Fang Yuan's expedition to Zhejiang was a complete victory, from Jiaxing Mansion to Taizhou Mansion, almost penetrating Zhejiang.

He rested for a few days in the village outside Haimenwei, hired 1,000 villagers as people's husbands, and 100 ox carts to carry Haimenwei's materials to lead the army.

The Xuanjia army went north from Taizhou Mansion to Ningbo Mansion, and then turned west to pass through Shaoxing Mansion to Hangzhou Mansion.

Out of officialdom etiquette, Fang Yuan stopped in Hangzhou Mansion for a while, and met with Zhang Bingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, in the military camp outside the city. Together with Zhang Bingzhen, there were also Shen Tingyang, the political envoy of the Zhejiang Political Division, Li Ting, the envoy, and Wang Yi, the commander of the capital.

Fang Yuan went straight to the point and informed him of the battle situation of Guanhaiwei and Haimen Guards in Zhejiang Mansion this time, and said slowly, "The guards in Zhejiang actually colluded with the general army of Fujian to steal two military guards, does Governor Zhang know about it?" ”

Zhang Bingzhen only looked at sending Fang Yuan away immediately, plus he was really at a loss, where did he dare to collide with Fang Yuan, and said with an embarrassed smile, "The Zheng family is rampant in Zhejiang, I have also heard a little, but I didn't expect it to be true." ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Zheng Jun has invaded Zhejiang for so many years, and Governor Zhang has no idea, how did this governor become a governor?" Otherwise, I will show your majesty and change people! ”

Zhang Bingzhen couldn't beat him, and he was chased and beaten by Fang Yuan with the handle, showing no mercy, glancing at Wang Yi, the commander of the capital, and pretending to be wronged and said, "Alas! The guard is the commander of the capital, and the governor cannot interfere. ”

He directly kicked the ball to Wang Yi, the commander of the political department, Zheng Zhilong's theft of the two military guards is indeed a military matter, Wang Yi is unavoidable, and said with a sad face, "The commander of the envoy belongs to the governor's office of the five armies, and only the right to command the troops, not the right to transfer troops, only the military department has the right to transfer troops." The one who transferred the Fujian Zheng soldiers into the second guard was the military department, not the command department! ”

Fang Yuan saw that the governor of Zhejiang and the commander of Zhejiang in front of him began to kick the ball, and then kicked another ball to the Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies in the capital.

The two of them played the old routine of officialdom with Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan sneered and said, "My trip is not to accuse Governor Zhang and Commander Wang, but I hope that the two of you will report to the capital with me, the Zheng family's blatant entry into Zhejiang is a big crime, and the two of you will not object!" ”

Fang Yuan's purpose was very clear, he wanted the Zhejiang Political Secretary to report Zheng Zhilong's crime of entering the country without permission with him, at least in legal theory, to occupy the commanding heights, so as not to reach the capital, he and Zheng Zhilong were public and reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and they became muddy.

Zhang Bingzhen smiled embarrassedly and said, "Yes, yes, fortunately, Fang Junmen drove away the Zheng Jun who entered the country, and I will definitely play the great merit of Fang Junmen to the imperial court." ”

Fang Yuan said coldly, "There is another point, now that the Zheng army of Guanhaiwei and Haimen has been completely swept away by me, and Zheng Jun has also been driven back to his hometown Fujian, if Zheng Jun enters the country again, Governor Zhang has the responsibility of defending the land and should refuse Zheng Jun to enter!" ”

refused Zheng Zhilong's entry, Zhang Bingzhen didn't have the heart or the strength, not to mention that he could make a lot of money from Zheng Zhilong's bribes every year, and glanced at Wang Yi busily.

Wang Yi said, "This, this, Zheng Zhilong's soldiers are strong and strong, and he has been rampant in the sea for more than 20 years, and Zhejiang is helpless to take him, alas! ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, but once Zheng Jun enters the country, the Zhejiang Political Secretary should at least inform the imperial court, and our Yuan Sheng, this Zhejiang Political Secretary should be able to do it, right!" Otherwise, the charge of not reporting this knowledge will be convicted by the Zhejiang Political Division. ”

Zhang Bingzhen promised, "Of course, as long as Zheng Jun enters the country in the future, I will immediately inform Governor Fang." ”

Zhejiang was originally sandwiched between Zheng Zhilong in Fujian and Fang Yuan in Nanjing, and it has been closer to Zheng Zhilong over the years, so it will turn a blind eye and default to Zheng Zhilong's two military bases in Zhejiang's two military guard ports.

