Chapter 126 Variables
When the funeral was held, Chen Wen had a thought. The next temple was built in the plan of construction. Tianlai Novel's ancestral home, hometown, battles and places for dying for the country must be set up to pay tribute. This is the reason, just like the martyrs' temples have been spread all over the place during the wars of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
In the past few months, Ning Shao had a large army on his side, and Chen Wenzheng issued strict orders outside and inside, and any behavior that interfered with administration would be regarded as a captive. However, even so, the scholars and officials of Ning Shao's two prefectures still used various means to resist the order to measure the land mu. Even if there were local celebrities like the Huang family, Wan family and 6 Yuding to persuade them, they would not be able to do so.
6 Yuding supports Chen Wen's governance from the bottom of his heart, and although the Huang brothers and Wan brothers are also supporters, their motives are not very pure.
On the one hand, Dalan Mountain has regained its grievances with kindness. On the other hand, since the recovery of Ningshao, Zhou Jingting instructed Lu Liuliang to make consecutive reports on Chen Wenyi's rescue of the rebel army against the Qing Dynasty in the Zhejiang Dibao, and even brought Zhang Zisheng's Jiangxi Ming army as evidence, which was widely publicized.
In particular, the despicable and shameless Zhou Jingting promoted the unfavorable situation of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during this period and the dangerous situation of Hong Chengchou's troops entering Yushan. The implication was that the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang took great risks to rescue friendly troops, and even reported on some survivors who helped Dalan Mountain up, highlighting the theme of gratitude.
The Donglin Party has always used morality as an excuse to suppress others. "Evil Party" like Fang Congzhe and "eunuch Party" like Wei Zhongxian were all rectified one by one. This time, Zhou Jingting, a traitor, also had this move, and Donglin Yuxian and others would not play at that time.
After receiving the news that Wang Jiang was appointed governor of Jiangxi, Huang Zongxi and others scolded Wang Jiang for cheating them and making wedding clothes for Chen Wen. However, when they came to outsiders, they still had to shout for the new policies of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, otherwise they would become ungrateful villains, with disagreements, so why would they be very awkward?
However, in the face of interests, the effect of persuasion was not very good. However, when Hong Chengchou died and the news of Chen Wen sweeping Jiangxi came, the originally stable gentry Ning Shao loosened. Then Chen Wen rushed back to send Wang Yi for the last journey. After receiving the news, the gentry who were still pushing the investigation team that measured the land and soil to visit them one after another, strongly demanding to measure the land for them as soon as possible, so that the investigation teams who had no time before immediately entered the state of overtime.
This matter is strange, but it is actually normal. Now if Chen Wen comes, he sees that Ning Shao's governance cannot be carried out, and local officials will be in trouble, and those gentry will not be able to fall even more. If it is not done well, it will be not as simple as measuring. The charges of the same enemy, including the killing of males, the killing of women and children, and the family property must be changed to Chen!
The scenery buried Wang Yi, and Chen Wen lingered in Ningshao for several days before returning to Jinhua. At the same time, Hangzhou, the provincial capital across the river, had just held a ceremony to welcome Yue Le.
Compared with Jiangning, Hangzhou is located on the front line between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. The Qiantang River in the south and Yanzhou Prefecture in the west are both under the Ming army. The civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty were frightened for too long and were even a little numb. They were no longer as afraid of the Ming army's large-scale attack as before. They were afraid of it. They would run back to their hometown to hide. If they couldn't run away, they would cut their braids directly. Whatever they wanted.
In particular, the widow of Yu Fenqi, the deputy general of the Central Camp, was intercepted and killed by an unknown armed force on his way back to his hometown. Even the news that Liu Da, a trusted officer sent by Yu Fenqi to escort, was injured and fled back. This phenomenon became more and more intense.
As the governor of Hangzhou, Xiao Qiyuan knew about the mood of giving up and giving up, but he had no choice. Even he no longer spent money to operate and change his place to serve as an official. As for collusion with the Ming army, it was impossible. He was a bannerman, so Chen Wen would not let him go.
He continued to work in the governor's yamen in Hangzhou with fear and fear, which was the work of preparing for the Hangzhou-Jia-Huzhou soldiers. Especially after being defeated by Chen Wen, the waste Dasu was directly retracted into the city. He did not know anything except asking for help, which also added pressure to him.
