General Yan Luo's real name was Luo Rong. When the Loyalty Society started its army, because he was the leader of various tribes of cave barbarians, he was worshiped as Presidential Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army at the Fourth Battalion.
The four major battalions under his command were led by him, Xiao Sheng, Luo Yafu, and Zhang Ziyong respectively. Zhang An was the leader of the Qianzuo Battalion under his Qianying.
After Zhu Yihai stabilized eastern Zhejiang and won the first Northern Expedition in Wu, he sent Zhang Guowei, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen and others to Jiangxi. Yang Tinglin, Wan Yuanji and others also read the imperial edict and expressed their support. Then Zhu Yihai sent Luo
Honorably transferred to Zhang Mingzhen's army as deputy.
They also reorganized part of Luo Rong's troops. It was precisely because Luo Rong, the big leader, left that Zhang An became the leader. But in terms of status in the world, there is no doubt that Luo Rong is far above Zhang An.
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Even though Zhang An is now the leader of the Longwu Army, he has only been in power for a few years. Many of his subordinates used to call him Luo Rong, including Zhang An's deputies Xiao Sheng and Luo Yafu. They used to be under his command.
The leaders of the four major battalions above.
Jie Chongxi is dancing with the sword.
Although this man was a second-ranked Jinshi, he and the governor of Jiangxi reported to the Qing court earlier before Jin Shenghuan's correction, calling him the four major bandits of Jiangxi, and Jie Chongxi was among the list.
The four major bandits are Jie Chongxi, Cao Dahao, Zhang Zisheng and Hong Guoyu.
These four men each led a rebel army and fought together, which was very brave. Cao Dahao was originally a general under Fang Guoan. After the defeat in Wuhu, he separated from Fang Guoan. Instead of going to Hangzhou, he went west to Wuyuan, Huizhou and other places.
Finally, they reached Fuzhou and Gannan, and fought bravely.
Hong Guoyu, Wang Tizhong, Wang Deren and others were originally subordinates of Bai Wang, the general of the breakout army. After Wang Tizhong killed Bai Wang and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Bai Wang's adopted son Wang Deren, a close confidant of Wang Tizhong, returned to Wang Tizhong, but Hong Guoyu led a battalion south and eventually joined the Loyalty Society.
Zhang Zisheng was originally one of the leaders of Luo Rong's four camps. Later, after Zhang An became the leader, Zhang Zisheng was dissatisfied with Zhang An, so he led his troops to join the Zhongcheng Society and join forces with Jie Chongxi.
Jie Chongxi was a good swordsman. He looked thin, but he was a Confucian sword-wielding general. He was from Linchuan, Jiangxi. He was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen. He was appointed as the magistrate of Funing, Fujian. Chongzhen hanged himself. Jie Chongxi persuaded the deputy commander-in-chief Hong.
When the sun rises, the army is diligent and the king arrives in Nanjing. He also has the merit of supporting him. Afterwards, he returns home to mourn for Ding You.
The Tatars fell into Nanjing and attacked Jiangxi. Jie Zhongxi, who was worried about his father, wore a white scarf on his head. He teamed up with his fellow countryman Fu Dingquan and other friends to recruit troops and horses to raise the flag to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Later, he went south to Ganzhou to establish the Loyalty Society with Wan Yuanji, Yang Tinglin and others, and also personally
He persuaded Luo Rong, Zhang Zisheng, and Ning Wenlong of the Jiulong camp in Jianning to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
Among all the people in Jiangxi, Wan Yuanji and Yang Tinglin had the highest official position, but Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan, friends from the same hometown, were also mainstays, especially Jie Neng, who was both literary and military.
He served as a military officer and was later appointed as the censor of Qiandu.
Now he has entered the court as a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a bachelor in the Prime Minister's Office, but this man held high the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, bid farewell to his wife and children, contacted righteous people everywhere, recruited and trained General Jie with tens of thousands of troops, and he attacked and recovered many cities.
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He is very prestigious among the Dongman refugees on the borders of the four southern provinces of Jiangxi.
"The official position of Deputy Admiral of Beijing Camp is not small, not to mention that you have been granted the hereditary title of Marquis."
