I am the king of the dead

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It is meaningless for Nanya to guard the two Huaihe Rivers again.

Following this decision, the siege of Xu Chengzong and Ning Yuanbo Ren Lizhi in Fengyang Mansion was resolved, and the two of them also rushed to Xiao County, waiting for the emperor to come to Xuzhou.

Zhu Qiyu came to Xuzhou on September [-]th, and drove to the city of Xuzhou.

Yu Qian led Xuzhou civil and military officials to pick him up outside the city.

Yu Qian specially cleared out a house. There are about 170 rooms in this group of houses, as well as watchtowers, camp forts and other things. Xingyuan.

Xingyuan is built according to Hubu Mountain, covering about 800 mu of land, with Banyun Pavilion, where you can climb high and look far away; there is Tai'an Hall, where government affairs are handled and officials are received;

Jin Yiwei had already turned the entire Xuzhou Xingyuan upside down, dug the ground three feet, and finally confirmed that it was safe before His Majesty's car drove down from Dangshan Mountain.

Zhu Qiyu didn't ride a horse, but sat on a chariot, entered from Wuning Gate, and arrived at Xingyuan Gate of Hushan, and the gate opened to welcome His Majesty's chariot to enter.

Zhu Qiyu got off the carriage in front of the gate of Tai'an Hall.

The unexplainable Yan Luo in the world is stationed in Lianghuai, ready to cross the river to quell the rebellion at any time.

Liu Laoqi, the driving department, improved the "宀"-shaped shock-absorbing and buffering components of the car, which is really excellent, and the bumpy feeling is naturally there, but because the speed of the car is not fast, it is not very hard.

"See Your Majesty, long live your majesty, long live, long live." Zhu Qiyu heard the sound of saluting as soon as he got out of the car.

Yu Qian led the generals and officials from various prefectures and counties in Xuzhou to kneel together.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the courtyard. Although it looked like a remodeled folk house, it was quite grand. The architectural styles of Anhui and Hebei schools were integrated, and the structure was probably a courtyard house.

Zhu Qiyu flicked his sleeves and said, "Be flat."

When he arrived in Xuzhou City, he was not busy. As soon as the things in Xuzhou should be sent to the capital for disposal, he was after all personally conscripting, so naturally he only dealt with military affairs.

Only Yu Qian was in Xuzhou, Shi Heng went to Suzhou, and Shi Biao went to Haizhou (Lianyungang) along the Huaihe River.

"I have received the military report. The battle in Huaidong has basically been settled, and the battle in Huaixi is dominated by Fengyangwei and Nanjing Army, right?" Zhu Qiyu said looking at the map.

Yu Qian bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

The situation has become very clear. Huaidong is attacked by the Daming Jingying Battalion, and Huaixi is guarded by Fengyangwei and Nanjing Army.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the Kanyu map for a long time and said: "It is necessary to ensure the defense along the canal. If there is a disastrous defeat for the army, we will have a way out..."

Yu Qian looked at the Kanyu map, thought about it for a moment, bowed his head and said: "The minister leads the decree."

"Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong is on standby in Xiao County, please have an audience." Yu Qian talked about Wei Guogong again.

In Xuzhou Tai'an Hall, everything was quiet.

Zhu Qiyu took two memorials from Xing'an and said: "Yu Shaobao take a look at this, I will see Wei Guogong again."

This is Li Binyan's memorandum. Mizhou Shipping Department has nearly a thousand more merchant ships, and most of these merchant ships are merchant ships of Wei Guogong's mansion.

Zhu Qiyu didn't trust Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong. Strictly speaking, the Xu family was good at speculation, very similar to the family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

All the aristocratic families in the last years of Dong'an made multiple bets. No matter which side wins, the aristocratic family is the winner.

After Xu Da died of illness, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou were two brothers, one of them was loyal to Zhu Yunwen, and the Yanfu army that fought in Qimeishan retreated steadily.

The other, in order to send a letter to Yan Wang Zhu Di, died in the end.

The last one is Xu Ergong.

This Nanya rebellion, Fengyang Mansion never heard any news, until Xuzhou was captured by the Ming army, Xu Chengzong finally made a move, a surprise soldier broke through to Suzhou, and finally contacted the official army.

Zhu Qiyu is very suspicious, this Xu Chengzong is betting on both ends.

Is Xu Chengzong unable to spread the news because he is besieged, or is he waiting for the situation to develop further?

After Yu Qian finished reading the memorial, he roughly understood His Majesty's inner concerns.

He thought about it for a long time and said, "The Duke of Wei's mansion has never been rebellious."

Yu Qian didn't say that Wei Guogong lived with the country, one family and two princes, how could he rebel if he was extremely rich, and similar words.

It can be seen that Yu Qian also has some doubts about Wei Guogong, but after all, he has not seen anyone and has not been checked, so he can only say so.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said, "Well, I think so too."

Zhu Qiyu waited outside the Jinan mansion for nearly two months, but he didn't get any fish.

