Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 421

After the establishment of the Fujian Small Court, it quickly developed into the trend of Yang Chao's time in Nanjing, and it was even worse than then.

The conflict between the little emperor and the Zheng family was very intense, even more acute than the conflict between Zhu Cihong and Yang Chao when Yang Chao was in Nanjing.

The little emperor and the Zheng family have their own responsibilities. Zhu Cihuan's character is more assertive than his elder brother Zhu Cihong, and he can't bear to be controlled by others. Zheng's background is a pirate. I hope these people can be as easy-talking as Yang Chao, or count on It is impossible for them to play the trade-off tricks of civil servants, so when the demands of both parties are very direct, it is no wonder that the conflict is not sharp.

Perhaps it was due to the unique political background of the Ming Dynasty. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not used to being coerced by military generals. They could let civil officials manipulate them, but they did not trust military generals very much, and civil officials had planned to suppress military generals for hundreds of years. Therefore, in the small court of Fujian, the phenomenon that the civil official group and the emperor united against the Zheng group formed.

The emperor and the civil officials wanted to control the soldiers in the hands of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family wanted to take over the wealth in the hands of the civil officials. One wanted the military power, and the other asked for the financial power, but it was impossible for the Zheng family to give up the military power in their hands. The financial power that had been in the hands of civil officials in Fujian for a long time refused to be handed over to the Zheng family. The Zheng family forcibly collected lijin at some checkpoints and worked hard to expand sea trade. The army was transferred to Fujian.

But the emperor and the civil servants couldn't do without the support of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family didn't dare to throw away the banner of the emperor, so the two sides had to make do with each other.

From Yang Chao's point of view, both the Zheng family and the emperor couldn't think about it.

It is not easy for the Zheng family to get money. Fujian is open to trade. Why bother to stare at the meager food in the hands of the imperial court? You must know that Fujian is a barren area with many people and little land, but it is not Lack of trade products, Fujian Longquan kiln opened up to sell porcelain to Westerners, and Fujian's Tiela sold to Nanjing to Yang Chao, all at high prices.

And the imperial court was too overwhelmed. The 20 desperadoes that Zheng Zhilong recruited were just bluffing. It’s better to find a brave general and train the Zhejiang army with peace of mind. The Zhejiang army is invincible in the hands of Qi Jiguang. The presence.

Of course, these two parties are by no means as simple as Yang Chao imagined. Military power and financial power are not just soldiers and money, but also contain the political meaning of control and anti-control. The Zheng family's coercion, and the Zheng family can't control the court if they can't take the money from the civil servants and the emperor.

So the Zheng family is actually not short of money, and the court is not short of soldiers. What the Zheng family wants is that the court has no money, and what the court wants is that the Zheng family has no soldiers. That's it!
The situation in Zhejiang is not bad. Ever since Yang Chao severely punished the wealthy Zhejiang family who supported Xu Du's rebellion, they have been honest in the past two years, so Zhejiang is considered a rare place of peace in the world.

After the establishment of the small imperial court, the civil service system in Zhejiang was still very complete, and they were all considered to support the imperial court. They immediately expressed their support. Every year, Zhejiang’s finances and taxes were retained except for a part of the soldiers, and the rest were handed over to the small imperial court. The wealth of Zhejiang is the small imperial court. Biggest source of income right now.

However, Zhejiang also has problems in Zhejiang. Like Fujian, it is still infighting. In Fujian, the imperial court cannot get along with the Zheng family, while in Zhejiang it is an internal struggle between civil servants.

Ruan Dacheng has been working as an inspector in Zhejiang, and he is regarded as a senior official, but he has a disagreement with the governor of Zhejiang. The governor of Zhejiang is from the Donglin Party, and Ruan Dacheng is from the Eunuch Party.

In the past, the governor of Zhejiang had the military support of the army, and Ruan Dacheng had always been at a disadvantage. However, after Ma Shiying led the troops to flee, he finally fled to Zhejiang to join Ruan Dacheng. Ruan Dacheng now also had soldiers in his hand, so he and the governor began to fight against each other, and no one was convinced. Who.

Also, Guangdong is not peaceful. Peasant uprisings and armed landlords are enough to cause headaches in Guangdong. Guangxi has few people and poor people, so it can't help the court.

Therefore, the small imperial court seems to control a large territory, but the various forces are keen on infighting, and they have never been able to twist into one rope, and they have never been able to form a joint force.

Therefore, we have to rely on Yang Chao for military support. Before the Qing army entered Jiangxi, it is safe to say that the Qing army had already entered Jiangxi. Especially after the Eight Banners soldiers arrived in Jiangxi, both Zhejiang and Fujian were a little flustered. Under pressure, they actually fought among themselves. Suspended, so this time the emperor, civil servants and Zheng can send representatives to Nanjing at the same time. I don't know if they will continue to cooperate after a few armies defeat the Qing army in Jiangxi.

"Our Nanji troops sent out from Huizhou Prefecture to attack the Raozhou Eight Banners, and then marched towards Nanchang. Our army will annihilate thirty thousand and eight banners!"

On the map, Yang Chao pointed to Jiangxi Raozhou Prefecture, which is adjacent to Huizhou in South Zhili.

"Zhejiang soldiers went out of Xianxia Pass to attack the Tartar Guangxin Mansion (Shangrao)."

Said Wang Xiong of Zhejiang Bingbei Road.

