Of course Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua saw Prince Zhu San's eyes asking for help.
Although there was no joy or anger on their faces, they still had something to say!
Now that Huaibei has won a great victory, Jiangnan and Jiangbei still have such a big cake waiting for everyone to share it. How can they say nothing?
"Your Highness Jianguo, now that Huaibei has won a great victory, Jinling is also expected to win, and the situation is not bad. However, the country is a new country, there is no savings over the years in the treasury, and the only wealthy land controlled by the imperial court is Nanjing. Now they are using troops again and again. , the expenses are huge, Yingtian's treasury is already empty, and where is the money to reward the army in Jiangbei? The King of the East wants to supervise Jiang Nanchen, the Minister of Household Affairs, who really doesn't know how to raise military pay."
After hearing Lu Sanhao's words, Prince Zhu Sanhao nodded repeatedly, and then looked at Chen Yonghua, hoping that he could sing with Lu Sanhao and use military funds to jam Geng Jingzhong's neck.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to relieve the country's worries and go to Yangzhou and Huai'an in the north of the Yangtze River to issue official debts and sell fame to the salt merchants there to raise military pay."
Chen Yonghua's words made Prince Zhu a little suspicious that Geng Jingzhong, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua were secretly colluding.
Geng Jingzhong wanted to supervise Jiangnan, Lu Sanhao said that the treasury had no money, and Chen Yonghua immediately said that he would go to Jiangbei to find salt merchants to issue official debts and sell fame. They must have agreed, right? Does this mean that Jiangsu's land in the north and south of the Yangtze River should be divided between Chen and Lu?
"Dong Wang, look at Chen Shangshu's trip to Yangzhou and Huai'an."
"Supervise the country, I feel that Chen Zhongtang can definitely regain the territory of Yang, Huai, and Tong prefectures for the imperial court." Geng Jingzhong immediately expressed his agreement, "As long as Yang, Huai, and Tong are recovered, Yue Le will have a way to escape north. If you cut it off completely, you will become a turtle in the urn of the imperial court!"
"But Yang, Huai, and Tongzhou are north of the Yangtze River and should be under the control of the Jiangbei Governor!"
Geng Jingzhong said: "We can let the Jiangbei Governor supervise the military affairs of Jiangxi in exchange for the exclusive right to conquer the Huaiyang land."
Jiangxi is south of the Yangtze River and should be under the control of Jiangnan Governor, but Geng Jingzhong was willing to exchange Jiangxi's interests for Huaiyang's interests, and then gave Huaiyang to Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao. In addition, Liu Jinzhong was also assigned to Xuzhou and Haizhou and owned them. He gained the power to conquer Henan and Shandong.
Everyone has a share in the two kings and three middle halls. Have they already agreed in private?
Prince Zhu was a little more relieved now. As long as the two kings and three middle halls could maintain a balance, his Emperor Mingxian would be stable. As long as Emperor Xian can be stable, he can rest assured.
"Okay, as long as I can make an agreement with Li Zhongshan, I will be relieved. By the way, Chen Yonghua, if you go to Yangzhou to raise more money this time, if you raise more money, can you give me a share? I don't want to spend money randomly. I just want to renovate this Prince Ding’s Mansion. Once the Fu Ming Conference is held, Prince Ding’s Mansion will be converted into an imperial palace, so as not to spend huge sums of money to repair the imperial city.”
It is really enough to "offer" this imperial city to the Emperor.
Chen Yonghua smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely be able to raise a large sum of money for Your Majesty to build the palace."
"Okay, okay," Prince Zhu said three times in a row, looking very satisfied. Then he pondered for a moment, and then said: "How did the Restoration Conference go? Now the siege of Nanjing will be lifted soon, and the recovery of the southeast is just around the corner. , can the Ming Dynasty be officially restored?"
"Reporting to the Supervisory State, everything is ready to restore the Ming Dynasty. All we need is the east wind!" After hearing this, Huang Zongxi, the thin old man who came out to work, was officially the leader of the Confucian Reform Sect. His current official position was Bachelor of Political Science. This was a Li Zhongshan invented official positions that were in line with the spirit of "original monarch" and "original minister". The specific task is to preside over political meetings such as the Fuming Conference!
