Chapter 60: The Governor of Shandong
"Considerations?" Hong Chengchou said, "What considerations? ”
Ning Wan whispered, "The regent wants to move the capital. ”
"Does the relocation of the capital have anything to do with this?" Hong Chengchou said blankly.
"Of course it does, and it has a big deal." Fan Wencheng said, "Brother Hengjiu, you have only been working for the Qing Dynasty for a short time, so you are not very clear about the power structure of the Qing Dynasty. ”
Ning Wan said: "It is difficult for the regent to make a decision on the matter of moving the capital. ”
Fan Wencheng said: "The regent must win the support of the nobles of the Eight Banners, especially the support of the Two Yellow Banners, in order to complete the move to the capital. ”
Hong Chengchou said: "Doesn't the regent have Taizong's testament? ”
Fan Wencheng said: "Taizong's testament is a dictation, but you can't change the land estate, let alone the grain, why did the Eight Banners nobles outside the gate abandon their families and businesses and follow the regent to Beijing?" ”
Ning Wan said, "So we must give enough benefits to the Eight Banners nobles." ”
"Understood." Hong Chengchou said, "The regent wants to take the best land within a radius of 500 miles from Beijing in exchange for the support of the nobles of the Eight Banners to move the capital, right?" ”
Ning finished me and Fan Wencheng laughed and didn't say anything.
Hong Chengchou said: "But you don't need to kill people within five hundred miles, right?" ”
"Brother Hengjiu, you are a woman's kindness again." Ning Wan said, "You know very well that blindly taking grace or killing cannot truly conquer people's hearts, and only a combination of grace and power can subdue people's hearts." ”
Fan Wencheng said: "Since the entry of my Qing soldiers, the officials and gentry in Beijing and Beizhi only have the city's favor and have not had time to demonstrate, and as a result, those former Ming officials and gentry do not know the slightest gratitude, nor do they know awe, and they actually delusionally want to introduce the party struggle of the former Ming Dynasty into our Qing court, and use this to control the government, I don't know whether to live or die." ”
Ning Wan said: "So now we must make up for the demonstration section, and by the way, accumulate some military salaries, food and grass." ”
Fan Wencheng said: "I have to let the Han officials and gentry understand what will happen if they dare to go against my Qing Dynasty." ”
Ning Wan said: "If the shaving order is lifted after the demonstration, the gentry and people in Beizhi will be grateful, and the gentry and people in Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan will also surrender." ”
Hong Chengchou said: "I see. ”
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Chongzhen has already received three brothers, Wang Jiayan, Hu Xinshui and Zhu Cihong.
For the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, the father and son of the monarch and the minister will inevitably have to hug their heads and cry when they see each other again.
After a long time, Chongzhen asked Wang Jiayan: "Wang Aiqing, what's going on?" When did Li Zicheng become so discerning that he was willing to let you come back? ”
"Where do you have such a vision?" Wang Jiayan shook his head and said, "It was Li Yan's idea. ”
Chongzhen said: "Whether this is Li Yan's idea or Li Zicheng's own opinion, at least the Dashun army has released goodwill to my Daming, and that is enough." ”
"Dashun Army?" Wang Jiayan frowned slightly.
Listening to the tone of the saint, this is to recognize the status of the thief?
Chongzhen sighed: "People must face the reality, at present, Jiannu has replaced the Dashun army as the number one threat to my Ming Dynasty, and the Jiannu army is extremely prosperous, and the Ning army is a tiger, it is definitely not my Ming or Dashun army can fight alone, so we must release goodwill to the Dashun army, and the two joint troops will fight against Jiannu." ”
Wang Jiayan said: "So the Holy Lord is ready to admit the rebellious emperor?" ”
Chongzhen said: "Of course it is impossible to admit the emperor's title, at most he will be crowned the king of Qin." ”
"That's fine." Wang Jiayan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "It's also a coincidence, Li Zicheng also proposed to me Daming to unite with the outside world and resist foreign captives." ”
"Great." Chongzhen was overjoyed.
originally thought that Li Zicheng would have a grudge against Daming,
Unexpectedly, he actually offered to fight against the foreign captives.
