Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 756
"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou will meet you outside the hall."

"Xuan."

Autumn leaves are red, the forests are dyed, and the mountain fog spreads and dances after the rain. The dense fog on the top of Xiangshan Mountain rises with the air, like the smoke of a censer, which is spectacular.

On an attic in the palace, Zhu Yihai summoned Hong Chengchou.

"Yu Jintan's father died of illness, and he wrote a letter for his father Ding You. Although there was a rebellion in Shaanxi and Gansu, I couldn't take it away. He has been allowed to return to his hometown in Jintan to observe his filial piety."

Yu Jintan is the current governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Yu Dafu, Yu Yuanjian. He is from Jintan, Changzhou, a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli, and Conglong Yuanxun.

When Zhu Yihai raised troops in Taizhou, he happened to be the soldier of Taizhou, the real Conglong Yuanxun. When Zhu Yihai led Wang Chuangzi to kill the North Envoy, he had a battalion of coastal defense soldiers under him, and that was the first time to support him. Zhu Yihai supervised the country, so he was also appointed as the general administrative envoy.

But if we really want to talk about Yu Dafu, in fact, he was beaten into the eunuch party at the beginning of Chongzhen. At the beginning of Chongzhen, the imperial court ordered the rebellion case, and as many as 250 officials were implicated. Wei Liangqing, Duke of Ning, Hou Guoxing, Commander of Jinyiwei, Li Yongzhen, Li Chaoqin, Liu Ruoyu, the eunuchs, made friends with the admiral Cao Jiang and Liu Zhixuan, etc.

Yu Dafu was not among the 250 eight people, but he did not escape. In the second year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen took advantage of the opportunity of Beijing to inspect and dismissed a large number of officials, including Zhang Yandeng, Governor of Zhejiang, and Tian Yang, Governor of Sichuan, Minister of War.

Yu Dafu was a doctor in the Ministry of Rites at that time. After he was dismissed and returned to Changzhou, he concentrated on becoming a landlord and built a famous garden in the south of the Yangtze River, Yu Garden.

Later, when King Fu was established in Nanjing, Ma Shiying came to power and wanted to repay Ruan Dacheng for helping him come back, so he pushed Ruan Dacheng to come back as the right servant of the Ministry of War. come forward.

As the leader of Donglin, Qian Qianyi was also a speculator who followed suit when it came to supporting Fu Wang and Lu Wang. In order to make up for the mistake of making a wrong bet at the beginning, he strongly supported Ma Shiying and openly cheered for him, writing The long memorial to the country, under the guise of advocating discipline and cherishing talents, throws out the slogan of no longer using the party to discuss similarities and differences.

Don't talk about the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party any more. Everyone put aside their past suspicions and overthrow the rebellious case. As long as they are talented people, they can be used. He also introduced Yu Dafu, Wu Kongjia, and Yang Weihuan, some rebel party members, and used them as examples to recommend them to test the wind.

In the end, under the strong promotion of Ma Shiying, Liu Kongzhao and others, Ruan Shicheng successfully overturned the case and came back.Yu Dafu was lucky, he went to Taizhou to be with King Lu in the same city, and got along well, when Zhu Yihai raised his troops, he responded immediately.

So he became Conglong Yuanxun, and in recent years he has been a key minister of the central government, from the general political envoy to the cabinet bachelor to the co-organizer bachelor, and then to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the governor of Shaanxi.

In contrast, Hong Chengchou, who was famous all over the world during the Chongzhen Dynasty, is not as trustworthy as Yu Dafu even though he is now the censor of the right capital.

"I intend to let you succeed Yu Dafu as Governor of Shaanxi-Gansu and Governor of Shaanxi. Are you willing?"

Hong Chengchou was obviously surprised.

He glanced at the emperor and then at the crown prince, feeling a little confused for a moment.He is very clear about his position in the emperor's heart. Whether it is the left admonishing doctor or the right capital censor, they are actually just tools of the emperor.

But who made him defeat Songjin back then, became a prisoner in the end, and finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but he was mistaken, and the Tartars were actually defeated.

