Zhu Yihai was in a prime minister, but was forced by Zhao Ming and had to abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Supreme Emperor also has the word "huang", it is already very different from the emperor.

Zhu Yihai was naturally dissatisfied with this, but his confidant was either cleansed by Zhao Ming or exiled to overseas. Zhu Yihai was powerless and competed with Zhao Ming, so he could only swallow his anger and pretend to surrender to save his life.

In the past two years, Zhu Yihai has been living by Mochou Lake, Chaotian Temple inside the Sanshan Gate.

In order to reassure Zhao Ming, Zhu Yihai has been practicing Taoism in observing the inner world, and has never taken a step to observe, and has not been exposed to Zhao Ming's vision.

More than a year later, Zhao Ming seemed to have forgotten his existence, especially when Zhao Ming set up the palace in Yangzhou and brought the cabinet and the imperial court team to Yangzhou, the surveillance of Zhu Yihai in Nanjing relaxed.

Although Zhao Ming has not paid much attention to Zhu Yihai recently, Zhu Yihai has been watching Zhao Ming's every move.

In Nanjing, Emperor Yongli almost ignored political affairs and only knew how to enjoy himself in the palace, which made Zhu Yihai very angry.

Looking at Yongli and looking at what Zhao Ming did, Zhu Yihai could conclude that Zhao Ming forced him to abdicate and supported Zhu Youlang, not because he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and was in the Shenzong lineage, but because Zhu Youlang was easier to control than him.

After thinking about this, Zhu Yihai felt extremely worried and angry.

Nowadays, the more Zhao Ming’s popularity and prestige, the more anxious Zhu Yihai is, and he feels that he is closer to Zhao Ming’s plan to usurp the throne.

Zhu Yihai was angry that Emperor Yongli in the palace did not fight for the throne and ascended the emperor, but did not want to maintain the foundation of his ancestors, so he could only secretly accumulate strength and wanted to eradicate Zhao Ming.

Earlier, Zhao Ming cleaned up the Jianwu court, and many of Zhu Yihai's old ministers were dismissed from office, exiled, demoted and demoted back to their hometowns. Tens of thousands of Jiangbei troops were also laid off and driven out of the army.

This caused many soldiers and generals to lose their salary but were not good at producing. Many people wandered around, and many people gathered in Nanjing and contacted Zhu Yihai.

Zhu Yihai then secretly began to search for and save forces against Zhao Ming.

At this moment, Zhou Guo's detailed work mixed into Chaotian Palace and contacted Zhu Yihai.

Faced with the current situation where Ming was strong and Zhou was weak, Hong Chengchou suggested that Wu Sangui attack Mongolia and strengthen the power of Zhou, while trying to weaken the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou and Zhao Ming fought many times, and knew that it was not easy for the Zhou army to win head-on. If they wanted to defeat Zhao Ming, they had to collapse from the inside.

If the outside cannot defeat the enemy, start from the inside of the enemy.

With this guiding ideology, Hong Chengchou began to look for targets within the Ming Dynasty. First, he had contact with Zhu Yuyou, the King of Guangdong among the remnants of Longwu. However, the towns of Longwu were placed outside by Zhao Ming under the strict surveillance of Zhao Ming and were far away from the political center. Therefore, even if they attacked, it would be difficult to pose a threat to Zhao Ming.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou turned his attention to Nanjing again.

The first thing he thought of was Emperor Yongli. Only this emperor would oppose Zhao Ming, so Zhao Ming would catch a fire in the backyard and lose the righteousness of Fu Ming, making it difficult to attack Zhou State.

However, Hong Chengchou soon discovered that Emperor Yongli was just a mud and could not support himself. He only knew how to have fun and had no intention of eradicating Zhao Ming and taking power.

This made Hong Chengchou feel disappointed, and finally he focused on the Supreme Emperor and Zhu Yihai.

So, Zhou Guoxiu mixed into Chaotian Temple and contacted Zhu Yihai, and the two sides naturally hit it off.

With the Zhou Kingdom, Zhu Yihai provided the money to Zhu Yihai, and Zhu Yihai gradually opened up the situation in Nanjing City, and more wandering Jiangbei soldiers were secretly recruited back to Nanjing.

This time, the Mongolians in the Moxi Dynasty threatened Zhou State and broke the balance of three-legged tripods.

Moxi Mongolia restrained the Zhou Kingdom. In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from attacking the Zhou Kingdom, or the Eastern Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou made many efforts.

First, it is recommended that the Zhou State be entrusted to the Ming Dynasty and send envoys to the Eastern Qing Dynasty at the same time, hoping that Ajige could surrender to Zhao Ming in order to delay the Ming Dynasty's attack.

Secondly, it is to contact the inverted Zhao forces within the Ming Dynasty, hoping to use the inverted Zhao forces within the Ming Dynasty to restrain Zhao Ming.

However, within the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ming's family was the only one and had a very high prestige, so the power to defeat Zhao was still very weak.