Fang Yuan didn't expect Zhejiang to withstand Zheng Zhilong's invasion at all, as long as Zhejiang could inform Zheng Zhilong's movements in time, Fang Yuan was completely sure that Zheng Zhilong's forces would not be able to establish a ****** in Zhejiang, and Fang Yuan didn't want to socialize with the people of Zhejiang, so he directly rejected Zhang Bingzhen's invitation to entertain him in Hangzhou for a few days, and directly led the army to leave Hangzhou City.

Five days later, the Xuanjia army of the expedition arrived at Jinshanwei in Songjiang Prefecture.

Jing Jie welcomed the Xuanjia Army and his party into Jinshanwei to rest, and even Qin Zhan, who was supposed to be in Suzhou Mansion, got the news and arrived at Jinshanwei early, waiting for Fang Yuan's triumphant return.

Fang Yuan was most concerned about the situation in Shanghai County, and was busy asking about the movements of that party.

Jing Jie hesitated and said, "Boss, Shanghai did send someone to surrender, but I don't know how to deal with it, so I can only decide by the boss." ”

Fang Yuan was stunned and asked, "Third child, is there another moth in Shanghai County?" ”

"There are no moths, but how to draw a list of arrests, I'm still thinking about it."

Jing Jie handed over two statistical lists, one large and one small, the small one is the list of those who do not surrender within 15 days of the execution, and the large one is the list of those who do not surrender within 30 days. However, the seizure of the prefect Chen Xiang, the Shanghai County Order, and fifty-seven Donglin Party members, opened the city gate and surrendered, but it was after the fall of Zheng Jun's Guanhaiwei. This has exceeded the one-month deadline, and the number of people who are asked to decide on the decision is made. ”

As soon as Fang Yuan heard it, he knew that this was the group of officials in Shanghai County who were riding on the wall to watch, and first sent someone to occupy a surrender quota here with Fang Yuan, but in fact, he was still waiting to see the outcome of the battle between Fang Yuan and Zheng Jun, and once it was confirmed that Fang Yuan had defeated Zheng Jun, he immediately opened the door and surrendered. If Fang Yuan was defeated, these people would immediately rebel.

Fang Yuan stared at the list with dense names written on it, and was silent, if he wanted to strictly enforce the law, all these people should be beheaded and their families exiled. However, such a large-scale execution will set off a bloody storm in Songjiang Mansion.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and at that time, even the party Fang Yuan didn't know if he could defeat Zheng Jun, let alone these bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen? Who is not dragging their families, looking ahead and looking backwards, and making indecisive moves?

Fang Yuan took a closer look at the big list, and his eyes fell on one person, that is, Yang Zhiyi, the Tongzhi of Songjiang Mansion's coastal defense. This man was the son of Yang Lian of the Donglin Party, who later surrendered to the Manchus. Later, because he reported the anti-Qing uprising to Hong Chengchou, he was killed by the anti-Qing righteous soldiers.

Fang Yuan directly put this Yang Zhiyi on the execution list, and the rest of the people were pardoned.

Jing Jie had already inquired about Yang Zhiyi's origin, it was Yang Lian's son, and he hurriedly persuaded him, "Boss, this person is Yang Lian's son, Yang Lian is a celebrity who was personally rehabilitated at the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, do you really want to kill?!" ”

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "Why can't Yang Lian's son be killed?" Which onion is Yang Lian, who died for the interests of the small gang of the Donglin Party, what kind of hero do you really think you are? Don't say anything about Yang Lian, it was Ye Xianggao, the first assistant at that time, that is, he died earlier, otherwise I would have killed him alive like Zhou Yanru. ”

Jing Jie knew that Fang Yuan had an inexplicable hatred for the members of the Donglin Party, and he had always had the style of killing them all when he had the opportunity, or patiently persuaded him, "Boss, after killing celebrities so indiscriminately, and celebrities, it's not easy for the court to explain!" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Third child, let me ask you, what kind of business has Yang Lian done?" ”

Jing Jie thought for a while and said, "He is Emperor Guangzong's minister, and the palace transfer case will stabilize the court." ”

