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Chapter 378: Advocate to let go, Jiang Xiang surrenders

The tea party between Mai Yongsheng, Chen Zizhuang, He Shaowen and other Guangzhou gentry in Nanyuan did not last long, only half an hour.

The main reason was that Chen Zizhuang and others asked about the policies of the Yi army during the period of semi-military control of Guangzhou. Regarding this issue, in fact, Mai Yongsheng's initial sentence of "disposal according to the old Ming rules" made the Guangzhou gentry feel at ease a lot.

At least, they don't have to worry about the Lei army harming their interests too much during the semi-martial control period.

As for how officials sent by Damei will govern Guangzhou in the future, that is another matter. If they are dissatisfied at that time, they can just talk to Da'ei officials.

After returning to the governor's residence.

Shen Youlong couldn't help but ask: "I don't know whether Mai Junzheng knows what the court's plans are for me?"

This court naturally refers to the Damei court, not the Ming court.

Mai Yongsheng shook his head, "As a military and political officer, I am only currently in charge of Guangdong's government affairs. How do I know the arrangements between the DPRK and China?

However, Mr. Shen does not need to worry. According to the usual practice, for officials like Mr. Shen who have taken the initiative to surrender and have made great achievements, we will arrange them to a suitable position as soon as possible.

I believe that when the news of Guangdong Yi Zhi's surrender spreads back, the appointment and dismissal decree will be issued soon. Mr. Shen, please be patient and wait for a while. "

Later, he said to Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi: "Before the decree of the DPRK is issued, you two can also stay in Guangzhou to assist me in handling government affairs.

Although Guangzhou changed its banner smoothly without any fighting, there are still many things we need to do, and we need to rely on the governance talents of these two people. "

Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi also intended to participate in the semi-military management of Guangzhou and other places by the Wei army, hoping to understand the various policies and rules of Dawei as soon as possible.

So, the two of them looked at each other and said together: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful!"

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Nanjing.

Time has entered October, and the weather has become significantly colder. People who can afford it have put on thicker clothes inside and outside Nanjing.

In the Forbidden City, Liu Sheng was "practicing" in an open space in the Imperial Garden. It was actually training.

Liu Sheng has been in the military for many years and has the habit of exercising daily to maintain physical fitness. Since he ascended the throne and became the founding emperor of Damei, he has worked hard day and night, and he has paid more attention to the maintenance and exercise of his body.

After finishing a set of military style boxing, Liu Sheng "ended up".

Li's concubine Xu Wan, who was accompanying him, saw her and wrung out a warm towel herself and handed it over.

Xu Wan is only fifteen years old this year, but she has a beautiful posture, a slim figure, and a ladylike temperament, and her speech style seems to be very mature and steady.

Liu Sheng simply wiped the sweat from his face and neck (he would have to take a shower and change clothes later), then put the towel into the basin held by the palace maid, looked at Xu Wan's feet, and asked: " How is your foot recovering? Is it possible to run now?"

It turned out that Xu Wan, like Li Xiangyun and Li Lingfei, had their feet bound.

But all three of them were newly wrapped, and it was not the later Qing Dynasty folk practice of binding their feet tightly to the point of deformity. They were just slightly wrapped to prevent their feet from growing too big.

Li Xiangyun no longer had her feet bound when she fled with her mother.

As for Li Lingfei, her foot-binding condition was the least severe. Later, she met Liu Sheng, and she no longer bound her feet at his suggestion.

Xu Wan is the one with the most disciplined foot binding among the three - it is said that she started binding her feet when she was twelve years old. Although her feet are not deformed, the growth of her feet has indeed slowed down over the past few years. In addition, the rules at home do not encourage her to Doing strenuous exercise so she can barely run, at most a trot.

After Liu Sheng brought her into the palace, although she thought her white feet were pretty, he asked her to give up binding her feet and start running.

Although Xu Wan had to obey Liu Sheng's "order" at first, she seemed a little unhappy.

Liu Sheng told him that small feet are not conducive to physical fitness, and if a woman's body is not healthy enough, it will affect her children in the future.

Upon hearing this, Xu Wan was immediately happy and started trying to run every morning.

When she heard Liu Sheng's inquiry, she smiled and said: "My concubine has no problem with both legs. Now she can run for half an hour in the morning." "It is true that there is a lot of progress, but we still need to continue to work hard." Liu Sheng smiled and nodded. , and then continued: "When you and the queen have the opportunity to summon the married women to a gathering, you should also convey to them the concept that foot binding is not good for women's health and the birth of children.

