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Chapter 189: My Great Qing Prince Yu's Trip to Yangzhou
The Suzhou Elders' Association's rapid collapse ultimately brought it temporary peace.

Yang Feng did not push his luck any further.

After all, he also needed to temporarily end the chaos in order to complete the autumn harvest smoothly.

After Liu Liangzuo was hacked to pieces on the Jiangbei battlefield, Huang Degong and Liu Zhaoji recovered Chuzhou and Xuyi respectively, and then headed towards Fengyang at the same time. Shi Kefa led the Jiangxi militia from Hefei to the north. The three armies were preparing to meet in Fengyang, but at this time Liu Liangzuo's brother Liu Liangchen suddenly led 3,000 Eight Banners troops into Fengyang...

His brother surrendered to the Qing Dynasty long ago.

Liu Liangchen was actually a guerrilla of the Ming army during the Battle of Dalinghhe and surrendered that year. It was not a sudden thing for Liu Liangzuo to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

He is similar to Wu Sangui.

Already in contact.

After Dorgon retreated north, he left Beizi Tunqi as Henan General to guard Xuchang. After that, the Qing army quickly swept the remaining local tyrants west of the Wohe River and north of the Huaihe River. Although they did not gain much, they actually connected with the area controlled by Liu Liangzuo. Later, Liu Liangchen was ordered by Tunqi to lead 3,000 cavalry to reinforce Liu Liangzuo, but before crossing the Huaihe River, Liu Liangzuo was defeated. They crossed the Linhuai Floating Bridge and entered Fengyang with the help of Liu Liangzuo's son Liu Zehan in Fengyang City. Together with Liu Zehan's 10,000 men, they tried to continue to hold Fengyang and lay a nail for the Qing Dynasty on the south bank of the Huaihe River, especially controlling the Linhuai Floating Bridge behind them, so that they could enter Huainan to plunder at any time.

Dorgon still recognized Liu Liangzuo's title of King of Jingnan, and it was inherited by his son.

Liu Liangchen was appointed General of Fengyang.

Of course, they were immediately surrounded by an army of 100,000 led by Shi Kefa.

As for the battle, it had nothing to do with Yang Feng.

Next, Shi Kefa led the 100,000-strong army to besiege Fengyang.

There will be no reinforcements there.

It was impossible for Tunqi to provide any practical support to Liu Liangchen.

He only had 20,000 Qing troops under his command, mainly to maintain a standoff with Liu Fangliang in Luoyang, and there was also Li Laiheng in Nanyang. It was his best ability to allocate 3,000 troops to Liu Liangchen. As for Dorgon going south again, it was completely impossible. The real purpose of sending Liu Liangchen to reinforce was to be a dead soldier, to trick his nephew into holding on to the death to contain Yang Feng. After all, what Tunqi was really afraid of was that Yang Feng would leave Fengyang and go north into Henan.

Then he had only one choice: to run away.

As for Liu Liangchen...

His nephew is not his son.

As long as he can take his nephew and fight to the end for the Qing Dynasty in Fengyang, even if he dies, his son can inherit Liu Liangzuo's title of King of Jingnan. After all, Liu Liangzuo has no descendants, and the Qing Dynasty cannot forget him, so it is natural for Liu Liangchen's son to inherit the title.

The survival and continuation of our Great Qing Dynasty!
Kindness and righteousness!
Liu Liangchen did this for this.

He just wanted to eat up his brother's family.

In short, Shi Kefa's 100,000 troops besieged the 3,000 Eight Banners of the Liu family uncle and nephew in Fengyang City. It is said that there was only one Eight Banners Manchu Niulu, two Eight Banners Mongolian Niulu, and the rest were all Han troops. In addition, Liu Zehan's 10,000 men were also considered Qing troops. As for how long the siege would last, it depended on their ability. However, after Ma Minglu killed the surrendered soldiers, the enemy did not dare to surrender and even took the initiative to attack, but was repelled by Huang Degong. However, it did show their determination to defend to the death.

It must be said that Ma Bingbei's impulsiveness caused a lot of trouble, so he was impeached by the censor and dismissed from his post. Fortunately, because he did make contributions in defending Yangzhou, he was only dismissed but not punished. Of course, the main reason was that he was from Shaanxi. Even if he made contributions in defending the city, he was not qualified to continue to be the military governor of Yangzhou for the current regents in the court. This was a lucrative position, not just an ordinary one.

Why should a Shaanxi native continue to occupy this position?
People would leave even without an excuse, let alone now that there is such a good excuse.

Also being marginalized were the Shaanxi merchants in the city, namely the Qin merchants, one of the three major factions of Yangzhou salt merchants.

The latter are also the main force defending the city.

In fact, Qin merchants were also such in history. So after the fall of Yangzhou City, they were brutally purged, and those who survived fled to Sichuan. As a result, when later generations talked about Yangzhou salt merchants, they almost forgot about this faction that was almost on par with Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants.