Next, Hong Chengchou died, the Southeast Jingbiao was completely destroyed, Jiangxi fell, Cai Shiying was captured, Nangan City was destroyed in one day, Shang Geng's two vassals were accused of rebellion, a series of news came, and the entire Hangzhou officialdom immediately caused an uproar, and many officials even secretly sent their families away.
After waiting for a long time, Yue Le was finally waiting. Xiao Qiyuan had a way in the court. He knew that Yue Le had a fight with the Khalkha Mongolia in recent years and forced him to pay tribute, he was already a rare general among the nobles and nobles in the court.
For this reason, he organized a welcome ceremony that was no less than that of Jiangning. The people of Hangzhou were forced to dispatch the whole city to kneel down to welcome the arrival of Yue Le's army. In this way, he was very proud and proved to the Qing court that Hangzhou was still under his control and looked quite imposing. But in the eyes of those who are interested, it was clearly the apocalyptic atmosphere of the end of the world that was holding on to the life-saving straw.
At the end of the welcoming ceremony, Yue Le held a meeting at the temporary headquarters without stopping. The only ones attending the meeting were Zhejiang Governor Xiao Qiyuan, the Mongolian Gushan Ezhen, who suffered a small loss of troops, and the senior officials brought by Yue Le, including Liu Liangzuo, who were not seen in Hangzhou's General Pingnan General Zhang Jia Dasu.
Compared with the meetings held in order to level Zhoushan and completely destroy Zhejiang's anti-Qing movement, Jin Li, Liu Zhiyuan, Chen Jin, Tian Xiong, these people were gone. Even Wu Rujie and Zhang Jie who participated in the war died in Siming Mountain, and Xiao Qiyuan became the last one who had achieved fruitful results.
"Tell me, how many soldiers are there in the Ming army opposite, where are they, and how good are the weapons, armor and combat power? I just want to hear the truth!"
Yue Le was the prince and Shunzhi's cousin. Except for the Qiantang Navy General Wang Jing and Xu Xin, deputy general of the former battalion who temporarily replaced the Zhejiang Admiral, were all bannermen and generals from Manchuria, Mongolian and Han Army Eight Banners. Seeing that the master's face was not good, they all fought against each other.
"Why, I can't win the battle, can't even dare to say anything?!"
"Slaves deserve to die for sin."
The civil and military officials knelt down, and they were so angry that Yue Le picked up the whip, stood up and gave a whip to give it a barely suppressed his breath.
"Today I just want to hear the truth, and those who speak are not guilty."
This is the bottom line. If you don’t speak, you may not have the right and qualification to speak anymore. Seeing this, Xiao Qiyuan and the Mongolian Gushan Ezhen looked at each other and had to speak first. Who asked Yue Le to ask about the deployment of troops, not combat power?
"If you go back to your master, according to a detailed investigation, Chen Ni's troops and Hangzhou are mainly divided into two parts..."
In recent years, using commercial trade and Chen Wen to follow the principle of "storing is to obey the people, shave is to refugees", and sent a lot of detailed works to eastern Zhejiang. Some of them died at the hands of the Ming army's Military Information Department, while others could not find anything useful at all. Some of them were found, but they were not comprehensive. They only had a little understanding of the area near Hangzhou.
"Shaoxing and Yanzhou?"
"That's true. Moreover, the people sent by the slaves have returned that the Ruian Camp in Shaoxing has disappeared, and a cavalry battalion called the Knights has been added. In addition, the Ming army is building the camp area in Shaoxing Prefecture, which seems to be preparing for the follow-up troops."
This is a very useful information, and Yue Le naturally understood that when the army gathered, it means that the war starts is coming, and the key is how powerful the opponent is.
"The slave and the barbarian fought in the Siming Mountains. Their cavalry were like timid rabbits and did not dare to fight with the Eight Banners Warriors. If they were on the grassland, the slaves would kill them all with their troops."
Let's take a look. If Chen Wen killed him on the grassland, the Qing Dynasty would be gone. What's the use of these? However, this Mongolian Eight Banners is the only remaining army with the power of fighting in Hangzhou. You should not lose the big one because of the small ones. Yue Le still understands it.