While the battle to defend Nanjing was going on, the Restoration Conference chaired by Huang Zongxi was also in operation.
Don’t think that the Restoration of Ming Conference is still being held when the war is raging outside Nanjing because it is looking for trouble. In fact, on the contrary, the Restoration of Ming Conference played a very important role in mobilizing the people of Nanjing to participate in the war. Because this conference is actually a "people's political discussion" conference!
If Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua were to raise money again, they would not be able to raise enough money to pay hundreds of thousands of "Chinese militiamen" in the dangerous Nanjing city. Therefore, if they are to have a duty to defend the Ming Dynasty, they must give up the corresponding rights. . This means that obligations and rights must be equal!
The corresponding right is for the people of the country to discuss government affairs. According to the Zhou system, the rights of the people to discuss government affairs include "inquiring about the country's relocation," "inquiring about the country's danger," "inquiring about the establishment of the emperor," and so on.
In the previous situation in Nanjing, there was no place to move to if we wanted to "relocate the country". The national crisis was already very great and was at stake! So we need to discuss it carefully and see what we should do? Then it’s time to establish the throne! This is the place that best reflects the rights of the Chinese people. When the rights of the Chinese people are reflected, they will have a strong sense of identification with the new Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, as long as the Battle of Nanjing and even the Southeast War do not end, it is best not to end the Restoration Conference. As long as the Restoration Conference does not end, people from all over the country will pass the "Inquiry about the country's relocation", "Inquiry about the country's danger", "Inquiry about the establishment of the monarch" "Having a strong sense of identification with the new Ming Dynasty. Their enthusiasm for defending the Ming Dynasty will be even higher!
Of course, this is not something a Chinese can do alone. He must have achieved fame (mostly bought with money) or has fought for the country, then he is a Chinese.
However, for a matter as big as restoring the Ming Dynasty, it is not enough for the Chinese people in Nanjing to discuss it alone. At least the Chinese people from several southeastern provinces must discuss it together, and it is best to involve the Chinese people from Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Shaanxi.
If we want to invite Chinese representatives from Guangdong and Guangxi, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Shaanxi to come to Nanjing for a meeting, then the battle to defend Nanjing must be won. It is best if the Nanjing court can also sweep the southeast.
The third prince Zhu nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, Dongwang, Chen Zhongtang, it's up to you when the east wind will blow!"
Nanjing, Longjiangguan Port.
Before Prince Zhu's third official appointment of Chen Yonghua as governor of Huaiyang came down, the soldiers from the northern expedition to Huaiyang were already lining up to board the ship at the Longjiang Pass port. This Huaiyang expedition was a joint venture between Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao, so the army divisions dispatched from Nanjing were trained by Lu Sanhao's Yingtian regiment. Near the Longjiangkou Pier, there were a large number of family members who came to see off the Yingtian regiment's military training. When they were leaving, they were inevitably a little excited and shouted hoarsely.
In a pavilion by the dock, two courtiers in black gauze and python robes were talking in a low voice. These two courtiers in black gauze python robes are of course Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua from the Three Central Halls in Nanjing.
Looking at the situation at the port and the scene of the army setting out for battle, neither of the two frowned.
"Brother Sanhao, you have a total of 16,000 or 7,000 regiments for training. Is it too much for me to take away 10,000 this time? How about I leave an extra 5,000?"
"Why do you want to keep five thousand more?"
"Geng Jingzhong has made it clear that he will not leave the city with his 10,000 elite soldiers. Shang Zhixin, his brothers and 3,000 people should not leave the city either. This is 13,000! Your six or seven thousand Can people handle it? Sanhao, you didn't get any words from King Xi, did you?"
Lu Sanhao smiled faintly: "Now Geng Jingzhong is squeezing out the loyal ministers and good generals to supervise Jiangbei, and he is holding the emperor and the princes in Nanjing. The alternate emperor then issued an edict asking the princes from other towns to send troops to serve Wang Qingjun. Fu Fu, what does this look like? It happened before!”
"Sanhao! Stop joking," Chen Yonghua frowned, "We are our own people. If King Xi can come to Nanjing, you can't hide it from me!"