Yangzhou.

"What can I do?"

Yang Feng said helplessly to the Qin merchants in front of him who were speaking up for Ma Minglu.

"You also know that during the court discussion, I, Ma Gebu, Gao Gebu, Yang Shangshu, Su Duxian and I were all against punishing him. Liu Liangzuo's crimes were extremely serious and his troops were guilty of all kinds of evil. There was nothing wrong with him being indignant. I did the same thing to deal with the Jianlu before.

Since Liu Liangzuo surrendered to the Jianlu, he was betraying Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty, and he deserved to be put to death.

But they are powerful.

After all, our court still has to follow the rules, and the court discussion is that the minority obeys the majority. "

he continued.

Of course, he could say that he had done his best.

After all, he took the lead in opposing the punishment of Ma Minglu in the court discussion. It was not that he admired Ma Minglu, but mainly because he had done this kind of thing many times before, and if he did not oppose it, it would seem wrong to do so. But the southern ministers in the court unanimously supported it, so he had to accept the result of the court discussion. After all, the court of the regent was just established, and it was necessary to show some unity. Besides, this matter had nothing to do with him. It was completely a purge of the remaining Shaanxi officials in the court by the southern ministers. He brought a few Shandong officials with him to speak out for justice.

"These treacherous officials deliberately targeted the Qin people and regarded us as Li Chuang's spies."

A Qin businessman said angrily.

Others echoed.

In fact, they had a lot of business dealings with Yang Feng, because a lot of trade between Yang Feng and Li Zicheng went through them.

"Don't talk nonsense. How can the Jiangnan people be like this? The north and the south are one family. The east and the west are all Ming Dynasty. The Qin people and the Wu people are all Ming Dynasty subjects. Don't always doubt it. No matter what Li Zicheng did in the past, he is now the Qin King of our Ming Dynasty. I know you are actually afraid that after Ma Gong leaves, the Hui merchants will exclude you in business, but you are worrying too much. Look at the Shanxi merchants. Aren't they still doing well? If the Shanxi merchants are like this, why would they target you?"

Yang Feng said.

"You don't know, but most of these Shanxi merchants are in collusion with the Jianlu. The Jianlu are short of food in the capital, and they rely on Shanxi merchants to sell them food. Shanxi merchants purchase food in Jiangnan, and the gentry in Jiangnan have made money. With Shanxi merchants doing this for them, they don't have to get their hands dirty. Even if we sell grain, we sell it to Xi'an, but Li Chuang collects grain in Nanyang, and the court doesn't ban it, so the grain merchants in Jiangnan don't need us at all, and they transport it by water."

The Qin merchant said.

"Don't slander people out of thin air. How did they transport food to the Jianlu?
The coast is blocked!"

Yang Feng shouted.

"Zhuguo, what if I have solid evidence?"

said the latter.

He understands.

Don't slander someone's innocence out of thin air...

But it can’t be done out of thin air.

"That is the crime of treason and confiscation of property and extermination of the whole family."

Yang Feng said.

"Zhuguo, please give us a few days, and we will definitely present the evidence."

Qin Shang immediately bowed and said, "Go ahead. Let's keep this matter secret for now. If there is evidence of treason, I, as the Chief Censor, will not let him go. But I cannot slander someone out of thin air. I will investigate."

Yang Feng said.

Those Qin merchants quickly left.

Yang Feng looked at them with a strange smile.

Of course he knew that Shanxi merchants sold grain to Dorgon...

It would be strange if they didn't sell it!
As for the route, it actually goes along the Huai River.

This is why Dorgon did not give up Henan. The grain purchased by Shanxi merchants in the south of the Yangtze River was transported to Zhengyang Pass via the Huai River and then transported north from Ying River. Dorgon did not give up Henan, which was actually abandoned by all parties. His purpose was to preserve this precious lifeline. Although the transportation volume was actually not large, it was truly a lifeline for them.

They now have money but nowhere to buy it. All the coastal ports are blocked, the canal has been cut off by Yang Feng, and even the river in the north has been dug up. There was some smuggling of goods northwards from Nanyang by land, but it has now been blocked by Li Laiheng.

This is the only one left.

Yang Feng's strategy against Dorgon was to strangle him as much as possible and block all food transportation. As for the people who couldn't stand it, they could run away. He opened Shandong to receive the fleeing people from Northern Zhili, and even sent people to incite them. It was not difficult for the people of Northern Zhili to escape to his territory. The contact line between the two sides was too long, and at most there was a canal blocking it. The canal could be crossed by just holding a piece of wood. Moreover, several strongholds along the coast, warships of the navy, and fishing boats were also received on the coast. It was really not difficult to run to his side. If there was no courage to escape, why should he care? In short, cut off the external food supply, forced Dorgon to plunder frantically, and then incited the people who couldn't stand it to run to him, and then weakened Dorgon's food production.