Holding back this anger, Yue Le turned his attention to Wang Jing and Xu Xin. These two guys are now the 6 members of the Green Camp Waters of Hangzhou, and their troops are also the most combative Green Camp soldiers in Hangzhou. Especially Xu Xin, who had many confrontations with the Ming Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but they could not defeat them, so they should have experience.
"I'm not afraid of cavalry warfare. It's just a formation of infantry warfare. The Ming army is really powerful. I thought that we should try our best to fight the decisive battle with the place where it is in mountainous areas or terrain that is inconvenient to the cavalry."
In terms of the navy, the inland waters in Zhejiang were flowing along the rivers, and the cruising navy along the coast of Zhejiang was powerful. Wang Jing’s Qiantang navy is now a defensive and has no way to break the deadlock. As Xu Xin said in the field, Jiangnan really cannot be defended. South of the Yangtze River is either a mountainous area or a plain with a water network. These places are beneficial to Chen Wen no matter how you look at them, but it is not realistic to give up Jiangnan. After all, the wealth here supports half of the sky of the Qing Dynasty. Without Jiangnan, the Qing Dynasty will just be waiting to die.
"You guys retreat first, I have to weigh one or two more."
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Yue Le led his army south to Hangzhou, and along the way, he robbed people's wealth and forced people's daughters wherever the Eight Banners Army went, which was a pity.
Especially the slutty gangs of the Eight Banners of Mongolia have never gone south since they were young, and they have never seen the flower world in Jiangnan. Of course, they cannot help but promote their simple folk customs. They also have reasons, and it is a very legitimate reason, that is, only in this way can the Han people be afraid and dare not rebel. Although they have never seen it with their own eyes, they firmly believe that Nurhaci became a winner in life like this.
It is still unknown whether they are afraid or not, but with the victory of the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River, the vast number of gentry in the southeast suddenly appeared. Those literati and officials who were always committed to resisting the Qing Dynasty were the righteous gentlemen who held the truth. Wherever righteousness came, it was naturally the scenery of thousands of people. Of course, they dared not rebel in person, but the secret gathering was still the only way.
In Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture, the mansion of Gui Zhuang, the grandson of Gui Youguang, a long-term ancient literary family, was gathered here. A large number of Southeastern gentry who were determined to drive the Qing Dynasty out of the south of the Yangtze River. Here, there were members of Jingyin Poetry Society and other scholars, all of whom were trusted by Gui Zhuang.
Not to mention others, Jingyin Poetry Society is one of the more famous hidden organizations in the southeast of the Southern Ming Dynasty. This poetry society was established in Wujiang in the fourth year of Yongli, and was finally disbanded in the case of Zhuang's "History of Ming Dynasty". The more than 50 members were all anti-Qing people in the southeast. They appeared to be in love with mountains and rivers, but in fact they were running for the rebels and Ming troops in various places, such as Gu Yanwu and Zhuang, and Chen Chen, who is now the leader of the Propaganda Department Art Troupe under the Prince's Mansion of Kuaiji, is all members of Jingyin Poetry Society.
The Qing Dynasty's extortion and taxation in the southeast had already aroused public outrage from the gentry in the southeast. This time, the Eight Banners Army crossed the border and was even more enthusiastic about the fire. They gathered here to end the Qing Dynasty's rule in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible.
However, this kind of thing was easy to think of, but it was not within their ability. There was no way. In the Qing Dynasty's clearances, the initial anti-Qing armed forces in Jiangnan suffered relatively large losses, and some were even completely wiped out by the Qing army. Now, those who are still fighting and have a great momentum are nothing more than the barefoot Zhang San's Taihu Baitou Army and the Su Song Rebel Army under Qian Yingkui's troops. Others are too weak.
However, Qian Yingkui had just suffered a defeat not long ago under Liang Huafeng, the general of Susong Navy. Zhang San was still rampant in Taihu Lake. However, the target of the rebel army was also targeted by gentry, and the complete peasant uprising army. No one here would have the idea of supporting him to expand his momentum.
The remaining method is nothing more than to attract other Ming troops to help and cooperate internally and externally. Only in this way can one have hope of success.
"The Prince of Kuaiji killed the rebel Hong Chengchou several months ago. I think that the thief was in Nanjing and killed many of our peers. He died at the hands of the Kuaiji vassal state. He really made justice for us."
