Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 235

"There are now rumors of battles in the country, and Tian Heng's tomb is full of sorrow."

This is the 12th year of Chongzhen, and Liu Rushi was surprised to hear that Huang Taiji attacked Jinan with [-] people, Governor of Shandong Song Xuezhu, Jinan participated in politics, Deng Qian, and Licheng County Magistrate Han Chengxuan, after more than ten days, the news that the city was finally broken and died for the country, poems made.

Now after many years, Wang Yan fought with Qing soldiers in Huguang, Chen Zilong fought with Qing soldiers in Suzhou, Wanji, Li Yongmao, Yang Tinglin fought with Qing soldiers in southern Jiangxi, Jing Wang Zhu Changchao fought with Qing soldiers in northern Hubei, He Zhen , Sun Shoufa and Qing soldiers fought in southern Shaanxi, King Lu and Qing soldiers fought in eastern Zhejiang, Mu Tianbo and Sha Dingzhou fought in Yunnan, and Zeng Ying defended Chongqing to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from harassing the southwest.

The land of China is already full of flames of war, and it is precisely "there are now battles in the country", and the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty is worrying.

On the land of eastern Zhejiang, the regime of King Lu collapsed in an instant when faced with 20 Qing soldiers, and the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangjiang were powerless to fight.

On March [-]th, the Qing army led the battle in Shaoxing, and the king of Lu retreated to Taizhou with his cronies. The palace family and his son were protected by General Jingyi Mao Youlun, but Mao Youlun changed his way to Jiaoguan in order to enter the sea, and was intercepted by the traitor Zhang Guozhu. Soon he was sent to Hangzhou, and later threatened the King of Lu to fail, and they were all beheaded by the Qing court.

Fang Guoan was the general worshiped by the King of Lu. He was in charge of all the soldiers and horses in eastern Zhejiang. Shangshu Su Zhuang, Minister of Taipusi Jiang Yihong and other dozens of officials, big and small, followed suit. Among the generals who voted for Qing, there were also eighteen members of the general army, and countless lieutenants.

Zhiren, the king of Xingguo, repelled the Qing army's navy advancing along the coast at sea, and led thousands of soldiers back to Shaoxing. , Fang Guoan also. The more than [-] enemies have all crossed the river, why should our solitary army meet the enemy, and now only one dies."

Wang Zhiren wanted to draw his sword to kill himself, but was stopped by his subordinates, who said: "Zhoushan is hanging overseas. Although Duoduo's army is strong, it can't reach it. The general can lead the boat army into the sea, join forces with Huang Binqing of Zhoushan, and then try to recover. How can I commit suicide? yeah!"

Wang Zhiren followed his words, sailed from Jiaomen to Zhoushan with a hundred boats and a large amount of luggage, but what he didn't know was that Huang Binqing was loyal to the Longwu court. , has been rejected by Huang Binqing, and finally went south to Fujian.

During the dispute between Tang and Lu, the regime of the king of Lu in eastern Zhejiang was hostile to the court of Longwu, and vice versa. When Wang Zhiren's fleet sailed to Zhoushan, Huang Binqing also refused to accept it, and even launched a counterattack against Zhiren.

The difference between the families led to fighting in the same room, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty fell, and the country lost three or two, but the same surname still fought against each other. The reason why this country was defeated again and again.

Wang Zhiren had no place to live before, and was pursued by Manchu soldiers later. He hated Huang Binqing's injustice in his heart, so he gathered his wives, concubines, two sons, young daughter, and grandchildren on the big boat, crying: "Today The general trend is gone, there is no way forward, you are my family, if you fall into the enemy's hands, you will suffer, it is better to die for your country, can you call?"

When Wang Zhiren's wife heard the words, she wept and bowed and said: "The king is the guide for the ministers, the father is the guide for the son, and the husband is the guide for the wife. How dare the concubine disobey the words of the husband!"

His son also cried and worshiped and said: "The salary of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, now the mountains and rivers are lost, and the ministers cannot guard the land, so they should die for the country."

