The ten years of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty were such a difficult year for the Zhenglv Banner traitors in Shandong and Henan Prefectures.
Because the "five-year agreement" between the Ming and Qing Dynasties had expired, and through the marriage of Princess Jianning, the Qing Dynasty had already cut off the territory of the three vassal kings of Shandong and Henan.
That is to say, we are ready to abandon the Zhenglvqi traitors on the ground in Shandong and Henan at any time!
This is really a bit miserable. The slaves of the Qing Dynasty are regarded as the abandoned slaves of the Qing Dynasty... and after being regarded as the abandoned slaves of the Qing Dynasty, they still have to be loyal. Because they suddenly find themselves unable to change jobs!
When Wu Sangui changed his job from Pingxi King of the Qing Dynasty to Liang Guogong, Pingxi Jiedushi of the Ming Dynasty, the traitors in Zhengluqi were still very encouraged.
Look, how valuable these traitors are! The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were all vying for them, so there was no need to worry about glory and wealth!
But I didn't expect that Emperor Zhu would not recruit people if he said he didn't want them. Oh, it’s not that we don’t recruit at all, but the treatment is wrong.
Wu Sangui's treatment when he switched jobs and returned to Ming Dynasty was very good. Not only did he retain all of his territory, but he also got Xi'an Prefecture. The 330 thousand households under the command occupy 20 million acres of land in Shaanxi and Gansu... Although they are all barren lands, there are still a lot of them.
But now it was the turn of Fan Wencheng (Kong Sizhen) and Geng Jimao's men to consider changing jobs. The conditions offered by the Ming Dynasty were actually to confiscate the banner and disarm them without death or imprisonment.
In other words, after being a traitor for so many years, it is best to end up with nothing but a dead life!
Who can agree to this?
During this period, the high-level traitors in Shandong and Henan were all the Eight Immortals who crossed the sea, showed their magical powers, and contacted the Ming Dynasty through various channels. So everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards traitors like them has become extremely unfriendly...
"The key to the problem now is the land in our hands!" Several officers of the Kong family army were sitting on the table gnashing their teeth in a house with tall and strong walls and a watchtower in Liaocheng.
These officers are all Maile Zhangjing and Jiala Zhangjing of the Zhenglu Banner, including Maile Zhangjing, Wang Yongnian, Jiala Zhangjing, Guoan, Meng Yimao, Hu Tongchun, Li Yidi, plus Chuzhen Anping (Anping Town ), Sun Yanling, the son of Sun Long, Mele Zhangjing. Except for Sun Yanling's younger generation, the rest of them are old guys who followed Kong Youde to memorize the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the Qing Dynasty. To be honest, they are still very loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Kong Youde is different from Wu Sangui. The latter fell into the water and became a traitor when Beijing fell and Li Zicheng and Dorgon blocked him at both ends of Shanhaiguan. It was the fourth year of Chongzhen when Kong Youde launched the Wuqiao Mutiny! Moreover, after the Wuqiao Mutiny, Emperor Chongzhen tried many times to recruit troops, but Kong Youde refused them all. He was really determined to surrender to Hou Jin.
After the gold was dropped, not only did Hou Jin provide much-needed cannons, warships and craftsmen who could cast Hongyi cannons, but he also led Hou Jin soldiers to capture Lushunkou and kill Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of southern Liaoning. Later generations will only see When Mao Wenlong arrived at Pi Island to contain the Hou Jin soldiers, he ignored the Liaonan Ming army on the Jinzhou Peninsula to contain the Hou Jin soldiers.
Mao Wenlong's death certainly relieved Hou Jin from a lot of worries, but it was only after the fall of Lushun that he was completely relieved.
This Jinzhou Peninsula has an isthmus to defend, is backed by the sea, is close to Dengzhou, and has a frost-free port like Lushun. Is the military value comparable to that of Phi Island? Even Ningyuan Town is not as good as Jinzhou and Lushun!
In addition, Kong Youde's department was responsible for the pilot project of modernization of the Ming army. If successful, the Ming Dynasty may further promote military modernization and introduce more Western military technologies, which may change the balance of strength and weakness on the battlefields of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Kong Youde's rebellion directly led to the beheading of Sun Yuanhua, the Denglai governor who presided over the military reform of the Ming army, and the pace of military reform was completely halted.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Kong Youde and his men were die-hard traitors and promoters of the rise of the Qing Dynasty.
