The "Eunuch Party rebels" at Zhengyangmen basically sounded the death knell for the "Nanjing Eunuch Party opponents"!
A fire gun corps commanded by Chen Yidao immediately invaded the inner city of Nanjing from Zhengyang Gate.
Zhengyangmen in Nanjing is the same as Zhengyangmen in Beijing, facing the main entrance of the imperial city. The layout of the Nanjing Imperial City is similar to that of the Beijing Imperial City. Between Zhengyang Gate and Chengtian Gate, the main gate of the imperial city, there is a gate that guards the six ministries and nine ministers and other government offices. The city gate in Beijing is called Daming Gate. The gate outside the Imperial City of Nanjing is taller and more majestic and is called Hongwu Gate.
Inside the Hongwu Gate is a wide imperial road. On both sides of the imperial road are the yamen of the six ministries and nine ministers of Nanjing. At the end of the imperial road is Chengtianmen, the main gate of the imperial city. Outside Chengtianmen there are also Chang'an Street, Jinshui River (imperial city moat) and the East and West Chang'an Gates. And inside Chengtianmen is the Imperial City of Nanjing.
Although the layout is similar, the imperial city and various government offices in Nanjing are in disrepair. Especially the Imperial City of Nanjing, which had not been occupied by an emperor for more than two hundred years and had gone too far during the Jingnan War, was already in dilapidated condition.
However, no matter how much the Imperial City of Nanjing is destroyed, in the eyes of the officials and people in Nanjing, it is still the symbol of the highest power!
The gain or loss of the Imperial City also means the gain or loss of Nanjing City.
So when the military flag of "Emperor Taizu Gao was reincarnated" was raised on the towers of Hongwumen and Chengtianmen, the "eunuch rebel army" in Nanjing ushered in a total collapse!
Including the nobles and ministers on the tower of Chaoyangmen Wengcheng, they no longer had the courage to resist, so they had to disperse and find their own way to survive.
As for the defenders at the other dozen or so city gates who had not yet surrendered, they dispersed or surrendered like an avalanche.
The cavalry of the new army that overcame the difficulties of the brigade immediately rushed into the prosperous and prosperous inner city of Nanjing! They formed a team of forty cavalry, either rushing towards luxurious mansions, or patrolling the busiest streets to maintain order in the city - under the repeated orders of Prince Zhu, they overcame difficulties. Everyone in the New Army has regarded Nanjing as their new home.
We can't let young people take the opportunity to cause trouble now and rob the most prosperous area in Nanjing.
And just when the inner city of Nanjing changed hands, there was still a general on Zhongshan in the outer city who had not decided whether to be an eunuch or a Donglin party - he was Huang Degong!
Huang Degong was depressed and was blocked by Ma Shiying's 0,000 Guizhou soldiers for most of the day. He was also furious and looked for Ma Shiying for most of the day, and he was only three feet away from digging the ground of Linggu Temple.
But no matter how he looked, he couldn't find Ma Shiying. It wasn't until around midnight that afternoon that Ma Shiying showed up on her own.
And he also brought an order from Zhu Cixiang!
Zhu Cixi wanted to make Huang Degong the "vassal uncle" of Xuyi in Yongzhen, that is, to give Huang Degong a fief in Xuyi County on the edge of Hongze Lake in Xuyi. This Xuyi is a dangerous place on the bank of the Huaihe River. It is mainly a peninsula, surrounded by Hongze Lake on three sides, and also governs one or two islands in Hongze Lake.
As long as Huang Degong manages Xuyi with his heart, he can definitely make Xuyi a stronghold that can be maintained independently - this is why Zhu Cixang gave Xuyi to Huang Degong. He is still worried about what happened in history when the Qing army went south!
At the same time, Zhu Cihong wanted Huang Degong to continue serving as the chief soldier of Fengyang Guard. However, the entire Fengyang Mansion cannot be handed over to him. Fengyang Mansion is the central capital of the Ming Dynasty. It has the Central Capital Remaining Department, which has eight guards and one office. Once managed, it can control a large population and land, so naturally it cannot be left to Huang Degong's rule.
However, Zhu Cixiang would not treat Huang Degong's army badly. He would give a one-time reward of 100,000 taels of silver and 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 shi of rice and wheat on a monthly basis for military needs. And they are all controlled by Huang Degong alone. Prince Zhu will not send anyone to check the accounts!
