Zhu Yujian, King of Deng, summoned Huang Daozhou, the governor of Jinquyan, and others. "Have you heard that the governor of the state has sent troops to cross the sea and achieved successive victories in Wu?"
"It is true that Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu is the pseudonym of His Highness." Huang Daozhou, as the governor of Jinqu Yan appointed by Zhu Yihai, patrolled the three prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, but these three prefectures were not easy to control.
The prefecture was occupied by Zhennan Bo Fang Guo'an led his troops, Jinhua was guarded by the university scholar governor and governor of Anqing, and Zhu Dadian of Huizhou and other places was ordered to guard it. Even Quzhou had a general who conquered the captives and was the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army.
Wang Zhenshou is naturally not a good governor.
During this period, he was also working day and night, coordinating the prefectures and counties, pacifying the refugees, organizing and training Baojia, and training village warriors. At the same time, he also set up the Lijin Bureau in the local area according to the order of the line, launched the Lijin levy, maintained law and order, and combated the situation.
The bandits, thieves, local gangsters, and scoundrels who caused the rebellion had to be suppressed, especially the traitors and evil gentry who secretly surrendered.
Due to severe drought this summer, a pound of rice has risen to three qian, and one stone of rice costs three taels of silver, a record high.
Jinqu Yansanfu is originally a mountainous area with less cultivated land. Now, as the rear, it has the important task of transporting food to the front. But now the harvest has reduced and food prices have soared. The local area cannot be self-sufficient. He has to find a way.
Rescue the victims, otherwise the hungry people will be together, and bandits will be everywhere.
Fortunately, he worked hard at the rear and the front line was still stable.
Zhang Guowei, Yu Ying, and the various rebel armies now guard the Qiantang River defense line. Even with the appeasement and mediation of the Supervisor State, Fang Guoan of Yanzhou has restrained himself a lot. After receiving a few payments of food and salary from the Supervisor State,
He also barely controlled the troops under his command and stopped looting places. They even went down the river and cooperated with Fang Guoan's Jiang defense troops to capture Xincheng and Fuyang. They had just won the great victory in Lin'an and united with the gentry of Lin'an to recover Lin'an.
The west side of Hangzhou captured several cities.
The next step is Yuhang, which will lead to Dusong Pass to the north to connect to Huzhou and Jinling, and to the west to Huanghua Pass to connect Ningguo and Wuhu.
Of course, the victories won by Fang Guoan and Zhang Guowei were far inferior to the Northern Expeditionary Army under the pseudonym Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu. After Zhu Wu crossed the sea, he won one victory after another, and his troops expanded rapidly. Now they have even defeated the Tatars.
The deputy general soldier of Xie Town captured it.
Five thousand puppet troops, plus five hundred and eight banner Tatar soldiers.
When this news came back to eastern Zhejiang, it was very exciting.
After Huang Daozhou heard about it, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night.
"Your Highness's Northern Expeditionary Army has grown to thirty battalions, with a total of fifteen thousand soldiers, more than five thousand auxiliary soldiers, and a total army of more than twenty thousand. In addition, tens of thousands of local regiments have been organized and trained to train local braves. They are now in Jiangbei
It has been completely established, and even in Suzhou, Songjiang and other places, there are many loyal ministers and righteous men who have raised flags and raised troops to respond to the decree of the supervising country."
Zhu Yujian slapped his thigh when he heard this, and his face turned red with excitement.
"I know, I know, King Lu is indeed younger and more promising. Huang Gong, I invited you here because I heard that you want to send troops to escort a batch of money and grain north to Shaoxing, and to escort Zhang Gong and others there?"
Although there is a severe drought in eastern Zhejiang, Huang Daozhou still actively raised funds and found a way to raise a batch of money and grain to send to the front line of Shaoxing and support the Lu Northern Expedition in Jiaxing.
At the same time, many court officials gathered here, and this time they also accompanied Quzhou's grain troops.
There are Zhang Kentang, the former right governor of Fujian and the censor of Qiandu, Wu Chunzhi, the governor of Fujian, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and governor of Guangdong, Qu Shishu, the governor of Guangxi, as well as the former prefect of Changsha who came from Huguang, and the deputy envoy of Huguang to supervise academic affairs.
Now the governor of Hunan, Du Yinxi, and others.
They were all going to Shaoxing to meet Lu Jianguo, but unexpectedly they heard that Jianguo had already crossed the sea to conduct the Northern Expedition.
"Governor Ding plans to return to Guangdong and Guangxi first, while Governor Zhang, Governor Du, and Governor Qu will continue to Shaoxing to report their work to the cabinet ministers."
