Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1146

The soldiers of Datong Town almost killed all the upright officials in Taiyuan City, and copied a lot of money for Jiang Xiang, but killing these people also brought Jiang Xiang a trouble, that is, Shanxi has no officials.

Jiang Xiang originally only controlled Datong, but now he wants to take the opportunity to control the whole of Shanxi, and his power has expanded rapidly. Just to deploy logistics materials, he needs a lot of officials.

Hu Weizong had expected this situation a long time ago, but when the soldiers of Datong Town beheaded the Shanxi officials, he did not stop them, because he was afraid that after these upright officials surrendered to Jiang Xiang, Jiang Xiang would be arrested together in military, civil and criminal matters. It would become a hidden danger for the imperial court again, so he did not stop it, but proposed at this time that Li Jiantai, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty in Shanxi, should be appointed as the chief envoy of Shanxi.

He is a Jinshi of Tianqi. In the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), he was promoted to be the right servant of the Ministry of officials and a scholar of Dongge University.In the spring of the following year, he asked for orders to go to Shanxi to recruit soldiers to defend Li Zicheng's Dashun army with private money. But as soon as he left the capital, he heard that his hometown Quwo had been occupied. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty entered the customs and were summoned as a bachelor of the Qing Inner Academy. Soon after, they were dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

The reason why Wang Yan was able to get in touch with Jiang Xiang was largely because Li Jiantai was a go-between, and he was a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and he was well-known in Shanxi, with many old students. People, and former Ming Dynasty officials took effect.

This is the same as Wang Yan's use of Jiang Riguang in Jiangxi. It can not only solve the current problem, but also have a check on Jiang Xiang in the future to prevent him from becoming a warlord.

This time Wang Yan pacified Fujian and forced Zheng Chenggong to go to sea, largely because the two chess pieces he placed in Fujian had an effect.One is Zhangzhou guard general Wang Qifeng, who was a Qing general recruited by Wang Yandong when he conquered Bamin. When Chen Zilong led 6 horses into Fujian, he surrendered without a fight, opening Fujian's door wide open. The second is Jiang Yueguang As the chief envoy of Fujian, he was unwilling to meet with the imperial court in battle, which enabled Chen Zilong to directly surround Fuzhou.

Using Li Jiantai, which Wang Yan explained in advance, can at least separate Shanxi's civil affairs and military affairs.

Jiang Xiang and Li Jiantai are also acquaintances. He has no one to use now, and he didn't think so much. He was fascinated by Wang Yan's title and title of Duke of Jin, right army and left governor. He didn't expect Wang Yan to be so early Thinking about the future, but this is actually good for him, so as not to end up like Jin Shenghuan in the end.

After the Ming Dynasty restored Jiangnan, part of the Tiandihui was merged into Jinyiwei, and part of it was transferred to the north. In the past few years, it was mainly active in Shanxi, and secretly cultivated a lot of anti-Qing forces.

Now that Taiyuan, a city with great political influence, has been occupied, Hu Weizong immediately suggested that Jiang Xiang can tell the world and clearly raise the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

On September [-]th, the second day after Jiang Xiang occupied Taiyuan, he asked the people of Taiyuan to cut their braids and fight against the Qing Dynasty, and his staff drafted it.

On that day, outside the city of Taiyuan, banners and flags were like clouds, and dozens of gun salutes were lined up at one time. Nearly ten thousand soldiers and countless people of Taiyuan were asked to gather outside the city.

Many generals, as well as officials who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty, stood on both sides of the altar. At this time, Jiang Xiang, who was dressed as the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, walked up to the altar.

He glanced at the generals on both sides and soldiers in formation, as well as the common people all over the mountains and plains, then put one hand on his chest, patted the armor on his chest, and said loudly: "Everyone, this set of armor, my commander is under the box." After ten years of pressure, today I can finally wear it on my body in a legitimate way, and I, Jiang Xiang, can finally focus on being a man and have no regrets in my heart!"

After hearing this, the people below looked at him solemnly. Many people were touched. It's not like they haven't worn the Han family's armor for ten years.

As Jiang Xiang spoke, she suddenly waved her arms, "Brothers, people of the Three Jin Dynasties, I, Jiang Xiang, have decided to rise up against the Qing Dynasty, recover the Ming Dynasty, and take back our ancestors' land!"

