to King Lu have all submitted to Emperor Hongguang at this time, and they will not worry about being liquidated, because even if it is King Lu, the Hongguang court did not liquidate, but only sent it to Xiaoling to guard the tomb of Taizu.

This was followed by a large-scale pie split, in which the interests of all parties were taken care of.

The status of the nobles of the five feudal domains remained, and the benefit they received was an increase in military salaries. In the past, the six million money of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was not enough, but now it is different, the Beijing camp was collapsed by Wu Xiang, and the forces of the governors and the sailors on the Yangtze River were eliminated in the party struggle, because the nobles in Nanjing were all taken away by Wu Sangui, and they couldn't do it if they wanted to reorganize.

The money of the imperial court suddenly became less nervous.

In the court, Shen Youlong undoubtedly became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and personally took charge of the Ministry of Officials, among the rest of the civil officials, Ma Shiying became the secretary of the household department, and Shi Kefa became the secretary of the military department, and they were all happy.

Ma Shiying's ascension to the throne relied on the support of the nobles, and the only thing the nobles wanted in the imperial court was money, so that he could serve as the secretary of the household department, which satisfied the wishes of the nobles.

Shi Kefa was originally the secretary of the military department, and he was quite influential in the armies of all parties in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was difficult to change his position for a while.

And another acquaintance of Shen Youlong, Lu Jiude, the supervisor of King Qin in the north, became the master of ceremonies and the commander of the guards.

The two divisions of the Guangdong Army, the newly organized army and the new training army, became the new Beijing battalion. Chen Ping also obtained the title and became the Chang Shengbo of the Ming Dynasty.

But it is obvious that he was not reused in the Hongguang court of the Ming Dynasty.

The whole army of the new army was stationed in Nanjing, while Chen Ping was stationed in Yangzhou, which became part of the Daming River defense system. Moreover, he only became a noble, and did not get a domain like the nobles of the five towns, so he was far from being able to stand on his own.

On the contrary, the king under his original command was prosperous and reused, and he was also named a prince, and he was a Taiping uncle. In addition, it acquired a feudal domain, and its domain was in Matsue. It's just that Shen Youlong will not give Songjiang Mansion, the second richest mansion in the world, to Wang Xing alone, and all he gets is Shanghai County.

The county's finances were used to support Wang and Xing's army of more than 2,000 people, and this transaction had little to do with Wang and Xing, but was actually a transaction between Li Zhaoji and Shen Youlong.

In conjunction with this, Chen Shangchuan will go to Shanghai County and become the local county magistrate.

This Shanghai County has naturally become a special economic zone of the Ming Dynasty, which is a feudal territory, and the policy should be decided by Wang and Xing, and Wang and Xing have completely become Li Zhaoji's sworn friends in the battle of Liaodong.

If there is anyone in the Ming Dynasty who has gained the greatest benefits in the process of establishing the Hongguang Dynasty, it is Wu Sangui's son-in-law Xia Guoxiang.

He successfully obtained 15,000 of the most elite troops in Liaozhen, completely replaced the Zheng family, he received the two prefectures of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and received a military salary of 500,000 taels of silver from the Nanjing court every year, as for the rest, the court ignored everything.

It can be said that the Xia State Prime Minister's department is more like a country within a country in the Ming Dynasty, and this feudal town does not have to face the threat of Dashun on the front line like the four towns of Jiangbei and Chu Town.

Of course, what Xia Guoxiang has to do now is precisely to purge the rebels in the feudal town, that is, Zheng Cai's department.

But this is a difficult task, Zheng Cai's troops are stationed on the two islands of Jin and Xia, and their troops are not inferior to those of Xia Guoxiang, and most importantly, Xia Guo has no sailors.

As for persuasion, Xia Guoxiang also tried, but Zheng Cai was unmoved, especially after hearing about the Jiangnan Shock, Zheng Cai thought that after the change of dynasty, then he could still continue to be a loyal minister and filial son of the Ming Dynasty, and even he sent a letter to Shen Youlong, not only willing to be attached, but also wanted to unite with the imperial court, eliminate Xia Guoxiang, and dominate Fujian again.

It's just that Shen Youlong is interested in appeasing him, and he is not interested in cleaning up Xia Guoxiang. Because Xia Guoxiang has no foundation in Fujian, he can only occupy the two mansions, and if Zheng Cai opens the door, it may be the second Zheng Zhilong, and at that time, Fujian will still not be used by the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Youlong just wanted Buzi to deal with Li Zhaoji in the future, but he didn't want to hurt the current interests.

Wenzhou Bay.

The Oxford, a Yahat ship belonging to the British East India Company, intercepted in front of a small fortune ship, and in the face of its reckless collision, Aaron on board shouted: "Don't collide with it, don't shoot it, we will capture her alive."

One more circle, it won't run, and we're going to destroy her rudder. For the capture of this ship, we can get a thousand pounds, yes, you heard it right, a thousand pounds. Everyone on the ship will get a share of money, and we will come according to the rules of pirates, and everyone will have it! ”

This sentence made everyone roar in unison, and everyone was both energetic and cautious, and finally used the bow gun to destroy the rudder of the ship, and then broke the two masts on the ship with chain bullets, completely stopping the ship.

"Shall we come aboard, Lord Aaron?" There were sailors who were eager to try.

Aaron shook his head, "No, that's our friend's job. ”

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