Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 85 Establishing a new lord and Lu Fan supervising the country
At the beginning, Hongguang and his party fled from Nanjing in a panic. After being separated in Lishui, Ma Shiying took Guizhou soldiers to escort Queen Mother Zou to Zhejiang.

On July [-]th, a group of talents in a panic arrived in Hangzhou. Lu Fan, Zhu Changxiao and officials in Hangzhou all went to see him.

At this time, Ma Shiying and others had already received the news that the emperor had arrived in Wuhu, and then pinned their hopes on the emperor's ability to rely on Huang Degong and other troops to reverse the defeat. However, soon after Ma Shiying entered the city, Ruan Dacheng, Zhu Dadian and others fled to Hangzhou in panic.

Ma Shiying knew that Huang Degong was defeated and committed suicide, and the emperor was also captured by the Qing court. Everyone immediately lost hope and felt helpless in their hearts.

A country cannot be without a king for a day. Ma Shiying, as a scholar of the Shoufu University, had to immediately discuss with the officials in Hangzhou, asking Lu Fan and Zhu Changhao to be the supervisor of the country.

On July [-]th, the emperor Beishou, in order to make the name of Lufan supervise the country justified, Hangzhou civil and military Qi Qi met with Queen Mother Zou and asked Lu Wang to supervise the country.

Empress Dowager Zou was also aware of the crisis, and immediately issued a decree to Zhu Changhao: "Your uncle is an uncle, and he is the most virtuous of all feudal clans. In the past, Xuanmiao went to the east, and Xiang and Zheng supervised the country. The ancestors and constitutions are all there, and now we can abide by it."

In the name of the Empress Dowager, the purpose of making the decree is to make the Lu Fan supervise the country more legitimate, but the current situation is very different from that after Jiashen.

When the Fufan ascended to the top, they were rich in half of the south of the Yangtze River, and the five powerful feudal clans were a good job. Naturally, the Lu Fans wanted to earn it, and a dispute between Fu and Lu was formed. Flying ashes are annihilated, the situation is different, and the throne has become a sweet potato.

Lu Fan won the Queen Mother's order, but he did not feel the slightest joy. On the contrary, he was very afraid. He was afraid that after taking office as supervisor, he would become a key target of the Qing army, which would attract Doduo to send troops to attack.

Since ancient dynasties were overthrown, ministers surrendered, and they could still get high officials and rich salary, but the king had no reason to surrender, even if he surrendered, he would not end well.

Lu Fan was worried about these points, so he refused to accept the Queen Mother's order.

During the battle between Fu and Lu, the crowd in Donglin supported Lu, and the excuse was that Lu Fan was a virtuous man, but Fu Fan was licentious. Today, Emperor Hongguang is indeed not a hero, and he can even be called a fool, but Lu Fan has never seen a good man. where.

Lu Fan refused to accept the order and insisted on resigning from the position of supervisor of the country, which shocked the Queen Mother and all the ministers, so they had to rush into the mansion to persuade them.

At that time, the minister knelt outside, and the queen mother met inside, crying and persuading repeatedly, Lu Fan reluctantly accepted Yi's decree and ascended the position of supervisor.

On July [-]th, only one day after Lu Fan took office, Wang Weihu Zuo Maodi, Chen Zilong and others arrived in Hangzhou by boat.

At the end of the court meeting with Lu Fan, Lu Fan, Ma Shiying, Zhu Dadian, Ruan Dacheng, Yuan Hongxun, Zhao Bingzhen and other ministers paid a visit to Queen Mother Zou, thank you!
Suddenly someone reported that Zuo Maodi, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, brought soldiers and civilians to Hangzhou. When Lu Fan heard about it, he quickly ordered someone to come and meet him.

Not long after, Zuo Maodi, Chen Zilong, and Wang Wei, before they had time to change their clothes and wash their hands, were brought into the hall. They first paid homage to the Empress Dowager, then to the Jianguo, and finally saluted slightly with all the ministers, and then stood side by side with them.

"Misters, where did you come to Hangzhou? How many soldiers and horses did you bring?" Lu Fanguan and the three of them were travel-stained, especially Wang Wei's armor, which was still covered with black traces of blood. He couldn't help asking what he cared about the most. question.

"Report to Jian Guo!" Zuo Maodi saluted after hearing the sound: "The ministers and others brought three thousand troops and nearly ten thousand people from Yangzhou. They took six hundred warships and went to Hangzhou by sea."

When Lu Fan heard that there were only 3000 people, he couldn't help but felt a burst of disappointment. He lost interest in talking for no reason, and said, "Since Zhu Qing has come from a long way and has traveled a long way, let's go and rest first!"

Ruan Dacheng and others heard Zuo Maodi's words, but their expressions changed, and they immediately came out and said: "Wait a minute, Supervisor, I have something to ask Mr. Zuo."

