I have a cornucopia

Chapter 141 A good life is a life without imperial power
Pingyuan Confucian Temple.

"Everyone, I actually think this is not bad at the moment."

Yang Feng said.

In front of him, Chen Zilong and others were sitting on the floor in a very retro style...

This is standard practice for the Knights of Confucius and Mencius.

Because the Knights of Confucius and Mencius are based in various Confucian temples as their headquarters, and even meetings are held in Dacheng Hall, it is definitely not feasible to sit on the Taishi chair, but you cannot stand all the time. Finally, after Yan Shenggong proposed, it was changed to the retro sitting posture. . So once there is a meeting, a mat is laid out and we sit together. The older ones who are in poor health are given a soft cushion and a small stool behind them, but the younger ones must sit upright.

It made everyone miserable.

But there was nothing I could do. After all, the ritual was still very important, so I could only endure it for the whole meeting.

Today, we are here to discuss matters with Chen Zilong and other Jiangnan sages, and of course they have to be in the Dacheng Hall.

They all sat on the floor like this.

But now?

"I know there are a lot of rumors about some things about me in Beijing, and I admit that some of them are true, but my principles are also very simple.

Then rebel.

Of course the latter ones are all nonsense.

Isn’t Ruan Dacheng a very clear example?

Yang Feng said.

Everyone looked at him with complicated eyes.

Where is the imperial power? "

Even though the sages of Donglin seem to be united, most of them will kneel at the feet of Nine Thousand Years Old at the critical moment.

Including within the Donglin Party.

Building a shrine for him started in Hangzhou. "

"Back then, the sages of Donglin fought so fiercely with Wei Eunuch but still failed in the end. If the late emperor had not passed away and succeeded to the throne now, I am afraid that Wei Eunuch would have been purged by Wei Eunuch, or they would have surrendered to him.

I won't do anything that endangers His Majesty.

Yang Feng said in an inscrutable and indifferent way.

Just ring the bell.

We have such a good excuse, why do we have to get another emperor? Isn't it good to let one of them, father and son, be imprisoned by Li Zicheng and the other by Dorgon, and then we can do whatever we want in the local area? You Jiangnan sages couldn't defeat Wei Zhongxian back then, wasn't it because Wei Zhongxian had Tianqi behind him? It is he who represents the imperial power that makes you helpless, but now in Nanjing, does Han Zanzhou dare to do whatever he wants? The emperor has been imprisoned, and he is nothing but a servant of the emperor. Similarly, you just want to find a successor, but have you never thought that the new emperor will attack you after he takes power?

So if Tianqi is not dead, then more Jiangnan gentry will definitely choose to join if they can't defeat it.

I am a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

"Then why, is Wei Gong so powerful? Is Wei Gong a genius? He is just an illiterate old slave, and his subordinates are all ignorant and unskilled people who follow the trend, but he still dominates the sages of Donglin because he The emperor behind him is the imperial power, and Donglin Qunxian is a minister, so he naturally has to kneel. Only with imperial power can there be Wei eunuchs. Only with imperial power can the Donglin Qunxian have no choice but to take a frail old slave and even let him slaughter him. You have to sing praises to him.

Therefore, as long as Tianqi is alive, Jiangnan sages like Ruan Dacheng and Gu Bingqian will continue to appear.

I have already proven this.

The victory of the eunuchs is inevitable.

I am a loyal minister.

That was also a great event.

Chen Zilong and others smiled awkwardly.

Everyone...

Yang Feng continued.

As for the losses suffered by the officials and gentry, how can this be compared to the safety of His Majesty? In such a troubled time, it can only be said that the times are ashes. "

However, the conditions of the Pingyuan Confucian Temple are limited after all, so they can only make do with it. During the meeting in the Dacheng Hall of the Qufu Confucian Temple, there was not only music, but also dancing outside. Then, knights wearing Confucian shirts, swords hanging on their waists, and scarves on their heads lined up. enter.

To put it bluntly, under the attack of nine thousand years, they have realized that confrontation will not have a good result, and some gentry have begun to surrender...

Loyal ministers have no second thoughts.

I know that the wise men in the south of the Yangtze River are quite dissatisfied with me and think that it is nonsense for me to refuse to exchange the prince for the prince and the queen mother. But have you ever thought about it, if the prince is exchanged, where will your majesty be left? Imitate the story of Tang Xuanzong’s father and son? The wise men in the south of the Yangtze River are also dissatisfied with my attack on Jianlu, which enabled Chuangni to escape. They think that I should make peace with Jianlu and join forces to suppress the bandits. Have you ever thought about it, if Chuangni becomes angry and kills the king in shame, or His Majesty is among the rebels? In case of death, are we suspected of causing death to His Majesty?

In fact, there was originally supposed to be a soundtrack...

Based on the core area of ​​Donglin, wouldn't Suzhou have people like Gu Bingqian in the end?

The real meaning is clear.

If you can't beat it, join in!
If you can't fight against the eunuchs, then join the eunuchs, and then flatter them for nine thousand years in exchange for benefits.

