Currently, 10,000 soldiers and horses of General Fang Guoan are stationed outside Hangzhou City. They can only be mobilized in a legitimate manner after he officially supervises the country.

At that time, troops and horses will be mobilized into the city to defend the city, and at the same time, a message will be sent to Zhejiang to summon the rebel army to serve the king. As long as it can hold on for ten days, Hangzhou will become the anti-Qing banner for half of the country, and knowledgeable people and patriotic heroes will gather in Hangzhou from all directions.

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Soon, they arrived at the palace. Ma Shiying and others had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time. Seeing King Lu return, they hurriedly greeted him.

"Your Highness, Prince Lu, please come into the palace quickly, take a bath and change clothes, accept the Queen Mother's instructions, and assume the position of supervising the country!" Ma Shiying bowed and said eagerly. The Qing army marched straight in. The country cannot be left without an owner for a day. Time is tight, and King Lu refused to give in to his repeated advice.

, I have no choice but to rush the ducks to the shelves.

Zhu Changzi nodded and quickly walked into the house without changing his expression.

Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others looked at each other, and they understood each other tacitly, confirming that King Lu had changed. Although they didn't know why, they clearly felt that the former King Lu who was full of bookishness had disappeared, and now this one was actually faintly visible.

With the aura of an emperor, when they stood in front of them, they really felt their heartbeats speeding up.

Then, the sound of Empress Dowager Zou’s attendants reading out the edict was heard in the mansion.

"You are my uncle, and you are the most virtuous of all vassals. In the past, Xuan Miao marched eastward, Xiang and Zheng supervised the country. The ancestral constitution is still there. You can follow it now!"

"I will obey the Queen Mother's decree!"

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Half an hour later, the news that King Zhu Changzi of Lu was officially ordered to supervise the country in Hangzhou began to spread to all directions.

After hearing the news, some of the fleeing people in Hangzhou began to return to Hangzhou.

All the famous families in the city wrote letters of congratulations.

At the same time, Prince Lu's flying cavalry flew out and issued an edict to the whole city: "In accordance with the late emperor's legacy, I am ordered to supervise the country and swear to live and die with Hangzhou!"

At the same time, Zhang Yinli, the prefect of Hangzhou, issued a notice stating that starting from Unity Time today, the entire city of Hangzhou will be locked down except Yongjinmen.

As soon as the notice came out, many wealthy merchants gathered their belongings and drove out of the city in droves from Kinmen and dispersed in all directions.

Kinmen is crowded with people.

The sun is shining everywhere and the summer breeze is pleasant.

On a street corner not far away, squatting was a beggar in rags and dirty clothes, staring at the long line of people on the street leaving the city with clear eyes, muttering something softly in his mouth.

Not far away from him, there was a young man who had just entered the city, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a brown shirt. He was standing there, watching the crowds leaving the city, feeling uneasy.

At this time, he seemed to hear something nearby. He followed the sound and saw a beggar, his lips and teeth moving slightly. The young man was curious and quietly approached, wanting to hear what the beggar was talking to himself.

"After three hundred years of raising scholars in the dynasty, how can all the civil and military officials escape? Gang often stays in Beitianyuan, and a beggar survives in shame."

When the young man heard it clearly, his face suddenly showed surprise and disbelief.

But he saw the beggar suddenly turned his head and smiled at him, got up and ran away dancing, shouting "They are all cowards! They are all cowards!"

The young man suddenly felt a heavy feeling in his chest, and he walked alone towards the city in a somewhat depressed mood. Among the people leaving the city, he was the only one going against the grain, which attracted everyone to look at him and talk in low voices.

But the young man turned a deaf ear and moved forward resolutely, thinking in his heart: What do you want if your country is destroyed and your family is destroyed? There is my teacher at the head of Xizi Lake.

The imperial dynasty supports me, Zhang Huangyan, how can I bear to bear the burden!

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After King Lu took up the position of supervising the country, he changed into plain clothes and, accompanied by Ma Shiying and other ministers, went to Cining Palace to pay his respects to Empress Dowager Zou.

Then he hurried back to the palace. On the way, Zhu Changzhen changed the former governor of Zhejiang Zhang Bingzhen to the right minister of the Ministry of War, and temporarily took charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. He also ordered his personal servant Li Bao to quickly go to the general army Fang Guoan to supervise the army!

Seeing King Lu giving orders calmly and calmly, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were a little confused. King Lu seemed to have planned everything a long time ago. Just when he was in charge of the country, he fired a combination of punches, which caught the two off guard. According to their plan,

Zhang Bingzhen was originally supposed to be the Minister of War, and Ruan Dacheng was supposed to be the right minister of the War Department, but now King Lu directly refused to give them a chance to speak and made the appointment!

