My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 14 As we all know, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is easily soluble in water!
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Cilang's voice rang out again.

"Fang Zhenghua, I order you to select two thousand eunuchs from within the palace, teach them martial arts, and form a new Jing Army."

"From now on, you will personally lead this clean army and accompany me."

"Also, I intend to re-establish the East and West Factories. Once this is done, the position of Eunuch Commander of the West Factory will be handed over to you."

When Fang Zhenghua heard this, his whole body trembled violently.

Train new clean troops and lead them.

This is already a huge power and responsibility, and the prince actually wants him to be the eunuch commander of the Western Factory?
You must know that in the entire Ming Dynasty, although the Western Factory did not exist for a long time, its power was definitely at the peak!
Wei Zhongxian, who had the power to control everything back then, was the eunuch commander of the Western Factory!
"I thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! I will serve His Royal Highness with all my heart and soul, even if it means death!"

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly kowtowed again to express his gratitude.

The eunuchs' power came not so much from the emperor as from imperial power.

Because the emperor will die, but the imperial power will not. As long as the empire exists, the imperial power will never disappear.

Therefore, when facing Zhu Cilang's rebellion, Fang Zhenghua, as one of Chongzhen's most trusted eunuchs, did not choose to take action.

Even if Zhu Cilang really wanted to kill him, he would accept his fate!

Because this is the fate of eunuchs. They depend on imperial power, live for imperial power, and die for imperial power.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Cilang's voice sounded again.

"By the way, all the Jing troops must be able to swim. Those who can't must come to me to practice until they can!"

Forehead.
Fang Zhenghua was a little confused. He didn't understand what this meant. Why was it necessary for all the Jingjun soldiers to know how to use water?
Of course, even if you don’t understand, just do it.

"Slave, you obey!"

The reason why Zhu Cilang made such a request was entirely because the Ming Dynasty emperor was easily soluble in water.

Going back further, there was Zhu Houzhao.

Speaking of more recent ones, there is Zhu Youxiao.

Although he can swim, it's better to be prepared for such situations.
In the blink of an eye, another hour passed.

Just as Zhu Cilang was about to take a nap to gather his energy for the morning court, the personal guards in charge of monitoring the Ying Palace suddenly returned.

"Your Highness, the Duke of Ying's son, Zhang Shize, is calling from the door. He says the Duke of Ying wants to see Your Highness regarding something important!"

Ok?
Zhu Cilang was slightly stunned, but then he felt relieved.

It was obvious that the Duke of England could not wait until morning.

In that case, let’s meet first!
"Go and bring him here. I want to hear what he has to say!"

Zhu Cilang ordered.

The guards received the order, turned around and left.

Just half an hour ago, Duke Zhang Zhiji of England became more and more frightened the more he thought about it.

Although according to what Zhang Shize brought back, he probably knew that Zhu Cilang did not want to take action against him.

But this matter involves life and death, and even the entire family. He really doesn't feel at ease unless he discusses it face to face.

So after much consideration, he finally decided to meet the prince.

In order to prevent the guards at the door from misunderstanding that he was going to inform other nobles, he could only let his son Zhang Shize go and make the announcement.

Anyway, Zhang Shize had just rebelled with the prince, and the guards at the door must know him, so there would be no misunderstanding.

The order received by the personal guards outside was: as soon as anyone came out of the British Mansion, they should rush in and kill the Duke of British.

But the next person they saw was Zhang Shize. In addition, Zhang Shize was standing at the door shouting and did not leave the house, so they did not take action.

Instead, he told Zhu Cilang that the Duke of England wanted to meet him.

So, after the news came, the Duke of England and his son hurried into the palace under the leadership of their personal guards.

It wasn't known if it was coincidence, but when the Duke of Ying and his son arrived at the palace gate, they happened to run into Luo Yangxing, commander of the Imperial Guard, Wang Xiantong, former commander of the Five Armies, and Li Guozhen, governor of the Beijing Camp. Wang Xiantong was fine, but Li Guozhen and Luo Yangxing seemed a little off.

Behind them were many personal soldiers carrying several large boxes.

The Duke of England really wanted to ask what was in the box, but considering the current situation, he ended up saying nothing.

In this way, several people were brought to Zhu Cilang by personal soldiers.

When Zhu Cilang saw that these people came together, he was also a little surprised.

Obviously, he didn't expect these guys to get together.

Immediately afterwards, several people knelt down in unison, even the Duke of England knelt down.

There is no other way. It’s already this time, I have to kneel down!

"I see His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"I see His Highness the Crown Prince!"

After he finished bowing, Zhu Cilang waved his hand and said:
"Everyone get up!"

Zhang Zhiji and his son stood up, and Wang Xiantong also stood up, but Luo Yangxing and Li Guozhen were still kneeling.

Luo Yangxing spoke first:

"Your Highness, I have just appeased the Imperial Guards. All 13,000 Imperial Guards in the capital are fully prepared and await your orders at any time!"

"Also, I just counted my assets. It totals 1.2 million taels of silver and 60,000 taels of gold. I brought them all with me!"

As they were talking, boxes were carried in one after another.

After opening it, it was full of silver and gold.

Luo Yangxing could have taken these things out tomorrow, but the more he thought about it, the more scared he became, so he decided to move them here tonight.

He can't keep these things anyway, so the sooner he takes them out, the sooner he can feel at ease.

Zhu Cilang smiled without saying anything, then looked at Li Guozhen who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Xiangcheng Bo, what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Cilang asked with a smile, pretending to know nothing.

"Your Highness, this minister deserves to die!"

Li Guozhen said this and kowtowed heavily again.

At the same time, another group of guards came in carrying large boxes.
Having received orders from Zhu Cilang, Li Guozhen hurried back to the Beijing camp to appease the people.

After everything was done and he relaxed, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Think back, why was the prince's smile so creepy before he left?
Adding to the previous talk about making up the military pay and giving each person an additional reward of five taels of silver, Li Guozhen suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He finally reacted!
The prince is going to reorganize the Beijing camp!
Chongzhen had thought about reorganizing the Beijing camp before, but every time before it even started, the nobles would get wind of it in advance and try every possible way to obstruct it.

So after all these years, there hasn't been a single success.

But now it is different, because as the governor of the Beijing camp, he has become a traitor in the eyes of the emperor and a follower of the prince's rebellion.

Therefore, he can only rely on the prince in the future. If the prince says he wants to reorganize the Beijing camp, he will have no power to resist.

And this whole thing is fatal.
The fact that he was drawing a salary from the Beijing Camp without doing any work would be exposed immediately, or it had already been exposed.

Because with the prince's swift tactics and intelligence, he must have known the trick long ago.
After realizing this, Li Guozhen could no longer stay.

He hurried back to his house and ransacked it himself.

He also moved boxes of silver and gold to Zhu Cilang to show his loyalty.

Then, there is the scene before our eyes.

(End of this chapter)