Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 349 Respectfully Written Overnight, Master Wang

The north side of Yifeng Gate is surrounded by Lion Mountain, and the south side is surrounded by Xiuqiu Mountain. The city gate is built between two valleys, taking advantage of the favorable location, and there are two water caves under the city.

Back then, the Ming army's Northern Expedition also came out of Yifengmen. Unexpectedly, the Ming army is now surrounded by Yifengmen.

Yan Wogong and Qian Qianyi looked at each other.

Both of them are transparent in secret, but they don't know it. At this time, they still think that the other party is a traitor loyal to the Qing court.

"Ming thieves are powerful, Nanjing city has few soldiers, and civil strife just broke out. Reinforcement is hard to come for a while. We have to find a way to delay and buy time. Chen Hongfan failed to go out of the city to negotiate peace. Now we can only hope that Qian Shangshu can turn the tide. I don't know. May I ask Mr. Qian to go out of the city again to make peace?"

Yan Wogong is aggressive and has the intention of sending Qian Qianyi into the fire pit.

Qian Qianyi looked at Chen Hongfan who was still howling outside the city. Although he knew that he would be fine if he went out with his current identity, he was unwilling to be dominated by the traitor Yan Wogong easily.

"Admiral Chen has already encountered misfortune. King Lu is determined to resist. Even if I have a solid tongue, I can't shake his determination. It's better to ask Yan Jinglue to think of another strategy."

Yan Wogong turned his head to look at Zhu Yousong who was in a coma, and smelled a foul smell.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that a puddle of urine had already appeared under Fu Wang's feet.

This Emperor Hongguang was scared to pee.

The disgust for him in my heart grew a bit more, "Help Your Majesty well."

Turning to Qian Qianyi, he said, "Please ask Qian Shangshu to speak to the king of Lu under the city, saying that Emperor Hongguang is here, and let them retreat."

Qian Qianyi did not refuse, but glanced at Hong Guang who was still in a coma, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Qian Qianyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty and a bachelor of the Academy of Internal Secretaries, ordered by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the Regent, sent Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty to go south from Beijing. Here, I would like to say hello to His Royal Highness King Lu of the Ming Kingdom."

The Qing army on the city repeated it aloud together.

under the city.

Zhu Yihai is still watching the sentence.

The executioner skillfully chopped Chen Hongfan, a big traitor, into pieces. Every time he cut off a small piece of meat, he was given a few sips of medicinal wine every once in a while to prevent him from bleeding too fast or dying of pain.

Numerous soldiers of the royal camp watched the execution.

The shouts from the city were handed down, but no one talked about it.

The troops of the imperial camp were as motionless as a mountain, and they were all in awe.

The name of Emperor Hongguang was moved out, and it had no effect.

When everyone in the city saw it, they were all moved.

"I didn't expect King Lu's military discipline to be so awe-inspiring, even Tie Jun." Qian Qianyi sighed.

My father Yan also nodded, "It's really amazing."

From the bottom of their hearts, the two of them admired the might of Lu Jianguo's imperial battalion of the Ming army.

The Qing army continued to shout over and over again, and Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, also woke up from being pinched, still trembling, especially when he wet his pants with fear, he was even more embarrassed.

He wants to leave, but my father strictly forbids it.

under the city.

Xu Shiqi came over to ask Zhu Yihai for instructions, "Your Highness, it seems that the head of the city is King Fu."

"Ah."

Zhu Yihai replied flatly.

"Do you want to reply to the Qing army?"

"Let the soldiers tell the Tartars that when King Fu abandoned Nanjing City and fled with his people, he was no longer qualified to be called emperor, and the imperial court of our country did not recognize his throne.

After Emperor Lie, it was the first year of Lu Jianguo. There was no Emperor Hongguang in Ming Dynasty, only Zhu Yousong, king of Lu, and since he came down to the Qing Dynasty, he has been expelled from the genealogy of my Huangming Zhu family. "

"He is no longer a member of my Zhu Ming royal family, he is just a thief."

The cabinet minister Xu Shiqi couldn't help being surprised when he heard Zhu Yihai's words. Before that, the courtiers asked Zhu Yihai to ascend the throne, and at the same time requested the abolition of the Hongguang throne and the Hongguang reign. The year following the 17th year of Chongzhen was the first year of Lu Jianguo, also known as The first year of Shaotian.

The abolition of Hongguang's throne also made Zhu Yihai's ascension to the throne more active in terms of jurisprudence. After all, if Zhu Yousong's throne was recognized, there would be a lot of trouble, not to mention that the emperor became a prisoner of the Qing army In the future, it may still be in a passive position politically.

So simply don't admit it, and erase this unbearable history of Hongguang Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, now everyone can face Hongguang's southward travel more calmly.

But Zhu Yihai actually directly abolished Zhu Yousong's title, and even erased his identity as a member of the Zhu family.

The Tatars wanted to use Hongguang's identity to suppress the Ming army.

Lu Jianguo directly expelled him from the clan.

The guards of Qianniuwei replied loudly.

There was silence at the top of the city, Zhu Yousong was both afraid and angry, trembling so badly, he couldn't catch his breath, and passed out again.

"I didn't expect that Lu Jianguo would respond in such a way. I made a mistake."

"Why don't you ask Mr. Qian to go to Mingying for a while?"

Qian Qianyi looked at Yan Wogong, "Since Jinglue is so persistent, then a certain person can only risk his life to go there, but he can't go empty-handed, he must show some sincerity."

"Chen Hongfan sent 100 million taels of silver, isn't that sincere enough?" Yan Wogong asked.

Qian Qianyi looked at the well-organized Ming army below the city, "Jinglue, from my point of view, it is not easy for the small number of troops in Nanjing to defend Nanjing. Now we can only find ways to buy time and wait for reinforcements."

