In the carriage, Chang Yu punched Li Yan hard, shattering Li Yan's window.
At this time, they finally saw through Dorgon's intention. The reason why he ran all the way and ignored the ant legs around him was because he wanted to eat the fat meat of Qingzhou Prefecture!
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Dorgon personally led a large army into the pass and destroyed Jinan City, burning, killing and looting countless people. Not only did he take away King De, but also killed more than a hundred members of Sun Chengzong's family who had retired and returned to his hometown in Gaoyang County at that time.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Abatai once again led his troops into Shandong and wiped out King Lu of Yanzhou Prefecture. Several brothers of King Zhu Yi of Lu were almost killed, and Lao Liu escaped by hiding in a pile of dead people. At the beginning of this year Just after he inherited the throne of King of Lu, he was Zhu Yihai, the King of Lu who later oversaw the country in the Southern Ming Dynasty. It was also he who made Zheng Chenggong fall into infamy for regicide for hundreds of years.
The history of the Ming Dynasty records: "Success can sink people into the sea." However, the history of the Ming Dynasty was reviewed and compiled by the Qing government, so it naturally poured dirty water on him. It was not until his tomb was discovered hundreds of years later that Zheng Chenggong was cleared of the crime.
Speaking of Zhu Yihai's tomb, there is another little episode. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a celebrity named Lin Shuhai who wanted to find the tomb of King Lu every day when he had nothing to do. However, he searched blindly according to Shen Guangwen's memorial sequence. When he came across an ancient tomb, he heard that The villagers called the tomb of King Lu, so they identified it as the tomb of King Lu, and then various official seals were stamped by scholars to pay tribute. By the time of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek even wrote inscriptions, and then...
More than a hundred years later, the Kinmen mountains were blown up to quarry, and the real tomb was discovered. How many people were slapped in the face!
Back to the topic, Shandong is not a wealthy place, but there are three vassal kings, two of which were taken away by the Manchus. Now there is only one Prince Heng of Qingzhou Prefecture. Dorgon once again entered the country and ran away. He was traveling so fast, there was no doubt that he was heading towards Qingzhou Prefecture.
In fact, Chang Yu really had no sympathy for these vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. They were all just a bunch of worms waiting to die. When the Ming Dynasty was in crisis, they not only failed to contribute, but also held them back.
Although it was not a pity to kill them, it was extremely difficult for Chang Yu to accept that these extremely rich worms were taking advantage of the Tatars and thieves.
If you want to kill or rob, I have to do it first.
You must know that among the three major powers in the world, the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the bandit army, the poorest one was the Ming Dynasty. It was short of money and food and could not afford to eat. However, all the vassal kings were rich and could rival the country. Raise an army of 100,000! So Li Zicheng especially likes to stay in the palace.
In fact, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the royal family has been on guard against, pampered, and protected the clan kings. As long as you do not seek to usurp the throne, you can be exempted from almost any crime, and others are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks. If someone loses his life due to poor local protection, the royal family will feel humiliated and furious, and will be desperate to hold them accountable. They will arrest and kill those who deserve to be arrested, and they will never be merciful!
Therefore, even when the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where it doesn’t even have the money to show off its appearance, it still has to pretend to be fat and give the vassal kings regular salary rewards every year. Some vassal kings even wanted to invite King Zhan Qin, but the royal family rejected them very harshly. :You fucking lie down and don’t move!
I was afraid that these vassal kings would take advantage of the situation and cause chaos.
But if you asked Emperor Chongzhen if he wanted to raid the homes of these vassal kings, he would definitely want to, but he couldn't show it. Even thinking about it would make him think it was extremely evil.
Let alone mentioning it to others.
So when Chongzhen was so poor that he borrowed money from ministers to raise donations, he never thought of opening his mouth to the vassal king. Why? He couldn't open his mouth if he couldn't afford it, and more importantly, the vassal kings would not lend it to him at all. , I wish I could see him in such a state of desolation. Aren’t you of the emperor’s lineage? Look what he has become...
Although Chongzhen didn't dare to think or do it, if someone did it for him and the method was secretive, he would enjoy the results.
For example, he had a confidant called the Backpacker, who had done something secretly when he was in Taiyuan and helped him "protect" several princes. Those princes donated money and food "consciously and proactively", but it is a pity that these princes
The princes were all harmed by "thieves"!
The scapegoat has never been afraid of taking the blame. As long as the Ming Dynasty can rise again, there is nothing to fear from taking the blame, even if he is settled by the Queen in the future.
