Taiping Province.

Due to the long-term attack, Fei Ruhe had already divided his troops.

1,000 regular soldiers and 2,000 peasant soldiers went to take over the defense of Nanjing.

Three thousand regular soldiers and many people stayed in Taiping Mansion to continue the siege.

The rest of the soldiers were divided into the surrounding prefectures and counties.

"Soldier's Academy, someone sent a letter."

"Bring it."

Fei Ruhe knew that it was sent by Xu Ying, and the overall situation in Jiangnan had been decided, so Xu Ying quietly went to Yangzhou again.

This letter is very thick, and if you count the pieces by weight, you will definitely have to charge a courier fee.

Fei Ruhe glanced at it roughly, looked towards the north, and muttered, "Chongzhen is crazy." Then he commanded, "Come, bring this letter into the city." ”

A soldier rushed to the city, shouting with his shield on his head: "Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, I'm here to deliver a letter!" ”

"Shoot to death!"

Zheng Eryang, the governor of Anlu, was afraid of some unfavorable news.

Zheng Yu, the prefect of Taiping, hurriedly persuaded: "Fu army, the two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoy, and see what military information he sends." ”

Zheng Eryang was inconvenient to have a conflict with the prefect, so he asked the messenger to hang up.

The two of them retreated left and right and entered the city tower to read the letter.

Zheng Eryang only glanced at the first page a few times, and then quickly turned back. Flipping and turning, suddenly stopped, and my whole body was shaking.

Zheng Yu snatched the letter, confirmed that he was not mistaken, and then sat on the ground.

This is a Tang newspaper sent from the capital, and several Tang newspapers are combined, and they are full of lists of convicted officials.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen in history, after half a year, the emperor began a large-scale liquidation to deal with the officials who were derelict in their duties when the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke the customs, including the officials who were ineffective in encircling and suppressing the exiles.

Thirty-three eunuchs, civil officials, and military generals were killed in one go, and a large number of people were imprisoned for crimes, and almost all of them were demoted and reprimanded.

Now the implication is more extensive, directly killing 47 people, Xiong Wencan was finally imprisoned.

I don't know who went to impeach, saying that the Taiping Mansion had fallen, and Zheng Eryang and Zheng Yu were all thieves. So, Chongzhen ordered the arrest of the families of the two, the male was exiled to the army, and the female was sent to the Jiaofang Division.

Zheng Yu burst into tears at the moment: "Your Majesty is confused, even if you want to ask for the guilt, you should send someone to take a look." We have not yet surrendered, but we are condemned by demotion, doesn't it make the front-line generals feel cold, how can anyone be willing to serve the country in the future! ”

"How do you send someone to see it? The river is blocked," Zheng Eryang sighed, "Even if we can cross the river smoothly, you and I will definitely be guilty." Hehe, it's just a party fight. ”

Zheng Yu said angrily: "When is it, the DPRK and China are still fighting for the party." A governor, a prefect, a strong city, and tens of thousands of new troops in Jiangbei, are they all bargaining chips for their party? ”

Zheng Eryang was disheartened: "The situation between the DPRK and China is like fire and water, and it is already a situation of endless death. ”

Zheng Eryang, military theorist and medical scientist.

This gentleman is upright, he once abolished the right of King Lu to collect rent and levy labor, and offended a bunch of eunuchs and gentry. It was so normal that he was slandered as a thief, and even the Donglin Party didn't help speak.

In other words, the Donglin Party is too busy to take care of itself.

The Donglin Party was clamoring to reinstate Zhou Yanru as the first assistant, and Xue Guoguan naturally refused to sit still.

So, Xue Guoguan took the opportunity of Chongzhen's punishment of officials to instigate the large-scale impeachment of the Donglin Party by his henchmen, and Zheng Eryang was one of the unlucky ones.

Zheng Yu, the prefect of Taiping, was framed by the way, who asked him to defend the city with Zheng Eryang?