"Indeed, what's your plan?"

"First of all, I will make another sum of gold, silver and silk as a gift. Second, I will read to Lu Jianguo the imperial edict given to me by the regent of the Qing emperor, who canonized the king of the Ming kingdom.
Third, please Yan Jinglue to take the initiative to abandon the eighteen outer gates and retreat the soldiers into the inner city, only guarding the thirteen inner city gates and two water gates. "

"The initiative to abandon the outer city is to show sincerity, and secondly, it is impossible to defend the outer city now that there are few soldiers. It is better to take the initiative to shrink and retreat to the inner city. As long as the inner triple city can be defended, it is enough."

In fact, only the inner city, that is, the thirteen gates of the capital city are still not easy to guard, because although the capital city is not as long as the outer city's circumference of more than [-] miles, the city wall of the capital city is also more than [-] miles long.

But at least it is better than the outer city with a length of more than 120 miles, and the eighteen gates are more difficult to defend.

Yan Wogong agreed more readily than Qian Qianyi imagined.

"In this way, I will give you another 100 million taels of silver, plus 10 taels of gold, and [-] bolts of silk and [-] bolts of cotton cloth. You can take them to King Lu, hoping that he can start a peace negotiation."

"The strategy is really big." Qian Qianyi quickly praised.

"It's all for the imperial court, for the country and society!" Yan Gonglue sighed.

After finishing speaking, he turned around and said to the officials behind him, "You have also heard that, for the safety of Nanjing City, for the sake of the country, we can only try our best to appease the Ming thieves first, this 100 million taels of silver, 10 taels of gold, plus [-] bolts of silk and satin [-] bolts of cotton cloth, hurry up and collect them, the time limit is one day."

"Jinglue, I just collected 300 million yuan twice in a row, and I'm afraid I won't be able to collect it again. It's all over the ground." An official complained.

Yan Wogong scolded angrily, "What time is it now, and everyone still keeps their money and refuses to take it out? This time it's a loan from the court, an IOU!"

"But IOUs are not easy to use!"

"Is it because the IOUs are not valid, or are you guys unwilling to serve the court, and are secretly preparing to welcome Ming thieves into the city?"

"Slightly appease your anger, how dare a small one, it's just that it's really hard to recruit now."

"It's already this time, isn't it easy to conscript? Who dares to resist, that is collaborating with the enemy, with bad intentions, and directly sending troops to raid the house!"

"This book will dispatch troops to cooperate with you to borrow money!"

Qian Qianyi watched secretly in shock.

So a frightened envoy hanged from the Yifeng Gate to see the King of Lu, saying that it was Qian Qianyi, Minister of Rites, who had come as an envoy by order, and brought a canonized imperial edict, and prepared rewards such as millions of gold and silver, and said that he was willing to send The south of the Yangtze River was ceded to the Ming army and so on.

He also proposed that as a show of sincerity, the Jiangning garrison would first return the garrison guarding the Eighteen Gates of Outer Guo to the inner city, and also ask the Ming army to suspend the attack, so that the two families can negotiate peace with peace of mind.

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At Tang Guozuo's mansion, Marquis of Lingbi, all the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and even the gentry and rich merchants came to the door one after another. The apparent reason was that Marquis Lingbi had newly adopted a concubine and invited relatives and friends to congratulate him.

In fact, everyone understands why.

After a few glasses of wine, everyone began to complain about Yan Jinglue's greed and cruelty, and his wanton looting and robbery of everyone.

In less than ten days, they were forced to donate twice and borrowed once.

For example, Zhao Zhilong, uncle of Xincheng, had 6 taels of silver taken away three times. Zhao Zhilong was forced to dig out all the silver buried in the ground and hand it over. Nephews, they said that they appreciated them very much and received them for reuse, but in fact they were hostages.

But Wei Guogong Xu Yunjue was even worse, and was extorted 30 taels of silver three times.

None of these wealthy families in Nanjing escaped.

But now, here it comes again.

This time he opened his mouth even more, like Zhao Zhilong, 6 for the first time, 20 for the second time, 30 taels for the third time, Xu Yunjue, Duke of Wei, [-] for the first time, [-] for the second time Secondary [-].

Directly a group of soldiers entered the mansion, regardless of whether you surprised or spoiled the family members, they would not leave without paying the money, and this time Yan Jinglue appreciated more young people from the Xu family, picking up dozens of people.

The guards of their family were also directly taken away in the name of assisting the defense city, and the swords and guns of the guards in the mansion were also forcibly taken away.

"I really can't get any more money."

This time, everyone no longer went to Zhao Zhilong's mansion, but went directly to Tang Guozuo's mansion, because Tang Guozuo's family had always been married to Lu Fan, and Lu Wang's son also stayed at his mansion before, and even mentioned marriage.

Seeing that they were going to be forced to death by Yan Wogong, but King Lu was so powerful, everyone couldn't help being anxious.

"We have to save ourselves!"

Tang Guozuo was also very proud to see everyone coming to his house.

He took out a piece of red paper from his pocket, unfolded it slowly, and saw four large characters written on it, respecting Master Wang.

There are a few small characters below, Tang Guozuo.

Seeing this note, everyone looked different.

Tang Guozuo said proudly, "I have already heard that the Qing army cannot defend Nanjing and may flee at any time. They are withdrawing the defenders from the various gates of the Waiguo City, and they are going to abandon the Waiguo City directly. But with this few people, it is impossible. Those who can guard the thirteen gates of the inner city will soon be invaded by Wang Shi.”

He raised the note in his hand, "As soon as Master Wang enters the city, I will directly paste this note on the door without haste."

(End of this chapter)