Chapter 18: The Three Bureaus of Catalpa (I)
It was none other than Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Southeast Literary Circle, who was known as the "Contemporary Writer", who was called by Huang Zongxi as the most prestigious leader in the literary world after Wang Shizhen, and also the Qian Muzhai who descended to the Qing Dynasty as the leader of Wenzong and was crowned as a "second minister" by the slave chief Hongli after his death. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Chen Wen didn't lack the heart, and when he saw Qian Qianyi, he went to ask people if their scalps were still itchy and the water was still cold, because there was no need for this now.
Since being imprisoned twice by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi, inspired by his side room Liu Ruye, has transformed into an anti-Qing righteous man. Although he was not much different from other scholars who were lurking to resist the Qing Dynasty, doing things such as planning for the Ming army, selling his property to fund the rebel army, and collecting and transmitting intelligence, in fact it was far from being so simple, because he had almost achieved the ultimate in his peers in these things.
If it is about planning for the Ming army, the grand strategy planned by Qian Qianyi runs through the entire Yongli Dynasty, and it is a strategic policy that the Ming army in the southeast and southwest unanimously agreed on and jointly implemented at that time.
If it is about selling property to fund the rebel army, Qian Qianyi has many well-documented cases, and he even single-handedly funded Yao Zhizhuo to form an army to besiege Chongming. So much so that later, due to the destruction of his family and the relief of the country, the leader of the Southeast Literary League, who was rich enough to rival the country, had reached the point of being poor and sick and making a living by selling literature.
In terms of collecting and transmitting intelligence, Qian Qianyi was the leader of the anti-Qing people lurking in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Huang Zongxi, Lu Liuliang, Wei Geng, Gao Doukui, Fang Yizhi, Yao Zhizhuo, He Wangsheng, Li Zhichun, Liu Kongzhao and others, as well as the organizations behind them and the people who communicated with them, were all related to Qian Qianyi. In fact, even Gu Yanwu, who has always despised him as a person, and many of his friends who conspired together to resist the Qing Dynasty have always been doing anti-Qing work led by Qian Qianyi, such as Guizhuang and others of the Hidden Poetry Society. In addition, Qian Qianyi also had extensive contacts with the southwest, such as Qu Shiyun, Wen Anzhi, and even Sun Kewang. And his rebellion work made Ma Jinbao, the commander of Susong who had a heavy army in his hands at that time, be at both ends of the rat in the Battle of Nanjing, which provided great convenience for Zheng Chenggong's Battle of Nanjing.
Qian Qianyi, who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a leader of the literary world, once had an extremely bad impact, and he was never the kind of great and righteous figure in the orthodox sense of China, but more like the kind of warrior who was once in the light, stepped into the darkness by mistake, and rose up to fight against the darkness under the persuasion and reflection of others, even if it was only secretly fighting against the devil who once terrified him.
If it was someone else, even if it was the messenger of the edict, Chen Wen did not need to rush back from the Quzhou front line all the way back as soon as he got the news. But Qian Qianyi is different, his appeal is far beyond the reach of other scholars, especially in terms of intelligence, this is Chen Wen's biggest shortcoming now, so he needs Qian Qianyi's intelligence network to help him complete the current situation and future direction.
"Shepherd, if you have something, you can just let someone know, why bother with the journey this way."
Qian Qianyi was very satisfied with Chen Wen's attitude, before Chen Wen returned, Sun Yu's attitude had actually made him have such psychological preparation, and now it seems that he was obviously influenced by Chen Wen.
He was once demoted, and his reputation in the Southeast Shilin was also stinking for a while, and even his student Gu Yanwu and nephew Jin Shengxi looked down on him. It was not until the past two years that he gradually recovered with the development of the secret plot against the Qing Dynasty and the re-recognition of him by other well-known Confucian scholars. However, he never thought that Confucian scholars like Sun Yu, who had always fought to the death against the Manchu Dynasty, would identify with him, and it was obvious that he would be like this under the influence of Chen Wen, who "once shaved his hair in the north and later went south to join Wang Shi".
