Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 275 The Rise of the Imperial Party
Ning finished me and said, "Master He Luohui, is the news reliable?"

He Luohui said: "It should be no problem, because the information was provided by the Fan family."

Hong Chengchou said: "If it is the information provided by the Fan family, then there should be no problem."

The Fan family that Hong Chengchou and He Luohui mentioned was Fan Yongdou, one of the eight great Shanxi merchants.

As early as the period of the old slaves, Fan Yongdou and other eight Shanxi merchants began to secretly sell grain to Jiannu. The several food shortages of Jiannu were only survived by Fan Yongdou and the others smuggling grain.

In exchange, Jiannu would hand over the gold, silver and jewels looted during the looting at the customs to Shanxi merchants.

With silver, the strength of the eight major Shanxi merchants will become stronger, and they will be able to provide Jiannu with more food. In addition, the eight major Shanxi merchants will also provide Jiannu with news of the Ming Dynasty.

Up to now, the eight major Shanxi merchants have extended their tentacles to the south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that as of now, the intelligence network of the eight major Shanxi merchants in Jiangnan is not strong enough, so they can only provide some information that is not considered confidential.

We only know the outline of this party struggle.

But this is still enough to help Jiannu executives make accurate judgments.

He Luohui said: "Master, why did the Donglin Party help me clear the Qing Dynasty?"

Dorgon waved his hand and said, "The Donglin Party doesn't want to help our Qing Dynasty, but just wants to use the hands of our Qing soldiers to eradicate Chongzhen for them."

"What the master said is very true." Hong Chengchou said, "Chongzhen first used iron fists to purge the four towns of Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Huang Degong, and then expanded them into thirty towns of border troops, and then sent Wang Qinqin to Huai'an To organize and train Xiangyong, the military power in your hands is getting bigger and bigger, and you want to equalize the land in Guide, so you will naturally be jealous of the Donglin Party."

He Luohui said: "Chongzhen is the emperor, equivalent to the master. Isn't it normal for him to control the military power?"

Fan Wencheng said: "It is true for Qing Dynasty, but it is not true for Ming Dynasty. The courtiers of Ming Dynasty, like the civil officials of Donglin Party, hope that the emperor can be an honest puppet."

"Be a puppet?" He Luo said, "Make the emperor a puppet?"

"What the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty pursued for generations was to make the emperor a puppet, or tablet." Hong Chengchou said, "Because Confucianism advocates the joint governance of scholars and bureaucrats."

Ning Wanwo said: "The so-called co-governance by the literati and bureaucrats is actually the civil officials who have the final say."

He Luohui said: "Hey, to put it bluntly, it's still about fighting for power. The emperor wants to usurp the power of the civil servants, and the civil officials also want to limit the emperor's power. In the end, if the balance is not settled, they will fight against each other. Then who will lose this time?"

Hong Chengchou said: "At present, it looks like a tie, no one wins, no one loses."

Ning Wan said to me: "But if Chongzhen is killed by my Qing soldiers, then the Donglin Party has won."

Dorgon knocked on the table, and suddenly asked: "Three gentlemen, can you get in touch with the Donglin Party and reach a tacit understanding with it secretly? After all, we have a common goal, and we all want Chongzhen to die!"

"Master, don't even think about it." Hong Chengchou said, "Those people in the Donglin Party are pedantic people. Although they want to limit the emperor's power, the emperor refuses to cooperate and even dares to directly murder the emperor, but they stick to the distinction between Huayi and barbarians. , are extremely hostile to the Qing Dynasty, so they will definitely not join us to deal with Chongzhen."

"It's a pity." Dorgon sighed upon hearing the words, "What a great opportunity."

Hong Chengchou said: "Actually, there is no pity. The Donglin Party members are just a group of pedantic and incompetent people who have done more than failed. Cooperating with them may ruin the event."

Fan Wencheng said: "Furthermore, the Imperial Party and the Donglin Party in the Southern Ming Dynasty have completely torn their faces apart. Although the tie this time does not mean that the two sides will be able to live in peace. There will definitely be more outbreaks in the future. Intense conflicts will definitely affect Nanming's support for Xuzhou."

"What Xiandou said is very true." Ning Wanwo nodded and said.

"The party struggle in Nanjing can only make things worse for the Ming army in Chongzhen and Xuzhou."

Hong Chengchou said: "I already know that there is only three months of rations in Xuzhou City. If the grain and grass from Nanjing cannot enter Xuzhou City, it will not exceed half a year at most, and Xuzhou will definitely be defeated."

Dorgon nodded happily and said, "Then we will wait and see."

……

Almost at the same time, Chongzhen also knew the news of the party struggle.

The news was sent by Yang Ponu. This was the third time he had sent a letter into Xuzhou, but compared to the previous two times, this time it was much easier because the water temperature was higher.

Chongzhen knew much more detailed information than Jiannu.

To be honest, Chongzhen was a little surprised by this.

What surprised Chongzhen was not the party struggle itself. It was normal for Donglin party members like Gao Hongtu and Jiang Riguang to take this opportunity to start a party struggle. What surprised Chongzhen was that Shi Kefa turned his back on the water.