In particular, foot binding, which causes deformity of the feet, is a form of devastation to women and should be strictly prohibited. "

Xu Wan nodded first, and then couldn't help but ask: "Why doesn't Your Majesty issue a decree prohibiting foot binding?"

"It is difficult to control things like foot binding. You can't let people pick off women's feet on the street, right? So issuing an order now may not have a very good effect. It is better to wait until the world is unified in the future and then issue laws and orders. Bar."

As he spoke, Liu Sheng was about to go back to the Qianqing Palace where he lived to take a bath and change clothes, but he saw the eunuch Wang An rushing over and saluted: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent telegram from the north!"

North?

Could it be that the war between Ming and Shun has changed again?

Liu Sheng thought so, so he put on his coat and hurried to Tianxin Palace with Wang An and others.

Liu Sheng was quite cautious in the use of eunuchs, female officials and other ministers. For example, no one is allowed to touch the memorials, documents, etc. of Tianxin Palace without his permission, let alone take them out of Tianxin Palace.

When he arrived at Tianxin Hall, Liu Sheng saw Bai Yu waiting in the hall with a telegram in his hand.

Liu Sheng immediately took it and read it.

As he expected, there were important changes in the war between the Ming and Shun armies.

Historically, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an in October of the 16th year of Chongzhen, and then spent two or three months conquering all of Shaanxi. He waited until the second day of February of the following year to lead his army across the Yellow River and fight from west to east.

In just over a month, the Shun army captured almost all of Shanxi.

The most brutal battle at that time belonged to the Ningwu Pass guarded by the Yongwei Army and others led by Zhou Yuji (this pass is at the junction of Taiyuan Prefecture and Datong Prefecture). In addition, this part of the army led by Zhou Yuji was also the last army that Chongzhen could really rely on.

Although the battle at Ningwuguan was extremely tragic at that time, almost all the brave guards led by Zhou Yuji died in the battle, and the couple were also martyred; but the Shun army also suffered heavy casualties - it is said that more than 70,000 people were killed or injured before and after!

Therefore, after the Shun army captured Ningwuguan, Jiang Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the Datong Prefecture, and Wang Chengyin, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu Prefecture, all surrendered. Tang Tong and the supervisor Du Xun, who were urgently transferred from Shanhaiguan to Juyong Pass by Chongzhen, also surrendered. , and then the great scholar Li Jiantai also surrendered.

In short, the Shun army behind Ningwuguan hardly encountered an army that blocked them, and almost all the cities they passed opened their doors to offer sacrifices. The people even welcomed the Shun army with joy, allowing the Shun army to reach the gates of Beijing easily.

In this time and space, due to the emergence of Damei, the current strength of Dashun and Daming has shrunk much compared to history, so they fought in Shanxi for a month or two.

Chongzhen, or rather the court officials in the capital, did not have as high expectations for the war as before. Instead of transferring Zhou Yuji's only reliable elite army to Ningwuguan, he placed it in Zhending Mansion to resist the Southern Route Army of the Shun Army. .

Because after the Shun Army abandoned Kaifeng Prefecture, except for some troops who stayed in Henan Prefecture, most of the troops fell into Shaanxi and Hebei (north of the Yellow River).

In addition, the Shun Army occupied most of Shandong, and today's Shun Army's South Route Army is stronger than the Shun Army's South Route Army in the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign in history.

On the contrary, the main force led by Li Zicheng personally, the West Route Army, was much weaker because it only occupied most of Shaanxi and did not occupy Henan and Hubei as in history.

Therefore, Jiang Xiang and other Ming troops in Shanxi relied on the favorable geographical location and city and struggled with them for a month or two.

Previously, the Shun army had occupied almost all of Shanxi except Datong Prefecture. Finally, hundreds of thousands of troops invaded Datong Prefecture and surrounded Datong City.

This telegram was sent from Shanxi Xunfengwei to Ruyang, and then forwarded by the Ruyang telecommunications group. It said that Jiang Xiang chose to surrender to Dashun in the face of the siege of the Shun army.

After reading it, Liu Sheng couldn't help but sigh: "If the Ming court's defense around the capital does not change much, the Shun army will surely come to the capital soon."

After saying that, Liu Sheng asked the people in the secretariat to find out the information on civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty collected by Beizhili Xunfengwei. After checking it, they found that the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu was still Wang Chengyin.

Seeing this, Liu Sheng couldn't help but shook his head, feeling that the Ming Dynasty might not perform better than in history after the Shun army came to the city.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng couldn't help but put down the intelligence documents and surrendered his eyes to the north...

　First update.

　　

　

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