Chapter 423: Anti-Qing Alliance
Ren Siqi suddenly wondered why he couldn't set up a party, just like our party did in later history. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But as he thought about it deeply, he knew that forming a party was not so simple, and it could not be done by patting his head.
Like-minded people say that the establishment of a party requires many people with the same ideals to act, and then it also needs to have a common goal program system, and so on, which is not so simple.
Moreover, the understanding of the party by upright people in ancient times was different from that of later generations, and the party was the same as the other, forming a party for personal gain, and so on, and the word party was derogatory in ancient times. If Ren Siqi put forward the idea of forming a party, I am afraid that even Shen Tingyang, Yan Ermei and others will oppose it.
It is too difficult and not advisable to form a party, but it is still feasible to form a mass organization. With the anti-Qing wave that broke out in various parts of the Yangtze River, countless people with lofty ideals who were dissatisfied with foreign rule stood up, but because there were no organizations and no contact with each other, these spontaneous anti-Qing movements were like scattered sand, and they were quickly extinguished by the Manchu government.
If these people can be organized, exchange information and support each other, and form an anti-Qing alliance, the future cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty will be smoother, and more talents can be recruited for Chongming.
So, Ren Siqi told Li Yanzhi, Shen Tingyang, Yan Ermei and others what they thought in his heart, and got a positive response from them. Led by Chongming, a Jiangnan Anti-Qing League was formed, so that the anti-Qing rebels in all parts of Jiangnan were under the leadership of Chongming, and Chongming's influence would be extended to the entire Jiangnan, which made people feel excited when they thought about it!
"The Governor's idea is really wonderful, and his subordinates have to admire it." Li Yanzhi stretched out his thumb and was amazed.
Ren Du Du has different ambitions! Yan Ermei's eyes flashed, and she fell into deep thought. Some time ago, Tian Yang, the governor of Huai'an, proposed to support the Yiyang King Jianguo, so that he could naturally order the rebels in Jiangnan in the name of the Jianguo, but Ren Du Du did not agree. Now he has come up with an anti-Qing alliance, if the anti-Qing alliance is really bigger, drive away the Manchu Qing and fight the world, I am afraid that the emperor will never be surnamed Zhu! Alas, the number of Ming Qi is exhausted, as long as I can drive away the Tartars and restore the Han family, what does it matter if I assist the governor?
"Governor, this anti-Qing alliance has a good idea, but how to start doing it?" Shen Tingyang didn't think too much like Yan Ermei, and there were many mass organizations in the Ming Dynasty, such as various poetry societies, such as the Fushe and the Donglin Party. At the very least, Ren Siqi's suggestion to set up an organization was for the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, and the purpose was much more noble than that of those in the Donglin Party of the Fushe.
"That's right, let's take the lead in setting up such an organization, called the Anti-Qing Alliance, the purpose of which is to expel the Tartars. The headquarters of the League is located on Chongming Island, and the headquarters can set up two halls of law and law, and the law hall is in charge of enforcing the criminal law, and is responsible for sending people to supervise members in various places, investigate corruption and illegal defection to the enemy, and deal with traitors. The staff hall is responsible for organizing personnel, inspecting members, and recommending various talents for Chongming.
Then set up a branch hall outside, at present, it can now set up a branch hall in Songjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou, the responsibility of the branch is to unite people with lofty ideals who are interested in the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, and anyone who agrees with Chongming can join the League. After joining the Alliance, we are a family, and we must obey Chongming's command, and of course, we Chongming will also ensure their interests. ”
Ren Siqi talked eloquently and told the thoughts in his heart one by one. In Ren Siqi's vision, the League was not a strictly disciplined party of later generations, but only an anti-Qing mass organization, with the aim of uniting those who were dissatisfied with the Manchus everywhere under the banner of Chongming.
In Jiangnan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the vast countryside, the actual rulers were not the government, but the squires from all over the country. If you want to establish your own power and drive out the Manchus, you can't do without the support of the squires everywhere. Among these squires, there are those who are interested in the Ming Dynasty and those who are dissatisfied with the shaving order, and most of the anti-Qing movements that broke out everywhere were led by these squires. However, more squires were insensitive, and in order to maintain their wealth and status, they did not hesitate to bow to the Manchus. But even these squires had to be fought for, at least to keep them from going over to the side of the Manchus. Ren Siqi is not arrogant enough to go against all the squires, and he has no plans to fight the local tyrants and divide the land to arm the peasants. The vigorous land movement of later generations is not something that everyone can play.
Therefore, the only purpose of the establishment of the alliance is to pull most of the squires to the side of Chongming under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, even if these squires dare not take refuge in the open, but secretly they will provide all kinds of help to Chongming, such as helping to purchase various materials, subsidizing food and wages, and providing goods for maritime trade.
And with the covert help of these squires, the guerrilla army sent out will be like a fish in water, deeply rooted in the countryside everywhere.
After everyone's discussion, the Anti-Qing League was quietly established. The headquarters is set up in Chongming Island, and the leader of the alliance is naturally Ren Siqi, Anthony is the head of the Legal Authority, and Yan Ermei is the head of the Staff.
Suzhou, Changzhou, and Songjiang branch churches were established, and the branch halls were headed by the guerrilla army supervisors sent to the three prefectures.
Ren Siqi has decided to send Ren Xingfan's second town to Suzhou, and the head of the Suzhou Hall of the Alliance will be served by Ren Xuetang, the second town supervisor; Liu Zhaoji's third town was sent to Changzhou, and the head of the Changzhou Hall of the League was served by Chen Sheng, the supervisor of the third town; Ma Yingkui's fourth town was sent to Songjiang, and the head of the Songjiang branch hall was served by Ma Liang, the fourth town's supervisor.
After consideration, the hundreds of people who originally belonged to the United Front Work Department of the Governor's Office were divided into various branches. In fact, the alliance will assume the responsibility of the United Front Work Department, but the name is louder and the goal is clearer.
After several days of continuous training for the generals and the members of the League Branch, Ren Siqi ordered the guerrillas to set off.
Since the guerrilla army's future combat mode relied more on rivers and lakes, Ren Siqi transferred more than 800 river boats of various types from Xue Yulai's Fourth Town Water Army, and assigned them to the guerrilla armies together with the sailors on board.
On the 10th day of the sixth month of the leap month, the night was clear, and a crescent moon sprinkled the bleak moonlight on the river. One by one, river boats set off from Chongming Island, taking advantage of the moonlight, and divided into three teams to go everywhere.
Ren Siqi stood at Chongming Wharf, personally bidding farewell to the soldiers who had been put into the frontline battlefield, looking at the shadow of the ship that disappeared in the moonlight, his mood was extremely complicated.
The implementation of guerrilla warfare was his own whim, but whether this method of warfare would work or not was not even guaranteed by Ren Siqi himself.
If small groups of troops were sent to various parts of the south of the Yangtze River heavily guarded by the Qing army, could they survive under the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army and continue to grow and develop? Or will it be annihilated under the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army?
It would be great if I really had 50,000 elite soldiers at this time, so that I could fight with the Qing army in a dignified manner! Ren Siqi sighed in his heart. (To be continued.) )