The Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department was arrested, and the entire city of Nanjing immediately fell into chaos.

Because of the lack of preparation, the internal response of the Datong Association was caught off guard.

Their original plan was to wait for Fei Ruhe to bring his troops over. After capturing the city, it is seamless, and the Datong army can immediately take over the city.

But who would have thought that Fei Ruhe was still halfway there, and only six naval warships came, and Nanjing City would be taken in a daze?

"What? Let me take over Nanjing! ”

Fan Chao's mind was completely confused, Wan Bangyan went to Guangdong to train the navy, and he was automatically promoted to the third person in the Jiangxi Navy.

The commander and deputy marshal of the sailor division were still fighting in Dongting Lake, and they sent him to lead six boats over to block the river.

Lao Tzu came to block the river, first the Nanjing Navy surrendered collectively, and now the entire Nanjing city surrendered together.

How many sailors am I in total?

The number of surrendered officers and soldiers inside and outside the city is dozens or hundreds of times that of our troops, which makes Lao Tzu control the situation!

Fan Chao didn't dare to slack off, he found Liu Kongzhao, comforted him, and then selected 150 sailors, carrying muskets and waist knives to receive Nanjing City.

At the gate of the city, there were two rows of officials, many of whom were six scholars.

The secretary of the Nanjing military department was arrested, and Zhen Shu, the secretary of the ministry, had the greatest rights. His foreman stood at the front, fortunately he said that he didn't have to kneel, otherwise Zhen Shu really didn't want to surrender.

Anyway, he is already seventy-one years old, and it is a big deal to be martyred!

The reason why Zhen Shu is willing to surrender is because his hometown is in Huangzhou, and he may be taken by Zhao Han one day.

Fan Chao took 150 sailors and watched a group of senior officials greet him, and he did not get carried away, but felt a burst of weakness from head to toe.

He has too few soldiers!

The surrendering officials looked at Fan Chao and the more than 100 soldiers behind him, and they all had an extremely absurd feeling.

"Stop him!"

The castle tower suddenly clammed, followed by exclamations.

An official jumped down from the city and repaid the favor by martyrdom.

The muffled sound of "bang" startled Fan Chao, and he subconsciously pulled out his waist knife.

Glancing at the corpse, Fan Chao became more and more vigilant, and cautiously entered the city with his soldiers.

"Boom!"

A military attache suddenly drew his sword and pounced on Fan Chao.

Fan Chao also drew his sword, blocked the opponent's moves, and then easily kicked the person down.

Behind him, the soldier immediately subdued the military attaché.

Fan Chao said angrily: "Who the is this? If you want to fight, you will fight, if you want to fall, you will fall, and the sneak attack is a very good man! ”

"Phew!"

The military attache spat at Fan Chao: "Chaotic ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished!" ”

Zhen Shu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, stepped forward to plead: "The good general knows that this person's name is Lin Xuwu, and his official position is the commander of Nanjing. His brother was originally a scholar of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, and he was a good official, but he was dismissed for the people's life. His third brother, who is now the secretary of the Ming Rites Department, is also a good official. This man is confused, and the general should not be like him. ”

Lin Yuwu was still struggling and scolding, and his official hat broke free, revealing his gray hair.

Fan Chao sighed and said, "Forget it, seeing that you are old, I don't care about you, I will arrest you and close it." ”

……

It must be explained again that the nobles and generals in Jiangnan have no family members for war.

After a long time, he just bullied the people, and he was fully armed?

If the Jiangnan military generals really had a family that could fight, they would not have been beaten by dozens of Japanese robbers, traveled thousands of miles, killed through the three provinces, and left!

When the Qing army went south, it also swept through the south of the Yangtze River.

There were indeed many righteous people who resisted the Qing Dynasty, scattered their wealth and recruited troops, defended the city to the death, and the entire city was slaughtered.

It must be noted, however, that in the vast rural areas, the peasants have nothing to lose. Not only did they not resist the Qing Dynasty, but some even made them lead the way for the Qing soldiers, and this kind of leading party was everywhere.

On the same day that Yan Yingyuan raised troops in Jiangyin to resist the Qing Dynasty, in the countryside of Jiangyin, a large number of domestic slaves and tenants rushed into Xu Xiake's house, killed more than 20 members of Xu Xiake's clan, and set fire to Xu Xiake's house.

Isn't it weird?

