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Chapter 295 Entering Nanjing ([-])

Dasheng Pass is only more than 30 miles away from Nanjing City.

When Liu Sheng received the news from Liu Changhe on the way, he was only about twenty miles away from the city of Nanjing. The whole team rode at normal speed and arrived in Nanjing in half an hour.

Liu Sheng and others came on horseback. It was more convenient to enter the city through the gate in the southern outer city.

Liu Changhe learned the news in advance and brought a large group of people to greet him outside the gate.

There were more than a dozen Ming officials among them.

"See Your Majesty!"

Liu Changhe and other generals of the Yangtze River Navy all performed military salutes, but a dozen Ming officials knelt down and knelt down to worship.

Liu Sheng was in a good mood and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, please get up quickly."

"Thank you king!"

When all the people who had been demoted from the Ming Dynasty stood up, Liu Sheng began to look them over, and finally his eyes fell on the two old men in red robes in front of them.

"Who among you has the highest official position?"

After listening to Liu Sheng's inquiry, Wang Duo took a step forward, bowed carefully and said: "Demoted Wang Duo, see the king."

"Do you have any position in Nanjing?"

"The Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing temporarily serves as the Minister of the Ministry of War."

After hearing this, Liu Sheng finally had the impression that he seemed to be one of the officials who, along with Qian Qianyi and Ruan Dayue, offered Nanjing to the Qing Dynasty in later history.

However, the chief envoy who presented the city to the Qing Dynasty was actually Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, who was then the garrison of Nanjing and controlled the troops and horses of the capital camp.

Liu Sheng then looked at another old man in red robe with a crane and asked: "Does this person have any position?"

The old man stepped forward and said: "The demoted Hou Xun will see your Majesty."

"It turns out it's Governor Hou." Liu Sheng didn't like this person even more, so he asked, "Since Governor Hou is ready to surrender to our Wei tribe, why didn't he keep Zuo Mengeng?"

Hou Xun's face turned pale after hearing this.

Because Liu Sheng's words were tantamount to saying that he was incompetent in public.

He originally wanted to rely on his status as the Ming Dynasty Governor to seek a fortune with Liu Sheng, but now it seems that there is little hope.

He explained: "Zuo Liangyu is domineering and does not listen to orders. He is called the supervisor, but he is actually a puppet. Moreover, Zuo Mengeng left so suddenly that there was no time to stop him."

Liu Sheng nodded slightly, letting Hou Xun go, and waved his whip and said, "Enter the city."

"Yes!"

Following Liu Sheng's order, the Cavalry Guards entered the city first to clear the way for safety hazards, while the bodyguards and other entourage followed Liu Sheng.

After entering the city, Liu Sheng did not see the scene of people crowding both sides of the street to greet him, but there were many Yangtze River Navy officers and soldiers setting up defenses along the street.

Liu Changhe had not been in Nanjing for long, and he had to quell the chaos. Even if he wanted to create a scene of people crowding the streets to welcome him, it was too late.

What's more, he was the general brought out by Liu Sheng, and he knew that Liu Sheng didn't like these vanity scenes.

Liu Sheng looked at the buildings on both sides of the street and found that although some shops and house doors and windows were damaged, it was not serious.

There were some bloodstains along the street, but not much.

Then he knew that the chaos in the city should not be serious.

So he asked: "The chaos in the city has not been settled yet?"

Liu Changhe was accompanying them, and upon hearing this, he replied: "Nanjing City is too big, and it is true that it has not been completely pacified."

"Are there many rebels?"

"There are no statistics yet, but there are indeed many. According to some Ming army generals who surrendered, the Nanjing garrison was mainly composed of Zuo Liangyu's command, and then the Jingying camp.

However, the main force of Zuo Liangyu's department was transferred to Dashengguan and other places for defense. The only elite Ming army in Nanjing City were the more than 1 people Zuo Menggeng took away, and the rest were all miscellaneous people affiliated with Zuo Liangyu. soldiers.

The total number of people was about thirty to forty thousand. When the general finally took over the city, only more than [-] people surrendered in an organized manner. The rest either fled the city or became rebels.

In addition, there are also many rioters in the city who take the opportunity to rob, and their destructive power is even greater than that of the rioters. "

Liu Sheng nodded and asked, "What's going on over there in the Imperial City?" Liu Changhe looked a little weird and said, "The Imperial City was originally defended by the Nanjing garrison eunuch leading five thousand troops. Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong seems to want to seize the Imperial City." The city is dedicated to the king for merit.

