After Zhao Ming learned about his purpose from Xia Wanchun and the incident in Nanjing, the Military Information Department had more detailed top-secret information that night, and also traveled across the ocean and sent it to Zhao Ming's desk.

Zhao Ming learned that it was Yang Wencong who reminded Zhu Yihai. For this reason, Yang Wencong took the risk of contacting Donghai Town's intelligence base in Nanjing. Donghai Town made a detailed work and hurriedly reminded Zhu Yihai.

Before the action, He Tengjiao made a lot of preparations. In addition to the Jinyiwei who was ambushing the palace, the guards of each gate closed the city gate as soon as possible after the incident happened.

Zhu Yihai was from Zhejiang and guarded Zhengyangmen out of the city, but was stopped by the imperial guards from the outside, unable to leave Nanjing, and surrounded in Xiaoling Mausoleum.

The Donghai Town Seizure in Nanjing was blocked in the city before she could send the news.

Now, Zhao Ming has roughly learned about the current situation through the news that has been heard one after another.

At night, the central army tent was brightly lit, and Zhao Ming summoned several of his subordinates to discuss.

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Now the crown prince is trapped in the Xiaoling Guard of Nanjing. If he is not rescued, the crown prince will be captured by the court sooner or later. By then, the Zhejiang group of dragons will be without a leader and will inevitably collapse!"

Judging from the information I received, Zhu Yihai is now surrounded by Xiaoling Guards, claiming that the treacherous ministers are framed and refuse to go out and accept the trial of the Longwu court.

There are great differences within the Zhejiang clan. Some young and strong factions were suppressed by the court and were already full of anger. Now the court is actually attacking Zhu Yihai. They immediately shouted that they would enter Nanjing, pull Zhu Youjian off and support Zhu Yihai to ascend the throne.

Several of the Zhejiang generals knew that Fang Guoan had turned against him now, and the troops in Donghai Town were restrained, and the troops in Jiangbei could not be defeated at all with the troops in Nanjing.

Zhang Huangyan and other Zhejiang think tanks also held down the soldiers and generals in Jiangbei, telling the soldiers not to act rashly.

Now, one is that it cannot be defeated, and the other is that once the action is taken, Zhu Yihai colludes with the foreign town and the charge of deliberate rebellion will be confirmed, and the court will have more reason to deal with Zhu Yihai.

Therefore, Li Chengdong and others gathered more than 100,000 troops to station troops in Yangzhou, hoping to rescue Zhu Yihai, but they were not strong enough and dared not cross the river rashly.

On the other hand, because the Longwu court failed to put Zhu Yihai under house arrest, he was allowed to run to Xiaolingwei and spread news that the treacherous ministers were going to frame him, which made He Tengjiao dare not directly attack Zhu Yihai.

Zhu Yihai has a high prestige in the court and the country. If He Tengjiao attacks Zhu Yihai without being tried, public opinion will stand on the side of the Zhejiang regime.

Therefore, the two sides are now in stalemate, but Zhu Yihai is trapped in Xiaoling Guard after all. Although He Tengjiao cannot directly attack, he can use many secret tricks.

The imperial guards trapped Zhu Yihai, cut off water and food, and then bought and entrusted him with a lot of money, allowing the Zhejiang army in Xiaoling Guard to continue to surrender. When Zhu Yihai was left alone, he could enter Xiaoling Guard and arrest Zhu Yihai for trial and conviction.

Gu Yanwu said: "Prime Minister, you must rescue the crown prince before the Xiaoling Guard cannot hold on, otherwise the crown prince will fall into He Tengjiao's hands and the Zhejiang system will inevitably collapse."

Zhao Ming also meant this. If the Zhejiang regime collapsed, He Tengjiao would immediately cut the vassals and the head of Donghai Town. At that time, Donghai Town could not support it alone. Not to mention expanding the Southeast Asian country and expelling the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that it would be difficult for him to survive.

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "To rescue the crown prince, you must put pressure on the court, and the pressure can only start from both public opinion and military aspects."

Gu Yanwu said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, although public opinion can put some pressure on the court, if you want the court to release the crown prince, you may not rely solely on public opinion, but also need military pressure! If you want to put military pressure on it, you can only return to Jiangdong!"

Zhao Ming nodded slightly. He Tengjiao finally seized such an opportunity. Public opinion would definitely not make him notice. Moreover, there were a large number of literati in the peace sect, so he would definitely launch a public opinion counterattack. Then only Chen Bing Yingwei and use force to intimidate the court, so that He Tengjiao did not dare to act rashly.

Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, "If this is the case, the Nanzheng Plan will be blocked."

"Prime Minister also asks to make a decision!" Gu Yanwu and others stood up and bowed.

The truth is there, and the situation has been analyzed clearly.

Zhao Ming closed his eyes and thought for a while, opened his eyes and said, "The Southern Expedition can be stopped, but Luzon must be taken down. Where is Tang Tong?"

When Tang Tong heard the words, he immediately clasped his fists, "The last one is here!"

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "The trench has been dug to the bottom of Manila City, and the mortars have been transported into the camp. This vassal limits you to take down Manila City for this vassal within half a month."

"The last general obeys the order! If the deadline fails, please kill the last general's head!" Tang Tong held his fists proudly.

"Okay!" Zhao Ming exclaimed, "There is no joke in the army!"

At this time, Gu Yanwu said: "Prime Minister, the islands of Luzon are not smaller than those of Taiwan. After the vassal states occupy this place, it still takes time to digest and develop the population. In fact, if we continue to advance south, even if the Dutch are driven away, the vassal states will find it difficult to control and develop Java for a while. Therefore, after taking over Luzon, the suspension of the southern expedition is actually not very harmful to the vassal states. Of course, the army suspended the southern expedition and returned to Jiangdong, in order to ensure peace on the southern front, in order to use the Luzon victory to sign a ceasefire agreement with the Dutch!"

Now, it is very likely that the fire will break out within the Ming Dynasty and a civil war will break out.

By then, Donghai Town will never be out of the matter and will definitely be involved in the civil war. Donghai Town will be unable to pay attention to Nanyang at that time.

Although the Dutch lost his senior members and was unable to pose a threat to the colonies of Donghai Town in a short period of time after the defeat of Luzon, the Dutch harassed him at sea will always restrain part of the energy of Donghai Town.

Zhao Ming nodded and said, "The Dutch fleet in Java has basically been destroyed. If this vassal continues to move south, it is not impossible to take down Java. The vassal government can threaten this and force the Dutch to sign a truce treaty."

Zhao Ming thought about it, "For the treaty, this vassal has three conditions. First, the Dutch allowed the merchant ships of Huaxing Company to pass through Malacca. Second, the Dutch surrendered the Dutch, and the Dutch authorities failed the war. Third, the Xinmingzhou was recognized as the colony of this vassal, and the Han people in Java were allowed to go to Xinmingzhou and Borneo! As long as the Dutch agreed to these three points, other conditions could be appropriately concessions."

Zhao Ming's basis has always been in the Ming Dynasty, so he had to pay attention to the struggle within the Southern Ming Dynasty and be prepared to deal with it with all his strength.

For this reason, we can only temporarily negotiate peace with the Netherlands, but there are actually two reasons why Zhao agreed to peace.

First, the Netherlands suffered heavy damage and did not threaten Donghai Town for the time being.

Second, if the Dutch fails quickly, it will prompt Britain and France to rise rapidly into a new generation of maritime powers. Zhao Ming needs the Netherlands to restrain Britain and France and delay time for Donghai Town.

Gu Yanwu bowed and said, "I will send someone to Batavia!"
Chapter completed!