Chapter 52: Emperor Longwu in a Difficult Situation
Dragon Tiger General!
Wang Kefan fully understood that Emperor Longwu directly named himself a "lieutenant general", and the lieutenant general could not be the head of the regiment, so He Tengjiao hastily promoted himself to a general. The general itself has no rank, but according to the convention, it generally corresponds to the third rank, and the second-rank Dragon and Tiger General is appointed as the general, which is barely reasonable.
Wang Kefan was very satisfied with the promotion from the garrison to the third level of the general company, if he was suddenly promoted to a rocket-like promotion such as a general soldier or deputy general, his foundation would be unstable, and he would inevitably attract open guns and hidden arrows, so it would be better to step on a few more steps and be steadfast.
The only regret is that he did not get the status of a lord like Li Guo and others, not to mention the title of prince and marquis, as long as he is an earl, he can compete with most civil officials, and he does not have to kneel when he sees people like now.
(The status of the lord in the early Nanming Dynasty was still very valuable, for example, when Emperor Hongguang came to power, he named Zuo Liangyu a Marquis of Ningnan, and Li Guo led 200,000 troops to Shun Nanming, and he was only a rejuvenating country, but in the late Yongli period, which was at the end of the road, he relied on the title of official knight to win people's hearts, and the prince of the country flew all over the sky.) )
Next is Wang Sheng, General An Yuan, from Sanpin!
Wang Sheng also made a big splash because he captured Zu Kefa alive. Although Zu Kefa is the chief soldier of the green battalion, he is also the chief soldier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and this person surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty very early, and is willing to be an eagle dog minion, and is a big traitor in everyone's mind, and his hatred for him even exceeds that of the Manchu Tartars.
As for Zhou Guodong, Tan Xiao and others, because they were not enough to be high-ranking military attachés, they were directly promoted and rewarded by Huguang, and Emperor Longwu only commended them in the edict and gave them a number of gold and silver tables......
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After the ceremony, Du Yinxi set up a banquet in the governor's yamen to entertain the imperial court. Speaking of the situation in the southeast at the banquet, Ma Jixiang suddenly said something shocking.
"Zheng Zhilong's house, he has the appearance of Cao Cao!"
Zheng Zhilong is Zheng Chenggong's father, born as a pirate, and later recruited by the Ming Dynasty, belonging to the local warlords of Fujian, especially the strongest sailor.
After the death of Emperor Hongguang, he and his younger brother Zheng Hongkui supported Emperor Longwu to ascend the throne, and regarded themselves as the ministers of Dingce, and were arrogant and domineering in the court. There is the intention of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Emperor Longwu is unwilling to act as a puppet of the Zheng brothers, and the contradictions between the monarchs and ministers are getting deeper and deeper.
On one side is the son of the Southern Tomorrow, who occupies the position of righteousness, and on the other hand, there are powerful warlords with heavy armies, and they are equal in the political struggle. There are winners and losers for each other. He Kai, the head of the household, was loyal to Emperor Longwu and was forced to resign by the Zheng brothers. They also sent someone to cut off one of his ears on the way. Demonstrating to Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu demoted Zheng Hongkui from Taishi to Shaoshi, and the contradictions between the monarchs and ministers were completely made public, and there was already a sense of parting ways.
Ma Jixiang, as a close confidant of Emperor Longwu, traveled to Liangguang Hunan. In addition to issuing edicts, there are also missions to test civil and military officials in various places and seal the frontier officials to find more support for Emperor Longwu. It's been a good journey. Both Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, and He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, expressed their loyalty to Emperor Longwu, and Wan Yuanji, the governor of Jiangxi, even went to Longwu and asked him to move to Ganzhou in southern Jiangxi to get rid of the control of the Zheng brothers......
Of course, this is a confidential matter of the imperial court and cannot be announced in public, Ma Jixiang just sighed with emotion through alcohol and violently criticized the Zheng brothers, which made the civil and military officials of Huguang angry.
Since Chongzhen's martyrdom, the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty died one and then set up another, and died one and then set up another, the prestige of Emperor Longwu was much worse than Chongzhen, but with the prestige of nearly three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, it was still the object of everyone's spiritual allegiance, and the officials of Huguang heard that the Zheng brothers dared to blackmail Emperor Longwu, and they were all filled with righteous indignation.
"Thieves are hard to change! Thief nature is hard to change! ”
The civil officials scolded each other, but the loyal camp generals showed embarrassment, the Zheng brothers were born as pirates, and the loyal camp generals were born as rogues, everyone was half a catty to eight taels, and no one was more noble than the other.
"If the saint moves to Huguang, the 200,000 soldiers of the loyal battalion are willing to swear allegiance!"
Li Guo finally stood up, bowed deeply to Qincha Ma Jixiang, and then took the wine glass and drank it all, his face was pale. When he was angry, the civil officials realized that something was wrong and immediately shut their mouths.
"Xingguo Hou (Li Guo) is loyal and righteous, and the saint has always known it." Ma Jixiang smiled and appeased, then put off the smoke screen bomb and diverted the topic: "But in order to recover Jiangnan, the saint must not leave Fujian, if the king of Nalu is not suppressed, won't it mess up my Ming succession?" ”
King Lu is another Southern Ming regime, claiming to be a prisoner, located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Tang King Longwu Emperor competed for the throne, but there are not many supporters in various places, Huguang has always supported Emperor Longwu, and civil and military officials mentioned King Lu, all condemned in unison.
Everyone started with King Lu, and then talked about King Jingjiang (another small regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty who also wanted to be the emperor) who was in turmoil not long ago, and King Gui (later Yongli) who was about to move in Guangxi, and the tone became more and more heavy...... Nanming is now only two Guangxi is still intact, plus most of Fujian, most of Huguang, Guizhou, Yunnan, Jiangxi part, the entire territory is squeezed into an L-shape, but also independent, a plate of scattered sand, the situation of the sinister can be seen at a glance.
