Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 110

Jiaxing, Haiyan.

Zhu Yihai took Zhu Jiazhuang to victory, and led his troops eastward to Haiyan City.

Just at this time, two troops came from the sea.

"Your Highness, Liu Kongzhao is a treacherous, unusable man. Yang Wencong is also the brother-in-law of the treacherous Prime Minister Ma Shiying. These two are absolutely unacceptable."

It was Yu Dafu, the General Political Envoy who also co-organized the Jiangnan Zhuying Liangtai, who strongly advised Zhu Yihai.

Zhu Yihai was just chewing on a piece of dried shrimp.

"Your Highness, that Liu Kongzhao is a treacherous and treacherous man with a lack of virtue. As a descendant of Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the country, he has corrupt morals and is despicable and shameless. This kind of person must not be used."

Yu Dafu spared no effort to attack Liu Kongzhao. He counted Liu Kongzhao's crimes in detail, and even talked about Liu's family history. Army, sincerity, salary 240 stones"

After Liu Bowen's death, his grandson inherited the title. Later, due to the Battle of Jingnan and other reasons, the title was temporarily suspended.It was not until the 11th year of Jiajing that Liu Yu, the ninth grandson of Liu Bowen, inherited the title of Earl of Sincerity.

After Liu Yu's death, the title was inherited by his grandson Liu Shiyan. In the 34th year of Wanli, Liu Shiyan was convicted of a crime and died in prison. According to common sense, his title should be inherited by his grandson Liu Laichen.

But Liu Laichen was still young at that time, so Liu Laichen's brother-in-law Liu Jinchen borrowed the title, and he should repay the title if he borrowed it. However, after Liu Jinchen died, the title was inherited by his son Liu Kongzhao.

"Then Liu Kongzhao killed his uncle Liu Laichen first and then his grandmother Hu Shi in order to occupy the title and deceive others. He is a completely rebellious and unfilial son."

There seems to be a strange rule in the old Liu family, that is, the eldest son often dies early, and finally the title must be passed on to the grandson. For example, the title of Liu Bowen is passed on to his grandson, and the title of Liu Yu, the ninth grandson, is passed on to his grandson Liu Shiyan. Liu Shiyan's son Liu Shangzhong also died early, so Liu Lai minister.

But Liu Laichen was too young, so Liu Jinchen, born to his concubine Mo, had the opportunity to reach an agreement with his aunt, Hu, to borrow the title and return it to Liu Jinchen in the future. This kind of borrowing of the title was actually very rare in the Ming Dynasty. It is common, and it is mainly for the purpose of stabilizing the inheritance of the title. After all, the earl of the old Liu family has been on behalf of several generations.

Of course, in the end, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou and did not repay it, and even Liu Jinchen and Hu Shi died early, so various legends arose in the Ming Dynasty.

"Grand Yu, what you said is just folk rumors. In fact, the investigation was conducted alone. The court also investigated this matter before, and finally came to the conclusion that the investigation has no real evidence, and it is purely folk rumors. So, don't spread rumors. .”

After Liu Kongzhao inherited the Earl of Sincerity, he also conventionally took over the position of Admiral of the Nanjing Navy, that is, Minister Wu Caojiang. Liu Kongzhao was also named Shaobao in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Among the Nanjing Xunchen, Liu Kongzhao and the Xu family are both powerful factions.

Later, they also supported the succession of King Fu. In the Hongguang Dynasty, power was once in the hands of the people. It was only because Chengyi Bo was on the side with the chief assistant Ma Shiying and the Minister of the Ministry of War Ruan Dacheng, and spared no effort to attack the Donglin Party. Therefore, the Donglin Party attacked Ma Shiying. Ruan Dacheng hated Liu Kongzhao to the bone, and he also denounced Liu Kongzhao as a traitor.

Liu Kongzhao's actions against the Donglin Party even began during the Chongzhen period. At that time, he joined hands with Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to attack the Donglin Party members.

In the small court of Hongguang, Liu Kongzhao even directly caused a dispute among the palace ministers, scolded Zhang Shenyan of the Donglin Party directly in the court, and even took out a knife to stab him.At that time, Zhang Shenyan and Gao Hongtu, members of the Donglin Party in the Hongguang Dynasty, were all attacked by him.

