What other news could there be?
This declaration had just been sent, and manpower and horsepower were limited. How could it be sent overnight?
Daoist Xiao felt bitter in his heart.
"Grand Secretary, this news has just been sent."
Shen Yicheng nodded somewhat irritably.
"In short, regardless of whether it's Xiao or not, the Jinghang Canal can't be cut off. If it's cut off, not only will the capital run out of food, but the nine borders will also run out of food. Without food, how can the army fight and settle the chaos? Minister Xia, how do you think the Yangzhou prefecture should be arranged to ask for help from the capital? "
Daoist Xiao swallowed, and his brain began to work quickly.
"It's a navy that attacked Zhenjiang prefecture and cut off the Jinghang Canal. If we don't annihilate this navy, even if we recover Zhenjiang prefecture, we won't be able to transport food to the capital. Thus, we must annihilate this navy."
"Then what should we do?"
Shen Yicheng asked again.
Daoist Xiao's heart was on the verge of collapse.
Daming, there were only two navy that could fight. Who should we find to do it?
"If that's the case, we can only order Guangdong Navy Admiral Chen Zhao to lead the navy north to destroy that navy."
This kind of multiple-choice question wasn't difficult.
But there was still a problem.
"That's not right. If the Burmese navy went north to make a last-ditch struggle, how could the Guangdong navy not know? The Guangdong navy patrols the coast of Guangdong. If the Burmese navy went north, how could the Guangdong navy not know? "
Shen Yicheng suddenly muttered to himself, and then he looked at Daoist Xiao. "Is Chen Lin really reliable? Why do I remember that Chen Lin fought side by side with Xiao and even fought together in Wei Nation? "
Daoist Xiao didn't know either. He couldn't send a telegram or call to ask what happened to Chen Lin. Naturally, he couldn't know that Chen Lin had already sided with Xiao Ruxun and was actively helping him attack Zhenjiang prefecture.
"This, this lowly official really doesn't know!"
Daoist Xiao could only tell the truth. He didn't dare to lie.
"I don't know this and I don't know that. I didn't expect you to be so useless! How did I think highly of you and promote you? Humph!! "
Shen Yicheng snorted heavily, which made Boss Xiao's heart beat wildly.
"Forget it, I'll first send someone to the south to deliver the order to Chen Lin. Then, I'll choose an elite team to head south to Yangzhou Prefecture. No matter what, I have to prevent the possibility of the enemy army attacking Yangzhou Prefecture from the north. The Jinghang Canal cannot be used by the enemy army!"
Xiao Daheng quickly kowtowed and said, "Yes! This subordinate obeys! "
"Also! Find out the true identity of that group of bandits as soon as possible. I can't be blind! I want all the information! All of them! "
"Yes!!!"
Tycoon Xiao and the ministers hurriedly ran away from Shen Yicheng.
Before he escaped, he saw Xu Zuo's head on the ground and his eyes, which were still open even in death.
It was very scary.
However, they were only safe for two days before the arrival of new news sent their hearts into the depths of despair.
Nanjing was breached.
Nanjing was breached!
Nanjing was the capital of Daming, and it was also the capital at the beginning of Daming's founding. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Daming, spent his life in Nanjing. In Nanjing, there was everything that the capital had. There were also scholars and economic prosperity that the capital did not have.
All the supporting facilities of the Daming government were copied in Nanjing. Nanjing was another set of administrative teams. Although they were basically useless, it could also be regarded as another capital of Daming, where the dignity and face of the country were.
The news that dozens of Japanese pirates had almost reached the city of Nanjing deeply shocked the Jiajing Emperor. While the Jiajing Emperor was furious, he also began to pay attention to the anti-Japanese situation in the southeast. Since then, the anti-Japanese situation in the southeast had a substantial change, and Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and others really stepped onto the stage of history.
But at that time, there was no risk of Nanjing falling.
But this time, Nanjing had fallen into enemy hands.
