Daming kill

Chapter 251
The governor-general in the Ming Dynasty was very different from the governor-general in the Qing Dynasty, or almost not a concept at all.

In the Qing Dynasty, the governor was often a permanent position, and he was also a local feudal official with great powers. He was indeed like a local emperor like in film and television dramas.

But the Ming Dynasty was not.

The governors of the Ming Dynasty were basically appointed for specific reasons. They were sent by the central government to take charge of certain matters temporarily in the name of the central government, and they usually had no local administrative power except for the specific matters they were responsible for (usually military affairs).

Since it was to represent the central government and basically supervised military affairs, the governor of the Ming Dynasty had to be a central official, and usually had to have the hat of a military minister at the worst.

This is the reason why Yuan Jixian was urgently added as the right servant of the Ministry of war and the censor of the right capital before Yuan Jixian came to supervise the military affairs.

The purpose of adding Qiandu Yushi is to enable the governors to have the power to supervise and impeach local officials, and to strengthen the ability to actually supervise military affairs, otherwise no one will listen to just a bluffing hat.

But still no executive power.

Therefore, Yuan Jixian had no choice but to stay with Zhang Kuang or send him to cooperate and temporarily take charge of Mianyang's military affairs with Li Ping's permission. It was impossible to give him actual administrative power.

It is this governor's power structure that makes Yuan Jixian's sudden replacement seem not normal, but normal.

Moreover, Yuan Jixian, the governor of military affairs at the beginning, was added by the Ming court after the emergency court meeting in response to the corrupt war situation in Huguang before the Qing soldiers had withdrawn from the pass.

In other words, this is a new position, and there is no time to go through the normal selection and appointment procedures for officials.

At that time, Yuan Jixian, who had just recovered from the banished Guizhou and was working as the Prime Minister of Hebei, only took advantage of the fact that he was close to Beijing and those officials with qualified experience in the vicinity were dealing with the Qing army entering the customs. His qualifications were indeed slightly shallow Some.

Moreover, Yuan Jixian's appointment was made clear at that time that he was in charge temporarily, and there was no formal appointment.

After the Qing soldiers withdrew from the customs, when the Ming court finally had the energy and time to take care of the south, they found that the post of governor Jiangxi, Huguang and Yingtian military affairs was still necessary, and it was even more important than before.

Of course, the long-established bureaucratic government also believes that it is also necessary to let a person who meets the personnel requirements of this position in all aspects and has a strong enough resume to preside over it.

As a result, the new and official governor came into being after a series of inspections, proposals and balances.

This person is Lu Daqi.

Although Lu Daqi became a Jinshi three years later than Yuan Jixian, he was a few years older than Yuan Jixian, and he became famous in official circles earlier. He even received a reward from Chongzhen for his military exploits in the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637).Later, he was promoted to be the censor of Youqian capital early on, went to governor of Gansu, and presided over the suppression of the rebellion in the western frontier during his tenure, so as to know the soldiers and know the world.

Since March last year, the acclaimed Lu Daqi has been the governor of the military affairs of Baoding, Hebei, and Shandong, and the troops under his direct control are also the only ones that have not suffered any losses during the process of the northern captives entering the customs.

Although this performance cannot be said to be good because of this, in the face of the general incompetence and heavy losses of other big officials, it is quite a sense of standing out from the crowd, at least Chongzhen recognizes it.

However, the Ming government and Yuan Jixian himself felt that it was normal for Lu Daqi to officially serve as the governor, which did not mean that Li Ping also thought so.

It is absolutely unwise to change generals suddenly, especially when Yuan Jixian is still doing well.

Li Ping returned to Hanyang to learn about Zhang Xianzhong's situation, but Yang Ming, who was sent to Wuchang, sent him such a message first, and Li Ping was at a loss.

However, what made him even more confused was that when he came to Wuchang with the notice of the replacement of the governor, there was an order issued by Emperor Chongzhen himself asking Zuo Liangyu to arrest and kill his general Wang Yuncheng.

To put it bluntly, someone has to be responsible for the plunder along the river and intimidation of Nanjing. The imperial court needs to preserve its majesty and cannot pretend that nothing happened.

