After the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Southern Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the Battle of Xuzhou, only Liu Zeqing and Zheng Sen fled back to the south of the Yangtze River. Liu Xiyao, the naval general of the Shun Army who was originally stationed in Jiujiang, heard about the result of the Battle of Xuzhou, so he left his navy and headed eastward.
Arriving at the gate of Nanjing without encountering any obstacles.
At the same time, after Hao Yaoqi made an emergency landing at Governor Lu Zhenfei in Huai'an, he also crossed the river from Yangzhou and arrived in Zhenjiang.
Li Jiantai, Su Guansheng, and Liu Zeqing, who had originally been in contact with the Shun Army, all surrendered. In the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing garrison minister Zhu Guobi and Minister of Rites Qian Qianyi left the city to ask for surrender. Only Zheng Sen returned to Fujian by sea ship and tried to persuade his father Zheng Zhilong to continue.
Resist the Shun army.
After the overall victory in the Battle of Xuzhou, the war between the north and the south was not completely settled. Regardless of the Qing Dynasty, the Xi Ming Dynasty, or the Zheng family, they still retained a certain degree of strength.
Li Laiheng was busy extending Huguang's new laws on camps, militia, and rural administration to the newly recovered Qin, Jin, Yan, Lu, and Jiangnan regions. The number of grassroots administrative officials required was simply incalculable. The funds required for restructuring were
, the social resistance we are about to face are all very difficult issues.
At the same time, the Shun Army also spent huge resources to immigrate to Shibian, restore the Gyeonggi area that had been systematically destroyed by the Qing army, and then maintain military attacks on the Ximing, Residual Qing, Zheng, and other regimes.
Even the fully mobilized Dashun system cannot fully satisfy such a large financial expenditure.
Therefore, Jiangnan, as the most important money bag in the world, must be seriously rectified and managed. Because of this, Jiang Quan, who was not originally from Shunjun, was appointed by Li Laiheng to make generals in Jiangning. This was because he was going to borrow the former
The force of the Ming border army came to suppress Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhang Guowu is an old friend of Jiang Quan's Xuanda. He was the first to conquer the city during the siege of Datong. He took the lead in leading troops to attack the Prince's Palace where Jierhalang lived, forcing Jierhalang to set fire to himself. Therefore, he was promoted from the rank of captain to the rank of captain.
A mighty general can be said to have a prosperous official career and a bright future.
After Zhang Guowu drove Qian Qianyi away, he and his guards returned to the Jie Mansion to rest. He also held in his hand a military intelligence report sent from Jiangbei, on which a few lines of the changes in the situation in the north this year were scrawled.
"I heard that Liu Guogong arrived at Shanhaiguan at the beginning of the year and then surrendered a group of remnants of the Qing army." General Zhang Guowei came to the newsstand on the table and said, "His Royal Highness and His Majesty heard that they all went to Tianbaofu (Yan'an) to worship the emperor of our dynasty.
We have gone, but the Western invaders are still entrenched in Chang'an. Your Highness and the Holy One should really bring more troops to worship our ancestors."
Xia Yunyi, who was serving as secretary in charge of Jiangning Jiedushi's mansion, was busy registering the list of literati who had surrendered and replied:
"General Liu Xiyao has just taken over Zhejiang, and General Hao Yaoqi heard that the army is still trying to stabilize the situation in Nanchang, and the southeast has not yet calmed down. How can he raise the army to fight against the Western invaders in Guanzhong?"
Theoretically speaking, the Xi Ming regime was also one of the successors of the Ming Dynasty. However, because Emperor Zhu Yousong of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was supported and established by Zhang Xianzhong, southeastern scholars like Xia Yunyi had no unnecessary feelings for him.
Xia Yunyi said the word "Western bandits" in a very normal tone. After all, the Dashun Army had taken very harsh coercive measures against some local tyrants and evil gentry who were corrupt and perverted the law, and tortured and recovered the stolen goods.
But for most Jiangnan scholars, the practices of the Shun army were completely different from those of the Qing army in history. After several adjustments, the current policy of torture, looting and recovery of stolen goods by the Dashun army is no longer the same as the early entry of the Shun army.
The intensity of the violence in big cities is not only reduced, but more importantly, the standardization and strictness of torture policies have been greatly improved, and order is in order, which rarely infringes upon ordinary innocent gentry.
Xia Yunyi's eyes were very sharp. He saw a few words from Li Laiheng in the last column of the newspaper and almost laughed out loud:
"It takes five years to unify the country and catch up with the Han Dynasty; it takes ten years to wipe out all the barbarians and surpass the early Tang Dynasty. What is this? To catch up with the Han Dynasty and surpass the Tang Dynasty... His Highness Jianguo is really confident."
Zhang Guowu said with a serious face: "Secretary Xia, His Royal Highness Jian Guo made many big words in the past, but now, take a look and see, which big words have not been realized?
