Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 520 Hong Chengchou

Hong Chengchou has been in Dengzhou for a while.

His position here is very embarrassing. On the surface, he is now the governor of the three provinces including Zhili of the Ming Dynasty. When he was sent to Dengzhou by Yang Guohai, the Chinese army of the soil national treasure, the emperor even sent Yan Wogong, the minister of the Prime Minister's Office, to the dock to greet him.

But as soon as he entered Dengzhou City, he was completely left out in the cold.

A house in Dengzhou Shuicheng was closely guarded by Qianniuwei. Hong Chengchou was confined inside. He could neither go out nor get in touch with the outside world. Every day Qianniuwei would send some daily necessities in regularly, and then no longer contacted him.

They have to fetch water from the well, cook fire and cook by themselves. Fortunately, the emperor left him a few aides to accompany him, and they can also play chess and recite poems. Of course, in this case, they are not in the mood to play chess. Recite poems.

There is no chance to inquire about the situation outside.

Hong Chengchou's staff also tried to give gifts to the guards. They still had some gold and silver on them, and even jade pendants with them.

So day after day, it seems to be completely forgotten.

Hong Chengchou finally couldn't resist.

It's a pleasure to kill or cut.

Then, as he was breaking down, a visitor came to visit.

Yan Keying, the commander-in-chief of Shenwu Town who guards Dengzhou, is also a fellow from Fujian.Yan Keying came uninvited and brought them a big bucket of scallops and sea cucumbers, which is a good thing.

He also brought Hong Chengchou a surprise. He brought him a letter from Hong Chengchou's nephew, saying that his father and other clansmen were all well in their hometown in Fujian.

Yan Keying made grilled scallops and fried sea cucumbers, which made Hong Chengchou and others improve their food, and at the same time revealed to them the latest developments outside.

What Dorgon died suddenly, and was paralyzed by the stroke he and Jiang Guan cast Mingqi, and then Daishan and Jierhalang took the opportunity to poison him, and the Queen Mother summoned the Azigdodo brothers to kill Daishan Er As a result, Azig was tricked into the city and arrested, and Dodo was secretly called into the palace by the Queen Mother. During the tryst for adultery, Daishan and other princes Baylor broke through the adultery. Dodo was killed and died of smallpox.

Then Haoge went to Beijing, killed Azige in prison, and was convicted and imprisoned by Daishan and Jierhalang.

The empress dowager was forced to commit suicide.

In short, the current Beijing city is quite lively.

Outside Beijing is equally lively.

The left-wing Tengjisi brothers of Sunit in Monan rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and Chechen Khan and others in Beitou Mobei sent tens of thousands of troops to the south to attack the Qing Dynasty.

Jiang Yu, the general of Datong, killed the governor of Xuanda anyway, and took half of Xuanda Shanxi.

Brother Wang Yongqiang, the general in Yan'an, Shaanxi, raised troops, killed the governor and the general soldier, and occupied half of Guanzhong.

Milayin and others in Gansu rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, united with the Shaanxi-Ganxi Expedition Battalion of the Ming Dynasty, and took almost all of Longyou.

The Tu Guobao, the governor of Tianjin in the Ming Dynasty, had all reached the city of Baoding, and Shen Tingyang, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, the president of the imperial camp, Geng Zhongming, the admiral of Liaodong, swept across southern Liaoning, and then opened Dongjiang Town.

Xu Dingguo and Li Jiyu in Henan turned against each other again, and Liu Zeqing in Shandong was killed anyway, but his general Li Huajing and others had already swept southeast Shandong.

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Anyway, Hong Chengchou listened silently.

I didn't believe it at first.

Later, Yan Keying directly took out a stack of newspapers, including the imperial palace newspaper, Fuxing Daily, Beijing News, etc., and even the mansion newspaper issued by the Tartars in Beijing.

Comparing the two, most of what Yan Keying said was recorded in black and white above.

It is of course possible to forge these mansion newspapers, newspapers, etc., but with such a large number, Hong Chengchou gradually accepted these astonishing news.

Yan Keying left after eating.

Leaving Hong Chengchou staring at the remaining scallion sea cucumbers and scallop vermicelli, he couldn't eat any more.

After staying in the house for another three days, Hong Chengchou finally wrote a Wanyan Memorial to Da Mingzi.

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"Hong Chengchou's handwriting is pretty good. It's a [-]-character long novel without a single typo, and it's quite literary." Zhu Yihai told the truth. Although he despised this big traitor, he couldn't deny his talent.

"Hong Hengjiu was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli. He was a 23-year-old Zhongjuren. The next year, he went to Beijing to Lianjie to enroll in the [-]nd and [-]th grades. He was awarded a Jinshi background."

His official career was also very smooth. He was first appointed as the head of the Department of Cleaning Officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and he worked in the Ministry of Punishment for six years.

At the age of 29, he was promoted to be a scholar in Zhejiang, and two years later he was promoted to the Zuo Senate in Zhejiang.

Hong Chengchou's real official career took off after the Chongzhen Dynasty, which coincided with the outbreak of a peasant uprising in Shaanxi. As a literati and leader of Hong Chengchou who participated in politics, he killed [-] peasant troops for the first time and became famous.

After that, he was promoted to governor, then governor of the three sides, and then governor of Jiliao. Hong Chengchou has been fighting all the time, and he has indeed achieved great results in fighting.

Chongzhen failed in the Songjin Battle in 15 years, and was trapped in Songshan for more than half a year. He was only 49 years old when he was finally captured.

After being captured, he went on a hunger strike and cursed those who persuaded him to surrender.

But Fan Wencheng told Huang Taiji after several observations that Hong Chengchou would not commit suicide, because he had to wipe off the dust that fell from the beam and landed on his sleeves many times.

