Dashun Yongchang

After listening to Chen Yuanyuan's brief introduction, Li Zicheng said to the officials of the Statistics Department in the room: "Next, you continue to collect information on local business and public sentiment. However, you can first focus on the election of councilors in each district. Although I have said that I will not interfere in the election of local councilors, I will not allow anyone to tamper with it.

In addition, since the Weisuojun, Cao Jun, and Yanding are also living in the local area, let them elect the corresponding councilors according to the ratio of 3000 or 5000 nominations, and then attend the meeting with the councilors elected by each workshop.The council is not only an autonomous institution for local affairs, but also a channel for me to listen to the voices of the local people, so we must be cautious. "

The officers all nodded and agreed. Just as they were about to leave, He Duiji stopped to tell Li Zicheng that he still had something to report. Li Sicheng glanced thoughtfully and walked to Li Zicheng's side and whispered to Li Zicheng. He Duiji, who was talking, couldn't hear anything at this distance, so he turned around and left Jiashuxuan slowly.

After He Duiji finished speaking and left, Chen Yuanyuan, who made a pot of tea for Li Zicheng and served him, saw that there was no one else in the room, so he let go a little and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty really thinks that the council can be used by you." ?

The concubine feels that the southerners are too weak and talk a lot but have no power to act.When Mr. Lu was in charge of Cao Huai'an, he took great pains to allow the squires in Huai'an to spend money and money to defend their property. However, some squires still tried to escape from the city and went to the countryside to avoid the war. If it weren't for the chaos outside the city There are too many, and the countryside is also quite harassed. I am afraid it will be difficult for them to work together to obey Master Lu's command.

As for those Huai'an people, listening to the wind is like rain, I watched the daily life of Huai'an during the period when the capital was destroyed by His Majesty.People in Huai'an City wanted to leave the city when they heard the news, but the results were often just rumors, or even misunderstood words, forcing Master Lu to cut off several heads, which was considered to calm down the people of Huai'an City.

Under Master Lu's severe punishment, these people are so flustered, let them let go of the discussion, wouldn't it cause more confusion? "

Li Zicheng said calmly while drinking tea: "I have heard people say that what we fear is only fear itself. In fact, if everyone really knows the situation they are about to face, they will know how to run alone. In fact, most people cannot be saved. On the contrary, if they are willing to cooperate with each other, most people can survive.

Of course, there is also the possibility that because of too much fear, he lost his mind and instead thought about surrendering early to get rid of the tormenting time before the butcher's knife fell.But if the people in Huai'an or the south are so weak, then I can justifiably issue orders to them, because my sword is closer to them than Jiannu's.

I let them have an open discussion, not to expect them to do something, but to know what the local people really think.The front line of Huaiyang will soon become our rear area. If we don't even have a grasp of the hearts of the people here, how can we ask them to contribute?It's better to be in chaos now than to be in chaos when Jiannu went south. At least we don't have to face two problems at the same time. "

Regarding Li Zicheng's explanation, Chen Yuanyuan was thoughtful, and soon she nodded and said: "Your Majesty's words are indeed reasonable, but my concubine's understanding is shallow. Lord Lu wants to invite His Majesty to meet the local gentry and scholars. , I wonder how His Majesty wants to arrange it?"

Li Zicheng looked at the teacup in his hand for a long time before he sighed and said: "Lu Zhenfei, after all, we are not on the same path. The path he wants me to take is quite different from the path I want to take. I just I want to use him to appease the officials and gentry in Huai'an, so that these people can be used by me temporarily, but I don't want them to continue the kind of life they used to live. Now the opportunity to meet these country gentlemen is not mature enough, wait, wait After the first meeting of the city, see these people again."

Although Chen Yuanyuan was very curious about the meaning of the road Li Zicheng wanted to take and the road Lu Zhenfei wanted him to take, she still endured her curiosity, changed the topic, and talked about something lighter. topic.

On August 8, Lu Wang Zhu Yihai arrived in Huai'an City accompanied by Wang Jun and other rebel generals. Li Zicheng ordered Lu Zhenfei and Zhou Guangxia, the prefect of Huai'an, to greet him.Zhu Yihai, who was 20 years old at the time, was a mild-mannered person. After he heard that the crown prince gave Li Zicheng a junior gift, he followed the prince in etiquette, and met Li Zicheng by his junior side.

