Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1133
In the Zhoushan Islands, King Lu's navy and Zheng Chenggong's navy anchored here. Zhoushan Harbor is full of masts, white sails like clouds, and the huge fleet is slightly spectacular.

Zhoushan used to be the anti-Qing base of King Lu. Tens of thousands of people went to the island with King Lu. After the liberation of Jiangnan, some people followed King Lu back to Zhejiang, but a large number of people chose to stay in Zhoushan.

Because Zhoushan paid a lot in the Anti-Qing War, after the restoration of Jiangnan, under the insistence of King Lu, Zhoushan was given a five-year tax-free policy. People in Zhoushan still love King Lu very much, so King Lu temporarily berthed at this.

At the end of August, Zhang Kentang, a scholar of the Zhejiang Party, led 1 troops to Hangzhou, and then [-] Chu soldiers also marched into Zhejiang.

King Lu took away most of the Zhejiang soldiers. Facing the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, Zhejiang officials immediately made a wise decision to open the city and let Zhang Kentang enter the city.Once he entered Hangzhou and took control of the houses of Xiao Qihui, Wang Yi, Ruan Jun and others, he did not take any further actions.

As a leader of the Zhejiang party, Zhang Kentang temporarily lives in the governor's yamen. Every day outside the yamen, there are Zhejiang officials who come to inquire about the news. In addition to him, the inspector who escaped originally has also become a fragrant bun in Zhejiang official circles. There are no less than dozens of officials who send gifts and greet each other every day, and they all want to inquire about the court's attitude towards them.

The two didn't express anything clearly, they only said that the court will make its own decision when His Royal Highness the King of Chu visits Zhejiang.

At the beginning of September, Wang Yan entered Zhejiang under the escort of [-] horsemen. Firstly, he discussed with King Lu and Zheng Chenggong, and secondly, he calmed down the hearts of the people in Zhejiang. He dispatched [-] Chu soldiers who had entered Zhejiang, and hurried back to Huguang as soon as possible.

Although Wang Yan has decided to use Jiang Xiang as a pawn to force Dorgon to retreat, it is obviously not safe to put all the hopes in one basket, and it is not what a wise man does.

If Jiang Xiang didn't revolt, or if the rebellion failed, and he had no other means, wouldn't the Ming army be defeated in Huguang?

Therefore, Wang Yan should end the civil strife as soon as possible, transfer his troops back to Huainan and Huguang, and keep extra preparations in case of accidents.

On the fifth day of September, Wang Yan arrived in Hangzhou and directly lived in the palace of King Lu in Hangzhou.

In the living room of King Lu's Mansion, Wang Yanduan was sitting, and Zhang Kentang, a scholar, and Xie Kuang, the inspector of Zhejiang Province, were sitting on the left and right. In the center of the living room was an open box full of letters.

"Your Highness, here are the letters of loyalty written by officials from Zhejiang to the King of Lu! There are also some correspondence between officials from Nanzhi and Nanjing officials and the King of Lu!" Xie Kuang saluted Wang Yan.

Xie Kuang knew that most of the officials in Zhejiang wrote letters of allegiance to King Lu in the Yuewang Temple, and searched them out of King Lu's mansion as soon as he returned to Hangzhou.

Wang Yan looked at the whole box, and he probably wrote all over Zhejiang, and Nanzhi and Chaozhong probably also had many people contacting King Lu.

Wang Yan frowned, and suddenly looked at Zhang Kentang, who was fidgeting, and asked, "What does Mr. Zhang Ge think about these letters?"

Zhang Kentang hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, at this time, you need to calm your mind and don't involve too much, and King Lu and Zheng Chenggong are still overseas. I think it's best to destroy it to show the magnanimity of Your Highness and the court. Stabilize Zhejiang."

Wang Yan listened carefully. Zhang Kentang is a leader of the Zhejiang faction. Naturally, he does not want Wang Yan to be in the Daxing prison in Zhejiang. He wants to protect the officials in Zhejiang and preserve the vitality of the Zhejiang Party. If the Zhejiang Party is all over, he will probably quit soon. The cabinet has retired.

He is just over 50 years old, and he can still serve the people for a few years, at least until he is 70 or [-] years old. How could he be willing to end his political life so quickly?
Wang Yan asked Zhang Kentang to appease Zhejiang, because his identity as a big brother of the Zhejiang faction could gain the trust of Zhejiang officials, so that they believed that the imperial court would not be cruel, so that the imperial court could quickly accept Zhejiang.

Now the overall situation is basically decided, but should we start a big case?

Wang Yan turned to look at Xie Kuang, "What do Dao Wu think?"

"Your Highness, the country cannot be restless without trust!" Xie Kuang bowed, and said in a deep voice: "Since they support the rebellion, they should be punished by the Ming Dynasty. If the court does not punish, how can they deter the world?"

