Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 210

Other surrendered generals Liu Zeqing and Ma Guangyuan were also brought along.

Because Liu Zeqing was a general in the Ming court, the imperial court appointed him as Ningyuan and avant-garde defense in Liaodong.

In the third year of Chongzhen (1630), the Hou Jin army attacked the iron factory and wanted to occupy it to cut off the grain road of Fengrun City.Yang Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief who defended Santun, sent Liu Zeqing to come to his aid. He met the Houjin army fifteen miles away from the iron factory, and fought fiercely from early morning to noon, with neither winner nor loser.After receiving reinforcements, they moved to Zunhua together, and then the Jin army entered the city after a pincer attack.Later, he was evaluated for his military exploits and was promoted two ranks to become a deputy commander.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen (1632), Liu Zeqing was impeached for embezzlement of military rations, and the imperial court ordered him to make up for his mistakes in strategically important places.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), he was promoted to the chief soldier.In the winter of this year, he tried to serve as the governor of the left, and he made great achievements in the battle to restore Dengzhou.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), the imperial court ordered him to lead the troops in Shandong to protect water transportation.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), the capital was under martial law. He led his troops to defend the capital. Zhu Youjian ordered him to station in the new city as a transportation hub between the north and the south.

In May of the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), a severe famine occurred in Shandong, and victims from all over the country gathered to revolt, especially in Caozhou and Puzhou.Zhu Youjian ordered Liu Zeqing to join forces with General Yang Yufan to arrest them.In August, Liu Zeqing was demoted to the right governor to guard Shandong's coastal defense.He requested to be dismissed from the appointment on the grounds that he grew up in Shandong and it was inappropriate to stay here for a long time.Zhu Youjian ordered him to immediately organize his troops to cross the Yellow River, and unite all armies to rush to Shandong to rescue and suppress the enemy at night.

In February of the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), Zhou Yanru entered the cabinet. Liu Zeqing knew that Zhou Yanru was a greedy villain, so he took the opportunity to seek a comeback.He calculated Zhou Yanru's itinerary from his hometown Yixing to the north, and rushed from Linqing to Yangzhou, and reported to the Xiangjun's shogunate at Rigutang, and prepared a building boat to invite Zhou Yanru to go north by water. Zhou Yanru felt embarrassed for a while.He said: "With me here, how dare those thieves approach Master Xiang and try to harm you?
Therefore, Zhou Yanru decided to enter Beijing by water. At this time, Liu Zeqing was dressed in military uniform to meet Zhou Yanru.Said: "These thieves in Shandong, you don't have to worry. If the imperial court uses me to appease them, there will be peace soon." And he gave [-] taels of gold as travel expenses, Zhou Yanru was very happy.After Zhou Yanru entered Beijing in August, Liu Zeqing was indeed reappointed as the General Army of Shandong.

In February of the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), the peasant army besieged Kaifeng for a long time, and Liu Zeqing was ordered to help.Because Zhujiazhai was only eight miles away from the closed city, he led five thousand troops across the Yellow River, set up a camp along the river, and dug ditches to divert the water from the Yellow River to surround the camp. , and then build a channel with walls on both sides to deliver food to the city.The wall had not yet been built, and the peasant army came to fight for it. The two sides held a stalemate for three days, and each suffered casualties.Liu Zeqing ordered his team to leave the camp. For a while, the Ming army fled in a hurry. Many soldiers fell into the water and drowned in order to fight for the boat.

Liu Zeqing is a cowardly person and waits and sees selfishly.He once falsely reported his great achievements to ask for rewards, and falsely claimed that he fell off his horse and was injured. The court rewarded him with 40 taels of silver for medical expenses.The imperial court ordered him to go to Baoding to suppress thieves, but he did not obey the order, and robbed Linqing every day.Later, when he led his troops to the south, he burned and looted everything he passed.With the momentum of the Peasant Army gaining momentum, both Han Ruyu and Ma Jiazhi sought orders to come to the south. Han Ruyu impeached Liu Zeqing, and when Han Ruyu passed through Dongchang, Liu Zeqing sent someone to kill him on the road, and no one dared to Report this matter to the court.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen (1644), Huang Chuang Wang Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, Zhu Youjian hanged himself, and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, led the Qing soldiers into the pass.Liu Zeqing and others supported Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to ascend the throne and was named Dongping Bo.

