In Changshu, Suzhou, Qian Qianyi, the former secretary of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, sat in the newly built Qianyun Tower and looked at the scenery of Taihu Lake, full of emotion.

As a giant of the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi had already been all over the world when he was young, and he was once considered to be very likely to enter the cabinet as a cabinet scholar, but he was framed by Wen Tiren and returned to his hometown Changshu during the Chongzhen period.

Qian Qianyi, who knew that his career was hopeless, indulged in the mountains and rivers in order to resolve the grievances in his heart, and became acquainted with Liu Ru, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai River, and finally became husband and wife.

Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself under an old locust tree in Jingshan, the center of gravity of the imperial court shifted from Beijing to Nanjing, and Qian Qianyi, as the leader of the Donglin Party, became active again.

But in terms of the emperor's support, Qian Qianyi once again stood on the wrong team, and had no choice but to take refuge in Ma Shiying and become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, originally thought that he could show his ambitions in his heart, who expected Zuo Liangyu to raise troops to defeat Emperor Hongguang, and the Qing army followed him south, and Emperor Hongguang and his Southern Ming Dynasty collapsed instantly.

Qian Qianyi originally discussed with Liu Ru to be martyred, but at the critical moment, he actually said such shameful words as the lake was too cold and became a joke in the world, and finally took a group of Ming ministers to kneel outside Nanjing to welcome Duoduo and was spurned by the world.

However, the Qing Dynasty was quite wary of these courtiers who later took refuge, and although Qian Qianyi had many stammers, he finally only appointed a waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a Hanlin compiler.

Condemned by conscience in his heart, coupled with the hopelessness of his career, the disheartened Qian Qianyi resigned and left Yanjing to return to West Lake to accompany Liu Rus.

After returning to Hangzhou, Qian Qianyi was infected by Liu Ruyi, coupled with the anger that the Barbarian Qing was too mean to him, and his own generation of Donglin Party leaders was actually treated like this, and he was quite sympathetic to those anti-Qing forces.

In April of the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648 AD, 2199 years of Confucius), he was arrested by the Barbarian Qing Dynasty and imprisoned in Nanjing Prison for his involvement in the anti-Qing deeds of Huang Yuqi, the leader of Zhoushan's resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

Later, Liu Ru ran to the rescue with all his might, and asked for mediation, so that Qian Qianyi could avoid disaster.

After being released from prison, Qian Qianyi was confined to Suzhou and lived in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

He returned to his hometown in Changshu last year and built the Qianyun Tower, collecting books on the one hand, pretending to ignore the world, and secretly contacting all parties to resist the Qing Dynasty in order to give the greatest revenge to the Barbarian Qing.

Looking at the three main anti-Qing forces in the country, Yang Zhongyi's army is located in the southwest, and the separatist side has the potential to recover the rivers and mountains and sweep the world.

On the southeast coast of Zhejiang, the Zhoushan rebels led by Zhu Yihai, Dinghai Hou and Zhang Mingzhen occupied the Zhoushan Islands after the Huo and Huang Binqing, and used this as a base to threaten the Fujian, Zhejiang, and Qing armies in Ningbo, Taishan and other regions.

After his father Zheng Zhilong betrayed Emperor Longwu, Zheng Chenggong announced that he would sever the relationship between father and son and lead the army to retreat to Xiamen Gate and Kinmen, and on this basis, he relied on the power of the Zheng family to establish an anti-Qing army.

On the one hand, Zheng Chenggong relied on Xiamen and Kinmen to develop the army, and on the other hand, he relied on a powerful naval army to attack everywhere, hoping to establish a larger sphere of influence.

Looking at the map in front of him, Qian Qianyi was suddenly overjoyed, and said to Zhang Huangyan and Yao Zhizhuo beside him: "The Yangtze River, the Tartar Death Cave is the Yangtze River." The authorities of the people are like playing chess, and the small skills of the catalpa can be described as big.

Today, there are all, there are needs, there are urgency, and those who are good at playing are good at saving them according to the urgency of the situation.

If you are in a hurry now, you will have to do it; Now you want it, that is, you have it all.

The key places in the world must be contested, but there are only four, and the Central Plains is fundamentally free in the south of the Yangtze River. Chang, Huai, Bianjing, all of them.

If the heavy troops of the Loyal and Righteous Army in the southwest are moved to restore Jing and Xiang, strangle the Han Dynasty on the top, and shake Wuchang on the bottom, the south of the river is between my fingers and Gu.

After that, Wang Shi went north to Dongting first, and there was no other hesitation.

But as soon as you enter the Yangtze River, there will be more rings everywhere,...... I was able to consolidate the fundamentals, recuperate, restore the Chu River, and restore the Jingque.

