There is nothing to do militarily, but military spending is extremely inflated. The fiscal revenue cannot make ends meet, and the countermeasure adopted by the household department is to increase the levy in disguise. In order to supply the soldiers and horses of various towns, the people of Jiangnan were almost crushed to the point of exhaustion. But in this way, the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang court still showed their greedy faces, and they tried their best to "take it from the people".

Before Zhu Yousong was embraced to the throne, he was wandering everywhere, his source of life was cut off, and he begged for pity on the more solid clans and gentry everywhere, but as soon as he ascended to the throne, he immediately wanted to be on par with the emperor of the Chengping period in life. He ordered the construction of a palace for himself and the Queen Mother, the purchase of jewelry for the preparation of the wedding, and the purchase of songs and dancers for the pursuit of joy; Some of those who had helped him in his misfortune also flocked to share in the wealth.

In a word, Nanming has also rotted to the bones. With a gentle push, this behemoth, which looks like it, will also fall to the ground with a bang.

However, at the beginning, Wu Shigong's Daping Dynasty did not regard the Southern Ming Hongguang Dynasty as its primary goal. In order to paralyze the Hongguang monarch and ministers, Wu Shigong even received the envoy from the Southern Ming Dynasty and instructed the officials to start peace talks with the envoy of the Southern Ming. Of course, at the end of the year, because he refused to kneel and salute at the founding ceremony, the envoy was also sent out of the country.

However, this behavior misled the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty even more. They all wishfully believe that the breakdown of negotiations is only due to a matter of etiquette. The bottom line of the Nanming peace talks is actually to be a minister, and in fact, this clause is not unacceptable. Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty may still complain in their hearts: the behavior of the Daping Dynasty to drive away the envoys is also "too anxious"!

Another point is that at that time, Wu Shigong's scolding of the Korean envoys also spread to the Southern Ming Dynasty. Therefore. The monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty judged that Wu Shigong still treated the two groups of envoys differently, and still respected Emperor Hongguang, and the door to negotiations was still not closed. For this. They began to prepare the second batch of envoys in full swing, and it was necessary to negotiate a result of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

At this time, there was also a rumor among the Jiangnan Shilin, saying: After Wu Shigong is a Yuan person, the Daping Dynasty is also a Tartar Dynasty, which is the so-called restoration ...... Yuan people.

In order to reduce the discord during the negotiations, Hongguang Chao even arrested the scholars who spread those rumors. even publicized to the outside world: Wu Shigong is a saint's disciple. It has the reputation of being a student. It is the "friend of Jiangnan Shilin (that is, the Donglin Party)" Yunyunyun.

Wu Shigong didn't expect that his biggest fear of personal image would be Nan Ming, one of his enemies. to do their best to maintain. I really wake up laughing when I dream!

But soon, the world changed dramatically. The Western Army of the Daping Dynasty swept through the northwest and Sichuan one after another, and Dashun and Daxi were also swept away like a whirlwind, and even Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were also awarded heads one after another. Seeing such a strong military force in the Great Ping Dynasty. The Hongguang Dynasty monarchs and ministers were in a hurry. They couldn't wait to send envoys. I want to succeed in peace talks with the Daping Dynasty as soon as possible.

But at this time, the Daping Dynasty still did not want to launch the Southern Ming Raid. Because the strategy of the Great Ping Dynasty is very clear, that is, the Qing Dynasty first and then the Ming Dynasty. However, a series of unexpected events, coupled with the outstanding strategic vision and bold actions of the generals of the Daping Army, allowed the Nanming offensive to be launched without the consent of Wu Shigong and the Daping court.

The first is the 30,000 Shandong Army led by Chi Ming, which deployed troops in Lunan.

From March of the first year of Qiongyuan, in order to cover the expedition strategy of the Marine Corps of the Naval Division, Chi Ming's troops were at the junction with the Southern Ming Army. Began to exercise with great fanfare. And declared that he wanted to attack the south across the river and capture Nanjing.

But although this action made the Southern Ming Army jump. However, the Shandong Army still did not cross the border between the two armies, because the exercise was a show, and the Shandong Army could not destroy the general strategy of the Daping Dynasty.

But such a "wolf came", and after coming a few more times, the Southern Ming Army gradually stabilized. Even when this news reached the ears of the Hongguang Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, they still believed that this was exactly the intimidation of the Daping Dynasty, and they wanted Nanming to make greater concessions in the peace talks. It can also be seen that the Great Ping Dynasty was strong in the outside and in the middle.

The "Ah Q spirit" of the Hongguang Dynasty monarchs and ministers played very well, but the gentry in the Huaiyang area believed the claims of the Shandong army. Due to the heavy troops stationed in the Huaiyang area in various towns in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the local people were miserable. In addition, the gentry in Yangzhou City already had a good friendship with Wu Shigong, and even had business cooperation, so they sent secret envoys to Chi Ming's army to secretly discuss: to sacrifice the heavy city of Huaiyang - Yangzhou.

For such a pie-in-the-world good thing, Chi Ming must welcome it. However, as a member of Wu Shigong's "Young Guards", plus he was once the commander of Wu Shigong's personal army, Chi Ming must have greatly admired and obeyed Wu Shigong, so he urgently reported to Wu Shigong and wanted to get the order to send troops.

However, the Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Report only brought back a strict order. Just two words - no!

Militarily, the most taboo military operations are two-front operations. It can be said that one of the main reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty was that it was caught in a two-front battle with the peasant army and the Qing army. In the end, the Ming army was out of ground and exhausted, and its vitality was annihilated by one branch. In the end, the entire central and northern regions were empty, and even the emperor was buried in the lost city of Beijing.

Although the military posture of the Daping Dynasty was indeed an enemy on all sides, Wu Shigong and others would never make low-level mistakes and took the initiative to fight on two fronts.

Therefore, the Daping army will definitely choose a main battlefield, and the Qing army, which has the greatest threat, the closest distance, and the strongest troops, is undoubtedly the first target. Besides, the Daping Dynasty already occupied five or six provinces. In their own territory, there is a shortage of officials, production has not yet been restored, and even law and order have not been stabilized.

In a word, if you haven't digested the territory you have, how can you have the spare energy to grab other territory?

To tell the truth, the initial strategic goal of the New Year's offensive launched by Xue Yong's Western Expeditionary Army was only to annihilate the vitality of the Dashun Army, making the Dashun Army unable to cross the Yellow River and Tongguan Pass and enter Shanxi and Henan. It's just that I didn't expect that the Dashun army after the defeat was so vulnerable, and Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi army was not worth mentioning, which made the Western Army gallop happily and quickly occupied the northwest provinces and half of Sichuan.

Of course, Xue Yong, Quan Dashan and others really won this great victory, and Wu Shigong and others would definitely not blame them, because after all, they eliminated the two great enemies of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong for the sake of the Great Ping Dynasty. (To be continued......)