Li Zicheng was satisfied with Zhu Yihai's humility.Although he was willing to give Zhu Cihong a chance, it did not mean that he would treat these great Ming clans differently.In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, except for a few clans who were able to preserve their integrity, most of the clans behaved like fat pigs in the pigsty. When the Ming Dynasty fell, they still counted on the Manchus to treat them preferentially.

As for Wang Jun, another leader of the rebel army known as the King of Nine Mountains, he seems to be a martial arts practitioner.As the old saying goes, a poor man is rich in martial arts. Obviously this Wang Jun was not from an ordinary farmer.

Sure enough, Li Zicheng only asked a few words, and he knew that Wang Jun's family was at least a small landlord in the past, and because they usually fought against injustice, they had a good reputation in the village.But it was this that hurt him. When there was a famine in Shandong, the government and the local gentry were worried that he would bring the hungry people to make trouble and planned to arrest him first, so they took the whole family up the mountain.

Also because of this difference, when the Shun army entered Shandong, the Nine Mountain Rebel Army led by Wang Jun did not immediately move closer to the Shun army, but instead protected Lu Wang Zhu Yihai who was heading south.Obviously, Wang Jun had other ideas at first.It's just that after the Shun army won a battle in Tianjin, and then the main force went south along the canal, Wang Jun finally gave up his inexplicable ideas.

After the news of the Tianjin battle, the people in the north knew that the Shun army was not helpless against Jiannu, and the people in Hebei and Shandong were still clear about Jiannu's combat effectiveness.After Li Zicheng went south with the main force of the Shun Army, the people in Shandong and Hebei basically knew that the next war between Dashun and Jiannu should be fought on the border of Shandong.

Although Wang Jun has not read many books, as a small landlord, he still understands the situation in the world better than those completely illiterate subordinates.In the north-south dispute, the first thing is to fight for Shandong first. If the north gets Shandong, it will have a southward passage that bypasses the Grand Canal, and it can even attack Jiangnan from the sea.The south got Shandong, which not only pinched the sea lanes in the north, but also immediately threatened the safety of Hebei.

Da Cang Mountain is located in the hinterland of Mount Meng, bordering Fei County in the east, Surabaya in the west, Tengzhou and Shanting in the south, and Xintai and Mengyin in the north. This place is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also the central passage connecting the east and west of Mount Tai.Since Li Zicheng occupied Xuzhou and refused to go south, he naturally would not allow this passage to be in the hands of an unfriendly force.

Wang Jun and King Lu discussed for a long time, and finally decided to go to the prince, because they were unwilling to surrender to Jiannu.After Li Zicheng inquired about Wang Jun's strength, he suggested to him: "You hand over the passage of Da Cang Mountain to me, and I hand over the three counties of Pingyi, Mengyin, and Feixian to you. I won't want you Hold on to the county seat. These three counties are all in the Yimeng Mountains. As long as you can hold back the pace of the Qing army and cut off the Qing army's local grain requisition team, you will be fine. I can support you with some armor, weapons and military supplies, and send them to the south of Linyi The garrison will support you."

Although he was ready to be reorganized into his own team by the Shun Army, when he heard Li Zicheng offer such a generous condition, Wang Jun immediately forgot about King Lu beside him, and expressed his determination to Li Zicheng: "I will listen to your majesty, except for the armor. In addition to weapons, it would be even better if His Majesty could send some officers to teach us how to fight.

I am ashamed to say that although we claim to be the Nine Mountains Rebel Army, most of the time we build a stronghold on the mountain to protect ourselves, and we don't go down the mountain to harass the prefectures and counties, so the number of battles with the official army is not too much.Jiannu was brutal, and defeated the elite of the army several times when he entered the customs. The minister was either afraid of death, or worried about ruining His Majesty's important affairs. "

Li Zicheng was naturally happy with Wang Jun's request.With the joining of the Nine Mountains Rebel Army, the Shun Army on the east and west sides of Mount Tai responded. Zhao Yingyuan's troops are still stationed in Qingzhou and other places at this time. Haidao got in touch with Huai'an.

The reason why he didn't mention sending officers to Wang Jun before was because he was worried that the other party would misunderstand, thinking that he wanted to completely take away the control of the Jiushan Rebel Army, which would leave a knot in the hearts of both parties.But now that Wang Jun made the request on his own initiative, he naturally hoped to strengthen the strength of the Nine Mountains Rebel Army. After all, the rebel army that is too weak can't stop Jiannu from going south in the future.

