my days with tyrants

Chapter 308 The ministers misled me!

Just when Yang Feng and Zhu Di reached a collusion and were about to go south to complete the final blow to Zhu Yunqi, King Wu of the Ming Dynasty was standing on the bank of the Yangtze River with a desolate face.

Of course, he is not ready to join the river.

But in the current situation, he is not far away from this step.

Anyway, the situation in Suzhou basically cut off his retreat. Fortunately, he was in Zhenjiang at that time, so he did not fall into Han Sheng's hands like Wu Shouan and Yao Shan, and at this time the places that were loyal to him had not changed. During this period of time, too many messy things happened, and the people who were loyal to each other were different, which affected the delivery of the station. It is estimated that many remote places did not even know that Yang Feng had appeared on the stage.

Zhenjiang is a good place to control Jiangnan and Jiangbei, which is more suitable for him than Suzhou.

So after learning the news about Suzhou anyway, he immediately mobilized his guards to rush to Suzhou, trying to take back this important city to him by force.

At the same time, he ordered Anluhou Wu Jie, who had been in Zhejiang, to also attack Suzhou.

however……

His guards defected as soon as they arrived in Suzhou.

As a matter of fact, behind Han Sheng's youth and strength, the Suzhou gentry had already decided that Zhu Yunqi was out of business, so he cut him off immediately, and Han Sheng had lived in Suzhou for decades.As soon as he arrived with Jinshanwei's soldiers, the gate of Suzhou City was opened for him, and the Suzhou Guards who had also been contacted earlier, surrounded Wu Wangfu directly to arrest Yao Shan.And the main force of the guards sent by Zhu Yunqi was still the sons of the gentry in Suzhou. After they returned, the elders of the family behind sent people halfway to tell them that they would turn against each other as soon as they reached the city of Suzhou.

Then there are Suzhou, Changzhou, and Songjiang all over the place anyway.

As for Wu Jie from Zhejiang, of course he turned his back without hesitation.

He is the second generation of Marquis Anlu, and his father Wu Fucai is a brother of Emperor Daxing, so he is not in any danger. If this is the case, why then follow Zhu Yunqi?
The hegemony of King Wu of Jianguo came to an abrupt end. Not to mention calling for the loyalty and justice of the world, even his own royal city had already turned against him. At this moment, he stood on the bank of the Yangtze River with no hope and no way out, looking at the The torrential river, could not help but feel sad.It's pitiful that he used to have great ambitions to be a sage lord and Mingjun, but now he can only face all losses. It's not that he doesn't work hard, he has worked hard, and it's not that he is not virtuous enough. Those civil servants and scholars all regard him as For the virtuous Lord.

With one edict from him, several provinces can immediately obey it in a blink of an eye, and hundreds of thousands of troops can obey orders in an instant.

However, that devil-like man only needed to walk over alone, and let those fierce generals with heavy soldiers die, and they actually died.

Then the hundreds of thousands of troops turned back without the slightest resistance.

He has worked so hard, how could there be such a result?
He has worked so hard, why still can't get rid of this demon?
After hollowing out his heart and exhausting his strength, he finally lost to this demon, and even lost so pitifully that no one had ever fought against him.

Just went out for a walk.

Then his success collapsed in an instant.

At this moment, his mood is like that of Chongzhen standing on Meishan Mountain more than 200 years later, he just wants to look up to the sky and sigh...

The ministers misunderstood me!
"Your Highness, the situation is critical now, and we have to make early plans. As a minister, it is better to board the ship and go south. All the troops here are waiting to see. If Yang Ni's army really comes, most of them will betray His Highness. But Wang Bi is still here. An Nan, he was listed in Yang Ni's death, so he will definitely support His Highness. Fujian and Guangdong are loyal and loyal, and His Highness promised everything he wanted before. With Wang Bi's army as his backing, this generation will definitely continue to be used by His Highness, not to mention King Jingjiang and the Mu family. It can also be connected, when the time comes to lock off Meiling, sit in the south of the sky and wait for the change."

Qi Tai said cautiously.

Of course, talking so much is false, and the core is just one sentence.

Time to run.

And there is only one direction to escape.

After all, it is useless to go north. Xiangnan has already turned against him. He can only go to sea by boat and go south to Fujian and Guangdong. However, there is Mahe in Fujian. If King Yan also chooses to cooperate with Yang Feng, then Mahe will definitely turn against him.

There is no such danger in Guangdong, but the number of local troops in Guangdong is limited.

