Nanjing East Palace, the residence of the prince.Chen Zilong, wearing a cyan robe and a scarf, sat in the flower hall, with a celadon teacup and a plate of pastries on the table at hand, but he didn't move.Beside him is his student Xia Wanchun, who is now Zhu Yihai Donggong Zheng Sipin Shao Zhan Shi.At this time, sitting in the flower hall for a long time, the guards outside suddenly shouted: "Your Highness has arrived!"
”Chen Zilong and Xia Wanchun hurriedly got up, bowed, lowered their heads and buried them between their arms, and greeted Zhu Yihai.In recent days, Zhu Yihai's life has not been easy, and it can even be said that he is quite aggrieved.Although Zhu Yihai gave up Nanjing before, welcomed Longwu into the court, and advocated the Northern Expedition, which won the favor of many courtiers, but after all, he is still the emperor the greatest.The emperor didn't like him, and if he wanted to abolish his position as prince, there were naturally many ways.In the past year or so, the main battle faction in the DPRK and China, the degraded and exiled, and most of the ministers who were optimistic about Zhu Yihai within the Longwu court were dealt with by Emperor Longwu, and the court situation had completely fallen into the hands of He Tengjiao's faction.After all, the decision on the promotion of officials in the DPRK and China is in the hands of the emperor, and some ministers understand what the emperor means, and in order to take the throne, they attack Zhu Yihai from time to time, so that Zhu Yihai does not dare to slack off at all, for fear of falling into the handle and rectifying his truth for Longwu.At this time, Zhu Yihai, who was wearing a vermilion dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a winged crown on his head, walked in, and after seeing Chen Zilong, he said with a tired face: "Let the Qing family wait for a long time!"
”Chen Zilong raised his head and saluted: "Your Highness has a lot of opportunities, but the minister just sat for a moment!"
”"Please sit down, two of you!"
Zhu Yihai walked straight to the middle hall and sat down, raising his hand to signal.After Chen Zilong and Xia Wanchun sat down, they groaned a little, and then went straight to the point and said: "Your Highness, the minister came this time to ask His Highness to help Donghai Town on the order of the Duke of the Kingdom!"
”Zhu Yihai heard this, but he was silent for a while, and said with a half-loud breath: "Your situation, King Gu knows that it is not easy, but it is also difficult for the Emperor and He Tengjiao to stare at Gu, waiting for Gu to make a mistake. ”Now that Emperor Longwu is old, there is not much time left for him, Longwu is eager to abolish Zhu Yihai in the remaining time and pass the throne to his son, and Zhu Yihai is making up his mind not to make mistakes, so that Longwu can't find an excuse and is ready to boil Zhu Yujian to death.Donghai Town is now fighting on two fronts, Zhao Ming conquered the Netherlands and Spain in the south, in a short time, it is impossible to return to the division to face the Manchu Qing, Donghai Town is on the front line of Liaodong and Korea, with the power of one town, against the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, the pressure is too great.Chen Zilong was ordered to come to Nanjing, hoping to get Zhu Yihai's support, contain the Qing army in the Guannai, and reduce the pressure on the front line in Liaodong.At this time, Chen Zilong listened to Zhu Yihai's words and knew that Zhu Yihai was now bent on keeping his position as the prince, and he didn't want to provoke any trouble, so that Longwu could take the handle.But his mission is to stand up and salute, "Your Highness, now that the Qing army is attacking Liaodong, please ask Your Highness to send reinforcements to Donghai Town!"
”Zhu Yihai said what Fang Cai said, thinking that Chen Zilong could understand his situation, so he was embarrassed to speak, but Chen Zilong still proposed reinforcements.Zhu Yihai was silent for a while, in his opinion, he actually didn't understand Zhao Ming and Donghaizhen's behavior.The most important thing at the moment is to help him sit firmly in the position of the prince and make concerted efforts to deal with the lord and faction and the emperor, but Zhao Ming does not pay attention to the political situation in the DPRK and China, and goes to the south.If he inherits the throne, Donghai Town and Zhejiang are all heroes from the dragon, what do you want, then you will go to the Northern Expedition, he supports the Northern Expedition, he wants the Southern Expedition, he supports the Southern Expedition, and it is not impossible for the monarchs and ministers to work together to create a prosperous era.However, the premise of all this has to wait for him to be the emperor."
