Chapter 776 Ding Kuichu's Problem
King Gui is indeed a good card to use for Zhao Ming.
With this descendant of the Shenzong and the heir of the Ming Dynasty in the legal system, Zhao Ming could trample Zhu Yihai and Zhu Youjian under his feet.
And use this banner to entice the local area to unify the world.
The descendants of the Shenzong are still quite appealing. Zhu Youlang performed very poorly in history, but there were still so many loyal and righteous people. At extremely disadvantaged situations, they had gathered under his banner and fought with the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, and they could tell how powerful his signature was.
After Zhao Ming talked with Gu Yuanjing, he entrusted him to arrange a meeting with Zhu Youlang, and then summoned many staff members to discuss.
Zhang Jiayu, Gu Yanwu and others all agreed to use this card.
Cao Cao was located in the four battles in the Central Plains and was able to unify the north, which was closely related to his strategy of using the emperor to command the princes.
Today, the Han Dynasty can also use Zhu Youlang to do this, which is also an indispensable transitional step that powerful ministers have to go through to seize power over the past dynasties.
The only thing that worried many staff members was that Zhu Youlang was not a son, so would it be difficult to control his position as emperor?
If it is difficult to control and bring some imperial edict for the King of Han, it would be bad.
After all, such a large person, the emperor, always opposes the King of Han, which will inevitably restrain the King of Han and prevent the King of Han from reducing the external hostile forces.
Zhao Ming was not worried about the concerns of his aides, and Zhu Youlang must be more controllable than Emperor Xian.
At present, Zhao Ming first arranged the matter of pursuing Zhu Yue, and ordered Tang Tong to lead 30,000 troops to capture Wuzhou, advance to Guilin, and surrender Qu Shiqi. Then, Li Benshen led 20,000 troops to advance along the coast, collect Zhaoqing, Gaozhou, Leizhou, and Lianzhou, and take all the coastal areas into his hands.
Finally, Zhao Ming ordered Guo Zhong to send the navy to Qiongzhou, surrender to Qiongzhou Island, and control the entire Guangdong.
After the order was finished, each general made a little rectification and led the troops to set off.
Zhao Ming, dressed neatly, came to the Guangdong Provincial Government Office.
At this time, Wang Shuang, the personal commander of the army, had already led his troops to take over the defense of the vassal state yamen to ensure Zhao Ming's safety.
"Your Highness, you are inside!" Wang Shuang said in response.
Zhao Ming nodded slightly and asked while walking in, "What do you think of King Gui?"
Wang Shuangdao: "He has a white face and a weak face, and is as timid as a mouse, but not like a king!"
"How can you say that to Your Highness King Gui like this? You must not be disrespectful to King Gui in the future!" Zhao Ming said with a stern face and had already arrived outside the hall.
Wang Shuang's muscles twitched on his face. Didn't the king ask me to say it? He looked at Zhao Ming's back and hurriedly followed.
At this time, in the vassal yamen, Zhu Youlang, wearing the costume of a scarlet prince, sat restlessly in the middle hall, with his hands not far away.
Outside the lobby, the vicious soldier suddenly shouted loudly: "The King of Han has arrived!"
When Zhu Youlang heard the sound, he was so scared that he almost fell from his seat. At this time, he saw a large group of soldiers surrounded by a general wearing golden armor coming in. He immediately stood up and wanted to hide in the Queen's Hall.
Seeing this, Zhao Ming stepped forward quickly, grabbed Zhu Youlang, and then pressed Zhu Youlang back to his seat without saying a word and helped him tidy up the dragon robe. Then, in shock, Zhu Youlang's face, he politely said, "I am late for Zhao Ming, which has scared His Highness King Gui!"
Zhu Youlang was at a loss and said for a while: "Gu is the king, and Han is also the king. How dare you accept this great gift?"
Zhao Ming led everyone to salute and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is a descendant of the Shenzong, the true dragon of the Ming Dynasty. Although I am the king, I am indeed a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and etiquette is indispensable."
At this time, Gu Yuanjing, who was standing by, took the opportunity to say: "Your Highness, Emperor Longwu is worried that the identity of His Highness, the identity of the Shenzong lineage will threaten his throne, so he asked the King of Yue to put his highness under house arrest and to execute him at the right time. Thanks to the King of Han, this time, he led the troops to rescue His Highness."