The country and the country of the Ming Dynasty are the first, and the king can only take second place. If the country and the country are in danger of overthrowing, if the king needs to be sacrificed, then the king can only be sacrificed. As for the prince, the prince is second best. If the king is in danger, the prince needs to be sacrificed. Then we have no choice but to sacrifice the crown prince.

Of course, there are all smart people here, no matter who is the real elite among Jiangnan scholars, they already understand it very well.

Loyal ministers must protect the country and the country.

He is a genuine member of the Donglin Party, a disciple of Gao Panlong, and a close friend of Zuo Guangdou. He is ranked among the generals of Donglin. He was the strongest in the early stage, so much so that he was dubbed "Unobstructed" among the generals of Donglin. In the struggle for interests, it was discovered that it was more profitable to join the eunuch party.

What Yang Feng said is true. If Tianqi hadn't suddenly died, Jiu Qiansui would have cleaned up the Donglin Party. In the final analysis, the Jiangnan gentry only launched the Donglin Party to fight against him for profit, but the interests were only interests after all. , there is no need to work hard, how can you make money by working hard. So in the end, even in Suzhou, which is the core of the Donglin Party, and the Gu family, which is also the core family of the Suzhou Gentry Group, there is still Gu Bingqian who ran to Jiu Qianqian and said, "Originally, I should have recognized you as my godfather, but you are too old." Big, inappropriate, so let my son call you grandpa! The first person to build a birth shrine for Wei Zhongxian was Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang. Wei Zhongxian's first birth shrine was by the West Lake, and Pan Ruzhen was from Tongcheng, which was also the place where celebrities from Qingliu in South Zhili gathered.

and so……

Does Tamar still have the nerve to claim that he is a loyal minister?

But the problem is, what he said makes sense!

This situation is really the best for the local gentry. Without the pressure of the imperial power, they have the final say at the local level. Most of the officials in the Six Ministries of Nanjing came from among them and were originally in the same group with them.

In fact, there are more and more local elders associations similar to Shandong Tongshan Association. There are already provincial-level associations in Nanzhili, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, not to mention Fujian and Guangdong. There are many conflicts between the two provinces. The provincial level has not yet been established, but it is already established at the prefectural level. They are more familiar with this. After all, Foshan has been doing this for many years, and what haven't those maritime merchant families in Zhangchao seen before?

Everyone in the Netherlands knows that.

But if we welcome back an emperor, whether it is Prince Fu, Prince Lu, or the crown prince, who can guarantee that he will be obedient?
Who can guarantee that he will not be a fool?

What if he is a tyrant?
What if the eunuchs are reused?
There are also eunuchs in Nanjing!
Han Zanzhou, the garrison eunuch of Nanjing, is still the most powerful person in Nanjing.

So what should we do if the new king is to reuse him, just like how Apocalypse reused Wei Zhongxian?
Without an emperor, these problems would disappear.

Civil officials have the final say.

Similarly, the local gentry behind the civil servants had the final say.

Now it's almost the same. Although the Nanjing court is headed by Shi Kefa, he is only a counselor, military affairs minister, and his power is limited. Therefore, the affairs of the Nanjing court are covered by the six ministers, the censor, Han Zanzhou, Wei Guogong, etc. People make decisions after discussing together.

Ma Shiying and other local governors have the right to question and demand a new decision.

These governors need to discuss with the local elders association.

This system has given the gentry some taste of their own medicine.

"Yes, but this country cannot remain without a king?"

Xu Fuyuan said. Yang Feng smiled.

"But we have a king?
Even if the king is in Xi'an, he is still the king, and he is also the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng is still a minister of the Ming Dynasty. "

He said.

"Isn't this a cover-up?"

Xia Yunyi finally couldn't bear it anymore and said.

This is too naive.

"If Jiangnan is still His Majesty's minister and loyal to Your Majesty, how can he cover his ears and steal the bell? Your Majesty is Your Majesty wherever you are, and His Majesty's imperial edict is still an imperial edict. As long as it is an imperial edict, loyal ministers will naturally obey it, regardless of where it comes from. If Jiangnan If you don't want to be your Majesty's minister, you are hiding your ears and stealing the bell. Yang wants to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty and your Majesty's minister. Therefore, Yang will obey His Majesty's imperial decree. I will do whatever the imperial decree asks me to do. How can I hide my ears and steal the bell?
You don't listen, so you say this is deceiving others.

I heard, that's not the case.

Please note that it is any order, including asking me to lead troops to Nanjing. "

Yang Feng said.

Threat.

A clear threat.

In fact, this is the most terrifying thing for the Jiangnan gentry.

The Qing army is not terrible, after all, it is too far away, but Yang Feng and Li Zicheng are in cahoots. Although Yang Feng keeps saying that he has a mortal enemy with Li Zicheng, it is obvious that he does not really take the revenge of killing his father seriously. After all, Li Zicheng Too much is given. In just one and a half years, he has already gone from a scholar to a vassal town. In theory, the Northern Zhili, Shandong, Huaihai, and Liaodong areas of the Ming Dynasty are under his jurisdiction. He is only one step away from becoming the supreme minister. Now he wants to When he became king, Li Zicheng would probably ask Chongzhen to issue an order to make him the king of Donghai County.

