Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 234 Bad Loyalty!It's not that loyal ministers have become bad, but bad people have become loyal ministers!

At the same time, Zhu Cijiong put forward two requests for sending troops, one in the city and one in Jiangbei.

These two requirements were of course tailor-made for Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong, and the three loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua, were responsible for measuring the size.

First of all, this arrangement of one city and one Jiangbei separated Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong.

Although the two of them can't be regarded as a group, after all, the Geng family has supported Liu Jinzhong, so Liu Jinzhong has always regarded himself as Geng Jingzhong's old subordinate all these years.Moreover, Liu Jinzhong brought far less troops to Nanjing than Geng Jingzhong. The latter brought a full 3000 elite soldiers, while Liu Jinzhong only brought [-] troops, [-] against [-].
If Liu and Geng were not separated, Geng Jingzhong might absorb Liu Jinzhong's men.Even if he didn't do that, Liu Jinzhong and Geng Jingzhong would have little chance to become bigger and stronger in Nanjing City. Even if there is really plenty of oil and water in Nanjing City, it must be that Geng Jingzhong eats more and Liu Jinzhong eats less.

Secondly, although this "one city, one Jiangbei" is a "multiple choice question", which was chosen by Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong, two loyal ministers, but anyone can guess the answer. Geng Jingzhong will definitely choose to stay in Nanjing city—— —He came here for Nanjing!

There is both oil and water in the city of Nanjing and Ming Xiandi, of course Geng Jingzhong will not give up.

Geng Jingzhong has many soldiers and is powerful, so if he wants to stay in Nanjing, Liu Jinzhong has nothing to do with him, so naturally he can only choose to cross the river north to fight Jiangbei.Although Jiangbei is poor, there are elite soldiers out of poor mountains and rivers!

Jiangbei has always been a place where martial arts can be used. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a group of Huaixi warriors came out, and accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the Ming Dynasty for 300 years.Later in the late Qing Dynasty, the Nian Army came out again, and "crushed to death" the last prince who could fight in the Qing Dynasty, Seng Gelinqin!

Therefore, as long as Liu Jinzhong can gain a firm foothold in Jiangbei, as long as he has money in the future, he will be able to pull Jiangbei regiments into action. According to the standard of Yingtian Jiangnan regiments, there is an expenditure of 80 million taels a year, which is enough to maintain 8000. People's regiments are armed.

The Jiangnan regiment of 8000 people practiced the most is self-protection Jiangnan, and this is the fighting power!
But [-] Huaixi regiment practiced, hehe, that would be amazing!

As for the expenditure of 80 million taels of silver that year, it was not too much for Wang Zhongxiao, who had the Guangdong Customs Road and "Made in Foshan" in his hand.

What's more, Wang Zhongxiao can get back far more than 80 million taels a year from Chaozhou government by "escrowing" Chaohai Town. It's not that Chaozhou can collect so much tax a year, and Chaoshan people's tax is not so much. Easy to collect!
But Chaoshan people have always had a tradition of traveling to Nanyang. Today, the Chinese society in Nanyang and the Indochina Peninsula is almost half of Chaoshan and half of southern Fujian.

The boss of the Hokkien people is the Zheng family, and Wang Zhongxiao doesn't want to and can't fight.But the people of Chaoshan now have no one who can be called a big boss. If Wang Zhongxiao wins Chaohai Town, he will have the opportunity to manage Nanyang and Indochina Peninsula.
"Your Majesty, let me go to Jiangbei!" It was indeed Liu Jinzhong who proposed to go to Jiangbei. Manage Jiangbei well, so that the country will collapse! This time I go to Jiangbei again, I must learn from Huang Jingguo's lesson, and I will not disgrace my life. If I can't wipe out the Tartars and restore Jiangbei, I will not return to the south!"

"Okay!" Zhu Cijiong patted his thigh, "What Daming needs is a hero like Mr. Liu. Li Zhongtang, Chen Zhongtang, you two are responsible for providing Mr. Liu with the ferry and the military salary needed to run Jiangbei."

Although the real body of "Li Zhongshan" had been exposed, Zhu Cijiong didn't care, he still regarded Wang Zhongxiao as Li Zhongtang.

