Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After hearing the news of Gao Jie's sudden death, Shi Kefa, then the governor of the cabinet, was indeed quite sad.He personally rushed to Gao Junying to do the aftermath work. He appointed Gao Jiezi as the son of Xingping, his nephew Li Benshen as the admiral, Hu Maozhen as the Gebiao Hall (that is, the Chinese army), and Li Chengdong as the general of Xuzhou.

However, Gao Jie's wife, Xing, was worried that her son was young and could not overwhelm the crowd. She knew that Shi Kefa had no son, so she proposed to let her son worship Shi Kefa as his adoptive father.This was originally an opportunity for Shi Kefa to enhance his relationship with the high-ranking officers and soldiers, but Shi Kefa resolutely refused because the high-ranking officer was a "rogue", and ordered Gao Jiezi to turn to Gao Qiqian, the admiral of the Jiangbei Army, Horses, and Eunuchs, as his foster father.It can be seen from this that Shi Kefa's prejudices are deep and he cannot change things.

Later, because of Zuo Liangyu's rebellion, Huang Degong's troops were transferred to Taiping Prefecture south of the Yangtze River (the government is in Dangtu, and it governs the three counties of Wuhu and Fanchang), which allowed Gao Bu to breathe.Thanks to Xing's hard work, the high-level personnel finally incorporated the remaining Xu Dingguo Ministry, recruited troops on the spot, and expanded the army to nearly [-].

But at this time, Gaobu didn't say that Nanming was obedient and obedient, and they were already extremely defensive when they stared at the soldiers and horses of other towns in Nanming.So when the Daping Army sent troops, under the auspices of the Xing family, they surrendered to Zhang Biao's tribe without hesitation, and the rest of the high-ranking troops had already surrendered to the Chiming tribe who went south.

And the Xing family is Li Zicheng's ex-wife. She and Li Zicheng's ex-husband and wife are a pair of legends in this era!

Therefore, under such circumstances, almost all the large Nanming army north of the Yangtze River surrendered to the Daping Dynasty.The dispatch of troops was so smooth.Zhou Xun, Xue Yong, Zhang Biao, Chi Ming and other generals were all speechless.And Nanjing has become a ripe fruit, just waiting for the Daping Army to pick it.

Until this time, the Daping court saw that it was done.Wu Shigong's imperial decree ordering the Daping Army to send troops was passed on to the southern armies.At the same time, Wu Shigong appointed Chi Ming as General of Zhejiang and Zhang Biao as General of Nanzhili. Under the general command of Zhou Xun, they jointly commanded the Southern Expedition.

And Xue Qiang was named General of Henan, keeping the Daping Dynasty's control areas in Henan and Huguang, and presiding over internal security and suppressing bandits.Under such circumstances, Chi Ming's East Route Army took the lead in carrying out the battle of crossing the river.

On the left, the rebels advanced to Chizhou.At the critical juncture when the Shandong Army of the late Ming Dynasty went south again, Emperor Hongguang issued the decree of "go upstream if you are in a hurry; if the enemy is in a hurry, defend against the enemy".However, such a will is completely a passive situation.

In fact, Hongguang and his ministers all understood that no matter how concentrated their forces were against any one side, Nanjing was in danger of falling.therefore.They had secretly prepared to flee with their troops.

And when Yangzhou fell.When the news of Shi Kefa's martyrdom spread to Nanjing, the Hongguang court suddenly fell into panic. At first, Zhu Yousong and others placed their hopes on the natural danger of the Yangtze River.However, on the [-]th day of the leap month, Chi Ming's East Road South Expeditionary Army arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River. On the [-]th, Chi Ming ordered Nanming to surrender Zhang Tianlu and other troops to cross the river by boat [-] miles west of Guazhou at dawn. , Defeated Zheng Hongkui's army in Nanming's Fangjiang Navy in Jinshan.Immediately boarded the south bank and occupied Zhenjiang.Subsequent East Road South Army has crossed the river.

On the [-]th day of the second lunar month, Emperor Hongguang fled from the city in the early hours of the morning without even informing other officials and ministers of the court, let alone making any arrangements, after discussing with the cabinet scholars and a few eunuchs.