It can be said that he is a person who is in the same situation as Donglin. The Donglin Party also calls Liu Kongzhao the third person in the Eunuch Party. Hate and helpless.

Ma Shiying also recommended Liu Kongzhao to join the cabinet, but was opposed by the Donglin Party. If there was no precedent, Liu Kongzhao could still become an honored minister in the cabinet.

Liu Kongzhao could not lift his head in the Donglin Party suppressed by the Hongguang Dynasty, but he was promoted continuously. First he was promoted to the Marquis of Sincerity, and then before the city of Nanjing was broken, he was promoted to the Duke of the State together with Huang Degong. Huang Degong was promoted to Duke of Jing, and Liu Kongzhao was promoted to Cheng Duke.

At that time, the Hongguang Dynasty built six navy towns in the Yangtze River, which were divided by six general officers including Huang Fei, Huang Binqing, and Zheng Cai, and defended by Liu Kongzhao, Wu Caojiang.

It's just that when the Qing army went south, they deceived Zhenjiang guard Zheng Cai with a little construction strategy, and crossed the river easily. Zheng Cai and others fled without a fight. Finally, Liu Kongzhao in Nanjing had to flee.

Yu Dafu is a member of the Donglin Party, so now that Liu Kongzhao and Yang Wencong are leading troops to vote, he firmly opposes it.

But for Zhu Yihai, he doesn't look at things from the perspective of Donglin party members. In the late Ming Dynasty, party disputes were everywhere in the imperial court. In many cases, there was no justice at all, and he opposed for the sake of opposition.

For example, Liu Kongzhao, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, is the sixth generation of sincere uncle. He guarded Nanjing for the Ming Dynasty after he became a nobleman. In fact, he also made many useful suggestions to Chongzhen. Discussions on law, money law, and farmland are used for national use.

Although Chongzhen did not adopt it, he was also praised and even granted the title of Shaobao.

As the Wucao River in Nanjing, Liu Kongzhao was more attentive in commanding the navy, and was also very active in supporting King Fu to establish the Nanming court to resist the Qing army. Although the navy fled without a fight, Liu Kongzhao also fled all the way east, but At least he never thought of surrendering to the Qing army.

From Nanjing to Suzhou, and then to the sea, Liu Kongzhao drifted on the sea for several months, but he kept looking for opportunities to fight with the Qing army. I heard that the king of Yiyang supervised Chongming, and he also went to support him, but the king of Yiyang was famous for Liu Kongzhao. It's not good to refuse.

Hearing that King Lu Taizhou had ascended the throne and supervised the country, and even quickly gained a foothold, he immediately brought his troops back.

The struggle between Liu Kongzhao and the Donglin party members is indeed a fact. In the small court of Hongguang, he was also rather domineering. Even when the Qing army went south, he did not fulfill his duty to control Jiang. But to Zhu Yihai, these are all sins, but right now, Liu Kongzhao brought a team, and after several months of insisting on wandering against the Qing Dynasty, he came to vote for him to continue fighting against the Qing Dynasty. Can Zhu Yihai refuse?

In history, this Liu Kongzhao finally led his troops back to his hometown of Qingtian, where he continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and later joined the team of Lu Jianguo. He once followed Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan to the vicinity of Nanjing to sacrifice to Xiaoling.

His son also died in the defense of Zhoushan.

Until the end, it was never cleared.

This is a firm anti-Qing faction, just what Zhu Yihai needs.

As for his struggle with the Donglin party members, Zhu Yihai didn't take it seriously at all, because the Donglin party is not an innocent little white rabbit, and those Donglin talkers actually did a lot of harm to the country. The Donglin Party is more capable of talking and even drawing knives. In fact, it is quite temperamental.

In fact, Zhu Yihai still admired Liu Dapao very much, and he also hated those Donglin party members in the late Ming Dynasty. Under the banner of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, they actually had a strong desire to control and reform the king, and wanted to do everything according to their orders. But in reality, he only knows how to talk and talk, and he gets home in practice.

