Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 313 The Golden Sword

Nanchang.

Xicheng, Jiangxi admiral's yamen.

"You are Wanji?" Jiangxi Admiral Jin Shenghuan looked suspiciously at the middle-aged scholar in front of him, who looked like a refined private school gentleman.

"It's right here." The middle-aged man was calm and calm.

Jin Shenghuan looked left and right, "Wanji, the former Shaoqing of the Taipu Temple?"

"It's Wan who doesn't change his name when he walks or sits without changing his surname."

"Shouldn't there be two Shaoqings with the same name in Taipu Temple?" Jin Shenghuan asked again.

"of course not."

"How do you prove that you are Wanji?"

"I was born in the 31st year of Wannian. I was a 22-year-old Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi. I was the first official in Chaozhou and fed crocodiles. Later, I was transferred to Germany and captured the robber Li Shouzhi. I was demoted in the National Examination in Chongzhen for four years. I did not bribe the chief examiner and was demoted. From 11 onwards, he resumed his role as an agent of the Yongzhou Procuratorate, where he caught snakes."

"Later, the supervisor Yang Sichang recommended me to serve as the right judge of Dali Temple, and to join Yang Gong's army to supervise military discipline..."

Jin Shenghuan nodded, "Needless to say, it really is you, Wan Tietou, I finally saw you." Jin Shenghuan shouted a little excitedly, pointing at Wanji and said, "Damn it, I was doing well in Guanzhong back then. Why, that old man Yang Sichang is planning to suppress us with four points and six corners, and ten sides to spread the net, I heard that this plan was offered by Wan Tietou, the right and left hand in his army, but is it true?"

Wan Wanji was not afraid, nodded and said, Mr. Yang Ge really trusted me in the army, relied on me as the right and left hand in the army, and I also offered a lot of advice.

"Sure enough, it's you, damn it. Back then, the strategy of spreading the net with four corners and six corners made me suffer. I was forced to jump up and down and almost had nowhere to go. In the end, I had no choice but to vote for Zuo Shuai."

"You don't know how many people wanted to cut you off, you Wan Tietou."

When Jin Shenghuan thought of this past, he was still angry. He was nicknamed Yidousu back then, and his life was quite chic. Yang Sichang was originally the right servant of the Ministry of War and the son of Yang He, the governor of the three sides. Chongzhen served as Minister of the Ministry of War for ten years. Extremely trusted by Chongzhen, he advocated encircling and suppressing the Qingyi and the peasant army on all sides. He went to encircle and suppress the peasant army as a supervisor and assistant minister. He once defeated Zhang Xianzhong, but in the end his strategy failed. After Zhang Xianzhong broke Xiangyang, He died in terror.

And Yang Sichang admired Wanji, who was unsuccessful in the officialdom, not only recommended him, but also relied on him as his right-hand man after he was transferred to the army.

Although Wanji is a scholar, he is very courageous and is called an iron head by the army.

Even the Peasant Army called him Wan Tietou.

After Yang Sichang's death, Wanji returned to his hometown Nanchang Dingyou to watch over his mother's funeral. Chongzhen came back again after 16 years and served as the head of the Nanjing staff, and was promoted to doctor.

After Fu Wang ascended the throne in Nanjing, Wanji, as a doctor in the Ministry of War, took the initiative to go to Jiangbei to mediate the conflicts in the four towns. Under his help, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong and others finally stopped fighting. The court also believed that Wanji was talented. He was able to appease Dazhen, so he was promoted to be a servant and Shaoqing, and later he was asked to supervise the military affairs of the four towns in Jiangbei.

He also gave the court many useful suggestions.

After the death of the southern capital, he returned to his hometown Nanchang to recruit brave men. After the Qing army captured Nanchang, Jiujiang, he retreated to Ji'an, Ganzhou and other places to continue fighting against the Qing Dynasty. After a long talk, he admired him very much and personally recommended him to Zhu Yihai, so Zhu Yihai decreed that Wanji be the governor of Jiangxi.

