"I, the Jiang family, have been Ming generals for generations, and we have lived as kings and nobles for generations, so why would we be willing to be slaves and eagles?"
Datong.
Commander-in-Chief Jiang Quan brought the head of Xuanda Governor Geng Yin to pay homage to Dong Zhining from the Ministry of War, and he was very impassioned. Dong Zhining looked at the bloody head and looked at it carefully for a while, but showed no fear or disgust.
"After I arrived in Datong, I saw Governor Geng going out on the street, with a majestic ceremonial guard, and Geng riding a tall horse. He was very majestic. It was indeed like this, but now he looks very embarrassed."
"This thief was originally from Liaodong. He was originally a scholar of the Ming Dynasty. He later lived in Huguang. Azige went to Huguang and surrendered. Later, he followed Jin Shenghuan to Jiangxi and was appointed as the envoy and governor. Later, Jin Shenghuan resigned from his post due to some circumstances.
On the recommendation, the Qing government appointed him governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but he did not take up the post. Later, he returned to Beijing and was appointed governor of Shuntian. Dorgon was very satisfied with his land encirclement in Beizhi and was promoted to governor-general of Xuanda."
"This thief came to show off his power and show off his power. I originally wanted to win over him, but it turned out that the thief was loyal to the Tatars, so I had no choice but to take advantage of him going out of the city to inspect the grass and kill him."
Geng Yin initially defected to Azige and was later assigned to Jin Shenghuan's army. However, Jin was not very satisfied with this guy and deliberately caused trouble to make him lose his post. He then recommended him to be governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but even southern Jiangxi was
In the hands of the Ming Dynasty, neither Guangdong nor Guangdong could serve as governor. In fact, they wanted to squeeze him away.
Geng Yin later came to Beijing, and through Azig's connections, he joined Dorgon's sect. This man was also quite capable, and he came up with many useful strategies for Dorgon, so he was used to governor Shuntian, and he was very attentive in his work.
, so he was promoted to Grand Governor.
After he took office, he has been urging the army to be reorganized, farming and other matters, and urging the payment of taxes, grain and grass. He also completely ignored Jiang Gu, a native emperor, and continued to oppress him. Finally, Jiang Gu could not bear it anymore.
I would rather abandon the title of King of Datong granted by the Qing court and the promise of Shizhen Datong than kill Geng Yin anyway.
Dong Zhining looked at this guy, but he also knew that this guy was not loyal at all. He was just a domineering warrior who was used to double-dealing. Now he just saw that the Tatar situation was not good, so he turned against him again.
The Jiang family's ancestral home is Yulin, Shaanxi. They have been military generals for generations and have been at the border for a long time.
Jiang Yu's eldest brother Jiang Rang is the commander-in-chief of Yulin in his hometown, and his younger brother Jiang Xuan is the deputy commander-in-chief of Yanghe, Shanxi.
In the last years of Chongzhen's reign, he served as the chief military officer of Datong and was awarded the seal of General Zhenshuo. He was already the top military general.
But after Li Zicheng captured Taiyuan in the 17th year of Chongzhen, he took the initiative to surrender to Dashun.
After Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated from Beijing, he surrendered General Gongshun Hou Wu Shunhua and led his troops to attack Datong. He immediately killed Dashun guard Zhang Tianlin and surrendered to the Qing army.
You must know that when Li Zicheng went north and Jiang Quan surrendered, Li Zicheng wanted to kill Jiang Quan, but it was Zhang Tianlin who interceded for Jiang Quan and spared his life, accepted his surrender, and allowed him to stay in Datong with Zhang Tianlin.
In the end, only three months later, this guy turned around and killed Zhang Tianlin, who had saved his life.
After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Jiang Quan continued to take charge of the troops of Xuanhua and Datong.
Later, the Tatars also transferred Jiang Quan to Shaanxi to fight, and Jiang Quan also fought hard.
