It’s already dark, but the oil lamps in Xiamen’s official offices are still on.
Xiong Rulin, a fifty-one-year-old Dongge scholar, is dealing with various official documents and has been working hard to revive the Ming Dynasty for a long time. His hair is white and his back is a little hunched.
"Cough! Cough!"
Xiong Rulin coughed a few times, and bloodshot eyes appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"Master, it's getting late, why don't you go back home?"
The old butler Xiong Fu asked cautiously. Seeing Xiong Rulin's tired look, Xiong Fu felt heartbroken.
Xiong Rulin finished processing the last official document, put down his pen, sighed, and said to Xiong Fu: "There is nothing we can do, Ah Fu, the national affairs are so small, we must be arrogant!"
Xiong Rulin, courtesy name Yuyin, was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang, and was a Jinshi scholar in the fourth year of Chongzhen.
This man is very patriotic and not afraid of death.
When he was the magistrate of Tong'an County, he dared to lead the county troops across the sea and defeated the Dutch colonists in Xiamen. The Qing soldiers conquered Nanjing, and he and Sun Jiaji raised the first anti-Qingyi banner in eastern Zhejiang, and they were known as "Sun Xiong".
He was very courageous. Others who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty hid in the mountains or on the seaside and fought guerrilla warfare. However, he believed that "it is difficult to attack on the river, so it is better to go to the inland as a strategy." He led more than a thousand people and dared to go deep into the hinterland of Haining to recruit soldiers. .Ten thousand people responded, known as the "Bear Army".
Later, he, Sun Jiaji and other rebel leaders supported the king of Lu, Zhu Yihai, to supervise the country.
Later, when Sun Jiaji accompanied Lu Jianguo on a voyage, he died of illness on a desert island in Zhoushan. "Sun Xiong", without Sun, only Xiong remained.
After processing the official documents, I looked at the sky and saw that it was indeed getting late.
"Go back home," Xiong Rulin said lightly.
The door of the government office opened, and a small green sedan carried Xiong Rulin back to the government.
"Lao Xiong is here, take action!"
As soon as the sedan reached an alley, more than ten masked men approached with knives.
After several screams, the family members and bearers were chopped down to the ground.
"I am a dignified bachelor of Dongge University, I dare you!"
Xiong Rulin was so angry that his hair was trembling.
"Ah!"
A steel knife penetrated the body, and Xiong Rulin fell in a pool of blood.
The assassin leader smiled coldly: "Old Xiong, go to the underworld to talk to Duke Jianguo!"
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At the Jianguo Government Office in Xiamen, Zheng Cai is anxiously waiting for news.
"Old Xiong is dead? Okay! Okay! Well done! Thank you for your hard work, go down and receive the reward, a big reward!"
Zheng Cai's brows were full of ferociousness: "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey. From now on, let's see who dares not to listen to me!"
Founding Duke Zheng Cai was Zheng Zhilong’s nephew and Zhu Chenggong’s elder brother.
After Zheng Zhilong was deceived and placed under house arrest in Beijing, Zheng Hongkui, Zhu Chenggong and others of the Zheng family refused to accept Lu Jianguo or submit to Zhu Hengjia in the name of respecting the defunct Longwu court. Instead, they hid in their hometown of Anping City. , separatist rule.
Zheng Cai had more political vision than them. He welcomed Zhu Yihai, the governor of Lu, from Zhoushan to Xiamen, and held the emperor hostage to order the princes.
Zhu Yihai is a descendant of Taizu Zhengerbajing, a prince of the Ming Dynasty, and has a high reputation. As soon as he came, Zheng Cai became more popular, and there was an endless stream of people who defected to him.
Zheng Zhilong's direct lineage was almost dismantled by Boluo. Originally, Zheng Cai had more soldiers than Zheng Hongkui and Zhu Chenggong, and with the golden sign of Lu Jianguo, he had strong soldiers and horses, and he seemed to have the potential to become the new generation head of the Zheng family.
However, although the golden signboard of Lu Jianguo is easy to use, it has its thorns.
Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian, Yang Geng and others supported Lu Jianguo. In fact, they wanted to repeat his uncle Zheng Zhilong's old trick of manipulating Emperor Longwu into the palm of his hand. To put it bluntly, they wanted to be Cao Cao. In Zheng Cai's eyes, Lu Jianguo It's just a rubber stamp.
Here’s the problem, he wanted to be Cao Cao, but Lu Jianguo didn’t want to be Han Xiandi.
Lu Jianguo is not Emperor Longwu. He has no soldiers and can only look at Zheng Zhilong's eyes.
He had been in eastern Zhejiang for a long time, fighting bloody battles with the Qing army. Although he was defeated, he still had some defeated soldiers in his hands.
