"I, please respectfully ask Tianan, long live, long live, long live, long live."

“…”

It was not a folk girl, but a concubine, which made the envoy feel a little unnatural, but when he thought about it, he found it funny - the woman in front of him was able to meet the Duke because of the contribution she made. From this point of view, Cao Conglong not only did not make trouble for Chen Wen, but also became a boy of the old man, and tied the red line between Chen Wen and Zhou Yueying. It was really impermanent. What he did at this moment was to give this marriage some more brilliant colors.

"The ceremony of promulgation has been completed, please raise the wife."

A commoner woman, even though her father and brother were both scholars with fame, this time her imperial edict was carried out in sunflower brocade, ebony scroll, and jade chopstick seal script, which was carried out completely according to the etiquette of civil servants, but she was only a sixth-rank Annunciation, and it was for Chen Wen's sake. However, the identity of Duke Xiuguo, a noble wife who is now promoted to the sky, will naturally not call Zhou Yueying by the newly-cannoned Annunciation, because it was arguing that Chen Wen and his new wife were completely unnecessary.

"When I go back, I will probably have to come back soon. At that time, it will probably be the armored sunflower head, the golden scroll, and the willow leaf seal script willow leaf."

While reverie was emerging in his mind, the envoy of the Imperial Execution hurriedly retreated, and did not even dare to look at Zhou Yueying, for fear of causing Chen Wen's displeasure.

These days he followed Chen Wen all the way and saw a lot of Zhejiang Ming army on the way. Not to mention anything else, even in the Ming army in the southwest. Today's Duke might be the prince next time he saw him. Now that the military power is powerful, even if the Ming Dynasty can be revived, civil officials will have to look at the faces of the nobles for a while. Announcement of the imperial edict was a good thing, but if some rude arouses Chen Wen's dissatisfaction, it will be detrimental to his future career.

The envoys of the Imperial Execution were cautious in their words and deeds, but Chen Wen did not take too much control over the Duke's posture. Naturally, what should be given benefits will not be avoided. Tonight there will be another banquet, including Yi and several husbands who were fortunate to be appointed as the wife of the Imperial Execution, and Chen Wen not only wanted to represent his wife, but also expressed his gratitude to the court and the envoys of the Imperial Execution on behalf of Wang Yi's daughter.

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Zhejiang's enthronement drama is still in full swing, but the Yangtze River Estuary in the south of the Yangtze River has long been a different scene.

A few months ago, Qian Yingkui, the leader of the rebel army in Susong against Qing Dynasty, called himself General Pingnan, and raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. For a time, Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture were everywhere. These rebel army took ships to use the intricate waterways and lakes in the two places to bloom everywhere, attacking the Qing army and government offices along the coast, robbing and burning warehouses, which greatly corrupted the ruling order of the Qing Dynasty here.

At this time, the Qing army stationed in Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture was headed by Susong Admiral Zhang Tianlu and Susong General Liang Huafeng, supplemented by various counties and each garrison. It was originally enough to suppress each county and defend this financial and financial place for the Qing Dynasty. However, these anti-Qing rebels were all local tyrants, especially those who knew that the enemy was strong and we were weak, so they did not fight head-on with the Qing army at all, which made Zhang Tianlu and Liang Huafeng, who were mobile troops, exhausted and could not take care of themselves.

If Qian Yingkui, who was traversing the two prefectures of Susong, was only considered a rebel army, then in August, a fleet crossed the coast of Zhejiang from Fujian to Chongming Island in the north of Songjiang Prefecture. The banners he raised were the banners of Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi and Zhang Huangyan, the Minister of the Military Supervisors' Civil Service and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and a serious Ming army.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan commanded 20,000 troops and 5600 ships. After the army approached Chongming, they besieged Chongming City and used Chongming and nearby sandbanks as bases. "Build a dike and cultivate, and there were thieves ten miles away from the city. The people looked at each other's vegetables and were unable to support their hunger. Those who were used for me were waiting to die, while those who were used for the thieves were thriving." And "the land of rice produced in Chongming was all in front of Pingyang Mountain and was in the east and west of the sand, and now they were entrenched by the thieves." As a result, the Qing army in Chongming City was short of food, and most of the people near the people enjoyed joining the Ming army.

In history, there was no such chaos in the Susong area at this time. Qian Yingkui did not raise an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Only Zhang San, the Baitou Army of Taihu, had the power to restrain the Qing army. However, even so, the then admiral of Susong, Zhang Tianlu and General Susong Wang Jing, were unable to rescue Chongming. They were strongly rebuked by the Qing court and demoted them to the official position and demoted them. Now, Wang Jing was renamed the General of the Qiantang Navy to preserve the natural danger of Qiantang River and resist the Ming army in Zhejiang. Instead, Liang Huafeng, who had retreated from Zhang Mingzhen, took over, and faced a more dangerous situation. It is hard to say whether this official was promoted in advance or a bad thing.

