"Brother Zhu, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
"Oh, Brother Liu, it doesn't matter."
Zhu Cixiang put away his sword and smiled slightly.
"Brother Zhu should be a general, right?"
Liu Qubing lowered his voice so that only he and Zhu Cihong could hear it.
Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what the other party meant.
Yes, if I wasn't a general, I couldn't explain why I had so many muskets and crossbows.
"You know this and I know it.
Never tell anyone else."
"Someone knows."
Knowing that his judgment was correct, Liu Qubing was very happy.
"With loyal ministers like General Zhu around, I believe that the imperial court will one day wipe out the Jiannu slaves and regain Liaodong."
Liu Qubing clenched his fists tightly: "Everything is for the Ming Dynasty, for the Holy One."
Zhu Cixiang's expression froze, his lips parted and he said: "Everything is for the Ming Dynasty, for the Holy One."
After leaving Liujiazhuang, Zhu Cixiang and his party went smoothly, and arrived outside Huai'an Prefecture two days later.
Huai'an Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Southern Zhili and has jurisdiction over nine counties: Shanyang, Qinghe, Yancheng, Andong, Taoyuan, Muyang, Ganyu, Suining, and Suqian, as well as Haizhou and Pizhou.
There are a total of 109,250 households in Hefu, with a population of 906,333.
Of course, these are statistics for the sixth year of Wanli.
There were some increases or decreases during the Chongzhen period, but they are generally accurate.
Its government is in Shanyang County, and the governor of water transportation is also based in this county.
Huai'an City is located between Shenjing and Nanjing.
It is an important hub on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty established a governor of water transportation here to oversee water transportation matters.
Zhu Cihong knew that the current governor of water transportation was Lu Zhenfei.
At this time, Lu Zhenfei also held the title of governor of Huai'an and was a well-deserved leader in this region.
Zhu Cixiang spoke highly of Lu Zhenfei.
In the original history, after the collapse of the Hongguang court, this man was able to follow Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian and persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty.
He was also considered one of the few civil servants with character in the Ming Dynasty.
This is also the reason why Zhu Cixi chose to come directly to Huai'an.
At this time, the four towns have not yet been formed, and there are loyal people like Lu Zhenfei in Huai'an, so the overall situation is still good.
The geographical location of Huai'an Fucheng is extremely important.
It has the Huaihe River to the north, the Yongji River to the southwest, Sheyang Lake to the southeast, and the three inspection departments of Maluo Township, Miaowan Town, and Yangzhai Township to the northeast.
It can be said to be a strategic location.
Different from the ordinary four-sided city, Huai'an has a parallel layout of three cities: New City, Old City and Liancheng.
The old city has a circumference of eleven miles, a height of thirty feet, and four gates.
The east gate is called Guanfeng, the south gate is called Yingyuan, the west gate is called Wangyun, and the north gate is called Chaozong.
There are four large buildings, three turrets, fifty-three huts, and 2,960 battlements on the city.
The new city has a circumference of seven miles and twenty feet, a height of two feet and eight feet, and five gates.
The east gate is called Wangyang, the west gate is called Lanyuan, the south gate is called Yingxun, and the north gate is called Hongji.
There is a small north gate called Daichen Gate to the west of the big north gate.
There are also four turrets, 48 huts and 1,200 battlements.
The Liancheng City is located between the old and new cities.
It is 256 feet and 3 feet long in the east and 225 and 5 feet in the west.
The height of the city ranges from 1 feet to 45 feet, and later it is increased to 6 or 7 feet.
Thick 45 Chi, there are four city towers, big and small.
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The southeast gate is called Tianqu Gate, the northeast gate is called Fucheng Gate, the southwest gate is called Chengcheng Gate, the northwest gate is also called Tianqu Gate, and the battlements are six hundred and twenty.
The three cities together have a circumference of seventeen miles and an area of approximately four square kilometers.
The old city was built in the Tang Dynasty, and the new city was built to the north of the old city by Shi Wenbing, Zhang Shicheng's subordinate, in the late Yuan Dynasty.
As for Liancheng, it was built in the 39th year of Jiajing.
At that time, Japanese pirates were raging in the southeast and invaded Huai'an several times.
In order to prevent the Japanese invasion, Zhang Huan, the censor of the Water Transport Capital, reported to the court that the Liancheng was built from the northeastern corner of the original old city to the southeastern corner of the new city, connecting the old and new cities, also known as the Liancheng City.