He led the troops from the Beijing camp to raid the imperial city, and fought inside with the pro-army led by Han Zanzhou.

A battalion of Swift Guards sneaked into the city and went to seize the imperial city. They captured the soldiers and horses of both sides fighting inside and captured almost all of them. "

Liu Sheng couldn't help shaking his head and laughing after hearing this, "Then Zhao Zhilong wanted to offer the city, but he didn't know how to surrender after seeing the victorious guards?"

"I heard that he was captured before he could surrender."

At this time, even Zhang Kuang, Yang Kuiwu and others who were following them couldn't help but laugh - this Nanjing Camp of the Ming Dynasty is really a waste snack, and there is no chance of surrender.

The Jiamen Gate and Qilin Gate in the outer city of Nanjing are closest to the Imperial City.

After Liu Sheng and his party passed through the gate, they passed by the Grand Campus, then crossed the Zhonghe Bridge, and walked through the Zhengyang Gate of the inner city, where they saw the Imperial City of Nanjing.

The Ming Dynasty's financial difficulties were notorious throughout history. Some palaces in the Beijing Imperial Palace were not restored, let alone the Nanjing Imperial City.

Therefore, the Imperial City of Nanjing that appeared in front of Liu Sheng was quite dilapidated, and there were even a lot of weeds growing at the base of the city walls.

The plaster on the walls is peeling off, the red paint is dull, moss has grown on the tiles, and cracks can even be seen on some walls.

Arriving in front of Hongwu Gate, Liu Sheng saw Wang Kuan, commander of the Shengjie Guard Battalion, and a captain of the Yangtze River Navy waiting, followed by two tied people, who seemed to be Zhao Zhilong and Han Zanzhou.

After Wang Kuan and others saluted, Zhao Zhilong immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, I want to seize the imperial city and dedicate it to you!"

Liu Sheng rode his horse and stopped next to him, lowered his head and asked, "What about the city you captured?"

Zhao Zhilong suddenly became speechless.

He didn't capture the imperial city at all, so there was no question of surrendering the city.

But he was still unwilling to give in, and shouted again: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the Nanjing camp with [-] soldiers to surrender!"

Liu Sheng smiled after hearing this, "You can lead one hundred thousand soldiers from the capital camp to surrender, right? That's fine.

Wang Kuan arranged for a sentry guard to watch him and asked him to summon [-] soldiers from the capital camp.If it cannot be completed within three days, it will be punished as a crime of deceiving the emperor. "

Wang Kuan didn't like Zhao Zhilong, so when he heard this, he laughed and said: "I will obey your order!"

Only then did Zhao Zhilong realize what a stupid thing he had said, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, spare your life! I was confused for a moment. There are not 10 people in the Beijing camp, only more than 2 people..."

But Liu Sheng didn't want to talk to Zhao Zhilong anymore.

The nobles of Nanjing were already in his treatment plan, and the unscrupulous and incompetent nobles of the Ming Dynasty like Zhao Zhilong were the target of severe punishment. Even if Zhao Zhilong was not confused today, he would ask the Xunfeng Guards to search for evidence of his crime and ransack his home to question him.

Now that Zhao Zhilong handed over the knife, it saved a lot of trouble.

As for Han Zanzhou, he did not ask Liu Sheng for mercy, and Liu Sheng was not interested in recruiting a eunuch. The most important thing for an eunuch is loyalty. If Han Zanzhou was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely not use it.

After entering the palace, Liu Sheng found that it was even worse inside, with weeds growing wildly in many places.

As for the damaged places, there are even more.

He took Zhang Kuang, Liu Changhe and others as well as the guards around the palaces and found that there were not many palaces suitable for staying.If you really want to live in it and live comfortably, almost every palace needs to be repaired.

After visiting the harem, Zhang Kuang couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, if Nanjing is used as the capital, this palace will probably need major repairs."

"It really needs major repairs." Liu Sheng nodded.

He found that he had thought too simply about establishing Nanjing as the capital before, and maybe he should think about it again.

It is possible to stay in the Imperial Palace in Beijing, which is the capital, but Beijing has not yet been taken over. The distance from it to Tianmu Mountain is almost twice the distance from Nanjing to Tianmu Mountain.

The most important thing is that he doesn't like the dusty weather in Beijing.

Perhaps, he should consider choosing a place near Tianmu Mountain in Runing as the future capital of Damei.

But building a new capital will cost a lot of financial and material resources...

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng decided to put aside the issue of where the capital should be for the time being, and called to everyone: "Let's go to the Ministry of War and other Yamen to have a look."

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)