Nanming Yiming

Chapter 168

After Gu Yanwu and Lin Qingyang left Hangzhou, they set out for Guangdong with the tribute.

It can be said that Lin Qingyang is full of happiness. Compared with the embarrassment when he came, he has gained a lot at this time. In addition to getting a lot of property, he also has a beautiful woman by his side.

During this trip, he successfully completed the tasks entrusted to him by His Majesty Yongli and Marquis Ma Jixiang of Yongan.

The fleet traveled upstream from the Fuchun River, all the way from Hangzhou to Huizhou directly.

However, after arriving in Huizhou, they found that the Qing army had already gone south to Raozhou, and then they had to risk crossing the war zone.

Fortunately, the main force of the Qing army was besieging Poyang, the capital city to the west of Raozhou Prefecture, and there were not many Qing troops in Fuliang, Leping, Wannian, Anren and other places in the east.Gu Yanwu and the others were cautious along the way, traveling day and night, and finally arrived at Yujiang, the southernmost part of Raozhou, without any danger.

The sentinel who explored the road said: "Fuzhou is in front of this mountain."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They have been worried these few days and almost ran into the Qing army several times.The main reason is that they also brought tributes to His Majesty Yongli. These glass products are too delicate and will shatter when touched.

At this time, Gu Yanwu had no choice but to thank Qian Mo for letting him go to Ganzhou to pick up the silver. If they set off from Hangzhou with 20 taels of silver, it would have been a disaster!

Fortunately, when they arrived in Fuzhou, Daming's territory would be next, so they didn't have to walk so tremblingly anymore.

Gu Yanwu keenly discovered that Raozhou has now become a key area of ​​repeated contention between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.If the Qing army occupied Raozhou, it opened up the connection between Fujian and Zhejiang and southern Anhui; if the Ming army occupied Raozhou, it opened up the channel between Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces.

But in such a battleground for military strategists, the Governor's Mansion has no intention of entering the army at all.But he understood in an instant that Qian Mo wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and he didn't want to affect the fight between Tan Tai and Jin Shenghuan.

Soon there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and Gu Yanwu whispered: "There is a situation, the gunners are ready!"

I saw more than a dozen riders galloping all the way, and they looked like they were from the Qing army in their attire.Although they saw the Qing army avoiding them as much as they could, there were more than a hundred guards accompanying them, and they were all strong troops in the army. There were only a dozen Qing soldiers, so it was easy to deal with.

"Bang, bang, bang"

With the sound of gunshots, these Qing troops fell one after another.Gu Yanwu shook his head straight, and said, "You guys are too dark to attack, hurry up and see if there are any survivors?"

A chief of the Ming army said: "The distance is too close, and the Lumi blunderbuss directly penetrates the armor. It seems that it is difficult to leave a living!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another Qing soldier rose up from under the corpse of a Qing soldier, and put his dagger directly on the very long neck.

This happened so suddenly that everyone didn't react.

The Qing army said, "Don't come here, or I will kill him."

The chief himself was dumbfounded by the Qing army, and said: "Brother, I am a chief, what's the use of killing me?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Qing army exerted force, blood flowed out of the long neck in an instant.

Gu Yanwu found that the Qing army was really not easy, and he could escape the firecracker's killing in this situation, so he said: "This brother, he is just a boss, even if you kill him, you will not escape death." How about this, if you let him go, I can promise not to kill you."

The Qing army then asked: "Who are you, why should I trust you?"

Gu Yanwu said: "We are the Ming army under the command of the Duke of Yue, Qian Mo. I will do what I say, and besides, you have no choice!"

After the Qing army hesitated for a moment, he still chose to let Shi Zhang go.

Gu Yanwu carefully looked at the Qing army in front of him, and found that he was very young, probably less than 20 years old.Asked: "Tell me, you are in such a hurry, where are you going?"

The Qing army said: "My name is Liu Guoxuan, and I was ordered by Chen Jin, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to go to Raozhou for help."

So he took out a letter from his pocket.

Gu Yanwu took the letter and looked at it. It turned out that Zheng Chenggong from Fujian had raised his troops and conquered Tong'an County. At this moment, Zheng's army was besieging Quanzhou.And Chen Jin's main force was besieging Zheng Cai's tribe in Funing Prefecture in northern Fujian, and he couldn't spare any troops to go south for a while, so he asked Tan Tai to increase his troops to Fujian.

Gu Yanwu said with a smile: "Tan Tai is too busy to take care of himself now, how can he still have troops to support Fujian? Fuzhou is beyond this mountain, Liu Guoxuan, just follow us for a while, and I will let you go when we reach Fuzhou."

At this time, a hundred households from the intelligence department whispered a few words beside Gu Yanwu.

Gu Yanwu then asked: "Are you Liu Guoxuan from Changting, Tingzhou, Fujian?"

