Chapter 70 The Final Talk

Behind Princess Changping are King Ding, King Yong and Princess Zhaoren. In addition to the prince, several orphans of Emperor Chongzhen are there.

Li Si hurriedly packed up and asked Ezi to move the seating equipment for these princes and princesses as soon as possible.

After seeing the etiquette, the oldest Princess Changping sat down, but let the two princess Dingyong and the little princess Zhaoren stand behind him.

Li Si naturally couldn't sit down, so he had to stand on the right head of these little princes and little princesses with Ezi.

Princess Changping went over and over again and again and said that Li Si's loyalty was nothing more than words like "the ancestors knew people and were so important to entrust the orphans". Then she expressed her gratitude to Li Si for saving her life in her private identity, and there was no substantive content.

It was midnight that Changping, as a princess, ran over and couldn't just say these nonsense, right?

But Princess Changping didn't mean to be straight to the point, and she kept talking nonsense, and even Ezi, who was beside her, couldn't help but yawn.

"Ezi is sleepy, you go back to bed first."

"Well, I'll leave first, Uncle Fourth." The simple-minded Ezi raised her foot and left. When she arrived at the door, she remembered to greet all the princes and princesses.

Princess Changping, who is the same age as Ezi, smiled slightly and waved her hand to signal Ezi not to be too polite.

"Is Your Highness a matter of looting the gentry in order to go to the dead army?" Li Si was not as simple as Ezi's girl. He knew that Princess Changping could not have come to chat, so he simply went straight to the point.

"Those gentry have bad records and have acquaintances with foreign invaders. Even if we don't rob the dead army, we will leave it to the Manchus." Princess Changping nodded to Li Si: "The gentry plundered the people's wealth and merged the land, and the people's grievances have long been boiling. In order to take it, Li Xiaodian took it, and every time he grows the dead army, the opportunity for our Ming Dynasty to recover was one more. When he came out of Beijing, there were only 30,000 people, and the army was only 30,000. After Li Xiaodian beat him all the way, now there are more than 56,000 people who follow him, and the troops who go to the dead army have expanded to 5,000. If it weren't for Li Xiaodian's thundering methods, how could he be today? The prince and all the school officials think that Li Xiaodian's actions have made contributions and no mistakes to the country and the people."

Li Si was a nightmare for the gentry and wealthy families along the way. In addition to stealing grain, rice, silver and money, he also set fire to burn and destroy the gentry forces. This made Li Si's reputation catch up with the rebel army that had retreated not long ago. In the eyes of many scholars, Li Zicheng was the second.

The landlord and gentry class was the foundation for the feudal dynasty to settle down. No matter how strong the empire was, no matter how wise the monarch was, he would not dare to be incomparable to this class.

But the wealth of the whole world is concentrated in the hands of landlords and gentry, which also increases the gap between the rich and the poor. The direct reaction is the rebel army everywhere, and then the dynasty changes.

Whether the country changes hands or dynasties change, the landlords and gentry class has always remained unmoved. If you want to develop and grow, you can only make up your mind. Do you still leave the wealth they have snatched to the Qing Dynasty?

Li Si had long expected that the Eastern Palace academic officials would inevitably oppose it fiercely, but they could only oppose it in words and could not stop or change anything.

What Li Si did not expect was that Princess Changping actually said this, and it was representing the prince and the group of school officials.

If the people from the East Palace strongly opposed it, Li Si would have responded freely. After all, he would have been prepared for it. Unexpectedly, the people of the East Palace suddenly agreed strongly and found many theoretical basis for looting the gentry...

"Princess Changping was not here for the gentry, there must be something bigger to say." Li Si quickly figured out the joints, so he simply kept silent and waited for Princess Changping to clarify the topic.

The darker the night is, the lonely lamp is dim.

Neither Li Si nor the princess spoke, and looked out at the dark night outside under the dim light.

At this time, Princess Changping was not as relaxed as before, and did not look at Li Si at all. She just looked at the boundless darkness from afar. After a long time, she said: "When the late emperor asked his orphan, he called Li Xiaodian the last iron-bone minister of the Ming Dynasty. He had a lesson that he would listen to his advice. At that time, the crown prince and I could not fully understand the meaning of it. Today, I know the profound eyes of the predecessor..."

The night wind blew, wisps of tides of moisture, soaking the coldness on people's faces. Changping said with a serious expression: "Li Chuang broke into Beijing on that day, and the situation was extremely critical, and I was seriously injured. On his dying day, Li Xiaodian had intentionally abandoned me in the chaos, right?"

"The situation was really critical at that time and I couldn't care much about it. If Your Highness could not hold on, I had to do so." At that time, Li Si did say "Leave a knife for the princess", which many people have witnessed with their own eyes.

In the chaotic and dangerous situation at that time, who had the intention to bring a princess who could die at any time?

