The reason why Tian Xiong suddenly went anyway, in addition to being desperate, was also because Yang Tinglin gave him generous conditions, promising to be promoted to an official and knighted, and he could continue to defend one side, which was only one grade lower than Jin Shenghuan's treatment on the whole, and he planned to be named the Marquis of Shunyi.

Can a general who has lost a battle still be promoted? After some temptation, Tian Xiong confirmed that Yang Tinglin was full of sincerity, and betrayed the Manchu Qing Dynasty without hesitation, taking advantage of the opportunity to leave Hangzhou, he suddenly cut off his braids, waved the red flag, and turned into a Ming official army...... Unexpectedly, Wang Sheng refused to admit that he was a friendly army, and ordered Tian Xiong's subordinates to lay down their arms and surrender to the Chu army.

Under a fire, Tian Xiong suffered heavy losses, if it weren't for the Qing army in Songjiang Mansion suddenly came out to stir up the situation, most of them would be wiped out by the Chu army, after he fled into Nanzhili with the defeated army, he immediately wrote to Yang Tinglin, Tang Laihe, Zhu Yulu and even Wang Kefan, like Xianglin's sister-in-law, shouting injustices everywhere, and seeing who complained to whom, a stomach full of grievances and grievances.

Yang Tinglin was shocked and angry when he heard this, and immediately sent someone to Tian Xiong's army and ordered him to shut up...... Jiangnan is already chaotic enough, the civil official group is thinking about how to compromise with Wang Kefan, Tian Xiong is still coming to add chaos at this time, I really don't know how to write the dead word.

Like a blow to the head, Tian Xiong was beaten so dizzy that he couldn't recover for a long time, and pulled the messenger and asked, "What does Ming Gong mean by this?" I have thousands of sons and daughters, and they fought for their lives to join the Ming Dynasty, just to repay the kindness of Ming Gong, why is Ming Gong unwilling to avenge our grievances? ”

I've really been wronged! It's normal for generals to have conflicts between them, if they can't beat others, they have to compare whose backstage is harder, Tian Xiong just returned to Ming anyway, Yang Tinglin is the only "Ming Gong" he can rely on, he should come forward to find a place for him, the dignified minister of the imperial court, the cabinet boss, the person who is about to become the governor of Jiangnan, there is no need to be so jealous of Wang Kefan, right? Taking a step back, even if Yang Tinglin doesn't want to offend the Chu army, he shouldn't drop his cannon and attack inside!

"General Tian doesn't know that the water in the south of the Yangtze River is very deep!"

The most important thing in the way of control is to use both soft and hard, Yang Tinglin scolded Tian Xiong in the edict and slapped him in the face, and the messenger was going to rub him twice to calm the army's heart: "Yang Gebu reprimanded the general, it is a love for the general, and the reason for this must not be ignored." Alas! Now that the situation in Jiangnan is changing and it is an eventful autumn, General Tian must remember to be cautious in his words and deeds, talk less, and speak less to avoid causing trouble. Yang Gebu will hold back for the time being, he will definitely protect the general, and he will reuse the general in the future, so what's the harm if he scolds him for two sentences? ”

The messenger picked up what he could say and introduced Jiangnan's shape, and Tian Xiong knew that around his return to Ming anyway, Jiangnan caused another public opinion storm......

Tian Xiong betrayed Emperor Hongguang, he has been acting as an eagle dog of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for several years, his hands are stained with blood, and his reputation in Jiangnan is invisible...... During this period of great controversy, the civilian-bureaucratic clique retreated in an all-round way, and only Yang Tinglin stood firm in front, he had always been honest and honest, and he was known for his high conduct, and the people who attacked him were unable to find the truth, and as soon as the matter of recruiting Tian Xiong came out, they provided them with powerful shells.

You, Yang Tinglin, as the leader of Donglin, set an example in Shilin, talk about loyalty, filial piety and righteousness on weekdays, but when it comes to things, you forget your father and entrust you with the important task of recognizing the thief as your father, see how you defend yourself? After all, it's a duplicitous hypocrite! Qian Qianyi sighed in front of a group of Jiangnan gentry, we shaved our hair and lowered our hair to live in order to endure humiliation and steal life, some people compare themselves to Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde, but in fact, they are full of power and self-interest.

(Wen Tianxiang is called Wenshan, Xie Fangde is called Stacked Mountain, both of them are national heroes at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yang Tinglin calls himself Jianshan, intended to emulate Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde, in history, Yang Tinglin defended Ganzhou, committed suicide by throwing himself into the water after the city was broken, there is no stain on the national integrity, Qian Qianyi in this book is only deliberately smearing and attacking him...... In fact, Yang Tinglin, Wan Yuanji, He Tengjiao, Qu Shiyun and even Shi Kefa and others are all anti-Qing martyrs who regard death as home, but they can't hide their political and military incompetence. ）

Naked personal attacks!

