Chapter 50: Latent

readx;?“ If the Su belongs to Chongming, and the Zhejiang belongs to Zhoushan, all of them are lonely overseas, and the projectile stands alone......"

As stated in the inscription of the Manchu Qing Army, Chongming's geographical location is very advantageous, and it is a natural base for the Ming army with the advantage of the naval division, and it is convenient to attack the north and south of the Yangtze River from here, and only by occupying Chongming City, this base can be stabilized. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, in the original history, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan besieged Chongming for eight months starting in August of the seventh year of Yongli, during which the anti-Qing people led by Qian Qianyi funded the formation of a large number of rebel armies, including Yao Zhizhuo's troops, to assist in the attack, in order to turn Chongming Island into another Zhoushan.

At the beginning of November, Yao Zhizhuo returned to Jiangnan from Guizhou, and his first stop was to rush here to inform Qian Qianyi, the general backstage of the anti-Qing activists in the southeast, about the situation there, so as to better plan the anti-Qing movement. It's just that outside Hongdou Villa at this time, there are more simple tea shops, and there are some men near the left, some are selling some small goods, and some are simply lying in the shade to enjoy the coolness. The only thing that has one thing in common is that these people are all looking sideways at passers-by.

Sneaking thousands of miles, Yao Zhizhuo was originally a bold and careful character, but now that he sees such a situation, he doesn't know what he means. So he continued to walk in the direction of the distance without knocking on the side door of the Qian family, completely like a farmer passing by.

It wasn't until late at night, when he began to observe the present and make sure that most of the people who were watching were gone, that Yao Zhizhuo came lightly to the high wall of the Qian family, and entered the Qian family with three times and five by two.

Hongdou Villa covers a large area, but Yao Zhizhuo has been here many times and is still familiar with the internal layout. Through the corridor, he easily avoided several waves of maids and housekeepers, and soon he came to the courtyard where Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi lived.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The sound of knocking on the door came, and Qian Qianyi and Liu Ru, who had already fallen asleep, woke up from it, Liu Ru slept very lightly on weekdays, and Qian Qianyi slept a little bit badly because of the recent wind in Jiangnan.

Liu Ru got up from the bed, opened the door and saw that it was Yao Zhizhuo, so he hurriedly let him in, but Qian Qianyi was startled.

"Ziqiu, how did you get here, but were you seen by those spies outside?"

Fortunately, the maids who served on weekdays had all been chased to the side room because Qian Qianyi was not sleeping well, otherwise Yao Zhizhuo would have been discovered here, but those spies outside were by no means easy to match.

Qian Qianyi was still concerned about whether Yao Zhizhuo was discovered by the Manchu spies, but Liu Ru asked bluntly: "Can great things be done?" ”

knows that Liu Ru is not an ordinary woman, and can even be said to be Qian Qianyi's most important assistant in anti-Qing Dynasty. With this question, Yao Zhizhuo first nodded to Liu Rushi, and then said to Qian Qianyi: "Mu Weng, I made sure that those spies were not there before I came in from the west wall. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Hearing this, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "The old man knows the means of Ziqiu, and he will not be noticed by the Tartars if he thinks about it."

Seeing that Qian Qianyi was still paying attention to these things that had happened, Liu Ru was quite anxious, but she also knew the temperament of her husband, so she had to force herself to get some snacks and tea. Fortunately, Yao Zhizhuo did not let her wait too long, and after explaining to Qian Qianyi, he began to mention the details of her trip to Guizhou.

Since the beginning of the year, he has traveled up the Yangtze River, entered Guizhou through Huguang, arrived at the Qin Palace, Guiyang, and met the Son of Yongli, and then returned all the way to the south of the Yangtze River. The experience along the way, Yao Zhizhuo told the story, and after telling what he saw thoroughly, he took a sip of tea, but he felt thirsty, but fortunately, Liu Ru hurriedly poured a cup to feel more comfortable.

"Okay, since His Royal Highness the King of Qin has agreed to this matter, at that time, with the strength of the King of Qin, the Marquis of An Yuan and Damu, the three of them will definitely be able to recover half of the south of the Yangtze River in one battle."

Once he thought of being able to instigate three hundreds of thousands of troops to sweep the south of the Yangtze River with a white body, and then the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Qian Qianyi was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and his face was ruddy and far better than usual, which can be described as radiant.

In this regard, Liu Ru is also very happy, if he can recover Nanjing one day earlier, Qian Qianyi will be able to wash away his previous infamy one day earlier, which is the most concerned thing as a wife. On the other hand, resisting the Qing Dynasty was originally her idea, and seeing that Qian Qianyi was able to put aside his weakness and face all this bravely, Liu Ruyi's eyes contained tears.

It's just that compared to this couple, although Yao Zhizhuo is happy, there is still a hidden worry in his heart, and Qian and Liu are so excited that he can only pour this basin of cold water to please this boring child.

