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Chapter 18: Catalpa Three innings Part 1

The person who came was not someone else, but Qian Qianyi, the Southeast literary leader who was known as the "Contemporary Wenbo" and was called by Huang Zongxi the most famous literary world in the literary world after Wang Shizhen. He was also Qian Muzhai, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty as the leader of Wenzong and was named "traitor" by slave chief Hongli after his death.

Chen Wen was not so stupid that when he saw Qian Qianyi, he asked if his scalp was itchy and the water was still cold, because there was no need for this now.

Since being imprisoned by the Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi, inspired by Liu Rushi, transformed into a righteous man in the anti-Qing Dynasty. Although he was almost the same as other scholars lurking in the anti-Qing Dynasty, he was doing things like planning for the Ming army, selling property to support the rebel army, collecting, and conveying information, it was actually far from that simple, because he had almost achieved the ultimate goal of his peers in these matters.

When it comes to planning for the Ming army, Qian Qianyi's grand strategy planned throughout the Yongli Dynasty was a strategic policy that the Ming army in the southeast and southwest agreed and implemented jointly at that time.

If we sell the property to support the rebel army, Qian Qianyi has many evidence-based evidence, and even the feat of supporting Yao Zhizhuo to form an army to siege Chongming. Later, due to the destruction of his family and the national crisis, the Southeast literary leader who was rich and able to compete with the country in the past had reached the point of living with poverty and illness, and relied on selling literature to make a living.

In terms of collecting and transmitting information, Qian Qianyi was the leader of the anti-Qing people lurking in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Huang Zongxi, Lu Liuliang, Wei Geng, Gao Doukui, Fang Yizhi, Yao Zhizhuo, He Wangsheng, Li Zhichun, Liu Kongzhao and others, as well as the organizations behind them and the people who communicated with them, were all related to Qian Qianyi. In fact, even Gu Yanwu, who always despised him, many of his friends who had plotted against the Qing Dynasty had always been headed by Qian Qianyi to fight against the Qing Dynasty, such as Gui Zhuang and others of Jingyin Poetry Society. In addition, Qian Qianyi also had extensive contacts with the southwest, such as Qu Shisi, Wen Anzhi, and even Sun Kewang. His rebellion work even made Ma Jinbao, the admiral of Su Song, who had heavy troops at the time, provide great convenience for Zheng Chenggong's battle in Nanjing.

Qian Qianyi, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty as a literary leader, once had an extremely bad influence. He was never the kind of upright figure in the orthodox sense of China. Instead, he was more like the kind of warrior in Western stories who had been in the light, fell into darkness in one step, and rose up to fight against the darkness under the persuasion and reflection of others, even if he was just fighting against the devil who once feared him in secret.

If it were someone else, even the envoy of the Imperial Examination, Chen Wen would not need to rush back from the Quzhou front since he got the news. However, Qian Qianyi was different. His appeal was far beyond the reach of other scholars, especially in terms of intelligence. This is Chen Wen’s biggest shortcoming now, so Qian Qianyi’s intelligence network needs to help him complete the current situation and future trends.

"Mu Weng, if you have something, you can tell me about it. Why bother to get tired of the journey?"

Qian Qianyi was very satisfied with Chen Wen's attitude. Before Chen Wen returned, Sun Yu's attitude actually made him mentally prepared, and now it seems that he was obviously influenced by Chen Wen.

He once surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his reputation among the Southeast Scholars was once unheard of. Even his student Gu Yanwu and nephew Jin Shengtan looked down upon him. It was not until the past two years that he had secretly conspired to fight against the Qing Dynasty and the re-recognition of other well-known Confucian scholars. However, he never thought that the Confucian scholars who had always fought desperately with the Qing Dynasty like Sun Yu would have some recognition of him. After thinking about it, it was obviously under the influence of Chen Wen, who "was shaved his hair in Northern Zhili and later went south to join the royal army."

"I have been admiring such a hero as Lin Haibo for a long time, but unfortunately I never got the chance to see him. After hearing about the great victory of the King's Army, I could no longer hold back my thoughts."

"Mu Weng, you are an elder. If you don't dislike it, just call me Xia Furen. Although Linhaibo is a famous title in the court, he cannot be used for personal relationships."

"Then I will offend you."

“It’s right.”

Both sides had their own thoughts, and between these few words, the two brought each other closer together.

Two other people came with Qian Qianyi, one named Deng Qixi and the other named Yao Zhizhuo. Deng Qixi was a disciple of Qian Qianyi and was responsible for contacting him for his conspiracy to fight against the Qing Dynasty; while Yao Zhizhuo was different. This person was once the leader of a rebel army in Zhejiang. He was in Longwu, Lu Jianguo and Yongli dynasties with the title of Renwu Bo.

"During the Battle of Siming Lake, Wang Jingluo planned to contact Ren Wubo to plan a major event..."

The old Wang Jingluo mentioned by Chen Wen could not be someone else. When he mentioned this old story, Yao Zhizhuo also sighed: "It is a pity for not being able to die with the old Wang Jingluo and the generals of Siming Mountain to die together, which is really a pity for life!"

Qian Qianyi's arrival is quite confidential. In fact, only Liu Rushi was accomplice in his family when he plotted against the Qing Dynasty. Others, even his son, knew nothing about it, and he was indeed very good at keeping confidentiality work to this point.

In the past few days after coming to Jinhua, Qian Qianyi and others have been arranged by Sun Yu to live in a relatively secret house. Since the person has already left, there are only five people, Chen Wen, Sun Yu, Qian Qianyi, Yao Zhizhuo and Deng Qixi.

