"My lords, please accept the imperial edict from the state."
Returning to the village, Wu Qihang, Yang Yongyan, and Wang Yongzuo bowed to the north together.
On the recommendation of Huang Zongxi, the censor of Zhejiang Province, Zhu Yihaite, who was in Haiyan, issued an edict to several people in Kunshan. Wang Yongzuo, the former governor of Xunyang, was appointed as the censor of Youqiandu.
Shi Xun presses Su Song.
Yang Yongyan, the former magistrate of Kunshan County, was appointed the magistrate of Suzhou, and Wu Qihang was appointed as the head of the official department and the military preparation road of Su Songchang Town.
"His Royal Highness was very happy when Huang Taichong said that we would respond to the cause in Kunshan. He also gave the camp the name of the World Health Organization. The governor and admiral of the army will supervise the food and pay, and we will be the assistant manager."
This secret edict made them very excited. Although there was a King Yiyang in Nanzhi during this period, who was supervising the country in Chongming, and Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong who had resumed society were also trying to contact him. However, due to the support of King Yiyang,
The generals Huang Fei, Wu Zhikui, Chen Wu and other military disciplines were corrupted. After they settled in Kunshan, Songjiang and other prefectural cities, they would only send letters to the officials and gentry to ask for pay. The soldiers even repeatedly robbed the people, which made the gentry and people in the south of the Yangtze River very disappointed with them.
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Gu Yanwu and others had also received the recruitment order from King Yiyang before, and had met Xia Yunyi and others, but they were too disappointed with them and were unwilling to stand up to support him. Now this Lu supervisor in eastern Zhejiang is raising righteousness in Taizhou, and is short-lived.
In a short period of time, he not only restored Ning Shaotai and other eight prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, but also quickly launched the Northern Expedition. Huang Zongxi even praised the supervisor to the heavens in his letter, and they were extremely excited and willing to support him.
"Mr. Shen and Gong Chen in Songjiang Mansion are also going to revolt. Does Your Highness have any arrangements?" Wang Yongzuo is also very old. He once served as the governor of Xunyang. The governor of Xunyang in the Ming Dynasty was a rather special position.
The area under its jurisdiction is roughly northwest of Xiangyang, Hubei Province, in the middle and upper reaches of the Han River. It is at the intersection of Hubei, Sichuan, Hanzhong, Guanzhong and Henan. It is a relatively remote mountainous area. In the early and middle Ming Dynasty, it was once rarely visited by people.
Tens of thousands of people poured into the Yunyang area, where they opened up wasteland and cultivated land, becoming supernumerary people.
The imperial court later suppressed and pacified, and finally established the Xunyang Governor and the Huguang Xingdu Division to specifically manage this difficult nut. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng once moved to Xunyang to fight, using this place as the base for their comeback.
The people's customs are strong and fierce. Wang Yongzuo served as governor of Xunyang, which can be said to have greatly tempered his political ability.
He has been dealing with Xunyang people who are regarded as barbarians all day long, and even has to face their rebellion. His ability is still good.
However, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has always paid attention to seniority and reputation. The Duke Shen of Songjiang he mentioned was called Shen Youlong. In terms of age, official position, and prestige, he was far above him. Wanli Jinshi, served as governor of Fujian, governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and governor of Guangdong. King Fu once called him
He went to Nanjing to manage the military affairs but did not go.
"The Supervisory State has sent a special envoy to Songjiang Prefecture to secretly meet with Shen Gong and others. He has appointed Shen Gong as Minister of the Ministry of War, Zuo Deputy Capital Censor, Governor Su Song, Military Affairs and Superintendent of Food and Pay, Chen Zilong as Supervisor of the Army, Zuo Gaishizhong, and Xu Fuyuan as Military Affairs Bureau.
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Shen Youlong, Chen Zilong, Xu Fuyuan, and Xia Yunyi of Songjiang Mansion had a good relationship with King Yiyang before. Xia Yunyi also went to Chongming several times to visit King Yiyang in person, and proposed a plan to rely on sea and lake water battles to resist the captives and regain Jiangnan, and persuaded
The king of Yiyang sent Huang Fei, Wu Zhikui, Chen Wu, Wang Chaoxian, Huang Binqing and other generals to go south and occupy Chongming, Taihu, Zhoushan and other places to resist the Qing Dynasty.
They welcomed Wu Zhikui and led the navy to Songjiang, captured and executed the surrendered Songjiang prefect Yao Xuzhi, Huating magistrate Zhang Danian and other puppet officials, and recovered Songjiang Prefecture. Afterwards, Wu Zhikui also followed Chen Zhilong's suggestion and entered Mao Lake, preparing to plan to regain Suzhou.
Wu Zhikui left his subordinate General Chang Shouning to garrison Songjiang. However, this Chang Shouning was originally a rogue. He later turned into a bandit and was recruited by the court. At this time, he was worshiped by the general and stationed in Songjiang. However, he was greedy and cruel, and his soldiers were useless. Without military discipline, the people of Songjiang were miserable.
