Great time travel

Chapter 1. When will the singing and dancing in Jinling stop? (two)
Seeing that the host advocated that Pu had finally arrived, the people who had been waiting for a long time in the boat quickly stood up. It's just that there are so many scholars who came to the meeting today, far exceeding expectations, I have to go around to greet one or two. Walking around, I delayed the time and neglected everyone, please forgive me!"

——This time the Fushe held a meeting on the Qinhuai River. There were hundreds of members of the Fushe alone. In addition to other scholars and officials who came here admiringly, the total number was no less than a thousand.Not to mention that these scholars usually don't go out alone, and they always bring servants and maids, as well as bearers and coachmen... Thus, a huge flow of people is formed, which is comparable to the concert of later generations of stars, and the organizers are a little reluctant. unexpected.

However, although there has been a tradition of literati gatherings on the Qinhuai River since ancient times, limited by the ancient building conditions and business scale, there is no such a large auditorium that can accommodate thousands of people for banquets; and no brothel can send enough girls. Serving so many customers at once...

Therefore, the Jiangnan scholars who gathered and feasted on the Qinhuai River this time were actually grouped together according to their distance and relatives, scattered among more than [-] scattered river houses, and as the host of this meeting, But Zhang Pu, Zhang Dai and other backbones of the Fushe had to come from place to place, at least to say hello to each place, exchange a few words, show their closeness, and maybe drink a few glasses of wine to let the visitors save face Passable... In addition, the concept of time of the ancients was not as good as that of the modern people. As a result, after walking around, it was already too late to return to the boat where Fang Yizhi was entertained.

Fortunately, Fang Yizhi is also a free and easy person, so he doesn't care about it, "...Why is Brother Zhang so polite? When I come back from this downfall, I am already very pleased to be treated at the expense of my friends from Fushe. Will you care about such small things? Sigh, this trip to the south really made people feel a lot... The Qiongzhou prefecture was indeed stolen by thieves, and it was almost reduced to a country of barbarians, and the land of Guangdong and Guangxi in the south of the Lingnan is also in danger... ..."

While being so polite, he bragged about what he had seen and heard during his trip south to Qiongzhou.Zhang Pu just nodded and listened with a smile, and at the same time gestured for the food to be served.All of a sudden, the maid came and went with the food and drinks, and the kitchen master showed his housekeeping skills, such as wax gourd cup, Buddha jumping over the wall, pork skin wonton, crab meat and lion head, carp stew, roast tenderloin...all like flowing water Serve it up.When most of the dishes were served, Fang Yizhi's mouth was a little dry, so Zhang Pu and Zhang Dai raised their wine glasses to respect Fang Yizhi and his party for their safe return.Everyone immediately drank and ate without mentioning it.

After the five flavors of the food and the three rounds of drinking, the singing girls of the painting boat finally finished dressing up, and they came here like butterflies. Some played the pipa, some played the bamboo flute, some played the qin, and there were two dainty little lolita prostitutes accompanying the dancers. Surrounded by a plain-clothed gentleman holding a peach blossom fan, he sang Kunshan cavity minor.Although her Kunshan accent is incomprehensible to all the travelers, and they don't know what she is singing, but the voice alone is already very pleasant, like pearls and jade on a plate... As a result, there are singing and dancing in the boat, and a breeze outside the boat On a sunny day, everyone was talking about the world while looking at the river scenery on both banks, which was really enjoyable.

However, although you disguised time travelers, you all feel quite new about this.But for the veterans of the Jiangnan scholars, such scenes have long been commonplace, and there are no famous prostitutes appearing today, so they still focus on talking.

"... Hey, time flies so fast! Before you know it, more than a year has passed."

Holding a cup of warm rice wine in his hand, looking at the plum blossoms in the vase of the painting boat, Fang Yizhi couldn't help sighing, "...I thought back to the autumn of the fourth year of Chongzhen, we waited for the passionate people to respond to the call of Mr. The scene of the time of love seems to be still vivid in my mind. When I don’t want to see the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River again, it is already the first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen, and the current situation of my Great Ming Dynasty has already turned upside down..."

"...My good brother Mizhi is ridiculous. The gentlemen in Liudu have now embraced the new emperor and promulgated the new year name. Therefore, this year is the first year of Yonghe. Don't make a mistake!" Something is wrong, Zhang Pu, who is "highly politically aware," hastily corrected.

"...Exactly, it seems that we haven't had time to congratulate Tian Rugong on his official career again, and he was appointed as the Imperial Academy to offer wine!"

Another scholar who also came back from Hainan Island came over with a wine glass, interjected to compliment Zhang Pu, "...now, Lord Yusheng (Zhou Yanru) is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Lord Muzhai (Qian Qianyi) As Minister of the Ministry of Rites, all of them are gentlemen of Donglin, and they can be said to have reproduced the grand occasion of the "All Zhengying Dynasty" a few years ago. I think it will definitely refresh the political affairs, educate the people, sweep away the demon atmosphere of Shenzhou, and return The world is in a bright and bright world..."