How could they be disloyal to the Qing Dynasty? How can you not love Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Duduo?
But the problem is that the Qing Dynasty regarded them as abandoned sons, and the Ming Dynasty also refused to give them the same treatment as Wu Sangui... In fact, they refused to defect!
He handed over his land and his weapons... This was not about defecting anyway, but about becoming a prisoner of war!
Now I say spare my life, but who knows if the Emperor of Heaven will look for trouble again?
Besides, what's the use of sparing your life? If you don’t have anything to eat, don’t you have to starve to death?
I had already drank a lot of strong wine to drown my sorrow. With the strength of the wine, I didn't have so many scruples when speaking. I just said whatever I thought about, and my voice became louder and louder.
King Yongnian of Mele Zhangjing said loudly: "Mele Zhangjing has really suffered a loss in the past few years... All the accumulation over the years has been invested in the team and the city, and only a little land is left in his hands. If there is no more , that means losing everything, how will you live in the future?"
He spoke what the big guy was thinking. After the Zhenglv Banner was established, all they did was engage in warlord business with "unlimited liability". The troops in their hands were assets, their own... Although the court would provide some subsidies, the bulk of the money still depended on Own. Find ways to operate and make profits!
And what they can operate on is, of course, land! So they all invested money in the land, reclaimed wasteland, built water conservancy projects, bought cattle and farm tools, and of course paid Yama debts to the tenants.
In addition, the military is their foundation! Investment is also necessary, building armor, buying horses, building castles...everything costs money!
And they have to come up with these investments themselves!
So in the past few years, they have turned the capital gained from years of plundering into military equipment, fertile land and castles, and there is not much money left on hand.
If they had to hand over their armies, lands, castles...then everyone would go bankrupt!
"What the hell! Let's fight them!" Jia La Zhang Jing Lin Guo'an breathed out the smell of alcohol and gritted his teeth and said, "Nothing else, just one word: fight! We will definitely let the Emperor of the Zhu family know how powerful we are! It was so difficult to get to Dengzhou back then, didn’t we get through it?”
Sun Long's son, Sun Yanling, is a handsome young man. He should have been at his most high-spirited, but now he is a little sluggish. After drinking a few more drinks, he just sighed.
Lin Guoan looked at this young man: "Sun Erlang, what do you have in mind?"
Sun Yanling shook his head and said calmly: "I'm just thinking, how long can the money and food we have on hand last? When you seniors joined the Qing Dynasty, to be honest, it was because you had no money? After so many years, you still have no money. ..."
When money was mentioned, no one spoke, and they all bowed their heads and drank.
They are all warlords with "unlimited responsibilities". They are currently using their family property to support the consumption of the team. Once the family property is exhausted, it is difficult to say whether the team can maintain it.
At that time, not only the family property will be lost, but also the lives of yourself and your family!
...
At the same time, Fan Wencheng entered Kong Sizhen's room.
It was not to work with Kong Sizhen, but to report to Kong Sizhen about Zu Kefa's visit and the arrangements for military affairs.
Kong Sizhen's appearance is still outstanding, not inferior to Princess Jianning. She is charming and gorgeous when she smiles at Fan Wencheng. But after he put away his smile, there was a fierceness and gloominess on that beautiful face.
"Your Highness, as soon as Zukfa leaves, the Ming army will arrive... Liaocheng will be surrounded at any time. You'd better leave quickly and go back to the palace in Beijing."
Kong Sizhen said calmly: "We can't leave! People in Liaocheng are already in a panic. How can you control the situation when I leave?"
"But this Liaocheng..."
Kong Sizhen said firmly: "We can still keep it! If it doesn't work, let's just be a pair of wives and go down together to see Emperor Ama and the late Emperor!"
It's doomed now!
Fan Wencheng had no intention of dying in the city. Duduo promised him that he could continue to be the prince even if he lost his territory! But who knew that Kong Sizhen would be such a stubborn woman? According to her, she was ready to die for the Qing Dynasty!
That's good, the traitors are considered loyal...
