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Hanyang is across the river from Wuchang.

Zhang Juzheng led the army and stopped marching after capturing Hanyang.

For this matter, Xu Xuemo, the prefect of Jingzhou, repeatedly persuaded Zhang Juzheng to march to Wuchang immediately, but Zhang Juzheng ignored him, causing Xu Xuemo and Zhang Juzheng to break up on bad terms, and even threatened to impeach Zhang Juzheng.

Xu Xuemo was once the main force in resisting King Jing's rebels in Huguang, but he only recruited rural warriors. To attack Wuchang City, he still had to rely on Zhang Juzheng's regular army of the imperial court.

Therefore, although Xu Xuemo was angry, Zhang Juzheng refused to march, and he had nothing to do against Zhang Juzheng.

Today Xu Xuemo invited Zhang Juzheng again and asked him to attack Wuchang immediately, but Zhang Juzheng still did not see him.

An angry Xu Xuemo returned to his military camp and was greeted by a middle-aged scribe.

"Master Futai, what did Mr. Zhang Ge say?"

Xu Xuemo said angrily: "What can I say! Mr. Zhang Ge has not even seen me in person! The rules in Mr. Zhang Ge's account are becoming more and more strict these days!"

The middle-aged scribe frowned.

Zhao Zhigao, a native of Zhejiang, was a scholar and a successful candidate in the Zhejiang imperial examination in the 22nd year of Jiajing. At that time, Zhao Zhigao was nineteen years old.

It's a pity that Zhao Zhigao failed repeatedly in the next few imperial examinations and never passed the Jinshi.

Now that he is thirty-nine years old, Zhao Zhigao is studying in the Imperial College of Nanjing while waiting for the next tribute examination.

Later, the Southeast New Army entered Nanjing and Zhao Zhigao fled from Nanjing.

Instead of going north, he came to Huguang.

When King Jing raised an army, Zhao Zhigao happened to be in Jingzhou. Xu Xuemo recruited volunteers, and Zhao Zhigao signed up to join the army.

Knowing that Zhao Zhigao had a good reputation, Xu Xuemo promoted him to his staff.

Zhao Zhigao saw that Xu Xuemo was so angry that he could only comfort him and said: "Zhang Butang refused to attack Wuchang, maybe he had other considerations."

Xu Xuemo said: "What can he think about? It's not that he doesn't want to return to the capital."

After all, Zhao Zhigao is just a civil servant. He can do some army logistics work, but he is a child when it comes to fighting in the court.

Xu Xuemo wanted to remind him, so he said:

"In the cabinet today, Mr. Yang Ge is known as Mr. Clay Sculpture Ge."

"Of the three remaining cabinet ministers, Gao Ge always gave lectures and readings to His Majesty when he was at Prince Yu's residence. He has a master-disciple relationship with His Majesty, and has contributed to the Xuanfu's decisions. He holds the most weight in His Majesty's heart."

"The new matter was proposed by Mr. Gao Ge, and His Majesty fully agreed to it. He also ordered Mr. Gao Ge to preside over the capital inspection. This power is even greater than when Xia Yan Yansong was in power."

"The third assistant is our elder Zhang Ge. Mr. Zhang Ge is the governor of the military affairs of Nanzhili. But where is Nanzhili now?"

Xu Xuemo showed a disdainful expression.

"As for the fourth assistant, Zhang Siwei, he was only able to join the cabinet because of his efforts in persuading the emperor to return home. He can only be a follow-up man and a yes-man."

"The reason why Mr. Zhang Ge has delayed attacking Wuchang is because he doesn't want to return to the capital at this time and compete with Mr. Gao Ge for power!"

How did Zhao Zhigao know that there were so many twists and turns in the court, he asked:

"I heard that Mr. Gao Ge and Mr. Zhang Ge are inseparable. Mr. Zhang Ge also once served as His Majesty's lecturer. He was recommended by Mr. Gao Ge. Mr. Zhang Ge is also a person who wants to do things. Shouldn't he put down King Jing as soon as possible? Luan, will you return to the capital with this great achievement?"

