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Chapter 109 The Dilemma of Zhu Yujian

At the end of October 1645, the Longwu court was established in Fujing, which has been more than several months.

Although Emperor Longwu was determined to be enterprising and wanted to achieve something, Zheng Zhilong, who held real power, did not intend to help.

Emperor Longwu was originally a vassal vassal, and his fief was in Nanyang, Henan. During the Chongzhen period, Li Zicheng occupied it. Tangfan had already lost all his wealth. Emperor Longwu himself, because he had raised an army to support the king, violated Chongzhen's taboo, was detained in Fengyang until Hongguang ascended the throne, and was not regained his title and released from Fengyang Prison.

Although Emperor Longwu was re-elected, he had no fiefdom and had to run away. Before becoming the emperor, he could say that he had no strength around him, and he didn't even have many confidants.

In this case, he was supported by Zheng Zhilong, and the power in the court was naturally controlled by Zheng Zhilong.

If Zheng Zhilong was a loyal minister, it would be nothing, but he was a pirate businessman. He was just a rare item to support Emperor Longwu and did not have the intention to revive the country. Instead, he was thinking about how to sell Emperor Longwu, which made Longwu feel like a thin ice.

Since ascending the throne, the Longwu court has been trapped in Fujian and failed to make progress. It missed the excellent opportunity to rise up in Jiangnan and take the opportunity to recover the lost territory.

Emperor Longwu was determined to recover lost territory, but Zheng Zhilong held the army and held the court hostage, and had no intention of making progress, which intensified internal conflicts in the Longwu Dynasty.

After entering Fujian, the Longwu court achieved nothing, and the opposing King Lu instead launched a battle for Restoration.

Although the battle failed, it was immediately reported that the King of Lu killed Meile Ezhen, the blue banner of the Qing Dynasty, and defeated more than 10,000 Qing soldiers.

When he heard that King Lu raised his troops to restore Hangzhou, Emperor Longwu tried every means to ask Zheng Zhilong to send troops, but Zheng Zhilong just refused to send troops. Grand Secretary Huang Daozhou volunteered to raise money and grain, and then he took the army to fight the north.

Recently, news came that the Huangdao Zhou tribe was defeated in Huizhou, which made the emperor feel frustrated.

Now, within the Ming Dynasty, King Lu and Longwu competed for the throne, Zheng Zhilong did not obey the emperor's order, and the Qing army outside continued to press forward step by step. The Jiangnan rebel army suffered heavy damage, Jin Sheng was killed, and Jiangxi rebel general Jin Shenghuan defeated Ji'an again and threatened Ganzhou. The Longwu court was in trouble with internal and external affairs.

In Fujing City, the Emperor's Palace, and the Daming Ancestral Temple, the spiritual thrones of Taizu and Chengzu and other ancestors were displayed in front of them. Zhu Youjian wore a coarse cloth dragon robe and a winged crown on his head, and worshiped the spiritual throne before the spiritual throne of his ancestors.

There was no one in the ancestral temple, only Zhu Youjian kowtowed and bowed, whispering, "Taizu, Chengzu, the ancestral ancestrals are above, and they entrusted God to favor them. Taizu's power and virtues are the emperor. Since ascending the throne, the descendants have not dared to look for the ancestral temple and the country, and wanted to revitalize the Ming Dynasty and set up a northern expedition, but things went against their wishes. So far, they have achieved nothing, and they can only trap Fujian and feel ashamed of their ancestors."

"Now the foundation of our ancestors is broken, and the ancestral temple is bullied by the captives. The people are crying. Every time the descendants think of it, they are heartbroken. However, in the court, the treacherous ministers are in power, and Zheng Zhilong is strong and powerful, and can compete with the country with wealth, but he has two hearts and remains unmoved. He does not compete with the northern captives, but instead hinders me everywhere. Now, the descendants are about to become puppets."

Zhu Youjian looked sad and bowed to the ground, praying in pain: "The descendants ascended the throne for several months, but have achieved nothing yet. I am ashamed of the spirits of the ancestors. If the ancestors and ancestors hear their feelings, bless their descendants, and abandon this traitor, and revitalize the Ming Dynasty!"

After the initial stage of Zheng Zhilong's support for Zhu Youjian, the conflict between the two has gradually reached an irreconcilable point.

Since the founding of the dynasty, Zheng Zhilong has not sent any troops out of Fujian to fight against the Qing army. Zhu Youjian can only watch the territory of Huizhou and Jiangxi, and fall into the hands of the Qing court bit by bit.

This made him feel sad and angry, and he also realized that Zheng Zhilong had no intention of helping him revival. If he continued, the Ming Dynasty would collapse and he had to break out of the control of Zheng's family in order to make a difference.

