Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 240 Zhu Guozhi, who will be judged in the three courts, is in control of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket)
"Teacher, are you really going to the hall of Yingtian Mansion to watch Zhu Guozhi's interrogation in the third hall?"

Wang Zhongxiao wore the python robe of the King of Ming Dynasty, and followed his teacher Mingzhu with a smile, walking swaggeringly by the edge of Mochou Lake.

Mingzhu still looks thin and sad, but her legs are no longer lame, but she walks with her hands behind her back and her head hanging down, still like a long and slender bean sprouts withered by half, the suave charm of the past has completely disappeared.

And Mochou Lake Garden, which is known as the most scenic spot in Nanjing, is in the same state of mind as Pearl at this time, a bleak winter scene.The surface of the water was blue and black, and there were thin ice floating in many places. The north wind whizzed past, and the water rippled in circles.

Standing by the Mochou Lake, Mingzhu really looks more and more sad. It seems that he will never be "Nalan Mochou" in his life.

However, the same lake view, in the eyes of Li Zhongshan (Wang Zhongxiao), the second son of the Southern King Li Fuchen of the Ming Dynasty, is really pleasant to the mind and body!

Because this place is located on the edge of Mochou Lake, the large garden that once belonged to Duke Wei's mansion has now been assigned to Nanwang's family by Lu Sanhao, and it has become the location of Nanwang's mansion.

And isn't this Nanwang Mansion the property of Li Zhongshan (Wang Zhongxiao) and Li Er?
This palace has a background, it was the property that Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Wei Guogong Xu Da back then!Xu Da and Xu Da's descendants managed the entire Ming Dynasty on the bank of Mochou Lake, and they were all abandoned until the Qing soldiers came in.

Although after the Qing Dynasty, the properties by the Mochou Lake changed hands several times, but like several famous gardens in Nanjing, they were all acquired by people who were either rich or noble, so although the gardens were a bit bleak, they were not completely dilapidated.It is even still one of the few famous gardens in Jinling City today!

With such an industry, can Li Zhongshan (Wang Zhongxiao) be unhappy?He wondered if he should use the word "Mochou" of Mochou Lake as his nickname.

From now on, he will be "Mr. Mochou", "Manor Mochou", and "Mr. Mochou"
"Zhu Pinghuan and his teacher are both Zhenghuangqi, and everyone is shoulder to shoulder. He was able to recover this time, and I also helped to speak. I didn't expect it to hurt him. This meeting, I am afraid it will be the last time in his life. It's over, I have to listen to his last words."

Mingzhu seemed to be a little bit sad. When he spoke, he looked sad. He looked up at the sky, and then said to Wang Zhongxiao: "Shi Kai, it's getting late, should we go?"

Wang Zhongxiao nodded, then turned around and said to Li Jixiang who was following behind him: "Little Li, let a carriage come over!"

"Yes! Carriage. Hurry up and pull it over here, the second master and Ming Zhongtang are going out!" Li Jixiang, who had just come from Guangdong with a batch of silver and ammunition, and immediately took over as the head of the Southern Palace, immediately opened his throat and shouted, "Wang Quan, bring some people to protect Second Master and Ming Zhongtang!"

Soon, a large carriage with two horses was driven to Wang Zhongxiao and Mingzhu with a rumble.

And this carriage was followed by a team wearing blue battle suits, iron helmets on their heads, a breastplate made of a whole piece of iron on their chests and abdomen, flintlock guns on their backs, and slender curved swords. cavalry guard with sabers.Leading this team of guard cavalry was Wang Quan, Wang Zhongxiao's early groom.He is already a member of the Guangdong Township Army. A while ago, together with Li Jixiang, he led dozens of officers who had just graduated from the Guangdong Lecture Hall and two to three hundred veterans, and came by sea on a merchant ship that rescued the town. Nanjing is now Wang Zhongxiao's personal battalion general.

Wang Zhongxiao lifted the curtain of the carriage, smiled and raised his hand to point in, "Teacher, please. There is a stove inside, but it's warm. You can squint inside for a while. When you wake up, you will arrive at Yingtian Mansion." .”

