Hong Chengchou has been staying in Dengzhou for a while.
His status here is very embarrassing. On the surface, he is now the governor of three provinces including Zhili in the Ming Dynasty. When he was sent to Dengzhou by Yang Guohai, the Tuguobao Army, the emperor even sent Yan Wogong, the minister of the Prime Minister's Office, to greet him at the dock.
But as soon as he entered Dengzhou City, he was completely ignored.
A house in Shuicheng, Dengzhou, was closely guarded by the Qianniu Guards. Hong Chengchou was confined inside. He could neither go out nor come into contact with the outside world. Every day, the Qianniu Guards would regularly send some daily necessities in and then stop contacting him.
They had to fetch water from the wells and make fires to cook. Fortunately, the emperor also left a few staff to keep him company. They could also play chess and recite poems. Of course, in this case, they were not in the mood to play chess.
Recite poetry.
I wanted to inquire about the situation outside, but I had no chance.
Hong Chengchou's staff also tried to give gifts to the guards. They still had some gold and silver on them, and they even had jade pendants and so on. But the problem was that these soldiers really didn't accept them at all, and they wouldn't even say a word to them.
Day after day, it seems like it has been completely forgotten.
Hong Chengchou finally couldn't resist anymore.
Whether it's killing or beheading, it's a pleasure.
Then as he was falling apart, a visitor came to visit.
Yan Keying, the chief military officer of Shenwu Town who was guarding Dengzhou, was said to be from Fujian Province. Yan Keying came uninvited and brought them a large bucket of scallops and sea cucumbers, which was a good thing.
He also gave Hong Chengchou a surprise. He brought him a letter home from Hong Chengchou's nephew, saying that his father and other clan members were doing well in their hometown in Fujian.
Yan Keying prepared grilled scallops and fried sea cucumbers, and asked Hong Chengchou and others to improve the food. At the same time, he revealed to them the latest developments outside.
Why Dorgon died suddenly and was paralyzed by a stroke because of him and Jiang Quan, and then Daishan and Jierhalang took the opportunity to poison him, and the Queen Mother summoned the Azig Duduo brothers to kill Daishan Er.
As a result, Azig was deceived into the city and arrested. Duduo was secretly summoned into the palace by the Queen Mother. During the tryst and adultery, the adultery was discovered by Daishan and other princes, Beile. Duduo was killed and died of smallpox.
Then Hauge went to Beijing and killed Azig in prison. He was convicted by Daishan and Jierhalang and imprisoned.
The empress dowager was forced to commit suicide.
In short, the current Beijing city is quite lively.
Outside Beijing is equally lively.
The Monan Sunit left-wing Tengjisi brothers rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and Beitou Mobei Chechen Khan and others sent tens of thousands of troops south to attack the Qing Dynasty.
Jiang Quan, the general of Datong, killed the Governor of Xuanda and captured half of Xuanda Shanxi.
The brothers Wang Yongqiang, the commander-in-chief of Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, raised an army, killed the governor and the general army, and occupied half of Guanzhong.
Milayin and others from Gansu raised troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and joined forces with the Ming Dynasty to march to Shaanxi and Ganxi and captured almost all of Longyou.
The Governor-General of Ming Dynasty's National Treasures of Tianjin were all captured in Baoding City, while the Governor-General of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty Shen Tingyang, the President of the Royal Camp Zheng Zhilong, the Admiral of Liaodong Geng Zhongming, etc. even swept through southern Liaoning and opened Dongjiang Town.
Xu Dingguo and Li Jiyu in Henan rebelled again, and Liu Zeqing in Shandong was killed anyway, but his generals Li Huajing and others had already swept through southeastern Shandong.
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Anyway, Hong Chengchou listened silently.
I didn't believe it at first.
Later, Yan Keying directly took out a stack of newspapers, including the imperial newspaper, the Fuxing News, the Beijing News, etc., and even the Tatar newspaper issued from Beijing.
Comparing the two, most of what Yan Keying said is recorded in black and white.
