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Chapter 654 Acceptance Conditions

The palace gate was wide open, and Zhu Youjian was wearing a dragon robe and stood in front of everyone with a gloomy face, and said angrily: "The important place of the palace, do you still take me seriously!"

Zhang Tongchang, who ran to the steps outside the hall, and He Tengjiao and others who were catching up with him from behind, quickly knelt down, "Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youjian glanced at everyone with a calm face and said in anger: "What's the matter?"

Zhang Tongchang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the King of Wu Yue has entered the capital, and there is a major discussion!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard this, and then he found that there was a person kneeling beside Zhang Tongchang, not wearing court clothes, but dressed as a scholar in Taoist clothes and net scarf.

Gu Yanwu immediately saluted, "Gu Yanwu, Secretary of the King of Wu Yue, pay homage to Your Majesty, Long live my emperor!"

Seeing this, He Tengjiao reacted and immediately pointed at Zhang Tongchang and cursed, "Traitor, you dare to collude with the rebels!" After that, he saluted Zhu Youjian and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I request to dismiss Zhang Tongchang and punish him for his crime of rebellion."

What did Zhao Ming's envoy want to do when he entered Nanjing? He Tengjiao thought for a moment and thought that it was the rebels who took the opportunity to force the emperor to accept the conditions of the rebels and dismiss him and his lords.

In fact, in addition to moving westward, the court now has another way, which is to accept the conditions of the Zhejiang army, restore Zhu Yihai's status, and liquidate the peace faction.

In this way, Zhu Youjian continued to be the emperor, and the pro-war faction came back to power, and the Zhejiang army followed the imperial orders again to resist the attack of the Qing Dynasty. After Zhu Youjian died, Zhu Yihai ascended the throne and smoothly transitioned the regime.

This may be the best solution for the world, but it is not the best solution for Zhu Youjian and He Tengjiao.

Although the Ming Dynasty could avoid division in this way, He Tengjiao became a victim, and Zhu Youjian's idea of ​​passing the throne to his son could not be realized.

Although He Tengjiao concluded that Zhu Youjian would not give up passing the throne to his son, the situation was critical and he was still worried that Zhu Youjian would abandon him and agreed to Zhao Ming's conditions, so he felt like he was stepped on his tail and jumped up immediately.

There is actually nothing to talk about between Zhu Youjian and the rebels. As long as he is the emperor, he will never allow separatist forces to exist, nor will he pass the throne to Zhu Yihai.

The royal family is the most ruthless and puts it in his heart. Zhu Youjian believes that if he was Zhu Yihai, once he ascended the throne, he would inevitably attack his son in order to stabilize the emperor's position. Moreover, Zhu Youjian does not agree with Zhu Yihai's behavior of indulging in the vassal states, believing that once Zhu Yihai ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty might be at risk of falling into the hands of foreigners.

For the sake of his own son's life and the Zhu family's turmoil, Zhu Youjian will never compromise.

However, Zhu Youjian would not compromise, but when he heard Gu Yanwu's words, he heard that the rebels seemed to have a compromise. Otherwise, they would not have bowed so respectfully and shouted long live.

Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes, waved his hand to stop He Tengjiao, and suddenly said, "The Cabinet Bachelor and the Envoy of the King of Wu Yue enter the palace!"

After speaking, Zhu Youjian turned around and entered the hall. Zhang Tongchang and Gu Yanwu stood up to follow him. He Tengjiao and Yang Wencong and others who were standing behind also hurried into the hall.

The emperor turned around and entered the hall. Several great scholars and Gu Yanwu entered the hall. After entering the hall, the Jinyiwei immediately closed the door of the hall, blocking nearly a hundred ministers outside, and everyone immediately started to whisper.

Gu Yanwu had already thought of the words in his heart all the way. When he entered the hall, he saw Zhu Youjian sitting majestic on the throne, so he went forward to worship again.

Gu Yanwu's behavior made Zhu Youjian determine his thoughts again. Zhu Youjian would not accept the conditions of the rebels, and at the same time he was unwilling to leave Nanjing. Gu Yanwu's appearance may be a turning point, so he asked, "What do you have to say when the envoy of the King of Wu Yue came to see me?"

Gu Yanwu bowed and said, "Wu Yue King heard that the treacherous party asked His Majesty to withdraw from Nanjing. He thought that if the court abandoned Nanjing, it would be unimaginable later, so he ordered the ministers to come and advise!"