"The minister leads the order!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wang Zhongxiao (Li Zhongshan) and Chen Yonghua went out together and bowed their hands to Zhu Cijiong, accepted the order, and then they both patted Liu Jinzhong's chest again.

Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, the money you need to fight and operate in Jiangbei will be paid by our Guangdong Association. We will give you 5 taels a month first! If it is not enough, we can discuss it later."

Chen Yonghua also showed a generous look: "Mr. Liu, the boats, gunpowder, shotguns, and artillery you need to cross the river are covered by our Yanping Palace! Let's not talk about more, one thousand shotguns, ten famous Yixiaopao and a thousand catties of gunpowder will be given to you immediately!"

Liu Jinzhong is also a sensible person, so he bowed his hands to Wang Zhongxiao immediately and said: "Brother Shikai, I don't want you to pay fifty thousand a month for nothing, the Jiedu of Chaohai Town, please find someone to take over. "

"It's easy to talk about. The affairs of Chaozhou will be taken care of by my younger brother. When Brother Liu doesn't want to stay in Jiangbei anymore and returns to Guangdong, I will definitely return to Zhao!" Wang Zhongxiao didn't ask Third Prince Zhu for instructions, and agreed directly. .

Fang Zhen of Daming, just gave and accepted in private.And these two... are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty!Now the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty are much more powerful than the loyal ministers of the previous Ming Dynasty!

Seeing the generosity of Wang Zhongxiao and Chen Yonghua, Geng Jingzhong felt a little bit guilty. Wang Zhongxiao and Chen Yonghua are giving money and arms, are they trying to win over Liu Jinzhong?
But the most important thing now is to enter Nanjing City!

As long as you can enter Nanjing City, you can coerce the emperor and order the princes!

Liu Jinzhong is still loyal to Daming after all, otherwise wouldn't it be good for him to spend a peaceful life with Shang Shuying in Chaozhou?He can hold half of the Chaozhou government in his hands, and the world will be peaceful. With most of the Chaozhou government and thousands of elite soldiers, can't he get a hereditary and irreplaceable Marquis?

So as long as Emperor Zhu is in hand, he is not afraid that he will be unable to hold Liu Dazhong.

Thinking of this, Geng Jingzhong clasped his fists at Third Prince Zhu: "Your Majesty, leave those bannermen in the Imperial City of Nanjing to my ministers. I have an army of [-] troops, all of whom are elite soldiers, and there is also a fierce general Shang Zhixin. I am not afraid to take them." Don’t give up on those bannermen.”

Is Shang Zhixin a fierce general?
Wang Zhongxiao pondered: Could it be that this man became brave after knowing his shame because his family was ruined?Be careful when you meet him in the future.

"King Geng, are all of your [-] troops entering Nanjing City? Are you leaving any of them elsewhere?"

It was Lu Sanhao who asked Geng Jingzhong, but he belonged to Wu Sangui!Moreover, he is also the "big brother" of the Jiangnan regiment. Although the Jiangnan regiment has not yet formed an army, the head has been gathered.

With tens of thousands of regiments in his hands, and controlling the administration of the five counties in Yingtian's prefecture, of course Lu Sanhao dared to challenge Geng Jingzhong.

Geng Jingzhong's face darkened, and he said coldly: "I have many elite soldiers and generals under my command, and they have already stationed in Dangtu, Wuhu, Fanchang and Xuancheng. After I take the imperial city, I will divide my troops to take Chizhou, Huizhou, Quzhou and other places to completely open up the connection with Fujian."

It turns out that Geng Jingzhong didn't just drive into Nanjing with all his troops. When he was besieging Wuhu, he ordered Chen Shikai to lead 1000 troops to attack Xuancheng, the capital of Ningguo Prefecture, and Wang Jinzhong led [-] troops to attack the territory of Taiping Prefecture. In Fanchang, Ma Weixing led a thousand troops to attack Dangtu, the capital of Taiping Prefecture.

And his ultimate goal is to win the whole of southern Anhui and Quzhou in Zhejiang, and open up the connection with Fujian, his hometown.

In this way, he can hold the emperor and order the princes, and at the same time control Fujian remotely, without pulling down on both ends, which is a beautiful idea.

Lu Sanhao asked again: "King Geng, how will you spend the military pay for your [-] elite soldiers after they are stationed in Nanjing? Do you use the taxes from the Taiping Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, and Chizhou Mansion, or?"

