After reading the information sent by Wu Hansheng, Shang Yi could only smile bitterly and speechlessly. It seemed that he was still too underestimating the Donglin Party, why did he fight again?!
But thinking about it is true, because since the birth of the Donglin Party, it has never left to fight. During the Wanli period, it was fighting with the emperor, during the Apocalypse period, it was fighting with eunuchs, during the Chongzhen period, it was fighting with Wen Tiren, and after the Southern Ming Dynasty, it was fighting with him.
The fight with Ma Shiying has never stopped anyway, so the genes of the struggle have probably penetrated into the bones of the Donglin Party.
At this time, Shang Yi couldn't help but think of the famous saying of Taizu of his dynasty, "Fighting with the sky is endless, fighting with the earth is endless, and fighting with people is endless." It is estimated that the Donglin Party has this mentality.
Now that Ma Shiying has finally fought, the Donglin Party has no opponent to fight, so it has to fight with its own people.
Of course, Shang Yima understood that behind this struggle, there must be the Qing court's detailed staff being provoked, but this is also related to the Donglin Party's usual self-righteousness, high-mindedness, and low-key character, and a general character that ignores the overall situation.
This weakness of coming to Nanming was firmly grasped by the Qing court.
Shang Yi obviously could not stay out of this struggle, because it was the first time that Shang Yi proposed to unite Li Zicheng to resist the Qing army, and it was only implemented after Wu Yan's consent. Therefore, at this time, Shang Yi of course
We can't just sit back and let Shi Kefa and Wu Xuan face the current situation.
Although Shang Yi's principle is to avoid participating in the political struggle in Nanjing as much as possible, some struggles cannot be avoided, and according to the current development momentum, I will sooner or later be involved. Since this is the case, then
It is better to take the initiative to intervene and take the initiative, which is correct in any struggle.
On the other hand, Shang Yi's identity is different now. Because of the victory of the Jianghuai Battle, Shang Yi also jumped from an ordinary local warlord to become a famous anti-Qing general who saved the entire Jiangnan. At the same time, he also mastered the most powerful one in the Southern Ming Dynasty.
The weight of speaking is naturally different for the army. No matter who it is, Shang Yi cannot be underestimated at this time. Moreover, Shang Yi also has the largest public opinion tool of this era, that is [Hangzhou Times]. Now [
The Hangzhou Times' circulation volume of each issue has reached 10,000 copies, of which 3,000 copies each in Hangzhou and Nanjing. Such a powerful publicity tool is also Shang Yi's biggest advantage.
Shang Yi immediately recruited his officials to hold a meeting to study and deal with the storm. Fortunately, the dispute between the best and the wrong is currently limited to Nanjing and has not affected Zhejiang. However, within Zhejiang, this matter is treated.
The attitude is basically the same, that is, under the current circumstances, it is absolutely necessary to join forces with Li Zicheng. This is because during the Jianghuai Battle, Zhejiang officials were deeply touched. If Li Zicheng had not blocked the Qing army in Wuchang at that time
The Lu Army could not achieve the final victory by relying solely on the merchant army.
Li Yan even pointed out incisively at the meeting that why the Donglin Party members did not make a fuss to conquer Li Zicheng when the Qing army attacked Wuchang, but waited for the Qing army to withdraw before the riots began.
On the other hand, it is also because Shang Yi has always downplayed the concept of the Ming Dynasty within himself, and under Shang Yi, there are no members of the Donglin Party or Fushe, so he avenged Emperor Chongzhen and so on.
Things are rootless.
Therefore, everyone also unanimously decided at the meeting that the Zhejiang region must be unified and strictly regulated, and no remarks are required to conquer Li Zicheng, and no turmoil will occur due to this. At the same time, newspapers and other tools must also increase publicity. The strength emphasized the importance of trying to maintain the joint efforts of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army to resist the Qing army's southern invasion, and be cautious in Nanjing. Finally, Shang Yi proposed to write a memorial to continue to unite with Li Zicheng, but the tone of the wording should be slowed down as much as possible. Some of them were not sent to Nanjing in the form of direct official documents, but were first given to Wu and Shi Kefa, so that they could consider that if appropriate, they would be sent to the cabinet.
Others also believed that Shang Yi's approach was very good, and this was the best way to deal with it. It not only expressed its support for Shi Kefa and Wu Yan, but did not seem too strong. It was intimidating the Nanjing court, so they all agreed. And this memorial is naturally the responsibility of the king.
What Shang Yi then considered was that the next military arrangement, from the current situation, cracks had formed between the Southern Ming court and Li Zicheng, and it was difficult to recover to the past. Once both sides broke completely, then Qing Dynasty The army will definitely not miss this opportunity. It will definitely send troops from Wuchang to move south. After losing the protection of the Dashun Army, the defense in the west of Nanjing will be very empty. Neither Liu Liangzuo nor Huang Degong can resist it. In this case, there are only two options: one is to give up Nanjing and flee to the mainland of the south. The other option is to transfer Shang Yi to send troops from Zhejiang to defend Nanjing.
