Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 294 Geng Jingzhong, are you guilty?No, I'm going to be emperor! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

When Mr. Shun Shui arrived at the Xingyuan of the Great Northern King of the Ming Dynasty in the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou with Chen Yonghua's personal letter, it was already the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the 48th year of Chongzhen.

Liu Jinzhong's army entered Suzhou Fucheng, which was abandoned by Yue Le, on the third day of the first lunar month in the 48th year of Chongzhen.It means turning Su Song's land into his own!
Of course, Liu Jinzhong's behavior of occupying territory by talking to himself is also a matter of course in his opinion.

This time he put down the chaos in Nanjing, and his contribution is great!
He broke the Nanjing Imperial City!
Geng Jingzhong's East Palace was captured by him!

Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le's troops were also chased and fled by him, all the way from Nanjing to Zhejiang!

Because he chased so hard, he chased all the way in the cold weather against the humid cold wind in the south of the Yangtze River, and he couldn't even eat a hot mouthful of New Year's Eve dinner. That's why he took over Suzhou and Songjiang before that bastard Yue Le destroyed Suzhou and Songjiang. This is Suzhou and Songjiang!

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that Su Song had half the world, to the effect that the combined tax revenue of the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang accounted for half of the world.

Of course, this statement is an exaggeration.After the reform of Zhang Juzheng in the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty, the tax and grain of Suzhou Prefecture reached more than 250 million shi a year, and that of Songjiang next door was more than 90 shi.Adding one of the two mansions is 50 million shi!

The rated land tax for the whole of Nanzhili is only a little over 600 million shi, and the Su and Song prefectures account for more than half.

In addition, apart from Nanzhili, the rated land tax of any province in Ming Dynasty is not as high as the sum of these two prefectures. In fact, only Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Shandong are the only provinces whose rated land tax is lower than that of Songjiang prefecture.
Moreover, the Second Mansion of Su and Song, which had paid so many land taxes, was already quite peaceful during the turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty, and it became more prosperous because of the large amount of silk exports and the influx of overseas silver (at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land tax was discounted to pay silver, and the amount of silver per stone was fixed, so the inflation caused by the inflow of silver was beneficial to the Second Mansion of Su and Song).When Liu Jinzhong occupied Suzhou, the prosperity of this southeastern city was even higher than that of Nanjing!
As for the taxes of Xuzhou that Liu Jinzhong received from Li Zhongshan and Haizhou that he won (without bloodshed), let alone compare with Suzhou, it is compared with Suzhou Prefecture. If you take Kunshan County, Xu and Haizhou are incomparable!
Such a good site, who wouldn't be tempted to see it?So Liu Jinzhong wanted to make Su Song Jiedu envoy. As for the governors of Shandong and Henan.Let the younger generations do the big business of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

He is an old general, he has already made enough credit, and he has reached the title of Northern King. He doesn't want to make progress, and he can't make progress anymore, so he just wants to lie down and enjoy the blessings. Is this okay?
So when Liu Jinzhong heard that the visiting Zhu Shunshui said that the "Three Zhongtang" wanted him to hand over the two mansions of Suzhou and Songjiang, and wanted him to rob Zhejiang, which is currently controlled by Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le, he immediately became annoyed.

"Why me again? I'm not the only one who can fight in the Ming Dynasty, right? I'm pretty good in Suzhou and Songjiang now. I don't want Zhejiang. I'm content and happy. I'm satisfied with two prefectures. I don't want Xuzhou, Haizhou, and Chaozhou. I want Suzhou and Songjiang.

Mr. Dongshan, you can comment. In this battle of Baojian Guo and Geng Ni's extermination, I, Liu Jinzhong, have contributed enough, right?It's not too much for me to seal Susong Town, right?And this Susong Town is originally Yue Le's territory, and I also snatched it by myself, so why can't I be the governor of Susong Town? "

What Liu Jinzhong said was plausible. After he finished speaking, it was his turn to Mr. Zha Zuo, Mr. Zha Zuo, and Mr. Yincha, his military adviser, to make suggestions.

This old man Zha was originally named Zha Jizuo, and his courtesy name was Yihuang. He also fought against the Qing Dynasty with Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, in his early years. He was an official in the same dynasty with Huang Zongxi and Zhu Shunshui. They fought against the Qing Dynasty together, lost battles together, and fled together.But later this Zha Jizuo did a disgraceful thing, that is, he participated in the prosecution of Zhuang Ting's Mingshi case—not by him alone, but by at least four whistleblowers.

