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Emperor Chongzhen had a total of seven sons, two, six, and seven sons died early.

The eldest son Zhu Cihong, the third son Zhu Ciyan, and the fourth son Zhu Cizhao have been confirmed to have been killed after the Qing army entered the customs.

Only the fifth son, Zhu Cihuan, has been missing.

Zhu Cihuan was born in the sixth year of Chongzhen, and his biological mother is Tian Guifei, if you count the age, he has turned 17 years old this year.

In the original history, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, many people engaged in anti-Qing activities by supporting his name, and "Zhu Sanzi" became a kind of banner at that time.

Zhu Cihuan himself was arrested in Wenshang County in the 47th year of Kangxi, and was executed by Kangxi at the age of 76 on the charge of "although Zhu did not have a rebellion, he did not have the heart to rebel" in the same year.

The Third Prince of Zhu has even been recorded in many novels, so as soon as Huang Lianshan mentioned Zhu Cihuan, Qin Mu couldn't help but think of the name "Third Prince Zhu".

For a long time, Qin Mu has been very tolerant of the descendants of the Zhu family, although he does not monitor these people at night, as long as he does not rebel, Qin Mu will not do anything that does not kill them all.

But this Zhu Cihuan, even if he didn't collect it at night, he never found his footprints, but he didn't expect it to suddenly appear in Yunnan now.

"Lianshan, are you sure it's Zhu Cihuan himself?"

"Please forgive me, this news has just come out, and it has not yet been confirmed. However, under the continuous advance of Cui Feng's Tusi soldiers and horses, Mu Tianbo continued to retreat, retreating from Chuxiong to Dali, and from Dali to Yongchang and Baoshan.

There were only more than 2,000 people left by Mu Tianbo's side, including Long Zaitian, and at this time, he suddenly played the banner of Zhu Cihuan, and it was not ruled out that he had the intention of boosting the morale of the army.

In Guangxi, Ma Liuliang recruited six Tusi troops including Nandan, and beat Cen Yin, the Tusi of Si'en Mansion, and his forces were compressed to the mountainous areas around Si'en Mansion and Tianzhou.

After Mu Tianbo played the banner of Zhu Cihuan, Cen Yin also immediately served the banner of Zhu Cihuan. The minister feared that this would lead to a new wave of rebellion in the southwest. It is to hurry up and report to His Majesty. ”

Qin Mu thought more, if it was really Zhu Cihuan, the son of Chongzhen, his appeal should not be underestimated, and now the judicial reform has touched the core interests of many local officials. If the two form an interaction, it is difficult to predict what the consequences will be.

"Check, immediately dispatch capable people to me to find out whether Zhu Cihuan is really in Mu Tianbo's hands, if not, we must also step up to find out Zhu Cihuan's whereabouts, so as not to cause another turmoil in the future."

"Yes. His Majesty, the minister has ordered people to investigate with all their might. ”

On the same day, Qin Mu stayed in Huai'an's Chuhu Courtyard, where he had stayed during the Northern Expedition.

Then Qin Mu summoned Sima An, Li Yuan, and Gu Junen to discuss the matter, and as soon as they heard the word "Zhu Cihuan", the three of them couldn't help but immediately frown.

Li Yuan said first: "Your Majesty, the toast over there in Yunnan has also been tossed by Cui Feng and is not much. Now there is another Zhu Cihuan, and if he continues to toss, I am afraid it will backfire. ”

Gu Junen also said: "The minister also agrees with Li Ge Lao's meaning, and he must quickly pacify the entire territory of Yunnan." ”

Because of the Yunnan toast forest. Coupled with the high mountains and dense forests, many Tusi are unruly, and in the past two years, Daqin's strategy for Yunnan has been great. Basically, toast is made of toast, that is, to transfer some obedient toast troops, and look at the right time to come to such disobedient toasts. If you can destroy one, you will destroy one.

But in order not to affect the situation in the northwest. For more than a year, Cui Feng's actions in Yunnan have not been very big, mainly because he has constantly provoked contradictions and made various toasts in Yunnan fight with each other.

The Qin army that entered Yunnan was stationed in the area east of Chuxiong and rarely engaged in battle.

Sima An thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Yunnan and Guangxi cannot be looked at separately, and they have to focus on the overall situation." Although the Dongwu Kingdom has now withdrawn from Yunnan, in fact, since His Majesty promulgated the edict of Dongwu last year, Ta Long has increased his support for Mu Tianbo, otherwise Mu Tianbo would not have been able to support it until now.

