"Mr. Lizhou, Mr. Tinglin, Mr. Chuanshan, Mr. Shunshui, Brother Sanhao, Brother Fufu, all the gentlemen here, what kind of person do you think this Third Prince Zhu is? Is he right to escape? In this world, what kind of person should he be? Who do you rely on?"
At this moment, the moon and stars are sparse, the cold wind is howling, in the outer city of Jinling, by the Mochou Lake, in the palace of the British Prince. I don't know when I returned to Nanjing. Li Zhongshan, known as Mr. Mochou, was sitting at the table wearing a Confucian robe. What he asked was this.
Of course, the matter of Prince Zhu's "hunting in the north" could not be hidden from Mr. Mochou - Liu Shuochuan, who kept Zhu Cijiong from running away, was personally "tied" into the restoration of Ming Dynasty by Mr. Mochou, and Prince Zhu's favorite concubine Yang Ziyun is Yang Xiaohuan's half-sister. Of course, Mr. Mochou knew everything about the future ruler of the Ming Dynasty.
As for Geng Jingzhong's rebellion, he could guess it.
Now Wu Sangui has become the emperor of Zhou Dynasty and no longer respects Prince Zhu San as his master. Civil strife broke out in the Qing Dynasty again. Whether it was Kangxi, Fuquan or Shunzhi, they probably all stopped thinking about unifying the world. It would be good if they could maintain three parts of the world. As for the Ming Dynasty, because there was a Qing Dynasty Jiangxi camp trapped in Anqing, Jiujiang, Nanchang and other places and relying on the dangerous terrain of Anqing and Jiujiang to resist, the power of Li Fuchen and Li Zhongxiao was temporarily contained. Looking from Nanjing, It's relatively weak.
At the same time, Geng Jingzhong recruited Yue Le, Li Zhifang, Fan Chengmo and other Qing officials to surrender. In addition, the former Fujian governor who came from Fuzhou after the road from Fujian to Nanjing was opened. The current Fujian observation envoy Liu Bingzheng also led the army. Driving to Nanjing. This caused Geng Jingzhong's strength to expand several times, and his army in Nanjing had increased to tens of thousands.
At least on paper, Geng Jingzhong's strength in Nanjing has far surpassed the three major ones. Moreover, Northern King Liu Jinzhong was Geng Jingzhong's old subordinate. Although he was granted the title of king now, he still regarded himself as Geng Jingzhong's old subordinate. His princess Shang Shuying is the sister of Geng Jingzhong's confidant Shang Zhixin, so for Geng Jingzhong, there is no doubt that Liu Jinzhong is also his.
After this calculation, now is undoubtedly the best time for Geng Jingzhong to rebel!
So Mr. Mochou and Li Zhongshan knew it with just a few fingers!
However, after the Third Prince Zhu learned the news that Geng Jingzhong was about to rebel, his reaction surprised Li Zhongshan. He originally thought that Emperor Xian of Ming Dynasty might ascend to the throne to raise his voice. After all, there were still hundreds of thousands and a half armed men in Nanjing. Chinese people and scholars. Unexpectedly, the son of Emperor Chongzhen actually came to the north to hunt by boat, and asked Liu Shuochuan to prepare a fast boat for him so that he could sneak out of Nanjing quietly before Geng Jingzhong launched his attack.
There is really no one with this cleverness! What a genius!
After receiving the news of "King Ding's Northern Hunting" sent by Liu Shuochuan, Li Zhongshan was not in a hurry to chase the future Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Instead, he summoned the great scholar and left-behind Ying Tian who were guests in his Mochou Lake Palace. Lu Sanhao, Lu Zhongtang, and Chen Yonghua, who like him sneaked back to Nanjing, came together to discuss this matter. We had to discuss whether it would be better for the king to die in the country, or to escape thousands of miles away.
After Li Zhongshan asked this question, everyone present had a calm and indifferent expression. They are just puppets! Can you still expect a puppet to cause the emperor to guard the country and the king to die for the country? He didn't even know the number of military training and civilian troops in Nanjing City, and their combat strength. Who was he listening to?
He doesn’t know anything. If he doesn’t run away, how long will he wait?
Of course, he didn't know that he couldn't run away. If he wanted to hunt in the north, he could hunt in the north? How can it be? He, Emperor Xian, is followed by loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty who are even worse than Geng Jingzhong!
Everyone is "bad loyal, bad loyal", how can he be allowed to run away?