"Rise up troops against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

"Rise up troops against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

The soldiers who were infected by Jiang Xiang's words, immediately under the leadership of the general, raised their troops and shouted, the voice was overwhelming and could be heard for ten miles.

"Cutting the braids against the Qing!" Jiang Xiang and other soldiers shouted for a while, and then shouted loudly.

The soldiers who did not reduce their braids, as well as the common people in Taiyuan, immediately took off their braids, cut off the small braids at the back of their heads, and threw them to the ground angrily, discarding the humiliation imposed on the Han people by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

When countless braids were cut off, the 49 salutes beside the altar were fired together, making a shocking sound, and amidst the exciting sound of the cannons, an aide came to the front, launched a call, and used In his most passionate voice, he recited aloud: "The former commander-in-chief guarding Datong, now under the decree of Prince Chu, the regent of the Ming Dynasty, the president of Shanxi Shuilin Dabing Xingming, the left governor of the right army and the Duke Jiang of Jin, announced to the world: The cunning captives took advantage of my inner emptiness, dominated Yandu, stole my great artifacts, and changed my Chinese crown clothes. This town deeply misses the country's grace, and originally wanted to greet each other with a spear and sweep away the fishy smell, but lived alone in the north of Shanxi. After receiving the order from the King of Chu, Gu Yin wept and hid for a while, and did not dare to act lightly. She waited for the time to choose generals to train troops, and the secret map was restored, and it will be ten years old!"

"The barbarians have no principles, the officials are cruel and corrupt, the tyranny is levied, perverted, hair is shaved and decorated, the people are forbidden to wear Han clothes, the people complain about the village, and they have poisoned hundreds of thousands of people in the three Jin Dynasties. They have invaded the world for a long time!"

"Following the order of the Prince of Chu, Xiang led a dignified teacher to defeat the violent and save the people. Heroes of the Three Jin Dynasties should observe the opposite of heaven and man, follow the general trend of the world, sing righteousness to the Central Plains, gather strong disciples, and jointly support righteous deeds."

"Now that Datong has surrendered from Taiyuan, let us show the world, forget the people of the Three Jin Dynasties, and don't forget the old master of the Central Plains. Heroes rise up together, first restore Hedong, then sweep Yanyun, drive the northern captives outside the Great Wall, and extend righteousness to the world."

"With the raising of the flag of righteousness today, in all the places east of the river, there are those who wear left hair and fight against the king's division. Xiang is the supervisor of the iron cavalry. He personally conquers the nest and covers the hole. The old and immature will not be left behind. Both men and women will be punished. I hope the officials and the people will think deeply and remember. If you warn, you will be blessed, and the world will be blessed."

With the spread of the proclamation, the news that Jiang Xiang occupied Taiyuan anyway, immediately spread throughout the three Jin lands, and the world was shaken for a while, and the people of Hedong rose up upon hearing the news.

At this time, the heaven and earth will infiltrate Shanxi for several years, and the effect is also reflected. The anti-Qing forces in Shanxi have instantly become a prairie fire.

In the northwest of Shanxi, there is a hero called Wan Lian Cheng, who upon hearing the call, moved to attack the partial pass. Jiang Xiang took the practice as the partial pass, and Ningwu and Baode were successively occupied by Lianguan.

Liu Qian, the former deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, also gathered relatives from the village, pretended to be the commander-in-chief, and attacked Yanmen, Daizhou, Fanzhi, and Wutai, with tens of thousands of troops.

In the southeast of Shanxi, heroes from Fen, Lu, Ze, Liao and other places rose up together. In a very short period of time, the whole of Shanxi, except for a few prefectures and counties still waiting to see, the land of Hedong was occupied by Datong soldiers and rebels. place.

Cai Yinggui, the Shanxi inspector of the Qing court who fled to Fenzhou, continued to flee to Henan without a firm foothold. On the way, he wrote a memorial to Dorgon, explaining the situation in Shanxi, saying, "The traitors are not only Datong and Taiyuan, but also the eight prefectures of Hedong. , the rebels have more than forty cities, and the rebel Jiang Xiang falsely claims that he has 40 troops!"

Cai Yinggui's memorial was rushed to Beijing. Dorgon, who had already obtained Jiang Xiang's rebellion from the Xuanfu, was still so shocked by the memorial that he vomited blood and fainted.

(End of this chapter)