Chapter 259: Sharing the spoils is learned
Wang Yongji was afraid that Li Zicheng would be suspicious, so he used the excuse that he had Zhu Cihong's order to cooperate with Li Zicheng - in fact, even if there was such an order, he, Jiang Jiu, and Gao Di would not obey it.
Now Zhu Cihong is far away in Nanjing, and he can't reach them at all.
But Wang Yongji didn't expect that the excuse he used to deceive Li Zicheng came true!
At the same time that Luo Yangxing and Zuo Maotai arrived at Datong Mansion, Li Zicheng's envoys Gu Junen and Wang Chengen also arrived at Yingtianfu in Nanjing, Ming Dynasty, which had been completely controlled by Zhu Cihong.
Because of the big reward released by Prince Zhu, the market in Nanjing City is now more prosperous than ever - Prince Zhu did not come alone, but brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers, officials, nobles, family members and righteous people. After receiving the reward, they now want to live and work in peace and contentment around Nanjing, marry a wife and have children, and become the basic plate of Prince Zhu. And while they spent the gold and silver that they had stolen from the nobles of Nanjing, they also made the city of Nanjing extremely flowery. People from all walks of life wore neat and decent clothes and surged shoulder to shoulder on the streets by the Qinhuai River. Many women dress up more enchantingly, attracting the attention of merchants, and it is also a special scenery on the Qinhuai River.
Occasionally, troops passed by in the streets, all dressed in red robes, carrying bird guns and spears, with their toes held high, and their faces were full of smiles that could not be concealed.
Seeing these new army soldiers, Gu Junen couldn't help but think of the old battalion soldiers of Dashun after entering Beijing. At that time, the old battalion soldiers were all depressed, everyone felt cheated, and their morale fell again and again...... Later, Li Zicheng summed up the lesson in Taiyuan and thought that it was because he entered Beijing too quickly that it was bad. Gu Junen also agreed with Li Zicheng's opinion, and privately pleaded guilty to Li Zicheng.
But now that Gu Junen saw the new army of the Ming Dynasty with high morale, he was a little puzzled. The same is to share the spoils after the big city, everyone in Dashun is angry, but Zhu Cihong is jubilant? Is there any great way to divide the spoils?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but call Wu Ruzheng, the Gongshun Marquis who went to the Taiping Mansion to bring him and Wang Chengen to Nanjing.
Wu Ruzheng is the uncle of Wu Weihua, the son of the Gongshun Hou who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, and his nephew became a traitor, but his uncle followed Zhu Cihong all the way, and also fought with the Liukou in the Tianjin Acropolis. After the "Nanjing Eunuch Rebellion", because he always stood in the right line, he not only paid official worship to the right envoy of the government, but also got the ancestral marquis. However, it is not a marquis of Kenan, nor is it a vassal marquis, but a marquis who will descend on his behalf.
However, it is already a great favor to be able to inherit the title after the treason of the Houmen as a side branch of the Hou Gate, so he is not dissatisfied, and he also regards himself as Zhu Cihong's confidant and sworn friend, and works hard for Prince Zhu.
Now when he heard Gu Junen's question, he laughed: "Why are they unhappy?" The silver is divided first, and then the land, and the lower ones are divided first, and the upper ones are taken later...... No matter how unhappy you are, do you still have a conscience? ”
"Divide the land? How much land is there? Gu Junen asked again.
"There are at least 50 acres of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River!"
Wu Ruzheng, who has a simple uncle's face, did not hide it from Gu Junen, "And the lower the official position, the closer the land is to Nanjing." Most of the wrestlers and captains of the new army were in Yingtianfu, Zhenjiangfu, Taipingfu, Ningguofu and Guangdefu. 50 acres for the wrestlers, 60 acres for the samurai, and 70 acres for the captain.
Chitose Ye also allocated the land of Xiaolingwei to the soldiers of the New Army and the soldiers of the Yangtze River Water Division to make homesteads, and the wrestlers, samurai, and captains each could get three points of homesteads.
In addition, Chitose Ye also assigned the women of the criminal minister's family who had no official to the wrestlers, samurai, and captains who had no wives as wives, and would also give an additional dowry. Mr. Gu, do you think they can be unhappy? ”
Gu Junen was a little puzzled: "Why is it that the lower the official position, the closer the land is to Nanjing?" ”
"Hehe," Wu Ruzheng smiled, "This is the thoughtfulness of Master Chitose...... If the official position is small, the land that can be allocated is small, and if it is divided too far, it will not be easy to manage. And it's easy for people to swallow! No matter how far a dignitary like Benhou is, no one dares to embezzle it, and those wrestlers, samurai, and captains are different. Gotta keep them under the nose of the prince! ”
"Tall! Tall! It's really too high......" Gu Junen couldn't help but call out, and then he sighed softly, and said in his heart: Why didn't I, the Second Army Division, think of it? We have to allocate land to the old battalion soldiers! You have to divide the land under the nose of King Chuang. It's not that I'm afraid of others encroaching upon, but it's easy to control those old battalion soldiers.
