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Chapter 91: Provinces

Although it would take some time for the main force of the Ming army in Yue to fight westward, Xing Shengping, as the governor of Anhui, and his 20,000 troops directly contacted the people from Jiangnan and the two routes of Jiangbei were advancing upstream at the same time. Xing Shengping took the lead and took a warship to the outside of Anqing City.

Also coming were Governor Huining Chi Tai Military Affairs Minister Jin Sheng and Jiangxi Governor Wang Sunfan. Although they should have rushed to Nanjing to participate in the throne ceremony as soon as possible, Jin Shenghuan's rebellion disrupted their plans.

As soon as Xing Shengping saw them, he said very clearly: "Before leaving, His Majesty King of Yue and Empress Zhang specifically told me that anyone who refused to submit to me, Yue Ming army was the Qing army who tried to escape!"

Many of these so-called "Qing Army who tried to escape the pass" were comrades-in-arms of Wang Sunfan and Jin Sheng before, but since the situation has changed so surprisingly, even the Longwu Dynasty has become the first enemy that the Yueming Dynasty must solve. These intermediate forces that refused to surrender to the Yueming Dynasty naturally became the first targets that the Yueming Dynasty must eliminate.

Wang Sunfan had long expected such an order. In the past, everyone had the common enemy of the Qing army, which naturally could tolerate some forces under the banner of anti-Qing, but now the Ming army of Yue has recovered Nanjing and taken Jiangnan, and these anti-Qing forces dared to do so, which can be said to be seeking death.

But he did not object to such a policy change: "Your Highness, the Empress, and any Qing army who refuses to surrender, are also ill-intentioned people. Although I will give them another chance, if you miss this opportunity, don't blame the court for being ruthless!"

Jin Sheng also felt the same: "In the past, there were always people who were lawless and lawless to harm the people under the banner of anti-Qing. Since the country has been prepared to establish the southeast of the country, it cannot tolerate these ill-behaviors!"

As gentry class, Jin Sheng and Wang Sunfan were born to hate the "thieves" who destroyed order. In the past, due to the war demand, they had to cooperate with these intermediate forces to a certain extent. However, since the Ming army of Yue had recovered the entire Jiangnan, they naturally had to rebuild order within the ruling area and eliminate all enemies who dared to fight against the court. As typical gentry, they were naturally happy to see it.

Whether it was the army of the Longwu Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, the army under the banner of other vassal kings, the Qing army that was still swaying, or the bandits and bandits, they would be enemies that the Yue Dynasty must destroy.

Xing Shengping originally thought that he needed the power of the nine ox and two tigers to convince Wang Sunfan and Jin Sheng, but he didn't expect that they were more active than themselves and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and leaked some inside information: "Your Highness of Yue is to take Jiujiang first, and get as much territory as you can. He will lead the army westward when the time comes!"

Speaking of this, Xing Shengping lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness means that not only Nanzhili needs to be divided into provinces, but Huguang also needs to be divided into provinces. The two gentlemen must be prepared!"

Although the Ming Dynasty of the Vietnamese army achieved extremely brilliant military victory, in terms of territory, it has only achieved the whole province of Zhejiang, most of Nanzhili and half of Jiangxi. It becomes significant if one or two provinces are divided into more provinces.

Moreover, Nanzhili was originally a freak in the political structure of the Ming Dynasty. Although there was an additional central organization in Nanjing, it turned out that this central organization did not play much role. Moreover, the territory of Nanzhili was too large, so there were many inconveniences in governance. In the late Ming Dynasty, several governors and governors were temporarily added in Nanzhili.

Although the Ming Dynasty in Yue was under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, everyone knew that the Ming Dynasty in the past was completely different. Liu Yongxi was not prepared to inherit the countless ills of the Ming Dynasty, so it was imperative to divide the provinces between Nanzhili and Huguang.

Jin Sheng is from Huizhou and is very interested in this matter. He has already received some news: "Is Your Highness of Yue really ready to let Jiangsu and Anhui divide the provinces and govern it?"

Xing Shengping nodded and said, "It's roughly the case. Anyway, the matter of separating people will rely on the Grand Sima at that time!"

Jin Sheng said confidently: "I will fight for my hometown at that time!"

Wang Sunfan didn't understand what Huguang's province had to do with him. He just asked in a low voice: "Although Huguang's province is reasonable, it will not have much impact on Jiangxi!"

Xing Shengping immediately laughed: "Although Huguang is divided into provinces, Hunan and Hubei are both subjects of the Governor of Huguang. When I talked to His Highness King Yue about the candidate for the Governor of Huguang, His Highness King Yue said that my qualifications and abilities can only be the Governor of Anhui for the time being. It is not enough to be the Governor of Huguang!"

Only then did Wang Sunfan realize that for the Yue Ming Dynasty, which was founded in the southeast of the country, the position of the governor of Huguang, who guarded the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, was definitely the most important official of the dynasty, so Liu Yongxi said that Xing Shengping was not worth enough.

Although there is now a "Governor-General of Military Affairs of Five Provinces, Mrs. Gao, the wife of Zhenyi, who is in charge of Jingzhou, this is just a temporary measure. The court must send people of its true meaning to be in charge of the two lakes, and Wang Sunfan happened to be one of the suitable candidates.

