Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 333
Since Zheng Chenggong entered Anping City and advised Zheng Zhilong for the last time, but was imprisoned in Anping City by Zheng Zhilong, the Fujing court knew that Zheng's surrender was irretrievable.

After discussing with his confidant ministers, Long Wu hurriedly took the queen, prince, and a few ministers to move to Yanping in the name of supporting Jiangxi without waiting for the envoys sent to Huguang to send back the news of the welcoming army.

This place is far away from Fujing, and the Zheng family is relatively weak and relatively safe, and it is close to Jiangxi, so it is convenient to enter southern Jiangxi at any time. But as soon as the emperor left Fujing, Zheng Zhilong asked Xianxia Gate to open and close the gate, and the Qing soldiers entered the pass. Zheng Jun, who guarded the checkpoints along the way, retreated to Anping one after another, allowing the Qing soldiers to drive directly to the city of Fujing.

All the suzerains and ministers fled by boat in a hurry. Fortunately, although Zheng Zhilong reached an agreement with the Qing court, he didn't know what position the Qing court gave him, so he gathered troops in the Anping area. To continue to be the king of Fujian, so there is no division of troops to cooperate with the Qing troops.

Su Guansheng learned from the king of Tang that Emperor Longwu was escorted by five thousand elite troops led by Wang Wei, the right governor of the Imperial Forest Army, to escape to Jiangxi, and he felt a little at ease.

Wang Wei was the earliest general under Wang Yan, and his soldiers and horses followed Wang Yan from Qingzhou. They can be regarded as elite troops and have some guarantees.

In order to ensure that the news from Fujian would not spread to Guangdong or even to the southwest, Su Guansheng discussed with Shi Lang and decided to leave the kings on the ship first, while he returned to Guangzhou to find out about His Majesty's news and contact Nanming. Important ministers, come to discuss strategies to deal with the change in central Fujian.

Su Guansheng returned to Guangzhou in a daze, and immediately sent an order to the Chaoshan area to seal off the passage from Fujian and prepare to meet the Qing soldiers.

All of a sudden, in the city of Guangzhou, horses rushed out everywhere, carrying the news of the change in central Fujian to Huguang and Guangxi, and a large number of sentries entered Fujian to inquire about the emperor's news.

After a few days like this, although Su Guansheng blocked the news, the news of the change in Central Fujian spread throughout Guangdong and Guangxi in just a few days, as if it had grown wings.In the land of Guangdong and Guangxi, everyone was shocked by it. The officials, gentry and common people denounced Zheng Zhilong for being insane, betraying the country and the king, calling on the people of the world to discuss it.

The reason why the news was leaked was because the academician He Wuzou separated from Shengjia and returned to Guangdong.

He was originally suffering from a foot problem, and in the process of fleeing with His Majesty, he fell off a horse and was injured. He could not continue to Jiangxi with the team, so he was taken back to his hometown of Guangdong by a small road by his family.

Previously, Su Guansheng had passed the news of the changes in central Fujian to the governors of various places, but the information said that His Majesty had moved to Jiangxi, but this time He Wuzu brought back the news that the Qing army caught up with Shengjia in Tingzhou, Wang Yuanzhang, the right governor of the Imperial Forest Army, led five thousand soldiers and horses, and fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers. Vice general Zhou Zhifan and general Xiong Wei were killed in battle. The imperial concubine Shen and Chen were separated. The queen and prince fled to Jiangxi.

As soon as this news spread, the entire Guangdong and Guangxi were in turmoil immediately, because the safety of the emperor was already uncertain.

Guangzhou, the chief envoy's yamen, Guangdong governor Gu Yuanjing hurried to the chief envoy's office.

Ever since Wang Yan entered Guangdong, Gu Yuanjing had been emptied and basically ignored him. After Wang Yan entered Chu, the power in Guangdong was transferred to the Chief Minister Su Guansheng. call.

At this time, the guard saw Gu Yuanjing coming, and hurriedly reported, "Gemin, Gu Futai is here!"

"Come in!" Su Guansheng's voice came from the room.Gu Yuanjing walked into the room quickly, and saw that Zhu Yukai was also in the room, he quickly bowed and said: "I see His Royal Highness Tang Wang!"

The news of the change in central Fujian had already spread to Guangdong and Guangxi, and it was useless for Tang Wang and his party to stay on board, so Su Guansheng then transferred Tang Wang and other suzerains to Guangzhou.

