Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 61 The Governor of Shandong
"Consideration?" Hong Chengchou said, "What consideration?"

Ning Wan and I whispered: "The regent wants to move the capital."

"Does moving the capital have anything to do with this?" Hong Chengchou asked in a daze.

"Of course it has something to do with it, and it has a lot to do with it." Fan Wencheng said, "Brother Hengjiu, you have only served the Qing Dynasty for a short time, so you don't have a clear understanding of the Qing Dynasty's power structure."

Ning Wanwo said: "It is difficult for the Regent to decide on the matter of moving the capital."

Fan Wencheng said: "The regent must win the support of the nobles of the Eight Banners, especially the support of the Two Yellow Banners, in order to complete the move of the capital."

Hong Chengchou said: "Didn't the regent have the legacy of Emperor Taizong?"

Fan Wencheng said: "Emperor Taizong's last instruction is just a word of mouth. You can't change land and manors, let alone food. Why should the nobles of the Eight Banners outside the pass abandon their homes and businesses and follow the regent to Beijing?"

Ning Wan me said: "So we must give enough benefits to the nobles of the Eight Banners."

"Understood." Hong Chengchou said, "The Prince Regent wants to take the best land within [-] miles of Beijing in exchange for the nobles of the Eight Banners supporting him to move the capital, right?"

After Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I laughed and said nothing.

Hong Chengchou said: "But there is no need to kill people within five hundred miles?"

"Brother Hengjiu, you are a woman's benevolence again." Ning finished me and said, "You know very well that blindly offering kindness or blindly killing can't really conquer people's hearts, only kindness and power can conquer people's hearts."

Fan Wencheng said: "Since our Qing soldiers entered the customs, they only showed kindness to the officials and people in Beijing and Beizhi, but did not take the time to demonstrate. The factional struggles of the Ming Dynasty were introduced into our Qing court, and we used this to control the government.

Ning Wan said to me: "So now we have to make up the part of the demonstration, and save some military pay and food by the way."

Fan Wencheng said: "Let the Han officials, gentry and common people understand what will happen if they dare to oppose my Qing Dynasty."

Ning finished me and said: "If the hair-shaving order is canceled after the demonstration, the officials and people in Beizhi will be grateful, and the officials and people in Shanxi, Shandong and Henan will also surrender after hearing the news."

Hong Chengchou said: "That's how it is."

……

Chongzhen has received three brothers Wang Jiayan, Hu Xinshui and Zhu Cihong.

For the rest of the life after the catastrophe, when the father and son meet again, it is inevitable to cry a lot.

After a long while, Chongzhen asked Wang Jiayan: "Wang Aiqing, what's going on? When did Li Zicheng become so discerning that he would let you back?"

"Where does Chuangni have such vision." Wang Jiayan shook his head and said, "It was Li Yan's idea."

Chongzhen said: "Whether it is Li Yan's idea or Li Zicheng's own idea, at least the Dashun Army has shown goodwill to me, Daming, and that is enough."

"Da Shun Army?" Wang Jiayan frowned slightly.

Listening to the tone of the Holy One, is this to admit the status of the thief?

Chongzhen sighed: "People must face the reality. Right now Jiannu has replaced the Dashun Army as the number one threat to our Ming Dynasty, and the Jiannu army is at its peak, and the Ning Army is doing things for tigers. It is absolutely beyond the capabilities of our Daming or Dashun Army." Fighting alone, so we must show goodwill to the Dashun Army, and the two alliances will fight against Jiannu."

Wang Jiayan said: "So the Holy Majesty is going to recognize the emperor's title of Chuangni?"

Chongzhen said: "Of course it is impossible to recognize the emperor's title. At most, he will be named King of Qin."

"That's okay." Wang Jiayan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said again, "It's also a coincidence that Li Zicheng also proposed to me, Daming, to fight against foreign captives together."

"Great." Chongzhen was overjoyed.

Originally thought that Li Zicheng had a grudge against Daming,
Unexpectedly, he actually offered to fight against foreign captives.

It seems that the fact that Li Yan is not dead has completely changed the fate of the Dashun Army.

Chongzhen said again: "When I look back, I will give Nanjing an order to ask the Ministry of Rites to send officials to Xi'an to confer Li Zicheng as soon as possible, and discuss the alliance by the way."

In fact, Chongzhen knew that Li Zicheng would not accept Wang Hao.

He has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, what prince do he need?
But this involves etiquette, and etiquette is not a trivial matter.

Chongzhen has a modern soul, and what he is talking about is practical effects. As long as Daming can be rejuvenated in the end and both Jiannu and Dashun are wiped out, what does it matter if Li Zicheng's emperor title is recognized?
But he knew that the officials and gentlemen of Daming would never think so.

He knew better that if he, as the emperor, was the first to recognize Li Zicheng's title of Emperor Dashun, it would greatly damage Daming's morale. This kind of thing cannot be done, and he would rather argue with Li Zicheng.

Anyway, even if they are wrangling, there is a high probability that the two sides will be able to reach an alliance.

After all, the threat of building slaves is right in front of us, and if we don't make an alliance, the country will perish.

Wang Jiayan took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "My lord, I am willing to go to Guanzhong."

"Aiqing is not allowed to go." Chongzhen flatly refused, "I have other uses for you, Aiqing."

Hu Xinshui, Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and others beside him showed envious expressions, saying that Wang Jiayan was in the emperor's heart, and even Chen Qianfu was a little jealous.

However, Chongzhen did not neglect Chen Qianfu.

Chongzhen asked: "Chen Aiqing, how is the matter of recruiting Henan going?"

