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After repeated persuasion by the scholars, Qin Mu finally agreed to accept the title of king.

At this time, Yang Zhi's mother and son had also received Wuchang, and Yang Tinglin's family who came with them was returned.

Because the battle of Luoyang has begun, it is even more necessary to make intensive preparations for taking Jiangnan in the east, and there is no time to waste, so all systems are set up according to the Ming system.

Sima An, Zhuge Min, and Li Yuan entered the cabinet as auxiliary ministers; He Liang is in charge of the military department, Yang Tinglin is in charge of the official department, Liu Boquan is in charge of the household department, Song Yingxing is in charge of the Ministry of Labor, Du Yinxi is in charge of the ritual department, Bai Tie is in charge of the punishment department, Shao Hua is in charge of the Ducha Yuan, Gu Yanwu is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, Yang Shen is in charge of Dali Temple, Song Xiance is in charge of Taichang Temple, Wu Youxing is in charge of the Tai Hospital, and Tang Ruowang is in charge of Qin Tianjian;

Gu Junen, Wu Jinxi, Yu Dayou, Bian Di, Xie Fan, Tian Yimu, Wu Youcai, Lin Qinghe, Wang Shousu, Qin Qiubai, Yu Hangsheng, etc., were divided into official positions such as waiter, Siqing, and director;

In addition, Meng Ke, Liu Meng, Ma Yongzhen, and Li Guo were appointed as the governors of the five military capitals, including the central, left, right, front, and rear military governors, among which the post of the capital governor of the rear army was temporarily vacant, and Qin Mu deliberately did not appoint him.

Originally, the military officers who were responsible for rewarding merit and punishing merit and implementing Qin Mu's will were placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

At the same time, Qin Mu took advantage of this opportunity to further strengthen the weak branches, and filled the reorganized Guan Ning Army, Su Jin, Li Jiu, and the remaining soldiers of the original Li Zicheng into Liu Meng's Chinese Army Governor's Mansion.

Compared with Meng Ke, Ma Yongzhen, and Li Guo, Liu Meng is thick and fine, and he is a fierce general brought out by Qin Mu, and he has always been loyal.

After the system and official positions were agreed, the most important thing was to agree on the country name, which was actually the first to be discussed, but due to the different opinions of each person, there was a stalemate for a while, Qin Mu kept the country name in line with the principle of easy first and then difficult.

The party headed by Zhuge Min believed that Qin Mu started in Jingchu. When "Chu" as the country name.

Gu Yanwu stood up and objected: "All the establishment of the country must be in the name of righteousness, although the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty have fallen, but the king of Lu and the king of Tang have declared the succession at the same time, the lord is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and at this time, it is difficult to occupy the name of righteousness with the establishment of the country of Chu;

The Qin family originated from the Ying family, the first emperor swept Liuhe, casting the foundation of China's unification, after the Qin of the Han Dynasty. The descendants of the first emperor then took the country as their surname and called the Qin family.

The great people are born as the descendants of the first emperor, how can they take Chu as the name, they should return to their origins, inherit the unification of the first emperor, and take Qin as the name of the country, so as to clear the source and unify Tianyi. ”

Gu Yanwu's seat made everyone suddenly enlightened. Yes, Qin Mu inherited not the Ming Dynasty, no matter what kind of country name he takes, he will inevitably end up in the name of a disobedient minister.

Now we will fight for the name of righteousness. Only go back to the roots. The First Emperor was the first emperor to unify China, and when the nation was dying, Qin Mu inherited the Taoist system of the First Emperor in the name of the descendants of the First Emperor. Only in this way can it barely stand in the name of righteousness.

Having figured this out, everyone had no objections. Then it was agreed that the country name would be "Qin".

The only regret is that I haven't gotten the first emperor's heirloom seal, and if I get the heirloom jade seal, everything will be even more justified.