In this situation, everyone can only hope for Emperor Longwu, hoping that he can get rid of the control of the Zheng brothers and unite the Liliang loyal to the Ming Dynasty to fight against the powerful Manchu Qing ......
Wang Kefan did not participate in their discussion, and the historical records of later generations are very clear, among the several emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Emperor Longwu is undoubtedly the most politically visionary, and the policy is basically correct, whether it is the toad emperor Hongguang or the escaped emperor Yongli, they are too far worse than him. However, Emperor Longwu is not a descendant of Wanli, belongs to the side branch of the Ming Dynasty royal family, is politically deficient, lacks his own team, has been difficult to do, he in order to get rid of the control of the Zheng brothers, he took the risk to leave Fujian, Zuihou was captured and killed by the Qing army in Tingzhou......
(Hongguang is lustful, catches toads everywhere in Nanjing, and dispenses aphrodisiacs, so he is called the Toad Emperor.) Yongli was timid, and fled to the Qing army many times, and Zuihou simply fled to Burma, but he still couldn't escape death, so he was called the fleeing emperor. )
Wang Kefan was in a trance, and someone suddenly spoke beside him.
"Yuntai, I haven't seen you these days, I didn't expect you to win a big battle and compare yourself to being a big brother."
Hearing him call himself the eldest brother, Wang Kefan knew that it was Li Guo who spoke. If you count from Li Runniang, Li Guo is his brother-in-law, and it is natural for him to call himself the eldest brother.
"Brother Li, congratulations on entering the Fengxing Kingdom!" Wang Kefan raised his wine glass and touched him with a smile: "How is it, how is the battle on the Jingzhou front?" ”
"Hehe, Jingzhou, Leke Dehun retracted. The main forces of the Tartars were all protecting Wuchang Mansion, and I was going to rest for a few days, so I sent troops to attack Chengtian Mansion (now Jingmen, Hubei). Anyway, you can't let Luck Hun live in peace. Li Guo smiled, full of ambition. Chengtianfu and other places were originally the territory of the Dashun army, and there were many people who supported the Gongyi battalion. Expand the base area of the Loyal Battalion.
"Brother Li, be careful, there are tens of thousands of horses under Luckdhun. You divide your forces to attack Chengtianfu. Be careful that he copies your back road in Jingzhou. ”
"So, aren't you going to borrow troops?" Li Guo smiled again: "How about it, you have strong soldiers and horses in your hands, can you lend me thousands of envoys?" Guaranteed to borrow and repay, you will not suffer! ”
Borrowed soldiers?
Wang Kefan was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to open his mouth to refuse. But suddenly his heart moved.
"Well, since Brother Li has spoken, of course there is nothing to say about being a brother." He groaned and said, "My subordinates have a Xiliang cavalry, which turned out to be Ma Jiaolin's men and horses. Just lend it to the eldest brother......"
"Ma Jiaolin's return soldiers, I know...... Brother, are you killing with a knife? Li Guo's eyes were bright, staring at Wang Kefan.
"No, this is just a vote, Brother Li doesn't have to be polite, military discipline must be strict, and they must be made to fight with the Tartars!"
This army has a history of defection and defection to the enemy, and handed it over to Li Guo's 200,000 army to watch, let them fight to the death with the Qing army, fight a blood feud, and their loyalty to Nanming will definitely be greatly improved. Cleaning, this is also a disguised cleaning, thousands of people Wang Kefan really can't digest it, just let them go desperately with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what is left of the big waves and sand is the real gold that is not afraid of fire.
"It doesn't matter how many people are lost, but I have a word first, but not a single war horse is missing, and I have to return it all." Wang Kefan accentuated his tone again, and half-jokingly instructed: "Otherwise, a war horse will be fifty taels of silver, and the compensation will be paid according to the price, and Tong Su will not be bullied!" ”
"Hey, don't you want tens of thousands of taels of silver? You're playing so loudly......"
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The news of Boerhui's total annihilation, the fall of Jingzhou, and the two successive fiascos reached Beijing, causing a strong shock in the Manchu Qing leadership.
There was a voice of accusation from the government and the opposition, and the spearhead was aimed at Azig, although Azignam exterminated Li Zicheng, but he did not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, leaving such a large peasant army, which is the disaster of today.
This dark tide was triggered by the two yellow flags, and the blue flags were fueling it, clearly targeting Azig, but in fact targeting Dolgon behind him. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, although Dolgon's power became more and more powerful, he also offended many people, accumulated a lot of resentment, and broke out with a slight opening.
Due to the 200,000 peasant army joining the Nanming camp, the Qing army was obviously at a disadvantage in Huguang, and Luckedhun could only barely support it.
Rats' eyes! Not to mention losing Jingzhou, even if you lose Wuchang, even if you lose the whole of Hubei, so what? As long as the elite of the Eight Banners has their hands freed up, they can wipe out this group of thieves by turning around, and even Hunan can be taken down in one fell swoop! At present, the most important thing is still Sichuan......
Li Zicheng is finished, the Hongguang court of the Southern Ming Dynasty is finished, and the biggest obstacle to the Manchu Qing Dynasty seizing the world is Zhang Xianzhong, who is entrenched in Sichuan!
Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are of the same level, and to ensure that he is defeated, the main force of the Eight Banners must be mobilized. However, the Manchus occupied most of China, the battle line became longer and longer, and the army became more and more insufficient.
Dolgon knew very well that he could only fight Sichuan first, and then Huguang.
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