The news that Zhu Hongsan won the victory in the southwest was December 25, and he still used 800 miles to exchange horses and not replace people to send him from Yunnan to Beijing. He ran for half a month. So when Zhu Hongsan announced the imperial envoy to Kunming, Yunnan, it was already February of the 11th year of Shenwu, and the imperial envoy left for two months.

Zhu Youlang had lived in Kunming for more than three months at this time, and he was really frightened after these three months. Nanming was a very strange dynasty. At the end of other dynasties, the emperor was incompetent, civil officials were corrupt, and military generals were afraid of death. In the end, the entire dynasty was corrupt, and the country was destroyed.

However, since Hongguang, these emperors in the Southern Ming Dynasty did not have particularly bad emperors. Although Hongguang himself was lustful and loved to listen to operas, the government was not confused. He relied on all the government affairs by the old bureaucrat Ma Shiying, and his military affairs were even more on the four towns in Jiangbei.

Emperor Longwu Zhu Youjian was even more diligent. When he heard that the military and civilians who were forced to shave their heads by the Qing Dynasty were often killed by the Southern Ming official army, he issued a special edict saying that "if you have a chance to follow the people, if you don't have a chance to be a refugee", and it is strictly forbidden to commit slaughter indiscriminately.

The Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang was the same. Although he was a little timid and afraid of death, he was never confused about major issues. He cultivated the Chu Party and the Zhejiang Party in the cabinet to restrain each other. If Zhu Youlang had not fought with Emperor Shaowu in the early stage and was defeated by Li Chengdong to repel Yunnan and Guizhou, which was widely and sparsely populated, if Zhu Youlang occupied the prosperous Guangdong, or had the blessing of Guang occupied the entire Jiangnan, Zhu Youlang had Li Dingguo in charge of military affairs outside, and there were Ding Kuichu, Lu Daqi, Qu Shisi and other professional bureaucrats in charge of government affairs inside, it would be very likely that he would have accomplished.

Although Zhu Youlang is not very knowledgeable and a little timid, he is definitely not stupid. He knows that there are not any of the last emperors in history who have a good end, not to mention that he has fallen into the hands of his clan Zhu Hongsan. His own people have always been able to deal with his own people. Therefore, although Zhu Youlang has no worries about food and clothing in the past three months and has lost the fear of being in Myanmar, he has lived a very difficult life.

However, this kind of day was coming soon. On the fourth day of the second month, Lu Daqi sent Zhu Youlang's guards in to report that the emperor's imperial edict was here!

When Zhu Youlang heard that the day was finally here, he quickly asked the eunuch to bring his wife and children, including his mother, Empress Dowager Ma, to kneel down to welcome the emperor's imperial edict.

The person who came to announce the imperial eunuch was an old eunuch, who was also the eunuch in the mansion of Zhu Youlang's father, King Guiduan, and Zhu Hongsan specially found the old eunuch in Nanjing and asked him to pass the imperial eunuch to Zhu Youlang.

When Zhu Youlang saw that he was an acquaintance, he was overjoyed and asked, "Eunuch Zhang, why are you here?" The old eunuch surnamed Zhang. He was just an ordinary eunuch in the palace of Prince Gui in Hengyang. Now Zhu Youlang calls this eunuch for his life and even has the name you.

When the old eunuch saw that it was King Gui Zhu Youlang in front of him, but Zhu Youlang was just a concubine prince back then, and now he was very moved when he met his acquaintances.

The old eunuch named Zhang saw Zhu Youlang's gray hair and wrinkles on his face. If he didn't know, he would think that an old man in his fifties and sixties was kneeling in front of him. You should know that Zhu Youlang was born in Tianqi in the third year and was only thirty-six years old this year.

The old eunuch sighed and said, "King Gui, after Hengyang was captured by bandits, the old slave went to Guangdong with the fleeing crowd. It happened that Emperor Shenwu recruited scattered eunuchs in Guangzhou, so the old slave entered the palace. Now he is old and has received the grace of Emperor Shenwu and stayed in Fengyang for the kindness of Emperor Shenwu. This time, Emperor Shenwu specially asked the old slave to come to Kunming to announce the imperial eunuch for the sake of King An Gui!" The older eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty usually planted vegetables in Fengyang without children, and were buried by the state after their death. This is considered to be a little welfare for the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Youlang heard this, he quickly shouted long live, and then knelt down and shouted: "My nephew Gui Fan Zhu Youlang, with his biological mother Ma, his wife Wang, and his son Zhu Cixuan, please respectfully ask the sages!" Zhu Youlang didn't know what was written in the imperial edict, so he lowered his posture and directly said that he was Zhu Youlang, the title of Empress Dowager of the Gui Fan, and he dared not mention it at all. At the same time, he did not dare to mention the title of King Gui, and even called himself nephew. You should know that according to the genealogy, Zhu Youlang is Zhu Hongsan's uncle.

The old eunuch nodded and said, "Sage Gong'an!" Then he opened the imperial edict and said loudly, "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor said: King Gui Zhu Youlang, will do things against the heavenly soldiers. After I have already attacked the old capital in the north, he led a large army to occupy the southwest. Originally, I should have killed you, but I thought that Zhu Youlang, you have made contributions to resist the Qing Dynasty, and it is my uncle. I really can't bear to fight with the same family, so I spare your life and bring your mother, wife and children to Beijing for retirement! I admire this!" This imperial edict was written in Zhu Hongsan's style, and it was all plain language. Although it was not consistent with the specifications, Zhu Youlang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It seemed that his life was saved.

