The officials and gentry involved in the assassination of Chongzhen were arrested one after another, and the largest of them was Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites! There were countless officials below.

Under the instructions of Li Guodong and Wang Chengen, the Jinyiwei launched a massacre, and the cavalry from all over the country went out, and the Jinyiwei arrested people everywhere. The imperial prison was filled with people, and a large number of officials and gentry involved in the case were arrested and their homes were confiscated. The confiscated gold, silver and treasures were sent back to the capital, filling Wang Chengen's inner treasury.

"Hahaha, when Chongzhen died, the Southern Ming court would inevitably be in chaos. I will immediately spread the news so that the fake Yongli Emperor, the fake Tang King and the fake Lu King will know the news! As long as they know, the traitor Li Guodong and the eunuch king Cheng'en actually pushed the demon queen Zhang Yan to the throne, so that they would fight for orthodox! At that time, the Southern Ming court would inevitably have civil strife, and our opportunity would come!" Hong Chengchou laughed when he heard the news.

Hong Chengchou was a smart man, of course he knew that if he did not rely on conspiracies, the Qing Dynasty would sooner or later be the opponent of the Huai Army. If it weren't for the fact that he had no chance to return to the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely choose to surrender to the Duke of Chu Li Guodong.

But Hong Chengchou knew very well that he had no chance to return to the Ming Dynasty, because when Chongzhen had already died in his country, he had a grand memorial service for him. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou was not only not dead, but also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty! This incident was like a slap in the face. If Hong Chengchou had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, he would have cut him into pieces with Chongzhen's spirit.

Now that Chongzhen is dead, Li Guodong, who has given the slogan of revenge for Chongzhen, will definitely not let Hong Chengchou go! Therefore, Hong Chengchou cannot return to the Ming Dynasty in the past, present, or future.

The way to return to the Ming Dynasty was cut off. The only thing Hong Chengchou could do was to help the Qing Dynasty seize the world, so that he could ensure his family's glory and wealth from generation to generation and ensure that he could die. You should know that Hong Chengchou was a person who was very afraid of death. If he was not afraid of death, how could he surrender to the Qing Dynasty back then? He would rather die than surrender, and he would be chopped down with one knife. He would still be a hero eighteen years later.

Jiang Xiang can return to the Ming Dynasty, after Chongzhen's death, Wu Sangui can return to the Ming Dynasty, and even Zuo Menggeng can return to the Ming Dynasty, but Hong Chengchou cannot return, so Hong Chengchou's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty is far more than any traitor.

After the Qing Dynasty wrote a detailed report that Chongzhen died, Empress Dowager Zhang Yan and Empress Dowager Zhou temporarily controlled the government and waited for the news that Prince Chongzhen returned to the south to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, the pseudo-Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang and Prince Lu Zhu Yihai began to get ready. They all felt that since the three princes of Chongzhen were still in the north and their lives were uncertain, it meant that the three princes had no right to inherit the throne, and only they were orthodox.

Zhu Youlang, who was about to be suppressed by Li Guodong, recovered his spirits as if he was full of blood. On the one hand, he ordered the army to defend Yunnan to the death, and on the other hand, he sent people to contact gentry from all over the country to try to create civil strife within the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yihai, the King of Lu, was also energetic. In his eyes, Zhu Youlang was obviously not qualified to be orthodox, and the three princes of Chongzhen were not in Nanjing and the two empress dowagers were in charge of the country. This was obviously not in line with the ancestral system, so Zhu Yihai was orthodox.

Also, King Lu Zhu Changqing was also ready to move. In terms of generation, King Lu Zhu Changqing was the Chang generation with the largest generation, belonging to the lineage of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, and Tianqi and Chongzhen's father Zhu Changluo was the first generation and the nephew of Emperor Wanli. If King Lu became emperor and relied on his generation to suppress others, Wang Chengen, Zhang Yan, and Zhou Hou would all be in trouble.

In Tingzhou, Fujian, Pang Tianshou said to Zhu Youjian: "Your Highness, if your son dies today, the three princes of Emperor Daxing are all in the north. Wang Chengen actually used the Empress Dowager to supervise the country, which has violated the Ming Dynasty's ancestor system. The Empress Dowager's reputation for supervising the country is not right. I have observed the kings in the world, but you are the most capable! I hope that your Highness, you can take the opportunity to become emperor and you will be able to unify the country!"

