Beiyang new warlord

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This proposal was really beyond the expectation of a group of bigwigs in the Donglin Party. After a few seconds of stunned, Qian Qianyi turned his attention to Gao Hongtu, who was the leader of Donglin, the second assistant Gao Hongtu, and Wang Qia, Minister of Rites. Jiang Yueguang, a scholar of the Martial Yingdian University and part-time Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and several other Donglin bigwigs also pondered for more than a minute before nodding their heads with difficulty.

"My minister agrees!"

Anyway, it's all at this juncture, and the party's struggle for power and fame has lost its meaning. How bad can it be?

All the bosses nodded, and Zhu Yousong was also "following the good", and immediately called out loudly: "Come here, pass on Shi Kefa, a scholar of the First Assistant University, to the palace!"

Zhu Yousong hated the establishment issue, Yangzhou fell, and became the target of the Donglin Party. Since the Donglin coup, Shi Kefa has completely faded out of politics for a long time. They say that power is the elixir of life, and it is true. Fifty A few Shi Kefa was gray-haired, and some people believed that he was 70 years old when he was old. He walked up to the hall tremblingly.

Seeing him kneeling in the hall, even though Zhu Yousong looked a little emotional, he had forgotten a lot about the standing up, and sighed, Zhu Yousong asked heavily.

"The army of thieves is overwhelming, what can Mr. Shi do to defeat the enemy?"

To be honest, even Shi Kefa was shocked for a long time when he learned from the eunuch that Zuo Liangyu was defeated and the whole army of Chu Town was wiped out. How did it become a catastrophe for the court?

Fortunately, after all, he is a person who has experienced big storms, and has experienced a real military test. In the car entering the palace, he has already calmed down, thinking about the countermeasures, listening to Zhu Yousong's question, He is confident and confident.

"The subject is in charge!"

"The main battle? With what to fight?"

Before Zhu Yousong could speak, it was Wang Qia's turn to jump out like a lunatic, pointing at Shi Kefa's nose and yelling, "There are 50 intruders, even Zuo Liangyu was defeated and killed, you Do you want His Majesty to repeat the mistakes of the late emperor?"

"I heard that your lords have formed a branch of the Xinbei Army?"

Shi Kefa raised his head and spoke softly, and Wang Qi, who was choking, was dumbfounded.

After the three towns in Jiangbei were destroyed, Gao Hongtu, Qian Qianyi and others formed the Xinbei Army of 130 to [-] people to replace them, and it was once the achievements of the Donglin Party in power, but they knew it well. The Beifu Army in history was nothing at all, worse than Zuo Liangyu's new attached army. Regardless of spending more than [-] million taels of military pay a year, it was only useful to scare the common people. Qian Qianyi and others didn't think about them at all.

But now Shi Kefa brought it up as a matter of fact, it really feels like a naked slap in the face.

Shi Kefa continued to kowtow to Wang Qia, who choked silently, and said, "Although the intruders are aggressive, they are in a small country, and I heard that the battle of Zuozhen was a desperate army of intruders. Zuozhen was divided and surrounded, so it doesn't mean that he is good at water warfare, and the governor of Jiujiang, Yuan Jixian, is an upright official and diligent in training troops. The Poyang Lake Navy can still fight. Send reinforcements to block the eastward route of Poyang Lake."

"Back then, Taizu fought against Chen Youliang's 60 troops in this place. After the first battle, Chen Youliang was wiped out in ashes! Based on this, our dynasty is not without the strength of a battle!"

After impassionedly finished his whole paragraph of big suggestion, Shi Kefa raised his head excitedly, but seeing that no matter whether it was Emperor Hongguang or the leaders of Donglin, all of them were full of doubts, he smiled wryly in his heart, and Shi Kefa kowtowed again speak.

"Even if you go north to ask for troops, it will take more than a month for the envoys to arrive at the capital immediately. Even if the Emperor of the Sea is kind and sends troops south immediately, it will take another month for the envoys to reach Xuzhou. It will take at least two and a half months for the Xuzhou army to mobilize troops and horses to cross the river." .”

"During this time, we have to support ourselves! My lords!"

These words are much more reliable than the Taizu's battle with Chen Youliang just now. Even if he wants to surrender, he has to hold on. This time, Wang Qia didn't even fight, and took the lead in kowtowing: "Old minister seconded!"

Immediately afterwards, several big figures in Donglin also nodded their heads one after another!

The weakened Nanming Dynasty finally responded positively.

However, the rulers and ministers in Nanjing who were struggling on the verge of life and death didn't know that no matter how hard they struggled, Mao Jue, who was sitting firmly in the capital, was already the winner. From the moment Li Zicheng died, he won!

