Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 673

When the Lianghuai Mountains were turbulent, the factional struggles in the Ming court in the south also appeared initially, but when they were about to develop more intensely, they suddenly took a big turn.

The entire imperial court was quiet because Wang Yan resigned from the central position and asked to be a local supervisor. The reason for this may be that everyone was uncertain about the impact of this matter and did not understand Wang Yan's intentions, so they did not dare to act rashly. We must first wait and see.

Wang Yan seldom went to court recently, and spent most of his time planning with his staff in the palace, how to replace the imperial system with the shogunate.

Wang Yan was more inclined to the Song system, but was opposed by Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu and others. The Song system did solve many problems in China's past dynasties, but after all, it has a long history, and the key to any system is not the system itself, but the people. A good system is in vain if people don't know how to play it.

The Ming system has been implemented for a long time, and the bureaucrats are very familiar with it. Moreover, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is usually not diligent and often ignores government affairs. The entire court can still maintain normal operation, which means that the Ming system can be separated from the imperial power and can be changed from above.

At this time, the world is uncertain, and the time for major changes is not yet ripe. Wang Fuzhi and others suggested that Wang Yan should not make too many changes, and should not delegate power too much.

After deliberation, the system of the shogunate will be changed from the Ming system in the future, but Wang Yan decided to first restore the right of the six subjects to be granted and returned to perform in order to express his political ideas.

At this time, Wang Yan's memorial was approved, and his policy began to turn to the management of the Southwest in an all-round way. First, he should lay a solid foundation. The next step is to increase the rank of general. This title has been abolished since Xu Da, and now The emperor is definitely not allowed, but he must take this title over from now on.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of December. It was not that simple for him to withdraw from the imperial court, and it was not easy to control the Southwest. Daming was an old empire of more than 270 years, and he had only entered the officialdom for more than four years. The military was fine. But in the civil service system, he can only temporarily grasp some key points. There are still a large number of talents selected by the imperial court through imperial examinations in the local area, who are not members of his royal family.

This is also the reason why Wang Fuzhi and Gu Yanwu said that his stall is big enough, but he has no foundation.

In the Hengyang Palace, Wang Yan and a group of staff were discussing for days, Chen Bangyan asked: "Your Highness, His Majesty's papers have been approved, and the affairs of the shogunate will be decided as soon as possible. I wonder when His Highness will go to Wuchang?"

After all, personal energy is limited. Wang Yan has been a little dizzy recently. When Chen Bangyan asked, he thought about it but asked back: "When do you think it is more appropriate for Gu to leave?"

Gu Yanwu got up and saluted, "Your Highness, I think you should return to Wuchang before the court negotiates peace. Only in this way can your Highness hold the power of the Southwest in the name of preparing for war."

Chen Bangyan nodded, and then sighed with dissatisfaction, "Jianyi's peace talks are obviously just to get through the water transportation and delay time. How can your majesty believe it so easily?"

Gu Yanwu shook his head, "Naturally, the ministers of the court may not believe them all, but for His Majesty and the eunuch, even if there is only a [-]% chance, they can try it. If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement. If it fails, As far as the eunuchs are concerned, there is no loss, they are only for the self-interest of one surname. Now that the danger of the court's subjugation is fading away, for them, it is counted as a trick, but more soldiers died in the battle, and I will spend more It's just kung fu. This is the difference between the family world and the public world, and it is also the reason why we follow His Highness."

After hearing this, Chen Bangyan and the others pondered slightly, while Wang Yan said: "Since this is the case, the solitary meeting will leave in the near future, and everyone should prepare to go with them."

Many staff members nodded in agreement.

At this time, a royal guard suddenly came from outside the hall, "Your Highness, the Supervisor of Rites has come to ask to see you."

"It must be for peace talks." Wang Yan sneered, and then said to the guards: "Bring it in!"

The guard got the order, saluted and retreated, and brought a young eunuch in after a while.

Wang Yan was well-known, and the eunuchs were not very powerful in the court, so the eunuchs naturally couldn't be domineering. The little eunuch saluted very respectfully: "Young eunuch, see Your Highness!"

"Little eunuch, what's the matter here?" Wang Yan raised his hand and said.

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "The inner minister asked the eunuch to invite His Highness to the Ministry of Rites to discuss peace matters."

