Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 69 National Thief
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Shen Chenquan, deputy censor of Qiandu, reminded Zhu Yihai, who was riding the wind and waves, "The decree left by His Highness is to worship eight great scholars to join the cabinet at one time, and appoint many civil servants and military generals, but why only a few important people are forgotten?"

"Which important people are Shen Qing talking about?" Zhu Yihai could actually guess it in his heart, but he deliberately didn't reveal it.

"The first is Zhennan General Fang Guoan."

Zhu Yihai smiled, stroking the side of the boat with his hand, "Is Fang the second son of the cow-stealing rascal?"

Shen Chenquan didn't know why Lu Jianguo said that about Fang Guoan, and reminded him that Fang Guoan should have the most regular soldiers in his hands now on the front line of the Qiantang River.

Moreover, this man's previous performance was still very outstanding. For example, when King Lu wanted to sacrifice Hangzhou and surrender, Fang Guoan still resolutely fought against the Qing army.

"Guyou doesn't know Fang Guoan, but although he has the most powerful army, he has the worst military discipline. After he retreated from Hangzhou, he plundered all the way. He is no different from Chen Wu."

The reason why Zhu Yihai didn't like Fang Guoan, a field army commander with at least [-] to [-] soldiers under him, was because the Lu Jianguo in history was the regular army commander who trusted Fang Guoan very much. , tolerated again and again.

He even gave him another letter, first he was made an earl and then a marquis, and immediately he was promoted to a duke, and finally he built an altar to worship the commander and let him command all the soldiers and horses of the small court of the Lujian Kingdom. It is true that the defensive line has also worked hard, but after he took over the commander-in-chief, he first planned to counterattack Hangzhou, and he was unable to fight for more than half a year, wasting all precious strategic opportunities. Later, when the main force of the Qing army turned around and attacked south Unprepared, a thousand miles away.

To put it bluntly, Fang Guoan was Zuo Liangyu from the Lujian Dynasty. After his defeat, he still wanted to hold Zhu Yihai hostage to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Later, Fang Guoan followed the Qing army to the south to attack Fujian, but planned a rebellion on the way, secretly colluded with Fujian Longwu Dynasty, and after Zheng Zhilong surrendered, he directly told the Tatars about it, Fang Guoan was killed, GG.

"The current situation is chaotic, the army has no food and pay, and looting the people is also a common occurrence." Shen Chenquan did not blindly blame the soldiers, "Recovering ZTE is still inseparable from them, not to mention that Fang Guoan has a strong army now."

Zhu Yihai shook his head.

"Has Fang Guoan fought any decent battles? His hometown is from Zhuji, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, but now he has caused more harm to the village than the Tartars. When he was young, he was a scoundrel who stole cattle and was chased away by the villagers. He went north and joined the army, and was promoted step by step under Zuo Liangyu's command. He has suppressed bandits for many years, but he has done more damage to the people than bandits."

Fang Guoan was a general under Zuo Liangyu's command, and Zuo Liangyu was considered a typical warlord warrior at the end of Ming Dynasty, so Fang Guoan's actions were almost the same as Zuo Liangyu's.

And Fang Guoan later betrayed Zuo Liangyu. At the end of Chongzhen, Fang Guoan climbed up with Fang Fengnian, who was also from Zhejiang.Fang Fengnian served as Minister of Rites in the 11th year of Chongzhen, worshiped as the first assistant, Fang Guoan took the initiative to consider him as a foster father, willing to be a foster son.Through this relationship, Fang Guoan quickly made his mark.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen, with the governor Tongzhi and the seal of General Pingman, Hubei was restored. It was about this time that he turned against his old boss Zuo Liangyu.

Later, when Hongguang was established in Nanjing, he immediately took refuge in Ma Shiying, the chief assistant, and found the general seal of Zhennan, moved to Jiangpu, and then moved to Chikou, guarding against his old boss Zuo Liangyu.When Zuo Liangyu raised the banner of the Qing army and wanted to overthrow Ma Shiying and other eunuchs, Fang Guoan, the general who was stationed at Chikou to defend Zuo Liangyu, led his troops eastward in a hurry, and finally relied on Huang Degong to repel Zuo Liangyu's army .