"He can't come!" Lu Sanhao shook his head, "Li Zicheng will not give way, and Jie Shu has to stop him. Moreover, I am from Yunnan! I am not from the Guanning Cavalry or the Shanshan Rebels. If I were under the command of the King of the West, I would be You can’t be a member of the Central Hall!”
"Okay! We are indeed our own people," Chen Yonghua nodded, "Then how do you plan to fight against Geng Jingzhong?"
"Geng Jingzhong wants to be the emperor!" Lu San said with a smile, "I won't fight with him on this. Whoever fights with him will find a way to deal with it! Fu Fu, should your brother Chen Hanlin go? Did the third prince tell you?"
Chen Yonghua smiled: "I'm already talking about it!"
The Chen Hanlin Lu Sanhao was talking about was Chen Menglei. He is now a Hanlin bachelor next to the third prince Zhu, and he is also the only bachelor in the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty. He not only manages the imperial edicts, but also makes suggestions for the third prince Zhu. He is really used in such a way that no one can use him. situation.
However, it was Chen Yonghua who really gave Chen Menglei the kindness of knowing him. It was Chen Yonghua who recommended him to Prince Zhu San and secured for him the position of the only bachelor in the Hanlin Academy.
At this time, the only bachelor of the Hanlin Academy was slandering Prince Zhu San in the harem (back garden) of Prince Ding's Mansion!
"Your Highness, Li Zhongtang and Chen Zhongtang are no longer in Nanjing, and Chen Zhongtang has taken away 10,000 elite soldiers under Lu Zhongtang. Once the siege of Nanjing is over, King Geng Dong will be able to recruit troops from Taiping Mansion, Huizhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Chizhou Prefecture and other places mobilized troops to Beijing, and Nanjing was about to be controlled by him. This King Geng Dong has always had a disobedient heart. If he controls Nanjing and then wipes out Jiangnan, His Highness will be in danger, even if His Highness is willing to be a Emperor Xian, he may not be willing to be Emperor Wen of Wei! There are not many things in history where the previous emperor could still die well!"
The slanderous Prince Zhu is scared again!
The third prince was originally in a pavilion, listening to his beloved Yang Meiren playing the piano and Chen Hanlin's slander. But now he lost interest in listening to the piano and waved to the beauty, telling her to stop playing. However, he thought deeply for a while and then said to Chen Hanlin: "Chen Hanlin, can I believe you?"
Chen Menglei hurriedly knelt down to Prince Zhu San, "Your Highness, if I know of His Majesty's knowledge, I will go through fire and water, and my heart and mind will be ruined!"
Prince Zhu San thought to himself: It was Kangxi and Chen Yonghua who met you! Forget it, no one is available!
"The only one I can rely on now is King Bei!" Prince Zhu said calmly.
"King of the North?" Chen Menglei was surprised, "Isn't the King of the North a member of the King of the East?"
"He is from the Yongwei Camp." Prince Zhu Third sighed, "Chen Hanlin, the Gu family will arrange a mission for you to spread the message. You go to Xuzhou to convey to the King of the North that he has been appointed as the governor of Henan and Shandong. .By the way, bring another piece of clothing to King Bei!"
Belt?
Clothes edict?
Is Northern King Liu Jinzhong really the Third Prince’s son? Chen Menglei was secretly surprised. This North King looked like he belonged to Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin! If he really belongs to the third prince, then this third prince has hidden it too deeply!
At the same time, in the Dongwang Mansion in the Imperial City of Nanjing, Dongwang Geng Jingzhong was discussing with his confidants how to pacify Jiangnan!
He can't just think about usurping the throne!
If you want to usurp the throne, you must have the capital and prestige, but now he can't compare to Li Zhongshan in both of them. Li Zhongshan is currently busy attacking Lujiang and Anqing, and digesting the territory of Huainan and Huaibei. He has no time to take care of Nanjing. When he is done , it’s time to compete with Geng Jingzhong for the third crown prince Zhu.
Therefore, Geng Jingzhong must conquer Jiangnan as soon as possible before Li Zhongshan comes to Qingjun's side, and he must also preserve his strength as much as possible.
But he was not helpless. Although he might not be able to beat Yue Le, he and Yue Le were actually relatives, and their relationship was quite close.