Feng Quan offered excellent conditions, but insisted that the Ming army's navy must first withdraw from the Yangtze River and would not let go, and Wang Yan never cooperated with him. This made Pang Tianshou, who presided over the peace negotiation, extremely annoyed, but he had no choice but to refuse. Stop please Wang Yan.

Wang Yan felt that Pang Tianshou had been obsessed with Feng Quan's conditions, but Feng Quan and Man Qing were really shameless.

This peace negotiation is not uncommon in Chinese history, but it has never been so unscrupulous to deceive people. Once it is reached, if you want to break the contract, it will cause a huge loss to the image of the entire country, so you must find a suitable excuse. Otherwise, the whole country will lose its integrity and cannot win the trust of its neighbors.

However, the Manchus obviously didn't care, and fortunately, the Ming and Qing were strong in the East at this time, so he would not talk about it, but this kind of gene planting was also one of the causes of the second Opium War in another period of history.

After listening to the eunuch's words, Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "Gu still has important matters to discuss with the deployment today. Eunuch will tell Pang Neixiang to let the Ministry of Rites discuss first, and Gu will go there another day."

The little lady was very anxious after listening to the monitor, and what else to discuss, everything is in place, it's just you who can't make it through here.

If Wang Yan didn't go, the little eunuch naturally didn't dare to force him, but if he went back like this, it would be difficult for the ancestor to explain, so he asked anxiously: "Your Highness won't go to the Ministry of Rites, can you tell the navy when to withdraw?"

When Wang Yan heard this, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, and the little eunuch immediately shuddered. Knowing his identity, he was not qualified to ask Hengyang King, so he immediately lowered his head.

Just when he lowered his head, Yu Taichu came to the outside of the hall in a hurry, then hurried in, and whispered in Wang Yan's ear as he walked, Wang Yan's face slowly sank.

After Yu Taichu finished speaking, he stood aside, Wang Yan was silent for a while, bursts of anger could be seen on his face, and after a while he said to the little eunuch: "You step back first, after discussing with the subordinates, I will give you a Pang Neixiang gave an answer."

With such a guarantee, the little eunuch San could have an explanation, and he hurriedly saluted and resigned.

When the little eunuch left, Chen Bangyan saw Wang Yan's attitude changed, and he looked angry, so he couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, what happened?"

Wang Yan pondered for a while, and said: "Hong Chengchou has opened up the water transportation."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, the three naval divisions worked together to break the Yangtze River, and the Qing navy in the south of the Yangtze River was no match at all, how could Hong Chengchou break through the blockade?
Seeing everyone's surprise, Wang Yan asked Yu Taichu to tell the information: "Zheng Guo's surname received a secret decree and returned to Fujian from the Yangtze River. Hundreds of gates can shoot six miles, covering the river, the navy is threatened by artillery, Lu Jianguo retreats to Zhoushan, General Man also uses the wind to break through the blockade of shore artillery, and returns to Huguang to the west, the water transportation of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties has been completed."

Theoretically speaking, Wang Yan is the Minister of War, and the transfer of the Ming army must go through him. This is why Pang Tianshou has to negotiate with him, but cannot directly order the navy to retreat. Existence, Zheng Chenggong is not a subordinate of Wang Yan, unlike Man Dazhuang, who is under his control. After receiving a secret decree, choosing the emperor's order between the order of the Ministry of War and the emperor's order is also in line with the regulations of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan's words are a bit big, but everyone quickly grasped the key point. Hong Chengchou was able to get through the water transportation. Zheng Chenggong's first withdrawal was not the main reason. The key was to buy a hundred heavy artillery with extremely long range from He Yi.

After all, navy warships are made of wood, and they will sink and capsize after being shot. They do not have an advantage when fighting against shore artillery.

Originally, the navy used the Manqing River to prevent corruption, and the artillery of each fort was insufficient and had a limited range to sweep the Manqing fort along the river. However, Hong Chengchou prepared a hundred heavy artillery for centralized use, and the situation was different.

After hearing this, Chen Bangyan couldn't help being furious: "Your Highness, a mere Heyi, dares to interfere in China's affairs. This matter must not be tolerated."

Wang Yan was also very annoyed in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The wrath of the great country has laid down millions of corpses. This Heyi has repeatedly provoked him, but because he is only suffering from scabies, he has endured it again and again. Now this barbarian is making progress, thinking that the dynasty is weak and can be bullied , colluding with the Manchu Qing, this matter is really intolerable, and this barbarian must be made aware of China's wrath."

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