Ming Dynasty: The Jingnan Rebellion has just been successful, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been resurrected

Chapter 85 Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong surrendered, and Zhu Yunwen collapsed

"Crown Grandson?" Tie Xuan was stunned.

"What? Do you think what I said is wrong?" Zhu Yunhuan said lightly.

Tie Xuan showed a bitter look on his face and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty has passed the throne to the grandson of the Emperor Yunwen."

"That's because the emperor is old and confused!" Zhu Yunhuan interrupted Tie Xuan.

Tie Xuan lowered his head and remained silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be really wrong about the succession to the throne, but now that the matter is done and Zhu Yunwen has already sat on the throne, what's the point in worrying about right and wrong?

"Tie Xuan, everyone says that you are pedantic and stubborn. Let me ask you today, are you loyal to the emperor or to the rites and laws?" Zhu Yunheng said in a deep voice.

Tie Xuan's expression was complicated: "Your Highness, I..."

Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand and said, "If you are loyal to the emperor, you can leave now."

Tie Xuan looked up at Zhu Yunhuan with a dazed look.

Being loyal to the emperor goes against his original intention and principles as a human being.

To be loyal to rites and laws, one must stand on the side of orthodoxy, and the orthodoxy is Zhu Yunhuan.

"I shouldn't have come!" Tie Xuan's heart was full of bitterness.

He came to see Zhu Yunhuan, firstly to see what Zhu Yunhuan was going to do and delay some time, and secondly to stand on the moral high ground and criticize Zhu Yunhuan severely, perhaps making Zhu Yunhuan retreat out of shame.

He never expected that before he could make a move, Zhu Yunhuan came up and used a lot of righteous words to hold him down.

Now he is in a dilemma.

Zhu Yunhuan raised the corners of his mouth and waited quietly.

Tie Xuan did not leave immediately, which was the best answer. His identity was the trump card when dealing with these pedantic and stubborn old men.

"Alas..." After an unknown amount of time, Tie Xuan sighed deeply, then knelt respectfully and said, "Tie Xuan, I pay my respects to His Highness!"

"Haha!" Zhu Yunhuan smiled, not surprised by the outcome. He stepped forward to help Tie Xuan up and said, "What a great man, Tie Xuan, Tie Ding Shi! I was right about you. You have upheld the etiquette and laws of the Ming Dynasty."

Tie Xuan did not call him the Crown Prince, but Tie Xuan's attitude undoubtedly showed his submission to him.

"Did I uphold the etiquette and laws of the Ming Dynasty?" Tie Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart.

Zhu Yunhuan seemed to have heard Tie Xuan's inner voice. He reached out and patted Tie Xuan on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about what others think. You just need to follow your own heart."

"Follow your heart?" Tie Xuan was stunned for a moment, then his expression gradually became firm. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness."

"It would be great if the Ming Dynasty had more pedantic old stubborn people like this." Zhu Yunhuan thought to himself, then shook his head, threw out the messy thoughts in his mind, and shouted to the outside: "Everyone come in."

"Shhhhh!"

Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Neng, Ma Sanbao, Tang He and others walked in.

"Brother Hu, how are you? Are you mad at this old stubborn man? I told you a long time ago that this guy is a stone in the toilet, smelly and hard, and can't understand human language at all. Just watch, I'm going to beat him up and let you vent your anger!" Zhu Gaoxu rolled up his sleeves while speaking, ready to attack Tie Xuan.

Tie Xuan looked a little embarrassed. He bowed to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Second Young Master, I apologize for any offense I may have caused you before."

"Did I hear it right? Tie Xuan, this guy, apologized to me? He actually wanted to apologize!" Zhu Gaoxu's expression froze, and he wondered if he was hallucinating.

Tie Xuan, this stinky and hard stone in the toilet, actually apologized to him?
He wouldn't even dare to think like this in his dreams!
Is this the sun coming out in the west?

Shaking his head, Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at Zhu Yunhuan with doubt in his heart and asked, "Brother Yunhuan, what's going on?"

Zhu Yunhuan smiled broadly and said, "It's just as you see it. From now on, Dingshi will be one of our own."

"Ah? One of our own?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, his face filled with disbelief. "No way! Tie Xuan was actually subdued by Hun Ge'er. How on earth did Hun Ge'er do it?"

"What's going on? Did they really capture Tie Xuan?"

Zhu Neng, Ma Sanbao and Tang He were also dumbfounded and looked at each other.