"Xie Niantai, this is the opinion of a scholar! The laws of the Ming Dynasty are important, but it also depends on the timing and the specific situation. Now we can only enforce the law and not punish the public. If we deal with all of them, Zhejiang may not be stable for a while." Zhang Kentang thanked him Kuang wanted to punish him severely, and he was in a hurry, "It is impossible to admit death in governing the country. You have to be flexible, and sometimes you have to compromise. Right now, on the one hand, there is no strategy for how to deal with King Lu and Zheng Guo. On the one hand, don’t you even look at how many people are involved, do you want to remove all the officials in Zhejiang?”

Xie Kuang was a little unhappy when he heard this, and he just discussed the matter. Zhang Kentang said that his meeting with a scholar was over, so he snorted coldly, "Mr. Zhang Ge is so eager to destroy the letters, so there is no letter from Mr. Ge among them, right?" !"

"You..." Zhang Kentang's face flushed suddenly, and he was so angry that he ran out of words.

Wang Yan waved his hand immediately when he saw it, "Okay, stop arguing, both of you! It's all for the sake of the court, don't hurt your peace." Wang Yan paused for a moment, then thought deeply: "Let's do this! Let these things go. Here at Gu Wang, let Gu think about it, and Gu will give you an answer tomorrow."

After finishing his speech, Wang Yan motioned for the two to leave. Seeing this, the two had no choice but to salute and leave.

Walking to the door, Zhang Kentang snorted coldly, turned his sleeves, glared at Xie Kuang, and walked away quickly.

Wang Yan waited for the two to leave, stared at the letter for a while, and suddenly called out: "Yu Taichu!"

Not long after, Yu Taichu came out from the back hall, stood in front of Wang Yan, bowed and clasped his fists: "Your Highness, I am humbled!"

"Arrange people to make a copy of these letters, and then put them in the Jinyiwei North Town Fusi File Library for preservation." Wang Yan gave a direct order, and then urged: "Secret, I will give you a night alone !"

Yu Taichu glanced at the big box in the middle, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I'll do it for the humble job!"

Wang Yan nodded, but called him who was about to leave, "How about the meeting with King Lu and the surname Zheng Guo?"

Yu Taichu was stunned for a moment, "Five days later, when we meet outside Ningbo Port, both Lu Wang and Zheng Guo are unwilling to go ashore, and they don't want to meet separately. They want to meet His Highness together!"

Wang Yan couldn't help touching his nose. He originally wanted to disintegrate. It seems that the two of them were too defensive against him. "It's really impossible to reach the shore, and they don't believe the guarantee of the lonely king! Okay! Then See you outside Ningbo Port!"

"I resign from my humble position!" Seeing that Wang Yan had no other explanation, Yu Taichu hurriedly resigned.

The next day, Wang Yan summoned Zhejiang officials to meet him at King Lu's mansion. It was still in the living room, and the box of letters was still left untouched.

Every official who came in could see the box of letters, and many of them turned pale immediately.

In order to show their loyalty to the King of Lu, many people inevitably scolded Wang Yan in their letters, saying such things as thieves and power traitors. Seeing these letters falling into Wang Yan's hands one by one, how could they not be afraid in their hearts? Woolen cloth?
Wang Yan glanced at the Zhejiang officials in the hall, staring at them all buried their heads in their chests, and didn't let them sit down. He deliberately kept silent for a while, and then suddenly smiled: "Everyone, don't be nervous. , the lonely king knows that you are also forced to write these letters!"

Zhou Hezhi and other Zhejiang officials listened to Wang Yan's words, lowered their heads and looked at each other, then Zhou Hezhi stood up and saluted: "Your Highness is wise, at that time King Lu was intimidated by soldiers, so I had to wait until I had to write these letters of allegiance. The contents of the letters are not Out of my heart."

"Yes! We were all forced..." The officials in the hall echoed one after another, as if someone really put a knife on their necks at that time.

Wang Yan looked at them, smiled, pressed his hands down, and motioned for them to be quiet, and when the hall became quiet, he continued: "You can rest assured, things that come under coercion are naturally incalculable. These letters , The lonely king didn't even read it, Emperor Gaozong burned the letters back then, and in order to appease the ministers, today the lonely king burned all these things in front of you."

When the people below heard that they were going to be burned, they all heaved a sigh of relief. Wang Yan glanced at them, and then said earnestly: "I hope you can understand the painstaking efforts of the lonely king. From now on, you must be loyal to the imperial court and obey the imperial court's deployment!"

"Your Highness's kindness, I will keep it in my heart, and I will definitely work for the court wholeheartedly!" Zhou Hezhi took the lead and said.

Seeing that Wang Yan had listened to his opinion, Zhang Kentang was also very happy in his heart, and from then on he called everyone by Wang Yanxian's name.

After dealing with the official affairs in Zhejiang and appeasing the hearts of the people in Zhejiang, Wang Yan immediately went to Ningbo under the escort of the army, and prepared to discuss with King Lu and Zheng Chenggong.

Wang Yan rode on the horse, turned his head and asked Yu Taichu who was following behind him: "Among those things, is there any old Zhang Ge?"

"Yes!" Yu Taichu drew his horse closer and whispered.

Hearing the sound, Wang Yan sneered, cursed the old fox in his heart, didn't say much, pumped his horse's buttocks, and sped towards Ningbo.

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