After attacking Zhejiang, Geng Jingzhong learned that the battle between the two rivers had subsided, but Zhao Guozuo's troops on the opposite side were really vulnerable, and the Zhejiang Green Camp collapsed wherever Geng's army went, and he didn't even have the posture of putting a few shots at the sky to resist. Since Zhao Guozuo and Song Kui pondered all day long how to sell Zhejiang to ensure the wealth of their descendants, the whole Zhejiang was naturally crooked at the top and crooked at the bottom, and all kinds of official positions were sold in just a few years. In this regard, Zhao Guozuo not only did not interfere, but also took a lead from it, because he felt that maybe the prefecture and county would be divided into a forbidden sea area next year, and the official position could be sold once, so why should he cheapen the imperial examination students of the imperial court for nothing?

Many of the officers of the Zhejiang Green Battalion who were captured by Geng were all pot-bellied, and it seemed that they had not been in the barracks for a few days at all. Since these official positions are bought with money, who is willing to step forward and fight hard when the enemy army is coming? It was also the order of these officers not to shoot, for fear of angering the invaders and causing them to suffer - they had spent money on military posts in order to get promoted and make a fortune, and they had not yet recovered them. Just as these officers wished, Geng Jingzhong was very satisfied with their cooperation, and did not take on a grudge with the bloodless Geng troops, and they were soon released by Geng Jingzhong.

Because the progress was so smooth, Geng Jingzhong was reluctant to stop the attack, although he heard that the two rivers were restored to peace. Originally, Geng Jingzhong's plan before sending troops was to occupy the two prefectures in southern Zhejiang, and then watch the movements of Liangjiang and Zheng Jing on the border of Chen Bingjiang, and then determine his next move. But now Hangzhou feels that Geng Jingzhong is at his fingertips, so he ordered to continue the march to the north according to his lack of enthusiasm, and since the dust has settled on the Jiangxi side, Geng Jingzhong feels that Dong Weiguo's territory is probably not easy to grab, so he wants to get more compensation from Zhejiang.

At the time of Geng's army's triumphant advance, the self-defense forces of Hangzhou and northern Zhejiang still did not reach any agreement, and now most of the political and military personnel in northern Zhejiang and northern Zhejiang have close ties with Sichuan. Many of them returned to their hometowns after graduating from Sichuan academies or military academies, and they were bent on integrating the whole of Zhejiang into the imperial system, and they also had a comprehensive plan to establish a relationship between the imperial government and the Zhejiang provincial government, emulating the relationship between the Sichuan governor and the prefect.

At present, the relationship between the Sichuan governor's yamen and the following prefects' yamen is: the governor's yamen has the right to lead the prefect's yamen, and each government also has to pay a certain amount of provincial taxes, but the governor's yamen does not have the prefect's right to appoint, dismiss and evaluate, and the prefect's assessment is completed by the prefect's council; The district officials below the prefect were elected by the same talents rather than appointed by Deng Ming, and the prefect only had limited leadership power over them, but did not have the power to appoint and evaluate. If a prefect doesn't like a certain district chief, the only thing he can do is to collect evidence of his corruption and then go to the criminal officer to sue him, but the next district chief is still selected by Tongxiu, and it may not be pleasing to the eye.

The relationship between the Northern Zhejiang faction and the Eastern Zhejiang Army was very good, but there were also differences between the two, and Northern Zhejiang believed that the prefect did not need to be appointed by Deng Ming, but was directly elected by the government itself; Ma Fengzhi and Zheng Zhanxu in eastern Zhejiang think that Tong Xiucai can be elected as the district head, and the candidate for a high-ranking official like the prefect should still be weighed by the prime minister.

It is precisely because of this divergence that northern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang are still two systems. However, even if there are different opinions, and now Huzhou and Jiaxing still hang the banner of the Qing Dynasty, Zhuang Tingyue in northern Zhejiang does not think that they are a gang in Hangzhou. After hearing that Zhao Guozuo asked the Self-Defense Forces to participate in the war, the opposition within the Northern Zhejiang Group was also very high, believing that it was pointless to shed blood for Zhao Guozuo, and there were even radicals who advocated following Geng Jingzhong's example and taking Hangzhou first.

After Geng Jingzhong's vanguard of Jinhua bypassed Yiwu and approached Zhuji, Zhao Guozuo finally relented, agreeing to use the land of Yanzhou Prefecture as a reward for the bloody sacrifice of the Self-Defense Forces, and also allowed the territory of Hangzhou Prefecture west of Lin'an to be autonomous, becoming a corridor from Huzhou Prefecture to Yanzhou Prefecture. After the news came out, Tonglu and Xincheng and other places were jubilant.