Of course, if he didn’t report it, he would be punished because when Zhuang Tingyu’s father, Zhuang Yuncheng, published the “Compilation of Ming History” edited by his son, in order to show the authority of the book, he engraved the names of eighteen famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, including Zha Jizuo, claiming that they participated in the editing.

Among the 18 people, except for Fan Xiang, Zha Jizuo, and Lu Qi who reported meritorious service and were acquitted, and a few died of illness or were not caught, the rest were all executed in a hurry, and their families sent Ningguta as slaves!

It's useless even if Wu Liuqi pleads for mercy on this matter, then Wu Liuqi is a "county commander", and the official is not as old as Liu Jinzhong!

That's why Wu Liuqi didn't recruit Zha Jizuo when he was involved in the Ming History Case - Wu Sangui had to be recruited from such a big case as the Ming History Case. Wu Liuqi was not capable of that, but the friendship between Zha Jizuo and Wu Liuqi still brought him unexpected benefits.That Wu Liuqi's son, Wu Qifeng, recommended him to his superior Liu Jinzhong (Wu Liuqi was the county commander in Chaozhou), and Liu Jinzhong had never had any scholars around him, so it was rare to get a Zha Jizuo (now called Zha Zuoyin), and he was named a military adviser.

This military commander Zha is 76 years old this year. He was already dying of old age, but since he became a military consultant, his spirit has suddenly risen!
Mr. Dongshan made a comeback, how could he be willing to die of old age?Immediately, he was full of energy, and he followed Liu Jinzhong with a lupine all day long to pretend to be Zhuge Liang who had no plans.

Now Liu Jinzhong seems to have no energy, so of course we have to cheer him up.

"My lord is missing!"

Liu Jinzhong was taken aback, why am I wrong?Shouldn't it be Mr. Shunshui's fault?Where are you from, old man?

"My lord," old man Zha said, shaking his feather fan, "do you know the real purpose of King Li Ying's invitation to send troops to Zhejiang?"

"I know, doesn't he just want to take back the two rich mansions of Suzhou and Songjiang?"

"No, no, Suzhou and Songjiang are not important to him." The old man Zha waved his hand, "Although Suzhou and Songjiang are fertile, they were never places for military use. In the past, Zhang Shicheng was sitting here. Although he was rich in the world, he didn't have elite fighters in his hands. In the end, they were suppressed by Ming Taizu who occupied the land of Western Wu and Huaixi.

Now Huaixi has been controlled by King Li Ying, and the rich and wealthy hometown of Guangdong is the root of Li's family. Now it is controlled by his brother Jizhen, so King Li Ying is neither short of soldiers nor money.

King Li Zhong, who is entrenched in Wuchang, Hanyang, Huangzhou and other places, is the nephew of King Li Ying. If Li Nanwang's nephew and grandson, the three Li Wangs, join hands, and then collude with Lu Sanhao, who controls Yingtianfu, the prophecy of the eighteen sons ruling the world may not come true! "

"What?" Liu Jinzhong was shocked when he heard the words, "Mr. Dongshan, you mean that Li Zhongshan also wants to follow Geng Jingzhong's rebellion and become the emperor? Mr. Shunshui, what do you say?"

Zhu Shunshui quickly shook his head and said, "Northern King, don't worry, King Li Ying has no such plans now! He just wants to be a general, record ministerial affairs, and supervise all Chinese and foreign military forces."

The old man Zha said indifferently: "You haven't added Jiuxi yet?"

"Not yet," Zhu Shunshui followed the old man's words, "he can't cover the sky with one hand right now. After all, Daming still has King Bei and King Yi!

But now you, King of the North, disobeyed the decree of the state supervisor, refused to send troops to attack Geng Jingzhong, and even occupied the imperial state capital. Isn't this giving the king an excuse?Your Majesty, please measure carefully. With your strength of [-] troops occupying the Second Mansion of Su and Song, if Li Zhongshan came to attack you under the order of the state supervisor, would you be able to defeat him? "

"I, I..." Liu Jinzhong was terrified, thinking about it and felt wrong, "Isn't it? He hasn't defeated Anqing yet! After defeating Anqing, Taiping, Chizhou, Ningguo, Huizhou, Guangde and other places will be recovered, and then he will go west to fight Jiujiang and take Jiangxi. He has a lot of work to do!"

"My lord," Old Man Cha shook his head and said, "Don't make such wishful thinking! An Qing can't last for many days, maybe he has already been beaten down now. After he finishes beating Anqing, can't he beat you first? How much will it cost him? Can we last a month?"

