Chapter 128: Reasonable (I)
Zhang Mingzhen, the name of the Hou Mansion, should be a person from Tianfu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Chongzhen in the last years for the Shipu guerrilla, Lu Jian country, since then Hu from the left and right. In the fifth year of Yongli, Zhoushan fell, and Zhang Mingzhen escorted Lu Jianguo south to Fujian.
At that time, there were still tens of thousands of generals in the Lu domain, but Zhoushan fell, and their families were all lost in the city, and they had no heart to fight, among them, such as Ruan Mei, who had just inherited the title of Marquis of Ruan Jindang Hu, and other generals brought ships, artillery and troops to the Qing Dynasty, while people such as Pingyi Hou Zhou Hezhi, Yingyi Bo Ruan Jun and others were attached to Zheng Chenggong, only Zhang Mingzhen led his subordinates to maintain a cooperative attitude with Zheng Chenggong rather than subordination, and continued to be loyal to Lu Jianguo.
For a period of time after that, Zhang Mingzhen did not make much move, because the military supplies had been completely restricted by Zheng Chenggong, and it was not until Zheng Chenggong determined the strategy of Qian Qianyi's three bureaus that Zhang Mingzhen was able to send troops north to Chongming with Zhang Huangyan. Of course, more importantly, due to the loss of troops in the first battle of Fengchao Mountain, Zheng Chenggong was making a fake peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time, and he needed a reason to achieve the strategic goal of entering the Yangtze River and block the mouth of the Qing court, so it was Zhang Mingzhen's turn to appear as a diehard loyalist of King Lu.
However, Sun Kewang intended to usurp the throne, Liu Wenxiu deliberately delayed, and the southwest Ming army did not launch a counteroffensive in the eighth year of Yongli, let alone recover Huguang and then go downstream, so Zhang Mingzhen's third entry into the Yangtze River was not able to achieve the strategic goal. Finally, under the expulsion of Liang Huafeng, he joined up with the chief Chen Liuyu and went south to recover Zhoushan.
In the first battle of Zhoushan that year, Zhang Mingzhen's mother died there, and Zhang Mingzhen searched for his mother's body after going to the island without success, and died of illness at the end of the year. Before he died, he said: "I have not reported the kindness of my mother, and if my mother's body is not obtained, I will not receive my remains." "Apparently depressed.
However, then Zheng Chenggong took advantage of the situation to assign the only army under Zhang Mingzhen's direct jurisdiction that continued to be loyal to the Lu domain to the command of Zheng Chenggong's subordinate Chen Liuyu, instead of handing it over to Zhang Huangyan according to Zhang Mingzhen's wishes, so there was a saying that Zhang Mingzhen was poisoned to death by Zheng Chenggong, and even in later generations, many people attacked Zheng Chenggong with this.
Time has changed, and in May of this year, Chen Wen recovered Ningshao, and then took back the Zhoushan Islands from Zheng Tai. At that time, Zhang Mingzhen asked to go to the island to find his mother's remains, and Chen Wen was afraid that Zhang Mingzhen would die of illness in Zhoushan as in history, so he specially stipulated half a month. As a result, in the half a month stipulated by Chen Wen, Zhang Mingzhen did not succeed, so he had to leave Zhoushan gloomily and wait for news.
Half a year later, the guard office on Zhoushan was abolished, and it was impossible for the officials of the newly built Zhoushan County to be too concerned about him as a military general of the Ming army, so that Zhang Mingzhen never got the news and became depressed. As a result, more than a month ago, Zhang Mingzhen died of illness in Chongming City, and he still couldn't get rid of the fate of depression.
The number of fates is like this, as it is.
Zhang Mingzhen is loyal to Lu Jianguo, and his mother is also extremely filial, and he is a typical loyal and filial son. However, for the sake of the internal stability of Lu Jianguo and Zhoushan, he successively used the most drastic means to merge Huang Binqing and Wang Chaoxian. There has been a long-term discord with the civilian clique, whether it is Zhang Kentang, the first assistant of the cabinet who is in charge of the government at home, or Wang Yi, a powerful minister who holds military power outside, they are all in a semi-hostile state. It can be said that Zhang Mingzhen contributed to the rise and maintenance of the Lu Jian Dynasty, but he was inseparable from the huge internal friction.