Xu Xuemo sneered and said: "This is the same as the other. At that time, both Gao and Zhang were poor officials, so naturally there was nothing to argue with."

"Mr. Gao Ge has an upright character, and Mr. Zhang Ge is also a very independent person. If they were both in the capital, they would definitely fight to the death."

Zhao Zhigao said in surprise: "Is it because of this that Mr. Zhang Ge refuses to attack Wuchang? How long will he delay?"

"Put it off until the court can no longer hold it off and someone comes to talk to him."

Xu Xuemo said coldly:

"In terms of closeness to His Majesty, he cannot compare to Gao Ge Lao."

"In terms of support, he is not as good as Gao Ge Lao."

"Compared with the qualifications for becoming an official in the imperial examination, he is not as senior as Gao Ge."

"Since you are not as good as Mr. Gao Ge, then not joining the capital is the best choice."

Zhao Zhigao murmured: "Does Zhang Ge always want to stay in Huguang? But the imperial court has never had a precedent of a cabinet minister stationed in a place."

Xu Xuemo said: "Today is already a troubled time. In troubled times, there is no precedent."

"Zhang Ge always relies on this army. If the squadron returns to Beijing, the military power will definitely be returned. If he can stay in Huguang, he can control the military and political affairs in Huguang."

Zhao Zhigao asked: "Will the imperial court agree?"

"Is it useful if the court just doesn't agree?"

Xu Xuemo let out a long sigh. He always had an ominous premonition, but he didn't know where it came from.

In Wuchang City, King Jing met the envoys sent from Jiujiang from the southeast.

What surprised King Jing and Zhao Zhenji was that the envoy sent from the southeast turned out to be a member of the Zhu Ming clan.

The person who came was none other than Zhu Huaye, son of Zhu Congjin, the current governor of Fengyang and Zhu Mingfengguo general.

The clan imprisoned in Fengyang Imperial City rebelled and recommended Zhu Jincong to offer the city. Zhu Huaye was the first to open the gate of Fengyang City.

Later, Su Ze personally asked the Zhu family and his son what rewards they wanted. Zhu Congzhen was retained as the prefect of Fengyang, while Zhu Huaye joined Lin Deyang's third brigade.

In the subsequent battles, Zhu Huaye performed well and was recommended to the Nanjing Army Academy for further training. He is now the battalion commander of the third battalion of the third brigade.

After training in the military, Zhu Huaye was no longer as thin as before. His skin was tanned. He stood in front of King Jing and Zhao Zhenji in casual clothes, but his momentum was not inferior at all.

In order to meet the envoy from the southeast, King Jing specially put on the ceremonial uniform handed down when he was the governor of Fan De'an. Zhao Zhenji also put on a vermilion official robe, but Zhu Huaye in front of them looked completely indifferent.

"Zhu Huaye, the third battalion of the third brigade of the Southeast New Army, was ordered by Governor Su to discuss with the two of them the matter of returning to normalcy in Wuchang."

King Jing still wanted to condom and almost said:

"Your surname is Zhu, too? Could it be that he belongs to my Zhu Ming clan? I heard that Governor Su employs people regardless of their origins. Even my Zhu Ming clan can be reused?"

Zhu Huaye looked at the wealthy King Jing and suppressed his disgust, but still nodded and acknowledged his identity as a member of the Zhu Ming clan.

The smile on King Jing's face became even brighter. He thought that Su Ze sent a member of the Zhu Ming clan to negotiate because he wanted to treat him favorably.

King Jing even stepped forward, wanting to grab Zhu Huaye to express his closeness.

But Zhu Huaye immediately took a step back and kept his distance from King Jing.

They, father and son, were members of the Zhu Ming clan, but local officials had deprived them of their rice and they were about to starve to death.

The same vassal clan was in Shanxi, but King Dai was extremely rich and occupied a large amount of official and private land. As the head vassal of the clan in Shanxi, King Dai not only never provided aid to the poor clan, but also collaborated with Shanxi officials to embezzle the lumi of other clans. .

