Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 60

Zhu Cixiang didn't listen to him. Who said that the clan could not lead troops to fight? Isn't it the Qing government that relied on those princes to conquer the Central Plains and conquer the Ming Dynasty?

In his opinion, the reason why there were King Yan and King Ning in the past was the fault of the system and the rulers. If these princes were used well, they could become the best tools for the empire to conquer the land and rule the people.

Because they are related to the emperor by blood, and are on the side of the emperor in terms of political interests. Of course, if the time is too long, it will be difficult to say. It is inevitable that there will be a few people who are as bold as King Ning, For the sake of their own wealth, they launched a rebellion.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong was stubborn, Li Wenkui had nothing to do with him. After all, Zhu Cihong was a ruler and he was a subject, and he was not an important subject, but he followed the prince earlier, so he was considered Zhu Cihong's confidant, otherwise Zhu Cihong would be willing to talk nonsense with him. The warriors had been called in a long time ago and carried him out.

"In short, it is not a good thing for a vassal king to lead troops. Everyone in the world will remember what happened to Emperor Taizong during the Jianwen period." Li Wenkui did not dare to advise directly anymore, so he had to use the example of Emperor Yongle's Jingnan campaign to persuade Zhu Cihong.

"Okay, okay, you all step back, I'm going to call Zhang Chao, and let him keep an eye on Fu Wang and those people for a while."

After saying that, Zhu Cihong waved his hand and let them go out. In an instant, Zhu Cihong and Liu Bao were the only ones left in the study that had been a little noisy just now.

After a while, Zhang Chao entered Zhu Cixiang's study wearing a flying fish suit and carrying an embroidered spring knife at his waist. He knelt on the ground and addressed himself as Your Highness, and then asked, "Why have you summoned me?"

Zhang Chao and the guards in the prince's mansion were able to enter Zhu Cihong's side with armor and knives, and even approached Zhu Cihong, because they were all soldiers summoned by the system, otherwise Zhu Cihong would not feel at ease letting these soldiers get so close to him.

If a lunatic suddenly had a mental attack, or suffered from epilepsy, and his hands and feet couldn't control for a while, wouldn't it be too bad luck to chop the steel knife on Zhu Cihong's body.

As the saying goes, a person with a lot of money cannot sit down in the hall. A noble person like Zhu Cixiang must eliminate all possibility of danger and make it seem as if there is an absolute realm around him.

Otherwise, the position of the emperor, the Ninth Five-Year Lord, is stared at by so many people every day, even if he has ten heads, it is not enough for others to frame and assassinate him.

"I will be on the throne soon. You and your royal guards should pay attention to Prince Fu's Mansion recently, as well as the residences of Lu Jiude, Ma Shiying, and Ruan Dacheng. You should also pay attention to the official roads inside and outside Jinling City. Once you find the Jiangbei warlords and Prince Fu If there is any correspondence, please report it to me immediately."

The more important the moment, the easier it is for troubles and accidents to occur, so Zhu Cixiang did not dare to act carelessly at this moment.

Almost all the people from Jinyiwei and Niangan were sent out. Recently, Zhu Cixiang also distributed 2000 taels of silver to each of the two departments as activity funds.

Don't underestimate these 2000 taels of silver. Prices in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas are about one tael of silver per stone and rice. An ordinary farmer's income after working hard for a year is only a few taels of silver.

On average, each Jinyiwei guard can earn nearly 20 taels of silver, which is almost the entire income of two relatively wealthy farmers.

What's more, the money is only for their use for this period of time. Once Zhu Cihong ascends the throne, he will allocate new funds for their use.

"And you must be ready for assassination and interception at any time. Once my order is issued, I will see the head within three hours."

In fact, Zhu Cihong didn't want to massacre in Jinling City. He did so just to give himself a way to fight against King Fu and control the situation.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will order the Jinyi Guards to be on guard day and night, waiting for your orders at all times." Zhang Chao also knew that it was an urgent moment recently and could not be ignored, so he had already been alert.

"I have sent a small flag to Prince Fu's Mansion a long time ago, asking them to monitor the actions of Prince Fu's Mansion day and night. If there is any trouble, they will report to me immediately."

The soldiers of the system are not just robots who only know how to obey orders, especially the centurions of each team, they are quite intelligent and are no different from ordinary capable officials.

There are ten people in a small flag. Zhang Chao sent them to monitor day and night. There happened to be five people during the day and five people at night.

"Okay, Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude should each send a small flag. In other places, you can divide your troops according to the situation."

In Zhu Cixiang's mind, Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude were as important as King Fu, not because of their high status or power.

It's because they are smart and most likely to come up with some evil ideas for King Fu and then cause trouble for himself, so Zhu Cixiang wants them to pay special attention to these people.

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Coincidentally, the little flag that Zhang Chao sent to Fu Wang's mansion was climbing on the top of the meeting hall in Fu Wang's mansion to eavesdrop.

"Lu Jiude, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, tell me what to do about Gu. Do you really want that kid to become the emperor?"

After the court meeting, Prince Fu summoned Lu Jiude and the others to his residence.

"And you, Ma Shiying, why didn't you argue with Zhu Yousong at the court meeting, and let him talk nonsense, so that today I am under the control of him?"

Although Fu Wang's performance in the main hall was very hip, he didn't think it was his fault, but felt that Ma Shiying did something wrong, that he didn't do well enough, so he should be blamed for today's incident.

Fu Wang's political acumen is really bad. Ma Shiying is his confidant minister, but he wants to blame Ma Shiying.

I really don't know if it was because his parents were so arrogant when he was young that he was used to blaming others, or if he feels that today's situation is irreversible, so he just throws it out the window.

When Lu Jiude heard Fu Wang's words, he was afraid that he would offend Ma Shiying and make him feel resentful in his heart, so he hurriedly stood up and interrupted Fu Wang's words.

"Your Highness, the current situation is not impossible to change. If you are willing to take risks, it is not a problem for Your Highness to ascend the throne tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Lu Jiude was an old man who served Concubine Wan Gui during the Wanli period, and Zhu Yousong was the grandson of Concubine Wan Gui, so Lu Jiude was always busy with Zhu Yousong and thought of him everywhere.

In fact, even the warlords of the four Jiangbei towns united to support Zhu Yousong back then. Otherwise, even if Zhu Cihong hadn't gone south, he would definitely not be able to take the position of supervisor of the country.

"Oh, really? Then tell me quickly."

Hearing that Lu Jiude had a solution, Zhu Cilang was overjoyed, like a person who just died at sea and saw the passing ships in an instant.

(End of this chapter)