However, Zhang Mingzhen has always been fighting against the Manchu Qing Dynasty all his life, and has never planned to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, even when the environment is the worst, and he can be called a hero. Even if he has many flaws, it can't hide his efforts.
After Zhang Mingzhen's tomb was repaired, Zhang Huangyan once wrote a poem: "After the tooth piano is broken, I am not worried, and the wine is newly poured with soil." Where is the unicorn on the mound in the painting? The wild geese in front of the river have been divided. Zhiqun's hatred is still jaw-dropping, as if I dare to turn around alone? In the coming year, the Dongfeng Cold Food Festival may be heavy to cut the green catalpa. ”
Chen Wen didn't know the specific content of this poem, but he remembered that it was roughly like this. Without him, the scholars and doctors of this era have to write poems to commemorate something, just like taking pictures and posting on Weibo in later generations. However, the news sent by the Military Intelligence Department showed that after Zhang Mingzhen's death, the troops and horses were assigned to Zhang Huangyan's command.
This is what it should be, who let Chen Liuyu not arrive in Chongming at this time, Zheng Chenggong has no chance even if he has the intention of interfering, unless he directly cuts off the food and salary of Zhang Huangyan's department, and that will only push Zhang Huangyan to Chen Wen's side, and there is no benefit to him at all.
Zhang Huangyan was a hero determined to drive out the Manchus, and now that he had military power, he would definitely actively launch an offensive against the Manchu-occupied areas, which would be beneficial for Chen Wen's attack on Hangzhou. But the problem now is that Zheng Chenggong's actions behind Zhang Huangyan seem weird, and it is really a bit unusual.
It is clearly written on the intelligence that Zheng Chenggong successively admitted the reality of Hao Shangjiu and Geng Jimao last month, and admitted that these three forces were in the Ming army sequence. Although the Shang family's father and son did not receive his recognition, the Fuming Hou Lin Chasuo sent by him before withdrew back. As for the Manchu court, which had previously negotiated peace with it, Zheng Chenggong did not break off contacts and was still negotiating with it.
None of this is very right. Zheng Chenggong's previous strategy was mainly based on the strategic layout of Fujian and Guangdong set by Zhou Quanbin, followed by Qian Qianyi's three bureaus. But now, Zheng Chenggong's strategy in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong is shrinking, especially when he is still negotiating peace with the Manchus, so there are not many options left.
Zheng Chenggong is impossible to clear up, there is no doubt about this, even if the relationship between the two sides is not very harmonious now, Chen Wen has never come up with such nonsense that Zheng Chenggong will be cleared. However, no matter which choice it takes, it will lead to great chaos in Fujian and Guangdong.
There is another possibility that I can't bear to think about, if there is some kind of connection between him and Sun Kewang, then it will be even more unfavorable for the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang.
This is not out of the question, Sun Kewang has already shown his vigilance against him, and in the letter that Zheng Chenggong asked Zhang Jun to bring before, in addition to saying two good words for the southeastern gentry, he also mentioned the matter of letting the vassal king of Jiangxi return to Jiangxi to become a vassal lord.
Zheng Chenggong is a student of Qian Qianyi, and his character also has the shadow of a Confucian scholar, and it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will say two sentences. And the vassal king of Jiangxi, in his middle left also lived in several big places, good food and drink, now that Jiangxi has recovered, these people will also provide him with some support when they return to the fiefdom.
But if you think about it from the pessimistic side, assuming that the two reached an agreement and formed an anti-Chen alliance, then when the civil war broke out, how could Chen Wen have the time to take care of the enclave of Hangzhou, which was not dangerous to defend to the north. In this case, it is far better to put aside the plan to recover Hangzhou for the time being and wait and see what happens.
Historically, there was no lower limit to Nanming's infighting. Hao Shangjiu was unclear, swaying back and forth, Zheng Chenggong still had a head to say. But Sun Kewang has targeted Li Dingguo with open knives and hidden arrows in the past, but he doesn't even have a reason to say it, that is, he makes it clear that I want to kill you, it's as simple as that.
"The order was sent down, Huguang and Fujian were closely monitored, and the troops and horses of all units in Jiangxi were restored to a state of combat readiness, and all vacations were canceled, and they immediately returned to the camp to stand by. In addition, he sent the letter to the king of Xining. It's time to encourage Li Dingguo and let him do what a loyal minister should do.