Geng Jingzhong's brother, Geng Juzhong, was Yue Le's son-in-law. He married Yue Le's daughter and Princess Shuoroujia, and is now serving in front of Yue Le's army. When Yue Le besieged Nanjing before, he asked Geng Juzhong to write a letter to trick Geng Jingzhong into surrendering. However, Geng Jingzhong was not fooled and persisted until victory.
And now, Geng Jingzhong is planning to persuade Yue Le to surrender through his brothers!
"Persuade Yue Le to surrender? But Yue Le is a Manchurian!"
Shang Zhixin was shocked when he heard Geng Jingzhong's whimsical thoughts.
Yue Le is the Prince of Qing'an, and he also served as the Grand Zongzheng of the Aisin Gioro family. Is it acceptable for him to surrender and become a second minister?
"What's wrong with this?" Geng Jingzhong snorted and smiled, "Can he still go back? Even if he can go back, can Kangxi and Regent Fuquan spare him? He sent him away once in Sichuan and again in Huaibei. One wave. Adding both sides together, almost half of Manchuria’s elites have been lost. He still has the nerve to not be the second minister, no, the third minister!"
"Why is it Sanchen?"
Geng Jingzhong patted his chest, "Don't you still have me? He can surrender to the Ming Dynasty first, and then surrender to me. Then he will be the father-in-law of the emperor's country!"
"Why is he the head of the state?" Shang Zhixin couldn't understand again, "His daughter married your third brother!"
Geng Jingzhong waved his hand: "He doesn't just have one daughter. He has so many daughters, one for you and one for me. We will all be relatives from now on!"
Yue Le can indeed give birth!
Historically, he had twenty sons and twenty-three daughters! It’s almost as good as monk Kexi. However, the survival rate of his children is not high, and they have been infected with smallpox a lot. However, most of the children of Shang Kexi's family have been vaccinated with pox since childhood, and their survival rate is relatively high.
But even if the survival rate is low, Yue Le still has many daughters who can be married off, and most of his daughters are quite lovable. Because he is an old pervert and a former Da Zongzheng, he takes Han women as concubines. Can't control it. If others do this, he, the boss, will take care of it. He will do it himself. Who will take care of it?
Therefore, Yue Le's daughters were all better-looking. Geng Jingzhong had been coveting his sister-in-law when he was in Beijing, but he had already married the tigress of the Hauge family, and he no longer dared to pursue Yue Le's family.
But now he is so powerful that he becomes the Eastern King of the Ming Dynasty! Moreover, he abandoned his first wife in Beijing!
"Answer me," Geng Jingzhong said again, "You know Yue Le very well. Please help me go to Qixia Mountain to persuade him not to seek death. He can't defeat Wu Sangui, and he can't defeat Wang Datou. , the Qing Dynasty is over!"
Shang Zhixin is Shunzhi's good friend, and Yue Le is Shunzhi's good cousin. When Shunzhi was here, they all played together with Shunzhi. It really reminds me of those days when they were classmates!
I didn’t expect it to be like this now!
Shang Zhixin couldn't bear to see his good brother and prospective father-in-law beaten to death by Li Zhongshan, so he took Geng Jingzhong's autographed letter and took several Shang family servants to the Qixia Mountain Camp as envoys.
When he arrived at Qixia Zen Temple, Yue Le was directing his men to pack their things and prepare to retreat! The Zen temple was noisy, with anxious Qing officers and soldiers everywhere.
Yue Le sat in his study with his sleeves rolled up and his eyes dull, about to cry but without tears.
He lost this battle inexplicably. As long as Gestai is a little more cautious and waits for Mu Zhan's infantry to arrive, there will be no problem. Even if he is defeated, he can still retreat to Xuzhou.
But this man just happened to rush in. This is actually a harm caused by empiricism. This old man has not fought in many years. He thought he was encountering the Ming army of Chongzhen or Nanming. Who would have thought that he was encountering the Huaixi Red Scarf Ming army? military!
Just when he didn't know what to do, one of his staff walked in quickly and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, there is a man named An Dagong who claims to be the envoy of the Eastern King Geng Jingzhong. , have arrived at the gate of Qixia Zen Temple."
Yue Le was shocked: "What? My answer? Shang Zhixin? What is he here for?"
(End of chapter)
