He helped the Qin vassal states, worked in Jinshan, worshiped Xiaoling Mausoleum from afar, and wrote a poem with his feelings.

Ten years of a lonely minister across the sea, and the beauty of Zhongshan is really good.

The flag of Que Shou Yi was just out of Chu, and Yanyun’s feathered edict had already spread to Fujian.

The king's heart was choked, and the elders were tearful and wept.

Looking south at Xiaoling, the soldiers in Xiaoling are covered with mourning clothes, and the dragon centre is seen.

In the first month of the 1890s, Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, wrote in sincerity.

In October of the seventh year of Yongli, Zhang Mingzhen, the former Lu State Supervisor, went north to the north, and Zhang Huangyan, the deputy minister of the Ministry of War, quickly evacuated after defrauding Shanghai county town. However, when they returned to Chongming, they used Shanghai magistrate Yan Shaoqing to trick the gate of Chongming city, took advantage of the opportunity to recover Chongming city, and stabilized the base.

Starting from the 17th day of the first lunar month of the eighth year of Yongli, the Ming army of Zhang Mingzhen, Liu Kongzhao, Zhang Huangyan and other Ming troops took a boat to enter the Yangtze River estuary in batches, rushed through Langshan, Fushan, Jiangyin, Jingjiang, Menghe, Yangshe, Sanjiang and other Qing army river flood control areas, and arrived in Guazhou on the 21st.

On that day, the Ming army landed on Jinshan, northwest of Zhenjiang and seized ten Qing army's anti-river cannons, gunpowder, money and grain and other large amounts of supplies. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Mingzhen, Zhang Huangyan, and the arrival of Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao and others led 500 soldiers to the Jinshan Temple, and worshiped Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in the southeast, wrote poems and sighed, and cried.

The Master of Chengyi Liu Kongzhao was the 14th generation grandson of Liu Bowen who had Zhuge reincarnated in the early Ming Dynasty. During the Chongzhen period, he was the Admiral Caojiang. He was the three chariot of Nanjing's Ministry of War, one of the honorary ministers of the governor of Caojiang and the eunuchs in the custody of the Hongguang Dynasty. He was a political ally of Ma Shiying and the evil spirits in the eyes of the Donglin Party. However, at this time, he was a rare alien among the old masters of the Ming Dynasty who raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty during the Southern Ming Dynasty.

"This time is so smooth. If Duke Xiu can go north in large numbers, it would be not a fantasy even if he recovered Nanjing."

After writing the poem, Liu Kongzhao, who looked at the direction of Nanjing from afar, was not yet clear about Zhang Mingzhen and others' attitude towards Chen Wen, sighed and sighed.

"snort."

This was obviously not very pleasing to Zhang Mingzhen. After hearing this, he just snorted, and stopped talking, leaving Liu Kongzhao there, which was very embarrassing. However, when Zhang Huangyan saw the two of them, he turned to Liu Kongzhao and said, "Brother, Duke Xiu is still in eastern Zhejiang. It may not take long for the Tartars to send troops to aid, and the distance cannot quench the near-thirst."

"What Mr. Zhang said is that I just looked at my Ming Dynasty Liudu, and the place where my ancestors and ancestors of the Liu family lived for generations were occupied by the Tartars, and I felt really uncomfortable."

"Nanjing is the place where Emperor Taizu Gao's dragon rises. Any loyal and righteous person should think about it. This is human nature."

With the ladder handed over by Zhang Huangyan, Liu Kongzhao finally got rid of the embarrassment. He actually did not imagine this scene, but when he first arrived in the army, he knew very little about the dirty things within the Lu family, and he did not expect it to be so. So, in secret, he also recorded the unhappy thing about Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, who saw that Chen Wen of Xiuguo, was unhappy in order to avoid being too ugly in the future.

However, Liu Kongzhao stopped mentioning it, but Zhang Huangyan picked up the topic again. However, what was mentioned was no longer as simple as Liu Kongzhao said.

"According to the planning of the Third Bureau of the Cherpin, we are here to support the Qin Fan. However, the information we just received just now seemed to have not made much noise in the upper reaches of Nanjing. It seems that we will not be able to wait for the Qin Fan army this time."

"Cangshui, this time it was not a waste of time."