"I am here to see Fu Ren, who has won the battles in the past two years, and to discuss major events with Fu Ren."

Qian Qianyi has not been to Jinhua. He has been here many times to instigate Ma Jinbao. The journey is familiar, even Huang Zongxi is a little inferior. Last year, after Ma Jinbao's power was expelled by Chen Wen, Qian Qianyi has been sitting and watching the scenery. As a result, this year, Ma Jinbao died and his clan was destroyed. Although he sighed that such a rebel who was already quite moved, died at the hands of the Ming army, he had no choice and had no other choice. It was normal to come and see Chen Wen.

"Mu Weng, please speak out."

"All right."

Qian Qianyi took a deep breath and signaled Deng Qixi to take out a map and spread it on the table. This map is a complete map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Many of them are far behind the satellite maps in Chen Wen's memory, and they are hand-painted at first glance, but compared to the maps he had seen before, which are more abstract and ink paintings, they are indeed much more accurate, and they seem to be copied from the works of a Western missionary.

Pointing to the map, Qian Qianyi began to explain the trip.

"Fu Ren, this is our Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It has been the wealth of our Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. However, the four southeastern provinces have long been occupied by the Tartars, and the king's army has been defeated again and again, and its strength has long been worse than before. It can even be said that if Fu Ren and Damu had not fought bloody battles in the past two years, Zhejiang and Fujian would have been completely wiped out by the Tartars."

Damu is the name Qian Qianyi gave to him when Zheng Chenggong was under Qian Qianyi's disciple. Later generations even named Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan's cooperation on the southeast coast the Shuimu combination. In fact, since the Battle of Zhoushan, although Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River three times, the Ming army in Zhejiang no longer had the strength to survive independently. They only relied on the breath of the Ming army in Fujian, and military operations were often used as a threat to the Ming army in Fujian.

As he said that, Qian Qianyi pointed to Yunnan and Guizhou in the southwest. "Three years ago, I submitted a letter to Guilin and planned to start the Southwest King's Division, go north to restore the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and then go downstream. I worked with the Southeast King's Division and some green camp generals who were interested in regaining the Jiangnan as the foundation, and then headed north to defeat the capital. Unfortunately, I failed to do it. Before leaving, I agreed with everyone that I would like to lead a team to Guiyang to discuss the matter with the King of Qin. Today I came to discuss the downstream strategy with Fu Ren."

It was indeed the third game of the chessboard!

The chessboard is the ancient name of the chessboard. The so-called chessboard three games is the strategy of the southwestern Ming army going north and downstream to cut off the Yangtze River and then expeditioning the north as Qian Qianyi said.

This grand strategy started in the third year of Yongli and ended in the sixteenth year of Yongli. The executors during this period also ranged from Qu Shisi to Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and other senior secretary Wen Anzhi, the general Lu Wang Group and the Fujian Ming Army, Zheng Chenggong of the Ming Army of Fujian, and more smaller forces and individuals participated. Until Emperor Yongli, Zheng Chenggong and Lu Jianguo passed away one after another, and the three rounds of the Lu Ping were completely lost. After learning this series of bad news, Qian Qianyi wrote the poem "Twenty years of hard work and courage are still strong, but the three rounds of the Lu Ping have been violated", announcing the complete failure of this Ming restoration strategy.

After learning about Qian Qianyi's arrival, Chen Wen had already thought of this possibility. After all, this was an extremely important thing for Qian Qianyi and the restoration forces in the southeast and southwest.

According to his memory, Yao Zhizhuo should have discussed and completed the discussion with Qian Qianyi until the end of this year. After half a year, he arrived in Guiyang to meet Sun Kewang. It was the news that Li Dingguo's two famous kings greatly inspired the people, which made this strategy become more active in both the southeast and the southwest Ming army.

But now, as his struggle in Zhejiang began to bear fruit, Qian Qianyi obviously agreed with others a few months in advance, and the great victory nearly a month ago was the catalyst for all this.

Historically, Qian Qianyi did not go to Zheng Chenggong to discuss it. On the way, Sun Yu also said that he might not have to stay in a few days after listening to Qian Qianyi's meaning, in case he was discovered by the Qing officials. Now the leader of the Southeast literary world came in person, in addition to Zhejiang being closer to Nanzhili, it also proved that Chen Wen's influence on the Southeast battlefield is worth Qian Qianyi's trip.

After two years of struggle, it was finally recognized by other Ming forces in this era, which was something that should be happy about. However, in the game, Chen Wen knew very well that the third game of the Qiping ended in failure. In addition to the personal abilities and selfishness of the executor, there were thousands of miles apart from the southwest to the southeast, which was impossible for communication technology in this era to carry out.

To succeed, the first thing to do is the Ming army in the southwest to restore the land in Huguang south of the Yangtze River and then follow the flow. This is all required for them to implement independently. They cannot obtain any help from the Ming army in the southeast before arriving downstream.

In contrast, the best way for the Ming army in the Southeast is not to enter the Yangtze River again and again and wait for some small-scale battles, but should be more active in creating coastal, river or island bases, and prepare for a long-term squatting. Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan may have discovered this problem later and then siege Chongming and Zhoushan. However, Zheng Chenggong, who was still forced to recuperate at the time, could not have the power to support the implementation of this plan.

Therefore, at most, this plan only has the possibility of success in theory, and it can even be said that this is a typical literati-style strategy of talking about war on paper!

However, Chen Wen rushed back quickly to get the support of the Fuming people led by Qian Qianyi. If he refused to integrate his own strength into the plan, such as funds, food, talents, and especially intelligence support, it would probably be more than a big discount. I am afraid that the kind-hearted old man in front of him would secretly obstruct him.
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