Jiangnan is established, the wealth is gradually filled, and the root has been consolidated, and then the Jing and Bianzhi Feng are cleared of the river.

Emperor Gao Dingding Jinling, the soldiers pointed to the north, and Emperor Gengshen escaped to Mobei, which has been effective. (Historically, Sun Kewang was dominant in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the thirteen families of Kuidong retreated to Daba Mountain, and Qian Qianyi and other Jiangnan Confucians hoped that the four forces of the Zhoushan Water Army and the Southeast Zheng clan could unite and jointly meet the feat of the Yangtze River.) ）

That is to say, the loyal and righteous army made every effort to restore Jingchu in the southwest region, and then went south to Dongting Lake to restore the bias, and after relieving the worries, the army went south along the river, while Lu Jianguo, Zhang Mingzhenzhe (Jiang Yijun, Zheng Chenggongfu (Jianyi Army) who occupied the Zhoushan Islands relied on the strength of the naval army to go up the river, return to the division and Jinling, and restore half of the rivers and mountains.

After restoring half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River, relying on the southern economy to recuperate for a few more years before leading the Northern Expedition, the Barbarian Qing Tartars, who lacked the economic support of the south, were bound to flee to the desert after Zhu Yuanzhang cut off the supply of the Grand Canal, just like the Yuan Dynasty. ”

When everyone heard Qian Qianyi say this, they applauded loudly, and some said that Lu Jianguo and Zheng Chenggong's sailors were far stronger than the Barbarian Qing Tartars, and the westward expedition of these two sailors would inevitably contain the main force in the south of the Tartar River.

And the Loyal and Righteous Army has repeatedly defeated the barbarian Qingsu Prince Haoge and the Yanxi County King Luo Luohun, which is not scared, as long as the three of them work together to strike, it will definitely succeed.

At this moment, Liu Ru walked in with a spring face, no, not walking, but running in at a trot, and Li Xiangjun, who was about to return to the red dust, ran in with small steps, and saw everyone shouting again and again: "Mu Zhai, Mu Zhai, I tell you a good news, this is a great piece of good news, you, do you want to hear it?" ”

Qian Qianyi shook his head and said: "Hedongjun, I also have good news to tell you, everyone, according to the old man's strategy, the Tartar is not to worry, and I have the hope of reviving the Ming Dynasty." ”

Liu Ru shook his head and said, "Oh, you only know now, tell me, what good ideas do you have, say it and let everyone take a look?" ”

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he suddenly looked more than twenty years younger, took out the guidance of the country, and said the strategy in his chest with the posture of a pedantic celestial, and then looked at Liu Ru is and said: "Hedongjun, what, what do you think the old man has such a big plan?" ”

Liu Ru stroked the case with one hand and smiled with the other: "Mu Zhai, this is the good news I brought to everyone, do you want to hear it?" ”

Everyone looked quite strange, Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said, "Hedongjun, this, this, what does this have to do with the news you brought?" Is there any "Dazhong Daily", you know that the Barbarian Qing Dynasty has completely blocked the news of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and only who dares to store the "Dazhong Daily" privately, and is guilty of the same crime as defecting to the Loyal and Righteous King, which is a capital crime.

In the past few years, in order to block the news of the loyal and righteous army, the Tatars have blocked it in many ways, and in the first two months, two Xiucai in Wuzhong were convicted of being convicted of hiding the "Popular Daily" privately. ”

Just like the news that the little Japanese devils blocked the Kuomintang in Chongqing and the Communist Party in Yan'an in history, the Tartars also blocked the news of the Ming Army and the Loyal and Righteous Army after their successive defeats.

Just like in history, Jin Shenghuan, the governor of Jiangxi, didn't know that Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty actually committed suicide in the territory of Jiangxi, and the news that Emperor Zhu Youlang ascended the throne of Yongli Emperor actually used the name of Emperor Longwu after the anti-Qing Dynasty restored the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Manchu Tatars blocked the news, how could they be the opponents of the Crossing Clan, because of the large number of printed "Popular Daily", some newspapers were deliberately sent out, so that the loyal people in the Tartar ruling area took it after reading it and then passed it on to their friends.

In order to avoid causing panic in the ruling area, the Manchu court decreed that anyone who dared to carry the "Dazhong Daily" would not be forgiven, but even so, it could not resist such a blockade.

Liu Ru glanced at Li Xiangjun and took out a copy of the popular daily newspaper from the bottom of the basket.

I saw that among the talents of the popular daily newspaper, the loyal and righteous army had occupied the Jingxiang area and occupied the Huguang area.