When the reinforcements gathered in Zhenjiang, Ruan Dacheng was the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, so he knew the three of them well. He thought that the navy was completely lost in the battle of Zhenjiang, but he didn't expect to see the three of them.

At first, Ruan Dacheng just thought that the three of them had successfully broken through the siege and came from the east of the Yangtze River into the sea, but Zuo Maodi said that they came from Yangzhou, but he couldn't help being surprised.

"Master Zuo said he came from Yangzhou, but why?" Ruan Dacheng asked.

Zuo Maodi wanted to ask Hangzhou to send troops to support Wang Yan, so naturally he didn't want to retreat to rest, he wanted to ask for a play, but now Ruan Dacheng stopped him suddenly and asked him, he happened to tell the story of the matter first, and then he bowed to Wei Wei: "Jian Guo Unbeknownst to your ministers, General Wang broke through the 30-siege Yangqing army, and has already lifted the siege of Yangzhou, and brought [-] soldiers and civilians to the south! The minister and General Wang parted ways from the mouth of the Yangtze River and entered Hangzhou first, asking for reinforcements to support the soldiers and civilians going south. "

"What?" The ministers were overjoyed when they heard the words, and they all exclaimed, "Wang Shiheng broke the captives and went south?"

Wang Yan guarded Yangzhou alone for two months, and he already had a good reputation. Now everyone heard that he not only rescued the siege, but also defeated [-] Qing troops, they were shocked.

Among them, Ruan Dacheng was undoubtedly the most surprised person. His nearly 40 troops gathered in Zhenjiang to break the siege of Yang, but he was beaten to nothing by the Qing army.Now Wang Yan broke out of the siege by himself, and brought 30 soldiers and civilians to the south. He was happy, but he was very unhappy.

At this time, Zuo Maodi saw the attitude of the crowd and retreated him to the mouth of the Yangtze River. Let's talk about Ma Bei's escape from Xuzhou and so on.

After listening to the ups and downs, the Empress Dowager Tong Lufan and the officials felt the great battle under the city of Yangzhou, their moods could not help but fluctuate accordingly, and they also deeply felt Wang Yan's righteousness and military talent.

Since Lu Fan failed to seize the throne, he has seldom cared about the affairs of his family and country, but he has also heard of Wang Shiheng who guarded Yangzhou alone. Going south, how many soldiers and horses will you bring?"

"Dozens of generals, [-] elite soldiers!" Zuo Maodi replied.

After Lu Fan heard about it, he couldn't help being overjoyed immediately: "Haha~ This soldier descended from the sky will help me protect my ancestor's foundation!"

Hangzhou's military strength is weak, which is one of the reasons why Lu Fan is unwilling to accept the position of supervisor of the country. Now suddenly a strong army capable of resisting Doduo's 30 troops has entered Hangzhou, and Lu Fan immediately feels that he is under the throne and feels safe.

Zuo Maodi saw this tunnel and said, "Report to Jian Guo that now Duoduo has attracted [-] soldiers and is trying to chase and kill General Wang's soldiers. General Wang does not want to abandon the people and go south, so please ask Jian Guo to send troops to support the soldiers and civilians to enter Hangzhou."

Lu Fan, who was still happy just now, heard that there were [-] Qing soldiers coming after him, he couldn't help trembling in his heart, he seemed a little panicked and said: "The [-] northern captives will also come to the city to call?"

Zuo Maodi wanted to ask for soldiers to support Wang Yan, but Lu Fan was frightened by Duoduo's soldiers, so he couldn't help being speechless.

Seeing this, Chen Zilong on the side frowned slightly, and came out and said: "Qi report to Jian Guo, Hangzhou is a city in the Southern Song Dynasty, a big city in the southeast, as handsome as Yangzhou, as long as Wang Shiheng's soldiers enter Hangzhou, in the name of his good defense, Duoduo will surely Don’t dare to spy on Hangzhou!”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Fan managed to calm down when he heard the words, "In the past, the 30 troops of Duoduo couldn't be defeated, but now only [-] come, so they will definitely not be able to capture Hangzhou."

"That's right!" Zuo Maodi tunneled: "I ask the prison country to send soldiers to take General Wang into the city as soon as possible!"

"Then let Fang Guoan lead troops to meet him!" Lu Fan straightened his body and said.

"I am also willing to accept!" Wang Wei saluted.

"Yes!" Lu Fan waved.

At that moment, everyone dispersed one by one.

After retreating from the hall, the ministers went first, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng walked behind. Ruan Dacheng saw that Ma Shiying was not happy because Hangzhou was going to have a strong guard, but his face was very ugly, and he said: "Ma Fu entered Hangzhou for Wang Shiheng. Things are not going fast?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Ma Shiying replied, "Wang Shiheng is famous in China and has a very high prestige. If he comes to Hangzhou, how will we deal with him?"

Ruan Dacheng's expression changed when he heard the words, and he stopped talking.

(Thanks to Mao Qiangqiang for the reward, and thanks to all the book friends for their recommendations and comments.)
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