Therefore, I am determined to take over Prince Heng’s Mansion!
King Heng has always been timid and fearful of trouble. Historically, after Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, the Qingzhou Prefecture guard Li Shiyuan killed the rebel general Yao Yingfeng who came to take over. Then the Qing troops entered the pass and Li Shiyuan proposed that King Heng declare himself the emperor to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
Wang was so frightened that he almost pissed himself. He refused to obey and surrendered to the Qing army. Then he was executed the next year. To put it bluntly, Wang Heng was a coward.
Li Yan and Li Muxian did not know the inside story, but when they heard that Chang Yu said that King Heng was timid and stupid, they became worried: as soon as Dorgon arrived, King Heng would surrender, and he would not even be able to be saved!
"The factory supervisor should hurry up and go to Qingzhou Prefecture to report the news, and let King Heng hold the city and wait for reinforcements." Li Yan suggested, and Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "First of all, I don't know if it will be late, and secondly, King Heng is famous
It remains to be seen whether the timid and fatuous people will listen, and besides, I’m afraid that the Ming army in Qingzhou Prefecture may not be reliable!”
"Is it possible that there are Tatar spies in the Qingzhou Prefecture garrison?" Li Yan is sometimes particularly curious about Chang Yu's ability to predict many things, but he often explains to himself that he is the boss of Dongchang and even the Jin Yiwei takes orders from him. Naturally, he knows many things that outsiders don't know.
intelligence.
If it were just a spy, Chang Yu wouldn't be at a loss for words, but it would be a guard! Li Shiyuan, the guard of Qingzhou Prefecture!
But didn't I just say that Li Shiyuan was very good? He was both a rebel against the Qing Dynasty and a killer of thieves. Why...
Li Shiyuan is not talking about the upright official in the Wanli period, but the guard of Qingzhou Prefecture in the late Ming Dynasty. This man's evaluation in later generations is extremely complicated, especially because the people of Qingzhou Prefecture respect him as the patron saint because he has protected the safety of Qingzhou Prefecture three times.
In the 15th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Qing army entered Shandong and plundered Qingzhou Prefecture. Li Shiyuan defended the city with all his strength, but the Qing army failed to attack the city. This was the first time to protect Qingzhou.
The second time was when Li Zicheng conquered Beijing and allowed General Guo Sheng to rule Shandong. His subordinate general Yao Yingfeng went to Qingzhou but was ambushed by Li Shiyuan pretending to surrender.
Although Yao Yingfeng died, one of his generals, Zhao Yingyuan, escaped. Although Zhao Yingyuan was a traitor, he was anti-Qing. Li Zicheng was defeated and the Qing army entered the pass and occupied Qingzhou. King De also surrendered. Zhao Yingyuan responded with a force.
They entered Qingzhou City and beheaded the Qing Dynasty's ambassador Wang Biel. This was the famous Qingzhou Incident. After hearing the news, the Qing court was shocked and immediately sent heavy troops to suppress it. At this time, Li Shiyuan, who had already retired, appeared out of nowhere and
The Qing government negotiated and he went into the city to deceive Zhao Yingyuan.
Zhao Yingyuan had long heard of Li Shiyuan's reputation and believed him, thinking that the two of them would join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty. However, he was suddenly killed by Li Shiyuan. The rest of the people collapsed, and Qingzhou fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty again. He was also exempted because of Li Shiyuan's "good plan"
This is the third time he has saved Qingzhou Prefecture from the disaster!
So whether he is good or bad, it is understandable to say that he was good the first two times, but it is hard to say that he was good the last time he surrendered to the Qing army and saved Qingzhou Prefecture from a military disaster.
Zhao Yingyuan, who was obviously a traitor, raised the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty, but the Ming army defenders surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and killed him...
This is also Chang Yu's dilemma: if Dorgon's army arrives in Qingzhou Prefecture, will Li Shiyuan "save" the people of Qingzhou Prefecture from military disaster?
Will he offer the city or resist?
The last time the Qing army attacked Qingzhou, there were only a few thousand soldiers, but Li Shiyuan had the courage to fight. But this time Dorgon personally led more than 20,000 cavalry. Can Li Shiyuan's hundreds of soldiers be able to withstand it? Will he fight to keep the people of Qingzhou safe?
Has the door been opened?
So Chang Yu was not sure to pay attention, but he still listened to Li Yan's suggestion and sent someone to inform Qingzhou Prefecture to prepare, but he just sent himself!
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