Although most of the scholars in the late Ming Dynasty were different from practical knowledge, they often mastered many skills of poetry and wine. Chen Zilong's cooking skills are famous in Jiangnan. Today he cooks in person. Zhang Jiayu has heard of Chen Zilong's skills.
It was very good. I didn't expect the dishes to be so delicious. The half-cut steamed anchovy was indescribably fresh.
After the meal, the two continued to talk about various situations after the dramatic changes in the capital. Chen Zilong listened to Zhang Jiayu's description and shook his head repeatedly. He felt a stagnation in his chest that could not be expressed. He picked up the pipa again and sang while talking:
"The sun has set where the singing rests, and the remaining flowers are fragrant across the courtyard. There are countless balconies and countless grass, and we can talk about hegemony and prosperity."
"This state of affairs is so sad..."
Zhang Jiayu's eyes couldn't help but get wet again when she thought of all the past events on the day when the Qing army entered the city, when Fan Jingwen and other loyal ministers and righteous men gathered their servants into the palace to rescue them but failed, and finally committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well.
He is not a person who is afraid of death, but Zhang Jiayu knows that at this time of chaos in Beijing, some people's responsibility is to sacrifice their lives for righteousness, while some people's responsibility is to endure humiliation and survive in order to achieve recovery in the future.
A servant of the Fan family had previously sent a suicide note to Zhang Jiayu's house, which was Fan Jingwen's earnest teachings to him. Fan Jingwen was already an old man, and he needed to sacrifice his life for the country and use his own blood to inspire the fighting spirit of future generations.
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Zhang Jiayu is still a young man. He needs to live and contribute to the expulsion of the Tartars.
Chen Zilong then told Zhang Jiayu all kinds of novel experiences after joining Li Laiheng's command in Xuzhou. Chen Zilong rarely mentioned Emperor Yongchang of Dashun, and always talked about various things about Li Laiheng.
In Chen Zilong's words, Li Laiheng is a famous general who is thirsty for talents and sincere. He always takes the lead and directs decisively. And as if given by heaven, he can often find his own tricks and do completely unexpected things.
When Zhang Jiayu heard a story about Li Laiheng riding alone and breaking through the formation, fighting hand-to-hand with the Eight Banners soldiers, killing dozens of riders, and finally suddenly rushed under the banner of the Qing army and personally killed the captive chieftain Ao Bai who once slaughtered all the Pi Islands,
I couldn't help but praise:
"Dangshan's Divine Victory! Li Houzhen is the divine general descended from heaven!"
Chen Zilong went on to tell Zhang Jiayu about the various achievements of the great general Li Laiheng. In addition to the great victory at Dangshan, there were also great victories at Luoyang, great victories at Shangcai, Huangma Chaojie, extraordinary victories at Yingzishan, great victories at Baigouhe, etc., which were used to defeat many with less.
The devastating battle of gods.
Among them, the divine victory at Dangshan Mountain and the great victory at Baigou River were both battles in which Li Laiheng destroyed millions of Qing troops with fewer strikes and more. Therefore, the Dashun army respected Li Laiheng as the divine general Li Suihou.
Zhang Jiayu was so excited that he praised Li Laiheng repeatedly for being a unique and upright hero in this world.
Li Laiheng single-handedly rescued King Chuang out of a million-strong army, sent Lady Luo as a gift for thousands of miles, sold his property in Luoyang to help hundreds of thousands of hungry people, observed the stars in Shangluo Mountain to predict the world situation, and even denounced the eunuch mine supervisors in the Shaanxi countryside in his early years.
The stories are all narrated by Chen Zilong.
Zhang Jiayu sighed: "I was born with a Li Suihou, and he must be the one who rules the world."
"There are many more stories about Suihou...Brother Yuanzi, you will definitely have the opportunity to know Suihou's methods in the future. With this person here, the captives will not be able to expand their power."
"If Dashun has a scholar like this, the overall situation of the world may really not fall into the hands of Huang Taiji."
"Brother Yuanzi, you have been conducting secret inspections in Beijing for a long time. What are the current trends of the Qing army? Where do the people of the Ming Dynasty like the ministers?"
After Zhang Jiayu hesitated for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said:
"The Qing army has blocked the palace. Even the six ministers don't know what the situation is in the palace... But I have a reliable channel that can ensure one thing to the third master... Your Majesty is still alive!"
The majesty mentioned by Zhang Jiayu is of course not the Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun, nor the Chongde Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Tiancong Khan Huang Taiji, nor the Taiping Emperor Zhu Youlang who inherited the rule in Xichuan, but only Zhu Youlang of Chongzhen.
Checked.
It turns out that Zhu Youjian is not dead...
This was actually Chen Zilong's guess. Most people in the Dashun Army also believed that Huang Taiji would not kill Chongzhen directly. The main reason was that Li Laiheng believed that according to Emperor Chongzhen's character, he would probably commit suicide directly after suffering such a shame and humiliation.
Now it seems that Chongzhen was probably tightly controlled by Huang Taiji, and he didn't even have the chance to commit suicide.
"What channel is it? Even the ministers of the six ministries are not allowed to enter the palace. Which friend of Brother Yuanzi can peek into the palace?"
"I can't say that yet." Zhang Jiayu said softly, "This friend is currently in the Central Committee, and he is surrounded by the Qing army. His identity must not be exposed. Even if it is you, Third Master, I can't reveal his identity yet.
