Chapter 233 The Emperor's Death
In fact, Wang Xing could not fully understand Ma Mingfeng's ideals and ambitions, but this did not hinder Wang Xing's admiration for Ma Mingfeng. This young man conquered him with his strong personal charm, his mind and ambition to save the world and the people, making him fall in front of Ma Mingfeng and said emotionally to Ma Mingfeng: "Since two or three years ago, the villain heard about the heroic deeds of the adults, but unfortunately he could not meet him in person. Today, he heard that the governor of Jinghai came to visit, and he still couldn't believe it in his heart, so he made the above rude behavior. However, the villain saw that the adults were generous and far-sighted, and was not a pedantic person. Such a person was only seen in his life. The adults came sincerely. How dare the villain not repay their favor? I hope to use this humble body to encourage the adults, and he would not regret it even if he died a hundred times!"
Ma Mingfeng quickly helped Wang Xing up and said with a smile: "It is a great blessing for the world to be able to get help from Brother Wang. I believe that with the help of so many righteous men and with the support of millions of people, we will be able to successfully defeat the thieves and the golden dog, bring the world back to peace, and make the world revival!"
Then everyone cleaned up and Wang Xing ordered the dissolution of the mountain village. Those who were willing to go down the mountain would receive the fees for the Sichuan-funded transportation, and those who were willing to follow Wang Xing would be officially incorporated into the official army and enjoy the same treatment as those of the official army.
In addition, he also obtained tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver, dozens of tiger squatting cannons, thousands of muskets, tens of thousands of pounds of gunpowder, and two thousand seven or eight elite warriors.
Wang Xing set fire to the mountain village and followed Ma Mingfeng and others to Guangzhou. Originally, Wang Xing did not want to be an official, but the mountain soldiers under his command also needed someone to command, so Ma Mingfeng organized these people into the Minzhuang Camp and was appointed as the regiment commander.
Wang Xing had never heard of the title of the leader of the regiment. When he learned that this was not an official position in the Ming Dynasty, he felt a little inexplicably happy.
After returning to Guangzhou, Ma Mingfeng ordered Wang Xing to station his army and take Wang Xing to meet with Shen Youlong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
"The General of the Mo has met the Governor, but the General of the Mo has been lucky enough to bring Wang Zhuangshi back successfully. He also asked the Governor to verify."
"Ah? Verification? Haha, brother, you are really good at joking. Is it necessary to verify? Wang Xing, a living person, isn't it more effective than anything else? It has to be said that you have high methods. It's really admirable that people like Wang Xing can surrender."
"Hehe, sir, you have been too rewarded. This is all thanks to sir." Ma Mingfeng said perfunctorily.
When Shen Youlong heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Don't, I'm asking for my Hongfu, hehe, I've been in office for so long, and I've been in office and I've never let him surrender. You brought him this time. It's not because I'm asking for my Hongfu, but it doesn't matter, because I'm going to leave office soon, but before that, I have one big thing to do, that is, I promised to trade with the Portuguese..."
At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of riots outside the door, which made Shen Youlong very unhappy and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
But he saw an official outside the door dressed in a heavy filial piety and said in disgrace: "Sir, the big thing is wrong, the sky is falling..."
"What the sky is falling? What are you doing?" Chen Youlong naturally knew that the person in front of him was Song Yingsheng, the governor of Guangzhou. Although he was confused when he heard it, he suddenly thought of something when he saw the other person's expression and asked quickly: "Is it because Ling Zun had something unexpected?"
But Song Yingsheng said in a deep voice: "No, I would rather be my father than an accident. Although he said this was a ruthless person, it was much better than the sky collapsed..."
"What?" Chen Youlong felt a sank in his heart when he heard this and asked, "It's hard, is it..."
"Yes, when he is today, he died for his country. On March 19th, the thief broke through the city gate, the capital fell, and the emperor hanged himself on Wansui Mountain..."
"What, what?" Although I was mentally prepared, when I heard the news of the emperor's death, Chen Youlong suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue. His throat was sweet, and he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood. He then knelt down on the ground and cried: "The emperor's death for the country is our shame. The emperor is humiliating his ministers to die. Now the king dies in the country. As a minister, what face do we have to live in the world?"
After saying that, Chen Youlong stepped into the hall of the Governor's Office, pulled the sword and wiped it directly on his neck.
Ma Mingfeng, who was standing aside, saw this scene in his eyes. Naturally, it was impossible to watch Chen Youlong commit suicide. He immediately rushed forward, hugged Chen Youlong, and said with tears in his eyes: "Sir, don't, the emperor sacrificed his country. This is the disaster of my Ming Dynasty, but what is the value of our death now? We need to turn grief into strength, fulfill the unfulfilled wish of the emperor, kill the thieves, and restore my Ming Dynasty homeland. This is the best explanation to the emperor. It will be useless to seek death!"
Although Chen Youlong was very sad, and he was indeed sad inside, he did not really want to seek death. His suicide was just a performance. Now that he was dissuaded by Ma Mingfeng, he naturally went downstairs and said gritting his teeth: "Brother, you are right. The thieves and murder the emperor, and we are both angry with the emperor. We are deeply grateful to the emperor and must avenge him. But the emperor has not avenged his great revenge. How can we die like this? We must avenge the emperor and dare to follow the emperor underground! It just so happened that my position as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is about to expire. I might as well resign from the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi now, return to my hometown, recruit soldiers, raise troops to the north, and avenge the emperor's bloody hatred!"
But Ma Mingfeng said in a deep voice: "Sir, I think this matter is absolutely impossible. If I die today and the world is in chaos, I am the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and I have always had a high reputation, how can I give up easily? If you are the current status of your army, wouldn't it be much more convenient than going home to recruit soldiers?"
"This..." Chen Youlong was hesitant when he heard this. He had to say that Ma Mingfeng's words did make sense, but his term of office was about to come. He wasted some effort. It was nothing. He was afraid that the later generation would use this to split or do other things that were not conducive to the stability of the situation.
Chapter completed!