More importantly, he has many famous loyal ministers and righteous men. This is easy to understand. Those who have been alone at sea for a long time, under difficult conditions, and are willing to abandon their families and children and run to the island to join him are definitely loyal righteous men to the Ming Dynasty. .Historically, the Yongli Emperor fled to Burma, but the subordinates of Lu Jianguo still persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Zheng Cai wanted to be Cao Cao, but the loyal ministers and righteous men under Lu Jianguo naturally refused.
The first person to oppose him was Mr. Xiong Rulin.
Xiong Rulin has a resolute nature and high moral standing. He responds to every call in the court. Zheng Cai fought with him several times but failed to win.
It's normal to not win in a fight. I'm a Jinshi, a great bachelor with a lot of knowledge, but you're just a pirate leader, just playing with others, presenting facts and reasoning, how can you prevail with them?
Old Man Xiong cited the classics and was confident. Zheng Cai couldn't compete with Old Man Xiong and was completely defeated.
Old man, if you are not good at writing, I will play martial arts with you to let everyone know who has the final say in Xiamen.
So Zheng Cai had someone assassinate Xiong Rulin.
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"Brother Yuyin!"
After learning that Xiong Rulin had been assassinated by Zheng Cai, Yixing Marquis Zheng Zunqian was indignant and grieved. He went to Shulu to supervise the country and impeached Zheng Cai.
This Zheng Zunqian, courtesy name Lugong, was from Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. When Xiong Rulin and Sun Jiaji first raised the righteous flag to resist the Qing Dynasty, he raised troops in Kuaiji County to respond, killing the county magistrate Peng Wanli and the Qing Dynasty's appeasement envoys.
This person is very unfilial and rebellious!
His father was Zheng Zhiyin, the chief official of Shanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty.
After the Qing army captured Nanjing, Zheng Zunqian contacted like-minded people to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He said to the people around him: "There is still room for action in the world. I want to revolt, so why do I do it?"
Soon a team of thousands of people was organized to collect food and grass and prepare for the event.
His father Zheng Zhiyin knew about it and quickly dissuaded him: "Son, the Ming Dynasty has died. Our family has food and drink, but we are not hungry. Don't do stupid things and stay at home honestly. Peace is a blessing!"
Zheng Zunqian said: "Father, I can rely on you for other things, but not for this matter. My son has been taught by saints, and he must not be vague about important matters."
Zheng Zhiyin made a "plop" sound, knelt down in front of his son, and cried loudly: "Son! If you rebel, my father, me, and the whole family will be dead!" ("Thank you for lending me this slave!") Order, do not overthrow the clan")
Zheng Zunqian became angry: "I am just a member of the family, and I still know the justice of the country; you are a court official, but you prevent your son from rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. What is the reason? You are afraid that I will harm you, so you can remove me from the family tree. From now on, The father is not the father, the son is not the son, it is a clean break."
Unfilial and disobedient to his father. However, when the subordinates learned about this, they were all excited.
Loyal ministers are not afraid of death, so Zheng Zunqian resolutely went to court and impeached Zheng Cai for killing ministers.
Hearing that someone dared to stroke his beard again, Zheng Cai became angry and called his general Wu Hui to his house.
"General Wu, go and help me with something."
"If Duke Jianguo has something to do, just give him his orders, and he will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"Take a thousand elite soldiers and capture that boy Zheng Zunqian for me. If he dares to resist, he will be killed!"
Without saying a word, Wu Hui led his troops to Kinmen, captured Zheng Zunqian, and returned to Xiamen by boat.
Halfway through the boat, Zheng Zunqian suddenly burst into laughter: "If my bones are found in this sea, I will definitely be famous in history." He jumped into the ocean. His loyal soul remained and turned into stars.
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Lu Jianguo was extremely dissatisfied with Zheng Cai's domineering behavior and killing ministers without permission. He summoned Jianguo Gong Zheng Cai and asked him: "What are Xiong Rulin and Zheng Zunqian guilty of? Jianguo Gong wants to kill them?"
Zheng Caidao: "In the supervision of the country, Xiong Rulin died after encountering a thief, and it has nothing to do with me. Zheng Zunqian falsely accused me of killing Xiong Rulin. I was so angry that I sent my subordinates to arrest him. It was because of his anger that he jumped into the sea because of his incompetence. It’s no wonder that I’m dead!”
Lu Jianguo was furious and said: "What's the use of killing loyal ministers and cutting off their legs and arms?"
After saying that, I will dive into the water and commit suicide.
Zuo Zuo and Zheng Cai quickly dissuaded him.
