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Chapter 75 Changes in the Situation

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Zhu Yihai was shocked by Li Mingxun again. He suddenly realized one thing, that is, the Ming gentry's judgment of Li Mingxun was completely wrong. The gentry always believed that Li Mingxun's biggest attempt was to take advantage of the situation and gain more people in the battle between the Ming and the Qing Dynasty, to expand land in Southeast Asia or other places, establish the country overseas, and call it a widow.

But now, after hearing Li Mingxun's words, Zhu Yihai suddenly realized that Li Mingxun has always regarded himself as the descendants of the Chinese and the same ethnic group. It was not to get close to him, but to really regard himself as a member of the Han family, and a hero who upheld the "kings, princes, generals and ministers" and he had been fighting for the orthodox relationship with the King of Tang for a long time, but he didn't know that Li Mingxun was also one of the competitors.

But Zhu Yihai didn't say anything. He hid his inner thoughts because he knew that if Li Mingxun's covetousness was made public, it would cause a stir. The gentry Donglin would definitely not support cooperation with Dongfan.

Zhu Yihai smiled slightly and asked, "When will you go to Fujian and bring the Tang King's Corps into our unified front?"

Li Mingxun asked with a smile, "Do you think Emperor Longwu will agree? Oh, let me say something differently. If we were still in Shaoxing's state supervision a month ago, I would like to make this suggestion to you, would you agree?"

Zhu Yihaidao "would, but it doesn't make sense."

Lee Mingxun lowered his head and said sincerely, "It is Mingxun's luck to discuss the world's major events with a frank person like you."

Zhu Yihai was very frank. If he heard the unified front of the Anti-Qing and Imperial Barbarians when he was in Shaoxing, he would definitely support it. All the civil and military officials and generals of the court also supported it. But one thing is that at that time, all civil and military officials, including himself, would require them to become the Yuan of the unified front, and then this matter would not be successful.

From this we infer that the Tang Kings also had the same idea. Now that they have seven or eight provinces, it is impossible not to compete for the position of Yuan. In other words, only when the Longwu court is so down and out, will it really choose to compromise.

"So, we still need to wait for a suitable opportunity." Lee Mingxun said.

Zhu Yihai asked, “Will your community support the Tang King to defend Fujian?”

Li Mingxun shook his head slightly. More than half a month ago, when Boluo sent troops, there were only 30,000 elite soldiers, and Fang Guoan alone brought 100,000 surrendered soldiers. According to the usual style of the Qing army, he would keep the war-going soldiers and disperse the rest. Even if the Lu Jianguo regime was not very good, Boluo could collect at least 30,000 soldiers and horses. When the four prefectures in southern Zhejiang were defeated, it would expand again. It was no longer the number of soldiers and horses that the community could resist.

When Zhu Yihai saw Li Mingxun's attitude, he felt a lot of emotions, mixed with grief. Fortunately, if Fujian could not defend, the Longwu court would not be able to deal with its own regime, and the sad thing was that Fujian would definitely not be able to defend.

The Longwu court also had about 100,000 soldiers, which was only limited to him. He could not stop Boluo's 30,000 soldiers, and Longwu could not stop Boluo's 60,000 soldiers. He even doubted whether Boluo would snowball to Guangdong, which might be 100,000 soldiers. Who can stop him in Guangdong and Guangxi?

"Are you going to do nothing?" Zhu Yihai asked with some resentment.

Li Mingxun said, "I prepared 300,000 stones of grain in Sijiao Mountain. Isn't it enough?"

Zhu Yihai was slightly stunned and understood Li Mingxun's meaning. The 300,000 s of grain and the policy of exchanging people for grain not only helped him maintain the army, revitalize his morale, but also induced him to send troops to harass eastern Zhejiang and southern Jiangnan, and his support for the Longwu regime was already very strong.

"I will take people to Wenzhou and remove all the people there!" Li Mingxun said.

Zhu Yihai asked in surprise, "Wenzhou, there are nearly one million people in Wenzhou, and there are nearly three hundred thousand people in the prefecture alone. How can you have so many ships!"

Lee Mingxun smiled and said, "I don't have one, but there are so many people with boats."

On June 26, the second year of Longwu, Jinhua Prefecture Government Office.

In the government office, two soldiers were carrying a stripped guy and threw it into a big cauldron. The man was begging for mercy with a genuine Jiangnan accent. It was Xu Huai, the envoy sent by Boluo, the commander of the Southern Expedition of the Qing Dynasty.

Xu Huai was thrown into the cauldron. The cauldron was filled with firewood. The boiling hot water made Xu Huai scream, and the screams were miserable. After a quarter of an hour, there was no sound at all. Zhu Dadian turned around and looked at the Jinhua official general beside him, saying, "I have received the favor of the emperor in the world. The Tartars invaded my Jinhua. I will definitely resist with death. Today, I cook the Tartar envoys, which shows that I am determined to defend myself. In the time of national crisis, I will not force you. I hope to go south to Fujian to Quzhou. If I surrender, I will not stop me. But on the day of the siege, if I have two hearts, I will be the second one."

