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Chapter 276 Li Zicheng Digs the Yellow River
Zhu Changhao was also afraid of changes, so he first came up with a set of guarantee plans.
The minimum requirements for the Princess Lu's marriage were finalized first.

The operation method he said made Shen Shuren stunned for a while, but he quickly understood and expressed his support.

It is true that Zhu Changhao has no son now, but it does not mean that his concubines and concubines only conceived a child named Zhu Yuchan. As mentioned earlier, the rate of fetal dystocia and stillbirth in the Ming Dynasty was very high. It is also very high.

The only child that Zhu Changhao raised was Zhu Yuchan. There were actually two or three other cases of premature births or even stillbirths in name.

In fact, even if Zhu Changhao's concubines have no other birth records, they can fabricate one if they make up this matter—in the future, they will insist that Princess Lu was pregnant once more than ten years ago, but she had a miscarriage, and she was born early. A stillbirth, no record.Is there anyone who can refute it?Anyway, it's just a name.

For the sake of patriarchal status, if Shen Shuren himself refuses to be a son-in-law in name, if he and Zhu Yuchan have children in the future, the safest way to deal with it is to adopt one of the children under the name of "Zhu Yuchan's younger brother who died early." Next, inherit his ancestors", that is, from Zhu Changhao's grandson to grandson.

Perhaps modern people will find this stubbornness inconceivable: How can a child who died prematurely without living to the age of one or two still have patriarchal children?

But this kind of thing didn't exist in ancient times.

To make an inappropriate analogy, in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Liu Xiu rejuvenated the Han Dynasty, he also recognized Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty as the emperor's ancestor, and Emperor Han Yuan as the Emperor Kao.Although he is 70 years younger than Emperor Han Yuan, he is 46 years younger than Emperor Han Cheng, the son of Emperor Han Yuan.

So that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei also thought about copying Liu Xiu's homework.Although Liu Bei did not achieve great things in the end, the people around him also gave him advice.

According to the fact that Liu Bei is Liu Xie's uncle, he is of the same generation as Emperor Ling, so if he recognizes his father, he should recognize Emperor Huan.However, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling are not related by blood, and they are both extinct heirs of the former emperor, and vassal kings have inherited the Datong.

The last Chongzhi Huan Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Chong Zhihuan were all of the same generation, and they were all children who succeeded to the throne. So at that time, some counselors believed that Liu Bei really wanted to learn from Liu Xiu and recognize his father, so he could directly recognize Emperor Han Chong.Emperor Han Chong was finally the son of Emperor Han Shun, but he died at the age of three.

Since the civil servants at the end of the Han Dynasty believed that Liu Bei could recognize a three-year-old child who had died 75 years ago as his father (if he was still alive, it would be Sanjia 75, 78 years old, and Liu Bei was 60 years old when he became the throne. It is reasonable for the father to be older than the son).

Then if Shen Shuren had a son with Zhu Yuchan in the future, it wouldn't be unreasonable to recognize Zhu Yuchan's own younger brother who died before the age of three as his father.

If he wanted to understand all this, Shen Shuren would certainly not have any psychological burden.

"So, whether Chongzhen is willing to ennoble me and give me a surname, or refuse to ennoble me and give me a surname, I will have to adopt in the future, we all have back-ups to deal with.

The surname given by me can be compared with Li Keyong and Li Cunxu.Adoptive sons can be compared to Liu Xiu and Liu Bei, no matter how you calculate it, it makes sense and is not a loss. "Shen Shuren thought to himself, his mood was settled.

Of course, he would definitely not speak out about these psychological activities, after all, these examples are a bit outrageous.

These two groups of examples, one is to revitalize Yan Han, and the other is to recreate Tang Dynasty, so it is not possible to make random comparisons.

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After Shen Shuren agreed to King Lu's arrangement, the group set off again from Xinyang the next morning, going south to Wuchang first.

At the same time, Shen Shuren had already edited a book overnight, and when he set off, he also called a confidant messenger at the same time, telling him to take the letter and rush to Nanjing immediately to inform his father Shen Tingyang of the cause and effect, and asked Shen Tingyang to take a leave of absence to Hefei for a visit. Meet Lu Wang and finalize some details.