"Hit me first?" Liu Jinzhong was sweating coldly on his forehead. "Could it be that he asked me to hand over the Su and Song Er mansions, and then went to fight Zhejiang, just to find fault? No, if I follow orders, what good will he gain? Zhejiang's territory is much larger than Su Song's! The decree of the supervisor can say that Zhejiang was sealed to me!"

"Jianguo even gave Fujian to King Yi!" Zhu Shunshui added.

"Why did King Li Ying do this?" Liu Jinzhong didn't understand.

"There are two reasons," Zhu Shunshui said. "The first is of course to get rid of the traitor Geng Jingzhong as soon as possible. Whether it is in eastern Fujian, Zhejiang, or several state capitals in the south of Anhui, they are still in the hands of Geng Jingzhong and his gang. If these territories cannot be conquered as soon as possible, King Li Ying, King Li Nan, and King Li Zhong will not be able to concentrate on fighting Jiangxi. Only by conquering Jiangxi can the territories of the three Li Kings truly be united!"
The second reason is to show your kindness to the King of the North and the King of Yi in exchange for the two of you supporting him to successfully become a general and record the affairs of the minister so that he can lead the government. "

The old man Zha saw that Zhu Shunshui had finished speaking, and added: "There is a third reason, which is to use the stubborn resistance of Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le to consume the strength of you and King Yi. Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le are desperate to fight, and they are not so easy to deal with!"

"That makes sense." Liu Jinzhong nodded, "I'm also worried about this. Although Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le killed more than [-] men in the Battle of Nanjing, Zeng Yangxing and Xu Wenhuan, the most capable fighters under Geng Jingzhong's command, did not participate in the Battle of Nanjing. They still have at least [-] troops on hand.

In addition, the Eight Banners stationed in Hangzhou did not participate in the Battle of Nanjing, and there were thousands of them! "

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. This Geng Jingzhong wanted to be an emperor before, so of course he has some capital!Even if they lost a lot in Nanjing, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers available.

Zhu Shunshui said solemnly: "King of the North, no matter how difficult this battle between Zhejiang and Fujian is, you and King Yi must work hard to win it! Only when you two win a big victory, and then occupy Fujian and Zhejiang as the horns of each other, can you deter San Li from usurping usurpers. Only the rule of our Great Ming Dynasty can be maintained for a long time."

Liu Jinzhong nodded his head heavily, and said in a low voice: "That's right. No matter how hard it is, I have to take down Zhejiang, otherwise this great tomorrow might really be usurped by someone surnamed Li!"

He really believed it!
Zhu Shunshui and Zha Zuoyin glanced at each other, and they both smiled secretly—these two old men still have a good relationship, and of course they were in collusion.

Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, and Wang Fuzhi all despised Old Man Cha because of his first confession to the historical case, and they did not associate with Old Man Cha.

But Zhu Shunshui is not qualified to despise Zha Zuoyin - he himself is free and easy in Japan, and then despises people who live under the high-pressure rule of the Manchu Qing every day, and wants them to be as upright as himself. This is not what a real Confucian does.

Of course Zhu Shunshui can be upright, he just writes counter-books every day, and then sends them to Beijing through North Korea, and Oboi has nothing to do with him!

It is impossible for the Qing Dynasty to go on an expedition to Japan, and extradition is out of the question. The shogunate supervises, and Mito Mitsukuni, one of the three imperial families, is his student. How can extradition be possible?

So Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and others who lived under the knife of the Qing Dynasty like Zha Zuoyin can despise old man Zha——Huang Zongxi's anti-book "Ming Yi Dai Visiting Record" is much more powerful than any Ming history, and none of Huang Zongxi's disciples complained, old man Zha is a scum in the eyes of these people!But Zhu Shunshui, who lives in Japan and has Mito Mitsukuni as his backstage, cannot despise old man Cha.He switched with old man Zha, and old man Zha was not afraid of the literary inquisition of the Qing Dynasty.But he was afraid that Manqing's butcher's knife had not been tested, and no one could guarantee it.

But now, Zha Zuoyin is neither afraid of Man Qing nor Geng Jingzhong!

"My lord, this old man has a trick, which can make my lord take down Geng Jingzhong easily!" Old man Cha offered his advice, shaking his feather fan.

"What plan? Tell me quickly."

"Your Majesty, you can write a letter and send it to Geng Jingzhong in Hangzhou, urging him to express his apology, ask the prison state to forgive his mistakes, and allow him to cede the land, and then make meritorious deeds."

