Nanjing, Duoduo learned of the war situation in Wuhu and secretly complained, Datong was too black-hearted, borrowed a knife to kill people and destroy the Nanjing court, and immediately attacked the Qing Dynasty, but my ass in Nanjing was not hot, this opponent is not easy to provoke, he quietly ordered the Jiangbei Qing army to gather in Guazhou and Yizhen, ready to receive the army to withdraw to Jiangbei at any time, and he also planned to lead the army to reinforce the Qing army that retreated to Taiping, but before the other party moved, he came to the door - the Wuchang Navy dispersed the Green Camp Water Division, arrived at the Xiaguan River, and the envoy Fan Erxi, Hu Chunshui named his surname and asked for an important interview with Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty.

It turned out to be the two of them, it seems that the Datong army has not planned to go to war yet, this is easy to do, Duoduo's eyes lit up and immediately ordered: "Boluo, you go out of the city to pick up people, Han Dai, Li Shutai, you call those ministers to the palace gate, and the posture must be sufficient, so that those two soil buns can see the world." ”

In a short time, the flags fluttered in front of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, the drums rumbled, the white-armored guards stood with weapons, and hundreds of ministers dressed and cleaned, chanting in unison with the rhythm of the drums, "Long live the Qing Emperor, the Qing soldiers are mighty". When the two envoys arrived, Hu Chunshui almost sat on the ground with weak legs, and Fan Er was happy to see more of the world, so he changed the cowardice of being so frightened that he knelt down in front of the Shengjing Palace, pulled Hu Chunshui, and strode forward.

"Old Fan, I haven't seen you for several years, you're a little blessed, Lao Hu, did you win your lawsuit, you're back so soon," Duoduo walked out of the palace gate happily, grabbed Fan Erxi with one hand and Hu Chunshui with the other, raised his voice and shouted to the ministers, "These two are envoys of Datong and good friends of this king, Mr. Fan had a close relationship with this king when he was in Shengjing, and Mr. Hu also contributed a lot to the Qing Dynasty in Yangzhou, it can be seen that the Qing Dynasty and Datong are brothers, and they are invincible when they work together, and the Nanjing puppet dynasty has been wiped out if they refuse to obey their orders, The Hangzhou ugly praying mantis blocking the car is really ridiculous! ”

"President Datong is still my uncle." Li Shutai added another sentence, this is a bit of a shame, Abatai's eldest daughter is married to his father Li Yongfang, but this guy was born to his ex-wife, and he doesn't want to call his mother when he sees the girl, let alone Uncle Li Yu.

"Long live the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing soldiers are mighty!" The subordinates shouted again, but there was obvious hatred in their eyes, Fan Erxi and Hu Chunshui just wanted to defend a few words, Han Dai and Li Shutai immediately smiled and pulled them to introduce them to the important ministers in Nanjing.

"Shameless rebellion!" Qian Qianyi, Wang Duo and others bowed their hands and scolded angrily in a low voice.

"Dressed scum!" Fan Erxi smiled and returned the salute, and kept scolding in his mouth.

Li Shutai proudly pointed to a young man and said: "This is the crown prince of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I feel that I am happy to submit to Ende, and my Daqing is really the destiny of heaven." ”

Fan Erxi stared at the prince for a while, and then stretched out his hand with a smile on his face: "It turns out that the prince is in Nanjing, it's great, King Ding misses his relatives and sleeps and eats restlessly, Your Highness will follow me to Datong to see my brother." ”

"The Qing Dynasty is as kind to me as a mountain, and I won't go anywhere." The prince hurriedly ducked back.

"Wang Zhiming, Gaoyang people's clan, so the concubine Du Wei Wang Yu is a small servant in the mansion, I'm not wrong, you don't have the courage to pretend to be the prince, to be honest, who instructed you to do it?" Fan Erxi's face suddenly changed, and he stepped forward and kicked over the prince - the little spy could only admit it when he met the old spy, Wang Zhiming wiped his tears and didn't dare to answer, so he got up and hid behind Li Shutai.

Fan Erxi didn't give up, and pointed to the ministers in Nanjing and scolded angrily: "Listening to this person's accent is different from that in the palace, it is not difficult to distinguish the true from the false, but you are making endless noise about this kind of thing, ruining state affairs, a group of waste, except for the use of looting people's fat and people's ointment, you deserve to be unlucky!" ”

"Kill these two dog traitors!" The northern captives who had forgotten their ancestors by the number of dictionaries were so humiliated that the subordinates couldn't bear it, and a large group of people rolled up their sleeves and pounced, and Han Dai and Li Shutai immediately flashed to the side to watch the excitement.

