For Shi Kefa, Huangshi was his greatest hope before, but now this hope is basically shattered. Zhendonghou made it clear that he would not come to Nanjing, and when Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, Zhendonghou also sent a painless congratulatory letter, and in addition, the news from Fujian said that Zhendonghou had withheld the taxes of Fujian and Guangdong. The loss of tax revenue in these two provinces is tantamount to adding insult to injury for the Nanming regime, Shi Kefa sent several letters to persuade Zhendonghou to focus on the overall situation, and not to play with the imperial court at this juncture, but Zhendonghou was unmoved and didn't even bother to reply to the letter.

The lost tax revenue from the two provinces caused the imperial court to lose millions of taels of silver, and there were reports in Jiangxi and Zhejiang that the subordinates of the Marquis of Zhendong were also active, encouraging the local government to withhold the tax revenue and spend it on the local army. In addition to Zhendonghou, Huguang's Zuo Liangyu is also making similar efforts.

Shi Kefa felt that he was completely powerless to control the political situation, he did not know how to control the local area, he did not know how to keep the country's tax resources, but Shi Kefa simply thought that it was not a good idea to engage in internal strife when the enemy army was approaching the city. In order to prevent Yanguan from continuing to shout about Fujian's arrears, Shi Kefa has donated all his family property, although compared to the tax money, the family property is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, but Yanguan saw that the scholar did not urge taxes but donated private wealth, and knew that he really had no way at all, and he could understand Shi Kefa's suffering, so the voices of Zhendonghou and Zuo Liangyu gradually faded.

"After repelling the thieves, I will personally go to Fujian." Shi Kefa planned to talk to Zhendong Hou in a heart-to-heart manner, and then turned to Huguang to persuade Zuo Liangyu in person, Shi Kefa guessed that communication alone might not be able to make others fully understand his painstaking efforts. There are only a few provinces in the south, and if after Fujian and Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang also completely lose their tax sources, then the Southern Ming court will soon collapse.

A few days ago, during the court meeting, many courtiers were very dissatisfied with the precedent of the Marquis of Zhendong opening the military ministers to intercept taxes, but no one dared to say it clearly, not to mention the proposal to send troops to fight, and no one was even willing to rebuke him severely at this time.

After the court meeting, Emperor Hongguang summoned Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa, and ordered the two: "Go and talk to Huang Hou, if he has any grievances, he must find out as soon as possible, alas, you can't play a temper at this time." ”

The two of them reluctantly agreed, but after His Majesty's resignation, both Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying were helpless, and the Jiangbei Army's resistance to the Shun Army was particularly insufficient, and the imperial court also hoped that Zuo Liangyu could keep the lake for the Ming Dynasty, and the Marquis of Zhendong could come to Nanjing as soon as possible to defend and stop resisting taxes by force. Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa looked at each other sadly for a long time, and finally Ma Yuanfu said helplessly: "It's just after death." And Shi Kefa was on the seal of asking himself to supervise Jiangbei.

"If the battle situation is unfavorable," Shi Kefa couldn't help but think about what to do if he failed to repel the Shun army: "The Ming Dynasty has raised soldiers for three hundred years, and there are few martyrs, and scholars and scholars of various departments are vying to be the first to surrender to thieves...... "Shi Kefa knew that Beijing was broken, and there were only twenty martyrs, of which *** did not; And on the Nanjing side, Shi Kefa broke his lips and tongue to raise troops to serve the king, and there were few responders, after the city of Beijing was broken, Nanjing was still a peaceful atmosphere, and many people said that if the Shun army really hit Nanjing, it would be a big deal to surrender - this is no longer even necessary to avoid people and can speak freely in public: "At least one scholar and scholar must repay the country with death." ”

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The marching speed of the Shun army was not very fast, and when the army passed through Shandong, Xu Ping still had time to meet some former old people, such as the three heroes who had saved his life. Now these heroes are already the right-hand men of Zhong Guinian, the defense envoy of Shandong, and actively help the Shandong Dashun regime to find out the news, investigate the local people's movements, and assist the Shandong Dashun regime to restore commercial transportation. Zhong Guinian even considered giving them some official positions, but these green forest heroes said that they had the rules of the green forest and were not suitable for entering the officialdom.

The local officials in Shandong also sent generous gifts to Xu Ping, and Xu Ping still handled these gifts according to the previous method, and accepted them all according to the order, and then gave half of them to the officers and soldiers of the army, and half of them were used as military funds.

