Chapter 1087: People's hearts
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Yu Xiang 'touched' his chin and fell into contemplation, as Sun Yuan's representative in Nanjing, to use an ugly analogy, he was the ambassador of later generations, although nominally the Ningxiang Army was a military town under the Hongguang regime, xtδΈθ½½/--
The military household system has been practiced for hundreds of years, and the 'gates' of lieutenant generals in the army have multiplied for many generations, and the soldiers only have their own commanders in their eyes, and they are only loyal to the officers who directly govern them
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After living in Nanjing for more than a year, Yu Xiang knows best what kind of birds the ministers and doctors are. These people are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact, they are very little courageous and extremely selfish. Perhaps they were not bent on surrendering to Jiannu to be Han 'traitors', but they were really desperate for the future, and wanted to save their own 'lives' when Jiannu attacked Nanjing. As long as you can survive, it is not the same whether you are an official of the Ming Dynasty or a Qing slave.
Martyrs like Fang Xiaoru at the time of the Jing Disaster can no longer be seen in this 'chaotic' world. The Ming Dynasty has been raising soldiers for a hundred years, but it has raised such a group of people, which makes people sigh.
Whether they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty or not, Yu Xiang doesn't care. What he cares about is that Nanjing City can't be 'chaotic', if there is a 'chaos' here, this group of 'bastard' account officials will come to join forces with Jiannu again, maybe if he doesn't wait for Hou Ye to solve Duoduo and return to Nanjing, Azig on the side of Dasheng Pass will take the opportunity to kill him.
Now it is only to stabilize the situation in Liudu and restore order, which is also the reason why he just said that he moved Ma Luan to impose martial law.
Of course, if the surrender of a large number of officials to Jiannu is not taken into account, perhaps in less than two days, more officials will be on this list, for the simple reason that they do not see any hope of victory.
The plan for today is to let them see that it is not difficult to defeat Jiannu and hold Nanjing, as long as there is my Ningxiang army.
For Hou Ye to defeat Duoduo in Jiangbei, Yu Xiang has strong confidence. It's a pity that the 'communication' over there is cut off, and there is no news for a while, but Huang Degong was almost wiped out by Kong Youde first, which is probably the fuse for Ruan Dacheng and others to surrender to Jiannu!
By the way, don't we still have a navy, and we will be in Nanjing tonight.
Yu Xiang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to the 'traffic' officer: "If you take a fast boat, when will you be able to see Fang Wei?" β
'Communication' officer: "If you go back to the experience, if you set off now, two hours." β
Yu Xiang: "You set off now, please General Fang tonight...... It is not known that they will dock at Nanjing Wharf on time in the morning, and at that time, the ministers of various ministries, Ma Ge Lao of the cabinet and others will inspect the Ningxiang Sailors. [Marshmallow] please be sure to show the military might of our Ningxiang army in front of the ministers of the DPRK and China, so that the officials and people of Nanjing know what a mighty army and a civilized army are, and strengthen the heart of the imperial court to stick to Nanjing
γ Anyway, it's just a sentence......"
He said viciously: "It's a show of force." β
Originally, the navy would arrive in Nanjing this evening, replenish supplies, take two hours off, and rush to Dashengguan after a short rest.
Yu Xiang thought about it, and few people saw the fleet coming to Nanjing in the middle of the night, and it was useless, that is, it was to come with great fanfare.
He was sure that as long as the ministers of the imperial court saw the majesty of the Ningxiang army and navy, they would settle down. As long as they can see the sacrifice of victory, Ruan Dacheng is not a madman, how can they be a traitor in vain?
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Hou also brought troops to Nanjing to support Emperor Hongguang to ascend the throne by force, and the soldiers and civilians of Nanjing had already seen the strength of the Ningxiang army. It's a pity that there were too few soldiers and horses crossing the river at that time, and it was not enough to touch the soul of the soldiers and civilians in Nanjing.
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Night, Ma Shiying House.
"'Messing' things, who told you to mobilize the army without authorization to impose martial law in Beijing?" At night, Ma Shiying angrily threw a cup on the ground.
With a sound of light, the porcelain pieces scattered all over the ground.
"You little brute dare to come back?" Ma Shiying's voice became louder and louder: "Do you know how serious this matter is? The Beijing camp is the army of the Son of Heaven, this is the Imperial Forest Army, without the emperor's hand, the mobilization of more than 100 troops will be regarded as complicity. When the old man was on duty in the cabinet, all the ya's 'doors' sent people over to ask what was going on, and even the Son of Heaven was alarmed. Tomorrow, I don't know how many officials will impeach the old man, but this is the opportunity they have been waiting for for a long time. If you really pursue it, you will not be able to run away if you are dismissed from office, or you will be cut off if your head is not good. Evil obstacles, is it the water that gives you this courage? β
As he spoke, he pointed to his son's hand and shuddered.
Outside the study, Ma Ge's entourage turned pale with fright, but they didn't dare to come in to clean up the debris on the ground.
At this moment, Ma Luan was wearing a rare red military attache robe, probably in a hurry, the weather was hot and stuffy, and his armpits were wet with sweat.
Seeing his father's thunder and anger, Young Master Ma was not afraid, but proudly lifted the teapot, drank it to his mouth, and then shouted: "Refresh."