"Zhang An has been granted the title of Duke." Luo Rong was a little dissatisfied.
Jie Chongxi also made him a marquis. As a civil servant, he had tens of thousands of troops under his command and had many military exploits, so he was also made a marquis. He didn't care about it.
The emperor asked him to join the court as a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a low-level official position, but he immediately handed over the military talisman and seal.
Jie Chongxi was a Jinshi civil servant, a poet, and a scholar of the Five Classics. When he first raised the army, he wore a filial piety flag. When he said goodbye to his wife and children, he said, "If you don't expel the Tartars, I will never survive. From now on, you will
Like a widow, a son is like an orphan, mother and son cherish me, don't worry about my life or death anymore.
He truly didn't care about life and death.
He raised the flag and raised the army not because he was greedy for power and fame, but because of the loyalty and patriotism of a scholar.
"Master Jie, you have won the Holy Scroll and are greatly appreciated now. You can stand and speak without pain in your back. I am like a duckweed without a root, and I am always unsteady. What about the Deputy Admiral of the Beijing Camp?
Grade, but not much real power."
"How can the deputy admiral of Beijing Camp say he has no real power? This is a first-class military position." Jie Chongxi said while dancing his sword.
The deputy admiral is indeed a real job, but for Luo Rong, since he was transferred to Zhang Mingzhen as a deputy, he has been a deputy in the past few years. He has lost his direct subordinates. Compared with a general like Zhang An, he
I feel like I have no real power in my hands.
On the contrary, he was somewhat envious of Jie Chongxi. Although his current position as a doctor in the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was only the fifth rank, it was an important position with extremely real power.
Among the six ministries and twenty-four departments, the three departments of the Civil Service Department, the Civil Service Department, and the War Department's Arsenal Department have the highest status. The Literary and Selection Department is responsible for the selection of civil servants and promotions and removals.
It can determine the career prospects of civil servants and is more prominent than ordinary Qingshui Yamen officials. Therefore, those who can hold this position must be in the eyes of the emperor and must be a close confidant of the emperor.
Not to mention that Jie Chongxi also added a part-time job as a bachelor's degree student in the Prime Minister's Office. He could work in the Prime Minister's Office and work on duty. This made him a true confidant of the emperor.
He is a first-grade deputy admiral, but Jie Chongxi, a fifth-grade doctor, has a bright future.
Jie Chongxi laughed and returned the sword to its sheath after dancing.
"I am only a fifth-rank official. If I pass the exam, I will only be promoted to prefect."
"Bachelor, you will at least be promoted to the rank of inspector, and then you will be the chief envoy, or even the governor, then the minister, then the minister, and then you will enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister."
The two sat there chatting, but they didn't move around.
After the new errand came, they both handed over the military seal letter and left the military camp.
"Master Jie, Deputy Admiral Luo, your Majesty has called you."
The two looked at each other, quickly got up and changed their clothes, and then followed the envoy to see the emperor.
Not only that, there were already a bunch of officials gathered in the palace. Jie Chongxi looked at these familiar old faces, most of them were from the Jiangxi Loyalty Society.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the early years, the Loyalty Society was very famous in Jiangxi. Rebels from all walks of life, local gentry, etc. joined the Loyalty Society one after another to help protect the country of the Ming Dynasty. But now, everyone has
In the society of willful indifference and forgetfulness of loyalty.
After all, no one wants to be suspected of forming cliques, and today we are very tired of cliques.
There are also people who are not loyalists, such as Peng Shunqing, the leader of the Jiangxi Peasant Army, Chen Hengyu and Ke Baochong, the leaders of the Kechen family who claim to be descendants of Chen Youliang, and the leaders of the refugee army Liu Dadao and Liu Nanzhi, as well as the leaders of the shed people's army.
Zhu Yiwu and several others.
These people are also the more influential leaders in Jiangxi. They all resisted the imperial court in the early days, and later they also raised the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty.
He was recruited by the imperial court and organized into a regiment.
Most of the people under their command were farmers, small handicraftsmen, miners, refugees, shanty dwellers, etc. who were unable to survive in the area during the Chongzhen period.