Although Chen Zilong and others wrote to King Yiyang many times and wrote to the commander-in-chief Wu Zhikui, they were ignored. Therefore, Chen Zilong and others regretted inviting the wolf into the house. Shen Youlong also angrily scolded Chang Shouning for extorting money from him. Don't blackmail me with revolt, I will revolt too.
With the help of members of the Socialist Restoration Party in Donglin, Zhejiang Province, Shen Youlong and others also took the initiative to contact the imperial court of the Supervisor of Zhejiang Province, and expressed their support to Zhu Yihai, expressing their willingness to support the uprising.
Although Zhu Yihai was in Haiyan, he was of course very happy about this, so he immediately issued an order to Shen Youlong and named him Governor of Susong, governor of the four prefectures of Songjiang, Suzhou, Zhenjiang and Changzhou, and gave the Songjiang camp the name Shiyi.
In fact, it can be seen from the two edicts here that Shen Youlong and Wang Yongzuo are actually separate and independent. Shen Youlong of Songjiang is the governor of Su Song, and Wang Yongzuo of Kunshan is the governor of Su Song. It seems that There is a superior-subordinate relationship, but in fact Songjiang and Suzhou are independent and separated, and each is given a camp number.
As for the Second Prefecture of Changzhen, which was placed under the jurisdiction of Su Song, it was actually just a good-sounding name.
The original Southern Zhili Province of the Ming Dynasty was now divided into several large areas by Zhu Yihai. One area is the Changzhen Susong, which is the richest place in the south of the Yangtze River. Governor Susong and admiral governor were newly established.
Then Zhu Yihai created a new governor of Jiangning and governor of Jiangning for the original Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, Ningguofu, Guangde, Taiping Prefecture and other prefectures on the south bank of the Yangtze River, but now they are completely under the control of the Qing army.
Fengyang, Yangzhou, Huai'an, Xuzhou, Chuzhou, Hezhou and other places in the original Jiangbei still retain the Governor of Fengyang and the Governor of Huaiyang.
In Anqing, Huizhou, Chizhou and Luzhou to the west of Zhili, there are governors of Anhui and governors of Anhui.
A southern Zhili province was actually divided into four provinces by Zhu Yihai, with four governors and four governors.
Zhejiang was also appointed by Zhu Yihai to have a governor and three governors.
Under the current situation, this kind of plan seems to be relatively long-term, and it is also planned in advance for the future. Zhu Yihai himself also serves as the admiral of the military affairs of the Jiangnan provinces. Although he is not the governor, he can cross the provinces. On the contrary, he is better than those governors. It's actually a bit stronger, it's a backdoor he left behind.
But at this time, Shen Youlong was appointed Governor of Su Song, Wang Yongzuo was appointed Governor of Su Song, Gu Yanwu was appointed Inspector of Su Song, and Chen Zilong was appointed Supervisor of Su Song's army. These titles were still resounding enough.
"The Supervisory State hopes that we can contact Su Song's loyal soldiers and raise troops to capture Kunshan first, then Jiading, Changshu, Wujiang and other county towns, and finally surround Suzhou in an attempt to recover. At the same time, we should not just focus on the county towns, but also mobilize The common people in the countryside should set up Baojia and organize the village brave militia to maintain public order in the countryside and ensure peace. Don't fight head-on with the Tartars. If you can fight, fight and if you can defend, if there is a huge disparity in strength for a while, you can temporarily retreat to the countryside to avoid the sharp attack."
"His Highness said, if you save the land and lose the people, you will lose both the people and the land. If you save the people and lose the land, you will save the people and the land. Don't fight for a short time. The great cause of resisting the imperialists and reviving the country will be an arduous and long road of struggle. Don't rush for a short time."
Zhu Yihai's view surprised Wang Yongzuo and others. Before that, King Yiyang of Chongming had been sending envoys to various places to grant officials and titles, constantly urging officials and citizens everywhere to revolt and raise flags, and then go to attack Suzhou.
They planned to attack Songjiang and even planned to attack Nanjing. They did not care about the actual conditions, but they shouted loudly about regaining the two capitals and restoring the Ming Dynasty.
Now Lu Jianguo, who is personally leading the Northern Expedition, everyone thought he must be impatient. He must have vowed to regain the two capitals in the Northern Expedition. Unexpectedly, he said that if the land is lost, everyone will lose it. If you dare to fight,
Rush, but still be cautious.
Wang Yongzuo sighed, "Although I haven't met His Highness Jian Guo yet, I already believe that what Huang Taichong said is true. This His Highness is really remarkable."
"Well, let's make a decision." Gu Yanwu also said, referring to King Yiyang of Chongming.
The edict to supervise the country was issued, they each raised a lot of money, and contacted many people with lofty ideals. Now everything is ready, all they need is the east wind.