Liu Guoxuan felt very surprised. Although he was well-known in his hometown when he was fighting against the Qing Dynasty, but now he is just a general in Zhangzhou City. How could this person know himself.

So he said, "It's right here!"

Gu Yanwu did not expect that this Liu Guoxuan was actually the person Qian Mo wanted to recruit.This time when Gu Yanwu went south, Qian Moling accompanied the staff of the intelligence department, and made a recruitment list, among which Shi Lang, Liu Guoxuan and others were on the list.

What a coincidence, unexpectedly ran into Liu Guoxuan here.

So Gu Yanwu said: "Brother Liu organized the village to ambush the Qing army when he was 15 years old. The Duke of Yue also heard about it. Why don't you serve under the command of my Jiangsu and Zhejiang Governor's Mansion?"

Liu Guoxuan had no choice but to join the Qing army. He had originally considered turning against the Qing and joining the Ming army. In addition, his task of delivering the letter was aborted. Fortunately, he directly voted for the Ming army.

After Gu Yanwu and others entered Fuzhou, they passed without hindrance, and they soon came to the city of Ganzhou.

At this time, the Ming army had successfully earned 50 taels of silver from Liu Wuyuan, the governor of Ganzhou, and the food supply to Ganzhou had long since stopped.

Gu Yanwu reckoned that the Ming army would be able to break through the city in just half a month's siege, and it just so happened that the escort for Shi Tingzhu caught up with them.Gu Yanwu and the others were also very excited after learning that the Ming army had won the victory in Huzhou and wiped out the [-] Manchus and Eight Banners who invaded.

So he quickly raised 20 taels of silver from Ganzhou, but considering that the silver was not dedicated to the Yongli court, he arranged for people to transport the silver to Zhaoqing by water, while he continued to escort the tribute by land.

The team entered Guangdong after passing Ganzhou, and Lin Qingyang had already sent someone to notify Ma Jixiang.

After nearly a month of arduous journey, Gu Yanwu and others finally came to Zhaoqing Mansion.

For the Yongli court, it was a major victory for Qian Mo to accept the canonization of Duke Yue, which meant that the King Lu Group had completely collapsed, and now the Yongli court had become the only Ming court.

At this time, Qian Mo's troops were approaching the city of Nanjing, and the news of paying homage to Ming Xiaoling Tomb had already arrived in Zhaoqing before them.Not only the Yongli court was full of joy, but even the people of Zhaoqing Mansion were also beaming. There were people setting off firecrackers to celebrate everywhere in the city, as if the Ming army had recovered Nanjing at this moment.

Only Gu Yanwu knew that his Duke of Yue would never really try to poke down the hornet's nest in Nanjing. He must have other plans for making such a big splash.

However, this does not affect the celebration of the Yongli court, after all, they have almost credited the recovery of Nanjing to Emperor Yongli.

Of course, this also has an advantage, that is, the original debate on whether to make Qian Mo the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has finally stopped.Whether it is Yongli or the ministers under him, they now feel that the position of Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang must be Qian Mo.

Qian Mo is about to take Nanjing, and the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is not worthy of his name.

But despite this, Caesar's silver can't be saved.

Whether it was Yan Qiheng, the capital of the cabinet of the Yongli Dynasty, Qu Shixu, the minister of the Ministry of War, or Pang Tianshou, the eunuch who was in charge of seals, and all the cabinet ministers, six ministers, and ministers, all received condolences from the Duke of Yue.

Especially Qian Mo knew that the great eunuch Pang Tianshou believed in Catholicism, so he specially ordered someone to make a pure gold cross, making Pang Tianshou laugh from ear to ear.

Gu Yanwu even privately paid 2 taels of silver to Yongli through Pang Tianshou.

The things that are paid to the imperial court go into the national treasury, which does not mean that they are given to the emperor himself.Especially for silver, there is still a big difference between going into the treasury and going into the emperor's internal money.

Of course, the two most important people are Yongning Hou Ma Jixiang and Li Chengdong, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, for these two people, the methods adopted are completely different.

As for Ma Jixiang, Gu Yanwu directly threw out 5 taels of silver to thank him for his support to Duke Qian Mo of the Yue Kingdom in court.At this time, Ma Jixiang was favored by Emperor Yongli, and he still held Jinyiwei in his hands. Such a treacherous villain must never be offended.

Ma Jixiang also had the idea of ​​making friends with Qian Mo. After all, although he has the support of Emperor Yongli, his voice in the court is obviously not as good as Qu Shixu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Li Chengdong, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, two important ministers who hold military power.

That's why he fully supported Qian Mo and wanted to use Qian Mo's influence to endorse himself.

After receiving Qian Mo's money, he even said: If there is any trouble in the court, his Jin Yiwei will notify Duke Yue in time. In addition, he will take care of Hangzhou businessmen who go to Guangdong and Guangxi to do business. This is his place, and he will definitely cover it. Brother's.