"Mu Weng, I have seen it in Guizhou, the Qin Palace, which is magnificent, comparable to the palace, and the place where the Son of Heaven lives is just the yamen of Anlong's Thousand Households, and the shabby and dilapidated place is not as good as the stables of the Qin Palace."

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi and Liu Ru couldn't help but accept the excitement, the two did not understand the meaning of Yao Zhizhuo's words, this His Royal Highness the King of Qin was the remnant of the traitor Zhang Xianzhong, and the matter of sealing Qin is said to be disrespectful.

"Ziqiu, the old man has already considered this matter. In the three bureaus, although the army of the Qin Domain is the main force, it will not be easy if there is no cooperation between Marquis An Yuan and Damu. Now that Qin Fan and the King of Xining are at odds, Da Mu is a disciple of the old man, and the old man is also a little thin in Chen Hou. If this person dares to act disobediently, the old man only writes a letter, Fujian Zhoushi enters the Yangtze River to block waterway traffic, and Zhejiang Tiejia enters Jiangxi to cut off his retreat, and the two combined armies can crush him. Moreover, there is also the king of Xining, who collects Yun, Gui, Guangxi and Huguang, and Sun Kewang has only one way to die. ”

Pointing out the country with arrogance, Qian Qianyi seemed to have returned to the past, and in his words, he didn't look down on His Royal Highness the King of Qin, who was born in a rogue, as if all the forces in the world were in his fingers, following his baton.

"However, now that the Tartars are strong, it is better not to fight or not to fight. At that time, Nanjing will be recovered, all three families will be there, and the old man will always try to make them go north and drive the Tartars out of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Yao Zhizhuo was not a master of the art of war with a very strategic vision, and now Qian Qianyi's three bureaus can be recognized by Sun Kewang of the Qin Domain, Chen Wen, Marquis of Anyuan, and Zhu Chenggong, the Duke of Zhangguo, which should be an excellent strategy. Now seeing that Qian Qianyi has already decided on a remedial plan for Sun Kewang's resignation, he calmed down, and after eating some snacks, Liu Ru arranged for him to rest in a side room, but Qian Qianyi became a little worried after Yao Zhizhuo left the room.

"Mu Zhai, what's wrong?"

Seeing Liu Ruye's face full of concern, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but put what he thought in his heart: "Sun Kewang has made more moves, and Chen Wen is not a good character, but I am afraid that he may not try his best to cooperate." Hey, it's a pity that now because of the Zhejiang case, the old man is staring at the old man, otherwise the old man will always try to convince one or two if he goes to Jinhua again. ”

"Isn't there still a wandering?"

Liu Ru is more or less aware of the current situation, and the Tongzhejiang case has become a party struggle between the former ministers of Liaodong and the officials of the north and the south with the contradictions between the Manchus and the Han within the Manchu court and the party struggle between the north and the south. Qian Qianyi has deep contacts with many southern officials, and even before he had obtained a lot of information through these relationships, and now that the Zhejiang case has begun, especially when Wang Sheng has testified that Chen Wen claimed to have obtained information about the Qing army's encirclement and suppression of Siming Mountain in Nanjing, Qian Qianyi's suspicion immediately became bigger.

Coupled with Qian Qianyi's own literary reputation in Jiangnan and his outstanding influence, the current situation in the southeast is not conducive to the Qing army, and the local government is a little restrained, lest it will force the southeast gentry and corrupt the overall situation.

As a result, Qian Qianyi was able to sit at home and avoid the storm during this time, but it was extremely difficult to set off to the south again. Not to mention anything else, Liu Ru is the only one in the family who knows that he resisted the Qing Dynasty, even his son is also kept in the dark, if he leaves here, he can't hide it from others at all, and it is too dangerous for a figure who has already become the attention of the Manchu government.

"Lai is a smart person, and it should not be counterproductive to go to Jinhua this time."

The next day, Yao Zhizhuo and Qian Qianyi discussed again, and only after dark did they secretly leave Hongdou Villa. This time he returned from Guizhou, Yao Zhizhuo's first stop was to come to meet Qian Qianyi, as soon as this matter was over, he would rush to Zhenjiang to meet He Wangsheng, the former director of the Ministry of War, and the Yongli Imperial Court crowned him as a squire of the Ministry of War.

He Wang Sheng is the son of He Shishou, the governor of Tianjin in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the first year of Chongzhen, he has been an official for many years, and he is familiar with the remnants of the Yuyuan Army in Shandong Province to capture the former general Ping Yitong, anti-Qing person Wu Yonggong and others, and connects the local gentry, the Qing army and the anti-Qing people, and is quite powerful in Nanjing and Zhenjiang.

Qian Qianyi's three bureaus, strategically speaking, the southwest Ming army went down the Yangtze River and joined the southeast Ming army, but when the plan was set, Chen Wen was still fighting in Quzhou, and Zheng Chenggong had just recovered Zhangzhou. If Sun Kewang's army attacked, Zheng Chenggong's boat division might arrive, and the Qing army would also devote itself to defending the left near area, then the real responsibility for disrupting the Qing army in core areas such as Nanjing and Zhenjiang was the righteous army of He Wangsheng and Ping Yitong.

