Chapter 122: Zheng Wangxin (Second Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Hangzhou Kefu!
When the news came, the whole Nanjing was full of jubilation, and now since the people who are pessimistic about the future of the Ming Dynasty, they will not have the slightest pessimism, after all, for them, from the restoration of Nanjing until now, they have experienced too many victories.
Nanjing Kefu, Jiangbei Kefu, and then the Suqian victory of the 100,000 so-called "Annan" Qing captives, when people have not yet recovered from the shock of the Beijing Temple built with the head of the Qing captives standing on the bank of the Yellow River, and now the news of Hangzhou Kefu has come, how can they not be full of hope for the future.
"Outside the city of Hangzhou, what has been built is a Jingguan built by tens of thousands of Qing captives!"
In the city of Nanjing, whenever people mention Jingguan, they always seem to be full of brilliance, since the Suqian Dajie Loyal Righteous Army to show off their martial arts, gather the corpses of the enemy, seal the soil into the "Jingguan". For the Chinese people, "Jingguan" seems to be a bit indecent, but it always makes the people excited.
"Jingguan is more than 100 feet tall!"
This is not just a show of martial arts, for the people who experienced the Manchu massacre, what they saw was the refreshment of revenge.
"Repay grievances with virtue, you can repay virtue, repay grievances with straightforwardness, repay virtue with virtue!"
The Master's lesson has long penetrated into the blood and bones of the Chinese, and some people may shout for repaying grievances with virtue, but for the vast majority of the people, they agree with the Master's teachings "Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue!" ”。
The Jingguan may sound a little shocking, but it makes the people happy, from the loyal army to build the Jingguan on the bank of the Yellow River, and now the Zheng army to build the Jingguan outside the city of Hangzhou, all of this is sending a signal to the people - we want to take revenge!
Yes!
Fifteen years of blood and tears must be paid for with blood!
And King Yanping's move to conform to the people's will to build a view of Beijing made the people cheer and rejoice
For King Yanping himself, this is also what he needs, but when he feels relieved, there is always a little regret in his heart.
"Hangzhou has killed more than 30,000 enemies, although this battle is a big victory, but compared to Suqian, it always feels much worse!"
In front of Gan Hui, although there was joy on his face because of Zhejiang's recovery, Zheng Chenggong's tone always looked a little lost.
"The battle of Suqian, Chengren with 70,000 new soldiers to fight for nearly 80,000 soldiers, this battle can be described as earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods, it is really my Ming Dynasty since the establishment of slaves to rebel, an unprecedented victory, what is invincible, but just a joke, in contrast, although this Hangzhou city has been taken, but it is always a lot worse......"
Zheng Chenggong's tone was full of pity, but of course, there was appreciation in that tone.
"When I first saw Chengren, I just thought that he was just a tricky man, but who would have thought that his bravery was far greater than ordinary people, holding a heavy knife to fight for several hours, Chengren's bravery, it is really indescribable......"
As a military general, Zheng Chenggong has never concealed his appreciation for the general, not to mention him, even if such praise fell in Gan Hui's ears, he said with a smile.
"Since Chengren joined the army, he has always been known for his bravery, and the commander is like this, and his subordinates are not brave......"
It seems that at this time, the two of them have no guilt for Zhu Mingzhong and Jiangbei, but the helplessness between the eyebrows seems to be faintly revealing the true thoughts of the two of them.
First of all, the bloody battle of Tongjimen made it famous all over the world, and now coupled with the Suqian War, Zhu Mingzhong has the momentum of faintly becoming the first general of the Ming Dynasty, it is in this Nanjing, I don't know how many literati chanted poems for him, I don't know how many people sighed at his bravery, preaching his loyalty.
In contrast, the big victory in Hangzhou seems to be a little insufficient, the fact is also true, the defenders of Hangzhou are not more than 10,000 people, even if they add the people who defend the city, but only 20,000 or 30,000 people, in contrast, Zhu Mingzhong is facing more than 70,000 strong captives, after a day of fighting, nearly 80,000 Qing captives or died or surrendered, the Yellow River was dyed red, the bloody battle can be described as earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods, even Zheng Chenggong when he saw the battle report, he was also enthusiastic about it, and sighed that if this battle was replaced by himself, replaced by the generals of the Zheng army, They may not be able to win, but Zhu Mingzhong won, although after the First World War, more than half of the casualties of the loyal and righteous army were killed, but this battle fundamentally laid down the momentum of the Qing captives.
Even now in the north, there are legends that "the loyal and righteous army is invincible", once upon a time, this is the language of Liaodong to call the Qing captive, but now it all falls on Zhu Mingzhong.
"The boss uses his life, his subordinates dare not use his life, Chengren does have its strengths in training, but the reason why Chengren has won many battles is that he is the first soldier, a few days ago, Cangshui's subordinates took Nanchang, Li Ziyuan also took the lead, rushed to kill in front, so that Nanchang City was broken!"
Gan Hui unexpectedly mentioned another - Li Ziyuan, this person came from the Loyal and Righteous Army, was Zhu Mingzhong's henchman, and now he is the number one general under Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Huangyan and Jiangxi, won many battles, and relied on the 5,000 elite soldiers led by Li Ziyuan.
