Han’s Son is Not a Slave

After the deployment of these two major events, Guo Xiong returned to the military headquarters to convene the staff to formulate the military strategy for Fujian and Yungui, as well as food and grass raising matters, and then handed it over to Zhou Shixiang for approval. Ge Yi was ordered to return to Yangzhou, dispatched mobile troops to stand by at any time, and contacted Tang Sanshui in Lujiang, asking him to pay close attention to the battle in Henan.

If Wu Sangui threw himself into the Central Plains and Beijing, Fulin showed signs of giving up on Beijing, and Zheng Jun's navy had not been able to control it. Zhou Shixiang even planned to disguise one or two towns of Jiangbei Army as the Qing army, and use Tang San's water diligent king. In order to contain Wu Jun in name, Wu Sangui must be held back no matter what. It really didn't work, so the Jiangbei Army entered Henan and directly fought against Wu Sangui.

In order not to cause trouble for the future, in order to uproot Manchuria, which had plagued the Ming Dynasty for nearly fifty years, so that they did not even have ashes left, Zhou Shixiang did not care about the infamy of provoking civil war on his back. The deaths of tens of thousands of women and children and tens of thousands of banner soldiers in Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hangzhou did not dampen his revenge. He was waiting, and he was moving forward step by step towards the goal that he most desired in his heart. For this purpose, he doesn't care about reputation.

After Guo Xiong and Ge Yi left, Zhang An, who had been waiting outside, quietly entered and handed over the two confessions.

Zhou Shixiang took the two confessions, glanced at them, put them on the table, and asked Zhang An, "What happened to that Yongxing King Zhu Linwei, who is really Zhu Yutong's son?"

"Back to the commander, I have already asked General Gan Hui, and he confirmed that there is indeed a King Yongxing in Jinxia. This man is the third son of Zhu Yutang, the king of Tang Min. Zhu Yutang died of illness in Nanyang in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen. Yes, a few months later, the Qing army went south, and several officials of the palace protected Zhu Linwei and went south, and has been hiding in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

After Emperor Longwu became emperor in Fujian, the officials of the palace took Zhu Linwei to vote. Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Fujian, the Qing army had already occupied Fujing, and Emperor Longwu also died in Tingzhou. When there was nowhere to go, they scattered, leaving only an old official with eight-year-old Zhu Lin wandering around. Two years later, the old official heard that there were still Ming army activities in Jinxia, ​​so he brought ten-year-old Zhu Linwei all the way to Xiamen begging, and was taken in by Zheng Jun after reporting his identity. Because of Emperor Longwu, Zheng Sen valued the nephew of Emperor Longwu very much, and let him and his son Zheng Jing study and cultivate them deliberately. The statement in the commander's hand belonged to the old official, and the guards brought by Zhu Linwei were also ordered to be interrogated one by one, and there was nothing wrong with what General Gan Hui said. Judging from the current evidence alone, Zhu Linwei's identity should not be fake. "

After listening to Zhang An briefly describe the origin of the Yongxing King, Zhou Shixiang nodded, but he was a little puzzled, and asked Zhang An: "If Zhu Linwei's identity is true, why didn't he come to Nandu earlier, the emperor said. Everything is his uncle. He is in Jinxia, ​​and no matter how good Zheng Sen treats him, he always depends on others. Besides, why didn't Zheng Sen tell us about Zhu Linwei, and what did he want to hide from it?"

Zhang An replied: "It is said that before entering the river, Zheng Sen intended to adopt Zhu Linwei to Emperor Longwu as a successor, and then he was the guardian of the country."

Hearing this, Zhou Shixiang suddenly realized and sneered: "So it is, I said why Zheng Sen refused to take a stand and support King Tang together with this commander. It turned out that he had other plans. If Nandu is not recovered by us, but by He Zheng Jun has recovered, but Zhu Linwei can really sit on the throne of his uncle."

Zhang An added: "Zhu Linwei bribed a general surnamed Xia in the Jinmen Zheng Jun to let him go out of Hong Kong without permission. According to the old official, although Zheng Sen treated Zhu Linwei well, he has been sending someone to monitor him."

After listening to Zhou Shixiang, he did not speak, but picked up the old official's confession on the table and looked at it carefully. After reading it, he gently squeezed the confession with his hands, frowning slightly, as if thinking about something.

Seeing this, Zhang An leaned forward and said, "Zhu Linwei and his party have been drifting at sea for more than ten days, and their youngest son died of illness. If the commander suspects this person, the subordinates can do it without knowing it."

