scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 419
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In all fairness, no matter in the original history or in the history changed by Fatty Lu, Prince Geng Jingzhong is a very unlucky, sad and shining anti-Qing righteous man. It's not bad to describe our Prince Geng.

In the original San Francisco Rebellion in history, our Prince Geng was the anti-Qing force who wiped out the mite Qing executioners on the battlefield, second only to the old traitor Wu, far better than Taiwan Zheng Jun, who is known as the most staunch anti-Qing , compared to the traitorous father and son of the old man Shang, who was completely against the Qing Dynasty, it was even more powerful.But it is a pity that Prince Geng was extremely unlucky to meet Kang Mazi, who was as lucky as a god, and even more unlucky to meet Zheng Jing, a pig who can only fight civil wars and desperately treat hard-core traitors. The same ally was forced to surrender in the end, and was tricked into Beijing by Kang Mazi and executed Ling Chi, and his two sons were also beheaded, and he was angrily scolded by Qing Shishu as "ugly and vulgar" and "sinister temperament".

The vicious uglification of Qing history books is actually a fair evaluation of Lord Geng's anti-Qing achievements, the greatest affirmation.Although Prince Geng was sorry for his hard-core traitor father Geng Jimao and grandfather Geng Zhongming, who were typical unfilial descendants, Prince Geng had at least done something worthy of his compatriots.

In the history of Lord Lu’s changes, our Lord Geng’s performance is actually equally dazzling. Because of Lord Geng’s strong restraint, the weak Wu army was able to break through the Yangtze River’s natural moat and seized the strategic initiative; Kang Mazi emptied the Qing army in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, and Fatty Lu got the opportunity to take control of the south of the Yangtze River; at the same time, it was because Prince Geng took the overall situation into consideration, he did not transfer the main force back to Fujian to fight the civil war with his pig-like ally, Prince Zheng Jing, to stand for him. The unstable Fatty Army held back the main force of the Qing Army in Zhejiang, and won precious time for the Fatty Army to gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River.It can be said that Fatty Lu and Fatty Army were able to rise rapidly, and Lord Geng was the behind-the-scenes hero comparable to old Wu.

Later, Prince Geng and the Qing Army joined forces to attack Fatty Lu. From the perspective of the Fatty Army, it was indeed an unforgivable crime. But from an objective point of view, the biggest responsibility for Prince Geng and the Fatty Army was Lu Fatty - the selfish Fatty Lu didn't want to provide food, grass and military supplies to Prince Geng at all. Prince Geng's envoy molested Fatty Lu's fiancée, but it was just an excuse to send Fatty Lu and Prince Geng to quarrel.At that time, if Fatty Lu could take care of the overall anti-Qing situation, be less selfish and win Prince Geng, who is economically weak, Fatty Jun and Geng Jun would never turn against each other, and Fatty Jun would not be in the dilemma of being surrounded by enemies later.

At the same time, the facts also proved the gap between Prince Geng and Prince Zheng. Prince Zheng, who was treated kindly by Fatty Lu, did not have the slightest sense of repaying his kindness. Helping hands, seeing death at a dangerous moment, the money, food, weapons and land that Fatty Lu gave him can be regarded as feeding the dogs.So although Fatty Lu didn't say anything, he hated Lord Zheng in his heart, but in fact he hated Prince Geng a hundred times deeper than Lord Geng. Deliberately letting Prince Geng's main force withdraw to Fujian was also the first step in revenge against Prince Zheng.

Whether it is merit or demerit is subject to public evaluation by future generations, but in any case, with some vitality still remaining and the power to fight, Prince Geng chose to surrender to Fatty's army, decided to accept Fatty Lu's conditions for withdrawing from the feudal domain and handed over Territory and military power, although there are selfish factors of greed for life and fear of death and objective reasons of helplessness, but for Fujian compatriots, Lord Geng has made a great contribution to Fu, saving countless Fujian compatriots from the suffering of civil war, The precious lives of countless Fujian soldiers were saved, and at the same time, the situation on the southern front of the Fat Army was instantly clear, and the advantage of the Fat Army became more obvious.

