Chapter 148: The most unpredictable thing is the human heart
Forty thousand troops, as well as many officials from the DPRK and the Central Government, set out from Fuzhou with the fleet and quickly headed south to Quanzhou Prefecture. On the way, they received news that Jin Jun and Yang Chang each led 10,000 people and marched according to tactics. They were already heading to Dehua and Quanzhou.
On the way to immortality.
After receiving intelligence, Zhu Jianji led three regiments and battalions to settle in Yongchun.
Everything is according to plan.
The army arrived in Quanzhou.
The 40,000-strong army quickly joined the defenders of Quanzhou Prefecture and Chengde. Zhu Zunxi and Zhu Qizhen then entered the city. They called Chengde to ask questions and learned that Wu An and Yu Qian were fighting in Funing, and it was difficult to tell who was superior.
Jianning Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture each had 10,000 garrison troops guarding the defense line. The two cities became like nails, nailed to the defense line, preventing the two enemy armies from advancing at all.
Zhu Jianji was still in Yongchun and sent two lines of troops, each with 3,000 men as vanguards. He tentatively attacked Xianyou and Dehua. When he found that there were heavy troops garrisoned, he immediately retreated to Yongchun and turned into a cow.
Zhu Zunxi and Zhu Qizhen were both overjoyed.
The encirclement situation has taken shape.
The army only needed to rest for one day and one night before marching to Yongchun.
Zhu Jianji can’t fly without wings!
The shadow of the candle swayed, and Zhu Zunxi slowly sipped the wine with a relaxed and comfortable expression. He looked at Xie Wan standing aside and said with a smile: "After capturing Zhu Jianji alive, what's our next step?"
Xie Wan smiled and said: "Zhu Qiyu only has one son, Zhu Jianji. Once he is captured, Zhu Qiyu will definitely ask Yu Qian to withdraw his army from Fujian, forming a confrontation."
He added: "When the time comes, we can ask Baozong to die again, and send Baozong's body back to Beijing. In front of everyone in the world, we can slap Zhu Qiyu in the face so hard that he will lose all his imperial power!"
Zhu Zunxi hummed, "That's a good idea, but Zhu Jianji is just a prince after all. When the Baozong went hunting for Wala in the north, Yu Qian and Queen Mother Sun immediately supported Zhu Qiyu as the throne, making the Baozong lose their value. I'm afraid they can do the same thing again now.
Don’t forget, Concubine Tang is about to give birth. If a prince is born, wouldn’t it be possible to establish a new heir apparent? By then, Zhu Jianji will have lost his value.”
Xie Wan pondered for a moment, "That's why Your Highness needs to write a secret letter immediately and send it to Gyeonggi, so that our chess pieces in the court can take action as soon as possible. We must not let Concubine Tang give birth to a prince."
Zhu Zunxi shook his head, "The Forbidden City has been cleaned many times by Zhu Qiyu and his son. We no longer have chess pieces in the palace, and the chess pieces in the court cannot reach the harem."
This operation is not possible.
Xie Wan was confident, "His Royal Highness's chess pieces cannot touch the harem, but someone can, Hang Yu and Hang Min, don't forget, Zhu Jianji's biological mother is Queen Hang. If Zhu Jianji is deposed, will Queen Hang become the next Queen Wang?"
, Under such a situation, will Queen Hang prevent Concubine Tang from giving birth?"
The foundation of the Hang family's relationship was the prince Zhu Jianji.
Zhu Zunxi laughed and said, "I'm prepared for the Crouching Dragon, but I'm alone and thank you late!"
Great idea!
Xie Wan immediately took a step forward, about to sharpen the ink, but Zhu Zunxi shook his head.
How can I write a letter about this kind of thing?
After walking out of the door, he whispered these instructions to a middle-aged man wearing a sword. The middle-aged man immediately went out and came back not long after, saying: "Your Highness, someone has already sent someone to notify Beijing."
Zhu Zunxi nodded, "Let's go down first."
Xie Wan looked at this scene, with a flash of displeasure in his eyes, and a sense of loss that he was not trusted. As long as it involved the chess pieces in the Beijing court, Zhu Zunxi never let him participate.
Zhu Zunxi did not notice Xie Wan's disappointment and said: "If Zhu Qiyu never gives birth to a son, Zhu Jianji will always be the prince, and then they will never dare to attack us."
Zhu Jianji is equivalent to a hostage.
Xie Wan knew what Zhu Zunxi meant and smiled sinisterly, "When the North and the South confront each other, it would be best if there are local governors and political envoys to respond. They can join forces to expand their sphere of influence. If not, it doesn't matter. Let's sit down
With the five major ports of Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xinghua, Zhangzhou and Funing in Fujian, we can increase the scale of overseas smuggling. With enough funds, we can expand our army more aggressively. Once the Mobei Yi tribe disturbs the border or invades south, we will
We can take the opportunity to go north, gradually encroach, and finally occupy Nanjing. At that time..."