Li Zicheng then said to him: "That's fine, I'll send you a team of people who are familiar with mountain warfare. But after Mr. Wang returns, he can send some young boys to Xuzhou. I set up a military academy in Xuzhou just to train officers. Since the Nine Mountains Rebel Army is already a part of our Shun Army, it should naturally be reorganized according to the rules of the Shun Army. I think it may be more appropriate to let the rebel soldiers reorganize after they have completed their studies."

Wang Jun immediately reacted to Li Zicheng's call for his new official name. Obviously, he still cared a lot about the title of Chief of the Three Counties. After all, it meant that he had become an official of the Dashun court.

After chatting with Wang Jun for a while, Li Zicheng asked Zhu Yihai, "Before I didn't know that Your Highness was coming, so I asked Liu Zeqing to go to Xuzhou to welcome the crown prince and Emperor Lie. Then, Your Highness, are you going to meet him in Xuzhou?" Where is the prince? Or is he waiting in Huai'an?"

Zhu Yihai naturally replied without hesitation: "Since I will go to Xuzhou to pay homage to the Emperor Daxing and meet the crown prince, I dare not stay longer in Huai'an."

Seeing this, Li Zicheng nodded and said, "So, you can rest in Huai'an tonight. I will send you to Xuzhou tomorrow..."

Lu Zhenfei and the officials in Huai'an who were sitting on the side watched Li Zicheng's way of wooing Wang Junhe to deal with King Lu. Lu Zhenfei also had to admit that, unlike the gloomy and stubborn Li Zicheng in the rumors, the Emperor Yongchang he saw Very talkative and quite flexible.If the ministers and the emperor in the southern capital continue to fight each other like this, I am afraid that it will only be a matter of time before the Shun army takes over Jiangnan.

At this time, Yang Yufan's nephew, Yang Yan, arrived at the west gate of Huai'an with several servants and escorted a civil servant.They came this time to surrender to the prince.

Chapter 136

The arrival of Yang Yan made Li Zicheng very happy, and he escorted Su Jing from Rizhao, which means that in the areas south of Xintai, east of Mount Tai, west of Jiaozhou, and north of Haizhou, the larger forces They were all invested in the Shun Army's side, and the defensive circle east of Mount Tai finally began to take shape.

Li Zicheng pardoned Su Jing's escape from Beijing. Long before the Shun Army captured Ningwu Pass, Su Jing had already been captured and surrendered once by the Shun Army.It's just that after the Shun Army broke through Beijing, he chose to flee and return to his hometown, but Su Jing didn't run away because he thought that the Shun Army had no future, but because he felt sorry for Chongzhen.

After escaping back to his hometown in Rizhao, Su Jing lived a rural life. He didn't consider whether to go south and return to officialdom until a new emperor was established in the southern capital and he was called up.However, Li Zicheng's actions were much faster than his thinking, and he had already captured Huai'an before he could decide whether to go south.At this time, he had to think about the safety of his family.

Regarding Li Zicheng's magnanimity, and appointed him as Jiaodong Daotai, responsible for the civil affairs from Jiaozhou to Linyi, and supervised the construction of Rizhao Port, Su Jing immediately expressed his allegiance to Li Zicheng, and said that he could not go to see the prince, but went back to Rizhao to sort out local civil affairs.

Li Zicheng agreed to him and decided to send someone to escort him back to Rizhao.As for Yang Yan, he did not come here on behalf of himself, but represented the surrender of the Linyi Yang family and several local wealthy families to Li Zicheng. Yang Yan asked Li Zicheng to rescue his uncle Yang Yufan who was imprisoned in Nandu, and Li Zicheng agreed to Yang Yan's request. , And handed over the three thousand Laizhou bird gun soldiers trained by Yang to his leadership.

Yang Yan, who was originally surrendered to Dashun due to the situation, now sincerely agrees with Li Zicheng.For generals like them, servants and the army are the foundation of their lives.After Yang Yufan was arrested by Nandu, the Yang family lost control of the Laizhou army. Unlike other generals, the Yang family did not put the main resources on the servants around them, but spent it on the three thousand birds. Therefore, after losing control of the Laizhou Army, the strength of the Yang family, which could have competed with Liu Zeqing, immediately fell to the level of ordinary local wealthy families.

