Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36: 36, Zhu Cihong echoes everything, Li Guozhen is miserable

Royal Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen was sitting in the hall when he suddenly heard footsteps. It turned out that it was Empress Zhou who walked in.

Empress Zhou put down the soup bowl in her hand, and said to Emperor Chongzhen very gently: "Your Majesty has worked hard to deal with the business, so drink some soup to replenish your body."

Chongzhen shook his head and said: "Now that the Ming Dynasty has become like this, why should I work hard? As long as I don't become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty, my life will be enough."

That's what he said, but under the persuasion of Queen Zhou, Chongzhen still took a few sips from the soup bowl.

Queen Zhou said: "The concubine just sent someone to look for the prince, but the people over there said that the prince has gone to conscript. What the concubine wants to say is that the prince is so young, does he really have experience in conscription?" ?Maybe His Majesty should send some more mature people to recruit troops.”

In the eyes of any mother, her child is always a child, not to mention that Zhu Cihong is only a 15-year-old boy now, and in Queen Zhou's heart, she is indeed a child.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and said: "It seems to be true. Wang Chengen, help me go to the conscription side to see what the situation is. If the crown prince really can't do it, let him come back."

Wang Chengen didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly left the palace.

On the Xuanwumen side, the situation has begun to change.

This large group of people rushed out suddenly, and when they arrived at Zhu Cihong's side clamoring to join the army, Fang Gonggan was indeed taken aback.

"All line up for me, and find someone who can take the lead to come out and tell what's going on!" Fang Gongqian shouted at the crowd at the top of his lungs while keeping his subordinates in order.

Among the crowd, a young man who looked quite strong stood up quickly and said to Fang Gongqian: "My father-in-law, Xia Shijian, my father is an official of the Ming Dynasty, and we are all good families. Son, this time we made an appointment to join the army together."

"Liangjiazi?" After Fang Gongqian heard these words, he couldn't help but look him up and down.

The so-called good family is actually a relatively old name. In a word that is easier for modern people to understand-the child of the middle class.

Judging from their clothes, this young man named Shi Jian seems to have a certain status. He is said to be a son of a good family, and he should be worthy of the name.

But this could not dispel the doubts in Fang Gongqian's heart. He continued to speak: "Then why didn't you join the army before, why did you come out to join the army at this time?"

Shi Jian's face changed slightly, he seemed to be hesitant, but he quickly summoned up his courage, and said loudly: "Before, the Daming government owed my father's salary, and our family was struggling to live. How can we support Daming? Now there is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. After the salary was paid, my father knew that His Highness the Crown Prince is a good person, so he let me come."

The others behind Shi Jian chattered: "Yes, my father was the deputy commander of the Beijing camp, and he sold horses to eat before. How do you let me join the army?" "Now the government has given us hope. Of course we also have to fight for the Ming government.”

Fang Gong was furious, and shouted: "Are you guys not patriotic at all?"

Shi Jian stared and said seriously: "Of course we love Da Ming, otherwise why would we join the army to defend Da Ming? But the premise is that Da Ming can't starve us to death."

"Yes! That's the truth." Everyone among them spoke one after another.

Zhu Cihong coughed, stood up, and walked in front of Shi Jian.

Shi Jian's Adam's apple rolled up and down, apparently a little nervous: "His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince."

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, and was about to say something, when suddenly a voice came from beside him: "Shi Jian, quickly bring your disciples over to my side, I will give you 25 taels of silver each!"

Zhu Cilang heard the sound and looked, and found that Li Guozhen had already come here at some point, and he was standing a few steps away loudly beckoning Shi Jian.

Zhu Cihong, with his violent temper, was thinking about whether to take out the Sand Eagle pistol and shoot Li Guozhen, but Shi Jian had already opened his mouth.

"Thank you Uncle Xiangcheng for your kindness, but I'm sorry, we are here to join the prince this time."