Su Guansheng was loyal to Longwu, so he was naturally close to Zhu Yukai, so he gave up the back house of the chief envoy's yamen to the king of Tang to live in. "Gu Futai, please sit down!"

Zhu Yukai raised his hand slightly, responding calmly.Hearing the words, Gu Yuanjing bowed his hands to Su Guansheng again before sitting down.He had already heard about the change in central Fujian, but it was only a matter in Guangdong, and Su Guansheng had always been in charge. He didn't understand that Su Guansheng had to consult him for any important matters.

Su Guansheng seemed to understand what he was thinking, so he said solemnly: "After the fall of Fujing, the surname Zheng Guo was released by his mother, Tian Chuan, who gathered some defeated soldiers from Fujing, and led some old Zheng's troops to go south into the sea and into Jinmen. , Jin Yiwei knew Wang Zilong and joined Zheng Guo's surname. Yesterday he came to Guangzhou alone and sent me a piece of information. The Qing Dynasty Belle Boluo sent Qing generals Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong as the vanguard, leading [-] soldiers and horses, preparing to attack Guangdong."

The Qing soldiers were about to attack Guangdong so soon, Gu Yuanjing was taken aback. Guangdong was originally the hinterland of Nanming, so there was no need to worry about the Qing soldiers attacking, so Wang Yan took almost all the elite soldiers away.

Although Wang Yan still has tens of thousands of troops, they are all newly recruited soldiers, and they have only been trained for half a year, so they cannot be reused at all.

Guangdong still has a plan to train [-] government soldiers, but even the recruited army has not received sufficient training, let alone the government soldiers who are also soldiers and farmers?

In the final analysis, the time is still too short, so short that there is no time for Guangdong to develop, just half a year, the foundation that can be laid is too weak.

Gu Yuanjing hadn't cared about things in Guangdong for a long time, but he also understood the crisis he was facing now, so he said, "Your Highness and the cabinet came to me to discuss how to fight against the Qing soldiers?"

"That's right~" Su Guansheng nodded slightly when he heard the words, "Now that the Qing army is suppressing the country, and the people in Guangzhou are in turmoil, we have no way of knowing about His Majesty's situation. I have discussed with His Highness the King of Tang, intending to support His Highness as the supervisor of the country. This is to stabilize the hearts of the people in Guangzhou. If His Majesty is safe and sound, then we will go to the position of supervising the country. If His Majesty falls into the hands of the Qing court, we will use our brothers and sisters to embrace His Majesty as the throne and raise the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty. Gu Fu Taiwan is also an official of the feudal border, an important minister of the court, so I want to ask your opinion~"

If the Qing soldiers really invaded Guangdong, it would indeed be difficult to hold on to the current situation of Guangzhou's scattered people. If the Tang king supervised the country, it would indeed boost morale, and as long as he did not proclaim himself emperor, there would be room for maneuver in the future.

Gu Yuanjing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I agree with the cabinet's strategy~"

Su Guansheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, because he was not born in the imperial examination and did not have a Jinshi degree, so although he was trusted by Emperor Longwu, he was still unable to integrate into many great scholars. He lacked allies in politics and was supported by Gu Yuanjing. It will give him a lot of momentum.

At this time, the three of them were discussing the fight against the Qing soldiers and the affairs of supervising the country, but suddenly there were hurried footsteps outside, and someone hurriedly reported outside, "Speak to the cabinet, Mr. Iwano has something urgent to see you!" "Please Sir, come in!" Su Guansheng frowned.

Chen Bangyan entered the room and saluted Tang Wang and the two ministers. Seeing the panic on his face, Su Guansheng couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

Chen Bangyan slowed down, and said, "Qu Shisi and Ding Kuichu sent envoys to Zhaoqing to support King Gui to supervise the country."

For a while, the official room was very quiet, Su Guansheng couldn't help standing up, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, the king of Tang saw this, after a while of meditation, he said in a deep voice: "This king knows that Mr. Su Ge is very loyal to His Majesty, and wants to support him." I belong to the Tang family, but in terms of bloodlines, King Gui is a descendant of Shenzong, far closer than this king's blood, and as early as Emperor Anzong, there were ministers who supported Guifan. If you are also in charge of the country, it is inevitable that the same surname will compete with each other, and you will be in chaos." Su Guansheng couldn't help stopping when he heard the words of the King of Tang, sighed, and then bowed to the King of Tang: "Your Highness understands the righteousness, but the Guifan wants to be imprisoned." China, we must move to Guangzhou to stabilize the hearts of the people of Guangdong and Guangxi~”

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