It's despicable!

The civilian clique is very familiar with this method, and in a debate, regardless of whether what you say is justified or not, as long as you use personal attacks to ruin your reputation and prove that your personal character is problematic, you will naturally be defeated...... This set is actually left over from the Donglin Party, from the original eunuch Wei Zhongxian to Ma Shiying of the Hongguang Dynasty, and even including Emperor Hongguang himself, they have been repeatedly smeared, and now this method is used on themselves, only to feel the helplessness and anger of being splashed with sewage.

In this great debate to safeguard the interests of civil officials, Yang Tinglin is now a banner, struggling to support it without falling, if Yang Tinglin is stinky and falls, the camp of the civilian class will collapse immediately, and many people will defect, no longer able to confront Wu Xun, leading the country to the abyss of no return...... Tang Laihe stepped forward, Wan Yuan Ji went into battle shirtless, and the civil officials worked together to defend Yang Tinglin, but Tian Xiong had too many stains, and he always lacked confidence to defend himself, and there were more and more people attacking Yang Tinglin, and finally even Zhang Huangyan stood up and listed all kinds of crimes committed by Tian Xiong in the war with King Lu's regime in recent years.

At this point, Yang Tinglin was already speechless, and even if Tian Xiong was pushed out as a scapegoat, he would not be able to recover the form.

For a Shilin leader like Yang Tinglin, everyone's moral requirements for him are very high, and he must be a mortal enemy who is different from the traitor, but he uses high-ranking officials to recruit Tian Xiong, and any further defense is pale and powerless...... In all kinds of heart-wrenching accusations and abuses, Yang Tinglin was described as a duplicitous hypocrite, a powerful minister who would do anything to achieve his goals, a shameless villain who could sell his integrity and beliefs for the sake of party struggle, and was full of lies and deception.

The lifeblood of a warlord is the territory and the army, and the lifeblood of a civilian official is seniority and prestige, so there is a saying that "raising hope", if a warlord has no army, he will not be able to occupy the territory, and once the reputation of the civil official is stinky, the life of the government will be over. Yang Tinglin wrote any more articles, but he was only greeted with overwhelming saliva and scolding, no one debated with him, and he had lost his qualification to participate in the debate.

In the midst of a panic, the secret envoy sent by Emperor Longwu finally rushed to Jiangnan and sent a secret decree to Yang Tinglin, Tang Laihe and others.

Three days later, at a small meeting where Zhu Yuqi, Wang Kefan, Tang Laihe and other bigwigs were present, Ma Jixiang made it clear that he supported the establishment of the Northern Expedition Admiral, and the Northern Expedition was unsuccessful for one day, and Beijing was not recovered for one day, and the Northern Expedition Admiral could not be abolished lightly for a day, as for the candidate for the Northern Expedition Admiral, of course, it was Wang Kefan, the first good general of the Longwu Dynasty, the commander of the Chu Army......

Choosing Ma Jixiang as the messenger in the middle, Emperor Longwu and the civil official group took great pains. To be a good messenger, three conditions must be met: first, you must be loyal to and support Emperor Longwu, and you must not belong to the civilian-official group, and your attitude in this struggle is relatively detached; second, it must have a certain status and weight, and it must be able to talk to Wang Kefan, and small fish and shrimp are not qualified to mix; Third, it is necessary to have a certain negotiating ability and safeguard the interests of Emperor Longwu and the civil class as much as possible...... Pull the entire Jiangnan aside, and there are few people who meet these three at the same time, and only Ma Jixiang is the most suitable.

Ma Jixiang, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Emperor Longwu's "personal captain", suddenly expressed his support for the establishment of the Northern Expedition Admiral, which is equivalent to nodding for Emperor Longwu himself. That night, he visited Wang Kefan alone and started substantive negotiations......

At the same time, Emperor Longwu sent a minister of the Imperial Mission, Guo Weijing, a bigwig of the Southern Party, to lead dozens of civil and military officials to Nanjing to replace Yang Tinglin.

These civil and military officials are all accepted members of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are about to serve as governors, political envoys, envoys, prefects and other local officials, of which Chu Xun's officials account for more than half, the imperial party and the southern party together account for a small half, but there are no people from the Donglin party. Since Emperor Longwu is ready to compromise, the Chuxun group will of course take the lion's share as the victor, and the imperial court cannot completely give up, only the Donglin Party has been completely abandoned as a victim of the political struggle, although Jiangnan is their base camp, don't think about making a comeback in the future.

Before Guo Weijing arrived in Nanjing, Wang Kefan received the news that he was somewhat surprised by Emperor Longwu's great concession. In addition, in the bargaining with Ma Jixiang, he also found that the establishment of the Northern Expedition Admiral was not the reserve price of Emperor Longwu, and it seemed that other aspects could make significant concessions.