After all, Shen Tingyang, the Secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, is not as busy as his counterparts in Beijing. What he has to manage is the water transportation and taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is still very easy to find time to take a long vacation.

After leaving here, Prince Lu's mansion and his party didn't cause any trouble for Shen Shuren along the way, and King Lu and Princess Wang didn't tell their daughter about the details of the arrangement. They felt that her daughter was still young and shouldn't know too many complicated things. Settle down and tell her.

Anyway, along the way, the little princess also lived in seclusion, and Shen Shuren never came to see the family members of the palace, and the little girl didn't take it seriously, she was used to the way of life where she didn't see any men outside.

Two days later, the group crossed Xinyang Road and arrived at the junction of Suizhou and Huangzhou. After another day, they went down the Han River into the Yangtze River and arrived in Wuchang.

Shen Shuren bid farewell to the members of Prince Lu's Mansion, and it was at this time that he saw Zhu Yuchan again and chatted with the little girl for a while.

Zhu Yuchan didn't know what was going on, but she got along well with Shen Shuren, asked many questions, and Shen Shuren answered them one by one, his speech and behavior were witty and insightful, which made the little girl admire him very much.

"My lord, then I wish you all the best of luck, and wait for the good news. When you arrive in Hefei, you must send a letter to report that you are safe. I still have important tasks to do. I must stay in Wuchang to rectify the military affairs in order to prepare for the aid of Sichuan. I will not send it away." .” On Wuchang Wharf, after Shen Shuren disembarked, he bowed his hands to King Lu and his party.

Zhu Changhao: "You don't have to be polite with Shen Futai, I hope the martial arts will prosper and bring peace to the Ming Dynasty."

(Note: What is said here is "Wu Yun Hengchang" not "Wu Yun Chang Chang", so it's okay, don't say it's a Japanese style, Xie Tiao said "Wu Yun Fang Chang" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties to describe the military achievements of the beginning,
But if you keep winning battles and going from one victory to another, it will be transformed into "Wu Yun Heng Chang", which is how it is used.Nowadays, many people get angry when they hear wording that looks a bit like traditional Japanese characters, regardless of whether it is real Japanese or ancient Chinese. )
Zhu Changhao and his party continued to travel eastward along the river, and after another three or four days, they naturally arrived in Hefei.

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The story is divided into two parts. While Shen Shuren and King Lu and King Fu went south and returned east, the battle to pursue Li Zicheng and break the siege of Kaifeng on the Henan battlefield was also advancing steadily.

The good news of the first stage of the Henan campaign also spread to Chongzhen's ears one after another, but the first received was not Shen Shuren's handwritten good news——

After all, the decisive battle in Chen County only repelled Li Zicheng's main force and captured and wiped out a lot of enemies, but it was not a decisive recovery of lost ground.If only relying on a battle to defeat the enemy, it would appear that Shen Shuren is not humble.

Therefore, it is normal that Chongzhen has not heard of Shen Shuren's personal victory so far, and it is only after Kaifeng is released that he can give a staged conclusion.

Because Shen Shuren demanded to move steadily and open the Yingchuan waterway to continue advancing, Huang Degong and Zhang Mingzhen really delayed three or four days to remove the traces of water conservancy damage left by the invading army, and then proceeded carefully.

When Huang Degong's troops advanced to Yancheng, Shen Shuren had already set off from Xinyang again, preparing to go south to Wuchang.

During the four days when Shen Shuren traveled from Xinyang to Wuchang, Huang Degong advanced simultaneously to the north, basically at least fifty or sixty miles a day, and at most seventy to eighty miles.
In four days, the four counties of Linying, Yanling, Xuchang and Xinzheng under Kaifeng Prefecture were recovered successively.

In addition to fighting a little in Yancheng at the beginning, they also defeated the remnants of a reluctance to leave, about thousands of people, wiped out one or two thousand enemies, and the rest collapsed or surrendered.

