Zhu Yihai took Zhujiazhuang's victory and led his troops eastward to Haiyan City.
Just at this moment, two groups of men and horses came from the sea.
"Your Highness, Liu Kongzhao is a traitor and cannot be used. Yang Wencong is also the brother-in-law of Ma Shiying, a traitor. These two people must not be used."
The person who admonished Zhu Yihai was Yu Dafu, the general political envoy and co-organizer of various grain stations in the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhu Yihai was just chewing a piece of dried shrimp.
"Your Highness, that Liu Kongzhao is a treacherous and sycophantic man with bad moral character. As the founding hero of the country, he has no sincerity and no descendants of Liu Bowen, but his moral character is corrupt, despicable and shameless. This kind of person must never be used."
Yu Dafu spared no effort in attacking Liu Kongzhao. He listed Liu Kongzhao's crimes in detail, and even talked about the family history of the Liu family. He said that Liu Bowen was one of the two founding earls and was named "the founding official of the Yiyun Shou Zhengwenchen, a good doctor, and the highest protector".
Jun, sincerity uncle, salary two hundred and forty stones"
After Liu Bowen's death, his grandson inherited the title. Later, due to the Jingnan War and other reasons, the title was temporarily suspended. It was not until the 11th year of Jiajing that Liu Yu, the ninth grandson of Liu Bowen, inherited the title of Earl of Sincerity.
After Liu Yu's death, his title was inherited by his grandson Liu Shiyan. In the 34th year of Wanli, Liu Shiyan was sentenced to death and died in prison. According to common sense, his title should be inherited by his grandson Liu Laichen.
But Liu Laichen was still young at that time, so Liu Laichen's brother-in-law, Liu Xinchen, borrowed the title and repaid it in return. However, after Liu Xinchen's death, the title was inherited by his son Liu Kongzhao.
"In order to seize the title and cover up others' misunderstandings, Liu Kongzhao first killed his uncle Liu Laichen, and then his direct grandmother Hu. He was a completely rebellious and unfilial son."
There seems to be a strange pattern in the old Liu family, that is, the prince often dies early, and the title is ultimately inherited by his grandson. For example, the title of Liu Bowen is passed to his grandson, and the title of ninth grandson Liu Yu is passed to his grandson Liu Shiyan. Liu Shiyan's son Liu Shangzhong also died early, so it was passed to Liu Lai.
minister.
But Liu Laichen was too young, so Liu Xinchen, who was born to his beloved concubine Mo, had the opportunity to reach an agreement with his aunt Hu to borrow the title and return it to Liu Xinchen in the future. This kind of borrowing the title was actually very common in the Ming Dynasty.
It is common, mainly to stabilize the inheritance of the title. After all, the old Liu family has been the count for several generations.
Of course, in the end, Liu Bei borrowed money from Jingzhou but never returned it, and even Liu Xinchen and Hu died early, so various legends spread in the Ming Dynasty.
"Mr. Yu, these are just folk rumors. In fact, I have investigated this matter alone, and the court has also investigated this matter before. In the end, I concluded that there is no real evidence and it is just folk rumors. So, don't spread rumors.
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After Liu Kongzhao inherited the title of Earl of Chengyi, he also took over the position of admiral of the Nanjing Navy as usual, that is, the Minister of Wucao Jiang. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, Liu Kongzhao was also granted the title of Shaobao.
Among the distinguished ministers of Nanjing, Liu Kongzhao and the Xu family were both powerful factions.
Later, they also supported King Fu to succeed him to the throne. During the Hongguang Dynasty, they also had all the power in the government and the opposition. However, because Chengyibo was with Ma Shiying, the chief minister, and Ruan Dacheng, the Minister of War, they spared no effort to attack the Donglin Party. Therefore, the Donglin Party attacked Ma Shiying.
Ruan Dacheng hated Liu Kongzhao deeply and denounced him as a traitor.
Liu Kongzhao's attack on the Donglin Party even started during the Chongzhen period. At that time, he joined forces with Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, to attack the Donglin Party members.
In the small court of Hongguang, Liu Kongzhao even directly started a dispute between the court officials and directly scolded Zhang Shenyan of the Donglin Party in the court, and even took out a knife to stab him. At that time, Zhang Shenyan of the Donglin Party and Gao Hongtu were in the Hongguang court.
