Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 61
Since Emperor Chengzu seized the throne as a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty, the management of the vassals and the children of the clan was quite strict.

Many vassal kings were unable to participate in government affairs and were imprisoned in fiefdoms. The imperial court provided them with money and Lutian, so that they had no worries about food and clothing.

Youdao is born in sorrow and died in peace. These vassal kings have nothing to do all day long. They live in a warm bed and are raised as useless people. Even if there are individual princes with ambitions, they can only be trapped in the mansion Within a short period of time, they are consumed by wine and lust, and finally become a person who eats and waits to die.

When the princes of the Ming Dynasty were about 15 years old, they had to go to other places to serve as feudal clans. Only the princes could be trained in the orthodox studies of emperors, and it was difficult for other clans to receive education.

In history, Emperor Guangzong and Emperor Xizong both had no competent ministers to assist and educate them, and they ended up with the reputation of being incompetent. Before Emperor Sizong took the throne, he did not have any famous teachers to teach him. If he could be cultivated from an early age, Emperor Sizong would not be so suspicious.

Emperor Hongguang used to be the heir of Fufan, and the old Fuwang himself was a licentious person. He thought that to be a vassal king, he didn't need to rule the world. Naturally, he didn't give Hongguang Emperor any education, so that he became a standard mediocre person.

With the talent of Emperor Hongguang, he is not a master of great talent and general strategy. He is like the old Fu Wang, and he also likes beautiful women. Naturally, he is not a famous king, and he is even very stupid. Is the ancestor's foundation more than 200 years old?
Apparently Hongguang has the heart to rejuvenate Daming, but he lacks ability, lacks strategic vision, and can't control his lust for sex, so he hasn't done anything so far.

Emperor Hongguang finished reading Wang Yan's book, in which protecting the country is the heart of the people, and Yangzhou faced the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of Qing troops alone.

While quarreling in the court all day long, his people, his generals and the army were fighting bloody battles with the northern captives to defend his country. He couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion in his heart. He put down the pleading letter and looked up at His Highnesses. Chen Gong said word for word: "Yangzhou must be saved!"

"Gentlemen, the army and people of Yangzhou have fought against the Qing army for more than a month, and it is difficult to hold on for long. If Yangzhou is destroyed, the northern captives will drink horses to the Yangtze River, and the country will not be protected." Emperor Hongguang looked down at his ministers, making a rare decision. Body, Hong Sheng said: "I have decided to help Yang, Ma Qing, Qian Qing, come up with a solution immediately!"

The discussion on aiding Yang started from Wang Yan's recapture of Yangzhou. The princes of the court had discussed it for more than a month.

Now that the matter of aiding Yang is imminent, how could the two parties suddenly come up with countermeasures? When the ministers heard the emperor's words, their heads immediately bowed.

"Your Majesty!" Qian Qianyi was named by the emperor, knowing that he could not escape, he held the ivory wat and said to him: "Yangzhou is in crisis, and it is too late to transfer troops from other places. Now the soldiers and horses under the Marquis of Jingnan are the closest to Nanjing. I still think that the Marquis of Jingnan and Ma Yuanyang should be removed!"

Of the five feudal towns in the Hongguang Dynasty, one rebelled and three surrendered, only Huang Degong and one town were left to defend the left town in Wuhu, Chizhou. Qian Qianyi had no choice but to bring up the old story again.

Whether to transfer Huang Zhen to aid Yang has been arguing in the court for more than a month, and Qian Qianyi's mention of it immediately triggered the two parties to attack again.

"Your Majesty!" Ruan Dacheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and played against him: "The northern prisoner Azige's troops broke through the intruders in Jiujiang, and now they are about to go east. The Anqing rebels have never fought against them, and they seem to be falling to the Qing court. The soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Jingnan must not move at all!"

In history, Duoduo's army fell to Nanjing first, and then Zuozhen surrendered to the Qing court. But in today's history, Duoduo was blocked by Wang Yan in Jiangbei, but the history of the western front has not changed. After Azig defeated Li Zicheng, he started Going east along the river, there seems to be a tendency to force Zuo Menggeng to surrender.

Hong Guang heard that the two people's words were reasonable, and his indecisive nature was revealed again, so he couldn't help being afraid of his legs: "If this is the case, what should we do?"

