received the task of cleaning up the West Lake, and the city was demolished and the work began. Liu Da, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, and the supervisors from the standard promotion camp used leather whips to urge their original masters to work overtime and restore the cityscape of Hangzhou, which can be said to have made great efforts. But if they have something to do, they are very satisfied, after all, those who have nothing to do, nine times out of ten, they will go to the coolie camp as coolies and build military facilities in Hangjiahu, and they are here to be happy, there are coolies to do, nothing to do coolies, this is the difference.

After staying in Hangzhou for three days, Chen Wen set off for Nanchang, and the previous flying pigeon was fast, but it could not stop the situation.

However, the current situation is far from stabilizing, Chen Wen does not know whether Zheng Chenggong will defeat Nanjing, but he knows that before Jidu moves south, it is impossible for him to destroy the southwestern Ming army of the Qin feudal system in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and parts of Guangxi and Sichuan in one fell swoop. But if Sun Kewang is expected to make trouble after Jidu goes south, or if his troops are largely pinned down in the southwest, and he is attacked on two fronts, and he is even likely to be attacked by Guangdong, Fujian and other places on multiple fronts, it will be really dangerous.

Now, Sun Kewang is testing him, but at the same time, he doesn't want him to expand too smoothly. Only when Chen Wen returns to Nanchang will there be a possibility of cracking these.

When Chen Wen embarked on the road to Nanchang, the Ming army led by Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, was still on the journey to recruit and surrender the rebels.

From the 12th of May, when Zheng Chenggong's army approached the city of Nanjing, Zhang Huangyan began his journey to recover the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The reason why it is said to be a journey, not a journey, is because Zhang Huangyan has been a little smooth along the way.

Zhang Huang said that the road was just a march, and everywhere he went, the local officials and Qing troops were all right, and even often before this lonely and weak army arrived, there were already envoys to the front of the army to contact the matter of rectification. In contrast, Zheng Chenggong, who had to fight hard in Guazhou and Zhenjiang, and Chen Wen, who racked his brains to calculate the Qing army in Hangzhou, can be described as very different.

It is undeniable that today's Zhang Huangyan has borrowed the momentum of Zheng Chenggong and Chen Wen, but it is also undeniable that the local gentry have done a lot of work before, otherwise how could the Qing army in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River choose to do it so easily.

In addition, Zhang Huangyan is also very strict in governing the army. In Wuhu County, which had just arrived in Taiping Mansion, a soldier bought four cents of silver with a face value but stopped at ten cents, and Zhang Huangyan immediately beheaded him. The military discipline was strict, and it was naturally more popular with the local gentry and common people, and the march of the army was even more invincible.

With many efforts, Zhang Huangyan took advantage of the situation to recover Taipingfu, Chizhou and Ningguofu, and had formed a de facto border with the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and even touched some prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Yangtze River. At this moment, Zhang Huangyan himself had already entered the capital city of Ning Guofu.

Riding on a horse and stepping into the city gate, under the guidance of the magistrate, the local people were welcomed by the local people on the side of the road, in order to be able to see the prestige of the Han officials again. If it weren't for the officials' efforts to maintain order, they would have rushed up and approached a long time ago.

"The people's hearts are available."

This sentence, in just ten days, Zhang Huangyan has said it many times, but every time he sees this scene, he still can't help but put it into his mouth.

What Da Sima said was very true, and the last general also thought deeply. Just ......"

Due to Zhang Mingzhen's early death, the commander-in-chief Chen Liuyu had not yet arrived in Chongming at that time, especially at that time, Zheng Chenggong was still preparing for the Battle of Nanjing, and he had no interest in taking the opportunity to annex Zhang Mingzhen's troops, so now Zhang Huangyan's army is far more powerful in terms of strength and combat power than the Nanjing Battle period in history, including Luo Yunzhang, Ma Long and other Zhang Mingzhen's generals are in the army.

Similar conversations have appeared many times, Zhang Huangyan knows what Luo Yunzhang's worries are, and he has thought carefully about them in the past few days, and it is indeed time to relieve these worries.

"I am glad that the Ji clan will kill Yue Le, recover Hangzhou and other places, and the official is going to go to Hangzhou and meet in person to resolve the misunderstanding between the two sides."

This misunderstanding was not only that he followed Zheng Chenggong to attack Nanjing before Chen Wen, but more importantly about Lu Jianguo.

At the beginning of the Lu Jianguo Dynasty, Zhang Huangyan entered the court as an official, and later Wu Shengzhao was not successful anyway, and he also established a village in Siming Mountain, and the relationship with Wang Yi and Wang Jiang in Dalan Mountain was good. Although Chen Wen was born as Wang Yi's subordinate general, and also accepted the title and official position of Lu Jianguo, but a Cao Conglong rebellion, the contradictions between the two sides broke out, and the result was that Lu Jianguo went to the prison country.

