Chapter 349 Respect to Master Wang and write overnight
Yifeng Gate is surrounded by Lion Mountain on the north side and Hydrangea Mountain on the south side. The city gate is framed between the two mountain valleys to take advantage of the geographical advantages. There are two water caves built under the city. In the early days of Hongwu, it was taken to mean the phoenix coming to the ceremony.
During the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, they all came out of Yifeng Gate. Unexpectedly, the Ming Army now surrounded Yifeng Gate.
Yan Wo Gong and Qian Qianyi looked at each other.
Both of them were secretly transparent, but they didn't know it. At this time, they still thought that the other was a traitor loyal to the Qing court.
"The Ming Dynasty has great power, Nanjing has few soldiers, and civil strife has just broken out. Reinforcements are hard to come for a while, so we have to find ways to delay and buy time. Chen Hongfan went out to the city for peace talks but failed. Now we can only hope that Qian Shangshu can turn the tide. I don't know. Can you please ask Mr. Qian to go out of the city again to make peace?"
Yan Wo Gong was aggressive and wanted to send Qian Qianyi into the pit of fire.
Qian Qianyi looked at Chen Hongfan who was still howling outside the city. Although he knew that he would be fine if he revealed his current identity, he was not willing to be easily dominated by the traitor Yan Wogong.
"Admiral Chen has already encountered misfortune. King Lu is very determined to resist. Even if I have a sharp tongue, I cannot shake his determination. It is better to ask Yan Jinglue to come up with another clever strategy."
Yan Wogong turned his head and looked at Zhu Yousong who was unconscious, and smelled a filthy smell.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there was a puddle of urine at King Fu's feet.
This Emperor Hongguang was so frightened that he peed.
She felt even more disgusted with him and said, "Hold Your Majesty."
He turned to Qian Qianyi and said, "Please ask Qian Shangshu to speak to King Lu below the city, saying that Emperor Hongguang is here and asking them to withdraw their troops."
Qian Qianyi did not refuse. He glanced at Hong Guang, who was still unconscious, and felt mixed emotions in his heart.
"Qian Qianyi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty and Bachelor of the Internal Secretariat, by the decree of the Qing Emperor and the regent, sent Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty south from Beijing to say hello to His Highness King Lu of the Ming Dynasty."
The Qing troops on the city recited loudly together.
Under the city.
Zhu Yihai is still watching the execution.
The executioner expertly cut Chen Hongfan, a big traitor, into pieces with thousands of cuts. He cut off a small piece of flesh each time and gave him a few sips of medicinal wine every once in a while to prevent him from bleeding too quickly or dying from pain.
Countless officers and soldiers from the imperial camp watched the execution.
The shouts from the city were passed down, but no one was talking or making any noise.
The troops in the imperial camp were as motionless as a mountain and looked solemn.
Even if Emperor Hongguang's name is mentioned, it will have no impact.
Everyone in the city was moved when they saw it.
"I didn't expect that King Lu's military discipline was so awe-inspiring, even the Iron Army." Qian Qianyi sighed.
Mr. Yan also nodded, "It's indeed remarkable."
The two of them admired from the bottom of their hearts the might of Lu Jianguo's Ming army camp.
The Qing army continued to shout over and over again, and King Fu Zhu Yousong also woke up from being pinched. He was still trembling and trembling, especially because he wet his pants from fear, which made him even more embarrassed.
He wanted to leave, but my father-in-law wouldn't allow it.
Under the city.
Xu Shiqi came over to ask Zhu Yihai for instructions, "Your Highness, it seems that the top of the city is indeed the King of Fortune."
"Um."
Zhu Yihai replied very calmly.
"Do you want to reply to the Qing army?"
"Let the soldiers tell the Tatars that when King Fu abandoned the city of Nanjing and fled with his people, he was no longer qualified to be called emperor, and I, the court in charge of the country, did not recognize his throne.
