"Send troops to break the Jiangnan and Jiangdong camps as soon as possible?" As soon as Geng Jingzhong heard Shang Zhixin's suggestion, he couldn't help frowning, "I'm afraid this matter is not enough, right?" ”

He and the soldiers of the three battalions of Jiangnan, Jiangdong, and Jiangxi commanded by Yue Le fought in and out of Nanjing for several months, and they didn't take advantage of it at all. He has more than 10,000 descendants in Nanjing, and he has been shrinking in the imperial city of Nanjing to recuperate.

And his descendant Zeng Cultivation Department on the periphery of Nanjing was more active than him, and fought a few battles with Li Zhifang from the Jiangnan camp and Fan Chengmo from Fujian, but unfortunately, they were all defeated.

Therefore, in this battle for the defense of Nanjing, Geng Jingzhong, the king of the east, did perform a little poorly, not to mention that he would replace the Son of Heaven after establishing his prestige, even if he wanted to blackmail the Son of Heaven and make the princes a little bit worse.

But now go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Yue Le. It's okay if you win, but what if you lose?

When the time comes, how will he stop Wang Datou from returning to Nanjing to preside over the overall situation?

Shang Zhixin seemed to know Geng Jingzhong's thoughts, so he said with a smile: "King Dong, of course Yue Le is not easy to fight, but now his Jiangdong camp elites are lost in Xuzhou and Suzhou." Moreover, Xuzhou, the throat of north-south traffic, was captured by Wang Datou again, his back road is unstable, and the military spirit may also be shaken badly, and he has already begun to retreat. Perhaps as soon as the king sent troops, Yue Le himself retreated. ”

Geng Jingzhong shook his head and said: "Poor Kou don't chase, don't hide Yue Le after all, he has been using soldiers for many years, I'm afraid that he will jump off the wall in a hurry." It's better to slow down, and when he transfers the main force to Jiangbei for the counterattack on Xuzhou, it will not be too late for us to send troops. ”

King Geng Dong seemed a little conservative, which was probably related to the fact that his use of troops did not go well after he arrived in Nanjing. Moreover, the old departments of the Jing Domain under his command did not have much momentum to fight to the death with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these people felt that they had done enough, and in the early years, they followed Lao Geng all the way from the northeast to Guangdong, and then transferred to Fujian, and now from Fujian to Nanjing. The crusade is about to break through the whole world back and forth twice, so I don't want to work hard.

Moreover, most of the family members of these people are still in Fujian, and even if they want to fight, they only want to get through the communication between Nanjing and Fuzhou, and talk about the rest.

And Shang Zhixin and his subordinates are much more energetic in fighting and grabbing power and turf. If you don't fight or rob, they don't have anything!

"King Dong, it's late!" Shang Zhixin clenched his fists and said, "Of course, you can avoid a hard fight with Yue Le, and you can even send Yue Le out of the country." But this soldier must be out as soon as possible, not delayed! Because only when you send troops can you get the Jiangnan Governor, the Shang Fang Sword and the right to act cheaply! ”

"Jiangnan Inspector?" Geng Jingzhong took a breath, "But when I become the governor of Jiangnan, do I also want to go out of the city like Wang Datou?" ”

It turned out that Geng Jingzhong himself was reluctant to leave Nanjing, he was afraid that after he left with his troops, Nanjing would be controlled by Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua.

"The king is bad, isn't this Nanjing also in the south of the Yangtze River? The king can supervise the teacher in Nanjing City! If you don't leave, can King Ding still send someone to escort you out of Nanjing? ”

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that? ”

Shang Zhixin smiled and said: "And once the king is appointed as the governor of Jiangnan, he will be able to recruit the local guards and generals of the Manchu Qing Dynasty with the right to act cheaply."

In addition to the subordinate officials of the royal palace, a group of subordinate officials of the superintendent can be recruited. You can use this power to recruit all the famous men of Jiangnan into the shogunate of the Great King! With their support, Dongwang, you can go further! ”

"What a good idea!" Geng Jingzhong's eyes lit up, "I answer the gong, you are really my Zhuge Kongming!" ”

In the palace of the superintendent of Nanjing City, outside a gate built according to the Wenhua Gate in front of the Chinese Hall of the Forbidden City, it is now as lively as a vegetable market.

Early in the morning, before dawn, there was already a large group of loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty wearing black yarns and wearing various official uniforms gathered outside the Wenhua Gate with joy. Some of them know the rules and know what they are doing today, so they all keep the courtier's manner, just holding the wat board and standing in the position of the station according to their rank, and they do not talk to others.