Jiang Gan's rebellion was actually laid after he was called to Beijing last year. In July last year, Azige, Duduo and other teachers returned to Beijing, and Jiang Gan also returned to Datong. The imperial court called him to the court, and he was proud of it.
Yangyang thought he was going to be rewarded based on his merits.
As a result, after entering Beijing, he did not even see the face of the regent Dorgon. Gang Lin, a confidant sent by Dorgon, scolded him, saying that although he had killed Zhang Tianlin before, he did not return to the Qing Dynasty in time.
Instead, he supported Zhu Dingshan, a member of the Ming Dynasty clan, which was a capital crime for conspiracy to rebel.
This frightened Jiang Quan to the point of pissing himself off. At this time, he was in Beijing, and he was a knife-sitter, and I was a fish, so he had no choice but to kneel down, kowtow, pound garlic, and keep begging for mercy.
Of course Dorgon didn't intend to kill him, but he just wanted to scare him deliberately. Then he sent Gang Lin to summon him a few days later, conveyed the regent's decree, comforted him, and allowed him to continue to be the commander-in-chief of Datong.
, especially continuing to serve the Regent.
Because Gang Lin said that the court originally wanted to kill him, but the regent, pity Cai, deliberately showed mercy and spared his life.
Jiang Yu was so frightened in Beijing that he finally returned to Datong, already hating the Tatars in his heart. Immediately afterwards, the situation began to turn bad, Zhu Yihai raised troops, and the Qing army suffered successive defeats.
Immediately after Jin Shenghuan, the Qing court did not trust Jiang Quan, and asked him to send a son to the capital as a bodyguard. Although it was not specifically aimed at him, but it was said that those who were above the third rank in Beijing, as well as those who were governors, governors, general soldiers, etc., were allowed to send him.
Entering the capital at one go and joining the imperial guards.
They also said that this was a reward for the ministers, especially the Han civil and military ministers. After all, the guards of the Qing Dynasty were of high rank and had a good future.
But Jiang Quan didn't think so. This was obviously to take hostages.
However, the court could not refuse and urged him repeatedly, and finally he had no choice but to send his eldest son Jiang Zhisheng to Beijing.
After Jiang Zhisheng entered Beijing, he did become a bodyguard, but he wrote back saying that he was often bullied by the children of the Eight Banners princes in Beijing and was very aggrieved. This made Jiang Quan even more dissatisfied.
On the Ming side, they had already started to contact him, and they kept sending people to contact him, and they kept inciting rebellion.
They always use Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan as an example, saying that Jin is doing well now after being in Jiangxi anyway.
Of course, if that's all, Jiang may not be the opposite.
What really made him determined to rebel was that the Qing government kept depriving him of his strength, that is, grabbing his territory. Azig stationed at Xuanda University several times.
Even this year, the Qing government came up with the idea of Wang Gong Shi Zhen, Haoge Zhen Xi'an, Azige Zhen Datong.
Datong has always been regarded as his private territory by Jiang Quan. How could Azig come and snatch it away? Although the court later changed Azige's town to Taiyuan, due to the Mongol Tengjisi rebellion, Azige led troops to station in Xuanda.
, a large number of Eight Banners and Mongolia were stationed, which made Jiang Yu very uneasy.
He believed that Azig and others were here to seize territory.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty also sent Dong Zhining, who was once known as one of the Six Crazy Students in Ningbo. He came as the censor of the Ministry of War and the Xuan Supervisory Army to meet Jiang Yu in person and brought the emperor
A handwritten letter to Jiang Yu.
After Zhu Yihai experienced the rebellion of some surrendered generals in Sichuan, Hu, Shaanxi and Gansu and other places, he gave special treatment to Jiang Yu, who was far away in Datong. In order to instigate him to rebel and contain some Qing forces in the rear, he specially granted the title of Jiang Yu.
Quan became the governor of Xuanda, still bore the seal of General Zhenshuo, and was granted the title of Duke of Daiguo.
It is indeed unprecedented for a military general to be directly appointed governor-general and also granted the title of Duke.