The taboo of Jinan Prefecture is known to the whole world.

If Xu Chengzong wanted to make contributions to the Southern Yamen's usurpation and capture the thief and the king, it would undoubtedly be a great opportunity.

"Let's declare." Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne.

Xu Chengzong waited outside the city of Xuzhou. When he heard the announcement, he immediately entered the city and came towards Xingyuan.

Xu Chengzong bowed three times and kowtowed five times, and shouted loudly: "The guilty minister Xu Chengzong pays his respects to His Majesty, and wishes His Majesty a long life and longevity."

Zhu Qiyu looked at the extremely respectful Xu Chengzong, and asked calmly, "What's the crime?"

Xu Chengzong was obviously prepared, bowed his head and said respectfully: "I failed to defend Nanjing, so I had to go to Fengyang Mansion to guard the ancestor's imperial tomb. I am guilty of losing my land."

The answer was almost watertight.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said, "Then I come to ask you, how did Fengcheng Marquis Li Xian die? Where are you?"

Xu Chengzong said loudly: "Uncle Huichang and Wang Ji conspired to rebel and poisoned the Marquis of Fengcheng. When I heard the news, I only took the wife and children of Marquis Fengcheng out of the city in a hurry."

"The minister is at home."

3Chapter 17 I would like to live and die with Nanya

Zhu Qiyu looked at Xu Chengzong, it was right.

Xu Chengzong is obviously not the kind of person who doesn’t understand the rules. If he deceives the emperor during the performance, it is a serious crime of treason. If the emperor asks him personally, you still have to lie. It’s not that the emperor toasted you and you didn’t drink it. Did you turn the table with the emperor’s food? ?

If this was found out by Jin Yiwei, it would be a much harsher punishment than the punishment of both sides.

What was supposed to be beheading would turn into family punishment.

Xu Chengzong was a big mansion of the Duke of Wei, with hundreds of family members and countless rebels in Nanjing City. It only needs to be carefully checked to see if Xu Chengzong is lying, just like a ghost in the sun, there is no way to hide.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Xu Chengzong with some amusement, this performance was correct, Xu Chengzong can be said to have handed over all his family's wealth and lives.

As long as the emperor wants to investigate him, he only needs to find a few family members to frame him, and the crime of deceiving the emperor will fall on Xu Chengzong's head.

Zhu Qiyu asked calmly: "There are thousands of merchant ships on the sea, do they belong to your family?"

Xu Chengzong tremblingly said: "It belongs to the minister's family, please Your Majesty let the minister express his feelings."

"Law of the Daming Household Law [-]: When a ship of an ocean-going merchant arrives at the shore, it shall report the cargo to the official for points. If the merchant's house along the port does not report, the stick will be [-]. Although the report is not exhaustive. The same is true, the goods are merged into the official."

"Law of the Great Ming Dynasty Military Law Three: Wherever the coast goes, ships that go to sea, unless they are cited by a numbered ticket, are allowed to go overseas. Those who go to the sea to buy and sell in the country, submerge pirates, form accomplices, serve as village leaders, and plunder good people, the principal offenders are similar to those who conspire to treason and have already enforced the law, beheaded, and still show their heads to the public.

"The minister's family has never built a large ship with two masts or more that violated the regulations, nor has it failed to report, concealed the report, or did not report to the officials to draw points."

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew the rules of the Daming law.

There is no explicit provision in the laws of the Ming Dynasty that one cannot do business at sea, but one cannot build a two-masted ship, otherwise one will be punished as sneaking pirates.

In fact, Emperor Taizu Gao's sea ban policy was entirely based on the consideration of coastal defense, rather than a complete ban on private merchant ships, otherwise there would not be so many merchant ships on the sea.

As for the rumor that "inch boards were not allowed to go to the sea in the early days of the country", it was written in the history of the Ming Dynasty compiled by the Qing Dynasty. Inch boards are not allowed to go into the sea.”

The court of the Qing Dynasty strictly enforced the maritime trade policy that "in the early Ming Dynasty, no one-inch boards were allowed to enter the sea".

In the law of the Ming Dynasty, merchant ships below three masts are all in a state of letting go.

Since Zhu Qiyu wanted to open the sea, he naturally studied the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but what Xu Chengzong said was true.

Xu Chengzong buried his head and continued: "I have never gone to Japan to sell silver, but I have gone to Borneo to mine gold."

"The minister deserves death."

The Confucian government in Shandong saw the big case of Japanese silver in the stone, and it has been known all over the world that communicating with Japanese is a felony among felonies.

The meaning of Xu Chengzong's words is that he has never participated in the Japanese pirates' affairs, but only went to Borneo to engage in gold and made a fortune.

Borneo is Kalimantan Island. It is the third largest island in the world. It is sparsely populated. There is gold on this island. This matter is considered a secret in Ming Dynasty.

Xu Chengzong pleaded guilty because Daming had a ban on cutting mountains and cutting rocks. He went overseas to dig gold, which was indeed against the ban.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Be flat."

