Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 87 Jealousy, Shiying seeks peace
When Wang Yan was guarding Yangzhou, he was appointed by the Hongguang Dynasty as the General Soldier of Guangzhou, General Dragon and Tiger, and Uncle Zhongyong. Now that he has broken through 30 northern captives and led [-] soldiers and civilians to go south to Zhejiang, he will naturally be rewarded by Lu Fan.

Originally, Lu Fan wanted to add Wang Yan as the governor of the Great Governor, concurrently the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and the commander in chief of the Jiangnan Anti-Qing Dynasty. However, Ma Shiying thought that although Wang Yan had made great achievements, he was only 25 or six years old and his qualifications were relatively inexperienced. Zongzhen, Doctor Ronglu, Marquis Zhongyong.

The soldiers and horses under Wang Yan's command were also organized into five battalions: Zhongyi, Zhongyong, Zhongzhen, Zhongwu, and Zhongzhi to show their loyalty to Ming Dynasty.

The five battalions each had [-] soldiers. Wang Wei, Liu Shun and other original loyal battalion infantry were stripped from Zuo Maodi and Chen Zilong's army and returned to Wang Yan's command. Together with Wu's officials, he was promoted to battalion commander, general Zhaoyong, and captain of Shangqingche.

Chen Yujie, Zhou Zhiwei, Dai Zhifan, Wang Shixiu and other soldiers and civilians who came from Yangzhou all received awards and official positions.

Zuo Maodi was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Zilong was awarded the title of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Xia Yunyi was awarded the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Xia Wanchun was awarded the title of Scheeren of Zhongshu.

Most of the Nanming officials were trapped in Nanjing, and there were not many officials in Hangzhou. Those who followed Wang Yan into Zhejiang entered Hangzhou and were regarded by Lu Fan as their reliance, and their favor far surpassed that of Ma Shiying. Yangzhou Wang Yan's family made Ma Shiying very unhappy.

At this time, Duoduo garrisoned [-] miles away and had never invaded Hangzhou. Wang Yan was busy with reorganizing the army and relocating the people, so he did not lead troops to fight. Hangzhou was in a state of tranquility.

Seeing that the northern captives had never plundered Hangzhou, Ma Shiying felt that the current situation had stabilized, and he was no longer as panicked as when the northern captives crossed the Yangtze River, fell into Nanjing, and captured the emperor.

In the study, Ma Shiying asked Ruan Dacheng to meet and discuss the current situation.

In the early years, Ma Shiying was exposed for corruption, and after losing his official position, he lived in Nanjing.At that time, Ruan Dacheng was famous in the case of rebellion, dereliction of duty for a long time, and lived in Nanjing to avoid thieves, and got married with Ma Shiying very happily.

The two were unable to recover in Nanjing, but soon Fushe and Donglin Party members planned to use Zhou Yanru to reunite and secretly raise political funds.

Ruan Dacheng tried to eliminate the hostility with Donglin, so he donated ten thousand taels of money to help him. Later Zhou Dabai, entered the cabinet, served as the head and assistant, and wanted to repay, but the Donglin party opposed the revival of Ruan Dacheng, and finally had to give up.

During the reign of the first emperor, Ruan Dacheng was beaten as an eunuch and was not allowed to use it, but Ma Shiying had a chance. Seeing that he could not succeed, Ruan Dacheng recommended Ma Shiying who was also in Nanjing, and Ma Shiying was able to recover.

During the Hongguang Dynasty, Ma Shiying used Ruan Dacheng in order to repay his kindness and disregarded Donglin's opposition. The two were not only their own benefactors, but also political allies who shared weal and woe.

Ma and Ruan were advancing and retreating together in the court hall, sharing honor and disgrace, so they naturally had to discuss a unified attitude towards the sudden appearance of Wang Yan and others.

Before Wang Yan arrived in Hangzhou, the power in Hangzhou was concentrated in the hands of Ma Shiying, but now Lu Fan asked Wang Yan everything, and did not ask him as the chief assistant, which made Ma Shiying unhappy for a while.

