Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 413 Nanjing Besieged
"The false emperor entangled the thieves Liu Fangliang and others, and also made treacherous ministers Ma Shiying, Ruan Dayue and other treacherous officials, killed Zhongliang Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Qian Qianyi, and even destroyed the descendants of the saints.

Now it is even stealing my emperor's great treasure, extorting violently, accumulating beauties, causing barbarians to go south, chaos in the government, and disobedience of human relations. Isn't it against the law of heaven!
The spirit of Taizu is not angry, and the soul of Chengzu is not angry!The sun and the moon are shining, Zhu Yousong, the emperor's heir and grandson, can't bear the ancestral country and society to fall into the hands of thieves, so he recruits [-] soldiers and vows to punish the traitors and sycophants in the court, and kills the false emperor to comfort the ancestors! "

Fu Wang Zhu Yousong also raised the banner of rebellion with the support of Tang Shiji, the former Zuo capital censor and now living in seclusion in Yangzhou. He also held a big ceremony in person and issued a call for rebellion.

Like Lu Wang and Zhu Changhao, Fu Wang Zhu Yousong also announced the abolition of commercial taxes and the implementation of a sea ban system in order to unite the Jiangnan gentry, and also stopped the expansion of social studies and the reward system for teaching officials, and canceled all Zhu Youjian's new policies.

Tang Shiji took the initiative to dissipate his family wealth and recruited [-] soldiers for Fu Wang Zhu Yousong. In addition to the response of other Jiangnan gentry, he also gathered [-] troops, and thus occupied Taizhou.

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"His Royal Highness Lu Wang, you are here. I hope that you can save my people in Jurong! After Ying Weichen in Jurong County has contacted them, they will start a riot tonight. When the time comes, Lu Wang, you can easily take down Jurong, and then go straight to Ying Tianfu!"

The one who spoke was Guo Yong, a local eunuch in Jurong who used to be the left servant of the Chongzhen Dynasty's military department, and now he is rushing to respond to King Lu.

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao was naturally very happy to see that the minister-level official responded to him, and immediately appointed Guo Yong as Minister of the Ministry of War.

"With Guo Butang's help, King Lu will surely be able to enter Nanjing before King Fu. Then the world will belong to King Lu."

Zhang Bingzhen, who has been appointed by Lu Wang Zhu Changhao as the chief assistant of the cabinet and secretary of the Ministry of officials, said so, Lu Wang Zhu Changhao naturally smiled smugly.

Although Zhu Changhao, the king of Lu, and Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, raised the incident at the same time, neither of them belonged to each other, and they both called the other party an act of taking advantage of the fire while announcing the rebellion.

But now both of them are rushing to fight in Nanjing, both are vying to get the support of civil and military officials in Nanjing City as soon as possible, so as to seize the throne first.

Now it seems that Lu Wang Zhu Changhao is the closest to Nanjing, so Lu Wang Zhu Changhao is also very proud, thinking that he is not far from being emperor.

At this time, the Guo family had indeed contacted people and took the opportunity to launch an attack on the Jurong county government.

The current magistrate of Jurong County is Yang Bo, a one-armed hero who has been transferred from the guards. He has strengthened the city defenses since a few days ago.

But he didn't expect that there would be thieves like the Guo family in Jurong County, which caused the city gate to be broken at Zishishifen.

Yang Bo had no choice but to retreat to the Household Taxation Bureau, and directly gave up the county government office, because there was still 12 silver dollars of commercial tax that had not been paid in Jurong County.

A steward of the Guo family named Guo Jun brought dozens of servants to kill him, and directly shot Yang Bo to death with a bow and arrow. He also confiscated the tax office and burned it down on the spot.

Not only Jurong County, but also the tax bureaus of other market towns in Jurong County were smashed one after another, and hundreds of low-level officials were killed.

But these tax money naturally fell into the pockets of the gentry, after all, it was also collected from them.

