Huang Degong then entered Beijing with an edict.

His position at this time has become the chief soldier of Fengyang, he himself is the governor, the earl, and the military generals of the Ming Dynasty have no higher official positions of real power above the governor, although the governor actually has no real power, at least now it has been reduced to something similar to a military rank, and the total soldier in the real power military general is the highest, but to be precise, the general soldier is not even an officer, it is just a position.

And the commander in chief of the theater is the governor-general of military affairs.

Or rather, the Overseer.

But this is a civilian position, not a military general, and this is not an official, it is just a position, for example, Ma Shiying's position is the governor of Fengyang, but his official position is actually the cabinet scholar and the right capital of the Imperial History, and the names of the governor, the admiral, and the governor are official positions, and they clearly have different grades that are determined by the Tatar Qing, and in the Ming Dynasty, this is the dispatch of their own official titles.

However, each of them is a military position.

Fengyang's Zhongdu Left-behind Division, Chengtian's Xingdu Left-behind Division, and the like are all military positions, but the scope of authority is limited to a few guards under each capital, irresponsible theater transfer, and has no right to get involved in civil affairs, and Chongzhen has become a left-behind division in the northern capital since Li Zi, which actually theoretically changed the nature of this left-behind division. Even if everyone knows the nature of this appointment, it actually breaks through two boundaries, one is that foreign surnames are not allowed to be crowned vassal kings, and the other is that the left-behind division has become the head of military administration, similar to the feudal towns of the Tang Dynasty. After the southern crossing, Chongzhen was ashamed to mention this matter, and simply abandoned the Zhongdu Left-behind Division and the Xingdu Left-behind Division, which were originally broken up by Zhang Xianzhong, and Chengtian was actually recovered by Zuo Liangyu a few months ago, Chongzhen only needs to rebuild it, so he can avoid this name that brings him a psychological shadow.

But now simply tear off this fig leaf.

Just re-establish these left-behind divisions and military and political affairs in the governor's jurisdiction, doesn't Zuo Liangyu want to be a left-behind guard? Then meet his requirements, but not to give him what he wants, but to throw him into the territory where there is actually only one mansion, Fengyang, half of the mansion to be exact, because nearly two-thirds of Fengyang Mansion is in Huaibei!

But that's also a staycation!

Zuo Liangyu, you will go to Fengyang, who is so poor that Liu Liangzuo doesn't want to stay, to stay behind, and as for Xingdu, Huang Degong will be the ......

This is clearly teasing Zuo Liangyu!

Of course Zuo Liangyu quit!

He lived a comfortable life in Wuchang to intercept the taxes of the entire Huguang, how could he go to Fengyang, which was so poor that people cried, to stay behind, even if he went with his cronies, in the end, the court stuck his neck on the military salary, and he starved to death without doing anything, and when his subordinates were so hungry that they were coaxed away by Chongzhen with silver, then it was time for him to be charged with a sudden crime one day, and then thrown into the Beiya to enjoy the pear blossom pestle.

This is actually forcing him to do it.

After he and Huang Degong's holy decree arrived in Wuchang, a mutiny occurred in Wuchang City, and the mutinous soldiers kidnapped He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, and then Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong, Li Guoying and other more than a dozen generals from the left part of Huguang wrote one after another, shouting that there was no way to control Huguang if it was not for Ning Nanbo. In addition, Lu Guangzu's troops raided Jiujiang downstream, kidnapped the governor Huguang Jiangxi military affairs Yuan Jixian, and set up cannons in Jiujiang to lock the Yangtze River.

The envoy sent by Chongzhen to announce the decree for the second time was blocked by Lu Guangzu's troops in Jiujiang and could not pass......

Zuo Liangyu actually reversed.

However, after all, he still did not shout the slogan of the Qing monarch's side, nor did he go straight down the river to Nanjing, but only used the Jiujiang River to lock off the connection between Huguang and the imperial court, and it was obvious that he was only satisfied with secession rather than getting involved in Nanjing.

This is also normal.

After all, that's what the people behind him want.

What is speechless is that the local officials and gentry who originally seemed to be full of enthusiasm for Zuo Liangyu to ask for the title of Duke of Chu all shut up at this time and said nothing, it is obvious that these guys quickly retreated to the side and began to watch the excitement after provoking the battle between Chongzhen and Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu won, they earned.

They don't have to worry about any new policies, and then they only need to raise Zuo Liangyu as a thug.

It's not that Huguang is not financially self-sufficient.

Zuo Liangyu lost, and they didn't hurt anything.

As for the previous book......

It's just a folk petition, and it's not an official official document, at most Wang Yingxiong and Li Gande because they didn't see Zuo Liangyu's harboring evil intentions, and mistakenly regarded him as a loyal minister, we are really sorry for the emperor, we resigned and apologized, anyway, our official should not be much fun, it is said that Wang Yingxiong fled when Zhang Xianzhong broke through Chongqing in the early stage, he was originally dismissed at home, and then Chongzhen respected him because of the old Sichuan ministers in the township......

He was the second assistant of Wen Tiren.

So Chongzhen appointed him as the governor of the military affairs of the three southwestern provinces.

