When it was known that Zheng Jiajun had conquered Hangzhou, Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangning (Nanjing) in the Qing Dynasty, and the commander Guan Xiaozhong sent people to send more than a dozen urgent letters overnight.

At the end of February, 3,000 Manchurian soldiers of the Eight Banners and 8,000 Green Battalion soldiers arrived in Nanjing by ship from Luzhou by 40 ships under the leadership of the Manchu generals Marsai and Turma, strengthening the defensive force.

On March 2, knowing that Zheng's naval division had conquered Jiangyin, Admiral Guan placed all the red-coated cannons stored in the Jiangning Treasury at the head of the city, and transferred back the soldiers and horses from all the counties and townships around Jiangning Mansion to guard Jiangning.

Hearing that Zhenjiang had been conquered from the defeated soldiers who fled back overnight, Jiang Guozhu, the governor of the Qing Dynasty, wrote directly in the recital sadly: Since the sea rebelled against Jingkou's victory, the thieves were prosperous, and on March 4, they had traced the river and approached Jiangning. At that time, due to the division of troops in the city, it was difficult to support the weak force, and if there was no army to rescue, Jiangning would be difficult to preserve.

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Zheng's naval division conquered Zhenjiang on the 3rd, and the Qing Zhenjiang garrison Gao Qian and the prefect Dai Kejin surrendered.

Lin Xishan appointed Zhou Quanbin, the right military guard, and Huang Zhao of Houchong Town to enter the city to defend, and the prefect Dai Kejin still signed the prefect to stay behind to assist in the defense.

His subordinates continued to attack Nanjing, and as soon as Zhenjiang was reached, Nanjing was in front of him.

When the Zheng family's sailors entered the river, the 100,000 troops led by Zheng Chenggong also set off to Nanjing.

At this time, as a former leader in the literary world, Qian Qianyi's influence was reflected.

In ancient times, imperial power did not go to the countryside.

At most, the control of the imperial court was at the county and town level, and below the village level, it could only be managed by the gentry themselves.

If the interests of the villagers are damaged, they usually go directly to the squire patriarch to seek justice.

At that time, in the countryside, the majesty of the emperor was not necessarily as great as that of the village chief, patriarch, and squire.

Whatever the patriarch and village chief say, these villagers and clansmen will do. Even if they said that they wanted to rebel, most of the people and villagers would follow.

In order to reduce taxes, the squire patriarch will focus on training some people in the clan to take the imperial examination.

The examination requires the guidance of a famous teacher, and the examiner will be respected as the teacher.

And these people who have achieved fame in the clan have a very high status, which has caused a close relationship between the ancient squires and scribes.

Under the relationship of marriage and mentorship, a dense network of relationships has been formed.

In the 38th year of Wanli, he was admitted to the first class and three jinshi, and he was the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle for more than ten years, and he also served as the chief examiner for several sessions.

Qian Qianyi is really a wide range of people and a lot of affection. The communication is broad, and there are a large number of students.

Qian Qianyi only sent out a dozen letters, but in less than two days, the entire Jiangnan squire, scribe, and powerful clan took action.

If someone is sent to persuade him to defect to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, perhaps Qian Qianyi will be scolded by many people, and even break off diplomatic relations.

But persuading people to respond to Zheng Chenggong has won the support of many people.

The atrocities of the Manchus in Jiangnan seriously threatened the lives of the local wealthy clans in Jiangnan and the lives of the common people.

At the same time, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty first occupied Jiangnan, they carried out a rampant conquest of these wealthy clans.

These nobles were resentful and wanted to drive away the Tartars.

It's just that the Manchu Qing also knew that there were too many killings in Jiangnan back then, and they were afraid that there would be a civil uprising here, so they have been sending heavy troops to garrison them.

But with the defeat of the Qing army by the Zheng army three or four times, the Qing army in Jiangnan was tight, and even Jiangning (Nanjing) was a little unable to keep it, so much could be taken care of.

Moreover, Zheng Chenggong's consistently good reputation, coupled with the maritime trade he controls, is not alone, and he is willing to give up a large part of his interests, so that everyone's interests are shared.

I didn't see that those families in Fujian all made a lot of money, and these families in Jiangnan were already red to death.

As soon as Qian Qianyi's letter arrived, the bold ones immediately called friends and organized young warriors to prepare to kill them.

The cowardly did not dare to kill the enemy in person, but they also gave help as much as they could, asking for money for money, and food for food.

The local squires and scribes in Jiangnan also rushed to preach Zheng Chenggong, who said that he was benevolent and righteous.

The one who said he was born had a light room, and the room was full of light.

Some people even say that when Zheng Chenggong was born, he had clouds of blue and round like a car cover, and when he was on it all day long, those who looked at it thought that it was a noble sign, not the spirit of a minister.

Anyway, Zheng Chenggong is not a mortal, he is here to save the poor people in the world, you should support him and support him.

How to support him?

Ask for people to give money, ask for money for money, and ask for food for food.

There are many mountains, rivers, forests, rain, and roads in the south of the Yangtze River.

If you don't have local people who are familiar with the terrain, it will take a lot of time and effort to get through.

