Seeing everyone's surprise, he couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought that King Yu is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty."
"Previously, in order to preserve the city of Nanjing and the Xiaoling Mausoleum, they had no choice but to return to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty has returned, I realize that this step was really wrong."
Seeing this, Liu Rushi twisted her slender waist and left gracefully, while the trembling mountains undulated.
It's a pity that everyone is focused on the political situation and turns a blind eye to such beautiful scenery.
Wang Duo, the Minister of Hubu, shook his head and said: "The late emperor was still there at that time. Who knew that King Yu could reach this point?"
Good guy, Emperor Hongguang was just captured, and now he has become the late emperor.
Everyone was amazed, but chose to acquiesce.
The momentum of King Yu to proclaim himself emperor was unstoppable, so they naturally had to conform to the general trend in order to comply.
"In the past, King Yu was in charge of Huguang, so he probably had a lot of quarrels with us!"
Cai Yichen shook his head, feeling a little desperate.
From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and then to the Ming Dynasty, how can it be possible to gain trust again?
"We endure the humiliation and bear the burden, but King Yu doesn't know about it."
Zuodu Yushi Li Zhan said, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
"What do you mean?" Qian Qianyi leaned forward, a hint of joy appearing on his face.
"Zhang Shenyan, the former Minister of Civil Affairs, is now the chief historian of the King of Yu. Although I don't know his position, I know from this that he is the confidant of the King of Yu."
Li Zhan showed a trace of confidence and said eloquently: "Everyone here is a gentleman. As long as Zhang Libu is in Nanjing, we can naturally discuss and recommend him again."
"It's a little late."
Wang Duo nodded, with a regretful look on his face: "As soon as King Yu arrived in Nanjing, many people flocked to him, but if you volunteer yourself, I'm afraid there will be no place for you after a while."
"Some villains are particularly good at sneaking around and using any means necessary. We can't compare with them."
This was recognized by everyone and they all nodded.
Gentlemen like them have suffered a lot in this regard.
"Don't be afraid!"
Li Zhan said seriously: "We are not good enough, then let the suitable person do it."
"who?"
"The great scholars Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, Lu Daqi, etc. were all sages of the previous dynasty. They were jealous of Ma Shiying and had to go into seclusion. You can recommend one or two to win the throne of the King of Yu."
"good!"
Qian Qianyi nodded and agreed: "Lu Daqi knows military affairs, Gao Hongtu is skilled in government affairs, and Jiang Yueguang is honest and dedicated to the public affairs. He can be said to be a great talent."
"The King of Yu will definitely use it."
Use these three people to tear open the cracks bit by bit, thereby changing King Yu's impression of the Donglin Party, appointing talented people, and clearing the stigma of applying.
Only then did the group of people smile.
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In comparison, the nobles are quite timid.
In other words, they are even very naive because they have not used their brains for a long time.
They all believed that the main responsibility for surrendering to the Manchus was that Emperor Hongguang escaped privately, leaving the group without a leader, thus forcing them to surrender.
From this we can draw the conclusion that they are still honorable men who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, King Yu will definitely recognize their titles and reuse them.
Who makes them the local snakes of Nanjing?
So, they gathered together and happily went to Hu's house, asking to see King Yu.
I was immediately rejected.
"We are loyal to you for generations to come——"
"I want to see King Yu, I am Uncle Chengyi..."
After shouting for a while, luckily they were not really stupid and barged in directly, only to return in frustration.
Come with good fortune and return with bad luck.
As everyone knows, King Yu stayed up all night and was thinking about how to govern Nanjing.
"Inform the Huizhou merchants that the price of food in the city must come down and must not remain high. In addition, food must be transported from Jiangxi and Huguang to alleviate the food shortage."
Rubbing her temples, Zhu Yixi ordered.
Now that he has become the master of this city, he will naturally maintain his rule.
Food is the top priority.
Hui merchants are the main reason.
"By the way, where did Li Jingwu go?"
Immediately, he asked Sun Changzhou on the side.
"Your Highness, after Commander Li replenished his supplies, he followed Wu Sangui and headed straight for Zhenjiang."
Sun Changzhou immediately said: "In addition, two commanders, Zhao Guangyuan and Qin Yiming, also boarded the navy and headed towards Zhenjiang."
“Zhenjiang, Guazhou!!”
King Yu murmured: "For Nanjing, this place must be defended."
At this time, Zhu Yixi felt that Nanjing, this ghost place, was really the place where the Four Wars took place.
To the west are Anqing and Caishiji, and to the east are Zhenjiang and Yangzhou.
To the north, the huge Huaihe River area must be guarded.
As long as there is a loophole in these places, it will collapse immediately.
No wonder the Southern Song Dynasty abandoned Nanjing and went to Hangzhou.
In addition to being easy to run, the easiest thing to do is to be on the defensive.
The muddy Jiangnan area posed a huge obstacle to the northern cavalry, and they did not need to deploy defenses everywhere.
Of course, to stay in Nanjing, it was necessary to maintain strong military strength and obvious offensive, so it would inevitably be feared by the Jin people. The Southern Song Dynasty only wanted to seek peace, not war.
“Luzhou, Chuzhou!!”
The more he thought about it, the more Zhu Yixi felt a headache.
There are not enough troops.
"How was the harvest?"
Zhu Yixi looked at the silent Zhu Mou.
Over the years, even though he has made up for it many times, he is still thinner and bigger. Although it is a bit abrupt, you will get used to it after seeing it too much.
"Your Highness, a rough calculation shows that the Qing Dynasty suffered 10,000 casualties and we only had 4,000."
"How many Eight Banners are there?"
King Yu asked directly. He didn't want to know too much about the other numbers.
"The Eight Banners number about 2,000 people."
Zhu Mou said without thinking.
"More than two thousand!"
Zhu Yixi said softly: "In other words, the casualties have reached 30%, and they still maintain no formation. They are worthy of being elite."
"If we take prisoners, there are about three thousand people, old, weak, sick and disabled."
"Liu Zeqing's troops?"
"That's right!" It was Sun Changzhou who answered.
"Where's the treasury?"
"It is already being sealed, but according to the guards, more than 90% of the items have been transported to Beijing. Now they are starving to death."
Zhu Mou sighed with regret on his face.
"Building slaves is really greedy and greedy."
Zhu Yixi gritted her teeth and said, "I must rush into Beijing and snatch everything back."
God knows what a war will do to the finances.
Just the sulfur used in gunpowder alone exceeded ten thousand taels in one day.
Rewards and grants to soldiers, compensation for losses, equipment and horses, etc.
Although the specific figures were not known until several days later, it is painful to think about.
Before I knew it, it was already bright,
After planning for a while, the current situation is still relatively optimistic.
The rice in Jiangnan will be mature in June, and the autumn harvest will be harvested in less than a month, thus giving a heavy blow to the difficult finance.
Of course, the most urgent thing at hand is to capture Zhenjiang, Luzhou, Chuzhou and other places and maintain a line of defense.