Zhu Youjian's muscles pulled backwards, and then he laughed and said, "The King of Wu Yue is still concerned about the situation in the world, and still cares about me!"

Gu Yanwu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Wu Yue has always been loyal to the court!"

Zhu Youjian slapped the handrail, suddenly shouted loudly, pointed at Gu Yanwu's nose and cursed: "Loyalty Genggeng, he will raise an army to rebel against me. If he is loyal and let him come to Nanjing alone immediately, will he dare?"

Gu Yanwu was silent, Zhao Ming really couldn't do this.

He Tengjiao immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise, and you must not be deceived by the thieves."

Zhang Tongchang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this Zhejiang Army mutiny was all caused by the abolition of the crown prince. This is all misunderstanding. Now that the Qing army is heading south and the Jiangnan crisis, the King of Wu Yue sent people to meet His Majesty for discussion and fighting against the Tartars. It can be seen that the King of Wu Yue still cared about the world and did not ignore the overall situation!"

He Tengjiao turned his head and cursed angrily: "Zhang Tongchang, what do you mean? Could it be that Your Majesty ignores the overall situation? Are you a Grand Secretary of the court or a member of Zhao Bo'an?"

Zhang Tongchang ignored He Tengjiao and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please listen to the proposal of King Yue of Wu."

Zhu Youjian's face was gloomy. He just vented his anger when Zhao Ming rebelled against him, pretending to be loyal ministers, and dared to say something angry.

At this time, Zhu Youjian took a deep breath, remembering his first meeting with Zhao Ming and his behavior for many years, but he had to admit that Zhao Ming had always been more active in fighting the Tartars, even more active than him, the emperor. He was indeed a person who cared about the world.

To a certain extent, Zhao Ming is indeed a loyal and righteous minister, but it’s a pity that Zhao Ming is not his loyal and righteous minister.

Zhu Youjian was silent for a moment, looked at Gu Yanwu and said, "I am willing to stop the army and deal with the Qing army?"

Gu Yanwu bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, Your Highness is willing to withdraw his troops and help the court block the Qing army's journey south!"

If Zhao Ming withdraws his troops, relieves the threat to Nanjing, and is willing to help the Longwu court and resist the Qing army's southward advance, Nanjing can be preserved, Zhu Youjian can hold the throne firmly, and re-spun troops to stabilize the current situation.

This condition is quite attractive to Zhu Youjian, but Zhu Youjian knew that Zhao Ming must have the conditions, so he said in a deep voice: "What conditions should be to restore Zhu Yihai's position as crown prince? To dismiss the ministers in the court?"

Although the conditions are very attractive, if it were these requirements, Zhu Youjian would definitely not agree. If he accepted such conditions, Zhu Youjian's prestige would be wiped out, and he would be disgraced and people in the world would not regard him as the emperor in the future.

Gu Yanwu said: "Report to Your Majesty, Your Highness and the generals of the Zhejiang Army, you think that Your Highness, the King of Lu, was framed, and only Your Majesty promised to release Your Highness, the generals of the Zhejiang Army who were imprisoned and imprisoned, as well as the ministers implicated in the case of the King of Lu, and promised not to hold your highness and everyone responsible. Your Highness was willing to withdraw his troops and cross the river to fight against the Qing army!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard the words, "Just let King Lu return to the vassal?"

He Tengjiao was also stunned. Zhao Ming took the banner of clearing the king's side and wanted to eliminate him and his peace faction with great momentum. As a result, he didn't even mention his name in the conditions. What does it mean? He was despised by his contempt!

Gu Yanwu said: "As long as you release His Highness the King of Lu, and then order the imperial army to withdraw from Zhejiang, and no longer attack His Highness!"

Zhu Youjian got the answer and took a deep breath and released him back to Zhu Yihai. Although he was releasing the tiger back to the mountain, as long as he did not restore his position as crown prince, Zhu Youjian could accept it. He couldn't help but scan everyone and said, "What do you think of me, my dear friends?"

Zhang Tongchang immediately said, "Your Majesty, I agree to accept the reconciliation!"

He Tengjiao's face was gloomy and gloomy. He didn't say anything, but even the few grand sects under him didn't speak. At this time, Yang Wencong, who was standing behind, stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I think that foreign enemies are in front of you and can accept the conditions of King Wu Yue."

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian didn't wait for He Tengjiao to speak, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "How about! I accept this condition!"
Chapter completed!
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