"I want to go with you alone."
Deng Wang Zhu Yujian expressed his plan without hesitation. During this period, after obtaining the permission of the Supervisory State, he began to recruit soldiers and horses to supplement the bodyguards. He has now recruited 3,000 people and divided them into five battalions, each with 500 soldiers.
Add a Chinese military camp.
"Although most of Gu's guards are new soldiers, they are all young, strong and loyal men. They are determined to serve the country. Gu and they can't wait to go north."
Huang Daozhou was very aware of King Deng's team. In fact, one of his important duties as governor was to monitor the prince from the same city. After all, they had planned to support him to supervise the country before.
Lu Jianguo was very generous to this imperial uncle. He didn't even ask about the previous affairs. He even allowed him to recruit three thousand guards and let him guard Quzhou.
"Although His Royal Highness King Deng's bodyguard has three thousand soldiers, it lacks training after all, and its equipment is now incomplete. Why not stay in Quzhou to assist in the city defense and stabilize the place?"
Zhu Yujian shook his head, "This guard of Gu is indeed a new army, but Gu has already led them to suppress bandits several times. The national crisis is at the forefront. As a descendant of Taizu, how can I sit in the rear and enjoy it? The supervisor of the country can personally go on the Northern Expedition.
How can I fall behind others?"
"Huang Gong, but His Highness has a secret decree not to allow Gu to leave Quzhou?"
Huang Daozhou shook his head, "That's not true. It's just that His Highness' previous decree was for His Highness to guard Quzhou, and under the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system, vassals are not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without authorization."
"The ancestral system is the ancestral system, but isn't this an extraordinary time? I am going north and will go to Jiaxing to add strength to the supervising country."
Huang Daozhou still shook his head. You are causing trouble rather than helping. As a prince, you go north, and you don't know how much anxiety and suspicion it will cause.
But Zhu Yujian was determined to go north.
At this time, a young man stood up and said, "Prince Deng has such a desire to serve the country, why can't Mr. Futai fulfill it? Besides, the supervisor of the country also issued a message to the world to conquer the Qing Dynasty, saying that once the war breaks out, the land will not be divided into north and south, and there will be no distinction between people.
Old or weak, no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility to defend their homeland and fight the war, and they should all be determined to sacrifice everything..."
Zhu Yujian turned to look at the young man, feeling very fond of him.
"Who is this?"
The young man saluted and said, "I will be sent to the imperial court to guard thousands of households in royal robes. I will be appointed as the superintendent of the country and will be given the title of deputy general of the naval division camp. I will be given the surname of the country. Zhu Chenggong will pay homage to King Deng who is a thousand years old."
When Zhu Yujian heard this name, he immediately understood that this person was from the Zheng family in Fujian.
"Governor of Fujian, son of Duke Zheng, Marquis of Nan'an?"
"It's the lower official."
"Does the country's surname also go to Shaoxing?" Zhu Yujian didn't have a good impression of the Zheng family in Fujian, especially after the previous conflict with Zheng Hongkui.
"Thanks to the favor of the Supervisor, I was conferred the title of Deputy Admiral of the Navy. This time I went north with the order. It is not only a pilgrimage to the Supervisor on behalf of my father, but also a formal appointment."
At this time, Zheng Sen was only 21 years old, very young, but he had a patriotic heart. Although his father was a pirate, and his mother was the son of the Japanese girl Tagawa his father married during the Japanese period, even his childhood was in Japan.
He lived in the Japanese country of Hirado Island, but was taken back to Fujian by his father when he was six years old.
Then he concentrated on studying at home, and passed the examination as a scholar at the age of fourteen. After that, he went to the Imperial College to study, and became his teacher under the famous scholar Qian Qianyi, and was given the name "Damu".
While he was in prison in Nanjing, while studying, he also cared about current affairs and had a close relationship with the Donglin Party and other organizations. When the Qing army moved south, Zheng Sen returned to Fujian.
Zheng Hongkui, the commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang who was arranged by the Zheng family to serve in the court, fled without a fight and tried to support Zhu Yujian to supervise the country and proclaim himself emperor. However, an accident occurred midway and the matter failed.
Zhu Yihai supervised the country in Taizhou, and then carried out vigorously. For a time, half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River was actually able to supervise the country. Zhu Yihai issued an edict and sealed the Zheng family in Fujian.
Zheng Zhilong was promoted from earl to marquis, and his brothers and nephews were granted the title of two uncles. His son was also granted the hereditary title of Thousand Households, and Zheng Zhilong was also appointed governor of Fujian.