It’s not that King Qi can’t consider it.

After all, the Ming Dynasty already had a king with a different surname like King Qin.

And once Li Zicheng gives him the title of king, then he might really be equal to Li Zicheng.

He had already said that he could also write the words Zhang Hongfan, who destroyed the Song Dynasty.

This guy is not a good bird.

The rumors about him are still very true. They just pretend to be a sage disciple, but in fact they are not much different from Cao Cao and his ilk.

Everyone was silent for a while.

"Brother Qi Ren, here is an official document for the Nanjing Ministry of War. Please bring it back to Mr. Shi."

Yang Feng took out an official document and handed it to He Gang.

He Gang took it silently.

He doesn't even need to read the content.

I need money and food.

Yang Fengdu said that millions had been spent on military pay, so the money must have been paid by the Nanjing court.

If the Nanjing court does not come out, then don't blame him for colluding with Li Zicheng. Anyway, the Qing army is now unable to move forward. The fact that the battle situation has turned into a confrontation has already confirmed the Qing army's failure. Everyone knows that not a single grain of food is enough. What can only be maintained by grabbing food and a person who has no worries about food and clothing cannot continue to consume it.

It's only a matter of time before you can't bear it.

At this time, the retinue from outside came in to report to Jin Shenghuan for an audience.

Then General Jin hurriedly came in.

"Shaobao, the reconnaissance cavalry reported that the Jianlu camp in the north of Dezhou City mutinied, and a large number of soldiers fled."

He said with a salute.

This guy is now like Yang Feng's loyal dog.

During this period, he led his cavalry to wander around the perimeter for reconnaissance, and fought with the Qing army's rangers who had penetrated.

"Mutiny?"

Yang Feng was stunned for a moment.

"I guess he's hungry. The number of grain ships coming to the canal has dropped sharply these days, and most of the grain shipped is bypassing Dezhou and transported to the Duduo camp. Previously, there were Jianluo who stayed under the city of Dezhou and robbed the grain at the dock. The Jianlu cavalry suppressed them, and all the wild vegetables in the surrounding area were dug up. Even the Jianlu from Tianjin had already grabbed the fish caught by the fishermen in Triangle Lake. "

Jin Shenghuan said excitedly.

By the way, this was the treatment that was originally reserved for the cannon fodder soldiers of the Ming Army.

The Ming army, which fought against the Qing army many times in the past, collapsed due to hunger.

Now it is the turn of the Qing army.

This is also considered a boomerang.

This was actually the main purpose of Yang Feng asking Huang Fei to lead the navy to attack Gegu and occupy Beitang and other places at the same time.

Let Dorgon not even be able to fish along the coast.

At best, you can only fish in Sanjiaidian. It is impossible to fish in Beitang.

As for the people of Northern Zhili...

They can actually escape!
During this period, hungry people from Beizhili fled across the Yellow River or Taihang Mountains due to lack of food. People in areas like Tianjin ran to join Huang Fei, and were then sent by Huang Fei to Dengzhou, Lushunkou and other places to join the fishing team. Even he had already They started farming in the control area around Lushunkou.

Agricultural production has also resumed in the Fuzhou area.

Anyway, the Qing army was unable to pass Xiongyue City.

Therefore, in this case, as the hard-core crops continue to enter the customs, Dorgon will inevitably not be fair in the distribution of food. Azig has a limited amount of food to grab. It will give priority to the Eight Banners Manchuria and the Eight Banners Mongolia. Even if the Eight Banners Han Army, Priority must also be given to those Eight Banners Han troops who entered the pass. Like the cannon fodder who surrendered in the pass, it was hard to say whether they would be able to eat food. Over time, it was inevitable that they would mutiny and flee. If this was the case, it would mean that the Qing army had reached the critical point of collapse.

The main force of the Eight Banners Manchuria alone is useless.

Because there are still 20,000 Ming army main forces trapped in Dezhou City, including the main forces of the Shandong General Military Headquarters of Yang Daxun and Yang Wei, and there are also Denglai and Yiju of the Confucius and Mencius Knights whose combat effectiveness is second only to Yang Feng's command.

The former is headed by the Song family.

The latter was headed by Du Li plus those from Yishui.

The two groups combined have 6,000 knights and retinues who have experienced actual combat in Texas.

Once the Qing army surrounding Dezhou collapses due to lack of food, they will be released to cut off the Qing army's logistics. At that time, Duduo can only withdraw his troops here.

"Let's go and have a look, order all the armies to prepare for the attack, and wait for my order."

Yang Feng stood up immediately and said.

Then he looked at Chen Zilong and others.

"Everyone, since you are all organizing group training, if you are interested, you might as well take a look at the real battlefield."

He said.

Then he left with Jin Shenghuan.

Behind them, Chen Zilong and others looked at each other and followed them out.

(End of this chapter)