Of course it was possible to forge these newspapers, newspapers, etc., but there were so many of them, and Hong Chengchou gradually accepted these shocking news.
Yan Keying left after eating.
Hong Chengchou was left to fry the remaining green onions and sea cucumbers, but the scallop fans couldn't eat anymore.
After staying in the house for another three days, Hong Chengchou finally wrote a ten-thousand-character memorial to the Emperor of Heaven.
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"Hong Chengchou's writing is quite good. It's a 10,000-word long novel without any typos, and it's very literary." Zhu Yihai told the truth. Although he despised this traitor, he couldn't deny his talent.
"Hong Hengjiu was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 23. The following year, he went to Beijing and won the top 24 in Jie Deng's examination, which gave him a Jinshi background."
His official career was also very smooth. He was first appointed as the head of the Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Punishments, and then held the rank of Li Yuanwai Lang and then Lang Zhong. He worked in the Ministry of Punishments for six years.
At the age of 29, he was promoted to Zhejiang Tixue Qianshi. Two years later, he was promoted to Zhejiang Zuo Councilor. At the age of 34, he was promoted to Shaanxi Grain Supervisor and participated in politics.
Hong Chengchou's official career really took off after the Chongzhen Dynasty, which coincided with the outbreak of the peasant uprising in Shaanxi. As a scholar who participated in politics, Hong Chengchou led troops and killed 300 peasant troops for the first time, which made him famous.
After that, he was promoted to governor, then governor of the three sides, and later transferred to governor of Jiliao. Hong Chengchou continued to fight, and indeed he fought with great success.
In the 15th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Battle of Songjin failed, and the army was trapped in Songshan for more than half a year. He was only 49 years old when he was finally captured.
After being captured, he went on a hunger strike and cursed those who tried to persuade him to surrender.
But after observing it several times, Fan Wencheng once told Huang Taiji that Hong Chengchou would not commit suicide because he would wipe away any dust that fell from the beam and fell on his sleeves.
If you cherish even a piece of rags, let alone your body?
Seeing through Hong Chengchou's character and thoughts, Huang Taiji finally took off his robes and covered himself, and finally succeeded in recruiting him.
In the final analysis, it was Hong Chengchou's will that was not firm, and the reason why he was not firm can actually be guessed from his background and career experience.
He was promoted to Jinshi at the age of twenty-four, became governor at the age of thirty-seven, governor-general at the age of thirty-eight, and became crown prince Taibao at the age of forty-one, with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, governor-general of military affairs for the five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan...
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His career has been astonishing.
But he was not from a well-known noble family. He was just born into a poor family in Quanzhou, Fujian Province. Because his family was poor, he dropped out of school at the age of eleven. He helped his mother make dried tofu at home and went to the market every morning to sell dried tofu.
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But even so, this young man was very motivated. Besides selling dried tofu, he would also go to Shuigouguan Village to study outside the school. Because of his diligence and intelligence, he was appreciated by Hong Qiyin, a talented man who ran the school, and he was accepted as a disciple for free.
I read the book again.
He also lived up to Hong Chengyin. He was elected as a candidate at the age of twenty-three and a Jinshi at the age of twenty-four.
Such background and experience are indeed inspiring.
How much price did you pay to get through it step by step? You were only forty-nine when you were captured, and how many ambitions you have yet to realize?
The Tatars' deliberate wooing also made Hong Chengchou, who had long seen through the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, determined to assist the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone does not want to live up to their own efforts, but Hong Chengchou especially does not want to live up to his own efforts, so loyalty to the country was abandoned by him in the end.
After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was first subordinated to Baoyi Niulu with Xianghuang Banner, but he was not reused.
Until the Qing army entered the customs, Hong Chengchou was appointed as the Taibao of the Crown Prince with his original title when he was in the Ming Dynasty. He was also the Minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Inspectorate. He was appointed to the Inner Court to assist in military affairs and was awarded a bachelor's degree in the Secretariat. He then appeased Jiangnan. He was also very dedicated.
I want to prove myself and seek a chance to go to Lingyan Pavilion in this new dynasty.