Songjiang Prefecture Shanghai County, this ordinary county town would have developed into an important international metropolis in the world in this era, so that the original city became a district of this Far Eastern demon city.

Compared to those they didn't know, the brigade of Ming troops outside the city and the Ming ships in the Huangpu River are common to everyone. Even the blind man can know the situation outside the city from others.

"County Master, the other side of the city is General Qian Yingkui of Pingnan. Outside our city is Zhang Mingzhen of Dingxi. There is also the army of Anyuan Hou in the south of Jinshanwei. He is a tough guy who can't even defeat the Eight Banners of the Han army. Taizhou General Ma Xin and Wenzhou General Hu Laijin have surrendered. Now the Ming army is in great power, Zhang Tianlu and Wang Jing are already trapped there. We can't defeat the Ming army alone, so we should surrender."

"That's right, Da Ming is about to turn over. We can still count it in the past anyway, so we can't miss the opportunity."

“…”

Due to the change in the situation, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan were one month later than in history to march Shanghai County. They did not enter the inland from the Huangpu River until October, replenishing the army with local warehousing and population, and by the way, they surrounded Shanghai County.

Originally, at the beginning of this siege in Shanghai, there was a situation where "the people of Haiyi listened to their ignorance, and the yamen runners held the county magistrate hostage and wanted to open the door to invite thieves. The servants and others openly included the Internet. If the people's hearts are like this, the internal situation will be at risk." At this moment, the war situation in the southeast is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Qing army with Chen Wen's efforts, and this situation has become even worse.

Yan Shaoqing, the magistrate of Shanghai County, is a native of Lushan, Henan Province. She is the magistrate who just took office this year. Songjiang Prefecture is one of the richest prefectures in the country. Yan Shaoqing spent a lot of money and entrusted his relationship with him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got into Rengui, he was besieged by the Ming army. What's even more annoying was the local clerks. The yamen runners persuaded him to open the city and surrender to the Ming army, which made him suddenly have the idea of ​​spending money in vain.

"There are only defeated generals from Zhejiang government troops outside the city. When Admiral Zhang and General Liang free up their hands, they don't even need them. As long as the reinforcements from Nanjing arrive, these Ming troops can only withdraw. At that time, they will be suffering from local elders?"

The urgent document was issued and he tried his best to persuade him. Yan Shaoqing felt that he had never experienced such a difficult situation in his life, and he was already 100% above his level at this moment. However, these clerks and yamen runners completely ignored the difficulties of his parents and had to open the city to surrender. Even the head of the Zaoban, who was extremely respectful on weekdays, pulled out his knife and kept cutting his braid first.

"The rat tail of money is the elegant politics of the new dynasty; the tall crown and wide belt are actually the bad rules of the country's destruction. This braid is absolutely unbreakable."

In Shanghai County, the Ming army outside the city did not launch an attack. However, because the city surrendered and defended, it was only a matter of war. Radical people in the hall must open the city to surrender. Even the people in the city were mostly interested in the Ming army. It is said that there are some influential gentry here; and the more conservative ones did not swear to surrender, but they still wanted to observe the strength of the Ming army outside the city to make a plan.

"County Master, what you said were all the Tatars who deceived us. Mr. Lu from Zhejiang made it clear in his article that the Tatars wanted us to be slaves for generations, to give birth to the banner of avenging the late emperor, to worship the saints of Confucius, and to take the imperial examination. Besides, the defense of the barbarians and the righteousness of the monarch and ministers is the most important thing. You are a scholar, so you cannot be deceived."

Hong Chengchou's blockade and the second order to move the border caused a serious lag in the transmission of information between the Ming army occupied by Zhejiang and the outside world. However, with the restoration of Taizhou and Wenzhou, there was a sea route. Although this situation had not yet achieved a qualitative change, it was still alleviated to a certain extent.

Lu Liuliang's article is nominally analyzing and interpreting the imperial examination papers. In fact, it exposes the hypocritical masks of the Qing Dynasty and promotes the defense of the barbarians and the Xia Dynasty. No matter how far away it is, it may not have been spread. However, in Jiangnan, it is not far from Zhejiang, and it has long been well known to the scholars and commoners, and has also increased the anti-Qing sentiment of the scholars and commoners in the Southeast. This time, Yan Shaoqing said such words, which are just used to refute fallacies.

