Just as the shouts of killing ended, a scholar wearing armor and a sword climbed onto the tower with a large banner and raised the flag.
"Those who kill captives will prosper and those who surrender will perish."
The eight big blood characters on the flag are very eye-catching.
The people cheered and jumped for joy.
The scholar Shuzhu stood on the city tower and said, "Those Tatars and traitors who surrendered to the country, all of them will be killed below the city and sacrificed to my bloody flag!"
As the word "Zhou" was shouted, dozens of Eight Banners soldiers were beheaded, and hundreds of traitors who surrendered to the captives were executed.
The flag of righteousness floated over Xiuning County in Huizhou, and the name of this scholar with the seal of paper was once again resounding throughout Huizhou. This man was nearly 40 years old, and he was a famous local squire named Jin Sheng. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen and was awarded the title of Jishi. The future was originally bright.
In the second year of Chongzhen's reign, the Qing army entered the pass and approached the capital. Chongzhen summoned the platform and recommended Xu Shenfu.
Chongzhen appointed Xu Shenfu as the deputy commander-in-chief of the army and ordered to recruit new troops. Jin Sheng asked himself to supervise the army. Chongzhen did not allow Xu Shenfu to join the army as a censor, so Xu Shenfu acted in an expedient manner. Although Xu Shenfu had a reputation as a soldier, he had to recruit thousands of wanderers from the market in a hurry.
As an army, he went out of the city to fight against the Qing army, Mangui and Heiyunlong. They were defeated in the suburbs of Beijing. Mangui died in the battle. Xu Shenfu also surrounded the Qing army's camp at Marco Polo Bridge and was killed by random arrows.
,completely annihilated.
Jin Sheng asked him to lead troops to counterattack, but he refused.
After the Qing army retreated, the censor impeached Jin Sheng for recommending a man who had failed to recommend, saying that the scholar had harmed the country. Chongzhen knew that he was loyal and would not punish him, so he went to Xicheng to inspect the censor, but Jin Sheng refused to resign and returned to rebel. After that, Xu Guangqi, a scholar, recommended him.
His fellow almanac practitioner also refused to go.
He concentrated on lecturing and writing books in his hometown academy.
In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, he was called again to supervise the affairs of Shandong Province, and he should give a brief speech.
At this time, hungry people were everywhere and peasant troops were everywhere. Jin Sheng therefore recruited volunteers in his hometown, held regiment training, organized county gentry to donate food for disaster relief, and prevent hunger and changes in people's livelihood.
In the turbulent situation everywhere, Xiuning rarely finds peace and is a pure land.
The Chu army invaded Beijing, Chongzhen died, and then Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass. King Fu proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and specially called him to be the censor of Zuo Qiandu, but Jin Sheng still did not take up the post.
When the Qing army captured Nanjing, Jin Sheng rejected Duduo's surrender letter and led the regiment to carry the bloody flag of killing captives.
Under Jin Sheng's active contact, officials and gentry such as Qiu Zude of Ningguo, Wen Huang of Huizhou, Wu Yingming of Guichi, Yin Minxing of Jingxian County, etc. all raised troops one after another and responded to each other from afar.
For a time, the four prefectures of Chi, Hui, Ning and Tai on the south bank of the upper reaches of Nanjing were all responded by rebels.
It was at this time that a Ming army marched from eastern Zhejiang to Xin'an and west of Jiangxi.
"Huang Gong has arrived in She County, Huizhou!"
"Did Mr. Huang come so quickly?"
Jin Sheng came to the city from his younger brothers Jin Jing and Jin Wei, bringing good news.
"Huang Gong entered Huizhou on the order of Lu to supervise the country. We finally have reinforcements in Huizhou."
Jin Jing brought a box to Jin Sheng and opened it. There were several things inside.
The first is a silver seal.
Holding it in his hand, there are four big characters printed on it.
"God-given loyal ministers!"
These four words made Jin Sheng unable to hold back tears. He spent the first half of his life studying essays. He passed the Jinshi examination in his thirties and was very proud of himself. When the Qing army attacked the walls of Beijing, he asked himself to summon his opponents and talked eloquently.
The emperor also followed his advice, but Xu Shenfu, whom he recommended, was defeated and his entire army was wiped out.
Since then, although the emperor was not guilty, he became depressed and resigned and returned to his hometown.
fifteen years.
While he was lecturing and writing books in the academy, he also organized a group to practice local bravery. Over the years, he always protected the peace of the country.
Fight against bandits and suppress mountain bandits.
However, the situation in the imperial court became worse day by day. Both cities fell, the country was in ruins, and the Qing army wanted to surrender. He decisively refused and raised the flag resolutely.
I vowed to keep the peace of my village and not let the Tartars invade.
Xu Shenfu's defeat was a huge blow to him, and he has been trying hard to get rid of Zhao Kuo's name.
Now, under his leadership, the uprising in the four prefectures of Ningtai in Huichi is huge, and they have regained the counties and towns one after another. At this time, Lu Jianguo, who was in the Northern Expedition, gave him this silver letter and called him a god-given loyal minister. How could he not be moved?
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"Brother, this is an appointment decree for you. His Highness appoints you as the right deputy censor of the capital, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. You are also the governor of Ningchi, Anhui Province, the admiral of military affairs and in charge of food and wages. You are also given the king's order of eight flags and eight flags.