"Lin Haibo is such a hero, the old man has admired it for a long time, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity to see it. This time, when I heard about the great victory of the king, I couldn't hold back this thought anymore. β
"Mu Weng, you are an elder, if you don't dislike it, you can call it Xia Furen. Although Linhai Bo is a famous lord of the imperial court, he cannot be used for personal relationships. β
"Then the old man is offended."
"That's right."
Both sides had their own thoughts, and between these three words, the two narrowed the distance between each other.
There were two other people who came with Qian Qianyi, one was named Deng Qixi and the other was Yao Zhizhuo. Deng Qixi is Qian Qianyi's protΓ©gΓ© and the person responsible for liaising for his conspiracy against the Qing Dynasty; Yao Zhizhuo was different, this person was the leader of an anti-Qing rebel army in Zhejiang, and he had the title of Earl Renwu in the Longwu, Lu Jianguo and Yongli dynasties.
"During the Battle of Siming Lake that year, Wang Jingluo had planned to contact Renwubo to conspire with him......"
When he mentioned this old incident, Yao Zhizhuo also sighed: "It is a pity that I can't die with the late Wang Jinglu and the generals of Siming Mountain!" β
Qian Qianyi is quite secretive here, in fact, only Liu Ru is accomplice in his family in conspiring against the Qing Dynasty, and the others, even his son, know nothing, and the secrecy work has indeed reached this point.
In the past few days since they came to Jinhua, Qian Qianyi and others have been arranged by Sun Yu to live in a relatively secret house. Since the people have long since retreated, there are only five people left in the house, and even in this area of the house, Chen Wen, Sun Yu, Qian Qianyi, Yao Zhizhuo and Deng Qixi.
"The old man is here, firstly, to see with his own eyes the two years of continuous victories in Furen, and secondly, to discuss important matters with Furen."
Qian Qianyi has not been to Jinhua, he has been to this place many times in order to rebel against Ma Jinbao, and the familiarity of the road is that even Huang Zongxi is slightly inferior. After Ma Jinbao's forces were expelled by Chen Wen last year, Qian Qianyi has been sitting and watching, but this year, Ma Jinbao was killed and wiped out, although he sighed that such a already quite heart-warming rebel object died at the hands of the Ming army, but he was helpless, there was no other choice, and it was normal to come and see Chen Wen.
"Shepherd, but please speak up."
"Okay."
Qian Qianyi took a deep breath and motioned for Deng Qixi to take out a map and spread it on the table. This map is a map of the Ming Dynasty's territory, and many of the places in it are far from the satellite maps in Chen Wen's memory, and at first glance they are hand-drawn, but they are much more accurate than the more abstract, ink-and-wash maps he has seen before, and look more like they were copied from the work of a Western missionary.
Pointing to the map, Qian Qianyi began to explain the trip.
"Furen, this is the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces where we are located, and they have been the wealth of my Han dynasty for hundreds of years. However, the four southeastern provinces have long been invaded by the Tartars, and the Wang division has been defeated again and again, and its strength has long been much less than before. It can even be said that if it weren't for the bloody battles of Furen and Damu in the past two years, I am afraid that Zhejiang and Fujian would have been wiped out by the Tartars. β
The big wood is the name given to him by Qian Qianyi when Zheng Chenggong was under Qian Qianyi, and some people in later generations named the cooperation between Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan in the southeast coast as the Shuimu Combination. In fact, since the Battle of Zhoushan, although Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River three times, the Zhejiang Ming Army no longer has the strength to survive independently, but only relies on the snort of the Fujian Ming Army, and military actions are often used as a threat to the Fujian Ming Army.