Originally Wanji was supposed to be in Ji'an Zhang Guowei's army at this time, but he showed up in Nanchang and even ran to Jin Shenghuan's admiral's office on his own initiative, which made Jin Shenghuan very surprised.

"You came here alone, but you want to belong to the imperial court?"

Although he was once beaten by Wanji very embarrassingly, he also went to Jiangnanchang, Yuanzhou and other places in Jiuzhou before, and defeated Wanji, so now he is very friendly to this old friend. Talent, if you belong to the imperial court, you will definitely be awarded the governor of Jiangxi."

"You are much better than the new governor, Zhang Yutian. That guy doesn't know anything except finding ways to make money."

Speaking of the governor from the Qingqing Committee, Jin Shenghuan was very disdainful, because this guy was not only greedy, but also greedy for him. Before Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong entered Jiangxi, they even broke the various mansions, and indeed robbed a lot of money.

As soon as Zhang Yutian came, he actually asked them for money.

And it was the lion who opened his mouth and asked Jin Shenghuan for 30 taels of silver.

Originally, Jin Shenghuan thought about this new Futai taking office, so he was always very pleased, and planned to give him three to five thousand taels of silver as a tribute, and in the future he will be an official in the same city and take care of each other, who knew that this guy had such a big appetite.

Jin Shenghuan wanted to bargain, but that guy actually uttered wild words, saying that he would impeach them for robbing the place and eating empty wages, etc. This made Jin Shenghuan angry.

He started out as a thief, he talked well, and he gave him face, but now he was threatened, and he was also angry. He happened to have a drink that day, so he directly hung up the person sent by Zhang Yutian and beat him thirty bars. Ask him to bring a message to Zhang Yutian. There is no 30 taels of silver, but there are thirty bars.

This can be regarded as completely offending the nursing home, and also offending the new governor Dong Xuecheng incidentally.

Jin Shenghuan is also a rough person, he thinks that if he doesn't do anything, he won't have to give face in the future, he loves whoever he loves.

"I was the governor of Jiangxi, and I was appointed by Lu Jianguo, and I carried the governor's silver seal with me." Wanji really showed Jin Shenghuan a silver seal while talking.

Jin Shenghuan was a little confused by Monk Zhang Er.

"General Jin, we are old friends who don't know each other anymore. I came here to show the general a clear path. The general is very dangerous now. He is dying, but he doesn't know it yet."

"What do you mean?"

"General Jin knows it well in his heart, so why should I say it so clearly? You were originally a thief in Guanzhong, and you surrendered Zuo Liangyu later, and then surrendered with Zuo Liangyu's son. You don't want to surrender your military power, so please come here When conquering Jiangxi, the Tartars appointed you as Admiral of Jiangxi, but after you captured half of Jiangxi, the Tartars conferred on you the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi. , and even sent Zhang Yutian and Dong Xuecheng to caress Jiangxi, why did the two of them oppose you everywhere after they took office, have you never thought about it?"

"If there is no imperial court's approval, how dare they treat you like this when they are new civil servants? After all, it is wartime now, and if you think about it carefully, how many of your promotions and appointments have been abolished and demoted after this appointment?" general?"

I heard that Zhang Yutian pointed angrily at you several times, asking if you want to rebel?
Can you say something like this casually?There is a reason for that.

I got the news today that Zhang Yutian and others have secretly drawn Wang Tizhong over. Wang Tizhong thinks that he is strong and strong, and it is mostly his merits in fighting Jiangxi, but you are on top of him. He has been dissatisfied for a long time.I also know that you secretly wooed his general Wang Zamao, and wanted to kill him with Wang Deren, and I hate him even more, so I am willing to join hands with Zhang Yutian to eliminate you.