And some of them have only been Ming courtiers for a short time, and they haven't studied how this Ming Dynasty official is the master before, so they are not so well-behaved at this time, and they chatted one by one.

"This gate is so magnificent! There is also a plaque on the door. Mandarin Gate? What does this Mandarin Gate mean? ”

"I know this, the Wenhua Gate is the gate of the Wenhua Palace!"

"Mandarin Palace? Isn't the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City? How did you move to the prison mansion? Could it be that there is a Wenhua Hall inside this gate? ”

"Isn't it supposed to be the back garden of the Jianguo Mansion in this gate, and now it's the harem of the King of the Jianguoding, right?"

"Harem? What did the king do when he called us to the door of his harem early in the morning? ”

"What to do? Go to court! Didn't the brocade guard who came to you yesterday tell you? ”

"I didn't say it, I just asked me to put on my official uniform early this morning, put on my hat, take the board and wait outside the gate of the prison mansion."

"You won't ask one? I'll tell you. We're here today! ”

"Early dynasty? No wonder it's so early! ”

"This official in the capital is going to go to the early dynasty! The reason why I didn't go to the early dynasty in the past was because the place of the early dynasty was occupied by the king of the east. King Ding had no choice but to build another Wenhua Gate in the Prison Mansion, that is, the original Liangjiang Governor's Yamen, so that he could make a royal gate to listen to the government, that is, the early dynasty. ”

"Why build a Wenhua Gate?"

"Because according to the old practice of the Ming Dynasty, the Wenhua Hall is the place where the crown prince watches the government and regents. King Ding is the only surviving son of the first emperor, which is equivalent to the crown prince, and now he is the regent of the prison country, so the place of regent should be the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City. But now."

"Uh-huh! Well, cough be cautious, be cautious! ”

Since some people say "cautious words", the big guy will not talk about the East King occupying the imperial city, but instead talk about the good news of Jiangbei that has just been transmitted back to Nanjing and the good situation of the world in the future. Now Li Zhongtang and Beiwang have taken Xuzhou City, and they are still breaking the Qing army in Suishui and Fuliji, beheading 20,000 people!

20,000 is the number of beheadings!

Count them one by one, and you can't be wrong!

Moreover, the Qing army besieging Nanjing has obviously retreated slowly in the past few days, and the Qing army west of Nanjing has abandoned Dashengguan and Hezhou City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and has withdrawn to Dangtu and Quarry Rock. The Qing army to the east and south of Nanjing gradually abandoned the gates of the outer city of Nanjing, and began to retreat to the camp of Qixia Mountain and the county seat of Lishui.

This is clearly about to withdraw the troops! After withdrawing the troops, returning to Zhenjiang and Suzhou can be regarded as a fair situation, and if it is more severe, it may be necessary to get out of the south of the Yangtze River.

It seems that this battle for the defense of Nanjing was won, and the name of the small court in Nanjing was also erected, and the official position that the big guy had just obtained was kept. In the future, everyone will be the heroes of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if this new Ming Dynasty is not as prosperous as the old Ming Dynasty, there is a three-point world and a fifty-two years of family and country (from Sun Quan to the three-point return to the Jin Dynasty for exactly fifty-two years), and the big guy is enough to eat two or three generations.

In addition, the current new Ming is different from the old Ming in the past, the old Ming is the Zhu family accounts for a large share, and the big and small heroes occupy a small share of the world, and now the new Ming Dynasty is no better than Zhu Hongwu. He is a weak lord who doesn't even dare to come back when the imperial city is occupied by Geng Jingzhong, in fact, he is a puppet emperor who took the golden sign of the third prince of Zhu and joined a share.

Therefore, it is unlikely that the matter of unloading the mill and killing the donkey slaughtering heroes will happen in the new Ming Dynasty, and everyone will definitely be able to enjoy the glory in the future!

All kinds of good things are added together, can you not let these little heroes who have taken the shares of the new Daming get louder and louder?

When the big guy was talking energetically, someone suddenly shouted: "His Royal Highness the East King, Lu Zhongtang, Chen Zhongtang, they have arrived!" ”

The current Nanjing court has formed a situation in which the "five big guys" jointly protect the three princes, and these five big guys are, of course, the two kings and the three middle halls - the East King, the North King, Li Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, and Chen Zhongtang. Now the king of the north and Li Zhongtang are leading troops in Jiangbei, and here in the Nanjing court, Geng Jingzhong, the king of the east, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua are singing against each other.

