Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Those who were selected stayed, and those who were not selected were kicked out to find a place somewhere in the world to become earth princes.

It’s hard to say which of the two roads is better.

Anyway, the group that remains, or rather this branch, will inevitably be impacted by advanced thoughts and ideologies, and it’s hard to say what the final outcome will be.

Other places may be later.

The current pull of the three armies in Yingtian Mansion is the key point for Zhu You to select people.

In the past few months, battle reports from various places in the Ming and Qing Dynasties showed that despite the many conventions signed between the two countries and the long-term education work done for the army before the war, under the constraints of strict military discipline and military regulations, Under the supervision of a large group of war reporters and military supervisors who traveled around the war zone.

The army still has many deeds of torturing the people.

Even because of the in place supervision and reporters’ revelations, there are quite a lot of records of incidents that have caused damage to civilians.

Slaughter the city, massacre is not happening yet.

However, raids, privateering, forced conscription and other things became more and more intense. They were restrained at first, but the more they went on, the more these things happened.

Of course, when Zhu Youjian selected the prince, he did not wait for one of the banners to get seriously out of control and start killing people and attacking friendly forces, and then the master of that banner rushed outside. The prince was the one who was left to run the army strictly.

In fact the selection process began long before the war.

Three flags, three military groups.

The human and material resources mobilized by each group in this war, the combat effectiveness they displayed, the position they occupied in the court, the attitude of the leaders of each banner towards the people during the war, and the degree of control they exerted over the groups under their command.

After all parties weighed it up, they decided who would ultimately be crowned prince.

"All armies maintained restraint, the imperial court slowly moved south, and there was less needless resistance. During the negotiations between the two armies, they tried their best to manipulate the opposition between the two countries, and used the Chinese orthodoxy to incite the people to follow the Ming orthodoxy and take refuge at sea."

The defense of Nanjing must also be fought with some restraint.

When Zhu Youjian was about to decide on his successor, he also made a decision on the future of the Ming Dynasty: "When the time is right, you and the entire Ming court will withdraw from Yingtian Mansion and land in Fuzhou first. The Zheng family's official party is really a bit unruly. Take this opportunity to bring the entire Ming Dynasty to Yingtian Mansion." The official party collapsed and used their water power for the Ming Dynasty.”

There is something good about China.

Lots of people.

In overseas colonization, the more people, the better.

But transporting people out requires boats.

The Nanyang Company may be the only one at sea, but in its shadow, the Zheng family's official party is still powerful, and is still growing with the power of the company. Now it neither listens to the Ming Dynasty, but mostly cooperates with the company. Relationships are difficult to control.

After all, I can't stay.

Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian, who was still sitting peacefully in Nanjing but had been arranged to run away, remained silent for a long time when he saw Xin Lao, and in the end he just suppressed a few wry smiles.

I knew the layout earlier.

But now that he was really preparing to leave Nanjing, he was still very depressed.

"Replying the call and retreating to Guangzhou may be a bit unnecessary. If we really swallow up the official party, we can directly start relocating Linhai residents."

It requires an emperor to abandon his capital and stay far away from his homeland.

No one else would be able to bear it.

But Emperor Longwu was very different.

He naturally has the intention and courage to die for his country, but right now he really doesn't want to die.

Maybe it's because his only son hasn't grown up yet, maybe it's because Zhu Youjian has drawn a huge territory for him overseas, and the future he describes is quite good, maybe it's because the world is the Zhu family's after all, and he can continue to be the great emperor of tomorrow. His identity announced to the world that he was still the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, he was ready to run away.

The Battle of Nanjing begins.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty proposed the news of temporarily moving south for refuge in the court hall.In this regard, the attitude of the Donglin Qingliu people in the Ming Dynasty who should have clamored to live or die with the capital was very subtle and silent.

In fact, compared with today's Longwu Dynasty, the attitude of the people in Donglin instantly changed after they learned that Emperor Zhenghua of the Qing Dynasty in the north was actually the former Emperor Chongzhen.

It seems that in their eyes, the former Emperor Chongzhen, who vigorously suppressed the eunuchs and imperial guards, and made the court full of prosperous people, was much better than Emperor Longwu.

The situation in this war was almost one-sided towards the emperor in the north.

If Emperor Longwu wants to run, then just run.

We are not going to follow.

The people in Donglin are not in a hurry, but some are.

The Ming Dynasty nobles in Nanjing were anxious.

When dynasties change, the new dynasty will still use the officials of the previous dynasty. Nobles and the like can also receive preferential treatment as long as they surrender quickly.

Originally, the honorable nobles thought that it was almost time to follow Nanjing's civil and military officials and kneel down at the city gate to welcome Master Wang. Aren't they all enjoying happiness under the old Zhu family?

But after Emperor Chongzhen became Emperor Zhenghua, he turned against anyone else!They don’t even recognize anyone from Lao Zhu’s family, let alone them!

These nobles can also see the calculations of Lao Zhu's family.

All the princes are preparing to go overseas. They all know that since Zhu Youjian in the north can say it, he will definitely not be vague in doing it.

Now that Emperor Longwu wanted to run away, they would either follow him shamelessly or try their best to stop him.

Or, surrender to the Black Flag Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.

If he had some merit in the ensuing siege of Nanjing, he might not be accepted by the new dynasty.

It just so happened that the Third Army of Black Flag and Qing Dynasty needed help.

It's not that they need people to help them attack the city, but they need the locals in Yingtian Mansion and the people in Nanjing City to help deal with the other two armies.

"The Zhenwu New Army of the Ming Dynasty has already retreated to the surrounding areas of Nanjing. The Zhenwu Army is responsible for the main defense of the city. No matter what happens in the war, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will go south by boat. Nanjing has long been in the possession of the Qing Dynasty, but which army will be the first? Entering Nanjing and controlling Nanjing, it is extremely important to perform outstandingly in this siege battle.

Although our black and yellow flag troops are strong, they are already a step behind. The slave feels that the most urgent task now is to cross the river and must capture the Taiping Mansion before the black and red flags do. "

After hearing the advice of General Gao Jie in the tent, Zhu Cihong asked with blazing eyes: "Many Ming troops are going to Nanjing to serve the king. The river is full of Ming army ships, large and small. How can we cross the river!?"

In other words, how to cross the river quickly and covertly without causing great damage to the random civilian boats or the people on both sides of the river, and then quickly capture the town on the other side.

Ming army warships also had to do as little damage as possible.

The leaders of the other two flags are also worried about this.

Everyone knows that the Qing Emperor has been preparing for this war for three years in order to reduce the number of casualties. The more critical the moment of seizing the heir is, the more cautious the better.

Therefore, some nobles of the Ming Dynasty felt that their opportunity had come.

"We haven't even reached the Nanjing City Wall yet. Have you sent all the information?"

Zhu Youjian was somewhat surprised when he held the book that Duke Wei of the Ming Dynasty gave to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

After reading the content, I couldn't help but laugh at the naivety of the other nobles of the Ming Dynasty standing behind the Duke of Wei.

They still want their own property, their own fiefdom, and their own power.

I thought Zhu Youjian was still the previous Emperor Chongzhen.

I thought that if I posted a few words of flattery and gained some credit, I could talk about it again and let them take advantage of some loopholes.

(End of this chapter)