A card, a Shang Fang sword."
The governor of Anhui, who oversaw military affairs, also held the titles of right deputy censor of the capital and minister of war, and even a bachelor's degree student at the Hanlin Academy. This was a very powerful official.
The next step is to become the governor, and then you can join the cabinet.
The two brothers Jin Jing and Jin Wei were very excited. They raised their heads and raised their troops to fight against the captors. In addition to defending their hometown, they also hoped to make achievements.
However, Jin Sheng didn't care too much about official positions. After all, in the past ten years, he had been repeatedly recruited by the imperial court, but he had refused. Each official position was higher than the last, and he never cared about it.
As he looked at these things, what he cared about was that Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang finally set his sights on Anhui and finally sent reinforcements.
Huang Daozhou, the former governor of Jinquyan in eastern Zhejiang, and a famous minister who was known as the Second Zhou Dynasty together with Liu Zongzhou in the court, was awarded the governorship of Anhui by Lu Jianguo this time, and he also brought an elite army with him.
At the same time, Zhang Guowei, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and Minister of the Ministry of War, was awarded the title of Superintendent and Supervisor of Liangjiang.
The two rivers under the supervision of Zhang Guowei refer to Jiangxi and Jiangnan. Jiangnan is now divided into four areas by Lu Supervisory State: Anhui, Fengyang, Jiangning, and Susong, each with its own governor.
In fact, Jiangnan has a very vast territory, has always been a land of great wealth, and has the accompanying capital of Fengyang, the central capital of Nanjing. Therefore, in the past, the management of these places under the jurisdiction of the Southern Direct Government was complicated. Generally, the north and south of the Yangtze River were sometimes used as the boundary, and they were divided into Jiangbei and Jiangnan.
Sometimes the upper and lower reaches are divided into upper and lower rivers.
Lu Jianguo now divides Nanzhili into four parts, which is a bit trivial, but now Nanzhili is also where the Qing army garrisoned heavily, so this subdivision is actually very convenient.
Each had a governor, and then an important minister like Zhang Guowei was added to the overall system of governor.
Jin Sheng was very pleased, not that he had become the governor, but that there was hope for the Ming Dynasty to revive. Not only had the collapse of the Ming Dynasty been stopped, Lu Jianguo even personally led the Northern Expedition, which was almost all the way to Nanjing.
"Follow me to greet Mr. Huang!"
He became even more excited when he thought that with the new reinforcements from the imperial court, the rebel armies from Anhui provinces would no longer fight independently and could be integrated together, especially Jiangxi in the upper reaches, Susong in the lower reaches, and Zhejiang in the back.
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Go down the river and arrive at Huizhou Fucheng.
The Xiuning River flows eastward and merges into the right branch of the Xin'an River. Not far downstream is the estuary where another large tributary of the Xin'an River joins. Not far from the estuary is She County, the capital city of Huizhou.
The capital of She County is uniquely located at the junction of the two major mountain systems of Lianjiang Valley and Xin'anjiang Valley.
There are two continuous fertile valleys in the north and south, and further away are mountain barriers such as Huangshan Mountain. There are two mountains to the east and west of Fucheng, which is located in the gap between the east and west mountains.
Rivers and streams crisscross the area, transportation is developed, and the land is fertile.
However, the location is favorable, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Going east along the river to Hangzhou, west along the valley out of Jiangxi, south to Fujian, and north to the Yangtze River and Huizhou Basin, there are dangers of mountains and rivers, but also favorable geographical conditions.
It was also convenient for Huang Daozhou to come from Quzhou in the south. At this time, he led five thousand soldiers and horses to come. Because Jin Sheng and others acted righteously, they also caught the Qing army by surprise.
Especially at this time, because Duduo was preparing to reorganize his troops and recall his troops, the surrounding areas of Nanjing began to be handed over to some surrendered Green Camps or the Eight Banners Han Army moving from the north to the south.
Huang Daozhou was appointed governor of Anhui, Zheng Zunqian, who had rebelled in Shaoxing, was appointed admiral of Anhui, Mao Youlun was the patrol commander, and Gu Yinshi, the monk general who had killed the rebels in Haining, was appointed the commander-in-chief of Huizhou.
The Tokyo expedition over there not only handed over the Yixing camp to Huang Daozhou, but also replenished him with a lot of money, food and military equipment. Therefore, when his five thousand people came, they also had neat banners and looked at the dragons and tigers.
When Jin Sheng was outside the city, he saw flags one after another from a distance. The flags of various battalions such as Supervisory Flags, Tibetiao, Town Flags, Road Flags, etc. were clearly visible, and the soldiers were all very powerful and lacking in talent.
The armor wearing rate reached over 20%, and there were even many cavalry teams.
The closer he got to the capital, the more people and horses there were, patrolling and guarding, and inspections were strict. Although it was cumbersome, he was very happy, which showed that this army was indeed an elite division.
After passing the inspection all the way to the city, Governor Huang Daozhou, Admiral Zheng Zunqian, Inspector Mao Youlun, and Commander-in-Chief Gu Yinshi came to greet him.
After the meeting, the edict of supervising the country was read out.
