Outside the main hall of the ancestral hall, Chen Changgeng and other government officials saw that the king had made up his mind, and they all tried to persuade him again.

"Your Majesty, you are the queen of Emperor Gao, and you are a great king. How can you surrender the enemy?"

"Please, Your Majesty, protect the dignity of the Ming Dynasty!"

"My King, you must die!"

The government officials who were still bowing their heads at first knelt in front of King De, trying to persuade him to change his mind.

What he said couldn't be more straightforward. King De cannot surrender, he can only die! Only in this way can the face of Ming Dynasty be saved!

"Face, face, do you want to let me watch all the people in the city being brutally killed by the Donglu?"

Zhu Youshu, who had made up his mind, was about to walk out, but Chen Changgeng, who was kneeling on the ground, stood up and knelt in front of him again.

"I beseech you, Your Majesty, to be righteous!"

"How can you be so forced to be alone..."

Seeing the king being stopped by Chen Changgeng, someone from the booing clan over there immediately rushed over.

"Everyone, let's protect the king out of the city together, but don't let... ah..."

The shouting suddenly turned into a scream, and the man's eyes widened, and he saw that a sword tip had been stabbed out of his chest at some point, and the sword tip was still dripping with blood.

"Ah...killed someone!"

There was a chaos in front of the main hall. Whether they were kneeling or standing, they were all looking at the killed General Fengguo.

What's going on here?

Seeing a person die in front of him, Zhu Youshu's face lost all color and he said in horror.

"Who, who..."

He kicked the man's lower back with his left leg and pulled out the sword with all his strength. He didn't care about the shock after the murder. In order to survive, Zhu Guoqiang could only hold on.

"I killed him!"

"Zhu Ciying, you, you, how could you kill your uncle..."

Oh, it turns out that person’s name is Zhu Ciying.

Seeing the bloody sword in his son's hand, Zhu Youshu's eyes were full of disbelief. After seeing clearly what he was holding in his left hand, his eyes widened and he knelt down quickly.

"The unfilial descendants have come to see Emperor Gao!"

Holding the memorial tablet of Zhu Yuanzhang in her left hand and holding the sword in her right hand, Zhu Ciying breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhu Youshu kneeling down.

It was also necessary to invite Zhu Yuanzhang's memorial tablet. After all, Zhu Youshu was the king of virtue. If he was determined to dedicate the city, his own life would really be unsafe.

In the city of Jinan, who can control Zhu Youshu so that he does not dare to offer the city?

This is the only tablet.

Although the tablet is made of wood, it has a special meaning to the ancients, just like now. Anyone who takes out the tablet of Emperor Gao has no choice but to kneel down! Just like Tie Xuanna in Jinan City back then.

The tablets of the high emperor are the same.

Looking at the clan and government officials kneeling on the floor in darkness, Zhu Guoqiang pointed at the corpse on the ground with his sword still dripping with blood and shouted loudly.

"Listen, everyone, this bastard actually wants to coerce the king into surrendering to the captives. He has already invited the spirit of Emperor Gao to kill him for this palace. Our Defan has been supported by the people of Jinan for generations. If he surrenders, how can he be worthy of the Emperor Gao who expelled the Tartars?

, How can you be worthy of the people of Jinan! From now on, if anyone dares to surrender to the enemy, even if he is an elder of the clan, I will definitely ask the Emperor Gao’s spirit to kill him!"

He was talking about "elders of the clan", but Zhu Guoqiang's eyes were fixed on King De and his nominal father. If he still dared to surrender, then don't blame his "son" for being unfilial.

Zhu Youshu, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't believe his ears when he heard his son's words. Is this his son who, like himself, is obsessed with poetry and painting all day long?

"clatter!"

A drop of blood dripped from the tip of the sword.

Looking at the blood drops on the ground, Zhu Youshu's face turned white and red, wondering what his son had just said, maybe he wanted to attack him!

This, this is an unfilial son!

Seeing his son's red eyes, and then looking at his cousin who was still dead on the ground, Zhu Youshu felt a chill in his heart and immediately made the best choice for himself.

"Okay, my son deserves to be the queen of Emperor Gao. I would like to remind you that as a father, our De Fan has been supported by the people of Jinan for 170 years and will never be surrendered. Otherwise, we will really be ashamed of Emperor Gao and the people."

