Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 289

With the help of the Qing court, a new court quickly appeared on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, one in the north and one in the south.

What shocked Zhu Yujian even more was that the officials of the former Hongguang Dynasty, some people who are now serving in Yingtian Mansion, secretly negotiated to cross the river north to join Hongguang Emperor.

Zhu Yujian understood what these people were thinking, because under Tang Ning's leadership, Ying Tianfu's system had changed a lot.

The power of those people who could call the wind and call the rain and be lawless in the Hongguang Dynasty before was greatly weakened.

Moreover, their merits are often assessed. If they do not have the corresponding ability, they may be directly removed from their official positions.

This is unimaginable for many people who regard power as their fate, so they chase after power so frantically.

Now seeing that Emperor Hongguang had re-established a new regime, he thought about going to defection, thinking about a better future, and thinking about restoring the past.

As for Emperor Hongguang, although he wore the cloak of the Ming Dynasty, he was actually a puppet of the Qing court. They didn't care.

Faced with this situation, the Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously agreed to first establish their position on Ming Pao.

He denounced the Hongguang court as a puppet regime under the control of the Qing court, disregarding the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and helping the Qing court to fight against the new army and Yingtianfu's Northern Expedition for its own self-interest.

This is a betrayal of Daming, a betrayal of the ancestors.

Ying Tianfu will not recognize the existence of such a traitorous regime, nor will it make any compromises with this traitorous regime.

If people who care about this kind of traitorous regime are willing to continue to serve as lackeys for the Tartars, they can cross the river north, and Ying Tianfu will not stop it.

However, Ying Tianfu will fight the traitors to the end and will never stop dying.

The second thing Ying Tianfu did was to immediately suspend the negotiations with the Qing court.

At the same time, Song Yunshu and Wu Shu strengthened Yingtian Mansion's defenses, in case the former Hong Guang Dynasty general who held military power might have other thoughts.

As long as the safety of Ying Tianfu and Zhu Yujian and others are guaranteed, those people will not dare to act rashly even if they have bad intentions.

However, under Dorgon's instigation, Emperor Hongguang took the initiative to contact Zhang Xianzhong, saying that as long as Zhang Xianzhong returned to Sichuan, he could rule the river with him, and publicly acknowledged it.

Originally Zhang Xianzhong wasn't very moved, but after the persuasion of people from Dorgon's faction and his own godson Sun Kewang, he was also moved.

Since Tangning led the army to attack Liaodong, occupied Shengjing, and then defeated Hauge, the situation has undergone tremendous changes.

The once insolent Man Qing was no longer the opponent of the new army, not to mention keeping half of Jiangbei, it seemed that even self-protection was difficult.

Because of this, they had to rack their brains to come up with the big drama of restoring Emperor Hongguang, and they were struggling hard.

It can be seen from this that the Qing army is no longer the opponent of the new army.

For him, Zhang Xianzhong, no matter whether it was the New Army or the Qing Army, he didn't want either side to dominate.Because any one of them will become the big enemy of Zhang Xianzhong.

It's best for both sides to fight to the death, and he, Zhang Xianzhong, picks up some small bargains.

In the end, both sides will suffer, just like Li Zicheng, who destroyed Daming, but let Manqing take advantage of it.

He, Zhang Xianzhong, is also like picking up such a big leak, but the facts have proved that such a good thing can be encountered but not sought.

Now that the winner and loser had been decided, the defeat of the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty was basically decided. Their best outcome was to exchange with the new army. Tangning gave up Liaodong and returned the captives to the Qing army, while the Qing army retreated outside the pass.

The worst result, of course, is that the Qing court was wiped out in the pass.

Once these two situations happen, the Qing army will be wiped out no matter whether it retreats outside the customs.

On the territory of Ming Dynasty, the new army has no opponents, and it is very likely that they will set their sights on Zhang Xianzhong next.

Therefore, for his own benefit, Zhang Xianzhong did think a lot under the persuasion of Sun Kewang and other interest groups.

