Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 108
East Zhejiang, Quzhou.

Deng Wang and Zhu Yujian summoned Jin Quyan, the governor of Huang Daozhou and others, "I heard that Jian Guo has raised troops across the sea and won successive victories in Wu?"

"It's true that Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu is His Royal Highness's pseudonym." Huang Daozhou, as the governor of Jin Quyan appointed by Zhu Yihai, is the governor of the three prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, but the three prefectures are not easy to manage. The state is occupied by troops led by Fang Guoan in Nanbo Township, while Jinhua is guarded by Zhu Dadian, a university scholar and governor of Anqing, Huizhou and other places. Wang Zhenshou, the governor is naturally not good.

During this period of time, he was also working day and night, coordinating the prefectures and counties, appeasing the refugees, compiling and practicing Baojia, and training the village brave. Those bandits, thieves, local ruffians, and scoundrels who made the rebellion had to suppress those traitors and evil gentry who surrendered captives secretly.

In the severe drought this summer, a bucket of rice has risen to three qian, and a stone of rice costs three taels of silver, a record high in the past.

The Jinquyan Sanfu was originally located in a mountainous area with little cultivated land. Now it is the rear and has the important task of delivering food to the front line. But now the harvest has decreased and the price of food has soared. The local area cannot be self-sufficient. He has to find a way Rescue the victims, otherwise the hungry people will be together, and bandits will inevitably be everywhere.

Fortunately, he worked hard in the rear, and the front line was always stable.

Zhang Guowei and Yu Ying supervised Jiangshang, and all the rebels are now guarding the Qiantang River defense line. Even under the comfort and mediation of Jian Guo, Fang Guoan of Yanzhou has restrained a lot. He also barely managed to control the soldiers and horses under his command to stop looting places, and even went down the river to cooperate with Fang Guoan's river defense troops to take down Xincheng and Fuyang, and just won the great victory in Lin'an. The west side of Hangzhou received several cities.

The next step is Yuhang. At that time, it will go north to Dusongguan to open the passage to Huzhou and Jinling, and go west to Huanghuaguan to connect Ningguo and Wuhu.

Of course, the victories Fang Guoan and Zhang Guowei won in these few battles are far inferior to the Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu's Northern Expedition Army. A vice-president of Xie Town was taken down.

Five thousand puppet troops, plus five hundred and eight banner Tartar soldiers.

The news spread back to Eastern Zhejiang, which can be described as exciting.

After Huang Daozhou heard about it, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night.

"His Royal Highness's Northern Expeditionary Army has grown to [-] battalions, with a total of [-] soldiers and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers. It has completely stood firm, and even in Suzhou, Songjiang and other places, there are many loyal ministers and righteous men who follow the order of the prison country and want to raise their flags and raise troops to respond."

Zhu Yujian slapped his thigh straight as he listened, his face flushed with excitement.

"I know it, I know it, King Lu is indeed younger and more promising. Huang Gong, I invited you here because I heard that you are going to send troops to escort a batch of money and grain north to Shaoxing, and escort Zhang Gong and others to go with you?"

Although there is a severe drought in eastern Zhejiang, Huang Daozhou is still actively raising money and trying to raise a batch of money and food, which will be sent to the front line of Shaoxing and support the Northern Expeditionary Army of Lu State in Jiaxing.

At the same time, he also gathered many court officials here, and this time he also accompanied Quzhou to send food and soldiers.

There are Zhang Kentang, the former governor of Fujian, the governor of the capital, Wu Chunzhi, the governor of Fujian, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Qu Shixu, the governor of Guangxi, and the former prefect of Changsha and deputy envoy of Huguang from Huguang. Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang, and other people.

They were all going to Shaoxing to meet Lu Jianguo, but they didn't expect to hear that Jianguo had crossed the sea to conquer the Northern Expedition.

"Governor Ding intends to return to Guangdong and Guangxi first, while Governor Zhang, Governor Du, and Governor Qu will continue to go to Shaoxing to report to the ministers in the cabinet."

"I also want to travel alone."

Deng Wang Zhu Yujian expressed his plan without hesitation. During this period of time, after obtaining the permission of the supervisor, he began to recruit soldiers and horses to supplement the guards. He has now recruited 3000 people and divided them into five battalions. A Chinese military camp.