Give them land and silver, and then let them beg for a lady, these people will be the heartfelt friends of King Chuang! Moreover, the old battalion soldiers have become the sworn friends of King Chuang, and the group of generals above is easy to control.
"Haha, of course our Chitose Master is clever!" Wu Ruzheng admired Zhu Cihong so much, "Otherwise, the king of your family will not be a vassal to him!" ”
Gu Junen smiled awkwardly.
The emperor won't really be a minister! How can this minister be called? The emperor has replaced him, and if he is a minister, will he surrender?
As he spoke, Wu Ruzheng had already accompanied Wang Chengen and Gu Junen into the Sanshan Gate. Sanshan Gate is one of the five gates of the inner city of Nanjing that open to the west, because it is close to the lower reaches of the Qinhuai River, so the inside and outside of the gate are extremely prosperous. There is a stark contrast with the depression that Gu Junen saw in Beijing!
Gu Junen thought to himself: The wealth of Jiangnan is really incomparable to Hebei...... If the emperor can't gain a foothold in Shanxi, he still has to go east to take Jiangnan as his home! Turn around and ask the emperor to build a ship in Xiangjing, waiting for the opportunity to go downstream! Historically, the south of the Yangtze River has been based on the middle and upper reaches first, and then in Xiangyang or Sichuan to build warships, down the river, forming a trend of breaking bamboo.
When Gu Erjun was planning to take the strategy of Jiangnan, the group had already arrived outside the main gate of Dagongfang, where the Generalissimo Fujun's mansion was located.
Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong, father and son, now occupy the two famous gardens of Xipu and Dagongfang respectively. A more luxurious Xipu was given to Chongzhen, and Zhu Cihong and his generalissimo's mansion went to live in Dagongfang.
In addition, the Yingtianfu School to the north of Xipu and Dagongfang became a temporary court.
When Gu Junen and Wang Chengen arrived outside the gate of Dagongfang, they were stunned for a moment at the same time, because the wide door of the mansion was actually wide open! The door was full of red-robed guards, and three senior officials in python robes stood inside the door to greet them. Wang Chengen recognized the two of them, namely Wu Xiang, the Duke of the Protectorate, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and Wu Sanfu, the Duke of Anguo. Now there are six princes in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to these two, they are Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhang Shize, the Duke of Britain, and Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo.
Now Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, is in Kunming, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, has gone to Fengyang, and Zhang Shize, the Duke of England, is busy offending people, and the remaining three have come to greet Gu Junen and Wang Chengen, which is really not low.
Gu Junen and Wang Chengen came to discuss Zhao'an with Zhu Cihong, and they were not envoys sent by the country on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty. Before, a Hou Ye was dispatched to welcome him, and now there are three more national princes to introduce him, no matter how you look at it, it's a bit wrong!
"Princess, it's been a long time!"
Just when Gu Junen and Wang Chengen got off the horseback, Wu Xiang had already strode forward to greet him, and then arched his hand at Gu Junen and said with a smile: "This must be Gu Junshi, the envoy of Shunguo, right?" Under the command of the generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Xiang was polite. ”
What the? Shunguo? It sounds a little twisted, this name is not good!
Gu Junen frowned, and also saluted Wu Xiang, "Under Gu Junen, come south by the order of the king......
"Wait," Wu Xiang looked surprised, "King Chuang?" Why is it still the king? Haven't you already been on the pole twice? How can he still be a king? ”
At this time, Wang Chengen also frowned, and interjected: "Guogong, what do you mean by this? Could it be that the imperial court recognized Li ...... King Chuang is the king of a country? ”
"Isn't he the king of a country?" Wu Xiang asked rhetorically.
"This ......"
Gu Junen frowned, "Could it be that Da Ming no longer regards himself as the co-master of the world?" ”
"Can you still claim to be this thing?" Wu Xiang asked with a puzzled expression, "Gu Junshi, it is self-deception to claim to be the co-master of the world. ”
Gu Junen really couldn't answer.
Wang Chengen asked: "Then how do Da Ming and Da Shun get along?" ”
"Naturally, it is an equal national gift, as for whether it is an enemy country or a brotherly country...... "Then it depends on whether we can talk about it!" ”