Zhu Youlang heard the words and believed it. After all, after Zhu Yu'e arrived in Guangzhou, he did monitor him. Not long ago, he even came to Guangzhou for house arrest, which made Zhu Youlang think that he might be killed at any time.
"It turned out that the King of Han saved the orphan!" Zhu Youlang couldn't help but say.
Gu Yuanjing said: "Your Highness won't let the King of Han get up?"
Zhu Youlang reacted and hurriedly said, "Han King, please get up quickly, please sit down quickly!"
At this moment, Zhao Ming and Zhu Youlang talked for a while, but Zhao Ming did not express his intention to support Zhu Youlang as the emperor.
Nowadays, Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yihai fought fiercely in Jiangnan.
The battle between Tang and Lu was so fierce and fighting so fiercely, so for the purpose of the throne of the Ming Dynasty.
If Zhao Ming had supported Zhu Youlang as the emperor at this time and preached the news to Jiangnan, I am afraid that Zhu Yihai and Zhu Youjian would shake hands and make peace with him and fight with him.
Zhao Ming had a chat with Zhu Youlang for a while, and the staff around him took the opportunity to observe Zhu Youlang and found that Zhu Youlang was weak and was indeed a good candidate.
Zhao Ming and Zhu Youlang chatted for two hours, forcibly cultivated their feelings, and then left the vassal state yamen.
At this time, Zhao Ming stopped and said to Gu Yuanjing who was leaving for him: "King Gui Gu will be picked up by someone. Don't disclose to anyone that the King of Gu is in Gu's hands for the time being!"
Gu Yuanjing nodded quickly, "I understand!"
In the next few days, Zhao Ming was busy appointing officials, meeting local gentry and merchants in Guangzhou, ordering shops to resume business, and ordering Guangzhou Prefecture to clear out the Pearl River stakes and resume sailing.
When Zhao Ming set out to restore Guangzhou, Tang Tong defeated 30,000 troops in Wuzhou. Zhu Yue had just collected deserters, killed thousands of people and captured nearly ten thousand prisoners.
Zhu Yue, who had just escaped to Wuzhou and had not yet gained a foothold, had to escape into Guangxi.
At this time, Tang Tong continued to pursue, and the army approached Guilin, where Qu Shizi was stationed in the festival, and finally encountered tenacious resistance.
Guo Zhong navy went to Qiongzhou Island. The warship appeared in the bay. The cannons rose up and immediately scared the prefect of Qiongzhou and led the officials of Qiongzhou to surrender to Zhao Ming.
Finally, Li Benshen commanded a 20,000 army, and was in a state of unstoppable force to capture Zhaoqing and other places.
It is worth mentioning that Ding Kuichu did not flee to Guilin, but was preparing to flee to Nanning.
This is because after the Han army seized Guangdong, it would take advantage of the situation to capture Guangxi and would definitely run away. It would be unsafe to go to Guilin, the governor of Guangxi, where the festival was stationed in Guilin.
Secondly, because Chen Bangfu fled to Nanning, Ding Kuichu was afraid of being held accountable, so he decided to join Chen Bangfu.
However, what Ding Kuichu didn't expect was that Zhao Ming actually sent a partial army to pursue him. His family had a lot of resources and walked slowly. If he was not careful, he was besieged in Cenxi, Guangxi.
Seeing that the Han army was catching up, Ding Kuichu was simply so he immediately sent his confidant to bring gold, silver, jewelry to Li Benshen, hoping that Li Benshen could recommend him to the King of Han.
Ding Kuichu was a college student of the Longwu Dynasty and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He was a member of the Longwu Dynasty and was not a small person. Li Benshen could not make the decision, so he reported it to Zhao Ming.
Guangzhou, in the palace of King Han.
Zhao Ming looked at Li Benshen's letter and couldn't help frowning, "Ding Kuichu is posing a problem for me!"
Zhang Jiayu took the letter handed over by Zhao Ming, looked at it, and then smiled and said, "Ding Kuichu is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He wants to surrender. If Your Highness refuses, he will encounter fierce resistance in the future. But if he accepts it, he will not be given a high-ranking official and generous salary, and it will not be convenient for surrendering others in the future. This thief will be cheaper!"
Chapter completed!