On the second day of August, Geng Jingzhong led civil and military officials to open the north gate of Fuzhou, and presented the official seal and the register of officers and soldiers to Li Tianzhi, the general of the Fatty Army. Publicly showed Fatty Lu's Jun decree, and canonized Geng Jingzhong as Duke Shunyi of Dazhou; he also issued a military order that the fat man who took over the city defense of Fuzhou was not allowed to harm any of the soldiers or civilians in the city, let alone take any property in the city, and allowed Geng Jingzhong He brought his family property and went to live in Beijing with his wife, children, and children. All the officials of Geng Fan stayed in their original posts, and the officers and soldiers of Geng Army received a one-month salary increase.Geng Jun was very grateful, and the hearts of the people were determined.

Immediately afterwards, after receiving Geng Jingzhong's order to surrender, Shaowu, Yongchun, and Xinghua, which were still under the control of Geng's army, all put down their weapons and opened the city gates to surrender to the Fatty Army. Due to Yue's kind treatment, General Zeng Yangxing, who was surrounded by Fatty Army, Shang Zhixin Army, and Zheng Jun in Longyan on three sides, did not make a dying struggle. He chose to surrender to Fatty Army Wang Jinwu's Department and accepted Wang Jinwu's command.

The news was sent back to Li Tianzhi, and Li Tianzhi immediately went to Shushangjun General Wang Guodong and ordered him to stop attacking Longyan and instead attack Zhangzhou eastward and start a war against Zheng Jun.At the same time, Li Tianzhi asked Guo Yingfu to send troops south from Yanping to reinforce the relatively weak Longyan battlefield. He unified command of Wang Jinwu, Liu Jinzhong, and Zeng Yangxing on the Longyan battlefield, and then asked his deputy Yang Yingyuan to lead an army of [-] fat men into Xinghua Prefecture. Li Tianzhi stayed in Fuzhou to personally preside over the military affairs of the reorganized Geng Army. Li Zhifang served as the governor of Fujian and assisted Li Tianzhi in forming the local government of the Fat Army in Fujian.

Li Tianzhi's ability to become one of the four generals of the Fatty Army is due to his seniority and loyalty to Fatty Lu. His military ability is not as good as Gao Dejie, Han Daren, and Wang Xu, who are the four generals of the Fatty Army, and his political ability is even worse. Fatty Shanglu, as soon as a few orders were promulgated, there was a commotion immediately - in the previous covenant made by the Fatty Army and the Shang Zhixin Army, it was only agreed to join forces to attack Geng Jingzhong, but it did not agree that the Shang Zhixin Army must obey Li Tianzhi's command, so Li Tianzhi's After the order was sent to the Longyan battlefield, Wang Guodong, who only wanted to preserve his strength but was dissatisfied with Li Tianzhi's accusation of killing the prisoners, also used this as an excuse to refuse to accept the order, and took the undefended Wuping County of Tingzhou next to Shanghang County by hand. Wuping County was looted.

The movement of Shang Zhixin's army was reported back to Fuzhou. Li Tianzhi, who was expelled from the Pingnan Palace, was inevitably furious. He almost wanted to send troops to attack Shang's army and immediately launched a campaign to recover Guangdong.Fortunately, Li Zhifang, the acting governor of Fujian, was relatively calm. He held Li Tianzhi tightly and told Li Tianzhi that the biggest enemy of the Fat Army in Fujian is Zheng Jing and a small number of remnants of the Geng Army who refused to surrender. The most important task is to quickly stabilize Fujian. Occupying the land situation and expelling Zheng Jing, at this time, Monk Zhixin's turning his face is harmful and not beneficial, adding variables out of thin air.Therefore, Li Zhifang suggested that Li Tianzhi adopt political means to resolve this matter. One is to write to Shang Zhixin and ask Shang Zhixin to place Wang Guodong's army under Li Tianzhi's command.

"Is it possible for Shang Zhixin to hand over Wang Guodong to my command?" Li Tianzhi asked suspiciously: "Besides, the bastards under Wang Guodong will only hinder them on the battlefield and make the newly surrendered Fujian army dissatisfied. If he wants to take over his command, what else can he do except add to the chaos?"

"Shang Zhixin is unlikely to agree." Li Zhifang replied with a smile: "But it doesn't matter. It's better if Shang Zhixin doesn't agree. With the prince's character and behavior style, he will soon be able to attack Shang Zhixin without excuses. If It would be better if Shang Zhixin agreed, and with the commanding power in his hands, are you afraid that you can't use Zheng Jing's hand to kill Wang Guodong's team?"

