Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 356
The weather in June can change as it is said, the sky is still clear in the morning, but it is cloudy in the afternoon, making it dull and uncomfortable.

Shaoxing City was completely silent at this moment.

King Lu Zhu Yihai stayed silently in the so-called palace, feeling extremely depressed.

The flowers outside the window lowered their heads, the branches swayed, and the candles in the room also jumped up and down, making the atmosphere extremely gloomy.

"Your Highness, the elders are asking to see you!"

Suddenly, a serving eunuch spoke softly.

"Let them in!"

Zhu Yihai shook his head, with unwillingness written all over his face.

Soon, senior officials from the small imperial court in eastern Zhejiang came in one after another.

After the Qing army broke through Nanjing, Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others raised troops in eastern Zhejiang. Zheng Zunqian, Zhang Guowei and others pulled Zhu Yihai from Taizhou to supervise the country in Shaoxing.

Immediately, he appointed and dismissed Zhang Guowei, Zhu Dadian and Song Zhipu as Dongge University Bachelors, and soon appointed Fang Fengnian, an old minister, as the first assistant.

These four people are the core of the small imperial court in eastern Zhejiang.

And since Zhu Yihai didn't have his own direct army, he had to rely heavily on the two generals Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren.

"Your Highness!" Fang Fengnian, as the chief assistant, saluted awkwardly.

And similarly, the other three cabinet ministers also saluted sternly.

As for Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren, as military generals, they saluted carelessly, which seemed quite reckless.

This made Zhu Yihai annoyed, and the fists in his sleeves clenched tighter.

Damn Wufu.

"What's up?"

Zhu Yihai forced a smile on his face, and spread his clothes a little, as if to dissipate heat.

Fang Fengnian sighed, shook his head and remained silent.

Several cabinet ministers looked at each other, Zhu Dadian had to get up, cupped his hands and said:

"Your Highness, there is news from Hangzhou that King Yu's army has captured Hangzhou City."

"King Yu—"

Zhu Yihai clenched his fists even tighter, with grief and indignation written all over his face.

"What King Yu, he is the emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yihai smiled wryly.

Seeing everyone's deeply appreciative expressions, he couldn't understand that this group of people had already decided to betray him in exchange for a new political life.

Perhaps, the moment I came to Shaoxing from Taizhou, it was already doomed!
However, I am not reconciled, why didn't I win Nanjing?
"Your Highness, according to the news from Hangzhou, the leaders of the army are Qin Yiming and Zhao Guangyuan, the commander in chief of Sichuan, with a total of [-] troops."

Wang Zhiren couldn't help but said.

He missed King Yu's contribution to Conglong, and boarded the wrecked ship of King Lu. Politically, he was already scarred.

Now that things have happened, I can only persuade King Lu to surrender, and clean up as much as possible!

"Twenty thousand? We have ten thousand sailors, forty to fifty thousand soldiers—"

Zhu Yihai knew he couldn't do anything, but he still had illusions.

"Your Highness, what kind of army are we?"

Zhu Dadian snorted coldly, without caring about the feelings of the two warriors, and said, "I'm afraid we will flee when he comes."

Fang and Wang Er turned their faces the color of a pig's liver.

But at this moment, the situation was stronger than the others, and it was simply not their turn to speak.

"Time is running out, Master Zhu has something to say as soon as possible!"

Fang Zhiren gritted his teeth.

Zhu Yihai looked at the few people and was shocked.

After talking so much, is it finally time to lift the fig leaf?
"Your Highness!"

Zhu Dadian was also a little embarrassed, but he could only bite the bullet and say:
"The king of Yu ascended the throne in Nanjing on June [-]st, and changed the next year to the first year of Shaowu. People from all over the world expressed their congratulations..."

"Should I also go to the table?" Zhu Yihai smiled wryly.

"Your Highness, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country. Now that King Yu has become the emperor, Daming naturally doesn't need so many supervisors."

These words were too straightforward, Zhu Yihai was dumbfounded by the words, and remained silent.

Seeing King Lu's appearance like this, Fang Fengnian could only go out in person, and said:

"Your Highness, let's not mention the soldiers and horses in Hangzhou for the time being. It is imminent. Let's talk about the situation in eastern Zhejiang. Do you want to go to Fujian and seek refuge with the King of Tang?"

"Rather than relying on the king of Tang, it is better to surrender to Nanjing. After all, there is still a good home."

"King Yi was supervising the country in Jianchang Mansion, but later canceled it on his own initiative, and even came to Nanjing to see him. King Yu didn't care about it, obviously he is a magnanimous lord..."

Fang Fengnian didn't care about showing any face, so he could only spittle and persuade.

Seeing King Lu's numb expression, Zhang Guowei knew in his heart that he was still panicked.

But just like what Shoufu said, the situation is persecuted, for Daming, for them, it has to be like this.

"Your Highness, if the emperor oppresses you, you can say that it was caused by our coercion, and it will not be difficult for you if you think about it."

Now, everyone's eyes focused on him, as if they wanted to tear him apart and eat him.

According to the previous discussion, he was going to hand over all the responsibilities to King Lu.

However, the effect of this sentence is still good.

King Lu came back to his senses, showing a forced smile:

"In order to fight against the establishment of slaves, the widow had to give up his life to supervise the country. Now that the world has a rightful lord, it is time to abdicate and let the virtuous."

With these words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Compared with the decisiveness of King Lu of Shaoxing, King Tang of Fuzhou, Fujian, was somewhat involuntary.

King Zhu Yihai of Lu was supported by civil officials, so he still had some autonomy, although he relied on the army.

But King Tang was completely hijacked by the Zheng family, trapped in the palace, and basically had no right to speak.

Even if a few literati speak for him, it is useless.

He finally understood that the Zheng family was planning to rely on his name of supervising the country to expand their power from the sea to the whole of Fujian.

Zheng's planning was also very effective. Except for Xiamen, the vast Fujian was almost allowed to do anything, and his power expanded several times.

His ambition has been watered down, and that's all. Suddenly, the news of King Yu's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor came from Nanjing, which made him terrified.

If it was ten years ago, he was full of courage and fearless, but after several years of torture by Fengyang, he suffered mentally and physically, and he was no longer as good as before.

"Your Highness, Mr. Zheng is asking to see you!"

At this time, the maid said softly.

"Is it Damu? Let him in!"

Zhu Yujian showed a smile.

If the Zheng family is disgusting, then Zheng Sen is the only person who makes him feel good.

Have knowledge, understand etiquette, know how to advance and retreat.

In order to improve the environment, winning over Zheng Sen became the only choice.

"Damu!"

When Zhu Yujian saw this elegant and easy-going young man, he couldn't figure it out. How could the pirate Zheng Zhilong give birth to such an excellent son?
"Your Highness!" Zheng Sen also showed respect.

"It's a pity that I don't have a daughter, otherwise I would have married you long ago."

Zhu Yujian shook his head with regret.

"Why, what is the purpose of entering the palace today?"

Zheng Sen looked at Tang Wang's weather-beaten face.There was a trace of pity in my heart.

In his opinion, the Tang king in the clan is already very outstanding.

Unfortunately, I met an opponent.

"Your Highness, people in Fuzhou are uncertain now!"

Zheng Sen gritted his teeth and had to say.

(End of this chapter)