"This is Shaoxing where Kuaiji is separated by a Fu River and two counties are Shanyin. One city has two counties. I didn't expect that after the Tatars occupied Hangzhou, the nearby Shaoxing city could still be so prosperous."
On the water alley of the Fu River, in the Wupeng boat, the young master Chen Hanhui of Taizhou couldn't help but sigh.
"Actually, people in Shaoxing have been panicked for a long time. The Tatars appointed Zhang Su, the former general magistrate, as the prefect. The thieves issued an order to shave their hair. The persecution was very severe, saying that if you leave your hair, you will not leave your hair, and if you leave your hair, you will not leave your head. The people of Shaoxing were so angry that they
The Duke and others have also been planning to raise an army for a long time. Now that King Lu has ascended the throne, he has sent my brother to Shao to liaise and command. It is really timely."
In the same uniform as a soldier, Yu Ying's son was originally stationed at Ning Shaotai. After the Qing army occupied Hangzhou, they quickly sent a vanguard to follow Hangzhou's surrender. The Ming army crossed the Qiantang River and entered Shaoxing. They were sentenced to Zhang Su's official Tao Daqing.
Peng Wanli, the magistrate of Shanyin County, and others surrendered one after another and went to Hangzhou to meet the prisoner commander.
After returning, he began to collect money and food, recruited young men, and forced the people to shave their heads.
"Before my brother came to Shao, King Lu summoned him and told him that Yu Gong was a Jinshi. He had been the director of the Ministry of Industry. He was sent as a Yuanwailang to oversee the Nanzhong River. He opened fifty miles of the Yellow River below Pizhou and built hundreds of miles of embankments. He solved many years of floods and was promoted to doctor for his merits.
. He was then promoted to the prefect of Shunde, and he went all out to recruit bandits to ensure peace. Then he was promoted to the prefect of Xi'an, but was demoted for recruiting bandits..."
Chen Xining also did his homework before coming, and he remembered Ying's resume very clearly, "Since the last year of Chongzhen, he has been restored to the prefecture of Shaoxing. He has made great contributions to water conservancy in Yue. He has been promoted to the governor of the province's grain road. After his meritorious service, he was assigned to guard Ningshaotai Road. After Hongguang was dusted,
, Yu Gongnai, together with Zuodu Yushi Liu Gong and others, supported King Lu to supervise the country in Hangzhou, Ma Shiying protected the Queen Mother to Hangzhou, Yugong Nai cried and wrote a letter asking to kill Ma Shiying to bring peace to the world. However, King Lu was deceived by Chen Hongfan and other traitors and surrendered to the thieves."
Yu Han sighed.
"If King Lu could have listened to my father's request and killed traitors like Ma Shiying and Chen Hongfan, maybe things wouldn't have happened like this."
Yu Ying asked Ma Shiying to be killed, but King Lu refused to accept it. Instead, he still made Ma Shiying his chief assistant. Then Ma Shiying immediately asked Yu Ying to return to Shaoxing to recruit troops and drove him out of Hangzhou.
As soon as Yu Ying arrived in Shaoxing, King Lu of Hangzhou surrendered.
Yu Ying was angry that the Qing army had arrived, so he had to retreat to Yunmen Mountain to plan. He contacted everywhere, but unexpectedly, King Lu of Taizhou suddenly sent someone to find him at this time.
In Yunmen Mountain.
Yu Ying has already gathered many followers here.
"Supervise the country's edicts and receive them from the public!"
The gray-haired Yu Ying put on his red official robe excitedly and knelt down solemnly to receive the order.
Although the conditions in the mountains are simple, they still insist on setting up tables and burning incense.
"... Jin Yu Ying, Zhejiang, acted as an envoy to act as governor, and he was appointed as the censor of Qiandu!"
The edict was personally drafted by Song Zhipu, a scholar in the cabinet. He highly praised Ying's background and achievements, especially his loyalty, and finally promoted him.
He was promoted from the sub-inspector of Ningshaotai Road to the inspector of Zhejiang and acted as governor.
In the Ming Dynasty system, the imperial court consisted of the cabinet and the six ministries, and the local governments were the provinces and counties. The province was a general name, and the official full name was the Chief Secretary, the Chief Secretary, and the Dusi. They were in charge of the civil affairs and judicial affairs of a province.