After Emperor Lie, it was the first year of the Lu Jianguo period. There was no Hongguang Emperor in the Ming Dynasty, but only one Lu King, Zhu Yousong. Since he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he has also been expelled from the genealogy of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty. "
"He is no longer a member of our Zhu Ming royal family, he is just a person who subdues thieves."
When the cabinet minister Xu Shiqi heard Zhu Yihai's words, he couldn't help but be surprised. The previous court officials wrote a letter requesting Zhu Yihai to ascend the throne, and also requested that the Hongguang throne and the Hongguang reign be abolished. The year after the seventeenth year of Chongzhen was the first year of Lu Jianguo's reign. It is called the first year of Shaotian.
The abolition of Hongguang's throne also made Zhu Yihai's ascension to the throne more proactive in legal terms. After all, if Zhu Yousong's throne was recognized, there would be a lot of trouble. What's more, the emperor would become a prisoner of the Qing army. In the future, Maybe they will still be in a passive position politically.
So we simply refused to admit it and erased the unbearable history of Hongguang Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, now everyone can face Hongguang's march south more calmly.
But Zhu Yihai actually directly deposed Zhu Yousong as a prince, and even erased his identity as a member of the Zhu family.
The Tatars wanted to use Hongguang's identity to suppress the Ming army.
Lu Jianguo directly expelled him from the clan.
The guards of Qianniuwei shouted back.
There was silence at the top of the city. Zhu Yousong was frightened and angry. His whole body was shaking so hard that he fainted again before he could catch his breath.
"I didn't expect Lu Jianguo to respond like this, it was a mistake."
"Why don't you ask Mr. Qian to take a trip to Mingying?"
Qian Qianyi looked at Mr. Yan, "Since Jinglue insists so much, I can only risk my life and go there, but I can't go empty-handed. I have to show some sincerity."
"Chen Hongfan sent one million taels of silver. Isn't it sincere enough?" Yan Wogong asked.
Qian Qianyi looked at the Ming army organized under the city and said, "From my point of view, it is not easy to hold Nanjing with the few troops in Nanjing. Now we can only find ways to buy time and wait for reinforcements."
"Indeed, do you have any good ideas?"
"First of all, I will collect a sum of gold and silver silk as a gift. Secondly, I will read to Lu Jianguo the imperial edict of the Qing Emperor on the title of King of the Ming Dynasty given to me by the Regent.
Third, ask Yan Jinglue to abandon the defense of the eighteen outer walls and retreat his troops into the inner city, guarding only the thirteen inner city gates and two water passes."
"Take the initiative to abandon the defense of the outer city, firstly to show your sincerity, and secondly because there are so few soldiers now that the outer city cannot be defended at all. It is better to take the initiative to shrink and retreat from the inner city. As long as we can defend the inner third city, that is enough."
In fact, only the thirteen gates of the inner city, that is, the capital, are still difficult to defend, because although the capital is not as long as the outer city, which is more than 100 miles in circumference, the walls of the capital are still more than 70 miles long.
But at least it is better than guarding the outer city, which is more than 120 miles long, and the eighteen city gates are even harder to guard.
Yan Woggong agreed more readily than Qian Qianyi imagined.
"In this way, I will collect another one million taels of silver for you, plus one hundred thousand taels of gold, as well as 10,000 bolts of silk and satin, plus 20,000 bolts of cotton. You can take them to King Lu, hoping that he can start negotiating peace."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Jinglue is really a big picture." Qian Qianyi quickly praised.
"It's all for the imperial court and the country!" Yan Gonglue sighed.
After saying that, he turned around and said to the officials behind him, "You have heard that for the safety of Nanjing City and for the country and the country, we can only try our best to appease the Ming thieves. These one million taels of silver, one hundred thousand taels of gold, plus ten thousand horses
Satin and 20,000 bolts of cotton cloth, please hurry up and collect them within one day."
"In summary, we have just conducted two levies, and each time we collected 3 million. I'm afraid we won't be able to raise more if we continue to levy them again. They have wiped out three feet of ground." An official complained.