Huang Zongxi looked around. He and Li Zhongshan had the most in common. The two of them, one old and one young, were not good people, so they got along very well with each other. The guidelines for the Nanjing Incident were decided upon by him and Li Zhongshan outside Anqing. So at this moment, he had to speak first to guide the thoughts of other "bad loyal ministers". He looked at Li Zhongshan and said with a smile: "The third prince is just a clay puppet on the temple. He was born to enjoy the blessing of wealth, but he has gone through many hardships. , I have long looked away and looked down upon him, what else can I say? Civil and military skills are neither needed nor needed, and courage and audacity are not only useless but also harmful. He only needs to enjoy his glory and glory. Military and state affairs are left to me and other former ministers to handle them. That’s all!”
Huang Zongxi is an old rebel!
Moreover, he is not rebelling against Chongzhen, Hongguang, Shunzhi or Kangxi, but all the emperors, kings, czars, Caesars, grand dukes, sultans and emirs in the world. His route is to make the emperor empty, to erect the hereditary monarch, and then Let non-hereditary virtuous ministers and good future govern the country!
Mr. Chuanshan and Wang Fuzhi are also old rebels. In his "Yellow Book" (the title of this book is no longer known by anyone), he proposed that "do not trust the world with one person, and do not trust one person with the world." At the same time, he also advocated that the monarch should not Instead of monopolizing power, it should be distributed to the prime minister and officials. Although not as radical as Huang Zongxi, he is undoubtedly a theoretician-level rebel!
At his level, after listening to Huang Zongxi's speech, of course he will understand what Mr. Mochou and Mr. Lizhou are doing?
Those two people had no idea about "Ming Jun" and "Sage Jun" at all, and they wanted to establish the rules of "Void King". From now on, the founding emperor of the "post-Ming Dynasty" has acted as a false emperor, and he will never be able to be real again for generations to come.
To ensure that this king is a false one, they cannot let a descendant of the Zhu family who is too capable or too courageous climb into that top position. So they are probably using Geng Jingzhong's rebellion to evaluate the third prince Zhu. .
If the Third Prince Zhu behaves like his father Chongzhen and wants the king to die in Sheji, then so be it!
Anyway, Prince Zhu San has a son!
Fortunately, the Third Prince Zhu behaved well and escaped! It’s really useless and you’re so cowardly! This is the "good Xiandi"! Much better than the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who always wanted to revive the Han Dynasty in history.
If you want to get Xu Jun, he needs to be like this!
He is really the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, who can stand up to him?
Although Master Wang is not very satisfied with such a weak king, the current Xin Da Ming is obviously going to follow the route of Xu Jun, so... so be it!
"The third prince is not the original one," Wang Euzhi said thoughtfully, "but if the imperial court can follow the principles of the world, use the world's salary and position, and share the world's sages, it can restore a peaceful world to the people of the world."
"Jiang Zhai (Wang Fuzhi's nickname) is wrong! Those who protect the world, how can a common man be held responsible for it! Those who bring peace to the world, the people and scholars of the country are responsible for planning!"
The speaker was another old rebel, Mr. Tinglin Gu Yanwu!
He, Wang Fuzhi, and Huang Zongxi formed the last three masters of the Ming Dynasty, and they all had similar ideas, that is, they wanted to rebel against the emperor!
So the three of them and Mr. Mochou Li Zhongshan can come together!
From now on, Mr. Lizhou, Mr. Chuanshan, Mr. Tinglin, and Mr. Mochou will definitely be listed as the "Four Masters of the Restoration of Ming Dynasty"!
Wu Sangui wanted to ask Wang Fuzhi to help him, but he refused to go and slipped directly to Guangdong, and later followed Huang Zongxi to Nanjing.
Gu Yanwu was once dragged to Beijing by Xiong Cilu, but he was unwilling to praise Kangxi for his different behavior and did not collude with him!
After hearing that Nanjing was going to hold a conference to revive the Ming Dynasty, I also slipped over. Only after he came here did he realize that he had finally found the "organization"!
Now that he has found the "organization", he can certainly understand the arrangements of Li Zhongshan and Huang Zongxi - the decisive force should not be the powerful ministers, but the countrymen and the country's scholars!
This is because a powerful minister may become a monarch. Once a powerful minister becomes a monarch, he may become suspicious of the world and be private to others.
Therefore, what this Mr. Mochou Li Zhongshan wants is not to "eighteen sons rule the world", but to become the first countryman of the Ming Dynasty and the chief national scholar of the Ming Dynasty!
If Chinese people and scholars want to rule the world, they must have corresponding martial ethics!
Therefore, this Geng Jingzhong rebellion is also a test of the martial ethics of the people of Nanjing!