But who would have thought that things would take a turn for the worse.
Even when he was recalled from the post of governor of six provinces in Huguang, he was also suspected of being transparent. This was a big blow to him, but when he was once again awarded the governorship of three provinces and came out of Beijing, he still held the determination to die for those who know themselves.
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"The 10,000-word book written by Hong Chengchou is quite meaningful. It raised many real current problems and also gave a lot of useful suggestions." Zhu Yihai carefully read this traitor's 10,000-word book.
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Zhu Yihai wanted to kill this guy, but he kept holding on.
But his name has already been written down in the little black book.
The ministers all persuaded Hong Chengchou that he should be killed, but staying here instead of killing him now would have a better effect, especially by insisting on publicity that Hong Chengchou had always been a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Ever since he was captured, he had endured humiliation and hid in enemy camps for the country.
wait.
Create a loyal minister persona for him.
Very disgusting.
But if done this way, it will really anger the Tatars. Even at this juncture, it will make it difficult for the Tatar court to believe those traitors who surrendered. One after another, they surrendered anyway. Who can still believe it?
Hong Chengchou, Yan Wogong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Li Benzhen, Zhang Tianlu, Li Chengdong, Xu Dingguo, Tu Guobao, Jin Shenghuan, He Zhen, Jiang Quan...
Especially among the Han civil servants and generals who surrendered in the past two years before and after entering the Pass, none of them are really credible.
Especially the group of officials who surrendered in Nanjing before, such as the group of nobles, were all killed because of Tongming. Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin who surrendered, went to the Ming Dynasty several times as envoys. This time, Hong Chengchou left the capital to arrive.
I went to Dengzhou to pay homage to the Emperor of Heaven, but as soon as he arrived in Dengzhou, the entire delegation returned to the Ming Dynasty.
In this world, is there any traitor who surrenders who can be trusted?
After this, no one in the Tatars could believe it.
On the other side, guys like Hong Chengchou, Liu Zeqing, Qian Qianyi, etc. were surrendered one after another and surrendered anyway. And Ming Dynasty was quite tolerant to them. Then if those traitors had some troubles in the future, they would definitely surrender anyway.
The effect is huge.
Therefore, in order to eliminate the Tatars, although it was disgusting, we could only endure it for a while. Not only could we not kill Hong Chengchou, but we had to give him a high-ranking official and a generous salary, even promote him with awards, and set up a loyal minister for him.
This thing is indeed the same as a damn toad jumping on the instep, not scary but disgusting.
But for the sake of the united front, just be patient.
Of course, Zhu Yihai would not go out of his way to visit the thatched cottage or anything like that. He couldn't do it. Hong Chengchou was not an ordinary traitor, this guy was the number one traitor.
Although in this time and space, he had not done too many bad things yet, Zhu Yihai's inherent impression of him was difficult to change, so he kept it in check.
Hong Chengchou must first bow his head, beg for mercy, and kneel down to lick him. If he insists on being tough to the end, then Zhu Yihai would rather lock him up like this for the rest of his life. Anyway, no one else can see him if he is locked up. He, Zhu Yihai, can let anyone arrange Hong Chengchou's plans at will.
No matter how loyal he is, he can't change it.
Of course, it would be better if Hong Chengchou took the initiative to kneel down and sing the song of conquest. Later, if he takes the initiative to stand up to show his loyalty and oppose the Tatars, it will naturally have better results.
"What official position would be better for him?" Zhu Yihai asked.
I definitely can no longer serve as governor of Zhili and other three provinces. It is best to stay in the court, rise and fall secretly, and hold him high, but he is not given any real power and has to be kept under his nose. This is a waste of half-heartedness.
It's best to just act like a mascot, show your face often, and write letters of surrender to your Tatar colleagues and other former subordinates.
"You can join the Prime Minister's Office to help with military affairs, or you can get a palace protection title to support you." Xu Shiqi said bluntly.
Zhu Yihai thought for a while and said, "I have a more suitable position. Let's reopen the admonishment court and appoint him as the admonishment doctor."