"Bang, bang" two bangs - if you want to fight, Lao Tzu is not afraid of this, Hu Chunshui came to the spirit, and hit when he touched the short gun, so frightened that the subordinates hugged their heads and ran, and a few of them collapsed to the ground.

Fan Erxi also took out a short gun and shouted: "Lao Tzu crawled out of the pile of dead people, I'm not afraid that there are many of you, if you want to find death, come up and try." ”

No one wanted to die, and the ministers all hid far away, staring in horror at the short guns that were still smoking - these guys were really useless, Duoduo blushed, waved his hand to the guards to get off Fan Erxi and Hu Chunshui's short guns, and then pulled the two into the palace with a smile on his face.

Fan Erxi, Hu Chunshui and a group of high-ranking Manchurian officials entered a side hall and sat down, and Duoduo immediately asked with a straight face: "What is the purpose of you attacking our army's Liu Liangzuo in Wuhu and driving the warship to Nanjing?" If you want to do it, just say it. ”

"I will inform you, Liu Liangzuo and his brothers are homesick and go back to their hometown in Datong, we are fighting Liu Liangzuo to clear the rebels for you, and the captured prisoners of Liu Liangzuo and the Ming army are also sent to you, it's interesting enough!" Fan Erxi replied without blushing, the Manchurian officials' brains were a little confused, Liu Liang didn't seem to have rebelled, and there was no need to meddle in Datong's affairs, Fan Erxi didn't wait for them to think clearly, and then flickered, "We came to Nanjing for you, after fighting for so long, food and ordnance should always be replenished, the weather in the south is hot, there is a lot of rain, summer clothes, rain gear and heatstroke medicine must also be prepared, we are all ready, and we will sell it if we give money." ”

"If you don't buy it, you will worry about the silver, we finally got some hard-earned money, why should we be cheaper?" Ilder immediately cried out.

"That's it, every time we rob the money in the front, they follow the back to make money, and a lot of silver goes into their pockets in a blink of an eye, and we are still poor in the end." Bai Yintu feels the same way.

The Manchurians felt distressed when they mentioned money, and they stood up to condemn Datong for being mercenary and not talking about friendship, Fan Erxi was annoyed, covered his head and shouted: "The price of goods is discounted by eight, and it is always okay to get a seven-fold discount, and it will not be possible to bargain and trade." ”

Duoduo waved his hand at everyone, and said to Fan Erxi: "I welcome to do business, but you have gathered heavy troops in Wuhu and pointed the tip of your knife at my nose, how can you say this?" ”

"We will withdraw our troops, but you must promise that our Datong ships can pass freely on the Yangtze River, and they can also berth and trade goods at the wharves along the way." Fan Erxi replied - the Datong army jumped into Wuhu from Anqing, and its hand was indeed too long, so it was better to take advantage of the withdrawal of the army to get some benefits first.

"No, you sail on the Yangtze River at will, what if you have bad intentions towards us?" Bolo suddenly thought of a big problem, Datong's naval army was too strong, in fact, he could go wherever he wanted, and the Qing army couldn't stop it at all, so he immediately added, "We want your kind of warship, are you willing to sell it?" ”

"Well, it's a bit difficult, but if the price is right, I can figure out something." Fan Erxi looked embarrassed, but his heart was happy, Hanyang Shipyard is building a hundred and fifty large ships, equipped with two imitation Taixi eighteen-pound guns and six twelve-pound guns, with strong firepower and fast speed.

"Also, the sword of the fire gun and the son of the camp cannon will also be sold to us." Han Dai then added - the sword and the sword are all gadgets, and they are consumed very quickly, but Datong sells fire guns that are not equipped with guns, and the camp cannon is only equipped with two guns, and the Qing Dynasty can't make these things well, as a result, the fire gun can't fight hand-to-hand without a sword, and the lack of a gun gun is a pile of scrap iron, which is a big problem for the Qing army.

"Okay, it's all sold to you, who let us be a family," Fan Erxi patted his leg and agreed, and then pointed to Hu Chunshui and said, "Lao Hu is a local, and he is familiar with a wide range of people, so for the sake of the prosperity of the two families, let's stay in Nanjing as a business ambassador." ”

"No problem, Lao Hu is good!" Duoduo immediately agreed, although Hu Chunshui quarreled with him a lot, but he had connections in the Datong Chamber of Commerce, and he had to rely on him if he wanted to do wine business.

Datong earned a lot of money to supplement military spending and update equipment, and the Qing Dynasty exchanged the uncontrollable Yangtze River waterway for ships and military supplies, and both sides got their own place, let's talk about it later, anyway, everyone is very satisfied now, and they laughed.