Zhu Yousong established four vassals: Xingping Bo Gaojie guarded Xuzhou and Sizhou, Dongping Bo Liu Zeqing guarded Huai'an and Yangzhou, Guangchang Bo Liu Liangzuo guarded Fengyang and Shouzhou, and Huang Degong was promoted to Marquis and guarded Chuzhou and Hezhou.Their family members are resettled in the Mainland.

At that time, each of the four towns occupied their own defense area, and they refused to hand over their financial revenue. They squandered themselves recklessly, and put territorial and military affairs behind their heads and didn't care at all.They formed cliques with the ministers in the court, intervened in the government, and repelled dissidents. They kept handing in various memorials and destroyed the records of the court. Among them, the propositions put forward by Ze Liuqing were the most arrogant and fallacious. .

When Zhu Yousong first came to the throne, he requested that the Yuan Dynasty be changed in May of this year, and he also requested pardon and release of the stolen money that had been used as military pay for Zhou Yanru, the former minister.Liu Zongzhou, the censor of the capital, impeached the generals for their arrogance and lawlessness. Liu Zeqing wrote twice to impeach Liu Zongzhou and said: "As long as your majesty is willing to kill Liu Zongzhou, I will resign." Comfort.He also requested that patrol officials be prohibited from investigating, arresting criminals, and recovering stolen goods from criminals, and asked the judiciary to severely arrest the former governor Hou Xun and his son Hou Fangyu, and the court complied with him.

Liu Zeqing opened his mansion in Huai'an, and Lei governed the vassal mansion. The specifications of the mansion were similar to those of a royal palace.The first floor is spacious, the gate is spectacular, magnificent, the garden is winding, the walls are high, and there are many sword guards.Not only that, he has always been fond of singing and singing, and once kept beautiful prostitutes to pamper more than [-] people.In Huai'an, he was drunk and dreamed of death, spending his days and nights. "Every day, women from good families were plundered from all sides, and they were noisy and joyful. Someone asked him: "What is the strategy for defense?" He said: "I came here to support King Fu. He should let me enjoy it. If anything happens, I will choose a county in the south of the Yangtze River and occupy the mountain as the king." "

In April of the second year of Shunzhi (1645), the Qing army went south and Yangzhou was in a hurry. The Nanming court ordered Zeqing and others to go to reinforce, but he had secretly planned to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

After Liu Zeqing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was relieved of his military handle and was kindly raised in Beijing, thus ending his military career.Dorgon gave him two maids.

In August of the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), the Qing court awarded him the third-class viscount.

In May of the sixth year of Shunzhi (1649), Liu Zeqing saw that the current situation was chaotic, and concluded that "the Qing Dynasty will not employ people, and the country's luck will not be long." He brought back a message saying that "the king is very happy" (according to the situation at the time and the analysis of Liu Zeqing's control of some of the boatmen, the messenger was probably meeting Zhu Yihai, the governor of Lu, rather than Zhu Youlang, the Yongli emperor).

Liu Zeqing believed that this was a good opportunity to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. He summoned his close confidant Li Huajing to Beijing for secret discussions, and agreed that on August [-]th Liu Zeqing would "start from Beijing, and you and others will take action on that day."Li Huajing returned to Caozhou to recruit troops and secretly made preparations to fight against the Qing Dynasty.After Yang Fangxing, governor of Qinghe Road, heard the news, he adopted the plan of diverting the tiger away from the mountain and awarded Li Huajing the garrison of Gunzhou, letting him take office alone.

Li Huajing was forced to start the uprising in July in advance.He contacted the nearby Yuyuan and other rebels to support a Ming clan as king, issued a document with Tianzheng as the year name, and successively conquered Caozhou, Dingtao, Chengwu, Dongming and other counties.People from Juye in Shandong, Daming Mansion in Zhili and Guide Mansion in Henan, which bordered Caozhou, responded one after another.Fearing that the situation would get out of hand, the Qing court ordered the dispatch of officers and soldiers from the three provinces to suppress it.

Participating in the encirclement and suppression were the garrisoned Dongchang Prefecture Mailer Zhangjing Lai Nu, Yizhou General Soldier Tong Yangliang, Linqing General Soldier Yi Yonggui, Baoding General Soldier Lu Guonan, Henan General Soldier Gao Di, Hebei General Soldier (referring to guarding the Yellow River in Henan Province) Three prefectures to the north) Kong Xigui and other ministries.A large number of Qing troops flocked to Caozhou. Although the rebels resisted bravely, they were finally suppressed because they were outnumbered.The Qing army successively recaptured Dongming, Dingtao, Chengwu and other counties, and surrounded Caozhou on the first day of August.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Li Huajing and others went out of the city to negotiate and surrendered the clan of the Ming Dynasty, hoping to exchange for the withdrawal of the Qing side.The Qing court ignored it and continued the siege.On September [-]th, Li Huajing and others went out of the city to negotiate again, but were detained by the Qing army, and they escorted him, the "false king" and Liu Zeqing's three nephews to Beijing.

