The few people who came to see Wang Yan were not ordinary squires, to be precise, they were all big families in Quanzhou, and many of them were former Ming officials.

Compared with the ordinary people of Quanzhou, most of these people were safe and sound in this military disaster, except for the loss of money and property.

At this time, there were more than 20 gentry in the hall, representing more than half of the prominent families in Quanzhou Mansion, and they sat and talked in a low voice, while Chen Bangyan sat upright and closed his eyes to recuperate.

There was a commotion in the hall, an old man coughed twice, and the hall suddenly quieted down, the old man's name was Guo Bichang, the largest household in Quanzhou, who served as the secretary of the Ming Dynasty's military department, and was also a recognized gentry leader in Quanzhou Prefecture.

Guo Bichang said slowly: "Now that Quanzhou is the restoration of the imperial court, and the Duke of Chu is a scholar of the court, he must consider it for the gentry such as us, if you have anything to say, wait for the Duke of Guo to come, and don't be rude in front of Mr. Chen." ”

Everyone nodded yes, and at this time, a soldier outside the hall shouted: "Mr. Chen, the prince and the surname of the country are here!" ”

When Chen Bangyan heard this, he opened his eyes, and led everyone to get up quickly, and went outside the hall to greet him, then talked to Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong while walking, and strode into the courtyard.

"The gentry have been waiting for a long time, you are here, do you know if you have any suitable advice?" Wang Yan walked up to the gentry and smiled.

"How dare we give any advice, but there are some situations, I have to respond to the Duke of Chu, the Duke of Chu is busy with military affairs, and I am really sorry to disturb me!"

"It's okay, everybody, please!"

Everyone walked into the lobby and sat down one after another, Wang Yan said with a smile: "This Eastern Crusade, although it is led by the imperial court and the cabinet, but in the land of Fujian, the imperial court will still rely on the prestige of the success of the national surname in the future to preside over the resistance of Fujian against the Qing Dynasty, so if you have any specific things, you can directly respond to the national surname in the future." ”

When everyone heard the words, they got up one after another and saluted Zheng Chenggong, but there was some embarrassment on the faces of many gentry, when Zheng Zhilong descended to the Qing Dynasty, he naturally ventilated to the Fujian clan, these gentry can still be alive and kicking now, and they have not been purged after the Qing soldiers entered Fujian, and they have obviously been attached to the Qing court.

Among them, Guo Bichang had a good relationship with Zheng Zhilong, and he also helped Bolo write a handwritten letter persuading Zheng Zhilong to surrender, and it was precisely because of Zheng Zhilong's surrender that the Zheng family fell apart, causing Zheng Chenggong's mother Tian Chuan to commit suicide in humiliation.

At this time, Guo Bichang was inevitably a little worried when facing Zheng Chenggong, so he came to Wang Yan, but he didn't expect Wang Yan to push them to Zheng Chenggong.

In fact, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the position of the gentry between the Ming and Qing dynasties can be said to be very complicated, first of all, after the Qing soldiers occupied Nanjing, a large number of them directly fell to the Qing court, but after the shaving order, a large number of people participated in the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty.

This phenomenon is actually because of the confusion in the ideology at that time, the Ming Dynasty to the Chongzhen period, has been rotten to the bones, the end of the dynasty, most of the gentry feel it, coupled with the humanist trend of thought, the gentry have multiple self-interests, unwilling to contribute to the court, they regard the Manchu Qing as the same as Li Zicheng, but a change of emperor, so easily succumb.

But in fact, after they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they quickly discovered the difference between the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and said that this Guo Bichang, he persuaded Zheng Zhilong to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but in history, he was killed by Zhao Guozuo, the Qing Dynasty Governor, because he and his son Guo Xian conspired with Zheng Chenggong to respond internally.

Guo Bichang is obviously not a special case, the most representative of which is naturally Donglin Juzi Qian someone, the world knows his famous saying that "the water is too cold to go down", but looking at his subsequent actions, not only several times with silver money to support the resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and even secretly planned a big plan to join the Yangtze River, reading the poems after him, it is really difficult to hate this complicated person.

Why does it appear, this kind of surrender and anti-Qing, wave after wave of awakening, and the chaotic trend that the strength can never be unified is still ideological confusion after all.

So was there an idea that could save the Ming Dynasty during the Ming and Qing dynasties, yes, but unfortunately it was decades late, that is, Gu Yanwu's "Distinguishing between the Dead Country and the Dead World?" ”

He said: "The surname of Yi was changed, and it was called the death of the country; Benevolence and righteousness are full, and as for leading beasts to eat people, people will eat each other, which is called the death of the world. It is to know the world and then protect the country. Those who defend the country are sought by their kings and their ministers, and those who eat meat; Those who protect the world are cheap and responsible. ”

In Gu Yanwu's eyes, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, and all kinds of atrocities were the death of the world, "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." This is very understandable in today's view, but in the Ming and Qing dynasties, most people did not realize that the people planted land and paid grain, even if it was many gentry, they only regarded the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a different surname and changed their name, and the Ming Dynasty did not completely mobilize the gentry and the people.

