While the fat princess Jianning was happily eating the fresh mutton mooncakes just baked by Dashunzhai, her husband Wu Yingxiong was meeting Yang Qilong, a meat-and-wine monk who was very knowledgeable about Prince Zhu San in the Buddhist hall!
This monk Yang looked to be in his thirties, with a handsome appearance and a graceful demeanor. It was obvious at a glance that he was of extraordinary origin. Under the current rule of the Qing Dynasty, there are still quite a few monks who look quite dignified. If they are monks, they are most likely the descendants of the previous dynasty or the remnants of the previous dynasty who are unwilling to be overwhelmed by heaven.
Although this person became a slave to the subjugation of his country, he still felt a bit unwilling in his heart. He was unwilling to be a law-abiding and obedient citizen of the Qing Dynasty, and he also wanted to resist the Qing shaving order in a different way. Of course, you wouldn’t dare to keep your hair. It’s the tenth year of Kangxi’s reign. Except for Guangdong and Fujian, there are still some remnants of the Ming Dynasty running around along the coast. The Qing Dynasty has been stabilized. It’s okay to keep your hair but not your hair. No joke.
As for growing your hair to pretend to be a Taoist... This was not very convenient in the early Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, Taoist priests also had to shave their hair. It was not until more than ten years ago in Shunzhi that because Zhang Zhenren of Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi At the request of the Great Immortal of Baiyun Temple in Beijing, Emperor Shunzhi issued an imperial edict, allowing the world's Taoist priests to continue to issue. However, at that time, most of the unwilling Ming Dynasty remnants and ministers had already pretended to be monks, and it would be troublesome to change them, so most people continued to pretend to be monks.
And this monk Yang Qilong Yang also has a secret identity that is not very well known - he claims to be the third son of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong, also known as the third prince Zhu!
The fat Jianning who was eating fresh mutton mooncakes probably never dreamed that her cowardly brother-in-law, who was almost suffering from depression, would dare to associate with a Prince Zhu who didn't know whether he was real or fake, and the relationship seemed to be quite good. ...
"Monk Long," Wu Yingxiong said to Yang Qilong with a smile, "I have bad news for you. You can no longer pretend to be the Third Prince Zhu to deceive and defraud!"
"Isn't this good?" Yang Qilong said with a smile, "The prince no longer has to worry about being implicated by the poor monks, and for the time being, there is no need to worry about being killed by the Tatar emperor."
From his tone, it was obvious that he had set some kind of trap to trap Wu Yingxiong.
Wu Yingxiong laughed: "Monk Long, who is the real one between you and the third prince of Chaozhou?"
Yang Qilong smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter who is true or false, what matters is who can take up the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty! Prince, do you think this third prince of Chaozhou can do it?"
While listening, Wu Yingxiong gently turned the tea bowl in his hand and said slowly: "Maybe you are more like Prince Zhu San than him, but he can fight more than you... Xushun Gongfu's flag Soldiers are not useless snacks, but without Xiao Erbai, they can't even touch the moat of the city occupied by the third prince Zhu of Chaozhou, and the envoy of the third prince Zhu for help protrudes from the city!"
"Ask for help? Who?" Yang Qilong asked.
"Ask for help from Qiu Hui, the loyal and brave uncle who was privately awarded by Prince Yanping... This Qiu Hui has been entrenched outside the boundaries of Chaozhou Prefecture for many years, with a stronghold of Dahao and Haimen and a crowd of tens of thousands." Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "If Qiu Hui recognizes This Prince Zhu, the matter is going to be a big deal!"
Yang Qilong smiled half-heartedly and said: "Since Qiu Hui is a general of the Yanping Palace, he will send troops to rescue him whether he recognizes the third prince Zhu or not... If King Pingnan and King Jingnan show mercy, this third prince of Chaozhou will It will indeed become bigger, and maybe it can last another two or three years! That poor monk would like to congratulate the prince."
Wu Yingxiong leaned forward and said, "Monk Long, don't you want to go to Guangdong to meet Prince Zhu San?"
Yang Qilong's eyebrows moved slightly, "Your Majesty, do you want me to go to Guangdong?"
Wu Yingxiong nodded, took out an envelope and handed it to Yang Qilong, "Monk Long, this is my handwritten letter to Shang Zhixin. After reading this letter, he will regard you as one of my own!"
Yang Qilong took the letter and put it in the inner pocket of the sleeve of the monk's robe, and said with a smile: "The prince said this, and the poor monk really wants to visit Guangdong."
Wu Yingxiong said: "Then set off quickly... You have to arrive in Guangdong before the imperial ministers Mi Sihan and Xiong Cilu who are investigating the case of the Third Prince Zhu, otherwise you will not be able to help the Third Prince Zhu in Chaozhou! "
"I know, I know," Yang Qilong said with a smile, "Finally, we have a third prince Zhu who comes to the rescue, and he also leads a third grandson Zhu. We can't let Mi Sihan and Xiong Cilu find out that they are fakes."
