Chapter 678 Trust
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Just when Wuchang was occupied by the Qing army, Emperor Shenwu Zhu Hongsan was taking 45,000 people through the mountains and ridges of Guangxi, striving to arrive in Guilin one day earlier and catch Zhu Youlang.
Although the Ming army in Guangxi lost 200,000 people outside Guangzhou City, there were still quite a few Ming troops in Guilin area. Xing'an and Yanguan had the founding Duke Zhao Yinxuan's troops, Guilin City included Duke Hu Yiqing, Duke Wuling Yang Guodong, Wang Yongzuo, Suining Bo Puying, and Ningwu Boma Yanglin. Qu Shizi believed that even if Zhu Hongsan could not be defeated by his troops, he could at least defend Guilin. Therefore, he tried his best to raise food and money and encouraged the generals to prepare for war.
With the patchwork of Qu Shisi, the Yongli court organized another 80,000 troops to garrison in Pingle and Yangshuo areas to stop Zhu Hongsan's attack. The general led by the defeated general Li Dingguo.
However, the hasty-organized guards were not opponents of Zhu Hong's three tigers and wolves. In the battle of Pingle, most of the 80,000 troops of the Ming army in Guangxi were killed, and the rest scattered. Li Dingguo fled again with his personal guards.
Zhu Hongsan watched the Ming army in Guangxi retreat like a tide, laughed and said, "Xuanzhu, how do you think of my army?"
Zhang Huangyan knew that this emperor was like a rich man, and he liked others to praise him the most.
"Your Majesty, with such a powerful army, you will not worry about the success of the Northern Expedition!"
Zhu Hongsan looked like a villain was successful and laughed: "Xuanzhu, you just like to tell the truth, but I like it!"
At this moment, a knight came to Zhu Hongsan's guard circle in silence. An Jinyiwei quickly stepped forward to take the wooden box, and then ran over and handed it to Zhu Hongsan.
"Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province are urgently reported!"
Zhu Hongsan was stunned. Nanchang’s urgent report? What could happen to Nanchang?
Zhu Hongsan took it and saw that it was Zhang Jiayu's memorial that impeached Liu Silai and lost Wuchang. Later, Zhu Hongsan threw the memorial to the ground in anger.
"This Liu Silai, your grandma, I handed over Wuchang to you, but you gave it to the Qing Dynasty without a shot. What's your intention? Come on!" After Zhu Hongsan said that, he was about to pass an order to imprison Liu Silai.
At this time, Zhang Huangyan picked up the memorial on the ground and finished reading it. When Zhang Huangyan heard that Zhu Hongsan was about to deal with Liu Silai, he quickly said, "Your Majesty, isn't it good to listen to Zhang Jiayu's one-sided words?"
Zhu Hongsan's anger dropped a little at this time and asked, "Xuanzhu is right. I also think that Liu Silai dares not lose Wuchang for no reason!"
When Zhang Huangyan heard the emperor say this, he quickly took out a memorial in his arms.
"Your Majesty, this is a memorial from Xia Yunyi, the governor of Hubei who was just transferred from the Military Affairs Office yesterday. Please watch it!"
Although Xia Yunyi cursed Liu Silai, he and Liu Silai were both Donglin Party. No matter how much they curse, they naturally had to help him when they saw that Liu Silai was in trouble. So Xia Yunyi wrote a memorial to report the incident to the emperor and wrote a private message to Zhang Huangyan, asking Zhang Huangyan to plead for love.
Although Zhang Huangyan is not a Donglin Party, he has a close relationship with Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong, so he naturally has to help with this, so he took action at this critical moment.
Zhu Hongsan didn't know that the Wuchang Inland Fleet was wiped out, and now he was shocked. If this is the case, Liu Silai did nothing wrong, but he made contributions. Without the cover of the navy's gunboat, Wuchang would have to face attacks from all directions. With the more than 10,000 people in the city really couldn't hold on.
Zhu Hongsan took Zhang Jiayu's letter and compared it with two comparisons, and then he knew what was going on. It must be Zhang Jiayu, the guy who slandered Liu Silai. Zhu Hongsan knew Zhang Jiayu so well. This guy was just a speculator. Otherwise, he would not have been able to defect to Li Chuang in Beijing. Later, he saw that Li Chuang was unable to do so and immediately lost his new master and went south. Although Zhang Jiayu's National Day is not a loss, he is a complete villain.
Zhu Hongsan touched his chin and thought for a while and said, "So Liu Silai did it right! Mysteriously, you drafted the order, but Liu Silai made contributions instead. Now that he has retreated to Jiujiang, let Liu Silai take charge of Jiangxi, and tell him that Jiujiang is my last bottom line. If I want to lose it, I will kill him!"
After remembering it, Zhang Huangyan asked, "Your Majesty, this time the Qing Dynasty went south to the peak of the army, and Liu Silai had only 30,000 people who were afraid that they would not be able to hold on!"
Thinking of Zhu Hongsan's angrily scolding Dorgon and Xiaozhuang, these two adulterers were shameless and broke the contract less than half a year after signing the treaty. Now all his strength is in Guangxi. What should we do in Jiangxi?
"Xuanzhu, do you have any good suggestions?"
"Your Majesty, now the Japanese dispatched troops are involved in one-third of our army's military strength. All the navy is in Japan. The inland fleet on the Yangtze River is gone, and our army does not have an advantage on the water!"
Zhu Hongsan thought that he had no choice but to have no choice. His troops were limited. Unfortunately, the fat piece of Japan was sent to reinforcements half a year ago. Zhao Guoliang also robbed a lot of silver and grain for him. Now they were really reluctant to transfer it back. But there was no choice but to have Zhu Hongsan's troops. Yangzhou's troops could not move, Nanjing's could not move, and Guangxi could not withdraw even if it was beaten like this. There was no choice but to use Zhao Guoliang.
