Chapter 19 Suppressing the rebels
Sometimes happiness comes very suddenly and goes even more suddenly. Just as Zhu Cijiu was immersed in the gentle village and could not extricate himself, the news that King Fu was cooked reached the capital. This incident did not cause shock to the government and the country as Zhu Youjian said. Instead, civil and military officials were just shocked.
Why is this happening? King Fu is old and has a noble status, but he is really unpopular. Not only is he a commoner and ordinary soldiers, but even civil and military officials think he is not a good thing.
The debate about the new emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty in history is a good example. In terms of seniority, Zhu Yousong, the eldest son of King Fu Zhu Changxun, was the most qualified to be the emperor. However, because his reputation was too bad, even if he died, his son Zhu Yousong was not supported by many people. In the end, although he barely ascended the throne with the support of the generals of the four towns, he betrayed his relatives and was defeated and killed in less than a year.
If you look at the history of the late Ming Dynasty carefully, you will find that it is better to say that it is destroyed by the hands of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian during the dynasty, it is better to say that it is destroyed by King Fu Zhu Changxun.
It was him who tried to inherit the position of Shenzong, which caused disputes over the foundation of the country and shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty;
It was him who took the lead in levying heavy taxes, which led to public resentment and rebels everywhere, and eventually overthrew the orthodox Ming Dynasty;
It was because he did too many evils that made his son Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong unpopular. In the end, the Southern Ming Dynasty was easily taken down by the Qing Dynasty like a pile of sand.
King Fu Zhu Changxun can be said to be the largest borer in the royal family. Now that the largest borer has finally been killed, Zhu Cijiu is very grateful. If Li Zicheng doesn't take action, he will take action. Once he takes action, Li Zicheng will have no chance. Of course, he can only be glad in his heart. On the surface, he still pretends to be angry and vows to cut Li Zicheng into pieces to avenge King Fu.
At this time, only the First Imperial Guards Army was assembled inside and outside the capital. The Second Imperial Guards Army and the Dingliao Army had a total of 300,000 troops. As for the Tianxiong Army, he had been sent to Shanxi by him, so it was naturally impossible for him to come to the capital to gather. He used this as an excuse to delay it day after day. Now that King Fu has been cooked, he naturally cannot delay it anymore.
It is said that if all these 300,000 troops were brought with them, they would naturally be invincible and swept all the rebels. However, the Later Jin Dynasty must be guarded. At least one legion should be left to defend the capital to ensure that there is no accident. Therefore, Zhu Cijiu decided to lead the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Dingliao Army to personally lead the expedition. He went to Fengyang first to join the 150,000 defenders from Huang Degong's side, forming an advantage in military strength, and then sweep the westward, striving to achieve success in one battle, and completely wipe out all the rebels.
As mentioned in the previous article, there was a strange thing in the Ming Dynasty, that was, the emperors liked to lead the imperial army in person, so although Zhu Cijing was young, if he insisted on leading troops to conquer, no one dared to say anything, because this was the ancestral system, and both Taizu and Chengzu did it.
However, things in the world are unpredictable. No one said anything in the past few times, which does not mean that no one will say anything this time. Not only are there people making trouble this time, but they also make a furious fuss, crying and dying, making Zhu Cijiu feel embarrassed.
Who is so bold that he dares to violate the ancestral system and obstruct the emperor from personally expeditioning? Well, it seems that Princess Anna doesn't know the ancestral system yet. She only knows that war is very dangerous, like Sweden, the powerful enemy of the Holy Roman Empire. Their king Gustav II is known as the most outstanding king and the most outstanding military strategist in Swedish history. As a result, the emperor personally expedition and died, he died at the hands of the Holy Roman Empire. This was what happened two years ago!
So, when Zhu Cijiu ran to say goodbye to her, she immediately became frightened and turned into Zhu Cijiu's arms and cried loudly, saying that she would not let Zhu Cijiu go.
Zhu Cijiu is helpless. Those rebels have no combat power at all. What danger can they be? He has never thought about whether to win or not. He is just worried that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will run away again, so that he will have to spend more time in the future.
Looking at Princess Anna who was crying in her arms, he had to pretend to be confident and said indifferently: "Anna, don't worry, I'm just going to wipe out a group of peasant uprising troops. Most of them are farmers and have no combat power. It's very simple to defeat them, and there will be no danger."
When she heard that it was a farmer, Princess Anna stopped crying for a while and asked with a sob: "Really, Princess, are there many peasant uprising troops?"
Zhu Cijing said proudly: "Of course it's true, it's just 300,000 peasant uprising troops. When my army arrives, they are still scared to run away with their heads in their arms."
Three hundred thousand! Princess Anna was so scared that she almost fainted. There were less than 300,000 people in more than ten continental countries. Her husband, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, had to face 300,000 enemies at once! She also said that there would be no danger!
She made up her mind and cried in despair: "Master, take me with you too. If you want to die, let's die together!"
When Zhu Cijing heard this, he rolled his eyes. It was all messy. He comforted helplessly: "Don't worry, don't worry, there is no problem. I have led the imperial army to fight in person several times. Isn't this good?"
Princess Anna cried unyieldingly: "The bullet has no eyes. What if there is something wrong? How can I live!"
Zhu Cijiu patted his forehead and said excitedly: "The peasant uprising army has no guns at all. Don't you feel at ease now?"
Princess Anna said nonsensely: "I don't believe it. You lied to others. How could 300,000 people have no guns!"
If you are just worried about the gun problem, it is easy to solve. Zhu Cijiu patted Princess Anna's crisp back and comforted her: "Don't worry, no matter how long the bullet doesn't have eyes, you can't hurt me. If you don't believe me, look."
Princess Anna raised her head curiously and fumbled carefully on Zhu Cijing for a while. She was just a gorgeous military uniform, without any special armor!
Zhu Cijiu was not what Princess Anna saw. He whispered at Cao Huachun not far away, then took out the revolver at Cao Huachun and fired six shots at Cao Huachun!
Princess Anna immediately covered her ears in fear and screamed. However, Cao Huachun stood there calmly, grabbed her right hand like a ghost, then gently walked to Zhu Cijiu and Princess Anna, stretched out her right hand, and said respectfully: "Princess, please rest assured, with the empress, the bullet will not hurt the emperor."
Princess Anna looked at the bullet in his hand in amazement, and in disbelief, stretched out her white and tender fingers and plucked it. It was a bit hot, but it turned out to be a bullet that had just been fired!
Zhu Cijiong hugged her shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't worry, now, there is more than Eunuch Cao's guard beside me, and Sister Mingyue is even more powerful than Eunuch Cao. Even if the shells fly over, she can pick them away with one sword."
She had seen Qin Mingyue's sword technique. It was very beautiful when dancing, but she didn't expect that it would have such power. She couldn't help but say with expectation: "Then the emperor, please bring me with you. Sister Mingyue can go, and I want to go too."
Zhu Cijiu fainted at the wrong time and took a doll to the battlefield. That was too much. He shook his head firmly and said, "Warning is not a joke, you can't bring your family. Sister Mingyue is the Shanggong in the palace and is responsible for managing the palace maids and taking care of my daily life, so she can go, but you can't."
Princess Anna was unsupportive, and Zhu Cijiu had to persuade her, coax her and deceive her, and finally coaxed her. Zhu Cijiu felt that she was even more tired than fighting. Sometimes this woman was really troublesome. He secretly decided to try to mess with women as little as possible in the future. One or two of her wives would be enough. He really couldn't stand it if he had too much!
Chapter completed!