"No," Zhou Shixiang shook his head, looked at Zhang An who was wise and dissatisfied, and said, "I can't hide this, Jinsha must know that Zhu Linwei came to vote for his uncle, how could this good person say no? No. The emperor will definitely know about this in the future. He wants this commander to make friends, how should this commander explain it?"

Zhang An sighed, not daring to be smart any more, and asked cautiously, "What does the commander mean?"

"We don't have to worry about sending him to Nanjing and whether or not he recognizes his nephew as the emperor."

Zhang An hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Master, the Son of Heaven has no heirs. If you know that this nephew is alive, I am afraid that he will be regarded as the East Palace."

"It's not the emperor who decides who will be the East Palace."

Zhou Shixiang waved his hand, picked up another confession on the table and looked at it. Different from the worries of his subordinates, Zhou Shixiang was not at all worried that Zhu Linwei would become the prince after arriving in Nanjing, and become the new prince in the future, because it was up to him to decide who would be the emperor.

Zhang An stood there with some regrets in his heart. He shouldn't have been reckless just now. He was regretting it when a light voice came from his ear.

"The matter of Geng Jingzhong, you asked someone to do it, right?"

Zhang An was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground with a chill down his spine.

"If you want to do something in the future, first ask me if I can do it. Don't make your own decisions. It's not good for you. Get up."

"Yes, handsome!"

Zhang An stood up in fear, Zhou Shixiang didn't look at him, but continued to look at the confession in his hand. The confession was written by a Yuyao teacher named Wang Shiyuan. According to this person, he was Zhu Cihuan, the third son of Emperor Lie. In the year of Jiashen, when he was just twelve years old, he was captured by Li Zicheng's army along with his two older brothers, and then he was carried by Li Zicheng from Beijing to the south. After Li Zicheng's defeat, Zhu Cihuan began to wander in troubled times. Later, he begged to a squire's family surnamed Wang. The squire Wang saw that he had a special temperament and inquired about the root cause, but Zhu Cihuan, who had no chengfu, revealed his identity. Wang Xiangshen used to be an official in the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that the third prince had been reduced to such a degree, he could not help holding his hand and weeping. He took the risk and took him in, renamed him Wang Shiyuan, and studied with his son.

Five years later, Squire Wang died of illness, and the Wang family was unwilling to continue to take in Zhu Cihuan, so Zhu Cihuan had to wander to the south of the Yangtze River to become a monk. Later, a squire Hu from Yuyao, Zhejiang visited the temple and saw Zhu Cihuan, who was in his early twenties, with a handsome face, a good temperament, full of poetry and books, and was very good at Go. Hu Xiangshen admired it very much, persuaded him to return to the secular world, and even married his daughter to him. So Zhu Cihuan settled in Zhejiang. After getting married, Zhu Cihuan made a career of teaching. After the death of his father-in-law, along with having children and having children, he had to look for a teaching chair everywhere, and he often beat the autumn wind to some local gentlemen, barely making a living. It was not until Yuyao was recaptured by the Taiping Army that he thought about it again and again before he dared to go to the government to reveal his true identity.

"This Wang Shiyuan said that he was the third Prince Zhu~www.wuxiamtl.com~ but there was no evidence to prove his identity, which was unbelievable. However, the emperor once said to the commander last year that the third prince Zhu might be hidden in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I asked you to investigate secretly, but there was no information about the third prince. I echoed the emperor and said that the third prince may not be alive. I don't want to, but he appeared at this time. It was quite lively with Zhu Linwei. An emperor's nephew, a fierce emperor's third prince, in terms of identity, they are all precious, Zhang An, do you think this Wang Shiyuan is really Zhu Cihuan?"

Zhang An shook his head and said, "My subordinates are not sure, but Jiashen is 12 years old. When many people have seen him, the commander can find some people who have seen Zhu Cihuan in the past to identify the authenticity of this Wang Shiyuan."

Zhou Shixiang was noncommittal, and asked Zhang An again, "What is this person's personality like?"

Zhang An said: "When the subordinate saw him, he was very cautious, and he seemed to be afraid of the subordinate. When the subordinate asked him, he was brief and never said a word. According to the experience of the subordinate's judges, This person is either very clever or really cowardly."

Zhou Shixiang smiled: "If I were him, I'm afraid I'd be careful as a person." After speaking, he instructed Zhang An, "Send the person secretly to Zhenjiang, and then you immediately go to the **** who served Prince Lie and the eunuch. The officials who have seen them must recognize the authenticity of this third Prince Zhu for me!"