Ming politicians

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Yan Zizhang was originally the best candidate for the prefect of Jinan Prefecture in Su Tiancheng's mind. For this reason, he did not hesitate to let Su Tianhao be the co-prefect of Jinan Prefecture and temporarily take charge of the affairs of Jinan Prefecture, but he did not let Su Tianhao become the prefect. This made everyone very strange. After all, the two are brothers. You must know that politics and family affection cannot be completely separated. This has been said for thousands of years, but Su Tiancheng has a very clear understanding. He knows Su Tianhao's ability. Officials can do things, but it is difficult to do things alone. Today's Jinan Prefecture, the main affairs are in charge of the governor Zhang Pu.

You can't be nepotism, Su Tiancheng can definitely do this. In the Jiangning camp, there are many generals with great military exploits. It is not impossible to serve as local officials, but Su Tiancheng can't do it. For example, He Renlong This kind of general is suitable for doing things in the army, not for the local government.

This time when he came into contact with Yan Zizhang, Su Tiancheng completely changed his mind. He noticed Yan Zizhang's eyes looking at him. It was a look of distrust and pity. Such eyes made Su Tiancheng feel chills.

Knowing a person is not easy. Su Tiancheng thought he understood Yan Zizhang, but he found out that he was wrong. Yan Zizhang used to be the supervisory censor in the imperial court. He didn't dare to say whether he had acquired some bad habits, but he had a concept, I'm afraid it has already been formed. Many censors and officials in the imperial court are very noble and think that what they do is very noble.These people have the enthusiasm of flying moths into the flames, and the biggest ideal in their minds is to dedicate themselves to their own goals, even if it means giving their lives. Unfortunately, they don't have a clear political goal, and they oppose it for the sake of opposition.As long as they can challenge the authority and oppose their superiors, even if their views are wrong, they think that being able to achieve their goals is the greatest glory, because they believe that dedicating themselves to their ideals will definitely be famous in history.

This kind of people are the most terrifying people, and they are also the kind of people that Su Tiancheng is determined to attack.

Of course, such a category of people is formed.We can't blame them themselves, they have a lot to do with the imperial court. Over the years, the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power has been in full swing. In this process, part of it must have been used, and some so-called history books.The evaluation of them is also very high, but they don't know this kind of connivance.It means harming the country and the people. In the struggle for power, it is the common people who will suffer in the end.

These people also have a characteristic, they are particularly loyal to the court, even if the court is a decaying court.Their understanding is like how parents treat their children. When the imperial court is in decline, they can criticize, scold, and show their greatness.But not allowing outsiders to overthrow it is treason.

Su Tiancheng doesn't have the intention to change this kind of people, he still has a lot of things to do, talents are important, but they must be able to be used by themselves to be considered real talents.

The Jiangning Battalion was about to set off on a warship to Jiaxing Mansion. The main target of the army was the Haining Guard garrison. After occupying the Haining Guard garrison, it was time to attack Liu Zeqing's army.In fact, Su Tiancheng has no choice but to occupy Hangzhou Mansion by land. After taking control of Hangzhou Mansion, he can take Huzhou Mansion to the north, and Yanzhou Mansion and Jinhua Mansion to the south. In the shortest period of time, control the entire Zhejiang. As for the battle with Liu Zeqing, it can be put to the end, although Su Tiancheng has sufficient confidence and knows that Liu Zeqing will not take the initiative to attack, even if there is an imperial edict from the emperor.

The reason for doing this is that Su Tiancheng's purpose is to win over Fan Jingwen. He wanted to show Fan Jingwen what the court's army looked like, what the Zhejiang government had done, and what the common people were doing in such an environment. How to survive, besides rebellion and waiting for death, is there any other way out? Su Tiancheng knows that Fan Jingwen will be greatly shocked after seeing these situations. Next, Su Tiancheng will send Fan Jingwen to Shandong to see Looking at the situation in Shandong, and getting in touch with Yang Sichang and others, it will be a matter of course what choice Fan Jingwen should make at that time.

Talent is rare after all.

The actions of the Jiangning Camp were very fast, starting from the Sanjiang Station in Shaoxing Prefecture, it took only two days to arrive at Hainingwei in Jiaxing Prefecture.

The attack on Haining is not considered a battle. The sergeants stationed in Haining were frightened by the gunfire on the warships and did not resist at all. The guards in Zhejiang and other places can be said to have the worst combat effectiveness. Here is close to the sea, the defense of the sea has long been in charge of the navy, and there is a [-] army led by Liu Zeqing stationed in Zhejiang, the guard army is useless, and the officers of the guard have long wanted to get rich. , and even in the army of the guard, because of the deduction of military pay, some young and strong military households could not survive and chose to leave, leaving behind only the old, weak, sick and disabled. They can deduct more military pay. As for fighting, in their eyes, it doesn't exist. Anyway, everyone is like this.