Wang Sunfan immediately understood Xing Shengping's kindness: "Don't worry, I will definitely compete for the position of the Governor of Huguang at that time!"

For the Qing Dynasty, the second year of Shunzhi was a year of ups and downs. It can even be said that since the Seven Hate Recruitment, the Qing Dynasty has never had such a brilliant victory or such unprecedented setbacks.

At the beginning of the year, the Qing Dynasty conquered Tongguan, Xi'an and Yan'an, which gave Li Zicheng a devastating blow to the Dashun Dynasty. Then there were two southern expeditions of Ajige and Duoduo. However, the degree of success and the results of the southern expedition were beyond everyone's expectations. It was only two or three months. Before the Qing army had fought a decent battle, the Dashun Kingdom and the Hongguang Dynasty had completely become history.

But because such victory came too quickly and easily, the Manchu nobles, including the Regent Dorgon, suddenly floated and issued a hair shaving order without hesitation. However, neither Dorgon nor others expected that the consequences of the hair shaving order would be so serious.

The hair shaving order issued in June made Liu Yongxi's Jinhua thieves at its peak. In August, the Ming army of Yue had already recovered Hangzhou. Bolobeile's 40,000 troops were completely destroyed in Hangzhou. The army led by Prince Yu Duoduo was also defeated in Huzhou. At that time, the princes of the capital felt that the situation was wrong, so he specially asked Haoge to lead troops to fight south.

However, no one expected that the Jinhua thieves were rampant to the point of lawlessness. Although the court had ordered the British King Ajige's army to advance east along the Yangtze River, due to the collapse of Jinhua thieves and bandits in Jingzhou, Ajige's army was forced to return to the army, and the situation in Jiangnan became even more dangerous. Not only Songjiang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture were lost one after another, but there were even major defeats such as the Liyang Battle.

However, the court still had high hopes for the war situation in Jiangnan, and always felt that since the court had already invested in the two princes, Duoduo and Haoge, and the army they were led, even if they were forced to retreat north, they could maintain the situation of tying the river.

However, in early December of the second year of Shunzhi, Jiangning Prefecture suddenly fell and caused all the princes and princes in the capital to wake up as if they were dreaming. But until now they didn't know how Jiangnan was lost, and they didn't know anything about the specific battle in the Nanjing Battle. Even Duoduo and Haoge brought in a hurry to retreat. Duoduo and Haoge only said, "Only 20,000 to 30,000 people remained in the north."

But I didn't say whether it was 20,000 or 30,000 people withdrawing from Jiangning Prefecture, and I didn't know how many Eight Banners Army, Han Army, Green Camp, and New Affiliated Army there were. In fact, Duoduo and Haoge's statement often changed several times in a day, and I only knew that I would collapse and flee north when I saw the wind. Tens of thousands of Qing troops seemed not as useful as thousands of people.

Now the Manchu nobles, including Dorgon, have seen the mystery, but even the enemies of Dodo and Haoge dare not stand up and expose the truth.

It is easy to expose the truth, but the aftermath is a big problem. Maybe the problem is not solved, so the person who raised the problem can only be solved. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty's elite troops following Duoduo and Haogennan fought were less than 100,000, and now there are not even 20,000 or 30,000 people. Such an amazing loss is a dead end no matter who goes to the aftermath. Therefore, all the princes, Beile, like Dorgon, dare not take responsibility, and can only put all their hopes on Da Beile Daishan who personally fought in the south.

Until the news of Jin Shenghuan Nanchang anyway reached Beijing, all the princes, Beile finally came back to his soul, and someone immediately stood up to accuse Duoduo and Haoge: "Prince Yu, Prince Su has tens of thousands of troops but only knows that he will be defeated. After retreating to Jiangbei, he did not fight with the Jinhua thieves, but he lost to Yangzhou, Fengyang, and Huai'an one after another. Should he be held accountable?"

But if you really want to hold the responsibility accountable, it is definitely the regent Dorgon who has the greatest responsibility, not to mention that Duoduo is his brother of his mother. Moreover, the two candidates Duoduo and Haoge were decided by Dorgon himself, so Dorgon could only protect these two defeated generals who were hated to death.

"Although King Yu and King Su are defeated generals, if they can defend Xuzhou, they will allow them to commit crimes and make meritorious service. Now the military situation in Jiangxi and Huguang is more important. I believe you have also read the report of King Ying. King Ying is ready to retreat north!"

When it comes to King Ajige's retreat to the north and Jin Shenghuan of Jiangxi, anyway, although everyone knows that Xuzhou will definitely not be able to defend, they temporarily gave up pursuing Duoduo and Haoge's responsibility: "How long can the King of England last in Huguang? The key is to see how long Jin Shenghuan can last in Jiangxi!"

Although from the surface, Jin Shenghuan was extremely unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty in Nanchang, since Jin Shenghuan surrendered to the King of Tang, it was naturally a great benefit to the Qing Dynasty. Even Duoduo and Haoge's memorials said that nearly 10,000 people had been dispatched along the Jiangxi River.
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