Li Guozhen was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but said angrily: "Your father and my father are best friends, you and I grew up together, and now you actually say such things to me?"

Li Guozhen and Shi Jian are both in their twenties.

Shi Jian smiled, cupped his hands and said: "Uncle Xiangcheng, we all know very well that if there is no crown prince, this Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to keep. So if we want to follow, we will follow the crown prince to defend Daming. This will not only make us more hopeful, It is also easier to survive, and it is easier to gain military exploits. Uncle Xiangcheng, I am sorry this time!"

After Shi Jian finished speaking, everyone behind him said, "Yes, we are going to follow the prince!" "Don't say it's you, Uncle Xiangcheng, even if His Majesty is standing here to recruit us, we still have to follow the prince!" "Xiangcheng Hurry up, uncle, don't get in the way here, we don't care about your 5 taels of silver!"

After Li Guozhen heard these words, his face flushed with anger, and he wanted to have a fit, when suddenly his eyes fell on Zhu Cihong.

At some point, Zhu Cihong took out the Sand Eagle pistol, twirled it in his palm, and said calmly: "Uncle Xiangcheng, it's almost done, I don't even care about you running over to snatch my people, don't you? How dare you talk nonsense to these righteous men who want to defect to me? Why should you go, don't be an eyesore here!"

Li Guozhen's face was extremely ugly, and after a few seconds, he snorted heavily, turned and left.

Li Guozhen returned to his recruiting point. Before he could sit down, he saw four faces that stinked worse than a latrine.

Zhou Kui said annoyedly: "Uncle Xiangcheng, is this what you said that you must be better than the crown prince?"

Zhou Kui was so annoyed, he originally wanted to see Zhu Cihong's side, but now it's all right, as soon as hundreds of people came, Li Guozhen's side wasn't enough to watch.

Li Guozhen's face sank like water, and he said coldly: "Don't worry, this is just a wave of people. We have a lot of money here, and we will overtake them later!"

As soon as Li Guozhen finished speaking, another wave of hundreds of young people cheered and passed by the conscription point where Li Guozhen was.

Li Guozhen's subordinates hurried forward to shout for help, but they didn't expect that the group of young people didn't even look at Li Guozhen's side.

"Get out of the way, we are going to be the prince's soldiers!"

"Uncle Xiangcheng? I haven't heard of it. I only know that the prince killed Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin, and I will follow the prince from now on!"

"Money? Don't use money to insult us, the crown prince is Daming's savior, of course we have to follow the crown prince!"

The group of young people ran to Zhu Cihuang's side in a whizz, leaving only a few words that made Li Guozhen's expression extremely ugly.

More and more people gathered at Zhu Cihong's conscription point, forming a long queue.

As for Li Guozhen's side, although there are some people, they are sparse and outnumbered.

Wang Huamin looked at this scene and shook his head: "Everyone, I still have something to do, so let's go first."

Cao Huachun coughed: "My lord, my legs and feet are not good, can I have a seat in your carriage?"

Zhou Kui: "..."

After thinking about it, the head of the country turned around and left.

Without further ado, Wei Zaode followed Zhou Kui's footsteps.

Li Guozhen: "..."

Li Guozhen didn't notice that not far away, someone in a carriage watched this scene quietly.

The eunuch Wang Cheng'en, the supervisor of ceremonies, lowered the window of the carriage and said, "Go back to the palace."

Half an hour later, Wang Chengen knelt down in front of Chongzhen and Queen Zhou.

"Your Majesty, this old slave has already seen it in person. When the prince recruited troops, there were huge crowds of people, but the uncle Xiangcheng's side was empty."

When Chongzhen and Queen Zhou heard this, they were instantly shocked.

"What, Lang'er is so popular?"

Wang Chengen said seriously: "Everyone has said that the crown prince is Daming's real savior!"

Chongzhen: "..."

At this moment, Chongzhen suddenly felt envious of his son.

Why do you feel that you are more popular with the people than me?
Ugh.

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(End of this chapter)