When he saw the conclusive news that Duoduo was killed (popular rumors, of course, it is impossible to say that he died of illness) and Kong Youde was killed, he was stunned one by one, and some even shouted: "Yang Xuan used soldiers, and the famous generals of the ancient times were not as good as Yi, even Li Jing (the Tota Heavenly King in history) and Yue Wumu were difficult to compare with back then." ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said: "No, Mrs. said that the King of Shu sent troops last year, why did we only get the news now?" ”

Qian Qianyi shook his head and said, "Xuanzhu, the barbarian Qing are afraid that we Han people will oppose it, and they will block the news that is unfavorable to them in every way." It's like Jin Shenghuan didn't know that Emperor Longwu had died for more than two years anyway.

If you think about it, Nan Advocate is close to Fu (Jian, and this kind of news is quite clear, and this is still the case for the loyal and righteous army's recovery of Huguang and Guang (west, isn't this kind of news even more so?).

If everyone hears that the loyal and righteous army is so powerful, and the generals will face east, and the monarchs here will not respond to welcome the arrival of the king? ”

Thinking of the ugliness of the barbarian state, everyone nodded yes.

Seeing the elated appearance of everyone, Liu Ru said cautiously: "But, but, I heard that the king of Shu he...."

Qian Qianyi grabbed Liu Ruyi's arm and said, "What's wrong with the King of Shu?" The King of Shu is the pillar of optimus in our center, so it will be fine, right? ”

Liu Ru shook his head and said: "No, I heard that when Guiyang and Wuchang were recovered, everyone supported the King of Shu as the emperor, but the King of Shu refused.

After rescuing Emperor Yongli this time, everyone supported it again, although the King of Shu repeatedly refused, but the people fought against the Tartars and for the benefit of the people, and the King of Shu finally accepted the Yongli Emperor's concession. ”

Everyone felt very depressed when they heard this, and Qian Qianyi shook his head for a long time and said, "Hey, the King of Shu is still too young and too anxious.

If you wait until after the recovery of Jinling, if you do something extraordinary like that, you will have nothing to say ......

Hey, Lu Jian Guo is the nominal leader of the Jiang Yi Army, how can he cooperate with the Loyal and Righteous Army after hearing Yang Xuan claim the emperor?

There is also that Zheng Chenggong, who has always respected Emperor Longwu, who has been dead for many years in the past, and does not want to have a mother-in-law and mother above, but now after hearing Yang Xuan claim the emperor, there is no more reason to refuse. ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said, "Mu Zhaigong, having said that, Yang Xuan's behavior is beyond your comprehension.

We all understand that the Ming Dynasty has long perished, Chongzhen, Hongguang, Longwu, and Shaowu Emperors have been killed one after another, and Emperor Yongli only knows how to escape, and the Ming Dynasty has already died.

Yang Xuan is located in Yunnan, Guichuan, Huguang (west and Shaanxi and Gansu, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and accepting the Zen concession is also a move to conform to the people's will.

Now that Yang Xuan is the emperor, he will at least concentrate on recovery, swear to the Northern Expedition, and there will be no disasters such as Yue Fei and Han Tuoxuan. ”

Thinking of the history of his surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi said as if relieved: "Having said that, but in this way, Lu Jianguo and Zheng Chenggong have more excuses, if there is no strong sailor in the Jiangnan region (I don't know the strength of the sailor division of the Loyal and Righteous Army), it will be even more difficult to expel the Tartars."

Zhang Huangyan pondered for a moment and said: "Mu Zhaigong, I have an old relationship with Zhang Mingzhen, I can go to the Zhoushan army to lobby Zhang Mingzhen, no matter what, I must focus on the overall situation and send troops to meet the loyal army." (Historically, Zhang Huangyan was the deputy general of the ministry, and later became the chief general of the ministry)

Mu Zhaigong, Zheng Chenggong is your student, and I hope you can repair a letter to Zheng Chenggong, and I hope he can focus on the overall situation.

There are thousands of difficulties, and in this move.

Besides, the King of Shu was originally the guest of honor of the King of Shu's mansion, and his sister-in-law had the royal blood of the two dynasties, so it was not expected to be the worst ending.

Not to mention anything else, it is important to recover Jiangnan first, the three armies will meet on a different day, if the King of Shu can be assisted, we will assist, if the King of Shu violates the righteousness of the world, it is not too late for us to raise troops to fight. ”

Qian Qianyi sighed: "Hey, it seems that this is the only way." The King of Shu is too anxious in this step, if he waits until after the recovery of Jinling and then makes extraordinary moves, how can there be so much trouble?

But apart from Lu Jianguo and Zheng Chenggong, Yang Xuan's side, let's not forget, Yao Zhizhuo, I'll trouble you to go around. ”

When Zhang Huangyan and Yao Zhizhuo heard this, they hugged their fists and said yes.