In history, the Yuyuan army has conquered Caozhou, Puzhou, Dingtao, Chengwu, supported the Ming Zhongyi King, Lianke Juye, Dongming, the Qing Dynasty mobilized Hebei, Shandong two provinces to besiege Caozhou unsuccessfully, four years, the Yuyuan Righteous Army broke through Nanle in the west, attacked the Daimyo in the north, and had the tendency to advance Beijing.

Later, the Qing Dynasty burned Yulin, blew up Heti, and diverted the water of the Yellow River to irrigate Caozhou and other places, causing Zhili, Shandong, and Henan to become no man's land, killing millions, and the Yuyuan Army was no longer able to compete with the Qing army, and the remaining part of the rebel army continued to resist until the twelfth year of Shunzhi.

Duo Er was anxious to go south to support, but he didn't want the soldiers and horses to be entrusted to Shandong, and when he was anxious, Duoduo reported eight hundred miles into Beijing, saying that "Nanjing has fallen, and Jiangnan has changed color." ”

The Manchu court in Beijing was suddenly like a frying pan, and the Hanchen from Jiangnan in the central government were panicked, and even the Manchus had voices saying that they wanted to retreat outside the border.

Although Dolgon put this voice down, he also felt the storm and had to think about the next question.

The next step of the Ming Dynasty must be to attack Lianghuai, and between the north and the two Huai, there is such a nail as the Yuyuan army, Dolgon must pacify the north as soon as possible, in order to be able to hold the Lianghuai, but the Qing army that entered the Yuyuan army was helpless.

In order to pacify the Yuyuan Army as soon as possible, after learning of the fall of Nanjing, the Qing army blew up the Yellow River at once, flooding Caozhou, Yanzhou and other places, north of Shandong, hundreds of miles, all of which became Zeguo, and the people were killed and wounded.

With the help of the great water, the main force of the Yuyuan Army in Caozhou, Puzhou, Dingtao and other places collapsed, and was broken successively, Liu Zeqing's generals Li Huajing, Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang's nephew Liu Zhiyu, and the generals of the Righteous Army Zhang Qi, Fan Ciwu, Liang Min, Huang Zhenshan, Ren Qi, etc., were all killed, and the Yuyuan Army, known as one million, was only a small part left, and it was still trapped in several highlands.

But as for the people who perished in the flood, they are even more innumerable.

In the hall, everyone listened to Yan Ermei's story, and their hearts were shocked, and their faces sank.

This is not only because the Yuyuan army was destroyed, and the Qing army will inevitably increase its troops, which will greatly increase their pressure, but also because the Manchu Qing Dynasty flooded several prefectures at once, which makes people feel a little frightened.

After losing Jiangnan, without Jiangnan blood transfusion, it was already difficult for the Manchus to restore the north, and the operation of the entire Qing court needed money and grain, and the Qing court could only collect heavy taxes on the north, and this would inevitably lead to the swarming of the northern rebels.

This regime that only knows how to sabotage is really terrifying, and his purpose is only to rule China, not for the good of China, so even if the world is ruined, he will not hesitate to do it.

In the past few years, the Manchus have also tried to be centralized, but this time Jiangnan lost, and Dolgon seemed to be ready to return to the original way.

"What is Your Highness thinking?" Zhao Shuxiang saw that King Lu's face was not good-looking, and couldn't help asking.

King Lu was interrupted by his contemplation, and instead of answering, he asked, "Did the Huai River freeze last year?" ”

Everyone was slightly stunned when they heard this, but soon a local person in Huai'an reported: "Usually it does not freeze, but the climate is abnormal in recent years, the winter is very cold, and some years will freeze." ”

Generally speaking, the Huai River is a dividing line between the north and south climates, south rice, north wheat, only particularly cold climates will freeze, and now the Ming Dynasty is in the period of Xiaoice with abnormal climate.

Zhao Shuxiang saw King Lu asking this, and said, "Your Highness is worried that in winter, the Qing army will cross the Huai River to attack us?" ”

King Lu nodded, and shook his head again, "The Yellow River was dug up by the Qing army, the river rushed north, and the water volume of the Huai River was greatly reduced. If the Qing army comes to attack, it's still good, Lone can close the city and defend himself, and wait for the imperial court to send reinforcements over, I'm afraid that he won't attack the city, plunder the countryside, and destroy the place, so that next year there is no need for the Qing army to attack, and Lone will not be able to hold on in Jiangbei! ”

It takes a few years, more than ten years, to build a family business, and it only takes a fire and an instant to destroy it.