It seems that the fact that Li Yan is not dead has completely changed the fate of the Dashun army.
Chongzhen said again: "When I turned around, I gave an order to Nanjing, asking the Ministry of Rites to send officials to Xi'an as soon as possible to enshrine Li Zicheng, and discuss the alliance by the way." ”
In fact, Chongzhen knew that Li Zicheng would not accept the title of king.
He has already ascended the throne and become emperor, what more prince do you need?
But this involves etiquette, and etiquette is not a trivial matter.
Chongzhen has a modern soul, talking about practical effects, as long as the Ming Dynasty can be revitalized in the end and destroy both Jiannu and Dashun, then what does it matter if Li Zicheng's emperor is recognized?
But he knew that the officials and gentlemen of the Ming Dynasty would never think so.
He knew better that if he, as the emperor, took the lead in recognizing Li Zicheng's title of Emperor Dashun, it would greatly hurt the morale of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of thing could not be done, and he would rather have a relationship with Li Zicheng.
Anyway, even if it is a bargain, there is a high probability that the two sides will still be able to reach an alliance.
After all, the threat of building slaves is in front of us, and if we don't form an alliance, we will lose the country.
Wang Jiayan took the initiative to ask Ying: "Holy Lord, the minister is willing to send an envoy to Guanzhong." ”
"Aiqing can't go." Chongzhen flatly refused, "For you, Aiqing, I have another important use. ”
Hu Xinshui, Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and others next to him showed envy, and said that Wang Jiayan was Jane in the emperor's heart, and even Chen Qianfu was a little hot.
However, Chongzhen did not snub Chen Qianfu.
Chongzhen asked, "Chen Aiqing, how is the matter of appeasing Henan?" ”
Chen Qianfu said: "On the Holy Side, all of Guide Mansion, Runing Mansion, Nanyang Mansion and most of Kaifeng Mansion have been reversed, and they are again under my Ming rule." ”
Chongzhen asked, "Who are they?" ”
Chen Qianfu said: "Liu Hongqi, a smuggler of salt in Runing Mansion, gathered more than 1,000 townships to bravely kill the puppet officials sent to Runing Mansion by the Dashun Army and took control of the city, and then various nearby states and counties have been annexed, and now Liu Hongqi's men have grown to more than 5,000 people and control most of Runing Mansion. ”
"Salt dealers?" Chongzhen's brows furrowed slightly.
Chen Qianfu hurriedly said: "Although Liu Hongqi is a smuggler of salt, he still has a heart for the Ming Dynasty. ”
"After all, it's just a local powerhouse." Chongzhen said, "You asked him to lead the army north to garrison along the Yellow River, is he willing to come?" I'm afraid not, right? ”
"This ......," Chen Qianfu was speechless for a moment.
It's not that I'm afraid not, but definitely not.
Chongzhen said again: "Let's talk about a few other prefectures." ”
Chen Qianfu replied and said: "In addition, Liu Xuan has 2,000 troops to occupy Xiangcheng, Han Jiadi has 2,000 troops to Xuzhou, and Li Jiyu has 3,000 troops to Yuzhou. ”
"Li Jiyu?" Xu Dingguo, who accompanied him, was stunned.
Li Jiyu, this idiot, actually had 3,000 troops to occupy Yuzhou?
Chen Qianfu said: "This Li Jiyu is not the other Li Jiyu, but the same name." ”
Xu Dingguo sighed softly when he heard this, I said, it turned out that it was just the same name.