Now everyone is the Yongli Heavenly Son of Fenggui Domain, but the safety of the old master is always in Zhang Huangyan's heart. When it comes to the supreme position, it will be blood for ink, the two strong domains in the southeast, Zheng Chenggong is from the Tang Domain, and Chen Wen is also not on good terms with the Lu Domain, not to talk about the current situation of Yongli, I am afraid that there will be a slight chaos, these two guys will try to remove the hidden danger of the Lu Domain, so that they can sleep peacefully.

"Da Sima, where is the Yanping Domain?"

The current Ming army of the Lu Wang system led by Zhang Huangyan was provided by the Ming army in Fujian, which caused misunderstanding, which was not a good thing after all.

"This official will write a letter to Yanping Fan in advance to explain."

The army marched all the way, and soon approached the government office, and the prefect hurriedly approached Zhang Huangyan's horse when he saw this, and bowed his hand.

"I have invited Da Sima to enter the palace and raise the account."

"I'm tired." Zhang Huangyan returned the salute, but instead said: "There is no hurry to raise the account, let's go to the Confucian Temple first." ”

"What Da Sima said is very true, the subordinate officials have not thought it through, and I ask Da Sima to forgive his sins."

"Fuzun doesn't need to be like this, Your Excellency takes the initiative anyway, and it is a great achievement."

For these anyway officials and the Qing army, Zhang Huangyan adhered to the attitude of retaining them, and the sorting out of military affairs and the promotion, transfer, and demotion of officials could be said until the situation calmed down, and everything was still based on stability for the time being.

The group soon came to the Temple of Literature, which is the place where Confucius and Confucian sages are enshrined. At this time, the doctors and all the students in Ning Guofu were all in Confucian and clean clothes, and there were hundreds of them.

Zhang Huangyan even took out an article by Lu Liuliang in the Zhejiang Di Bao to explain the Qing court's methods and conspiracy to deceive the scholars, which caused the Confucian scholars to praise and praise them, and many Confucian scholars made up their minds to put pen to paper from Rong to Zhang Huangyan's military front praise and painting.

Out of the Temple of Literature, Zhang Huangyan discussed the account in the palace, and there was nothing to talk about in military affairs, nothing more than to appease those officials and generals anyway, let them take their respective subordinates, and recover Nanjing in the future. In the evening, Zhang Huangyan had to entertain the local gentry, who had done a lot of work in the Ningguo Mansion anyway, and their help was indispensable for ruling here in the future, so they should be appeased.

Now the situation in Nanming is already very good under Chen Wen's efforts, they have caught up with this shareholder wind, and they are also trying their best to expel the Qing army from Jiangnan as soon as possible. At present, south of the Yangtze River, except for the nail households in the north of Huguang and the historical problems of Fujian and Guangdong, the Manchu control area has been confined to the very small area of Nanjing, Guangdefu, Suzhou, and Changzhou, and the three Ming armies of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian have formed a de facto encirclement of them, and almost all of them are waiting for the day when Nanjing will be recovered.

"Zhang Sima, as far as the students know, the Huiji Domain has now captured Hangzhou ......"

"It's not that it is said that Hangzhou has indeed been captured, Xiao Qiyuan's thief committed suicide in the governor's yamen, and now the Dongyang battalion of the Huiji Domain has taken control of Huanghua Pass."

The words were not answered by Zhang Huangyan, and he also knew nothing about it. The gentleman who spoke escaped from Hangzhou, not because of the military accident, but because Chen Wen measured the acres of land in eastern Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and also punished some gentry.

Everyone here knows that the so-called Huanghuaguan is the famous Wuyue Ancient Road, which guards the junction of Ningguo Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion, which is occupied by the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, so Ning Guofu will also be exposed to Chen Wen's soldiers.

"They are all kings and teachers of the imperial court, so let's not meet each other."

A gentry said timidly, and was immediately ridiculed by the fleeing gentry: "What kind of king, the Chen thief has done too much to change the ancestral system in Zhejiang, that guy is a chaotic minister and thief, and sooner or later he will rebel." ”

"This gentleman, please be cautious!"

As soon as the words came out, there was an exclamation, but they were immediately stopped by Zhang Huangyan. He was originally a scholar, and when he had no practical experience in dealing with it, such speculation would still be suspicious, but after many years in the DPRK and the army, he could see the doorway in this, not so much that they were indignant at Chen Wen's change of ancestral system, but that Chen Wen had harmed their rights and interests, so they had to smear them as much as possible. This is a common trick, and Zhang Huangyan has seen too much. If others don't mention it, those former ministers of Lu Jianguo slandered Chen Wen so much that they could fill in the Taiwan Strait, and it is not strange now.