On the first day of the seventh month, Wuchang held a grand founding ceremony, and Qin Mu was enshrined as the king of Qin; And when he ascended the throne, he promulgated the edict of the king of Qin:

When you hear it, you change your surname and change your name, which is called the death of the country; Benevolence and righteousness are full, and as for leading beasts to eat people, people will eat each other, which is called the death of the world.

Since the Mingzuo tilted, the two capitals fell, hundreds of millions of people were added to the fire and water, and their wives were separated, and they have suffered the pain of losing the country;

There are also Jianzhou Tatars, peeking at my China. Its regent Dolgon, who committed adultery with the uncle and sister-in-law of the puppet empress dowager, was shameless; His hypocrisy prince is a good one, incest with his mother, and he is the same beast; This country of birds and beasts, the country of jackals, since entering the customs, has ruined my routine, ruined my clothes, and even kept my hair without a head, and without a head; Those who do not shave their hair are caught at the military gate, and they are beheaded from morning to day, and they are beheaded from night to night.

Hu soldiers went everywhere, burned, killed, and plundered, and did all kinds of evil. Yangzhou is full of fire on the ten days, the sound of killing is Yingyu, and the women are tied around their necks with long ropes, tired like pearls, step by step. The remains of infants are everywhere, or lined with horses' hooves, or human feet, and the liver and brain are smeared on the ground; A ditch and a place, piles of corpses are stored, hands and feet are pillowed, and the pond is flat. As for the children, they are crying and screaming, and the ears are terrible, and they can't bear to see it. Hundreds of thousands of living beings, killed in vain under the Tartar knife, the spring breeze is ten miles of Yangzhou Road, but I hear the lonely ghosts crying;

At this time when the world is at stake, Zhu Ming's descendants do not want to save the people from fire and water, but they seek to survive and steal their lives; The king of Lu, humane and wise, then supervised the country for two days and descended to the clear; The king of Lu and the king of Tang ignored the foreign enemy, fought in the same room, attacked each other, woohoo! People with lofty ideals all over the world are cold.

Yu Sheng is the Qin family, a descendant of the original emperor, governing one side, taking care of the thieves in southern Jiangnan, driving Zhang against Huguang, rejecting the Tartars in Jingxiang, dedicated to the people, and did not dare to think about wrongdoing;

However, Mingzuo is declining, it is difficult for manpower to return to heaven, and it is difficult for Zhu Ming's children to find sage; And the generals of the civil and military ministers, the army and the people, the elders and the elderly, persuaded them again and again, and pleaded again and again that they could not bear to fall to Hulu, but on the first day of July this year, they only told heaven and earth that they inherited the name of the emperor Daqin

To govern the lake and the right side of the river, reform the accumulation of disadvantages, promote culture and education, agriculture and commerce at the same time, the people are a little safe, the food is a little sufficient, the soldiers are a little fine, the strings are controlled, and the people of the Central Plains are caught in a bloody state, and they are deeply guilty; To flatter the mandate of heaven, dare to be at ease, that is, raise the banner of righteousness, raise troops to drive out the Hulu, save the people from the charcoal, and restore the clothes of China.

The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband! All the sons and daughters of China, the descendants of Yan and Huang, on the occasion of the survival of the world, should gather under the banner of righteousness, unite as one, and resist foreign humiliation;

Give the order seriously, no offense, soldiers to the people do not avoid, those who belong to me will always be in China, those who betray me will abandon themselves to Dilu, cover my Chinese people, God will order my Chinese people to be safe, Yi Di how to rule!

As soon as this edict was promulgated, it immediately caused a sensation all over the world. Just like a huge typhoon passing through, the people rushed to tell each other, and there were many discussions, Qin Mu called the king and King Lu, Tang Wang and others called the prison country completely different things;

King Lu and King Tang have no soldiers, Qin Mu now has hundreds of thousands of strong troops under his command, strong strength, and has just defeated Azig, annihilating 100,000 enemies, the Ming Dynasty has not achieved such a brilliant victory since Yongle. Most of the people in the world see him as the only hope to resist Hulu.

