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Chapter 38 Chongzhen's Will

In September of the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Mianhu Village, the ancient city in the western part of Jieyang County, was already a military city.

This city, located on the south bank of Nanxi, Rongjiang River, was built in the second year of Taiping Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was an important town in Jiexi since the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. When the wheel of history rolled to the early years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, because the coastal migration boundary was cut off, the Mianhu Village, which was guarding the Nanxi Waterway and Danan Mountain, became an important town in the direction of Huizhou Prefecture, which was almost the west gate of Chaozhou Prefecture.

Shang Zhixin, who sent troops from Guangzhou Prefecture to suppress the Third Prince of Zhu, and his 1,000 flag soldiers, 1,000 flag slaves, and 3,000 green camp soldiers, are now stationed in Mianhu Town, which immediately makes this prosperous and lively western gate of Chaozhou a mess.

Wang Deping, the roadmaster of Chaojiahui Road, Xue Zhang, the prefect of Chaozhou, and Fengmingshan, the magistrate of Jieyang County, all gathered in Mianhu Village to provide full support for the five thousand master soldiers of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion.

These veterans from Guangzhou Prefecture said they were here to suppress Prince Zhu San, but they just left the capital of Guiyu, but they didn't fight, but wanted to go to Dananshan to copy Prince Zhu San's nest.

This vast mountain is more than a hundred miles north and south, dozens of miles east and west, and is densely forested and sparsely populated. Without a leader, you will get lost as soon as you enter the mountain. And no one in the Chaozhou government knows where Tianwang Village is?

Therefore, people like Wang Deping, Xue Zhang, and Fengmingshan advised Shang Zhixin not to enter the mountain blindly.

But Shang Zhixin ignored it at all. Six days ago, he took four or five thousand people and swayed to Danan Mountain.

Wang Deping, Xue Zhang and Fengmingshan thought that Shang Zhixin would suffer in the mountains this time, but beyond their expectations, Shang Zhixin actually returned with his army three days ago... And looking at their appearance, they were all clear and green, and they didn't look like they had suffered in the mountains at all.

However, Shang Zhixin claimed that he had won a great victory in this battle, broke the Tianwang Village, killed 300 enemies, and seized the waist card, gold seal, python robe, jade letter and Emperor Chongzhen's imperial pen secret order!

In other words, Shang Zhixin got the ironclad evidence that Zhu Jushan was the third prince of Zhu after a trip!

But when he went there and chopped people and got things, it would be done in three days?

This is too fast, right?

Although the flag soldiers and flag soldiers of the Pingnan Prince’s Mansion are all "heavenly soldiers", they are not that powerful!

However, in today's Guangdong, no one dares to question Shang Zhixin... That's the "Uncle Shang" of Emperor Kangxi! Questioning him to be cheated and move with caution!

Besides, Wang Deping, Xue Zhang, Fengmingshan and the others were also hoping that there would be some ironclad evidence to make Zhu Jushan’s identity as the third prince Zhu.

Because they had received the news, the emperor had sent two imperial envoys to Guangdong to handle the case of Prince Zhu San.

If the Third Prince Zhu was found to be a fake, then the next step might be to investigate the case of Wang Deping, Xue Zhang, Fengming Mountain and Deng Guangming, who surrounded the capital of Guiyu, deceiving the emperor and the emperor.

Therefore, they would not expose Shang Zhixin’s fake role in encirclement and suppression of Dananshan. Not only would they not expose it, but they would also try their best to help Shang Zhixin promote it!

Therefore, most of Chaozhou now know that Shang Zhixin had confiscated Prince Zhu's nest in Dananshan... Except for the rebels and their families who lived in the Tianwang Village, they knew nothing, and they had never seen Shang Zhixin's army.

However, the little Holy Lord Kangxi, who was far away in Beijing, could not see these bandits in the Great South Mountains. He could only learn about the truth about the third prince of Chaozhou through two imperial envoys and a third-class guard.

Yang Qilong, who was responsible for providing the most true truth to Emperor Kangxi, has now taken Wu Yingxiong's handwritten letter to Shang Zhixin's central army, a mansion located in Mianhu Village.

This Yang Qilong was dressed as a master of priests. In a hall where there were no idle people waiting, he drank tea and asked Shang Zhixin for the "truth".

