Three years ago, not long after Chen Jian became a thousand households in Beizhai, Wuping Zhixian took a fancy to a piece of fertile land with a large area, but unfortunately it was the field to which Beizhai Wei belonged, but it was closer to Wuping City. Wuping Zhixian relied on his own power to be entrenched, and Chen Jian was just a hairy boy who forcibly seized that piece of fertile land.

At that time, the people of Beizhai were accustomed to this phenomenon, and Chen Jian's prestige had not yet been established, and no one was willing to follow him to directly oppose the county magistrate. Later, after a period of time, Chen Jian led people to recapture the land belonging to Beizhai, but he didn't expect Wuping Zhixian to know that he was not an opponent, so he found thousands of households in Yongpingzhai to be embarrassed, and reported the matter to his big backer in Fucheng.

In the end, Jian Chen could only swallow the bitter fruit helplessly, but in his heart, he hated Wuping Zhixian and dog officials like him.

"It's troublesome to know the county lord this time, but as the parent official of tens of thousands of people, it must be a piece of cake to arrange a few hundred of us, I'm right." Chen Jian stepped forward and raised his sword and patted it on the chest of Wuping Zhixian.

"No, no problem." Wu Pingzhi County swallowed his saliva and replied, and looked outside the city again, Huang Gongfu had already led the troops to gradually move away, and couldn't help asking: "Chen Qianhu, where are so many of them going?" ”

"Does it have anything to do with you?" Chen Jian walked through Wuping Zhixian, "Lord Zhixian, our brother is tired enough, if you rub it off any longer, we will all have to go to your house for a night, I hope you won't mind when the time comes." ”

"Ao, Chen Qianhu come with me." Wuping Zhixian scolded the surrounding subordinate officials, "What are you doing in a daze!" ”

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Huang Gongfu led people to Yongping Village, and found that there were only three or four hundred people in the village, and they surrendered without a fight, which was far worse than Chen Jian's Beizhai.

On the other side, Guo Zhiqi led the army to attack the Elephant Cave, and easily captured the Elephant Cave before the Zheng family army who fled in the Battle of Wuping. At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the soldiers of the self-improvement army fought hard all night and were exhausted, Guo Zhiqi decided to take a break for the time being.

When the self-strengthening troops everywhere stopped attacking, the news of the great change in Tingzhou Mansion flew into the distance like wings.

Thousands of Zheng troops in Yongding withdrew to Zhangzhou Mansion to join the troops there, and gathered tens of thousands of horses.

In the city of Tingzhou, the main force of the Ziqiang army did not move, and Wang Qu, the prefect of Tingzhou, was forced to follow a battalion sent by Li Suiqiu to persuade him to surrender.

From Shanghang, Liancheng, to Ninghua, and then to naturalization, the whole territory of Tingzhou Mansion fell to the wind, and the self-strengthening army did not lose a single soldier.

Due to the inconvenience of information transmission, the Ziqiang army has gradually firmly controlled the entire Tingzhou Mansion, Zheng Zhilong in Fuzhou, and even the Hongguang Imperial Court in Jinling only realized it later.

There was a depressing atmosphere in the entire imperial city of Jinling, and unlike the last time, Zhu Yousong sat quietly on the dragon chair this time, listening to the ministers below arguing.

"Your Majesty, Wechen begs you to give an order to send troops to fight against Yongli, otherwise Wechen will only kneel for a long time." Qian Qianyi knelt on the hall again, kowtowing his head heavily, and blood had already knocked out of his forehead.

"What do you think?" Zhu Yousong raised his eyelids and no longer looked at Qian Qianyi, he had enough of the latter during this time, but Qian Qianyi is a recognized master of the literary world, and he has a very high position in the hearts of many scholars, unlike Ma Shiying and others, who mainly have soldiers in their hands, so it is not easy to deal with Qian Qianyi.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong is powerful, and even poses a threat to the imperial court, this time it's just the Zheng family and Guangdong dog-eat-dog, don't pay attention to it." Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, said.

"Lord Shi, if the imperial court does not respond to the dispatch of troops in Guangdong, won't it make the world laugh, who will be willing to be loyal to Your Majesty in the future?" Sun Shenxing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, asked.

"Your Majesty, Huang Shu was disrespectful to you before, Jinyiwei went to arrest and ask for the crime, who knew that Zuo Liangyu actually openly resisted the decree and refused to hand over Huang Shu, and his crime should be punished! Moreover, Weichen heard that Huang Shu gathered a lot of rebel ministers and constantly lobbied Zuo Liangyu to send troops south of the Yangtze River. Ruan Dacheng spoke earnestly, and seemed to be thinking about Emperor Hongguang, but in fact, Huang Shu was a member of the Donglin Party, and he was originally the supervisor of the imperial history, and he couldn't get used to seeing the imperial court in Ma Shiying and others under the control of a day is not as good as a day, and he collided with Ma Shiying and others, and then fled to Wuchang. Zuo Liangyu was originally close to the Donglin Party and had a bad relationship with Ma Shiying, so he naturally refused to hand over Huang Shu.

But what Ma Shiying said, Zhu Yousong could only listen.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thought that he could crown Zheng Zhilong as the Marquis of Nan'an, and ordered him to go south to suppress the thieves, no matter what the final result is, it will be beneficial to our dynasty and not harmful." Ma Shiying suggested.

"Your Majesty, no!" Qian Qianyi straightened up and shouted.