Hongguang fled, Fang Guoan and Ma Shiying escorted him, but it was Huang Degong who died in the end, but he ran all the way to Zhejiang with his subordinates, Ma Shiying and Queen Mother Zou.

Looting along the way, no military discipline.

In Hangzhou, King Lu was supported to supervise the country, and King Lu surrendered. He fought against the Qing army without surrendering. I have to say that it is indeed commendable, but that's all. Take Ma Shiying all the way to the south.

It is said that they have now retreated to the Jinhua area, because they plundered Zhu Dadian's hometown, and then Zhu Dadian recruited brave men from the village and organized landlords to fight against Fang Guoan's army of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the army was the strongest, and in the end, even a group of township warriors led by Zhu Dadian, a senior civil official, could not defeat him.

You say such a person, how can Zhu Yihai still have any hope?
He paid homage to Wang Zhiren as the Governor of the Jingying Camp, and granted him the title of Uncle Wu Ning, Zhang Mingzhen, the Chief Soldier of Zhejiang Province, and the Dongbo of Zhenzhen, because they had soldiers and were more loyal and reliable. Wang Zhiren's soldiers and horses had some problems with the military discipline before, but at least he could change it. Willing to listen to Zhu Yihai.

If you talk about reorganization, you will reorganize, if you say transfer, you will transfer, and in the history of the family, they are all dead at the end. What does Fang Guoan have?
He finally paid homage to Fang Fengnian to join the cabinet as a bachelor, and he took care of Fang Guoan's face on purpose. As long as Fang Guoan can obey the will of the supervisory state and is willing to play the banner of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yihai is still willing to treat him as his own for the time being, otherwise he will directly Fang Guoan was beaten as Chen Wu.

He ignored Fang Guoan as a general, but put Zhu Dadian, who was fighting against Fang Guoan, into the cabinet, and let him take charge of the military affairs of Jinhua, Yanzhou and Quzhou. Fang Guoan and his soldiers and horses are regarded as their own.

"Fang Guoan just made a mistake that most warriors make. Right now, the overall situation should be the top priority. Why not confer the title of earl?"

Lao Zhu disliked the set of Jiji very much.

"Didn't Your Highness grant an earl to Huang Binqing of Zhoushan before?"

Shen Chenquan's words made Zhu Yihai unable to answer for a while.

"Your Highness, the overall situation is the most important thing. I heard that there was an old rift between Zhu Dadian and Fang Guoan. Now that Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are in Fang Guoan's army, they are sending troops to besiege Jinhua. We can't sit idly by? At this time, we can’t stand civil turmoil.”

"It's better to use the earl to make it, and then designate Yanzhou as Fang Guoan's defense zone, and then call Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng into the court. I am willing to go to Jinhua in person to mediate between Zhu Fang and the two."

In fact, Zhu Yihai wanted to deliver orders to Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei more than once, asking them to attack Fang Guoan and officially list Fang Guoan as a rebellious soldier, but he still held back.

After all, Fang Guoan hadn't really rebelled yet. He besieged Jinhua and beat Zhu Dadian not only because they had old enemies, but also because Fang Guoan was defeated and had no food or pay. , a wealthy family, so he also took the opportunity to ask for a loan of 4 taels of silver.

Zhu Dadian didn't give face at all, so the two sides moved their hands, but Fang Guoan didn't expect that Zhu Dadian still has a lot of brushes. He was the governor of Shandong to quell the Denglai Rebellion, and he was also the governor of Fengyang and the governor of water transportation. The famous Zhu Dadian has a lot of experience in supervising teachers and suppressing thieves, and he has a high prestige in his hometown.

Raising their arms, the landlords and gentry in Jinhua Mansion were afraid of Fang Guoan's rebellious soldiers looting, and they responded with money and people.

"Your Highness, Fang Guoan has 2 troops under his command. There are also many ministers and officials who have withdrawn from Nanjing and Hangzhou in the army. You might as well appease them first."