Li Huajing and others were escorted to Beijing to confront Liu Zeqing.Knowing that the conspiracy was corrupt, Liu Zeqing burned secret letters and other evidence privately, refused to admit the conspiracy and rebellion, and said that the so-called burning of thieves' books was actually burning the imperial order of the Ming Dynasty, and was denounced by the maid at home.On October 25, after the Qing court passed a joint trial by ministers, Liu Zeqing, his younger brother, nephew, Li Huajing and others were taken to the city for treason and executed by Cao Lingchi.

Liu Zeqing was a cruel and vicious man who would seek revenge. He once called Liu Hongxun, a great scholar from the Chongzhen period, his uncle.As soon as Liu Hongxun died, he regarded his sons Kong Zhong and Kong He as his nephews.He didn't know much about books and he thought he was a romantic. Once at a banquet in Huai'an, he took out his poems for everyone to see.The guests flattered and praised him one after another.

Liu Konghe kept silent. He asked Liu Konghe by name, and Konghe jokingly said, "It's better not to do it."Immediately, he became furious, and then took the opportunity to send Liu Konghe and 2000 people across Hezhou, and suddenly beheaded him under the pretext of 2000 people under his command were fierce and unconvinced, so he killed all 2000 people without missing a single person .

Liu Zeqing once had a former residence in a certain county, which was deserted.Once, a dozen scholars came there to drink, and because they were watching and playing around, they found a woman's brocade shoe upstairs, and they laughed and ridiculed it.When Liu Zeqing found out about it afterwards, he killed them all in one fell swoop.

Liu Zeqing was at odds with his cousin in the same middle school, so he sent someone to find that cousin, and the cousin pleaded with his mother, but he pretended to reconcile, but actually sent someone to kill the cousin on the way home.

Liu Zeqing knows some poetry and Confucian classics very well, likes to recite poems and sing songs, and often invites guests to drink and sing together. There are two apes in his shogunate, and people come to them as soon as their names are called.

One day, Zeqing hosted a banquet for the son of a friend. He poured wine into a gold cup, which was about three liters, and asked the ape to hold the wine cup and kneel to pass it to the guest.The ape looked very dangerous, and the guest was trembling all over, hesitating and not daring to pick it up.Zeqing smiled and said, "Sir, are you scared now?" Then he ordered a prisoner to be brought in, and after being beaten to death in the hall, he cut out his brain and heart, put them in a wine glass and drank the wine, and let the apes come to him , while drinking, still chewing in his mouth, his face didn't change.This is probably the case of Liu Zeqing being cruel.

Ma Guangyuan, a native of Shuntian Daxing.Ming Jianchang General.In the fourth year of Tiancong, my teacher conquered Yongping, and Guangyuan surrendered with his tribe. He was ordered to be attached to Zhenglan Banner, and he was awarded Mei Le Ezhen, a crown uniform, and a pommel horse.In five years, he went back to defeat the Ming Dynasty, encircled the Daling River, followed Guangyuan, and recruited the southern platform of the city to surrender. He got one hundred generals and more than fifty men and women, and he was educated by Guangyuan.

In November of the sixth year of Tiancong, Guangyuan said: "The six ministries have been established. It is time to build a cabinet. Select two or three ministers of the Qing Dynasty who are upright and experienced as the president. They will join the cabinet at dawn. The eight families are strong and the six ministries are in charge. If there is any matter, go to the cabinet to discuss it. , please take command." It was also proposed to set up six departments and set up eight officials.The next day, I will be sparse again and explain the responsibility of the six subjects.

In the first month of the seventh year of Tiancong, Wu Zhenchao, Ha Angbang, Zhang Jing, Tong Yangxing and Guangyuanhe said: "The superiors and Zhu Baylor are generous to the Han officials, and the ministers are pretending to be the leaders. You are ordered, dare not exhaust your energy. The ministers and others If you are guilty, listen to the impeachment of the officials. If the officials of the Han Dynasty resist orders and deceive the public, lie and make mistakes, evade and steal, play tricks, and the officials should be impeached, dare not avoid it. Only worry about the officials of the Han Dynasty. , ministers offended, although dead do not know why.