The edict of Qin Mu mainly contains four aspects: first, it declares that the Ming Dynasty has perished, and the descendants of the Zhu family are not good, which is not enough to save the world;

the second is to point out that the Tartars are inferior to the beasts, accuse the Tartars of atrocities, and inspire the people of the world to hate the same enemy;

the third is to make it clear that what he inherited is the Taoism of the first emperor, which is justifiable;

The fourth is to call on the people of the world to unite under their own banner of righteousness, drive out the Tartars, and restore China.

In particular, for the first time in the edict, it was proposed that "the world rises and falls." The husband is responsible. Such a slogan has caused great repercussions.

The tragic scene of the Tartars slaughtering Yangzhou corresponds to the filth of King Lu and King Tang who disregarded foreign enemies and fought in the same room; On the other hand, it also reflects Qin Mu's heroic deeds of always standing on the front line of resisting the Tatars and defeating Azig.

Originally, Qin Mu set up six official offices, and most of the positions were still vacant, and as soon as this edict came out, those who came to defect were suddenly congested on the way;

In particular, many officials in the Tartar-occupied areas were reluctant to shave their hair and wear different clothes. Unwilling to be a slave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and afraid that the descendants of the Zhu family would settle their old accounts, now with the choice of Qin Mu, they abandoned their officials and fled south to Wuchang.

For these officials who took the initiative to vote, Qin Mu did not care about his previous suspicions, and only used them at the discretion of the officials.

For those who come from all over the country to vote, the Ministry of Rites is ordered to prepare for the imperial examination and pass the selection on the right path. But in private, Qin Mu repeatedly told Lishangshu to block Yinxi, and if the Donglin Party members were admitted as little as possible, Qin Mu didn't want to just establish a country. It was ruined by party strife.

Qin Mu's edict spread all over the world, and some people in Jiangyin City, which was on the cusp, posted the edict and recited the news of Qin Mu's defeat of Azig and the annihilation of 100,000 Tartars.

Since the beginning of June, under the leadership of Chen Mingyu, Zhusheng Xu Yong and others. Jiangyin Yimin captured Fang Heng of Qingzhi County, beheaded Qingcha, and set up an anti-Qingyi banner. It's been a month now;

During this period, Zong Hao, the prefect of Changzhou, sent 300 soldiers to suppress it, and was completely annihilated by the righteous people at the foot of Qinwang Mountain.

After receiving the news, Huang Lianshan of Nanjing resolutely sent Li Chongyang and other 20 members with experience in battle formations to Jiangyin to help the righteous army fight.

Qing Belle Bolo was furious, sent Liu Liangzuo to besiege the city with 40,000 heavy troops, and made a surrender letter into the city, Jiangyin military and people after the public discussion, the reply refused, and at the same time sent people to Shaoxing to ask for help from the king of Lu.

Seeing that the persuasion to surrender was ineffective, Liu Liangzuo hunted and killed volunteers outside the city everywhere, trying to cut off the military and civilian foreign aid in the city, and at the same time began to attack the city.

The city is heavily defended, the Qing soldiers are like rain of arrows, and the righteous people in the city hold the pot lid in one hand to cover it, and receive arrows in the other hand, and they can get more than 100,000 arrows every day.

But after all, the war is not a child's play, although the righteous people in the city were organized by Li Chongyang and others, but the time is too short, it is difficult to form an army, under the onslaught of Liu Liangzuo, the situation in Jiangyin is becoming increasingly severe, and the people sent to Shaoxing have reported that King Lu refused to send reinforcements, which greatly damaged the morale of the city.

At this time of life and death, Li Chongyang persuaded Chen Mingyu to change the banner of the Qin army to drum up public opinion, and promised to contact Qin Mu as soon as possible and send troops to help.

After Chen Mingyu consulted with Xu Yong, Huang Luo and others, he agreed to Li Chongyang's proposal to replace it with the banner of the Qin army.

After the people in the city learned that they could contact the Qin army, which had defeated the Tartars, their confidence and morale were high for a while.