In the study, the two sat down, and the maidservant served some refreshments. Ruan Dacheng watched Ma Shiying's depression and knew what he was thinking. And stand up to worship the prime minister? Why should Ma Fu worry?
Ma Shiying heard the words but said: "Wang Shiheng can't enter the court, but others can! Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, the people who restored the society, are now in the court for the second time, with Wang Shiheng as the backing, and then they will invite Huang Daozhou, Liu Zongzhou and others to enter the court. Separating families into different households will revive Donglin from the ashes!"

Ruan Dacheng hated the people of Donglin, but when he heard the words, he feared that Ma Shiying's rash actions would spoil the immediate event, so he said with some worry in his heart: "Now that Duoduo's soldiers are pressing down on the country, Wang Shiheng is the Great Wall of the country. Could it be Ma Fu?" If you want to destroy it, you will make the northern prisoner take advantage of it."

Ma Shiying also knew that Wang Yan was the reliance of the city of Hangzhou, so he said, "Ji Zhi misunderstood my intentions, I don't want to move Wang Shiheng, let alone destroy the Great Wall."

"Then what does Ma Fu mean?" Ruan Dacheng asked.

"Why does the prison state value Wang Shiheng so much?" Ma Shiying asked himself and replied, "Probably because of Wang Shiheng's soldiers, the northern captives did not dare to spy on Hangzhou easily!"

"If I can keep Hangzhou safe today, then the State Supervisor will naturally not value Wang Shiheng any more, and the people in Donglin will not be able to compete with us if they lose their support!" Ma Shiying said.

"Ma Fu's words are reasonable, but we have few soldiers, how can we replace Wang Shiheng and protect Hangzhou?" Ruan Dacheng asked doubtfully.

Ma Shiying smiled complacently, and then explained: "It's good to use our strength to fight! Today Duoduo dare not attack Hangzhou easily, and we have no troops to counterattack Nanjing. The peace talks have come to fruition. If we can make peace with the northern soldiers, the country can be restored. Wouldn't it be a great achievement to have a chance to breathe!"

"If the peace talks come to fruition, then Hangzhou will not need Wang Shiheng's army, and Ma Fu can find an opportunity to send him south to guard the land." Ruan Dacheng followed Ma Shiying's train of thought, and continued, "In this way, there is no force to contend with us in the court. also!"

"Yes!" Ma Shiying nodded and said, "But who can clear the camp?"

Ruan Dacheng also didn't want others to join the cabinet, which would affect him from taking power, so he was already persuaded by Ma Shiying, and immediately suggested: "Zhejiang Governor Zhang Bingzhen is fine!"

(In history, Chen Hongfan was sent as an envoy, but I wrote down the thief to death, so I replaced him with Zhang Bingzhen.)
Ma and Ruan discussed in the study for a while, and then they made a plan, and they asked Zhang Bingzhen to come here to explain their intentions.

Zhang Bingzhen is also not optimistic about the current situation. Although there is Wang Yan in Hangzhou, it is still too weak compared to the Manchu Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, he also believes that peace should be advocated, so he agreed to send an envoy to clear the camp.

So Ma Shiying and his party went to see Lu Fan and explained their intentions. Lu Fan felt that as long as Hangzhou could be peaceful and he could sit in the position of supervisor, he could implement it. At the request of Ma Shiying, he asked Zhang Bingzhen to be an envoy, and promised to cede the four Jiangnan provinces. The county is the condition, in exchange for peace given by the Qing Dynasty.

At present, Ma Shiying did not tell Wang Yan and others, so Zhang Bingzhen was asked to serve as the representative of Lu Wang, Jian Guo, to secretly discuss with the Qing side about betraying the country.

In the Qing army barracks twenty miles away from Hangzhou, Duoduo still did not attack Hangzhou after waiting for Li Chengdong and other troops to arrive.

In addition to the 7 sailors, more than [-] Qing soldiers gathered around Duoduo, and the Ming army in Hangzhou city totaled [-]. Naturally, Duduo did not have the determination to break through Hangzhou with [-] soldiers, so he was stationed here, in a dilemma. It looked extremely embarrassing.

Duoduo had already experienced Wang Yan's ability to defend the city in the city of Yangzhou, and it was very profound, so he could not push Hangzhou, but he was not reconciled to letting him turn back in vain.

But when Duduo's army was wasting food and grass, Zhang Bingzhen's arrival made his eyes shine, so he hurriedly invited him into the account.

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