I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 595: Proclamation to Resist the Invasion of Jing
Prince Ning's move to raise an army stunned everyone. Although Prince Ning had been very enthusiastic about the rebellion before, everyone underestimated his determination in this regard. He actually left everyone else behind and started the rebellion on his own...

Prince Ning Zhu Chenhao claimed that he had received the order from the Empress Dowager and led his army into the court to quell the rebellion.

"If there are no loyal ministers in the court and there are treacherous people in the court, the prince will train the troops and wait for orders, and the Empress Dowager will secretly order Prince Ning to lead the troops to suppress the rebellion."

The officials in Nanchang City were also helpless in the face of such a situation. Although everyone knew that Prince Ning Zhu Chenhao did not have the Empress Dowager's edict, Prince Ning's statement was full of loopholes. For example, why was the Empress Dowager's edict given to you? Shouldn't he call on all the kings in the world to discuss it together?

But the knife in Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao's hand is real and can kill people.
Moreover, they had been preparing to rebel for a long time, but now Zhu Houcong had not started the rebellion yet, and Prince Ning had asked them to make a choice immediately. What could they do? They could only surrender to Prince Ning, otherwise would they still die for the Beijing court?
So the officials in Nanchang surrendered to Prince Ning without thinking clearly. Prince Ning immediately took various seals and orders of Jiangxi Province to the whole of Jiangxi, ordering them to obey him.

Then he sent out the 50,000 troops that he had trained with his family's wealth in the past few years to sweep across Jiangxi and recruit troops from all directions...

Here we need to talk about the organization of the southern rebels. The leaders of the southern rebels were gentry, former military officers and royal family members. The leader they chose, Zhu Houcong, had not yet raised the banner of rebellion, which led to their loose organization. In terms of military force, in addition to the garrison soldiers led by the former military officers, the gentry also trained a lot of militia soldiers in the form of militia.

Prince Ning was targeting these troops who were preparing to rebel.

Facing the army sent by Ning Wang, the gentry and military officers in Jiangxi were also devastated. They found that they had no good choice. If they did not surrender to Ning Wang, would they have to fight with Ning Wang's army? In that case, only the resistance army would be lost, and the Beijing court would reap the benefits.

Therefore, King Ning swept across the entire Jiangxi Province in a very short time, recruited an army of 100,000, a total of 150,000 troops, claiming to have an army of 500,000, and prepared to enter the Yangtze River along Poyang Lake, prepare to go down the river and capture Jiujiang.

When Zhu Houcong received the letter of report from Jiangxi, Prince Ning had already incorporated Jiangxi's troops and started to gather ships to enter the Yangtze River...

This news was like a bolt from the blue to the people in Prince Xing's Mansion. No one expected that Prince Ning would interfere. They wanted to prepare for some more time, but Prince Ning started the rebellion right away and continued to coerce and incorporate the troops and territories that originally belonged to them.

"Your Highness! I request Your Highness to immediately announce to the world that we will raise an army to revolt against Jing and put an end to the rebellion in accordance with the will of Heaven!" Yan Song suddenly knelt down and spoke loudly to Zhu Houcong.

The others also reacted and knelt down to ask Zhu Houcong to start the rebellion immediately.

Zhu Houcong was a little flustered when he received the news, but now he is very calm. Facing everyone's requests, he did not make a decision immediately, which made everyone even more anxious...

"Your Highness! Prince Ning is ambitious and has already taken the lead in the uprising against Jing. If we are still hesitating at this moment, the officials and gentry in the eight southern provinces who are loyal to Your Highness will lose their backbone. Then Prince Ning can take advantage of this and recruit troops who are loyal to Your Highness. So the best plan now is to raise the banner of rebellion immediately and let the officials and gentry in the eight southern provinces who are loyal to Your Highness have a backbone, so that they can unite and fight against Prince Ning's army!" Yan Song continued. "Please make up your mind early, Your Highness. Prince Ning is preparing to seize Jiujiang, then go down the river to capture Anqing, and finally go straight to Nanjing. If Prince Ning seizes Nanjing, then Prince Ning will become powerful, and by then there will be no place for us in the world!" Xia Yan also requested.

Everyone's eyes were on Zhu Houcong, waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhu Houcong was very good at cultivating his Qi, and he was able to remain calm in the face of this situation. He said calmly: "You gentlemen have already analyzed the pros and cons of this matter. Now that things have come to this, I have made up my mind and will immediately announce it to the world to quell the rebellion!"

Upon hearing Zhu Houcong's decision, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. The Fengtian Jingnan Manifesto had already been written, and the people around him quickly went to handle the matter.
"Your Highness, once the manifesto is issued, Anlu will no longer be safe and may be attacked by the Northern Dynasty at any time. Your Highness, please go to Nanjing immediately. Nanjing is full of loyal and brave gentry inside and outside, and the militia of the garrisons are all loyal to Your Highness. It will be easy to capture Nanjing. Your Highness can call on the people of the world in Nanjing," Yan Song continued.

"That's great!" A strange light flashed in Zhu Houcong's eyes.
The Xingwang lineage had only been established in Anlu for thirty or forty years, and the Xingwang lineage was not prosperous. Zhu Houcong's relatives in the Xingwang Palace were only his mother and a sister, so he quickly packed up and left the Xingwang Palace and headed south.
"God of Heaven and Earth, please see my heart clearly. Now there is a treacherous and treacherous man named Zhu Houxuan, who has taken the throne despite the disapproval of the world, causing the government to collapse and the country to be in danger. I now issue a letter to all directions to punish this thief.

This thief is a distant descendant of the royal family, and his bloodline is questionable. He used despicable means to seek the throne, which is a great disaster for the country. Since he came to power, he has been licentious and immoral, causing the people's livelihood to decline and the people to suffer.

They were cruel and merciless, treating human life as worthless. They imposed heavy taxes and levied heavy levies, causing the people to suffer in dire straits and starving people everywhere.

The cruel laws and brutal punishments led to arbitrary killings, innocent people suffered, and blood flowed like a river. The gentry and wise men were also killed by them, loyal and good people were expelled, treacherous and corrupt officials were rampant, the government collapsed, and justice did not exist.

Insulting Confucius, blaspheming Confucianism, and undermining the imperial examination. The teachings of Confucius, passed down for thousands of years, are the foundation of China. This is truly an unforgivable act!

I am a descendant of Taizu and Taizong, and the eldest grandson of Xianzong. I cannot bear to see my country fall and the people suffer. I am now raising an army of justice, following the will of heaven, to punish this traitor. I hope that all the knowledgeable people and gentlemen in the world will join in this righteous cause and help me to restore order.

Poor common people in the north, below the rank of 100 households, who fear my might and admire my virtue, can abandon their weapons and avoid death. Those who surrender with the heads of rebel officials of the eighth rank and above will have their bodies and property kept and be granted land and official positions. If you do not know your destiny and insist on jumping into other realms, my millions of sharp arrows are specially prepared for you, so just give it a try.

"The Guangwu of China has existed for hundreds of generations, and heroes have come one after another, which has become a part of history. Today's heroes are the millions of soldiers in the south."

The manifesto issued by Zhu Houcong was much more elaborate than that of Prince Ning. It was carefully revised and threw a lot of dirty water on Zhu Houcong, listing all his crimes.
(End of this chapter)