Hu Chunshui, who had been silent, said coldly at this time: "It's time to talk about Yangzhou, Prince Yu, you have reached a big deal, the Trial and Criminal Division has accepted the Yangzhou Massacre case, and you will feel good in the future, Han Dai, Yild, and Tulai, you can't run away." ”

"It wasn't us who did it, it was all those soldiers who did it," Han Dai and Ilde denied it, but immediately reacted, "No, why do you care about our business, your hand is too long." ”

"Who said that Datong can't control you, isn't our president the Prince of the Great Qing and Jin Dynasty personally named by Emperor Taizong, don't you admit it?" Fan Er said fiercely, Han Dai and Yild were speechless for a while, and looked at Duoduo with blank eyes.

What kind of thing is this, Datong interfered in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty for three days, which made everyone a little nervous, Duoduo looked around, fortunately, there were no Han and Mongolian people in the palace, and it was not a shame.

"This king has always been friendly to Datong, in Yangzhou has specially ordered to protect the citizens of Datong, hateful troops do not obey the military order to kill people indiscriminately, the culprit has been beheaded to show the public, this old Hu can testify, as for my Qing soldiers to kill the Ming people is not about Datong." Dodor said solemnly.

"That's it, we also lost money, all the citizens of Datong were given 100 taels of silver each, and Lao Hu received more than 20,000 taels of silver when he left, and this matter will be settled." Han Dai said.

"Don't think about it, hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou City were slaughtered by you, and the bustling market was stained with blood, how can this grievance be redressed?" Hu Chunshui stood up suddenly, pointed at Duoduo and roared, "Most of the citizens of Datong in the city are members of my free party, you are unforgivable in trying to make money and kill comrades, and this party will never spare you." ”

"Nonsense, how can I kill so many people, you don't want to spew blood, the Liberal Party has my sister-in-law in charge, what are you!" Dodor also stood up and shouted.

Bo Luo said very seriously: "My Qing Dynasty soldiers are strictly disciplined, and there is no crime in the autumn, even the Ming people admit that we are better than the Ming army, if it weren't for that Shi Kefa's resistance, Yangzhou would not have happened at all, in fact, how can there be no people who don't kill people in the change of dynasties, Ming Taizu and Chengzu have also done a lot of things to slaughter the city, compared to these two butchers, we are not bad, I think this matter depends on Shi Kefa and the Ming country's rotten soldiers." ”

Bolo had read a lot of books, and his speech was level, and the Manchurian officials suddenly realized that they immediately poured dirty water on the heads of Shi Kefa and the Ming army:

"Lao Hu, your people asked Shi Kefa to leave the city, but he ordered him to be beheaded, this is always a fact, should you settle accounts with him, it is said that this person has escaped, the one we killed is fake, so let's catch this thief and hand it over to you." Han Daihu said.

"Our Eight Banners soldiers are not familiar with the place, and they can't find the north when they enter Yangzhou City, and they can kill a few people, all of them are indiscriminately killed by those soldiers, and only the Ming Kingdom raised these bad guys, all because it is unfair to us." Ilder is also complaining.

The Manchurians argued that the Qing army had become good people, and Shi Kefa and the Ming army had become the culprits, Fan Erxi was too lazy to listen anymore, and waved his hand and shouted: "This matter will be decided by the Datong Law Division, at the moment our merchant ships are on the river, I propose to spend three days in the city of Xiaguan Wharf." ”

Everyone applauded together, the Qing soldiers just had money in their pockets, tobacco and alcohol must be bought, and those who were greedy had to buy some sugar to eat, and everyone was looking forward to a big discount.

The shady deal was completed, and the Qing army's back road was temporarily worry-free, and Duoduo immediately became bold and ordered Belebolo and Gushan Ezhen Baiyintu to lead the army to drive directly to Hangzhou.

Hangzhou, this quiet southeast city at this time, Ma Shiying arrived very frustrated to find that Zhejiang Province actually has no official army available, the general army Fang Guoan has led the army to Wuhu, and there is no money and food to adjust, Nanjing has already looted Zhejiang, this is still a. The emperor should be in the Huang Degong camp, if he can turn the tide of the war in one battle, Daming may still be saved - Ma Shiying and Zhejiang Governor Zhang Bingzhen comforted each other, but it was just a dream, it didn't take long for Zhu Dadian and Fang Guoan to flee to Hangzhou with the defeated soldiers, and at the same time brought bad news, Datong also sent troops, and captured the emperor and Ruan Dacheng.

The ministers were in mourning, panicking all day long, Ma Shiying and Zhang Bingzhen and other Zhejiang officials discussed, and decided to establish the emperor first to stabilize the people's hearts, it happened that King Lu was in Hangzhou, since everyone called him virtuous, it was him. But King Lu is really smart, he thinks that this dragon chair is too dangerous, whoever sits on it will be stabbed, and he will not accept this job, and the ministers have no choice but to ask the Empress Dowager Zou again, and the Empress Dowager Zou repeatedly persuaded with tears, and King Lu gritted his teeth and finally agreed.