"Ma Zhijun, what's going on? What contribution have I made to His Royal Highness? Is it worthy of such a heavy reward?"
Huang Degong did not accept the order, but asked coldly.
"Hahaha," Ma Shiying looked up to the sky and laughed, "General Manager's memory is not very good. Have you forgotten about the joint memorial with Ma?"
"Jointly writing a memorial" Huang Degong had already remembered, "What did you write?"
Ma Shiying said: "Of course I respectfully ask Your Majesty to give up your throne to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"What? Ma Shiying, how could you do this!" Huang Degong almost jumped up.
This memorial to respectfully ask the emperor to step down and give way to the throne is even more despicable than the memorial to persuade the crown prince to become a prince!
The memorial to persuade the prince to marry was for Zhu Cixiang, and many people wrote it. The memorial asking Chongzhen to abdicate was for Emperor Chongzhen!
This memorial jointly signed by Ma Shiying and Huang Degong is the first one!
Ma Shiying snorted: "Isn't it just to save our lives? You also know how the prince's new army fights. Against them, my 000 Guizhou soldiers will definitely collapse at a touch. Don't count on it. Your 000 servants How strong can it be? Can it defeat the prince's 20,000-strong army? Can they defeat ten of them each?"
Huang Degong's face was ashen. He is a veteran in the army, so of course he knows that an army that fights so fiercely at night must be extremely elite! Anyway, it is impossible for his own servants to be so active at night.
Moreover, the prince's new army came all the way from Zhenjiang. When they arrived in Nanjing, they fought at night without rest, and continued until the afternoon of the next day.
At least two days and one night without rest! What kind of physical strength is this? They are all wearing armor and fighting!
This kind of physical strength is at least the level of the servants of the border army and the old camp of the rogue bandits. If Prince Zhu had 20,000 "housekeepers" like this, he would indeed be able to move sideways in the southeast.
Ma Shiying went on to say: "How long has it been since His Highness the Crown Prince has been mobilizing the army? It is only a few days short of half a year to recruit more than 50,000 such elite soldiers in half a year. This ability to lead troops is far beyond that of a saint! If we can give it time, why worry about the Ming Dynasty not being able to do it?" revival?"
In fact, Zhu Cixi didn't have more than 50,000 elite soldiers. Those who could really fight were only 10,000. Including 4 fire gun guilds, 2 armored cavalry guilds, an artillery battalion, some guards, night guards and so on.
But with these 10,000 elite soldiers, Zhu Cixiang is not something that a character like Huang Degong can handle!
Now the "eunuch party" in Nanjing has been almost wiped out. If Huang Degong still refuses to accept it, then go down the mountain and try it out. At worst, there will be hundreds of casualties, and the Huang family's 1,000 servants can still be wiped out!
Huang Degong sighed: "I wanted to be a loyal minister, but now I am going to be a traitor."
"How can he be a traitor?" Ma Shiying said sternly, "General Manager Huang and this governor are now Donglin gentlemen. Those who block the traffic in Nanjing City are the eunuch traitors!"
What? Huang Degong was stunned again and again: Am I the gentleman of Donglin? And how come those who serve the king in Nanjing City become eunuchs?
Ma Shiying smiled and said: "It is unmistakable that Zhao Zhilong, Zhu Guobi, and Xu Yongji all admitted that they were eunuchs! This time in the Nanjing incident, it was the eunuchs who were causing chaos!"
Huang Degongxin said: He is obviously a loyal minister of King Qin, but he is called an eunuch. This is really an injustice through the ages!
"These loyal ministers really died unjustly."
At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen in the Mei family mansion also had the same idea.
"Father, the rebellion caused by the eunuchs in Nanjing City has been put down by my sons!"
Zhu Cixiang, dressed in armor, was standing in front of Emperor Chongzhen and loudly reported the "good news" to him.
"Father! The city of Nanjing is now in our hands!" Zhu Cixi smiled so hard that he almost couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. "This is the land of Longxing for our ancestors!"
In fact, having Nanjing in hand was not what pleased Zhu Cixiang the most. What pleased him most was that he could continue to put down the remaining power of the eunuch rebellion and clean up the influence of the nobles and ministers in the southeast.
After sweeping them away, those heroes who followed Zhu Cixiang to the south will get the land, mansions and wives.
And Zhu Cixi himself could also take the opportunity to control a certain amount of land and population. In today's feudal society, a monarch who controls land and population can truly take root.