The imperial court has negotiated peace with the Manchus and signed a treaty, and the Qing family knows about it."
After Zhu Yihai was silent for a while, he spoke: "If Gu is to send troops to reinforce Donghai Town, it is a blatant disobedience to the imperial court and against the emperor's will, and the emperor will have an excuse to abolish Gu, and the Qing family should understand Gu's suffering!"
”The Ming and Qing dynasties have already negotiated peace, Zhu Yihai as the prince, if he sends troops to reinforce, it is to disobey the national policy and the Longwu court, which is equivalent to confronting the emperor, then the lord and faction will immediately attack it and ask Longwu to abolish Zhu Yihai.Xia Wanchun, who was on the side, was already quite dissatisfied with the current politics in Nanjing, as well as the situation of intrigue between the DPRK and China, and couldn't help but say angrily: "The north and the south are negotiating peace, Xu Qingjun is attacking Donghai Town, and we are not allowed to increase troops to support, what is the reason!"
”At the beginning of the Qing army's attack on Lushun, after he received Chen Zilong's letter, he wrote to the imperial court, believing that the Qing army's attack on the Liaodong region controlled by Donghai Town was tantamount to tearing up the "Guisi Peace Conference" that had not been signed for a long time, and the Ming Dynasty should give a counterattack, but the main peace faction was warped, saying that this was just a small friction, and the peace discussion did not involve the ownership of Liaodong, and it could not be said that the peace was invalid, and the court should maintain reason and restraint, maintain a rare peace situation, and not break the peace agreement.
The inability to send troops will escalate the situation.Such an argument, in Xia Wanchun's view, is nonsense, ridiculous, but the emperor approves of it, and the mainstream of the court and the central government is also this argument.Zhu Yihai's face sank, Chen Zilong saw this, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the Duke of the Kingdom also knows that the peace negotiation has become a fact, and the government is controlled by the Lord and the faction, so the Duke of the Kingdom does not let His Highness directly send troops to reinforce it, as long as His Royal Highness increases the troops, the front line of Huai'an, and puts pressure on the Qing army!"
”When Zhu Yihai heard that he was not begging him to send troops to participate in the war, but only to increase troops in Huai'an and put pressure on the Qing army in Xuzhou, his face softened a little, but he was a little embarrassed again.At the beginning, Zhao Ming helped Zhu Yihai several times, and in the first battle of Jiangbei, he lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and almost confessed himself, but now Donghai Town is in trouble, but he, the master, can't shelter, it's really unreasonable.Moreover, recently, the imperial court has applied both soft and hard, and the division and disintegration of the Zhejiang system, he has behaved like this, and even Donghai Town cannot be sheltered, I am afraid that the people below will inevitably have some ideas and switch to the main and faction."
That's all, can you help Donghai Town?"
Thinking of this, Zhu Yihai couldn't help asking.Chen Zilong said in a deep voice: "Returning to Your Highness, this can contain some of the Manchu Qing forces, but the pressure of Donghai Town in Liaodong is still huge.After all, if the imperial court doesn't make a move now, it is equivalent to Donghai Town fighting against the entire north with the power of one town!
”Zhu Yihai took a heavy breath, his face couldn't get over after all, and he couldn't pass the level in his heart, so he said in a deep voice: "What else can Lone do?"
”Chen Zilong was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "If you can, the minister hopes that His Royal Highness can pretend to lay off a group of Zhejiang troops, send these people to Jiangdong, change Jiangdong's clothes and weapons, and reinforce Liaodong as Donghai Town." ”()