"Hong Qing was in the Chongzhen Dynasty back then. He was the first civil servant capable of leading soldiers who was capable of writing and martial arts." Zhu Yihai said with a smile, but Hong Chengchou didn't even dare to say so.

"There's nothing to be modest about. Back then when you hunted down bandits, you killed people without blinking an eye. You got the nickname Hong Butcher, and some people called you Hong Crazy. It is said that in the Shaanxi-Gansu area, even now, your name Hong Chengchou, It is still possible for a child to stop crying."

Hong Chengchou's forehead was sweating.

Hong Chengchou Hong Hengjiu, who was born in a poor family in Fujian, dropped out of school at the age of 11 to help his mother make dried tofu and sell it on the street. Later, he went to listen outside the window of the ethnology school in his spare time, and occasionally collected money to help students with their homework. Because he did so well, he was spotted by the school teacher , found that this clansman was extremely ambitious and ambitious, so he accepted him as a disciple for free and taught him personally.

At the age of 23, he won the imperial examination, and in the 44th year of Wanli in the following year, Lian Jie was awarded a Jinshi.

In the first year of Chongzhen, there was a great uprising among refugees in northern Shaanxi. Yang He, the governor of the three sides, did both suppression and admiration, mainly focusing on advocacy, but the more he admonished, the more thieves became.Hong Chengchou, who participated in politics in Shaanxi at that time, had been an official for 12 years, but he was only 36 years old. He was a civil servant, but he took the initiative to lead troops into battle and killed [-] enemies.

Since then, he has been vigorously advocating the strong suppression of bandits. In just three years, more than [-] peasant soldiers died under Hong Canzheng's hands. He got a new nickname, Hong Butcher.

Also because of this ruthlessness and record, he was promoted to governor of Yansui. Compared with the tough butcher Hong and the weak Yang He, Chongzhen chose to put Governor Yang He in prison, and let Butcher Hong, who had only been a governor for one year, do it. new governor.

From then on, Hong Chengchou traveled from Shaanxi to Gansu to Jiliao, from the three sides of the governor, to the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces. He beat Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, with only eighteen riders left and fled to Shangluo Mountain.

Someone once said that Hong Chengchou suppressed bandits for 12 years, and at least 10 bandits died under his hands.

Although Hong Chengchou finally defeated Songjin and became a prisoner himself, but speaking of it, this man was indeed one of the few civil servants who were more capable of fighting in the late Ming Dynasty.

And he's pretty much an all-rounder.

Zhu Yihai put him in the Jianyuan and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a few years, and the things he did were very beautiful, even better than expected. If he hadn't been sent to the Qing Dynasty, he would probably be more famous than Zeng shaved his head.

On the western front of the Ming Empire, among so many civil servants and generals in the late Ming Dynasty, Yang He, Chen Qiyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Xiong Wencan, Yang Sichang, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, etc., only Hong Chengchou was truly undefeated on the western front.

"You worked in Guanzhong when the apocalypse was revealed. Since then, you have supervised divisions and suppressed bandits in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places for many years. You are familiar with the northwest, especially experienced in suppressing chaos. You know soldiers and money. Now I need a handsome talent like this. Governor Guanzhong, to quell the chaos.

You will succeed Yu Dafu and be the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the governor of Shaanxi. "

Hong Chengchou couldn't believe it.

Although Zuojianyi doctor and Youdu censor are both first-rank officials and important positions with real power, they are under the eyes of the emperor, and this is the head of the Kodao officials, who are responsible for biting people, not in charge of the cabinet or the six ministries or military.

But now the emperor wants him to be the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu and governor of Shaanxi?
The governors and governors of the Shaotian Dynasty were different from those of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and their powers changed greatly.

It is very important that the main force of the imperial army is the imperial camp, but now the imperial camps stationed in the provinces are commanded by the admirals of the imperial camps, who directly obey the emperor's orders, and the governor-general has no right to command and mobilize. Some military power, that is, the newly reorganized patrol and garrison battalions in various provinces are controlled by them.

But the patrol and garrison battalion also has an admiral in command, and the governor-general is also mainly the admiral who also supervises military affairs, money and food, and now the governor-general does not have a standard battalion directly under him.