"Although most of Gu's guards are recruits, they are all young, strong and full of loyalty. They are determined to serve the country, and Gu and them can't wait to go north."

Huang Daozhou was very aware of this King Deng's team. In fact, one of his important duties as the governor was to monitor the prince of the same city. After all, they had planned to support him to supervise the country before.

Lu Jianguo was very generous to this emperor uncle, he didn't ask about the previous matters at all, and even allowed him to recruit three thousand guards, and let him guard Quzhou.

"Although His Royal Highness's guards of King Deng have more than [-] troops, they lack training and lack of equipment. Why don't they stay in Quzhou to assist the city defense and stabilize the place?"

Zhu Yujian shook his head, "Gu's guards are indeed the new army, but Gu has already led them to suppress bandits several times. In the face of national calamity, how can he sit in the back and enjoy the peace as a descendant of Taizu alone? The supervisor of the country can go to the Northern Expedition himself, How can I be left behind?"

"Huang Gong, but Your Highness has a secret order not to leave Quzhou alone?"

Huang Daozhou shook his head, "That's not true, it's just that His Royal Highness ordered His Royal Highness to guard Quzhou before, and under the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system, vassals are not allowed to leave the fief."

"The ancestral system is the ancestral system, but isn't it an extraordinary time now? I am going to go north, and I will go to Jiaxing to add strength to Jian Guo."

Huang Daozhou is still shaking his head, you are making trouble, not helping, you, the prince, going north, don't know how much uneasiness and suspicion have been caused.

But Zhu Yujian was determined to go north.

At this time, a young man stood up, "Deng Wang has such a heart to serve the country, why can't Master Futai fulfill it? Besides, Jian Guo also issued a campaign against the Qing Dynasty, saying that once the war broke out, there would be no distinction between north and south, and no distinction between people." Old and weak, no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war, and they should all have the determination to sacrifice everything..."

Zhu Yujian turned his head to look at the young man, feeling very fond of him.

"Who is this?"

The young man saluted, "Your official Jin Yiwei guards thousands of households, Jian Guo confers a lieutenant general of the navy battalion, bestows the country's surname, and Zhu Chenggong pays homage to King Deng Qiansui."

When Zhu Yujian heard the name, he immediately understood that this was the Zheng family from Fujian.

"Governor of Fujian, son of Duke Zheng's family, Marquis of Nan'an?"

"It's the subordinate."

"Does the country's surname also go to Shaoxing?" Zhu Yujian didn't like the Zheng family in Fujian, especially after he had a conflict with Zheng Hongkui before.

"Thanks to the love of Jian Guo, the lower official was awarded the title of Vice Admiral of the Navy. This time, he went to the north by order, not only to represent my father to pay homage to Jian Guo, but also to go to serve formally."

At this time, Zheng Sen was only 21 years old, very young, but he had a patriotic heart.Although his father was a pirate, his mother was a Japanese girl. He was born to the Japanese girl Tagawa who his father married when he was in Japan. Even his childhood was spent in Hirado Island, Japan, but he was taken back by his father after he was six years old. Fujian.

Then he concentrated on studying at home. At the age of 14, he passed the examination as a scholar.

During the period when he was in prison in Nanjing, while studying, he also cared about current affairs. He had a close relationship with the Donglin Party Fushe and others. The Qing army went south, and Zheng Sen returned to Fujian.

Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang who was arranged by the Zheng family in the court, fled without a fight, and tried to support Zhu Yujian to proclaim the country emperor, but an accident occurred halfway, and the matter failed.

Zhu Yihai supervised the country in Taizhou, and then he did it with great vigor and vigor. For a while, half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River, but he was firmly in charge of supervising the country.Zhu Yihai issued an imperial edict to the Zheng family in Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong was granted the title of marquis by the earl, and his brothers and nephews were granted the title of second uncle, and his son was also granted the title of hereditary thousand households, and Zheng Zhilong was also granted the post of governor of Fujian.

This result was actually a pleasant surprise to the Zheng family who failed to plan to support the establishment of a supervisory state.Compared with supporting Hongguang at the beginning, the Zheng family did not make any effort to support King Lu this time, but the benefits they gained were no less than supporting Hongguang.

