Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 786
The end of August and the beginning of September are the busiest period for the Ming Dynasty over the years.

First of all, the new cabinet was hastily formed, and after the formation of the cabinet, the first thing to discuss was about Longwu's posthumous title.Temple number.

Now that the Chu Party is the largest in the court, the Tang Supporting faction, considering that they want to contain the Chu Party in the future, must unite with the King Lu faction. It is not appropriate to make the relationship too rigid, so they gave up the temple name of Zhaozu and changed it to Emperor Gaozong.

Although it is still elevated, Song Gaozong has the merits of continuing Guozuo, Longwu also defended half of the country, and the Zhejiang Party is not willing to make the relationship with the pro-Tang faction too rigid, so that they will not be able to cooperate in the future, so they have no choice but to recognize Gao. Zong's temple name made the Tang Dynasty sect owe a favor.

In the end, Emperor Longwu, posthumously named Chengtian Xuzuo Kaiyun Tiren Article Fenwu Shengda Zhichengxiang Emperor, temple named Gaozong, was buried next to Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Generally, the emperor started to build his own mausoleum when he ascended the throne, but Longwu did not have such conditions, and the emperor's edict kept everything simple.

Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and it is precisely because the emperor's tomb is simple and there are no precious burial objects, so after hundreds of years, the wind of tomb robbery rose, and when many large tombs in history were stolen one by one, later generations because they knew Ming Gaozong's history is well known, so only Emperor Gaozong's curtain can escape.

On the fifth day of September, before the eldest son of the emperor arrived, Empress Zeng rushed to Nanjing, and Emperor Gaozong's coffin was buried in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, under Zijin Mountain, under the auspices of Tang Wang.

After the death of Emperor Anzhi, filial piety was observed in March. The folks prohibited weddings, wine and meat, but Gaozong had a will, and there was no curfew or filial piety after his death. .

Although the government said that there is no need to observe filial piety, the people also have a steelyard in their hearts. There is only one sentence: "Wherever soldiers go, don't kill indiscriminately. Those who have hair are obedient people, and those who have no hair are refugees." It is enough to make countless people spontaneously wear filial piety to die for the emperor.

On the day of the burial, inside and outside Nanjing, hundreds of thousands of gentry and common people mourned the death of the emperor. The coffin passed by a sea of ​​white. On both sides of the road, old men cried and supported each other. There are tens of thousands of gentry.

Around Nanjing, people spontaneously wore mourning for three days, and then the government issued an order to follow Gaozong's edict, and everything returned to normal.

On September [-], the eldest son of the emperor, Empress Zeng, traveled thousands of miles to Nanjing under the escort of Jin Yiwei.

The next day, after paying homage to Xiaoling first, and then offering sacrifices to Emperor Gaozong, surrounded by officials, the eldest son of the emperor, who was less than two years old, ascended the throne as emperor, and Empress Zeng became empress dowager.

The new emperor ascended the throne, amnesty the world, changed the yuan to rule together, and appointed ministers of meritorious service. Wang Yan was promoted to the king of Chu, while the emperor was young, and the state affairs were jointly controlled by the three kings of Chu, Tang, and Lu, which established the future political structure of Ming Dynasty.

In the city of Nanjing, when the cabinet was formed, buried, and the new emperor was enthroned, he was busy, and the appeasement of Zhejiang and Fujian was also coming to an end.

King Lu, as the leader of Zhejiang Province, acted much faster than the Chu Party and the Tang Party. Seventy percent of the entire Zhejiang Province fell into the hands of Lu Fan, and the Zheng family in Fujian was so powerful that it was difficult for outsiders to get in. After Zheng Gongcheng returned to Quanzhou, it depends on Fuzhou and other places.

After Zhang Cunren and Tan Tai returned to Zhejiang, they originally planned to stick to the middle of Zhejiang to observe the changes of the times, but he underestimated the impact of Nanjing's recovery on Jiangnan.

