Li Zicheng!
When King Fu Zhu Changxun heard these three words, he felt panicked in his heart! It seems that this man named Li Zicheng is his nemesis, even more terrifying than the young emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty who is sharpening his sword to kill Zhu Changxun!
But Zhu Changxun himself didn't understand, why should he be afraid of General Qian, who was in front of a mere tent? No matter how downcast his family is, he is still a dignified Ming vassal king, and he is also a close vassal king. Even if you have to be afraid, you should be afraid of the little emperor Zhu Youjian!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?" Li Zicheng came over with a big, unshaven face and asked with concern. Only then did Zhu Changxun realize that he was confused and had followed Li Zicheng to the door of a mansion in Nanhaizi Castle.
The city wall of Nanhaizi Castle was surrounded by the Nanhaizi military camp, and there were many buildings and government offices. In the past few months, some renovations and additions have been made, and high walls have been used to divide these buildings into two to three hundred large and small courtyards. At the entrance of the Later Jin Army, tens of thousands of family members of the former army crowded in here. But now most of the military family members in front of the tent have gone back to their respective homes, and most of the courtyards are empty. Only a few courtyards are occupied by a regiment of the Zhangqian Army guarding the Nanhaizi Army Camp - the Zhangqian Army was originally the Eighth Regiment, and later expanded to another regiment in Datong, and now it is the Ninth Regiment, and there is also a directly affiliated team, totaling 10,000 taels. More than a thousand people.
However, these more than 12,000 people are not in the camp at all times, but take turns. They will only be gathered together during war. It is not war time, so there are only three regiments of troops gathered, two of which follow Zhu Youjian, and one regiment stays in Nanhaizi.
Those who stayed in Nanhaizi to garrison these days were a regiment commanded by Wu Sangui's father, Wu Xiang. So when King Fu's family arrived, Wu Xiang also arranged accommodation for them.
Wu Xiang was a tactful person and did not want to offend the seemingly down-and-out King Fu, so he tidied up a spacious and bright mansion for King Fu's family and sent several warriors in front of the tent to stand guard at the door of the mansion.
Now Li Zicheng, Prince Fu Zhu Changxun, Prince Fu's eldest son Zhu Yousong, Prince Yingchong Zhu Youqu, Prince Dehuai Zhu Youhua, as well as Wang Changchun, the eunuch chief eunuch of Prince Fu's Mansion, arrived outside the mansion. The door of the mansion has been opened, but Prince Fu Zhu Changxun is standing in a daze at the gate. The people around him who came out of Prince Fu's Mansion are all looking at their prince, and they all look frightened. They dare not, and cannot bear to urge, the prince who is already standing. The prince, who was at the gate of hell, took another step forward.
Li Zicheng looked at Prince Fu's distraught look and sympathized with him, so he smiled and said to him: "Your Majesty, please come in... Although this residence is not as good as the Luoyang Palace, it is already in Nanhaizi." Forget it, if the prince is not used to living there, then go and tell the prince to find another house for him."
"No need, it's very nice here." Prince Fu said as he thought: If I change my house again, I'm afraid I'll have to search among the high walls of Fengyang!
Li Zicheng smiled and said: "My lord, you have to pay for the food and clothing in the house yourself. However, it is inconvenient for the people in the palace to go out of the city, so you can ask your subordinates to buy it for you."
"General Li," Wang Changchun, the old eunuch of Prince Fu's Mansion, interjected, "do you mean that the prince will be locked up now?"
Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Your Majesty gave a verbal order on the way to Beijing... Actually, this is also to protect your Majesty! This incident involves many people, and these are not good people. I am afraid it will be detrimental to Your Majesty. , it’s better to be careful.”
Old eunuch Wang still wanted to speak, but Fu Wang Zhu Changxun said: "Then General Lao will be here." As he spoke, he winked at old eunuch Wang, who immediately took out a gold ingot and quietly handed it to Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng smiled boldly, but did not go to pick up the ingot. He just smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. E Lao Li is lucky enough to marry the daughter of a branch of the Zhou Palace. His father-in-law is in the same generation. After all, E Lao Li is still the prince's. As for my cousin-in-law, I should take care of the prince."