As he spoke, Qian Qianyi pointed to Yungui in the southwest. "Three years ago, I submitted a letter to Guilin, planning to do the best in the southwest, go north to recover the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and then go downstream, and the southeast king division and some green camp generals who are interested in recovering Jiangnan as the foundation, and then waving the division north to recover the Beijing division, but unfortunately it failed to do so. Before leaving, the old man agreed with everyone that Ziqiu would personally lead the team to Guiyang to discuss the matter with King Qin, and today he came to discuss the downstream strategy with Furen. β
Sure enough, it's three rounds!
Catalpa, the ancient name of the chessboard. The so-called three bureaus of the Catalpa are as Qian Qianyi said, the strategy of the southwest Ming army going north down the river to cut off the Yangtze River, and then the northern expedition.
This grand strategy began in the third year of Yongli and ended in the sixteenth year of Yongli, during which the executors also ranged from Qu Shiyun to Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, as well as Wen Anzhi, the superintendent of the Sichuan-Hubei Ming Army, the Lu Wang Group of Jianguo, and Zheng Chenggong of the Fujian Ming Army, as well as more slightly smaller forces and individuals. Until the death of Emperor Yongli, Zheng Chenggong and Lu Jianguo, the three bureaus of the catalpa were completely defeated, and Qian Qianyi wrote the poem "The twenty-year salary is still strong, and the three bureaus of the catalpa calculation have been violated" after learning of this series of bad news, announcing the complete failure of this strategy of restoring vision.
Knowing Qian Qianyi's arrival, Chen Wen had already thought of this possibility, after all, this was an extremely important thing for Qian Qianyi and the southeastern and southwestern forces to restore vision.
According to his memory, Yao Zhizhuo should not have completed the discussion with Qian Qianyi until the end of this year, and he arrived in Guiyang to meet Sun Kewang after a lapse of more than half a year.
But now, as his struggle in Zhejiang began to bear fruit, Qian Qianyi had apparently agreed with someone several months in advance, and the great victory nearly a month ago was the catalyst for all this.
Historically, Qian Qianyi did not go to Zheng Chenggong to discuss in person, and on the way here, Sun Yu also said that he might not stay for a few days and have to go back after listening to Qian Qianyi's intentions, in case he was discovered by Manchu officials. Now that the leader of the southeast literary circle has come in person, in addition to the fact that Zhejiang is closer to Nanzhili, it has indeed proved that Chen Wen's influence on the southeast battlefield is worthy of Qian Qianyi's trip.
After two years of struggle, it was finally recognized by other vision-restoring forces in this era, which should have been something to be happy about. However, in the game, Chen Wen knew very well that the three bureaus ended in failure, in addition to the personal ability and selfishness of the executor, from the southwest to the southeast, thousands of miles apart to fight together, which is not carried by the communication technology of this era.
If they want to succeed, they must first recover Huguang's land south of the Yangtze River by themselves, and then go down the river, which must be carried out independently, and they will not be able to get any help from the Southeast Ming army before reaching the downstream.
On the other hand, the best way for the Ming army in the southeast is not to enter the Yangtze River again and again to wait and carry out some small fights, but to be more active in creating coastal areas, along the rivers or islands, and to be prepared for long-term squatting. Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan probably discovered this problem later, so they besieged Chongming and Zhoushan successively, but Zheng Chenggong, who was still forced to recuperate at that time, was impossible, and did not have the strength to support the implementation of this plan.
Therefore, this plan is at most theoretically likely to succeed, and it can even be said that this is a typical literati strategy on paper!
However, Chen Wen hurried back in order to gain the support of the people who had restored his sight led by Qian Qianyi. If you are unwilling to integrate your own strength into the plan, such as funds, food, talents, and especially intelligence support, I am afraid that it will not only be as simple as greatly discounting, but I am afraid that the kind old man in front of you will also secretly obstruct it.
For the Donglin Party members who "are not my fellow believers, their hearts will be different", we must not place too much hope on their overall situation and the amount of tolerance! (To be continued.) )