Nanjing, as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, has always been the core city in the south of the Yangtze River.

From the perspective of feng shui, the city of Nanjing can be described as a tiger and a dragon.

Zhongshan Panlong, Shimen Juhu, Qinhuai River in the south, Xuanwu Lake in the north.

Accounting for the number of the four elephants, it is an excellent feng shui treasure land, and a place for hiding wind and gathering qi.

It's a pity that the rolling Yangtze River passed away, so that most of the royal spirit of Nanjing City was vented, and all the dynasties that set the capital of Nanjing were mostly short-lived dynasties in a corner of peace.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, set out to build the city defense of Nanjing, and built him into the world's tallest city, there is no one.

The circumference of Nanjing's city wall is 35.267 kilometers (13,616 battlements, 200 nests), the enclosing area is 43 square kilometers, the city height is 14-26 meters, the city width is 7-30 meters, there are 13 city gates, and 2 water gates.

Nanjing's city gates are also precisely located, and these 13 city gates correspond to the seven stars of the Big Dipper and the six stars of the Southern Dipper.

Nanjing's outer city is more than 60 kilometers away, with a total of 18 gates, but the height is far less than that of the inner city, only 8-10 meters.

With the sturdiness of Nanjing City, as long as the troops are sufficient and the grain and grass are sufficient, it will not be easy to conquer Nanjing.

It's a pity that the country is in Germany, not in danger.

Historically, whether it was Zhu Di's martyrdom or Duoduo's southward journey, Nanjing's city walls almost never played any role.

Although there were still 50,000 Ming troops in Nanjing at this time, they did not have the courage to fight to the death in the face of the strong ships and sharp cannons of the Liaodong Army.

Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, was demoted to Nanjing after prescribing a pair of laxatives to Emperor Taichang in Beijing in the 48th year of Wanli.

But here he is like a fish in water, with the help of Cui Wensheng, "Heaven and Earth" has become the most popular leisure place on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

Even if the "heaven and earth" of the Beijing division was affected by the tension between Liaodong and the imperial court, the "heaven and earth" of Nanjing City was still full of traffic.

They are also accustomed to eating delicious food in heaven and earth, enjoying various services while discussing national affairs.

At this time, Cui Wensheng said: "The battleship of the Liaodong Navy Division has sailed outside Nanjing, and the order of the Liaodong County King asking us to ban the Fushe has also been sent. ”

At this time, everyone was watching others, but no one said anything!

Seeing such a cold scene, Cui Wensheng's face was a little unbearable, he raised his voice and said, "Why do you have to wait until the bombardment of Nanjing before you are willing to speak out?" ”

At this time, Feng Quan said: "This soldier has shrunk all the surrounding forces to Nanjing City, and now Nanjing has 50,000 soldiers, hundreds of artillery pieces of various types, and food should be able to support half a year." ”

Then he added: "50,000 horses sounds like a lot, and it is more than enough to defend other cities, but the soldiers in Nanjing City can only abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city of Nanjing!" ”

"However, this soldier doesn't know much about the combat power of the Liaodong Army, so I would like to ask Shi Shilang to introduce it to everyone!"

Then everyone's eyes looked at Shi Kefa, who had just run back from Yangzhou.

At this time, Shi Kefa was also quite embarrassed.

The position of the Donglin Party was definitely to defend the interests of the Jiangnan gentry and fight to the death with the Liaodong Army.

But he had just returned from a big defeat, and the 30,000 troops in the north were almost wiped out, but instead of rescuing Emperor Chongzhen, he lost Yangzhou.

If he said that the Liaodong Army was not powerful, how could he be so embarrassed?

But if you tell the truth, who still has the courage to resist the Northern Army?

In the end, Shi Kefa still used the Dafa of throwing the pot that the Donglin Party is good at.

He said: "The strong combat strength of the Liaodong Army is one thing, but they are good at using tricks and buying spies, so they have to guard against it!" ”

"Zuo Liangyu's fraudulent surrender and Yangzhou's Hui businessmen turned against the water, which was the main reason for the defeat of Jiangbei this time."

"Although the enemy's sailors are powerful, but after all, the warships cannot land, as long as we share the same hatred of the enemy, we can still hold on with the solidity of Nanjing City!"

Feng Quan said: "It seems that in the face of the Liaodong Army, Shi Shilang's confidence is not very strong!" ”

"Lion Rock is only less than 2 miles away from the Yangtze River, and the naval guns of the Liaodong Army can cover the entire Lion Rock, and I am afraid that even the nearby Fengyi Gate will be difficult to preserve."

"Everyone must already know about the Jingkou Fort in Zhenjiang, even the inner city of Nanjing can't resist the artillery of the Liaodong Army."

"Please don't ignore this reality, if you want to block the enemy army, I'm afraid you can only rely on street fighting!"

"Street fighting?"

Feng Quan's words can be described as a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and the city wall can't stop the enemy, is this still a woolen line?

At this time, the nobles of Nanjing looked at Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

Originally, the "troika" of power in Nanjing were: the garrison eunuch was Cui Wensheng, the Nanjing garrison was Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and Feng Quan, the secretary of the military department.

