Royal Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen was sitting in the hall when he suddenly heard a footstep. It turned out that Empress Zhou had walked in.

Queen Zhou put down the soup bowl in her hand and said to Emperor Chongzhen very gently: "Your Majesty has worked hard to deal with the important matters, so drink some soup to nourish your body."

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Now that the Ming Dynasty has become like this, so why should I say whether I have to work hard or not? As long as I don't become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty, my life will be enough."

He said so, but at the advice of Queen Zhou, Chongzhen picked up the soup bowl and drank a few sips.

Empress Zhou said, "I just sent someone to find the prince, but I heard from the people over there that the prince has already gone to recruit soldiers. What I want to say is that the prince is so young, is he really experienced in recruiting soldiers? Perhaps Your Majesty should send some more mature people to recruit soldiers."

In the eyes of any mother, her children are always children, not to mention that Zhu Cilang is just a 15-year-old boy now, and in the heart of Queen Zhou, she is indeed a child.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "It seems that this is true. Wang Chengen, please help me go to the recruitment side to see what the situation is. If the prince really can't do it, let him come back."

Wang Chengen did not dare to neglect and hurriedly left the palace.

On Xuanwu Gate, the situation has begun to change.

This large group of people suddenly rushed out and came to Zhu Cixuan's side and shouted to join the army, which really scared Fang Gongqian.

"Everyone line up for me and find someone who can lead the way to tell me what's going on!" Fang Gongqian asked his subordinates to maintain order while shouting at the crowd at the top of his lungs.

Among the crowd, a young man who looked quite strong quickly stood up and said to Fang Gongqian: "This father-in-law is Shi Jian. My father is an official from the Ming Dynasty. We are all good children. This time we made an appointment to join the army together."

"Good family?" Fang Gongqian couldn't help but look up and down after hearing this sentence.

The so-called good family is actually a relatively ancient name. In a way that is easier for modern people to understand, it is a middle-class child.

Judging from the clothes and dressing of Shi Jian, young people, they do look like they have a certain status. They are said to be good families, and they should be considered true.

But this did not eliminate Fang Gongqian's doubts. He continued to speak, "Then why didn't you join the army before, but you just wanted to run out to join the army at this time?"

Shi Jian's face changed slightly, as if he was hesitant, but soon plucked up the courage and said loudly: "The Ming Dynasty government owed my father the salary before, and our family was even sad to live. How can we support the Ming Dynasty? Now that the Crown Prince has paid the full salary, my father knows that the Crown Prince is a good person, so he asked me to come."

The others behind Shi Jian spoke in a long and said, "Yes, my father was the deputy commander of the Beijing camp, but he had even sold his horses before he could eat. How did you ask me to join the army?" "Now the government has given us hope, and of course we must also fight for the Ming government."

Fang Gongqian was furious and shouted, "Are you guys not patriotic at all?"

Shi Jian stared at his eyes and said seriously: "Of course we love the Ming Dynasty, otherwise why should we join the army to defend the Ming Dynasty? But the premise is that the Ming Dynasty cannot starve us to death."

"Yes! That's the reason." Everyone spoke one after another.

Zhu Cilang coughed, stood up, and walked to Shi Jian.

Shi Jian's Adam's apple rolled up and down, obviously a little nervous: "Thank you, Your Highness the Prince."

Zhu Cilang smiled slightly, and was about to say something, suddenly a voice came from the side: "Shi Jian, bring your children here quickly, I will give you 25 taels of silver per person!"

Zhu Cixuan looked at him and found that Li Guozhen had already arrived here at some point, so he stood a few steps away and shouted to recruit Shi Jian.

Zhu Cixuan was so angry that he was about to take out the Shahawk pistol and fired it to Li Guozhen. Shi Jian had already spoken.

"Thank you, Xiangcheng, for your kindness, but I'm sorry, we are here to join the prince's side this time."

Li Guozhen was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but say angrily: "Your father and my father are close friends. You and I have grown up together since childhood. Now you actually say such things to me?"

Li Guozhen and Shi Jian are both in their twenties.

Shi Jian smiled and bowed, "We all know very well that if we don't have a prince, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to be saved. So if we want to follow, we should follow the prince to defend the Ming Dynasty. This will not only be more hopeful, but also easier to survive and gain military achievements. Xiangcheng Palace, I'm sorry this time!"

After Shi Jian finished speaking, everyone behind him said, "Yes, we just want to follow the prince!" "Don't say it's your Xiangcheng uncle, even if your Majesty stands here to recruit us, we still have to follow the prince!" "Your Xiangcheng uncle, hurry up and don't get in the way here. We don't care about your 5 taels of silver!"

After hearing these words, Li Guozhen was so angry that his face turned red. He wanted to have anger, but suddenly his eyes fell on Zhu Cixuan.

Zhu Cixuan had taken out the Shahawk pistol at some point, and circled in his palm, and said calmly: "Your Xiangcheng, it's almost done. I don't care about you running over to rob me of my people. Do you still dare to speak out about these righteous men who want to join me? Go and do whatever you should do, don't get upset in my eyes!"

Li Guozhen's face looked extremely ugly. After a few seconds, he snorted heavily and turned around and left.

Li Guozhen returned to his recruitment site and before he could sit down, he saw four faces that were even worse than the pit.

Zhou Kui said unhappily: "Brother Xiangcheng, what you said is definitely better than the prince?"

Zhou Kui was so angry that he wanted to see Zhu Cixuan's unlucky situation, but now he has come. As soon as he comes, hundreds or thousands of people come, Li Guozhen's side is not enough to watch.

Li Guozhen's face was as deep as water and said coldly: "Don't worry, this is just a wave of people. We have a lot of money here, so we will overtake it later!"

As soon as Li Guozhen finished speaking, another wave of hundreds of young people passed by the conscription site where Li Guozhen was located.

Li Guozhen's subordinates rushed forward and shouted to pull people, but they didn't expect that these young people wouldn't even look at Li Guozhen's side.

"Do not go, we are going to be the prince's soldiers!"

"Brother Xiangcheng? I haven't heard of it. I only know that the prince killed Liu Zongmin, the general under Li Zicheng, and I will follow the prince from now on!"

"Money? Don't use money to insult us. The prince is the savior of the Ming Dynasty. Of course we have to save the prince!"

The young people ran to Zhu Cixuan in an instant, leaving only a few words that made Li Guozhen look extremely ugly.

More and more people gathered at the conscription site on Zhu Cixuan's side, and there was already a long queue.

As for Li Guozhen's side, although there are some people, they are already a scattered person.

Wang Huamin looked at this scene and shook his head: "Everyone, I still have something to do, so let's take a step first."

Cao Huachun coughed: "Eunuch Wang, I have bad legs and feet. Can you give me a seat on your carriage?"

Zhou Kui: “…”

After thinking about it, the father-in-law turned around and left.

Wei Zaode followed Zhou Kui without saying a word.

Li Guozhen: "..."

Li Guozhen did not notice that someone was quietly watching this scene not far away.

The eunuch Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch in charge of the Sili, put down the carriage window and said, "Go back to the palace."

Half an hour later, Wang Chengen knelt in front of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou.

"Your Majesty, I have seen it myself. When the prince recruited troops, there were crowds of people, and the Xiangcheng Bo was deserted."

When Chongzhen and Empress Zhou heard this, they were shocked.

"What, is Feng'er so popular?"

Wang Chengen said seriously: "Everyone said that the prince is the real savior of the Ming Dynasty!"

Chongzhen: "..."

At this moment, Chongzhen suddenly envied his son in his heart.

How come this person feels more popular with the people than me?
Chapter completed!