I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 532 Parties ()

Chen Hong pondered for a moment and said, "I think more than 90% of the guards will respond to your call."

"Why?" Zhu Houxuan asked with a smile.

Chen Hong heard the test in Zhu Houxuan's words and said calmly, "Although the retired veterans of the Imperial Guards were soldiers, that was in the past. Now they are actually civilians. Your Highness, who has always been favored by the Royal Group, may not have enough prestige in the Imperial Guards, but he is deeply loved by the people. What's more, Your Highness issued the call in the name of His Majesty. I really can't think of any reason why the retired veterans of the Imperial Guards would not accept the call."

"Well said!" Zhu Houxuan praised.

"I have been avoiding suspicion for so many years, and my prestige in the army is indeed insufficient. If your Majesty were faced with the current situation, he only needed to shout 'Guards, your emperor is back!' at the foot of the city, and the 5 guards in the city would instantly turn against their allies and open the city to welcome your Majesty." Zhu Houxuan said, looking at the capital city in the distance.

Zhu Houxuan's words were very interesting to the attendants around him.

The reason why Zhu Houxuan said this was because he thought of the person who was comparable to the male protagonist in the cool novel - Napoleon.

When Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, he used his personal charm to influence the guards who were guarding him. He then led them and his subordinates, a total of 700 people, to leave Elba by boat and landed in southern France on March 1815, 3.

Louis XVIII, who had not yet warmed to the throne, was very frightened when he heard the news and quickly sent 2500 soldiers to suppress the rebellion.

Faced with the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, Napoleon made an astonishing decision. He ordered his soldiers to lay down their guns, he dismounted, took off his hat, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the black muzzles of the rows of muskets in the hands of the opposing soldiers. To ordinary people, this was tantamount to suicide.

When he reached the middle of the two armies, Napoleon shouted: "Soldiers, shoot at me! Shoot your emperor!"

But no soldier pulled the trigger. Then there was a thunderous cry of "Long live the Emperor," and the soldiers defected to Napoleon's side.

In this way, he gradually incorporated the troops that came to encircle and suppress him, and the old soldiers who once fought for him also came to join Napoleon.

康巴塞雷斯、达武、马雷、内伊、苏尔特等文武大臣也都回到了他的身边。1815年3月20日拿破仑回到巴黎时，他已经拥有了一支14万正规军和20万志愿军组成的军队了。

Zhu Houxun believed that Zhu Houzhao was now a commander like Napoleon to the Guards.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao had such a high prestige in the Imperial Guards was not only because he led the Imperial Guards to victory after victory, nor was it only because he always paid the Imperial Guards enough wages, but also because Zhu Houzhao really accompanied the Imperial Guards without fear of hard work.
From the Battle of Yingzhou, where he fought alongside the Imperial Guards, to the time when Zhu Houzhao would personally go to the front lines in every major battle.
The Imperial Guards were fighting on the frontiers. Zhu Houzhao was not enjoying himself in the capital, but was staying on the frontiers.
When Zhu Houzhao went on an expedition to the Western Regions, he and his guards ate sand for more than three years.
Zhu Houxun could not do this no matter what. In this respect, Zhu Houxun was not even as good as Jiang Bin, who had also been traveling around with the Imperial Guards for many years.
Therefore, when the Imperial Guards were in active service, it was difficult for them to be influenced by Zhu Houxun, and it was also difficult for them to contact Zhu Houxun, because for them, the logistics were also arranged by Zhu Houzhao.

But things were different after the Imperial Guards retired. Zhu Houxuan's influence became ubiquitous among the people and within the Royal Group system.
Therefore, Zhu Houxuan did not think that he could easily turn the guards in the city against him.
Because the overall structure of the Guards is to better control the lower levels, soldiers are usually given a lot of obedience education, educating the Guards to obey orders as their first duty. In addition, Jiang Bin must have blocked the news from the Guards in the city, and the communication between the city and the outside world was not smooth, so Jiang Bin was still able to firmly control the Guards.
So Zhu Houxuan knew that he had to go all out, there was no shortcut for him.
"Duke Anguo, please stay!"

Jiang Bin stopped and looked behind him. A civil servant was walking towards him quickly.
"Imperial Censor Gu, what's the matter?" Jiang Bin asked in a cold tone.

"I called the Duke because just after the sacrifice to the Taimiao, Prince Yutian and Prince Xinle whispered something to me after the ceremony, and I want to tell the Duke." Gu Yishan said with a smile.

Jiang Bin looked at Gu Yishan coldly. He had never paid attention to this person before. Even if he had noticed him, he would not have taken it to heart. After all, Gu Yishan was just a Jinshi from a humble family. His official career was not smooth. He was still only an imperial censor in his forties.

But now it was different. Ever since that day, Gu Yishan had been running around in Beijing. He realized that Gu Yishan was a person pushed to the forefront by many Jiangnan clans, and he had to pay attention to him.
Seeing Jiang Bin looking at him coldly, Gu Yishan still had a smile on his face and looked very friendly.
"Let's talk in the carriage!" Jiang Bin turned and got on the carriage.
"Thank you, Duke." Gu Yishan quickly followed and got on the carriage.
Jiang Bin's carriage was traveling on the streets of the capital. Five or six hundred guards surrounded the carriage tightly. There were seven carriages of the same type in the long procession. Jiang Bin was in one of them.
Jiang Bin was not like this before, but since that day, Jiang Bin has been frantically increasing his security forces.
There were only their group of people on the wide street. The bustling crowds of the past were nowhere to be seen. The houses on both sides of the street had their doors tightly closed. No one cleaned the snow on the street. It was trampled into black snow mud by the people passing by, and it looked very dirty.
"Go ahead!" Jiang Bin said lightly.

"Prince Yutian and Prince Xinle just praised the Duke for his unparalleled loyalty and bravery in front of me, saying that he is a first-class figure in the world." Gu Yishan spoke incessantly about a lot of words praising Jiang Bin.

As he spoke, he carefully observed Jiang Bin's expression. Seeing that Jiang Bin seemed to enjoy his praise at first, but soon showed a hint of impatience, he quickly stopped praising him and said, "Prince Yutian and Prince Xinle said that the Ming Dynasty and the Imperial Guards cannot do without you, Duke. They also said that the title of Duke is not worthy of you. They said that they will confer you the title of Prince of a County. They have even decided on a title for you: Prince of Xuanhua County."

Prince Yutian and Prince Xinle are Prince Heng's second son Zhu Houzhen and third son Zhu Houwen. In the Ming Dynasty, all the sons of princes except the crown prince would be granted the title of prince at the age of ten. Zhu Houzhen is 20 years old this year, and Zhu Houwen is 18 years old this year, so they were naturally granted the title of prince at an early age. They have just been adopted by Empress Dowager Zhang as the eldest sons of Emperor Xiaozong, and there was no time for them to be granted the title of prince.

(End of this chapter)