"Adults act like this, and it is inevitable that there will be villains who say that adults have nothing to do with gold and silver, and nothing to take from beauty."

The guards' warnings full of worry made Xu Ping only smile slightly: "Rumors that there is no gap between the monarchs and ministers? The king and I are heart-to-heart, and we share weal and bene, what is the use of such words? ”

Xu Ping thought that these officials gave gifts to the generals of Dashun and the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command instead of himself, so Xu Ping felt that if he refused, he would make others suspicious when Dashun was created and people's hearts were not attached, and he felt that the Dashun regime would be unfavorable to him, Xu Ping said to the guards: "I have a mansion given by the king in Beijing, and the army is even more food and clothing, what is the use of asking for money?" ”

It was in Shandong that Xu Ping accepted bribes from others for the first time, and when he later recalled this matter, he realized that this move was harmful to the military strength, and the new army was a good lesson, Xu Ping was unwilling to repeat the mistakes of the past: "Besides, when the world is unified, the Taishi said that he would revitalize the dynasty, and now it is only an extraordinary time." As you said, you can only have it, you can't have it, if you take it well, in the future, the king and the prince will strictly order it, and you won't be guilty? ”

Before leaving Shandong, Xu Ping said to Zhong Guinian, who came to see him off: "The last time I came to Shandong, I killed innocents indiscriminately, Brother Zhong helped me find the remnants of the people I killed. ”

Zhong Guinian's face showed embarrassment, the village where Xu Pingtu had been razed to the ground, and after so many years, he really didn't know where to look.

"Brother Zhong, do you still remember the Xiucai who took me in to recuperate?" Xu Ping is not very familiar with the geography of Shandong, and when he was defeated and fled, he panicked and fainted, so Xu Ping didn't know the specific location of his illness, but Zhong Guinian must remember: "I remember that in that village, there are some bereaved families, Brother Zhong help me find out." ”

After Xu Ping mentioned it, Zhong Guinian also remembered that at that time, there were still a few women who squirted the blood of Xu Ping's scolding: "Don't worry, general, this matter is on the lower officials." ”

"If I can't find it, there must have been many other people who suffered during that New Army crossing, and I will also take the blame on them."

Chen Zhe also knew what the New Army was doing, but he immediately shouted, "What are those battalion generals? ”

"It was always the New Army, and I was a General of the New Army at the time, so I deserved it." Xu Ping also remembered that Xiucai's evaluation of Zhang Chengye, and he planned to come to his own heart with the same behavior: "If you want to ask for forgiveness, you always have to ask for it yourself." ”

"Now the lord is already an important minister of the imperial court," Chen Zhe felt that acting like this seemed to be detrimental to the Dashun system, especially when he heard Xu Ping say that he wanted to follow Zhang Chengye's example and kowtow to the people to apologize: "It's too much." ”

"We are Dashun not Daming, don't we just want to establish a Taiping era that is different from the previous dynasty?"

……

In Hangzhou, seven or eight new military camp officers knelt in front of Huang Naiming and wept bitterly:

"Young marshal, we have been working for Hou Ye and his old man for decades, and we were blinded by lard for a while, and we believed the nonsense of He Baodao's guy, I really thought that he had moved Hou Ye."

"The last general in Beijing also has a slight yield, it is true that he doesn't want to leave, He Baodao said that Hou Ye agreed to send troops, the last general was happy in his heart, but he didn't think about it carefully, although he felt suspicious later, but this idea was deceived by himself and vaguely past, it was really a crime that deserved death."

Everyone has long been unified, and the responsibility for the change of the Beijing division has been put on He Baodao's head, anyway, the people who started to fight the Shanlan camp to kill Wei Landu either surrendered Dashun or died in Shanxi: "When He Baodao followed Hou Ye, he always pretended to be loyal, and he hid Hou Ye from him, and we are the same, I never thought He Baodao would be so mad." ”

Huang Naiming stood in front of these generals without saying a word.

Someone hurriedly confessed: "Young marshal, if you say that the last general didn't guess it at all, it is not true, but at that time, the enemy was current, and the last general felt that it was not good to keep ordering just by relying on suspicion. ”

Zhao Slowxiong, who was beside Huang Naiming, also had a gloomy face, and this group of people rushed to see him together after hearing that Huang Naiming had arrived in Hangzhou, kneeling outside the door and howling, which had already attracted people's attention. Zhao Slowxiong hurriedly asked the guards to let them in, now outsiders still think that they are crying for the defeat of Shanxi, if they don't see them all the time, I am afraid that these people will shout more inside information in the cry, which is not good for Huangshi's reputation.

