Chapter 144 Both ends

Zhu Yuqi sat in the carriage and repeatedly urged the guards to speed up. Shortly after he learned that Emperor Chongzhen was hanged in Beijing, he was immediately helped by Zhang Kentang and others to be the Shaowu Emperor. As a descendant of the Zhu family, he was originally determined to reorganize the rivers and mountains and restore the Ming Empire.

But when he became the so-called emperor, he found that his so-called ideal was just a dream. His emperor was simply a puppet. Although with the assistance of Zhang Kentang and Zheng Zhilong, he set up a grass team and set up six, he found that after he ascended the throne, It's not as simple as he thought.

Not to mention how powerful the Dazhong Army is, just talking about Fujian's government affairs, he has no power. Almost all the military power is in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, and the government power is in the hands of those civil servants.

What made him more depressed was that just after he ascended the throne, the old officials of the Ming Dynasty in Guangdong and Guangxi also helped Zhu Youlu, who was also a descendant of the Zhu family, and established a Yongli regime. Fortunately, in the small southern land, there were two Nanming regimes at the same time. The only resources were basically used by them. Two little Nanming court came to compete for the name.

Therefore, although he ascended the throne for half a year, the two Southern Ming court not only did not lose a piece of land from the Dazhong army, but the situation was getting worse and worse. The Dazhong army gradually freed up troops from the north, squeezing their living space smaller and smaller.

This is not the reason why he wants to escape. The most important reason is that for more than a month before the year, there were rumors everywhere in Fujian that Zheng Zhilong was talking about Dazhong Dynasty and preparing to surrender to Dazhong Dynasty.

It is not clear how the news came out, but many ministers have expressed great concern about this matter, and have repeatedly made advice to Zhu Yujian to ask Zhu Yuhao to dismiss Zheng Zhilong.

But Zhu Yuqi is at best a sacrificed mud tire. Nowadays, whether it is the army or finance, his Shaowu regime depends on Zheng Zhilong to support him. How can he dismiss Zheng Zhilong and take away Zheng Zhilong's military power?

Nowadays, his so-called Shaowu army is actually a private soldier of the Zheng family. The military money is issued by the Zheng family. The soldiers and generals only recognize him Zheng Zhilong. How many people are willing to listen to him, the puppet emperor?

Therefore, the advice of some ministers is simply a joke. For this reason, Zhu Yuqi summoned Zheng Zhilong a year ago and asked Zheng Zhilong about the peace between him and the Great China and North Korea, but Zheng Zhilong denied it. During the Spring Festival, such rumors were even more rampant in Fujian.

The idiom says that three good people have become tigers. If there are many rumors, they will be believed to be true. What's more, the Zheng family's negotiations with the Greater China and North Korea is not a matter of groundless. In the past few months, many old officials of the Ming Dynasty have fled from the north to the south. No one can tell how many people are really loyal to the Ming Dynasty and defect to the two small Nanming Dynasty. In the imperial court, it is not clear how many people in the court have secretly defected to the Dazhong army, come to act as lobbyist, or come to act as a detailed work for the Dazhong army.

In a word, Zhu Yuyu had to believe that Zheng Zhilong had begun to waver, which was undoubtedly a bad news for him. His Shaowu Dynasty was the Zheng army of Zheng Zhilong. If Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Dazhong Dynasty, the first one to suffer must be Zhu Yuqi. He was Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Dazhong Dynasty. It's the best name, so after the Spring Festival, Zhu Yuqi really couldn't sit still.

So Zhu Yuqi secretly recruited Zhang Kentang and other trusted ministers to his palace and secretly discuss countermeasures. However, Zhang Kentang and others are civil servants, and there are not many soldiers in their hands. They can't do anything about Zheng Zhilong at all, and Zhang Kentang is also afraid that once Zheng Zhilong surrenders, he will He did it first, so Zhang Kentang and others encouraged Zhu Yuqi to give up the throne and simply fled to Liangguang to join the Yongli Dynasty. Even if the emperor could not, at least he could save his life.

So after thinking about it, Zhu Yuqi felt that his life was still more important, not to mention that this kind of puppet emperor was not happy. It didn't matter to him whether he was an emperor or not.

After the Shangyuan Festival, Zhu Yuqi finally made up his mind. With Zheng Zhilong behind his back, he secretly asked Zhang Kentang to contact a commander named Fang Zhengming, and encircled more than a thousand old headquarters of the Ming army who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Suddenly, he protected Zhu Yuqi and escaped from Quanzhou Prefecture and fled all the way to Guangdong.

What kind of emperor is not an emperor? Zhu Yuqi doesn't care at this moment. He just wants to leave this place of right and wrong quickly and how far to go. As for how Emperor Yongli will settle him, he can't take care of it for the time being.

The general in charge of guarding Quanzhou was Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhibao, the younger brother of Zheng Zhibao. Zheng Zhibao never thought that Emperor Shaowu would choose to escape from Quanzhou at this time, and even the emperor's seat was not wanted. So at first, someone told him that he was in command of Fang Zhengming to lead more than a thousand Ming army's old troops to leave Quanzhou. He didn't care much yet. He just sent someone to chase Shang Zhengming and asked him what he wanted to do.

Fang Zhengming replied, saying that he was ordered to go to Zhangzhou Prefecture to reinforce the soldiers and horses south of Zhangzhou Prefecture. At this time, the military aspects of the Shaowu Dynasty were not unified. Although Zheng Zhilong's Zheng army was the strongest, after all, Zheng Zhilong did not control all the soldiers and horses, and some Fujian Ming army did not accept all Zheng Zhilong's unification. Yu, so although Zheng Zhibao was a little suspicious of the purpose of Fang Zhengming's trip, at first he thought that at most, he didn't like the Zheng family's military power of the Shaowu Dynasty and wanted to leave here.