Mingzhu nodded, without saying anything, got into the carriage with Wang Zhongxiao's support.And Wang Zhongxiao got on a horse with folded ears that Li Jixiang brought for him—this horse was also brought to him by Wang Quan. He said it was a good horse from the western Tianzhu country. Curved inward, it looks very cute, so after being transported to Guangzhou City by a group of English businessmen, Wu Xiaotu bought it for them.What Wang Quan brought to Wang Zhongxiao was one of these folded-eared horses.

Stepping on this fine horse with a maroon fur, Wang Zhongxiao led his personal cavalry, guarding Mingzhu's carriage, and ran towards the south gate of the garden by the Mochou Lake.

The outside of the garden at Mochou Lake was fortified, and trenches were dug along the inside of the garden wall, wooden fences were erected, and parapets and fortifications were built with straw sacks filled with soil. Several tall watchtowers were erected.

Although no ditches and wooden fences were erected at the gate of the garden, two circular parapets were built with straw bales and sacks filled with soil, and a row of carbine guns was used to block the gate.

Seeing that Wang Zhongxiao was about to go out with chariots and horses, the infantry guarding the gate with flintlock guns immediately moved away their unique carbine refusal guns.

Wang Zhongxiao rode his horse out of the south gate of Mochou Lake Garden. Outside was a long street called Sanshanmenwai Street, also known as Jiangdongmen Street.Because this long street connects the Sanshan Gate in the inner city of Nanjing and the Jiangdong Gate in the outer city.

In other words, Wang Zhongxiao's Nanwang Mansion was located in the original Nanjing Outer City, but now it can only be regarded as outside Nanjing City.

Although this area is now "outside the city", it is still not long and prosperous. Many gardens have been built on both sides of Sanshanmenwai Street, some of which seem dilapidated, but from their land occupation and remaining buildings, you can still get a glimpse of what it looked like in its heyday.

On the street close to Sanshan Gate and the other side of the Qinhuai River, it is quite bustling!Storefronts and shops are open row upon row, and there are even more merchants coming and going.

And the inside of Sanshanmen is even more lively. Now it is the end of the new year, and Daming is an old store that is newly opened, and it seems to be thriving. Anyway, looking at the situation, it seems that it is not a big problem to set up half of the country.

So this city of Nanjing immediately has the meaning of "gathering humanities". Anyway, the literati in the Jiangnan area are all gathering in Nanjing, and no one seems to worry about Jiangnan Daying, Jiangbei Daying, Jiangdong Daying, Jiangxi Daying, etc. The situation in Daying is completely different from when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came to Nanjing in history.

After all, it has only been more than ten years since Zheng Chenggong's last counterattack outside Nanjing, and many old people who have gone through the late Ming Dynasty and still remember the Han people are still alive!
More importantly, it has only been more than ten years since Zhu Guozhi's "Reporting Case" and "Weeping Temple Case". They all miss the past in the bottom of their hearts.

If you think about it, it’s better for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to say whatever you want, scold and evade taxes and resist taxes casually. When Daming was here, everyone didn’t know how to cherish it, but it turned out that the Qing Dynasty came up, and everyone knew what is evil!

Compared with the emperors of the Qing Dynasty and the high officials of Manchuria, let alone Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian is a reasonable and good man!

And just when the scholars in Jiangnan who were frightened by the tossing and tossing of the Qing Dynasty were looking forward to Daming and looking forward to Daming, Daming really came back!

And it is the "True Ming Dynasty" led by the third prince Zhu!
I don't know how to capture Nanjing, the former capital of the Ming Dynasty, and then we will reopen the imperial court.

On the Qing side, although there were four camps in the southeast, northwest, and north, none of these camps rushed to counterattack Nanjing, and they didn't even dare to enter the Yingtian Mansion Realm. They looked weak.

What makes the scholars in Jiangnan even more exciting is that not long after the opening of this "True Ming Dynasty", Zhu Guozhi, who is the governor of Guangdong, was arrested, and he was going to be interrogated in the third hall of Yingtianfu Yamen!