The Donglin Party now represented the interests of the local gentry in Jiangnan, and it was allied with the Fushe.

Therefore, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, still has a considerable right to speak.

Feng Quan and Cui Wensheng are both from the Intelligence Department, and they naturally advocate surrender.

The attitude of Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, is more critical.

Regarding the "Hongguang New Deal", Xu Hongji himself is still quite resistant.

These nobles hold a large amount of land in Nanzhili, and they will have to pay grain in the future.

Moreover, the iron mines and coal mines they opened privately will also have to pay taxes in accordance with the law in the future, and the most important thing is that he will not be able to eat empty salaries, which is a big loss.

But he also knew very well that the current situation in Nanjing City could not be defended.

Because the 50,000 people Feng Quan said are counting the 20,000 garrisons under his command, 3 percent of these people are empty and 3 percent are old and weak, and there are only a few thousand people who can really fight.

Expecting these people to block the Liaodong Army is tantamount to a fool's dream!

Beijing's nobles are actually their role models, and if they want to keep their titles, they may have to give up some economic interests.

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, said: "What Feng Benbing said is true, and it is unlikely that Nanjing City will resist the Liaodong Army. ”

Seeing that Xu Hongji finally made a statement, Cui Wensheng and Feng Quan looked at each other and smiled.

Feng Quan continued: "The so-called acquisition of literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family! ”

"Now that His Majesty Chongzhen has returned to heaven, all the gentry and vassal kings in Jiangbei have all returned to His Majesty Hongguang. Have you ever wondered in what name we are resisting the army of the Liaodong County King to the south? ”

Feng Quan's words pointed out their biggest weakness at this time, they are unknown!

In the final analysis, this is nothing more than the internal struggle of their old Zhu family.

If Emperor Chongzhen is here, they can still have a name for resistance.

Now that Chongzhen is gone, it is not so simple for them to continue to resist.

After the city was broken, neither Li Xianzhong nor Zhu Yousong would let them go easily.

If it's not good, it's a big crime of rebellion, stealing the family and destroying the family, and they can't afford the consequences!

In the end, Qian Qianyi had no choice but to say: "It seems that we have no choice but to follow the order of the king of Liaodong County, ban the Fushe, and arrest Zhang Pu and others!" ”

After Qian Qianyi's statement, everyone finally reached an agreement.

It is obvious that Li Xianzhong wants to divide them, but at this moment, they can only sacrifice the resumption of the society.

After all, "dead friends, not dead poor friends".

Who asked Chen Zilong of the Restoration Society to assassinate Li Xianzhong?

If the assassination fails, Li Xianzhong will definitely retaliate.

At this moment, Chen Zilong has been directly arrested by the Liaodong Army in Songjiang.

The Fushe was banned in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and its main leaders Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, and Wu Weiye were also arrested in Nanjing.

Of course, at this time, the officials in Nanjing could not sit back and relax, and their execution of Li Xianzhong's order was only the first step.

Next, they still have to look at what Li Xianzhong means.

Therefore, crossing the river to Yangzhou to negotiate with Li Xianzhong became a top priority.

In the end, they decided that Feng Quan and Qian Qianyi would go to Yangzhou to ask Li Xianzhong to cross the river and touch his bottom line.

Yangzhou is only separated from Nanjing by a river, and they soon came to Yangzhou City after being interrogated by the Liaodong Naval Division.

Li Xianzhong met the two in the annex on the shore of Slender West Lake.

Feng Quan was the chess piece he planted in Jiangnan at the beginning, and his main target this time was Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi's name is not small, the leader of the Donglin Party and the leader of the literary world.

It is also known as the "Three Masters of Jiangzuo" together with Wu Weiye and Gong Dingyu, especially known for their poetry.

But in terms of career, he is a complete unlucky guy.

He is a first-class and three jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, which is commonly known as Tanhua.

At the age of 28, he was able to explore flowers in high school, and he was very successful in the imperial examination.

Why do you say he's unlucky?

Because his champion was replaced.

And it was none other than the Wanli Emperor himself who made the exchange.

Han Jing, the champion of the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, should have failed in the examination, but he bought off the examiner Tang Binyin, and he turned his test paper into the first in the examination.

Then in the palace examination, Han Jing ranked third.

However, Tang Binyin made a matchmaking and asked Han Jing to donate 40,000 taels of silver into Wanli's internal funds for his expenses.

In the end, Emperor Wanli actually swapped the rankings of Han Jing and Qian Qianyi for 40,000 taels of silver.

This matter was reported three years later and finally verified, but Qian Qianyi's champion will never come back.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Qian Qianyi served as the chief examiner in Zhejiang, and was implicated because of fraud in the field.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, he finally re-emerged from the mountain, and because of his identity as the leader of the Donglin Party, he was attacked by Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu and was dismissed!

In the first year of Chongzhen, he came back as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and the call for entering the cabinet was the highest, but he was suppressed by the joint efforts of Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, and Emperor Chongzhen was suspicious, so he did not enter the cabinet in the end.

