Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 119 How can the minister of the country die in the wild?

this day,
"My lord, I will gather the rebel army and go to Changbaidang to join the rebel army of Brother Qian Zhan and Qian Zhan before we make plans."

Tu Xiangmei came under a big tree and said to Xu Shiqi.

Since the defeat of Jiaxing, the tens of thousands of rebels now only have more than [-] people left. The massive righteousness at the beginning has now been scattered, and only the most determined people are left.

Xu Shiqi is 68 years old. During this period of time, he has been eating and drinking in Tibet. He is skinny and skinny, and his eye sockets are sunken.

Xu Shiqi, who was leaning on a cane, shook his head and said, "You are still young, you should continue to lead the rebel army to fight. I buried my neck in the soil, and following you is just a burden. I won't leave. This place is good, with beautiful scenery and mountains. Water, I like this camphor tree, and here I threw myself into the ring and died for my country."

"My lord, it's my incompetence that made the mistake, so please don't give up, my lord."

"I'm already at this age, and I have nothing to give up. Anyway, I was born as a member of Daming, and when I die, I will be Daming's ghost. Even if I die, I will not be a minister of subjugation."

The thin old man leaning on crutches, his eyes full of memories, he was born in the fifth year of Wanli, which was still a relatively good year in Ming Dynasty. Furious and fearless of power, he offended Wei Zhongxian for rescuing the censor Huang Zunsu, was framed for taking bribes, and was extorted and stripped of his status.

It was not until the third year of Chongzhen that he was reactivated as the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing. He was an official in Nanjing for more than ten years, and returned to Beijing as Zuo Tongzheng, and then moved to Guangluqing and Tongzheng Envoy. Things should be praised. In 13 years, he was promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of punishment, and then he was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Hongguang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, and was called to be the censor of the deputy capital. Later, he was promoted to the censor of the left capital, and then awarded the minister of the Ministry of officials.

This life flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern. He recalled that when Hongguang proclaimed himself emperor and called him into the imperial court, he went there with great willingness to save the country and hope to restore the Ming Dynasty. Helpless to return home.

When Tu Xiangmei and others raised righteous soldiers, he was not optimistic at all. He felt that these scholars did not know how to fight in the army, and it would be difficult to accomplish anything.

Up to now, he has never regretted it, but he really can't run anymore.

"Let the old man use this seven-foot white silk to end his life here. After my death, you will collect my body and bury it. On the tombstone, it will be good to write Xu Shiqi, the martyr of the Ming Dynasty."

Tu Xiangmei and Li Yuxin wept.

"Go, if Changbaidang can't gain a foothold, don't go north again, but go south instead."

As he spoke, Xu Shiqi scratched the word Lu on the ground.

"Go and vote for Lu Jianguo."

Huang Zunsu's son, Huang Zongxi, had written to him before, saying that the king of Lu was supervising the country in eastern Zhejiang, how determined and ambitious he was, and asked him to go south to Shaoxing to do business.Xu Shiqi refused. He was old and didn't want to run around anymore, and he didn't have any hope for the King Lu who supervised the country.

At the beginning, King Fu was supported by Nanjing Civil and Military Forces, the conditions were so good, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he couldn't hold on for a year, so he already thought in his heart that Daming was really exhausted, and there was no possibility of revival.

But at this moment, he still wrote the word Lu to the two young juniors, guiding them to retreat to the east of Zhejiang to vote for King Lu in times of crisis.

That is the last fantasy of an old man.

The servants Zu Min and Li Sheng knelt down on the ground, "Why do you say that, my lord? I am willing to escort you to Shaoxing. I heard that Zhang Guowei, Liu Zongzhou, Qi Biaojia and many other lords gathered here. There is hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty. Boss People are the ministers of the country, how can they die outside the city?"

"That's right, my lord is the Taibao, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty is reunified, my lord should return to the court to discuss government affairs and protect the Ming Dynasty together."

Xu Shiqi was a little moved by the phrase "How can the minister of the country be outside the city?"

But it really couldn't move anymore.

suddenly.

The student Ye Shuzan came on horseback. He wore a red scarf to cover his bald head. He rushed to the crowd and got off the horse.

"Teacher, Mr. Tu and Mr. Li, I was guarding and patrolling ahead. I encountered some suspicious riders and stopped them for questioning. They said they came from the south."

"Claims to be the envoy of Daming Jiangnan Admiral."

"What about people?"

"Could it be a Tartar spy?"

"There is a person who claims to know the teacher."

"Oh? Can you self-declare?"

"Professing to be the second son of former censor Huang Zunsu, Huang Zongyan, a disciple of Liu Zongzhou, also said that he once asked for advice from his teacher, and now he is the censor taught by Lu Jianguo. This time, he came to Jiaxing to meet the teacher and contact Jiaxing righteous men."

When Xu Shiqi heard Huang Zongyan's name, he nodded immediately.

"It turned out to be him, please come quickly."

Ye Shuzan rode away, and brought a few horses after a while.

Xu Shiqi leaned on crutches with anticipation, and recognized this young man from a distance. He had indeed studied under his own school, and he had a good relationship with the Huang family.When he first entered the official career, he tried his best to rescue Huang Zunsu, so he offended Wei Zhongxian, was framed for bribery, and was extorted and stripped of his status.

It was also because of this that he had contacts with the Huang Zongxi brothers.

"Students meet with the teacher, is the teacher okay?"

As soon as Huang Zongyan met, he immediately bowed down.

Xu Shiqi stepped forward to help him up, "I never expected to see you again, Huimu, why are you here?"

in the shade.

