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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of the Shenwu year of the Ming Dynasty, this day was the Shangyuan Festival, which is the Lantern Festival in later generations, but it is called the Shangyuan Festival among intellectuals.

Although the world is in chaos now, several provinces in the north are still under the control of the Qing Dynasty, and several provinces in the south, including Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, are still under the hands of King Zhu Youlang, but after all, the Ming Dynasty nominally possessed half of the country, and it was the first Shangyuan Festival for Zhu Hongsan to seize the old capital, so it naturally had to be held. The court allocated 100,000 silver dollars to hold a cruise lantern festival on the Qinhuai River. Nanjing did not suffer any military disasters, the basic population was still there, and the rich people in the city did not suffer any losses, so this Shangyuan Lantern Festival was crowded, and there was a shadow of prosperity in Nanjing for a while.

Zhu Hongsan did not enjoy the people. He wanted to hold a banquet in the palace to appease the only princes of the Ming Dynasty, and was also a warlord in the actual sense, including Li Chengdong, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren.

After Li Chengdong was broken into Nanjing, Zhu Hongsan was left in Nanjing. On the surface, it was said that his cavalry was used to ensure the safety of the capital, but anyone with discerning eyes knew that Zhu Hongsan's new army had three divisions in Nanjing, with nearly 50,000 troops, and there were three divisions in Yangzhou. Li Chengdong needed to help him. Leaving Li Chengdong was actually Zhu Hongsan who fell in love with his cavalry and was preparing to form his own cavalry team.

Of course, Li Chengdong knew that he was not a fool, but his 27,000 cavalry garrison was between Qian Yong's two divisions, and he could not move at all. In the end, Li Chengdong could only hope for Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren who had just arrived, hoping that they could say a few words for him.

Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren arrived on the 14th day of the first lunar month, but they did not come by themselves, but brought all their troops. Zhu Hongsan's imperial edict was to let them move to Yangzhou, and be under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Governor Ma Jiyuan, and be prepared to conquer Shandong and Henan. Jin Shenghuan followed Zuo Liangyu to fight in Henan for many years, and Wang Deren was a bandit. Now he asked himself to return to the north, smiling one by one, and he also returned to Jin Shenghuan's in-laws Ma Jiyuan. He did not doubt that he had brought all his troops to Nanjing, a total of 400,000 people.

Jiangxi is a province with a large population. As Zuo Liangyu's general, Jin Shenghuan of course had to try his best to expand his troops. In less than half a year, Jin Shenghuan captured nearly 300,000 men near Nanchang. In addition, his original troops formed an army of 300,000, which was known as 600,000. Wang Deren was about the same, and had built 100,000 people in Jiujiang, claiming to be 200,000. After receiving the emperor's imperial edict, the two immediately led all their men and horses along the Yangtze River to the periphery of Nanjing. Because there were too many people, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren had already arrived in Nanjing. Some of the troops remained in Jiangxi and did not set off, but there were more than 300,000 people to Nanjing.

Originally, Li Chengdong was waiting for the two princes to come to discuss with them, but when he saw these two idiots bringing so many people to Nanjing, he quickly gave up his thoughts.

Li Chengdong's son Li Yuanyin asked in an unknown way: "Father, aren't you going to meet Jin Shenghuan and the others? Why don't you go?"

Li Chengdong curled his lips and sneered: "What do these two idiots want to do when bringing so many wastes to the capital? Could it be that they are here to force the palace? Look, with the means of that foolish monarch, you must not let these two idiots go!"

Just as Li Chengdong was waiting to watch the show, news came from the palace that on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the emperor wanted to host the three princes, saying that he wanted to thank the three for their achievements anyway, and asked them to bring all their female relatives with him, and the imperial concubine would host the female relatives in the inner palace.

Li Chengdong took the imperial edict and directly inmates. He would not have wanted to take this opportunity to kill his family! But it was impossible to think about it again. Even if Jin Shenghuan and his army were all peasants, the number was too much higher than that of the Ming army, and the emperor was not sure that he would not dare to take action. Li Chengdong thought about it and thought that there should be no problem, so he asked Li Yuanyin and his wife to prepare for a good evening to go to the banquet.

The emperor naturally did not dare to go late when he treated Li Chengdong. He brought gifts to the palace before afternoon. Li Chengdong rushed to Hongwu Gate and found that he was the first to come. Neither King of Jin arrived. After checking the waist card, the Jinyiwei at the door put Li Chengdong and Li Yuanyin's family into the palace. Zhu Yu was a regular guest in the palace. He talked to Li Chengdong and his son and took his son to the harem to pay homage to his mother. Under the leadership of the little eunuch, Li Chengdong and his son passed through the three halls and entered the square outside the Ganqing Palace through Jingyun Gate and Rijing Gate.

As a native of the countryside, Li Chengdong had come to the palace. He used to think that the palace must be magnificent and the ground was covered with gold bricks. Unexpectedly, the Nanjing Palace was dilapidated, and the Fengtian Palace, one of the three major halls, was still covered with rubble. Li Chengdong rolled his eyes.

Li Chengdong whispered to his son: "Child, it seems that the emperor is not very happy. His house is destroyed and he has no money to repair it!"