"Then just act righteously, there is nothing to hesitate about."
"Well, let's recapture Kunshan County first, and then issue a proclamation to recruit brave soldiers and form a township regiment..." Several people discussed excitedly.
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Almost at the same time, in Huating, Songjiang Prefecture, which is closer to Jiaxing Prefecture, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and others from several societies also received orders from the Supervisor State. The person who came to deliver the order was one of the Six Kuangsheng in Ningbo.
Wang Jiaqin is currently the head of the Zhongming Department, as well as Hua Xia and Dong Zhining, who have just returned from Chongming as an envoy.
"I didn't expect that Chen Wu, Wang Chaoxian, Zhang Guozhu, etc. were so abominable. They were facing a national crisis, but they still only focused on internal strife and supervising the country to kill them!" Chen Zilong said with a slap on the leg bitterly, because he had accumulated too much dissatisfaction with King Yiyang during this period.
Now Chen Zilong has directly called Zhu Yihai the supervisor of the country, but no longer calls him the king of Yiyang.
This Fushe boss who had previously quelled the rebellion in Xudu in eastern Zhejiang had previously been ordered to surrender by Zuo Guangxian, the patrol commander, because he had betrayed his promise and killed Xudu and others. This caused his friends Xu Fuyuan and others to almost break off with him, and he also
His reputation among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River was once humiliated.
Fortunately, it was explained clearly afterwards that when the Qing army went south, Chen Zilong was recommended by Huang Daozhou and was ordered to inspect the Nanjing military camp as a military officer. However, he was soon excluded by Ma Shiying and others and returned home. The Qing army wanted to surrender him, but he resolutely refused and stood up.
He ran around with Xia Yunyi and other friends, contacted the various camps that had been scattered to the south of the Yangtze River, and even united with the gentry of the south of the Yangtze River to support King Yiyang, hoping to turn the tide.
But who could have expected that no one, whether it was Huang Fei, Wu Zhikui or other generals, was reliable, especially King Yiyang, who finally persuaded the generals to divide their troops and go south, but in the end no one could do anything.
They engaged in plunder and looting, and took the opportunity to blackmail the gentry.
So far, we haven't beaten many Tatars, but we have done all the harm to the people.
Xia Yunyi came back from Chongming with Huaxia and others, and they all sighed when talking about this envoy meeting. After Huaxia and others came to Chongming Island on behalf of Lu Jianguo, they also specially sent 20,000 taels of silver to King Yiyang and Zhuge Liang.
Troops and horses help pay.
The two parties discussed in detail the time when the two supervisors would officially take the throne. Zhu Yihai was actually one day early. Although it was only one day early, even if it was an hour early, Zhu Yihai was still ahead.
It can be said that both of them are distant vassals of the Ming Dynasty and are not strong successors to the throne. However, the current situation is difficult, and there is nothing much to say about accepting orders at this critical moment, but things always come first and end first.
Zhu Yihai showed great sincerity and asked Huaxia to tell King Yiyang and his ministers that they were willing to work together with foreign countries for now, and even proposed that whoever recovers Nanjing first in the future would be the emperor.
But King Yiyang was dissatisfied. Jing Benche, the naval governor of Zhejiang Province he appointed, and Tian Yang, a cabinet scholar, also took the lead in disagreeing. They insisted on asking Zhu Yihai to abdicate and return to the vassal. They even came to Chongming Island to meet with King Yiyang to supervise the country and asked Zhejiang Province to do so. The various tribes in the east obeyed King Yiyang’s temperance orders.
Even Xia Yunyi, who had gone to Chongming, couldn't stand this response, so he stood up and objected. He believed that now that the enemy was facing a formidable enemy, it was better to join forces to fight against the captives first. Lu Jianguo was in Yue, Yiyang Wang Jianguo was in Wu, and Wu and Yue allied forces.
However, he was reprimanded for what he said, and they ended up unhappy.
King Yiyang even wanted to detain Huaxia Dong Zhining and others as a response to King Lu's execution of Chen Wu. In the end, Xia Yunyi persuaded them in every possible way before letting them go.
It was precisely because of the bad attitude of King Yiyang that after Zhu Yihai got the report, he officially issued an edict and seal to Wang Yongzuo, Shen Youlong and others, officially breaking through the Wu-Yue boundary and starting to intervene on the Wu side.
The official first battle of Wu Yue's fallout will begin with Songjiang gentry Shen Youlong, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and others who originally supported King Yiyang, attacking King Yiyang's general Wu Zhikui and General Ning Changshou, and retaking Songjiang City.
"Our Shiyi Battalion first takes Huating, then recovers the entire territory of Songjiang Prefecture, then goes north to Kunshan, joins the King and Governor Gu Xun to press their Shiwei Battalion, and joins forces to capture Suzhou!"
"I would like to serve as the vanguard of His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo's Northern Expedition, and I wish you victory!"