Zhu Youjian is still a person with a view of the overall situation. Originally, Emperor Longwu in time and space was considered a wise monarch. Of course, he knew that if he proclaimed himself emperor, wouldn’t it be more chaotic to the Ming Dynasty, which had begun civil strife again? So Zhu Youjian said: “Eunuch Pang, if I proclaimed myself to be the Tartars in the north, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will benefit! Now that the Ming Dynasty is alive and dead, we must not be in civil strife!”

The Tang King Zhu Youjian's profound understanding of the great powers was naturally hidden from the omnipresent spies of the Jinyiwei. In Zhu Youjian's palace, there were hidden spies of the Jinyiwei.

After receiving the news that the spy sent back by the Jinyiwei Spy, Li Guodong sighed: "The Tang Dynasty King Zhu Youjian is still a very good person, but it's a pity that he is just a vassal king. If he can become an emperor, he will definitely be a wise king. Li really can't bear to harm such a person. But if Zhu Youjian remains in my Ming Dynasty, it will pose a great threat to me. I have to think of a way to get him outside."

"Master, what should we do now?" Zhang Shuheng asked.

Since Chongzhen's death, Li Guodong's control over the Jinyiwei has become semi-public. At this time, Zhang Shuheng no longer needs any scruples and can directly call Li Guodong the lord.

Li Guodong said: "I will go to the palace to see the queen mother first and see what they think."

Someone had already reported to Wang Chengen, saying that Duke Chu was going to the palace to meet the queen mother. Wang Chengen heard the report and went out to the palace to greet him. Wang Chengen was truly grateful to Li Guodong. If it weren't for Li Guodong, not to mention that the bandits attacked the city in Beijing, Wang Chengen was already dead. Just say that this time, after Chongzhen's death, if it were any vassal king of Tang, Gui, and Lu, who succeeded to the throne, Wang Chengen would have been sent to Fengyang to guard the tomb. Wang Chengen was not ruthless when he was a thug for Chongzhen and eliminated civil servants and gentry. If he lost his power, his enemies would have to tear him to pieces.

It can be said that Li Guodong has saved Wang Chengen twice. In the current situation, if Wang Chengen still wants to stay in the palace to take care of the empress dowager and the eldest princess, when Chongzhen's son comes back to ascend the throne, Li Guodong needs to give him strong support outside. Once Li Guodong falls down, Wang Chengen can only find a glass of poisonous wine or a white silk. If those people succeed to the throne, neither the two empress dowagers nor the eldest princesses in the palace will have a good end. The two princes will be randomly found to marry two bad people, and the two empress dowagers will be directly sent to the cold palace. As for the three princes far away in the north, they will be killed by them once they come back.

"Duke of Chu, the Empress Dowager ordered the old slave to wait here." Wang Chengen came up respectfully. At this time, when Wang Chengen faced Li Guodong, he didn't even need to claim his own self-proclaim, but called his slave humbly.

Li Guodong walked into Kunning Palace. Zhang Yan, who received the report in advance, had been waiting inside for a long time.

In history, the empress dowagers were in power, and they all had their own power. For example, Empress Lü, the family behind her was her support. Without the Empress Lü family, Liu Bang would not have become emperor. Besides, Empress Wu had already cultivated her own power in the court, otherwise she would not have even Queen Wang could have defeated her.

When Zhang Yan was originally in Beijing, she had the support of the noble group behind her. However, the rebel army invaded the capital, and the noble group in Beijing was wiped out. Most of the noble group in the south were eradicated by Li Guodong because of the rebellion case. Wenguan Group could not support her, so Zhang Yan could only regard Li Guodong as her only support.

When Li Guodong came to the palace to meet the empress dowager, Zhang Yan felt that this was a good opportunity to come to the door and had to curry favor with Li Guodong. If Li Guodong had not withstand the pressure and let Zhang Yan take power, no matter whether it was King Gui, King Tang, King Lu or King Lu, who was waiting for her, would be the fate of being sent to the cold palace or even a white silk.

"Duke of Chu, those vassal kings are all unhonest and angry. Do you think, can you remove all these vassal kings from the vassal by using the excuse of rebellion?" Zhang Yan asked.
Chapter completed!