Zhu Youjian hid in front of the spiritual throne and did not get up for a long time. At this time, a eunuch suddenly walked into the ancestral temple and rested on the ground and bowed to his head and said, "The inner minister disturbed Your Majesty's worship of your ancestors, and I would like to forgive your crimes."

When Zhu Youjian heard the sound, he slowly stood up. When he turned around, his face was no longer as sad as before, but said in a deep voice: "What do you have to report?"

The eunuch hurriedly saluted: "Report to Your Majesty, the master of the country has led a general named Zhao Ming, and asks to see Your Majesty!"

"Zhao Ming, Zhao Bo'an?" Zhu Youjian was happy when he heard the sound, and remembered the figure outside Nanjing City, but his face suddenly became darker. According to the information he received, Zhao Bo'an had already participated in the King of Lu, so why did he come to Fujian again? Could it be that he came to persuade the Zheng family father and son to support King of Lu?

The two regimes of Tang and Lu fought for each other and poached each other a lot. Zhu Youjian had doubts, but he still waved his hand and said, "Take them to the imperial study room to see me!"

Zhao Ming changed his clothes and followed Zheng Sen all the way to the palace.

While waiting for the eunuch to spread the news, Zheng Sen and Zhao Ming talked about their experiences after they parted.

Zhao Ming only realized that Zheng Sen was not only given the national surname, but also became the commander of the imperial guards, responsible for the compilation of the imperial guards.

This made Zhao Ming admire Emperor Longwu. The Longwu court had no money and no food, so it was unlikely that he would train troops. Zheng Zhilong would not give Longwu a penny to help the court train troops, but Zheng Sen was different. He was Zheng Zhilong's son, so Zheng Zhilong naturally had to support him, so he gave a lot of money and grain. Zheng Sen had already raised 10,000 imperial guards.

In this way, Emperor Longwu was equivalent to indirectly controlling an army and divising the power of the Zheng family.

After talking about Zheng Sen's incident, Zheng Sen asked about Zhao Ming again. Zhao Ming then immediately participated in the battle of Restoration and encirclement and annihilation of Li Lutai. He said it again. Zheng Sen was so excited that he regretted returning to Fujian and did not fight side by side with Zhao Ming.

After talking about the war in eastern Zhejiang, Zhao Ming talked about his views on the current situation and explained his intentions to come to Fujing.

At this moment, an eunuch came over and saluted and said, "Mr. Guo, General Zhao, please invite him!"

Zheng Sen nodded slightly, and then said to Zhao Ming: "Brother Bo'an's plan may be really feasible! I will see Your Majesty later, let me tell you carefully, I support you!"

Now, under the leadership of the eunuch, the two of them whispered to the palace.

"Your Majesty is waiting inside, please come in, General Zhao, please come in!" The eunuch seemed very obedient and polite.

Zheng Sen entered directly after hearing the words, Zhao Ming bowed to the eunuch, "Thank you, my father-in-law." Then he followed Zheng Sen and entered.

When the two entered the study, they saw Zhu Youjian wearing a coarse cloth dragon robe standing in front of a map with his hands behind his back.

"I pay homage to Your Majesty!" Zhao Ming followed Zheng Sen and saluted Zhu Youjian together.

When Zhu Youjian heard the sound, he turned around and saw Zhao Ming coming over immediately. He helped him and Zheng Sen up, held the hands of both of them, and said happily: "Boan, I have been waiting for you for several months!"

...

When Emperor Longwu met Zhao Ming, Yan Yingyuan and his party found the Fuzhou Prefectural Office. Yan Yingyuan worked as a clerk. He knew that the people here only recognized the money and gave the last little silver on them. The officials who were originally cold-faced and didn't like to pay attention to them immediately became much better.

Yan Yingyuan then explained his purpose, but when the people in the prefect's yamen inquired, they said that they had not arrested a person named Zhao Ming today.

When the official asked where Zhao Ming was arrested, he learned that it was in front of the Duke of Pingguo's mansion, the official's face changed and said that the Fujing Prefectural Office could not control this matter and asked everyone to leave another relationship.

Seeing this, Yan Yingyuan had to go to the Zheng family. The group came to Zheng Zhilong's mansion, but was stopped by the guards.

At this time, a white-faced man happened to come out of the mansion and saw a lot of people gathered in front of the door. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Mu said: "We are all scholars who came from Jiangnan to join the court. We have a companion who was arrested by the official army in front of the Taishi Mansion. We want to ask the Taishi to uphold justice."

The white-faced man frowned slightly, with a hint of chill in his eyes, "It's a scholar from Jiangnan again, okay, I know this. You guys go back and wait, I will deal with it!"
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