The Qing army was only one day away from Jinhua City, and the timid generals had already run away. The people who were left were all loyal and brave, shouting in unison, "We are willing to die with the Lord!"

"Okay! OK! I have been a loyal and righteous person for three hundred years in the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Dadian laughed.

At this moment, a personal soldier ran in and said, "Sir, there is an envoy to ask for a visit!"

Zhu Dadian laughed loudly, watching Xu Huai, who had been cooked into a pot of rotten meat, churned in the water, and said, "I'm here again. Come on, grab it and cook it again."

The personal soldier hurriedly said, "Sir, he is not the envoy of the Tartars. He claims to be the envoy of the Eastern Ban, and he also says he is the envoy of the Lord."

Zhu Dadian was slightly stunned, and saw the man coming up. This man was very thin. Zhu Dadian looked a little familiar. When he looked at the triangular eyes, he suddenly remembered that the servant of the family came and asked, "Song Ye, it's you."

"Master, I've seen you." Song Ye knelt on the ground.

Song Ye was a clerk in the official warehouse of the Governor of the Grain Transportation Governor, but in terms of nature, his ancestors were the slaves of the Zhu Dadian family, and his mother and wife were also the maids around Zhu Dadian, so he treated them with family etiquette. When Zhu Dadian was serving as Governor of the Grain Transportation, Song Ye was the most respected by Zhu Dadian, and his daily private affairs were taken care of, especially some illegal matters.

Zhu Dadian never thought that Song Ye would come to the door at this moment, so he simply introduced the main hall and all the generals went to deploy defense. Only the generals of Jinhua General Jiang Ruo came by. Zhu Dadian asked, "Song Ye, why did you contact the Dongfan?"

Song Ye asked in surprise, "Why did you forget me? Our family has always had a relationship with the Dongfan community. When you stepped down from the position of governor of the canal transportation, the grain in the warehouse was purchased from Dongfan."

Zhu Dadian then remembered that he suddenly punched the table and cursed, "Song Ye, who did you sell food to? You had to sell it to Li Mingxun on the East Band. Now when you think about it, you really regret it!"

In essence, the batch of grain sold to Li Mingxun was the corruption of Zhu Dadian. Li Mingxun naturally knew that at that time, he was still an overseas businessman, so Zhu Dadian naturally didn't care, but now the east coast is calling for wind and rain, and the court wants to rely on the city but cannot get it. Among them, Li Mingxun was disappointed with the Ming Dynasty. Speaking of which, he must have his own share.

Song Ye shook his head aggrievedly, "I really don't know where to start what the master said."

Zhu Dadian shouted, "Last year, I was in charge of Wuhu, and Li Mingxun entered the river to help the war. I tried to fight against the Qing Dynasty with him several times, but Li Mingxun did not see any civil servants. At that time, I thought he was arrogant, but I didn't expect that the root of the roots is here. Oh, I shouldn't have done those thoughts when I was in charge of the governor of the canal transportation."

Jiang Ruolai hurriedly advised him, "Why is this the Lord? Dongfan has always been close to our court, and it is not the only one who is the Lord."

Even if Zhu Dadian was more upset, Jiang Ruo came and asked, "Song Ye, why did Dongfan send you here?"

Song Ye hurriedly said, "My lord asked me to tell the master that I will keep the green mountains without worrying about burning firewood, and don't make fearless sacrifices."

"Stop!" Zhu Dadian slammed the table and said, "I know that in Li Mingxun's eyes, I am a greedy and treacherous minister, but in this life, I have a shame for the small matters and no loss for the big matters! I, Zhu Dadian, are not talented, but I will not live in vain. Jinhua is my duty, and I will die without regrets!"

"Master." Song Ye's eyes turned red, and he grabbed Zhu Dadian's sleeve, but was thrown away by Zhu Dadian.

Song Ye knelt on the ground and begged, "Master, you have the will to die, why are your whole family going to die? Please beg me to take my son and mistress away."

After hearing this, Zhu Dadian burst into tears in the corner of his eyes and said sadly, "My wife and my son can leave, how can the common people's wives escape?"

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

Song Ye kowtowed a few times, pointed at Jiang Ruolai beside him, and shouted, "Master, the people who guard the city with you are all loyal and righteous people of the Ming Dynasty. Do you want to see them lose their descendants? How could the Ming Dynasty treat loyal ministers like this?"

Zhu Dadian suddenly was stunned and said nothing for a long time. After a long time, he said, "Song Ye, you are right. Loyal and righteous people have their own loyalty and righteousness. Don't let them die here. Take them all away."

"Yes, yes." Song Ye was already crying.

