Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 5 How can I, a man of honor, be willing to serve your son?

[Gentleman's agreement: Mu Tianbo, Wang Qilong, and others will abide by your agreement and assist in the execution of the treacherous minister.]

[You will publicly behead the four thieves, Ma Jixiang and Li Guotai, clean up the imperial court, and shock the Ming Dynasty.]

[You took advantage of the momentum of exterminating traitors and the might of the Hongsha soldiers to force the emperor to abdicate and seize the throne. Emperor Yongli was forced to throw the golden seal to you.]

[Ma Jixiang's remnants, Pan Huang and Wang Weigong, redeemed themselves by their meritorious deeds and immediately supported you as the successor to the throne, confirming the fact that Emperor Yongli abdicated to you.]

[You have no real abdication to become the regent, but become the new regent of the Ming Dynasty (fake), and receive the designated destiny*1.]

[You have recruited the first-rate diplomat Chen Ande, the second-rate civil official Pan Huang, and the second-rate military generals Mu Tianbo and Deng Kai.]

Zhu Cixuan rushed to have a secret meeting with Mang Bai early in the morning, and then came back to lead the troops to purge the court and force the emperor to usurp the throne, causing his already weak body to ache for a while.

Zhu Cixuan, with sweat dripping from his hair, sat on the stairs of the stilt house to take a short rest, while watching Mu Tianbo quell the turmoil that would inevitably follow Ma Jixiang's death.

By the way, let’s observe the profits from this forced palace coup.

[Character: Constantine Cixuan Zhu (Pseudo-Regent of the Ming Dynasty)
Age: 17
Government: Absolute monarchy

Religion: Catholicism, Confucianism

Treasury: 0k (food and fodder, each k represents one thousand taels of silver)

Manpower: 1k (each k represents one point of destiny)
Orthodoxy: -100
Territory: None
Mandate: 251/251 (replenished when manpower, treasury, and ministers are lost)

Command: 40 Military Strength: 28 Intelligence: 65 Politics: 35
Destiny: Gentleman's Agreement, Designated Destiny*1

After chopping Ma Jixiang and drawing blood, his fighting power increased a little.

Seeing the pseudo-regency title and the legitimacy value that dropped from -15 to -100, Zhu Cixuan couldn't help but curl his lips.

Isn’t it true that the Little Tang King, who became emperor after regent, is one of the four emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty?

Fortunately, these do not affect destiny.

Shit.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the empty territory, with the manpower reduced to 1, and felt like crying but had no tears.

Because the usurpation of the throne was not announced to the world, the two vassals of Jin and Gong in various parts of Hongsha Kingdom did not know that he was the regent.

Therefore, he will not be provided with territory and manpower.

The Thirteen Families of Kuidong, who were thousands of miles away, would not believe it even if they knew that he had seized power and was acting as regent.

As for the southeast coast, Li Dingguo and Zhu Youlang did not get along well, and there was Zheng Yanping from the Tang Wang faction.

During the reign of Yongli, none of them were considered part of the Yongli Dashi regime.

Zhu Cixuan exhaled to calm himself down.

Take it slow, everything will be there.

At least now there is Xingzai providing him with the destiny points to recruit famous officials.

In the historical simulator game, famous officials, economy, manpower, and territory can all be converted into destiny value. Naturally, losing these will also reduce the destiny value. Only by replenishing them can new extractable destiny value be obtained.

The top officials whose four-dimensional attribute values ​​are above 90 are all people who are recorded in great detail in history books.

The three anti-Qing forces at present are probably only Li Dingguo, Zheng Yanping and Zhang Huangyan.

Don’t think that there are still many civil and military officials from the core of the remnant Ming Dynasty court in Hongsha Kingdom.

In fact, although Emperor Yongli conferred many titles and positions on the emperor, he was not considered a great figure.

It can be said that there are ministers everywhere and generals as numerous as dogs.

There were more than a dozen servants in the military who had the rank of general.

It should be noted that Li Rusong, a famous general of Wanli who participated in the second of the three major expeditions of Wanli, was also the general.

The first-class minister with an attribute value of 80 is still Chen Ande mentioned by the system before.

The original Zhu Cixuan fell seriously ill in his childhood. In order to pray for God's blessing, the key point was that Qu Shisi borrowed troops from the Portuguese. Emperor Yongli had the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince baptized and became Catholic Christians.

Well, Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang felt that he still needed to take care of and select his concubines, and that Christianity, which required monogamy, was not suitable for him, so he did not get baptized.

Perhaps in order to make Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan like the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great who reunified Rome, his Christian name was given as Constantine.