Chongzhen said again: "What about the other mansions? Are they all still under the control of the thieves? ”
Chen Qianfu said: "Most of the other provinces are under the control of the thieves, but except for the Weihui Mansion, which does not listen to the imperial edict now, nor does it obey the orders of the thieves. ”
Chongzhen asked again: "What's going on with Weihui Mansion?" ”
Chen Qianfu said: "Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, fled back to his hometown Xinxiang not long ago, gathered his neighbors to form a township of 3,000 people and occupied the city, and the thieves who stayed in Weihui were also killed by him. ”
Chongzhen said: "This is a good thing, have you contacted Zhang Jinyan?" ”
Chen Qianfu said: "The minister personally went to Xinxiang, but he almost couldn't come back. ”
"Understood." Chongzhen's face instantly turned cold, "Zhang Jinyan is going to learn from Wu Sangui." ”
Chen Qianfu said: "Yes, the minister inquired privately, and Zhang Jinyan is going to send someone to Jingshi to contact Jiannu. ”
Chongzhen sneered and said: "This old man first opened the Zhengyang Gate to accept the thieves into the city, and then led the civil and military officials to kneel outside the Chengtian Gate with Wei Zaode to ask for surrender, which can be described as a heavy sin, he knows that I will not spare him, so he would rather surrender to Jiannu as a slave with three surnames than dare to return to the Ming Dynasty, which is not surprising." ”
Because Chongzhen did not succeed in committing suicide, many people and things have changed.
Wang Jiayan said: "Shengshang, now is the time of radical changes in the family and country, everything should be based on the continuation of my Ming Dynasty, as long as you are willing to return to the Ming Dynasty and serve my Ming court, no matter what kind of mistakes you commit, you should be pardoned, so can you make a pardon edict to pardon the mistakes committed by criminal ministers like Zhang Jinyan?" ”
Chongzhen said: "Wang Aiqing's words are honestly the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country. ”
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "But it's not time yet." ”
The edict of pardon that Wang Jiayan said is actually a sword of public opinion.
This kind of artifact should be saved for the moment of decisive victory with Jiannu, otherwise it will be a tyrannical celestial object.
Chongzhen said again: "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, Zhang Jinyan wants to follow Wu Sangui and take refuge in Jiannu, and let him go, Chen Aiqing, you just need to guard the south bank of the Yellow River." ”
"Commandment." Chen Qianfu said respectfully.
Chen Qianfu returned to Germany with his entourage.
Chongzhen said to Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui again: "Wang Aiqing, Hu Aiqing, you two go to Shandong." ”
"To Shandong?" Wang Jiayan was thoughtful, but Hu Xinshui looked bitter, and said in his heart, can I not go?
Chongzhen said: "The rule of the thieves in Shandong has basically collapsed, and the current Shandong is also the same as Henan, and it is also a combination of heroes and powers, so I need the two of you to stabilize the situation in the shortest possible time after arriving in Shandong, so that you can not be as orderly as before, and you must not let Shandong fall into the hands of Jiannu." ”
"Commandment." Wang Jiayan did not hesitate at all, nor did he mention any conditions.
Hu Xinshui said with a sad face: "Shengshang, there is no problem in going to Shandong, but you can't do it without soldiers, can you return the 1,000 Yiding to the minister?" There are not many ministers, only the thousand Yiding. ”
Chongzhen smiled, return a thousand Yiding to you? Am I stupid?
At that moment, Chongzhen smiled and said: "I am used to the 1,000 Yiding, and I can't do without it, but I can give you 300 Ding, and you can take these 300 Dings to follow Wang Aiqing to Shandong as a governor." ”
Just transfer 300 families from Jin Xuan to Hu Xinshui.
"Admiral?" Hu Xinshui's heart moved, this can be considered.
"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said, "The Governor of the Central Army, the Governor of the Left, and the Governor of Shandong. ”
After speaking, he said to Wang Jiayan: "I will also take the Zhongzhi Special Jian Aiqing as the governor of Shandong, the two of you are one scholar and one martial artist, and after arriving in Shandong, you must unite sincerely and do your best to defend the territory for the Ming Dynasty." ”
"Commandment." Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui responded solemnly.