Li Zicheng was willing to hand over the three thousand bird blunderbuss to the Yang family, and the strength of the Yang family immediately recovered to a point where they could completely suppress the surrounding wealthy families.From this point of view, even if Li Zicheng failed to rescue Yang Yufan as promised, the Yang family would not continue to decline.After hearing this order, Yang Yan was really grateful to Li Zicheng.

For Li Zicheng, the Three Thousand Birds Gunners are indeed a considerable force, but they are almost the private army of the Yang family, because with the salary issued by the imperial court alone, it is impossible to train such a well-trained army. firearms soldiers.Therefore, the loyalty of these three thousand birds to Yang Yufan is too high, and it is difficult for other people to command and move. The main force of the Denglai Army going south this time is this army. If they are not recruited first, the Shun Army will not be able to go smoothly. The integration of this southward army mixed with many small forces.

If Yang Yan can take over the Laizhou Army on behalf of the Shun Army, it will undoubtedly speed up the speed of the Dengzhou Navy to move closer to Dashun. In this way, the Dongjiang Navy led by Huang Fei will become a minority, and the Denglai Army will be able to It was digested by Dashun.

Li Zicheng's judgment was not wrong. The general of the Laizhou Army who had been indifferent to Shunjun's wooing before, immediately obeyed the appointment after Yang Yan arrived in the army with Li Zicheng's appointment letter.The change in the position of the Laizhou Army made the Dengzhou Navy begin to express their position.

As Wang Wuwei, Chen Ruyu, and Liu Yingguo said, the navy is not an army, as long as it is paid, it can survive. Without enough new ships and firearms, the navy will soon be useless.Therefore, whether it is Dashun or Nandu, they must at least have a foothold first. The current Denglai Army simply does not have the ability to stand alone.

The attitudes of the Laizhou Army and the Dengzhou Navy led to a split within the Denglai Army. In fact, the relationship between Dongjiang Town and these two armies was not harmonious.One is that Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong and withdrew a large number of officers and soldiers from Dongjiang Town to the interior. However, Denglai area did not have so many places to house these officers and soldiers from Liaodong. Therefore, the people in the interior did not regard them as heroes, but regarded them as incompetent burdens , which directly led to the subsequent Wuqiao mutiny.

The second is that the Wuqiao Mutiny did no less damage to Shandong than a Qing invasion, especially the two prefectures of Denglai suffered heavy losses.This also led to the hostility of the Denglai people towards the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town. Most of the soldiers of Denglai and the two armies came from the local area, so naturally they would not have a good impression of the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town.

The third is that Dongjiang Town has mastered the sea routes to North Korea and Liaodong, so it has the power to trade with the two places, which greatly dissatisfied the generals of the Dengzhou navy who were unable to participate in maritime trade.

The fact that several forces were able to join forces to go south this time does not mean that these contradictions disappeared, but that under the threat of the Shun Army, everyone felt that only by uniting can they go south safely, otherwise they would be taken over by the Shun Army from land.If Liu Zeqing hadn't been so aggressive, and Li Zicheng had the Crown Prince and Lie Huang as banners of appeal, they might not be willing to join the Shun Army.

But even so, Huang Fei and other Dongjiang Town officers and soldiers still wanted to maintain the independence of this army, because the non-independent Dongjiang Town had suffered too many losses before.So Huang Fei has been declaring in the army that they are voting for the prince instead of Yongchang Emperor.However, after the Shun Army announced the adaptation treatment for the Denglai Army, and Li Zicheng made a promise to the Dengzhou Navy through Wang Wuwei, Huang Fei's rhetoric became difficult to convince the public.After all, there is no reward for allegiance to the prince, but immediate reward for allegiance to Emperor Yongchang. This is an extremely simple multiple-choice question.

Even after the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town heard that Emperor Yongchang was planning to build new ships for the Dengzhou navy, and change the navy into a navy, and set aside a port as a dedicated port for the navy, they felt that it was not easy to completely surrender to Dashun. unacceptable thing.Huang Fei, whose position in the army was not very solid, felt a little betrayed for a while.

When Huang Fei was trying to appease the armies in Haizhou, on August 8, the Huai'an City Council held its first meeting. There was one representative from each of the 24 squares, 72 representatives from the Cao army, 32 representatives from Yanhu, and 21 representatives from Qingjiangpu. 29 delegates, a total of 154 delegates.Although yesterday morning, the list of members had been decided, but the Dashun officials who supervised the election of members pointed out the fault of 27 members who violated the election, so they urgently added 25 members, and finally formed the final 154 members.