Speaking of this, Li Zhifang's smile was even more treacherous, and he said with a treacherous smile: "Wang Guodong is a fugitive under Shang Zhixin who spent 10 taels of silver to buy out his banner. He is Shang Zhixin's number one confidant in the army, and his team is also Guangdong Shang. The main force of the army, killing them is not equivalent to cutting off one of Shang Zhixin's arms?" Li Tianzhi suddenly realized, and immediately followed his plan after laughing.

Li Zhifang's bad idea was indeed a bit too bad, and it also caused a big problem for Shang Zhixin, Lord Shang. After Li Tianzhi sent a letter to Guangzhou to ask Shang Zhixin for the command of Wang Guodong's army in the name of facilitating the unified command, Lord Shang was suddenly dumbfounded. He also scolded the ungrateful former subordinate Li Tianzhi on the spot, and felt very embarrassed at the same time. He wanted to refuse it. The relationship between Shang Wangjun and Fatty Jun who had just entered the honeymoon period was bound to have twists and turns. It aroused Fatty Lu's dissatisfaction, and even made Fatty Lu suspicious, doubting the real intention of Lord Shang to plant a disobedient King Shang army in the hinterland of Fujian.

If you agree, the command of the army will be handed over to the Fatty Army, and Prince Shang's elite force will be at the mercy of others. How can the ambitious Prince Shang be assured of this?How can bear it?

There are also capable people under Lord Shang's command. Jin Guangzu, who once personally promoted Jackie Chan and served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty and was dismissed from all positions after he surrendered to the Wu army, loyally gave Lord Shang a good idea. All the troops in the army were transferred back to Guangdong and withdrew from the battlefield in Fujian, so that Li Tianzhi could not find an excuse to claim military power, and Fatty Lu could not find an excuse to get angry.Most of Lord Shang's other confidantes also agreed with this compromise method, which would not offend Fatty Lu and avoid accidental losses.

Of course, there are also objections, at least Shen Shangda, the male favorite who controls the housekeeping for Lord Shang, firmly opposes it—friends, don’t doubt your eyes, our Lord Shang is indeed a two-way plug, and Shen Shangda was originally bought by Lord Shang from Jiangxi. The Youtong who came here, because of his beautiful appearance like a woman and his excellent kung fu in bed, won the favor of Lord Shang, and he was granted by Lord Shang to participate in the military and political decision-making of the Pingnan Palace, and his words in front of Lord Shang were very important.

Our "Shen Meiren" thinks so. The Fatty Army forced Geng Jingzhong to surrender this time. Shang Wangjun contributed a lot. He also contributed money and food to the Fatty Army's army in the Chaozhou enclave, and directly sent troops to help the Fatty Army kill the enemy. , Annihilating the main force of Bai Xianzhong, the famous general of the Geng Army, has both credit and hard work. As the brother-in-law of Prince Shang, Fatty Lu should repay him, so "Beauty Shen" suggested that Prince Shang send an envoy to see Fatty Lu, and asked Fatty Lu to take out the treasures of Tingzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. The environment repays Lord Shang—it would be even better if we could bring Ganzhou, Jiangxi, which is just north of Guangzhou, together.

Shen Meiren's words of course caused an uproar in the Pingnan Palace. His younger brothers, Shang Zhiying, Shang Zhijie and Shang Zhihuang, who were more intelligent than Prince Shang, simply cursed at him—with the unscrupulous Fatty Lu who would rather die than suffer, and desperately take advantage of it. Virtue, reaching out to him for territory, isn't it courting death?
Shen Meiren argued hard, and also brought up the example of Lu Fatty giving Hangzhou to Zheng Jing and Wenzhou to Geng Jingzhong, and strongly advocated reaching out to Lu Fatty for territory.The other confidantes of Lord Shang, Zhang Yongxiang, Zhang Shixuan brothers, and Hou Xijue also fell in love with Lord Shang, and echoed Shen Meiren's suggestion, thinking that they should try their luck, and even if they couldn't succeed, it would be okay to withdraw Wang Guodong's team back to Guangdong. not too late.

Li Lingzhi fainted, the Guangdong land west of Guangzhou was robbed by Wu Jun, and a naked Lord Shang was still unwilling to give Fatty Lu a long-term labor for nothing. In order to recover some land from Geng Jingzhong and come back to make up for the loss, our Lord Shang ignored the firm opposition of his younger brothers, Resolutely decided to send an envoy to reach out to Fatty Lu, asking Fatty Lu to take out Tingzhou and Ganzhou to repay him, and return his own Chaozhou Prefecture, and withdraw Liu Jinzhong's team back to Fujian-if it doesn't work, then slowly discuss other solutions.