"Fujian soldiers are divided into three groups. The north route goes out of Fenshuiguan and enters into Guixi; the middle route goes out of Shanguan to attack Fuzhou; the south route goes out of Tingzhou to attack Ganzhou together with Guangdong soldiers!"

Zheng Hongkui said loudly.

Mrs. Zheng has a big appetite, Yang Chao couldn't help thinking, they probably thought they were sure of it, and they were in a hurry to grab the territory.

However, they have reason to be optimistic. The elite [-] Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army are basically deployed near the southern Zhili to guard against Yang Chao, and Yang Chao promised to send troops to wipe out this Eight Banners force. The soldiers of the Eight Banners supported him, Jin Shenghuan and those soldiers in Wang Tizhong, they really looked down on them.

Zheng's original purpose was to coerce the emperor to order the princes, but Zhu Cihuan, the emperor, is too difficult to coerce, he is not obedient at all, and the world is even more difficult to coerce, neither Zhejiang nor Guangdong will listen to them, and finally welcome him An emperor only has a little bit more power in Fujian, and the Zheng family can't get in at all in other places. They can see it clearly. The premise of holding the emperor is that you have enough power. The emperor just gave you a It can justifiably crusade against other people's banners.

Therefore, the real thing is to grasp the territory in your own hands. It is so naive to think that you can win the world under the banner of the emperor. I have to say that after these days, the Zheng family has learned how to do a The warlord is gone.

"Okay, okay, this plan is very good. The governor promises not to let a single Eight Banners soldier go south. Within a month, the three armies will flatten Jiangxi, and return the people of Jiangxi to a bright future."

Everyone had a discussion, and stated the strength of the troops and the commitments they each needed to make, and then Yang Chao summed up with a loud smile.

Zhejiang said it would send 10 troops out of Xianxia Pass, Zheng's could send 30 horses, and Yang Chao only said that he would not let the Eight Banners soldiers go south. As for how many troops to send, Yang Chao said that it depends on the battle situation. If the battle is not good, he will send [-] troops. The army is also no problem.

Regarding Yang Chao's guarantee, everyone is still at ease. They all know that Yang Chao's military strength is strong, and he has always been very trustworthy.

After the discussion, everyone showed a relaxed look on their faces, as if their discussion on the map had already decided the outcome of the battle.

At this time, shouts like "Xiucai rebelled" and "Xiucai rebelled" suddenly came to mind outside!
Yang Chao's complexion changed immediately, and he shouted angrily: "Bold, why is a scholar so arrogant that he trespassed in the palace to plot rebellion!"

Zheng Hongkui, Wang Xiong and others all showed surprise on their faces. They didn't expect that scholars would barge in when they were discussing military plans in the palace.

They naturally knew that Xiucai had been making troubles in Nanjing for several months. From autumn to winter, the civil servants in the court often impeached Yang Chao to the emperor for this, but the impeachment was just impeachment, which had no effect, and many great scholars scolded him. Yang Chao's still had no effect, just like a dog barking twice.

But they never imagined how a scholar would dare to trespass into the palace.

"All of you go out with me to have a look. These scholars are too absurd, how could they break into the palace without authorization, but this pass does not believe that scholars rebelled anyway."

No one believed that a scholar would rebel, even the father-in-law sent by Zhu Cihong didn't believe it, so he had the courage to walk out with Yang Chao.

Yang Chao and the others discussed their affairs in the Qianqing Palace, which is the core of the imperial palace. Apart from the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace is directly to the north, and the Kunning Palace is further north. That's where the voice came from.

The guards protected Yang Chao and his party with weapons one by one, and walked to the north.

Just after passing through the Kunning Palace, I saw groups of armored soldiers surrounding thousands of scholars.

Scholars have actually entered Bei'anmen, which means they have already entered the Forbidden City, which is regarded as entering the core area of ​​the imperial palace.

"what happened?"

An officer saw Yang Chao approaching and immediately ran over to report.

"Scholars have rebelled!"

The officer told the truth.

Yang Chao Heng said: "Nonsense, what kind of rebellion did this group of talented men and women who have no power to restrain themselves achieve?"

But the officer said: "Really, they entered the palace from Yuanwumen with weapons and broke through Bei'anmen before they were stopped by us."

Yang Chao expressed doubts, Zheng Hongkui and the others couldn't figure out the truth, looking at each other, they couldn't understand what the scholars were doing.They definitely wouldn't believe it if they really rebelled, but they didn't suspect that it was Yang Chao's conspiracy, because they never thought that Yang Chao would arrest all these talents and serve as soldiers. No matter how imaginative the rulers of the Ming Dynasty were, they would never I would think of sending a scholar to serve as a soldier.

Yang Chao said: "Please come over with two talented young masters."

The officer obeyed, ran back quickly, and led his men into the huddled ranks of scholars, and managed to arrest two of them before their sticks, but the scholars refused to beat anyone.

When the two were brought to Yang Chao, they were still holding wooden sticks, which were their weapons.

At this time, Yang Chao's soldiers exaggeratedly shouted "Protect Your Excellency", and immediately stood in front of Yang Chao. The spears in his hands almost poked the faces of the two scholars brought over. Her hips were trembling, but she stared at Yang Chao stubbornly.

At this time, Yang Chao made an expression of having to believe.

He asked in a very regretful tone: "Why do you want to rebel?"

(End of this chapter)