And everyone knows that the two kings are one party, and the three Zhongtang are one gang. This time, when Li Zhongtang supervised Jiangbei and Liu Jinzhong, the king of the north, to take Huaixi together, he took Liu Jinzhong's wife Shang Shuying as a hostage because he did not trust Liu Jinzhong, the king of the north.

Now that the future of Jiangdong Xiaoming is stable, shouldn't there be a fire in the two kings and three middle halls? If you really want to fight, who should everyone support to be more stable?

Thinking of this, these people outside the Wenhua Gate were all honest and stood on both sides, all of them were loyal and filial sons and good fathers.

Geng Jingzhong, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua are talking and laughing, it seems that these two groups will not be popular for the time being!

"The prison has arrived!"

As a strong man in brocade clothes roared out such a voice, the shareholders of the newly opened "Xiao Ming Dynasty" all bowed. Then I heard the sound of footsteps and the voice of the third prince Zhu who couldn't hide his smile: "Flat, flat!" ”

Everyone straightened up and looked at the Wenhua Gate with a smile. I saw the third prince Zhu wearing court clothes, sitting on the throne, and there was no place for the smile on his face, and he saw that the ministers were as happy as himself, so he smiled and said, "You all know, right?" We've won! Hahaha, Li Zhongtang is really the pillar of the country, Daming has him, and the three-point world is stable. ”

"Your Highness!" Geng Jingzhong, who had a chair to sit on outside the Wenhua Gate, interjected with a smile at this time, "The minister suggested that Li Zhongshan be rewarded again. ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded: "What's the reward for him?" ”

"Give him the title of king!" Geng Jingzhong suggested, "The minister suggested that Li Yat-sen be crowned the king of England. Heroes, heroes, too! Li Zhongshan broke through the elite tens of thousands of people in the Jiangdong camp of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Huaisi, and beheaded 20,000 of his heroes, so that he could not be treated badly. ”

He did not talk about "Britain in Huainan" again, but at the suggestion of his military advisers Yu Renying and Li Daoren, he changed his statement of touting Li Yat-sen.

"King Fengying" Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, "But his family already has a king of the south." ”

Zhu Cijiong used to be Li Yat-sen's master, and followed him to start a business in Guangdong, of course he knew that Li Zhongshan accounted for the majority of Guangdong's stall business! That's why he was able to turn Guangzhou, the fattest province in Guangdong, into his own territory.

And the heir to the throne in Li Fuchen's heart is also Li Zhongshan!

Now you give Li Zhongshan a direct king. This King of the South and the King of England are both kings of one word, and one side is big, there is no possibility for the King of England to inherit the King of the South, right?

"There are so many sons of Li Fuchen, the king of the south, who thinks that there are too many thrones in the family?" Geng Jingzhong said with a smile, "Besides, Huaixi really needs a prince to be able to hold it!" Now the head of the Jiangxi camp in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is Prince Kang Jieshu, there is also the loyal king Li Laishun in Wuchang, and there is Wu Sangui, the king of the West in Xiangyang. If the superintendent sent to Huaixi by the imperial court is just a military secretary, is it too small? ”

It doesn't seem right! Why is Li Zhongshan going out of the town of Huaixi?

"King Dong, do you mean that Li Yat-sen is going to be stationed in Huaixi?"

"This is a must," Geng Jingzhong said, "and most of the territories of the four prefectures of Huaixi, including Lujiang, Anqing, Lu'an, and Yingzhou, are still under the control of the Manchu Jiangxi Daying. Now the strength of the Jiangxi battalion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still there, and Jieshu can take Jiujiang and Anqing as the foundation, according to Li Chuang in the west, and resist Guangdong in the south, and it is obvious that he is also good at fighting. Now in addition to Li Zhongshan, who else in the DPRK and China can ensure that the four prefectures of Lujiang, Anqing, Lu'an, and Yingzhou are taken? ”

"That's right." Third Prince Zhu thought about it and looked at the two Dazhongtang again.

"The king, the minister also thinks that Li Zhongtang should be crowned king!" Chen Yonghua got up and said to the third prince of Zhu, "In addition, the minister suggested that the king of Liu Bei be stationed in Xuzhou and serve as the governor of Shandong and Henan provinces. The same grants the right to act cheaply, and the monk Fang Sword. ”

Lu Sanhao smiled and agreed: "King, the minister seconded the proposal." ”

These two Zhongtang obviously didn't really want Li Yat-sen to return to Nanjing, but they didn't want to "lose" Li Zhongshan for nothing, and wanted to "ride" Liu Jinzhong.