The letter was handed over to the messenger, and Chen Wen picked up the letter brought back by the messenger who had been sent to Fengjie to ask to see Wen Anzhi, which contained many of Wen Anzhi's worried words about Sun Kewang.
From this point of view, Sun Kewang is already Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. But now that the world is undecided, I hurriedly want to move the big Buddha of Yongli down, but no matter how you look at it, it is death. Not even Sun Kewang died alone, but he even had to accompany everyone to die with him.
There is no way, as soon as Yongli dies and there is no co-owner, the various forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty will definitely seek to support great merit and bring out one clan after another to compete for the throne. At that time, I am afraid that I will not need the Manchu Qing to attack, and the civil war will make all the efforts of these years in vain, and in the end, as when Shaowu and Yongli fought for the throne, as long as I pushed lightly in the Qing Dynasty, the Han family world that was just expected to recover would be completely finished.
Zheng Chenggong's uncertainty may not cause much harm in fact, after all, his land battle is a nerve knife, and this is exactly what the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies are best at. But once Sun Kewang is included, a Qin clan with an army of more than 100,000 is matched with a naval division to dominate the world, and the land division also has tens of thousands of Yanping clans, the trend of the situation will be completely uncontrollable.
Infighting, this is an extremely depressing topic, Chen Wen has been thinking about going back and forth in the room alone for a long time, and the dull air is almost breathless. But if you don't plan clearly, once a civil war really breaks out, then it will immediately fall into passivity, and it is really easy for the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies that are in the take-off stage to be discounted their wings, or even fall to death.
Standing up, Chen Wen walked to the door, opened the door and let out the air, and changing his mind was also a good spice. Unexpectedly, he had just opened the door, but he saw the housekeeper in the inner house who had a limp leg on the battlefield running over with a sweaty head.
"King, the princess is going to give birth, she is going to give birth!"
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At nightfall, Chen Wen had been pacing around the door of the room for almost an hour. But compared to the situation inside the house, just walking around could not alleviate Chen Wen's anxiety at all.
"Over the years, the king has countless living people, God has mercy, and he has been the shelter of his sister, so the king doesn't need to worry."
Zhou Jingting insisted that he was not as anxious as Chen Wen, in fact, even if he is now the father of two children, but his sister gave birth, it is impossible not to worry. But Chen Wen is already like this, if he does this again, there will be chaos in this courtyard, but it will not be good for his sister.
However, Zhou's persuasion did not have any effect. The theory of heaven and man induction is used in giving birth to children, Chen Wen doesn't believe it at all, otherwise it should be under the rule of Emperor Chongzhen, a Ming Dynasty led by the Donglin Party and the people live and work in peace and contentment, rather than the end of the Ming Dynasty today!
However, the more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, Chen Wen couldn't help but secretly scolded that he had something wrong with his brain, and even began to want to acquiesce in the correctness of that set of theories, instead of pinning his hopes on the experience and ability of the midwife.
But at this moment, a cry came from inside the house, and Chen Wen's mind was blank. Immediately afterwards, the midwife, who claimed to be the best midwife in Jinhua City, rushed out in three steps and two steps, bowed to the ground, and congratulated loudly.
"Congratulations to the King, congratulations to the King. The princess gave birth to a little princess, and the mother and daughter were safe. ”
"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king."
Since pregnancy, everyone is looking forward to giving birth to a boy, who is the son of the prince of Huiji County, the heir of the foundation established by Chen Wen over the years. But now she is a daughter, and this congratulations is naturally mixed with a trace of other feelings.
"Congratulations to the king, it's good that the mother and daughter are safe, and it's good to be safe."
The servant who knelt on the ground in the courtyard, but Zhou Jingting, the only official here, was obviously half a beat slower. However, the slow half beat made him react, and hurriedly emphasized the safety of the mother and daughter - his sister passed through the Hades Palace safely, which is a good thing after all, and of course it is worth celebrating.
Everyone in the courtyard had all kinds of thoughts, but Chen Wen's thoughts were too simple, and his mind was now filled with the five words "I have a daughter", and he couldn't squeeze even one word around him. It wasn't until a moment later that he regained his reaction and hurriedly pushed the door in to see Zhou Yueying and his eldest daughter.