"Your Highness, if you can't bear it a little, you can make a big mess."

"All right, according to Qing's words, grant Fang Guoan the Earl of Zhennan, still bear the seal of General Zhennan, lead the headquarters to move to Yanzhou, pay on the spot, and stop harassing Jinhua scholars and people."

Zhu Yihai heard that when Fang Guoan retreated from Hangzhou, he still had 2 fine cavalry and [-] infantry under his command, and fled all the way to Jinhua. His troops did not decrease but increased, and he besieged Zhu Dadian in Jinhua City. There were actually more than [-] troops under his command. up.

It can be said that he won the old boss Zuo Liangyu's method of recruiting soldiers (La Zhuang Ding wrapped in threats), but seeing that his more than 2 people can't even beat Zhu Dadian's landlords and servants, he knows that's the case. The so-called more than 7000 old soldiers, it is estimated Most of them were young men who fled from Nanjing to Hangzhou along the way.

But now he has to think about a problem, if he doesn't pull this guy over first to appease him, then Jinhua will be completely corrupted, if he now designates Fang Guoan and his troops as rebels, then the entire eastern Zhejiang may be destroyed. To mess up.

This kind of person does not succeed enough, but fails more than enough.

How can eastern Zhejiang survive such turmoil now, so he can only pinch his nose and appease him by adding officials and promoting him.

But Zhu Yihai had already written Fang Guoan's name in his little black book in his heart, and included it in the must-kill list in the future.

"I also ask Your Highness to call Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and other officials in Fang Guoan's army to take up their posts."

"Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were scolded by the world as a traitor and traitor, and they all wanted to punish them quickly. Why did Duke Shen persuade Gu Gu to use them?"

"I also know that the two thieves Ma and Ruan have wronged the country, but now Daming can't stand the party struggle. When Hongguang established Nanjing, it raised a case. Ma Shiying and others used the excuse of obedience to the thieves when Beijing fell, and how many Donglin party members were arrested. Your Excellency, therefore I request that state affairs should be put at the top of the list at this time, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are inherently guilty, but if they are prosecuted at this time, I am afraid that the party struggle will be provoked again, how can we cooperate with the outside world then?"

"It's better to spare Ma Ruan for the time being, so as to avoid the scourge of party struggle. There is no crime or death for Ma and Ruan, but as long as the recall line is not reused, there is no need to worry about jeopardizing state affairs."

Shen Chenquan's words are rare. At this time, he can still think about how to avoid party disputes again. He is indeed a national scholar.The biggest cancer in the last days of the Ming Dynasty should be party disputes. These officials formed cliques and fought against dissidents. They have already opposed for the sake of opposition.

All kinds of insidious tricks are hindering the legs. No one puts the country's government first, but just wants to take the opportunity to seize power and attack the other party to consolidate power.

Anyway, be it the eunuch party or Donglin, neither one is good.

Didn't Hongguang's small imperial court play the Qing emperor's side?

Historically, it seems that Ma Shiying did not surrender until his death?There are several versions of his ending. For example, he was defeated and fled to Siming Mountain to become a monk, but was finally captured and executed by the Qing army.

But it is more likely that Ma Shiying has always resisted the Qing Dynasty and never surrendered. As for the reason, Zhu Yihai does not think that he is so loyal to the emperor and patriotism. The bigger possibility is that Ma Shiying had a big smooth case when he was the first assistant of Hongguang. That is to say, when Beijing fell, many Donglin Party members who voluntarily or were forced to surrender to the Dashun Army were included in the list of obedience and rebellion by him, and then they, their families, relatives and friends were implicated.

Back then, the scope of the attack was extremely wide, and those old Donglins who engaged in it were also jumping feet.

However, Li Zicheng was defeated by the Qing army and fled south not long after he entered Beijing. Most of the Beijing officials who surrendered for a short time later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty first, even occupying a high position in the Qing court is not bad. If he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, would he still be alive?

So in the end, I had no choice but to go all the way to the dark.

But this is also stronger than Fang Guoan, stronger than Qian Qianyi.

(End of this chapter)