"oh?"

"The Qin Fan did not arrive, but this time we have figured out the hydrology and the Tartar defense along the way. If we come again next time, we will get twice the result with half the effort."

Hearing Zhang Mingzhen's words, Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but nodded. "Knowing yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. It is indeed the military strategist, and Cangshui has received the teachings."

Zhang Mingzhen was originally a juren. His experience in leading troops independently was only to establish a mountain village to fight against the Qing Dynasty in eastern Zhejiang. He had few soldiers and few food, and his operations were only to cooperate with Wang Yi to capture Shangyu County. Although he was a minister of the Ministry of War, his military experience was actually limited to the rote memorization of those few military books. However, he also had an advantage, that although he was a little stricter, he could listen to the views of military generals, and he did not regard military generals as brave men like other civil officials who led military officials.

"Mu Weng has been planning for a long time, and Duke Xiu, Duke Zhang and Qin Fan have also expressed their agreement with this. Among them, Qin Fan will come to the Southwest King's Army this year. However, Duke Zhang and Duke Xiu are on the side, and they are afraid they will not be able to fight to join the Southern Zhili. At that time, the only thing the Qin Fan army can count on is us."

Although he was ordered by Zheng Chenggong and his food and salary were also relied on Fujian to provide assistance, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan always tried their best to maintain the independence of the Ming army in the former Lujian State system. For Zheng Chenggong, he regarded him as an ally, just as Xu Fuyuan, the former minister of the Lujian State who had established a village in Chailou, Dinghai, said: "I will be given the same title as the Lord Daji, and will form an alliance with the Dujian State to be a friend of the Dujian State to be a vassal."

This time, Yingqiuping's third bureau came to pick up the Qin vassal with a large army, and Dingxi Marquis Zhang Mingzhen once recommended himself to Zheng Chenggong. On Zheng Chenggong's side, because the Qing Dynasty was forced to send envoys to negotiate peace due to the deterioration of the situation in the southeast, it was not convenient to use its troops at the moment, so Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan were simply allowed to lead the troops north. At least in front, there was still the banner of the old ministers of the Lu vassal state, which would not delay too much.

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Regarding the matter of Zhenjiang, the Qing court quickly received an urgent document from Nanjing. In addition to knowing that the general of Lu vassal Zhang Mingzhen led his army to Zhenjiang, he also learned that after discussing with local Manchu and Chinese civil and military officials, Ma Guozhu decided to send Jiangnan to the general of Han soldiers to lead the army to conquer the army.

The Qing court did not care much about Zhang Mingzhen. Although the Lujian Kingdom once caused trouble in Zhejiang and Fujian, there were too many internal disputes, which exhausted its own strength that was not strong enough. Except for the Lujian Kingdom when it first started to start in eastern Zhejiang, the Qing Dynasty had always relied on the Qing army in Zhejiang and Fujian to suppress it. It can even be said that if the Lujian Kingdom had less internal strife, it would have never been suppressed so easily.

Regarding Zhang Mingzhen's side troops, the Qing Dynasty quickly decided to push the issue of suppressing and pacification to Hong Chengchou and Ma Guozhu. After all, the Ming army had not many troops and was not enough to pose any threat. There was no need for Manchu soldiers to appear, especially today when the army that followed Nikan south the year before had just returned to Beijing.

"The emperor, Hong Jingluo's memorial, asked the court to change the organization of the green camp in Susong area."

"oh?"

Susong is the essence of Jiangnan, and its taxes are the strong support of the Qing court. Any decree about Susong Changzhen and Hangzhou Jiahu, the seven prefectures of Hangzhou Jiahu must be carefully considered. This is an experience that has been summarized quickly since Shunzhi took power.

"The Eight Banners of Manchuria are the foundation of my Qing Dynasty. How can I support my slaves without money and food? I issued an order to denounce Xiao Qiyuan. I don't think he, the governor, wants to do it."

In fact, Shunzhi was right. Even in Xiao Qiyuan's heart, he really didn't want to do this Zhejiang governor. However, he couldn't clear it up after spending much money. No one in the court or the country wanted to take over this mess, so he could only struggle to support it.

The matter of Xiao Qiyuan's request for the refutation of the order was settled, and the trusted and important minister Oboi handed over the result of the death of Prince Jingjin Nikan in Hengyang.