This result was actually quite a surprise to the Zheng family, who had failed in their plan to support the establishment of the Supervisory State. Compared with supporting Hongguang in the past, the Zheng family did not contribute to supporting King Lu this time, but the benefits they received were no less than supporting Hongguang.
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So after the Zheng Zhilong brothers sat together and discussed it, they decided to go along with the trend and support King Lu to supervise the country. They did not plan to support other clans. After all, King Lu had made such a big splash, and the rewards given to them were not bad.
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A governor, an admiral, the commander-in-chief of two towns, a marquis and two counts, recognized Fujian as the territory of the Zheng family. This was definitely satisfying for the Zheng family, who had been planning to have a strong official status since the Chongzhen Dynasty was recruited.
So this time Zheng Zhilong sent his nephew Zheng Cai and his son Zheng Sen to go north to see Lu Jianguo, and specially brought five hundred thousand taels of silver and many ships.
Zheng Sen took the land route and left Xianxia Pass and came to Qu to visit Huang Daozhou. He also came to see King Deng to resolve the previous conflict, while Zheng Cai led a navy team to transport money and grain up the coast.
Zheng Sen has now officially changed his name to Zhu Chenggong. This is a gift from the prison country, and it is still a national surname, which is a great honor. Especially the envoy sent to Fujian to deliver the decree also passed on the oral edict of the prison country to Zheng Zhilong and his son. Zhu Yihai said that he
All the three sons were lost in the war, and now there is only the second daughter. Although the eldest daughter is a concubine, she is about to get married. She had a good upbringing, but she is a bit frail.
He heard that Da Mu was young, ambitious and talented, so he planned to call Da Mu over and have the opportunity to let the two young men meet. If Da Mu and his daughter were satisfied with each other, then he would recruit Da Mu to be his son-in-law.
These words made Zheng Zhilong very excited. His son was given a surname and was renamed, and he was recruited as a son-in-law. He was not unhappy at all, but felt very happy. He was a pirate, and now he had the opportunity to marry the royal family. He felt that this
It's a great honor.
Not to mention, if the son becomes the son-in-law of the Supervisor, he will become the prince-in-law in the future, and the Zheng family's position in the court will definitely be more stable. I think after he was recruited, he got through the joints and arranged for his younger brother to change his name to Hongkui and take the martial arts examination.
Then he arranged to serve in the court, because he believed that although the Zheng family was powerful in the southeastern sea and had a lot of power in Fujian, after all, its foundation was not enough. There must be someone in the court and the relationship with the court could be strengthened to ensure the status of the Zheng family.
of stability.
Now the supervisor wanted to recruit a son to be his son-in-law, which of course he wanted, so he generously spent 500,000 taels of silver and raised a lot of grain to transport north.
"Let's go together on the road." Zhu Yujian had a bad impression of the Zheng family, but he felt quite good about the young man now.
Huang Daozhou had no choice but to intervene when he saw that his surname was Zhu Chenggong. At this time, Du Yinxi, who was appointed governor of Hunan by the supervisory state, also came to support King Deng in leading his troops to the north.
As they were both governors, Huang Zhoudao couldn't resist, so he finally thought about it and agreed.
Du Yinxi was originally the prefect of Changsha, and was later promoted to deputy envoy, admiral and superintendent of academic affairs. After Zuo Liangyu launched an army, he, Governor He Tengjiao and other Huguang local officials refused to listen to Zuo Liangyu's orders, and instead recruited troops and gathered troops to defend themselves.
After Zhu Yihai took charge of the country, he spread the word to the world and issued many decrees to Ming Dynasty officials in various places, including He Tengjiao, Du Yinxi, etc. He named He Tengjiao the supervisor, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the title of left deputy governor of the capital.
, Governor-General of Huguang, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou Military Affairs.
He also added Du Yinxi as the governor of Hunan, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the right title of censor of Qiandu.
At the same time, many civil servants and generals in Huguang were given promotions and promotions, with the purpose of attracting this relatively good local force to join the imperial court that oversees the country.
He gave the order to He Du and the two men to unite with thieves to fight against the captives. They were ordered to recruit the remaining troops of Dashun Army who were defeated and dispersed in Huguang. Li Jin, Gao Yigong and other generals of Li Zicheng's remaining army were also given official seals.
He also specially granted the title of Zhongzhen Camp to the remaining troops of Feng Shun Army.
Li Jin and other thirteen people were awarded the title of Chief Military Officer. Li Jin gave him the title of "Zhongxin", Gao Yigong gave him the title of "Bi Zheng", and they were awarded the title of General Longxiang and General Huben respectively. Du Yinxi was ordered to supervise the army and commanded the ten commanders of the Zhongzhen Battalion.
