When he arrived at the so-called palace in Fuzhou, Hou Xuanyan shook his head secretly, and it was not much better than the backyard of ordinary wealthy families.

In the palace, Zhu Youjian was sitting nervously on the dragon throne, unable to tell which time he had sorted out his clothes. After being helped to the throne by Zheng Zhilong, this was the first time he had met a rank-level official with heavy troops.

Hou Xuanyan left three hundred personal guards outside the palace, and was alone, following the young general in front of the road leading the way to the hall. Because it was getting late today, there were no officials in the hall, only the emperor.

"Mr. Hou, Your Majesty has been waiting in the hall for a long time. Please, sir."

Hou Xuanyan nodded, raised his foot and stepped into the gate of the hall. The eunuch who led the way put the whisk on his arm and shouted loudly: "Wu Yue Bo Hou Xuanyan meets with him."

Zhu Youjian in the hall heard the sound and his back was unconsciously straightened. Hou Xuanyan came to the hall and saluted: "My minister Hou Xuanyan, come to my emperor."

"Hou Aiqing, please get up quickly, come and give him a seat."

Hou Xuanyan raised his head and glanced at him. Emperor Longwu was sitting upright on the dragon chaise, showing his old face. The emperor was full of disasters and difficulties. When he was a child, his grandfather did not like their father and son, so he imprisoned him and his father in the Fengshi Department of the royal palace, trying to starve them to death. Zhu Youjian was only twelve years old at that time. Fortunately, a small official named Zhang Shutang secretly helped deliver some brown rice. In the prison room, Zhu Youjian and his son lived for sixteen years. Finally, he survived until his grandfather died. Zhu Youjian, who inherited the title of King of Tang, had a fever in his head and recruited an army to go north to serve the king. Chongzhen issued several orders to severely rebuke him. Zhu Youjian, who was eager to serve the country, thought that he was a royal family and had no choice but to protect the Zhu family's country. So Zhu Youjian, who had just made his way out, was deposed by Chongzhen as a commoner and sent the Jinyiwei to imprison the King of Tang to the Fengyang Royal Prison.

The total time this emperor has been a prisoner has been 23 years.

Hou Xuanyan secretly looked at the emperor's kung fu, and Zhu Youjian was also watching him.

Recovering Hangzhou and pacifying the Lu family, Hou Xuanyan, who recently won the Jinling, was younger than he thought. In addition, he was gentle and gentle, which was completely opposite to Zheng Zhilong, who Zhu Youjian hated the most, which made him even more satisfied.

The two little eunuchs came hurriedly with a chair. After Hou Xuanyan bowed to thank the emperor, he sat down safely.

Zhu Youjian slowly relaxed and said with a smile: "I have been looking forward to meeting Hou Aiqing. Today, I saw that he was a hero and a young man. If there were more people like him in the Ming Dynasty, how could he fall to this level of land today?"

Hou Xuanyan said humbly: "I just did my duty, but Your Majesty has lived in Fuzhou for a long time, and it is not a long-term solution. Fuzhou is just a corner in the southeast. The people in the south of the Yangtze River hope that Your Majesty will personally fight, just like a swallow waiting to return to the nest. Although I am not talented, I have already taken Nanjing in the previous period and have hundreds of thousands of troops under my command. Nanjing is the capital set by Emperor Taizu Gao, and it is the place where the Ming Dynasty is the dragon. If Your Majesty is willing to go to the front line, I am willing to help Your Majesty to cross the river and attack the Central Plains in the north."

This sentence hit Zhu Youjian's itchy spot, and he felt aroused and his face flushed. But then Zhu Youjian sighed and said helplessly: "I am not a person who is afraid of life and death. I can lead the army in person. I can't ask for it. Just...ah!"

Hou Xuanyan naturally knew that he was talking about Zheng Zhilong's refusal to let go. To be honest, Hou Xuanyan hoped that Zhu Youjian could come to Nanjing in person.

If the emperor personally led the expedition, the resistance along the way would definitely be better than his hard support. At that time, half of the intellectuals in the country would definitely compete to join Nanjing, and the Northern Expedition would be much easier. Although this would inevitably weaken his power, compared with the entire Han world, Hou Xuanyan Ningyuan's own power was weakened and he did not want the Tartars to succeed and rage the Central Plains.

Zhu Youjian also asked about many wars on the front line with enthusiasm. Hou Xuanyan told him in detail about several wars, which made Zhu Youjian dizzy. The king and his ministers had a great conversation, but before they knew it, the sky had darkened.

Zhu Youjian walked into the hall, held Hou Xuanyan's arm, and enthusiastically kept him for dinner in the palace.

Hou Xuanyan did not refuse, and said a few words to the eunuch beside him and asked him to inform his personal guards.

Zhu Youjian and Hou Xuanyan became more and more speculative. In his heart, Hou Xuanyan had replaced He Tengjiao and became the most loyal foreign minister in his heart. He Tengjiao had a good reputation at the time, and everyone said that he was a loyal minister and a important minister of the country that he could rely on. However, through the last time, Hou Xuanyan deliberately asked someone to report that He Tengjiao of Qing Dynasty sent troops to welcome the emperor into Huguang and restrained the troops of the five provinces. He Tengjiao not only disagreed, but also refused in every way, completely disappointing Zhu Youjian's heart.

The king and his ministers drank closer and closer, and in the end they were already leaning against each other, almost no longer holding each other. He was a troubled emperor and did not have so many rules, and Zhu Youjian himself was a person who was not particular about the details.

Zhu Youjian had a few glasses of wine and his face turned red. He held off the palace maid eunuch in the hall and lowered his voice and said, "That guy He Tengjiao, I was blind and thought he was a reliable person. Who knew that he was greedy for power and was afraid that I would go to Huguang and affect his power. What's more ridiculous is that this bastard pretended to send a team of welcomes him, but he didn't leave Huguang for half a month."

Hou Xuanyan finally played a role when he saw the eye drops he put half a month ago, and said in a nasty way: "He and the Zheng brothers are actually birds of a feather." He leaned close to the emperor's ear and whispered: "Now the Qing Dynasty is powerful and we are in decline. If we do not eliminate these treacherous ministers and traitors with dissatisfaction, the day when I assist Your Majesty in the Northern Expedition will be far away."

Zhu Youjian was so scared that he woke up from the wine. He held Hou Xuanyan's hand under the table and whispered: "Wenyuan, I am in Fuzhou as if I was in prison. Although the Zheng Zhilong brothers named him a major minister in the country, they are actually still pirate habits in their bones. What He Tengjiao did is even more heartbreaking. Only Wenyuan is deeply loved by my heart. If you can eliminate these thieves, it will not only be my blessing, but also the Ming Dynasty."

Hou Xuanyan sneered in his heart, I came to Fuzhou and wanted this sentence.

He nodded and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, our life-and-death enemy, the Qing Tartars, Kong Youde, Wu Sangui and others, are difficult to deal with. But He Tengjiao and Zheng Zhilong are just a group of ordinary people, and I really don't take it seriously. With Your Majesty's words, how can I allow them to continue to endanger the country?" Behind him are millions of people and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, full of confidence.

Zhu Youjian's long-term suppression of his heart seemed to have been injected with a cardiotropic agent. He pinched his palm and said, "I'm afraid that the Zheng family will be suspicious, so I won't keep you."
Chapter completed!