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "What was the result of his single-handedly handling the palace transfer case?" Concubine Li really failed to govern the harem, but the harem let a wet nurse Keshi give the dictatorship. Is there any case of Yang Lian engaging in the palace transfer case, how bad can the political situation of Daming be? He Yang Lian has a bullshit credit? Do you mean that Concubine Li is not as knowledgeable as a wet nurse? ”

Jing Jie was silent for a while, and then said, "But he is in a high position, but he is as incorruptible as water, and his sleeves are clean." ”

"He's as incorruptible as water? That's the propaganda of the Donglin Party! Who did the tens of thousands of taels of silver bribed by Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong give to? ”

"Xiong Tingbi's case is framed by Wei Zhongxian!"

"Wei Zhongxian framed? Let me ask you, what year was Xiong Tingbi in prison? ”

"Two years of the apocalypse."

"That year, it was still the first assistant Ye Xianggao, and Yang Lian's Donglin party was in power! Can Wei Zhongxian escape the death penalty for Xiong Tingbi?! ”

"This ......"

"Xiong Tingbi took out 40,000 taels of silver to bribe Wang Wenyan everywhere, Yang Lian also avenged Xiong Tingbi, whether he took bribes or not, I'm afraid only God knows."

"Boss, isn't this a bit of a catcher?"

"Chasing the wind? Let me ask you, Yang Lian, as the first emperor's minister, if he and Ye Xianggao hadn't operated from it, Xiong Tingbi would have been able to avoid death? Didn't the Xiong family's 40,000 taels of silver be given to Ye Xianggao and Yang Lian, was it given to Wei Zhongxian? ”

“.....”

"I won't talk about whether Yang Lian is corrupt or not, in addition to fighting with Wei Zhongxian in the imperial history, what talents has this Yang Lian recommended to the imperial court? Da Ming lost a clean sweep in the territory outside Shanhaiguan, what did he do? ”

“......”

"After Wei Zhongxian grasped the power, at least he also achieved the great victory of Ningyuan and Ningjin, Yang Lian can not only talk about the cannon, on merit, on the means of controlling the overall situation, on the insight and vision, which point can be compared with Wei Zhongxian? I just didn't want to see these scourges control the government, but they didn't do their jobs all day long. ”

Jing Jie was silent, speechless, and Chong Fang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Boss, I'm convinced!" ”

Fang Yuan got up and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Third brother, the more you become an official, the more cautious you become, don't forget, you are a military commander, not a bureaucrat, what do you say is the duty of a soldier?" ”

Jing Jie said loudly, "Obey and carry out military orders to the letter!" ”

Fang Yuan said earnestly, "You really want to learn this from Chigutai!" ”

He turned his head sideways and said to Qin Zhan, "Fourth, immediately send Jinyi Wei to find some charges for Yang Zhiyi, there is no need to weave an unjust case, just report it truthfully, if this so-called celebrity is really clean, I will spare him." ”

Qin Zhan hurriedly said, "Boss, I'll immediately send Jinyi Wei to investigate." ”

Fang Yuan sneered secretly, he didn't want to exterminate the Donglin Party, just because Yang Lian was also one of the bigwigs of the Donglin Party, this time as long as he demolished the Yang family's bitch archway, he would see who would dare to collude with the Donglin Party in Fang Yuan's jurisdiction in the future and make waves.

Jin Yiwei's efficiency was indeed very high, and in less than three days, Yang Zhiyi's corruption and bribery during his stay in Songjiang Mansion were clearly investigated, and even personal correspondence with Hong Chengchou, who surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, was found.

Fang Yuan looked at the information handed over by Qin Zhan, and sure enough, he had colluded with the Manchu Tartars, and smiled coldly, this time the son of Yang Lian was in danger. This time, he not only wants to kill the Yang family, but also completely uncover the true colors of Yang Lian and Yang Zhiyi, the father and son!

This is the so-called murder and punishment, what is the use of slaughtering Yang Zhiyi, it must completely stink the Yang family, which is a fatal blow to the Donglin Party.

Fang Yuan led the Xuanjia Army directly into Shanghai County, and ordered Jinyiwei to arrest all the criminals, including Chen Xiang, the prefect of Songjiang, and Yang Zhiyi, as well as all the families of the criminals.