Zheng Yu looked through the list of criminal officials again, and found that at least half of the commanders and supervisors in various places were questioned. Even the eunuchs in charge of the army were cut down several times, and Emperor Chongzhen was really angry this time.

The most nonsense thing is that Chongzhen only dares to attack eunuchs and civil officials, as well as those generals who have lost their army.

As long as the generals still have an army in their hands, Chongzhen is a "small punishment and a big commandment".

For example, Zuo Liangyu, who was afraid of the enemy and fled from the battle, was only demoted to three levels and fined a few months' salary.

The generals who dare to fight tough battles, they fight to the death for the country to kill the enemy, it is possible that the army is finished, but the emperor will be beheaded for the crime. And those generals who escaped from the battle, because they kept the army, they were able to keep their official positions and heads.

Who still wants to go to war?

The more Zheng Yu looked at it, the more angry he became, and suddenly turned black: "Qian'an Gong, you and my family have been lost, our children and grandchildren have been confiscated, and my wife and daughter have been beaten into lowly status." I'm worthy of the court, the court is sorry for me, I want to sacrifice the city to surrender to the thieves, does the Duke of Qian'an still have to be loyal to the faint king? ”

Zheng Eryang seemed to be out of his body, sitting there like a dead man.

He worked hard for the country all his life, but in the end he was "a thief", and his family was exiled to the army. But he didn't follow the thief, Nanjing surrendered, the Taiping Mansion did not surrender, and even organized troops to go out of the city to attack at night.

After a long time, Zheng Eryang slowly stood up, and said weakly: "There is no way for the faint king, and the Ming Dynasty will die, so let's sacrifice the city." ”

The two went out together, called the magistrate, and the three surrendered together.

Following them to surrender, there were more than 10,000 Jiangbei new troops trained by Shi Kefa.

……

Nanking.

Li Xiangjun changed into a Confucian shirt, stood with the swordsman on his back, and looked at the river in the distance.

I heard that King Zhao was coming.

Zhao Han came from Zhenjiang, and after the surrender of Nanjing, Zhenjiang surrendered with him. The officers and soldiers who surrendered waited for several days before finally waiting for the Datong soldiers to take over the city.

This is called looking at the wind and surrendering, because Zhao Han's army was still far away from Zhenjiang at that time.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

The soldiers and civilians of Nanjing shouted, "There are really a lot of onlookers who have come to watch today."

As the secretary of Nanjing's official department, the demoted officials are temporarily under the management of Zhen Shu, responsible for helping to maintain order inside and outside Nanjing.

Zhen Shu is 70 years old this year, born in a large landowner family, but when she was young, she was known for her hard work. He went to Beijing to participate in the examination, without slaves or carriages and horses, and walked to the capital for more than two months, taking the opportunity to observe the people's conditions in various places along the way.

He served as a local official, punished the powerful and strong, persuaded farmers and mulberries, and made outstanding political achievements, so he was promoted to a Beijing official.

Then, there is no then.

plunged headlong into the whirlpool of party disputes, wasting years and decades, in addition to still being poor and thrifty, Zhen Shu has become the appearance she hated when she was young.

Standing at the front of the wharf are Datong officials who have arrived in recent days.

Zhen Shu looked at the backs of those officials and suddenly felt envious. The officials were all young, under the age of forty, and some were even under the age of twenty.

What a beautiful youth, and you can concentrate on doing things, and you don't have to get involved in party disputes and can't get out.

How nice it would be if I could be 40 years younger?

Zhen Shu's eyes were moist, and he didn't know who he was crying about, he just wanted to cry anyway.

The flotilla approached and came to a halt.

A group of guards were the first to disembark, and then Zhao Han strode down.

"Meet the Town!" The officials of Datong bowed.

Zhen Shu took many demoted officials, and subconsciously wanted to kneel, but remembered the advice, this Zhao Tianwang didn't seem to like kneeling.

"Long live Zhao Tianwang, long live!"