They were all attacked by him.
It can be said that he is a person who is on a par with Dong Lin. The Dong Lin Party also calls Liu Kongzhao the third figure in the Eunuch Party. After all, he has a hot temper, is an honorable minister, and controls the Yangtze River Navy. This kind of person is both in the Dong Lin Party and
Hateful and helpless.
Ma Shiying also recommended Liu Kongzhao to serve in the cabinet, but was collectively opposed by the Donglin Party. If there was no precedent, Liu Kongzhao would have become a distinguished minister in the cabinet.
Liu Kongzhao could not hold his head up when the Donglin Party suppressed the Hongguang Dynasty, but he continued to receive promotions. He was first promoted to Marquis of Chengyi, and then before the city of Nanjing was destroyed, he and Huang Degong were promoted to Duke of the Kingdom. Huang Degong was promoted to Duke of Jing, while Liu Kongzhao was promoted to Chengcheng.
Duke of the country.
At that time, the Hongguang Dynasty built six naval towns on the Yangtze River. Six general military officers including Huang Fei, Huang Binqing, and Zheng Cai divided the areas for defense, and were led by Wu Caojiang and Liu Kongzhao.
However, when the Qing army went south, they deceived the Zhenjiang defender Zheng Cai with a little construction strategy and easily crossed the river. Zheng Cai and others fled without a fight. Finally, Liu Kongzhao in Nanjing had no choice but to escape.
Yu Dafu was a Donglin Party member, so now that Liu Kongzhao and Yang Wencong came to surrender with their troops, he firmly opposed it.
However, for Zhu Yihai, he would not look at things from the perspective of the Donglin Party members. In the late Ming Dynasty, party disputes were everywhere. Many times, they blindly followed the same party and opposed the different parties. There was no sense of justice at all, and they just opposed for the sake of opposition.
For example, Liu Kongzhao, as a distinguished minister of the Ming Dynasty, was the sixth generation sincerity uncle. After he ascended the throne, he guarded Nanjing for the Ming Dynasty. In fact, he also made many useful suggestions to Chongzhen. For example, he once wrote to Chongzhen, asking for mining, salt and
Laws, money laws, and land settlements are all discussed for the purpose of the country.
Although Chongzhen did not adopt it, he also praised him and even granted him the title of Shaobao.
Liu Kongzhao, as the Wu Caojiang of Nanjing, was quite attentive in commanding the navy, and he was also very active in supporting King Fu to establish the Southern Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing army. Although in the end the navy fled without a fight, Liu Kongzhao also fled eastward, but
At least he never thought of surrendering to the Qing army.
From Nanjing to Suzhou, and then to the sea, Liu Kongzhao wandered at sea for several months, but he kept looking for opportunities to fight with the Qing army. He heard that King Yiyang was supervising Chongming, and he also went to support him. However, the king of Yiyang and his ministers were famous for Liu Kongzhao.
It's not good to refuse to accept it.
When he heard that King Taizhou of Lu had ascended the throne to supervise the country and even quickly gained a foothold, he immediately came with more troops.
The fight between Liu Kongzhao and the Donglin Party members is indeed a fact. He was quite domineering in the Hongguang court. Even when the Qing army went south, he did not fulfill his duty to control the river. But for Zhu Yihai, these are all sins. But at the moment,
Liu Kongzhao led a group of troops who, after insisting on wandering and resisting the Qing Dynasty for several months, came to join him and continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Could Zhu Yihai refuse?
Historically, Liu Kongzhao finally led his troops back to his hometown of Qingtian, where he continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Later, he also joined the ranks of Lu Jianguo. He once followed Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan to the vicinity of Nanjing and paid homage to Xiaoling Mausoleum in the distance.
His son also died in the battle to defend Zhoushan.
Until the end, it was never cleared.
This is a staunch anti-Qing faction, which is exactly what Zhu Yihai needs.
As for his fight with the Donglin Party members, Zhu Yihai didn't care at all, because the Donglin Party was not an innocent little white rabbit. Those Donglin gossips had actually done a lot to harm the country. Liu Kongzhao, an outlier among the honorable ministers, was worse than
The Donglin Party is more capable of talking nonsense and even drawing knives. They are actually quite temperamental.
