"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui is a hero!"
Yang Qilong said to Zhu Heji: "Wu Yingxiong is indeed a conservative leader without ambition, but Wu Sangui is not! He will not be willing to have the splendid country that he worked for his entire life to be taken away by the prince after his death. And The best way for him to help Wu Yingxiong keep his country is to take advantage of the opportunity that Kangxi and we are fighting for the south of the Yangtze River to fight the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. As long as he captures Beijing and completes the great task of expelling the Tartars... this The righteousness of the world does not lie with the Crown Prince and the Third Prince!"
When Zhu Heji heard what Yang Qilong said, he felt that the problem was a bit serious!
The reason why he was able to start a business in Chaozhou was, firstly, his sharpness in sugar and medicine; secondly, he relied on the great reputation of Prince Zhu San and Grandson Zhu San.
Otherwise, why didn't Qiu Hui and Chen Yonghua just arrest Zhu Heji, torture him and force him to find out the formula of sugar medicine? Are these two pirates really incapable of doing it?
Even if you are not so unloyal, marrying Qiu Shuzhen to Zhu Heji, and then letting Zhu Heji take Da Boling as his concubine, and feed her with good food and drink, is it still the most benevolent thing, right?
However, the Zheng family and the Qiu family have always regarded themselves as loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. They really hoped that the Ming Dynasty could be revived one day, so they saw that Zhu Heji was brave and resourceful and had the reputation of being the third prince, so they were willing to give their full support.
And where did Prince Zhu’s righteous status come from?
Tracing back to the source, isn't it caused by Zhu Yuanzhang expelling the Tartars and restoring China?
If Wu Sangui had accomplished this, wouldn't Zhu Heji's work have been in vain?
"But the Gu family can't just ignore the south of the Yangtze River and go straight to Beijing!" Zhu Heji frowned and said, "If the Gu family does this, Wu Sangui might have to go down the river... Moreover, it is not easy to get to Beijing by sea.
The Gu family asked Zheng Yanping and Dao Scarong, and they both thought it was not easy. The Haihe River is shallow and heavily silted, and since Qing Yao took over Beizhi, there have been very few seagoing ships there. The Zheng family could not find any old sailors who had crossed Zhigu Haikou, and it was extremely difficult for the army to land. And it’s still more than three hundred miles from Zhigu to Beijing!
If the army takes too much time to land and is blocked by Qingyao Festival on the way, it may not be able to reach the city of Beijing for a month. Even if they reach Beijing, they still have to besiege the city. I'm afraid it will take two months to capture Beijing. By then Kangxi would lead his army back north..."
It is not unreasonable for Zhu Heji to say this. Historically, the British and French forces began to land in Beitang, Tianjin on August 1, 1860, but they did not occupy Tanggu until August 14, and Tianjin on October 13. The Japanese allied forces invaded Beijing.
This was the record of the British and French forces in 1860 when they faced off against the long-rotten Qing Dynasty... It took nearly two and a half months from landing in Beitang to occupying Beijing.
If the Eight Banners Soldiers, Green Camp Soldiers and Horqin Cavalry were replaced in the Kangxi year, it would be very fast to capture Beijing in three months.
However, Kangxi only ran two thousand miles from Nanjing back to Beijing. He traveled fifty miles a day and completed the journey in forty days.
"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong said, "Princess Changping and the Chen family have been operating around Beijing for many years and have some basics... If we can smuggle some sugar and medicine northward, we may be able to raise troops in the north and steal the city of Beijing. .”
"To hold an event in Beijing?" Zhu Heji was stunned for a moment and said in his heart: "This won't work... You've already 'lifted it once' and you can't lift it at all!"
Yang Qilong saw that Zhu Heji was a little hesitant, so he came closer and said, "If the third prince can lead two to three thousand people across the sea and go north to Tianjin to take charge of the overall situation, then the chances of winning will be much greater!"
"Let my father go to Tianjin?" Zhu Heji's eyes lit up, "Then why don't we make trouble in Tianjin?"
"Doing it in Tianjin?"
"That's right!" Zhu Heji analyzed, "Beijing is a banner city after all. How many people can you mobilize in the city? And if there are too many people involved, it is easy to leak the secret. Once fighting breaks out in Beijing, not a single soldier will land in Tanggu. Yue cannot reach Beijing no matter what. It is absolutely impossible for your people to sustain themselves in Beijing for a month. If we really want to fight, they may not be able to sustain it for a few days."
He paused and then said: "If the location of the incident is in Tianjin, the chances of winning will be much greater! If you are lucky and catch them running back outside the customs, you may be able to capture Beijing before Wu Sangui. Even if it fails, We can still retreat to Tanggu, or if we fail... we can still escape by sea!"
Zhu Heji smiled and said to Yang Qilong: "Qilong, it's not easy for everyone to hide in Beizhili. Seeing that the great cause is about to be achieved, don't take too many risks!"