For Li Chengdong, the two governors of Guangxi, they cannot give money.

One is that he and Qian Mo are both feudal towns of the Yongli Dynasty, and the titles and official positions of both sides are similar. Qian Mo's gift of money to him is obviously short, and this kind of self-declining may not be possible.

In addition, Li Chengdong is not short of silver. It is rumored that he has swallowed hundreds of ships of gold, silver and jewelry from the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Ding Kuichu. He is richer than the national treasury.

Gu Yanwu came to Li Chengdong's mansion in Zhaoqing.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Gu Yanwu took out Qian Mo's gift.

Inside is a binoculars, a pistol, and a map of Fujian.

As for the first two things, Li Chengdong, as a general, of course couldn't put it down.

He also naturally understood Qian Mo's intention of sending him the map of Fujian, so he said: "I have received the letter from the Duke of Yue before, and I also believe in the sincerity of the Duke of Yue."

"However, at this time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty wanted me to go north to send troops to Jiangxi, but the Duke of Yue asked me to send troops to Fujian?"

Gu Yanwu said: "Although the Qing army broke through Jiujiang, the main forces of Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren are still there, and the city of Nanchang is as solid as a rock; moreover, the Duke of Yue has already arrived in Nanjing. Return some soldiers and horses."

"As for Ganzhou, which has been besieged for three months, the city has run out of food and grass, and it will be a matter of time before it falls."

So Gu Yanwu called Liu Guoxuan and asked him to tell about the situation in Fujian, and then took out the rescue letter from Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Said: "Jiangxi is Jin Shenghuan's territory. Even if Duke Hui goes north and defeats the Qing army, he will not be able to get the territory; Fujian is different. Now even Zheng Chenggong has raised his troops. If Duke Hui stays still, Fujian will eventually It’s hard to say who it belongs to!”

Li Chengdong immediately said: "Tomorrow I will play the Son of Heaven and lead troops north to Fujian; please rest assured, the Duke of Yue, that Li will never touch the territory of Zhejiang."

The next day Yongli formally received Gu Yanwu.

When I heard that the Zhejiang Ming army had achieved a great victory in Huzhou and wiped out [-] Manchus and the Eight Banners at once, the court was boiling.This is the battle in which the Ming Dynasty wiped out the most Qing troops so far.

And there is no green battalion, 5 Manchurians are facing the red flag, and 1 Han troops are facing the white flag. This is the real main force of the Qing army.

In addition to Qian Mo's annihilation of the Hangzhou Eight Banners and Nanjing Eight Banners, as well as the 3000 Manchurian Zhenghong Banners in Lishui, Qian Mo has eliminated 13000 Manchurian Eight Banners, which is an unprecedented record.

Of course, all of these were accomplished under the wise leadership of His Majesty Yongli. Under the praise of all the ministers, Yongli felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.Now all we need to do is wait for Qian Mo to capture Nanjing, and then he must pay his respects to Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in person.

So Yongli announced that Shi Tingzhu, the capital of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han army, was publicly Ling Chi, so that the people of Zhaoqing City could feel the power of Ming Dynasty.

Next, Gu Yanwu presented a batch of utensils made of glass. These novelty things opened the eyes of the courtiers of Yongli. Then Gu Yanwu presented Qian Mo's memorial and the official canonization list.

Emperor Yongli also played on time.Then it was decreed: canonize Yue Guogong Qian Mo as the crown prince and Taibao, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and a minister of the military department of the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The court ministers who had received Qian Mo's benefits all shouted from the bottom of their hearts: "Your Majesty is wise!"

At this time Ma Jixiang shouted: "I have a book to play!"

Everyone was amazed, this Ma Jixiang has always advocated granting Qian Mo generously, could it be that he has changed his gender and wants to oppose this canonization?

I only heard Ma Jixiang say with a slight cry: "Although the heavy rain in northern Zhejiang helped Ming defeat the Qing army, the continuous heavy rain caused severe floods in several prefectures in northern Zhejiang, and the summer grain was almost gone. At the critical moment of the battle between the Duke and the Qing army, I ask Your Majesty to provide relief!"

Yan Qiheng, the capital, really wanted to kill this Ma Jixiang. Although the government's finances have improved a little, they can't make such a fuss.But thinking that he took Qian Mo's money, he couldn't object.So he gritted his teeth and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

In the end, the Yongli court decided to allocate 3 taels of silver and 5 shi of grain for disaster relief in northern Zhejiang.

Then Li Chengdong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, invited the Northern Expedition, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were overjoyed, and they were extremely jealous of Li Chengdong; now that he left, the court would have the final say.

Soon Li Chengdong led an army of 15, claiming that 40 went north to Fujian, and the world was shocked!

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