However, our Lord Shang is not so confused. In order not to anger his brother-in-law who already has the absolute advantage in strength, Lord Shang decided to let his youngest sister, Fatty Lu’s first wife, Shang Wanyi, be the emissary, and send him off on an excuse. Return Shang Wanyi, let Shang Wanyi go to Beijing to blow pillow wind in Fatty Lu's ears, and instigate Fatty Lu to compensate his wife's natal brother-even if it fails, Fatty Lu will not be convenient for his wife's sake to turn his face, Lord Shang You can also calmly seek other ways to resolve disputes and contradictions.

Some friends may want to ask, did our Prince Shang take the wrong medicine or burn his head?Such a good hostage as Shang Wanyi, how could he be willing to return it to Fatty Lu? Wouldn’t it be better to take Shang Wanyi as a hostage and force Fatty Lu to exchange land?Although the words are reasonable, the question is, does our Lord Shang dare to do this?Shang Wanyi is his own sister after all, how could he threaten Fatty Lu with Shang Wanyi, and threaten Fatty Lu with his sister Shang Wanyi's life?No matter whether the threat is successful or not, Lord Shang's reputation is completely rotten, and even if the threat is successful, Fatty Lu exchanged the land for his wife, Shang Wanyi left the Lord Shang's control, and hundreds of thousands of angry fat soldiers fell Can turn Pingnan Wangfu into powder!
So there is no other way, the smartest and most sensible choice for Lord Shang is to use his sister to play the family card and take the initiative to return his sister. This can not only save food and expenses, but also make Fatty Lu owe a favor. Fatty refused, and it was inconvenient for Fatty Lu to turn his back on him.Fortunately, when Prince Shang explained his plan to his younger sister Shang Wanyi alone, Shang Wanyi immediately agreed to his brother's request and promised to try his best to persuade Fatty Lu to repay his brother. Escort my sister to Fujian and hand it over to Fatty Lu's old running dog Li Tianzhi.

"Idiot!" Shang Wanyan sneered inwardly as she watched her brother leave happily, "I have done so many immoral things, and if I didn't find a way to get my husband to forgive me sooner, I really don't know that I want to ask for land and reward from him." How do you write the word dead! But it’s also good, if my old lady returns to Xianggong’s side, at least I can leave some incense for the Shang family in the future.”

When Shang Wanyi was escorted to Fujian by the Lord Shang, the Fatty Army led by Geng Jun who surrendered, and they were already fighting in northern Quanzhou, western Zhangzhou, and Zheng Jing's troops, and they were betrayed by Zheng Jing and Monk Zhixin in turn. The Fujian army was determined to take revenge, and fought vigorously. The superior cavalry of the Fatty Army was a nightmare for Zheng Jing's troops in the field. The more cunning fat army took it away, and even Zheng Jing himself was worried that he would be surrounded by the fat army on the mainland and could not escape, so he fled back to Taiwan with Feng Xifan and Chen Shengwu and other cronies in disgrace, leaving Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to the mainland. Generals Liu Guoxuan, Lin Ying, and Wu Shu guarded the guards. Although Liu Guoxuan and the others lived up to the trust entrusted by Zheng Jing, they tried their best to resist the offensive of the Fat Army, but the overall strength was too different. Taiwan is only a matter of time.

Hearing the news that Shang Zhixin sent Shang Wanyi back, Li Tianzhi had to order Guo Yingfu, who was in charge of the southern battlefield, to send heavy troops to protect Shang Wanyi going north, and personally led the army to Yanping Mansion to meet Shang Wanyi, and joined Shang Wanyi's team in the battle. We met outside Sha County in Yanping Prefecture.We met again after five years. Li Tianzhi, who was expelled from the Pingnan Palace because of an accident on the way to escort Shang Wanyi to Beijing, and Shang, who was not used to being called a princess and who happened to have a bad relationship with Fatty Lu in Fujian Wan Yan, inevitably full of emotions, looked at each other and burst into tears.

Choked up in front of Li Tianzhi for a long time, Shang Wanyi finally hoarse voice, and asked Li Tianzhi with tears in his eyes, "Is he..., okay?"

