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Chapter 304 Proclaiming Emperor

On November 14, 2018, the news that Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty was killed in Tingzhou was urgently spread to Guangzhou, Guangdong by the Jinyiwei.

The cabinet members who received the news were mixed with joy and sorrow. What was sad was that the barriers in Fujian were gone, and they would face the Iron Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty. What was happy was that Zhu Youjian was dead. This time Zhu Hongsan could become the emperor.

Cabinet members Chen Zizhuang, Tong Yangjia, and Feng Ziyong went to see the King of Chu the first time they received the news, but the King of Chu was not in the mansion. After inquiring, they found out that the King of Chu had gone to Guanyinyuan to burn incense.

When Chen Zizhuang heard what Xiaohuangmen said, he was angry. When was the time for this regent to look for flowers and ask about willows?

Zhu Hongsan has now completely turned the Buddhist pure land of Guanyinyuan into a place where defilements and dirt are hidden. In addition to the two fake nuns of Zhang and Chen, there are also more than a dozen real nuns. Zhu Hongsan has selected a few young and beautiful nuns from the real nuns, and enjoyed lust day and night.

Just as Chen Zizhuang was looking for Zhu Hongsan, this guy had just gotten up from a little nun.

Zhu Hongsan patted the bald head of the little nun under him and sighed in his heart: "It turns out that a wife is not as good as a concubine. It is better to steal than a concubine. It is better to steal than to steal than to steal! It feels different to playing with a little nun outside and playing with his wife at home!" Just as Zhu Hongsan was sighing, Cao Fang knocked on the door twice outside.

"Master, Master Chen, the cabinet, is looking for a meeting outside the courtyard!"

Zhu Hongsan got up and put on his clothes. Chen Zizhuang came. It was estimated that Zhu Youjian from Fujian was finished. Thinking of facing the Qing army, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but feel sad, "I waited for twenty years and finally came!"

Chen Zizhuang was not in the mood to get angry with Zhu Hongsan at this time. When he saw Zhu Hongsan coming out, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Responsible for the country, a big matter, on the eighth day of November, the Tang King Zhu Youjian died in Tingzhou!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said he knew, "Mr. Chen, please send a letter to Zhang Jiayu of Nanxiong Mansion to make him beware of his vigilance and prevent the Qing army from moving south from Ganzhou!"

Unexpectedly, the three people in the cabinet did not move. Chen Zizhuang looked at the other two, and the three knelt down together and shouted: "The regent is now in a critical situation. I would like to ask the regent to succeed the throne!"

Damn, I forced myself to become emperor again. Zhu Hongsan was very depressed. He originally wanted to develop quietly in Guangdong. If Zhu Youjian was killed, wouldn’t there be Zhu Youlang? Some of them blocked the knife? Who would have thought that these ministers were too serious about being officials. Last year, they had already made the country supervised and were not human inside or outside. This time they became emperor, and they would immediately fight with Zhu Youlang, the King of Gui in Guangxi. Forget it.

Zhu Hongsan helped Chen Zizhuang up and said, "I understand the mood of sir, but we should not be called emperor now. Let others block the knife."

Others? Who else? Guangdong is now the front line.

"The regent, now all the royal families in the world are dying and running away. Who dares to call themselves emperor and the Qing Dynasty? So I ask the regent to succeed the throne for the sake of the ancestors!"

When Zhu Hongsan thought about it, he made sense. Now there are still people. The Qing army has arrived in Fujian, and the next step is his turn.

Seeing that Zhu Hongsan didn't speak, Tong Yangjia knew that he was working hard. Tong Yangjia knew Zhu Hongsan. The King of Chu was a selfish villain. He must let him see that anything he wanted to do.

"Superior, you see, because your highness is not upright, except for Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Qiongzhou, and Lianzhou, Guangdong, all other prefectures in Guangdong are lip service to the ruling state. If your Highness calls himself emperor, they will rebel. We can raise uprising troops to attack them. At that time, the ruling state's territory can be expanded, and more factories can be built and more troops can be recruited. Isn't this better?"

When Zhu Hongsan heard Tong Yangjia say this, he felt a move in his heart. Yes, now he only has more than 50,000 troops. If the territory is expanded, the army can be expanded immediately. It seems good.

Zhu Hongsan had already agreed in his heart at this time, but he still had to act in a good manner in terms of face. Zhu Hongsan shook his sleeves and said, "You three are injustice. Emperor Hongguang is not bad to me. I must not do anything to be sorry to him!" After Zhu Hongsan said that, he shook his sleeves and left.

The three people in the cabinet are all old martial arts world, so I can’t tell what Zhu Hongsan means, and I’m sorry to Hongguang. Now Zhu Yousong’s bones are rotten, what’s the point of mentioning him!

Chen Zizhuang turned his head and said to the two: "The regent agrees, let's prepare separately!"

Just Zhu Hongsan agreed. Next, the ministers of the King of Chu in Guangdong began to submit letters to persuade Zhu Hongsan to become emperor.

The first time was when all the generals submitted their letters. Zhao Guodong and Yan Qingshan, who were far away in Dinghai, rushed back in person and knelt in front of Zhu Hongsan and begged.

Zhu Hongsan cursed Qian Yong, Zhao Guodong and other generals, and scolded them for making them break their trust in the world.

The second time was that all the ministers submitted a letter, begging Zhu Hongsan to follow the public's wishes and ascend the throne to the emperor. Of course, Zhu Hongsan still refused this time.

The third time Chen Zizhuang brought Zhu Hongsan's uncle Feng Ruoshu, and went to the mansion to ask Zhu Hongsan to be emperor.