The battle ended before it even started. Fortunately, Su Tiancheng was used to this kind of battle.

But in the eyes of Fan Jingwen and others, this scene was tantamount to a blow to the head. They never thought that the imperial court's self-proclaimed huge guard army would be like this. How such an army could resist incoming enemies and protect the people the tranquility.

After taking down Haining Guard, the army did not stop, and rushed towards Haiyan County directly.

Liu Zeqing never dreamed that Su Tiancheng would lead the Jiangning battalion to attack his army.

It should be said that Liu Zeqing was also a titan in the past. He used to defend Liaodong in his early years. Later, when he suppressed the Dengzhou and Laizhou rebellions, his reputation almost reached its peak. , entered the imperial court, and it was precisely because of this situation that Liu Zeqing was a little arrogant. After he was stationed in Zhejiang, he regarded Jiaxing Mansion as his own small territory, and regarded the [-] troops as his own army. Don't interfere casually.

In Liu Zeqing's opinion, Jiangning Camp, which is famous all over the world, is nothing more than that, it's just luck. If he has such an opportunity, he can also make great achievements in the world.

It is precisely because he has not had formal contact with Jiang Ningying that Liu Zeqing's arrogance can be said to be at home.

In his heart, he has an idea. When the sergeant has searched enough in Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaqing and other places, he will send a secret envoy to talk with Su Tiancheng. It is unrealistic to ask for Hangzhou Mansion instead of occupying Jiangning Camp, but it is still possible to fight for it. As for the imperial decree in the court, the imperial decree of the emperor, in Liu Zeqing's view, it is not considered What's more, as long as he has an army in his hands, he is doing what he says, and Jiangningying did not occupy Jiaxing and Huzhou, so he is easy to explain to the court. At least the army has saved a piece of land after hard work.

Liu Zeqing's dream is too big, it is boundless.

The [-] troops are distributed in three places, mainly in Jiaxing Prefecture, some in Hangzhou Prefecture, and some in Huzhou Prefecture. They are all collecting food and salaries. This is a good opportunity to make a fortune, so how could they miss it.

Liu Zeqing seems to be very busy every day. A few days ago, he heard that Fan Jingwen, a cabinet scholar, came to Zhejiang. The sergeant collected the military pay everywhere, and he must lose his temper, so during that time, he specifically ordered the sergeant who went to Hangzhou to collect the military pay, not to act for the time being, and later learned that Fan Jingwen went directly to Su Tiancheng, Liu Zeqing was relieved Now, I also feel that Fan Jingwen is too pedantic. As a cabinet scholar, he can't stay in the capital well, so why ask for trouble.

For a period of time, the sergeants under him have collected a large amount of military pay, and such gains have even exceeded Liu Zeqing's expectations. He understands the hard work of the officers and sergeants under his command. The collected military pay is divided into three parts, part of which belongs to the In the warehouse, it is used for possible future expenses. After all, it is just in case. If there is a fight with the Jiangning camp, it still needs to be paid in silver. The other part is distributed by the officers and sergeants themselves. The last remaining Part of it belonged to Liu Zeqing personally, so that he could get a lot of money without having to show up.

Because of the appropriate policy, the enthusiasm of the soldiers under him was also very high. It can be said that they rushed to various prefectures and counties non-stop, and they could not dig three feet of the ground. In the process, there were also deaths. , but Liu Ze had a tacit agreement with the government at all levels early on. Now it is wartime, in order to be able to fight against the rebellious Su Tiancheng, to be able to collect food and pay, and to be able to protect the safety of the court, these things are nothing.

Of course, Liu Zeqing also took out a small amount of money and gave it to the officials in the prefectures and counties. After all, it is impossible to ask people to keep quiet without saying anything.

Jiaxing, Huzhou, Hangzhou and other places are already in a miasma, and a large number of people have fled. Some merchants who have not had time to escape, or wealthy households with rich families, have been burdened with taxation and have to take out a certain amount of money. Otherwise, the family will be destroyed. As for the officers and sergeants who took the opportunity to insult women, this is nothing. No wonder, there are many beautiful women in Zhejiang, and the sergeant finally had such an opportunity, so he couldn't bear it at all.

Liu Zeqing would never have imagined that what his officers and sergeants did was digging a grave for him. The so-called public anger is hard to offend, and the sergeants who robbed saw silver in their eyes, and they didn't even think about the matter of conquest , without the slightest preparation, what combat effectiveness can such a large army have. (To be continued..)