For several years, the Zhejiang gentry in these places have been looking at the neighboring North Zhejiang Autonomous Region, where officials would have been bombarded by the parliament if they had expropriated and extorted money and plundered by ingenuity; And since Hangzhou did not use the officials of the imperial court, the officials were even more unscrupulous, and the taxes of Kangxi for fifteen years were pre-levied by them. For this reason, the father of Yanzhou lamented that he was not as good as the local officials in Hangzhou and not as good as the liuguan in Beijing, and cursed Zhao Guozuo and Songkui to return to Bliss as soon as possible, while looking forward to being able to be classified into the forbidden sea area as soon as possible. It was only last year that the forbidden sea zone was assigned to Yiwu in Jinhua Mansion, and it seems that Yanzhou is still too early to be included in Zhang Shangshu's jurisdiction, and Zhao Guozuo and his gang are likely to be in Yanzhou Mansion to make the fathers and elders shudder at the last crazy thought -- some people have already privately sent their children to go to northern or eastern Zhejiang in disguise, and then go to Sichuan to apply for military academies, if Zhao Guozuo plans to collect taxes in Yanzhou for several decades, everyone can only say that the net will be broken -- now the military academy in Sichuan only accepts students from the mainland and the allied areas. Northern Zhejiang belongs to the quasi-alliance area of the empire, and the students are all self-funded, and they cannot join the imperial team after graduation; Eastern Zhejiang, on the other hand, is regarded as a local, with all-inclusive board and lodging, and those with good grades can even have a certain right to choose the military region to serve. Those Yanzhou gentlemen who are particularly well-connected will follow the path of knowing the horse, so that the children will become people in eastern Zhejiang, hoping that they will have outstanding grades and then volunteer to return to eastern Zhejiang to serve, and in the future, they can influence the decision-making of the eastern Zhejiang army, and if necessary, they will come forward to beat Zhao Guozuo, the king of the eight lambs.

In the current negotiations between the Northern Zhejiang Autonomous Region and Hangzhou, there were also Yanzhou forces fanning the flames and lobbying Zhuang Tingyue to take a tough attitude, and many powerful factions in Yanzhou also assured Zhuang Tingyue that as long as he was willing to remember Yanzhou's father, Yanzhou's father and elder would support him as the imperial governor of Zhejiang in the future. When Geng Jingzhong occupied Jinhua, there were also some small riots in Yanzhou, and many people feared that Geng Jingzhong would kill their hometown. But now that the rain has finally passed, Geng Jingzhong went straight to Hangzhou, and Zhao Guozuo also fully agreed to the conditions of the Northern Zhejiang Autonomous Region.

After the agreement was reached, the army in northern Zhejiang once again raised the banner of appeasement and marched to Hangzhou Prefecture in a mighty manner, while Yanzhou Prefecture and the western part of Hangzhou Prefecture, which were about to join the autonomous region, also enthusiastically responded to the service, and although they had no militia to use, they could still provide some grain and grass. After the border was opened in northern Zhejiang, the rebel army of Liang Huafeng, the governor of Jiangnan, also had to enter Zhejiang, and went to the front line with the Jingnan army to fight Geng Jingzhong - in addition to the descendants of Liang Huafeng to show his loyalty, there were also a few people who were Jiang Guozhu's die-hard old troops, such as the standard camp of the former governor of Liangjiang, Zhao Tianba promised these unambitious people that if they contributed to this battle, then Zhao Tianba was responsible for helping them get a defense area in Fujian.

Until this time, Ma Fengzhi remained neutral, and Zhao Tianba felt that since he wanted to fight, he would fight hard, so that other ambitious warlords could see what would happen if they started a war without authorization. Therefore, when Geng Jingzhong went north, Ma Fengzhi remained silent, and in order to repay Geng Jingzhong's goodwill to bypass Yiwu, Ma Fengzhi also withdrew Yiwu and other garrisons that might threaten Geng's flank to Ningbo.

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After Zhang Chao fled to Sichuan, Dong Weiguo moved his office to Nanchang, and when Liang Huafeng organized the army to enter Zhejiang, Dong Weiguo was also in full swing preparing to crusade against Geng Jingzhong's troops. However, Dong Weiguo did not use the name of the rebel army, because he felt that this was still the name that Liang Huafeng shouted first, and Dong Weiguo pursued the equal status of Jiangxi and Jiangnan, rather than letting Nanchang still be subordinate to Nanjing, even if it was nominally, it should be avoided as much as possible. On the one hand, he avoided giving Jiangnan an excuse to extort taxes, and on the other hand, Dong Weiguo was unwilling to be under Liang Huafeng.

Dong Weiguo's name for the Jiangxi Provincial Combat Unit was the "Jing Rebel Army", which was very similar to the "Rebel Army" or the "Jing Difficult Army", and the alliance with them could be seen at a glance. After making sure that there was no abnormal behavior in Guangdong, Dong Weiguo made a speech in Nanchang, saying that the southeastern provinces were in the same spirit, Jiangxi and Zhejiang were originally brother provinces, and it was the duty of the courtiers to crusade against rebellion for the Qing Dynasty. After the mobilization was completed, Dong Weiguo ordered the Jing rebel army to set off and launch an offensive against Geng's rebellious Fujian, and Zhao Tianba promised that if Jiangxi contributed, then when discussing meritorious deeds, Dong Weiguo would be considered to compensate for some territory in northwest Fujian, of course, whether there is or how much will be decided according to the size of the force.