But how did this small imperial court, which was opening up in Nanjing, catch Zhu Guozhi, who was the governor of Guangdong?

Could it be that Guangdong has long been ruled by Ming Dynasty?
With a stomach full of questions, many scholars from Yingtianfu and several surrounding states took advantage of the fact that the four major battalions on the Qing side were busy with the New Year, and came to Nanjing to check the wind direction and watch the interrogation by the way. Zhu Guozhi—I have to see if this Zhu Guozhi is real?

In addition, if this Zhu Guozhi is real, then everyone has to see what will happen to this "Zhu Baidi"?
Because there are so many people who came to see Zhu Guozhi, the Yawai of Yingtian Mansion, which is not too far from the Sanshan Gate, is crowded with people today. If the family servants hadn’t been asked to occupy the seat last night, there would be no chance of seeing Zhu Guozhi at all. of!

Not to mention, when Zhu Guozhi was the governor of Jiangsu, he was not as "popular" as he is now!
And those who couldn't see Zhu Guozhi had no choice but to ask the people in front.

"The one in front, did you see Zhu Baidi? Is it real?"

"I saw it, it's true when I saw it, it's this Zhu Baidi who suffered a thousand knives!"

"It's this guy, hahaha, this guy also has today!"

"God open your eyes! Zhu Baidi finally got retribution"

There are really people who know Zhu Guozhi and have enemies with Zhu Guozhi and grab a good seat!
And after confirming Zhu Guozhi's real body, the voice of shouting for killing rose up outside the Yamen of Yingtianfu.

But no matter how many people shouted to kill, Zhu Guozhi is not afraid now. He is pretending to be righteous now!After being escorted to the lobby, he still held the shackles and stretched his neck, refusing to kneel, and said stubbornly: "You are all traitors, traitors, clown-like characters, and you dare to come to interrogate me? Pooh!"

On the lobby, there are already three officials sitting at this time, and one of them is of course the Minister of the Household Department and Ying Tianfu Yin Lu San. This good official who has always been famous for "speaking good words, being a good person, and doing good deeds", this After a while, he also showed his true colors. He picked up a gavel casually, gave it a "snap", and then winked at the guards who were escorting Zhu Guozhi below.

The guard who was escorting Zhu Guozhi immediately understood, and the two of them kicked Zhu Guozhi's calf one by one.Zhu Guozhi fell to his knees with a plop, and then let out a scream like a slaughtered pig—both kneecaps suffered comminuted fractures!
"Zhu Guozhi, I'm asking you, are you convicted?" The man who spoke next was a man with a hideous face, also wearing a red official uniform and a black gauze hat.He is Yang Qilong's representative in Nanjing, Zheng Desheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

This Zheng Desheng's ancestor was also from the Jinyiwei Tiqi family. Moreover, he was also a Tiqi in Beizhen Fusi who was in charge of torture.

"Bah! It's not up to you, a thief who wears monkeys and crowns, to ask me if I have any crimes!" Zhu Guozhi's mouth is really hard!
"Huh!" Zheng Desheng laughed at this, "Zhu Guozhi, listen carefully! Today, my official and Lu Zhongtang and Liu Qianhu (Liu Shuochuan, the representative of Jinyiwei) are not because of some reason." You will be dealt with in the case of "cancellation" and "crying temple case"! This officer came to try you because you killed many anti-Qing patriots during your official career! What will happen to anti-Qing patriots in your hands? You will fall to this official and Lu What happened to Zhongtang and Liu Qianhu. This is tit for tat!"

What he said was actually meant for the audience in the hall—Xin Daming would not grant tax-free privileges to scholars who had obtained academic honors!
This privilege must never be given!

Even, the new Ming court may have some privileges for official households, but it must not grant any tax-free privileges to scholars and juren.