Of course, Zuo Liangyu couldn't be responsible.

The Ming government is not completely fooled yet.

Then, Wang Yuncheng, who was the most troublesome and broke through his own city, looted and almost came to the city of Nanjing, had to take all the shit, go to be a scapegoat, and be killed as an example to others.

Although it was true that Wang Yuncheng was too disgraceful at the beginning, he would not be wronged if he died [-] times, but Li Ping still felt that this way of handling it was very questionable.

And it's not over yet.

Although the official governor, Lu Daqi, has just arrived in Jiujiang, it has also added chaos.

This guy even went over Zuo Liangyu and issued an order to Zuo Liangyu's generals scattered outside Wuchang to resolutely counterattack Zhang Xianzhong.

Although Lu Daqi also notified Zuo Liangyu of his order at the same time, it still caused Zuo Liangyu to be furious.

Zuo Liangyu directly believed that Lu Daqi was here to seize his military power.

It is even said that Zuo Liangyu thought that it was Lu Daqi who wanted to execute his general Wang Yuncheng, because Lu Daqi wanted to supervise the execution of Wang Yuncheng.

This is troublesome!
Briefly explaining the news, Zhou Wen was really dumbfounded. He was at a loss as he was more familiar with the officialdom than Li Ping.

"Then what is Yuan Shilang's new errand?" Zhou Wen asked casually with some grief and indignation.

Although Yuan Jixian hadn't been in contact with them for a long time, he had won Zhou Wen's sincere admiration.Zhou Wen never concealed his admiration for Yuan Jixian.

"He will continue to stay in Huguang." Li Ping said softly.

"Continue to stay in Huguang?" Zhou Wen's eyes brightened instantly, and then he looked at Li Ping eagerly and said, "General Soldier, General Ping Zei respects Yuan Shilang very much, and he can be fine even if he is not the governor..."

"Yuan Shilang stayed in Huguang to take charge of farming and farming, not military affairs." Li Ping interrupted Zhou Wen politely.

"What! This..." Zhou Wen lost his temper, and then stood there stupidly, unable to say anything.

Li Ping felt that it was necessary to change the topic quickly at this time, so he said with emotion: "Is this Zhang Jianji interesting enough?"

After getting the news, he did not hide it for a while, but immediately reported it to them, especially since he did not shy away from talking about the source of the news. As a civil servant who is different from them in civil and military affairs, it is indeed not easy and very rare for Zhang Kuang to be able to do this.

Li Ping was not surprised that some former Ming government officials who worked for the Peasant Army continued to keep in touch with the government and passed on news.

It is unrealistic for everyone to be a hero in the face of life and death, and choosing to live and obey does not mean that he really agrees. This is human nature.

In fact, some of the literati and officials in the area captured by the peasant army took the initiative to surrender to the bandits, but more were forced to follow the bandits. A strong Confucian education is not for fun.

Some of those who are not reconciled will choose to respond to the government internally or pass on information.

There were such people in the peasant military regimes of Chengtian Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion in history, and it was not an exception. There were many people who were recorded in history books, and the most famous one was of course Qiu Zhitao.

Li Zicheng also obviously knew about this situation, so his troops checked the flow of people in the controlled area extremely strictly, and found many situations, and killed many people.

Li Zicheng's general distrust of officials in the original government of the Ming Dynasty may even have something to do with it.

"Yes! Zhang Jianji notified us after he got the news, and at the same time sent someone to pass it on to Yuan Shilang who returned to Wuchang. He really didn't treat us as outsiders." Duan Qiang was also quite touched.

"Is that all the news? Are there any more details?" Li Ping looked at Zhou Wen who was still standing and asked.

"Yes, I can go into more detail, but I have to speak slowly." Zhou Wen finally came to his senses.

"Then sit down and talk." Li Ping glanced at the empty seat beside him.

So soon, while the stuttering Duan Qiang and the decadent Zhou Wen complemented each other, Li Ping gradually understood the great changes that had taken place in the north, and his brows became more and more furrowed.

