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Chapter 266: On the way back north, the Kong family surrenders to Chuang

December fifteenth.

Jiangxia, Prince Chu's Mansion, Chengyun Hall.

"Students meet the commander-in-chief!"

Although Zhao Deyou was wearing a civil servant's robe imitating the Ming Dynasty, he gave Liu Sheng a military salute as if he were in the army, which seemed a bit nondescript.

Liu Sheng knew that Zhao Deyou was showing that he did not forget his background as a military and political officer in the army.

He also returned the military salute, and then smiled and said: "Since Pengcheng (Zhao Deyou's courtesy name) has become an administrative official, he doesn't need to give the military salute anymore."

"Yes." Zhao Deyou agreed with a smile first, and then explained: "Although the student has become an administrator, what he misses most is the days when he attended classes and studied with the commander."

"Why, isn't life bad nowadays?"

"Although we are busy now, we are extremely fulfilled. I can see the development and growth of our department every day, which is naturally good."

Liu Sheng has already arranged the main military and political affairs in Hubei and Hunan and is preparing to return to Queshan.

But after all, Hubei and Hunan had only been conquered for a few months. Liu Sheng must find a confidant with enough weight to take charge before he could leave with peace of mind.

As the No. 1 student in the first batch of military and political classes, Zhao Deyou was also the first military and political officer in the Kuei Ministry to be transferred to an administrative officer. He had previously served as the prefect of Yiyang and the envoy of Zuobu in Huguang, so he was undoubtedly the first choice to take charge of Wuchang Prefecture.

Therefore, Liu Sheng asked Zhao Deyou to be transferred to the post of prefect of Wuchang, and he still served as Hubei Zuobu envoy.

The prefect of Yiyang was succeeded by Tongpan Gao Douyuan.

The post of general magistrate of Yiyang Prefecture was taken over by Ji Xiangqian, who served in Xixian County and served as the county magistrate of Xixian County, magistrate of Xixian County, and Tongzhi of Xinyang, with outstanding political achievements.

At present, among the eight prefectures in Hubei, in addition to the Wuchang prefect, Xiangyang prefect Liu Yushu (former No. 15 brigade military and political officer) and Huangzhou prefect Cheng Song (also Hubei Zuo counselor, former first division military and political officer) are also military and political officers, which is enough to guarantee Hubei is stable.

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The next day, Liu Sheng crossed the Yangtze River and returned to Queshan via Huangzhou and Yiyang Pass.

In addition to the newly formed bodyguards, he was accompanied by a regiment of knightly guards.

As for the rest of the Guards, in order to avoid slowing down the pace and increasing the cost of the march, Liu Sheng stayed in Jiangxia, which can be regarded as one of the military forces that shocked Hubei.

After Li Dingguo selected a few Guards troops as the backbone to form the fifth division, the Brigade-level generals of the Guards also changed.

Huben Guard brigade commander Wang Xinwu, brigade deputy Li Niu, and military and political officer Wu Yuansheng (third phase of the military and political class).

There are basically no changes in the regiment-level generals of the Victory Guard Brigade.

The Qiaoqi Guards changed the most - brigade commander Li Rongguang, brigade deputy Wang Sanjia, and military and political officer Bu Zheng (second phase).

The three group leaders are Gao Wengui, Jin Tongwu, and Yan Pengfei.

The first two were Li Dingguo's personal captains when he defected to Wei, but the latter was a talented general discovered by Yang Kuiwu. He was an immigrant and was a direct descendant of the Wei tribe with roots in Miaohong.

During the period of Liu Sheng's departure, the Guards will be led by Huang Jie, with Li Niu and Li Rongguang as deputy generals, and Ma Shimin as military counselor.

Ma Shimin was not there, but Liu Sheng was still accompanied by a scribe, Zhang Kuang.

On the last day of the consideration period, the magistrate of Ming Dynasty actually came up with the idea and hoped to visit Yiyang and Runing before deciding whether to submit to the Wei tribe.

Liu Sheng was relatively tolerant towards talented people, so he agreed to the matter and returned north with Zhang Kuang.

The whole group rode on horseback, and on the third day they passed Wuyang Pass and arrived in Xinyang County, Yiyang Prefecture.

After walking for dozens of miles, Zhang Kuang found that this place was obviously much more crowded than the De'an Mansion he just passed through.

Although De'an Prefecture has been under the control of the Wei tribe, it has only been about two months after all. Due to natural disasters and military disasters, there are many abandoned villages on the road and many deserted fields.

But when he arrived in Yiyang Mansion, Zhang Kuang didn't see an abandoned village, and there were very few abandoned fields - the fields that looked better were all covered with a layer of pleasant green wheat seedlings.

After the troops camped outside Xinyang City, Zhang Kuang ate together in Liu Sheng's tent and couldn't help but sigh: "The wheat in Xinyang is growing well. It only needs two heavy snowfalls and there will be a bumper harvest next year."

Liu Sheng sighed, "It's a dry and cold day. You can't tell when it will snow."

Speaking of natural disasters, Zhang Kuang was speechless and said with emotion: "Not only is there a severe drought in Henan this year, there are also droughts in many places in Zhili, Shandong, Huguang and even Zhejiang, followed by locust plagues and plagues.

I heard that even Wujiang County on the edge of Taihu Lake in Suzhou was experiencing drought for several months, with migratory locusts blocking out the sun. The price of rice rose to [-] taels per shi at its peak. "

The area around Taihu Lake is a land of plenty. Although some farmland is occupied by planting mulberry and raising silkworms, there is no shortage of food in normal years. It is even known as the granary of Jiangnan.