"Mr. Mochou," Zhu Shunshui, an old man with white beard and hair but a strong spirit, asked at this time, "If you take on the great responsibility of responding to the difficulties of the heavenly kingdom, do you want to open a shogunate and govern the world in the name of a general?"
Li Zhongshan, the general of the Ming Dynasty who conquered the barbarians? Li Zhongshan thought of this title, smiled faintly, and said: "Well, if the people of the country can use it, then we will rule the world for the people of the country. If the people of the country cannot use it, then we will rule the world for the powerful!"
Zhu Shunshui smiled and said: "In my opinion, it is better to share the world with the powerful people of the country. With the world's salary and position, it is certainly good to share the world's sages, but without the powerful people from all over the world to contribute money and efforts, the world will not know who belongs to it? Mo? Mr. Chou, if we can defeat Geng Jingzhong, we should think about this issue carefully."
Li Zhongshan smiled and said: "Mr. Shunshui reminds us that after Geng Jingzhong is eliminated, we will discuss this matter carefully at the Restoration Conference!"
As he said that, he looked at Chen Yonghua again.
Chen Yonghua said: "Your Majesty, the news that Geng Jingzhong is going to rebel has spread in the market in Yingtian for several days, and the civilian army is also prepared! As long as Geng Jingzhong sends troops, at most one day, there will be 100,000 fighting civilians in Yingtian City. military!"
Chen Yonghua also serves as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. His Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of matters such as selling fame and managing the status of nationals and officials. Therefore, he is responsible for the mobilization system of the Yingtian People's Army.
Li Zhongshan secretly recalled him in order to mobilize the Nanjing militia to suppress Geng Jingzhong.
"One day." Li Zhongshan looked at Lu Sanhao again, "Sanhao, do we have a day?"
"Yes!" Lu Sanhao replied resolutely, "Everything has been arranged. As long as Geng Jingzhong sends troops, Yingtian Regiment Training Army will be sure to block them in Xi'anmenwai Street, Changfu Street, and Taiping Lane."
The three place names he reported were the streets outside the three gates to the west of the Imperial City of Nanjing. As long as these three streets were blocked, it would be difficult for Geng Jingzhong to survive!
But after all, Geng Jingzhong has 40,000 troops at his disposal!
It seems that it is not easy to win the battle in Nanjing!
Nanjing Imperial City, East Palace.
Geng Jingzhong, the Eastern King of the Ming Dynasty, was already neatly dressed and stood outside the main hall of his palace, looking at the officers under his command standing upright in the square holding lanterns. There were hundreds of men, including direct descendants of the Geng family and others. Yue Le, Li Zhifang, Fan Chengmo, Liu Bingzheng and Shang Shuying brought troops.
The key officers of the Geng Army in the south of the Yangtze River and the former Qing Army are now gathered here - for this rebellion, people like Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le have risked their lives! The few elite troops from the Jiangnan Geng Army and the original Qing Army have already arrived in Nanjing!
A total of 40,000 elites are getting up for breakfast now, and hundreds of officers from each battalion and team have been called to Geng Jingzhong's palace to receive their rewards - now that the rewards have been collected, they have not left. , but waiting quietly.
Although Geng Jingzhong is already the heart of the Eastern King, everyone knows it!
But these people were not passers-by - they immediately settled in the imperial city after arriving in Nanjing. Except for Geng Jingzhong's cronies, no one else had ever left. So they didn't quite know that Geng Jingzhong "will live forever". However, they mobilized the army at night and gave out many rewards. It seemed that they were going to rebel!
It’s just that Geng Jingzhong has already rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. Now he is rebelling against what? Anti-Ming restoration?
When the people below saw Geng Jingzhong coming out of the brightly lit hall, all dressed up, and beside him were Yue Le, Li Zhifang, Fan Chengmo, Liu Bingzheng, and Shang Shuying, all of whom were also wearing armor, they all became energetic and watched. Geng Jingzhong's rat face was illuminated by the light of the lantern.
At this time, Geng Jingzhong spoke in a deep voice, his voice high-pitched and short, shaking everyone's eardrums: "Western King Wu Sangui has proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, with the founding title of Zhou and the title of Emperor of Zhou! Now all the states and prefectures in the west have responded. , Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan... all belong to the Zhou Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty lost half of its country overnight, indicating that its strength has been exhausted and Ming Zuo will be destroyed!