The great change was not unexpected, but the process was beyond his expectation. The complexity and change of the war was fully reflected in this war.

Although Sun Chuanting's army was only 10, Li Zicheng's army was 40 and because Qiu Zhitao knew Sun Chuanting's approximate marching route.But Li Zicheng did not go well in the early stage, and was even severely beaten passively.

On August 21th, Sun Chuanting set out from Tongguan. On the [-]th, he stationed his troops in Lingbao Que Township. On the [-]st, he stationed in Shanzhou to call on all the troops in Henan to cross the river and go down to the south to jointly attack. In early September, the whole army marched to Yique-Longmen in Luoyang.

In order to avoid his attack, Li Zicheng abandoned some of the cities he had already occupied, withdrew his main force to Baofeng (more than 200 kilometers north of Nanyang), in an attempt to lure Sun Chuanting to central Henan for a decisive battle.

But on September [-], as soon as Sun Chuanting's army arrived at Changfudian in the west of Jiacheng, Li Zicheng's captain, Li Yangchun, ran to surrender, and then explained Li Zicheng's formation and strength clearly.

So Sun Chuanting first defeated Baofeng and killed Chen Kexin and others.

Then the rebel generals of the peasant army led the capture of Tang County (now Tanghe County, located in the southeast of Nanyang, about 100 kilometers northeast of Xiangyang), and then Li Ping was extremely incomprehensible. Kill them all.

Then, Sun Chuanting quickly turned back to Jia County to capture General Guoyi Xie Junyou, and even rushed into Li Zicheng's camp to cut off the army flag, and chased him for dozens of miles, almost capturing Li Zicheng.

This series of operations made Li Zicheng dizzy.

Although Li Zicheng, who was furious, beheaded Qiu Zhitao who had been tied to Jia County in public after knowing Li Yangchun's rebellion, in order to deter the army, he then ordered that the fellow villager Li Zhensheng who made fun of him by pretending to surrender when he attacked Chengtianfu (Chengtianfu patrol press) ordered to be beheaded in Nanyang Yuzhou (now Fangcheng County, Nanyang City).

Li Zhensheng is from Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province. Not only is he from the same township as Li Zicheng, but also has the same surname, and his official reputation is very good.After Li Zicheng captured Li Zhensheng, he kept him in the camp and tried his best to persuade him to surrender, and he kindly and rarely called him "Big Brother".

Even when he knew that Li Zhensheng had been trying to contact Sun Chuanting, Li Zicheng was not embarrassed.

Killing Li Zhensheng shows that Li Zicheng is really in a hurry.

Since Li Zicheng had already learned that Sun Chuanting lacked food and grass, while stabilizing the interior, he secretly sent general Liu Zongmin to lead 1 elite cavalry to cut off the food roads of the army.

Just at this time, another seven consecutive days of heavy rains broke out in Henan, causing the officers and soldiers not only to lack food but also unable to move forward, and their morale plummeted.

Sun Chuanting had to order the troops heading south to temporarily retreat to Nanyang.

But because the family members were killed, Li Zicheng's troops were full of desire to fight like chicken blood, and they wanted revenge.

Therefore, Li Ziguo, who seized the opportunity, decisively fought a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting in Nanyang, and won the victory. He killed tens of thousands of officers and soldiers (4), and then took advantage of the victory to chase north.

Sun Chuanting's army retreated for more than [-] miles, and even Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief who cooperated with Sun Chuanting and was famous for defending Kaifeng, surrendered.

Since Nanyang, where the decisive battle broke out, was not far from Xiangyang, Li Zicheng's main force chased all the way north.In order to stabilize the rear, Li Zicheng conveyed the news to Xiangyang in time.

At the same time, a large number of people who were organized to transport supplies, wounded soldiers who were left to recuperate, and captured officers and soldiers also let the pseudo officials in Xiangyang and Chengtian know the previous information in time.

Although all this seemed bizarre and tortuous, it had been expected after all. Li Ping didn't have much emotion other than sighing, and he didn't want to spend more time thinking deeply.

He's in bigger trouble now!
(End of this chapter)