After Yao Zhizhuo left, Qian Qianyi asked people to find the doorman Deng Qixi and asked him to go to Jiangning according to the agreed method and inform Chen Wen of some things.

Deng Qixi set off from Hongdou Villa and soon came to the Bao'en Temple outside the Jiangning Jubao Gate. This Bao'en Temple is named by Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Dynasty, there is a legend that Zhu Di built to commemorate his biological mother, whether this is the case is already unknown, but Deng Qixi after visiting a place, only to go to a bookstore called Tongyuan near the left.

"Shopkeeper, Xiaosheng wants to buy a copy of "Zhu Zi's Family Motto", and he wants the official seal of the second year of the Apocalypse."

"If you go back to Gongzi, there is an official seal, but there is no one in the second year of the Apocalypse."

"What year is that?"

"Five years of the apocalypse."

Hearing this, Deng Qixi hesitated, and then said: "It's okay for the fifth year of the Apocalypse, but it must be made clear in advance which yamen seal this book is." ”

The printing of books in the Ming Dynasty was divided into official and non-governmental, and the official printing was like the general printing of the subset of the classics and histories, the printing of the almanac of the Qintianjian, and the printing of the local government by the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

"There is a ...... of the Master of Ceremonies and Supervisors"

Before the words fell, Deng Qixi categorically refused, for a very simple reason, saying that he was afraid that those castrations would dirty his hands.

"Here, the small shop has a copy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's seal, but I just have to discuss with the owner to see if the owner is reluctant to part with love."

"What's so difficult about this, you lead the way, and I will personally go and tell your owner."

The owner of the bookstore was a scholar named Bai Jinghyuk, the youngest son of a gentry from other places. It is said that the purpose of trading here is only to make a living, so that he can hone his knowledge and take the imperial examination. But those who have read his articles also know that if this guy wants to make some fame, he is afraid that he will have to work hard for a few more years.

beckoned the young man in the store to continue to look at the store, and the shopkeeper led Deng Qixi into the backyard.

"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is knowing."

Shaking his head and reciting aloud to the Analects in his hand, the intelligence chief of the Nanjing area under Chen Wen was completely a nerd. At least in the eyes of others, if there was no such shopkeeper and still trying his best to maintain it, this nerd would have ruined the bookstore long ago.

During this period, the anti-Qing movement in the southeast was still in full swing, and the threat of the Ming army, especially the Ming army in Zhejiang, was day by day, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have much interest in the literary prison, and the supervision of places such as bookstores was not very strict. Besides, this bookstore originally had nothing to check, the rules and regulations were decent, the money was never bad, and it never published anti-Qing reading materials such as the Lu Liuliang Appraisal Examination Paper that had gone viral among the people in recent months, and even Jiangning's officials didn't bother to come here to make trouble, just used as a cover.

The shopkeeper brought people in, obviously he had already made a code, and seeing this, Bai Jinghe introduced Deng Qixi into the study.

"I was entrusted to come here to inform me of something."

Deng Qixi's entrustment must be Qian Qianyi, and the object of notification can only be Chen Wen. Bai Jinghe had seen this person when he was in Jinhua, so he naturally understood the doorway. The two talked in the study in a low voice for a while, and Deng Qixi took a copy of Zhu Zi's family motto with the fifth seal of the Apocalypse and left Tongyuan Bookstore. As for the next joint, the code was changed to the "Book of Songs" engraved by the Guozijian in the tenth year of Chongzhen.

"Owner, this is a newly sent brush and inkstone."

At noon, Deng Qixi was sent away, and when the store was about to close in the afternoon, there were vendors from other places who sent some brushes and inkstones, and the shopkeeper learned that there was a side of the inkstone and a few wolf hairs in good condition, so he picked them out and took them into the backyard.

A moment later, in the study, She Yan and Wolf Hao were casually thrown on the table, as if it was the case from the moment the shopkeeper entered the door, but Bai Jinghe had an extra wax pill in his hand, and after pinching it open, a note full of Suzhou yards appeared in his hand.

"Start with No. 3, take the "Three Kingdoms" printed in the first year of the Apocalypse."

Facing the Suzhou yard on the slip of paper, Bai Jinghe flipped through it carefully, put every word on the paper, and burned it after reading it after writing.

"My hometown wants us to try to rescue Governor Wang."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper couldn't help but look embarrassed. "I'm afraid it's not easy, the people in the fourth group have checked, and Governor Wang's Tartars are staring at the outside and the inside, which is quite difficult."

"It's okay, there's no urgency, it's going to take a few months. Besides, the commander already has a plan, we just need to follow the plan. Speaking of this, Bai Jinghe thought for a while, and then said in a low voice: "First of all, we have to spread the news of Governor Wang's mother's death. In addition, I have to let Governor Wang know that his wife has also remarried someone else......"