After reading the book, the old eunuch helped Zhu Youlang up and said, "Prince, congratulations. The emperor also called you King Gui. It seems that the title has been saved!"

Zhu Youlang nodded repeatedly. Now he dares to ask for this, as long as he can save his life.

After the imperial edict was issued, we had to prepare for a journey north. Although most of Zhu Youlang's family members died in Myanmar, more than 20 survived. At the same time, because the emperor did not cut off Zhu Youlang's title, it took some effort to prepare the carriage and horse.

Lu Daqi prepared for three days, because there were no four horses of the same color in Kunming, so he had no choice but to prepare four donkeys, which was reasonable.

After preparation, Lu Daqi saw Zhu Youlang off outside Kunming City. Zhu Youlang held Lu Daqi's hand and said, "Master Lu, the student is gone. I probably won't see you again in the future. Take care of me!"

When Lu Daqi heard Zhu Youlang's sadness, he took Zhu Youlang's hand to comfort him: "Your Highness, when you go to Beijing this time, you must keep a low profile. Never let outsiders catch the handle. Also, King Gui is going to pay homage to His Highness. The prince is kind and can definitely protect the safety of King Gui in front of the emperor! By the way, Qu Qitian is now a cabinet master, and he can definitely protect the safety of His Highness!"

Zhu Youlang nodded, and Lu Daqi whispered: "Your Highness, don't take a boat along the way, it's better to take a bus all the way!"

Zhu Youlang's heart, which was originally a little calm when he heard Lu Daqi say this, raised up again. Zhu Youlang quickly asked in a low voice: "Teacher, do you say someone wants to harm me? But isn't the emperor helpless me to die?"

Lu Daqi smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, there are many parties in the Shenwu Dynasty. I am afraid that that person wants to achieve his goal and assassinate Your Highness, so please be careful! But your Highness is relieved. The old minister has sent three thousand soldiers to accompany him. The person who leads the team is the old minister's confidant. Your Highness can be relieved!"

Zhu Youlang nodded nervously when he heard Lu Daqi say this, then got on his donkey cart and headed for Guangxi. At the same time, he also followed the 100 Jinyiwei sent from Beijing. These people were protecting Zhu Youlang on the surface, but who knew what orders they had secretly, so Lu Daqi was the most worried about these people.

The fastest road from Yunnan to Beijing is to go to Guangxi, enter Huguang, and then take a boat to Nanjing at Dongting Lake, and take the Grand Canal from Yangzhou to Beijing. However, Lu Daqi was afraid of Zhu Youlang's accident and did not dare to take the boat to take the land route. That is, enter Huguang from Guangxi, and then go to Wuchang, cross the Yangtze River from here to Henan, and enter Beijing by land from Henan. Although this road is slower and has to pass through the uninhabited area of ​​Henan, it is much safer after all.

Zhu Youlang was originally timid, and after Lu Daqi said this, he became a frightened bird. In the first half of the time, he was far away from the Jinyiwei, for fear that they would kill him.

However, after walking for half a month, Zhu Youlang found that these Jinyiwei were very respectful to him. At the same time, there were many opportunities to attack along the way, and these Jinyiwei did not take action, so Zhu Youlang felt relieved.

He walked along the way to Wuchang, which is Zhu Hongsan's hometown. When he arrived here, Zhu Youlang went to Zhu Hongsan's parents' tomb in order to flatter him, and paid homage to his brothers of the same clan with his descendants.

Huguang was the place where Zhu Youlang Group and the Qing army fought tug-of-war, so the Wuchang Prefecture and Yuezhou Prefecture were severely damaged. However, the war has ended for five or six years. At the same time, Wuchang is located in the thoroughfare of nine provinces. In recent years, the imperial court has moved Huguang and Jiangxi into Sichuan in large numbers. Therefore, Wuchang, as a transit station, has long restored its old style. The dock is crowded with people and merchant ships are traveling.

The current governor of Huguang is Liu Silai. He had received news that King Gui Zhu Youlang was going to cross the Yangtze River in Wuchang, but in order to avoid suspicion, Liu Silai did not appear, but sent a central officer from the Governor's Office to send supplies and prepare ships.

There were five ships sent in total, all of which were large merchant ships on the Yangtze River. Zhu Youlang took his son Zhu Cixuan and his mother Ma sitting on the first ship. Zhu Youlang's wife Wang took the remaining few nobles to sit on the second ship. The only remaining son of the Duke of Qian Mu Tianbo, Mu Zhongxian, and his sister Mu Yunying, were sitting on the third ship. The two were named by Zhu Hongsan. After all, Mu Ying was the founding marquis of the founding country and the godson of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and they were all relatives. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan admired Mu Tianbo who died for Zhu Youlang. In order to commend loyalty, Zhu Hongsan ordered Mu Tianbo's son Mu Zhongxian to inherit the title of Duke of Qian. His sister Mu Yunying was named a nobleman and went to the palace to sleep with Zhu Hongsan.

In fact, there was nothing Mu Yunying had to do, but Zhu Hongsan knew that Mu Tianbo had another daughter alive, and remembered that the little princess Mu Jianping in the Deer and the Cauldron. Zhu Hongsan's celebrity desire to collect was coming again, so he named Mu Yunying as a noble person.
Chapter completed!