Tie Xuan, also known by his courtesy name Dingshi, was as his name suggested, single-minded and extremely stubborn.

"Can such a person be subdued just by saying so?"

Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and looked at him strangely: "Brother Hu, how on earth did you do that?"

He is now truly convinced of Zhu Yunhuan. Even a pedantic old stubborn man like Tie Xuan can be conquered at will. In this world, is there anything that Zhu Yunhuan cannot do?
At the same time, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

Even a pedantic old stubborn like Tie Xuan came to join Zhu Yunhuan. He wanted to see who would dare to say that Zhu Yunhuan was not the chosen one by heaven?
"Your Highness is awesome!"

The same thought popped up in Zhu Neng, Ma Sanbao and Tang He's minds.

"Secret!" Zhu Yunhuan said with a smile.

Zhu Gaoxu's expression froze. He turned his head and looked at Tie Xuan. He tiptoed over and asked, "Tie Xuan, are you really joining Hun Ge'er?"

"Yes, the country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. The throne should be inherited by Your Highness." Tie Xuan said.

"National law? Family rules?" Tang He was stunned, with a thoughtful look on his face.

He thought of Tie Xuan's betrayal of Zhu Di. Now Tie Xuan's surrender to Zhu Yunhuan was a replay of that scene. He vaguely guessed why Tie Xuan had surrendered to Zhu Yunhuan.

People with Tie Xuan's personality are pedantic and stubborn, but they have their own set of principles. They are not afraid of death or the opinions of others. Once they have decided on something, they will stick to it unswervingly.

"Your Highness is so awesome!" Tang He sighed in his heart again.

Being able to directly grasp the character flaws of someone like Tie Xuan and quickly counterattack is something that not everyone can do.

After sighing for a while, he felt disappointed again: "Your Majesty, you are wrong, really wrong."

The better Zhu Yunhuan performed, the greater the gap between him and Zhu Yunwen, which means the more outrageous Zhu Yuanzhang's mistakes were.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, shook his head and said, "Alright, since you have voted for Hun Ge'er, then let's write off our previous grudges."

"Okay!" Tie Xuan nodded, then he looked at Zhu Yunhuan and said, "Your Highness, I want to go back to Jiangning City."

"Go back to Jiangning City? Are you going to persuade Sheng Yong to surrender together?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Neng with a strange expression and some sympathy.

Jiangning City was originally in Zhu Neng's pocket.

However, now Tie Xuan suddenly surrendered to Zhu Yunhuan. If he persuaded Sheng Yong to surrender as well, then the credit for breaking the city would naturally be lost.

"Alas," Zhu Neng sighed in his heart, feeling helpless.

He had planned to perform well in Jiangning City, but plans could not keep up with changes. Now he could only watch the cooked duck fly away, with no way out at all.

Tie Xuan shook his head and said, "No!"

"No?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, his eyes puzzled. "If you're not going to persuade them to surrender, then why did you go back? You won't be able to come back later. Isn't this unnecessary?"

Tie Xuan was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "Everything must have a beginning and an end. I'll go back and say goodbye to Sheng Yong, and take care of this matter while I'm at it."

Zhu Gaoxu stared at Tie Xuan for a while, then shrugged and said, "Okay!"

"Huh" Zhu Neng breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn't have to persuade them to surrender, he still had a chance!

Zhu Yunhuan walked up to Tie Xuan, patted his shoulder and said, "Go, the sooner you go, the better!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Tie Xuan nodded, turned and walked away.

After Tie Xuan left, Zhu Gaoxu hesitated and asked, "Your Highness, do you think Tie Xuan realized something was wrong and feigned surrender?"

Tang He shook his head and said, "Second Young Master, it seems you really don't understand people like Tie Xuan."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at Tang He with a puzzled look.

Tang He said: "People like Tie Xuan either refuse to surrender or will follow us till death if they surrender."

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "General Tang, I don't agree with what you said. Tie Xuan has betrayed Zhu Yunwen and joined Hun Ge'er's army."

"Well, isn't there a hidden story here?" Tang He glanced at Zhu Yunhuan next to him, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It is precisely because Tie Xuan betrayed Zhu Yunwen that this further demonstrates Tie Xuan's stubbornness and pedantry.

"Hidden secret? What hidden secret?" Zhu Gaoxu was full of confusion.

Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, since Tie Xuan has gone back to deal with things, we can just wait a while. Zhu Neng, you prepare to attack the city."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhu Neng nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Tang He and thought to himself, "Tang He must know something about why Tie Xuan defected to Hun Ge'er, but what exactly is it?"