Come out. But I can guarantee that this person not only has a very high status in the court, but also has access to some particularly confidential developments of the Qing army."
"Does it include the time to send troops?"
"good!"
Zhang Jiayu nodded and said: "Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou have already left the capital, and Prince Baylor, the extremely Qing army who originally lived in Chengguo Gong's house, has also left the city. What the person in the palace told me is that Huang Taiji had already left the capital two days ago.
He is no longer in Beijing...and neither is His Majesty!"
Chen Zilong was shocked: "Is Huang Taiji actually planning to kidnap Emperor Chongzhen for his personal expedition?"
"I'm not sure about this. Perhaps Huang Taiji was also worried that after the Qing army came out in full force, if His Majesty was left in Beijing, loyal ministers and righteous people in the court would take the opportunity to attack, and his retreat would probably be unsafe, so he took His Majesty away.
It can be used to recruit frontier generals to surrender, or it can also be used as hostages."
"Hong Taiji's methods are very cunning...this information is extremely important. I didn't expect the Qing army to go south so early and move so fast. The Dashun army may not be ready to defend it to the death. I must pass this information back to Zhending!"
Chen Zilong was determined. Even if he died in Beijing controlled by the Qing army, he must take these pieces of information out.
Since he lurked in Beijing, he has seen all kinds of situations in the most beautiful place in the capital. Not to mention the braided soldiers all over the city, the Qing army forcibly expelled countless civilian homes in less than half of Beijing and occupied a large number of private houses for the Eight Banners soldiers to live in. These are all
It's a small thing.
According to Zhang Jiayu, after the Qing army assassinated Sun Chuanting at the Huailai banquet, they even ordered the Guan Ning army and Qin army officers and soldiers to shave their heads and grow braids "to distinguish loyalties from traitors." This was just because the Qin army officers and soldiers had many commotions and even mutinies.
, Huang Taiji saw that the Dashun Army still had hundreds of thousands of troops deployed in the central part of Shanxi and Beizhili, and the Qing army had limited strength and had to borrow the power of the Ming Dynasty official army to destroy the main enemy, the Dashun Army.
Under such circumstances, Huang Taiji withdrew his order and allowed the Ming soldiers to continue to grow their hair. However, after the Qing army entered Beijing and Huang Taiji took control of Emperor Chongzhen, he once again believed that the overall situation was under control and intentionally ordered the citizens of Beijing to shave their hair.
Before the order was officially issued, because the news came out in advance, several groups of Ming troops near Jifu suddenly broke out and went south to join Li Laiheng who was stationed in Zhending. People in some places also rose up in rebellion, which shocked Huang Taiji greatly.
Huang Taiji saw that the Qing army had only controlled the Beijing court by means of fraud. In terms of absolute strength, it was not enough to conquer the world. He knew that he had acted too hastily, so he issued an edict in the name of Emperor Chongzhen, claiming that he had requested to be shaved the day before.
It is limited to the army. It is also said that even the officers and soldiers in the army who are not included in the quota of the Eight Banners of the Eastern Division should still tie their hair as usual and follow their own convenience.
But both Chen Zilong and Zhang Jiayu understood that this was just because the Qing army had not yet grasped an absolute advantage in terms of strength comparison.
Huang Taiji was also concerned about the strength of the Dashun Army. Once Huang Taiji won the decisive battle in North China, the head-shaving incident... would surely spread to the whole world.
Zhang Jiayu thought of Hong Chengchou's clean-shaven head, while Chen Zilong thought of the many mass graves he saw near Xuzhou, especially the Yanzhou Prefecture, which was slaughtered and turned into rubble.
A terrible chill arose in the hearts of both of them at the same time.
Zhang Jiayu finally held Chen Zilong's hand and said sincerely: "Third Master... Although Jiangnan is still there, in my opinion, Fu Fan and Lu Fan are fighting. Jiangnan is vast and rich, but there are not even thousands of strong soldiers, which is not enough to fight for
The foundation of ZTE. The King of Gui succeeded to the throne in Xichuan. He could protect himself with the help of loyal soldiers, but he was unable to make progress at all.
Now the situation in the world is actually very clear. It is nothing more than a stalemate between Shun and Qing. Whoever can win or lose will be able to sweep the world. Although I do not belong to your army, but if I want to choose one between Shun and Ming, then
If I am a person who obeys China, how can I abandon China and go to foreigners?
The so-called king of Yi and Di is not as good as the absence of kings in Zhongxia!
At this time, Dashun wanted to win the hearts and minds of the world. Martyred loyal ministers such as Fan Jingwen and Zhou Fengxiang who died in the royal affairs urgently needed to be donated to Ming shirt. This gift was not only for Ming shirt, but also for Dashun to win the hearts of the people.
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In addition to Fan Jingwen and Zhou Fengxiang, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and other leaders of the world's scholars, Dashun also urgently needs to serve as Longli of the Ming Dynasty. This is not only for the Longli of the Ming Dynasty, but also for Dashun to establish Longli as a scholar of the world.
reputation.
The people of Yin followed Zhou, how many people in the world are willing to learn from Confucius? At a time when there are many scholars from all over the world, and they are still doubtful and surprised, there is no better way to separate the old city of Ming Dynasty and engrave books and spread them in all directions."
Chen Zilong understood Zhang Jiayu's intention: "It's easy to find a benevolent person who can bring order to the world, but he can defeat hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers!"