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In the outer city of the capital, in an ordinary house in Xicheng.

Fang Yizhi said with a firm expression, "Tomorrow the intruders will set up a water and land dojo outside Donghua Gate to bury the late emperor. I am the late emperor's subject and must go there to pay homage!"

Hearing what Fang Yizhi said, Ai Huasheng couldn't help but look ugly.

He is the deputy of the Beijing News and Wind Guards - in fact, there are not many formal News and Wind Guards under his command, but because the capital is currently listed as one of the top dangerous places in the News and Wind Guards' work, and he has heavy responsibilities, his rank is relatively high. high.

However, although the espionage work in the capital is difficult and dangerous, it is also easy to achieve meritorious service. Since he took office, he has made many achievements through inquiring and collecting intelligence.

But those are all small achievements.

And if they could rescue the person in front of them from the capital, or bring him back to Dawei from the capital, then they would be considered to have accomplished a great feat.

Gai Yinxunfengwei classified the people who wanted to rescue and instigate rebellion in the capital.

The first group is people who are helpful to the future development of Dawei or have a major influence on the situation, such as Fang Yizhi in front of him, and Li Yan, the military advisor of Dashun Zuo.

There are only a handful of such characters, each one is very important and difficult to rescue or instigate rebellion.

For example, take Li Yan, although Xunfengwei has spies who have penetrated into the Shun Army, they have never dared to contact Li Yan. Now that Li Yan and Li Zicheng have captured the capital, Xunfengwei still has made no progress in instigating a rebellion.

Because it was not a fatal mission, Northern Xunfengwei had almost given up on the idea of ​​inciting rebellion against Li Yan.

It was Fang Yizhi, Ai Huasheng and others who had finally gained his trust and contributed to the current situation.

In the Ming Dynasty, when scholars and scholars mentioned Fang Yizhi, they would mention the Four Young Masters of Fushe (or the Four Young Masters of Jiangnan), because Fang Yizhi was one of the Four Young Masters of Fushe, and his reputation was equal to that of Hou Fangyu and others.

But in Xunfengwei's files, Fang Yizhi, Hou Fangyu and others were on two levels from the beginning - Hou Fangyu and others were ordinary, unimportant gentry children, while Fang Yizhi was the one who Dawei wanted to try his best to instigate rebellion and rescue. .

In addition, Fang Yizhi's previous life trajectory was quite different from that of Hou Fangyu and others.

Hou Fangyu and the other three failed the examinations many times, but Fang Yizhi was the first to pass the examination. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, he was Jinshi, ranked among the top in the palace examination, and was selected as a Shujishi.

Later, someone recommended Fang Yizhi to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen then summoned Fang Yizhi in the Dezheng Hall to ask him. Fang Yizhi said, "His words are confidential, and he is said to be kind." Soon, Fang Yizhixian was sent to the Ministry of Industry to observe politics (internship), and was soon promoted to a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy, and served as a daily lecturer for King Yong and King Ding.

Although he was not the prince's teacher, it still shows that Chongzhen recognized him for his intelligence and talent.

Fang Yizhi was also deeply moved. He did his best within his responsibilities and also had many suggestions outside of his responsibilities.

If history had not changed, he would later be promoted to Chongzhen's minister.

His current official position under review by the Hanlin Academy is only from the seventh rank, and it has no quota, so it has little value.

But it's different if you become the emperor's minister. Not only are you the sixth grade, but there are only two of them.

If transferred to the Sixth Ministry, it is very likely that he will become a fifth-rank Yuanwailang, or at worst a minister of the same level. With Chongzhen's habit of quickly promoting his favorite ministers, it is possible to be directly appointed as a lieutenant or even a minister.

It can be said that although the relationship between Fang Yizhi and Chongzhen is not a passionate love period or a honeymoon period, it can be regarded as a period of emotional warming.

Therefore, it is difficult for Fang Yizhi to accept that the capital was captured by the Shun army and that Chongzhen committed suicide by hanging himself in Meishan.

On that day, Fang Yizhi also had the idea of ​​​​death for his country. Fortunately, Ai Huasheng tried his best to persuade Fang Yizhi to give up. (In fact, in history, even the wise people did not die for Chongzhen - the relationship and feelings between the emperor and his ministers were indeed not that great. In addition, in the later period of Chongzhen's period, he had a tendency to be moody and angry, and he was a little tyrant who frequently accused people, which was not so popular. )

Ai Huasheng originally thought that after a while, the channel to leave the capital was confirmed, and then he could take Fang Yizhi with him.

Who would have thought that today, when Fang Yizhi heard that Chongzhen was buried, he would actually want to go to pay homage and mourn.

Doesn't this make things difficult for them, the Xunfeng Guards?

"Mr. Fang, the Chongzhen funeral will be closely monitored by the Shun army. Mr. Fang was not an important official of the Ming Dynasty before, so he was able to hide in this outer city and avoid being searched and arrested by the Shun army.

But if Mr. Fang had to go to worship Chongzhen, he would definitely attract the attention of Shunjun. Now that the Shun army is all over the city arresting former Ming officials in search of stolen money and paying them, does Mr. Fang also want to be arrested and have a taste of the stick?

In addition, Mr. Fang should know that our mission is to send you safely back to Jiangnan.