After Wen Tiren became the first assistant, he instructed someone to falsely accuse Qian Qianyi of corruption and illegality, although there were governors Zhang Guowei and Inspector Lu Zhenfei who wrote to avenge their grievances, but they were still dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

It can be said that this appointment as the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites is already the highest official position held by Qian Qianyi in history.

Qian Qianyi is much more famous than Feng Quan in terms of talent and fame, but Feng Quan, who is six years later than him, has already entered the cabinet twice. Qian Qianyi's career is all kinds of unsmooth, and most of them have nothing to do with his ability and integrity, just bad luck, or being implicated and framed.

It was too easy to handle such a person, because Li Xianzhong knew what he craved the most.

Qian Qianyi quickly said: "Lord Qiqi, we have banned the Fushe according to your orders, and arrested its main members!" ”

"This is a joint letter from the Sixth Department of Nanjing and the left-behind officials, and we are willing to serve His Majesty Hongguang as Zhengshuo!"

Li Xianzhong said: "It seems that the Nanjing officials are very efficient, and the king is very satisfied!" ”

"But His Majesty Hongguang was originally Zhengshuo, and this king is just following the edict of Lord Wanli to set things right!"

To be honest, because Wanli took away the champion, Qian Qianyi was still a little jealous in his heart.

Moreover, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne of the Ming ancestral system, even if Wanli's edict is true, the civil officials in the world do not recognize it.

Li Xianzhong just relied on force to force them to admit it!

Seeing that Qian Qianyi didn't answer, Li Xianzhong continued: "This king has always felt that there should be a mistake and must be investigated, just like the fraud case in the 38th year of Wanli, since it has been investigated, then it should be rectified!" ”

Set things right?

Qian Qianyi almost couldn't believe his ears, did Li Xianzhong mean to change the ranking of that subject?

Li Xianzhong said: "The original champion Han Jing deceived the saint through bribery and other means, so he should naturally remove his name. ”

"His Majesty Hongguang Shengming, said that Qian Shangshu has suffered unfair treatment and should restore his reputation. Therefore, His Majesty will issue an edict to report the fraud cases of that year to the world, and restore the title of the first famous Jinshi in the 38th year of Qian Shangshu Wanli, that is, the title of 'champion'. ”

After hearing Li Xianzhong's words, Qian Qianyi was already in tears.

Although he was very unhappy in his heart, he never thought that one day he would be able to overturn the case.

He knelt on the ground and said, "Weichen, thank Your Majesty and the prince for your great kindness!" ”

"Weichen is set to be the Hongguang court, and he will die after doing his best!"

Li Xianzhong hurriedly picked up Qian Qianyi, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "With Qian Shangshu's talent, he should have entered the cabinet a long time ago." This king can promise Qian Shangshu that as long as the matter of Jiangnan is over, Qian Shangshu will be allowed to enter the cabinet. ”

Li Xianzhong knew that Qian Qianyi was not short of money, and after Qian Qianyi was imprisoned on suspicion of opposing the Qing Dynasty, Liu Ru once spent 300,000 taels of silver to open the joints.

What he struggled with all his life was nothing more than the "lost" champion and the opportunity to enter the cabinet that he had "never gotten".

So as long as he fulfills his two major wishes in life, he will definitely be loyal to himself.

Sure enough, Qian Qianyi said that he would definitely do his best to implement the "Hongguang New Deal"!

With Qian Qianyi's defection, the Donglin Party in Jiangnan will not always be against him.

On December 20 of the first year of Hongguang, Li Xianzhong, the king of Liaodong County, crossed the Yangtze River from Yanziji and entered the city of Nanjing.

The honorable officials of Nanjing and the gentry of Jiangnan offered 5 million taels of silver to support the Hongguang Imperial Court, and announced that Nanzhili would be attached to the Hongguang Imperial Court and began to implement the "Hongguang New Deal"!

After Li Xianzhong entered the city of Nanjing, he immediately announced that Ling Chi would execute Chen Zilong, the mastermind who assassinated him, annihilate his three clans, and ban the Fushe, and exiled Zhang Pu and other major members of the Fushe to Liaodong.

The influence of the Fushe in Jiangnan was very great, which made the gentry in Jiangnan exclaim.

However, Liu Ru personally came forward to testify, and the gentry who spoke for Chen Zilong and others were helpless.

But the strange thing is that the mastermind of this assassination did not deal with the results!

Li Xianzhong did not pursue Liu Ruyi, but secretly released her.

Zhang Zhiji was ordered to send Liu Rushi to the riverside and said, "Miss Liu, this is a letter from the prince to you!" ”

Liu Ru opened the envelope and saw that there was only one poem in the letter:

I dream of Yangzhou good,

The expedition to the south was also accidental.

But the color is there,

Parting is only tonight!

After seeing this poem, Liu Ru immediately understood Li Xianzhong's intentions.

She said to Zhang Zhiji: "Little grandfather, the slave family is not leaving!" ”

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