Therefore, even if it was such a pitifully small transportation line, he had to cut it off by Dorgon.

By the way, clean up the Shanxi merchants in Yangzhou.

He just deliberately ignored Ma Minglu.

The three families of Hui, Jin and Qin in Yangzhou City have temporarily formed an alliance. Jin merchants are useful to the gentry in Jiangnan because the latter are suppliers and the former are sellers. The grain merchants in Jiangnan, including those who supply other goods, will not trade with the Jianlu themselves, as it is too dangerous and unnecessary. However, the Jin merchants have been doing this for generations. They rely on this trade to make a living and have no other choice. They have to do it even if it is risky. In this way, with them as sellers, the suppliers in Jiangnan will have clean hands.

As for not choosing Qin merchants, it is because Qin merchants do not do this business.

Of course, the key point is that the suppliers in Jiangnan hated Li Zicheng, but not Dorgon. After all, if Yang Feng hadn't interfered, they would have joined the Lu to suppress the bandits. For the gentry in Jiangnan, helping Dorgon was what they wanted to do. They expected a Dorgon who had regained his strength to kill Li Zicheng.

They didn't want Dorgon to fall.

They want Li Zicheng to fall.

So Qin merchants are useless to them.

But what Yang Feng wanted was Dorgon's fall, not Li Zicheng's fall.

So the Shanxi merchants were of no use to him.

He did not touch the salt merchants in the past because they were responsible for the salt supply of the Ming Dynasty, which was related to stability. However, there was no need to keep the useless salt merchants. The Qin merchants could be kept because he still had to trade with Li Zicheng. The Hui merchants certainly could not be touched because they supplied salt to the south. But what was the use of the Shanxi merchants?

Shanxi merchants mainly target the northern market, and now the northern market mainly belongs to our Qing Dynasty.

Shandong does not need Shanxi merchants.

Shandong itself has its own salt merchants.

Li Zicheng did not need Huai salt, as he had Hedong salt and Qing salt.

In fact, he sells salt to others.

As for other trades, there were also Qin merchants.

After this incident, Qin merchants should understand the good of Li Zicheng. In fact, Qin merchants were originally generally hostile to Li Zicheng. After all, they were in Shaanxi and many of their clans were slaughtered by Li Zicheng. But now they should realize that Li Zicheng is their future supporter. Hui merchants will definitely exclude them, and southern officials support Hui merchants. Yang Feng and the Shandong Group cannot really do anything for them. Only Li Zicheng can they rely on.

In this way, the areas controlled by Li Zicheng gradually abandoned their illusions about the Ming court and began to truly regard Li Zicheng as their protector.

"Damn it, I've been really worried about Li Zicheng's stability."

Yang Zhuguo sighed, then picked up the order from the table...

"Bring Dodo!"

He threw the order and shouted.

He was at the parade ground at that time, which was used as a temporary execution ground and was crowded with people from Yangzhou.

On the only open road, a specially made prison van was moving slowly forward.

The prison cart pulled by oxen still had Duoduo's frame nailed to it. The latter was in good spirits. In order to ensure that he could survive the lingchi, Yang Feng specifically prohibited him from being beaten again. Poor Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty, since he was captured, except for the days of danger, he had to be beaten almost every day, and the beatings were varied.

Those who were in charge of keeping him in custody were specially selected, all of them were vicious-hearted.

Yang Zhuguo took great care of him.

At this moment, he was still standing on the shelf with an arrogant attitude, looking fiercely at the people in front of him.

"Kill you all. My Eight Banners warriors will kill you all one day!"

he roared.

Then a scream.

A kid with a slingshot in the crowd cheered.

Then another stone flew out, and Duoduo dodged it cleverly, but because his tail was fixed to the rack, his head was pulled, and the stone rubbed against his ear, leaving a cut. He roared and struggled furiously, and various things kept flying at him from both sides, and filthy things were thrown at him. He just kept moving forward on the prison cart and entered the execution ground. Then the soldiers came forward, one of them carrying a bucket of water, poured it directly on him, and then two people pulled his arms together and forcibly pulled his hands out of the nails.

With a scream, Dodo was separated from the rack that had been with him for many days, and was dragged to another rack.

This is for execution.

The main reason was that his original height was not suitable.

After all, this is also a craft. He has to cut 3,600 times, which theoretically can last for a day or two. Such a delicate craft cannot be sloppy.

Yang Feng sat on the armchair and looked at the unfortunate Duoduo with some emotion.

"That's a wish fulfilled!"

He said as he took a sip of tea with satisfaction.

After saying that, he picked up a piece of snack and stuffed it into his mouth.

In front of Duoduo, who had been fixed again, the executioner, who had prepared himself, took his special knife, tore open the clothes on the chest of my Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty, and began his time-consuming task...

(End of this chapter)