Because scholars and juren have privileges, they have already become rich by virtue of their privileges before they become officials. Getting rich before becoming an official is even more terrifying than being an official for money.Because getting rich before being an official means that the wealth of these officials is "not" given by the emperor's family.Whether they are officials or not, they can accumulate tens of thousands of wealth.They are not even afraid of being dismissed from office and returning home!
Therefore, Zhu Guozhi's case of memorialization and temple crying for tax collection is not a crime!
His real crime was killing anti-Qing patriots, and he didn't do anything anyway, so he had to pay back with his flesh and blood.

As soon as Zhu Guozhi heard that Zheng Desheng had accused him of offending him, he burst out laughing: "Any official from the Qing Dynasty who doesn't have a few traitors' lives in his hands? Cut me into pieces so that the Daqing All the officials of the Qing Dynasty have a look, what will happen to them once you people take over the world?"

Liu Shuochuan, who was at the side of Jinyiwei Qianhu, said coldly: "Zhu Guozhi, since you have pleaded guilty, then you can be charged. If you execute Ling Chi, you will not run away!"

Hearing what Liu Shuochuan said, Zhu Guozhi, who had been extremely arrogant just now, trembled, and a terrified expression appeared on his face.

Ling Chi!
Did not run away.
"Your Majesty, I think that the Northern and Southern Dynasties will be beneficial to you by drawing the river to rule!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains must not be rushed. Your Majesty, please don't forget Liu Jinu, who used to swallow thousands of miles like a tiger! After he regained Shandong, Zhongzhou and Guanzhong in the Northern Expedition, the Eastern Jin Dynasty will be gone!"

In Prince Ding's Mansion in Nanjing, at this time, two "Da Ming Qin Hui" were following the third prince Zhu, one on the left and one on the right, whispering this slander.

Not to mention, these two really have the talent to be Qin Hui, this slander is very reasonable, and it has reached the heart of the third prince Zhu.What Prince Zhu is most afraid of is that one day Cao Cao will be replaced by Cao Pi, or even replaced by Liu Yu, a power minister like Liu Yu who is not addicted to seizing people and killing people all over the world?
"Your Majesty, think about it. Who are Geng Dong Wang, Wu Xi Wang, and Li Zhong Wang? Are they willing to be princes for the rest of their lives?"

"That is, King Gengdong and King Wuxi have long been kings. If they want to become kings, they don't need to rebel! Since they rebelled, they will definitely not stop at the East King and West King!"

What the two Qin Hui said makes sense!
The third prince Zhu is willing to be a puppet and emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but are Geng Jingzhong, Wu Sangui, and Li Zicheng willing to be ministers for a lifetime?Especially Geng Jingzhong and Wu Sangui, they are already kings, how could they rebel because of a prince?

If they want to be emperors, one can imagine what will happen later.

"But." The Third Prince Zhu frowned, "But Lu Sanhao, Wang Zhongxiao, and Chen Yonghua are all opposed to planning the river!"

"Your Majesty," Li Guang said, "they are only opposed to the permanent rule of the river, not the short-term rule. After all, they are doing everything possible to expand their armed forces, and the expansion of the army takes time! If it can be stopped for a year For half a year, there is no harm for us."

Chen Menglei also said: "Your Majesty, even if we can't reach a peace agreement with Mingzhu in the end, it's still good to delay the peace for a few months. Today, I look at King Geng Dong's expression, and it seems that he also agrees to a temporary peace and truce."

The third prince Zhu nodded: "He wanted to temporarily negotiate a peace truce with the Qing court because Zheng Jing was robbing the territory in Fujian."

"As long as King Gengdong supports the rule by planning the river, King Liu Bei will definitely follow suit," Li Guang said, "In today's Nanjing, only the two of them and you are the real king. As long as the three of you can agree, At least the truce and talks can be stabilized."

The third prince Zhu nodded, and said in a low voice: "This matter is indeed worth a try. But Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong alone are not enough. No matter what, let Wang Shikai support us!

Chen Menglei, please go and help me invite King Gengdong into the palace, just say that the lonely family wants to play chess with him! "

"Yes!"

"Li Guangdi, go to Mochou Lake and invite Wang Shikai into the palace!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)