It is obvious that Jian Guo got to where he is today with the three-foot sword because of divine help. I think it is not too much to overtake the Han Dynasty and surpass the Tang Dynasty. To be honest, I think Jian Guo is still a little conservative. To catch up with the achievements of the early Tang Dynasty,
How can we use so much time for fifteen years? We are conservative, we are conservative, supervising the country is still too conservative!"
Xia Yunyi smiled and said: "General, what you said is very good. Our three saints have made pioneering contributions one after another. The late emperor and the saints were both seriously injured on the battlefield, and the prison country also escaped death several times. However, the country has not been shaken by this. Of course, there are
Blessed by God.
Since ancient times, there is no one who has conquered the world as hard as Dashun. As the saying goes, after all the hardships, there is sweetness. The three saints spent more than ten years fighting against thorns and suffering, and they are bound to be rewarded with the sweetness of overseeing the country in the future."
Zhang Guowu stood up and said to the north: "The Jianguo said in the north that from now on it will take 'one year to prepare, two years to conquer the Liao Dynasty, three years to sweep the west, and five years to succeed.' This statement is true. I just feel that the Jianguo is too conservative.
How can we use five years? It’s too conservative!”
Xia Yunyi lowered his head and said: "Fast, fast, too fast, it has the meaning of urging people to move forward. After all the hardships, the joy will come, and the momentum will be unstoppable from now on. Dashun needs such a fast speed."
Zhang Guowu clapped his hands vigorously: "We have to speed up!"
"Accelerate, accelerate. That's how it should be."
Outside the gate of Jie Mansion, Qian Qianyi, who was forcibly sent home by the guards, looked sad. Gu Yanwu, who came to Jinling to inquire about the news on behalf of the Su Chang gentry, was very puzzled. He asked in a surprised and uncertain tone:
"What's going on in Mu Zhai? Aren't you already appointed as an official of the Chuang officiating ceremony department? You were humiliated by a villain! Did the Chuang Lord bully me and no one in the southeast? Such humiliation is unheard of in ancient times and modern times."
Qian Qianyi quickly raised his finger and hissed. He called his wife Liu Rushi and served tea to calm down his shock. After sitting for a while, he explained to Gu Yanwu that he had been turned down when he went to Jiedushi's house.
Liu Rushi did not express any color towards these two incomprehensible men and said directly:
"Mu Zhai has surrendered, why are you still doing this useless thing? It's really unreasonable."
Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly: "Hedong Lord, Hedong Lord. When I went to the Jie Mansion, I only thought about the wealth and lives of the Jiangnan gentry. Now there are rumors in Su and Song that the invaders are trying to kill all the Jiangnan gentry and use their wealth as military supplies. It will be good for all sides.
Zhang Fa unified the country.
I don't believe that the Chuang Army would do such a thing. A while ago, General Liu Xiyao was stationed in Jinling. Although he didn't read much, he was very talkative. Who would have thought that now a Datong general from the Chongzhen period would come here?
, but this is his behavior?"
Liu Rushi sneered: "I saw outside Nandu City that before the army killed the evil gentry, who didn't hold a public trial first?
The title of this public trial was also unique, allowing the people to identify the evil gentry's illegal activities, and all the evidence was available. Even if they were dealt with according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, why should these evil gentry be imprisoned?
He will be killed as soon as he breaks into the army. How can you, Mu Zhai, avenge these evil gentry? I don’t know how to do it!"
Gu Yanwu had only heard a little bit about Liu Rushi's personality. He probably knew that Qian Qianyi couldn't let go of the wife who married the old man in his prime, but he didn't know that Liu Rushi's words were so sharp and sharp.
The characters of Hedong Jun and Qian Muzhai were humorous and brave, while the other was hesitant and cowardly. Qian Qianyi was speechless when he was criticized. Even Gu Yanwu didn't look good on his face.
Gu Yanwu explained: "No one knows what Chuang Zhu means. The difference between the two things that Jiang Quan did after arriving in Jiangnan was that he was doing evil on his own, or he was following the Chuang Lord's wishes.
It has been long-lived and the fire has been added to the fire, which is endless. Do you want to know first that there are no traces left by the old officials? Mu Zhai, for public purposes, is not as good as setting up a revenge army and isolating the Yangtze River, which may not be able to revive the country.
"
Liu Rushi was shocked and angry when he heard this and scolded: "Sir, are you from Fuzhou?"
Qian Qianyi was so frightened that he smashed his tea cup to the ground. He stood up from the table, grabbed Gu Yanwu's arm and said:
"Brother Ning Ren! Don't harm me! Brother Ren Ren, don't harm my family! Now that the world is about to be unified, it's still too late for those who surrender. How can we talk about restoring the affairs of the country?
The world has been in existence for more than two hundred years, but its fortunes have finally changed, and the people of the world have nothing to say."