Geng Jingzhong said: "Of course the Nanjing Household Department raised money for this king!" He paused, "I don't want too much, just like Liu Zhen, 5 taels a month, isn't that much?"

Fifty thousand a month is not a small amount for Lu Sanhao, the Minister of the Household Department. The Nanjing Household Department is not Wang Zhongxiao's Yuehai Town, and it is not that rich.

Of course, Wang Zhongxiao can generously promise Liu Jinzhong the 10,000 monthly salary. He owns the two cornucopias of Guangzhou Mansion and Guangdong Customs Road, and can get some back from Chaozhou. But [-] is not a big problem, and it will only lose three [-]+ a year.

But the Nanjing household department is not as wide as Yuehai Town, and there is no place to make up for it. Geng Jingzhong is given 60 yuan a month, which is 77 yuan a year. Adding 130 yuan a year for Jiangnan regiment training, it is [-] million a month. One hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver must be paid out!
4000 taels of silver in one day!

In addition, there are still many officials and their yamen in the Nanjing court to support, and soon there will be a puppet emperor Ming Xiandi to support, I am afraid that it will cost another 2000 taels a day.

Now the Nanjing Ministry of Households guards a city outside Nanjing and several counties outside the city. It needs to collect 6000 taels of silver a day. It is very difficult!
Seeing Lu Sanhao's embarrassed face, the third prince Zhu was also a little anxious-he also counted on the Nanjing Ministry of Households to live!
He is the Emperor Xiandi for Daming, so 1 taels in the one month palace is not too much, right?

"Three good things," Zhu Third Prince asked, "Is the money enough to spend? Do you want to use internal funds?"

Do you still have money?Do you think you really inherited a Ming Dynasty?

Lu Sanhao really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't dare to tell Geng Jingzhong that he had no money, so he could only smile a little: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I won't spend your internal money, the worst is to suffer the people!"

"The common people are suffering." Zhu Cijiong thought to himself: the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty seem to be a little bit bad this time!

Zhu Cijiong asked Lu Sanhao again: "I don't know how to suffer the common people?"

"How can it be more difficult? Of course. Increase the business tax!" Lu Sanhao is quite familiar with this method, "But it can't be too much."

"That's right," Zhu Third Prince said, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it! We must have a long-term plan. King Chuang is in Wuchang now!"

Although he is Emperor Xian, he also hopes that the Ming Dynasty can continue to exhaust its resources this time.

But in a few days, someone will "welcome the Chuang Wang" again.

"Your Majesty is right," Lu Sanhao said, "We can still sell our fame!"

"Sell fame?" Zhu Third Prince asked, "Is anyone buying it?"

"There must be!" Lu Sanhao nodded, and said, "That Zhu Guozhi engaged in the cancellation case, and altogether eliminated more than 1 scholars and scholars. I don't know how many people in the south of the Yangtze River want to get fame. Money can make a Ming Dynasty fame, and in the future when the Ming Dynasty pacifies the southeast, they will be able to come to Jinshi examinations with fame and fame, and they can even become officials directly! How come no one buys such a good thing?"

"But we only have five counties in Yingtianfu!" When the Third Prince Zhu said this, he looked at Chen Yonghua.

"Your Majesty," Chen Yonghua did not refuse, "Let me be responsible for the matter of Tianfu's takeaway fame, but the people in the south of the Yangtze River hate Zhu Guozhi deeply!"

The people in the south of the Yangtze River may not particularly hate Zhu Guozhi, but the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River must hate him very much!Moreover, when Zhu Guozhi was the governor of Jiangning (Jiangsu governor), he also vigorously rectified the coastal defense, and the members of the pirate Zheng's family also hated him, and now it's just a matter of public revenge!
"Ministry of Punishments!" Third Prince Zhu hurriedly asked Zheng Desheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments.

Zheng Desheng said: "Your Majesty, this Zhu Guozhi is too hateful. He also killed many scholars in the south of the Yangtze River when he handled the crying temple case! We can collect money from his enemies this time to handle the case. As long as the money is enough, we will deal with him." Ling Chi executed!"

Collecting money to kill people. Is this what the Minister of Criminal Affairs can say?

