Chapter 12 Credentials
The men in the house were cursing and noisy. Hu Quan, the leader, did not speak, making Cheng Bangjun's face turn pale, and at the same time he also complained secretly: If he had known that this job was so difficult, why would he recommend himself to come and go again? Being cowardly with these bandits, he would have completely lost the court's face and missed his future!
Last year, Cheng Bangjun came to Guangdong once. At that time, he brought the emperor of Yongli to order the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lianchengbi to recruit Yishi to cooperate with Li Dingguo's army to fight. After Li Dingguo's army advanced east from Gaozhou, because the Qing army in Guangdong did not dare to fight head-on with Li's army, all the troops were concentrated around Guangzhou to defend, and the prefectures and counties in western Guangdong were successively recovered by the Ming army. Under this circumstance, the anti-Qing Yishi troops from various places marched towards Guangzhou, and the bandits from all over the country also consciously "righteous" and accepted the inclusion of Nanming Grand Secretary Guo Zhiqi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lianchengbi, Gao, Lei, Lian, Qiong's four prefectures Zhang Xiaoqi, and others. They cheered and headed towards Guangzhou under the banner of the Ming army.
As the situation was so good, Cheng Bangjun, who was supposed to return to Anlong Mansion to report his life, also took the opportunity to volunteer to the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lian Chengbi, and recruited some bandits and righteous troops in the name of the imperial envoy. After returning with this contribution, he was immediately promoted from the head to the head of the Ministry of War, and was one step away from the position of Fangshi.
Two months ago, Guo Zhiqi, a Grand Secretary of the Southern Ming Dynasty who stayed in Guangdong to preside over the anti-Qing situation, and Lian Chengbi, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, jointly submitted a letter to the Yongli court, saying that after Li Dingguo's army retreated to Guangxi, the Qing army in Guangdong occupied the prefectures and counties that were originally revived, which made the remaining Ming army in Guangdong only operate in the coastal mountainous areas and was unable to cope with the attack of the Qing army in Guangdong.
Therefore, in order to alleviate the pressure of the Qing army's attack and to solve the lack of military strength of the Ming army, Guo and Lian proposed to reorganize the Yi army of various places in the name of the court, and be brave and generous in rewards for high officials and generous salaries, so as to strengthen the strength of the Ming army in Guangdong in a short period of time, so as to cooperate with the Li Dingguo's Ministry of Gaozhou to pose a threat to the Qing army in Guangdong. If necessary, they can cooperate with the Li Dingguo army again to fight, so as not to be owned by the Qing army in Guangdong.
After receiving the memorial from Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi, the Emperor Yongli of Anlong Prefecture in Guizhou, he immediately approved the agreement and asked the Ministry of War to send someone to Guangdong to assist in handling the matter.
After receiving the imperial edict, the Ministry of War originally wanted to send someone else to Guangdong, but Cheng Bangjun recommended himself to Shangguan Mao, saying that he had been on a mission to Guangdong last year and knew the situation in Guangdong very well. He also had some friendship with local officials. It would be better to send him to him than to send someone else. When the Ministry of War thought it was the same, just like that, Cheng Bangjun brought a large number of seals cast by the Yongli court and the proclamation sent by the Ministry of War to Guangdong.
Unexpectedly, this trip was no different from last year. After leaving Gaozhou, Cheng Bangjun encountered a series of walls. Whether it was the anti-Qing Yi army with thousands or hundreds, or the bandits who only had dozens of people who called themselves kings, none of them were interested in the high officials entrusted by the Yongli court. He had a good attitude and sent him away, but he was coaxed away directly, and wiped out the face of a member of the Ministry of War of the Yongli court.
