Since Chongzhen, China has been causing wars, wars, plagues, and natural disasters, which have affected most parts of China.

Even Zhejiang, which Zhao Ming controls now, has a population of 30%, and many cities are not as prosperous as before.

At this time, Gu Yuanjing surrendered and presented Guangzhou to the Han army.

Zhao Ming then ordered his confidant general Wang Chao to enter the city first and control the city. After confirming safety, Zhao Ming rode a horse into Guangzhou.

Gu Yuanjing is very good at being accustomed to the affairs and has already mobilized Guangzhou gentry and people, listed on both sides of the street, and waved to welcome Zhao Ming into the city.

Zhao Ming saw that in Guangzhou, the streets were wide, the shops were everywhere, and the crowds were gathering, and the prosperity was no less than that in Hangzhou. He was a little surprised.

Zhu Yue and others evacuated from Guangzhou, but most of the wealthy gentry, merchants, and residents in Guangzhou did not escape.

After all, this was a struggle between the upper classes and had little to do with them. After the Han army entered the city, they still did business and paid taxes. There was no need to follow Zhu Yue to go into exile.

Zhao Ming waved his hand all the way and came to the Guangdong Palace before he stopped his war horses and turned to face the gentry and people who followed him all the way.

At this time, Zhao Ming turned over and walked up the steps in front of the palace. Facing the vast crowd, he said loudly: "Don't worry! The Han army entered the city without any offense. The gentry, the people and merchants in the city each had their own duties. The orphan Wang Baozheng did not withdraw or levy the ranks. In addition, considering the impact of the war this year, he would be exempted from taxes this year!"

When many gentry and people heard the words, they immediately cheered, "The King of Han is benevolent and righteous!"

Zhao Ming then turned around and entered the palace. When he looked up, he saw that the plaque of the Guangdong Palace on the Tongding Mansion had been replaced by the Han Palace. He couldn't help but nodded slightly, and was even more satisfied with Gu Yuanjing beside him.

In the palace, Zhao Ming sat on the throne of the hall and listened to his subordinates' reports to win.

Zhang Jiayu, the army joined the army, said: "Your Highness, the army entered the city and was able to surrender 7,000 troops, 13,000 taels of silver, 20,000 stones of food, and seized a hundred ships."

Zhao Ming heard the words and couldn't help but say, "This is a seizure, Guangzhou is basically an empty city."

Gu Yuanjing, who was standing beside him, hurriedly stepped out and said, "Your Highness, Guangzhou was originally rich, but at the beginning of the year, it transported 1 million taels of silver and 500,000 stones of grain to Huguang, which basically emptied the vassal treasury. Recently, nearly 100,000 troops gathered in Guangzhou, and it was even less than enough to make ends meet. The Guangzhou yamen can find so many, but it is already three feet high."

Zhao Ming smiled slightly, knowing that Gu Yuanjing was worried, Zhao Ming thought he had embezzled the money and grain of the treasury.

"The king of the orphans knows this, and Gu Fantai doesn't need to explain it! The money and grain will still exist in the vassal yamen to maintain the operation of the yamen. Later, the orphans will order the households to allocate 500,000 taels of silver to the three officials of Guangdong for reconstruction in Guangzhou." Zhao Ming smiled.

Gu Yuanjing was stunned. In recent years, the central government has been scraping the land from the local area and trying every means to get money from the local area. Unexpectedly, when the Han Wang just took over Guangzhou, he not only did not scrape the land, but also smashed 500,000 yuan.

"Your Highness is wise, your Highness is kind and righteous!" Gu Yuanjing immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Guangzhou is really a blessing for the people of Guangzhou to be included in the rule of Your Highness!"

The old bureaucrats are very good at seizing the opportunity and becoming shameless is really scary.

Zhao Ming enjoyed this flattery very much, but he was still thinking about the surprise, so he asked: "Okay! Gu Fantai, tell me the surprise you prepared for Gu!"

