Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 249 The Case of Prince from the North
Speaking of which, although He Tengjiao is not from the Donglin Party, he is still considered a half-clear official, and naturally he is not against the Eunuch Party.

But He Tengjiao knew that the Nanjing court was not as simple as eunuchs controlling the government.

First of all, the current emperor (Fu Wang) was supported by Ma Shiying and the four towns in Jiangbei.

At that time, the Donglin Party members actually wanted to support Lu Wang Zhu Changhao.

In this way, after succeeding to the throne, Ma Shiying and other so-called "eunuchs" and the four towns in Jiangbei will naturally be reused, while the Donglin party members will be alienated.

As for Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan with 80 soldiers, the late emperor did not listen to the court's orders when he was in power. Whether it was the succession of King Fu or King Lu, he would only be wary of, suppress, and even try to eliminate him.

In the end, He Tengjiao had only heard about the crown prince coming from the north, and he heard that the crown prince had been identified as a counterfeit, but he didn't know the details.

But he thinks that this kind of thing should not be involved in such a matter as he, a feudal official like him, and a general who supports troops like Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu's so-called side of the Qing emperor was actually not satisfied with occupying Wuchang, but also worried that the remaining Shun army would come over in the future, and wanted to go east to occupy Jiangnan, replace the four towns in Jiangbei, and completely hold the imperial court for his own use.

He Tengjiao could see Zuo Liangyu's selfishness clearly.

But he didn't expose it face to face, otherwise he was afraid that his life would be lost.

So he said: "Ningnan Hou, it is abominable for the eunuch to control the government, but you and I both have important responsibilities in Huguang, so we should not leave it lightly.

Now, you are guarding Wuchang Mansion, and I am guarding Hunan, and you can still block the gangsters so that they dare not go south and look east.

If you leave with soldiers and horses, and I also leave with soldiers and horses, wouldn't all of Huguang fall into the hands of Shun thieves?

If the thieves occupy Huguang, they can enter Sichuan and Guizhou in the west, go to Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, and attack Jiangnan along the river, then the Ming Dynasty will have no danger to defend! "

Zuo Liangyu was silent for a while after hearing He Tengjiao's words.

Although he is a martial artist, he has been marching and fighting for many years, how could he not understand the principles He Tengjiao said?

But now he has to go east to Jiangnan.

The so-called 80 army under his command was originally a mob. Among them, there were only five battalions under his direct control, with less than [-] people.

The rest are only the defeated officers and soldiers attached to each side, as well as the bandit soldiers who are not tolerated by the two thieves Li and Zhang.

With his ability, it was difficult to control so many soldiers and horses. Since the beginning of spring this year, he became seriously ill, and his control over the various ministries under his command became weaker. Even his son Zuo Menggeng didn't listen to him very much.

Since Huang Shu, the censor of Huguang patrol, has been in the army, he has spent a lot of money and entertained banquets at every turn. Not only has he made good friends with the generals, but even his son Zuo Menggeng trusts him and even obeys his advice.

Although Zuo Liangyu himself was wary of Huang Shu, he also liked to listen to what this man had to say - I have to say that literati flattering is really nice.

In addition, Huang Shu represents part of the Donglin party group after all, and if he wants to enter the south of the Yangtze River, it is necessary to cooperate with the Donglin party members.

Therefore, even if he knew that what Huang Shu was doing was to buy the morale of the army, Zuo Liangyu did not stop him, but was happy to see it succeed.

During this period, Huang Shu continued to encourage him and the generals under his command to send troops to the east to crusade against the Nanjing court.

All the generals were also moved.

Because if Zuo Liangyu could defeat the four Jiangbei towns, coerce the Nanjing court to order the world, and even re-establish a new emperor, he would definitely be a very powerful minister.

At that time, the status of these generals will inevitably go further, maybe everyone will be granted the title of Bo and Marquis like Zuo Liangyu.

Regarding this matter, Zuo Liangyu has been procrastinating, neither resolutely opposing nor agreeing.

The main reason for this was that Zuo Liangyu actually couldn't see clearly what the general trend of the world would be like in the end, let alone defeat the four Jiangbei towns.

He managed to get to where he is today, and has 80 soldiers, but he doesn't want to make a wrong move and lose everything.