Yang Qilong thought for a while, nodded and said, "The prince's method is reliable!"
Zhu Heji glanced at Zhou Yubing and said, "Cousin, please go to the Wanshou Palace and invite my father, your father-in-law, and your senior sister to come over. Let's discuss it together!"
"Discuss? Discuss what?"
Zhu Heji smiled and said: "Jun, king, minister, son, son, father... there are many things that can be discussed!"
"Son, son, father?" This little girl Zhou Yubing is not only beautiful, but also has a very flexible mind. She understood immediately.
Today’s new Ming Dynasty puts the son in front and the father in the back!
Because Zhu Heji is not only the third grandson of Zhu, but also a recognized saint of Zhu!
Since you are a saint, there is no need to be a "Li Er".
...
When Prince Zhu Sanhe, Princess Changping, Yang Xiaoqi, Zhuge Sanhe, and Eunuch Pang were all invited by Zhu Heji to the Cunxin Palace, it was already dark, windy, and brightly lit.
The layout inside the Cunxin Hall is also quite interesting. It is not the kind of layout where there is a throne in the middle and a row of chairs on the left and right. Instead, there is a long table in the middle, a chair on each side of the long table, and two rows of chairs on both sides.
"Sit, sit, sit wherever you want!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhu Heji smiled and greeted everyone to sit down. There was no distinction between seats, just sit wherever you wanted.
"We are all one family..." Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Tonight is not a formal meeting, there is no need to talk about any rules. The Gu family invites you to come over, but there are some things that need to be made clear. It’s time. Our family, country and world are about to be established again, and some things should be explained clearly.”
Zhu Tianwang smiled and pulled up a chair, sat down first, and then called to Yang Xiaoqi: "Aqi, sit here..." He smiled and said to Zhu Heji, "Do you think she can do it?" ?”
"If she can enter Beijing this time," Zhu Heji smiled, "let her be the queen. I have nothing to say...or else she can be the emperor and empress!"
Zhu Heji's meaning is very clear. If King Zhu Tian is lucky enough to get to Beijing, then he will ascend the throne in Beijing...that is his fate!
If not, then Zhu Heji will become emperor after taking Nanjing!
However, King Zhu Tian can still become the Supreme Emperor, and he will have all the benefits. He can also make the woman he likes the Supreme Queen - King Zhu Tian is only in his forties and is in good health. There is nothing wrong with remarrying the main wife. .
Zhu Heji had stopped him before because he didn't want him to marry the two powerful factions of Chaozhou and Southern Fujian.
Zhu Heji married the daughter of Qiu Hui, a leader of the Chaozhou sect, as his wife, and directly took the eldest sister of the Chaozhou sect, Da Boling, as his concubine. Later, through Nabei Jiaxin, he married the Prince of Yanping, that is, the Minnan sect.
With the support of the Chao and Fujian factions, and the power of Zhu Heji himself, he could firmly control the military and political power of the new Ming Dynasty.
King Zhu Tian has been in the world for so many years and has long since become a "skill".
Hearing this, he burst out laughing without any hesitation: "Zhuge Sanhe said that I would only have eight years to live as emperor at most, which is too short. I was also thinking about growing old together with Xiao Qi!
So instead of going to Beijing, I can just stay in Tianjin and scare people. However, in the future, Xiaoqi and I’s son will be adopted by the King of the Old Tang Dynasty and inherit the title of the King of the Old Tang Dynasty. His salary will be the highest among all the kings. After all, the Tang Dynasty has a great debt to my family! "
"Abba, my son also has this intention. My family has always repaid any kindness and repaid any debt!" Zhu Heji nodded, this condition is acceptable.
His family was originally a branch of the Tang vassal, so it was natural for King Zhu Tian to want to re-establish the Tang palace - it was also the inheritance of his ancestors!
King Zhu Tian then said to Princess Changping: "Second sister, do you think Yu Bing and my son are suitable? When he ascends the throne, how about Yu Bing directly becoming a noble concubine?"
Princess Changping was originally betting on both ends - her apprentice was the Empress Dowager, her daughter was a noble concubine, and she couldn't escape a eldest princess.
Moreover, it would be good for Emperor Chongzhen’s granddaughter to give birth to a great-grandson for Emperor Chongzhen… There is a certain chance that Chongzhen’s great-grandson and great-grandson will become the Ming Emperor in the future!
Princess Changping herself has become a popular relative and royal relative, which is really a win!
She glanced at her daughter, whose pale face was flushed, and smiled from ear to ear, "This is great, third brother, now we can kiss each other!"
As she said that, she took out another roster and sighed, "There are more than a hundred people here. I'm afraid I won't be able to make up five hundred men, but all of them are loyal loyalists of the Ming Dynasty. They can cause trouble in Beizhili." It’s up to them.”
