"Enjoyed Father, how do you deal with this Ding Wei?" Li Chengyin asked.

"Aren't Ding Kuichu still having the dream of governing Guangdong and Guangxi with me? It's better to keep his dream. I'll write him a reply letter and ask Ding Wei to take it back. Regardless of whether this chess is true or not, it will be beneficial or harmful to me anyway, and it may be useful in the future." Li Chengdong said with a smile.

"Hmph, what will the father and commander do to sellers and seek honor?" Li Chengyin said angrily.

"Hahaha, Yin'er, you are still too young. Such people have become a seller early, so they must have restrained their wealth early. I heard that he has sold official positions and titles to the point where he has clearly marked the price. It is conceivable that this old guy will have a lot of wealth." Li Chengdong shook his head, as if he was very disdainful of Li Chengyin's naivety.

"Father, do you mean, wait until he gives out his wealth, and then..." Li Chengyin made a knife with his right hand and made a chopping gesture.

"Yin'er, do you think I am willing to offer things to such a person? If he can sell the owner, he cannot sell friends. He thinks all day long whether he has such a villain behind his back, is he tired? Besides, if he is in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi with me, his appetite is too big, right?! But, all the cows can be used as medicine, and he must use the best food." Li Chengdong wrote a reply to Ding Kuichu, while giving Li Chengyin guidance.

"The father and the commander are wise!" Li Chengyin understood Li Chengdong's thoughts and praised happily.

"Okay, give him this letter and let him leave quickly. He must be sent away before you take action." Li Chengdong wrote the letter and handed it over to Li Chengyin.

"Boy understand."

Li Chengyin took the letter and turned around and went out.

...

Guangzhou City, the mansion of Chen Zizhuang, the former Minister of War, crossed the courtyard in the east, becoming Zhu Youlang's temporary palace.

After receiving Chen Zizhuang's letter, Lin Cha and Zhang Jiayu hurried to Jiujiang to meet Zhu Youlang one after another. After a meeting, they all expressed their surrender.

Lin Cha and Zhang Jiayu expressed surrender so quickly, in addition to Chen Zizhuang, they were mainly attracted by Zhu Youlang's insight, knowledge, and attitude. In their opinion, Zhu Youlang's bloodline is naturally noble, far-sighted, and indeed has a clear and wise atmosphere. They involuntarily compared Zhu Youlang with Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuyue, and found that Zhu Youlang won many in all aspects.

After these consensuses and Chen Zizhuang was advising each other, the two of them were convinced.

In their opinion, having a wise ruler is the most important. It doesn’t matter whether the Qing army comes or not on the 25th. Of course, it’s better to come. You can take advantage of the situation and kill Zhu Yuyue by the Qing army to avoid blood on your hands. It doesn’t matter if you don’t come. You can find a way to create the illusion of the Qing army entering the city. Anyway, Zhu Yuyue can’t survive.

Regarding this, their ideas are consistent with Chen Bangyan's. Chen Bangyan believes that after the Qing army comes, they may not necessarily kill Zhu Yuyue, and in order not to be criticized by later generations, the emperor will never attack the royal family. Then they have to quietly solve this problem for the emperor. To solve this problem, we must use the name of the Qing army to eliminate future troubles forever.

Chen Zizhuang took this job without anyone else's words. He trained more than 1,000 rural soldiers, all of whom were from Jiujiang. He wanted to bring all of these thousand people to Guangzhou City. On the one hand, he helped Jiao Lian and the others to stop the Qing soldiers, and on the other hand, he had to take advantage of the chaos to complete the things that the Qing soldiers had not done.

The reason why he took this dirty work was, on the one hand, because Zhu Youlang said that he was a loyal minister but had not fulfilled his loyalty. He had to use this action to express his loyalty. On the other hand, what kind of credit is this? He knows better than anyone else, how can he let others take it away?

Zhang Jiayu spent a longer time training local village soldiers than Chen Zizhuang, and now it has a scale of 3,000 people. Moreover, in Zhu Youlang's view, Zhang Jiayu's training is more systematic and has more complete troops. Not only are there spear soldiers, but there are also archers, shield soldiers, baggage soldiers, and scouts.

After Lin Cha surrendered, he quickly returned to Sanshui according to Zhu Youlang's order. His mission was to shock Chen Jitai's 20,000 infantry with 30,000 naval troops. After the Guangzhou Incident was successful, he had to control Chen Jitai as soon as possible, regardless of whether Chen Jitai bowed down or not.

Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu moved all their families into Guangzhou City according to Zhu Youlang's order, and the rural soldiers also came in in batches.

The reason for this arrangement is because of Zhu Youlang's strategic conception.

His idea was to block Li Chengdong with the powerful cannon in Guangzhou. Li Chengdong was rushing to attack from a long distance and definitely didn't bring much food. As long as he was blocked for more than three days, Li Chengdong's military rations would not be enough. At that time, he would definitely rob Dongguan, Nanhai counties, Chen and Zhang nearby if the two families did not enter Guangzhou, they would definitely be the first to bear the brunt and make unnecessary sacrifices.

Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu and Lin Cha were all grateful for the emperor's care and moved their families into Guangzhou. The three of them all had houses in Guangzhou and moved from the countryside to the city, so they were not afraid of others' suspicion.

In fact, Zhu Youlang did this partly because of Aunt Zhao’s mother, Zhao Yuqiao.

Zhao Yuqiao has left a great reputation in its original history.

After Li Chengdong conquered Guangzhou, Chen Zizhuang organized the rural troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Jiujiang, but was later destroyed by Li Chengdong. During this process, Zhao Yuqiao was attracted by Li Chengdong and took her as her concubine.

Later, Li Chengdong was dissatisfied because the Qing court did not sign him as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but only signed him as the governor of Guangdong. At this time, Li Chengyin and Zhao Yuqiao advised him to abandon the secret and turn to the light and surrender to Emperor Yongli. Li Chengdong said at the time: "What should we do if the hundreds of people in Songjiang, our hometown?"

Zhao Yuqiao immediately said, "General, please pay attention to your family, so I will die in front of you first." After that, he drew his sword and committed suicide.

Li Chengdong also loved Zhao Yuqiao very much. When he saw his beloved concubine commit suicide, he immediately cried with pain. He then led the army to surrender to Yongli. The only one who was angry with the beauty was not only Wu Sangui.

Zhao Yuqiao served Chen Zizhuang and Li Chengdong in succession, which shows how insignificant the status of women in that era was, but her advice on death left a heavy mark in history.

Zhu Youlang has a deep respect for this woman. Although her identity is so humble in the eyes of the world, Zhu Youlang has a soul from later generations. The belief in equality between men and women has long been deeply rooted in the bones. How could he look down on a concubine? Since she has met her, she has the opportunity to change her tragic destiny, why not change it?

...

At this time, the east crossing of the Chen Mansion became a forbidden place for the servants.
Chapter completed!