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Then he smiled and said: "What's the matter, father, are you there, I'm also for the benefit of our Ma family!" A few officials were impeached, what is the matter, and they turned against them, and I am not afraid that Daddy, you will rectify them, no ghosts, no ghosts. It's a big deal to find an opportunity to drive them all out of Nanjing and rush to the land of Yunnan-Guizhou to retire. really annoyed us, and he was charged with collaborating with the enemy, and he directly cut off his head. As for the emperor, Daddy, you are his old minister when he dived, if it weren't for you and Sun Taichu, who would be sitting on the dragon chair now? Long live the Lord only likes to eat and drink, play crickets and gnats or something, martial law is not martial law, he is too lazy to pay attention to it, and it will not be a matter of Daddy you replying to it at that time! β
"'Mess' things, 'mix' things, are you going to do the opposite? What else do you say to make profits for our Ma family, and in the future, our entire family will be damaged in your hands. β
When Ma Shiying met such a son of the second ancestor, he was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, and in a fit of anger, he wanted to grab a few things and throw them on the ground, but he caught them empty.
Ma Luan put another cup in front of his father, filled him with a teapot, and said with a smile: "Father is old, you can't be angry, eat a cup of tea to clear the heat, if there is an instability in the body, the son is also sad in his heart." Let's tell my father the truth, the martial law in Nanjing was proposed by Yu Xiang, and his son felt that it made sense. β
"Yu Xiang, Sun Taichu, what did he say?" In fact, everyone knows that Yu Xiang is just a mouthpiece of Sun Yuan, which means that this Nanjing martial law is Sun Yuan's meaning.
Ma Luan roughly said what Yu Xiang said to him after he passed through the house during the day, and said: "Daddy, I think Yu Xiang is right, Nanjing City is so 'chaotic', and the imperial court will not be able to control the situation before Jiannu is killed." Daddy, have you thought about it, for more than a year, we don't know how many people we have offended, and there are more people in the city who want you and my father and son to die, and I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble. β
Ma Shiying smiled bitterly: "It seems that Sun Yuan still wants to defend Nanjing, but unfortunately there is no news from the north at all, so how can people feel at ease." In fact, after the news of Huang Degong's collapse came, everyone in Ma Shiying's camp also suggested leaving Nanjing to avoid the edge of Jiannu. He was also shaken by the move of the capital.
In the afternoon, Emperor Hongguang even ordered himself and Ruan Yuanhai to enter the palace to discuss secretly, but unfortunately the three of them discussed for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a charter.
The stake in this matter is too big, and it directly determines the life and death of Nanjing City, and when the matter comes, he can't make a final decision.
Of course, this is naturally not easy to talk to his son
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"Daddy, we don't care how the north fights, according to my son's wishes, martial law doesn't matter first. Even if Sun Taichu can't defeat Jiannu, and Duoduo kills the Yangtze River, it's not too late for us to retreat! Ma Luan was an immodest person, and said with a cheeky face: "Now it's important to get rich first." β
"Get rich, what kind of wealth, what kind of 'bastard' words do you say?"
"Daddy, you probably don't know, this city full of officials and rich people are all thinking of escaping from this dangerous city, let's close the nine 'gates', who to let out, who not to let out, it's not our Ma family who has the final say?" Ma Luan said in a low voice: "If you don't give money, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, it won't be able to break the sky." Hehe, the opportunity is rare, the opportunity cannot be missed, and the loss will not come again, so the son will lead the troops to martial law first. Otherwise, if we wait until the Long Live Lord moves the capital, we will close the nine 'gates' and not let people go, and we won't be able to say it! β
Originally, Yu Xiang just suggested that Ma Luan tell Ma Shiying and wait until the court nodded before martial law. But Ma Luan has been carried away by this huge benefit, and thinks: No, my father may not be willing to agree to this matter. If it is delayed for a day or two, even if the court orders martial law, the rich people in the city will run away, and I ask who will collect the tolls. No, we have to close the gates immediately.
So, Ma Luan waited until Yu Xiang left, and immediately ran back to the Beijing camp Ya'men to dispatch soldiers and horses to start martial law. Even if my father knows about this, it doesn't matter, I am his own son, can I still punish me? Besides, as long as I see the money, my father is happy, where can I still care about scolding me?
Ma Shiying was furious: "Evil animal, what a big dog, you ...... you"
Ma Luan said in a low voice: "This matter is really too troublesome, Daddy, do you guess how much silver your son got after a busy afternoon?" β
Seeing that his father was so angry that his face was blue, he didn't dare to sell Guan Zi anymore, and said, "Three...... Two hundred thousand taels of silver. According to his son, if martial law lasts for two more days, one million taels will be able to be seen after all. "I got 300,000 taels of silver in one afternoon, and all of this money has to be charged into the public school, after thinking about it, Ma Luan deducted 100,000 taels first.
"How much?" Ma Shiyinghuo stood up, his eyes lit up.
"A million taels of silver." Ma Luan said: "Daddy's annual income is only a few hundred taels, and the filial piety sent by the following provinces and prefectures every year is only three thousand taels, adding up, it is not more than 100,000 per year." Let's look at it for two days, it's worth getting my dad to do ten years of auxiliary, why not do it? β
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