"Are you Wan Yuanji?" Jiangxi Admiral Jin Shenghuan looked at the middle-aged scribe in front of him with some suspicion. He looked like an elegant private school teacher.
"That's right." The middle-aged man said calmly and calmly.
Jin Shenghuan looked left and right, "The former Taipu Temple Shaoqing Wan Yuanji?"
"It is Wan who does not change his name but does not change his surname."
"There shouldn't be two young ministers with the same name in Taipu Temple, right?" Jin Shenghuan asked again.
"of course not."
"How do you prove that you are Wan Yuanji?"
"I was born in the 31st year of Wannian. I was a Jinshi at the age of 22 in the fifth year of Tianqi. I fed the crocodiles when I first served as a Chaozhou official. Later I was transferred to Guide. I captured the great thief Li Shouzhi. I took the national examination in the fourth year of Chongzhen. I was not allowed to bribe the examiner.
He was demoted, and in the eleventh year he returned to the position of acting school inspector in Yongzhou, where he caught snakes."
"Later, the Superintendent Yang Sichang recommended me to serve as the right judge of Dali Temple and join Yang Gong's army to supervise military discipline..."
Jin Shenghuan nodded, "Needless to say, it's you, Wan Tietou, I finally see you." Jin Shenghuan shouted excitedly, he pointed at Wan Yuanji and said, "Damn it, I did a good job in Guanzhong back then.
, that old man Yang Sichang is planning to suppress us with four right and six corners and a net from ten sides. I heard that this plan was proposed by Wan Tietou, his right-hand man in the army, but are you serious?"
Wan Yuanji was not afraid, and nodded and said, Mr. Yang Ge really trusts me in the army. He relies on me as his right-hand man in the army, and I also provide a lot of advice.
"As expected, it's you, damn it. Back then, this strategy of spreading the net in all directions made me suffer. I was forced to jump up and down and was almost desperate. In the end, I had no choice but to vote for Zuo Shuai."
"You don't know how many people wanted to kill you, you idiot."
When Jin Shenghuan thought about this past incident, he was still angry. He was nicknamed Yi Dou Su and lived a pretty cool life. Yang Sichang was originally the son of Yang He, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of the three sides. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of War.
He was highly trusted by Chongzhen. He advocated encircling and suppressing the Qing Dynasty and the peasant army. He went to encircle and suppress the peasant army as a supervisor and assistant minister. He once defeated Zhang Xianzhong, but in the end his strategy failed. After Zhang Xianzhong defeated Xiangyang,
He died of fear.
Yang Sichang greatly appreciated Wan Yuanji, who was unsuccessful in officialdom. He not only recommended him, but also transferred him to the army and relied on him as his right-hand man.
Although Wan Yuanji was a scholar, he was very courageous and was called Iron Head in the army.
Even the peasant army called him Wan Tietou.
After Yang Sichang's death, Wan Yuanji returned to his hometown of Nanchang and Ding You attended the funeral of his mother. It was not until the 16th year of Chongzhen that he came back again, served as the head of the Nanjing staff, and was promoted to doctor.
After King Fu ascended the throne in Nanjing, Wan Yuanji, as a doctor in the Ministry of War, took the initiative to go to Jiangbei to mediate the conflicts in the four towns. With his efforts, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong and others finally stopped fighting. The court also believed that Wan Yuanji was capable.
He was able to pacify the big town, so he was promoted to Taipu Shaoqing, and later he was asked to supervise the military affairs of the four towns in Jiangbei.
He also gave the court many useful suggestions.
After the fall of Nandu, he returned to his hometown Nanchang to recruit local braves. Later, the Qing army captured Nanchang, Jiujiang. He retreated to Ji'an, Ganzhou and other places to continue to fight against the Qing. After Zhang Guowei went to Jiangxi to supervise the division, he also heard about Wan Tietou's name for a long time.
After a long conversation, he admired him very much and personally recommended him to Zhu Yihai, so Zhu Yihai ordered Wan Yuanji to be appointed governor of Jiangxi.
Originally, Wan Yuanji was supposed to be in Zhang Guowei's army in Ji'an at this time, but he showed up in Nanchang and even took the initiative to go to Jin Shenghuan's admiral's office. This could not help but surprise Jin Shenghuan.