"The Yanping Domain went north in a big way, and it also consulted with the Huiji Domain beforehand, and was approved by the Huiji Domain. As a result, the Huiji Domain sent the general under his command, Chang'an Bo Ma Xin, to lead the Nantang Camp and other old battalion leaders to attack Songjiang Mansion, and led the army to a decisive battle with Yue Le to contain the Tartar reinforcements. If it is said that the Hui Ji Fan has a private mind and sits on the bank of the Qiantang River to watch Yue Le's army return to the north, wouldn't Hangzhou be at his fingertips, and then go north to reap the benefits of the fishermen, why bother so much? ”

Zhang Lied's analysis was reasonable, although those gentry were arrogant, but they did not dare to contradict Zhang Huangyan's future dependence. The people who talked about it just now were all silent, and the others were either playing a round or diverting the topic, but Zhang Huangyan's attitude represented many things, and some of them really made them feel uneasy.

These are all in Zhang Huangyan's eyes, the purpose of this time is to appease, he not only wants to ease the mood of the people, prevent it from rising to the confrontation of different systems of the Ming army, but also win over the hearts of the people, and the next things, especially the future Northern Expedition, can have a stable rear and food to help.

"The official has thought about it, and after some time, when the situation is stable, the official should go to Hangzhou to meet the Huiji Domain, and always explain to the Huiji Domain that most of the gentry still have their hearts set on the court and the king, such as the monarchs are examples, as for the handful of scum who have forgotten their ancestors, they should be severely punished, but they should not be blinded by a leaf."

"Sima Zhang said well, that's right."

"Zhang Sima is really a model for my generation, there are such talents as Zhang Sima in the world, and Daming Zhongxing is hopeful."

"That's right, when Zhang Sima floats a lot."

“……”

What Chen Wen dissatisfied them with was nothing more than things such as clearing the fields and acres, and if Zhang Huangyan could convince Chen Wen, Zheng Chenggong would not be able to do this anymore. The interests of the gentry can be preserved, this is the key issue, since Zhang Huangyan agreed, praise is still indispensable, and there is no need to be stingy.

After the feast, the gentry took their leave, but excitement was inevitable, such as going back to write letters and acquaintances, telling some stories about how they urged Zhang Huangyan to come forward and try to persuade Chen Wen, such as writing this great achievement in his personal notes, all of which were due.

The situation is very good, and Zhang Huangyan is also very happy, but the news of Nanjing's recovery has never come, which is a big worry. Yu Ningguo stayed in the mansion for a few days, and every day was appeased, and finally stabilized the people's hearts.

During this period, Zhang Huangyan also sent people to Guangde Mansion to persuade him to surrender, and the Manchu civil and military forces there were obviously still hesitating. To surrender or not to surrender, to whom to surrender, this is all a problem, now the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies occupy Kuling Pass, Zhang Huangyan's department is stationed in Ningguofu, it is said that Zheng Chenggong is still besieging Nanjing in the north, it is really difficult to choose, especially Chen Wen's side also showed incredible restraint.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was May 24 of the ninth year of Yongli, which was a crucial day for the Jiangnan war, Zheng Chenggong withdrew from the Yangtze River after suffering a crushing defeat in Guanyin Mountain, and the news quickly spread, and the news was naturally indispensable to Zhang Yingxiang, the general soldier of Huizhou.

"Dashuai, Haikou has been defeated, and the Zhejiang bandits don't seem to have any plans to go north, and Governor Ma also said that Prince Zheng is about to arrive, so we still have to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Ben Shuai knows!"

He was fooled by Wang Fu to give up Huizhou Xindi, he originally planned to rescue Nanjing with the whole army, but Wang Fu went back and forth between him and Lou Jiye, which really delayed too much time, so that he was not able to catch up with the brilliant victory of Zheng Chenggong.

This is a pity, but also a hidden danger. He gave up the letter land, he must be punished, originally wanted to avoid Chen Wen's soldiers, and go back to fight the Fujian Ming army mixed credit, who knows that it will be too late, there is no merit, and if it is not done, it will be a dead end.

If you don't want to be punished, you can only surrender to the Ming army, but now, Zierharang has already hit the road, that is the noble king who has become famous before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the only remaining famous general in the old generation of the Eight Banners Army, who knows if the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies will be able to withstand this thunderous blow next.

Left is not right, neither is right, Zhang Yingxiang, who was caught in a dead end, was as anxious as an ant on a frying pot, and it was not until a long time later that he suddenly thought that there seemed to be a third-party force in the land south of the Yangtze River, especially if it was a civilian official leading the army, it was a good place to make meritorious contributions.