Li Yuanyin is different from Li Chengdong. He is quite a bit of culture. He knows that the Fengtian Palace in Nanjing was burned down by heavenly fire during the Zhengtong period and has no money to build it. The current emperor has no money, so he naturally maintains the original ecology.

Li Yuanyin told his father what he knew. After hearing this, Li Chengdong curled his lips. The foolish lord didn't expect that he could really endure it!

The Jingyun Gate and Longzong Gate behind the three main halls are important gateways to the square in front of the Ganqing Palace. Here you can lead to the outer court middle road and the inner court middle road, so it is also called the "forbidden gate". From the prince below, the third rank of civil servants, the second rank of military officials and the people led by the inner court officials, they are only allowed to stop twenty steps outside the steps outside the door, and it is strictly forbidden to enter without entering. Here it can be said that they have entered the harem, so there are officers and soldiers of the imperial guard division with live ammunition standing in front of the Jingyun Gate.

When you enter the Rijing* Gate, you enter the Ganqing Palace. Crown Prince Zhu Hai has received the news to welcome the father and son at the door.

Li Chengdong saw a young man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe standing at the door, smiling and recognizing that he was the crown prince. Li Chengdong took Li Yuanyin and hurried forward and prepared to kneel down to salute.

Zhu Hai quickly stepped forward to support him and said, "Uncle, don't be with me. We are all a family. The one behind us must be my brother-in-law Li Yuanyin! It's true that he is a talented person!"

Li Chengdong killed Zhu Hai's mother Ma Xiaofang with his own hands. He knew that he and the prince could not resolve their grudges, but when he saw Zhu Hai's expressionlessness, he sighed in his heart: I didn't expect that Zhu Hongsan's son was so powerful, and he smiled without showing his expression. He really had any father and I had any kind of father!

In fact, Li Chengdong was thinking a little bit, how could Zhu Hai not hate Li Chengdong? But Zhu Hongsan issued a strict order to him and was not allowed to mention Ma Xiaofang's affairs. Zhu Hai had no choice but to be slandered Li Chengdong.

"Uncle Wang, I didn't expect you to come so early and no one else arrived. Please come in quickly. I'm going to the side palace to rest first!" After Zhu Hai said that, he pulled Li Chengdong into the Rijing Gate and came to the side palace of the Ganqing Palace to rest.

The Ganqing Palace is not as dilapidated as the three halls outside. It is Zhu Hongsan's home here. If you want to save here, you will lose the dignity of the country. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan himself paid money to paint several major palaces in the Ganqing Palace and the harem, which is considered to be a New Year. However, it only painted the exterior walls and the interior has not been renovated, so the environment in the side hall is not very good. The red paint of several pillars is mottled, revealing the primer below, which is completely golden and jade.

Zhu Hai smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Uncle should not be seen. My father said that it is a time of national crisis and we must share the hardships with all the people in the country. The palace has not been renovated, which makes the emperor laugh!"

"Where is it? This is the image of a benevolent king. Xiao Wang looked up and dared to make jokes!"

Zhu Hai pulled Li Chengdong down and started chatting with him and his father and son. The banquet was scheduled for the hour of You in the evening, and there were two more hours left.

After a while, a little eunuch was circulating a message outside, and the Prince of Wuchang and the Prince of Jiujiang came. Zhu Hai stood up and smiled and said, "Uncle Wang and his brother-in-law sit for a moment, I will go out to greet you!"

Li Chengdong looked at Zhu Hai going out and whispered to his son Li Yuanyin: "This prince is not simple. Have you ever seen the King of Chu, look at who they are more powerful?"

Because of Zhu Yu's relationship, Li Yuanyin had a good relationship with King Zhu Huai of Chu. In addition, Zhu Huai wanted to make friends with such a general who led the army, so he naturally turned around and made friends. Therefore, Li Yuanyin had a good impression of Zhu Huai.

"Father, the King of Chu is not as handsome as the prince, but he is also amiable!"

When Li Yuanyin said this, Li Chengdong sighed in his heart. He had met the King of Chu. He smiled and was kind on the surface, but he looked like a smile on his face and was full of bad water. His son was always in the army and he was still a little short of time. I don’t know how Zhu Hongsan gave birth to him. These sons were not incompetent. You should know that the prince was only seventeen years old and the King of Chu was only fifteen years old.

Just as Li Chengdong was slandering him, Zhu Hai and several people walked into the side hall at the door.

When Li Chengdong saw that the leader was a man in his forties, with a beard and wearing a four-clawed green dragon suit. The man was followed by a man with a short figure and a small hole on his face, as if he was hit by iron sand from a musket. He had two tufts of red hair on both sides of his cheeks. This guy showed fierce eyes, and he was obviously not a good person.

In the end, this guy, Li Chengdong, recognized that it was Wang Deren, the general under Li Zicheng's general Bai Wang. Because of those two tufts of red hair, he was nicknamed Wang Zamao.

Li Chengdong was Gao Jie's subordinate at that time, and Wang Deren was Bai Wang's subordinate. The two had no close friends, but they had met several times. Bai Wang was not as high as Gao Jie's position at that time, so Li Chengdong looked down on Wang Deren. However, when Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing were discovered by Li Chengdong, there was no way to avoid Gao Jie's robbery. This separation lasted for ten years to meet.
Chapter completed!