Zhu Zunxi's face flushed and she looked extremely excited, "We are sitting on the fertility of the south of the Yangtze River. As long as we ensure the interests of the nobles and nobles, we will get more support. Once the time is right, we can annex the north!"
It only took Zhu Di two or three years to fight from the north to the south.
Because the northern soldiers are fierce.
It may take longer to fight from the south to the north, but the advantage is that the south is rich and fertile, and it is a place where the Beijing court has poor control. I am afraid that I have greater hope than Zhu Di!
Xie Wan smiled proudly, "By then, Your Highness - no, by then, Your Majesty will be able to fulfill His Majesty Jianwen's wish and become a truly wise king in this great world of tomorrow!"
Baozong can't live long.
When Zhu Zunxi heard Xie Wan calling him your majesty, his whole body floated. He raised his head and laughed. After laughing, he said to Xie Wan: "Xie Wan, let me have a few drinks with you!"
Xie Wan knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. There is no one here at this time. It is inappropriate to claim to be an aloof. It loses the authority of the emperor. You should call yourself me."
The flattery made a loud noise.
Zhu Zunxi became even more happy.
Got a little drunk.
I don't dare to get drunk. I will send troops to Yongchun tomorrow afternoon to launch a siege on Zhu Jianji. We can't miss this important event.
It's getting late.
Xie Wan came out of Zhu Zunxi's room and looked up at the sky. The winter moon was extremely cool, and there should be frost tomorrow.
It will be very cold.
But Xie Wan's heart was very hot.
Not because he helped Zhu Zunxi take the first step successfully, but because...
Xie Wan looked back at the room.
A sarcastic smile flashed in his eyes.
If Baozong has a good eye but a weak hand, Zhu Zunxi is not even worthy of these four words. He can only make some money by engaging in overseas smuggling with the help of the old monk's help, and he can't even engage in conspiracy.
If he hadn't been the grandson of the old monk, he would have died a thousand times ago with his little ability and character.
Just like this... still want to restore the country?
I really don’t know how high the sky is and think that rebellion is just a matter of words. I think that if you have money, you can do whatever you want. Well, you can indeed do whatever you want, but in front of the imperial power, no matter how much money you have, it is worthless!
Zhu Jianji dared to fight in person, so he would be surrounded so easily?
Do you really think that His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty is a mediocre person like Bao Zong? Do you really think that Zhu Qiyu, who has been emperor for nine years, is still the benevolent king before Shi Heng's turmoil?
Thinking too much.
Never underestimate the emperor and prince who dared to force the queen mother to death and put down two turmoils in a row!
Xie Wan snorted in her heart.
Although he was just a failed scholar, he could see more clearly than anyone else that no matter how much Zhu Zunxi used him, no matter how ingenious his strategy was, there was an unchangeable fatal weakness: Jianwen had lost the hearts of the people.
Despite the current momentum, in fact, people in the Fujian puppet regime's court are widely dispersed. Who is not using this turmoil as a springboard? Those nobles are even using this opportunity to solve the hidden dangers of overseas smuggling and prevent being severely investigated by the Beijing court.
Don’t you see that most of the noble clansmen who serve as officials are responsible for overseas smuggling?
This is called a strong man breaking his arm!
Not to mention the gentry, even the old ministers of the old monk... well, strictly speaking, there are no old ministers anymore, they are all dead, and the remnants of Jianwen are the descendants of those old ministers.
Which of these descendants is not harboring evil intentions and secretly looking for a way out?
As for the Fujian capital, 70,000 to 80,000 people all followed you, Zhu Zunxi, and Zhu Qizhen to rebel. This was very abnormal in itself, not to mention that Wu An was the elder brother of Empress Dowager Wu.
Those who are really willing to follow the rebellion are officials like the prefect of Quanzhou, who are bound to lose their heads if the Beijing court investigates them because they are involved in overseas smuggling. But what big things can this group of people achieve?
The Qiqing meeting was as noisy as a vegetable market, which was really insulting to the gentlemen!
Years of luxury and debauchery have turned these people into incompetent worms. What else can they do besides making money?
There are also talents.
For example, Fuzhou magistrate Tongzhi Li Dingxiu, this person has never been complicit, but he does not hinder everyone's making money, and no one can get by without being offended. However, Xie Wan knows that when Yu Qian came to patrol Fujian, he was the person who secretly contacted him to help Yu Qian investigate the treasure ship.
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There are not many such people.
So following Zhu Zunxi will lead to death sooner or later.
Xie Wan is still young.
As long as you find the right person, sooner or later you will be able to rank among the top seven ministers and bring glory to your ancestors.
Hu Hui had been looking for Emperor Jianwen for ten years, and now he has been the Minister of Rites for decades.
Good deal.
If he could be like Hu Hui, Xie Wan would even spend twenty years!
Xie Wan had no chance before, but after supporting the Baozong Fengtian Jingnan, he finally came into contact with a powerful force that could ride the wind to the top, so he had already found another way out!
With a chuckle, he walked into the darkness and headed straight for the place where Zhu Qizhen lived.