"Why, don't ...... king"
Next, the midwife once again started a tirade, repopularizing the classic theory of costume dramas in the house where women give birth to children, which can be regarded as a proof that art comes from life. However, Chen Wen didn't seem to care, so as a "highly acclaimed professional", she immediately led the topic to another side.
"The king, the princess is so tired that she has fallen asleep, and the little princess has just been born, and the mother and daughter can't see the wind, and they will fall ill......"
"Okay."
suppressed the urge to go in to see his daughter immediately, but Chen Wen's joy was already beyond words, which made Zhou Jingting breathe a sigh of relief.
After a long time, Chen Wen, who had already moved out of the fallacy and heresy that "the place where the child was born has a breath of life, is good luck", finally got the permission of professionals and entered the room, but it was limited to the outer room, and the inner room that had just been used as a delivery room was still not allowed to enter.
Zhou Yueying was still in the inner room, but listening to Mo'er, who was waiting on the side, she was obviously very tired and had fallen asleep. Looking at the tight seal, lest he leak into the inner room with a little cool breeze, and after a moment, Chen Wencai turned to look at the child who had already been carried out by the nurse.
The newborn child's skin is wrinkled, and it does not look like what he used to see when he attended the full moon and 100th birthday banquet of the children of classmates, colleagues, or relatives and friends. But even so, the arrival of this little life, which was also tightly wrapped, was extraordinary for Chen Wen, especially seeing her lying quietly in the nurse's arms, breathing slowly, Chen Wen's mouth couldn't help but have a relieved smile on the corner of his mouth.
"The king, I want to give the little lord a name."
Name?
Chen Wen did not expect that his first child would be a girl. It's not that it's a patriarchal mentality, it's just that now that his status is like this, he really needs a son as an heir. Coupled with the subordinates around him, as well as the remarks of the wives and sisters who came to visit Zhou Yueying, "it must be a little son" at every turn, I heard it so much that Chen Wen didn't think about what a daughter should be called in the future.
The boy's name, Chen Wen has thought about it, and even determined it, but it is not suitable for the girl. Naming is a big deal, but Chen Wen has not yet developed the habit of looking for a fortune teller, Zhou Jingting, who is an uncle, will not say anything on his behalf, he has to find those past about the child's name in his memory.
It was the Spring Festival of the year before he came to this era, and the relatives at home would still urge marriage as usual, as if it had become a habit. In the evening, sitting in the living room playing with his mobile phone, chatting with his parents without a match, it seems that his mother has mentioned the question of what the future grandson and granddaughter are called, and has a heated discussion with his father.
Thinking of this, Chen Wen picked up his pen and wrote a name on the post that his mother thought was very good.
Herbs.
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"Gee, it's too early to think about that. The daughter-in-law has not yet, where is the child? ”
"Why, if you kid don't look for it, don't let us two think about it."
"Okay, okay, whatever you want, as long as you don't call it a hundred herbs." Pointing to the screen, Chen Wen's joke blurted out. "If it's called this, your second elder's grandson-in-law will have to find someone named Shennong in the future. The limitations are too great and not conducive to free love. ”
"Stinky boy, did you make fun of your daughter?"
"Mom, isn't this just for fun?"
"You can't just talk about playing!"
"I think what my son said is, how did you name this TV series?"
"What's wrong with the TV series, what's wrong with Baicao, integrity, kindness, tenacity, what's wrong, shouldn't girls be like this. I told you to watch TV series with me more often, but I don't understand it now. ”
"Integrity, kindness, and tenacity are true, but you are talking about what that character represents, and it shouldn't be specific to that name."
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TV series, Chen Wen remembers that he rarely watches TV since he got a computer, especially the parents who are full of shoddy anti-Japanese dramas and conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law on the screen, which makes him unable to arouse his interest in this area.
But after coming to this era for many years, everything that used to be has become nostalgic, and what you can't get is the best, and maybe it's not out of place to use it here. And this name had been approved of by his mother, and even his father had finally succumbed to his mother's obscenity, even if they had said it at the time......
"Dad, Mom, it's a girl, and her nickname is Baicao. May she be as upright, kind, and resilient as you hope. ”
Putting down the pen, Chen Wen has fallen into the reminiscence of the past.
Long.