Originally, according to the suggestion of Lu Zhenfei and others, the venue for the meeting could be in front of the Town God's Temple, but this proposal was rejected by Li Zicheng, who insisted that the meeting should have a fixed meeting place.Before the construction of the meeting place for the council was completed, the meeting place for the council was placed in a main hall in the front yard of the feudal mansion.

Fortunately, the feudal mansion used to be the Dahewei command office. Although the building is a bit old, the building specifications of the guard office are not small, so the main hall can accommodate 300 people for gatherings.

The pattern of the hall is like a Chinese character, the small opening in the middle is a patio, used for lighting and drainage, the passages on both sides are relatively narrow, and the upper and lower halls are relatively spacious, which can be used to convene people for discussion.Li Zicheng and the officials of the city lived in the upper hall, while the councilors sat in the lower hall. There was also a seat for speeches in the upper hall near the courtyard.

Due to time constraints, Li Zicheng did not discuss with other people, but arranged the meeting place according to his own ideas, so after Lu Zhenfei and others arrived, he had some criticisms about the arrangement of this place.Their objection is that neither officials nor MPs should have seats, and the seats used for speaking in the upper hall should not face the lower hall, etc.

In the end, Li Zicheng accepted half of the proposal and asked the speaker's butt to face the lower chamber members instead of facing himself. In fact, he thought he could move his seat to the west and let the speaker face him sideways, but these officials still unacceptable.Therefore, the speaker had to change the direction. It didn't look like a discussion but a scene in the court.

As for the seats of officials and members of parliament, Li Zicheng also accepted half of them, that is, those who don't need seats can stand all the time, but he will not remove these bamboo chairs and wooden stools.For a while, the people below couldn't find so many comfortable wooden chairs, so they bought a batch of cheap bamboo chairs and wooden stools under Li Zicheng's suggestion. This woodware store should be the first one to benefit from the establishment of the council merchants.

Among the 154 councilors, more than 20 were from salt merchants, more than 30 were from gentry representatives, the largest number were about 60 students, and the rest were from military officers and small landlords.None of the members of the first Huai'an Council were members of ordinary people's background, but Li Zicheng could understand this situation, because ordinary people simply did not get the approval of others.

However, the background information of these congressmen allowed Li Zicheng to further confirm two things.There are indeed quite a few scholars in the south; for ordinary people, those scholars who have not formally entered the official career are the ones who trust them the most, and they feel that these scholars can protect their interests.

On the other hand, those elected representatives who came to the meeting did not actually know what the council was for. Most people thought it was an enlarged gentry meeting to discuss how to distribute food and errands.The gentry and merchants in Huai'an are still prepared for this. For the Shun army going south, seeing such a prosperous Huai'an city, it is definitely impossible not to reach out for something. After all, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not let go of Huai'an city. what.

However, according to their experience, they had to be satisfied with the demands made by the army, but they also couldn't agree too readily to avoid stimulating the other party's appetite.

Although this enlarged gentry meeting made it difficult for them to become representatives of all Huai'an people, these gentry and salt merchant representatives still believed that they could get the support of other representatives, because they were the ones who contributed money and food. It is impossible to meet the requirements of the Shun Army just by relying on the words of other common people.

While everyone was thinking about it, the first Huai'an Council was finally held with the arrival of all the councilors.Li Zicheng glanced at everyone in the hall, and found that except for the soldiers standing on the side to maintain order, everyone else sat down. If you sit down and you stand, you are obviously too out of gregarious.

Li Zicheng didn't say anything about this matter. He picked up the small wooden hammer in front of him, tapped it on the fixed wooden anvil on the table in front of him, and then said: "Everyone, please be quiet, we have a formal meeting..."

Chapter 137 The Situation of the World

Everyone in the hall looked towards the upper hall. Although this hall is very large, the architectural design is very good, and the echo is enough to spread throughout the hall. Therefore, after everyone calms down, even the councilors sitting in the last row , and could hear Li Zicheng's angry speech clearly.

It’s just that everyone was a little surprised that Li Zicheng didn’t get straight to the point, but said something off-topic, “Before the meeting, I thought it was necessary for everyone to understand what kind of crisis China is currently facing.