In the rest of Xuchang, Xinzheng and other places, no fighting broke out, or even if there were rogues who did not leave, they would open the door and surrender as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived.

After passing Xinzheng, there is only one Zhongmu County left, plus one Zhuxian Town, and you will arrive at Kaifeng Fucheng.

Huang Degong advanced to this point, but he didn't see the main force of the invading army staying behind to resist, and he also became a little suspicious, because Zhongmou County and Zhuxian Town were originally Li Zicheng's own resident and Liu Zongmin's resident respectively. It is impossible for those small counties in front There are still soldiers left, but the evacuation here is so clean.

With Huang Degong's original temper, he wouldn't think too much, but before sending troops this time, Shen Shuren repeatedly told him and made some deduction.After Huang Degong thought about it, he was inevitably afraid, so he became more cautious in advancing, and he had to cooperate closely with Zhang Mingzhen.

On November [-]th, when the officers and soldiers intersected between Zhongmou County and Zhuxian Town, what Shen Shuren was worried about finally happened.

When Huang Degong's troops were marching on guard and searching forward, a flood suddenly appeared on the front scouts and spread quickly.

Zhuxian Town is still more than 30 miles away from the city wall of Kaifeng, so when the water rushes to the front, it will not be too deep at once. Huang Degong immediately made people call gold, blew the horns of withdrawing troops, gathered the search troops back, and at the same time let those who received the alarm The rear army immediately approached and prepared to board the ship.

Zhang Mingzhen brought more than 200 large boats, each with dozens of extra people, and finally gathered all the main cavalry of Huang Degong's former army.Except for some soldiers who became soaked and soaked, there were no casualties.

"Li Zicheng, that bastard, really left someone to dig the Yellow River dam! It's a pity, if we were half a month later, the Yellow River might have dried up and frozen! How many people in Kaifeng Prefecture will suffer! I don’t think there are any rogue troops anymore! They must have run away!” Huang Degong looked at the spreading stagnant water, hated him, and scolded Li Zicheng for being vicious.

Zhang Mingzhen's face was also livid, but he could only persuade Huang Degong not to get angry: "This is not something we can stop by coming early or late. It takes a few hours to dig the embankment, even if our army is found to be twenty or thirty miles away. It's too late to do it again.

Right now, I still think about the aftermath, plus how to play it.This place has already become the country of Ze, but there is no need for cavalry to search and attack the besiegers. Why don't I divide half of the ships first and transport the cavalry back later.
Then gather all the food on board to the remaining ships that will not return, and sail to the city of Kaifeng with light clothes.Under the flood, the city of Kaifeng must be even more starving and dying. Being able to transport the army rations in will somewhat relieve the urgent need.

Anyway, Mr. Futai had already prepared a lot of food in Shou County and Chen County. Since it was shipped to Henan, it would be a waste of manpower to transport it back to Huguang. It is better to save more people in Henan.

In addition, we must hurry up to rescue the king of Zhou. If the king of Zhou can spend all the money in the palace and reward the army to help defend the city, he can be considered a virtuous king among the kings. Rescuing him is good for us and good for Shen Futai's reputation .

In addition, look at the troops of Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Kaifeng, and see if anyone is willing to escort King Zhou to retreat.Let’s just say that there is a flood here, anyway, it’s impossible for thieves to attack this dead place again, and the imperial court will no longer transport military rations to Kaifeng. "

Huang Degong thought for a while, then sighed: "That's the only way to go. It's Mr. Zhang who is thoughtful. Those of you who lead the navy must have dealt with a lot of maritime merchants. You are more clever than us old men when you settle accounts."

After the negotiation, Huang Degong led the team back, and at the same time prepared a good news, stating that Kaifeng City had been rescued, but Li Zicheng jumped the wall in a hurry and dug the Yellow River to flood the city, fearing that at least tens of thousands of people would die.

Zhang Mingzhen carried out humanitarian rescue according to his plan, and withdrew the Zhou Palace and some of Chen Yongfu's defenders.

(End of this chapter)