Three towns.
When this decree was sent to Changsha, He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi were very surprised. At that time, Li Zicheng had just died, and the Shun army camps were in chaos. Some people planned to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, some planned to take Jiangxi, and some planned to go to Sichuan to join forces with Zhang Xianzhong.
Although He Tengjiao and others also recruited troops and gathered in Changsha, their forces were actually very weak, and there was an Azige army in Jiangxi. Suddenly, a decree came from eastern Zhejiang, and an angel told everyone that King Lu was supervising the country in eastern Zhejiang.
It was indeed a bit surprising to give them officers and promotions, and to ask them to unite with thieves to fight against the captives.
However, He Tengjiao and the others could not defeat Li Zicheng. When Zuo Liangyu was guarding Hubei, he boasted an army of 800,000 people, but they did not dare to fight Li Zicheng. How could they be their opponents?
Before Lu Jianguo's decree came, He Tengjiao originally sent several groups of troops to negotiate with the Shun army. However, they were misunderstood by the Shun army as coming for encirclement and suppression. As a result, several groups of He Tengjiao's officers and troops were killed in succession, leaving He Tengjiao and the others in Changsha City.
Three surprises a day.
Now that there is a decree to supervise the country, one can legitimately openly contact the Shun army, and even recruit surrender in the name of the imperial court.
He Tengjiao was promoted from the governor of Huguang to the governor of the five provinces, and Du Yinxi was also promoted to the governor. After repeated discussions, they decided to formally contact the Shun army and recruit them according to the order of the supervisory state.
The recruitment process was going well. At this time, the Shun army was leaderless and people were in panic. Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others died in battle. At this time, the Shun army had completely collapsed.
In the Huguang and Jiangxi areas, the most powerful force was the Qing army. The Qing army drove them all the way from Beijing to Xi'an, then to Wuchang, and then to Changsha. They were at the end of their rope.
Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the Ming Dynasty is actually willing to recruit them, and they think it is feasible after discussion.
As a result, Du Yinxi, who had initially reached an agreement on the recruitment, rushed to Shaoxing this time to meet with the supervisor in person and report the specific recruitment matters.
When he came this time, he also brought three thousand troops.
It was Fu Biao who he recruited in Changsha, known as the Junziying. After arriving here, he heard that the Jianguo pro-army was going on the Northern Expedition, so he planned to take the Junziying across the sea to join the expedition.
"I will also go with you to see the prison country!" Huang Daozhou thought about it and decided to go north together.
So Zhang Kentang, the governor of Fujian, Qu Shishu, the governor of Guangxi, Du Yinxi, the governor of Hunan, and Huang Daozhou, the governor of Jinquyan. The four governors and Deng Wang Zhu Yujian, the national surname Zhu Chenggong and other hundreds of officials led the gentleman camp, and Prince Deng
The guards, the Zheng family's servants, and others totaled 12,000 people, marching northward with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and a lot of food.
In the gentleman's camp, Li Jin, the nephew of the intruder named Li Chixin, and Hao Yaoqi, the intruder general, and Yuan Zongdi rode on the horse dressed as Hunan Fubiao's servants. "I didn't expect that this Lu Jianguo was so kind that he could actually kiss him."
It's great to take the lead in crossing the Yangtze River and marching north with troops and horses."
"Indeed, and he seems to be very capable of fighting. He actually annihilated 5,500 Tatar soldiers and horses, including 500 real Tatars."
Li Jin said, "I think this supervisor's behavior is very similar to that of several of our kings in the past. He always took the lead in the charge."
Yuan Zongdi said, "It's better to follow such a boss. An emperor like Hongguang, whose soldiers are fighting on the front lines, abandons the capital and flees. How can he fight? Even Chongzhen can't do it. Everyone hasn't given up yet. He himself
She just hanged herself like a girl."
"Indeed, I just don't know how sincere Lu Jianguo, who offered to recruit people, is sincere!" Li Jin was still a little unsure about this move.
But Dashun's army was at the end of its rope. Faced with the rope thrown by Lu Jianguo, they had no reason not to accept it.
"Well, seeing him is better than hearing it. When we see him in person, we will know what is going on." Yuan Zongdi also said, this time, after discussion, the remaining thirteen families of the Dashun Army sent Li Jin and Yuan Zong
The three leaders, Di and Hao Yaoqi, followed Du Yinxi secretly to the north. They wanted to meet the supervisor in person, and even hear with their own ears that he was recruiting the Anshun camp tribes, so that they could truly believe it.
