Nanjing Dong Palace, Crown Lord’s Mansion.

Chen Zilong was wearing a blue Taoist robe and a net scarf on his head. He sat upright in the flower hall. There was a celadon tea cup and a dish of pastries on the table next to him, but he didn't move.

Beside him is his student Xia Wanchun, who is now the fourth-rank young secretary of Zhu Yihai's East Palace.

At this time, sitting in the flower hall for a long time, the guards outside suddenly whispered: "Your Highness is here!"

Chen Zilong and Xia Wanchun quickly stood up, bowed, lowered their heads and buried them between their arms to welcome Zhu Yihai.

In recent days, Zhu Yihai's life has not been easy, and it can even be said to be quite frustrating.

Although Zhu Yihai gave up Nanjing and welcomed Longwu into the court, advocated the Northern Expedition, and gained the favor of many court officials, the emperor was the biggest in the world in the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor did not like him and wanted to abolish his position as crown prince, so there were naturally many ways.

For more than a year, the court's pro-war faction was demoted and exiled. Within the Longwu court, most of the ministers who were optimistic about Zhu Yihai were dealt with by Emperor Longwu, and the court had completely fallen into the hands of He Tengjiao's faction.

After all, the promotion of officials in the court was in the hands of the emperor. Some ministers understood the emperor's intentions and attacked Zhu Yihai from time to time in order to gain throne, which made Zhu Yihai not dare to slack off, for fear of leaving a handle, so that Longwu would punish him for his excuse.

At this time, Zhu Yihai, wearing a vermilion dragon robe, a jade belt, and a winged crown, walked in. After seeing Chen Zilong, he said tiredly on his face: "Let the Qing family wait for a long time!"

Chen Zilong raised his head and saluted, "Your Highness is busy with all kinds of things every day, I have only sat for a while!"

"Please sit down, two of you!" Zhu Yihai walked straight to the central hall and sat down, raised his hand and signaled.

After Chen Zilong and Xia Wanchun sat down, they pondered for a moment and said straight to the point: "Your Highness, I am here this time, on the order of the Duke of the Kingdom, please help Donghai Town!"

Zhu Yihai heard the words, but he was silent for a while. After a long time, he exhaled a turbid breath and said, "Your situation is very difficult, but I am in the court and I am struggling. The emperor and He Tengjiao and others stared at me, waiting for me to make mistakes."

Now that Emperor Longwu is old, he doesn't have much time left. Longwu is eager to depose Zhu Yihai and pass the throne to his son for the rest of the time. Zhu Yihai is making up his mind not to make mistakes, so that Longwu can't find an excuse and is preparing to die of Zhu Youjian.

Donghai Town is now fighting on two fronts. Zhao Mingnan conquered the Netherlands and Spain. In a short period of time, it is impossible to return to the Qing Dynasty. Donghai Town is in Liaodong and North Korea. With the power of a town, it is too much pressure to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Zilong was ordered to come to Nanjing in the hope of getting Zhu Yihai's support, restraining the Qing army within the pass, and reducing the pressure on the front line of Liaodong.

At this time, Chen Zilong heard Zhu Yihai's words and knew that Zhu Yihai was now determined to keep his position as the crown prince, and did not want to provoke any trouble, so he asked Longwu to take the handle. But his mission was that he still stood up and bowed, "Your Highness, the Qing army is very anxious to attack Liaodong, so I would like to ask Your Highness to provide reinforcements to Donghai Town!"

Zhu Yihai said what he had just said and thought Chen Zilong could understand his situation, so he was embarrassed to speak, but Chen Zilong still proposed to reinforce.

Zhu Yihai was silent for a moment. In his opinion, he actually didn't quite understand the behavior of Zhao Ming and Donghai Town.

The most important thing at the moment is to help him firmly sit in the position of crown prince, work together to deal with the peacemakers and the emperor, but Zhao Ming did not pay attention to the political situation in the court and went on to carry out the southern expedition.

If he is waiting for him to inherit the throne, Donghai Town and Zhejiang are all heroes from Long. They will have whatever they want. At that time, they will have to fight the Northern Expedition. He will support the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition. It is not impossible for the monarch and ministers to work together to create a prosperous era.

However, the premise of all this is to wait for him to become the emperor.

"The court has already negotiated peace with the Qing Dynasty and signed a treaty, and the Qing family knows it." After being silent for a while, Zhu Yihai said: "If Gu sent troops to reinforce Donghai Town, it would be a blatant disobeying the court and going against the emperor's will. The emperor would have an excuse to abolish Gu. The Qing family should understand Gu's difficulties!"

The Ming and Qing Dynasties had already negotiated peace. Zhu Yihai was the crown prince. If he sent troops to reinforce, he would disobey the national policy and the Longwu court, which was equivalent to fighting against the emperor. Then the peace faction would immediately attack him and demand that Longwu abolish Zhu Yihai.

Xia Wanchun, who was standing aside, was already quite dissatisfied with the current politics in Nanjing and the situation of intrigue among the court. He couldn't help but say angrily: "The north and the south are discussing peace, and Xu Qing's army attacks Donghai Town, and we are not allowed to increase our troops to support us. What's the reason!"

Xia Wanchun was not angry with Zhu Yihai, but the current Longwu court. When the Qing army attacked Lushun, after receiving a letter from Chen Zilong, he wrote to the court, believing that the Qing army attacked the Liaodong area controlled by Donghai Town was equivalent to tearing apart the short-term signing of the "Guisi Peace Agreement". The Ming Dynasty should have fought back, but the peace faction was upset, saying that this was just a small delay, and the peace talk did not involve the ownership of Liaodong in the peace talks, and it could not be said that peace talks were ineffective. The court should maintain rationality and restraint, maintain a rare peace talks, and not cause peace talks to break down, and the situation could not be expanded.

In Xia Wanchun's view, such an argument is nonsense and ridiculous, but the emperor recognized it, and the mainstream in the court was also the same argument.

Zhu Yihai's face sank. Seeing this, Chen Zilong hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the Duke of the Kingdom also knows that peace talks have become a fact, and the government affairs are controlled by the peacemakers, so the Duke of the Kingdom did not ask His Highness to directly send troops to reinforce. As long as your Highness increases troops, the Huai'an front line will put pressure on the Qing army!"

Zhu Yihai heard that he was not asking him to send troops to the war, but just increased troops to Huai'an and put pressure on the Qing army in Xuzhou. His face calmed down a little, but then he felt a little embarrassed again.

When Zhao Ming helped Zhu Yihai several times and fought in Jiangbei, he lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers and almost told him. But now that Donghai Town is in trouble, he, the lord, cannot protect him, which is really unreasonable.

Moreover, the court has used both soft and hard methods recently, and the disintegration of Zhejiang-based groups. He did this so that even Donghai Town could not protect him. I am afraid that the people below would inevitably have some ideas and turn to the peace faction.

"Can you help Donghai Town if that's the case?" Zhu Yihai couldn't help asking.

Chen Zilong said in a deep voice: "Report to Your Highness, this can restrain some of the Qing dynasties, but the pressure on Donghai Town in Liaodong is still huge. After all, if the court does not take action now, it means that Donghai Town will fight against the entire north with the power of a town!"

Zhu Yihai took a deep breath, but he couldn't get through his face and could not get through the obstacles in his heart. So he said in a deep voice: "What else can I do?"
Chapter completed!