Emperor Yongli was largely unaware of the fall of Constantine, the last emperor of the Roman Empire was also named Constantine.

Having said that, although the 300 Portuguese soldiers borrowed by Qu Shisi were not good at field combat, at least with their guns and cannons, they provided the then puppet Emperor Yongli with a usable army and helped him gain a foothold so that he would not be manipulated by others.

As a matter of course, Yongli sent Chen Ande and a missionary to Europe to send a letter for help and borrow troops from the Pope.

As a result, during his envoy trip to the whole of Europe, the King of Portugal gave verbal military assistance in order to sell weapons.

Zhu Cixuan had talked a lot with Chen Ande and knew a lot about Europe. Just as the system said, Kang Mazi was about to take power, and the situation of the Eastern Tartars was set. If things didn't work out, they would have to flee to Europe.

Chen Ande, whose political attribute is 81, is his only first-class official at the moment.

Top-level ministers can get 200 destiny points, first-rate can get 100, and second-rate can get 50.

The talents of the counties below do not provide destiny value.

After all, the talent of one county is enough to pacify and govern the world, which is really insignificant. The developers of the historical simulator have restricted the provision of destiny value in this regard.

One first-rate, three second-rate, a total of two hundred and fifty.

Zhu Cixuan was slightly stunned.

It's weird, let me draw two hundred first.

The center of the translucent interface slowly bloomed with golden, purple, blue, green, and white light.

Silhouettes kept appearing and disappearing.

A carriage, led by ministers, drove towards the imperial city.

A young man ascends the throne, just like me.

He also forced the ministers to submit and kneel in front of the imperial city gate. Not bad.

"The country has nurtured scholars for 150 years, and they died today while upholding their integrity and righteousness." A minister stepped forward from the crowd.

Zhu Cixuan was stunned.

Wait, Grandfather Jiajing, why are you here!
You are one of the most powerful and cunning people among the Taiping Emperors.

But my country is in chaos and is in ruins, so your methods of governing the country and controlling the ministers are of no use to me.

Playing political games will not kill the Eastern Tartars.

The silhouette image on the system panel does not depend on Zhu Cixuan's mood.

Suddenly, fire appeared, flames billowed, and the palace tents turned into debris and embers, covering the entire picture, and countless people fled in a panic.

Among them, the figure of Emperor Jiajing runs through a series of historical silhouettes.

[Ding, the player has obtained a mysterious destiny. You can check it in the Destiny column on the personal interface.]

Zhu Cixuan turned his gaze to the column of destiny.

[Fire is a fate (Ming Jiajing Zhu Houcong): The city where you live is more prone to fire.]

Zhu Cixuan was speechless when he saw the destiny of his grandfather.

As we all know, the Ming Emperor is easily soluble in water, more difficult to burn than Bo, and is conquered by wood.

Emperor Jiajing's name contains the character "fire", and he experienced more than ten fires in his life.

During the Great Ceremony, the Licheng Hall, where the tablets of the parents were placed, burned down. The three halls, two towers, and fifteen gates of the Forbidden City were all damaged by the fire, forcing reconstruction.

The queen was burned to death.

Even he himself was once trapped in a fire and was rescued by his wet nurse's son, Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing, who carried him on his back.

The Taoist priest personally predicted that the person's fate was related to fire, and the one responsible was the Great Fire Virtue Star God.

I wonder if those fires are similar to the drowning of my great-uncle Emperor Zhengde and my uncle Emperor Tianqi.

Zhu Cixuan shook his head and calmed down.

He was exiled to a foreign country, so it was Shunzhi and Kangxi who should have been concerned about the feng shui of the Forbidden City.

It's of no use, pure negative destiny, come again.

The system screen gradually froze on a shadowy figure reining in his horse and drawing his bow. Holding a halberd, he charged into battle, leading the cavalry in fighting back and forth in the enemy formation, and he turned a blind eye to the injuries he suffered.

Great!
He's a tough guy.

It seems that his strength is almost over 90.

With the support of force, he and the hundreds of Jinyiwei guards were able to break out of the house arrest blockade of Hongsha Kingdom.

The clothing and armor are of Tang Dynasty style.

There are also people of other ethnic groups who teach each other clothes and hats.

It can’t be Li Shimin!
Wait, why are you kneeling down to a foreigner?

[Ding, the player has obtained a mysterious destiny. You can check it in the Destiny column on the personal interface.]

[Emperor (Shi Jingtang, the founder of the Later Jin Dynasty): When you cede territory and claim the title of "Emperor", you can gain support from other countries.]