The same area, even on the same day. The rich and the scholars raised troops to resist the Qing, but the domestic slaves and tenants took the Qing soldiers as their backers and took the opportunity to kill their masters.

Zhao Han was able to sweep Jiangnan, a slave release order, and a field division order was enough.

No matter how many thugs the landlord raises in his family, in the face of the house slaves and peasants who pick up sticks, they will only have to flee for their lives!

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the four provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Jiangxi, as long as they heard that the Liukou or Qing army was coming, there would be domestic slaves or tenants who would rebel. They naively believed that the Liukou and the Qing army were on their side.

Later, the whole people resisted the Qing because the Manchus killed too hard.

Even the remnants of Xu Du's white-headed army were originally forced to rebel by the imperial court, and after accepting Zhao'an, dozens of leaders were killed. They had a deep enmity with the Ming government, and finally became an anti-Qing army, which was really killed by the Manchus and had to resist the Qing.

Xu Du is a showman, and he can occupy more than ten cities in central Zhejiang, what resistance can Zhao Han encounter with a strong army?

There is really a vicious battle, but it is a reverse golden finger!

(Ladies and gentlemen, don't complain anymore, this kind of plot must be written.) Is there just one sentence: Zhao Han sent troops to occupy Jiangnan? ）

……

Beijing.

The Forbidden City, the Qianqing Palace, is dead silent.

The news of the fall of Nanjing spread quickly, and it took only ten days for the clipper ship to enter Beijing.

This is thanks to the northern officers and soldiers who suppressed the uprising of the Cao people in Shandong, otherwise the Grand Canal would still be blocked.

Chongzhen's hands trembled, put down the Tang newspaper sent by Yangzhou, and said in a dry throat: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Yang Sichang was not in Beijing at this time, he went to Henan and was trying his best to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

Xue Guoguan was frightened in his heart, and said stubbornly: "You can only destroy the Liukou first." ”

"Liukou, Liukou, how many years, Liukou has not been exterminated," Chongzhen became angry without warning, "Liukou can't be destroyed, Tartar slaves can't be destroyed, Zhao thieves have already stolen several southern provinces!" ”

The ministers were speechless and did not dare to speak.

A Wenchen suddenly stood up, but it was Zhao Han's old acquaintance, Wei Zhaocheng, the Jiangxi inspector in the early years of Chongzhen. This person knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, Yang Sichang should be beheaded!" ”

Fan Fucui, the second assistant of the cabinet, also came out, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please behead Yang Sichang!" ”

Shoufu Xue Guoguan hurriedly came out: "Your Majesty, Yang Dongge is having a hard time suppressing thieves, and changing commanders in battle is a taboo for soldiers." ”

Cabinet minister Cheng Guoxiang said: "Your Majesty, please behead Yang Sichang!" ”

Nanjing has already fallen, and Beijing is still engaged in party struggle.

Since last winter's upheaval, Yang Sichang has lost control of the court. It's not that he is no longer trusted by the emperor, but that Emperor Chongzhen wants to play a play.

Chongzhen believes that the successive military defeats are due to the fact that the ministers are not familiar with the affairs of the ministry and cannot well integrate the functions of the six ministries.

So Chongzhen ordered that the candidates for this cabinet should be promoted one person from each of the six ministries.

As a result, half of the cabinet ministers have become Donglin Party, or are inclined to Donglin Party. However, Xue Guoguan, the first assistant, and Yang Sichang, the most powerful, are both sworn enemies of the Donglin Party.

The cabinet has become the main battlefield of party contention!

Several cabinet ministers are on the same page. There are already quarrels in the cabinet, and they are from the six ministries and have the influence of the six ministries, so the six ministries are also dragging each other back.

No matter what is good or bad, don't think about doing anything, and the government has become unprecedented chaos.

Chongzhen looked at these cabinet ministers, and he was already trembling with anger.

Lao Tzu asked you to discuss matters, but you came to quarrel and engage in political fighting, Nanjing has been lost! If I kill Yang Sichang, I can save the overall situation, and I can kill ten Yang Sichang!

Chongzhen sneered: "Zhu Qing wants to kill Yang Sichang. Okay, let's assume that Yang Sichang is dead, and you can start getting down to business. Who can recover Gangnam? ”

The crowd was silent and did not dare to speak.

"Bang!"