And directly sending an internal servant to Fang Guoan to supervise the army, this is tantamount to directly cutting off Ma Shiying's reliance on monopolizing power.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the palace. After getting off the carriage, Zhu Changzi looked at Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng with dejected faces, and felt secretly happy in his heart. You can't see through your little thoughts. Even if I, the First Emperor, have done nothing, I want to pinch me.

While applauding, you still fall short of my practice of thousands of years.

Just as he was about to enter the mansion, he suddenly saw a young scholar standing in front of the mansion.

Zhu Changzi looked him up and down, and when he saw his handsome appearance and strong figure, he waved to him.

Zhang Huangyan, who had been waiting for King Lu for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down.

"Zhejiang Yin County Juden Zhang Huangyan pays homage to King Lu!"

"Get up! Why are you standing in front of the palace?"

"The student has just entered the city and heard that His Highness is supervising the country. The sages said that despite his humble position, he dared not forget about the country, so he came here to help His Highness defend the city against the Qing Dynasty!"

Zhang Huangyan was lying on the ground, speaking sincerely. He came here to look for an opportunity to serve the country, and happened to meet King Lu to supervise the country. In fact, he had heard about King Lu's situation during the previous "Lu Conference" and had no good impression of him.

I feel that King Lu is by no means a wise master, but today I heard King Lu tell the whole city that he would live and die with Hangzhou, which made Zhang Huangyan want to know King Lu personally.

Zhu Changzi looked at Zhang Huangyan on the ground, and was in a trance. He seemed to have seen the energetic Li Si who once crouched in the main hall of Xianyang Palace, recommending guests. He also seemed to have seen Yue Fei, who was shouting to the sky in Zhuxian Town and sighing helplessly.<

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"Get up, the palace is still short of a groom, would you like that?" Zhu Changzi said.

"If we can save the country, I will even lead a horse to carry manure, and students will do it!" Zhang Huangyan kowtowed and said solemnly.

Ma and Ruan were watching with indifference, scorning Zhang Huangyan in their hearts, thinking that he was a lucky person.

After accepting Zhang Huangyan, Zhu Changzi hurriedly led everyone into the mansion to discuss the matter of defending the city.

At the same time, outside Hangzhou, Li Bao came to Fang Guoan Military Camp on the king's order.

What he saw along the way into the camp made Li Bao very worried. The soldiers in the camp were either gathering to drink or sitting around to gamble. What's worse, they even engaged in prostitution in the camp tents. Their screams made the soldiers restless.

In the Chinese army's tent, Li Bao met Fang Guoan.

"General Bing Fang, our King Lu's servant Li Bao is here to inspect the camp on the orders of the Supervisor." After saying that, Li Bao showed his token of King Lu.

Fang Guoan came forward and took a look, then smiled and said with his hands behind his back: "Servant Li, just look at it, especially if you owe wages or food, you must report to His Highness Prince Lu truthfully."

Li Bao's heart sank. Can soldiers like this really stop the Qing soldiers if they are given money and food?

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief Fang, our family will tell His Highness the truth. Your Highness has decided to defend Hangzhou. We also ask Commander-in-Chief to prepare for the battle."

"What my father-in-law said is true. Please rest assured, father-in-law, we will definitely be working hard! Hahaha!"

Li Bao felt that Fang Guoan was a little perfunctory, so he stopped talking, turned around and left the camp, and followed the people arranged by Fang Guoan to inspect each camp.

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Just when Hangzhou was in turmoil, Shaanxi Chief Envoy, outside the county seat of Lintong County, Xi'an Prefecture, a burly middle-aged man was hiding in the woods, quietly observing the pedestrians coming and going from the county seat on the dirt road for three days.

He wears a double long jacket, black armor, long trousers, square-cut shoes with pointed ends, and a black crown with some dark purple residue on his head. The black crown is tied with a figure-eight knot under his chin. , a short sword hung on the ribs under the arm.

After pondering for a long time, he silently tore off his crest, took off his armor, found a bush to hide it, and dressed himself up according to the pedestrian attire he saw. Then he walked out He left the woods and headed towards the county seat.

At the gate of the county town, two county soldiers with rat tails stopped the man.

"Where did it come from? What is it called? Where are you going?"

"I'm from Dongxiang. My name is Wang Jian and I'm looking for a job in the county."

"Oh, poor boy, go over there and find a job. Don't go south with those rioters. If you catch them, they will be beheaded!"

"I understand, thank you, thank you!"
Chapter completed!