The reason was the bitter fruit planted by officials from Guangdong in the Southern Ming Dynasty. Last year, the anti-Qing Yishi in Guangdong responded to the call of the Southern Ming court to cooperate with the Li Dingguo army to fight, and countless casualties were killed or injured. When the Li Dingguo army rescued from Xinhui and retreated back to Guangxi, these anti-Qing Yishi in the eyes of officials from the original Southern Ming Dynasty turned into stinky dog shit. They really wanted money, food, weapons, and even the blood of the dead in the battle. When they really wanted it, they waved and chased it when they didn't want it, and they didn't even say good things. This behavior made the anti-Qing Yishi in various places feel cold to the Southern Ming court, and the bandits even had no good words to the Southern Ming court.
I did it inauthentic last year, and I can still expect others to respond to you and work hard for you this year? Moreover, the reason why volunteer troops and bandits from all over the country responded to the Southern Ming Dynasty was that after the Li Dingguo army entered Guangdong, the Qing army did not dare to be enemies. In the good situation, naturally everyone came out to fight the Qing army. Now that the Li Dingguo army retreated into Guangxi, only retained a few troops in Gaozhou, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in other places was surprisingly poor, even the Yi army could not match. Seeing that the Qing army almost fled, the situation was so good that everyone in Guangdong wanted to rely on the title of officials to make a wish to make people work hard for it. Who would do it if they fought with the Qing army?
Whoever does it is stupid!
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Cheng Bangjun, who was complaining, went to see Boss Hu several times, pointing to the righteous man who Zhang Xiaoqi praised so much that he could change his mind and persuade his subordinates to accept the imperial commission to fight the Qing army. However, after a few sights, Boss Hu was unmoved.
These bandits Qiu Ba are ignorant of being polite!
After Cheng Bangjun cursed secretly, his intestines were considered regretful. Last year's contribution had already made him get a member of the Ministry of War. If he had to stay in Anlong Mansion for a few years, could a doctor of the Fangshi Department run away? He was still young, so why could he be so impatient? Now, he has encountered walls everywhere and has been in Guangdong for more than a month, but he has accomplished nothing, but he doesn't know how to explain to the court, how to meet Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of the Four Prefectures who boasted about Haikou before coming.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement except for the ridicule and insults of a group of bandits. No matter how thick-skinned Cheng Bangjun knew that the people of Daqiaoshan could not be used by the court. If they stayed there, they would be useless except for seeking their humiliation. He hated him and wanted to say goodbye, but someone asked him: "I dare to ask, the imperial court's reward is real, so the proclamation and seal of the general will not be fake, right?"
"Random!" Hearing this, Cheng Bangjun, who was already angry, immediately became angry, "How can you doubt the famous arts of the court?" He looked up and saw that it was the righteous man Zhou Shixiang who had been snatched.
Duke Xiang of Song didn't know what Zhou Shixiang asked about this, but since the other party asked, he was not inconvenient to stop him and watched with his hands behind his back.
Zhou Shixiang suddenly spoke, and Boss Hu, Zhao Sihai and others were also surprised, not knowing what he wanted to do.
In the eyes of everyone, Zhou Shixiang slowly walked to Cheng Bangjun and bowed slightly and said, "Don't get me wrong. I'm not suspicious of the Ming Dynasty. I just want to confirm it. After all, no one has seen the heroes in the house and the big seal. It's safer to test it, and it won't be a problem."
"What do you say? Are you doubting this official? Humph, do you need to verify your identity as well?"
Cheng Bangjun frowned. The Xinhui scholar Zhou Shixiang killed the Qing army generals to avenge their parents, wife and children. A spy had already found out from the Qing army's notice, so when he heard this righteous act, he still admired the person involved. However, when he saw Zhou Shixiang actually joined the bandits in Daqiao Mountain, he couldn't help but question Zhou Shixiang's character. In addition, he had been running around the mountains these days, but he did nothing. He was very cold in the face of the dry fire. Now that he saw that he dared to come out to verify the official seal and proclamation sent by the court, his tone suddenly became less friendly, and his tone was a bit sarcastic.
Chapter completed!