Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 9 Southern Tour
It seems to be expected that Song Zhipu was admitted to the cabinet by a university scholar. After all, Song Zhipu is the highest-ranking civil servant here, and he has an old relationship with King Lu. Reward, the reward is definitely not low.

Song Zhipu declined a few times before accepting.

Even though he was the last Dongge University scholar among the six palace scholars, but Zhu Yihai asked him to vote for him, which is actually equivalent to a temporary chief assistant.

"Chen Hanhui is the censor of the left capital, a bachelor of attendant and governor of Zhejiang, and Ke Xiaqing is a minister of military affairs and a bachelor of Hanlin!"

Dao Yu Dafu, the former soldier, and Wu Tingyou, the magistrate of Linhai County, were unwilling to follow Dai Guangda to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and each had their seals returned to the title. At this time, they were recognized by Zhu Yihai as loyal ministers, and they were specially summoned to give important positions.

Yu Dafu was conferred the post of general administration envoy, while Wu Tingyou was conferred the prefect of Taizhou.

After the addition of officials and appointments, the small imperial court has a bit of a look.

Song Zhipu was drafted in the cabinet, Chen Hanhui was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Ke Xiaqing, the Minister of Rongzheng, was mainly responsible for rebuilding the Beijing camp. The government system of the Ming Dynasty was basically followed, although Zhu Yihai also believed that the system of the Ming Dynasty had changed after nearly 300 years of evolution. There are some deformities, especially in which the eunuchs have too much power to participate in the central decision-making, and on the other hand, the civil servants overwhelm the military officials, but for a while, he plans to not take the knife on this for the time being.

"The country is still in trouble and chaos, and there is nothing to do in the south of the Yangtze River. Why don't we tour Guangzhou for the time being?"

The person who spoke was Dao Yu Dafu, who was originally a soldier, and now Zhu Yihai has appointed him as the general administration envoy. The original [-] Taizhou Haidao soldiers under his command can be regarded as the only regular army.

Zhu Yihai just laughed off the suggestion of the southern tour. The southern tour was just an escape with a different name.

"Otherwise, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields in the east of Zhejiang, Ou and Fujian in the south, three rivers in the north, surrounded by the sea, and the people are loyal and brave. At the time of gathering people's hearts, if we flee alone without fighting, how many people in the world will believe in us and have hope in Daming?"

If Zhu Yihai supervised the country in Taizhou and then fled south immediately, how would he be different from Hong Guang and Lu Wang?
The subjects of the world who have already been extremely disappointed in Daming, who else is willing to have hope in Daming?

So knowing that there is an army of Tartars in Hangzhou hundreds of miles away, Zhu Yihai can't run away.

"But there are no soldiers in Taizhou, and the Tartars are close..." Yu Dafu, as a military officer, was also one of the civil servants who knew a little about soldiers. Military errands such as military affairs, food and salary, etc. in the country are directly under the governor, and the governor of the Ming Dynasty often supervises the military affairs of a province or also handles food and salary, and often even has the title of Minister of the Ministry of War or the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They can command and order local civil and military forces.

Yu Dafu was in charge of the Haiphong Road, and he had a battalion of [-] soldiers. However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even the soldiers on the nine borders were corrupt, let alone the coastal defense soldiers in the southeast. Even worse.

It is said that there are [-] coastal defense troops, but in fact it is estimated that [-]% do not have them, let alone training and equipment.

As for the Yongwei Battalion and Jinyiwei that the King of Lu wanted to rebuild, they had only a few skeletons. Even if Pang Tianshou brought back [-] Yongwei Battalion soldiers and [-] Frangji mercenaries from Guangdong, it was still a drop in the bucket.

The flag is being raised here. When Boluo in Hangzhou hears about it, he is afraid that he will immediately send troops to attack regardless of the heat. How will he resist then?
"Wu Kai, general of Haimen, has a battalion of three thousand soldiers and horses," Zhu Yihai said.

Daming has a general army in Zhejiang, the full name is the general officer of the Japanese town of Daming, stationed in Ningbo.Below the general army, there are also four generals, namely Hangjiahu generals, Ningshao generals, Taizhou generals, and Wenchu ​​generals.Formed a pattern of four generals, including the governor of Zhejiang, Ningshao Bingbei Dao, Wuyou Zhenwa Zongbing and Taizhou generals.

As an important coastal defense town, there are still many soldiers and horses in eastern Zhejiang, and there are many guards. Later, after the rise of the battalion, there was also a general and four generals here.

Haimen General, also known as Taizhou General, was stationed in Taizhou Bay, less than a hundred miles away from Linhai City. General Wu Kai led a battalion of 3000 troops.

The restoration of Yu Da is Taizhou military preparations, and he is the superior of Haimen Counselor Wu Kai. He knows Wu Kai's people in Xiezhen very well. The so-called three thousand is just a name. This number is on the roster, but in fact there are not so many .

What's more, under the current situation, it is not clear whether Wu Kai is still reliable.

"I would like to go to Haimen to announce the decree, and call Wu Kai to lead the troops to visit His Highness in Taizhou." Although Yu Dafu didn't know whether Wu Kai had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty now, he was still willing to go there in person.

"Gu and Qing go together, even if General Wu is hesitant, Gu is confident that he can persuade him to fight against Qing together."

"No."

Several voices of objection sounded together, Song Zhipu, Chen Hanhui, Ke Xiaqing and others all objected, even Pang Tianshou, Li Guofu, Liu Chao and others thought it was too risky.

In case Wu Kai has already surrendered, wouldn't this mean that a sheep has entered the tiger's mouth and sent him to the door?
But Zhu Yihai has long been firm.