Chen Qianfu said: "My lord, all Guide Mansions, Runing Mansions, Nanyang Mansions and most of Kaifeng Mansions have been reversed, and they are under our Ming rule again."

Chongzhen asked, "Who are they?"

Chen Qianfu said: "Liu Hongqi, a private salt dealer in Runing Mansion, gathered more than a thousand townships to bravely kill the puppet officials sent to Runing Mansion by the Dashun Army and took control of the city. It has grown to more than [-] people and has controlled more than half of Runing Mansion."

"Private salt dealer?" Chongzhen frowned slightly.

Chen Qianfu hurriedly said: "Although Liu Hongqi was born as a private salt dealer, he still has a heart for Daming."

"After all, it's just a local tyrant." Chongzhen said, "You asked him to lead the army north to garrison along the Yellow River, would he be willing to come? I'm afraid not?"

"This..." Chen Qianfu was at a loss for words.

Not that I'm afraid not, but definitely not.

Chongzhen said again: "Let's talk about the other prefectures."

Chen Qianfu responded and said: "In addition, Liu Xuan has [-] troops to occupy Xiangcheng, Han Jiadi has [-] troops to occupy Xuzhou, and Li Jiyu has [-] troops to occupy Yuzhou."

"Li Jiyu?" Xu Dingguo who was accompanying him was stunned.

Li Jiyu, this idiot, actually has [-] troops to occupy Yuzhou?

Chen Qianfu said: "This Li Jiyu is not that Li Jiyu, it's just the same name."

Xu Dingguo let out a soft voice when he heard the words, and I said, it turned out that it was just the same name.

Chongzhen said again: "Where are the other mansions? Are they still under the control of the bandits?"

Chen Qianfu said: "Most of the other mansions are under the control of the bandits, except for the Weihui mansion. Now Weihui's mansion neither obeys the imperial edict nor obeys the orders of the bandits."

Chongzhen asked again: "What happened to Weihui Mansion?"

Chen Qianfu said: "Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, fled back to his hometown Xinxiang not long ago. He gathered his neighbors to form a [-]-strong army of villagers and occupied Fucheng. He also killed all the thieves who stayed in Weihui."

Chongzhen said: "This is a good thing, have you contacted Zhang Jinyan yet?"

Chen Qianfu said: "I personally went to Xinxiang, but I almost couldn't come back."

"Understood." Chongzhen's face turned cold instantly, "Zhang Jinyan wants to learn from Wu Sangui."

Chen Qianfu said: "Yes, I have inquired in private, Zhang Jinyan is going to send someone to the capital to contact Jiannu."

Chongzhen sneered and said: "This old man first opened the Zhengyang Gate to admit the thieves into the city, and then together with Wei Zaode led all the civil and military officials to kneel outside the Chengtian Gate and begged to surrender. It's not surprising that he would rather surrender Jiannu and become a family slave of the three surnames than return to Daming."

Because Chongzhen failed to commit suicide, many people and things changed.

Wang Jiayan said: "Your Majesty, at the moment when our family and country are undergoing drastic changes, everything should be based on the continuation of our Ming dynasty. As long as you are willing to return to Daming and serve our Ming court, no matter what kind of mistakes you make, you should be pardoned." , so is it possible to issue a pardon edict to pardon the mistakes committed by criminal officials like Zhang Jinyan?"

Chongzhen said: "Wang Aiqing's words are honestly the words of an old man seeking the country."

Pausing for a while, Chongzhen said again: "But it's not the time yet."

The pardon edict that Wang Jiayan mentioned was actually a sharp sword of public opinion.

It is better to save this kind of artifact until the moment of decisive victory with Jiannu, otherwise it will be a violent funeral.

Chongzhen said again: "It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. Zhang Jinyan wants to follow Wu Sangui's example and seek refuge as a slave, and let him go. Chen Aiqing, you just need to guard the south bank of the Yellow River."

"The minister leads the order." Chen Qianfu said respectfully.

Chen Qianfu returned to Guide with his accompanying Xiangyong.

Chongzhen said to Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui again: "Wang Aiqing, Hu Aiqing, you two are going to Shandong."

"Going to Shandong?" Wang Jiayan was thoughtful, but Hu Xinshui had a bitter expression on his face, thinking, can I not go?

Chongzhen said: "The rule of the thieves in Shandong has basically collapsed, and Shandong is now the same as Henan, where all kinds of tyrants are rising together, so I need you two to stabilize the situation in the shortest time after arriving in Shandong, even if you can't To make it as orderly as before, we must never let Shandong fall into the hands of Jiannu."

"The minister leads the decree." Wang Jiayan did not hesitate at all, nor did he mention any conditions.

Hu Xinshui said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, it is no problem to go to Shandong, but it is impossible without soldiers. Can you return the thousand barbarians to the minister? I don't want many ministers, as long as the one thousand barbarians."

Chongzhen smiled and returned a thousand barbarians to you?When I am stupid?
At that moment Chongzhen laughed and said: "I am used to the one thousand barbarians, and I can't do without them, but I can give you three hundred barbarians, so you can take these three hundred barbarians and follow Wang Aiqing to Shandong as an admiral."

Just transfer three hundred family members from Jin Xuan to Hu Xinshui.

"Admiral?" Hu Xinshui's heart skipped a beat, this could be considered.

"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said, "The Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army is the Commander-in-Chief and admiral of Shandong soldiers and horses."

After finishing speaking, he said to Wang Jiayan: "I will also use Zhongzhi Special Jane Aiqing as the governor of Shandong. You two have one article and one military. After you arrive in Shandong, you must unite sincerely and do your best to defend the territory of Ming Dynasty."

"The minister leads the decree." Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui responded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)