With the cooperation and help of the wealthy squires, the people of Jiangnan were widely mobilized.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand the enemy's situation.

A large number of people will come to you and tell you about the situation of the Qing soldiers.

Not familiar with the terrain, it doesn't matter.

The local people are familiar with it, and where they want to go, they will take you to take a shortcut.

There are many rivers, hydrology and many connected rivers, lakes and ports, and the army passes through trouble.

The Zheng family's sailors are big and not suitable for river navigation, so it doesn't matter.

The boats that support the boats and the boats that catch fish, are moved by these squires and are called to escort the Zheng family's army.

Anyway, it is necessary to have people, ships and ships, and grain and food.

With the preaching of these squires, with the help of the common people, all this was not a problem.

In addition to helping Zheng Jiajun march, in Suzhou County, a patriarch was scolding a local Qianzong who had taken refuge in the Manchu Dynasty.

"Thou shalt read and thou shalt know thou shalt be faithful. Thou shalt turn your back on the clear and surrender to the clear, and humiliate thy ancestors, shall thou not be ashamed! Zheng Chenggong's benevolence and righteousness are spread all over the world, and you are in charge. Otherwise, what face will I see my ancestors, my family does not have such rebellious sons and grandchildren, and they will be removed from the family tree, and they will not be allowed to enter the ancestral hall! ”

Hearing that the patriarch threatened to remove his name from the family tree, Mr. Qian immediately knelt down in fright and promised that as soon as Zheng Jiajun arrived, he would immediately open the door and surrender.

Such a scene appeared in many places in Suzhou City, either as a small soldier or as a general.

When Zheng Chenggong came to Suzhou with a large army, countless squires and scribes stood at the gate of the city and waited, and the magistrate of Suzhou was bound by several green battalion soldiers and knelt aside, with a dead face.

Looking at Zheng Chenggong, a villager hurriedly stepped forward to help lead the horse.

Zheng Chenggong didn't dare to be so arrogant in front of these people, so he hurriedly got off his horse and shook the hand of the villager and said, "Ming Yan is ashamed and dare not be!" Ming Yan would like to thank all the folks and elders! ”

After speaking, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly leaned over and bowed to these people.

When those squire scribes saw it, they also hurriedly returned the salute: "The general is serious, this is my own business!" ”

Zheng Chenggong got up and pulled the villager to walk towards the city, and said, "Everyone, it's cold outside, hurry up and follow Ming Yan into the city!" ”

After entering the city, Zheng Jiajun did not dare to disturb the people at all under strict military law.

Seeing the majestic momentum and strict discipline of the Zheng family's army, not only the common people, but even those squires and scribes felt that their choice to join Zheng Chenggong was too correct.

With such a strong soldier, why not be afraid of the Qing army.

In the palace of Suzhou, Zheng Chenggong had a very pleasant conversation with the squire scribes. A scene of singing and dancing, and harmony between the military and the people.

The only surprise is that in order to ensure that their interests in Jiangnan will not be affected in the future, these squires hope to marry the daughter of the Shen family, a wealthy family in Jiangnan, to Zheng Chenggong as a concubine as a brother-in-law.

Zheng Chenggong now has a lot of wives and concubines, and it is nothing to have one more concubine.

It's just that when you marry a wife, you should marry a virtuous person, and you should take a concubine.

I don't know what the Shen family's daughter looks like, how dare Zheng Chenggong agree casually, just sloppily and fool the past.

Zheng Chenggong knew that he didn't agree this time, and next time these people would think of a way to send a woman over.

That night, Zheng Chenggong recruited Yao Qisheng and hinted at him.

If the daughter of the Shen family is beautiful, I will promise him. It's not pretty, but it's a pretty one, and I agreed.

Yao Qisheng nodded hurriedly to show that he understood, and the next day Yao Qisheng went to visit the Shen family.

This kind of thing should have been Yao Qisheng or other female dependents under him, but during the march, there were female dependents in the Zheng family's army.

Others are not at ease, once they know about Wang Zhongxiao, who strictly abides by etiquette, they will give a general advice, which makes people upset.

That is, Yao Qisheng didn't pay attention to these, so he worked hard for him.

When Yao Qisheng and the patriarch of the Shen family were casually chatting about inappropriate topics, it happened that the concubine of the Shen family went out from behind and came back from the front door.

It just so happened that she came back to give her father a salute, but Yao Qisheng didn't have time to dodge.

After Yao Qisheng quickly glanced at Shen Ruoxi's appearance, he secretly recorded it in his heart.

Women in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the most depressed time, paying attention to not going out of the door, and not crossing the second door.

can let Yao Qisheng see each other, which is the result of Zheng Chenggong's success.

Otherwise, with the scholarly family of the Shen family, how could Yao Qisheng, a big man, see the unmarried daughter of the Shen family.

After completing today's task, Yao Qisheng chatted a few more times and went back.

In the study room of the Suzhou Mansion, Yao Qisheng was busy saying that the daughter of the Shen family was really good, knowledgeable and beautiful.

The others didn't pay attention to Zheng Chenggong, but they just noticed the last sentence with a beautiful appearance.

Yan is good, everything is fine! (To be continued.) )