"Li Ziyuan, this person, betrays the master and stands on his own, although he is brave, but his character is injured, and he cannot be used!"
Shaking his head, Zheng Chenggong sneered,
"I really don't know, I never thought that such a person with inferior character actually worshiped under the Qian Gong Sect, and he was the same door as this king, it was really ......"
Although he did not directly express his dissatisfaction with Qian Qianyi, everyone knows that in the past few days, Zheng Chenggong has been full of complaints about Qian Qianyi, and there is no other reason for this, it is precisely because of Wu Weiye that his intention in Yangzhou is not to master the salt tax for Nanjing, but to try to use the salt tax as a tool to attack Zhu Mingzhong, in order to kill his "Zhengguo Law".
If it weren't for Wu Weiye's suicide by jumping into the river, I'm afraid that based on that confession alone, Zheng Chenggong would have ordered Ling Chi to be executed, so as to vent his hatred. But even if Wu Weiye died, Zheng Chenggong was still full of dissatisfaction with Qian Qianyi.
"Kill Zhu Mingzhong to calm the world!"
These people can kill Zhu Mingzhong today, so will they hit Zheng tomorrow? Even if they knew that the reason why those people wanted to kill Zhu Mingzhong was precisely because they were inclined to Zhang Huangyan, killing him would cut off Zhang Huangyan's arm, so that they could be at peace with the world.
But in this regard, Zheng Chenggong will inevitably have a feeling of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox, after all, he is also a military general, and he can kill Zhu Mingzhong for the world this year, so in the future, will anyone suggest "killing Zheng Yi'an the world"?
It is precisely because of this that Zheng Chenggong is dissatisfied with Qian Qianyi, in his opinion, Qian Qianyi has gone too far! If this kind of thing spreads, it may even shake the morale of the military! That's why he never reported the matter, and Wu Weiye's jumping into the river also became a "misstep", as for the candidate for the salt imperial history, in order to appease Zhu Mingzhong, he was ordered to recommend a suitable candidate.
Even for Zhu Mingzhong's confiscation of salt merchants in Yangzhou, he also chose to acquiesce, for the confiscated income, in addition to the antique calligraphy and paintings worth millions of taels sent by him, other confiscated income, the other confiscated income, Zhu Mingzhong also needs to be appeased, after all, Wu Weiye is the person sent by Zheng Chenggong.
Zhu Mingzhong could not kill Wu Weiye and send him back to Nanjing, but he Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but say something, and what could he do? Only those who agreed with him were copying his family, and watched him master Jiangbei.
Although he tried every possible way to cover up this matter, every time he thought of it, Zheng Chenggong had a feeling like eating a fly, just like now, and the same is true. Especially thinking that Wu Weiye was recommended by his teacher Qian Qianyi, if Qian Qianyi didn't know, he would be the first to not believe it.
"It's really confused, confused!"
Saying this, Zheng Chenggong even said hatefully.
"I'm a teacher, I'm really confused......"
If it was in front of other people, Zheng Chenggong would never say this about Qian Qianyi, after all, no matter what, he was his teacher, but in front of Gan Hui, Zheng Chenggong did not hide his emotions, Gan Hui is a military general, and he doesn't care about these courtesies.
"Lord Wang, Uncle Qian Zongbo is indeed old, he is in his seventies, and logically speaking, he should also enjoy the joy of family......"
Gan Hui echoed the words of the prince and said again.
"However, Uncle Zong's ambitions are in the Ming Dynasty, if he is invited now, I am afraid that his forces are unwilling, if the prince does not want to see him, he will not see him, anyway, he is not a government official."
Among the officials in Nanjing, the officials of the six ministries of the Yanping Royal Mansion often hold the real power, and as for officials like Qian Qianyi, although they are in the name of officials, most of them are just idle, at most they are only the staff of the prince.
If Zheng Chenggong doesn't want to see him, he just needs to say it, not to mention that they are involved in political affairs, even this palace may not be able to enter.
"Hey, he's the king's teacher after all!"
Shaking his head helplessly and sighing softly, Zheng Chenggong asked again.
"I heard that yesterday there was a boat from Yangzhou that transported 100,000 stone meters to Jiangxi, right?"
"Exactly, this 100,000 stone rice, Zhang Shangshu bought it from Chengren, this Chengren paid the grain depot of Qingyu, and the grain was too much to eat, Zhang Shangshu was now in Jiangxi Province, and the autumn grain had already been levied for Qinglu, he didn't want to increase the burden of the people, so he would buy rice from Chengren, not to mention Zhang Shangshuna, the last general heard that the rice in Nanjing's city was also purchased from Jiangbei......"
Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly, Nanjing bought rice from Jiangbei, this is not a new thing, after all, Zhu Mingzhong captured a lot when he took Huaiyang, but now he is thinking about another matter.
"Cangshui bought rice and grain from Jiangbei, but it was fine, but it was ......"
It's just that I'm afraid it's not just rice and grain between the two!
Perhaps, Wu Weiye's scheming made Zheng Chenggong feel cold, but there was no trace of truth in his words, thinking like this in his heart, Zheng Chenggong instructed Gan Hui again.
"Since Zhang Shangshu is in urgent need of food, the king will order someone to send tens of thousands of stones of grain to relieve his urgent needs......"