Cutting 1719

Chapter 151 Success and Failure

The governor's yamen in Guangzhou City used to be crowded with people, but today there are not many people. A group of capable officials and guards blocked the entire governor's yamen.

Yang Zongren was dressed in a second-rank official uniform, kneeling in the center of the lobby, with the golden pheasant patch on his chest majestic and majestic. If officials of ordinary size saw it, they would all kneel together and shout, Your Excellency.

It's just that Mr. Yang Zongren Yang, who used to be majestic and majestic in the past, is now pale. He has already heard the news of Nian Gengyao's victory, and he knows in his heart that he has lost the bet.

If the situation of the battle gets worse by three points, Yang Zongren's original idea may come true, and the emperor may not be so ruthless out of various considerations.

But the problem is, no one expected that at this juncture, Nian Gengyao would hit Yunxian County, but Yang Zongren's memorabilia became a thorn in Kangxi's flesh and blood, and he almost wanted to get rid of it quickly.

The people who came were the eunuch who passed the decree and Tolai, the minister of the Ministry of punishment. One of the two had a strange look of yin and yang, and the other had a dark face with angry eyes, which seemed a bit funny on the contrary.

Soon the process began. First, the eunuch delivered the decree to explain Kangxi's decree, and then began to scold Yang Zongren viciously. You must know that being scolded by a lowly eunuch is a very tragic humiliation In this way, if many ministers had this experience, they would probably think of killing themselves immediately.

However, Yang Zongren has a tough heart, so he naturally doesn't take these things seriously. The key this time is how to survive.As long as he can survive, Yang Zongren is confident that he will be able to make great achievements in the next dynasty.

This is not Yang Zongren's imagination, but based on his understanding of Chu Ni. As long as one or two more victories are won, the foundation of Chu Ni will be completely established. The rogues are the ones who can really fight the Qing court.

If this step is reached, the Qing court cannot complete the rebellion by relying on its own Eight Banners, especially the northern tycoons are also ready to move. At that time, the Qing court can only seek cooperation with the Han landlords and gentry, and Yang Zongren can be its representative at that time , being pushed forward.Therefore, Yang Zongren has hope in his heart, and he is not willing to admit defeat.

This time, Shangshu Tuolai of the Ministry of Justice came to Guangzhou in person, but he was not very good. After the decree was delivered, he scolded Yang Zongren a few more words, and asked someone to put Yang Zongren in the shackles. Really rare.

Guan Yuanzhong sighed slightly in his heart, he still admired Yang Zongren very much, this man has means and scheming as an official, the only thing is that he is too gambling.At this critical juncture, going to present such a sensitive memorial is tantamount to courting death.

But at any rate, it is also a colleague, Guan Yuanzhong sighed slightly: "Eunuch Li, please sir, this Yang Zongren is also a scholar at any rate, so I should take care of him along the way, so as to save the face of the whole court."

At this time, the father-in-law was smiling, and he didn't have the vicious look he scolded just now, "Oh, my lord, look at what you said, although this lord Yang has annoyed the emperor, as long as the emperor returns to the capital, he will recognize you." Wrong, it is not impossible for the official to return to his original post in the future, our family dare not humiliate the pillars of the imperial court."

On the contrary, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment asked Lai, but he felt a little bit of resentment in his heart, "General Guan, this matter is really Yang Zongren's way of not being a courtier, and he should be punished for making the emperor so angry."

Guan Yuanzhong gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and said, "It should be, it should be." Then he turned his head to look at the haggard Yang Zongren, sighed, but didn't say much.

The current situation is not good for anyone, Guan Yuanzhong is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it will be great if he can keep himself.

After Eunuch Li and Tolai imprisoned Yang Zongren, they searched all the written files in Yang Zongren's house, and took away some of the official documents from the governor's office. After all this was over, they did not continue to stay. Then he went back to Beijing.

After Guan Yuanzhong sent them ten miles outside the city, he returned to the government office, feeling a little anxious in his heart, not only because Chu Ni was eyeing him, but also because he didn't know his own future and fate, especially after Yang Zongren was taken away. , The entire Guangdong and Guangxi officialdom has already fallen two high officials.

Will he be next?No one really knows.

In the evening, a knight galloped from outside the city, and almost entered the city when the city gate fell. After entering the city, he entered the Guangzhou General's Yamen without stopping.

Guan Yuanzhong is eating dinner at this time, and his diet is quite simple, just a porridge and a dish. He has been in Guangzhou for 20 years, but he still doesn't like the local flavor.

"My lord, there is an urgent report from the north!"

The guard hurried in from the outside with a bit of bitterness on his face.

"In the battle of Qingjiang City, the [-] troops have been completely annihilated, and the bandits Ning have suffered little losses, and there is no new movement at present. Also, Gao Qiwei has died in battle."

Pacha——The porcelain bowl in Guan Yuanzhong's hand fell down. Fortunately, there was a thick layer of blanket on the ground, which did not break, but all the porridge inside spilled out, soaking a large piece of the blanket.

"How could this be? This high position has fought for so many years, how could he have suffered such a heavy defeat?" Guan Yuanzhong's face was pale, as if he had seen his own doom.

The guard's face was also very ugly, "It is said that Gao Qiwei was pissed to death by Ning Yu on the battlefield, and then our army collapsed."

It turned out that at the moment when Gao Qiwei fell that day, some caring people misinterpreted it as Gao Qiwei being narrow-minded, unable to bear humiliation and then dying of anger, but he completely shirked his responsibility.

Guan Yuanzhong didn't know that the reason why Gao Qiwei lost so badly was that the soldiers of the Green Camp were too weak to fight, and it was also caused by the pressure from Kangxi. Zhong Zhong's memorial also played a role in fueling the flames.

The form of the battlefield is changing little by little, the advantages held by the Qing court are gradually disappearing, and the progress of the Qing army in the north is also slow and weak, but the Fuhan army is not. A large number of guns and artillery were produced, and the army began to be enriched This also made the Qing army's battle easier and easier.

What Guan Yuanzhong was worried about was not just this battle, but the grand strategy of the entire Qing army. Judging from the current situation, there are still more than [-] people in the north of the Qing army, and more than [-] people in the east. In the end, more than [-] people have been consumed. One governor died in battle, one was imprisoned, and the admiral was even more useless. In addition to the general Jingzhou who surrendered, it can be said that the Qing army has hardly won in the front.

The disastrous defeat of Gao Qiwei this time reflects a very profound problem, that is, the current combat effectiveness of the Qing army is far behind that of the Fuhan army. It is already difficult to completely solve the complex problem with the current 16 army alone. Han army.

As far as Guan Yuanzhong himself is concerned, the Fu Han army that is currently going south is unstoppable, and it may invade Guangzhou at any time. The Qing army is hard to stop. Now he can still watch Yang Zongren return to Beijing for trial. Whether you can escape from Guangzhou at that time is another matter.

(End of this chapter)