Even so, famine occurred, which shows the seriousness of the disaster.

Liu Shengdao: "Last year's natural disasters can be described as 'heavy', and this year's natural disasters can be described as 'wide', making it difficult for the people."

But if it weren’t for the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty, the incompetence of the government, and the evil gentry and bullies in many places who took the opportunity to oppress the people, this natural disaster would not be impossible to overcome - with a united will, man can conquer nature! "With united will, man can conquer heaven?"
Zhang Kuang was silent for a moment, but was touched by Liu Sheng's firm words.

After coming back to his senses, Zhang Kuang thought of the situation of the Ming court, but he couldn't help but sigh: "The Ming Dynasty didn't care about the place. Now the court may not be able to support it."

But on the morning of Liu Sheng's return to the north, he received another telegram forwarded from Ruyang.

On the second day of December, the invading army finally captured Ziyang, the capital city of Yanzhou.

Zhang Guowei, the governor of water transportation, broke out of the city and was pursued by the rebel army. He fled to Yizhou in defeat.

The Chuang army marched continuously to Qufu, Sishui, Zouxian, Tengxian and other places, and captured more than a third of Yanzhou Prefecture in a few days.

Today, only Feixian, Yixian, Yizhou and Tancheng in the southeast of Yanzhou Prefecture still belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Kuang learned the news after accompanying him, and knew that it would be difficult for the imperial court to recapture the Yanzhou Canal.

Liu Sheng commented: “Water transportation has many drawbacks, but it is fettered by the interests of all parties and difficult to abolish.

If I were Emperor Chongzhen, I would take advantage of the interruption of water transportation to switch to sea transportation, so that rice from the south could be transported to the capital by sea. "

Zhang Kuang said: "In fact, Shen Tingyang, a member of Shushe, submitted the "Book of Maritime Transport" and "Illustration of Maritime Transport" in the middle of the previous year, suggesting the restoration of maritime water transportation in the Yuan Dynasty.

That person hesitated at first and only allowed Shen Tingyang to try it out secretly.

Last year, Shen Tingyang used two sea ships to transport hundreds of stones from Huai'an to Tianjin. It only took about ten days for that person to trust sea transportation.

But as the Marshal said, water transportation involves many interests, and a sudden change to sea transportation will encounter many obstacles.So that person asked Shen Tingyang to supervise the payment of grain in Liaodong by shipping first, while the grain from the capital was still transported by water. "

Liu Sheng smiled after hearing this, "So it's better to just dismantle the broken house of Ming Dynasty, because it can't be repaired anymore."

The two are chatting.

Li Weiqi walked into the big tent with a piece of translated information, looking strange.

"Commander, urgent information from Ruyang to Shandong."

Zhang Kuang glanced at Li Weiqi and was very curious as to why the intelligence was transmitted so quickly.But considering that he hasn't officially joined the Weibei yet, I'm embarrassed to ask.

"This Kong family really wants to kneel to whoever it is."

Liu Sheng's words suddenly diverted Zhang Kuang's attention, and he couldn't help but ask: "Is it possible that the Kong family surrendered a trespasser?"

Liu Sheng pointed out the situation and reported, "On the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the invading army besieged Qufu, and the magistrate of the Kong family opened the gates and dedicated the city to surrender.

On the seventh day of the lunar month, Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi presented a memorial to Li Zicheng, urging Li Zicheng to become king. "

"What?!" Zhang Kuang stood up in shock after hearing this, "How could Duke Yan do this?!"

In Zhang Kuang's view, how could the Kong family surrender to thieves? They were even more extreme than surrendering to thieves!
Liu Sheng showed a sarcastic sneer and said, "According to the secret report, Li Zicheng was going to order the Kong family to be confiscated. The Kong family knew the news in advance and came up with this trick.

Besides, to Kong, what does surrender mean?In history, they had defeated the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

Now they are just surrendering to Chuang. If Jiannu can reach Shandong, maybe they will surrender to Jiannu. "

　First more.

　　[After three days of intravenous drip, the throat inflammation is almost gone]

　　Correct the typo later.

　　[Hubei Province] (Reference for Appointment of Administrative Officials)
　　Previous governors: Li Changwen
　　With Zhao Deyou and Wang Yangji serving as both the left and right political envoys,
　　Yunyang Magistrate: Yan Ermei (promoted from Dengzhou Magistrate)

　　Xiangyang Magistrate: Liu Yushu?General judge Kuang Yueguang (pseudonym: Fang Liao, 1641.12, former official in Xiangyang, Ming Dynasty)
　　Prefect of De'an: Wang Weiping (demoted, former prefect of Wuchang in Ming Dynasty),

　　Xu Shichun, the magistrate of Suizhou, changed his name to Jiangei,

　　Jingmen Magistrate (formerly Chengtian Mansion): Wang Yangji (formerly Minghu Guangyou Participated in Politics)

　　Prefect of Jingzhou: Xu Qiyuan (demoted, former prefect of Yunyang in Ming Dynasty),

　　Prefect of Wuchang: Zhao Deyou and Zuo Buzhengshi (1641.12),

　　Magistrate of Huangzhou: Cheng Song and Hubei Left Councilor (1641.10)

　　Prefect of Hanyang: Du Yinxi (former prefect of Changsha in the Ming Dynasty, took office in 1641.11)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)