Originally, Zuo Liangyu wanted to delay Jiangbei to make changes, so he could take advantage of the opportunity.

As far as he knew, the four towns in Jiangbei were not of the same mind, and they were very dirty with each other. Therefore, even if the Qing army from the north did not come, the four towns in Jiangbei would conquer each other sooner or later.

Then his chance came.

Zuo Liangyu thought that this time would have to be delayed for a year or so, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly, and the current situation forced him to make a choice.

First, Gao Jie, one of the four towns in Jiangbei in the first month, was killed by the general Xu Dingguo in Suizhou, Henan, so it can be said that one of the four towns in Jiangbei has gone.

Then the "Prince from the North Case" occurred.

Mu Hu, the servant of Gao Mengji, the former Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, encountered the so-called "Prince Zhu Cihong from the North" on his way from the north to the south.

After Mu Hu brought the "Prince" to Nanjing, because Gao Mengji couldn't tell the truth from the fake, and felt that the matter was too big, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he sent the "Prince" to Suzhou and Hangzhou to hide.

Unexpectedly, this prince often flaunts to the public, deliberately showing his noble and extraordinary appearance, causing many people to discuss and speculate on his identity.

This forced Gao Mengji to tell Emperor Hongguang secretly what he had done.

After that, the "Prince from the North Case" broke out, which caused a lot of uproar in Nanjing and panic among the people.

Although Lu Jiude, the former eunuch of the Beijing camp, Wang Duo, Liu Zhengzong, Li Jinglian and other eunuchs who had seen the real Zhu Cihong all said that the prince from the north was a fake.

However, some people took the opportunity to make trouble, went to visit the "Prince", worshiped him as the real prince, and wailed outside his residence.

Because there were too many people who came to worship the "Prince", even if Emperor Hongguang knew that he was a fake, he could not be killed because of the court and folk discussions, so he had to be placed under house arrest first.

After Huang Shu learned of the case of the prince who came from the north, he used this to stimulate the generals of Zuo Liangyu's army, and even took advantage of Zuo Liangyu's serious illness and was unable to be a director.

In the end, even Zuo Menggeng was tricked into participating in this matter.

Zuo Liangyu's family was wiped out by bandits, and now his only relative is his son Zuo Menggeng, so Zuo Menggeng has always been regarded as his lifeline.

Therefore, when the matter developed to this point, he, Zuo Liangyu, had already been erected, and he had no choice but to send troops eastward to Qingjun's side.

In addition, according to his scouting horses, the Shun army is entering Huguang in a large scale, and it seems that they intend to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River after being defeated by the Qing army.

Zuo Liangyu didn't think he could defeat Li Zicheng, so it was even more necessary for Li Zicheng to go east to Nanzhili first.

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After a while of silence, Zuo Liangyu was about to speak, but coughed violently.

After he finished coughing, he took a look at the white handkerchief covering his mouth, and saw glaring bloodstains on it.

Zuo Liangyu was not surprised by this, and directly squeezed the handkerchief into a ball and threw it into the stove to burn.

He looked at He Tengjiao and said: "What Governor He said is not unreasonable, but I have decided to send troops to the side of the Qing emperor, and in two days I will have all the boats.

At this critical moment, since Governor He knows what I'm planning, I'm afraid he will be wronged and live on my naval warship for a while. "

Although He Tengjiao had expected it, but hearing what Zuo Liangyu said, he still couldn't help saying angrily: "Zuo Liangyu, you want to put this supervisor under house arrest?!"

But Zuo Liangyu didn't have the energy to talk to He Tengjiao any more, he just waved his hands and said, "Come here, please ask Governor He to go down and rest. Remember, we must send more people to protect the safety of Governor He."

"Yes!"

Several wolves and tigers' personal soldiers came in immediately, wanting to take He Tengjiao down.

He Tengjiao said angrily: "This old man has feet, so he can walk by himself!"

The soldiers were not afraid that He Tengjiao would run away, so they just took him away.

After resting for a while, Zuo Liangyu was about to call Zuo Menggeng over to give some instructions, so Zuo Menggeng walked in quickly.

"Father, the sentry ship is here to report that a large navy has appeared upstream!"

(End of this chapter)