Jiangning City!
"Kakaka!"

After confirming Tie Xuan's identity, Sheng Yong ordered his men to open the city gate and let Tie Xuan in.

"Dingshi, are you okay?" Sheng Yong asked with concern.

"Alas," Tie Xuan sighed, his face full of bitterness.

Sheng Yong was stunned when he saw this. He became nervous and asked seriously, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Let's go, let's talk about it when we get back to the government office." Tie Xuan waved his hand. This trip out of the city had directly separated him and Sheng Yong.

"Okay!" Sheng Yong nodded.

The two walked towards the government office without any communication along the way.

"Something is wrong. What happened to Tie Xuan after he met the grandson of Emperor Yunhu?" Sheng Yong felt a little uneasy.

He had been working with Tie Xuan for a long time, but the Tie Xuan in front of him made him feel very unfamiliar. What made him even more annoyed was that he still didn't know what went wrong.

After a while.

Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong came to the government office.

"Dingshi, what happened?" Sheng Yong asked impatiently.

Tie Xuan looked at Sheng Yong with a complicated expression and said, "General Sheng, Jiangning City will depend entirely on you from now on."

"Huh?" Sheng Yong was stunned when he heard this, his uneasiness growing even stronger. He frowned and said, "Dingshi, what do you mean by that? What do you mean Jiangning City depends entirely on me? Are you going to leave?"

Tie Xuan was silent.

Sheng Yong looked at Tie Xuan with a look of shock in his eyes and said, "Dingshi, you... you really want to leave?"

He had just said it unintentionally, but Tie Xuan's reaction left him stunned.

At the beginning, he followed Tie Xuan to the south, and it was Tie Xuan who brought him to Jiangning City. But now that the war is imminent, Tie Xuan is going to run away. What the hell is going on!

"Shh!"

Tie Xuan stood up, walked to the side, took out a package and handed it to Sheng Yong.

"What is this?" Sheng Yong looked puzzled.

"You'll know once you open it," Tie Xuan said.

With doubts in his heart, Sheng Yong opened the package and saw what was inside, a portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"This..." Sheng Yong raised his head and looked at Tie Xuan in some surprise.

Tie Xuan's face remained calm as he said, "I'll give this to you now. When the Emperor's grandson Yun Hun attacks the city, you will take out this painting. I hope this will buy His Majesty some more time."

Sheng Yong put the painting away and asked hesitantly, "Dingshi, what are you going to do?"

Tie Xuan was silent for a moment, then said, "I will go and seek refuge with the Emperor's grandson, Yun Hun."

"What?" Sheng Yong was stunned, his eyes widening, and he suspected he had misheard. "Dingshi, tell me again, where are you going?"

Tie Xuan took a deep breath, looked Sheng Yong in the eye, and said calmly, "I'm going to seek refuge with the Emperor's grandson, Yun Hun."

"What's going on?" Sheng Yong was stunned and felt a little overwhelmed.

Tie Xuan brought him south, Tie Xuan brought him to Jiangning City, and now Tie Xuan even gave him the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang, asking him to resist Zhu Yunhuan's attack. As a result, Tie Xuan turned around and wanted to surrender to Zhu Yunhuan?

No, can you still play like this?

Sheng Yong calmed himself down, looked at Tie Xuan with a strange expression, and said, "Dingshi, can you tell me what happened?"

He understood Tie Xuan's character, but precisely because of this understanding, he felt extremely shocked at this moment.

He didn't expect that Zhu Yunhuan could actually succeed in persuading Tie Xuan to surrender. He really wanted to know how Zhu Yunhuan did it. It was incredible.

Tie Xuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Yun Hun is the eldest grandson, and the throne should be inherited by him."

"Is that it? Such a simple reason?" Sheng Yong looked stunned and dumbfounded.

"Yeah!" Tie Xuan nodded.

Sheng Yong's mouth twitched as he said, "But, the grandson of Emperor Yunwen has already ascended the throne. Moreover, he was personally chosen by His Majesty as the heir."

Tie Xuan remained silent.

Sheng Yong knew Tie Xuan's character and shook his head with a wry smile, "Dingshi, it was you who brought me south in the first place, and it was your idea to come to Jiangning City. Now that you've gone to join Emperor Yunhuan's grandson, I don't think there's any need for me to stay in Jiangning City any longer."