Geng Jingzhong smiled and nodded: "The king, the minister also thinks that King Liu Bei should be in charge of passing through Shandong and Henan." ”

You said yes?

Third Prince Zhu immediately understood!

Geng Jingzhong, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua joined forces to "invite" Li Zhongshan and Liu Jinzhong out of Nanjing!

But even if he understands everything, he can only honestly follow the opinions of these three powerful ministers now.

"Since that's what all three of them mean." The third prince of Zhu said, "Then let's ask Li Zhongshan and Liu Jinzhong for their opinions, and if they have no objections, the imperial court will officially issue the edict." ”

That's all there is to it.

Li Zhongshan and Liu Jinzhong are "discussing politics", and they are the bigwigs who veto the will of the third prince of Zhu!

"Great King," Shang Zhixin said at this time, "Now that Huaibei has just won a great victory, and the important land of Xuzhou has been recovered by the imperial court, it is the time when the thieves are panicking, and the imperial court should take this opportunity to clear the thieves in Jiangnan, and at least break the two camps in Jiangdong and Jiangnan of the thieves." Therefore, the minister suggested that the Jiangnan Governor should be appointed immediately, and that he should be fully responsible for the elimination of the two battalions of Jiangdong and Jiangnan, and that they should have the same authority as the Jiangbei Governor and the Henan Shandong Governor. ”

"I don't know who can be the governor of Jiangnan?" Third Prince Zhu asked.

"The king, the minister is willing to supervise the division of Pingjiangnan!" Of course, Geng Jingzhong was the one who volunteered to be the superintendent.

"East King?" The third prince of Zhu is happy in his heart. This East King wants to go out of the city to supervise the division, can he return the Forbidden City of Nanjing?

But he didn't dare to agree to Geng Jingzhong's request to offer the emperor! You have to be a puppet.

"Lu Sanhao, Chen Yonghua, what do you think?"

"The king, the minister is in favor of the East King supervising Jiangnan."

"The minister also thinks that if he wants to supervise Jiangnan, he must be the king of the east!"

Third Prince Zhu smiled and nodded, "Okay, since you two have no objections. Then the matter of the East King supervising Jiangnan was decided. ”

Geng Jingzhong supervised Jiangnan because it did not involve Li Zhongshan and Liu Jinzhong's "Baogan District", so there was no need to ask for their opinions.

Geng Jingzhong smiled, as if half of the trick had succeeded, stood up and bowed: "The order of the minister." ”

The third prince of Zhu said again: "King Dong, this king also gives you the sword of Shang Fang and the right to act cheaply Before the thieves withdrew from the two provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangnan, outside of Nanjing, south of the Yangtze River, east of Jiangxi, the king of the east can act autocraticly!" ”

"King Xie Ding!" Geng Jingzhong is another hand.

"King Dong, when are you going to lead the troops out of the city?" The third prince of Zhu said with a smile, "When the time comes, the lonely family will hold a banquet for you to practice." ”

"Out of town?" Geng Jingzhong smiled and asked, "King, why did the minister go out of the city?" ”

"What? King Dong, aren't you going to send troops to attack the Jiangnan camp and the Jiangdong camp, and you also want to supervise Jiangnan? If you don't go out of Nanjing City, how can you fight the Jiangdong camp in Jiangnan, and how can you supervise the division to recover Jiangnan? ”

"The king," Geng Jingzhong smiled, "the ministers will strategize and win a thousand miles, so why go out of the city to suppress the captives?" The minister sits in Nanjing, dispatches soldiers and horses from the southeast, and can live up to the hope of the king. ”

Don't go out of town. And the right to take the sword of Shang Fang and act cheaply? What do you want? Yes, you must want to blackmail the Son of Heaven and order the princes to be a long-lived lord in the future, right?

Third Prince Zhu didn't expect it at all, but he was still unwilling to agree to Geng Jingzhong - this Geng Jingzhong didn't seem to want him to be a puppet! He is in control of the Jiangnan soldiers and horses, and on the other hand, he has to grasp more power in Nanjing, I am afraid that he wants to be Geng Mengde to usurp the throne of the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking of this, he quickly turned his head to look at Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua, but what he saw were two faces without a little joy and anger.

(End of chapter)