After dawn, the officials, gentry, soldiers and civilians in Nanjing city were in a mess when they heard that the emperor and the chief scholar had escaped.Some officials and gentry rushed into prison and invited the young man who claimed to be the "Prince of Chongzhen" to come out to the Hall of Wuying to ascend the throne, and the reign title was still called Chongzhen's 17th year.However, Nanjing's garrison minister Xin Chengbo Zhao Zhilong, headed by ministers of honor and relatives, decided to surrender and sent people to the Daping barracks to approach.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, dozens of vanguards of the Daping Army arrived outside the Hongwu Gate. Uncle Xincheng Zhao Zhilong and Duke Baoguo Zhu Guobi lowered the form of surrender from the city wall to the Qing camp to negotiate the surrender.

On the 21st, Chi Ming led the main force of the Eastern Expedition to the South and marched outside Nanjing. Zhao Zhilong, Zhu Guobi, Wei Guogong Xu Jiujue, Longping Marquis Zhang Gongri, University Scholars Wang Duo, Cai Yichen, Minister of War Ruan Dacheng, Minister of Rites Qian Qianyi, and Zuo Du More than 23 high-ranking officials and dignitaries, including Yu Shi Li Zhan, Si Li Jian Bingbi and eunuch Lu Jiude, opened the gate of the city and went out to welcome them in the suburbs.After the Daping army entered the city to search and guard, Duoduo entered Nanjing on the [-]rd.Jinling City fell into the hands of the Daping Dynasty.

As mentioned above, according to the two-capital system after Yongle in the Ming Dynasty: the three people who hold real power in Nanjing are Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of War, Xunchen who guards Nanjing, and eunuchs who guard Nanjing; its name.

And when Emperor Hongguang fled, those left behind in Nanjing, whether they were civil servants, military generals, or noble eunuchs, all turned with the wind like weeds on the wall, and hundreds of officials competed for positions in order to use them.Take a look at the experiences of some of them:

The fake prince: After he was escorted to Beijing, Wu Shigong ordered him to be sent to Fengyang Shouling together with the real prince Zhu Cihong.Really played with a black humor.I don't know if the real and fake princes will perform martial arts when they meet in Fengyang?

Hou Xun: Under Wu Shigong's repeated invitations, Hou Xun refused to go to Beijing to join the cabinet.He returned to Germany to provide for the elderly on the grounds of old age and infirmity.For this reason, Wu Shigong summoned his son Hou Fangyu to Beijing to serve as the teacher of Donggong, and Hou Fangyu joined the cabinet as prime minister after Xue Chenglin ascended the throne.

Ruan Dacheng: He, Wang Duo, Cai Yichen, Qian Qianyi and others all joined the cabinet of the new dynasty.Afterwards, he was re-elected for four terms and has always been the prime minister of the cabinet, but he has never been the chief assistant and second assistant, so he can be called the tumbler of the Qiongyuan Dynasty.

Qian Qianyi: Under the repeated invitation of Wu Shigong, he went to Beijing to join the cabinet.But a year later, he resigned and went back to Jinling City to live in seclusion.

Liu Zongzhou: Can't be summoned repeatedly, and has been teaching in Jiangnan.In the late Qiongyuan Dynasty, Jinling University was established in Nanjing, and Liu Zongzhou served as the altarpiece of Jinling University.

On the night of June [-]th, after Zhu Yousong and others escaped from Nanjing, their original intention was to avoid going to Hangzhou, Zhejiang.Unexpectedly, when they passed through Lishui County, they were intercepted and looted by local soldiers. In the chaos, the Yongwei Battalion surrounded Emperor Hongguang and rushed to Taiping Mansion (the mansion was in Dangtu), but the Taiping Mansion officials didn't know what was going on. He refused to accept it behind closed doors, and transferred to Wuhu to seek refuge with Yasukuni Gong Huang Degong.

Chi Ming, the commander-in-chief of the East Road South Expeditionary Army, learned that Emperor Hongguang had escaped, so he naturally refused to let him go.After entering Nanjing, he ordered Liu Liangzuo, who had just surrendered, to lead his troops to act as guides, and led the troops to pursue Wuhu through Taiping.

Under the lure of Liu Liangzuo, coupled with the heavy pressure of the Daping Army, Huang Degong's generals Tian Xiong and Ma Degong decided to surrender.But Huang Degong didn't know that the morale of the army had changed, so he beheaded the envoy Liu Liangzuo sent to recruit him, and led his troops to fight.

On the fourth day of July, the rebels took advantage of Huang Degong's unpreparedness and secretly shot an arrow in Huang Degong's throat.Huang Degong, who knew that he was seriously injured and could not escape, committed suicide by committing suicide.Emperor Hongguang was captured alive by Tian Xiong and others and dedicated to the Daping Army.

Nanming Hongguang Dynasty is destroyed! (To be continued..)