Wang Zhiren ordered people to dig through the bottom of the boat, and all the gates sank outside Jiaomen. He worshiped facing south, threw the seal from the state of Lu Jian into the sea, and then went to Songjiang alone.

Wang Zhiren didn't wear official clothes, but E Guanbo went ashore with the clothes of the Han army. At that time, the people of Songjiang had shaved their hair and changed clothes for half a year.

The local Qing soldiers locked him up, dared not neglect him, and immediately transferred him to Nanjing.

Wang Zhiren calmly went to see Hong Chengchou, a scholar of the Inner Academy, claiming, "I am a former commander-in-chief. If the country dies, I will die. I am afraid that I will be buried in a whale salamander. My death is unknown. There is no credit for future generations, so I came to see him. I want to die in the open." Ear! "

At first, Hong Chengchou hoped that he would change his mind, treat each other with courtesy, and politely persuaded him to shave his hair, but Wang Zhiren flatly refused, and scolded Hong Chengchou, saying: "The former emperor set up three altars to sacrifice you, almost a sacrifice to the dog! You are ungrateful and ungrateful. Entering the house, razing my mausoleum, and burning down my ancestral temple, if it is a crime beyond heaven, it will surpass Liu Zheng and Zhang Hongfan."

Hong Chengchou was ashamed and ashamed, so he ordered him to be killed.

After the Qing army occupied Shaoxing, they divided up their troops and raided all the prefectures in eastern Zhejiang. The prefectures and counties were destroyed one after another. Zhang Guowei, a great scholar at that time, guarded Dongyang and was surrounded by the Qing regiments. There were no defenders inside and no strong reinforcements outside. He did not want the Qing soldiers to slaughter the city. , So he called his son Shipeng to ask him about his life and death.

Zhang Guowei had three sons, the eldest son Zhang Shifeng was captured by the Qing Dynasty, and was killed by the Qiantang River because of his unyielding. The other two died of illness, leaving only the youngest son Zhang Shipeng.

At this time, Shi Peng heard that Zhang Guowei asked him if he would like to die for the country, and he couldn't help showing hesitation on his face. Seeing this, Zhang Guowei immediately became furious, picked up the stone inkstone on the table and threw it, but missed.

Shipeng wept and said to him: "Sponsored with generosity and generosity, my son loves it, but my grandmother is eighty years old, and I can't bear to abandon her~"

Hearing the words, Zhang Guowei let out a long sigh. At midnight, he put on his clothes, bid farewell to his mother, calmly wrote three chapters of "The Book of Jue Ming", and wrote "Loyalty and filial piety cannot be combined. As a minister, friendship must die." Shipeng, threw himself into the garden and died.

In addition, Yu Huang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, let the people out of the city, and then drowned them to death.Chen Qianfu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, committed suicide with his wife and concubine.Chen Hanhui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, pursued King Lu to Taizhou, but King Lu had already entered the sea by boat, cried into Yunfeng Mountain, wrote ten poems on death, and hanged himself to death.

In the Maruan Eunuch Party, Zhu Dadian, a senior scholar, guarded Jinhua. Belle Boluo of the Qing Dynasty personally led the Eight Banners of Manchu and Han, and attacked from all sides. , In the Gunpowder Bureau, the gunpowder was ignited, and with a bang, he became a heroic adult.

Zhu Dadian was famous for his greed in the Ming Dynasty official circles, but when the country was ruined and his family was destroyed, he broke his family to relieve the difficulties, and his national integrity surpassed many hypocrites.

In Ma Ruan's party, Ma Shiying was scolded a lot. Of course, in his hands, Hongguang and King Lu were destroyed one after another. As the first and assistant minister, he was duty-bound, but after he was defeated in eastern Zhejiang, he fled to Siming Mountain and shaved his hair to become a monk. , After being captured, he did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but died heroically, but it is really commendable.

Ruan Dacheng in Ma Ruan's party, compared with Ma Shiying and Zhu Dian, is a villain through and through. After the Qing soldiers captured eastern Zhejiang, he surrendered to the Qing court, but he died of illness less than a month after he surrendered. On the way to Xianxia Pass with the Qing soldiers, it was really speechless.

(End of this chapter)