Grand Secretary Zhu Dadian, Jinhua General Jiang Ruolei, Deputy General Wu Bangrui, and nearly 400 relatives of the city guards. After simple preparation, they chose to leave. There were more willing to die with their husbands and brothers and fathers.

Houya.

Zhu Dadian sat in front of the hall, and his family knelt in two rows. His five sons, three daughters-in-law and wife He were on the left, while the rest were the eldest grandson Zhu Yu on the right. Most of them were old and weak women. After half a day, they could not persuade their wife. The fifth son and the third daughter-in-law left, and Zhu Dadian had already given up.

"Come on, come here!" Zhu Dadian waved to Changsun Zhu Yu, and Zhu Yu knelt in front of Zhu Dadian.

Zhu Dadian pulled open his official robe, tore off the lining from the inside, took out an exquisite long note, and said to Zhu Yu, "This is the promissory note of 100,000 silver that I have in United Bank. After you leave, Yu'er, as the eldest grandson of the Changmen, has to be the head of this family."

"Grandpa, I will definitely take the tiger-and-wolf journey in the future." Zhu Yu said with red eyes and gritted his teeth, but was covered by Zhu Dadian.

"Yu'er, it's enough, don't say it or do it!" Zhu Dadian closed his eyes and said, "When I was an official, I did all corruption and party disputes. I'm sorry to the court and Zhu Ming, but in the battle of Jinhua, my husband, my five sons and three daughters-in-law were buried with me. It's enough, it's enough. Our Jinhua Zhu family is worthy of his Zhu Ming royal family, so don't sacrifice any more."

Zhu Dadian held Changsun's face and said, "I have entrusted Song Ye to send you to Luzon. Don't come back again, don't come back forever, the mountains and rivers are broken and the country is destroyed, don't take revenge. Even if the mountains and rivers are reorganized and the Ming Dynasty is revived, don't come back. Let's go, go to Luzon, go far away."

Before sunset, Jinhua City closed the door. Song Ye looked back and knew that no one inside might be able to get out. The Qing Dynasty would use massacres to intimidate the people by massacre. This is true for Yangzhou, Jiading, and Songjiang. Boluo's southern expeditions have not yet carried out a large-scale massacre. That is because he has not encountered a city that truly resists. Jinhua has Zhu Dadian, so he must be the first one.

Zhu Dadian watched many people leave at the city gate. He sighed and took out a letter from his arms. It was written by Song Ye before leaving. It was written by Li Mingxun himself. The meaning of the letter was very simple. He had already guessed that Zhu Dadian had the will to defend himself. He also told Zhu Dadian that the community had a plan to retreat in Wenzhou. He hoped that Zhu Dadian could use the city of Jinhua to gain more time for the people of Wenzhou.

"Li Mingxun, Li Mingxun, I'm not for you!" Zhu Dadian threw the letter into the stove beside him and asked the General Jinhua beside him, "Are the gunpowder in the city ready?"

"It's ready!" Jiang Ruo said.

Zhu Dadian said, "If you take one of the ten things, put them in the gunpowder bureau, you and I will die, and the body will not be humiliated by the Qing Dynasty!"

The Longwu court had four prefectures in Zhejiang, including Jinhua, Quzhou, Chuzhou and Wenzhou. Li Mingxun sent envoys, Zhu Dadian of Jinhua and Zhang Pengyi of Quzhou, who had no choice but to leave. Only Chengguo Duke Liu Kongzhao of Chuzhou chose to retreat to Wenzhou. This Ming nobleman who had a good end in his history did not have the wisdom of his ancestor Liu Bowen, but he knew how to go with the flow.

Although neither Taizhou nor Wenzhou were falling along the coast, Li Mingxun had the only choice of Wenzhou. There is an Oujiang River in Wenzhou that can reach the city directly, which is both a smooth sea transportation and a natural danger of 6 attacks. Taizhou has become a place of four battles. If you want to attack Wenzhou, Boluo will conquer Jinhua and Chuzhou. Even if you advance from Taizhou, you will not be able to cross the Oujiang River.

Compared with the Yangtze River and Qiantang River, the Oujiang River shipping conditions are not bad. When the tide is surging, a 500-ton large ship can reach Wenxi Town directly, while a 3,000-ton large ship can reach Wenzhou City. Even when the tide is falling, it can still pass through sea boats. It is one of the few cities in Zhejiang that can be regarded as a seaport.

At the end of June, Li Mingxun came to Wenzhou on a sand boat. He met several people from Wenzhou in the government office, including Yang Wencong, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Bo Tian Yang of Hai Zhong, Duke of Cheng, Liu Kongzhao, and the governor of Zhejiang Lu Ruoteng. After Li Mingxun greeted him, he walked to Liu Kongzhao, bowed slightly, took out a bank note worth 50,000 taels from his arms and put it in front of Liu Kongzhao, and said apologetically, "Duke Liu, please forgive me if you offend me!"
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