The real heavy army in the South is Wang Bi's Annan Army. After conquering Annan, the army temporarily suppressed the local army. The total strength is still more than 15. Moreover, Wang Bi was ready to go north before, so Guangxi is actually under its control. Those who go to Guangxi get more than 20 yuan, and this is not counting the local chieftains in Annan and those chieftains in Guangxi.These chieftains can also be transferred, anyway, it is to give them benefits, as long as they promise to take them to the north to burn, kill and loot, they will be happy to join, and the He family in Guangdong has always served as Wang Bi's logistics transportation, the two sides cooperate closely, basically it can be regarded as an alliance.

Wang Bi was on Yang Feng's list.

He must not sit still.

What the He family and the local generals in Guangdong want is overseas trade, and they will support whoever opens up overseas trade for them, and those in Fujian are actually the same.

At present, the only one that explicitly opens up overseas trade is Zhu Yunqi.

In fact, in the past six months, taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the north, the imperial court did not care too much. Maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong provinces have already started to go directly to sea.

No one cares about the system of compulsory foreign exchange settlement.

It can be said that the sweetness has already been tasted, after all, it only takes a few days to travel from Guangzhou to Luzon.

What's more, Annan has been captured, and the navy that is currently staying in Annan is under the jurisdiction of Dongguan Bo Herong. He is doing his best to show his loyalty to Daming. It can be said that there is no danger for Guangdong military generals headed by the He family to conduct trade in Nanyang.

Then smuggled into Daming.

If the imperial court, or Yang Feng, wants to restore the old system, not to mention the imperial court's monopoly on overseas trade, but the restoration of compulsory foreign exchange settlement, it is likely to trigger the resistance of these gentry who know the essence and taste.

Including the Annan Army.

They were smuggling secretly in Annan itself, and now they are smuggling openly.

Therefore, relying on Wang Bi's support, and relying on the distance enough to survive in Annan temporarily, if there are major changes in the court during this period, making these places unacceptable, then he will have hope. On the contrary, if Yang Feng and the Fujian and Guangdong gentry during this period If there is an agreement, then there is no hope for him.So the key is to run, the only hope is to escape from here, otherwise you will die, although officials from all over the country still have not defected, even though they still have tens of thousands of troops.

but……

As soon as Yang Feng came, all Tamars had to be traitors.

After all, Zhili around the capital, including Zhejiang and even Jiangxi, have basically benefited from the technological progress brought by Yang Feng in recent years.

Confucian scholars are indeed against Yang Feng.

But the problem is that these places are not only Confucian scholars!
Even those gentry, it doesn't mean that they can go through fire and water for Confucianism, it would be a miracle if they really have such tough bones!
It was also very refreshing when I knelt down to the Mongols.

Could it be that they are more hostile to Yang Feng than to other races?

They were also very refreshing when they knelt down to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Could it be that Yang Feng is more hateful than Zhu Yuanzhang?
In the final analysis, they are all chasing flags, there is no fundamental conflict of interest, just because of the reform of the imperial examination, because he does not use Confucian scholars, then these gentry really have no motivation to desperately, even if he reforms the imperial examination, it is nothing more than turning to new learning.After all, they study Confucianism only because Confucianism is tested in the imperial examination. If Confucianism is not tested in the imperial examination, they will soon abandon Confucianism.

These guys who can sing praises to the Mongols are still very adaptable.

Can't count on them.

"You guys misunderstood me!"

Zhu Yunwen let out a long sigh.

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng turned their heads in embarrassment.

At this time, on the river downstream, a huge fleet appeared in their field of vision.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Dongguan Bo led the army to come."

At the same time, Fang Xiaoru's cousin Lu Yuanzhi shouted while running excitedly.

And the huge fleet that came with the wind and the tide on the river also began to turn this way. Most of these are new-style gunboats. Among the battleships, there are two giant double-decker gunboats, and the word "He" is flying on one of them. The Shuai flag represents Dongguan Bo Herong who is currently in charge of the Southern Expedition Navy...

Four days later.

Fengyang.

"He Rong, what does he mean?"

Yang Feng looked at the urgent report in his hand unexpectedly.

Dongguan Bo Herong led the Southern Expedition Navy to the north to King Qin...

Of course, it is King Wu who supervises the country.

Then he picked up Zhu Yunqi in Zhenjiang. This fleet of [-] sailors set sail the next day after arriving in Zhenjiang. They should have already left the Yangtze River, and after Zhu Yunwen left, officials from Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and other places hurriedly announced that anyway.

The rebellion is over.

However, Yang Feng still didn't understand why He Rong came to this muddy water?