However, his other three adopted sons, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, disagreed with the slightest involvement with the Qing court. They suggested that the Manchu Qing should be eliminated first, and that Ming's internal affairs should be resolved separately.

Zhang Xianzhong hesitated for a while, because reason told him that he could gain the greatest benefit by cooperating with the Qing court and Emperor Hongguang.

However, he, Zhang Xianzhong, was also very displeased with the Manchu Qing. After Li Zicheng died in battle, he even decided to go north to fight against the Qing.

It's just that Tang Ning's new army suddenly appeared and became another formidable opponent of the Qing army. He, Zhang Xianzhong, hoped that they would lose both sides, so he suspended the plan to go north.

If you cooperate with the Manchus now, what is the difference with those who betrayed their ancestors?
Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts were loosening, Sun Kewang advised him from another way of thinking, saying that he would only cooperate with Emperor Hongguang and not get involved with the Qing court.

Emperor Hongguang is the orthodox of Ming Dynasty, and it is more legitimate than the Tang Jianguo in Yingtianfu. Emperor Hongguang is the real representative of Ming Dynasty.

As for the Qing court, judging by its situation, the regime in the Central Plains will not last long.

If he took advantage of this opportunity, taking advantage of Tangning's new army with a large number of elites far away in Liaodong, they could concentrate their forces to take the Jiangnan area.

The Jiangnan region, especially Guangdong, has become very prosperous under Tangning's governance.

If you get Jiangnan and carry out some management, it will not be difficult for the Northern Expedition to seize national power in the future.

Finally, the desire for power made Zhang Xianzhong give up his persistence in certain aspects.

He agreed to cooperate with Emperor Hongguang, and Emperor Hongguang also fully agreed, and secretly ordered He Tengjiao, governor of Huguang, and Fang Anguo, Wang Zhiren, the general army of Zhejiang, to cooperate with the Western Army's actions.

At the same time, he also ordered the troops of the four towns in Jiangbei to try their best to prevent the new army in Jiangbei from going south to support. When the time comes, the West Army will be able to take down the defenseless Jiangnan.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong stopped the Northern Expedition, sent tens of thousands of people to garrison the occupied southern part of Shaanxi, and led the main force back to Sichuan to prepare for the Eastern Expedition.

The change in Zhang Xianzhong's attitude was known to Ying Tianfu in a timely manner, and it was confirmed that he had secretly negotiated with the northern regime.

The reason for this is that the Ministry of Intelligence has long been closely monitoring the entire Sichuan, as well as every move of the Daxi Army, and intercepted the secret message conveyed by Emperor Hongguang to He Tengjiao.

In addition, Qin Liangyu took the initiative to hand over the secret decree issued to her by Emperor Hongguang to Ying Tianfu.

All of these incidents show that Emperor Hongguang completely fell to the Qing court and became a puppet, and Zhang Xianzhong only valued interests and forgot about etiquette and shame.

But not everyone is like him, just like Qin Liangyu, senior Qin, she is absolutely loyal to Daming, and she also knows in her heart that Emperor Hongguang is more orthodox than Tang Jianguo.

But it should never have happened, Emperor Hongguang should not have cooperated with the Qing court, and also cooperated with Zhang Xianzhong, a rebel, in order to gather these rebel forces to disrupt the hard-won Jiangnan region.

She even wanted to recruit her white soldiers to do such a treasonous thing and risk the world's disgrace.

It can be said that Emperor Hongguang's move made her very disappointed with the Hongguang court.

She is loyal to Daming, but she is not foolishly loyal. If she really followed what Emperor Hongguang did, she would become an accomplice in the destruction of Daming.

Therefore, she rejected this unjust act without hesitation, and then reminded Ying Tianfu to strengthen precautions, and said that the white soldiers would do their best to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from committing crimes.

Tang Jianguo Zhu Yujian was greatly moved.

With things at this point, there was no other way but to activate Tangning's already prepared tricks.

(End of this chapter)