After returning to Chengyun Hall, Zhu Mai sent someone to recruit Li Yan, Hong Niangzi, and Governor Long Wenguang.

These three people can be said to be the core senior executives under Zhu Meiyu in Chengdu City.

Among them, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi were responsible for the affairs of both civil and military affairs of the State Administration, while Long Wenguang was the top leader among the official official in Sichuan of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Mai’s current prestige is already a perfect match in Chengdu, if you want to do things, you still have to communicate with these three people to make things better executed.

After all, it was impossible for her to do everything alone.

She is not Sun Wukong.

Soon, the three of them arrived at Chengyun Hall.

After the meeting, Zhu Ma said: "Today, I will ask three of you to discuss some things we will do within the year and next year."

This is to discuss the future development plan under the rule of the Supervisor State.

Long Wenguang couldn't help but feel excited when he heard Zhu Mai's words.

Being able to attend this small meeting with only four monarchs and ministers undoubtedly means that he has become a real important minister trusted by His Royal Highness.

You know, the one who was closest to the princess in the past was Hong Niangzi, Li Yan, and even Ma Ke were unable to enter this core circle. Unexpectedly, he was allowed to come in first now.

In this way, it is also expected that he will become a minister in the future.

When Long Wenguang was excited, Zhu Mai looked at him and said: "This palace has received the exact news. King Fu was supported by the left-behind ministers in Nanjing in May and changed his reign to Hongguang. Of course, it will not be considered next year.

The first year of Hongguang.”

After saying that, Zhu Mai looked at Long Wenguang's expression.

Because on the way to Sichuan again, she told Hong Niangzi and Li Yan about this, but she didn't reveal it to others.

Hong Niangzi, Li Yan is her staunch follower. Whether Hongguang succeeded to the throne as the emperor as in history has little impact on these two people.

But it is not certain for a formal Ming official like Long Wenguang.

Therefore, after coming to Chengdu, Zhu Masuji never mentioned this.

Of course, there is another reason for her not to mention this matter - the history of Sichuan has been changed by her. Although her actions should have little impact on Nanjing, she could not confirm whether King Fu was not sure before accurate information was obtained.

As in history, he succeeded the throne.

But just yesterday, the spy from the North Town Fushi Division under Gao Shengqi came to the exact news about this matter.

In addition, what Zhu Mai had to do next must cooperate with the Ming government office headed by Long Wenguang, so she revealed this matter today.

Long Wenguang looked dull at first, obviously shocked by the news.

Then he showed an angry look and said excitedly: "Since the late emperor has issued an edict to the emperor as the governor of the country, how could King Fu usurp the throne? Your Highness, he is a pseudo-emperor, and he should attack him!"

Zhu Mai smiled.

She saw that Long Wenguang looked exaggerated and had a performance element, but it was enough that he could make such a clear statement.

"My father ordered me to be the matter of governing the country. At that time, only a few ministers in the capital who were trusted knew that those people are afraid that they will die in the country.

The rest of the world was only Eunuch Fang who heard the late emperor talk about this matter with slight ears. Of course, that edict was the best proof of the palace's reign for the late emperor's order.

The left-behind ministers and King Fu of Nanjing probably did not know about this. In this way, it was not wrong to learn that my father had sacrificed his country and support King Fu of the Emperor."

The Ming Dynasty had a set of established rules for choosing successors to the throne, and generally there would be no civil strife.

The rule is to choose someone close to the bloodline of the late emperor.

Take Chongzhen as an example. The ones who have the most inheritance after his death were the princes of Chongzhen.

If the princes are all missing or fall into an enemy, then they will support Chongzhen's brothers.

But Chongzhen did not have any living brothers.

Therefore, he could only support his father, that is, the sons of Emperor Wanli.

There are eight sons in Wanli, and three died young.

The eldest son Zhu Changluo, also known as Grandpa Zhu Mushi, died on the woman's belly after one month of succession to the throne.

The third son Zhu Changxun was most favored by Wanli and was named King of Fu in Luoyang. He was eventually cooked by the peasant army, and the prince Zhu Yousong succeeded to the throne.

The fifth son Zhu Changhao, King of Feng Rui, was chopped by Zhang Xianzhong in Chongqing in June. It is said that he did not kill him with one knife, so he died a little painful.

The sixth son Zhu Changrun was named King Hui. He went to Jingzhou to become a vassal when Chongzhen ascended the throne.

Zhang Xianzhong broke into Jingzhou, and he was lucky enough to escape. Now he should be eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name in Shaoxing.

It must be said that this guy is more addicted to Buddhism than the Rui King Zhu Changhao.

When news of Chongzhen's death in his country came, some people wanted to support him, but seeing that he was addicted to Buddhism and didn't care about anything, he gave up.

The seventh son Zhu Changying was named King Gui Duan and was granted the title of "Shengqi" in Hengzhou in the seventh year of Tianqi.

Last year, Zhang Xianzhong broke Hengzhou. Zhu Changying fled to Wuzhou, Guangxi in advance because he was prepared. He then fell ill. In history, he would be burping next year and pass the throne to his crown prince Zhu Youlang.

Legal theory, after Chongzhen's death, King Hui Zhu Changrun should be the most qualified to inherit the throne. However, Zhu Changrun was a little transparent among the princes before, while King Fu was involved in party struggles and was left with power.

In addition, Zhu Yousong, the second generation of Fu Wang, was close to Nanjing, so it was reasonable for the ministers from Liudu to support him.

Of course, what is truly reasonable is recognized by all parties in the Southern Ming Dynasty, is the support of hundreds of thousands of troops from the four towns in Jiangbei, as well as eunuchs' party officials led by Ma Shiying and others.