At that time, the Zhu Ming royal family did not think about these poor relatives.

Later, his father Zhu Congjin stood up for the clan and risked his life to go to the capital to report to Emperor Jiajing. The final result was that the Shanxi Lumi incident had no results, and the father and son were exiled to Fengyang.

They are also members of the clan. Distant clan members such as Zhu Congjin and his son are almost starving to death. They are also banned from studying, joining the army, doing business or even farming.

As for a close clan clan like King Jing, they enfeoffed 40,000 yuan of land as soon as they became a vassal, and they were greedy enough to continue to occupy official and private lands.

Zhu Huaye was disgusted with his clan status. He did not pay attention to King Jing's attempts to get close to him, but said businesslikely:

"The conditions of Governor Su:"

"First, Wuchang must surrender unconditionally. Our third brigade enters Wuchang by water and takes over the city defense of Wuchang. All troops in the city must disarm and surrender to us. Before my third brigade enters the city, order in Wuchang must be maintained."

"Second, all government offices in Wuchang are sealed and all officials at all levels are awaiting screening at home."

"Third, King Jing and Zhao Zhenji must go to Nanjing, and the governor will see you in person."

Upon hearing such harsh surrender conditions, King Jing and Zhao Zhenji both looked ashen.

Originally, they thought they would be favored by Su Ze based on their contribution to the city of Wuchang.

Zhao Zhenji still thought that Su Ze would let him stay in Wuchang.

King Jing even imagined that Su Ze would support him. After all, he was the emperor's younger brother. Su Ze could support a Southern Ming in Nanjing and compete with the Northern Ming court.

At that time, King Jing could also enjoy the pleasure of being an emperor in name only.

But Su Ze's attitude was so cold and he didn't even mention the reward for the two of them.

From Southeast's attitude towards the original officials in Wuchang, it can be seen that Su Ze did not want to continue to appoint officials from the Ming court.

This is different from what I thought!

King Jing regretted a little.

He showed an unhappy expression and said: "Wuchang is still in the hands of the lonely king. Isn't Governor Su looking down on people too much?!"

"I don't have to surrender to the southeast. As long as Wuchang City is opened, the Ming army will be stationed in Hanyang. I can plead guilty to the emperor's brother, which is also a way out."

When Zhu Huaye heard what King Jing said, his expression became even colder: "You proposed the surrender. We in the Southeast just proposed the conditions for surrender. Surrender or not is up to you."

King Jing was even more angry. We all belong to the clan. Didn't you just join the Southeast a little earlier?

The lonely king is a close relative of the royal family, the son of the emperor, and the younger brother of the current emperor!

"Come here! Take this man down!"

King Jing called for the guards, and Zhao Zhenji immediately stopped King Jing and said:

"Your Highness, if we are not going to kill the envoy during the war between the two countries, why not let the envoy go to a separate courtyard to rest first? We can continue to talk about the city dedication."

Zhao Zhenji whispered next to King Jing again:

"Keep this person, and you can use him to negotiate with the court, letting the court know that His Highness still has a choice."

King Jing thought for a while, and what Zhao Zhenji said made sense.

If Zhu Huaye is really killed, he will completely break with Southeast and there will be no way out.

King Jing waved his hand and said: "Detain him!"

Zhu Huaye did not show any panic and allowed the palace soldiers to escort him to another hospital for detention.

Although King Jing was very angry, the royal soldiers respected Zhu Huaye very much. They not only arranged a very comfortable room, but also bought sumptuous food and wine from their own pockets and sent them to Zhu Huaye's room.

When the sun went down, Zhu Huaye heard the movement outside the door, only to see the room being pushed open and a figure standing outside the door.

"Master Zhao, I thought you would come later."

Zhu Huaye said to the black figure behind the door without raising his head.

The dark shadow walked into the house, and it turned out to be Zhao Zhenji dressed in black. He looked at Zhu Huaye in surprise and asked:

"Captain Zhu, did you know I would come tonight?"