"Gu said before that as long as he wholeheartedly resists the captives and restores the Ming, he is willing to accept them. Regardless of bandits or water bandits, even Shunying and Xiying, Gu has already issued an order to recruit and accept him. Liu Kongzhao is a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Can you accept it?"

"As for the past struggles between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, etc., Gu also said that when the country is in crisis, everyone must abandon sectarianism. Now there is no Eunuch Party, Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, or obedience, etc. Now Let’s fight against the captives with one heart, don’t mention anything else.”

"Whoever mentions that again will cause internal strife and division, and will be a national traitor."

Zhu Yihai's words became more and more severe, it was the first time that Yu Dafu saw Jian Guo so angry.

At this time, the chief assistant, Shen Chenquan, stood up, "I think Jian Guo is right. At this time, everyone should abandon the views of sects, let go of old prejudices, and join hands to fight against the Tartars and restore ZTE."

Zhu Yihai lowered his tone, "Qing and others are well-read scriptures, you should all know Pei Ju in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Sima Guang in Song Dynasty once commented on Pei Ju in his Zi Zhi Tong Jian, he was a sycophant in Sui and loyal to Tang. , " Said that Pei Ju was a well-known treacherous minister in the Sui Dynasty, known as one of the four traitors.But in the Tang Dynasty, he became a famous loyal minister, why? "

Jian Guo suddenly raised such a question, which surprised Yu Dafu and others.

But Zhu Yihai continued to answer by himself, "Actually, for thousands of years, there have been many officials like Pei Ju. In a word, officials like Pei Ju have always had the same attitude as the emperor. There is such a kind of emperor as there is a kind of courtier." , as the so-called ruler is bright and ministers are straight, it is not that Pei Ju has changed, but the emperor has changed."

"If the ruler hates hearing his faults, his loyalty will turn into a sycophant, and if the ruler is happy to hear the blunt words, then his sycophancy will turn into a loyal person. It is the one who knows the king who expresses himself, the minister will be shadowed, and the act will be followed by the shadow."

The king of Chu had a thin waist, but most of them starved to death in the palace.

The upper and lower beams are effective, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.

Yang Guang was very happy, so Pei Ju naturally reported the good news but not the bad ones, and planned to conquer Goguryeo and open up the Silk Road in the Western Regions to please the emperor.In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin advocated telling the truth and doing practical things, and was good at listening to different opinions, so Pei Ju also gave a lot of harsh advice.

After Zhu Yihai's words came out, Yu Dafu was speechless.

It's not that the Manchu Dynasty is a treacherous and sycophant, it's really the emperor who can't do it.

And I am not emperors like Chongzhen and Hongguang, so I don't have to worry about Liu Kongzhao and the others becoming traitors.

"Call Liu Kongzhao and Yang Wencong to meet!"

"In addition, Shen Wenzhong and Chen Qianfu, two lovers, go to the military camp of Liu and Yang by the sea, and reward the soldiers with wine and meat. Each soldier will be rewarded with five coins, and then enter your name on the roster."

Liu Kongzhao, the Duke of Cheng, Admiral of Nanjing Caojiang, and leader of the Nanjing Youdu Governor's Mansion, came to vote this time. He has four battalions of Taiping, Huogong, Fubo, and Stamina, with more than [-] soldiers and horses, and the total number of troops under his command is twelve There are also many family members and military relatives, as well as accompanying officials and common people. There are many people.

Yang Wencong, Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, was the governor of Zhenjiang, Changzhou and other places before the fall of Nanjing, and supervised the Yangtze River Navy. He had a 800-strong Guizhou barracks directly under his command. Later, he went all the way to the southeast and killed Duoduo and Qian in Suzhou City. The recruiting envoy sent by Qianyi recruited and accepted many Ming soldiers along the way. At this time, there were more than [-] soldiers and horses, and thousands of people accompanied the army.

Most of these two groups of troops were regular soldiers of the original Ming Dynasty. Although they were scattered soldiers, they were 2 small. Zhu Yihai would not let them go, and would definitely take the opportunity to annex them.

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