Li Zicheng!

When King Fu Zhu Changxun heard these three words, he panicked in his heart! It was as if this man named Li Zicheng was his nemesis, even more terrifying than the young emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty who was sharpening his sword to kill Zhu Changxun!

But Zhu Changxun himself didn't understand why he should be afraid of a mere pro-army commander, Qian, who was in front of a tent. No matter how downcast he was, he was still a dignified Ming vassal king, and he was also a close vassal king. Even if he was afraid, he should be afraid of the young emperor Zhu Youjian.

ah!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?" Li Zicheng came over with a big unshaven face and asked with concern. Only then did Zhu Changxun realize that he had followed Li Zicheng to the gate of a mansion in Nanhaizi Castle in a state of confusion.

outside.

The city wall of Nanhaizi Castle is surrounded by the Nanhaizi Military Camp, which originally had many buildings and government offices. In recent months, some renovations and additions have been made, and high walls are used to separate these buildings and government offices into two or three.

There are hundreds of courtyards, large and small. When the Hou Jin Army entered the entrance, tens of thousands of family members of the former army were squeezed in here. But now most of these family members of the former army have gone back to their homes, and most of the courtyards are empty.

came out. Only a few courtyards were occupied by a regiment of Zhangqian Army guarding the Nanhaizi Army Camp - the Zhangqian Army was originally the Eighth Regiment, and later expanded to another regiment in Datong, and now it is the Ninth Regiment, and there is also a directly affiliated team, a total of one

More than 2,000 people.

However, these more than 12,000 people are not in the camp at all times, but in rotation. They will only be gathered together during war. It is not war time, so the total strength gathered is only three regiments, of which two regiments follow

Zhu Youjian and his regiment stayed in Nanhaizi.

Those who stayed in Nanhaizi to garrison these days were a regiment commanded by Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang. Therefore, when King Fu's family arrived, Wu Xiang also arranged accommodation for them.

Wu Xiang was a tactful person and did not want to offend the seemingly downtrodden King Fu, so he arranged a spacious and bright mansion for King Fu and his family, and also sent several warriors in front of the tent to stand guard at the door of the mansion.

Now Li Zicheng, Prince Fu Zhu Changxun, Prince Fu's eldest son Zhu Yousong, Prince Yingchong Zhu Youqu, Prince Dehuai Zhu Youhua, and eunuch chief eunuch Wang Changchun of Prince Fu's Mansion and others arrived outside the mansion. The door of the mansion has been opened, and

Prince Fu Zhu Changxun stood in a daze at the gate. The people around him who came out of Prince Fu's Mansion all looked at their prince. They all looked frightened and uneasy. They did not dare or could not bear to urge the prince who was already standing in front of the gate of hell to move forward.

step.

Li Zicheng looked at Prince Fu's distraught look and sympathized with him, so he smiled and said to him: "Your Majesty, please come in... Although this residence is not as good as the Luoyang Palace, it is already in Nanhaizi."

Forget it, if the prince is not used to living there, then go and tell the prince to find another house for him."

"No need, it's very nice here." King Fu said as he thought: If I change houses again, I'm afraid I'll have to search among the high walls of Fengyang!

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "My lord, you have to pay for the food and clothing in the house out of your own pocket. However, it is inconvenient for the people in the palace to go out of the city, so you can ask your subordinates to buy it for you."

"General Li," Wang Changchun, the old eunuch of Prince Fu's Mansion, interjected, "do you mean that the prince will be locked up now?"

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Your Majesty gave a verbal order on the way to Beijing... Actually, this is also to protect your Majesty! This incident involves many people, and these are not good people. I am afraid it will be detrimental to Your Majesty.

, it’s better to be careful.”

Old Eunuch Wang still wanted to speak, but Prince Fu Zhu Changxun said: "Then General Lao will be here." As he spoke, he winked at Old Eunuch Wang, who immediately took out a gold ingot and quietly handed it to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng smiled boldly, but did not go to pick up the ingot. He just smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. E Lao Li is lucky enough to marry the daughter of a branch of the Zhou Palace. His father-in-law is in the same generation. After all, E Lao Li is still the prince's.