Abnormal!

Emperor Longwu not only agreed to Wang Kefan as the governor of the Northern Expedition, but also agreed not to set up a governor of Jiangnan, and the highest magistrate in Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces was the governor, who was directly controlled by Wang Kefan. Ma Jixiang also proposed a construction to transfer Jin Shenghuan's headquarters to Suzhou, Hangzhou and Taihu Lake, and Zheng Chenggong was subject to Wang Kefan's control, and Jin Shenghuan's territory in Jiangxi was handed over to Fu Dingquan, or it could be directly handed over to the Chuxun group, and Wang Kefan appointed and dismissed all local officials.

This is a very affordable construction yì, if Jin Shenghuan is transferred away, Huguang, Jiangxi and Nanzhili's territory is connected, military and political aspects are easy to manage, Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, although there is no prosperity in Suzhou and Hangzhou, but it has important strategic significance...... On the contrary, Suzhou and Hangzhou were too far away from the base camp of the Chu army, and the territory of the three provinces south of the Yangtze River was also too large, so Wang Kefan had no intention of being monopolized by the Chu army, otherwise it would be easy to indigestion if he expanded too quickly.

The question is, why did Emperor Longwu do this?

Transferring Jin Shenghuan to Jiangnan will generally do more harm than good to Emperor Longwu, but Jin Shenghuan and Wang Kefan are both beneficiaries, could it be that there is any agreement between Emperor Longwu and Jin Shenghuan secretly?

Wang Kefan was puzzled, and kept testing Ma Jixiang, but he never found out the reason, Emperor Longwu was going to suppress Wu Xun, but now he suddenly made a 180-degree turn, and the conditions given even exceeded Wang Kefan's expectations, there must be something wrong with this.

After winning the battle of Ningzhen, the danger of losing the country was temporarily lifted, Wang Kefan was ready to operate on the Ming Dynasty to clean up the maladministration, but this is a long-term process, it is impossible to do it in one step, the civil officials have controlled the court for many years, the prestige of the imperial power is still not to be underestimated, Wang Kefan only has to pass guò again and again, and gradually achieve the goal of reform...... The political problem must be solved by political means, the Chu army is just a knife in Wang Kefan's hand, if he encounters an opponent with political disagreement, he will cut it with a knife, and in the end he can only become a lonely person, Wang Kefan is ready for a protracted war. Of course, if there is a major event like the Battle of Ningzhen, it will greatly promote this process.

In the turmoil after the Battle of Ningzhen, Wang Kefan and Emperor Longwu directly clashed, although they achieved absolute superiority, but they also used their strength to fight and oppress people, and put away the knife and talked about political strength alone, the gap between the two sides was not so big...... There were many opportunists in Wang Kefan's camp, such as Jin Shenghuan being the most obvious example, and the Jiangnan gentry supported the Chu army under the prestige of the Qing army, and if Wang Kefan's next policy endangered their interests, they would become enemies in the blink of an eye.

In order to further test the bottom line of Emperor Longwu and the civil official group, he launched his own public opinion army, and changed the target of the attack to the civil official system of "using civil power to control the military" and "the Son of Heaven and scholars ruling the world together", and vigorously advocated the significance of reopening the Dadu Governor's Office, and made a bid to Ma Jixiang, asking Emperor Longwu to reform the political system and set up the Dadu Governor's Office.

The price is sky-high, depending on how you pay it back on the spot.

Ma Jixiang went back to discuss with Tang Laihe, Yang Tinglin and others, and rejected this impossible request, Wang Kefan was not in a hurry, he talked patiently and slowly, and waited patiently for Guo Weijing's arrival...... The distance between Nanjing and Guilin is three thousand miles, and the pressure on Nanjing's side is transmitted to Guilin, and then fed back, the delay in the middle is very long, what is the attitude of Emperor Longwu now, and the mystery can only be revealed after Guo Weijing arrives.

In the process, Wang Sheng and Wang Deren completed the siege of Hangzhou and began a tentative attack.

At the same time, news came from Huguang that Shang Kexi had transferred troops and horses to the three passes of Yiyang, and there were signs of retreating north to Henan, but Kong Youde had gathered troops and mobilized water divisions, and it was said that he would go down the east along the river, converge with Tunbuer in Anqing Prefecture, and rescue Tan Tai and Tunqi in Nanjing. (There are two roads between Henan and Huguang that can be used by the army to pass guò, one goes to Xiangyang and Nanyang, which is described in great detail in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the other is the three passes of Yiyang in Xinyang, which also has very important strategic significance in ancient wars, and the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway in later generations pass through here.) ）R1152