"The people of Gaotang Kingdom are really bold!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said something and said: "Send the Jinyiwei there. With my order, I will ask Lao Qi to assist the Jinyiwei to escort all the official schools of the Gaotang Kingdom including Fang Zhengyue and others who participated in the African Unification War back to the capital. , as for the ordinary soldiers under his command, they will all be killed! Let the guards of each vassal remember that even if they just accept the orders of their superiors and attack the Han people, they are guilty and must pay for their lives! In addition, tell Zhu Cikai that he If it doesn’t work out, I’ll just kill myself, and I’ll treat him like a useless son!”
"Your Majesty, calm down! The key right now is to be prepared to deal with the situation where some vassal states are in rebellion. The Gaotang Kingdom will definitely rebel! I'm afraid there will be other vassal states! When the central government offices stationed in each vassal state are sent to observe the vassal state at any time, situation and prepare to evacuate.”
Zhang Tongchang said.
"And notify the Han people in each vassal state!"
Du Yinxi reminded.
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "It's up to you to handle these."
As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao suddenly reminded: "Remember, all yamen must do a good job in preaching and beware of these rebellious vassal states, which use the name of freedom, autonomy and independence to deceive the Han people all over the world, and mistakenly think that they are doing justice. Things! The Han people all over the world must understand that what they do is not conducive to the interests of the Han family. Unification is the general trend and is the basis for ensuring the greatest freedom of the vast majority of Han people! Once those vassal states are really freed from the control of the central court, they will They will multiply indefinitely and completely destroy the basic interests of the Han family!"
"yes!"
…
"Autonomous Army?"
King Zhu Youji of the Gaotang Dynasty asked Fan Guangwen. He did not expect that Fan Guangwen would suggest that all the vassal guards who were going to revolt be named the Autonomous Army.
"Yes, it is called the Autonomous Army! Our fundamental demand is to be autonomous and independent, free from the constraints and interference of the central court. Military independence, diplomatic independence, economic independence, judicial independence, cultural independence, etc. In short, the vassal monarch must have absolute The right to rule is not restricted by any decree from the central court!”
Fan Guangwen replied.
"Hello, Autonomous Army!"
"Our goal is indeed not to overthrow the central court. Of course, we may not be able to overthrow it. All we want is independence and autonomy!"
Wu Sangui, Duke of Jia State, who was preparing to rebel with the Gaotang Kingdom, said something at this time.
"Then we call it the Autonomous Army! It can be regarded as following the hearts of the people of the country and doing it for our own independence rather than other ambitions. In this way, the people will also support us."
Wang Jiwen, the prefect of Prague, also echoed.
"In this way, we can get the support of some civil servants in the court who are willing to let us be independent! After all, we are just seeking autonomy, not taking away their profits. What's more, they themselves also want to seek autonomy for their hometown. Now we are the first to start. , it can be said that we hit it off with them, I am afraid that as long as we achieve some military achievements, they will actively cooperate with us, launch an attack within the Ming Dynasty, intimidate the court to recognize the autonomy of the vassals in the world, and also allow the autonomy of each province. "
Prince Yiguo Jinchao also followed suit.
"Autonomy is naturally the right most desired by the people of the world! I hope that the imperial court will give up its power and make the world self-governing!"
Xu Zhijue was also speaking at this time while looking seriously at the lord and ministers who came.
After that, the Gaotang Kingdom, headed by the Kingdom of Gaotang, united nine vassal states and began to fight for freedom under the banner of fighting for freedom. They reorganized the troops they led into the autonomous army, and therefore first fought against Li Dingguo's tribe.
At the same time, a large number of dormant Baiyi bandits also joined the Autonomous Army and became mercenaries for these rebel vassal states.
Although Li Dingguo had an army of 500,000, because the territory he defended was too large, he could only parry for the time being, but did not have the power to annihilate these rebels on a large scale.
But fortunately, he commanded it well and responded early, so he did not let these autonomous troops take advantage and expand their momentum.
…
Zhu Cikai also received a secret order from Jin Yiwei.
What was written in the secret decree was naturally about Zhu Youxiao asking him to assist the Jinyi Guards in capturing Fang Zhengyue and trap and kill all the officers and soldiers under his command.
"My Highness understands. Please tell Xu Qianhu that my son will never disappoint him."
Although Zhu Cikai was dissatisfied with Zhu Youxiao as his father, he did not dare to openly oppose his will. After all, his current power was actually granted to him by Zhu Youxiao. Otherwise, the army in Africa would not necessarily be Will listen to him.
However, Zhu Cikai did not show any nervousness because Fang Zhengyue's matter was exposed.
He seemed to have already dealt with it, so he calmly thought of a reason and ordered Fang Zhengyue to lead his troops back to his camp, and began to mobilize troops and generals to prepare to disarm Fang Zhengyue's army.
After receiving Zhu Cikai's transfer order, Fang Zhengyue led his army to the place where Zhu Cikai was stationed without any suspicion.
However, as soon as Fang Zhengyue's troops arrived at a valley they must pass through, they were surrounded by the Ming Emperor's troops who had already been ambushing them.
Zhu Cikai appeared here in person and said: "Send a flag and order them to disarm!"
Fang Zhengyue saw this scene and guessed the reason. After seeing that the other party had issued a signal, he decisively shouted: "Hand over the weapon! Squat down and hold your head!"
The officers and soldiers under Fang Zhengyue's command hurriedly followed suit.
Then, a group of officers and soldiers came over in a large vehicle and took away the weapons from these people.
Jin Yiwei Xu Qianhu also brought his officers to Fang Zhengyue: "Fang Zhengyue, you are suspected of massacre of the imperial army. His Majesty has ordered you to be arrested. Come with us."
Fang Zhengyue did not resist, but only glanced at Zhu Cikai who was standing on the hill, and then was escorted away by the Jinyi guards.
The officers and generals under his command were also taken away by the Jin Yiwei.
The soldiers were driven into a large pit dug in advance.
Naturally, some soldiers guessed what the imperial court was going to do, so they resisted and ran outside. However, they had already set up rifles and fired at them.
This made it impossible for these soldiers to escape even if they wanted to.
Some soldiers knelt down and kowtowed.
"Spare your lives! We didn't want to kill them, we were ordered to kill them by our superiors!"
"Please, please, don't kill us, we are willing to give up all the gold!"
"Woah! Spare us! We promise never to shoot at our compatriots again, woah!"
…
These soldiers obviously knew why they were being killed, and they begged for mercy.
However, the Jin Yiwei still used loudspeakers to read out their crimes and the emperor's order to deal with them.
After that, these soldiers were directly killed.
Zhu Cikai was naturally in a bad mood as he watched these soldiers who were secretly members of his own force being tricked and killed, but he did not dare to say anything.
What made him even more unable to stop him was that all the gold previously snatched by Fang Zhengyue was also confiscated by the court.