When Gu Yuanjing heard the words, he looked around and Zhao Ming frowned slightly and waved: "These are all the confidants of the Lone King, so that's all!"

Gu Yuanjing then said: "Your Highness, since the fall of the Northern Capital, the internal changes of the Ming Dynasty are unstable. He has experienced the two regimes of Hongguang and Lu Wang, and now there is a situation of Longwu and Jianwu fighting for establishment! Your Highness thinks why is this?"

Zhao Ming sat down on Gu Yuanjing's desire to show off, sat upright and made a statement of listening, "Your family please tell me!"

Gu Yuanjing said proudly: "I think there are two reasons, one is that the traitors in the court are in chaos, and the other is that their bloodlines are sparse and difficult to convince the public. Now, Longwu and Jianwu are fighting each other because they are all alienated vassals, so no one is convinced."

Zhao Ming's heart moved, and Gu Yuanjing could not say such words for no reason, so he said, "The Qing family is right, so what is the surprise of the Qing family?"

Gu Yuanjing was a little excited and said, "After Emperor Chongzhen died in his country, the throne of the Ming Dynasty should be inherited by Emperor Shenzong. From a legal perspective, only those who can inherit the throne were Fu, Gui and Hui, the three feudal families of the Three Feudals of Gui and Hui. After Fufan ascended the throne, the traitors in the court colluded with foreign towns, and the Qing army went south to destroy the Hongguang court. After that, according to the order of the throne, Gui and Hui should inherit the throne, but in the end, Longwu ascended the throne and King Lu was the king of Lu. This also laid the root of disaster for today's turmoil!"

Zhao Ming nodded and said, "It's reasonable!"

Gu Yuanjing admitted that he had the gambling element in this matter.

After all, the King of Han was nominally surrendered to the Jianwu court. His words just now not only negated Longwu, but also denied the legitimacy of the Jianwu court.

If the King of Han was loyal to Emperor Jianwu, he would be devastated, but looking at Zhao Ming's reaction, Gu Yuanjing knew that he had bet right.

Gu Yuanjing said excitedly: "To end the troubled times and become famous in the army, we need to rectify the chaos. Now both Fu and Hui have been killed by the Qing army, but Gui is still there. If His Highness supports Gui's vassal, inherits the throne, and has the Han army as a backing, he will definitely be able to sweep away the internal and destroy powerful enemies outside."

In fact, when Zhao Ming first attacked Guangzhou, he sent He Dengyun to attack Zhaoqing with the purpose of controlling King Gui.

Zhu Yihai and Zhu Youjian both have their own power and teams, which Zhao Ming is difficult to control, and King Gui has no foundation. Moreover, Zhao Ming understands that Zhu Youlang is not the leader of great talent and strategy, and his ability is far less than Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yihai. If he helps him ascend the throne, King Gui can only rely on him and the Han Kingdom.

However, He Dengyun captured Zhaoqing, but no trace of King Gui was found.

Later, Zhao Ming asked someone to search for it, but there was no news.

Zhao Ming smiled on his face: "So, is the surprise that the Qing family prepared? Is it King Gui?"

Gu Yuanjing smiled and saluted, "Your Highness, King Gui is in the city, so he is protected by his ministers!"

Zhu Yue retreated from Guangzhou in a panic and ordered Gu Yuanjing to take King Gui out of the city. However, Gu Yuanjing did not obey Zhu Yue's orders. Not only did he not leave the city, he hid King Gui and prepared to present it to the King of Han together.

Zhao Ming originally thought that King Gui Zhu Youlang had been killed by Zhu Yue or sent to Huguang, but he didn't expect that he was still in the city.

This is indeed a surprise. With this card in hand, Zhao Ming will be much more convenient in his future and can make a good transition.

After all, there are still many loyal and righteous people like Du Yinxi, Li Dingguo, and Jiao Lian in the past three hundred years.
Chapter completed!