Don't be afraid, I'm here!
With Zhu Cixiang's guarantee, Huang Dabao certainly wasn't afraid anymore! Huang Dabao is the great eunuch who has overcome difficulties. He followed Emperor Zhu to fight his way out of Beijing. What scene have you not seen before? Of course I wasn’t afraid anymore. I went back to prepare for the funeral. On the third day, I walked away crying...not because of fear, but because I was sad for Dongguo Gege who died young. He was going to report his funeral, how could he go on the road happily?
On the same day as him, Zu Kefa and Zu Zeqing went north. The former was going to Liaodong to meet Duduo. He would first go to Dengzhou, then cross the sea to Liao, where he would be received by Jiabus, and then go to Duduo's army. Go in the middle. The latter traveled with Huang Dabao and went to see Azig with Zhu Cixiang's peace conditions.
In addition, Jin Yiwei's secret envoy from Beizhen Fusi will also follow Zu Zeqing northward, pretending to be Zu Zeqing's attaché and entering Beijing.
The city of Beijing now is no better than in the past. There are no ordinary Han people in the city, so it is not easy for the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei to get in!
If it weren't for the presence of Jia Leshi, the nine great imperial merchants, it would not have been so easy for Emperor Zhu to collect information about the Beiqing Dynasty!
Now, due to the internal division of the Qing Dynasty, two major factions, the Guan Nei Army and the Guan Wai Army, emerged, and Jabs happened to belong to the Guan Wai Army faction, so the Ming Dynasty has lost its source of intelligence from Beijing.
We just took advantage of this diplomatic event to send agents in. There are many well-informed officials in the Qing camp in Beijing who are eagerly waiting for the Jinyiwei agents to contact them!
Moreover, Emperor Zhu had already laid out two big chess pieces before leaving Beijing - two ministers holding loyalty certificates.
Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng have kept a low profile in the past two years. Now they have joined the Xianglvqi and are bannermen, so they can still keep their Beijing hukou.
But the house can no longer be saved, once again... When Dorgon issued a house occupation order last time, their house in Beijing was occupied. Fortunately, housing prices in the outer cities of Beijing have not been high in recent years, so they can afford it with their salary. So they both bought a house in the outer city - they both said they knew it well. Before Dorgon died, they were ready to die as ghosts of the Qing Dynasty.
Because Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng, who were in Beijing at that time, really couldn't see that Ming Dynasty could fight back.
The Ming Dynasty is now rich, has a Ming emperor, and its army is not weak. It is impossible to crush the Qing army, but it can be evenly matched. This can be seen in the past few battles between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
But the military weaknesses of the Ming Dynasty are also very prominent. First, there are no horses! The problem of the weak Song Dynasty back then is also present in the Ming Dynasty, but there are ways to make up for it. Because after the return of Pingxi and Shuofang, the Ming Dynasty had channels to buy horses.
Second, there is a lack of generals! This is a headache. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were famous generals such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie. But who is there in Ming Dynasty? The Wu family father and son? That was Donglu's defeated general! Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Li Chengdong? Those three are all brave men. As for Shi Kefa and Zuo Maodi... they have lost the battle! Although their defeat was enough to make Huang Taiji "cry" when Emperor Chongzhen was in power, the capital of the Qing Dynasty now is much richer than when it was outside the customs! Especially with the addition of the Two Green Banners and the Nine Banners garrisoning the Aung Bang Zhangjing Yamen, they actually have the ability to recruit Han warriors to join the army, which can make up for the lack of manpower.
Therefore, in the eyes of both of them, it would be very difficult for Nanming, who had no generals, to succeed in the Northern Expedition, unless the Qing Dynasty made a stupid move.
And now this big mistake has actually come... The Qing Dynasty was divided into two. Duduo and Azig wanted their brothers to fight against each other, and it turned out to be an internal strife.
In order to save the city of Beijing when Duduo or others attacked, the first thing Azig did when he returned to Beijing was to order the demolition of the outer city of Beijing to strengthen the city defense.
The officials or servants of the two green banners who originally lived in the outer city either moved to the inner city, or moved to Yongping Mansion or Xuan Mansion... As for compensation, there is no compensation!
Whoever comes next to you should consider yourself unlucky!
Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng, two brothers who consider themselves unlucky, went to the city together early this morning to look at houses.
It is not difficult to find a house, because many nobles from Zhenglan Banner and Zhengbai Banner who originally lived in the city have "abandoned their houses and fled". They all left their Beijing household registrations and courtyard houses in the second ring road and ran back to the Northeast!
Therefore, there are a large number of vacant houses available for rent in the Gushan Ezhen Yamen of Zhenglan and Zhengbai Banners.
Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng, both of whom were "just in need", no longer wanted to buy a house, so they rented two adjacent small courtyards as a temporary place to live - just squeeze in! The two of them were the heroes who stayed in Beijing to cut off Zhu Cixi's rear. When the Northern Expedition was victorious, were they still afraid that they would not have a good house to live in?
After looking at the house, we returned to Luo Yangxing's house outside the city together. We wanted to have a drink together and look forward to a bright future... But as soon as we entered the door, we met a palace man. The eunuch who came here came to invite Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng (their houses outside the city were also next to each other), two idlers, to go to the palace to discuss matters.
It was the regent Azige who invited Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng into the palace. The reason why Azig thought of Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng was because Zu Zeqing, whom he sent to Wuhan to meet Zhu Cihong, had returned and brought a new version of the draft of the "North-South Peace Treaty".
In this draft, Emperor Zhu proposed some land west of the Shandong Canal, south of the Daqing River, and land in Kaifeng, Guide, Henan, and Ruzhou in Henan Province.
This is to take advantage of the internal strife in the Qing Dynasty to cut off the land of the Qing Dynasty!
Before Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng approached the Wuying Palace in the Forbidden City, they heard Azige's loud voice speaking Manchurian that was difficult to understand.
"This Emperor Zhu is really good at planning what he wants. He actually wants to take over so much of our territory without spending a single soldier! Bah! If he has the ability, he can come over and fight. I am not afraid of Shi Kefa, Zuo Maodi, Wu Sangui, and Zhu Cijiong. , no one can beat them, they are all dead weight!"
Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng didn't know why Azige would think of them, and they always felt a little guilty - they were in Qingying and their minds were clear! So when I entered Wuying Hall, I wanted to find a corner to squint. Who knew that as soon as I entered, I saw Zu Dashou, Zu Zeqing, Sun Zhixian, Jin Zhijun, Zuo Maotai, Chen Mingxia, Feng Quan, Zhang Xuan, Liu Yuyou, and Wu Weihua Waiting for a large group of traitors and traitors.
These two ministers have basically learned Manchurian and can understand what Azige said. After Azig finished speaking, everyone rushed to express their opinions.
"What the Imperial Uncle and the Regent said is absolutely..."
"Yes, no one in the Southern Dynasties can fight, but our Qing Dynasty has a sea of elite soldiers and a cloud of fierce generals!"
"The emperor's uncle and the regent are even more impressive in their military skills..."
Luo Yangxing and Guang Shiheng looked at each other and said to themselves: Azige is giving reassurance to everyone!
What the Ming Dynasty wanted was just a little territory in Henan and Shandong, so it would not threaten the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. The reason why the Ming Dynasty took advantage and gave up was because there were no good generals and warriors. Even if there were many soldiers and enough food, they would not be able to exert any advantage.
To be honest, Azig’s words seem to make some sense!
There is indeed no one in Nanming who can compare with the two brothers Azig and Duduo in terms of handsomeness and general talent!
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"Your Highness, Shanghai has arrived, and you can set foot on the land of the Ming Empire immediately."
On the same day that Zu Zeqing arrived in Beijing, a huge fleet consisting of 5 Western sailing ships and 5 Chinese-style ten thousand stone bird ships was slowly sailing into the busy Wusong River. The leader was a large four-masted sailing ship with a deadweight of 800 tons, which was the "Flying" that Ji Kun bought at a high price. In a cabin in the stern of the Flying Ship, Li Shaoyou, who had been wandering overseas for a long time, was talking in French to the short and thin Prince Kongdai.
His Royal Highness looked down and out, holding a coffee cup in his hand, but looking directly at Li Shaoyou's new wife, a Bavarian beauty with black hair and blue eyes, an angelic face, and a devilish figure. .....