Chongzhen thought that there would be officials secretly helping the imperial party, and even thought that the Donglin Party would probably fall apart, but he really didn't expect that Shi Kefa would turn against him.

Shi Kefa was the leader of the Donglin Party.

Now it has become an imperial party?It was such a surprise.

What surprised Chongzhen even more was that Shi Kefa had the guts to pretend to be an edict. Others didn't know, but Chongzhen knew very well that he didn't leave any secret edict for Meng Zhaoxiang and the others, so this could only be an edict.

Shi Kefa's coercive edict directly frustrated the Donglin Party's intentions.

So now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is still firmly in the hands of the imperial party.

The Donglin party members cannot control the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so they cannot cut off Xuzhou's money and food.

Chongzhen can fully imagine how anxious the Donglin party members in Nanjing should be at this time?

But no matter how anxious you are, it's useless. If you can't grasp the opportunity, who is to blame?I can only "help" you here.

If the Donglin Party's bastards fail to succeed, it will affect Chongzhen's next plan, that is, it will weaken the degree of hatred and opposition that Prince Qin's sons have towards the Donglin Party.

But at this time the arrow is already on the string, and it is impossible not to shoot it.

Immediately, Chongzhen ordered Wang Cheng'en to say: "Wang Daban, call all the elders!"

Except for Yan Yingyuan, Huang Zongxi and others who went out, Wang Chengen quickly summoned more than [-] scholars who stayed in Xuzhou to Chongzhen's visit.

Chongzhen let the scholars read the secret letter from Nanjing.

After reading the secret letter, more than sixty scholars immediately became angry.

"What exactly do these elders want to do?"

"Can't you see it? They want to cut off Xuzhou's money and food!"

"That's right, Zhang Youyu has no good intentions in taking over the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs really lets the Ministry of Household Affairs take over, how much money and food will be left to be transported to Xuzhou? What percentage of the money and food will be left when the officials are lost along the way?"

"How much? You think too highly of them, and the rest of the achievements will be burnt."

"They want to starve to death our scholar camp, the Holy Majesty, and more than a million soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City! The thoughts of the court officials are really vicious, and we are just a bargaining chip in their hands?"

"What kind of bullshit old man, bullshit boss, all moths! They are national thieves!"

"The reason my Ming Dynasty has fallen to where it is today is because of these people."

"What do you call these people? It's the Donglin Party, and it's the Donglin Party that was harmed by moths. Yu Xia, he lost Liaodong and Liaoxi, lost Liaoxi and Shanhaiguan, and finally lost the whole north, and now he wants to bury Xuzhou too!"

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be let go, it is better to send troops back to Nanjing, Qingjun side!"

"Aren't you stupid? What's your side? Your Majesty is in Xuzhou, he's a murderer!"

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, these moths are confused. To kill the national traitor, you must kill the national traitor!"

Seeing the more than sixty scholars who were furious and filled with righteous indignation, Chongzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that this move was right again. From this moment on, the scholar camp will completely draw a line with the Donglin Party. Scholars like Huang Zongxi, Zhang Huangyan, Gu Yanwu, etc. who are inextricably linked to the Donglin Party also draw a clear line.

Because the Donglin Party's image of "all positive and positive dynasties" has collapsed and nothing remains.

After the collapse of the Donglin Party, Chongzhen's imperial party will rise from the ruins of the Donglin Party.

The [-] or so scholar leaders in front of them, and the more than [-] King Qin scholars behind them, will become the backbone of the imperial party without hesitation from now on!

"Quiet!" Chongzhen beckoned, and the hall fell silent.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "There are priorities. Although the actions of the Donglin Party are irritating, we cannot have the same experience as them. If we abandon Xuzhou at this time and return to Nanjing to clear up some national thieves, then we will We can only benefit the slaves and fisherman, and we absolutely cannot do such self-mutilation.”

Zheng Sen said: "But if these national thieves are not eradicated first, the rear will be unstable, and if the rear is unstable, there will be chaos at the front."

"Brother Damu's words are very true." Zheng Zunqian also echoed, "The failure of the Donglin Party to seize power this time will never stop there, and there will definitely be a second or even third conspiracy in the future. Right now, Mr. Shi Ge has given up on himself. The position of the chief assistant, the DPRK and the Central Committee are no longer able to control these national thieves of the Donglin Party, so the House of Internal Affairs will sooner or later fall into their control."

"That's right." Zheng Sen continued, "If the House of Internal Affairs falls into the hands of his generation, Xuzhou's money and food will be cut off. Therefore, it is meaningless for the Holy Majesty and I to stick to Xuzhou. It is better to return to Nanjing as soon as possible to eliminate the national thieves. After clearing out the national thieves above the court, it is okay to launch the Northern Expedition."

"These are not the most worrisome." Jin Xuan, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly, "The most troublesome thing is that if the Donglin Party and the Jiannu collude, Jiannu only needs to send all the way to the south to capture it." Nanjing, if this is the case, the Holy One and we are truly homeless, and Xuzhou's persistence will be meaningless."

"Don't worry about it." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"The Donglin Party does everything they can, but there is still a difference between the Chinese and the barbarians. At least for now, it is absolutely impossible for them to secretly collude with Jiannu."

(End of this chapter)