"Donald Altan, I heard that you got the waist card, gold seal, python robe, jade letter and Emperor Chongzhen's imperial pen secret in Danan Mountain? Can I let me take a look at you?"

The great monk Yang Qilong has been living in the upper class of Beijing for many years, and his way of making friends with powerful people is to play arts, calligraphy and paintings.

It is the tenth year of Kangxi. Although it is quite chaotic in Guangdong and Fujian, Beijing has long been in peace.

What about Taiping Tibetan antiques!

This group of old men in Beijing are not fighting much now, and they have more and more ways to make money, so they naturally have to spend money.

However, these people have not yet fallen to the point of lifting cages and smoking cigarettes, otherwise the Three Feudal Rebellion in history would have turned into the Three Feudal Revolution.

Their old men are now interested in making their house more decent and giving their descendants more literary, calligraphy and painting - otherwise what will those prodigal sons lose in the future?

When buying calligraphy, painting and art, of course, I have to find someone... Yang Qilong often takes advantage of this group of wealthy and powerful men, and he also sees it very accurately and has a good reputation.

"Okay!" Shang Zhixin nodded with a smile, and then called his confidant, "Come on, go and take the waist card, golden seal, python robe, jade note and Emperor Chongzhen's imperial pen secret order to Master Long!"

"Yeah!"

A guard from the Pingnan Prince's Mansion responded, then turned around and left immediately. After a while, he held a large plate of "truth" and placed it on the coffee table between Shang Zhixin and Yang Qilong.

I have to say that Shang Zhixin still puts his thoughts on it, and the "truth" he has created is so much like the "truth" produced by Yu Erye of Haimen Port.

Among them, the waist cards, gold seals, and python robe are all at the point where they can be real!

However, there is still some problem with the jade letter and Emperor Chongzhen’s imperial edict. If you really get it to Beijing for Emperor Kangxi, you will definitely be seen through.

Fortunately, Yang Qilong came south with the "truth"... The "truth" he and Wu Yingxiong got in Beijing is much more than Shang Zhixin got in Guangzhou!

"Mr. Altan, please take a look at this first!" As he said that, Yang Qilong carefully took out a hard-skinned gold-clad, bright yellow satin fold from his arms, held it in both hands, placed it on the table, and clicked it with his hands before pushing it to Shang Zhixin.

"Yu Di?" Shang Zhixin's eyes lit up and he hurriedly held up his hands and looked carefully. It was read: Zhu Cijiong, his biological mother, Empress Zhou, and was born in the third year of the fourth year of Chongzhen. Liu Wang, the Wenpo of Chuxiu Palace, Li Zengyun, and Guo An were present. Jiaodong Factory, Jinyiwei and the queen each kept one, and archived according to the rules.

"This is..." Shang Zhixin looked at Yang Qilong.

Yang Qilong smiled and said, "This is true! It was leaked from the East Factory during the demise of the Ming Dynasty... The one archived by the Jinyiwei was handed over to the Thirteenth Yamen by Luo Yangxing (the commander of the Jinyiwei)."

"Thank you, thank you!" Shang Zhixin immediately stood up and fisted to thank him.

Because the jade certificate he prepared may be fine in Guangdong, so he went to Beijing to compare it with the real one, which would make the soup leak.

"Mr. Altan, the secret you prepared is not good either," Yang Qilong took out a scroll wrapped in yellow cloth and handed it to Shang Zhixin with both hands, "Look at this... this is real, it's like a fake one!"

Shang Zhixin took the scroll and opened it. The color changed drastically and he stuttered: "This...this is true?"

Yang Qilong smiled and said, "If this weren't true, could I still forge one by myself?"

Shang Zhixin continued to stutter, "If you want to hand over this, you won't be confused? Does Wu Yingxiong know?"

Yang Qilong smiled even brighter and asked Shang Zhixin: "Donald Altan, where do you think I got this Chongzhen decree?"

"Cococo...but why did Wu Yingxiong take it out?" Shang Zhixin asked, "Are he not afraid that Long Sui's suspicion of his family?"

Yang Qilong laughed: "Isn't you suspicious of King Pingxi now? It's not certain that you really break up in the future! If you can pass on this Chongzhen imperial edict through the Qing court, then King Pingxi will have a great reputation for rebellion!"

Shang Zhixin murmured to himself: "So Ping, King Pingxi really wants to rebel!"
Chapter completed!
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