So Zheng Zhilong and his brothers sat down and discussed together, and decided to go along with the flow and support King Lu to supervise the country, and they didn't plan to support other clans. After all, King Lu was so powerful, and the rewards for them were not bad. .

A governor, an admiral, two town commanders, one marquis and two earls, recognized that Fujian is the territory of the Zheng family. This is absolutely satisfied for the Zheng family, who have been planning to have a strong official status since the Chongzhen Dynasty was recruited.

So this time Zheng Zhilong sent his nephew Zheng Cai and his son Zheng Sen to go north to meet Lu Jianguo, and also specially brought 50 taels of silver and many boats.

Zheng Sen traveled by land and first came to Qu to meet Huang Daozhou after leaving Xianxia Pass, and by the way to meet Xia Deng Wang to resolve the previous conflicts, while Zheng Cai led a navy to transport money and food to the coast.

Zheng Sen has now officially changed his name to Zhu Chenggong. This is a gift from the state supervisor, and it is a great honor to still have the surname of the country.In particular, the envoy sent to Fujian to deliver the decree also conveyed to Zheng Zhilong and his son the oracle of the supervisory state. Zhu Yihai said that none of his three sons were involved in the war, and now he only has two daughters. At the age of marriage, it is good to have a little tutor, but she is a little weak.

He heard that Da Mu is young, ambitious and talented, so he plans to call Da Mu over and let the two young people meet. If Da Mu and his daughter are satisfied with each other, then he will recruit Da Mu to be his son-in-law.

These words made Zheng Zhilong very excited. His son was given a surname change and was recruited as a son-in-law. He didn't mean to be unhappy at all, but felt very happy. He was born as a pirate, and now he has the opportunity to marry the royal family. It is a great honor.

Not to mention, if the son becomes the son-in-law of the supervisor, he will be the son-in-law in the future, and the status of the Zheng family in the court will be more stable. After he was recruited back then, he opened up his joints and arranged for his younger brother to change his name to Hongkui to take the martial arts exam. Then he arranged to serve in the imperial court, thinking that although the Zheng family is powerful in the southeast sea and has a lot of influence in Fujian, their foundation is not enough after all. Someone must be in the court and the relationship with the imperial court must be strengthened to ensure the status of the Zheng family. stable.

Now Jian Guo wants to recruit his son to be his son-in-law, which is of course what he wished for, so he generously took out 50 taels of silver, and raised a lot of food to carry to the north.

"Let's go together on the road." Zhu Yujian didn't have a good impression of the Zheng family, but he felt pretty good about this young man.

Huang Daozhou had no choice but to see that the surname Zhu Chenggong also intervened. At this time, Du Yinxi, who was appointed as the governor of Huguang by Jian Guo, also came to help and supported King Deng to lead his troops to the north.

As the governor, Huang Zhoudao couldn't refute, so he finally agreed after thinking about it.

Du Yinxi was originally the magistrate of Changsha, and later he was promoted to be the deputy envoy of the procuratorate and the governor of Xuezheng. After Zuo Liangyu raised troops, he and Governor He Tengjiao and other local officials in Huguang refused to obey Zuo Liangyu's order, recruited troops, and gathered troops to defend themselves.

After Zhu Yihai supervised the country, he passed it on to the world, and also gave many orders to Ming Dynasty officials everywhere, including He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi. , Governor Huguang, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou military affairs.

He also added Du Yinxi as the governor of Huguang, and added the titles of Minister of the Ministry of War and Yudu Yushi.

At the same time, many civil servants and military generals in Huguang were promoted to ranks, with the purpose of bringing this fairly good local force into their own court of supervision.

He gave the order to He Du and the two of them to fight against the captives together, and to appease the remaining battalions of the Dashun Army, which was defeated by the Huguang army. It was also specially designed to confer the title of Zhongzhen Camp on the rest of the Shun Army.

Li Jin and other 13 people were awarded the title of Chief Military Officer, Li Jin was given the name of Chixin, Gao Yigong was given the name of Bizheng, and they were awarded the titles of General Longxiang and General Huben, while Du Yinxi was ordered to supervise the army. town.