On the eighth day of the first month of June, King Lu was appointed as the supervisor of the country, Ma Shiying was still the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Bingzhen was the secretary of the military department, but this small court was not harmonious as soon as it opened, Zhu Dadian and Fang Guoan refused to distinguish between the dangers on the grounds of lack of pay for the lack of soldiers, Zheng Hongkui insisted on not getting off the ship on the grounds that he was not accustomed to land warfare, and Huang Daozhou, the leader of the clear stream, rushed from Nanjing to Hangzhou, and boasted to King Lu that the people's hearts were available.

Old man Huang is insinuating, burning his eyebrows, and talking about some things that are not visible, Ma Shiying simply returned King Lu's edict to summon Huang Daozhou into the cabinet - the top priority of the court is to make peace with the Qing court, even if it cuts land and seeks peace, it must strive for respite, this is the unanimous opinion of King Lu and important ministers, and Old Man Huang can only add chaos to the cabinet.

The envoy sent by the imperial court is Chen Hongfan, this guy came back from Beijing last year, frequently visited the military leaders of the four towns, and wantonly spread failed remarks, and was suspected by many people to be a spy released by the Qing State, but the Nanjing cabinet has always refused to investigate deeply - the people who are responsible for the practice are very realistic, this person is a line to contact the Qing State, it doesn't matter whether it is a spy or not, this line is really used now, but unfortunately, King Lu has no capital and discussion, the Qing army's plan to destroy the Ming Dynasty is set, and the army will arrive in Xitang, not far from Hangzhou, on the eleventh, Chen Hongfan can only plan for himself.

The Qing army pressed the border, and the courtiers in Hangzhou couldn't think of a way to deal with the enemy, so they pointed the finger at Ma Shiying, condemning him for betrayal, autocracy, greed, and jealousy. Lao Ma was fed up with anger, so he simply handed over the cabinet seal letter and left, but it was difficult to get rid of the stall and not do it, and Fang Guoan, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, disagreed, and chased Zheng Hongkui to the boat and dragged the old horse to the Zhejiang army camp.

Ma Shiying was kidnapped, and the court stopped arguing, in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Ma Shiying's ability was relatively strong, and his bad reputation was mainly for the court. At this time, Chen Hongfan ran back to report that the Qing army refused to negotiate peace and only accepted surrender, and Zhang Bingzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also told the officers and soldiers that the troops were weak and the food and salary were insufficient, and they really could not fight, and Hangzhou must not suffer the disaster of Yangzhou again.

King Lu issued an edict to surrender, the courtiers parted ways again, Zhang Bingzhen and other former Zhejiang officials wanted to protect the local people and decided to surrender with King Lu, Huang Daozhou and others swore to resist and continued to flee south, Zhu Dadian and Fang Guoan soldiers were only 20,000, and they did not dare to fight, so they took the opportunity to fight to the end under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

On 14 June, the Qing army took Hangzhou without a fight, and Boluo quickly sent people to appease the governors of Zhejiang, and the four prefectures of Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Yanzhou surrendered to the land, and the other prefectures also sent letters to flatter, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before Zhejiang's revenue was in the middle. However, the general trend of the world changed dramatically in an instant, Wang Zhiren, the general soldier of Zhejiang, and Zhang Guowei, Qian Sule, and other officials registered in eastern Zhejiang, supported King Dai Lu as the prison in Shaoxing, and Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, Zhang Kentang, the governor of Fujian, and Huang Daozhou, the official who could not escape, supported the Tang King as the prisoner in Jianning, and the two forces continued to oppose the Qing Dynasty under the banner of the Ming Dynasty; Wuchang's response was even more rapid, and only ten days after the fall of Hangzhou, he sent troops into the Huizhou Prefecture of Nanzhili and the two prefectures of Chuzhou and Quzhou in Zhejiang, and then immediately deposed the Ming Law and implemented a new policy there, as if they did not intend to leave—Bolo and the new governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Cunren, were at a loss in the face of the chaos and had to turn to Nanjing for help.

Nanjing's Duoduo was also distressed, Jiangnan was finally settled, and the old fourteenth came to add to the chaos, and issued an edict that "civil, military, military and civilians everywhere, do their best to shave their hair, and if they do not obey, military law will be engaged", this is trouble, and a bloody storm is coming.

The old fourteen are confused, but I can't be confused, let Hanchen do this lack of morality, let's stay away from the crowd - Duoduo complained and ordered the local government to follow the edict, and the chaos in Zhejiang could not be taken care of for the time being.