One after another, they are all about Zhang Pu's recent proud things, which makes this literary giant and leader of Fushe smile and narrow his eyes... But before Zhang Pu can listen to it happily After a few words of flattery, Fang Yizhi, a stupefied young man, spoke again without understanding:

"...It is indeed gratifying for you gentlemen of Donglin to rise up and take back the power of the court. However, the current situation seems to be really worrisome! Not to mention that the north is still fighting endlessly, my lord is on this road According to the news, wars are raging in the southern provinces—the warrior Huang Shi in Fujian, who colluded with the Kun bandits and the Japanese bandits, really rebelled, and the Qiongzhou bandits seem to be eyeing Guangdong and Guangxi..."

Fang Yizhi sighed in disbelief, "...I don't know what strategies the princes of Nanjing have for dealing with the two thieves?"

Although Fang Yizhi spoke very sincerely, for some reason, Zhang Pu's expression changed suddenly, which was very strange... After a while, he forced a smile and said, "...Mizhi, the chaos in Fujian and Guangdong It's not that the imperial court in Liudu didn't know about it, and it wasn't that it didn't think about countermeasures. However, as the saying goes, there is a shortage of manpower, and we, like gentlemen, must have a clear conscience when we do things, and we must make choices. To put it simply, we must pay attention to everything One after another. Now the Jiangbei rebels are powerful, and Liudu is just across the river. Lu Shangshu (Lv Weiqi, Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing) is leading the Southern Zhili Army and Horse Supervisor in Yangzhou, fighting with these Wenxiangjiao demons for days, and the battle is stalemate No more... until the Huaiyang thief is defeated, the imperial court really has no time for him..."

"...Is that so...That's right, after all, the safety of staying in the capital is more important, and those distant wars can only be dealt with later..."

Not long after he arrived in Nanjing, Fang Yizhi, who didn't know the basics of this trick, thought about it and nodded in agreement.But Yu Guozhen, who knew more or less the details, secretly laughed - the Nanjing Communist Party didn't care about the war between Fujian and Guangdong, but they didn't know and couldn't control it at all!
Because, today's Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places have not yet recognized the Yonghe Emperor in Nanjing, and they have not even sent official memorials to Nanjing!

Then, the only field troops of the Nanjing Communist Party were basically nailed to death in Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, fighting endlessly with the so-called hundreds of thousands of Wenxiangjiao uprising troops.In today's Jinling City, I am afraid that even [-] soldiers can't be assembled, so how can it be possible to launch a foreign conquest?
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It's ridiculous to say that even though the Donglin Party now thinks they have succeeded in establishing a new emperor in Nanjing, all of them brag about themselves, celebrate with each other, and are elated, as if they have once again ruled the world.But in fact, the actual territory and military strength of the Nanjing Communist Party are all pitifully poor!
——Two capitals and thirteen chief secretaries have been counted over and over again, and there are only two provinces in total, Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and they can be regarded as supporters of the Yonghe Emperor's regime in Nanjing.Among them, more than half of Nanzhili in Jiangbei is still dominated by Wenxiangjiao demons and Northwest rogues.Among the remaining provinces, except for Beizhili, which had fallen to the Tartars, and Shanxi and western Henan, which were controlled by Emperor Chongzhen, they were basically in a wait-and-see state-noncommittal and negative about the battle between the two Ming emperors. To deal with it, I just hope that the winner can be determined as soon as possible.

As for Zhu Ming's royal family members all over the world, they even overwhelmingly opposed and booed the "Emperor Yonghe" in Nanjing—no way, Zhu Yihai, the second son of King Lu elected by the Nanjing government, is a candidate for the new emperor, no matter from which angle It's too unreasonable, it's so dishonest that it can't be added!All the clans of the Zhu family in the whole world are full of complaints about this: Zhu Yihai, you bastard is also worthy of being the emperor? ! !
——Indeed, when the "emperor lost his country", the clan, nobles and important ministers deposed him on charges of "immorality and incompetence", which did not happen in ancient Chinese history.But the problem is that the next successors can't be randomly searched for, but they must either have great achievements or outstanding reputations, or they must hold a heavy army and be able to overwhelm others, or they must follow the order of feudal etiquette. down row...

It's a pity that with the Ming Dynasty's method of raising vassal kings in captivity like pigs to prevent rebellion, the vassal kings everywhere will not have any achievements worth admiring.In the same way, after the Ningwang Rebellion in the Zhengde period, it was impossible for the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, who were increasingly guarded by the court, to have many soldiers and horses.

And if according to the feudal etiquette, if the son of Emperor Chongzhen is not considered, then the closest blood relationship is King Fu of Luoyang - King Fu is the son of Emperor Wanli, the uncle of Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Tianqi. The crown prince (Emperor Taichang), letting this youngest son inherit the throne...seems like a good candidate to be the new emperor.