This matter has been reported by Zhang Yutian to Hong Chengchou, the manager, and Dorgon in Beijing. Zhang Yutian said that you are the admiral of Jiangxi. , looting countless money, etc., and saying that you are transparent in secret, and deliberately ignore Huguang. You are still just a general, and you are still a general who was once a bandit. "

Jin Shenghuan frowned at Wanji's words.

"Wan Tietou, I know you have always been a top-notch person, but do you think that just because of your one-sided words, I will fall into your trick of picking apart people?"

Wanji was very calm, "Why should I pick and choose?"

"I'll show you something first!"

Wan Ji took out several letters and handed them to Jin Shenghuan.

"Is the general literate?"

"I can't read many characters in Dou Da." Jin Shenghuan clapped his hands and called for his soldiers, telling him to invite Huang Renlong, his aide, to come over.

Huang Renlong was Jin Shenghuan's trusted candidate, so he handed him the letter and asked him to read it to himself.

After listening to several letters, Jin Shenghuan's face was already very ugly, because these letters were written by Governor Zhang Yutian and Governor Dong Xuecheng respectively to Hong Chengchou, the general manager, and Beijing Regent, etc., and the contents were basically the same as those of Wan Tietou. Pretty much said.

"Check the seal and handwriting." Jin Shenghuan gritted his teeth and said.

Huang Renlong is also a well-read poet, and he has won Juren. Of course, he is also good at official documents and letters. He checked it carefully several times, "The seals on it are all real, and the handwriting is indeed Zhang Futai and Dong Xun. By the way, I still have the letter they wrote to the admiral here for comparison."

"Go get it."

After some comparison, even Jin Shenghuan, who couldn't read many characters, could tell that it was the same handwriting.

"How dare they do that!"

Turning around a few times angrily, Jin Shenghuan looked at Wanji again, "How did you get these letters?"

"Of course there are my channels, and I even have a letter here."

He took out another one.

Huang Renlong took it, but his hands trembled uncontrollably.

"what happened?"

Huang Renlong looked terrified, "It was sent by the regent to Leke Dehun, the king of Shuncheng County, saying that Jiangxi is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Nanchang Jiujiang is an important place for river defense. Jiangxi is even more important. He also said that the general and the king are both thieves and bandits, and they cannot be reused. He also said that the two generals are at odds. Soldiers stationed in Jiujiang Nanchang..."

Huang Renlong couldn't go on talking about the latter part. Obviously, this Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong fought fiercely, and each of them complained to the higher authorities. Moreover, Jin Shenghuan had a bad relationship with the new Fusong, so now the court is treating these two members from Jiangxi. The guarding generals are also going to be replaced.

The way to replace them is also very simple. In order to prevent these two bandit-born generals from being disobedient, they plan to let them fight among themselves first, and then take action when they are both defeated. Destroy the rebels.

"Wang Tizhong thought that Zhang Yutian was with him, and now he is still rubbing his fists in a foolish way, preparing to annihilate the general, but he doesn't know that the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind."

Jin Shenghuan had a grim expression on his face. He called his soldiers to guard Wanji and not let him leave the house, and then he left in a hurry.

Half a day later, he returned to the house to see Wanji, but his face was very ugly.

"Wang Tizhong is really preparing for a mutiny. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have been kept in the dark. Duke Wan, what should I do now?"

Obviously, Jin Shenghuan did not fully trust Wanji's one-sided statement, but had to verify it himself.

"Now there are two ways. One is that the general has already known Wang Tizhong's plan, so he can take action first to get rid of him by force, or prepare secretly and strike later."

"Then what? Luck Dehun has come from Anqing, and he will arrive in Jiujiang soon." Jin Shenghuan was not afraid of Wang Tizhong, he was sure he could kill him, but he was afraid of the Qing army.

"Since the Tartars don't want to trust the general and want to get rid of them quickly, why should the general continue to work for them? I advise the general to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and join me, Daming.

"Can Daming accept me?"

