As the special envoy to Nanzhou, Xu Qin could clearly distinguish between public and private affairs. Publicly, the Republic of China hoped that Nanzhou would become a constitutional country. Privately, Xu Qin did not want the Zhu family to fall, so he had long suggested Zhu Yunwen to establish a constitutional monarchy.

However, Zhu Yunwen did not listen to the advice, so he secretly supported Fang Zhongzhe with the purpose of forcing him into the palace.

Of course, if Zhu Yunwen still cannot understand the situation clearly and refuses to delegate power, Xu Qin will take care of business, because a constitutional Nanzhou is in the overall interest of the Republic of China. If a constitutional monarchy cannot be achieved, then a constitutional republic will be established.

However, after a whole day of peace talks, the rebels and the court had huge differences and could not reach a peace agreement at all. The rebels not only wanted Zhu Yunwen to hand over the imperial power, but also wanted Zhu Yunwen to vacate the throne to appease the rebels' grievances. The court was unwilling.

Handing over power, let alone passing on positions.

If they can't reach an agreement with the peace talks, they can only use force. The truth will be seen on the battlefield. Xu Qin's last efforts to preserve the Zhu Ming royal family were in vain. He was secretly sad in his heart, and secretly lamented that Zhu Yunwen could not afford to take it.

Lower courage.

In the early morning of July 23, the offensive and defensive battle of Nanjing City began. Fang Zhongzhe commanded nearly 2,000 rebel troops to storm the north gate of Nanjing City. The rebel army was equipped with a large number of siege equipment. Although the defenders in the city also had firearms to assist in the defense, the rebel army had been unable to defend the city for many days.

Under the propaganda offensive, the defenders tended to surrender, with low morale and no intention to fight.

The battle only lasted two hours before the armored chariots of the rebels broke open the city gate. Two thousand rebels entered the city and started a street battle with the Jin Yiwei. However, the defenders in the city generally surrendered. Seeing that the situation was over, Zhu Yunwen, who was huddled in the palace, was worried and angry.

Endless.

Although Zhu Yunwen did not understand the situation, he was arrogant at heart. He was unwilling to suffer the humiliation of subjugation again and wanted to commit suicide. However, he was stopped by the palace guards. Finally, under the persuasion of the palace guards, he escaped under the protection of dozens of guards.

They entered the palace city and broke out into the city.

However, Zhu Yunwen and his party were like bereaved dogs. As soon as they escaped from the city, they encountered dozens of rebel troops. The guards tried their best to protect him and break out. He did run out, but there were fewer and fewer guards around him, and he was almost naked.

The palace was in chaos, and not one of the queens, concubines, princes or princesses could escape.

Zhu Yunwen had no time to worry about the safety of his wife and children, because the road to escape was long, and what worried him even more was where to go in the future. Because Nanzhou is different from the Central Plains, it is an isolated island. Although it looks big, it can

There are not many places to take refuge, let alone find a base to make a comeback.

Just when Zhu Yunwen was worried about where to escape, there was another rush of horse hoofbeats not far away. Zhu Yunwen subconsciously wanted to hit the horse and run away, but found that the people coming were not rebels, but the fully armed Peiping Army.

They were all riding on tall horses, and the black muzzles of their guns were pointed in the direction of Zhu Yunwen.

"Everyone, please stop running. Special Envoy Xu has invited you." The leader was a battalion commander. Different from the soldiers holding rifles, he held a short pistol in his hand and a sword on his waist.

The murderous aura is so full that people can't help but feel frightened when they see it.

"Protect Your Majesty, hurry up, we are at the rear." The captain of the guard was quite loyal. He shouted and took the lead and rushed out. The other guards were also divided into two teams. One team rushed forward and fought desperately, while the other team defended Zhu Yunwen and tried to break through.

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However, before Zhu Yunwen could escape ten meters, he heard several gunshots, and the guards around him fell off their horses one after another. Pieces of blood mist exploded in front of his eyes, and yellow, red, and white things splashed directly.

It was all over his face, so frightened that his face turned pale.

"It's said that Special Envoy Xu has been invited, why are you running away?!" the battalion commander shouted angrily, "Our snipers are nearby, whoever wants to run around will have his head blown."

Those guards may not know what type of snipers are, but the tragic scene of their brains blooming is right in front of them. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they didn't dare to move. Zhu Yunwen's hands and feet were so weak that he almost fell off his mount.

Come down.

"Just be obedient and obedient. It will be easy for everyone." The battalion commander waved his hand and ordered to the subordinates around him: "Go and ask His Majesty the Emperor to move."

The Peiping Army wanted to take someone away, so Zhu Yunwen didn't want to lose his head, so he naturally didn't dare to resist. However, the soldiers who came to pull people away only took Zhu Yunwen away. As for the guards, they didn't even look at them. Those guards watched helplessly as their master was "robbed"

"He left, but he didn't dare to resist, and he didn't even dare to follow to see where his master was being robbed.

After Zhu Yunwen was "robbed", he was taken directly to the embassy area. When Xu Qin saw this disgraced distant relative, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, without saying a word to him. He just asked his men to take him to the hotel.

, temporarily placed under house arrest.

As soon as Zhu Yunwen ran away, the Nanming court was left without a leader. In just one day, the rebels occupied the entire city of Nanjing. Fang Zhongzhe was relatively tolerant and strictly ordered his subordinates to strictly prohibit looting. He also did not allow the rebels to enter the palace and sent troops.

Guarding the entrance and exit of the palace.

Nanjing was the last base of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Once Nanjing was in the city, the Southern Ming Dynasty was over. Fang Zhongzhe entered the city as a conqueror. Looking at the ordinary people watching on both sides of the street, he didn't feel much pride in his heart. On the contrary, he felt the pain on his shoulders.

The burden is heavier, and a sentence from Wan Lei's notes keeps popping up in my mind: Destruction is always easier than construction. A mature politician should not only know how to destroy, but also how to build.

How to build a prosperous, democratic and civilized republic on the ruins of the imperial system in Nanzhou is the most worrying question for Fang Zhongzhe. Fortunately, he has a handwritten ruling note written by Wan Lei, which provides him with many good ideas.

Governance experience.

No, after Fang Zhongzhe entered the city, he issued a notice to calm the people, ordering the people to live as usual, shops to open as usual, and began to restrict the activities of the rebels. In addition to leaving a small number of troops to maintain order in the city, most of the rebels and surrendered officers and soldiers

They were withdrawn from Nanjing City and reorganized on the spot. In this way, order in Nanjing City was quickly restored.

It is easy to appease the people, but it is a bit troublesome to settle those officials who originally belonged to the imperial court, especially the group of royal relatives. These people cannot be killed across the board, nor can they all be released. Fang Zhongzhe had to control a few high-ranking officials first.

, other lower-level officials who did not commit serious crimes were not held accountable, but were allowed to remain in office. Before a constitution was established, these people had to be relied on to maintain order.

Of course, appeasing the officials and the people is only a matter of immediate concern. Fang Zhongzhe knew that if he wanted Nanzhou to have long-term peace and stability, he must establish a constitution as soon as possible, and he must also establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of China as soon as possible, because Xu Qin had promised that as long as Nanzhou established a constitution, there would be a large amount of economic assistance.

Entering Nanzhou is very important for restoring Nanzhou's economy.
Chapter completed!