"You came here alone, but you want to join the imperial court?"
Although he was beaten very badly by Wan Yuanji, he had also gone to Yuanzhou, Nanchang, Jiujiang and other places before and defeated Wan Yuanji and fled, so now he is quite friendly towards this old friend, saying, "It's fair to the public."
If you are talented enough to join the imperial court, you will definitely be appointed governor of Jiangxi."
"You are much better than the new governor Zhang Yutian. That guy doesn't know anything except finding ways to make money."
Speaking of the governor who was appointed by the Qing Dynasty, Jin Shenghuan was very disdainful, because this guy was not only greedy, but also greedy to his head. Previously, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong entered Jiangxi, broke into various government houses, and indeed robbed a lot of money.
As soon as Zhang Yutian came, he actually asked them for money.
Moreover, the lion opened his mouth and directly demanded 300,000 taels of silver from Jin Shenghuan.
Originally, Jin Shenghuan was thinking about the new Futai taking office, so he thought he would be happy and planned to give him three to five thousand taels of silver as a filial piety. From now on, he would serve as officials in the same city and take care of each other. Who knew this guy had such a big appetite.
Jin Shenghuan wanted to bargain, but the guy even made arrogant remarks, saying that he would impeach them for looting places and paying them empty wages, etc. This really pissed off Jin Shenghuan.
He started out as a thief, so he talked nicely and gave him face. But now that he was threatened, he became angry. He happened to drink some wine that day, so he hung up the man sent by Zhang Yutian and beat him with thirty strokes.
Ask him to bring a message to Zhang Yutian. He doesn't have three hundred thousand taels of silver, but he has thirty bars.
Now he completely offended the governor, and also offended the new governor Dong Xuecheng.
Jin Shenghuan is also a rough man. He thinks that if he doesn't do anything, he won't have to give face to anyone he loves.
"I am the governor of Jiangxi. I was granted the title of Lu Supervisor, and I carry the governor's silver seal with me." As he said this, Wan Yuanji actually took out a silver seal and showed it to Jin Shenghuan.
This made Jin Shenghuan a little confused.
"General Jin, we are old friends who have never met before. I am here to show the general a clear path. The general is in great danger now. He is about to die, but he doesn't know it yet."
"What's the meaning?"
"General Jin knows it in his heart, so why should I say it so clearly? You were originally a bandit in Guanzhong, and later surrendered to Zuo Liangyu, and then surrendered to the captives with Zuo Liangyu's son. You are unwilling to surrender your military power, so you invited yourself here
During the expedition to Jiangxi, the Tatars appointed you as the Admiral of Jiangxi. However, after you captured half of Jiangxi, the Tatars instead appointed you as the Commander-in-Chief of Jiangxi. You thought you had done a great job and wanted to be granted a title, but the Tatars returned your memorial.
, and even sent Zhang Yutian and Dong Xuecheng to control Jiangxi. Have you never thought about why they always opposed you after they took office? "
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Without the permission of the imperial court, would these two new civil servants dare to do this to you? After all, this is wartime, and if you think about it again, this caressing
Since then, how many of the generals you promoted and appointed have been dismissed or demoted?"
I heard that Zhang Yutian openly criticized you several times and asked if you wanted to rebel?
Can you say this casually? There is a reason for that.
I have now received news that Zhang Yutian and others have secretly wooed Wang Tizhong. Wang Tizhong thinks that his military strength is strong, and his victory in Jiangxi is mostly due to his strength, but you are above him. He has been dissatisfied for a long time. I also know that you secretly wooed his general Wang.
Zamao, I want to kill Wang Deren instead, and I feel even more hatred in my heart, so I am willing to join forces with Zhang Yutian to get rid of you.
This matter has been reported to Hong Chengchou by Zhang Yutian and also reported to Dorgon in Beijing. Zhang Yutian called you the admiral of Jiangxi. Your achievements are not as good as those of Wang Tizhong, but you are greedy. You openly ask for titles from the imperial court and plunder the wealthy families of Jiangxi.
, robbed countless amounts of money, etc., and said that you were secretly aware of it and deliberately refused to save Huguang. Now you are going to kill you at every step, and Hong Chengchou and Dorgon are also happy to hide everything. In their eyes,
You are still just a surrendered general, and you are still a surrendered general who was once a bandit."