"Okay, please send an order! Zhao Guoliang's Japanese dispatched troops were all transferred back and put into the Jiujiang battlefield. The Navy asked Zhang Liang to lead them to Jiujiang! Tell Liu Silai that if you can't win, let him wipe your neck directly!"
Zhang Huangyan then asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
"What's there to say!"
"Your Majesty, Zhang Jiayu impeached a governor without investigation. If others continue like this, how can those governors work? Please punish Zhang Jiayu!"
Zhang Huangyan's words made Zhu Hongsan difficult. Zhu Hongsan asked Zhang Jiayu to monitor these civil servants back then, but now he has been caught and he cannot tell the difference for him.
Zhu Hongsan thought about it and should also hit Zhang Jiayu. It would be fine to do it in normal times, but now the front line is fighting fiercely. You are tightly putting medicine behind you, so how can those governors and governors work with peace of mind!
"So mysteriously, in this way, I will give Zhang Jiayu's memorial to Liu Silai together!"
Zhang Huangyan was very satisfied. He also hated that villain Zhang Jiayu very much, but he knew that Zhang Jiayu was the emperor's close minister, so it was unrealistic to move him to him in one sentence. However, as long as you leave the emperor's impression that Zhang Jiayu would only be bad, you will take your time in the future.
The imperial edict was delivered to Liu Silai, Jiujiang. Liu Silai, who originally thought that he was about to fall to the ground, saw the emperor trusting him so much that he cried bitterly, and knelt down on his knees, ensuring that he would definitely die in the city and die in the city!
Of course, with the imperial edict, there was also the memorial of Zhang Jiayu impeaching him. Liu Silai was so angry that he was so angry that he smoked. Zhang Jiayu, a priest! If Xia Yunyi hadn't defended him, he would have been Zhang Jiayu's words.
Now the emperor gave Liu Silai the privilege of being in charge of Jiangxi, so Liu Silai was excited. After receiving the imperial edict, the first thing he did was to ask Jiangxi Governor Zhang Jiayu, who was far away in Nanchang, to come to Jiujiang to pay his respects.
Zhang Jiayu in Nanchang received a document from the Governor's Office. He was very depressed. Unexpectedly, the emperor did not punish Liu Silai and asked him to take charge of Jiangxi. Now his hard life is coming.
Although Zhang Jiayu didn't want to go, he had to go. He was now under the jurisdiction of Liu Silai. Now it was during the war. Liu Silai had the right to act cheaply without obeying orders. Although it was unlikely to kill a governor, if he said a few bad words in front of the emperor, his future would be gone.
Zhang Jiayu had no way to install the weapons and equipment produced by the Nanchang Arsenal and prepared to send them to Liu Silai. In the past, Liu Silai also wrote a document to him for equipment, but Zhang Jiayu refused because he did not rule each other. You should know that Jiangxi was originally under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Liangjiang, so you need equipment, okay! First, the Military Affairs Office, and then the Military Affairs Office wrote a document to the Governor of Liangjiang. Liangjiang Governor of Liangjiang was writing a document to the Governor of Nanchang. After this round, the cucumbers and vegetables were cold.
But Zhang Jiayu didn't expect that he would take the back, and this time it fell into Liu Silai's hands. He had no choice but to pack all the equipment he needed before and send it.
When he arrived at the Huguang Governor's Office in Jiujiang, Zhang Jiayu went into the house to meet the Governor Liu Silai.
When Liu Silai saw him coming in, he seemed to have never seen him. Zhang Jiayu had no choice but to bow and say, "Secretary of Jiangxi Governor Zhang Jiayu, pay homage to Lord Liu of the Maker!"
Liu Silai closed his eyes as if he didn't hear it. A middle-aged official in his forties said, "What? Does the governor don't know how to salute him when he meets Shangguan?"
The senior official level is to kill people. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials who have to kowtow to pay tribute to the Shangguan when they meet, but this rule has disappeared during the Jiajing period. As long as the official position is not too bad, or they are not treated by their teachers, there is no need to pay tribute to others, just bow and bow.
You should know that as the governor, Zhang Jiayu is only one level worse than the governor and does not need to be polite at all, but now he has suggested that you don’t kowtow.
Zhang Jiayu cursed the talkative official in his heart, and had no choice but to kneel on his knees and said, "Prince Zhang Jiayu, Governor of Jiangxi, please pay homage to Lord Charter!"
At this time, Liu Silai woke up, looked at it with his eyelids, and said, "It turns out that Zhang Jiayu is here, why? Didn't you say that your governor's yamen is busy? Why aren't you busy today?"
When Zhang Jiayu heard Liu Silai calling him the name directly, he was very angry. Not to mention that he was a second-rank governor, he was even a juren. As long as he was not your junior, he could not call him the name directly. He was either called an official position or a name.
Zhang Jiayu held back his anger and said, "Master of the Taiwan Strait, the officials now transported 10,000 muskets, fifty cannons, and countless bullets and gunpowder from the Nanchang Arsenal. Please check them!"
Zhang Jiayu means you should find someone to accept it quickly. I can go back to Nanchang early, and the province is angry here. But Liu Silai didn't want Zhang Jiayu to live so well, but said: "Zhang Jiayu, you know that this governor is also in charge of Jiangxi! Now I order you to stay in Jiujiang and help me defend the city! The government affairs in Jiangxi will be handed over to the governor!"
Chapter completed!