Shen Chenquan, the deputy censor of Qiandu, reminded Zhu Yihai, who was riding the wind and waves, "The decree left by His Highness allowed eight academicians to join the cabinet at one time and appointed many civil servants and generals. But why did he forget only a few important figures?"
"Which important people is Shen Qing talking about?" Zhu Yihai could actually guess it, but deliberately didn't reveal it.
"The first one is the Zhennan General and the National Security Bureau."
Zhu Yihai smiled and stroked the side of the boat, "You are the gangster Fang Laoer who stole the cattle?"
Shen Chenquan didn't know why Lu Jianguo said this about Fang Guoan, reminding him that now on the Qiantang River front line, Fang Guoan should be the one with the most regular soldiers.
Moreover, this person's previous performance was still very outstanding. For example, when King Lu wanted to surrender to Hangzhou, Fang Guoan still resolutely fought against the Qing army.
"Don't you know that Fang Guoan, although he has the most powerful troops, has the worst military discipline? After retreating from Hangzhou, he launched troops and looted all the way. He is no different from Chen Wu."
The reason why Zhu Yihai didn't like Fang Guoan, a field army commander with at least 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers, was because the Lu Jianguo in history was exactly Fang Guoan, a regular army commander who trusted him very much. Not only did Fang Guoan send troops to plunder , tolerated again and again.
They even gave him another title, first a count, then a marquis, and immediately he was promoted to a duke. Finally, he built an altar to pay homage to the commander-in-chief and let him command all the soldiers and horses of the small court of Lu Jianguo. The defense line was indeed effective, but after he took over the command, he first planned a counterattack on Hangzhou, but he fought for more than half a year without being able to capture it, wasting all the precious strategic opportunities. Later, when the main force of the Qing army turned around and attacked south, the same thing happened Unprepared, he collapsed thousands of miles away.
To put it bluntly, Fang Guoan was Zuo Liangyu, who was overseeing the Lu Dynasty. After being defeated and fleeing, he still wanted to kidnap Zhu Yihai and surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Yihai was also very capable and was able to escape alone in his rebellion.
Fang Guoan later followed the Qing army south to attack Fujian, but he planned a rebellion on the way and secretly colluded with the Longwu Dynasty in Fujian. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered, he directly told the Tatars about it, and Fang Guoan was killed. GG.
"The current situation is chaotic, the army has no food and pay, and it is common to plunder the people." Shen Chenquan did not blame the soldiers alone, "We cannot do without them to restore Zhongxing, not to mention that Fang Guoan now has strong soldiers and horses."
Zhu Yihai shook his head.
"Has Fang Guoan fought any decent victories? His hometown is from Zhuji, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, but now he is causing more harm to the countryside than the Tatars. When he was young, he was a rogue cattle thief and was expelled by the villagers. He went north to join the army and was promoted step by step under Zuo Liangyu. He suppressed bandits for many years, but he did more harm to the people than the bandits."
Fang Guoan was a general under Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu was considered a typical warlord warrior in the late Ming Dynasty, so Fang Guoan acted almost the same as Zuo Liangyu.
Fang Guoan later betrayed Zuo Liangyu. At the end of Chongzhen, Fang Guoan took up the role of Fang Fengnian, who was also from Zhejiang. Fang Fengnian was appointed as the Minister of Rites in the 11th year of Chongzhen, and he worshiped the chief minister, so Fang Guoan took the initiative to become his adoptive father. Gan is the adopted son. Through this relationship, Fang Guoan quickly came to the fore.
In the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign, he took the title of Commander-in-Chief Tongzhi and took the seal of general to suppress Hubei. It was also around this time that he turned against his old boss Zuo Liangyu.
Later, when Hongguang was established in Nanjing, he immediately joined Ma Shiying, the chief minister, and secured the Zhennan General Seal. He moved to Jiangpu and then to Zhenchikou, where he guarded against his old boss Zuo Liangyu. When Zuo Liangyu raised the flag of the Qing army, When it was time to overthrow Ma Shiying and other eunuchs, Fang Guoan, the general stationed at Chikou to defend Zuo Liangyu, led his troops eastward in panic, and finally relied on Huang Degong to repel Zuo Liangyu's army.