, military, etc.
Although in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, governors and governors became regular officials, they were still not official official positions.
Between the three divisions and prefectures, the Ming Dynasty also established many roads. The roads are quite special, including guard roads, patrol roads, grain supervision roads, military preparation roads, etc., but they are not as fixed as provinces and prefectures.
Administrative divisions, but special areas with specific tasks.
For example, the Fenshou Road is a subordinate agency dispatched by the Chief Secretary, the Fenxun Road is an agency dispatched by the Chaosi Division, which generally inspects local areas and supervises civil affairs, taxation, money and food, etc., and the Military Preparation Road is also responsible for military affairs, training, food, and wages.
Being promoted to the third rank of Inspector-General was definitely a high promotion, not to mention that Lu Supervisor State also gave him a greater power, which was to act as acting governor.
He was not directly appointed as the governor, but he acted as governor and was given real power. He also added the constitutional title of Youqiandu Yushi, which allowed him to change his name and manage the officials of the whole province in a smooth and logical manner.
Yu Ying was greatly relieved to receive the imperial edict.
King Lu did not want to be the governor of the country, so after being forced into the position of governor, he surrendered in fear of death in just five days.
However, King Lu was able to refuse the surrender of the Tartars. At this critical moment, he was ordered to take the initiative to take the throne and supervise the country. He did not patrol the south. Instead, he actively contacted the garrison in eastern Zhejiang personally and sent people to contact various places.
This kind of courage and decisiveness in the military and civilian actions made this minister with rich experience feel that the sky has opened his eyes.
"His Highness said that he will come north to Shaoxing soon. Before he comes, Shaoxing will be entrusted to Yu Gong."
"What is your highness's plan? Are you going to recruit troops to fight against the Tartars, or even take back Hangzhou?"
Chen Xining was warned before arriving, and he asked Yu Ying to talk alone.
"His Highness said that the Tartars are now strong and their troops are at the forefront. At this time, it is unrealistic to insist on recapturing Hangzhou and the two capitals. The top priority is to stabilize the position and calm people's hearts. The weather is hot now, and the Tartars cannot tolerate the weather.
, At the moment, there is no intention for the army to continue its full march south, so His Highness personally goes to various places to meet with garrison generals, recruit soldiers and horses, and also asks Yu Gong to contact the righteous people and recapture the city."
"When the time comes, we will build a river defense along the Qiantang River to prevent the Tatars from crossing the river. We will first draw the river to resist the enemy."
Since Hongguang was captured and King Lu surrendered, people in the entire south of the Yangtze River are now in panic. Countless officials and generals have surrendered. There is chaos everywhere and people are in turmoil.
Zhu Yihai still hopes to stabilize the people's hearts in the southeast first. As for fighting the Tatars, they must fight, but there are also details on how to fight. It is impossible to just go to Hangzhou City to gather troops and attack Hangzhou. Instead, he must take advantage of the opportunity.
Before the Qing army had a chance, or had misjudged its strategy and did not plan to go south, it first calmed down the turbulent places and cut down or captured those who surrendered.
The flag of Ming Dynasty must continue to be raised.
Although many weaklings have surrendered, there are still many ministers like Yu Ying who are willing to persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty.
"Where is Your Highness now?"
"It is estimated that he should be in Dinghai, Ningbo by now."
Yu Ying called his nephews and disciples to convey the decree of supervising the country.
"Now that we have the command of the Supervisor, we have a backbone. Now His Highness wants to turn the tide. We can no longer hide in this mountain. It is time to attack."
"Mr. Yu, what should we do?"
"Master Chen brought His Highness's decree. Your Highness asked us to start an uprising in various places in Shaoxing, call on the people, capture and kill the puppet officials appointed by the Tatars, retake the cities, and set up the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty again!"
"Yu Gong, count me as Liu Dadao. I will go back to the city to agitate."
Liu Dadao, whose real name was Liu Yiming, also known as Guangshi, was a famous hero in Shanyin City. He came from a wealthy family and was extremely brave. He was good at wielding a broadsword, so he was called Liu Dadao.