Chongzhen waved his arm to sweep away the things on the table, and the inkstone made a sound when it landed. He pointed at the ministers and angrily reprimanded: "A group of wine bags and rice bags, what use do you want!" Speak! ”

Wei Zhaocheng stubbornly said: "Zhou Yanru is good at managing state affairs, and he will definitely be able to turn things around, please ask Your Majesty to recall Zhou Yanru as the first assistant." ”

"Please reinstate Zhou Yanru Your Majesty." Fan Fucui and Cheng Guoxiang chanted.

Xue Guoguan hissed exhausted and shouted: "Do you intend to form a party? Do you want to persecute Your Majesty? ”

Still engaged in party fighting!

Chongzhen was already so angry that his chest rose and fell.

These ministers were all personally selected by him, and what kind of things did they choose?

"Get out! Get out of here! ”

After calming down his emotions for a long time, Chongzhen was finally able to speak again, and he almost didn't catch his breath.

The ministers immediately retired, not daring to face the emperor's wrath again.

After sitting for a long time, Chongzhen actually said to the eunuch: "Call Wang Tiaoding." ”

Chongzhen didn't know who to talk to, so he thought about it, and only Wang Tiaoding sent by Zhao Thief remained.

"The minister and the king tune the ding, knock to see Your Majesty!" Wang Tiaoding lay on his stomach on the ground.

Chongzhen sneered: "Your lord has already occupied Jiangnan, do you want to go back to assist?" ”

Wang Tiaoding hurriedly said: "The minister is the minister of the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty is the lord of the minister." ”

Chongzhen looked up at the top of the hall and asked leisurely: "Then how does Zhao Han use people, why doesn't he have a group of wine bags and rice bags under his hands?" He forcibly divided the fields in the south and killed so many gentry, why did no one raise an army to rebel against him? ”

Wang Tiaoding replied: "It's just the people's heart." ”

"Can you win the hearts of the people by dividing the fields and killing people?" Chongzhen asked.

Wang Tiaoding replied: "If you only lose the heart of one family, you can gain the heart of tens of millions." The gentry are the people, and the leaders are also the people. The gentry exploited the people, relying on nothing more than two. One is the support of the government, and the other is to raise evil slaves. As long as the land is allocated to the small people, the small people will naturally join the army, kill the evil slaves first, and then the government. ”

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I am the emperor, I can't kill people indiscriminately, and I can't divide the fields indiscriminately." ”

Wang Tiaoding was silent.

Chongzhen lost his mind and said: "I am not the king of the dead country, how can my subordinates be the ministers of the dead country." ”

Wang Tiaoding continued to be silent.

Chongzhen sighed: "This spring, I have asked the provinces in Jiangnan to recruit troops. What kind of soldiers are they recruiting? It's only been a long time, and Nanjing is gone. Didn't you say that Zhao Thief wouldn't take Jiangnan? ”

Wang Tiaoding replied: "Your Majesty, the Zhao thieves didn't want to take Jiangnan, but the Zhejiang scholars were forced to rebel and attacked the prefecture in tandem, and they took the initiative to dedicate the city to the Zhao thieves. ”

"The scholars rebelled and seized the city to sacrifice to the Zhao thief?" Chongzhen was surprised.

"Yes," replied Wang Tiaoding, "Zhejiang has been plagued by disasters for many years, and the taxes paid by the imperial court have become heavier, and the poor scholars have no means of living, so they rebelled. ”

"Hahahaha," Chongzhen laughed miserably, "Da Ming Shizi, he actually rebelled and took refuge in the thieves, I am really good as the emperor." ”

Wang Tiaoding hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said, "Zhao Thief sent someone to pass the word. ”

"Say!" Chongzhen shouted.

Wang Tiaoding knelt on the ground and said: "The Zhao thief has sent a message, if it is a thief or a Tartar slave, when the soldiers come to the city of Beijing one day, they can send troops to escort the royal family south." He...... He will definitely not be treated badly, he said that he has great respect for Taizu and is willing to protect and take in Taizu's descendants. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "He is thinking of setting up a new emperor, and then let it go." ”

Wang Tiaoding shook his head and said: "He said that he would not set up a new emperor, he didn't believe in Zen and let that." If you are willing to let the royal family go south, Your Majesty can decide on its own. ”

Chongzhen was silent.

(Ask for a commuter pass.) ）