"Don't use my strategy, you will have soldiers and horses to save Yangzhou!" Qian Qianyi listened to the emperor's words, squinted at Ruan Dacheng, and said sarcastically.

"Your Majesty!" Ruan Dacheng ignored Qian Qianyi, held the ivory wat and bowed to Emperor Hongguang, and said again: "The Zuo Shilang recruited thousands of soldiers in Zhejiang Province, and all the prefectures in Nanzhili have trained local bravery. Your Majesty can Send an edict to all the lands, and recruit the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River to fight for the king!"

"Impossible!" Wang Duo, a member of the Donglin Party, heard the words, and suddenly stepped out, pointed at Ruan Dacheng and cursed: "The remnants of the eunuch party want to repeat the separatist regime at the end of the Han Dynasty?"

Ruan Dacheng was furious immediately, and retorted: "Now the Marquis of Jingnan has 15 troops defending the western front. Facing the 10 army of Zuoni, there are nearly [-] northern prisoners in Jiujiang staring at them. Er Donglin wants to mobilize the Marquis of Jingnan, If there are too few, the siege of Yangzhou will not be solved; if there are too many, Zuo Ni and the northern captives will go east, how will the Marquis of Jingnan resist?"

Most of the people in Donglin were civil servants, mainly in charge of the Ministry of Rites, Households, and Works. They only knew little about military affairs. Ruan Dacheng asked them, and they really didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that the time is ripe, Ma Shiying came out to support Ruan Dacheng and said, "I think Ruan Shangshu's words are reasonable. The imperial court has no soldiers to send according to the scriptures. We can only send orders to all the places to recruit soldiers and Ma Qinwang!"

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also agrees!"

A group of Ma Party officials took advantage of the situation and knelt down to worship.

When Emperor Hongguang saw the ministers in the court hall half-kneeling in an instant, his heart was suddenly agitated, and he stood up from the dragon seat. Mansion, raise troops to serve the king!"

"Your Majesty!" Seeing the emperor's support, Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed, and saluted with his ivory wat in his arms, "I think that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will do their best to help Yang, and the imperial court should promise a lot of money. You can send an order to each government to bring ten people to help Yang Those who can be granted a small banner, 50 people can be awarded the general banner, a hundred people can be awarded a hundred households, a thousand people can be awarded a thousand households, and the highest can be awarded the commander of the third-rank battalion. Such people in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely support them enthusiastically!"

"Zunzo!" Hong Guang was already close to Ma Ruan's party, and he was excited about it, so he immediately waved his hand and agreed.

"Your Majesty! Hiring officials indiscriminately is a way to bring disaster. I think it is absolutely impossible!" Seeing that the emperor agreed with Ruan Dacheng's policy, Qian Qianyi immediately came out to oppose it.

A group of people in Donglin also felt that if the people recruited soldiers and horses and gave them official positions, the power of the central government would easily be sidelined, and they all came out to oppose it.

"Now the northern captives and Zuo Ni have nearly 60 troops, but there are only 10 to [-] troops near Nanjing. How can they block the enemy's peak! Can the people of Erdong Forest handle swords and draw bows?" Ruan Dacheng looked like Emperor Hongguang. He was moved by Donglin again, and he wanted to change his words, so he quickly defended himself: "The minister's policy, although there are long-term worries, but it can quench the near-thirst, so that the court has tens of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River in an instant, and solves the problem of the court's lack of soldiers. Embarrassingly available."

"It's okay to order all the houses to be kings, but the official position must not be arbitrarily sealed, this is the way to subjugate the country!" Qian Qianyi backed down and said: "There is no such case in the country, the law of the ancestors must not be broken!"

Seeing that the two parties would continue to discuss endlessly, Hong Guang couldn't help but look a little ugly. He no longer had the patience to continue watching, so he chose to support Ma Ruan's party, which was closer to him, as before.

"Okay!" Hong Guang got off the dragon chair a little angrily, stopped the debate in the hall, and then said: "I have decided to accept Ruan Aiqing's words, and you don't need to discuss any more! I will hand over the specific affairs to Ruan Aiqing for full authority." !"

"Minister, Ruan Dacheng leads the order!"

(End of this chapter)