He has been planning a way out for the future since he crossed over, combining the memories of his two lifetimes, he planned an extremely dangerous path.

No surrender, no escape.

The decisive battle to the end.

To fight, one must first have the strength to protect oneself. It is impossible for Wang Chuangzi and other veterans to recruit and train a new army capable of fighting in a short period of time.

Still have to rely on the existing Ming army, Haimen general Wu Kai, Shipu guerrilla Cheng Mingzhen, Zhejiang general Wang Zhiren, etc. These are all targets that must be fought for, and even have to be launched as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, it is absolutely impossible!"

A group of people are in a hurry.

Zhu Yihai is very calm, he has the capital to be calm, because in history Wu Kai was the first Ming general to respond to King Lu's resistance against the Qing Dynasty. For a few years, I was still hopeful and willing to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

There is also Shipu guerrilla Zhang Mingzhen, who later became the most daring and capable general under the command of Lu Jianguo. Even if Wang Zhiren, a general, has many common problems of generals in the late Ming Dynasty, he is arrogant and domineering, and his soldiers have no military discipline, etc. Wait, but his determination to resist the Qing Dynasty is firm.

After the final defeat, Wang Zhiren scuttled his wife and children's boat at sea, and then drove a small boat to the Qing army camp. After the big traitor Hong Chengchou heard about it, he came to see him excitedly. It turned out that Wang Zhiren didn't go to surrender at all. There was no hope of resisting the Qing Dynasty, so he took the initiative to run to meet the Qing army, scolded them, and begged to die.

His dying words are even more famous in history. He said that I am the commander in chief of the former dynasty, and I will die when the country dies. Yu Ming Chu Er.

He, Wang Zhiren, didn't run away to hide his name, nor did he change his face to be harsh, but he was buried vigorously for the ruined Ming Dynasty, letting the world know his death and his loyalty.

Such a person is certainly worthy of trust.

So Zhu Yihai had made up his mind a long time ago, to take over the throne first, to formally raise the banner, and then rush to meet the generals leading the troops.

Integrate a team as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, with a body of ten thousand gold, can't be in danger, let me wait."

"Going to see them alone is more sincere. When the country is in danger, who is not taking risks? At this time, how can I sit in the back and enjoy myself?"

"If I'm afraid of death, why would I need to be a prisoner? I'll just run south and just get by. Just keep being tough."

"However, how can we just sit back and watch the danger of national subjugation and extinction?"

"I'll leave for Haimen in a while. It's only about eighty or ninety miles away. If you go down the river, you can get there in half a day."

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Wang Xiang "retired from the court" and returned to the playground. The brothers greeted him, "Everyone pack up quickly and prepare to go to Haimen."

"Father, is Jian Guo going to tour the south?" Wang Zhongyuan asked.

"Jian Guo wants to meet Haimen Counselor Wu Kai in person." Wang Chuangzi confessed in a low voice, "Call all the old brothers, and take care of his affairs. Our Yongwei Battalion must protect Jian Guo thoroughly."

Wang Zhongyuan and other veterans of the Yongwei were still a bit dubious. It was always a little suspicious to meet a general in person at this time. They thought that maybe Lu Wang said nice things on the surface, but in fact they were still scared. Most of them were just an excuse to meet Wu Kai. Then when the time comes, I will find another excuse and go directly out of Hainan.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The blood that had just warmed up seemed to be cooling down.

Wang Chuangzi slapped the young adoptive son on the head, "What are you thinking about? Since we have pledged our allegiance to His Highness, we must be loyal. Besides, an official said just now that he was going on a southern tour, and His Highness said no. Resisting the Qing Dynasty. His Highness will not bring any family members with him when he goes to Haimen this time, so it will definitely not be a southern tour."

"Really?" The young warrior Wang Zhongyuan was excited again.

"You bastards, the money that His Highness rewarded you is still warm in your arms, and the official titles are not enough, yet you suspect that His Highness is coming, so fucking move me quickly."

"Now the Yongwei Battalion has added another battalion, don't let Ma Jixiang under Pang Gonggong's men compare."

The King of Lu had organized the five hundred Yongwei Battalion brought by Pang Tianshou from Guangdong into another battalion. Pang Tianshou recommended Ma Jixiang, the former battalion officer. Hundreds of mercenaries from the Portuguese Musketeers, Zhu Yihai transferred them out to form another battalion, which was called the Shenji Battalion.

"Father, that Ma Jixiang claims to be a hereditary Jinyi, but I heard that this man has no skills at all, and he started his career by flattering the eunuchs. He first flattered Gao Qiqian, and now he is mixed under Pang Tianshou's subordinates. How can such a person bring If you want me to tell you that if you want to fight a war, you should ask the king of Lu to assign the five hundred brave guard recruits to the foster father and give them to us to lead together."

Wang Xiang slapped Yizi on the head again, "His Highness Jian Guo's decision-making, you can guess at random, of course I have heard of Ma Jixiang, a flatterer, but the more he is like this, the more we have to do our best." Hurry up and get ready for the errand, and leave after a cup of tea."

Before setting off, he called his righteous son and confessed in a low voice, "This time Ma Jixiang will also bring some of his subordinates with him, so you watch him carefully. If this guy dares to have half-hearted intentions, you can kill him right away." Unscrew it for me."

Wang Zhongyuan nodded, grinning lowly, "Don't worry, adoptive father, I can't get used to the kind of dog who is afraid of the future and fearful of life and fear of death when fighting, but usually likes to flirt with his beard and even grab rewards for his merits."

"Work hard. In the future, Your Highness will rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty and regain the two capitals. Then maybe you and my father and son will have the opportunity to be the commander-in-chief of a town, and even named Hou Bo Guangzong Yaozu."

(End of this chapter)