But in fact, Chongzhen gave him a holy decree of appointment, the soldiers and horses are not one, he found a way to piece together in Guizhou, and gave 30,000 taels of silver, and how to supply the Sichuan battlefield is completely his own way, poor Wang Yingxiong has to pay for recruiting soldiers in Zunyi, and finally snatched back southern Sichuan, and the emperor wants to collect our taxes again......

Have you considered our feelings?

"It's all good calculations!"

Yang Qing sighed with a sigh on his face.

Obviously, Zuo Liangyu was used as a gun by these guys again, but he can't say who cheated whom, this is originally a matter of your affection, if Zuo Liangyu doesn't want to be divided, then he can tie up Li Gande and send it to Chongzhen, not to mention staying behind, but since he wants to secede, then he can only use it as a gun for those gentry.

"Third brother, what should we do here?"

Cao Youyi asked.

At this time they were in Anqing.

Huang Degong's army has already advanced westward, and he led an army of 20,000 people, including Wang Zhiren's division to which the Beijing camp belongs, 20,000 troops of Zhang Mingzhen, the chief soldier of Wuhu under the commander Caojiang, and a total of 40,000 troops under Ma Degong and Tian Xiong, who are subordinate to him, plus 10,000 troops under Li Yutian of Anqing, who is actually Cao Youyi's subordinates stationed in Anqing, with a total of 90,000 troops escorting Yang Qing, who personally announced the decree to Zuo Liangyu on behalf of Chongzhen, to Wuchang.

If there is any obstruction to plot rebellion, this army can be annihilated on the spot.

If Zuo Liangyu refuses to accept the order, it will also be a conspiracy, but Zuo Liangyu will definitely not accept it, and Chongzhen sent Yang Qing to announce the order to ask him not to accept it......

Lord Yang announced that it was fatal!

"You guys, guard the mouths of Dabie Mountain, don't let Jin Shenghuan and others come over to make trouble."

Yang Qing said.

The fight against this rebellion is simple.

The thunderous momentum smashed straight into the lair, as for other directions to ensure that his henchmen did not cause damage, Zuo Liangyu's subordinate armies were distributed in a vast area from Xiangyang to Jiujiang, and it was not only meaningless to play a large front attack but increased the risk, except for the attack on the Yangtze River line in the middle, the other lines of defense were fine. In particular, Cao Youyi's defense area and Zuo Liangyu's department are only separated by a Dabie Mountain, these Liao people have just settled down, and now it is time to transfer to production with the arrival of spring, so as not to be damaged by the war again. It is said that because Yang Qing can't get too many corn seeds for them for the time being, in addition to traditional crops such as rice and wheat, these people also have to rely on sweet potatoes to maintain food supply this year.

There is also the production of cement that cannot be interrupted, Chongzhen has decided to start after seeing the effect of iron-reinforced cement pipes......

Of course, it's not about repairing the palace.

Chongzhen is going to use this kind of thing to build a bridge.

I have to say that this emperor really cares about the people, he asked Yang Qing to make a large amount of cement and then use cement and stone to launch a bridge repair movement in various places, replacing the simple wooden bridges in the water towns south of the Yangtze River with cement and stone arch bridges.

In other words, he also has a unique vision.

He saw at a glance that the greatest value of cement in the current Ming Dynasty was, compared with repairing the palace for him, using this kind of scarce thing to build a bridge can maximize its value, which is fortunate that the output of iron is limited, otherwise he should even think of a real reinforced concrete bridge. At this point, he is worthy of being the younger brother of the Apocalypse, and he still has a certain scientific mind, so the production of cement must be expanded in the future, and the task of these Liao people is very heavy, and the premise of engaging in industrial production is that their agriculture must be able to provide more food than needed.

As for the rollout to other places......

Yang Qing is not so generous, saying that these are his industries.

He knows very well that as the forces are cleared one by one, the finances of the imperial court are increasing day by day, Chongzhen's military strength is increasing day by day, and his good days are coming to an end day by day. But after everything is on the right track, he should basically be kicked aside to repair the emotional rift between Chongzhen and the gentry, the emperor must be the emperor of the gentry after all, it is impossible to expect an emperor to oppose the gentry for a long time, the struggle between them is a struggle, but it is impossible to expect an emperor to lead the people to turn over and become the master.

That's all fantasy.

What do you want the emperor to do when you turn over and become the master?

Unless he wants to be a slave for a hundred years in this decadent feudal era, he and Chongzhen will still go against each other after all, but for a hundred years of slavery, he is not so servile, and he is not so heavy that he will not regard kneeling at the emperor's feet as a great honor as a dog.

His mind hadn't been twisted to that point.

Anyway, he is also very confused now.

But no matter what he does in the future, he must first cultivate his own power,

"Uncle Zhongyong, it's time to go!"

Huang Degong shouted in the distance.

On the Yangtze River behind Huang Degong, a huge fleet stretched with no end in sight.

After Yang Qing said goodbye to his eldest brother, he turned around and rode straight to the dock, and soon boarded their handsome ships with Huang Degong, this huge fleet was loaded with 90,000 troops, and went up the Yangtze River to Jiujiang.