"I am the governor of Jiangxi appointed by Lu Jianguo. This time I have also discussed with Zhang Ge, the governor of the two rivers of the imperial court. As long as you are willing to do whatever, the imperial court will naturally welcome you."

"General, after all, you can defend Nanchang, and Governor Zhang will immediately lead troops to respond, so you don't have to be afraid of the Qing army."

"If the general is worried that he won't be able to hold it, he can retreat to Ji'an first. Of course, I advise the general to guard Nanchang. The soldiers of Governor Zhang are in Ji'an, which is only a few hundred miles away, and can be reached in a few days."

Jin Shenghuan still hesitated.

The situation in this world was already very clear, and Jurchen's entry into the Central Plains was already a general trend, but now he felt a little unclear.

But the Ming army just lost in Huguang again.

"Brother Huang?"

The hesitant Jin Shenghuan looked at Huang Renlong, his confidant, and now he likes to ask advice from this military adviser.

Huang Renlong can always quote the scriptures in his usual speech, and even Sun Tzu can recite the Art of War fluently, and he speaks clearly and logically.

"If Duzhen is sure that Beijing has the intention to get rid of you, I suggest that Duzhen should make a plan early. He can't work his life for them and get stabbed in the end. It's not worth it." Huang Renlong persuaded tactfully.

These words made Jin Shenghuan determined. He led the uprising at the beginning of these years, and then returned to the army, then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and now he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty again.

Every step, in fact, was not what he wanted, it was just forced by the situation.

He faced Wanji and bowed to him.

"Please ask Wan Fu Yuan to accept me, Jin Shenghuan anyway, and express my loyalty to His Highness Jian Guo on my behalf."

Wan Ji smiled and helped Jin Shenghuan up.

He also took a risk when he came to Nanchang this time, but the situation in Huguang was corrupted, and Jiangxi could not wait any longer, so the situation had to be opened as soon as possible.

It happened that Jin Shenghuan was in conflict with Wang Tizhong, and the governor Zhang Yutianxun was at odds with Jin Shenghuan and others according to Dong Xuecheng. In addition, Wang Tizhong refused to shave his hair. The Qing court was very dissatisfied.

Daming obtained these confidential information through top insiders like Yan Wogong and Qian Qianyi, and passed them on to Zhu Yihai, who in turn passed them on to Zhang Guowei and the others.

After they obtained these secrets, they decided to make good use of them, so Jiang Riguang personally went to Wang Tizhong's side to pick apart, and Wan Ji came to Jin Shenghuan's side to challenge.

The worst lie is nine out of ten sentences are true and one is false.

What Jiang Riguang and Wanji said to Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong, the two generals, was nine truths and one lie. It started early.

The key is that the letters that Wanji presented are all true.

After what happened in Huguang and Jiangnan, the Qing court is really worried about these generals with bad backgrounds, but Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong are still trying to kill each other, accusing each other constantly, some are true and false, some are not, This made the Qing court very dissatisfied with them, and the new governor Zhang Yutian made things even more complicated.

"I'll write a letter to Governor Zhang, asking him to send troops to respond immediately, but Wang Tizhong already wants to strike first, so we have to fight back." Wanji said.

Jin Shenghuan gritted his teeth, "Don't worry, although Wang Tizhong is strong in soldiers and horses, I, Jin Shenghuan, am not a vegetarian. Since I want to do it, then fuck him to my heart's content! I have long been dissatisfied with Wang Tizhong, this time we will settle the old and new scores together!"

"The general wants to use Wang Dezhong to counter Wang Tizhong? Wang Zamao should be available. Please ask the general to recruit him in private. We will discuss the opportunity with him face to face."

Jin Shenghuan was secretly surprised, he didn't expect that Wan Tietou really knew everything, and he couldn't hide it from him, but he felt a little more at ease in his heart.

This shows that everything is under Wan Tietou's control.

(End of this chapter)