The second day of the twelfth lunar month.
The first thing Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong did after waking up was to ask about the whereabouts of the prince.
Qin Zuoming, who had not slept all night, had been waiting outside for a long time.
He personally came to Zhu Cijiong's house to report: "Your Highness, we haven't found the whereabouts of the prince."
"Where is General Qin Yiming?"
Qin Zuoming replied: "We are still chasing Zhu Guobi. We just received news that he has reached Zhenjiang."
Zhu Cijiong was a little surprised.
Zhenjiang Zhenjiang is 150 miles away from Nanjing.
Zhu Guobi reached Zhenjiang in less than a day and a night. He was really able to run fast.
Zhu Guobi must be able to run.
For him, the only way to survive is to escape.
As for Qin Yiming, he must seize Zhu Guobi's opportunity to obtain the title.
So both of them tried very hard.
Zhu Cijiong then asked: "Do those civil and military officials who surrendered know the whereabouts of the prince?"
"I sent people to ask, and they all said they didn't know."
Zhu Cijiong nodded and ordered: "You continue to search for the whereabouts of the prince."
"Yes." Qin Zuoming turned and left.
Just have a simple breakfast.
Zhu Cijiong called Li Dingguo, Li Xianzhong and Wang Zhixin together to discuss countermeasures.
Li Dingguo was the first to report the military situation: "Yesterday, our navy confronted the rebel navy in the Chongming Shaso area. A small-scale battle began before noon, with both sides winning and losing. At the end of noon, our army launched a strong attack. Zeng Ying attacked their left wing, Yang Zhan attacked their right wing, and Zheng Chenggong attacked their center."
"The rebel navy did not dare to fight and fled southward along the coast out of the Yangtze River estuary."
Zhu Cijiong frowned and said, "Zheng Zhilong neither surrendered nor fought. What is he going to do?"
Li Dingguo analyzed: "I thought he wanted to live."
"What do you mean?"
Li Dingguo explained: "Zheng Zhilong knew that he was powerless to fight against the imperial court. If he rashly fought, he would not only lose his troops but also might accidentally hurt his son Zheng Chenggong. But he did not dare to surrender. After all, Zhao Zhilong was a lesson learned before, so he took such action. However... this situation could not last long."
"Why?"
"Fujian is Zheng Zhilong's home base. When we reach Fujian, he will have no choice but to surrender or go to war with us."
Zhu Cijiong nodded: "That makes sense."
After reporting the military situation, several people began to discuss the matter of going south to quell the rebellion.
Although Nanjing had been captured, the rebels were not completely wiped out.
Especially the several provinces that had previously responded to the prince’s call to “serve the king”.
Li Xianzhong said: "I suggest that we quickly march south to capture Fujian. Even if Zheng Zhilong returns to Fujian first, we can catch him off guard."
Zhu Cijiong looked at Li Dingguo: "What do you think?"
Li Dingguo thought for a while and asked, "I want to know what your Highness's purpose is. If it is just to suppress the rebellion, it is indeed the best strategy to move south quickly. However, from the perspective of promoting national policy, moving south quickly is actually the worst strategy."
Zhu Cijiong thought about it and felt that it made a lot of sense.
The purpose of his trip south seemed to be to quell the rebellion, but in reality it was to complete the redistribution of the means of production.
In order to accomplish this task, he had to convict the local tyrants and evil gentry.
The imperial court has decided not to pursue the crime of the people "donating money" to the rebels.
Then we can only start with the national policy of currency reform.
Anyone who has silver at home will be considered to be boycotting the national policy.
The silver was confiscated and the property was confiscated.
This is a time-consuming and laborious task.
Many times, the problem can only be solved by force.
Therefore, the speed of the army moving south to suppress the rebellion cannot be too fast.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong looked at Wang Zhixin and said, "Since Admiral Wang is here to help, the army's money and food will be handed over to you."
Wang Zhixin immediately bowed and said, "As you command."
Zhu Cixiong solemnly reminded: "No matter what you do, you must have a reason and a basis, and follow the law!"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will only promote national policies and not punish the people."
Everyone discussed some details and left.
Zhu Cijiong was stationed in Nanjing.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were dispatched and countless civilians were mobilized to search for the whereabouts of the prince.
But after searching for several days, I still couldn't find it.
The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
When he was putting together the clues, he discovered that shortly after the prince disappeared in Xiaoling Mausoleum, a fire broke out in the Chunhe Hall in the imperial city.
This fire was very strange.
At that time, many people ran to the palace to steal things.
But only the Chunhe Hall caught fire, and everywhere else was safe and sound.
Obviously someone did it on purpose.
Could it be that the prince returned to Chunhe Hall from the Xiaoling Mausoleum to look for something and set the fire to cover up his traces?
In order to clarify the issue, Zhu Cijiong ordered a house-to-house search throughout the city.
Wang Zhixin took this opportunity to search for silver from house to house.
At first, people tried all kinds of ways to hide silver.
But no matter where they hide, they can be found by Wang Zhixin.
The consequences of having the silver found would be dire.
In minor cases, the offender must pay silver to avoid punishment, while in serious cases, his property will be searched and he will be convicted, losing both his money and his life.
Many gentry and landlords saw that hoarding silver was futile.
He simply threw the silver that had not been exchanged for Ming Yuanbao onto the street for others to pick up.
For a while.
The people of Nanjing City talked about the silver change.
During this period, Li Dingguo and Li Xianzhong led their troops out of the city.
One of them went east and the other went west.
The troops were divided into two groups to recover the remaining prefectures and counties in Southern Zhili.
The prince who called for "serving the king" has been defeated and his whereabouts are unknown.
As a result, all places surrendered.
As they advanced, Wang Zhixin's people followed behind to implement national policies.
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