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao was also not willing to ask for it, but in order to raise military expenses, he simply took advantage of the fire and directly ordered officers and soldiers to plunder Jurong County and surrounding market towns.

All of a sudden, the entire prefectures and counties around Yingtianfu were in chaos, and the people complained.

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao even accepted sixteen concubines in one day, and also coerced tens of thousands of people, plus the responding gentry, he managed to gather an army of [-].

In the end, Jiang Yuntai, the commander-in-chief of Huzhou, also brought troops to respond, and directly gathered an army of [-], and headed straight for Nanjing City.

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And Fu Wang Zhu Yousong was not far behind. After looting Taizhou and bankrupting a large number of handicraftsmen and common landlords, he led [-] troops straight to Zhenjiang with the support of a large number of gentry.

Zhenjiang is the north gate of Nanjing City, and it is also the food transfer station for the guards to go north.

But now because King Fu is advancing on Zhenjiang, the food road of the entire Ming Dynasty Guards is in crisis.

Therefore, Ruan Dayue, Minister of the Ministry of War, returned to Nanjing first.

Fortunately, Gu Sanmazi, the commander-in-chief of the Guards Navy and Coastal Defense, was still in Zhenjiang, and took ten warships that were originally responsible for escorting the grain road to face Fu Wang's army in Dantu.

But Fu Wang's army retreated back to Jiangdu as soon as they met Gu Sanmazi face to face.

Gu Sanmazi simply ordered three warships to chase after Fu Wang's army, forcing Fu Wang to have no way to cross the river.

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King Fu couldn't cross the river because of Gu Sanmazi, but King Lu Zhu Changhao came to the city of Nanjing first.

"His Royal Highness Lu, there are two most important places in Nanjing City. One is the imperial palace, and the other is the Daming Armory where there are many heavy artillery and firearms. Therefore, I suggest that we focus on ordering the army to attack these two places."

Zhang Bingzhen said.

At the same time, Guo Yong also nodded and said: "What Zhang Ge said is very true. Now that the entire Nanjing City is empty of troops, as long as we take advantage of this opportunity to take down the Imperial Palace and the Daming Ordnance Institute, it is equivalent to controlling everything in Nanjing City. When the time comes, the officials will either submit to support His Royal Highness King Lu or die!"

"Since this is the case, Commander Jiang led [-] troops to attack the Daming Armory Station. Mr. Mou led an army to surround Nanjing and told the civil and military officials in Nanjing that they were all fooled by the false emperor. As long as they are willing to surrender the city, I can spare their lives, and keep their official positions, and only kill Ruan Dayue and other traitors!"

After Zhu Changhao said this, Zhang Bingzhen hurriedly suggested: "One more thing can be added, the one who dedicates the city first will be made a marquis, the one who dedicates the palace first will be a duke, and the one who dedicates the princes and queens will also be a marquis."

"allow!"

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For a time, the entire city of Nanjing was in panic.

However, the political situation in Nanjing City is not as chaotic as Lu Wang Zhu Changhao imagined.

At this time, in addition to Xia Yunyi's infantry battalion of the guards and Chen Zilong's teaching battalion at the Daming Armory, there was also an infantry battalion of the guards Zhang Tongchang, Dongchang and Jinyiwei's special forces and internal guards in Nanjing. , as well as the Wucheng Bingma Division directly controlled by Ruan Dayue.

Therefore, the military power in Nanjing City at this time is still in the hands of Ruan Dayue and the Guards.

Because Zhu Youjian had decreed that the guards in Nanjing would be under the command of Ruan Dayue.

Therefore, Ruan Dayue became the military power controller of Nanjing City at this moment.

Even if there are civil and military officials in Nanjing who want to respond to King Lu and Zhu Changxiao, they dare not act rashly.

A few bureaucrats and gentry wanted to gather family members to open the city gate, but Wang Chengen led the Dongchang people to ransack the house first, and even Wang Chengen directly threw his head in front of the civil and military officials: "Is there anyone else who wants to be a thief? "

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