I have received a letter from the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. He asked me to raise troops together to fight against the Ming Dynasty and divide the Ming Dynasty generals together. "
He waved his hand violently: "I was not willing to agree, but the third prince Zhu had no political ideas. He only knew about arrogance and extravagance. After taking over Jinling, he hid in his palace of Prince Ding and stayed with women all day long. This kind of stupidity How can the king of the Ming Dynasty revive the Ming Dynasty? And the princes of the various parties, such as the Southern King Li Fuchen, the British King Li Zhongshan, the loyal King Li Laishun, and the Yi King Zheng Jing. Who is not a separatist party, claiming kingship and hegemony? This Ming Dynasty is so determined King, do we still want to be loyal to him? We are all the best warriors in the world, shouldn’t we fight for ourselves? Wu Sangui is a role model for us!"
The more he spoke, the louder and louder his voice became. Every word seemed to burst out from his chest!
"When I was in Beijing, I heard the prophecy about the emperor's clone, ear fire, but I never understood its meaning. Today I finally know it! This emperor's clone refers to the emperor who occupies one side, and the combination of ears and fire means the word Geng, which is me! This shows that I have a destiny! It is God’s will that I replace the Ming Dynasty and separatize Jiangnan to achieve Sun Wu’s empire. Therefore, I, Geng Jingzhong, have decided to join forces like Wu Sangui and lead you to create the foundation of Soochow, and together we will be rich and prosperous for a hundred years! Dear gentlemen, Are you willing to follow me to conquer the country and seek wealth?"
Geng Jingzhong's voice trembled a little when he asked this question.
This is a rebellion!
Although this is not the first time he has rebelled.
But if he succeeds this time, he will have one third of the world and become the emperor!
Hundreds of officers outside the main hall were also excited, and they were finally waiting!
Most of them are not the same as Prince Zhu, Li Fuchen, Li Zhongshan, etc. Not to mention Prince Zhu, he is the son of Emperor Chongzhen! That Li Fuchen was also a combination of a bandit and a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Although he surrendered to Azig before the fall of Datong City, this was a forced surrender. Only God knows what he was thinking.
Therefore, the Li family father and son are actually the same big part as the Shanshanliu thieves Wu Sangui took in, but the small part is a little different. He is a remnant of the Datong Ming Army, not a remnant of Chuang, Xian, and Yongli.
As for those who are following Geng Jingzhong now, except for some of the Liu Jiajun brought by Shang Shuying, they are from the Yongweiying system, and the others are from Chen Hanjun or simply from Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia.
It is difficult for people like them to find a suitable position in Ming Dynasty's system. They are unreliable elements and will be squeezed out sooner or later!
And they are indeed not loyal to the Ming Dynasty!
This is even worse than living Lu Bu. Live Lu Bu’s godfathers are all loyal and loyal to the Ming Dynasty!
"I am willing to follow the Eastern King to plan great things!"
The officers in the yard cheered together!
Geng Jingzhong looked excited, gritted his teeth and issued the final order: "Instruct the three armies to leave Xi'an Gate after a good meal. The enemy is in Prince Ding's Mansion!
The artillery team was ordered to start firing after a stick of incense. The cannons captured the palace! "
"嗻!"
Geng Jingzhong was shouting "The enemy is in Prince Ding's Mansion", but the enemy in Prince Ding's Mansion had actually escaped long ago. Last night he boarded a fast ship that was supposed to be bound for Yangzhou.
Compared with Li Zhongshan, Prince Zhu is still more willing to believe in Chen Yonghua and Chang Mingyuexian. After all, he was rescued by Chang Mingyue's father. Later, the Chang family secretly took care of him for many years. He was truly one of his own.
And that Li Zhongshan always gave Prince Zhu a very dangerous feeling, which he didn't like very much.
So after boarding the ship last night, he issued an order for tens of millions of Yangzhou, and then he and Yang Ziyun drank a few glasses of wine together and fell asleep.
He didn't know how long he had slept when he suddenly heard the "rumbling" sound of artillery fire or the sound of thunder?
The Third Prince Zhu woke up immediately. When he woke up, he asked: "Where are you? Where is the cannon going, or is it thundering?"
"Your Majesty!" This was Yang Ziyun's voice, "We are firing cannons at the Imperial City on the Qinhuai River. It's Geng Jingzhong's cannons. He is firing cannons to secure the palace!"
"What?" Prince Zhu San was confused at once, "Didn't I say to go to Yangzhou? How did I enter the Qinhuai River? Didn't I throw myself into a trap? Quickly, turn the boat around, let's go to Yangzhou! I want to go to Yangzhou "
"Shhh" Yang Ziyun raised an index finger in front of his lips, "Your Majesty, listen carefully."
"Listen? What are you listening to?" Prince Zhu perked up his ears, and sure enough he heard a shouting like a sea wave: "Protect the Ming Dynasty and kill the traitors of the country."
(End of chapter)