Jie Chongxi noticed that there were a lot of people coming. All the prominent people from Jiangxi who had led troops to Nanyang were here, but Zhang An, Luo Yafu and Xiao Sheng were not there.
Everyone is still wondering why the emperor suddenly summoned him.
Suddenly there was a thunder in the sky.
In the originally sultry afternoon, the wind suddenly picked up, and then the rain poured down.
The emperor got up and walked to the corridor, looking at the pouring rain. He put his hands behind his back and said nothing. Everyone could only make random guesses.
Thunderstorms come and go quickly, and soon the clouds clear up and the rain stops.
After a heavy rain, this Mid-Autumn Festival afternoon has become a bit cooler.
"Although the thunderstorm and rainstorm were frightening, they only came and went quickly. I and you didn't get a drop of rain either." The emperor smiled and turned back to his imperial seat.
"Zhang An conspired to rebel, and Long Wu's army rebelled. I heard that Zhang An sent people around to contact some old friends in Jiangxi. I wonder if the ministers will receive his letter?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.
The highest-ranking people in the palace are still Yang Tinglin and Wan Yuanji. They were the representatives of Jiangxi's anti-Qing Dynasty at the beginning. Although Zhang Guowei, Huang Daozhou, Zhang Mingzhen and others went to Jiangxi one after another, they were the ones who started the anti-Qing situation in Jiangxi.
Yang is now the co-organizer of the cabinet, and Wan Yuanji is the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the associate minister of the Prime Minister's Office. They are all important ministers of the central government. When he heard this, he was shocked.
In terms of loyalty, Yang Tinglin and Wan Yuanji are among the best. However, in terms of military capabilities, they are actually no different from He Tengjiao Shikefa. It is better to Jie Chongxi. Military is not their strong point. Fortunately, Zhu Yihai sent Zhang Guowei and Huang Daozhou before.
By sitting in command and letting generals like Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen take charge of the military, we avoided the defeat of the Jiangxi anti-Qing Dynasty in history.
Although Yang and Wan were not good at military affairs, they also knew what Zhang An was like. They were originally bandits and founded the Longwu Army after being recruited. However, they had always had poor military discipline. Zhang An was also very unruly, but earlier,
The imperial court mainly focused on the southeastern coast, and did not pay much attention to Jiangxi.
Even in order to contain Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, Zhang An's troops were organized into the Longwu Army and moved to Raozhou. Zhang An was also intentionally used to distract Luo Rong, the commander of the fourth battalion.
But they still underestimated Zhang An's ambition and courage, and actually dared to rebel here.
You know, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, and Luo Rong are all better than Zhang An. Although they have been somewhat domineering in recent years, who dares to act recklessly in front of the emperor?
"Your Majesty, is Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren colluding with him?" Wan Yuanji asked directly without seeing Jin and Wang.
"Zhang An sent people to contact them secretly. Hong Guoyu, Shaowu's Guo Tiancai, and Jianning's Ning Wenlong also contacted them, but it is unknown whether they agreed."
Wan Yuanji requested that troops be sent to quell the chaos immediately.
But Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry.
The Longwu Army was stationed in Songzhuang, dozens of miles south of Nanyang City, on the bank of the Baihe River. Songzhuang was originally a standing village. Due to the Tatar enclosure, it became the Eight Banners farmland of the Tatars. It was also destroyed due to the war and became the Eight Banners Farm.
An abandoned village, Longwu's army directly stationed and set up camp.
In fact, even if five thousand men and horses rebelled, Zhu Yihai would not be afraid because there were so many soldiers and horses here.
What he is waiting for now is just for them to raise the flag of rebellion, so that it will be easier to deal with.
"hold on."
Didn't wait long.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Zhang An led the Longwu Army to raise the rebel flag, rebelled in Songzhuang, and has moved south."
"Oh, I see."
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead troops to quell the rebellious traitors!" Luo Rong took the lead in requesting the order, and Zhang Zisheng also quickly stepped forward. These two were both Dong thieves, and they were Zhang An's boss, and there were many of the five thousand dragon warriors.