If your husband really falls into the hands of the Shun Army, we will risk our lives to rescue him. Could it be that this is why Mr. Xiang is confident? ”    Although he knew that Liu Sheng valued Fang Yizhi, Fang Yizhi was very likely to become an important minister in the Da'an Dynasty in the future. However, in order to complete the task, Ai Huasheng did not care much. In order to make Fang Yizhi give up the idea of ​​attending Chongzhen's funeral, He even said heart-wrenching words.

Sure enough, Fang Yizhi's expression changed after hearing this.

Although Fang Yizhi came from a traditional gentry family and a scholarly family, he did not regard Ai Huasheng and others as equals to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

But in the past few days, through many contacts, he had regarded Ai Huasheng and others as friends, and even admired the ethics and abilities of these Da'erxun Fengwei.

In addition, when the Shun army broke through the city, it was with the help of Xunfengwei that he and his relatives and friends could hide here to avoid being harmed by the Shun army, the rebel army and the rebellious people.

It can be said that Ai Huasheng and other Xunfengwei were kind to him.

If he really wanted to pay homage to Chongzhen and thought about the name of loyalty and integrity, but instead put himself and Aihuasheng and other Xunfengwei in danger, how different would he be from those people who are just fishing for fame?

Thinking of this, Fang Yizhi couldn't help but look ashamed and said, "Deputy Ai Tuan reminds me that I thought too simply before."

Fang Yizhi admitted his mistake so easily, which was a bit beyond Ai Huasheng's expectation.

He then said: "I can understand Mr. Fang's desire to pay homage to Chongzhen, but I think it would be the same if Mr. Fang could pay homage at a distance here tomorrow, and then go to his mausoleum to pay homage when he has the opportunity in the future. .”

Fang Yizhi thought about the whole thing more clearly at this time.

Hearing this, he sighed and said: "Actually, it's not the same - nowadays, most of the Ming Dynasty officials and nobles in the capital have surrendered, either to save their lives or to gain wealth, and there are only a few who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

The more times like this, the more it is necessary for someone to stand up and let the world know that the Ming Dynasty still has loyal ministers, the Ming Dynasty is still the orthodoxy in the hearts of the people, and Li Chuang does not have the righteousness to rule the world by occupying the capital. "

Historically, it was precisely because of these thoughts that Fang Yizhi made a public appearance to pay homage to Chongzhen on the day of his funeral.

Otherwise, the world would be in such chaos at that time, and half of the Ming Dynasty would be gone. There is really no need for him to risk his life to gain fame.

But what he didn't expect was that when Li Zicheng was defeated and left the capital, he took advantage of the chaos to escape and returned to the south of the Yangtze River. He was made a surrender by Ruan Dajue and wanted for hunting. He had to change his name and surname. He lived in Lingnan and sold medicine for a living. born.

In this time and space, although Fang Yizhi also realized this truth, because he understood Damei and learned from Ai Huasheng and others that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was inevitable, the Ming Dynasty Zuo did not exist in his heart. So important.

Ai Huasheng was worried that Fang Yizhi would not publicly pay homage to Chongzhen tomorrow, so he hurriedly advised: "Mr. Fang, the Ming Dynasty has died, so what's the point of letting the world know that the Ming Dynasty had loyal ministers?"

Fang Yizhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Deputy Ai Tuan. I'm just feeling emotional for a moment - I'll ask Deputy Ai Tuan to buy some incense candles and yellow paper tomorrow and let me worship that person in this yard."

With a change of mentality, Fang Yizhi no longer addressed Chongzhen as the late emperor.

Ai Huasheng was very happy when he saw that Fang Yizhi listened to the advice. He patted his chest and said with a smile: "This little thing is taken care of by me."

Fang Yizhi added: "Don't Deputy Ai Tuan still want to persuade Mr. Bagong (Jiang Dejing)? Because I have friends with Western priests, I also have some friendship with Mr. Bagong. There is a letter here. Deputy Ai Tuan takes it and delivers it to He may be able to make up his mind to surrender and cooperate with you to escape from the capital."

Ai Huasheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He took the letter from Fang Yizhi and said: "If this matter comes true, we will report it and record a contribution for Mr. Fang!"

Fang Yizhi said: "It doesn't matter whether you have merit or not. I just don't want a good man like Mr. Hachigong to be in trouble."

Ai Huasheng nodded and said no more. After saying goodbye to Fang Yizhi, he went to another place to discuss the rescue of Jiang Dejing with other generals of the Xunfeng Guard in the capital.

Jiang Dejing was previously the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. After the Shun army entered the city, he naturally paid close attention to it. It is said that he has now been captured by Liu Zongmin's people and taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to torture and recover the stolen goods.

Therefore, even if Fang Yizhi's letter could make Jiang Dejing determined to surrender, it would not be easy for them to rescue Jiang Dejing.

But it's not impossible.

Because the "recovery of dirty money" hosted by Liu Zongmin has quickly changed its shape, and in just a few days it has turned into "recovery of stolen money to assist with payment", or even just "copying money to assist with payment".

Liu Zongmin and others no longer judged whether the officials of the former Ming Dynasty were really corrupt, but instead forcibly demanded ransom money based on their official positions. (End of chapter)