The successor of Prince Nikan, the Ningnanjing General Dorobetunzi, who presided over the battle at the forks of the road, was at the level of senior generals such as Belebashan, Bezizakana, Mueryou, Gushan Ezhen Handai, Yild, Alashan, and other senior generals were either resigned or dismissed, or even both. The severity of the handling was rare in the Qing Dynasty. However, seeing the result of this treatment, Shunzhi breathed a sigh of relief, as if the depression that had been accumulated for a long time had been blown away a lot.

"Have the pensions for the fallen soldiers at the fork-road intersection settled?"

"If you go back to the emperor, the missing soldiers have not yet been determined, and they cannot be decided yet. It's just that the slave has calculated that he will still need about 100,000 taels of silver."

With a pension of more than 100,000 taels of silver, many soldiers from the Eight Banners of Manchus and Mongolia died. Once Shunzhi thought of this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, and even more hated the Tunqi in his heart.

"Give as much as you should."

"The slave obeys the order, and the slave thanks the emperor for his grace for his family."

After dealing with these things, Shunzhi was also a little tired. In the past year, there was almost nothing going well. The four provinces in the southeast suffered a crushing defeat, and Hong Chengchou could only barely maintain the front line. Although the battle at the fork in the southwest was won, the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia lost a lot of troops and horses, and the army was extremely exhausted. If they wanted to fight again, the Niulu that participated in the war needed time to recover.

However, if this continues, this year has just begun. The four guys, Sun Kewang from Yunnan, Li Dingguo from Guangxi, Zheng Chenggong from Fujian, and Chen Wen from Zhejiang, will never stop. Even if you think about it, Sun Kewang lost his troops and lost his generals due to the battle between the fork in the road, and it takes time to rest. Liu Qingtai from Zheng Chenggong has already begun to negotiate peace with him, but Li Dingguo and Chen Wen, the two most capable people, will definitely start a war again.

Perhaps, for the Qing Dynasty, the biggest good thing is that Li Dingguo and Chen Wen have no chance to join forces, otherwise it would be afraid that Huang Taiji might not be able to withstand the fatal blow if he resurrected him.

"We must not give Li Dingguo and Chen Wen the opportunity to join forces. Fujian asked Liu Qingtai to try his best to appease him, and Zheng Zhilong wrote another letter to his son, so that the court could concentrate on dealing with Chen Wen."

"Slave follows the order." Next to Obai, another confidant minister of Shunzhi, Sony, responded and expressed his thoughts: "The emperor, Slave thought that Zheng Chenggong asked for Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other provinces, and the court could bargain with him. Maybe he might as well propose Chaozhou. As long as he is willing to shave his hair and surrender, Chaozhou will be granted to him."

This Chaozhou is different from other places. Although it is occupied by the Qing Dynasty, the Chaozhou General Hao Jiushang was a two-sided fence-bearer, swaying between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Manchus had the intention to deal with him in the early morning. However, the situation in the southeast is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, so they did not dare to act lightly. Now that Chaozhou is enfeoffed to Zheng Chenggong, they can not only recruit and use Zheng Chenggong's hands to remove Hao Jiushang and weaken Zheng Chenggong's troops. It can be said that it is a trick of killing three birds with one stone. As for Zheng Chenggong, if he eliminated Chen Wen, with the wealth and military advantages of the Southeast, it is not easy to trick him?

Shunzhi quickly understood the twists and turns in Sony's suggestion, and prepared to issue an order to Hong Chengchou, the Southeast governor, and Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, to let them handle it according to the plan. Who knew that the order had just been issued, and Hong Chengchou's new memorandum had arrived again.

Hong Chengchou's memorial was full of remarks, and he even sent the assistant minister of the Great Guard Wang 1 back for Shunzhi to inquire. However, after reading the memorial, Shunzhi showed a solemn expression and could not dissipate for a long time.

Sony and Oboi, unlike other ministers, were the most trusted confidants of Shunzhi. Seeing Shunzhi like this, when Shunzhi's most favored eunuch Wu Liangfu handed the memorial to Sony, they put the memorial together and carefully read the meaning of Hong Chengchou's memorial.
Chapter completed!