Yan Woggong angrily reprimanded, "What time is it now that everyone keeps money and refuses to pay for it? This time it is a loan from the court, and I owe it to you!"
“But it’s not easy to write an IOU!”
"Is it because the IOU is not working, or are you people unwilling to serve the court and are secretly preparing to welcome the thieves into the city?"
"Calm down your anger, how dare you? It's just that it's really hard to conquer now."
"It's already this time and it's not easy to conscript? Anyone who dares to resist is a collaborator with the enemy and has evil intentions. They will directly send troops to ransack their homes!"
"I will mobilize my troops to cooperate with you in borrowing money!"
Qian Qianyi looked on from the side and was secretly frightened.
So a frightened envoy was hung up from Yifeng Gate to see King Lu. He said that Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, was sent as an envoy and brought the canonization edict and prepared millions of gold and silver and other rewards. He also said that he was willing to
Everything south of the Yangtze River was ceded to the Ming army, etc.
He also proposed that as a show of sincerity, the Jiangning garrison would first move the garrison stationed at the 18th gate of the outer city back to the inner city, and also ask the Ming army to suspend the attack so that the two families could peacefully negotiate peace.
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At the residence of Lingbi Marquis Tang Guozuo, many relatives and nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and even gentry officials came to visit one after another. The ostensible reason was that Lingbi Marquis had taken in a new concubine and invited relatives and friends to celebrate.
In fact, everyone understands why.
After a few glasses of wine, everyone began to complain about Yan Jinglue's greed and cruelty, and his wanton looting of everyone.
In less than ten days, they were forced to donate money twice and borrow money once.
For example, Zhao Zhilong, the uncle of Xincheng, was robbed of 60,000 taels of silver three times. Zhao Zhilong was forced to dig out all the money buried in the ground and turn it over. He couldn't do it without digging, because Yan Jinglue directly sent people to pick up many of Zhao Zhilong's sons.
The nephew said that he admired them very much and was used in important positions. In fact, he was just a hostage and a meat ticket.
The Duke of Wei, Xu Yunjue, was even worse. He was extorted three hundred thousand taels of silver three times.
None of these wealthy families in Nanjing escaped.
But now, it's here again.
This time he opened his mouth and increased the price again. For example, Zhao Zhilong asked for 20,000 for the first time, 40,000 for the second time, and 60,000 taels for the third time. Xu Yunjue, Duke of Wei, asked for 100,000 for the first time and 200,000 for the second time.
This time it's three hundred thousand.
It's just a group of soldiers entering the house, and it doesn't matter whether you are surprised or not, and you won't leave without paying money. Moreover, this time Yan Jinglue appreciated more young people from the Xu family, and took dozens of people away.
Their family's guard servants were also taken away directly in the name of assisting in the defense of the city, and the swords and guns of the guards in the house were also forcibly taken away.
"I really can't get any more money out of it."
This time, everyone no longer went to Zhao Zhilong's house, but went directly to Tang Guozuo's house. This was also because Tang Guozuo's family and Lu Fan had always been in a marriage relationship, and the prince of Lu had also stayed in his house before and proposed marriage.
Seeing that Duke Yan was about to force him to death, and King Lu was so powerful, everyone couldn't help but become anxious.
"We have to save ourselves!"
Tang Guozuo was very proud to see everyone coming to his house.
He took out a piece of red paper from his arms and slowly unfolded it, only to see four big words written on it, "Respect Master Wang."
There are a few small characters below, Tang Guozuo.
Seeing this note, everyone had different expressions.
Tang Guozuo said proudly, "I have already heard that the Qing army cannot hold Nanjing and may flee at any time. They are withdrawing the garrison from each gate of Waiguo City and are going to abandon Waiguo City directly. But with this small number of people, it is impossible."
If you can guard the thirteen gates of the inner city, Master Wang will soon invade Nanjing City."
He raised the note in his hand and said, "As soon as Master Wang enters the city, I will stick this note on the door directly without any rush."