Zheng Jing, who was paying close attention to the movements in Fujian, was also ready to go on the expedition at this time, but Zheng Jing was under the banner of the Ming army, so it was impossible for him to claim that Geng Jingzhong was a traitor who needed to be defeated. Therefore, Zheng Jing, like Ma Fengzhi and Zheng Zhanxu, will play the banner of aiding Fujian -- anyway, Geng Jingzhong is being encircled and suppressed by the Qing army, so of course the Zhedong Army and the Taiwan Army, which both belong to the Ming army, will send troops to Fujian to support Geng Jingzhong -- even if Geng Jingzhong's defeat is irretrievable, at least we must ensure that the largest number of prefectures and counties are still in the hands of the Ming army.

When there was a fierce battle between Geng and the rebel army and the Jingnan army around Shaoxing, Dongning fired three cannons, Zheng Jing ordered Chen Yonghua, an honest man he could see clearly, to stay in Taiwan and be responsible for helping him keep an eye on this fundamental land.

At the same time, Shang Kexi's monk Zhixin's father and son also basically discussed and determined the way out and countermeasures of the Guangdong Domain. When the Liangjiang War started, Shang Zhixin couldn't wait to launch a mutiny to put his father under house arrest, and then entered Jiangxi in a high-profile manner, but the scheming Shang Kexi suppressed his impatient son and kept watching the situation.

Therefore, until the news that Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Chao were defeated and disbanded their armies into Sichuan came, Shang Zhixin still did not launch a coup d'état, and Guangdong did not return to the Ming Dynasty anyway.

"Father, Dong Weiguo has rebelled, what should we do?" After getting the latest trends in Jiangxi, Shang Zhixin couldn't wait to find Shang Kexi. In Shang Zhixin's view, his father's blind two-sided bet would only make Shang Fan lose the best opportunity for expansion: "Father, we must make up our minds, if my father sees Geng Jingzhong, we will attack Jiangxi anyway; If my father is not optimistic about Geng Jingzhong, we will send troops to Fujian to fight against the rebellion. ”

"What's the hurry? You are also a big boss, how can you help a big deal in such a hurry. Shang Kexi reprimanded his son dissatisfiedly: "My father has known these things for a long time. ”

As a grandmaster-level figure with the skill of betting on both sides, Shang Kexi unhurriedly took out a batch of flags to show his son, which were divided into three types, one of which had the words "Swing Rebellion" written on it.

"The soldiers are in danger, the future of the clan is at stake, and the life and death of the whole clan are in danger, how can you gamble regardless of the size of the game? And have you forgotten that there is still King Pingxi behind us? In addition to the king of Pingxi and the king of Yanping County, the Zheng family's sea ships have been snooping around the domain recently, so will Zheng Jing'er have any good intentions? Shang Kexi said while showing the first kind of flag to his son: "We have to continue to observe for a while to know whether we should be optimistic about Geng Jingzhong, but the most important thing is that in addition to whether we should be optimistic about Geng Jingzhong, we must carefully consider whether we should do it anyway." Now that the situation is not clear, we cannot act hastily, and this banner of 'rebellion' may be used whether Guangdong is anyway or not. ”

Shang Kexi means that Shang Zhixin will lead the troops to the border of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi provinces first, if Geng Jingzhong is optimistic, and the Ming army is powerful, then Shang Zhixin should decisively raise the banner of the Ming army, and lead the troops to kill the rebellion of Dong Weiguo in Jiangxi, at least take Ganzhou for Guangdong first; On the contrary, if the Qing army is strong and Geng Jingzhong is defeated and retreats, then Shang Zhixin should stay on the side of the Qing court, invade Fujian to quell Geng Jingzhong, a traitor, and develop the power of Shang Fan to southwest Fujian.

In addition to this dual-purpose "rebellion" military flag, Shang Kexi prepared the second type of military flag for his son with the word "aid to Jiangxi" written on it, seeing his son's puzzled face, Shang Kexi patiently instructed him: "Maybe Geng Jingzhong has an advantage over Dong Weiguo, but on the whole, the Qing army is still strong, then you have to raise this banner, enter Jiangxi as the Qing army, and seize the territory from Dong Weiguo." ”

Since it is still the Qing army, it is natural that it cannot be used to "rebel" but to "aid Jiangxi".

And the last flag Shang Kexi prepared for his son was also "aid to Fujian", in the case that the large shape shì was beneficial to the Ming army, and the small shape shì was not conducive to Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin needed to return to the Ming strategically anyway, and tactically teamed up with Dong Weiguo to attack Fujian. Shang Kexi's choices coincide with Zheng Jing and Zhao Tianba.

"As a father, he must sit in Guangzhou, so as not to give the king of Pingxi or the king of Yanping a chance to take advantage of it." None of Shang Kexi's subordinates were as talented and trustworthy as Zheng Jing's Chen Yonghua, so Shang Kexi could only hand over the right to see the wind and turn the rudder in the hands of his son. Before Shang Zhixin left Guangzhou, Shang Kexi repeatedly admonished: "First determine whether the Qing army is large or the Ming army is strong, and then determine whether Fujian is easy to fight or Jiangxi is easy to take, and then play a flag as appropriate, don't be impetuous, reckless." ”