They are their old subordinates, and now they all want to atone for their crimes and avoid being implicated.
"No hurry, just wait."
The emperor picked up the teacup, very calm.
The civil and military officials from Jiangxi were sitting in the hall. Although they had tea and snacks, they were all uneasy. Zhang An himself rebelled at the risk of his life, and Long Wu's army did not know whether to live or die. However, this rebellion would inevitably involve many people.
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I don’t know if Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, Guo Tiancai, Ning Wenlong and others will follow in the rebellion.
The emperor is still in the mood to talk to everyone about the development of Jiangxi.
"Jiangxi is a good place, a land of plenty. Although southern Jiangxi is remote and backward, it still has great potential for development. Jiangxi's rice, Jingdezhen's porcelain, and camphor's medicinal materials are all world-famous, as well as Jiangxi's tea.
, Camellia oil is also quite famous,
Although there are many mountains in southern Jiangxi, it is also rich in minerals. Moreover, the Ganjiang River is thousands of miles away and has convenient water transportation. The closest point to the Beijiang River in Guangdong is only about ten miles away. If a Ganjiang-Guangdong Canal can be dug like the Hunan-Guiling Canal, it will be possible to
Rivers are connected, and rivers and seas are connected. Transportation between Jiangxi and Guangdong is more convenient. Small boats don't even need to go around the sea to pass through Fujian. They can be directly connected by water. This will definitely bring about the development of the southern Gansu mountainous area, which will greatly promote minerals and mountain goods.
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Everyone was thinking about Zhang An's rebellion, but the emperor suddenly proposed the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal.
In fact, someone has mentioned building this canal a long time ago.
After all, there is also a Lingqu Canal built during the Qin Dynasty between Hunan and Guangxi, connecting the two ends of the Five Ridges.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The closest point between Jiangxi and Guangdong is indeed only about ten miles. It is no problem to really repair it, but it will cost a lot of money. The technology is available and it brings
The results are also huge and visible.
Jiangxi and Guangdong were already very wealthy during the Song and Ming dynasties, especially Northern Jiangxi and the Greater Bay Area. The Wuling area at the junction of the two provinces was the most backward. In the past, the Ganjiang and Beijiang-Pearl River waterways were also important transportation trade routes.
But after all, this section of Daquling is not easy to climb.
"I think it can be built. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If you want development, building a canal is a shortcut. Let the Ministry of Industry approve the project first, then measure the route, draw up a project plan, and then issue bonds. The two provinces will join forces and start construction together in phases.
Build..."
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, Xiao Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army, and Luo Yafu killed the rebel generals Zhang An and others, put down the rebellion, pacified the Longwu Army, and returned to Songzhuang to set up camp. The heads of Zhang An and other rebel generals are specially presented here."
Liu Chao brought exciting news.
The emperor just smiled, "Oh,"
"Jin Shenghuan killed his generals Huang Renlong, Song Kuiguang, and Wu Zunzhou, Wang Deren killed his wife and brother Huang Tianlei, and his deputy Chen Fang came to plead guilty!"
"Ning Wenlong beheaded his deputy, Lu Wenlong, and others to plead guilty!"
"Guo Tiancai and Hong Guoyu both killed Zhang An's son who came to persuade him to rebel and came to plead guilty."
"Report, Zhu Shengli, Zhu Zhongyi, Zhu Pengfei, Zhu Dingguo, Zhu Chenggong, etc. have sent flying cavalry to report. They have led troops to surround Longwu Army and others."
Only then did Wan Yuanji, Yang Tinglin, Jie Chongxi, Fu Dingquan, Luo Rong and others realize that this was where the emperor's confidence lay, and that the emperor had already made arrangements.
Zhang An's rebellion didn't make any waves at all. Not only Xiao Sheng and Luo Yafu of the Longwu Army did not agree with him, but Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, Ning Wenlong, Guo Tianlei and others were all sober. Huang Renlong, Huang Tianlei and other stupid guys
They wanted to rebel, but were mercilessly killed by their superiors and even their brother-in-law.
"We'll talk about the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal later. Let's first talk about how to deal with the aftermath of the Longwu Army and others. Let's talk about it."