Even if he was mercilessly ridiculed by his old brothers, Zhu Zhongtao, the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had no time to get angry now.

Zhu Zhongtao was completely dumbfounded.

Before the edict inviting the gentry and other rebels from all over the world to jointly attack Zhu Jinsong was sent out, the magistrate of Guide Prefecture and the magistrate of Shangqiu County under him had already taken the bucket and ran away. How could he spread the news to the world?

Even if the edict to attack Zhu Ni could be issued, how many people in the world would be able to respond?

After the other rebels have finished their discussions and raised troops to attack Zhu Jinsong, shouldn't it be time for me, the Ming Emperor, to find a tree to hang on?

As for relying on his own strength to block Zhu Jinsong in Guide Mansion, Zhu Zhongchao, the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, never even thought about it.

Zhu Zhongtao knew very well that, let alone his old brothers who were unwilling to lead troops to fight, even if they were willing, they might not be able to stop Zhu Jinsong.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhongtao simply turned his attention to the old brothers and said tentatively: "How about we surrender?"

When Zhu Zhongtao said this, the old brothers under him suddenly thought it was a good idea.

Since we can't defeat Zhu Jinsong's army, then we should simply surrender. As long as we can keep our own glory and wealth, surrender? It's not shabby.

However, at the Ming Dynasty meeting the next day, as soon as Zhu Zhongtao revealed his intention to surrender, the entire "Ming Dynasty Hall" exploded.

Although the civil servants and generals under Zhu Zhongtao looked down upon Zhu Zhongtao, they did not want to surrender to Zhu Jinsong. After all, these officials were either representatives elected by the sages and gentry in the countryside, or they were bought with money.

I know the situation well in my heart. If I follow Zhu Zhongtao all the way to the dark side, I can still keep my precious glory. But once I surrender... it's hard to say.

Therefore, for these rural sages and gentry who planned to fight Zhu Jinsong to the end, Zhu Zhongtao's surrender plan was like a bolt from the blue, which directly shocked these people.

The so-called chief minister of the cabinet immediately stood up, bowed and said: "May I ask Your Majesty, your Majesty is about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?"

Zhu Zhongtao immediately winked at his old brothers.

Then, the old brother who was conferred as the Protector of the Country by Zhu Zhongtao stood up, looked at the chief minister of the cabinet and said: "Since the chief minister is unwilling to surrender, why not let the chief minister lead the troops to defeat Zhu Ni?"

Immediately afterwards, the old brother who was enthroned as the Duke of Zhen by Zhu Zhongtao also stood up and said confidently: "Don't think that my Duke doesn't know what you are thinking and is still ready to fight to the death? Aren't you just afraid that Zhu Ni will liquidate you?

Are you going to drop it? But you are stupid. Then Zhu Ni led his troops to attack us. This is a hostile relationship, and it is normal to liquidate you. But if we surrender, will he have the nerve to liquidate us?"

Then these rural sages and gentry felt that what the Duke of Zhen Guo said was right.

Zhu Jinsong, the famous rebel leader, is now leading troops to attack the Ming Dynasty. This is indeed a hostile relationship, so it is reasonable to attack the squires and officials.

If all the Ming Gongs and rural gentry of our "Ming Dynasty" directly surrendered under the leadership of Zhu Zhongtao, the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, then Zhu Jinsong would have the nerve to deal with us rural gentry and villagers one by one as before.

?He has the nerve to hang up all the officials in Henan?

Isn’t he afraid of the criticism from people in the world?

Therefore, after a quarrel, a group of distinguished ministers from the "Cabinet Auxiliary Ministers" and the "Fifth Army Governor's Mansion" unanimously agreed to send people to discuss the surrender.

After Zhu Jinsong received Zhu Zhongtao's letter of surrender, he immediately wrote back saying that surrender was okay, but everything must be in accordance with the rules set by Zhu Jinsong.

Then, Zhu Zhongtao and the civil and military ministers under him were in trouble.

What are Zhu Jinsong’s rules?

Zhu Jinsong's rules are very simple. They are nothing more than that every village must establish a peasant association, the land occupied by the rural gentry must be returned to the people, and the rural gentry who usually bully the people must also accept public trial.

This means that Zhu Zhongtao and his civil and military ministers will be unlucky if they don't surrender, and they will be equally unlucky if they surrender.

If that's the case, what a waste!

Then, Zhu Zhongtao's "Da Ming" court became agitated.

Whether they were representatives elected by the gentry or the old brothers under Zhu Zhongtao, in order to preserve their own glory and wealth, these people all expressed their intention to fight to the death with Zhu Jinsong, the rebel leader.

After all, I have only lost one Guide Mansion now, and "I, the Ming Dynasty" still have several more mansions in my hands. If I really fight to the death, I won't be able to kill the rebel leader Zhu Jinsong, but I can also make myself more prosperous and wealthy.

Maintain for a while.

Then, Zhu Zhongtao, the "Seventeenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty", had vowed to fight Zhu Jinsong to the death in the court hall the day before. When the court meeting was held the next day, Zhu Zhongtao, the seventeenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, again

Never appeared either.

Zhu Zhongtao also ran away with the bucket.

Zhu Zhongtao thought very clearly. Since he couldn't fight or surrender, he might as well run away in advance. As long as he had money, he could be a master wherever he went. Even if he just found a place where no one knew him and lived incognito,

It is much better than fighting to the death with these people.

Now I feel happy.

As the saying goes, a snake cannot move without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings.