"What?" Liu Jinzhong was taken aback, "Geng Jingzhong, a traitor, can still ask for forgiveness, and still make meritorious deeds?"

Zhu Shunshui said with a smile: "My lord, if Geng Jingzhong really repents, then you and King Yi can win without a fight. If he refuses to apologize, then his retainers and allies will know that the court is magnanimous."

The old man Zha shook his feather fan and said, "My lord, this Geng Jingzhong ghost is obsessed and wants to be the emperor. He will not repent! So the letter from the lord will only shake his army's morale!"

"That's right!" Liu Jinzhong slapped his hands, "If he hadn't been thinking about becoming emperor all day long, I wouldn't have opposed him! Mr. Dongshan, who do you think can be an envoy to lobby Geng Jingzhong?"

Zha Zuoyin shook his feather fan and said with a smile, "My lord, I am old and untalented, I would like to go to Hangzhou!"

When Zha Zuoyin returned to Hangzhou, it was a return to his hometown, and no one dared to look down on him anymore.

Originally, people in Zhejiang Shilin despised him as a man and disdain to be with him.But now he is an envoy of Liu Jinzhong, the Northern King of Ming Dynasty who represents righteousness, and he came to Hangzhou to persuade Geng Jingzhong, an anti-king, to come forward to plead guilty.

Among the Zhejiang scholars, there are quite a few people who got on Geng Jingzhong's bandit ship in a daze, and they don't know how to get off?
These people were originally engaged in the Mingdong Palace, how did they become anti-king party members in a blink of an eye?And what's even more exaggerated is that after this anti-king soldier was defeated in Hangzhou, there was auspiciousness in Hangzhou every day.After a while, someone discovered the stone tablet of "The Mandate of Heaven is in Jing", and after a while, something issued a heavenly book, which said "King Geng should be the Son of Heaven", and after a while, some Japanese kingdom paid tribute to the auspicious white elephant.
After a bunch of auspicious signs came out, of course they were persuaded to come in - immediately, immediately!

Who knows when the Huo Lu Bu family will kill Hangzhou City?

They are coming, how can Geng Jingzhong still be the emperor?
So those Zhejiang scholars who boarded Geng Jingzhong's thief ship were instructed that everyone should write a persuasion form, and whoever didn't write it would be beheaded!
Everyone is afraid of beheading!
Therefore, Geng Jingzhong has received a lot of persuasion these days. With this auspiciousness, public opinion, territory and army, this emperor can hurry up and become an emperor.

In Geng Jingzhong's temporary palace, Geng Jingzhong, who had already changed into a dragon robe, was sitting on the throne. Dozens of ministers wearing Ming Dynasty-style official uniforms stood in front of him, all watching the candidate emperor take out a small paper ball from a tea bowl, and then saw him open it gently, read the words on it, and said with a smile: "Jingzhen's country name is Dajing! From now on, the world will be divided into four instead of three."

"The ministers congratulate the emperor, and the ministers congratulate me for the eternal prosperity!"

The ministers below also know that Geng Jingzhong can't last long, but they still have to play with him!
Everyone knows that Geng Jingzhong is obsessed with this, if you don't let him take it easy, he won't close his eyes even if he dies!

"All ministers and workers, if you have something to do, you will go to court, and if you have nothing to do, you will leave the court!" Geng Jingzhong said with gusto.

"Your Majesty," Geng Jingzhong brought from Suzhou, the former Jiangsu Fantai, and now Lin'an Mansion Yin Mu Tianyan, came out of class to play at this time, "Liu Jinzhong, the Northern King of the Ming Dynasty, sent an envoy to see you, Your Majesty."

"What? Liu Jinzhong's envoy?" Geng Jingzhong became angry on the spot, "What is he, the envoy sent by the green mule king, doing here? Could it be that his wife wanted to have sex with me because she was molested by the little worker Lu Bu?"

"Report to the Emperor," Mu Tianyan said, "According to the envoy, the Northern King has been ordered to join forces with the Yi King to attack His Majesty, so the Northern King hopes that you can take the initiative to express your apology, and both he and the King Yi will excuse you. At that time, at the most, a little bit of land will be cut, and you will be demoted to a rank, and you will still be a courtier of Daming."

Hearing these words, the eyes of the Dajing courtiers present all brightened—now that Dajing has not been formally established, it is not too late to plead guilty and surrender!

"Shut up!" Geng Jingzhong yelled, "I don't plead guilty, I'm going to be the emperor, and push out that envoy of Liu Jinzhong and behead him!"

(End of this chapter)