Hongguang fled, Fang Guoan and Ma Shiying escorted him, but it was Huang Degong who died in the end, but he and his men supported Ma Shiying and ran all the way to Zhejiang with the Queen Mother Zou.
There was looting along the way and there was no military discipline.
In Hangzhou, he supported King Lu to supervise the country. King Lu surrendered. He did not surrender but fought a battle with the Qing army. I have to say that it is indeed worthy of praise, but it was nothing more than that. After a random battle under the walls of Hangzhou, he
Take Ma Shiying and retreat southward.
It is said that they have now withdrawn to the Jinhua area because they robbed Zhu Dadian's hometown. Then Zhu Dadian recruited local warriors and organized the landlords' armed forces. They are fighting against Fang Guoan's army of the Ming Dynasty. The dignified imperial court signed the chief military officer, known as the end of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, the army was the strongest, but in the end, even a group of rural warriors led by Zhu Dadian, a retired civil servant, could not defeat them.
You said that for such a person, how could Zhu Yihai have any hope?
He paid homage to Wang Zhiren as Governor of the Jingying Camp, and granted him the title of Wu Ningbo, Zhang Mingzhen as the General Soldier of Zhejiang, and Zhendong Bo. This was because they had soldiers and were more loyal and reliable. Wang Zhiren had some problems with the military discipline of his men before, but at least he could change it.
Willing to listen to Zhu Yihai.
If you say reorganize, you reorganize, if you say transfer, you transfer. Moreover, in history, they always end up being stubborn. What does Fang Guoan have?
In the end, he appointed Fang Fengnian as a bachelor, and he had already taken care of Fang Guoan's face. As long as Fang Guoan could obey the orders of the Supervisor and was willing to fly the banner of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yihai was willing to treat him as one of his own for the time being, otherwise he would directly
He beat Fang Guoan as if he were Chen Wu.
He ignored the general Fang Guoan, but brought Zhu Dadian, who was at war with Fang Guoan, into the cabinet, and asked him to lead the military affairs of Jinhua, Yanzhou and Quzhou.
Fang Guoan and his troops regarded him as one of his own.
"Fang Guoan just made a mistake that most warriors make. At the moment, we should still focus on the overall situation. Why not grant him the title of earl?"
Lao Zhu was very disgusted with Ji Su's behavior.
"Didn't His Highness also promise to confer the title of earl to Huang Binqing of Zhoushan?"
Shen Chenquan's words made Zhu Yihai unable to answer for a while.
"Your Highness, the overall situation is our top priority. I heard that Zhu Dadian and Fang Guoan had an old rift. Now Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are both in Fang Guoan's army. They have sent troops to besiege Jinhua. We can't just sit back and watch? The Tatars in the north of the Yangtze River are watching covetously. We
We cannot afford civil strife at this time."
"It would be better to appoint the earl, and then designate Yanzhou as Fang Guoan's defense zone, and then call Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng into the court. I am willing to rush to Jinhua in person to mediate between Zhu Fang and Zhu Fang."
In fact, Zhu Yihai wanted to send a message to Zhu Dadian, Zhang Guowei and others more than once, asking them to attack Fang Guoan and officially classify Fang Guoan as a rebel, but he still endured it.
After all, Fang Guoan hadn't really rebelled yet. He besieged Jinhua and attacked Zhu Dadian, not only because they had old enemies, but also because Fang Guoan was defeated and his troops were without food and pay. He wanted to provide local supplies. Zhu Dadian was also a famous corrupt official.
, his family was extremely wealthy, so he took the opportunity to borrow 40,000 taels of silver.
Zhu Dadian didn't give any face at all, so the two sides started to take action, but Fang Guoan didn't expect it. Zhu Dadian still had a lot of skills. He served as the governor of Shandong and quelled the Denglai Rebellion, and also served as the governor of Fengyang and the governor of water transportation.
Zhu Dadian has rich experience in supervising divisions and suppressing bandits, and he has high prestige in his hometown.
After raising their arms, the landowners and gentry in Jinhua Mansion were afraid of Fang Guoan's rioters and looting, so they all paid and sent people to respond. Everyone defended the city, but Fang Guoan's rioters couldn't get rid of them.
"Your Highness, Fang Guoan has 20,000 troops under his command. There are also many ministers and officials who have been evacuated from Nanjing and Hangzhou in the army. You might as well appease him first."