Lu Jianguo wanted to commit suicide by diving into the water, which shocked Zheng Cai. If this golden sign dies, his reputation will be ruined on the street.
He hurriedly expressed his position: "Don't worry, the supervisor, I will definitely track down the murderer and give an explanation to His Highness."
After Zheng Cai returned, he randomly arrested a dozen people, said they were murderers, and executed them (Ling Chi).
After Xiong Rulin's death, Qian Sule, Minister of the Ministry of War, advised Lu Jianguo to stop the imperial edict in protest to Zheng Cai. Lu Jianguo was afraid of Zheng Cai and refused to do anything. Zheng Zunqian was forced to throw himself into the sea and died, and Lu Jianguo heard about it. Weeping, he stayed away from the court for five days, not daring to ask. Qian Su was happy to see the treacherous officials wielding power, and felt unhappy and contracted a serious illness.
Qian Sule, courtesy name Xisheng, was a Jinshi in the 10th year of Chongzhen. He was a native of Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province, and served as a member of the Xingbu Yuanwai Lang in the Ming Dynasty.
After the Qing army captured Nanjing, Zhu Zhikui, the prefect of Ningbo, prepared to surrender the city. Seeing the country changing hands, he was so worried that he coughed up blood and prepared to die for the country. At this time, the Six Kuangsheng Uprising in Yin County broke out. The rebels knew that Qian Sule was well-known. , at the Ningbo City God's Temple, they raised their arms and shouted: "Why not just push Qian Gong to take the lead and raise a flag to revolt!"
Qian Sule did not refuse, and bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities despite his illness. Together with Sun Jiaji, Xiong Rulin, Zheng Zunqian and others, he supported the king of Lu, Zhu Yihai, to supervise the country.
Lu Jianguo appointed Qian Sule to take over as Dongge University Scholar and be responsible for drafting government votes.
"Lying in a lonely village, I don't feel sorry for myself, but I still think about guarding the Luntai for the country."
Qian Sule entered the cabinet even though he was ill, and took on the heavy responsibility of overseeing the small court of Lu.
Originally, the situation in Fujian was quite good. It turned out that Zhu Jizuo, a great scholar of the Longwu Dynasty, surrendered to Lu Jianguo, and led an uprising in Xinghua, Fujian, and recovered Xinghua City; the great scholar Liu Zhongzao led the righteous army to conquer Fu'an in Fujian. , Luoyuan, Ningde, Zheng'an and Jingning, Qingyuan, Yunhe, Songyang and other counties under the Zhejiang Chuzhou Prefecture. The Qing army was huddled in a small place, and Fuzhou has become an isolated island.
However, internal strife consumed the strength of Lu Jianguo's regime.
After learning that Zheng Cai was domineering and killing important officials without permission, the scholar Liu Zhongzao was very angry and called Zheng Cai a traitor. After he led the rebel army to regain Funing, Zheng Cai was jealous of him. Not only did he not support him, but he sent troops to rob him. Plunder the rear of Liu Zhongzao.
Liu Zhongzao complained to Qian Sule, and Qian Sule made many accusations against Zheng Cai's behavior in his reply to Liu Zhongzao.
As a result, I don’t know how, this reply letter fell into Zheng Cai’s hands.
Zheng Cai ran to see Qian Sule and deliberately quoted the words in his letter to Qian Sule. Qian Sule was shocked. He was not in good health, was ashamed and angry, and died of vomiting blood.
Several important ministers died in mysterious circumstances, and Lu Jianguo's subordinates were panicked.
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"Hahaha!"
Chen Jin, the governor-general of Zhejiang and Fujian in the Qing Dynasty, learned of the internal strife in the Lu Jianguo regime and repeatedly shouted: "God bless our Qing Dynasty!"
Chen Jin sent a message to Dorgon, the regent, saying that the rulers and ministers of the Lu State were suspicious of each other, and the top and bottom were strife, so it would be easy to destroy them!
Naturally, Dorgon, who was talented and resourceful, would not miss this good opportunity. He sent Chen Tai, the minister of rites and general of Jingnan, to lead Mele Zhangjing Dong Alai (namely Dong Alai), Li Yanling and Li Shutai, ministers of the Ministry of Punishment, to assist Xi. Ha, the generals Zu Zeyuan led his troops south to Fujian and cooperated with the army of Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, to launch a massive counterattack.
The Qing army is coming in force and vows to wipe out the small imperial court of Lujian in Fujian in one fell swoop.
Uncle Zhongxiao, who was strong in Anping City, recruited the general Zhu Chenggong. After learning that his brother Zheng Cai was good at killing the important ministers of Lu Supervisor, he couldn't help but smile.
He is not afraid of Zheng Cai's large number of soldiers, but he is afraid of Lu's supervision of the country's reputation.