!Come here, please pass on this king’s order. All the men in the palace must go to the city wall. If anyone dares to surrender again, he will be killed!”

Chen Changgeng and others, who had tried desperately to dissuade the king, thought to themselves when they saw the tablet in the prince's hand.

If I had known it was so simple, I would have just asked for Emperor Gao's memorial tablet. As for the sword still dripping with blood in the prince's hand, he naturally turned a blind eye.

"I obey your orders!"

When the ministers were taking orders, Zhu Youshu, who seemed to have some courage, looked at Zhu Guoqiang and asked.

"My son, what should I do next?"

Looking at King De, who was much heavier than his height and had difficulty even walking, Zhu Guoqiang knew that this man would definitely not be able to survive. The key to his survival depended on himself.

"Father, just take care of the situation and leave the rest to me."

Zhu Youshu did not have any resistance to this arrangement, but readily accepted it. After all, for him who could only calligraphy and painting, it was too difficult for him to go up the wall to defend the city. Moreover, when he saw the blood just now,

He felt a little dizzy.

No, I fainted again!

"Come here, help the king to rest indoors!"

After several palace maids helped Zhu Youshu leave the ancestral hall, Zhu Guoqiang looked at the officials wearing various official robes. They were all officials in the palace - civilian officials of the same color. Of course, there were also military attachés like Chen Wudi.

"Chen Qianhu, how many soldiers and horses do we have in total?"

If you want to defend this royal city, you must first figure out what cards you have to play.

"Returning to His Majesty the Crown Prince, according to Ming Law, there is only one army of the Yiwei Division in the palace. The military quota is called 1,700 people. In fact, there are only more than 1,500 people, and there are also 800 soldiers who were transferred to guard the tomb previously."

Although he was surprised by the prince's performance, Chen Wudi still hurriedly answered truthfully.

"Your Majesty, there are still more than 200 young eunuchs in the mansion who can be commanded."

The person who answered was an eunuch, and that eunuch was Zhang Quan, the king's personal eunuch.

"Your Majesty, there are still tens of thousands of people who have taken refuge under the palace wall, and there are many young people among them. Your Majesty can let them into the city and recruit young people to come to the city to help defend the city."

Chen Changgeng immediately said to the side that after the Qing army besieged the city for the second time, many people took refuge under the walls of the royal palace, hoping that the king would be kind and let them enter the royal city to avoid the fire.

"Okay, tell them that as long as they are willing to go to the city to defend the city, their families will be allowed to take refuge in the palace."

Zhu Guoqiang, who believed that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, turned to the chief official again.

"First take out one hundred thousand taels of silver. Any soldiers who go to the city to defend the city will be rewarded with 20 taels. Each of the people who defend the city will be rewarded with ten taels! Guard the royal city and this palace. When the time comes, we will definitely have a heavy reward."

Money and the like are all external possessions. In Zhu Guoqiang's view, the most important thing now is to defend the palace. The only thing that makes him happy is probably that the Dewang Palace is built in Jinan City, with tall walls and moats. Even outside

Even if the city is broken, we can still defend it for a while with the walls of the palace.

"besides……"

Looking at the more than twenty clan members still in the courtyard, except for the one he killed just now, who was still young and strong, the others were either very old or very young.

Where are people?

No, shouldn't there be thousands of people?

Zhu Guoqiang asked again.

"Are all my clan members from De Fan here?"

"Hui Shizi, although there are four princes in Defan, there are already 11 generals (1) who govern, assist, and serve the country, and thirty-five members of the nameless and unpaid clan... In addition to those who were previously ordered by the king to defend the four cities.

Ninghai King Zhu Changqi, Tai'an Prince's Fengguo General Zhu Changbian, Tai'an Prince's Fengguo General Zhu Changxi, Linqu Prince's Fengguo General Zhu Changzhu, and other clan members in the vassal are all here..."

Chen Changgeng's words made Zhu Guoqiang stunned for a moment. He did not expect that there were so few clan members in the mansion, let alone that there would be people going to the city to defend the city. It is estimated that the situation is now in danger.

They are in trouble, but what about you?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

While he was distracted, Zhu Guoqiang heard someone calling him, it was Chen Qianhu.

"Invite the Crown Prince into the house, and the younger one will put on the armor for the Crown Prince!"
Chapter completed!