There was a wealthy gentleman named Cheng Bi in the city who donated 25,000 gold for the first time, and under his leadership, donors gathered.

Although the morale was boosted again, Chen Mingyu knew that it would take some time for the Qin army to come to help, and at the same time he felt that he lacked military organization talent, so he remembered Yan Yingyuan, the former warden of Zhiyong Shuangquan, and after everyone agreed, he specially appointed sixteen people to go out of the city overnight and go to Yan Yingyuan's residence to ask him to go out of the mountain.

Yan Yingyuan was invited, led a family of forty people, and galloped into the city at night.

Yan Yingyuan has a high prestige in Jiangyin, which is beyond the reach of Li Chongyang and others. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, there were river thieves who came to Jiangyin by boat with 100 ships, and the county order, county officer, and master book were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled, and the people of Jiangyin were terrified;

Only Yan Yingyuan, who was strong in martial arts, rushed out with a knife, and the prancing horse shouted in the city: "Good man, kill the thief from me to protect the family!" "At one time, there were thousands of followers, and they obeyed the orders and lined up on the river bank to repel the river bandits.

As soon as Yan Yingyuan entered the city, he immediately received the enthusiastic support of the people of Jiangyin.

The situation was critical, Yan Yingyuan asked each household to send a man to guard the city, Huang Luo to guard the east gate with martial arts, Li Chongyang to guard the south gate, Chen Mingyu to guard the west gate, Yan Yingyuan to guard the north gate, and Li Chongyang brought twenty people to train the soldiers in the city in turn, and launched a desperate battle with the Qing army.

Liu Liangzuo ordered an army of 40,000 to build ten pontoon bridges, cross the outer city river together, and climb the cloud ladder to the city in ten places. Yan Yingyuan commanded the city to be thrown with bricks and stones, and resisted the enemy with spears; For a time, there were rocks and artillery fire, and countless deaths on both sides.

The Manchu general Abba Amnesty was brave and brave, wearing three layers of armor, hanging two knives from his waist, carrying two knives on his back, holding two knives in his hand, climbing the ladder in person, stepping on the battlements, and slashing with knives.

The defenders of the city resisted with coffins and stabbed him with spears, but he could not enter.

Someone shouted, "Stab him in the face." So all the people stabbed him in the face, a boy surnamed Tang, holding an iron hook and sickle, and cutting his throat with force, and the bamboo craftsman Yao Er cut off his head, and his body fell into the city. The Qing soldiers came to rob the corpses, the drums on the city sounded in unison, the bricks and stones were like small arrows, and the Qing soldiers suffered hundreds of casualties.

The battle situation in Jiangyin was quickly transmitted to Wuchang in the form of flying pigeons, and after Qin Mu received the report, he ordered the three armies to speed up their preparations for war;

He also ordered the Governor of the Naval Division, Di Zhongxing, to integrate the Dongting and Poyang Lake Water Divisions, preparing to seize the "right to control the river", and at the same time ordered the Ministry of War to requisition a large number of civilian ships for transporting troops and grain;

Jiangyin is located on the Yangtze River, and once it can control the Yangtze River waterway, it is equivalent to having the ability to reinforce Jiangyin.

Jiangyin is the first city to raise the banner of the Qin army, and keeping Jiangyin has both military and political significance;

First of all, militarily, Jiangyin can be used as a bridgehead to advance into the entire south of the Yangtze River and form a two-sided attack on Nanjing;

Politically, King Lu refused to reinforce Jiangyin, while the Qin army came to the rescue of thousands of miles, which would play an immeasurable role in winning the hearts and minds of the people in the entire south of the Yangtze River.

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PS: Thank you to all the friends who support Mingyang in the world, today King Qin is on the throne, please drink three cups together. It is your support that can make the world persevere, xiexie everyone!

I hope you will continue to support, everyone picks up firewood and the flame is high, monthly passes, rewards, and Haoyuan will bow again.

(To be continued......)