Isn't this the child emperor?

Zhu Cixuan felt a chill in his heart instantly.

I want force, so give me a destiny of wisdom and strategy.

Was Shi Jingtang powerful?

He led a dozen of his personal soldiers to charge the battle line, led fifty cavalrymen to charge the city, and three hundred cavalrymen went straight down to Bianzhou.

He fought many bloody battles and saved Li Cunmao and Li Siyuan.

In the Five Dynasties, an era of warriors who defeated their superiors and whose military power was overwhelming, Shi Jingtang was also one of the top military generals.

Then if you give me the skill of [Rescuing the Lord with Blood], which can make the monarch's blood burst, I can also escape with Emperor Yongli.

Although ceding territory and becoming a vassal and a son will be forever infamous, it is also a top-level diplomatic method.

But I am a regime in exile!

Even if other countries accept my title of vassalage, there will still be territories to be ceded to others.

Moreover, do Hongsha, Annan and Siam really have the courage to support him in attacking the Donglu who have already taken over the Middle-earth?

Submitting oneself as a vassal and calling oneself a son to Dai Qing Gu Lun is a temporary measure, but it will also hurt the feelings of Kuidong and Southeast.

Abandoning the emperor of the country is already despicable enough, and calling yourself a child emperor is simply not a human being!

What's more, the old dog Wu Sangui was just waiting to take the heads of him and his son, and to show his loyalty to Dai Qing Gulun in order to ensure his position as the king of Yunnan Province.

but.

Next, helping Mangbai to rebel and seize the throne could be used to gain the trust of Toungoo King Pingdali.

Zhu Cixuan scratched his numb scalp and made up his mind.

Click on the designated destiny given by the game system after you ascend the throne and become emperor in the destiny column.

"Appoint Li Shimin to me."

General Tiance, King of Kings, Heavenly Khan.

For two thousand years, he was the monarch who ranked first in comprehensive ability, civil and military achievements.

There are countless bug-level destinies.

【Li Shimin is a golden monarch and cannot be designated.】

Zhu Cixuan was stunned and changed his ancestor to Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang.

【Cannot specify.】

Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di cannot be designated.

Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, cannot be specified.

“Holy crap, when did the shitty developers change the rules?”

After trying to select more than a dozen monarchs without success, Zhu Cixuan finally noticed the instructions in the corner of the system interface.

【History Simulator 3.4 Update

1. Fixed some bugs;

2. Modify the designated destiny; you cannot specify a gold or purple level monarch, but you can choose a white, green, or blue level monarch. You can specify a random monarch's destiny based on the four-dimensional attributes.

3. Modification of merging destiny: the cost of destiny points is no longer based on the destiny level. Merging destiny requires 1,000 destiny points. Each additional destiny merged requires an additional 1,000 destiny points.

4. Added the function of deleting destiny; consuming 1,000 destiny points can delete negative destiny.

"I didn't play for only half a month before I traveled through time, and you've come up with so many things!"

Zhu Cixuan angrily scolded the developer for five minutes and cursed the God of Time Travel to make him travel through time as well.

Break the defense of the garbage game three times in a row.

Zhu Cixuan cursed and clicked on Designate Destiny.

"Give me a destiny that assigns me the attribute of force."

The light of the extracted image gradually fades.

The shadow of a warrior holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji and riding a Red Hare appeared, galloping on his horse as if he was free and easy between heaven and earth, and then he knelt down to people with his head raised.

If you don't abandon me, I will take you as my adoptive father.

I am a real man, how can I be your son?

The clouds are clearing and the sun is shining, and everything is suddenly enlightened.

From then on, the son followed his father.

How can I be depressed and be inferior to others for a long time?

I have been wandering for half my life and have never met a wise leader.

[Ding, the player has obtained a mysterious destiny. You can check it in the Destiny column on the personal interface.]

[A True Man (Lü Bu, a hero of the late Han Dynasty): A true man lives in this world, how can he be depressed and inferior to others for long? I am a true man, how can I be willing to be your adopted son? When you kill your father, you will have the strength of a true man (Lü Bu's 100 points of force)]

Zhu Cixuan's first reaction was to look at Emperor Yongli's thatched hut.

……

I also hope that the Holy Father, in conjunction with the Holy Catholic Church, will intercede with God to bless China with a prosperous and peaceful China, so that the eighteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the twelfth grandson of Taizu, and all the rulers and ministers will know how to respect the true Lord Jesus. I also hope that the Holy Father will send more Jesuits to spread the Holy Faith.

——Letter from the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty to the Vatican for assistance
(End of this chapter)