Chapter 7 and Five. Nan Ming Falls, Mao Jue Eats

Literati! The most shameless people in the early Ming Dynasty were these literati!They completely lost the boldness of their ancestors in the Han and Tang Dynasties to take on the world bravely. It was these Donglin Party members who secretly staged a mutiny to seize power, but when the country was in crisis, they were the first to hide.

Even if they agree with Shi Kefa's plan, no one has the courage to be the supervisor to lead the expedition. Gao Hongtu claimed to have a foot disease, Qian Qianyi had a relapse of wind and cold, and Jiang Riguang had pneumonia again. In the end, the responsibility of the supervisor fell back. Shi Kefa, who was "sick" and had not been in court for three years.

At the beginning, he was unwilling to be the supervisor, not because Shi Kefa was afraid of death and responsibility. You must know that this Xinbei government was taken back from Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, and it was completely defeated by the Donglin Party from top to bottom. Cleaning, the officers of the legion are either the old disciples of the Donglin bosses, or the slaves and servants of their families. Shi Kefa has no basis at all. If the generals cannot be single-minded, how can they fight?

It’s okay, masters, apprentices, masters and servants, I heard that they are going to go to war, and they will compete with the menacing 50 invading troops. In the past few days, the 18 Beifu troops will get rid of the large and small troops on paper. The more than 5 people with small face-related households who ate empty pay disappeared completely, and more than 6 people fled. Some of the former Nanjing Imperial Army who fought in the middle and left, and those Nanjing nobles after Hongwu Yongle were not optimistic about Shi Kefa, and tried their best The method was to separate his own parts from the central government, and then get rid of those who had to stay in Nanjing, and finally fell into the hands of Shi Kefa. The troops that could be mobilized were only in the early [-]s.

Fortunately, Shi Kefa is not completely alone. He regained his rights, and some people saw the hope of recovery, so Fushe leaned over.

Fushe is known as Little Donglin, and its political purpose is also highly consistent with that of Donglin. It is all about clearing up accumulated evils, opposing eunuchs' meddling in politics, and opposing the arbitrary collection of commercial and mining taxes like Emperor Wanli. But one Donglin and one Fushe are, after all, Two political groups! The Donglin Party came from a scholar-official background, such as Qian Qianyi and Gong Dingzi, all of whom are big landlords in the south of the Yangtze River. They have been mixed for more than ten years, and the end of the Donglin Party has also mixed a piece of property. They are regarded as the vested interests of the ruling class. By.

Most of the people from Kefushe are young scholars. What are the characteristics of young people?Unfortunately, it is poor! Except for some who were born in the second generation of officials in Donglin, such as Zuo Guofen, the son of Zuo Guangdou, Wei Xuelian, the son of Wei Dazhong, Gu Yushu, the son of Gu Dazhang, Huang Zongxi, the son of Huang Zunsu, etc. Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Zhang Pu, both came from an ordinary family. Zhang Pu even experienced chapped hands and feet due to cold reading in winter due to carbon-free heating.

Moreover, Fushe itself has two meanings. One is to rejuvenate the ancient culture, and the other is to fail the examination for a long time and need to retake the imperial examination. Such a group of politically frustrated young people gather together to uphold the political philosophy of Donglin Neo Confucianism At the same time, Fushe members also have their own political demands.

But now, surrounded by the sage who was the leader of the past, he has completely ascended to the dominant position. Has the interest of restoring the society been fulfilled?

It can't be said that there are none at all. For example, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai got mixed up in some affairs. Chen Zilong, Fang Yizhi, Huang Zongxi, etc. also became officials in Kedao, but these leaders can be removed, and thousands of scholars in the society will be rehabilitated. There are not many early ones.

Moreover, the political demands have not been met, and the political status and economic interests of the members of the rehabilitated society are deteriorating. The Donglin Party’s so-called procrastinating reforms, persuading farmers and businessmen, and closing the end of the industry are not only a retrogression of society, but also For example, Qian Qianyi, a big landlord in the south of the Yangtze River, devoured small and medium-sized landlords and self-cultivators. The entire social structure was completely merged into large feudal manors across states and counties. The manor owners were equivalent to kings. Small industrial and commercial owners who took the lead to earn a little money also completely lost this right, and were ruthlessly imprisoned on the land. Even some decent scholars and members of the Fushe before were beaten into slaves. A series of political activities of the Donglin Party Reform, for Fushe, is a complete disappointment.

Either perish in silence, or erupt in despair. After fighting for so long to restore the society, how could it be possible to be willing to be perished like this?