"What Shengmu said is very good. Kuaiji vassal is now strong and has a strong army with 100,000 armors. It has recovered several 2 provinces. If Kuaiji Prince personally raises his army to the north, the enemy army will definitely not be the opponent."
The two people who spoke, one was Pan Qizhang and the other was Wu Yan, both of whom were members of Jingyin Poetry Society. Due to Chen Chen's relationship and Qian Qianyi's line in Guizhuang, they also indirectly cooperated with Chen Wen, so they were more optimistic about the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
"Haha, I don't know if the Lu Shi is an opponent. But I know that none of us scholars are the opponents of the Kuaiji County Prince."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed immediately. In their opinion, if Chen Wen's strength was cooperated with them, the restoration of Jiangnan would be just around the corner. However, the conflict between Chen Wen and the Confucian scholar-official class was not small, and there were still charges in the previous several prisons, but the measurement of Tianmu was something that almost everyone present could not tolerate.
Compared with the Jingyin Poetry Society where members work in Chen Wenmu, most of the people present had no favoritism, so they were naturally afraid that Jiangnan would recover it.
"In the news, Kuaiji vassal is a remnant of the eunuch party. It was because Wang Wanxun and Feng Jizhong were not tolerated, so they were thrown into idleness in the battle of Siming Lake."
"I have heard of it now. It is said that this guy framed Wang Wanxun, Wang Changshu and Cao Yunlin one after another, thus seizing the military power of the Dalanshan King's Division. Otherwise, how could he be allowed to lead his troops, a remnant of the eunuch party. Unfortunately, Wang Changshu is still kept in the dark and doing things for the remnant of the eunuch party. It's really stupid."
"I can't get foolish? I think it's because of the greed."
"I don't know if the eunuch party is not eunuch party, but I heard that the Chinese Revival Society formed by the Kuaiji vassal state is a cult like the Scented Incense Sect. The subordinates of the Kuaiji vassal state firmly believe that as long as they believe in religion, they don't have to drink medicine, and they can only drink talismans after drinking talisman water, so they are brave enough. Such cult leaders are most afraid of us, gentlemen, so they kill gentry in Zhejiang. We must not repeat the mistakes of Huanglizhou."
"So there is still this matter. No wonder the soldiers of Kuaiji vassal are not opponents, even the Eight Banners Army and Hong Chengchou. They actually believe in the cult and are not afraid of death."
"Also, do you know the princess of Kuaiji vassal? It was the crazy woman who ran far away to Quzhou to report the news to Kuaiji vassal when Cao Yunlin organized the army to rescue Lu's family. It is said that they had hooked up and became a traitor at that time, and the one who was in charge was Zhou Jingting."
"No wonder, otherwise Zhou Jingting would be worthy of being the high position of the left deputy commander of the Censorate. He turned out to be a villain who sold his sister to seek honor."
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As long as it is not in line with his own wishes, Donglin Qunxian will immediately find all kinds of rumors to splash dirty water. Anyway, he doesn't have to be responsible for telling lies. He naturally shows the attitude of the censors to report the news, and fortunately, he will morally attack those opponents.
The more I talked in the lobby, the more I became more and more distorted. A scholar in his forties stood up and walked straight out the door. The participants did not care much about the scholar's stay or not, but Guizhuang stood up and chased him out.
"Ning people always have to discuss a countermeasure before they can succeed."
"Hengxuan, do you think you can talk about these pickled goods who are full of benevolence, righteousness, and abundance of men and women prostitutes?"
Gui Qi Gu Qi, the two of them had a very good relationship. This time, Jingyin Poetry Society took the lead, connected with Chen Wen outside, and organized gentry as an internal force. Unexpectedly, the Jiangnan Shilin's opposition to Chen Wen was so huge. The Jingyin Poetry Society was originally a loose organization. With this opposition, its basic foundation could not be guaranteed. How could these gentry be organized?
Guizhuang sighed and didn't know how to answer. Instead, the scholar whispered to him: "I hope they are out of the way. I will go south to Jinhua to ask for the Prince of Kuaiji, and take action first and then report. I must not leave time for the Tartars to reinforce Jiangnan."
After saying that, the scholar turned around and left, Guizhuang watched him leave, and returned to the lobby. At this moment, the lobby had become a gathering against Chen Wenbei's visit, and even some members of Jingyin Poetry Society jumped in reverse.
Chapter completed!