As for my cousin-in-law, I should take care of the prince."

Well, Li Zicheng has become Zhu Changxun's cousin-in-law... The fate between the two is really not shallow!

After Zhu Changxun heard what Li Zicheng said, he also felt that the fierce-looking military commander Qian Qian in front of the tent was getting closer to him, so he asked: "General, Xiao Wang has a doubt in his mind. I wonder if I can ask for advice..."

At this point, Zhu Changxun hesitated and stopped talking.

Li Zicheng was also a smart man. Of course he knew what Zhu Changxun wanted to ask, so he smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. Your Majesty knows that Your Majesty has always been law-abiding. He was just born in an emperor's family, and he was so favored by the temple grandfather...

...So Your Majesty will definitely save Your Majesty’s life.”

Just save your life?

Zhu Changxun sighed, stepped forward, and walked into the mansion Wu Xiang arranged for himself.

...

On the other side, Zhu Youjian was hosting a banquet in the main hall of Nanhaizi Palace to entertain the ministers who had accompanied him to welcome King Fu, as well as Zhang Weixian, Luo Sigong, Luo Yangxing, Liu Chao and others who had escorted King Fu from Luoyang.

It was said to be a banquet, but in fact there was nothing good to eat or drink. The cook from the cavalry regiment in front of the tent led by Wu Xiang prepared some food and wine, which was nothing more than large pieces of meat, large bowls of wine, and large basins.

Packed white flour steamed buns.

Zhu Youjian's food is quite delicious. As a brave emperor, he must maintain a high intensity of exercise. He consumes more and has a better appetite.

But the ministers in the main hall had no appetite.

Because King Fu arrived at Nanhaizi Castle, it meant that a storm sweeping the court and inner court was about to come!

The situation now is very different from that of more than a year ago!

The combat effectiveness of Zhangqian Army has been tested in two wars and proved to be comparable to Hou Jin's Eight Banners Army. Moreover, he also used these two wars to control the three towns of Datong, Xuanfu, and Changping, and also established several armies.

Regiment training.

The Beijing camp soldiers and Changzhen soldiers under the control of Beijing Xungui have all "settled their accounts", and the remaining ones have nothing to do. Now there are only more than 30,000 Jinyi guards in Beijing who can still be considered a force.

But it is impossible to fight against the force controlled by Zhu Youjian.

So Zhu Youjian already has the strength to fully control Beizhili!

That's right, Zhu Youjian's current goal is only Beizhili... not the entire north or the entire world!

Because he is very clear about the difference between actual control and nominal possession. In his previous life, he nominally owned the entire world, but what about in reality? Not to mention the entire Beizhili, his orders had to be severely discounted in the Forbidden City.

And his enemies, whether they are Eastern captives or Western bandits, although their nominal territory and population cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty, their actual base is larger than that of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, in his Ming Dynasty, there was no possibility of pacifying the captives and destroying the thieves.

As for the traitor... By coercing the northerners to go south, suppressing the nobles of Nanjing, and subsequently allocating land and residences, the population and land he obtained were almost the same as those of the Western bandits and Eastern captives.

It is precisely because of these basic bases that Nizi can continuously extract wealth from the eight prosperous southeastern provinces and build his own powerful armed forces.

Zhu Youjian, who has studied with Nizi for more than fifty years, now of course knows where he was in his previous life. It is not a "subjugated minister", nor a "rotten root", or even endless natural disasters, but him

This emperor has no roots at all!

If the 74 Guards of Northern Zhili and the 300,000 military households are still in the hands of his emperor, he can gather 340,000 to 400,000 fully armed squadrons with just one order. This is considered "rooted".

Only when it has roots can it be said whether it is rotten or not.

And today's Zhu Youjian can only be said to have a little bit of roots...but he is far from being able to control the 70 or 80 guards and hundreds of thousands of military households in Gyeonggi Province.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian's current goal is only a corner of Beizhili. With this corner, the great world can have roots.
Chapter completed!