The whip was out of control, and Yan Shaoqing had to beg to look at the people beside him. They were the conservative representatives in the city, and now they had to hope that these people could persuade them and save the whip first. But before he could ask for it, a Qing army rushed in.

"The reinforcements from the court have arrived?!"

As soon as Yan Shaoqing said this, everyone present immediately turned pale. Unexpectedly, the Qing army rushed in and shouted loudly: "Don't be too slow. Mr. Zhang outside said that Marquis Anyuan has led the army north to recover Ning Shao, and soon the army will come to Jinshan Guard by boat. If it is later, we can't do anything."

Before he finished speaking, the head of the soap class grabbed Yan Shaoqing's braid, raised his hand and fell, leaving only the sparse emanation behind his head.

"How can I live without my hair if I leave my hair if I leave my hair without my hair if I leave my hair without my braids!"

He didn't care about the magistrate who was crying and crying, and several yamen runners raised him up and ran to the city gate. Even the conservatives followed closely, without any hesitation.

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"Oh, it's really unfair."

As the city gates of Shanghai County opened, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan led their troops into the city. After some exchanges with local gentry and officials, they sat in the county government. Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but sigh.

"There is no need to be deceitful when the soldiers are scammers. Cangshui, you are too square."

Chen Wen is still accumulating stronger strength wholeheartedly, and his troops are only enough to station in various places to deal with Hong Chengchou's harassment. How could there be any army going north to recover Ning Shao and then attacking Jinshanwei on the sea. However, Chen Wen has long become the commander of the Ming army who was afraid of the Qing army. Zhang Mingzhen did not intend to attack the city this time, so Zhang Huangyan used Chen Wen's name to test it out. Unexpectedly, the defenders actually opened the city and surrendered directly, which was beyond his expectations.

"After all, I borrowed Chen Wen's momentum. It's a pity that if he really could go north, it wouldn't be necessary to restore Nanjing this time."

In terms of military power, Chen Wen is already the best in the southeast, and the Ming army of the Lu system, the Ming army was just living under the Ming army in Fujian. The 20,000 troops brought this time, most of the auxiliary troops of Zheng Chenggong were under Zheng Chenggong's subordinates, and the food and fodder were supported by Fujian, and his autonomy was extremely small. If Chen Wen could personally lead the army's northern expedition, with the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in Zhejiang today, perhaps the ancestors could have hoped to recover Nanjing in one step, so naturally, they would have to be strong as a result of Zheng Chenggong's order.

Zhang Huangyan just sighed a little, but after hearing Chen Wen's name, Zhang Mingzhen was full of anger and immediately burst out. "When it comes to military use, no one in the Southeast can compare to him. But this son is definitely not a good person. Cao Conglong was not his opponent at the beginning, and Wang Yi and Wang Jiang were also deceived by him. It would be better to have less interaction with him."

Zhang Huangyan knew very well that the Dingxi Hou in front of him was the loyal master of His Highness, the governor of the State. He was excluded by Zheng Chenggong in the past two years, but he always held the military power of his trusted army in order to one day help the King of Lu again. However, these uncomfortable days were too much, and resentment began to spread to others, especially when the governor of Lu went to the State because the Cao Conglong Rebellion was put down. Chen Wen's questioning was sent to Kinmen, which made him even more hostile to Chen Wen.

Zhang Huangyan did not participate in the plot at first, especially if the matter was not done, he would take his army personally. The Lu family officials had many plans, and finally Cao Conglong also launched a rebellion, but was quickly suppressed, which made the Ming army miss the opportunity to recover Quzhou faster, and the war situation in the southeast has been wasted. For many years, Zhang Huangyan believed that Cao Conglong was a loyal minister, but what the loyal minister did ruined the state affairs, and even he was confused about it.

"Forget it, let's do our business first before talking about other things." After pondering for a while, Zhang Huangyan asked Zhang Mingzhen: "In the view of the Marquis, is there a possibility of sticking to this Shanghai county?"

"It is absolutely impossible. Now our troops are far away from the Tartars, and there may be many elite troops. There may be potential for water wars. There are still many shortcomings in head-on confrontation. It is best to avoid the real and make the weak. At present, Susong's Tartars are just trapped in the quagmire and cannot extricate themselves. Only then will we have the opportunity. When the reinforcements from Nanjing arrive, even if they can hold on for a while, they will sooner or later be exhausted by the continuous reinforcements here."

Hearing this, Zhang Mingzhen couldn't help but sigh and said, "Then I'll give up this city as soon as possible. Don't wait for the Tartars to arrive here and stay here. It's okay for us to wait, but I'm afraid that the local people will suffer."
Chapter completed!