Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 329

"Bang!"

The teacup in Qian Qianyi's hand fell instantly.

Seeing everyone's surprise, he couldn't help but sighed: "I never thought that King Yu is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty."

"Before, in order to preserve the city of Nanjing and the Xiaoling Mausoleum, I had to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Now that Daming has returned, I realized that this step was really wrong."

Seeing this, Liu Rushi twisted her slender waist and left gracefully, the trembling mountains undulating.

It's a pity that everyone's mind is on the political situation, and they turn a blind eye to such a beautiful scenery.

Wang Duo, Minister of the Household Department, shook his head instead at this time and said, "At that time, the late emperor was still there, who knew that King Yu could go so far?"

Good guy, Emperor Hongguang was just captured, and now he has become the first emperor.

Everyone was amazed, but they chose to acquiesce.

King Yu's tendency to proclaim himself emperor is unstoppable, so they naturally have to follow the trend in order to return.

"In the past, King Yu was in Huguang, so there must have been some rifts with us!"

Cai Yichen shook his head, feeling somewhat desperate.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and then to the Ming Dynasty, how can it be possible to gain trust again?

"Let's endure the humiliation, King Yu doesn't know about it."

Zuodu Censor Li Zhan opened his mouth and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"What do you mean?" Qian Qianyi leaned forward, with a look of joy on his face.

"Former Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Shenyan, is now the chief historian of King Yu. Although he doesn't know his position, we know from this that he is King Yu's confidant."

Li Zhan showed a trace of self-confidence, and said eloquently: "Everyone here is a gentleman, as long as Zhang's Ministry of Officials is in Nanjing, it will naturally be discussed and recommended again at that time."

"It's a bit late."

Wang Duo nodded, showing a regretful expression: "The king of Yu just arrived in Nanjing, and many people flocked to him, but he recommended himself. After a while, I'm afraid there will be no position."

"Some villains are especially good at exploiting and unscrupulous. We can't compare them."

This statement was recognized by everyone, who nodded their heads one after another.

Gentlemen like them have suffered a lot in this regard.

"Not afraid!"

Li Zhan said seriously: "We can't do it yet, so let the suitable people go."

"Who?"

"Great scholars Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, Lu Daqi, etc. are sages from the former dynasty. They were tabooed by Ma Shiying and had to go into seclusion. You can recommend one or two to be in front of King Deyu."

"it is good!"

Qian Qianyi nodded and agreed: "Lu Daqi knows soldiers, Gao Hongtu is proficient in government affairs, Jiang Yueguang is honest and honest in his duties, they are great talents."

"King Yu must use it."

Borrowing these three people, tearing apart the cracks little by little, thereby changing King Yu's impression of the Donglin Party, thereby appointing talented people, and washing away Jiangqing's stigma.

A group of people showed a smile.

……

In contrast, the nobles are quite timid.

In other words, because they have not used their brains for a long time, they are even very naive.

They agreed that the main responsibility for surrendering to the Qing Dynasty was that Emperor Hongguang escaped privately, so that the dragons had no leader, thus forcing them to surrender.

From this, it can be concluded that they are still nobles who are loyal to Daming.

Therefore, King Yu will definitely recognize their titles and reuse them.

Who made them the local snakes in Nanjing?

So they gathered together and happily went to Hu's house, begging to see King Yu.

Directly ate closed doors.

"I'll be loyal for generations—"

"I want to see King Yu, I'm Uncle Chengyi..."

They yelled for a while, but fortunately they were not really stupid, they broke in directly, only to return angrily.

Come in good times, and come back in defeat.

As everyone knows, King Yu stayed up all night, thinking about how to govern Nanjing City in this way.

"Suggest to Huizhou merchants that the price of grain in the city must be lowered and must not remain high. In addition, grain should be transported from Jiangxi and Huguang to alleviate the food shortage."

Rubbing her temples, Zhu Yixi ordered.

Now that he has become the master of this city, he will naturally maintain his rule.

And food is the top priority.

Huizhou merchants are the main reason.

"By the way, where did Li Jingwu go?"

Immediately, he asked Sun Changzhou beside him.

"Your Highness, after Commander Li replenished the supplies, he followed Wu Sangui and went straight to Zhenjiang."

Sun Changzhou immediately said: "In addition, the two commanders Zhao Guangyuan and Qin Yiming also boarded the navy and headed for Zhenjiang."

"Zhenjiang, Guazhou!!"

King Yu murmured: "For Nanjing, this place must be defended."

At this time, Zhu Yixi felt that this ghostly place in Nanjing was really the place of the Fourth World War.

Anqing and Caishiji should be guarded in the west, Zhenjiang and Yangzhou in the east.

In the north, the huge Huaihe area must be guarded.

As long as there is a loophole in these places, it will collapse immediately.

No wonder the Southern Song Dynasty gave up Nanjing and went to Hangzhou.

In addition to running away, the easiest way is to be on the defensive.

The muddy Jiangnan area has given the northern cavalry a huge obstacle, and there is no need to deploy defenses everywhere.

Of course, to stay in Nanjing, you must maintain a strong force, and the offensive is obvious, so it will inevitably be feared by the Jin people. The Southern Song Dynasty only wanted to seek peace, but did not want to fight.

"Luzhou, Chuzhou!!"

The more she thought about it, the more headache Zhu Yixi felt.

There are not enough troops.

"How's the harvest?"

Zhu Yixi looked at the silent Zhu Mou.

Over the years, even though he has made up for it many times, he is still skinny and bulky. Although it is a bit abrupt, he gets used to it after watching too much.

"Your Highness, roughly speaking, the Manchu Qing killed and injured 10,000 people, and we only have four thousand people."

"How many Eight Banners are there?"

King Yu asked directly, he didn't want to know too much about other numbers.

"There are about more than 2000 people in the Eight Banners."

Zhu Mou said without hesitation.

"more than 2000!"

Zhu Yixi said softly: "That is to say, the casualties have reached [-]%, and they still maintain no formation. They are indeed elite."

"For captives, there are about 3000 people, old, weak, sick and disabled."

"Liu Zeqing's troops?"

"That's right!" It was Sun Changzhou who answered.

"Where's the treasury?"

"It's already being sealed, but according to the guards, more than [-]% of the things have been transported to Beijing, and now they can starve to death."

Zhu Mou sighed with regret on his face.

"Jian Nu is really greedy."

Zhu Yixi gritted her teeth and said, "I will definitely enter Beijing and take everything back."

God knows, a war will cost money.

The sulfur used in gunpowder alone exceeds ten thousand taels a day.

Soldiers' rewards, conferments, compensation for losses, equipment and horses, etc.

Although the specific figures will not be known until several days later, it makes people uncomfortable to think about it.

Before you know it, the sky is already bright,

After planning for a while, the current situation is quite optimistic.

In June, the rice in the south of the Yangtze River will mature, and in less than a month, the autumn tax will be harvested, which has given a lot of blood to the difficult finances.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to take Zhenjiang, Luzhou, Chuzhou and other places and maintain a line of defense.

(End of this chapter)