"I also understand Li Xiaodian's thoughts. If it were me, the same would be true. You must not blame you." Princess Changping said so calmly, as if she was explaining the weather in the sky.

This thoughtful princess visited late at night, and it was impossible to say this. Li Si was still waiting for her next sentence.

"If the prince was seriously injured at that time, would Li Xiaodian leave the prince alone?" He was still so calm and clear.

"I will never leave the prince behind."

“Why?”

"The crown prince is the crown prince of the country, the orthodox Ming Dynasty, and the survival of the world is in a intermittent way. Even if he sacrifices his life, he will protect the crown prince to break through."

"Okay," Princess Changping tried her best to act calmly and plainly, but it was difficult to hide a trace of tremolo: "Looking at the world, only the loyal uncle remembers that the prince is my orthodox of the Ming Dynasty..."

Even the title was changed from Li Xiaodian to Zhongsheng Bo.

Suddenly I understood what the princess wanted to say.

Li Si's face suddenly became gloomy and he took a step back and bowed: "I wonder if Your Highness, did you send someone to Yingtian Mansion?"

"Do you all know about Zhongsheng Bo?" Princess Changping asked in surprise.

When he was in Zhuozhou, forty guards were sent to Yingtian, thinking of contacting officials from various departments in Nanzhili so that they could prepare to send troops to welcome the prince.

After all, Li Si is not so obedient, so it is better to prepare both ways.

"How could someone not know if the army went to the death to govern the army and govern the people by law, and some people left the brigade without authorization? If it weren't for the fact that these people came from the Eastern Palace, they had sent a horse team to chase them and treated them as deserters."

The entire migration team was under military management, and it was impossible for dozens of people to leave to hide it from Li Si's eyes and ears. The words were already very clear. If it weren't for the prince's sake, these people would have been subject to military law.

For deserters who were abandoned, they always had the marching method of marching regardless of right or wrong, and then they were passed on to the camps to serve as a warning.

The army went to the death to escort the prince thousands of miles away, and even thousands of people followed him, and the destination was Yingtian. The purpose was to let the prince ascend the throne and become the emperor after he arrived at the escort capital, so that the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty could be cleaned up. What was the result? The prince and others did not trust the army, or they could say they did not trust Li Si. They secretly sent people to the escort capital Yingtian in private, but this shameful act was discovered by Li Si...

From Kunning Palace, Li Si brought these young princesses and princes to fight to the death among the chaotic army, which can be said to be a rebuilding of kindness. Until now, he abandoned the hard-working village homeland, led the dead army and migrated thousands of people. If he is so sincere and loyal, he is still suspected, it is a heartbreaking act.

As a princess, Changping was so ashamed that his face was red. All the words he had prepared could not be expressed.

Li Si had already bowed: "I believe that the kings of Yingtian tribes have already consolidated their troops to the north, and they can welcome the prince and his highness in a short while. Jiangnan is the place where the dragon rises in the Ming Dynasty. Since many loyal people have been in charge, there are also six honorary kings in charge. After the prince returns to Yingtian, it is just around the corner to clean up the rivers and mountains and clear the shame of the late emperor. In this way, the burden on me can finally be put down, and finally I did not let go of the late emperor's entrusted orphanage. Even if I die immediately, I will have the face to meet the late emperor in the nine springs..."

Well, since you have secretly contacted Yingtian’s Ming troops and troops in private, then the burden on me can be removed. I have completed the weight of Emperor Chongzhen’s orphanage, and the rest depends on yours.

Li Si still bowed and refused to rise: "I also know that the Lords of the Eastern Palace are always suspicious, but they need extraordinary means in extraordinary times. Since we have contacted Yingtian, there are still millions of soldiers and people in the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan, which can be used to clean up the country. The army to die were originally villagers and villagers, but they have rushed to protect the prince. Whether it is combat power or military discipline, it is difficult to compare with the army in Jiangnan. Moreover, the army to die was already tired of war. When the time is ripe, I beg the prince to let me go to the army to disarm the army and return to the field..."

The suspicion of Li Si has been around for a long time, otherwise I would not have sent someone to contact Ying Tian secretly. Now Li Si has cleared himself. Since you believe that the army to die and I, Li Si, it is easy to deal with. When the millions of troops from Ying Tian come, I will disband the army to die, so that we can save our monarch and ministers from doubting each other.

Li Si's loyalty was not something that was said by the prince, but was a real bloody battle. With the instructing Emperor Chongzhen to entrust his or her orphan, no matter how he said it, he should not doubt it.

Princess Changping's face turned red and she was so ashamed that she didn't dare to look at Li Si, but she had to face it.

"I...I also know that the heart of the loyal master was cold," Princess Changping helped Li Si with her hands, signaling Li Si to get up, but Li Si still kept his bow and bowing: "The prince is young, and all the academic officials are civil officials. How could he know the hardships of troubled times as well as the loyal master? If there were all the places where the loyal master had cold, don't think about it."