Well, Li Zicheng has become Zhu Changxun's cousin-in-law... The fate between the two is really deep!
After Zhu Changxun heard what Li Zicheng said, he also felt that the fierce-looking military commander Qian Qian in front of the tent was getting closer to him, so he asked: "General, Xiao Wang has a doubt in his mind. I wonder if I can ask for advice..."
At this point, Zhu Changxun hesitated and stopped talking.
Li Zicheng was also a smart man. Of course he knew what Zhu Changxun wanted to ask, so he smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. Your Majesty knows that Your Majesty has always been law-abiding. He was just born in an emperor's family, and he was so favored by the temple grandfather... ...So the prince will definitely save his life."
Just save your life?
Zhu Changxun sighed, stepped forward, and walked into the mansion Wu Xiang arranged for himself.
...
On the other side, Zhu Youjian was hosting a banquet in the main hall of Nanhaizi Palace to entertain the ministers who accompanied him to welcome King Fu, as well as Zhang Weixian, Luo Sigong, Luo Yangxing, Liu Chao and others who escorted King Fu from Luoyang.
It was said to be a banquet, but in fact there was nothing good to eat or drink. The cook from the cavalry regiment in front of the tent led by Wu Xiang prepared some food and wine, which was nothing more than large pieces of meat, large bowls of wine, and large basins. Packed white flour steamed buns.
Zhu Youjian's food is quite delicious. As a brave emperor, he must maintain a high intensity of exercise. He consumes more and has a better appetite.
But the ministers in the main hall had no appetite.
Because King Fu's arrival at Nanhaizi Castle means that a storm sweeping the court and inner court is coming!
The situation now is very different from that of more than a year ago!
The combat effectiveness of the Zhangqian Army has been tested in two wars and proved to be comparable to the Eight Banners Soldiers of Houjin. Moreover, he also used these two wars to control the three towns of Datong, Xuanfu, and Changping, and also established several regiments for military training.
The Beijing camp soldiers and Changzhen soldiers under the control of Beijing Xungui have already "settled their accounts", and the remaining ones will not be able to achieve anything. Now there are only more than 30,000 Jinyiwei in Beijing who can be considered a force, but it is impossible to resist the force controlled by Zhu Youjian.
So Zhu Youjian already has the strength to fully control Beizhili!
That's right, Zhu Youjian's current goal is only Beizhili... not the entire north or the entire world!
Because he knows very well the difference between actual control and nominal possession. In his previous life, he nominally owned the entire world, but in reality? Not to mention the whole of Beizhili, his orders had to be severely discounted in the Forbidden City.
And his enemies, whether they are Eastern captives or Western bandits, although their nominal territory and population cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty, their actual base is larger than his, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, in his Ming Dynasty, there was no possibility of pacifying the captives and destroying the thieves.
As for Nizi... By coercing the northerners to go south and suppressing the nobles of Nanjing, as well as the subsequent distribution of land and residences, the population and land he obtained were almost the same as those of the Western bandits and Eastern captives. It is precisely because of these basic bases that Nizi can continue to extract wealth from the rich eight southeastern provinces and build his own powerful armed forces.
Zhu Youjian, who has studied with Nizi for more than fifty years, now of course knows where he was in his previous life? It's not that he is a "subjugated minister", it's not that his "roots are rotten", it's not even endless natural disasters, it's that he, the emperor, has no roots at all!
If the 74 Guards of Northern Zhili and the 300,000 military households are still in the hands of his emperor, he can gather 340,000 to 400,000 fully armed squadrons with just one order. This is considered "rooted". Only by having roots can we say whether it is rotten or not.
Today, Zhu Youjian can only be said to have a little bit of roots...but he is far from being able to control the 70 or 80 guards and hundreds of thousands of military households in Gyeonggi.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian's current goal is only a corner of Beizhili. With this corner, the world can have its roots.
As the emperor, he must first firmly control a corner of the country, and then he can use it as the foundation to sweep and rectify the world!