Last year, Ta Long and Jiaozhi Zheng attacked Gao Ping's Mo from both sides, forcing Mo to go into exile in our Great Qin, Zheng's power has been pushed to the border of Guangxi, and now the remnants of Cen Yin have retreated to the Tianzhou area, if they go south, they can be integrated with Zheng. If Ma Liuliang continues to advance, it is inevitable that Cen Yin will retreat to Jiaozhi. ”

The Zheng clan of Jiaozhi sent envoys to ask for peace with Daqin more than once, but Daqin insisted that the Zheng clan return to its lord Li, and Daqin emphasized the dignity of the monarch and the minister, father and son, and the upper and lower levels.

The Zheng clan held Lord Li hostage, which was like a rebellious minister and thief, if Daqin agreed to his request, wouldn't it be tantamount to encouraging this kind of behavior of holding the monarch hostage of the rebellious ministers and thieves?

And how could the Zheng family give up the power in their hands and really return to the lord of Li?

Therefore, the Zheng clan could only stand in the camp against Daqin, and last year they also participated in the combined fleet led by the Dutch to attack the coastal areas of Daqin.

According to the information that the night is not collected, Cen Yin, the Tusi of Si'en Prefecture, was in turmoil at the beginning, and it was inseparable from the instigation of the Zheng family, since the two sides had this relationship, it was not surprising that Cen Yin finally retreated to Jiaojiao.

And these are not what Qin Mu is worried about, just a few clowns who jump off the beam, what he is worried about is that the appearance of Zhu Cihuan will form a linkage with the interests of local officials affected by the domestic judicial reform, which will lead to a greater rebellion on a larger scale.

Qin Mu muttered: "Although Mr. Sima's words are reasonable, the matter in the southwest should indeed be viewed from the overall situation, but the top priority is to eliminate Zhu Cihuan's influence first. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Mu Tianbo is bluffing nine times out of ten, and Zhu Cihuan may not really be in Yunnan."

"What does Mr. Sima mean?"

"Your Majesty, as long as you find out the real Zhu Cihuan, Mu Tianbo will be self-defeating."

Qin Mu heard it, Sima An meant to "find" the real Zhu Cihuan immediately, as for how to prove that the Zhu Cihuan in his hand was "true", the original Lu King Zhu Yihai, Hongguang's biological mother "Queen Mother" These people are all good witnesses.

When the time comes, let Zhu Yihai and the "Queen Mother" recognize it, and Zhu Cihuan will basically be true.

Sima An said very implicitly, in general, this is indeed a good method, at least to eliminate Zhu Cihuan's influence in a large way.

Qin Mu groaned, "It's just that this time is not right." ”

You haven't found it for a long time, you haven't found it, but after Mu Tianbo played the banner of Zhu Cihuan, you immediately found Zhu Cihuan, which is a bit too coincidental.

Gu Junen also said: "The minister thinks that it is better to go all out to pacify Yunnan first, Mu Tianbo now has only two or three thousand remnants left, and immediately let General Cui go all out to peel him off, even if he can't be exterminated, at least he must force him to Dongwu country." ”

No matter who is still at home and who is already in exile, the influence is completely different.

A minister like Gu Junen certainly knows what kind of impact Zhu Cihuan will bring, so he said this.

At present, the asphalt road is only built to the Guiyang area, Qin Mu originally wanted to wait for the asphalt road to be repaired to Kunming, and then take a big move, but now it seems that he can't wait.

Since you're going to fight, let's do it.

"It's been more than a year now, how many warships have been built in the Navy?"

"Forty flying shear warships have been delivered to the navy, four large treasure ships have also been delivered, and more than ninety other small and medium-sized escort warships."

"Well, that's enough, the Royal Navy has been idle for more than a year, I can't raise them for nothing, it's time for them to go out and make some money for the court."

"What does Majesty mean to let the navy attack Thang Long Mansion?"

"One Thang Long Mansion can't use so many troops, and the entire Indochina Peninsula, let the navy fight as much as it wants."

"Your Majesty, isn't this action too big, the Indochina Peninsula, if there is no cooperation of the army, it will be difficult to completely defeat after all."

"Did I say that the navy would take down the entire Indochina Peninsula?"

Gu Junen and the three of them looked at each other and stopped talking.

Hear it, this is not actually an occupation, but plunder, a massive plunder of the Indochina Peninsula with the navy, the wealth, the population, everything of value.

It is defenseless to make all the places that the navy can reach into a no-man's land, and then move the Han people over in the future.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the government and the opposition will have some slander."

"I know this."

No matter what you do, there will always be people who say that if you do more, they will slowly adapt to this transformation.

However, what can the imperial historians say, Qin Mu has long issued an edict against the Dongwu country, according to later generations, that is, he has already declared war on the Dongwu country.

Just as it was with the Manchus, isn't it reasonable to take any means against the enemy?

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(To be continued......)