Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 149: The Story of Hongguang

Hong Chengchou also quickly urged Ruan Dacheng: "Brother Yuanhai, everyone is waiting for your strategy to pacify the south!"

When Ruan Dacheng saw all the princes and Beile was so enthusiastic, he naturally said without reservation: "Now that the court wants to pacify the Jinhua thieves, the first thing is to let the princes, Beile and Beizi fight for the court to the last moment, and the best way is to establish a vassal state!"

The prince present, Beile originally thought that his interests would be damaged, but he was happy to hear Ruan Dacheng say this. Although the trend of warlordization in the Qing Dynasty is getting more and more serious, no one expected that Ruan Dacheng would propose such a plan to take care of his interests. Therefore, Haoge, who originally sang against Ruan Dacheng, was the first to agree: "The Ten Strategies in Pingnan are indeed unique, and I will guard Shandong!"

In fact, Haoge was attracted by the tens of thousands of Qing troops guarding Shandong. After all, although he retreated from Xuzhou at the first time and used all means to enrich his troops, Haoge's combat troops have not yet reached 10,000, and less than half of them can be fought. Now Ruan Dacheng has built a plan that allows him to legitimately annex the tens of thousands of Qing troops in Shandong.

When Haoge said this, all the princes present were also particularly enthusiastic: "Although King Su is willing to share the worries of the country, the whole province of Shandong cannot work hard on King Su!"

"It's true. Everyone is doing their best to be loyal to the court. Mr. Ruan's plan is indeed the best plan!"

"A province in Shandong can establish two or three vassal states!"

"I, Kong Youde, are willing to do my best to be loyal to the court!"

"Henan can be handed over to Prince Ying, who will be responsible in Shaanxi?"

For all the princes, Beile is a political division. He knows very well that as long as he seizes this opportunity, he will be the true emperor in his territory. Even if there are some princes, Beile does not understand what a "fairy town" is, naturally there will be people who will spread the huge benefits to them, and they can react and support Ruan Dacheng as soon as possible.

As the regent, Dorgon was naturally shocked by the strange strategy offered by Ruan Dacheng: "Ruan Dacheng, are you planning to harm our Qing Dynasty? Isn't the defeat of King Fu because of the four towns in Jiangbei?"

Ruan Dacheng said confidently: "Hongguang was destroyed by Zuo Liangyu in the first dynasty, not because of the four towns. King Yu led the southern expedition to the south at that time. If Gao Jie, the Xingping Bo, had not died in Suizhou, the Qing Dynasty's southern expedition would definitely not be so smooth, and the Jinhua thieves would not have risen quickly!"

This is the life of Duoduo, King Yu, who hated him, so he immediately replied: "I would rather Gao Jie be alive than Xingping's old subordinates be used by Jinhua thieves, but is it a bit unlucky to establish a vassal state?"

He and Dorgon had a common view on many issues, and Ruan Dacheng immediately dispelled his question: "This is the best way to make all the princes and Beile work together to serve allegiance to the court. In fact, there is nothing wrong with the establishment of the four towns of Jiangbei in Hongguang Dynasty. The mistake is that people are not properly employed. Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Huang Degong not only gained fame, but also had their own ulterior motives to fight to the death. How could it be possible to defend the capital? But all princes, Beile is completely different!"

The princes present, Beile, were all happy when he heard this. They thought Ruan Dacheng was speaking too beautifully. This proposal maximized their interests. And more importantly, since everyone has supreme power in their territory, the Ming army in Yue must have resisted the death during the Northern Expedition.

An instant Belle spoke: "Regent, instead of letting us rush around to grab land, but let us become vassal states, we will do our best to deal with the Jinhua thieves without the distraction of the court!"

This statement is naturally a response: "Yes, this is right. After we become a vassal state, we will definitely fight to the death and fight the Jinhua thieves until the last moment!"

"Regent, you should agree to this matter quickly!"

"Regent, why are you hesitating? We have helped you solve any difficulties!"

Now all the princes and Bell directly surrounded Dorgon, so he would definitely agree on the spot.

For Dorgon, this was simply a glass of real bitter wine but had to drink it.

Starting from Huang Taiji, the Qing Dynasty was striving to transform from a tribal alliance to a feudal state, and in this process it was constantly concentrated. By the time Dorgon was regent, he, the regent, was already full of words, and no one dared to publicly fight him.

However, after two southern expeditions, everyone in the Qing Dynasty disliked Dorgon, the regent, and thought that Dorgon was the random command of two southern expeditions to bring such amazing losses. In particular, Dorgon opposed the public opinion and launched the second southern expedition, which made the Qing nobles hate it in their hearts. Now Dorgon is the target of public criticism, and everyone is just using Ruan Dacheng's suggestion to vent their anger.