Jin Shenghuan frowned after what Wan Yuanji said.
"Wan Tietou, I know you have always been stubborn, but do you think that just based on your words, I will fall into your plan of sowing discord?"
Wan Yuanji was very calm, "Why should I sow discord?"
"Let me show you something first!"
Wan Yuanji took out some letters and handed them to Jin Shenghuan.
"Is the general literate?"
"You don't know a lot of characters in Douda," Jin Shenghuan clapped his hands and called the soldiers, asking him to ask his staff Huang Renlong to come over.
Huang Renlong was a person whom Jin Shenghuan trusted very much. He handed the letter to him and asked him to read it to him.
After listening to several letters, Jin Shenghuan's face was already very ugly, because these letters were actually written by Governor Zhang Yutian, Inspector Dong Xuecheng, etc. to the Governor Hong Chengchou, the Regent of Beijing, etc., and the contents were basically the same as those written by Wan Tietou.
Pretty much what was said.
"Check the seal and handwriting." Jin Shenghuan gritted his teeth and said.
Huang Renlong was also a man who read poetry and books, and had also won the imperial examination. Of course, he was also good at official documents and letters. He checked it carefully several times and said, "The seals on it are all genuine, and the handwriting is indeed the name of Zhang Futai and Dong Xun."
Yes, I still have the letters they wrote to the admiral here for comparison."
"Go get it."
After some comparison, even Jin Shenghuan, who didn't know many words, could tell that it was the same handwriting.
"How dare they do this!"
After turning around angrily for a few times, Jin Shenghuan looked at Wan Yuanji again, "How did you get these letters?"
"Of course I have channels. I even have a letter here."
He took out another one.
Huang Renlong took it, but his hands could not help but tremble.
"What's wrong?"
Huang Renlong looked horrified, "It was sent by the regent to King Leke Dehun of Shuncheng County. It said that Jiangxi is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Nanchang and Jiujiang are important areas for river defense. It said that the rivers and lakes in the upper reaches are uneven and the south of the Yangtze River in the lower reaches is uneasy.
Jiangxi is even more important. He also said that the generals and the king's body are all thieves and surrendered generals and cannot be reused. He also said that the two generals are at odds with each other and asked the prince to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. First, he will let you fight among yourself, and then he will take advantage of the situation.
Troops stationed in Nanchang, Jiujiang..."
Huang Renlong couldn't say anything else anymore. It was obvious that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong were fighting fiercely, each of them complained to the superiors frequently, and Jin Shenghuan was not on good terms with the newcomer Fu Fu, so now the imperial court was treating these two people from Jiangxi.
I plan to replace all the guarding generals.
The replacement method is also very simple. In order to prevent these two bandit generals from disobeying, they plan to let them fight among themselves first, and then wait until they are both injured before taking action. When the Qing army enters the country, if they do not obey the order, then
Destroy it with the rebels.
"Wang Ti Zhong thought Zhang Yu Tianzhen was on the same side as him, and now he is still foolishly gearing up to prepare for the siege of the generals. Little does he know that the mantis is stalking the cicada, and the oriole is following behind."
Jin Shenghuan's expression was very ferocious. He called his soldiers and asked him to keep an eye on Wan Yuanji and not let him leave the house. Then he left in a hurry.
Half a day later, he returned to the house to see Wan Yuanji, but his face was very ugly.
"Wang Ti Zhong is really preparing for a mutiny. If you hadn't reminded me, I would still have been kept in the dark. Wan Gong, what should I do now?"
Obviously, Jin Shenghuan did not completely trust Wan Yuanji's one-sided statement, but had to verify it himself.
"There are two ways now. One is that the general already knows Wang Tizhong's plan, so he can take action to get rid of him by force, or he can prepare secretly and strike later."
"Then what? Luck Dehun has already come from Anqing and will be arriving in Jiujiang in a short time." Jin Shenghuan is not afraid of Wang Tizhong. He is sure that he can kill the opponent, but he is afraid of the Qing army.
"Since the Tatars refuse to trust the general and want to get rid of them quickly, should the general continue to work for them? I advise the general to abandon the secrets and join the Ming Dynasty.
"Can Ming accept me?"