Long Wenguang could understand the above truths just by thinking about them.

But he knew exactly where his butt was sitting and who he should speak for.

So he said seriously: "Even so, after King Fu and the ministers in Nanjing knew the orders of the late emperor, they should let King Fu go to the throne and ask Your Highness to preside over the state affairs in the name of supervising the country!"

Zhu Mai Smiling.

The Hongniang stared at Long Wenguang and said, "Your Highness is now a surrogate country. When you go to Nanjing, you will be the surrogate country? Then King Fu has become the emperor. After His Highness asks him to go to the throne, he should succeed to the throne and become the emperor!"

Long Wenguang changed his smile and said, "Your Highness must succeed to the throne, but there must be a process."

After hearing what Long Wenguang said, Zhu Mai was satisfied and immediately asked: "Is this palace a princess? Governor Long really thinks that this palace should succeed to the throne as emperor?"

Long Wenguang said: "Your Highness succeeded to the throne as emperor, not only the last emperor's order, but also the instructions of God. If anyone disobeys, he will violate the last emperor's order and go against the heavens and will be punished!"

At the end, Long Wenguang's tone became extremely firm when Zhu Mai ordered the drone to defeat Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of troops.

He really thinks so.

Zhu Ma, however, changed the topic and said, "Since the fact that King Fu was called emperor has happened, then several other things recorded in history in later generations will probably happen if there is no external interference.

In March next year, after the Qing army captured Xi'an, General Duoduo led a large army from Shandong to Xusi and Huaiyang, with an unstoppable momentum.

By the end of May, Nanjing will be captured by the Qing army, and in a few days, King Fu will be captured and sent to Beijing to be executed."

Hearing this, Long Wenguang wanted to say, since the Hongguang court will finish playing in May next year and even Zhu Yousong will die, wouldn’t that be right?

Your Highness, the princess, can wait until he learns that Nanjing was captured by the Qing army in May next year, then stand up, clean up the mess, and ascend the throne as the governor.

But Long Wenguang didn't say it.

He knew very well that even if King Fu became a pseudo-emperor, he was still a member of the Zhu family, Zhu Mai's cousin, and it was not his turn, a minister, to discuss his life and death.

Li Yan and Hong Madam had some fragmented understanding of the Qing army's journey south on the way to Sichuan. After hearing what Zhu Ma said, Li Yan asked, "Does Your Highness want to stop the Qing army?"

"No," Zhu Mai nodded, "Why King Fu was the emperor, and he needed to abdicate and get the emperor's title, but this matter should be done by this palace, rather than letting the Qing army capture him and execute him.

Most importantly, if the Qing army was allowed to move south as in later history, many massacres would occur.

Ten days in Yangzhou, the three massacres of Jiading, Kunshan, Jiaxing, Changshu, Jiangyin, etc.

If we can't wait to stop it, the Qing army will slaughter millions of soldiers and civilians in Jiangnan this time, causing tens of millions of people to suffer!"

Even if this matter is just a talk, Zhu Mai felt uncomfortable and became angry.

She could not bear this matter, and she could not sit idly by and watch it happen!

Li Yan, Hong Niangzi, was a person who was in love with the people. This matter was infected by Zhu Ma's expression and tone. He immediately clasped his fists and expressed his opinion: "Please make a decision, and we will follow you!"

Although Long Wenguang was old and had been in the officialdom for many years, he suddenly heard that the Qing army had carried out so many horrifying massacres and massacred hundreds of millions of people, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.

Then an irresistible anger arose.

Immediately expressed my opinion: "I am willing to follow Your Highness to go through fire and water!"

Zhu Mai took a deep breath, calmed down, and then said, "Since all three of you agree, this matter will be settled.

As far as the palace knows, in history, Yangzhou was the first place where the Qing army paused before crossing the Yangtze River, so the "Yangzhou Ten Days" was created.

Therefore, at the latest we have to try to participate in the Battle of Yangzhou, so as to prevent the occurrence of the 'Ten Days of Yangzhou'."

Long Wenguang calmed down again at this time. When Zhu Ma said this, he couldn't help but ask: "I dare to ask Your Highness, when will the 'Ten Days of Yangzhou' happen in the future?"

Zhu Meiyu frowned slightly and said, "It was the rebel general Li Chengdong who surrounded Yangzhou on April 18th, and then the Qing army led by Duoduo arrived one after another.

There are many different opinions on when the Qing army will attack the city, but it is not clear, but it should have been captured on April 25th."

"That means that our army cannot arrive in Yangzhou until April 25th at the latest?" Long Wenguang said, frowned and said, "Chengdu and Yangzhou are thousands of miles apart, even if they enter the Yangtze River It may take more than a month to walk on the water.

If there is something to delay on the road, it will take longer. It is best to set off in the first month of next year.

However, after leaving Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili, which were required to pass through the waterway, probably had already listened to the orders of the Nanjing court.

But I don’t know what these local officials will be polite to our army after they know that His Highness is the governor of the country.”

Zhu Mai said: "No matter what the local or Nanjing attitude is, as long as we are strong enough, we will be fearless.

There is no doubt about the elite forces of the Imperial Guards, Imperial Guards and Border Guards that were previously reorganized.

But since we go to Nanjing and Yangzhou to take waterways, we still need a sufficiently elite naval army.

The navy has been the first major warship, so the palace is preparing to transform a batch of iron-armored warships."

Armored warship?

Long Wenguang looked surprised when he heard this.

I thought to myself, can this warship be worn with iron armor?
Chapter completed!