When Yu Ying was the prefect of Shaoxing, King Fu proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, and Yu Ying was transporting grain to Nanjing. Liu Dadao volunteered to fight with Shao Ying of Yuyao, and escorted him with his friends such as Zhu Boyu of Xiaoshan.
Yin Ranger Zheng Zunqian is a close friend of life and death.
When Yu Ying retreated to Yunmen Mountain, he took the initiative to contact Liu Dadao, and Liu Dadao readily expressed his willingness to follow the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, he was the first to stand up.
"Okay, let's invite Guang Shixian's nephew back to the city to respond internally, and we will coordinate internally and externally." Yu Ying and others had also been plotting an uprising for a long time. Now that King Lu's envoy has brought the decree, they plan to start the uprising in advance.
Liu Dadao handed over his hand and said, "I will return to Huicheng now. Tomorrow I will be in Shanyin City and Zheng Zunqian will be in Kuaiji City. We will take action at the same time. Yu Gong and Brother Liu are outside the city to prepare for the response."
"Brother Liu, please let me go with you." Chen Xining asked.
Yu Han also asked to go to the city to plan together.
"I, Liu Dadao, like such a cheerful brother, okay, let's go together."
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Early the next morning, in front of the Water God Temple in the south of Shanyin City, Liu Dadao held his eye-catching broadsword, tied a red scarf on his forehead, and gave an impassioned speech in front of the public.
A large group of citizens gathered around.
The sound of gongs and drums attracted the people.
The county police chief came over with an iron ruler and his helpers, "What's going on? What are you all doing together?"
Everyone retreated in fear when they saw that it was Chen Captou from the county government. This guy was always a bully in the city, especially after his sister became the concubine of the county magistrate Peng Wanli.
Detective, after Peng Wanli surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, although he was still the county magistrate, he immediately made his concubine's brother Chen Yin the county's chief arrester to help him maintain the situation.
Chen Yin immediately recruited a large group of bad friends to enrich his team, and every day he took the opportunity to extort various sona cards in the city, and the people dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
among the crowd.
Liu Dadao held a big sword and shouted loudly, "Fellow fellow citizens, the martyred emperor died for his country, the glory was covered with dust, and the king of Lu was forced to sacrifice the city and surrender to the north. In one or two years, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. Now the Tatars invade, Jin'ou is broken, and the people's lives are in ruins. Our Ming Dynasty
Our country is in danger. If we continue to be insensitive, I am afraid that we will inevitably die as slaves to the country. Today we order our heads to be shaved, and tomorrow we will seize our houses and fields, and even rob our wives, sons and daughters!"
"Everyone, the national crisis is like this. Even though we are alive, we are still dead!"
Liu Dada hammered his chest and burst into tears.
Everyone around him felt sad.
At this time, Yu Han, who had been in the crowd for a long time, said loudly, "Liu Dadao, you are always chivalrous, please lead everyone up!"
Chen Xining shouted, "The King of Lu has killed the Tartar envoys in Taizhou and established a supervising state for the Taizhou officials, gentry, soldiers and people. He is sending an edict to the world, calling on us to rise up and be loyal to the king and restore China."
There were some young people in the crowd who clapped their hands when they heard this and shouted, "Okay, I have wanted to do this for a long time. I have wanted to rebel against the damn Tatars and dog officials. It's just that they have no one to take the lead. Now Liu Dadao is taking the initiative."
First of all, there is King Lu in Taiwan, so what are you waiting for!"
At this time, a young man pointed at the head catcher Chen Yin who was about to retreat quietly, "Rogue Chen, the dog-legger who surrendered the dog officer Peng Wannian, is here, arrest him!"
"Kill this bitch, rebel!"
Chen Yin grabbed his head and ran away, but Liu Dadao caught up with him in two or two steps, swung the knife and cut him into two pieces. Blood spattered and murderous intent filled the air.
"Inverted!"
"There's something going on. Let's all follow me into the county government office and kill all those surrendered dog officials and Tatars!"
At this time, Yu Han and Chen Xining immediately took out the flags and weapons that had been hidden with their companions.
"Drive out the Tartars and revive the Ming Dynasty!"
With a red scarf tied on his forehead, a steel knife in hand, and a righteous flag held high, he led the crowd to attack the government office!