Zhu Huaye smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Zhao, I can go to Wuchang alone, so naturally I am not a fool like King Jing."

He raised his head and looked at Zhao Zhenji and said, "Master Zhao, you are my guarantee when I come to Wuchang."

Zhao Zhenji was shocked. He originally thought that Zhu Huaye was a young and energetic officer, and he was still complaining about why the Southeast New Army sent such a stupid young man to negotiate.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all. Zhu Huaye deliberately angered King Jing.

Sure enough, Zhu Huaye said:

"Surrender to the Ming court, King Jing may still have a chance to survive, but Mr. Zhao will undoubtedly die."

"In this Wuchang city, King Jing has a retreat, Wuchang's officials, big and small, have a retreat, Wuchang's leading soldiers have a retreat, but you, Mr. Zhao, have no retreat."

"Unconditional surrender to our southeast is your only way to survive."

Zhao Zhenji said with a cold expression:

"If that's the case, aren't you afraid that I will defeat you all?"

Zhu Huaye said, "Master Zhao, you can't do that."

Zhao Zhenji put away his threatening expression and put on a sad expression again and asked:

"Excuse me, Battalion Commander Zhu. If the Governor wants Zhao to go to Nanjing, what will he do to me?"

Zhu Huaye said seriously: "Then it depends on what Mr. Zhao has done. If Mr. Zhao has done anything harmful to the people, then I have strict laws in the southeast and I am afraid he will have to go to court."

"If he has not done anything harmful to nature, according to the treatment of being demoted in the old Ming Dynasty, he will be renovated in Nanchan Temple in Fuzhou first, and then the governor's office will punish him after the remodeling is completed."

Zhao Zhenji gritted his teeth and said: "For such a great contribution to Wuchang, the governor is so stingy? Wouldn't that chill the hearts of those who surrender in the future?"

Zhu Huaye said:

"When I was at the Nanjing Army Academy, the Grand Governor once gave us a lecture."

"The Grand Governor once said that those who have conquered the world since ancient times must not take shortcuts."

"Whether it was the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the Sui Dynasty or the Later Zhou Dynasty in the Song Dynasty, it was because it was too easy to win the country and failed to clean up the remnants of the previous dynasty, which led to the country's failure."

"So if Wuchang surrenders unconditionally, our Southeast will naturally be happy to accept it. But if someone wants to hold the city hostage to claim credit, and also wants to sneak into our Southeast through speculation, the Governor will never agree."

"Since Wuchang, we in the southeast will only accept unconditional surrender!"

Hearing what Zhu Huaye said, Zhao Zhenji's face was full of despair.

He tried his best, but he didn't expect that Su Ze would not accept his trick at all.

But as Zhu Huaye said, others may have a way out, and offering the city is his only way to survive.

The next day, April 17, the army in Wuchang City surrounded Prince Jing's Mansion and took control of all government offices and city gate arsenals in Wuchang.

Zhao Zhenji also ordered the east city's water gate to be opened, and the leading troops of the third brigade drove a clipper into Wuchang City.

It was not until April 19 that Zhang Juzheng of Hanyang received the news.

He hurriedly gathered the troops, but saw the flag of the Third Brigade raised in Wuchang City.

The bright muzzle of the cannon was pointed outside the city, and Lin Deyang ordered the cannon to be fired in demonstration.

Zhang Juzheng could only continue to retreat to Hanyang.

Wuchang changed its flag.

I'm going to take a day off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. It's not a break from updating. It's going to be an update tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, at 9am.

This book took half a year to write, and I am not boasting here. Except for one update on the day I was hospitalized for diabetes, it has always been 8,000 a day.

After being discharged from the hospital, my blood sugar was not very stable. This time I spent two days with my family during the Mid-Autumn Festival to rest and sort out the plot.

Provincial version: 29th and 30th, one update of 4,000 words per day, at 9 a.m., and two updates on National Day.

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