He is not on the death list, as long as a department like him does not commit suicide, no one will touch them.

"They are in Guangzhou, and they have already run our bank to the point of collapse. Now most of the transactions in Guangdong have been changed to gold, silver and copper coins. Those who go to sea for trade and sea merchants don't need to exchange precious notes, just like a group of The wolf has just tasted the smell of blood, and after a few days of being happy, everything needs to return to normal, so it's no wonder that it can hold back! If you get Yun Wen over, you can use his banner to coax others to continue to resist. Emperor Gao is far away, as long as they can stop them, they can continue their happy life.

It's okay to be unstoppable.

Can block a day counts as a day.

I really can't stop it, the worst is to get on the boat and go to sea to escape.

The He family had long established smuggling bases on several small islands off the coast of Guangdong, even before they were not law-abiding.

They have always had trade with Nanyang, and since then they have relied on this. "

The little princess said while drinking an iced drink.

She is very sensitive to this issue. In the chaos of the past six months, the bank has suffered a lot, and she is getting angry after seeing the loss reports from all over the world!
Beiping, Xi'an, even Kaifeng are not serious.

After all, even those guards had to give her face after all. No matter what, she was the younger sister of these feudal lords, and besides, there was Yang Feng, who did not loot or damage the bank.

However, banks in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Su Songchang suffered a lot.

Guangdong is the worst.

Anyway, Fujian Mahe is still sensible.

And Guangdong is mainly local tycoons headed by the He family. They have long hated banks because of forced foreign exchange settlement and financial monopoly.

Guangdong gentry understands economics, and it is precisely because they understand economics that they understand how vicious financial monopoly and forced foreign exchange settlement are to them, good countrymen who repair bridges and roads.

And He Zhen is the standard kind of person who once shaved his head, a big landlord who cultivated and studied his family, was an official in the salt field, and there was an anti-Yuan uprising in the local area. The uprising army that wiped out Guangdong grew bigger, and finally controlled Guangdong step by step.After Zhu Yuanzhang solved the north and started thinking about Guangdong, he immediately surrendered sensibly in order to keep the He family's foundation in Guangdong, although Zhu Yuanzhang later gradually lifted the local control.

But the He family has always been the boss in Guangdong.

Even after his death, the He family is still a powerful leader in Guangdong.

Because it belongs to the heirloom of farming and studying, He Zhen's family also has close contacts with Confucian scholars. He Zhen himself has friendship with Song Lian and even Fang Xiaoru.

As for smuggling...

It's a miracle that the tyrants in Guangdong don't do this!

"It's a rare thing to live in. No matter what happens afterwards, you must have something in your hand before you can bargain with the court. What else is more suitable than Yun Wen."

Zhu Di said calmly.

Indeed, they are reluctant to part with the good days that have already begun. They want to continue to open up sea trade, continue to maintain gold and silver transactions, and stop forced foreign exchange settlements, but these must have a bargaining chip.

Negotiation, you have to be qualified to make an offer, how can you negotiate without bargaining chips?
And Zhu Yunqi is the best bargaining chip.

Take Zhu Yunwen over, and then negotiate with the imperial court. Anyway, they are so high that the emperor is far away, and the imperial court can't take care of them in a short time. If they give them some concessions, then they will hand over Zhu Yunqi. If the foreign exchange settlement continues to be forced and the imperial court monopolizes overseas trade, Then they support Zhu Yunqi to resist. Anyway, not only them at this time, but Fujian and Annan local factions all have this kind of thinking, why can't they give it a go?
"They are so naive. Zhu Yunqi is nothing but a bargaining chip. The real bargaining chip is strength. Only those who have strength are qualified to negotiate. Just like the king, we can sit down and talk about any issue calmly, because the king has this strength, but they have What strength, are they qualified to make any demands on the court?

By Wang Bi?
Wang Bi did have 20 troops.

But that was an official army of the imperial court, not a domestic slave of the royal family. He dared to fight against the imperial court, and his generals were the first to tie him up.

He Rong's navy?
Fusang also has Qi Bin's navy, Dengzhou has Zhang Rong's navy, and Fujian has Mahe's navy. Who can his navy beat? "

Yang Feng said.

Then he looked at Zhu Di meaningfully.

"Ambassador, Xiao Wang still has some kind of old kindness towards Ma He. I think he already knows that Xiao Wang has gone to Beijing at this time, and he will go north to blame him in a few days."

Zhu Di said with a smile.

"Let's make up for the crime. He didn't get a reward for his trip to America. This time it should be offset."

Yang Feng said.

(End of this chapter)