Some of you may know the situation in the world today, while others are ignorant and don't even understand what happened a hundred miles away from Huai'an City.What I want to tell you is the real situation in the world right now.Because if you don't understand what's going on in the world, you can't make a correct judgment.

First of all, the Ming Dynasty had perished at the end of March this year. Although the six spare ministries in Nanjing had elected King Fu as the successor to the Datong, this was not a legal election because the heir of Emperor Lie, the prince Zhu Cihong, was still there.

Even if the crown prince is surpassed, Emperor Lie still has Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, and Zhu Cixiong, the king of Yong. interests of the country and the people.

Precisely because they knew that the move to elect Fufan was unpopular, they used property and power to win over the four Jiangbei towns and Chu town.I believe you should have heard that in order to compete for the territory of Yangzhou, the four Jiangbei towns fought first. The Gaojie tribe plundered the villages outside Yangzhou city, and the Liu Liangzuo tribe also broke through Linhuai. Some, but only for gentry families.As for Liu Zeqing's military discipline, I believe you know better than me..."

Just now when Li Zicheng said that Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying colluded with each other and joined the three towns to elect Fu Fan, many councilors who were born as freshmen scoffed at it, because they thought it was Ma Shiying who colluded with the four towns, and Shi Kefa was just forced to accept it.But when they were criticizing, Li Zicheng brought up the fact that Nandu bribed the Jiangbei region to the four towns, which made the four towns dare to wreak havoc in Jiangbei, and the discussion suddenly dropped.

Some congressmen whose relatives and friends were harmed by Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie and other rebels finally had the courage to blame Shi Kefa and other Nandu ministers for the misfortune of their relatives and friends.

"That's right, what your Majesty said is not bad. Shi Kefa and the gentlemen of the Southern Capital controlled Nanjing that day, so how could they say they couldn't refuse the four towns to cross the river? Then after Fufan ascended the throne, how could Nanjing refuse the four towns to cross the Yangtze River? They and Ma Shiying They just colluded and distributed us Jiangbei people to the four towns as bribes."

"Yes, since Shi Kefa and these gentlemen did not collude with Ma Shiying, why did Liu Zongzhou impeach Lu Zongcao as soon as he arrived in Nanjing? Yushi Chen Dan asked to be promoted to the governor of Shandong, and the court accepted it so quickly. The two princes sit in Huaishang, It took so much effort to keep the local area safe and sound, but as soon as Fufan came to the throne, the two princes were transferred away, isn’t my Huai’an a stronghold in the southern capital?"

This kind of discussion has gradually increased. In the past, people who were inclined to Shi Kefa and other gentlemen who were persecuted by Ma Shiying and other villains, faced with the raging situation of the four towns in Jiangbei, could not help but doubt the true thoughts of the gentlemen in Nandu. After all, now It is their family members who are hurt.

Some people even think that although Shi Kefa is from Kaifeng, most of the Donglin party members in Nanjing are from Jiangnan. Did they sell Jiangbei to the four towns in exchange for the safety of Jiangnan?

These discussions were so loud that even Lu Zhenfei and other officials sitting in the upper hall heard them. The other officials were a little at a loss, but Lu Zhenfei could only say nothing.Because he was also very surprised when he heard that he was impeached by Liu Zongzhou. When the country was in crisis, this honest gentleman actually impeached him if he didn't go home and keep his filial piety.His hometown is in Quzhou, Hebei, so it is obvious that he is trying to force him to join the enemy.

"Quiet, quiet, please listen to me first." Li Zicheng picked up the gavel and tapped on the table, and after calming down the members again, he continued: "Because of Fufan's lack of legal principles, Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying They could only use money and power to buy the towns. In addition to distributing the Jiangbei area to the four towns, the southern part of Huguang was handed over to Zuo Liangyu, and Sichuan on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River was occupied by Zhang Xianzhong in the Chengdu Plain. It is not a problem in the hands of the officers and soldiers.

The Qinling Mountains, northern Huguang north of the Yangtze River, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other areas are in our hands.But I can tell the truth, apart from northern Huguang and Shaanxi, Dashun's united front in other regions is not stable.

Especially in Shandong and Henan. Henan has experienced natural disasters and man-made disasters for a long time. Most of the places are already a piece of white land. The places where there are people are also built for self-protection. These villages are willing to submit to any passing big forces and will attack For any passing tour or small party, there is still some order in the area along the Yellow River.Shandong was mostly devastated by the Qing soldiers, and the local gentry also began to form villages to protect themselves like Henan.