"I am the governor of Jiangxi under the imperial command of Lu Supervisor. I have discussed this visit with Mr. Zhang Ge, the imperial governor of Liangjiang. As long as you are willing to do anything, the imperial court will naturally welcome you."
"After the general recovers, he can defend Nanchang. Commander Zhang will immediately lead his troops to respond, so there is no need to fear the Qing army."
"If the general is worried that he cannot hold it, he can retreat to Ji'an first. Of course, I advise the general to hold Nanchang. Governor Zhang's troops are in Ji'an, which is only a few hundred miles away and can be reached in a few days."
Jin Shenghuan was still a little hesitant.
The situation in the world was already very clear, and it was an inevitable trend for the Jurchens to take over the Central Plains, but now he felt that he couldn't see clearly.
But it happened that the Ming army had just been defeated in Huguang.
"Brother Huang?"
The hesitant Jin Shenghuan looked at his confidant Huang Renlong. He now liked to ask this military advisor for advice.
Huang Renlong could always quote scriptures when he spoke. He could even recite Sun Tzu's Art of War backwards and forwards, and his words were clear and logical.
"If the governor is sure that Beijing is interested in getting rid of you, I advise the governor to make plans early. You can't sacrifice your life for them. If you have to be stabbed in the end, it's not worth it." Huang Renlong persuaded tactfully.
These words made Jin Shenghuan determined. He led the people to revolt in the early years, and then surrendered to the army, then to the Qing Dynasty, and now to the Ming Dynasty.
Every step he took was actually not what he wanted, it was just forced by the situation.
He faced Wan Yuanji and bowed to him.
"Please Wanfuyuan accept me, Jin Shenghuan, anyway, and express my loyalty to His Highness the Jianguo on my behalf."
Wan Yuanji smiled and helped Jin Shenghuan up.
He took a risk when he came to Nanchang this time, but the situation in Huguang has deteriorated, and Jiangxi cannot delay the decision any longer, and must open the situation as soon as possible.
It happened that Jin Shenghuan was in internal strife with Wang TiZhong, and Governor Zhang Yutianxun, Dong Xuecheng and others were at odds with Jin Shenghuan and others. In addition, Wang TiZhong refused to shave his head. Jin Shenghuan broke the taboo and directly asked the Qing court for a title. He was dissatisfied with the low official position.
The Qing court was very dissatisfied.
The Ming Dynasty obtained these confidential information through top insiders such as Yan Wogong and Qian Qianyi, and passed it on to Zhu Yihai, who in turn passed it on to Zhang Guowei and others.
After they obtained these secrets, they decided to make good use of them, so Jiang Riguang personally went to Wang Tizhong's side to alienate them, while Wan Yuanji came to Jin Shenghuan's side to challenge them.
The most powerful lie is when nine out of ten sentences are true and one is false.
What Jiang Riguang and Wan Yuanji said to these two generals, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong, were true and false. The two of them were already suspicious of each other, and were even on the verge of a fight at any time. Now that they are driving a wedge between true and false, it is natural for them to quarrel.
It started early.
The key is that the letters Wan Yuanji took out are all true.
After what happened in Huguang and Jiangnan, the Qing court is indeed very worried about these surrendered generals with bad backgrounds. However, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong still continue to seek death and accuse each other constantly, some of which are true or false.
This made the Qing court very dissatisfied with them, and the new governor Zhang Yutian muddied the waters again, further complicating the matter.
"I will send a letter to Governor Zhang and ask him to send troops immediately to respond. However, Wang Tizhong already wants to strike first, and we must also fight back." Wan Yuanji said.
Jin Shenghuan gritted his teeth, "Don't worry, although Wang TiZhong has strong soldiers and horses, I, Jin Shenghuan, am not a vegetarian. Since I want to do it, let's do it to my heart's content! I have long seen that Wang TiZhong is dissatisfied, and this time the new and old debts will be settled together!"
"Does the general want to use Wang Dezhong to counter Wang Tizhong? Wang Zamao should be available. General, please recruit him secretly, and we will discuss the plan with him face to face."
Jin Shenghuan was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that Wan Tietou really knew everything and couldn't hide it from him, but he felt a little more at ease.
This shows that everything is under the control of Wan Tietou and the others.