"Him?" Li Tianzhi was stunned at first, then quickly came to his senses, wiped away his tears and replied: "Back to the princess, I haven't seen the prince for more than two years, but the general has sent letters to the prince many times to say hello, the prince They all answered that they are in good health, so that the general does not have to worry, and please don't worry about the princess, you will be able to meet the prince again soon."

"He's good, that's good." Shang Wanzhen nodded slowly, and suddenly, without Fatty Lu's teasing, she suddenly smiled, and asked Li Tianzhi with a smile: "General Tianzhi, back then you and that fat man escorted the When I went to the capital and passed through Fujian, did I ever think that that fat man would have today? Have you ever thought that you can also have today, leading troops to Fujian for that fat man, and taking care of those things that were done to you and the fat man back then? The flamboyant princes and dignitaries beat all over the floor, forcing them to kowtow to the fat man?"

"At that time, the general didn't even dream about it." Li Tianzhi replied honestly: "The general was expelled from the Pingnan Palace at that time, and the reason why he chose to join the prince was indeed because the general felt that the prince was definitely not someone in the pool. , following the prince, the general will definitely have a day when he will be proud of himself—but the general never dreamed that the prince could rise to this level, let alone imagine that the general himself could be so proud. Prince Geng, who doesn't even have to look at the last general, will kneel and surrender to the last general."

Speaking of this, Li Tianzhi also showed a smile on his face, and saluted Shang Wanyi and said: "Thanks to the concubine, I will meet the prince in the end, and thanks to the concubine, I will make the most correct choice in life. "Speaking, Li Tianzhi pointed at Prince Shang's confidants Zhang Yongxiang brothers who nodded and bowed in the distance with flattering faces, and said with a smile: "Otherwise, the last general must be like them now, bowing his knees here to pay respects to the other generals of the prince. "

Shang Wanyan laughed again, and couldn't help murmuring in a low voice: "Your choice at that time was the most correct choice in your life. What about my choice at that time? Was it right? Or was it wrong?"

Li Tianzhi didn't dare to speak anymore, and he also somewhat understood Shang Wanyi's thoughts. When Fatty Lu was in his infancy, Shang Wanyi did not hesitate to leave his parents and be expelled from the genealogy in order to choose Fatty Lu.Now that Fatty Lu is famous and even has power in the world, but Shang Wanyi is deprived of the qualifications of Fatty Lu's official wife because of his family background and the burden of his father and brother, and his son is also taken hostage by Fatty Lu's enemies. Fatty Lu's glory is almost I didn't touch a little bit, but Shang Wanyi had to bear all the hardships that a wife should share. The fate is so miserable that Li Tianzhi, an outsider who knows what happened before and after, doesn't know whether Shang Wanyi's choice back then was right or wrong. up.

Fortunately, Shang Wanyi did not continue on this question. After wiping away the tears on her thin cheeks, Shang Wanyi whispered to Li Tianzhi: "General Tianzhi, can I ask you something?"

"Princess, please tell me." Li Tianzhi quickly stood up.

"No, it's not an order." Shang Wanzhen shook her head slowly, and whispered in a hoarse voice: "I'm begging, I know, the fat man will not let my father and my brother go, attack Guangdong, and wipe out the Pingnan Palace , sooner or later he will entrust you with a mission. I also know that my father deliberately wronged you when he drove you away, using you as a scapegoat to cover up the scandal of his two sons fighting for power by killing their sister. You are very innocent. It is also very wronged."

"Marry a chicken as a chicken, and marry a dog as a dog. Although I don't want to object to the fat man doing this, but, as a daughter of the Shang family, I want to ask you to treat us in the future for the sake of our Shang family's raising you. Let the Shang family be merciful, my father has been sick for a year and has not left his bed, don't let him be a fat prisoner and suffer those humiliations, give him a happy time."

"The general understands, please don't worry, my concubine." Li Tianzhi nodded solemnly, and said in a low and serious voice: "If there is such a day, the general will never let the prince be humiliated again. What about the eldest prince, do you have any orders?"

"Him?" Shang Wanyan smiled sadly, and said with a helpless expression: "He is still thinking about cutting the meat from the fat man and dividing the territory from the fat man. How could the fat man tolerate him? Pleading for him will only hurt you, if possible, if you can leave him a whole body, I will be satisfied."

Li Tianzhi pursed his lips and nodded solemnly, "Princess, please rest assured, I will remember it in the end."

(End of this chapter)