Therefore, it seems that I am in control of Shandong and Henan in Dashun, but if the northern soldiers really want to go south, our army cannot expect the people of Shandong and Henan to completely stand by our side.Therefore, for me, Dashun, the canal route from Huai'an to Yangzhou is very important. If we cannot gain control of this canal route, then our Dashun's resistance along the canal and in Shandong will be meaningless.

So now let's talk about it again, the Jiannu who controlled Hebei and the Liaodong area outside the Guan, grasslands and desert areas.Jiannu is Jurchen, but according to the information I have obtained, this Jurchen has nothing to do with the Jurchen of Song Dynasty.They were just savages who came down from the Tunguska Plateau in the extreme north. Da Ming saw them as pitiful and let them live on the land of Da Ming.

I don't know what the ministers who took in these Tungus savages thought at that time. In short, after these savages settled down in the land of Ming Dynasty, they began to harass the various ethnic groups in the frontier and the Korean vassal state, and even found an ancestor for themselves to show that They have the right to inherit the land of Liaodong, which shows the ambition of these savages.

During the Chenghua period, the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were still sober, so the imperial court sent a large army to conquer these savages three times. This is the story of Chenghua Liting.Because of the punishment of these savages during the Chenghua period, they were stable for more than a hundred years, and then the leader of the savages, Nurhachi, came out.

How did Nurhachi turn this group of savages into an armed robbery group?This is the chaos of Emperor Wanli. Wanli abolished Zhang Juzheng's new policy, and instructed the Jizhou army to eliminate the outstanding Qi family army, which directly led to the decline of the strength of the northern frontier army. As a thief, this Nurhachi is Li Chengliang's servant, who not only conquered the tribes in Liaodong for him, but also a border threat he used to blackmail the court.

Of course, when Li Chengliang raised Nurhachi, the Li family in Liaodong had [-] family members, which was enough to suppress Nurhachi's ambitions.But the Japanese invaded North Korea, and the imperial court ordered Liaodong to send troops to support it. As a result, the Li family was seriously injured. Nurhachi also used this to break away from the control of the Li family, and began to annex Liaodong savage tribes, and unified them into Jianzhou Jurchen.

In the 46th year of Wanli, Nurhachi rebelled against Daming with the Seven Great Hatreds. What are the Seven Great Hatreds?The first one, the old slave said: His grandfather never damaged an inch of grass in the Ming Dynasty, but Daming provoked the border for no reason and harmed his grandfather. "

Li Zicheng stopped here, looked up at the councilors on the other side of the courtyard and asked: "Members, do you think this old slave makes sense?"

Members from salt merchants, Cao Jun, and salt households were at a loss for a while, but the freshmen lost their tempers.Although Jiannu and Daming have been fighting for almost 30 years, these students only know the reason why they are fighting Jiannu today.

It is really that Huai'an is too far away from Liaodong, and too close to Jiangnan, and it is too late to talk about romance on weekdays. Who can pay attention to what those warriors are doing.Even if it happened to talk about the Liaodong war in Fengyue, it was not to discuss why this war happened, but to condemn the incompetence of the warriors and how to use tricks to get rid of the slave leader, then Liaodong would be peaceful.

Today, Emperor Yongchang personally explained to them the reason why Jiannu and Ming Dynasty broke out in war, and also pointed out that Jiannu and Jurchen were not of the same clan, and the students became a little angry for a while.In terms of verbal criticism and criticism, these scholars have never been afraid of anyone.

This one said: "There is a saying in "Spring and Autumn": Rongdi, jackals, and wolves should not be hated; Zhu Xia is intimate, and should not be abandoned..."

That one said: "Yidi people have the face of a beast, they are not of our kind. The strong will be bandits, the weak will be humble, and they will disregard kindness and righteousness. It is their nature. If you kill, you will kill. How can you kill wrong..."

Some people said: "The Zhou family loved the people and fought against the Di, so it lasted for [-] years; the Qin King lightly fought against the Hu, so it was extinct for [-] years. Li Chengliang raised the thieves to respect himself, and ended up wreaking havoc on China. He really deserves to die..."

Li Zicheng finally felt a little relieved after hearing the words of these students who shared the same hatred with the enemy. If even the Huayi defense was lost, then these scholars would really be useless.

