Throughout June, from time to time, Ming soldiers crossed the Yangtze River and fled to Chongming Island, bringing news of surrender from all over the country. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Manchu forces were not enough to occupy the huge area of Jiangdong, and the main force of the Qing army only marched along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Duoduo sent envoys to various places, and the prefectures and counties of Songjiang in Suzhou, Changzhou, and Songjiang surrendered one after another.

The people of Jiangnan have acquiesced to the fact of changing the dynasty and have no intention of opposing the Qing Dynasty. "The southeastern provinces, for a while, seem to be ignorant of the things of the Dingge." The remnants of the Ming army in Changshu, Taicang, Songjiang, Wusong and other places either surrendered or fled to Chongming Island.

After Boluo captured Hangzhou and captured Emperor Hongguang, Shaoxing and Ningbo, all the provinces of Zhejiang, were also cleared, and the huge Jiangnan seemed to have a corner of Chongming Island and the banner of the Ming Dynasty, which made the people of insight on the island all feel deeply.

Every day, sporadic Ming soldiers fled into Chongming, and then some high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty also came to Chongming by boat.

Huai'an Governor Tian Yang and General Soldier Zhang Pengyi and others originally fled to the sea with Liu Zeqing, and originally planned to flee to the south by boat, but were forced to return when they encountered a hurricane. Stop at the mouth of the Yellow River, Miaowan, Haikou.

Unlike Liu Zeqing, who was desperate for the future and had the idea of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Tian Yang and Liu Zeqing's generals Zhang Shiyi, Zhang Pengyi, Wang Chaoxian and others were unwilling to surrender, and they sailed south with thousands of naval forces and more than 1,000 ships. Because Tian Yang, Zhang Pengyi and others had a good relationship with Shen Tingyang, a squire in Chongming, they came to the shore of Chongming Island.

In addition, those who retreated to Chongming also included Jing Benche of Xiajiang Province and Wang Chenjin of Jianjun Dao.

Ren Siqi warmly welcomed these officials who came to Chongming, but these people turned out to be high-ranking officials of the imperial court, but it was not easy to arrange, so they could only be idle first.

But Tian Yang and others were not willing to be lonely, and even came up with the idea of supporting the king of Yiyang.

Zhu Chaopu, the king of Yiyang, was a vassal king who took refuge in Chongming, and after the Daishan army occupied Chongming, he didn't care much about him, and after the fall of the north, dozens of Ming vassal kings fled to the south, and Ren Siqi didn't want to pay more attention to these moth-like things.

But now, ignoring it is not enough.

"Governor, the Son of Heaven is covered with dust, Kyoto has fallen, and the world is in turmoil, and it is necessary to support a clan to unite people's hearts." Shen Tingyang personally came to persuade Ren Siqi.

Speaking of which, mention the title of Ren Siqi by the civil and military forces of the Daishan army, when he was named Su Lu Bo, everyone called him Uncle, and later called him Hou Ye when he was promoted to Su Lu Hou, and now Ren Siqi has just been named Yue Guo Gong by Hongguang, Ren Siqi refused to call him Grandpa. is only in his twenties, and being called by his grandfather makes Ren Siqi quite uncomfortable. So he forced everyone to call him the governor. The Duke of Yueguo, the Governor of Zuo, and the Crown Prince Taibao, this is Ren Siqi's title, official position, and honorary title. Ren Siqi felt that being called the governor was much more comfortable than what the grandfather Taibao.

"What do you think?" After listening to Shen Tingyang's words, Ren Siqi closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and asked Li Yan on the side.

"Back to the governor, my subordinates think what Governor Shen said is very true." Li Yanzhi's eyes lit up, and his voice was full of tremors, "Now that the Son of Heaven is covered with dust and there is no owner in the world, if we support the King of Yiyang as the prison country, we will definitely be able to call on the loyal and righteous people in the world and gain great fame." With such a righteousness in hand, the governor can follow the example of Cao Mengde in the past to support the emperor, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the meritorious deeds are just around the corner. ”

"Ahem," seeing that Li Yanzhi was getting more and more unspeakable, Shen Tingyang couldn't help coughing, "Is Director Li comparing the governor to Cao Cao?" If you say such a big rebellion, you can also say it! ”

"Brother Yan Zhi is cautious!" Ren Siqi also hurriedly scolded. Li Yanzhi rolled his eyes, he was about to refute Shen Tingyang, but he had to shut up after listening to Ren Siqi's words.

Supporting a clan as a prison state, although this will gain greater prestige and make many people who are interested in the Ming Dynasty attach, it also means that there is an additional boss on his head, even if he is just a puppet, there may be many more variables in the future. Ren Siqi also understood the thoughts of Tian Yang, Zhang Pengyi and others, it was false to support the King of Yiyang, and it was true to carve up the power in his hands.

If the king of Yiyang is really supported as the prison country, then it is necessary to establish a court, and none of the six cabinets can be missing, Tian Yang and others can naturally hold an official position in the court, and themselves, although they will also get the biggest piece of cake, and it is even possible to be rewarded with the prince, but there are countless constraints. Ren Siqi knew a lot about the urine nature of Ming Dynasty officials, and they couldn't do anything at all except infighting.

Now that the military and official system on Chongming Island is self-contained, everything will be on the right track, so why bother others to interfere!

"What Governor Shen and Brother Yan Zhi said are right, but have you ever thought about it, now that Chongming is just starting up, everything has not yet entered the formal. If he rashly supported the Yiyang Wangjian State, it would inevitably attract the attention of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. What will happen when the GIs are overwhelmed? Ren Siqi thought for a moment and asked.

"What the governor said makes sense, and Yan Zhiyi has considered it." Li Yan thought about it and knew that what Ren Siqi said was right. For the current Chongming, the most important thing is to train the newly recruited soldiers, if they can train 50,000 elite soldiers, they can send troops to attack Songjiang, Jiangsu Prefecture and other places, and divide Jiangdong.

"Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king, or do you want to be far-sighted!" Li Yanzhi was sincerely admired.

Shen Tingyang couldn't help but glared at Li Yanzhi again, what kind of nonsense is this, "Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king" was Zhu Sheng's admonition to Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang back then, you Li Yanzhi still want to persuade the governor to be the emperor?

"Then how do you say to Governor Tian?" Tian Yang and Shen Tingyang are old friends, and they want to persuade Ren Siqi through Shen Tingyang to be the same as the Yang King Jianguo, Shen Tingyang was also very excited at first, but now when he hears Ren Siqi say this, he also feels that the time is indeed not ripe.

"I heard that Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, has taken a boat to Fujian under the protection of Huang Zongzhou, Zheng Hongkui and others, and the king of Tang will definitely be proclaimed as a prisoner or even ascend the throne, you can inform Tian Yang and others that they can immediately rush to Fujian to assist the king of Tang." Ren Siqi said.

"How does the governor know that the Tang King will supervise the country!" Shen Tingyang was shocked, if the Tang King was in charge of the country, and he and others were supporting the King of Yiyang, wouldn't it become a situation where two days stood side by side. At that time, without waiting for the Qing army to crusade, there would be internal strife within the Ming army. In terms of blood law, the Tang Dynasty is more justifiable than the Yiyang King.

Ren Siqi smiled and shook his head silently, he not only knew that Tang King Zhu Yujian would soon ascend the throne to become Emperor Longwu, but also knew that almost at the same time, King Lu would also be in eastern Zhejiang, and then there would be internal strife between Tang and Lu. And as soon as the Qing army soldiers arrive, everything will be wiped out! (To be continued.) )