Digging mountains and cutting rocks overseas is not a big deal.

For example, the government of Guizhou State mined Yunnan copper all the year round in Yunnan. This matter had been acquiesced in the reign of Taizu, and it is still the same today.

Dian Bronze ranks first in the world, and Dongchuan occupies eighth.

Dongchuan accounts for [-]% of the copper mines in Yunnan.

The reason behind this matter being allowed is actually the same as Zhu Qiyu's current attitude of turning a blind eye to weapons such as firecrackers and bowl-mouthed blunderbuss on merchant ships.

The whip is beyond reach.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Xu Chengzong and asked suspiciously: "Isn't there enough food and grass in Fengyang Mansion?"

Back when Zhu Jiancheng had jaundice, Lu Zi mentioned a state of extreme sub-health for human beings, with a disheveled face.

The face is like the color of vegetables, referring to the fact that people's faces are as yellow and wilted as a wilted cabbage.

At this time, Xu Chengzong's complexion was obviously a little bad.

Xu Chengzong said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"If His Majesty's army arrives a few months later, everyone in Fengyang Mansion will be starved to death. The bandits and troops will besiege Fengyang Mansion, and let the spies set fire to Fengyang's granary and force the ministers to surrender in Fengyang."

"The minister waits day and night, waiting for His Majesty's army to arrive, today is finally here!"

To vote and not to vote, one family and two males, can there be a more prominent position than this?

How respectful is the status of the Duke of Ming Dynasty?

Civil servants surrounded the British government and began to make fusses from the Xuande period. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the British public Zhang Weixian was still in the big case of moving the palace, protecting the apocalyptic emperor Zhu Youxiao, and protecting Zhu Youxiao from ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

No votes and no food, Fengyang Mansion has so many mouths, waiting for Wei Guogong to find a way, but what can Xu Chengzong do?He is not his grandfather Xu Da, who is good at fighting, so he had no choice but to break through.

That makes sense, and it's not too hard to investigate.

There are more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Fengyang Mansion. It is not difficult to investigate whether Xu Chengzong and the rebels are really fighting, or whether they are fighting each other, and whether Xu Chengzong is lying.

Before entering Xuzhou Mansion, Zhu Qiyu sent Tiqi to visit Fengyang Mansion.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and said: "Duke Wei calms down, go to rest for now, I will send an imperial doctor to diagnose your pulse and recuperate, and wait for me to clean up the rebels and avenge your humiliation today!"

Xu Chengzong finally breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Tiqi's visit was very fast. Before sunset, Lu Zhong had already returned to the Xingyuan of Xuzhou Mansion, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, here is the case file."

Zhu Qiyu looked at it for a long time, then put it down and said: "It seems that our Duke Wei has suffered a lot."

There is one thing mentioned in the case file.

Xu Chengzong had a concubine. When Xu Chengzong received the news that Marquis Fengcheng had been killed and fled in a hurry, this concubine was burning incense in Linggu Temple. Xu Chengzong ran away without taking this concubine with him.

The rebels captured this concubine and threatened Xu Chengzong to surrender. Xu Chengzong hesitated, but he was not the only one who had the final say on Fengyang City.

In the end, this beloved concubine was divided into corpses under Fengyang City.

Although Xu Chengzong had the post of Nanjing garrison, because he was not good at military affairs, Ning Yuan Bo Renli was mostly in charge.

The king's banner was changed at the head of Nanjing City, and Ren Li fought Wang Ji several times under the city, and finally retreated to Fengyang Mansion.

There are not only Nanya Jingjun in Fengyang Mansion, but also Fengyangwei, Wupingwei and Yingyangwei.

Zhu Yuanzhang is from Fengyang, and this is the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty. Although the strength of Fengyang Guard has been weakened due to the years of Taiping, it is considered to be one of the few fully staffed guards in the south.

In addition, Wupingwei Commander Wang Xi, Yingyangwei Commander Jiang Tong, Xu Chengzong's brother-in-law and brother-in-law, Sanwei joined the Nanya Jingjun, and finally barely resisted Wang Ji's attack on Fengyang Mansion.

There is indeed a war.

Although in Zhu Qiyu's opinion, the level of the battle was not too high, but it was true that three large-scale sieges were carried out, and spies burned granaries.

Zhu Qiyu put down the supplementary memorial and said: "The continuous victories in the army often show the appearance of arrogance, and there are also rumors, saying: Why do you need to conquer some thieves?"

"Lu Zhong, you went to the various armies to announce the order, ordering Shi Heng, the more victorious you are in a row, you must be more cautious, strictly enforce the military law, and don't be blinded by the short-term victory."

Lu Zhong bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I have received the decree."

The Nanya rebels were retreating like clowns, and the Lianghuai area was being pacified at a rapid speed, but this pacification gave the army a sense of arrogance.

This requires vigilance.

Zhu Qiyu is not good at military affairs, but he knows the disaster of underestimating the enemy.