Third Prince Zhu can only sigh, he is the candidate for Ming Xiandi, so that's the only way to go!

"If you don't have any objections," Zhu Cijiong said, "then find a way to raise money! King Geng, let's find a way to raise money. The Battle of the Nanjing Imperial City is up to you."

"Don't worry, it's on me!" Geng Jingzhong finally patted his chest, with a loyal face.

On the Nanjing side, when the newly released loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty were doing all kinds of tricks, in the Xiangyang Mansion, Huang Zhisheng, the envoy of Li Zicheng, the alternate loyal king of the Ming Dynasty, had already met Wu Yingxiong, the son of the Western King of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Shifan, the grandson of the Western King.

"What? Li Zicheng wants to carve up Jingzhou with me? Has he forgotten who he is?"

Although Wu Yingxiong was determined to fight for his wife and children, when he saw Huang Zhisheng, he still looked furious.

"Master, please calm down," Huang Zhisheng and Wu Yingxiong have known each other for a long time, and they also know his character, so they are not worried that he will turn his face and slaughter others. , maybe I will be a courtier with you, Shizi."

"A minister in the same hall? Whose minister?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback.

"Da Ming!" Huang Zhisheng laughed, "Your Majesty, will you never forget that you and your father are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty? King Chuang also intends to let the little prince go out to the Third Prince Zhu in Nanjing City to become a minister and ask for the title of loyal king. The little prince is the loyal king of Ming Dynasty and King Chuang is the old loyal king!"

"The old loyal king? Li Zicheng? He still wants to be the old loyal king?" Wu Yingxiong didn't even know what to say.

On the other side, Wu Shifan frowned and asked, "Could it be that Li Zicheng still wants to sit on an equal footing with my grandfather Xi Wang?"

Huang Zhisheng said with a smile: "How can King Zhong be regarded as equal to King Xi? The ones who are equal to King West should be King East, King South, and King North!"

"Already sealed?" Wu Shifan frowned even tighter.

Huang Zhisheng smiled and said: "I don't know, but it will be a matter of time."

Wu Sangui, the king of the west, of course doesn't want to sit on an equal footing with the kings of the east, south, and north.

However, it is unlikely that the new Ming Dynasty will have only one Western King, and no Eastern King, Southern King, and Northern King.

In addition, the third prince Zhu is not completely in the hands of Wu Sangui, the king of the West, and it is not easy to handle this matter!
When the father and son Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan were complaining in their hearts about the third prince Zhu's "chaotic appointment of the king", Wang Shirong who was on the side took up the topic with a smile and asked: "So, you, King Li Zhong, are really not afraid of the settlement after the fall?"

"Qiuhou was afraid of settling accounts at the time!" Huang Zhisheng said, "It's just that if there is such an Autumn Queen, the Zhongwang family may not be the only ones who have been settled, right? No one will settle the accounts of your Xiwang family? Who killed Emperor Yongli? Isn’t it your Long Live the King of the West? Although the third prince Zhu is not the son of Yongli, Yongli is also the emperor of Ming Dynasty after all. Become Zhengshuo, who is it that wiped out the former Ming?"

Yongli is definitely going to be Ming Zhengshuo, if he is not, who is Xia Zhengshuo that day?Is it on Shunzhi's head?That is absolutely impossible!
Since Shunzhi is not Zhengshuo, Yongli must be Zhengshuo.

And once Yongli becomes Zhengshuo, then Wu Sangui will be in big trouble!

If Wu Sangui captures and kills Yongli, he will destroy the Ming Dynasty. The last Ming Dynasty was not destroyed by Li Zicheng, but by Wu Sangui!

Even if Prince Zhu's troops are weak and dare not pursue Wu Sangui's crime of destroying the Ming Dynasty, who can guarantee that there will be a day after the autumn?
Huang Zhisheng said again: "Although Chongzhen was forced to death by the old Zhongwang, the little Zhongwang is not the grandson of the old Zhongwang, he is the son of Xingguogong, and Xingguogong is not the son of the old Chuangwang. How old is King Chuang! So the old King Chuang's crime of forcing Chongzhen to death may not necessarily fall on Little Zhong King. But the crime of King Xi's destruction of Ming Dynasty, can you run away?"

(End of this chapter)