According to the intelligence of Yangzhou government, the rebel army, under the banner of Heaven's punishment of the traitors in the north, distributed letters everywhere, announcing that Shen Yicheng had launched a coup, killed loyal subjects, forced the emperor to abdicate, supported a puppet to ascend the throne, and took control of the court. They announced that they would attack the capital and restore the real emperor.
In other words, the rebel army, who attacked Zhenjiang and Nanjing under the banner of Xiao Ruxun, announced that they did not recognize the current young emperor, and would attack the capital to help the current emperor, Zhu Yijun, restore the throne.
The rebel army wanted to "occupy Nanjing and attack the traitors in the north," and "punish the traitors." They wanted to declare to the world that they were the legitimate army, the army representing the emperor, and that Shen Yicheng was a traitor, a traitor, and a traitor who forced the emperor to abdicate.
Upon receiving this news, Shen Yicheng's complexion darkened to a frightening degree. He once more summoned his officials for a meeting.
The officials had more or less heard the news, and they were both anxious and fearful. They all realized that this matter really might have been the work of Xiao Ruxun, that Xiao Ruxun really might not have died, that he had escaped, and was now leading the Burmese army back to fight.
By 'punish the traitors in the name of Heaven, punish the traitors,' they had become the official army, the legitimate army, while Shen Yicheng had become a traitor, and they were naturally the traitor's vassals.
That seemed to be the case …
Wrong! Gravely wrong!
Thus, the officials began to prepare to save themselves.
"Cabinet Chief! The rebel army is arrogant and conceited! They've only occupied Zhenjiang and Nanjing by a fluke, but they dare to be so arrogant! We should immediately gather our soldiers and go south to punish them! At the same time, we should announce to the world that His Majesty is the legitimate army, that we are the legitimate Daming army, and that they are traitors! "
"That's right! Cabinet Chief! The rebel army is so arrogant, spreading rumors everywhere to confuse the public. We cannot tolerate this! We should immediately counterattack! Send the troops! Cabinet Chief! Only by sending the troops can we open up the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and the capital will not lack food! "
"This subordinate agrees! Cabinet Chief, please order the troops to suppress the traitors! "
"Punish the traitors! Protect His Majesty's legitimacy! "
… … …
For a moment, the officials were speaking up for justice, their morale high, and it seemed like they wanted to personally go into battle to suppress the traitors.
But Shen Yicheng was abnormally calm.
"Sending troops to suppress the traitors is secondary to inviting all of you here. The most important matter is to discuss with all of you how to decide on His Majesty's reign title."
Shen Yicheng's voice was not loud, but every word he spoke left the officials stunned, and it seemed like he would not rest until he shocked them to death.
Everyone present knew what it meant for a new Emperor to ascend to the throne and for an old Emperor to abdicate, and they also knew that there was something fishy going on. Everyone had been delaying the discussion of Jianyuan because they wanted the world to believe that the old Emperor had abdicated in a normal manner and the new Emperor had ascended to the throne in a normal manner.
After all, in history, when an old Emperor passed away, the new Emperor would impatiently change his reign title without waiting for the next year. It was usually because they had some ulterior motive, and the new Emperor had come to the throne through improper means.
For example, Daming had decreed that one emperor had one reign title. Other than Ming Yingzong, who had two reign titles, Zhengtong and Tianshun, because of his restoration, all the other Emperors had one reign title. Any Emperor who had come to the throne through proper means would wait for the previous year to pass before changing their reign title.
The officials had originally planned to do this, to use the twenty-sixth year of Wanli until next year, and then change to a new reign title next year.
But Shen Yicheng had suddenly said that he wanted to change the reign title.
Wasn't this the same as announcing to the world that the new Emperor had come to the throne through improper means?
Wasn't this the same as proving the veracity of the matter stated in the summons for suppressing the traitors?
Had Shen Yicheng's guilty conscience reached this level?
But he clearly appeared to be extremely normal, extremely calm and determined.
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