As he said that, Princess Changping squatted down slightly.

With this, Princess Changping has already put her figure to the lowest point.

Li Si was not good at asking the princess to really apologize to him, so he hurriedly stood up and flashed aside: "Your Highness is so serious, I dare not accept it. I just wait for the safe arrival of Yingtian..."

"I won't go to Yingtian anymore." Princess Changping looked at Li Si, leaned down slightly and said softly: "King Fu has ascended the position of the state of governor, and has changed his reign to Hongguang..."

The small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty should have been established. The so-called state supervision is just a gimmick. It is not surprising that the current King Fu is preparing to become emperor. Li Si had expected this for a long time, but he had not heard of the information because of the blockage of information. The prince and others sent guards to Yingtian and must have known the news. In this case, the prince would never have a way out. The army to die would become the only force the prince could rely on.

Because Li Si had expected this a long time ago, he dared to say something about disbanding the army to die when Yingtian arrived, because Li Si had never thought that Yingtian had something to do with the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Look at the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it is simply the best among the cowards. So taking the prince to Yingtianzhi is an excuse, and what you really need is to develop your own power.

Sooner or later, the prince and others will know that when King Fu was elected as emperor, the only force that the prince could borrow from the prince was the only one who could borrow. I just didn't expect that they knew so early. Perhaps this was a good thing. They could combine the title of the prince with the strength of the army as much as possible. In this era, the title of righteousness is a very important thing.

It is far better to use strong means to hold the prince down, and it is far better to force the situation to put them on the chariots of the army to die.

So what Li Si said, "After escorting the prince to Yingtian, he would disband the army to die" are all lies. Until now, Li Si still made a shocked attitude and told lies:

"King Fu? Being Emperor? The crown prince is the orthodox Ming Dynasty and the common ruler of the world. Being Fu's emperor means rebellion..."

"I...I am willing to go on the expedition on behalf of the prince, eliminate the rebellion of King Fu, and establish the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty."

In the Ming Dynasty, the word orthodox was the focus of the world. Especially after Chongzhen, several vassal kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty completely ignored the imminent threat of the Qing Dynasty in order to compete for the so-called orthodox.

Li Si shouted, but Princess Changping was moved to a mess, and instead advised Li Si: "All the generals in Jiangnan have returned to King Fu, and the guards who went to contact were unable to cross the river at all, so they were intercepted by Ma Shiying. They also said that the prince had been buried in the chaos, and those who pretended to be the prince were killed. Only seven of the forty guards who left survived..."

"Although my army to die is an elite, I dare to fight, it is not the enemy of millions of soldiers in Jiangnan. For the sake of the present, I can only devote myself to strengthening the army to die, and when the time is ripe, I will raise the banner of orthodox Ming..." Princess Changping felt something: "I originally thought that the Zhu family in the world was a family. As long as the prince arrived, the kings of Jiangnan would definitely follow the clouds. But it turned out that the throne was enough to erase all this. The officials in Jiangnan had long forgotten that the crown prince was the orthodox Ming Dynasty. As long as the King Fu gave them high officials and generous salaries, who would still remember the blood of the late emperor's bones and blood for the rest of his life? In the whole world, only loyal masters can rely on it. When the late emperor was about to leave, he once said, "Li Xiaodian was the last iron-bone minister of the Ming Dynasty." Today I knew the true meaning of this sentence. It turned out that the late emperor had long seen the situation today..."

"Your Highness is very good. As long as we accumulate money, grain, and prepare for war, it will not be difficult to recover the homeland of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the world will naturally know who is the true orthodox Ming Dynasty." Li Si first named the good situation in the future, drew a great blueprint, and then began to complain: "It is just that the Dukes of the Eastern Palace have many complaints about the act of collecting money and food in the death army. In the long run, many gaps will inevitably arise..."

"As long as I can shine my hometown of the Ming Dynasty, and my bloodline of the late emperor, I can use any means." As he spoke, Princess Changping took out a letter from her garment: "This is the prince's advice to the loyal uncle."

The prince's advice and orders wrote the gorgeous words of flowers, which were nothing more than words such as "Mountains of Tai are like gravels and Yellow Rivers, and they will never doubt each other", which basically refers to the meaning of Tianmeng oath that he will never doubt Li Si.

It is obvious that this admonishment order was the result of collective discussion among the academic officials of the Eastern Palace, but they were not able to talk to Li Si in person due to their identity restrictions. They had to use Princess Changping, who was neither official nor able to write on the crown prince. As for this admonishment order, of course, it can only be taken out after Li Sida expressed his loyalty.

Li Si immediately made a passionate expression, and Princess Changping was also moved by no means. She left with confidence after a few words.
Chapter completed!