They may not be willing to jump out and oppose Zhao Ming for the sake of Zhou Heqing.

Therefore, the senior officials of Zhou State need to meet Zhu Yihai to cheer up Zhu Yihai and dispel their concerns.

In the room, there was a seat with wine and food on it. Zhu Yihai reached out to signal Sun Kewang to sit down and sit at the table.

"Sun Guoshu, what does it mean that you, Zhou, persuaded me to overthrow Zhao, but you, you are accused of Zhao Ming?" Zhu Yihai said in a deep voice.

Sun Kewang said calmly: "The Supreme Emperor, Zhao Ming is now powerful, and it is not a temporary solution to pay tribute to the emperor. King Zhou has been deeply grateful to the emperor, and his wise ministers have never changed his heart for the great Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yihai sneered and didn't believe Sun Kewang's nonsense. He and Zhou Guo and Wu Sangui were just using each other.

Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou wanted him to restrain Zhao Ming from the inside, while Zhu Yihai just wanted to use the power of Zhou to get money from Zhou to resist Zhao Ming and restore the rule of the Zhu family.

"No need to say these nice words!" Zhu Yihai said with a serious expression: "Now Zhao Ming is going to fight the north. If he recovers Beijing, I and you, Zhou, will have no chance."

Sun Kewang said truthfully: "Now that Zhou State is facing the threat of the desert and western Mongolia, the emperor really cannot provide troops to fight Zhao Ming. Therefore, Zhou State resigned to Zhao Ming in the hope of delaying time."

Zhu Yihai frowned and said, "What Prime Minister Sun means is that Zhao Ming attacks Ajige, will Zhou State bear the alliance and refuse to support?"

Sun Kewang pondered and said, "It's not that there is no support, it depends on the timing. If Ajige can hold on until the Zhou army defeats the Mongolian in Moxi, then the Zhou army will definitely win and support. If Ajige can't hold on, then the Zhou army will have no choice!"

Zhu Yihai's cheeks swelled, stood up, paced in the room, and said with a gloomy face for a while: "Since ancient times, there have been no fewer generals who have returned to the court to win and have done things to dethrone. Now Zhao Ming has become the regent, and he will further plan to usurp the throne. If Zhao Ming defeated Ajige and regained Beijing, his prestige was at its peak, and he would probably be supported by his subordinates on the way to Mount Tai if he didn't have to go back to the court."

Zhu Yihai walked back and forth, finally stopped, looked at Sun Kewang, and made up his mind and said, "Since you, Zhou State, are powerless, I will do it myself. But I have two requirements!"

Sun Kewang sat upright and said seriously: "Prince, please tell me!"

Zhu Yihai said in a deep voice: "First, I want Zhou State to fund one million silver dollars, and I will need it immediately. Second, after Zhou State defeated the Mongolian in Moxi, he must not hesitate and must join the war as soon as possible."

Sun Kewang frowned and thought for a moment. If Zhu Yihai could cause trouble and restrain Zhao Ming, it would be a good thing for Zhou State.

"Okay! Zhou Guo can agree to the request of the Supreme Emperor!" Sun Kewang nodded.

Zhu Yihai said, "There is no basis for empty words, so you need to make a letter of alliance to use seal!"

When Sun Kewang heard the words, he couldn't help but hesitate. This means that if he fails, this alliance letter may fall into the hands of Zhao Ming, and then Zhou State will definitely face revenge.

These days, Sun Kewang's experience in Jiangnan was actually afraid of Zhao Ming, but he was afraid that the world would not be in chaos and was unwilling to be lonely. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Get paper and pen."

Now Sun Kewang wrote a letter of alliance and copied one, and the two parties signed and printed them.

Zhu Yihai accepted the next copy and asked: "When will the silver dollar be delivered?"

Sun Kewang said, "One million silver dollars is not a small amount. It is too late to transport cash silver and is easily discovered. With silver notes, the Nanjing silver number will also be alert."

Zhu Yihai said: "This is easy to deal with. I have several cotton spinning workshops. You can pretend to be a Qin merchant, come and place an order, and transfer the money."

Sun Kewang thought about it and nodded, "Yes, I will make arrangements as soon as possible!"

Zhu Yihai finally showed a smile on his face, sat down again, picked up the wine glass and said, "I hope Sun Guoxiang moves faster!"

Sun Kewang picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then stood up and said, "It's not convenient for me to stay for a long time, so I've said goodbye!"

On the street, the two military intelligence departments followed Sun Kewang's carriage from afar and shuttled through the crowded streets.

When passing a cross alley, a few taels of vehicles loaded with cargo suddenly came out of the alley and blocked their sight.

At this moment, Sun Kewang suddenly came out, got into the carriage, and suddenly whispered: "Go back to the dock!"

The truck passed by, and the carriage appeared from the sight of the two masters. The two followed for a while and found Sun Kewang's carriage. They walked around Nanjing City, then went straight back to the dock and boarded the big ship. The two couldn't help but have a moment of confusion.
Chapter completed!