At the Stone City barracks, at one end, groups of Donglin veterans fled out of the barracks in desperation, and at the other end, the Fushe children who dragged their luggage immediately came to report in high spirits, regardless of civil and military officials, now at least It's fine to be an official, and Shi Kefa is issuing official seals to sue him at this time, and Donglin who is in power can't say anything. After all, Shi Kefa is about to go to war now, you can't let these official positions be vacant, right?

To be honest, looking at the troops under his command, Shi Kefa frowned. Mao Jue, the three towns in the old Jiangbei, almost ate up nothing, 60 million people. Only Liu Liangzuo, who fled back to the south of the Yangtze River, was 6 million people, and he was still an underdog. As soon as Liu Liangzuo, the underdog among them, died of illness, the hearts of these people also collapsed.

As for Ma Shiying's old ministry in Fengyang, the political leader was killed, Fengyang is still occupied by Beiming, and the morale of this part is even lower.

These are better at any rate, they have a little military experience, but they are outright rogues to gather those street children, even if they put on armor, they don't look like soldiers. The scholars or their friends from the rivers and lakes, the officers, tried their best to call for assembly, but after 10 minutes, the 2 people have not even set up a square formation, and Shi Kefa's brows are really frowned.

Fortunately, at this time, the second benefit brought by the restoration of the society was revealed again. Although Zhang Pu is a political speculator, he has a little side of Song Jiang in time, that is, loyalty! Everyone in the world knows everyone Somewhere, at the gate of the barracks, a thunderous roar suddenly suppressed the chaos in the barracks.

"Yan Yingyuan, a native of Jiangyin, was ordered by the leader of the alliance to join the army with the township party special, and I hope the bachelor will take him in!"

Hearing the roar, Shi Kefa's black face turned red, and he left the troops excitedly, but hurried out to meet him. At the entrance of the gate, there was a man wearing a pudding head and an official uniform, his beard slightly stretched, The tall black man who doesn't want to be a southerner in this era, with a big knife on his back, stands majestically at the front, followed closely behind. Although thousands of young men are wearing homespun floral clothes, many of them are even barefoot, carrying They were still holding hoes and sticks, but these people looked energetic and energetic, and they were many times stronger than those real soldiers in the military camp.

"Meet the grand maester!"

With a bang, Yan Yingyuan, with his fellow countrymen under his command, fell down on his knees like pushing a golden mountain down a jade pillar. Shocked, Shi Kefa also quickly took two steps and pulled him up abruptly, saying incessantly: "Don't worry too much!" Courtesy! There is no need to be too polite!"

After finishing the etiquette, looking up at these Jiangyin disciples, Shi Kefa finally stroked his beard happily again, and finally showed a smiling face

"With the help of a strong man! My work is done!"

With the addition of Yan Yingyuan's Jiangyin soldiers, Shi Kefa's western expedition team finally took shape. On August 50th, at the gate of the city, Qian Qianyi, Gao Hongtu and a series of Donglin bosses watched with gloomy faces , This army left the capital in a mighty way, went against the Yangtze River, and headed straight for Jiujiang, where Liu Zongmin's [-] troops were waiting for him!

But no matter what the outcome of this battle is, the impact of the invasion of the army has spread throughout the entire south of the Yangtze River. The Donglin Party reformed the ancients and divided the society into feudal manors like beehives. The evil results have also been revealed. .

Not all aristocratic family masters are not afraid of death! As soon as the news of the annihilation of Zuo Liangyu spread, the whole of Jiangnan caused great panic. These big manor owners in the countryside immediately brought their relatives with their wealth Greased and fled, the older ones went straight to Nanjing, while the younger ones hid in the nearest county town, at least there was a city wall to protect them from the coming war.

But it's good for them to leave as soon as they leave, which land does not have tens of thousands of slaves working, the masters are afraid of death, but the ordinary people are not afraid of it?In addition, they have long been dissatisfied with the exploitation of this feudal manor. As soon as the old men fled, the entire village and the entire town also fled, forming a wave of horrific refugees like the one that destroyed the world during the reign of Chongzhen.

At this time, the entire Nanming Dynasty was already in panic, and the local officials of the gloomy general had no strength and no intention to manage these refugees.

However, it is different from the reign of Chongzhen. The refugees in the north have nowhere to go, nowhere to eat, and can only go wherever they want to grab. These refugees in the south of the Yangtze River are different. They can go to "big cities" to work!

The quiet West Lake is approaching the autumn harvest, and it is bustling again, just like the large-scale talent recruitment fair in later generations, the largest East India Company, and various small shops and workshops that have sprung up below, all of which have set up banners on the lakeside Come on, shouting desperately.

"Food and housing included! Five insurances and one housing fund! And weekends!"

"Double salary during holidays, salary is paid on a monthly basis, and there will never be arrears!"

"Hiring! Hiring!"