At this point, the basic pattern of the three cities in Huai'an City has been formed.
Zhu Cixi couldn't help but be amazed when he saw such a majestic city.
Most of the government offices of Huai'an Prefecture are concentrated in the old city.
Zhu Cihong and his party came from the north.
If they want to enter the old city, they must first pass through the new city and Liancheng.
They entered the city through Hongji Gate, the north gate of the new city, passed through the new city and Liancheng, and then entered the old city through the north gate of the old city toward the sect gate, and went straight to the governor's office.
The Governor's Office is located in the north of the old city of Huai'an City and slightly south of the government office.
There are quite a few yamen in Huai'an City, including the Shanyang County Yamen, Huai'an Prefecture Yamen, the Governor's Yamen, the Water Transport Governor's Office, and the Standing Procuratorate.
Nowadays, Lu Zhenfei is concurrently serving as the Governor of Water Transport and the Governor of Huai'an, but it is said that he lives in the Governor's Yamen.
This is understandable.
After all, the canal has been interrupted several times at this time, and very little energy needs to be spent on water transportation.
Most of Lu Zhenfei's energy must still be spent on supervising the military affairs of Huai'an.
Zhu Cihong knew that in the original historical time and space, Huai'an in the south was the first to receive news of the fall of Shenjing.
On the eighth day of April, Lu Zhenfei announced the news to the officials and gentry under his rule according to the Tang newspaper.
Later, the officials who stayed in the capital in Nanjing also learned the news, and they all started to think crookedly, hoping to gain the credit for making decisions by supporting the vassal king.
Now that Zhu Cihong has broken out of the capital, it is naturally impossible to let these political speculators do whatever they want.
As long as he, the real prince, is here, he is Taoist and the undoubted successor to the throne.
Zhu Cixiang's understanding of Lu Zhenfei came more from history books.
In this life, he had only read Lu Zhenfei's name a few times from the newspaper, but had never met him in person.
Of course, Zhu Cihong didn't know whether the Prince of the East Palace had met Lu Zhenfei before he traveled through the world in the 17th year of Chongzhen.
But it doesn't matter whether he has seen him or not.
Zhu Cixiang carries the Donggong Baoxi with him, which is enough to prove his identity.
Lu Zhenfei was absolutely loyal to the imperial family.
With his support, Zhu Cixiang could reach Nanjing safely.
"Master, the governor's office is ahead."
Chamberlain Liu Chuanzong said cautiously.
Zhao Xin, the chief guard of the East Palace, also said: "Sir, let's go in with you."
This title was specially emphasized by Zhu Cixi.
At first, Zhao Xin often called him "His Royal Highness", which was too dangerous, so Zhu Cixiang ordered him to only call him "Gongzi".
Zhu Cixiang took a long breath, calmed down and said: "We will act according to the opportunity.
Those disciple guards may not be easy to deal with."
Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin nodded in unison.
The group of people walked to the governor's office, and sure enough, several guards came forward.
Seeing that Zhu Cixi was dressed luxuriously and had a good temperament, they did not dare to scold him rashly and said cautiously: "What is the business of this young master coming to the governor's office?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said, "I am Lord Futai's nephew.
I was ordered by my father to come to visit Lord Futai."
When the two soldiers heard that Zhu Cihong was the nephew of Governor Lu, their attitude became more and more respectful.
"Master, please wait a moment.
I'll go make a report."
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One of the soldiers hugged Zhu Cixiang, then turned and entered the governor's Yamen.
Not long after, a man wearing a navy blue moiré silk gown paced towards Zhu Cixiang.
Behind him were the soldiers who went to report.
The man was not too tall, slightly fat, and had a rich face.
Zhu Cixiang was wondering whether this person was Governor Lu, but that person took the lead and said: "I am the disciple of this mansion, Lu An.
May I ask how you call me?"
He was very respectful and had a smile on his face.
Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment.
The gate official was just a gate official.
The gate officials all wore silk clothes.
He looked so elegant.
He cleared his throat and said, "My surname is Zhu.
I come from the capital.
Could you please let me know?"
The gate official nodded slightly and turned around.
Zhu Cixiang was not in a hurry and stood there quietly waiting.
After about a cup of tea, the doorman ran out panting, with a smile on his face: "Master, please come in, please come in quickly
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