The actions of Zhao Ji, the magistrate of Guide Prefecture, and Zhao Zi, the magistrate of Shangqiu County, ran away with buckets, which directly hit the rural gentry of Guide Prefecture. Zhu Zhongtao, the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ran away with buckets.

It also dealt a blow to the entire "Ming Dynasty" and the entire rural gentry in Henan.

The ministers are about to fight to the death. Your Majesty, please run away first?

How can this be fun?

After completely losing hope, those big bosses in the "Ming Dynasty" who could run away with buckets just ran away with buckets, and the remaining some who couldn't run away with buckets and the country sages simply chose to mess around.

He immediately put on an attitude of eating a pot of milk to welcome Master Wang.

Don’t you, Zhu Jinsong, want to form a farmers’ association?

Not only did we not object, we also actively applied to join the farmers' association, and by the way, we praised you for your kindness.

Don’t you, Zhu Jinsong, want to give the land to those mud-legged people?

Not only did we not object, but we didn't even wait for you to come. We took the initiative to give all the land to those idiots, and also gave away part of the money.

Do you want to put us all on trial?

That's okay, anyway, we all took the initiative to share the land and money with those mud-legged people. We have also compensated them for the grievances they suffered. Those mud-legged people should be kind to us. This is

Wouldn’t the lives of the whole family be saved?

These country sages and gentry have finally understood that if they fight, they will definitely not be able to defeat them.

Since you can't beat it, then find a way to join.

These village sages understood very clearly that whether it was family property or land, these things were all external possessions after all, and they had to be given away.

But don't forget, no matter how much noise you, Zhu Jinsong, make, you are still a rebel leader, and your ultimate goal is to be the emperor.

Once you become the emperor, you will have to have someone to govern the world for you. How can you continue to count on those idiots who cannot read a single word? Don't you have to count on us educated country gentry?

There will be plenty of opportunities to get back the money and food that you have given away now.

Then, Guide Prefecture, Chenzhou Prefecture, Weihui Prefecture, Xuzhou, Nanyang Prefecture, Ruzhou, these territories came under the rule of Meng Lianggu one after another.

The time had just arrived in September of the 158th year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty and the 50th year of the Qing Dynasty in Qing Dynasty. The whole of Henan fell into the hands of Zhu Jinsong.

This means that Zhu Jinsong now has enough land to resettle the people who fled from Zhili to Shandong.

It also means that the country sages and gentry have indeed achieved their goals.

Except for some rural gentry who bullied the people too hard and even suffered heavy blood debts, the remaining rural gentry really saved the lives of their families and themselves, and the money and land they retained were enough.

Their family has no worries about food and clothing.

But for Zhu Jinsong, this result is not what he wants.

the reason is simple.

If he simply wanted to bring the whole of Henan under the control of the Meng Lianggu rebel group, then Zhu Jinsong could send a partial force to take the Henan Prefecture directly. As long as Zhu Zhongtao, the so-called "Seventeenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty" was killed, the whole of Henan would be affected.

It depends on the message, at least it will be much easier to fight than now.

The reason why Zhu Jinsong chose to advance step by step was to get rid of these rural sages and gentry who occupied a large amount of the means of production and were lying on the heads of the people to suck blood. This would not only free up large areas of land and a large amount of productivity, but also free up large areas of land and a large amount of productivity.

By the way, it can also combat traditional clan forces and save a lot of trouble in the future.

If we let these rural gentry go just to quickly capture the whole of Henan, it means that the liquidation is not thorough, and the result of the incomplete liquidation is that the doctor's song will inevitably appear again in the future.

Zhu Jinsong hates this kind of trouble.

But no matter how much Zhu Jinsong hated such trouble, such trouble still appeared.

And more troublesome things are yet to come.

Since ancient times, Zhongyuan Tangkou has always paid attention to having a name that is just and right, and a teacher who has a famous name.

When Zhu Jinsong raised his troops, he used the banner of anti-Qing, and when he led his troops to fight against Qian Deaf Laogou, he also used the banner of anti Qing. Therefore, Zhu Jinsong was only the leader of Meng Lianggu, including Qian Deaf Laogou, and others

Zhu Jinsong's title is also Meng Lianggu's rebel leader.

Now Qian Deafangou has resorted to the egg-shrinking tactic and brought all the die-hard Eight Banners farmers back to Zhili. Zhu Jinsong not only holds the title of the first to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, but also occupies the entire Shandong and the entire

Henan, so it is somewhat inappropriate to use the banner of Meng Lianggu again.

What makes Zhu Jinsong even more miserable is that there are dozens of "Ming Dynasty" courts in the world, and some people have sent Zhu Jinsong, a genuine person, a lot of nonsense canonization edicts.

What a love affair this is!

That's too much!

Therefore, Zhu Jinsong was wondering if he should teach those people a lesson and claim the title of king again?

The King of Lu is definitely not good. Just look at the King of Lu in history. For example, the reason why Duke Yansheng’s Mansion gave Zhu Jinsong a petition to persuade him to join the imperial family and call him King of Lu was because, on the one hand, he wanted to have the power of following the dragon.

To continue to preserve the glory and wealth of Yanshenggong Mansion, but also to secretly poke disgusting Zhu Jinsong.

However, Kong Xianpei, the Duke of Yansheng at that time, certainly did not expect that Zhu Jinsong, a mud-legged person, would actually know all about this.

In the same way, the title King of Qi is not a good one.

There is also a very important issue, that is, according to the ancient rules of the Central Plains, if you want to be king or emperor, this kind of thing cannot be proposed by Zhu Jinsong, the leader of the Meng Lianggu rebel group. Someone has to "

Encourage progress."
Chapter completed!