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When Mi Sihan, Xiong Cilu, Deng Zhong, and Yang Qilong went south to Guangdong separately for the high imitation version of the third prince Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu. Zhu Hesheng, the chief culprit of the Chaozhou Prince Zhu Third Rebellion, had just led 187 rebels who looked like refugees out of the vast Nanshan Mountains and arrived at Gucheng Village, Longjingdu, in Chaoyang County.
The reason why one hundred and eighty-seven "refugees" followed Zhu Hesheng out of Dananshan was because Zhu Jushan and Zhu Hesheng's hometown, Tianwang's House in Dananshan, was on the way to Dahao via a detour. Zhu Hesheng shunned his way back to his hometown, and then issued a mobilization order to the rebels and their families entrenched in the Tianwang Village (actually a large enclosed building) and Tianwang Valley, and roped in all those who could carry weapons to fight with the Qing soldiers. There are a total of one hundred and eighty-three men, including Da Bo Ling, S Wen Bai, Yong Meng Su, and Shiye Guo, there are one hundred and eighty-seven people. If Zhu Hesheng himself is added, it will be very auspicious to "make a fortune". "It's coming", this is a good sign!
After getting a good omen, Zhu Hesheng struck while the iron was hot and immediately led more than a hundred refugees straight to Haimen Port, an important stronghold controlled by Da Laohui, located at Lianjiangkou, and arrived at Haimen on the eighth day of August. On the other side of the harbor is Gucheng Village, Longjingdu.
Although this ancient village was also under the rule of Qiu Hui, Zhu Jushan, Zhu Hesheng and his son also had some foundation here - the Zhu family and his son originally ran this fishing village on a peninsula at Lianjiangkou as a retreat. Not only did they purchase land here, but they also built a two-story square building that occupies a large area.
The Zhu family and his son spent a lot of money on this enclosure. Not only was it built tall and large, but the outer wall of the enclosure was also covered with bricks, making it extremely strong. A ditch was dug around the perimeter of the building, and there was a suspension bridge outside the gate, making it look like an insurmountable castle.
However, after this expensive castle was built, Zhu Jushan, Zhu Hesheng and his son did not live in it for a day. Instead, they provided a "manufacturer" in it.
Yes, he was a father-in-law who had served as eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch responsible for etiquette, and eunuch serving as the official flag officer of the Imperial Envoy Dongchang! This father-in-law's surname was Pang and his given name was Yongzhong. He was the godson of Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of Emperor Chongzhen.
Shortly before the city of Beijing was broken up by Li Zicheng, Pang Yongzhong left Beijing with his godfather Pang Tianshou to work in Nanjing, thus escaping the disaster.
Later, Nanjing supported Emperor Hongguang to come to power. Because of his good writing skills, Pang Yongzhong became the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. After working for a while, he was promoted to Bingbi, and then Emperor Hongguang pounced...
After the fall of Hongguang, Eunuch Pang took Zhu Yujian, who was still the king of Nanyang at the time, and went to Fujian. Later, Zhu Yujian became the Longwu Emperor in Fujian. Seeing that he had served well in protecting him, he made him concurrently serve as a factory minister. Chen is almost the top eunuch in the Ming Dynasty! Although there are more eunuchs in the official position, but in terms of real power, this one who holds the pen and is the official has the greatest power.
Not long after Eunuch Pang became an internal minister, Emperor Longwu did something bad again and became the late emperor. Qing troops also invaded Fujian. Therefore, Eunuch Pang had no choice but to flee again and save brothers Zhu Yuyan and Zhu Yue from going to Guangdong.
After arriving in Guangdong, Zhu Yuxuan ascended the throne and became emperor, known as Emperor Shaowu in history. Eunuch Pang served well in protecting the emperor and continued to serve as a top minister. But a few days after Ansheng's birthday, Emperor Shaowu died again.
Eunuch Pang had no choice but to protect Zhu Yu'e, the last king of the Tang Dynasty, and go to Wen'an City to seek refuge with Wang Xing. This time it was stable for a few years. In the thirteenth year of Yongli, Wen'an City was broken by Shang Kexi again!
Eunuch Pang once again used his "running away" stunt and went to Nan'ao Island to seek refuge with Zhu Yihai, the governor of Lu. Two years later, Zhu Yihai died of illness on Kinmen Island... Eunuch Pang wanted to switch to Prince Zheng of Yanping who had just succeeded. Jing, but Zheng Jing felt that he had already "guaranteed" six masters, and suspected that he was as "an obstacle to the master" as Lu Ma, so he did not dare to ask for him, but sent him to Zhu Jushan.
Zhu Jushan didn't think he was "nuisance to the master", and even gave his newly built mansion in Gucheng Village to Eunuch Pang for his retirement... He didn't let him go to Danan Mountain to endure hardships. What a good man!
Zhu Hesheng originally did not remember this "factory man" who was obstructing the master, but Zhuge Military Advisor mentioned him in his clever plan.
So Zhu Hesheng asked such a "factory owner" for help!