For the more than a thousand Ming soldiers, Zheng Zhibao didn't want to do anything about them. It was just right for them to leave, which also saved the Zheng family from paying money to support them.

But then Zheng Zhibao found that the matter was not as simple as he thought. When Fang Zhengming ran, Zhang Kentang also disappeared. Then news came from the palace that Emperor Shaowu also suddenly disappeared, and Zheng Zhibao realized that something big had happened.

So Zheng Zhibao sent someone to chase Emperor Shaowu and his party to the south immediately, while quickly sending someone to report to Zheng Zhilong.

But at this time, he had slowed down a lot. Under the escort of Zhang Kentang, Fang Zhengming and others, Emperor Shaowu had been far away from Quanzhou Prefecture and was about to enter Zhangzhou Prefecture.

When Zheng Zhilong heard the news, Emperor Shaowu had been running for almost a day, so Zheng Zhilong was stunned and a little numb for a while.

You should know that the reason why Zheng Zhilong can control Fujian in name and say the most important thing is that he used to be the general officer of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Shaowu is the foundation of his foothold. In Emperor Shaowu, he can take charge of the soldiers and horses in name and words, but now Emperor Shaowu suddenly abandoned him, which is equivalent to He had completely broken up with him, and he was no longer a general of the Shaowu Dynasty.

Some time ago, because of the identity dispute between Emperor Shaowu and Emperor Yongli, his Zheng family has met with the Yongli Dynasty of Liangguang and has offended the Yongli Dynasty. Now Emperor Shaowu has also abandoned him and fled, which is equivalent to making him lose his political foundation, even if Now that he wants to surrender to Yongli, it is estimated that it is difficult for Yongli to trust him anymore.

Therefore, the sudden escape of Emperor Shaowu was undoubtedly a major blow to Zheng Zhilong. With Emperor Shaowu, he still has a little political capital to recruit soldiers and horses in Fujian to fight against the Dazhong Dynasty, but without Emperor Shaowu, his identity will be very embarrassing. In this way, he will no longer have The legal identity, at best, is a private army, and there is no name.

So after hearing the news, Zheng Zhilong was so shocked that he was a little confused. He immediately ordered to send people to rush to Zhangzhou Prefecture, hoping that before Emperor Shaowu fled to Guangdong, the garrison of Zhangzhou Prefecture would intercept Emperor Shaowu, so that he would still have room for maneuver.

However, Zheng Zhilong finally slowed down by half a step. Just when his people rushed to Zhangzhou Prefecture, Emperor Shaowu and his party had fled to Guangdong in advance. Zheng Zhilong's soldiers and horses stationed in Zhangzhou. Although they doubted the purpose of their group, because the team was led by Zhang Kentang, the official of the current Shaowu Dynasty, and with They also commanded the incident, and they claimed that they had obeyed the imperial edict to go to Guangdong and the Yongli Dynasty to discuss peace. Therefore, although the local guards were suspicious, there was no reason to intercept them. Therefore, before Zheng Zhilong's military order arrived, they let them go through Zhangzhou Prefecture and entered Guangdong.

When Zheng Zhilong's military order arrived at Zhangzhou Prefecture, it was too late for the Zhangzhou guard to chase Emperor Shaowu again. He could only watch Emperor Shaowu escape to the control of the Yongli Dynasty.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong had no idea, so Zheng Zhilong immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss how to deal with the matter.

For such a big event, for the people of Zheng Zhilong's family, there is no doubt that everyone is in a mess. Although most of them know that Zheng Zhilong is discussing with the Dazhong Dynasty to accept the appeasement of the Dazhong Dynasty, some people proposed that since Emperor Shaowu has fled from Fujian, they have no official body of the Ming Dynasty. Instead of being affected by the splint gas on both sides, it's better to simply not do it, and now throw it down to the Dazhong Dynasty.

However, some people think that it is too early for them to defect to the Greater China Dynasty. After all, the Greater China Dynasty has not given a clear answer to Zheng Jun's future status and identity. Now they are eager to defect to the Greater China Dynasty, which is obviously not the best strategy. Now although Emperor Shaowu has fled from Fujian, they are also in their hands. It's not that there is no card game. The Yongli Dynasty certainly doesn't want to watch such a strong force fall to the Dazhong Dynasty, so even if they were very unhappy before, as long as they have soldiers, horses and warships in their hands, the Yongli Dynasty will not easily sit back and watch them turn to the Dazhong Dynasty like this.

So someone suggested that if you want to sell a good price, you can first invest in the Yongli Dynasty, and then bargain with the Great China Dynasty. If the Great China Dynasty wants to completely destroy the Daming Dynasty, then you have to offer them a good price.

Zheng Zhilong listened to the opinions of these literary ministers and generals, and had no idea for a while. Originally, he wanted to agree to the conditions of the Dazhong Dynasty now and surrender to the Dazhong Dynasty, but because Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, did not allow him to raise private soldiers, he had soldiers and horses on hand these days. If he can be tough, once he doesn't have this capital, his Zheng family will become the flesh of the top, and he can only be slaughtered by the Dazhong Dynasty.

So after thinking about it, Zheng Zhilong decided to contact both sides at the same time to see who had a high price. Just after Emperor Shaowu escaped from Fujian, Zheng Zhilong finally stopped the battle in Zhangzhou and sent his subordinates to follow Emperor Shaowu closely to Guangzhou.