"Hmph," Ma Shiying snorted coldly, "Qian Qianyi, what are your intentions?" I didn't want to say it, but Your Majesty, Qian Qianyi, the old horseman, secretly promoted King Lu before you ascended to Dabao, and now he is even more embarrassed by Your Majesty everywhere, and his heart should be punished! ”

Qian Qianyi only felt a heavy hammer hit his chest, and hurriedly kowtowed his head with a "bang": "Your Majesty, Weichen's loyalty to you can be seen by the sun and the moon, and I hope Your Majesty will see it." ”

At this time, Sun Shenxing and others did not dare to defend or intercede for Qian Qianyi, and it was the decision of the entire Donglin Party to support Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, at the beginning, and a lot of work was done.

"Qian Qianyi, I'm so disappointed in you," Zhu Yousong turned to leave, "Everything is left to Ma Aiqing." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ma Shiying's gaze slowly swept over the Donglin Party members in the court, making them all feel like falling into an ice cellar, chilling all over their bodies!

In Zuo Liangyu's mansion in Wuchang, Huang Shuzheng persuaded Zuo Liangyu "bitterly": "Lord Zuo, it's time to make up your mind, Ma Shiying's generation is causing chaos in the dynasty, and more importantly, the court in Jinling is not orthodox at all, and the crown prince Zhu Cihong is being imprisoned in the prison at the moment, and his life is in danger!" ”

"Yes, Dad," Zuo Mengeng, the son of Zuo Liangyu, took out a letter, "This letter is sent from Jinling, with the signature of the prince on it, and it was sent by a loyal person at the cost of his life, please send troops to Qingjun!" ”

The case of the prince of the Hongguang Dynasty was very sensational, and at first it was Mu Hu, a servant of the inner prison Gao Qiqian, who recognized the prince and brought him home. Worried that the Hongguang regime would be unfavorable to the prince, Gao Qiqian secretly sent the prince to Gao Mengji's house, and Gao Mengji sent the prince to Jinhua. Wandering all the way, the prince was resentful in his heart, venting his dissatisfaction in public, causing passers-by to watch. Seeing that the secret was leaked, Gao Mengji had no choice but to report the news of the prince to the Hongguang court.

This is tantamount to a slap in the face for Emperor Hongguang. According to the etiquette system, the crown prince is the legitimate heir to the imperial power, and he is also more supported by the people - after knowing that the prince is still alive, the people of Nanjing, who have long been dissatisfied with Emperor Hongguang, have asked the prince to take over the power. In order to appease the people's grievances, Emperor Hongguang had to claim that he could relinquish the throne if the crown prince's identity was confirmed.

After the prince was sent to Nanjing, the internal supervisors Han Zanzhou and Che Tianxiang were assigned to distinguish between the serious and the fake. As soon as the two saw the prince, they immediately knelt down and saluted. The news spread, and many former ministers came to pay their respects. Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the camp, was also ordered to come to identify the prince, and as soon as the prince saw him, he called him by his name, and Lu Jiude hurriedly knelt down to apologize. When the officials on the sidelines saw this, they must have been the prince himself.

Emperor Hongguang naturally couldn't accept such a result, he secretly killed Han Zanzhou and Che Tianxiang, and ordered the prince to be put in prison, and at the same time summoned Liu Zhengzong and Li Jinglian, who had taught the prince, to confront the prince. Liu Li and the others felt that this person was similar to the crown prince's appearance, but they couldn't confirm it. The most critical thing is that according to the information heard by the right attendant of the military department, the prince has a black mole birthmark on his calf, but this person does not have it.

Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, also thought that the prince was a fake. Because in the announcement issued by the Qing army, he saw that Dolgon had found a man who claimed to be the crown prince. Dolgon summoned Princess Huaizong, and the prince called her sister as soon as he saw her. However, in order to protect the crown prince, Princess Huaizong and the former Empress Yuan deliberately pretended not to know him, claiming that this person was a fake, so Dolgon killed him. Shi Kefa believes that the real prince is already dead.

At the behest of Emperor Hongguang, the officials in charge of the trial unanimously determined that the crown prince was a fake, and his real identity was Wang Zhiming, the nephew of the original concubine. However, the subjects did not believe in this result, and they privately believed that it was an excuse made up by Emperor Hongguang in order to keep the throne, and pointed the finger at Emperor Hongguang. As a result, the Hongguang regime lost the last vestiges of trust of the people.

Governors He Tengjiao, Yuan Jixian, military generals Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong and others also went up one after another, strongly opposing the killing of the prince, in order not to arouse public anger, Emperor Hongguang had to put the prince in prison.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes flashed, looking at the two people in front of him, for a while, he spit out a word: "Okay." ”

Zuo Liangyu then issued a document to crusade against Ma Shiying, ordered troops and horses, and lined up more than 200 miles of warships from Hankou to Qizhou, preparing to go east along the river.

In Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong, who was furious because of the loss of troops in Tingzhou Mansion, gladly accepted the canonization of the Hongguang Imperial Court.

Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen (i.e. Zheng Chenggong) asked puzzledly: "Dad, is it possible that we really want to fight you to the death with the Yongli Dynasty?" ”

Zheng Zhilong laughed: "Of course not." ”

"So let's leave it at that?" Zheng Zhilong's fourth brother, Zheng Zhibao, said unwillingly: "The third brother fell into their hands, and now his life and death are still unknown." ”

Zheng Zhilong narrowed his eyes: "This revenge will be avenged sooner or later, but not now, I got the news that Zuo Liangyu has sent troops to Jinling."

Only Gao Jie was the strongest in the eastern towns, but he was far from catching up with Zuo Liangyu's troops. However, since Zuo Liangyu lost the first battle of Zhu Xianzhen, the elite troops have almost been lost, and most of the people who have joined him later are some rabble, and the military appearance looks spectacular, but Zuo Liangyu can no longer control his subordinates well.

We'll just have to wait and see what happens. ”