My cousin, relying on his golden name, has always suppressed me. Now, my cousin has a tendency to break with Lu Jianguo, and the time has come to annex his troops and territory.
Zhu Chenggong has always wanted to recruit troops and flex his muscles in Fujian, but with Zheng Cai here, his power has not developed quickly. If he wants to do big things, he must annex Zheng Cai.
In March of the 21st year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army attacked Jianning. There was a shortage of food in the city. Prince Qi of Yun State asked Zhu Chenggong to borrow food, but Zhu Chenggong agreed but refused to send it.
At this time, Zhu Chenggong was no longer the innocent boy he was, but had grown into a politician.
Politicians consider issues based on interests. What benefit does it have to support Lu Jianguo and let him gain a foothold in Fujian? Only when Lu Jianguo collapses and takes over his power can he dominate Fujian.
Since the time of Zheng Zhilong, Fujian has been regarded as a private territory by the Zheng family, and others will never be allowed to get involved.
Zhu Chenggong paid lip service but failed to deliver. He did not praise Lu Yishi and his troops did not cross the north of Luoyang Bridge.
On March 29th, the Manchu and Han armies of Chen Tai, Chen Jin and other troops of the Qing Dynasty surrounded Jianning and launched a fierce attack. On April 4th, the city of Jianning was defeated, and Zhu Changhu, the king of Yunxi in the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Qi, the national counselor, were killed. In the chaos of the army.
In the same month, the main force of Qing aid to Fujian entered Fuzhou, the provincial capital.
The regime of Lu Jianguo was in turmoil.
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"Marquis Fu, why are you here?"
As soon as he saw Zhang Mingzhen, who had come all the way, Lu Jianguo's spirit perked up.
Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, whose courtesy name was Hou Fu, was from Jiangning County, Yingtian Prefecture. He was resourceful and resourceful and was the mainstay of the small court of Lu Jianguo.
When Lu Jianguo followed Zheng Cai to Fujian to open up a new world, he left Zhang Mingzhen, Zhang Huangyan and others in Zhoushan and Jiandong to recruit rebels and continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
There were constant exchanges of letters between Fujian and Zhejiang. Seeing that the situation in Fujian was critical, Zhang Mingzhen came to offer advice to Lu Jianguo.
"Supervise the country, the Qing army is pressing down on the country, you have to make plans early!"
Zhu Yihai said angrily: "I hate that Zheng Cai wronged the country, Yu Yin, Lu Gong, they died unjustly! I hate myself so much that I can't avenge them!"
Zhang Mingzhen also said with tears in his eyes: "To supervise the country, a little impatience will mess up the big plan. At this moment, the soldiers are pressing down on the country, it is not appropriate to fall out with the Zheng thief. Revenge will only take a long time."
Zhu Yihai nodded: "Since Hou Feng came from Zhoushan, he must have a clever plan to teach the orphans."
"I am here to present a ceremonial tribute to the supervising country."
"Longzhong, right?"
"Exactly, the current situation is just like the Three Kingdoms. The Lu Dynasty, King Jingjiang and you divide the world into three parts."
"Yeah", Zhu Yihai nodded.
"Of the three, your situation is the most unfavorable. Zhejiang and Fujian are located in the heart of the Tartars and are the forefront of the resistance against the Qing Dynasty. We fought bloody battles with the Tartars, but the King of Jingjiang was recuperating in the rear and accumulating strength."
"Alas! I know this section clearly, how can I crack it?"
"I will unite with Jing to resist the Qing Dynasty, consolidate the territory and become powerful, and recruit talents and teachers for three strategies."
"Oh, Hou Fu, please speak quickly."
"To unite with Jing to fight against the Qing Dynasty is to unite with the King of Jingjiang to fight against the Qing Dynasty. It is best for you to supervise the country and persuade the King of Jingjiang to proclaim himself emperor. If he proclaims himself emperor, the Tartars will attack him first, so that Fujian and Zhejiang can take a breather; "Xiong" means to find a stable base to raise troops, and I think Zhoushan is a good place; "recruiting talents and recruiting teachers" means to hold imperial examinations after stabilization, recruit talents, and then send people to sail to Korea and Japan to invite teachers to help in the war."
Zhu Yihai thought for a while: "It is possible to unite with King Jingjiang to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but Gu is a bloodline of Taizu, and he is just a collateral blood relative. It is not feasible to supervise the country and persuade him to become emperor. It is impossible to stand firm and recruit talents. , Gu all listened to Qing. Qing quickly returned to Zhoushan to prepare. If Fujian cannot be defended, I would go to Zhoushan to defeat Huang Binqing first, and then capture eastern Zhejiang."