He and Tan Tai led 2 people to garrison Ji'an Prefecture to defend the Ming army from entering Zhejiang from Kuling Pass, and let Zhejiang governor Xiao Qihui lead more than 2 people to guard Ningbo, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, Hangzhou and other places to suppress the high tide. However, the defenders in Ningbo, Shaoxing and other places surrendered to the King of Lu one after another. After being defeated by the Qing army, Wang Yi, the general of Lu Jianguo who hid in Siming Mountain, led 1 people out of the mountain again. Approaching Yuhang.

In the past of Wang Yi, the people ate pots of pulp, and the whole journey was like a broken bamboo. Along the way, they watched the flags and surrendered. Xiao Qihui, who was in Yuhang, still had [-] soldiers, but he was already frightened. Moreover, once Nanjing was lost, the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River had already fought with them. Jiangbei has been cut off, and there is no public opinion basis for wanting to defend. The only way is to surrender.

At the beginning of September, Xiao Qihui did not discuss with Zhang Cunren and Tan Tai, the two bannermen. After secretly reaching an agreement with Shen Chenquan, the governor sent by Lu Jianguo, he suddenly beheaded all the Eight Banners stationed in Hangzhou, leading more than 1 troops. The green battalion announced a change of banner and surrender.

At this time, Zhang Cunren and Tan Taizheng were confronting Dai Zhifan. Behind him, the kings and banners of central Zhejiang had undergone major changes and returned to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The two people who got the news were completely shattered.

Now don't talk about defending Zhejiang Central, their lives are in danger.

It can be said that they have no other way out except to surrender, and they can't vote late. Maybe when the news comes that Yuhang and other places have turned around, the two of them will be killed by the generals, so they can get a certificate of surrender. Take refuge in the Ming army.

Zhang Cunren's marching tent was located in the center of the camp. Although the night was already dark, candles were still burning inside the tent.

At this time, Zhang Cunren was pacing back and forth in the tent, and Tan Tai sat aside in a muffled voice. He looked at Zhang Cunren, who was walking around and shaking him, and said impatiently: "Governor Zhang, can you take a rest and think quietly?" Can't you think of a countermeasure?"

Zhang Cunren heard this, and angrily sat down next to Tan Tai, "Aren't I just thinking about it? What's the use of being aggressive with me, if you have the ability, you want to try it!"

After Zhang Cunren finished speaking, he picked up the teacup next to him, but there was no tea in it, and he was so angry that he smashed the teacup heavily on the table.

Tan Tai belongs to the Shu Mulu clan of the Manchu nationality, one of the oldest Jurchen surnames. He is an authentic Manchu. Can he not be in a hurry?

At this time, he turned his head and stared at Zhang Cunren, "Let me ask you, what did you say when Sun Shoufa sent someone to persuade you to surrender? Old Zhang, do you want to leave me behind and do something in private? I can warn you, don't If you want to make any crooked ideas, if you want to sell me, my two thousand sons will not agree."

"We are just grasshoppers on the same rope now, how could I leave you behind. My ancestor!" Zhang Cunren stood up, Tan Tai still doubted him at this moment, he was almost mad.

Tan Tai also stood up, "Don't lie to me."

"Have you forgotten what we did in Fujian? Sun Shoufa is a member of the Longwu family. We were the ones who broke through Anping and forced Zheng Chenggong's mother to death. Are you courting death by joining the Tang faction?" Zhang Cunren said angrily .

As governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhang Cunren scraped a lot of land in Fujian, especially Anping, Zheng's hometown. Although Boluo was the mastermind, he and Tan Tai also participated.

After hearing this, Tan Tai broke out in cold sweat. He and Zhang Cunren did a lot of bad things in Fujian. Compared with Zhang Cunren, he was more worried about his own fate. He was afraid that the Ming army would kill him as a condition to make Zhang Cunren surrender. A precedent for the capitulation of state officials.

The two sat in silence for a moment, both desperate.

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