Cherish even a rag, let alone his body?
Seeing through Hong Chengchou's character and mind, Huang Taiji finally took off his robes and put on his body, and finally succeeded in recruiting him.

In the final analysis, it was Hong Chengchou's unsteadiness in his will, and the reason why he was unsteady can actually be guessed from his background and career experience.

Jinshi at the age of 24, governor at the age of 37, governor at the age of 38, and the title of Prince Taibao and Minister of the Ministry of War with meritorious service at the age of 41. Governor of the military affairs of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan provinces...

His official career can be described as very amazing.

However, he was not from a famous noble family, but was born in a poor family in Quanzhou, Fujian. Because of his poor family, he dropped out of school at the age of 11. He helped his mother make dried tofu at home, and went to the market to sell dried tofu every morning.

But even so, this young man is very motivated. Besides selling dried beans, he also goes to Shuigouguan Village to attend and study. Because of his diligence and intelligence, he is appreciated by Hong Qiyin, a talented man who runs the school, and he is accepted as a disciple for free. Read the book again.

He also did not fail Hong Chengyin, who was a 23-year-old Juren and a 24-year-old Jinshi.

This kind of background and experience is indeed inspirational.

How much did you pay for being able to make it step by step? When you were captured, you were only 49 years old. How many ambitions have yet to be displayed?

The deliberate wooing of the Tartars also made Hong Chengchou, who had already seen through the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, determined to assist the Ming Lord.

Everyone doesn't want to live up to their own efforts, and Hong Chengchou especially doesn't want to live up to his own efforts, so his loyalty to the country was finally abandoned by him.

After the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, he was first attached to the Baoyi Niulu of Xianghuang Banner, but he was not reused.

Until the Qing army entered the customs, Hong Chengchou was appointed as the prince Taibao, Minister of the Ministry of War and Yudu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the original title of Hong Chengchou when he was an official in the Ming Dynasty. I want to prove myself, and seek a chance to go to Lingyan Pavilion in this new dynasty.

But who would have thought that things would take a turn for the worse.

He was even recalled from the economic and strategic positions of the six provinces of Huguang, and was suspected of being Tongming.This time it was a big blow to him, but when he was awarded the governor-general of the three provinces to go to Beijing again, he still had the determination to die for the one he knew.

"The ten-thousand-word book written by Hong Chengchou has something to say. It puts forward many real disadvantages and gives many useful suggestions." Zhu Yihai read the ten-thousand-word book of this big traitor very carefully. .

Zhu Yihai really wanted to kill this guy, so he endured it all the time.

But his name was written down in the little black book.

The ministers all persuaded Hong Chengchou that he really should be killed, but staying instead of killing him now would play a better role, especially insisting that Hong Chengchou has always been a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he has endured humiliation and lurked enemy camps for the country since he was captured Wait.

Create a loyal subject for him.

Very disgusting people.

But if you do it like this, it will really annoy the Tartars. Even at this juncture, it will make it difficult for the Tartar court to trust those traitors who surrendered.
Hong Chengchou, Yan Wogong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Li Benshen, Zhang Tianlu, Li Chengdong, Xu Dingguo, Tu Guobao, Jin Shenghuan, He Zhen, Jiang Yu...

Especially the Han civil servants and generals who surrendered in the past two years before and after entering the customs, none of them are really credible.

Especially the group of officials who surrendered in Nanjing before, such as the group of nobles, were all killed because of Tongming, and Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin who surrendered, went to the Ming Dynasty several times. Dengzhou visited Tianzi, but when he arrived in Dengzhou, he also returned to the whole mission anyway.

In this world, which traitor who surrendered is credible?
After that, no one in the Tartars could believe it.

On the other side, Hong Chengchou, Liu Zeqing, Qian Qianyi, these guys surrendered one after another, and Daming was quite tolerant to them, so if those traitors have a little trouble in the future, they will definitely come to vote anyway.

As one ebbs and another grows, the effect is huge.

So in order to wipe out the Tartars, even though they were disgusting, they had to endure it for a while. Not only could they not kill Hong Chengchou, but they had to give him a high-ranking official with a generous salary, even give him promotional awards, and set him up as a loyal minister or something.

This matter is indeed the same as his mother's toad jumping on the instep, not scary but disgusting.

But for the sake of the united front, bear with it.

Of course, Zhu Yihai wouldn't go out of his way to visit the thatched cottage, he couldn't do that, Hong Chengchou was not an ordinary traitor, this guy was the number one traitor.

Although in this time and space, he has not had time to do too many bad things, but Zhu Yihai's inherent impression of him is difficult to change, so he has been hanging out.

We have to let Hong Chengchou take the initiative to bow his head, beg for mercy, and kneel and lick. If he insists on being tough to the end, then Zhu Yihai would rather lock him up like this for the rest of his life. Anyway, if he is locked up, no one can see him. No matter how loyal he is, he can't change it.

Of course, it would be better for Hong Chengchou to take the initiative to kneel down and sing conquest now. Later, he will take the initiative to stand up to show his loyalty and oppose the Tartars, which will naturally have better results.

"What kind of official position is better for him?" Zhu Yihai asked.

Governors of the three provinces such as Zhili must not be able to be governors anymore. It is best to stay in the court, rise up and fall down, and hold them high, but do not give them any real power.

It's best to be a mascot, show your face often, and write a letter of persuasion to the old Ministry of Tatars' colleagues if you have nothing to do.

"You can join the prime minister's office to help with military affairs, or you can add a palace guard title to support it." Xu Shiqi said bluntly.

Zhu Yihai thought for a while, "I still have a more suitable position, reopen the Admonition Court, and give him the title of Adviser Doctor."

(End of this chapter)