The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 174

Although Zhu Linmi has soldiers in her hands, it is far from enough to defeat the Manchus who have already occupied Jiangbei.He has no foundation in the court. If he only relies on power to rule, it may be difficult to ensure the smooth flow of government orders at this time of internal and external troubles.

In addition, whether it is He Tengjiao or Ding Kuichu, they have long wanted to separate themselves.In this era, the orthodox status of the feudal dynasty was very important. If he forced the little emperor to abdicate, it would just give these warlords an excuse to split the country, and they would probably get the support of the people.

In this way, Daming will surely fall into disintegration and chaos, but in the end it will be cheaper for Jianlu.

Among the two forces in the imperial court, after several days of deliberation, Zhu Linmei was still more inclined to support the little emperor.

Firstly, although the emperor was young, he was Zheng Shuo, who had an extremely important righteous name.The Ming Dynasty had already produced a very complete cabinet system. During the Wanli period, the emperor did not go to court for decades, but the country was still able to run smoothly.

Therefore, even though the little emperor himself cannot govern himself, as long as the whole world recognizes him as the emperor, he will have his own cabinet to handle state affairs.

Secondly, the emperor’s youth also had its advantages. For example, he could influence him from an early age, instilling him with knowledge of natural sciences, and break the embarrassing situation that officials of the Ming Dynasty were all "literary arts students".

This allows Ming to start valuing science from the ruling class.The era of cold weapons will soon be completely passed into the grave. In future wars, the advantage brought by numbers will become smaller and smaller, and advanced weapons will dominate the outcome.

One's own lifespan is always limited, and it is impossible to support Daming's technological development all the time, but as long as Daming is left with an atmosphere of valuing science, the Chinese nation will always be invincible.

The last point was because he knew very well that Zhu Yu'ao was really bad.

In history, Zhu Yu'ao first abandoned the responsibility of supervising the country and fled Tianxing Mansion. As a result, all the dragons in Fujian had no leader and quickly collapsed.

Later, he established the Shaowu regime in Guangdong, but he didn't care about building a large army. Instead, he turned around and fought with Yongli first. In the end, Li Chengdong led hundreds of people to destroy the country.The entire Shaowu regime survived for less than a month.

Such a guy who can't do anything, definitely can't hand Daming into his hands.

We must find a way to end this infighting between the Queen Mother and King Tang as soon as possible!Zhu Linmei was thinking about a strategy to stabilize the court when she saw Zhang Jiayu coming on horseback.

He frowned slightly, Zhang Jiayu should lead the army to set up an ambush in the south of Jian'an at this time, why did he come back suddenly?

"Yuanzi, what happened to Jianlu?"

Zhang Jiayu got off his horse and saluted Zhu Linming: "My lord, the scouts sent the day before yesterday just returned, and the captive army was still in Yanping." He continued, "In Chenshi, a group of people strayed into the ambush circle by mistake. .”

"Oh? Who?"

"Master Lin Yuji, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Lord Lin Meilin, the censor of Zuodu, are also accompanying us. There are 41 people in this group."

Jianning Mansion is still a battlefield at this time, what is the Minister of Rites doing here?Before Zhu Linming could ask, Zhang Jiayu lowered his voice and said, "It's just that there is a Jian prisoner hidden in his team."

"Jianlu? Where is he now?"

Zhang Jiayu said with some helplessness: "Shilang Lin went out of the customs to accept the surrender, and his subordinates did not dare to stop him, so they had to let him go. However, his subordinates felt strange, so they sent people to follow them, and they came to report to your lord."

Zhu Linmei lowered her head and thought carefully, was she going out of customs and surrendered?Who surrendered?To the north of Fujing, only Quzhou won the battle, but it is impossible for the imperial court to send people to take the prisoners.And he even brought a prisoner...

There was nothing wrong with Jian'an, so he asked his soldiers to bring his Persian war horse, and said to Zhang Jiayu and Shi Lin, "Let's go, since we've arrived at Jianning Mansion, let's see Shilang Lin for a ride."

Two hours later, Zhu Linmi and his group finally caught up with Lin Yuji and the others on the east side of Jian'an.

"Lin Shilang stay a step," Shi Lin shouted loudly from a long distance away, "His Royal Highness Chen Wang came down to see you off."

Lin Yuji turned around and saw nearly a hundred people following him, he couldn't help frowning secretly, after he escaped from Zhang Jiayu's place in the morning, he purposely made a large circle to the east in order to prevent further complications, he didn't expect that there were still people thinking about him.

He had no choice but to stop the carriage and horses, and told Jing Gule not to show his face in the carriage.When Zhu Linmi came close, he hurriedly led his entourage to kneel down and bow, "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Chen Wang."

Zhu Linming asked Lin Yuji and the others to get up, but she didn't see the Jian prisoner, so she said to Lin Yuji, "Master Lin, did you bring a Jian prisoner with you in your convoy?"

"Oh, that's the begging envoy, Jing Gule." Lin Yuji said hurriedly, "You lowly people should not appear in front of His Highness."

"Begging to surrender?" Zhu Linmi stared at Lin Yuji and asked, "Who surrendered?"

Lin Mei clasped his hands and said, "Your Highness may not have heard that Jiang Zhengxi Jiang Zongbing defeated the main force of Boluo in Yanpingnan and killed more than ten thousand enemies.

"Naboluo was terrified by our heavenly army. In addition to the shortage of food and grass, he had to send envoys to beg for a surrender. The officer is about to go to Huizhou with Mr. Lin to discuss the surrender with the captive Dorgon."

Hearing this, Zhu Linmei couldn't help squinting her eyes. He still knew Jiang Zhengxi's combat effectiveness. He once led 2000 troops to escort him, but he was defeated by Li Chengdong's [-] or [-] cavalry.This time he showed his might and defeated Boluo's tens of thousands of troops in one fell swoop?This is so unreasonable.

He asked Lin Mei again, "I don't know how many troops Mr. Jiang led to defeat the enemy?"

"According to the Dibao, there are six thousand elite soldiers."

(End of this chapter)