When this decree was sent to Changsha, He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi were very surprised. At that time, Li Zicheng had just died, and the camps of the Shun Army were in chaos for a while.

Although He Tengjiao and others also recruited troops and gathered in Changsha, their strength was actually very weak, and there was an army of Azig in Jiangxi. Suddenly a decree came from the east of Zhejiang, and the angel told everyone that King Lu was overseeing the country in the east of Zhejiang.

It is indeed a bit surprising that they were promoted to higher ranks, and they were asked to join forces with the bandits to fight against the captives.

But He Tengjiao and the others couldn't beat Li Zicheng. When Zuo Liangyu was guarding Hubei, he had an army of 80, and he didn't dare to fight Li Zicheng. How could they be opponents.

Before Lu Jianguo's decree came, He Tengjiao originally sent several groups of people to negotiate with the Shun Army, but they were all misunderstood by the Shun Army as coming to encircle and suppress. In the end, several groups of He Tengjiao's officers and troops were wiped out. Li was shocked three times a day.

Now that there is a decree to supervise the country, it is justifiable to openly contact the Shun army, and even use the name of the court to surrender.

He Tengjiao was promoted from governor of Huguang to governor of the five provinces, and Du Yinxi was also promoted to governor. After repeated discussions, they decided to formally contact Shunjun and recruit them according to the order of the supervisory state.

The recruiting was going well. At this time, the Shun Army was leaderless and panicked. After Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others died in battle, the Dashun Army had completely collapsed.

In the area of ​​Huguang and Jiangxi, the Qing army was the strongest. The Qing army drove them all the way from Beijing to Xi'an, then to Wuchang, and then to Changsha.

Now that the misunderstanding is resolved, the Ming Dynasty is actually willing to recruit them, and they think it is feasible after discussion.

Ever since, Du Yinxi, who had preliminarily reached the recruitment, rushed to Shaoxing this time to meet Jian Guo in person and report the specific recruitment matters.

He came this time and brought 3000 people with him.

It was the bidder he recruited in Changsha, known as Junziying.After coming here, he heard that Jian Guo's pro-army was going to the north, so he planned to take Junziying across the sea to join the expedition.

"Ben Fu will also go to the court with you to meet the Jian Guo!" Huang Daozhou thought about it and decided to go north together.

So Zhang Kentang, Governor of Fujian, Qu Shixu, Governor of Guangxi, Du Yinxi, Governor of Huguang, and Huang Daozhou, Governor of Jin Quyan, the four governors, Zhu Yujian, King of Deng, Zhu Chenggong, the surname of the country, and hundreds of officials led Junziying, King Deng, etc. A total of 2000 people, including guards and Zheng Jiajiading, marched northward with several 10 taels of silver and a lot of grain.

In the Gentleman's Camp, Li Jin, nephew of the intruder named Li Chixin, and the intruders Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongyi pretended to be the servants of Hunan Fubiao and rode on the horse. It's amazing to raise troops and horses to cross the river to the north of the river first."

"Indeed, and it seems that they are still capable of fighting. They actually wiped out [-] Tartar soldiers and horses, including [-] real Tartars."

Li Jindao, "I think this superintendent acts in the manner of some of our Chuang Wangs in the past. He always takes the lead in the charge."

Yuan Zongdi said, "It's better to follow such a boss. An emperor like Hongguang, the soldiers fought on the front line, and he abandoned the capital and fled. How can he fight? Even the Chongzhen kind can't do it. Everyone hasn't given up yet. He himself He hanged himself like a bitch."

"Indeed, I just don't know how sincere this Lu Jianguo who offered to recruit is!" Li Jin was still somewhat uncertain about this trip.

But the Dashun Army was at the end of their rope, and they had no reason not to accept the rope thrown by Lu Jianguo.

"Well, it's better to see once than to hear a hundred times. When we meet him in person, we'll know what's going on." Yuan Zongdi also said. The three leaders, Di and Hao Yaoqi, followed Du Yinxi secretly to the north, because they wanted to meet the supervisor in person, and even heard with his own ears that he was recruiting all the tribes of Anshunying, so that they could truly believe it.

(End of this chapter)