Although the title was inferior to the one the Tatars had given him before as King of Datong, Jiang Guan was still very moved, and his advisers also persuaded him to make friends far away and attack close by.
Emperor Shaotian, who supported Nanjing, actually had no influence on Datong, and Nanjing could not directly interfere with them. Datong was still their Datong. Even if he voted for Nanjing, he would have a powerful successor.
At this time, Jiang Quan was determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but there was still a chance.
This opportunity came soon.
Because the situation on the southern front was not good, Azig led the Eight Banners, Mongolian and Han armies stationed in Xuanda to guard against the Mongolian rebels going south, and headed south to Taiyuan, preparing to go to Luoyang.
After Azige and others left, Jiang Quan took advantage of the opportunity when Governor Geng Yan and a group of Taoist priests, prefects and other officials went out of the city to inspect the grain and grass. He suddenly ordered the city gates to be closed, cut off the braids in Datong City, and restored the Ming Dynasty clothes.
, officially rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty.
Jiang Quan had been planning a rebellion for a long time, and most of his followers followed his orders.
They quickly captured Datong City, surrounded and annihilated the few Manchu and Mongolian soldiers in the city, and then sent cavalry out of the city to hunt down Geng Yin and other governors, prefects, Daotai and other officials.
After killing Geng Yin, he brought the head to pay homage to Dong Zhining.
Dong Zhining is very calm.
Jiang Yan had already had his objections, but when the day finally came, it was not enough to surprise him.
"Governor Jiang is loyal, Long Live in Denglai will know it clearly. Shanxi's soldiers, gentry, and people will support him even more. In the future, history books will record this with great color!"
After a few words of praise, Dong Zhining also formally took out the seal of the Ming Dynasty Governor Xuanda given by the emperor to Jiang Quan, as well as the gold seal of Dai Guogong, and the king's flag, Shang Fang Sword, etc., and asked him to governor Xuanda and even Shanxi.
Ground troops and horses.
"Now the next step is to take advantage of the Tatars' unpreparedness, quickly contact the martyrs from various places, and quickly send troops to attack various places!"
After Jiang Yu got the seal, he felt refreshed and very satisfied. Although his eldest son was still a hostage in Beijing, he couldn't care about it now.
Since the Qing army entered the customs, the Tatars have constantly requisitioned grain, horses and even young men from Datong. He and his Datong soldiers were also frequently mobilized, which increased the burden on the people of Xuanda. Especially after the fall of Jiangnan last year,
After Huguang was corrupted and Huaiyang collapsed, Xuanda was expropriated and expropriated. Many gentry and landlords went bankrupt, and ordinary people fled in large numbers.
It can be said that the current Xuanda border area is full of dry firewood. As long as there is a spark, it will inevitably start a prairie fire.
The people have been miserable for a long time, but no one who can lead has ever stood up.
Datong is an important town in the north. It has been the core of Jiubian since the Ming Dynasty. The city is well-defended and the soldiers and horses are very brave.
Jiang Quan finally rebelled, and immediately received the seal of title granted by the Emperor of Heaven. He invited Dong Zhining to the school grounds and introduced him to the entire army. Dong Zhining read out the emperor's edict and awarded rewards to all Datong soldiers.
For a time, nature was full of momentum.
At this time, Azige happened to go south to Henan, Duduo went to Shandong, and other Eight Banners, Mongolians, etc. went north to defend against the rebellion of Tengjisi and Mobei Mongolia, announcing the great emptiness!
The flag was raised and the people of Shanxi were fed up with the Tatars' extortion and expropriation, so they responded one after another. For a time, anti-Qing rebels rose up all over Shanxi.
Shuozhou, Hunyuan, Kelan, Baode, Ningwu, Xinzhou, Zezhou, Puzhou and other places either had uprisings or were captured by the rebels. The situation suddenly changed, and only a few places such as Taiyuan were left in Shanxi.
Hold on strong in this violent storm.
The riots in full swing in Shanxi also quickly spread to Shaanxi.