Although Dorgon did not want to compromise, he knew very well that the consequences would be very serious if he refused to compromise, and even so serious that the situation was so serious that several young Beile were ready to draw their swords, so he could only follow the ideas of the princes and Beile: "Since everyone thinks that it is a good thing to establish more vassal states in the future of survival of the court, I will naturally follow the flow of good deeds, but the key is how to preserve the prestige of the court!"

Although theoretically, the vassal states would have nearly infinite power and surpass the court, and they could freely dispatch people, money and property, and they could also appoint officials of all sizes on their own, Dorgon understood the vassal states completely different, and he still had more power.

But all the princes, Beile turned his attention to Ruan Dacheng: "Since Mr. Ruan proposed such a clever plan, he must have made plans. Why don't you tell me how to operate it in detail!"

The Chengtian Dynasty did not expect that a year after the demise of the Hongguang Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty did not learn any historical lessons and decided to establish another vassal state. Moreover, the Hongguang Dynasty only established four towns in Jiangbei and Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan, the upstream. However, the Qing Dynasty established more than a dozen vassal states in one go. Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi, which were led by the Chengtian Dynasty, became vassal states, and even half of the northern Zhili became vassal state forces.

Now, except for the capital Shuntian Prefecture and most of Zhili, the territory directly under the Qing Dynasty was only under the provincial capitals and old places outside the pass. No one expected that Ruan Dacheng would be so troubled, which completely changed the appearance of the entire Qing Dynasty.

Although Dorgon tried his best to save some face for the Qing court, even Gao Yigong, who was a martial artist, felt that the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty would definitely not last long: "If Jianlu continues to struggle like this, it may not be a few years of national fortune. This is God's help to my sister and brother-in-law!"

Although Gao Yigong was born as a military man, he knew very well that Li Zicheng's failure was to continue to rule the world immediately by using his experience of conquering the world immediately, and he failed to successfully complete the transformation from a thief to a feudal emperor. The Qing Dynasty had obviously begun to appoint civil servants to govern the country and achieved great results, but now he has retreated to the idea of ​​conquering the world immediately, and the country's destiny will definitely not last long.

Wang Sunfan, the governor of Huguang opposite him, did not expect Ruan Dacheng to be so troubled: "I almost thought that Ruan Dacheng was the plan of his Majesty's plan for the Jianlu. Later, I learned from the Queen Fengtian that this was not the case, but it was too exaggerated! The court asked Hou Ze to go south to serve as the admiral of Guangdong to be a special bold person, but I didn't expect Jianlu to be so confused. This is really a blessing from the Ming Dynasty!"

The biggest advantage of the Qing Dynasty is that although it has countless problems, its daily operation is still a normal country. However, once these dozen vassal states are established, the prestige of the Qing court will naturally disappear, and it is just a strongest vassal state.

Gao Yigong also thought this was too incredible. He kept saying: "It's indeed Tianyou Daming. I originally thought that after Yuan Zongdi went south to Guangxi, we were probably not Ajige's opponents, but this would be a great chance of winning!"

Liu Yongxi not only sent Houze Houtian Jianxiu to lead 3,000 troops south and serve as the governor of Guangdong, but now Yuan Zongdi also led 3,000 elite troops south to Guangxi. In addition, Liu Yongxi also intends to send a part of Zhongzhen Camp to Guiyang. In addition, several old Zhongzhen Camp troops transferred eastwards, Zhongzhen Camp can be said to have almost made a difference in its strength.

Since Zhongzhen Camp has launched a large-scale transfer to the east and south, and the old Xiying troops are also making a large-scale transfer to the south, now everyone feels that the Chengtian Dynasty is not ready to launch a northern expedition. After all, after so many troops are sent out, the Ming army in Huguang has launched an offensive.

But since Empress Fengtian Gao is Gao Yigong's own sister, Gao Yigong learned a lot of insider information, and now he has understood Liu Yongxi's specific ideas.

Although Ajige in Henan is the strongest and most complete field group with the Qing army, and Shanxi and Shaanxi have several vassal states in one province, only the only vassal state in Henan Province is the British King Ajige. Although Ajige obtained the entire Henan province except the provincial capital, he now bears several times the responsibilities he has taken than before.

In the past, Ajige spent most of his energy on dealing with the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty in the Yue Ming army, but now he is distracted from all matters in Henan Province, and he must not lose a piece of territory.

Under the stimulation of the continuous southward movement of the Ming army in the Vietnamese army, Ajige has now put all his energy into pacifying the "bandits" in the province. In terms of the "domestic bandits", he not only dispersed his field forces to various prefectures and counties across the province, but even prepared to personally lead troops to deal with the so-called "Caozhou bandits" of Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Menggeng, while the southern border defense is placed in a relatively secondary position.

The Ming army of Yue is now able to attack Ajige and catch him off guard and even annihilate several Niulu and camp heads of Ajige's troops. Wang Sunfan completely agrees with Gao Yigong's view: "I think this Northern Expedition has a chance of winning 60%, but how to win the battlefield still requires Queen Fengtiangao to lead the soldiers of the three armies to gallop on the battlefield!"
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next