So in the final analysis, the current governor-general focuses on local government affairs, and more on money, food and supervision for the military.

But even so, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is still the governor of the military and government of the two provinces, and also the governor of Shaanxi.

The emperor really let him go to Beijing to take up this important position?

The emperor smiled slightly, as if he had read through his thoughts.

"Hong Qing has been doing his best in the court for the past few years, and he is extremely loyal. I have also seen it. Whoever was captured by the Tatars back then took a detour in a moment of confusion, and it is always good to know that mistakes can be corrected, let alone now. He proved his repentance with practical actions."

This passage was very harsh to Hong Chengchou's ears, and made him understand that the emperor never forgot those things, and he would never really become his confidant.

The emperor now wants him to succeed Yu Dafu as governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. Obviously, the emperor still wants to use him.

Use him for what?
As an advising doctor and the censor of the right capital, he is to be used to supervise all officials, and even let him bite those Conglong Yuanxun.

And now let him be the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu?

He thought of the emperor starting to mention his former nickname Hong Butcher.

He understood it all at once.

Mila Yinding Guodong of Gansu rebelled in Lanzhou, and all the prefectures in Hexi also rebelled. Even He Hongqi, who was born in Shunying, is now a little fluctuating, always finding excuses to refuse to enter the court, and the governor of Turpan of the Yarkand Khanate, Governor Hami began to raise troops, and even sent troops to reinforce Lanzhou.

Milayin and others were native Huihui officials, but now they call Gansu the Gansu of Gansu people, and it is even rumored that they are going to build a Huihui country.

At this time, the emperor called him to Hong Butcher to take over as the governor.

This is to ask him to kill people.

The problem is that the emperor has so many civil servants and military generals who can fight. Picking two at random is enough to pacify Shaanxi and Gansu. Why should he be asked to go or be the governor?

"I remember Liang Guogong Wu Sangui was also a student of yours before. When you were in Liaodong, you had a good relationship?"

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to say that Wu Sangui was accepted as a student at the beginning because of the favor of the eunuch Gao Qiqian. He also saw that he accepted Wu Sangui as a student in the face of Wu Xiangzu Dashou and others, so he was not a real teacher and student, and he was not familiar with him.

Zhu Yihai laughed at this unfamiliarity, and didn't mention it much.

"It's good to know each other, it doesn't matter if you are familiar with them or not. You fought together outside the customs. One hero and three gangs. If you become the governor, I won't let you go alone.

So I transferred Wu Sangui to be your partner and the governor of Gansu. "

"I will pick some more generals to go over, Zhang Guozhu, Gao Jinzhong, and the Guanzhong generals Xu Yong and Zhao Liangdong who were attached to them before. Among the soldiers and horses who were attached to Huguang in Guanzhong, I will choose the brave and young and strong to form the left and right vanguards of the Western Expedition. The army will be under the command of Governor Hong and Governor Wu respectively, so it can be regarded as the standard battalion of governors directly under your command."

"You go and stabilize the situation first. I have already sent people to mobilize troops, artillery, and money to enter Guanlong. I have also sent envoys to contact Gushhan of the Heshuote Khanate in Qinghai-Tibet and Batur Khan of the Junggar Khanate in the Western Regions. Ili, Chechen Khan of the Rut Khanate, and Durbert Khan, etc., invited them to form an alliance to send troops to besiege Yarkand together, and cut off Mila Yin Dingguodong and other rear reinforcements."

"I have only one order for you, to kill those who rebel with weapons without mercy!

I will reward you for your meritorious deeds for capturing the head of the rebel army! "

"In the future to put down the Guanlong rebellion, I will reward the soldiers with the fertile and fertile land of Guanlong, and reward the soldiers with their wives and daughters to start families."

The emperor said with a smile, but Hong Chengchou's heart was turbulent. He heard it and understood it completely. The emperor really wanted him to kill people. Among the soldiers and prisoners, we need to form a new vanguard army for the Western Expedition.

They are a knife drawn out by the emperor. The emperor obviously has a sharper knife from the imperial camp, but he does not pull out its sheath.

(End of this chapter)