But the problem is that in the previous year's battle for the crown prince, the Donglin Party, which was born in its early days, was clearly on the opposite side of King Fu.In order to thwart King Fu's attempt to inherit the throne, the early Donglin gentlemen really did everything they could. The palace moving case and the shooting case were all products of that era, and they almost exhausted their efforts , and finally drove King Fu to Luoyang.The whole Donglin Party is very proud of this, and they even advertised this matter as a great achievement of eternal glory... Therefore, if the current Donglin Party wants to dethrone the Chongzhen Emperor who has recently begun to separate from themselves, they will disregard their old grievances. If King Fu invites you back, wouldn't that be slapping yourself in the face?Where to put face?
Besides, even if the Donglin Party is willing to lose face and turn an enemy into a friend, then His Royal Highness Fu Wang may still remember the deep hatred of the past and refuse to let go!
Moreover, Fu Wang was also a person who almost became the emperor, and his influence and power were not comparable to ordinary vassal kings.If the Donglin Party really put him on the throne regardless, who knows if he will turn his back on him immediately after he gets a firm foothold and settle a black account against the Donglin Party?
In addition to King Fu, there were several vassals who were closer to Emperor Chongzhen, but they were all scattered all over the country. With the traffic conditions in the late Ming Dynasty, it was too late to contact them.Only Zhu Yihai, the second son of the King of Lu, fled to the south by sea boat because the palace was attacked by the Wenxiang Sect uprising army, and his father and brother died in the war. As if he had found a treasure, after a lot of deceit, collusion and conspiracy, he put His Highness Zhu Yihai on the throne of Danqi in the Forbidden City of Nanjing...

Although the status of His Royal Highness Zhu Yihai is a little bit low, and the blood relationship with Emperor Chongzhen is too far away, it is really unfair to let him be the emperor... But in the eyes of the Donglin party members who are full of self-confidence, this There is nothing wrong with Xinjun's unstable position, it will be easier to handle in the future.

As a result... Zhu Yihai, the "Emperor of Yonghe", was really easy to deal with because of his inappropriate name. After he was fooled into ascending the throne by the gentlemen of Donglin, he basically became a puppet, unable to grasp even half of the real power. I didn't dare to make any claims of my own.But the problem is, also because of the injustice of the name, the local people don't agree with the new king, and the royal family is even more scolded, thinking that he is really not qualified to be the emperor-first of all, his status is too high. Low, and too alienated from the blood of the royal family, this guy has already produced ten clothes with Emperor Chongzhen...

——The orthodox emperor is still alive, the royal family members are all dissatisfied, the provincial officials are at the top of their heads, there are not many elite soldiers and generals who can hold the line, and there is not enough prestige to win the hearts of the people... If such an unnamed and undivided throne is still possible It's strange to sit still!

In fact, even the local government in Nanzhili felt very guilty about dethroning the emperor.In Yu Guozhen's opinion, if Emperor Chongzhen could make a decisive decision after getting the news and lead a small number of elite troops to Nanjing, then the officials in the prefectures and counties along the way would not dare to raise swords and guns against the emperor, and would only bow down and surrender.Even Nanjing City, in front of the emperor, is also very likely to open the city without blood, change its banner, and surrender. Those nobles who lead troops in Nanjing City may not all recognize this "Emperor of Yonghe" Zhu Yihai.

But unfortunately, it seems that due to the unequal information, it may also be due to the great prestige of the Donglin Party in the past. Emperor Chongzhen, who was in exile in the northwest, seemed to have seriously overestimated the strength of the Nanjing Communist Party and did not choose to make a quick decision. Instead of cutting the mess, he was busy recruiting soldiers and horses, stabilizing the rear, and preparing to plan slowly... As a result, the Nanjing Communist Party, whose foundation was unstable, was given a period of buffer time, and a situation of confrontation between the two emperors appeared in the world.

However, in such a dangerous and precarious situation, the Donglin Party, which controlled the Nanjing court, seemed to feel very good about itself. They wrote poems and gathered all day long, feasting and dancing, as if they were not in troubled times. Beacon fire, but it's like the world is at peace...

——The festive feasting, silk and bamboo singing and dancing on the Qinhuai River for ten miles will probably have to be delayed until the time when the soldiers are approaching the city, so they can stop for the time being, right? !

Seeing Jiangnan celebrities such as Zhang Pu, Zhang Dai, Fang Yizhi, etc. who were talking high-spirited and full of empty words in the painting boat, as well as scholars and scholars who were pushing glasses to exchange wine orders, Yu Guozhen lowered his head and sighed again, poured a small glass of rice wine Down the throat.

——No matter what, the future fate of this group of deadly professionals has nothing to do with him, a time traveler...