"Crack, crack, crack." After Li Zicheng used the gavel to calm down the council members again, he scanned the seats from left to right with his eyes, and then said: "You are all scholars, so the truth is naturally better than mine. many.

I don't read much, but I also know that the master said: It is not as good as the death of the Xias to have a king in Yidi.This is the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the starting point of all the theories of the Master.Abandoning this point, no matter who can tell the flowers, they are all traitors who betrayed the Chinese ancestors.

There is such a scholar, who claims to be Fan Zhongyan, but finds excuses for the barbarians to invade China. If this kind of person does not nail him to the pillar of shame in history, China will be in danger.It can be seen from this that what we should respect is the knowledge of the Master, not the blood of the Master.If Master's descendants betray Huaxia, then this is also his personal problem, not a problem with Master's knowledge.

Now that you can clearly distinguish right from wrong, I don't need to talk about the old slave's seven hatreds, because it's all barbarian nonsense and it's not worth listening to.Next, let's listen to what the old slave did after betraying the Ming with the Seven Great Hatreds.Today, I have invited many people who have personally experienced the Liaodong Incident and the slaves who were victims of the entry into the customs, everyone to listen to it..."

Chapter 138 Evidence

Liaodong veterans and Shandong civilians who had experienced the ravages of slavery came to the speech booth and described the massacres they had witnessed with their own eyes. Compared with the random killings of Gao Jie's men, Jian Nucai is truly a dog and dog.

Although the Shun Army had previously disclosed part of the deeds of Jiannu massacring the Han people in Liaodong, Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong through newspapers, most people couldn't believe it, thinking that the Shun Army might be exaggerating. Entering the customs is here to help Daming suppress the thieves.

However, with the appearance of this personal certificate, they gradually believed that these tragedies did happen.The climax came when several Manchu captives were brought into the hall to tell the MPs about the massacres they had participated in or heard about.

If those people’s speeches brought fear before, the confessions of these Manchu captives turned some congressmen from fear to anger. The fourth Manchu captive told a village because it was on the route of their team’s march. At that time, when there was an urgent task and they could not bring these people with them, they chose to slaughter the village. Finally, some students couldn't help but picked up a stool and rushed across the courtyard, which caused the meeting to be interrupted for about a quarter of an hour.

When Li Zicheng chose to interrupt the meeting to let everyone calm down, instead of punishing the irrational congressmen, the officials in Huai'an who were sitting on the side rarely stood up and pointed out to Li Zicheng that this kind of behavior of losing the dignity of the emperor cannot be tolerated.

During the break, Gao Qifeng, who followed Lu Zhenfei out of the main hall to breathe, complained to Lu Zhenfei in a low voice while wiping the sweat from his forehead: "What exactly does Emperor Yongchang want? He spread all these things out." Speaking of which, the whole of Huai'an will be in chaos under the panic of the people, isn't this shooting yourself in the foot?"

Walking around the courtyard, Lu Zhenfei, who was exercising his legs and feet under the shade of the trees, ignored Gao Qifeng, with his hands behind his back, and his mind was in a mess at this moment, because Li Zicheng's actions were completely beyond his understanding.

For any emperor, as long as his mind is normal, centralization and decentralization are the principles of all his actions.The centralization of power is the imperial power, and the decentralization of power is the power of the subordinates.What kind of threat is slavery?It's just a small frontier nation with a population of less than one million.

The real threat outside the pass is the Mongols who once invaded China and established the Yuan Dynasty. They occupied the prairie and the northern desert, and their population was in the millions.Even if they were driven out of the Central Plains, they also launched the Civil War and invaded and besieged the city of Beijing. But as long as there is no problem in China, wouldn't the Mongols retreat to the grassland in the end?

Conversely, every rebellion in China may lead to a change of the throne, such as Emperor Yongle taking the throne from his nephew, such as the change of seizing the door.Therefore, China's troubles have always been from within.No matter how strong the slaves are today, they are not as strong as the Mongols in the past. They cannot replace Ming Dynasty to rule China. However, after Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Dashun replaced Daming for a time, showing the political future of ruling China.

However, what Li Zicheng can do, who in the world can't do it?Li Zicheng said in his enthronement edict that his family was a peasant of the tenth generation, which means that the family background of the Li family was very low. If a peasant could become emperor, then those with thousands of servants and tens of thousands of land Why can't you be a powerful?It is a normal scene in the last years of the dynasty to lose its deer, and the whole world chases after it.