Feng Ruoshu hasn't seen him for a year but he is really old. His face begins to grow old spots. He is no longer the same as before as he was as hypocritical, but in fact he is full of thieves and prostitutes.

Seeing Feng Ruoshu enter the house, Zhu Hongsan quickly walked off the throne and personally helped Old Man Feng sit down.

"How come these guys have invited your old man too!"

Feng Ruoshu laughed and said, "Hehe, Prince, the third reunion is the Zhou ritual. Your Highness wants to be the Holy Emperor, this ceremony cannot be ruined!"

"It's really troublesome. According to me, it's all over the throne. How could there be so many eggs before?"

"Your Highness, now is different from before. Although this large-scale foundation was made by Your Highness, you have not thought about it. You are different from Emperor Taizu Gao!"

It seems that Old Man Feng has something in his words, and Zhu Hongsan asked: "Please teach me my uncle!"

"Your Highness, you are not from the King of Yan. If you want to convince the public, you must revive the ancestral system, that is, inherit the style of Emperor Taizu Gao. What Emperor Taizu talks about most is etiquette and law!"

Feng Ruoshu was also talking about Zhu Hongsan’s troubles now. Zhu Hongsan really wanted to restore the prime minister system of the Song Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system and wrote it into the imperial ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty, which became a constitution. If Zhu Hongsan wanted to be an emperor, he had to oppose the legitimacy of King Yan Zhu Di. Only in this way could Zhu Hongsan stand orthodox, but if he opposed Zhu Di, he had to emphasize orthodox and abide by the ancestral system. It was a paradox.

Another issue is the heir. Zhu Hongsan is very optimistic about the secret establishment of the Qing Dynasty's crown prince system, but Zhu Yuanzhang made it the inheritance system of the eldest son. This thing is OK in the first two generations. After all, the previous two emperors had suffered hardships and knew that it was not easy to conquer the country. However, later emperors were all rich second generations, and they knew the hardships of their father and grandfather. It would be possible that the emperors like Wanli Tianqi would appear. Fortunately, although Wanli and Tianqi were inaction, they knew that this country would be managed by these stinky old ninths. If they met a guy like Chongzhen who was highly jealous and low-knowing, it would be unreasonable.

The prime minister system is easy to solve, and the Chinese are best at taking advantage of loopholes. Zhu Hongsan is ready to abolish the Grand Secretary system after ascending the throne and change it to the cabinet prime minister system in later generations. However, Zhu Hongsan really dared not move around because there are no ready-made examples in later generations.

Feng Ruoshu was happy to see Zhu Hongsan’s distress. In fact, in addition to persuading Zhu Hongsan to ascend the throne today, he came today to be entrusted by Ma Mingyuan and must convince Zhu Hongsan to adhere to the system of inheritance of the eldest son. Only when Zhu Hai is the crown prince can Ma Mingyuan have a day to stand out.

Feng Ruoshu said: "Your Highness, I have a suggestion that I can solve the problem of heirs."

Hearing Feng Ruoshu's good advice, Zhu Hongsan quickly asked, "Please tell me uncle!"

"Your Highness can be taken in two steps. The first step is to establish a prince. The second step is to give them some work after several princes become adults. See which prince is suitable for the next emperor. If the prince is competent, everyone will naturally be happy. If the prince is not good, your highness can also discover the strengths of other princes!"

Zhu Hongsan was stunned when he heard Old Man Feng say this. Isn’t this the same as the later generations of Kang Mazi’s Nine Dragons fighting for the throne? Then won’t he be angry to death by these sons?

"Uncle, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. If several princes attack each other, it will immediately cause Xiao Yun!"

Feng Ruoshu raised his head, his two small eyes flashed with brilliance, and he slowly said: Have you ever heard of the wolves? There is always a head wolf in every group of wolves. This head wolf controls the life and death of the wolf, but the head wolf is not born as a head wolf. In fact, every male wolf has the opportunity to become a head wolf. As for who can succeed, it depends on the minions and minds."

"This..." Zhu Hongsan suddenly felt his heart tugged when he heard this. Zhu Hongsan naturally understood that the principle of "sustaining natural choices has always been a bloody reality, but when it was his turn, it made Zhu Hongsan feel very distressed. It was all his own flesh and blood. After a fight, how many people could really live well? Zhu Hongsan was cruel and ruthless, killing people without blinking, but he still cared for his children. Feng Ruoshu glanced at Zhu Hongsan's pale face, closed his mouth, and stopped talking. Only Zhu Hongsan's heavier breathing sound was left in the study.

Damn, this is Feng Ruoshu. The old coffin seedlings have been alive for a few days. Others do not have the courage to say such things. Alas, if the children really fight, what should we do with them? Zhu Hongsanyi thought of the tragic battle of the Nine Dragons in the later years, his hands trembled unconsciously. But the problem is that it is impossible not to let them fight. When the children grow up, they will definitely divide the gangs and establish factions. If they force them to suppress them, they may not be able to work. But if they don’t suppress them, how will they end in the future?

"Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. How can you see the rainbow without experiencing the wind and rain? I can't do anything about it." Zhu Hongsan said in a very upset manner, his face full of sadness.

"Otherwise." Feng Ruoshu said with bright eyes: "It is okay to fight, but it is not enough. Your Highness must be well guided. Looking at the past dynasties, this is nature. It is inevitable. It is just a matter of degree. As long as your Highness guides and prevents problems before they happen, it is impossible to control the intensity of it."
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