Zhu Yihai actually admired Liu Dapao. In his heart, he also disliked those Donglin Party members in the late Ming Dynasty. They used the banner of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but in fact they had strong monarch control and desire for reform. They wanted to do everything they said.
But in reality, I only know how to talk and talk, but I am really good at it.
"I have said before that as long as I work hard to fight against the invaders and restore the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to accept them. Regardless of the bandits or the water pirates, even Shunying, Xiying, and I have already issued an order to recruit and accept them. Liu Kongzhao is a distinguished minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I Can you accept it?"
"As for the past struggles between the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, etc., Gu Ye said that when the national crisis is approaching, everyone must abandon their sectarian views. Now there is no such thing as the Eunuch Party, the Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, the Submissive Party, etc. Now Let’s all fight against the invaders together, don’t mention anything else.”
"Anyone who mentions those things again is seeking internal strife and separatism, and is a traitor to the country."
Zhu Yihai's words became more and more severe. It was the first time that Yu Dafu saw the prisoner being so angry.
At this time, the chief minister, Shen Chenquan, stood up and said, "I think what the supervisor of the country said is right. At this time, everyone should abandon their sectarian opinions, put aside their past prejudices, and join hands to fight against the Tartars and restore Zhongxing."
Zhu Yihai lowered his tone and said, "You are all well-read in scriptures, so you should all know Pei Ju during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty once commented on Pei Ju in his Zizhi Tongjian. He was sycophantic in the Sui Dynasty but loyal to the Tang Dynasty." , "It is said that Pei Ju was a famous traitor in the Sui Dynasty and was called one of the four traitors. But in the Tang Dynasty, he became a famous loyal minister. Why?"
The Supervisor suddenly raised such a question, which surprised Yu Dafu and others.
Zhu Yihai continued to answer by himself, "In fact, for thousands of years, there have been many officials like Pei Ju. In a word, ministers like Pei Ju have always had the same attitude as the emperor. What kind of emperor there is, what kind of ministers are there?" , As the saying goes, the king is wise and the minister is straight, it is not that Pei Ju has changed, but that the emperor has changed."
"If a ruler is evil and hears his faults, his loyalty will turn into sycophancy; if a ruler is happy to hear his outspoken words, sycophancy will turn into loyalty. This is how the person who knows the ruler is an expression, and the ministers are shadows. If the expressions are followed, the shadows will follow."
The king of Chu had a slim waist, but many died of hunger in the palace.
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
Yang Guang was very happy with his achievements, so Pei Ju naturally reported good news but not bad news, and planned to conquer Goguryeo and open up the Silk Road in the Western Regions to please the emperor. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin advocated telling the truth and doing practical things, and was good at listening to different opinions, so Pei Ju also joined in admonishment. A lot of harsh words of advice.
As soon as Zhu Yihai said these words, Yu Dafu was speechless.
It's not that the whole court is a traitor, it's really that the emperor is not good enough.
And I am not the emperors Chongzhen and Hongguang, so I don't have to worry about Liu Kongzhao and the others becoming traitors.
"Summon Liu Kongzhao and Yang Wencong to see you!"
"In addition, dear friends Shen Wenzhong and Chen Qianfu, please go to Liu Yang's military camp on the seaside, bring wine and meat to reward the soldiers, and reward each soldier with five coins of silver. Then enter your name on the roster and submit it."
Liu Kongzhao, the Chengguo Duke, was the commander-in-chief of Caojiang in Nanjing and also led the Nanjing Right Governor's Office. He had four battalions of Taiping, Huogong, Fubo and Houjin under his command. He had more than 12,000 troops and horses, and the total number of soldiers under his command was 12. There are many members of the army, as well as many family members and military personnel, as well as accompanying officials and people, and there are many people.
Yang Wencong, Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, was the governor of Zhenjiang, Changzhou and other places before the fall of Nanjing, and supervised the Yangtze River Navy. He had a direct subordinate Guizhou Barracks of 800 people. Later, he went all the way to the southeast, and killed Duduo and Duduo in Suzhou City. The surrender envoys sent by Qian Qianyi recruited many Ming troops along the way. At this time, there were more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and thousands of additional troops.
Most of these two groups were regular soldiers of the original Ming Dynasty. Although they were defeated soldiers, there were only 20,000 people. How could Zhu Yihai let them go? He would definitely take the opportunity to annex them.