If the Qing army went south for the purpose of plundering as it was back then, it would be really difficult for the Ming Dynasty with young horses to deal with.

At this time, King Lu was a little glad that the turmoil for the throne did not expand, and the three families did not disperse.

If the Ming Dynasty had been in turmoil and the Manchus had gained the upper hand from the beginning, the hard work of the past few years would have been in vain.

"The matter of the Yuyuan Army, as well as the worries of this king, which of you writes an excerpt, after this king sees it, he will immediately send it to Nanjing."

The city of Nanjing, at this time in the council hall, was noisy.

Wang Yan is seated in the main hall, and on either side are the ministers of the three parties involved in the negotiations.

"Now that it has been determined that the eldest son of the emperor will ascend the throne and the three parties will form a cabinet together, the official system of the imperial court must be unified, and the appointment of officials in the future will be collected by the imperial court." Wang Yan said.

In order to rebuild the central government, it is first necessary to take back the right to appoint officials, at least nominally, otherwise the current official system of the Ming Dynasty is too chaotic and prone to turmoil.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter still needs to be negotiated." King Lu's faction has its own set of teams, and if it is withdrawn, King Lu can no longer appoint officials under his rule, and what about those scholars.

Seeing Zhang Kentang's opposition, Wang Yan said with a smile: "Not only the Lu Domain, but also the Domain, which no longer appoints customs officers privately. The reform came step by step, and the feudal clan did not want to do it in one step, and first returned the name to the imperial court. Lu Fan can supervise the affairs of Zhejiang and Jiangbei in the name of the prince of Lizheng, and the candidate for the governor of Zhejiang is also drawn up by your Zhejiang party. ”

After Wang Yan finished speaking, he looked at Wan Yuan Ji and the others and said, "It's the same on King Tang's side. ”

Withdraw the appointment of officials, this must be done, otherwise King Lu will be crowned a scholar here, whether the court will recognize it, if so, then King Lu will not be able to use his official position to dig the corner of the court.

Zhang Kentang listened to Wang Yan's words, since the Hengyang Domain took the lead in compromising and did not encroach on the interests of King Lu, he nodded and agreed, after all, a central power can't even appoint officials, so what is it called the central government.

Wang Yan continued: "In the past, the clan implemented a set of council hall system in Wuchang, although it was only on the basis of the cabinet and made some changes, but it was still running well in Huguang, and now it can be used. ”

Wang Yan paused, and then said: "All of us, according to our strength, send officials to enter the council hall, and if there is any proposal from the local government or the imperial court, such as asking the imperial court for money, or the imperial court wants to increase the tax burden, and transfer troops and horses, all parties negotiate here, and get the majority support, then it can be passed, and then each must implement it." ”

Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Kentang represented the Zhejiang forces, and Wan Yuan Ji and others represented Jiangxi and Fujian, and they were not clear about the rules of the council hall, but they were all political veterans and bureaucrats, and they instantly had insight into the key points.

"Your Highness, the personnel of the council hall are distributed according to their strength, and in the end, they are decided according to the number of votes, isn't that what His Highness said?" Zhang Huangyan questioned.

Wang Yan nodded, "This system is still being explored, but this clan and his staff have also had some discussions, and according to the practice in the cabinet vote, more than half of them can be in favor, and there is nothing to fight about." In today's council hall, the domain occupies sixty percent, and Tang Lu accounts for forty percent, which is indeed a bit unfair, but if the three kings of the government each have an additional twenty percent of the votes, and the two feudal domains are combined, it is eight and eight, so can it be considered fair? ”

The Zhejiang Party and the pro-Tang faction, after listening to him, couldn't help but glance at each other.

At this time, Wang Yan added: "In order to prevent a stalemate, the feudal clan also intends to bring in a non-party gentry from all provinces. Many systems are not yet perfect, we should encourage each other, correct mistakes, and improve good ones. ”

(Thank you for the reward of a petal of oranges, thank you for your subscription, monthly pass, and recommendation.) ）

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is .. All come to read the mobile version reading website: m.