"Your Highness, a little impatience will mess up a big plan."
"Okay, I will follow your advice and grant Fang Guoan the title of Earl of Zhennan. He will still bear the seal of General Zhennan. He will lead his headquarters to Yanzhou. He will be paid on the spot and shall not harass the people of Jinhua anymore."
Zhu Yihai heard that when Fang Guoan retreated from Hangzhou, he still had 500 elite cavalry and 7,000 infantry under his command. He fled all the way to Jinhua. The number of troops under his command increased instead of decreasing, and besieged Zhu Dadian in Jinhua City. There were actually more than 20,000 troops under his command.
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It can be said that the old boss Zuo Liangyu's method of recruiting soldiers (drawing strong men and threatening them) is very popular. However, seeing that he has more than 20,000 people and can't even defeat Zhu Dadian's landlord servants, we know that it is just like that. The so-called more than 7,000 old soldiers,
It is estimated that most of them were young men who escaped from Nanjing to Hangzhou.
But now he has to consider a problem. If he doesn't pull this guy over first and appease him, then Jinhua may be completely destroyed. If he now labels Fang Guoan and his troops as rebels, then the entire eastern Zhejiang may be destroyed.
Want chaos.
This kind of person has little success but more than enough failure.
Nowadays, there is no place in eastern Zhejiang that can withstand such turmoil. All we can do is hold our noses and appease him by giving him a promotion.
But Zhu Yihai had already written Fang Guoan's name in his little black book in his heart and included it on his must-kill list in the future.
"I would also like to ask Your Highness to summon Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and other officials from Fang Guoan's army to take up their posts."
"Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were called traitors and traitors to the country by everyone in the world, and everyone wanted to kill them before they were too late. Why did Mr. Shen persuade him to use them?"
"I also know that the two thieves Ma and Ruan have harmed the country, but now the Ming Dynasty cannot withstand the party struggle. When Hongguang established Nanjing, there was a conspiracy. Ma Shiying and others used the excuse of obeying the thieves when Beijing fell, and took away many Donglin Party members.
My Majesty, I request that state affairs should be given priority at this time. Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are guilty, but if they are investigated at this time, they will probably rekindle party strife. How can we jointly deal with the outside world?"
"It's better to spare Ma Ruan for the time being, so as to avoid the disaster of partisanship. Ma and Ruan will not be killed without guilt, but as long as they recall Xing Xing and not reuse them, they won't worry about disturbing national affairs again."
Shen Chenquan's words are rare. At this time, he can still think about how to avoid party strife again. He is indeed a national scholar. The biggest cancer in the late Ming Dynasty should be party strife. These officials form cliques and fight against different parties.
It has been completely opposed for the sake of opposition.
All kinds of underhanded tricks are used to hold back the country. No one puts the country's political affairs first. They just want to take the opportunity to seize power to attack the other party and consolidate their power.
Anyway, neither the eunuchs nor Donglin are good.
Didn't Hongguang's small court also play the Qing emperor's side?
Historically, it seems that Ma Shiying did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty until his death? There are many versions of his ending. For example, he was defeated and fled to Siming Mountain to become a monk, but was eventually captured and executed by the Qing army. It is also said that he surrendered to Fang Guoan.
It is clear and contradictory.
But it is more likely that Ma Shiying has been resisting the Qing Dynasty and not surrendering. As for the reason, Zhu Yihai does not think that he is very loyal and patriotic. The greater possibility is that Ma Shiying had a great success when he was the chief assistant of Hongguang.
, that is, when Beijing fell, many Donglin Party members who voluntarily or were forced to surrender to the Dashun Army were included in his list of surrenderers and rebels, and then they, their families, relatives, and friends were implicated.
At that time, the scope of the attack was very wide, and those old Donglin who were involved were also jumping around.
Not long after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he was defeated by the Qing army and fled south. Most of those Beijing officials who briefly surrendered later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, it was not that Ma Shiying refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but that those who were persecuted by him back then were many better than him.
He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty first, and even held a high position in the Qing court and was doing well. If he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, would he still be alive?
So in the end I had to go all the way to the dark side.
But this is stronger than Fang Guoan and stronger than Qian Qianyi.