"Sheng Yong, what do you mean?" Tie Xuan frowned.

Sheng Yong locked eyes with Tie Xuan and said, "What I mean is, I want to go with you to surrender to the Emperor Yunxun's grandson!"

After saying that, he walked over and set fire to the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"huhuhuhu"

In a blink of an eye, Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait was burned to ashes.

"You" Tie Xuan looked at the scene in front of him with a hint of anger on his face.

Sheng Yong waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop standing there, let's go."

Tie Xuan looked at Sheng Yong, his expression changed for a while, and finally he sighed deeply: "Alas"

Although he was very angry about Sheng Yong's behavior, he couldn't blame him for anything. After all, he had also voted for Zhu Yunhuan at this time. Although he had his own reasons, he had voted for it.

"Sheng Yong, I have no choice, but you are different. You really don't need to surrender to the grandson of the emperor Yunhu. The vassal kings are already rushing towards Yingtian Prefecture, and the grandson of the emperor Yunhu will definitely be wiped out in the end." Tie Xuan shook his head.

As colleagues for many years, he didn't want to see Sheng Yong go astray.

Sheng Yong shrugged and said, "Dingshi, I know you mean well, but I've already burned the portrait. It's too late for you to say this now. Stop it, let's go."

Tie Xuan stared at Sheng Yong for a while, speechless.

Outside Jiangning City!

Sheng Yong came before Zhu Yunhuan and knelt respectfully: "Sheng Yong pays respect to His Highness!"

"I have heard of General Sheng Yong's great name for a long time, and today I finally get to meet him." Zhu Yunhuan smiled and stepped forward to help Sheng Yong up.

Zhu Neng looked at Tie Xuan with a face full of resentment. Didn't they agree to persuade him to surrender? Could he still have the slightest bit of trust?

Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan, the two top leaders of Jiangning City, have both surrendered. Is it really necessary to attack Jiangning City?
"Your Highness, thank you for your kind praise. Please come into the city and rest." Sheng Yong said.

"Okay!" Zhu Yunhuan nodded, waved to Ma Sanbao beside him, and said, "Sanbao, pass the order down, the army will march into the city!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Ma Sanbao nodded and turned to leave.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly, walked over and patted Zhu Neng on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Zhu Neng, think about it, this is all fate. When you get to Yingtian Prefecture, you can behave well."

"Yeah!" Zhu Neng nodded and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.

Now that things have come to this, what can he do?

What a shame!
"Is this what it means when a righteous person has many supporters?" Tang He looked at him with deep eyes.

Although Jiangning City is difficult to defend, if we surrender directly, there will be no more checkpoints on the way to Yingtian Prefecture!
Yingtian Prefecture, the Imperial Palace!

After some discussion, Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai went to the palace to meet Zhu Yunwen.

"My three beloved ministers, what do you want to see me about?" Zhu Yunwen looked puzzled.

Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, I think Duke Cao should be given a chance," said Huang Zicheng.

Zhu Yunwen frowned and sneered, "Li Jinglong is a man who is always scheming, and he actually found fault with you three."

"Your Majesty, although Duke Cao has poor fighting ability, he is only defending the city now. Your Majesty should give him a chance. I believe he will not let Your Majesty down." Fang Xiaoru said.

"That's right. I can see that Duke Cao really wants to atone for his sins. Please, Your Majesty, give him a chance." Qi Tai said.

Zhu Yunwen's face was filled with uncertainty, and he hesitated, "Do you really think Li Jinglong can defend the city without any problems?"

"Yes!"

Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai nodded.

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while, then said, "Well, in this case, I will give Li Jinglong a chance. I hope he won't disappoint me again. Otherwise, I will chop off his head."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, urgent news from Jiangning City!" A young eunuch came over with a letter in his hand.

Zhu Yunwen's expression changed. He quickly took the letter from the eunuch, opened it, and quickly read through the contents. Then he was stunned, his face full of disbelief: "How is this possible!"

Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked at each other, and their hearts sank.

They could tell from Zhu Yunwen's expression that the situation in Jiangning City was probably not good, and it was most likely captured by Zhu Yunhuan.

"Your Majesty, has Jiangning City been captured?" Huang Zicheng asked cautiously.

Zhu Yunwen came to his senses, his face filled with unconcealable anger. He gnashed his teeth and roared, "Tie Xuan, Sheng Yong, you two traitors! I trusted you so much, and yet you betrayed me!"

(End of this chapter)