Huang Zongyan paid a visit to a group of people, and then stated the purpose of the trip, but he went north to contact the loyal ministers and righteous men of the Three Wus according to the order of the Lu Jianguo. The elder brother wrote several letters to the teacher, inviting the teacher to go south, but the teacher did not reply. So I took a trip myself.

Xu Shiqi sighed, "The rebel army was defeated, and they went south without a face, and they are even more ashamed to see you."

"Teacher, don't be discouraged. Tell the teacher the good news. His Highness has launched the Northern Expedition, personally crossed the sea, and won several victories one after another. He wiped out nearly ten thousand Tartar soldiers. Right now, he is marching towards Jiaxing."

This news greatly excited Tu Xiangmei and the others.

"Speak carefully, I'm waiting here with my eyes and ears closed, like a frog in a well."

After a long time.

Everyone was shocked.

"Li Yuchun was defeated in Zhujiazhuang, Haiyan, and was captured?"

"Later, he was rescued by the squire of Tonglu?"

"Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu is His Highness Jian Guo?"

All kinds of news are unbelievable, but Huang Zongyan is already in front of him, and the news he personally said will never be false.

Because Yan Wogong's identity is a top secret, in the announcement to the outside world, Zhujiazhuang's victory was a little regretful, and finally the traitor Yan Wogong led people to rescue Li Yuchun.

During the ensuing siege of Zhujiazhuang, Li Yuchun personally led five hundred Ding elites to attack Zhu Wu's camp at night. After missing a single blow, he abandoned most of the village and escaped with his tail cut off.

And Lu Jianguo personally led the king's teacher and came all the way in pursuit.

This uprising in Jiaxing was outside of Zhu Yihai's plan. Before that, he also sent people to actively contact people from all walks of life in Wu, but Jiaxing didn't get in touch.What was even more unexpected was that two young literati, Tu Xiangmei and Li Yuxin, could make such a big deal.

It actually went so vigorously, pulling up tens of thousands of rebels, although this method of sending out one soldier from each family seemed to Zhu Yihai to be a bit of nonsense, and this is not the way to fight a war, especially with so many rebels, it would cost a lot to eat horses, And there is no normal source of money and food, so we can only ask for donations from rich families and apportion to the common people, which actually puts a lot of burden on the common people.

In addition, the fake general Chen Wu who appeared suddenly, and the bandits who came to vote, made this rebel army even more chaotic.

Yan Wogong was suddenly summoned to Hangzhou, and Li Yuchun became a part that Zhu Yihai could not control, so in the end Jiaxing rebelled, and Li Yuchun defeated the Jiaxing Rebel Army and captured Jiaxing Fucheng.

All this happened so quickly that Zhu Yihai, who was marching and integrating troops, suppressing bandits and thieves along the way, suppressing traitors and bullies for actual combat training, and raising food and salaries, was caught off guard.

It was too late to save.

Zhu Yihai focused his energy on the uprisings in Songjiang and Kunshan, and even sent a lot of people there, ignoring the Jiaxing mansion around him for a while.

After all, no one expected that a Hanlin reviewing a military department, with such courage, could quickly pull up tens of thousands of horses.

"Where is Your Highness, let's go to greet you."

"It's in the suburbs of Pinghu County."

"Then Pinghu County will be regained immediately. Earlier, we took Pinghu in an uprising and killed the false county magistrate, but the bandit Li quickly led his troops to capture Pinghu." Speaking of this, Tu Xiangmei was very sad.

Before they won three counties in a row, who knew that they were defeated in an instant.

Although Huang Zongyan came from Shaoxing later, he knew a little about the current situation in Jiaxing after meeting Jian Guo.

"Teacher and all of you, please lead the people to follow me south to Pinghu to meet His Highness Jian Guo."

Xu Shiqi, who had already chosen this camphor tree and was going to hang himself under the tree, no longer said he was dead, so what if he was 68 years old, and he could still fight for Ming Dynasty for a few more years.

He felt that his waist was no longer sore and his legs were sore. He didn't even feel the need for crutches anymore, and he no longer had any problems riding a horse.

"We specially came to the teacher to prepare the Uppong tanker."

"I can also ride a horse." Xu Shiqi was getting older and stronger, and he was full of pride.

Huang Zongyan smiled and wanted to help him, but he pushed him away, "I can do it."

a few days later.

On the outskirts of Pinghu City, when Xu Shiqi disembarked from the boat and landed, he saw a large company camp. The red flags fluttering high, especially the Sun and Moon Bright Flag, made him cry with excitement.

Although I feel that these flags are a bit thin, Qingdao flag, Jingu flag, Wufang flag, Wufangshen flag, 28 star belts, three army command flags, 28 star flags, twelve zodiac flags, six Ding Liujia flags Not even.

There is nothing for the Big Dipper to raise its flag high.

Flying dragon, flying tiger, flying biao, flying leopard flag, sitting flag, etc. are not all in place.

But just that bright flag was enough to make the old man burst into tears.

"How many master masters are these?"

"Return to the boss, the cavalry battalion has eight battalions and four thousand battalions, the navy battalion twelve battalions has six thousand battalions, the infantry battalion thirty-two battalions has six thousand battalions, a total of fifty-two battalions, twenty-six thousand soldiers, and nine thousand three hundred and six auxiliary soldiers. , the whole army is thirty-five thousand three hundred and six, and there are also a number of battalion personnel such as the battalion affairs department, the grain platform department, the editing and editing department, and the supervision department..."

Xu Shiqi looked at these continuous barracks, and heard these numbers, he was a little dazed, "These are the Sixth Division of the Northern Expedition mentioned by Jian Guoqin?"

"Exactly."

Xu Shiqi slapped his thigh angrily, "Da Ming ZTE is expected!"

(End of this chapter)