Many gentry voted for the Qing court, only to find out that they were deceived, and the worst deceived in the land of Fujian was undoubtedly the sea overlord Zheng Zhilong, who was not the master of the Ming Dynasty who leaned towards the government and the opposition, and believed the nonsense of the Qing court, not only buried the foundation of the Zheng family for many years, but also was placed under house arrest in Beijing, becoming a prisoner of the lower ranks, and even many Fujian clans who followed the Zheng family also suffered a lot.

Just imagine, when Zheng Zhilong has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the generals of the Qing army still captured the Zheng family's nest Anping because they coveted the wealth of the Zheng family, and even Zheng Chenggong's mother was insulted.

This time, the Quanzhou Qing soldiers rebelled, although they did not lose their lives, but also lost a lot of money, the most important situation is that they are all frightened, and there is no sense of safety in their hearts.

When Zheng Chenggong last raided Quanzhou, Guo Bichang was not in the city, and then he had to sincerely say to Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong: "The old Guo Bichang is the head of the Guo family in Jinjiang, and these are also the local clans in Quanzhou. Thank you to the Duke of Chu and the Lord of the Kingdom for leading the army to save us from fire and water. We have nothing to repay, please accept our gift from the Duke of Chu and the surname of the country! "\u000b The so-called gentry, first of all, must be a scholar, to Guo Bichang is the Apocalypse Jinshi, and most of the people present are lifting people, they all bow again, thank Wang and Zheng Xing, Wang Yan waved his hand, and said to everyone: "Resist the Qing army, restore the old land, and protect the people of the Ming Dynasty, this is the duty of the official army, you don't have to be polite!" ”

Zheng Chenggong also said: "Fujian has today's disaster, for the northern captives to filth, the fault is that my Zheng family failed to defend Fujian, today the success of the order of the Son of Heaven, the commander of Fujian military affairs, will drive the northern captives out of Fujian, to protect the peace of the gentry and the people." ”

Zheng Chenggong's prestige among the ordinary people of Fujian is very high, and his current words are actually to reach a reconciliation with those who once instigated Zheng Zhilong to surrender, after all, the support of the gentry is still needed to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

Guo Bichang heard the words, slightly relieved, everyone sat down again, Guo Bichang sighed and said: "We look forward to the stars, look forward to the moon, and finally hope that the imperial army is here, and I hope that from now on, Quanzhou will never suffer from military disasters again." ”

Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong glanced at each other, both of them understood the true meaning of the Quanzhou gentry, they wanted to figure out what to do after the imperial court conquered Quanzhou, if they did not defend it, it is estimated that they would have to communicate with Zhang Cunren immediately after they went back, so as not to be slaughtered by the Qing soldiers again after the Ming army abandoned Quanzhou, but if the Ming army said that it was defended, it would also prove its strength and determination to them, otherwise they would not dare to take their lives easily.

Wang Yan's previous goal was to at least pull out Zhangzhou, but Zhangzhou is part of Fujian, and if he wants to pull out, he has to be on a high level with the Qing army in Fujian, and what exactly he will do depends on the changes in the follow-up battle situation, but he saw that Zheng Chenggong would kill prisoners and buy the hearts of Quanzhou people as soon as he entered Quanzhou, and he took the initiative to leak the intention of reconciling with Guo Bichang, obviously not wanting to give up Quanzhou.

"You can rest assured that this cabinet and Chenggong will attack Fujian together this time, and it will be solved without a war. In this Eastern Crusade, even if the Qing troops could not be driven out of Fujian, Zhang Cunren would not dare to cross the Min River. ”

Zheng Chenggong reassured: "Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia have been besieged in Zhangzhou, and sooner or later they will be captured by the Ming Dynasty, and now our army has captured Quanzhou, and then all the Qing troops in the west of the Min River will be swept away, and Quanzhou will gradually calm down in the future, and foreign trade will also resume." However, the war against the Qing army cost a lot, although the officers and soldiers captured a little money and grain, but you also know that the war consumption is huge, there is very little food in the warehouse, and the operation of the officers and troops to recover Fujian, you still need a lot of support. ”

Everyone's faces were a little unnatural, they also suffered a lot this time, most of the seizures of the officers and soldiers were the Qing soldiers who embezzled their assets, they did not propose to recover them, they were already very acquainted, and now Zheng Chenggong meant to let them support the Ming army's food and salary, and they suddenly felt a little painful.

Guo Bichang hesitated for a moment before he said: "If the official army can really ensure the safety of Quanzhou and resume trade, the old man is willing to provide some grain and grass." ”

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