I beg you and Zhu Bei Le Jianchen to say that if you make mistakes in the future, you will be punished immediately; "In March, Guangyuan Shuchen reorganized the military and administration: provincial military equipment, tending horses, training artillery, managing artillery carriages, saving gunpowder, guarding the city, making rockets, building a bureau for storing artillery and medicine, and supporting the casting of cannon and medicine. Serve, support artillery, and do all the ten things. In the seventh month, the Han people under the old Manchu household were ordered to be given cotton armor to the ten men, and they got 580 people. They were ordered to lead Guangyuan and others to make up for the vacancies in the old armor.

At that time, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming came to surrender and defeated Lushun.Guangyuan said: "When Youde and others first came, Denglai, Lushun and other warships from the islands did not dare to return to Jiangkou. After the other boat, ride the wind to the west. The relatives will take the mountains and seas and attack Beijing, and the big event will be settled in a short time." In October, he was awarded the first-class general officer.

In March of the eighth year of Tiancong, he invited a teacher: "One enters from Jidong, the other enters from Balipu to Shanhaiguan, and attacks from inside and outside. First take the water pass, and Shanhaiguan will be easy to go down. Not only conquer Shanhaiguan, but also take Zu Dashou, and the whole brigade And to the west, attacking Beijing, blocking the key points, blocking the road of luck, there will be internal changes in a few months. But begging on the day of leaving the army, command the soldiers, not to kill, not to prostitution, not to plunder goods, not to burn huts. It is heard from all directions. They all lead and return to the top." In April, change to first-class Angbang Zhangjing.

In July of the ninth year of Tiancong, the Han officials were screened, and rewards and punishments were increased or decreased based on the number of households in each fort. Those whose number was reduced by one-third of the initial amount would be deprived of their official positions to serve the people.Guangyuan said: "The merits of various officials are different, and they are all hereditary bestowed by imperial edicts. It is extremely difficult to obtain. Today, it is not as good as the law to support people. They are all for the people, and everyone is terrified. Begging for grace should be severely discussed and punished, and do not rush to seize it." It is the duty of the world; I ordered Dai Zui to take things seriously, and the merits are not as good as the faults. I am the king and the law is equal, and I dare not die to ask for it." Meile'erzhen Zhang Cunren also thought of it and followed it.

In April of the tenth year of Tiancong, the ministers persuaded him to advance, and the Han generals listed Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Shi Tingzhu and Guangyuan, five people.

In December of the first year of Chongde, he conquered North Korea and conquered Pyongyang and Jianghua Island.In August of the second year of Chongde, Wuzhenchaoha was divided into two wings, and Gushan Ezhener was set up.The left wing is governed by the court column, and the right wing is governed by Guangyuan.

In the third year of Chongde, he went to conquer Ming Dynasty and attacked Jinzhou. Wu Zhenchao Ha transported firearms as the forerunner.Xun and Youde used firearms to conquer Taiwu, and then Tingzhu conquered Liyuntun, Baishitun, Guojiapu, Kaizhou, and Jingjiapu. Three out of seven hundred were captured, and they were called livestock.Guangyuan led Jialaerzhenlang Shaozhen to besiege the platform next to Jinzhou City. The enemy fled and did not pursue him.

In the fourth year of Chongde, the Ming Dynasty was attacked again. Guangyuan conquered the southwestern corner of Songshan Mountain with his troops, and surrendered his general Yang Wenxian, who failed to attack the city.Biography of Shi Tingzhu in detail.The teacher returned, and counted his crimes and let them go; and Ji Shichang, a member of the shelter department, failed to make a cannon, so he was sentenced to death, and the superior pardoned him.In June, Wuzhen Chaoha was analyzed as Eight Banners, Gushan Ezhen was set up as the fourth, and Guangyuan was restored as Zhenghuang and Xianghuang Banners Gushan Ezhen.The Han Army Banner was formulated, and Guangyuan was attached to the Xianghuang Banner.

Died in old age
In the fourth year of Shunzhi, he begged for rest due to old illness.

He died in the second year of Kangxi's reign and was given the posthumous title of Chengshun.Siwen, his younger brother's son, became a prince.Enzhao entered the third-class uncle.At the beginning of Qianlong's reign, he was appointed as a first-class son.

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