A large number of gentry and common people knelt down, and some of the demoted officials followed and bowed.

Zhen Shu can only kneel, everyone else kneels, if she doesn't kneel, wouldn't she have to be remembered by Zhao Han?

He had very hard bones when he was young, but he inevitably lacked calcium when he was old, and he had already lost his firm will after decades of party struggle.

Li Xiangjun stood on tiptoe and looked around, and when Zhao Han approached, she finally saw her appearance clearly.

Due to the hot weather, Zhao Han was dressed very coldly.

The summer cloth clothes woven from ramie are, to put it bluntly, linen clothes. Although it is for cool and breathable, it is too far from his identity, and at first glance I thought it was a poor man.

At this moment, no one dared to laugh at Zhao Han's dress, but they all felt that Zhao Tianwang was really frugal.

Zhao Han smiled and raised his hand: "Everyone, hurry up, the sun makes the ground hot, don't burn your knees." ”

Hundreds of people stood up one after another, and they all sighed that Zhao Tianwang was benevolent, and they were actually worried that their knees were burned.

Summer in Nanjing is so hot.

Zhao Han was only wearing a linen shirt, and his vest was already soaked with sweat, so he just wanted to find a shady place to rest quickly.

Hou Fangyu blended in the crowd and secretly observed.

Zhao Han's image at this moment is completely different from Hou Fangyu's imagination. He had already heard that Zhao Tianwang was very young, but he should be a big man with a beard, but he didn't expect that he didn't even have a beard.

Even in Gangnam, there are very few young people who have shaved their beards.

"This Nanjing City is really high!" Zheng Sen looked up at the city wall and marveled.

"yes, that's high." Li Yu also came to Nanjing for the first time.

The highest part of the Nanjing City Wall is 20 meters, and the lowest point is 14 meters.

Zheng Sen followed the team and walked through the wide and thick city gate hole, and an indescribable pride rose in his heart.

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng have long since been dismissed, and they are all living in Nanjing. At this moment, he could only blend in with the crowd, and he was very anxious in his heart, and he didn't know how to meet Zhao Han.

They want to be officials directly, and they don't want to run away to be small officials.

Zhao Han was led to the Wei Mansion, and the Xu family had more than a dozen gardens in Nanjing, each of which cost a huge amount of money to build.

"Wei Guogong's lineage, but it's all dealt with?" Zhao Han asked.

"The nobles have not dealt with it, just waiting for the town to make the decision himself." Fang Shenghong replied.

The Fang brothers returned to Shun with their territory very early, the elder brother is now the prefect of Guangdong, and the younger brother was directly sent to Nanjing to preside over the work.

Zhao Han said: "Those nobles, if they are all killed, they will not be wronged. There was no need to waste time on the retrial, all the men were sent to the mines, the women were ordered to remarry, and the children were scattered and sent to various almshouses. ”

"Yes!" Fang Shenghong replied.

Zhao Han said again: "Call all the scholars of the Datong Society." ”

These Datong Society scholars are equivalent to the underground party, and Zhao Han will personally meet them whenever he goes to a place.

"Meet the Town!" More than thirty people came in at once.

Zhao Han got up and returned the salute: "Everyone has worked hard. If you want to be an official, you can start as the mayor of the town, or you can continue to run in the north. You don't have to rush to answer, leave half a month for you to consider. ”

Everyone sat down happily, most of them wanting to be mayor.

With the identity of Datong scholars as a foundation, as long as they don't make mistakes in the future, their promotion speed will be very fast.

Zhao Han suddenly looked at Li Xiangjun and said with a smile: "There is also a female gentleman." ”

Li Xiangjun hurriedly stood up: "Total ...... In the town, I begged my brothers to take me in and have a look. ”

"Don't be nervous, I won't punish you," Zhao Han asked with a smile, "What's your name?" ”

Li Xiangjun replied: "My real name is Wu Xiang, and now I have changed my name to Li Xiangjun." ”