It turned out that he planned to send troops to attack Xuzhou at the beginning of next year. Now it seems that this plan may be adjusted. But if Nanjing falls, then Zhejiang will be the first to be the brunt of it. It must defend Zhejiang and face the Qing army's troops directly, if he himself How to deal with the complex political situation in Nanjing when sending troops to defend Nanjing, and whether the plan to advance Xuzhou will continue to be implemented, these issues need to be carefully considered and prepared early.
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When Shang Yi's official documents were sent to Nanjing, a struggle within the Donglin Party had already begun in full swing. The fact is that the internal structure of Donglin and Fushe is very complicated, both of which are mixed with fish and mixed with the weeds, and are filled with a large number of them. If the speculators have a common enemy, perhaps most people can still work together to the outside world. If they lose their common goals, civil unrest will inevitably be inevitable.
At the same time, after the Jianghuai Battle, the Qing army withdrew its troops, which also reduced the military pressure on Nanjing. Therefore, many people also had the illusion that the Qing court had no strength to attack Jiangnan again, and the situation in which the Nanming was in peace was basically Confirmed.
In this way, there will be no common enemy or external military pressure, so some people will naturally be skeptical, so they are ready to fight for the greatest power and interests for themselves. This is also the past hundred years, The continuation of party struggles in the civil affairs of the dynasty was just that this time the struggle was not two distinct parties, but the struggles of different factions in the same party and group.
First of all, the people from the Fushe took the lead in the attack. After Chen Zhenhui broke into the cabinet, the four young masters fully demonstrated their position of advancing and retreating together. The other three were not willing to be outdone, and they all made clear statements with the Dashun Army. He broke up and sent troops to conquer Li Zicheng. He turned his finger directly to the cabinet. So under the leadership of the fourth prince, the power of the downward power quickly expanded. At the same time, behind them, Lao Houheng was also making full use of his relationship. Shake flags and cheer for them, beat drums and cheer.
In the cabinet, Huang Zongxi, who had close ties with Fushe, also officially changed his position and stood completely against Shi Kefa and Wu Yan. At this time, he also joined the camp of the four young masters, only Qian Qianyi and Jiang Riguang were still there.
Maintain a neutral position.
Although neither the fourth son nor Huang Zongxi could match Shi Kefa and Wu Xuan, they could not underestimate them when they joined forces. On the one hand, the fourth son of Fushe controlled a huge grassroots official outside, and in the cabinet, Huang Zongxihe also had the same cabinet.
They echoed each other from afar, and it can be said that they formed a full-scale attack from the bottom, so they gained an advantage at once.
However, Shi Kefa and Wu Qing were naturally not willing to be outdone. When the Qing army invaded the south, they were fighting to defend the Jianghuai desperately. You were there, and now they have repelled the Qing army. They want to pick peaches and eat them. That's so good.
It is impossible for these young juniors to easily seize power. Moreover, in the Battle of Jianghuai, Shi Kefa also gained great popularity; as early as the Chongzhen era, Wu Yan was a cabinet minister and was always firm.
The support of Shang Yi is so great that there are many supporters around them. Although they are at a disadvantage, it is still too early to say that they are defeated.
So both sides criticized and criticized each other, and said that I forgot the grudges of the king and father, and said that you ignored the current situation; you scolded me for being unfaithful and unfilial, and colluded with enemies, which was completely a heart-blame act, and I scolded you for being unkind.
Injustice, it is really unpredictable to kill the court. As for gentlemen, villains, heavenly principles, human desires, and Taoism, they all appeared in the stage, and it seemed very lively. Since the late Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party, which has been active in the political arena, finally happened.
Split.
However, at this time, no one noticed that the first person who started the fight was the first to go to the palace to cry for advice, and finally evolved into the group of people who had been dead. At this time, they had already disappeared without knowing to hide.
I went there. The entrance of the palace became quiet again. Emperor Zhu Yousong was also distracted and went there to care about his own pleasure. You can make any trouble anyway, but he doesn't care.
But even if both sides discovered this phenomenon, they had no energy to take care of it, because now both sides have worked hard and no one can give up.
At this time, Shang Yi's memorial was also passed to Nanjing. After Shi Kefa and Wu Yan met, they were overjoyed because they were at a disadvantage and lacked substantial helpers around them, Qian Qianyi, Jiang Yueguang, and Gao Hong
These people are still neutral, so Shang Yi's memorial is like sending coal in the snow. After all, Shang Yi's current role in the south can be described as being important and rude. With his joining, he is on his own side
It will inevitably increase its momentum.
Therefore, on the second day after Shang Yi's memorial was delivered to Nanjing, Wu Xuan immediately made an announcement to the court in the name of Shang Yi.