"Ask the young marshal to let the last general wear the crime and make meritorious service, this time the last general will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy, beat the thief, and when he sees the old man Hou Ye, he will fight and kill, and the last general will never have a word of complaint."

Huang Naiming waved his hand to prevent them from continuing, and after a moment of silence, Huang Naiming spoke: "My father often tells me about Liaodong, and I have repeatedly talked about the battle of Nanguan, Uncle He returned with the golden helmet banner of Mang Gurtai, and my father was overjoyed and asked Uncle He what reward he wanted, and Uncle He only said: 'I am willing to die for my lord.'" When I was a child, Uncle He also taught me carefully and taught me martial arts. ”

glanced at the group of people in front of him, and most of them coaxed Huang Naiming to play when he was a child and told him the story of the battle. Before Huang Naiming went to sea, most of these people did not have military power, there was no opportunity to bend the law for bribes, and they were all loyal friends of their father, looking at the familiar faces of these uncles and uncles, Huang Naiming found it hard to believe that they would participate in the change in Beijing.

"You say, is it possible for someone like Uncle He who has followed my father for many years to make trouble?" Huang Naiming said in an accentuated tone: "From today until I die, I don't want to hear anyone say bad things about Uncle He. ”

"Yes, yes."

The generals below were all busy agreeing, and when they heard that Huang Naiming didn't even pursue He Baodao, everyone was relieved, the mastermind was innocent, and their coercion was naturally safer.

"This time, I came to Zhejiang on the orders of my father, and I still have important things to do, so you can help me." Although Zhejiang has been in business for a long time, it is a heavy place for the imperial court to pay taxes, and there are many scholars, so the penetration of the council into the government is very limited. If Huangshi wants to buy officials in Fujian, Guangdong and even Jiangxi for the council, it is relatively easy, but Zhejiang's quota is very tight, even if Huangshi pays Zhou Yanru and Qian Qianyi, he can't get the benefits. This time, Huang Naiming brought the Funing army to Zhejiang, under the banner of preparing for King Qin's Nanjing, and the actual purpose was to help Zhejiang's council forces prepare for tax resistance and interception, and use the money to prepare for the formation of an army.

After the group of people retreated, Zhao Slowxiong said coldly: "Now is the time to employ people, don't worry about them for the time being, if they don't care, then settle the old and new accounts." ”

The combat effectiveness of the Funing Army is very uneasy, not to mention the defeat of Huguang to Li Dingguo, that is, when fighting in Jiangxi, fighting on a battlefield that is familiar with geography, and a large number of local Jiangxi militia to help in the battle, it is very difficult to face even Ji Huisi's troops when the number is equal. Although it repelled the attack of the invading army, it was not a worthy victory, the opponent's rear was unstable and unwilling to gnaw hard bones, and its own side also suffered great losses.

"The elite of the Funing Army has been lost in the north," Huang Naiming also has worries about the current situation of the army, and in the urgently expanding army, many non-commissioned officers not only have no actual combat experience, but also lack training time, and a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers have not been trained by the teaching team. ”

After Jin Qiude fled to Yangzhou, he rushed to Fujian non-stop, and asked Song Jianjun to rush to Hangzhou with the teaching team to meet Huang Naiming, and now these hundreds of instructors are doing emergency training for the non-commissioned officers of the Funing Army, but Song Jianjun estimates that it will take at least another three months to complete the work of laying the foundation. The people these battalion officers brought to the south were their elite henchmen, and Huang Naiming felt that it was just right to make up for the lack of experience, after all, the Funing Army was still very strong, tens of thousands of well-equipped soldiers, and there were also sailors.

"We don't have the opportunity to train in battle, although our military strength is far from being comparable to Xu Ping, but let's train soldiers for a few more months." Huang Naiming is surrounded by friendly troops, he can't train his subordinates while fighting like Xu Ping did in Henan, and even Xu Ping has spent a long time cultivating his subordinates, so that they can fight more than a dozen battles and train for half a year before facing the new army, if they use the Funing army to touch Xu Ping's army as soon as they come up, Huang Naiming feels a little risky: "The Jiangbei Army is weak, but there is Jianghuai natural danger, hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers, and it is always no problem to fight for us for a few months." ”

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