"Okay, Mr. Li, please stop worrying unfounded! His Majesty has made his own decision! And now that the southward migration has begun, is it really that easy to stop it?"
Li Yuzhi nodded.
The news about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's personal expedition and the successive victories also spread to the south.
This made some ministers in the south and some wealthy families express strong confusion.
Obviously, the imperial court had been retreating in succession before, and even almost lost the city of Beijing. Fortunately, His Highness the Prince suddenly stood up and relied on some militiamen to block the attack of hundreds of thousands of thieves.
Why did it suddenly change again??
The imperial army suddenly began to fight in succession, defeating hundreds of thousands of thieves and beheading tens of thousands?
Is this information true or false?
"absurd!"
Qian Yiqian slammed the Di newspaper in his hand on the table, with a hint of anger on his face.
"What's the matter? Master?"
Liu Rushi, who was next to him, brought a cup of tea to Qian Yiqian and asked Qian Yiqian in front of him gently.
"Look at this newspaper! The imperial newspaper! It actually writes that the imperial army faced the intruders with a series of victories??? It's ridiculous! If it really was a series of victories, why did the imperial court move the capital to Nanjing? Wouldn't it be a direct defeat of Li Zicheng?
Already??
I didn’t expect that the imperial newspaper has become so untrustworthy! It’s really ridiculous!”
After speaking, Qian Yiqian took a sip of tea.
"Ahem!"
Soon he was choked, and Liu Rushi quickly began to pat Qian Yiqian's back.
"Master, drink slowly, don't be in a hurry!"
Liu Rushi glanced at the Di newspaper next to her. With a gentle smile on her face, she looked at Qian Yiqian in front of her and said, "Master, after His Majesty moves the capital to Nanjing, you can directly submit a letter to state the bad government!"
"kindness!"
Qian Yiqian nodded, feeling a little more comfortable.
"Hmph! When His Majesty moves south, I must send a letter to that prince for reference! He went on a personal expedition on behalf of the emperor and even lied about the situation of the war!"
Qian Yiqian said bitterly with a trace of anger on his face.
"Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore!"
Liu Rushi quickly began to comfort Qian Yiqian in front of him.
Only then did Qian Yiqian calm down the anger in his heart.
Except for Qian Yiqian, other great scholars and officials in Jiangnan were skeptical about the news of the great victory in the imperial newspaper.
How can it be!
In the past, Beijing almost fell to the imperial court. The intruders were able to attack the city walls of Beijing, and most of the generals died in the battle.
Why did the imperial court suddenly become so powerful?
Continuous battles and consecutive victories??
Kill tens of thousands of enemies??
This is a bit fake! Is it because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally conquered the country, so he made this fake record?
All the officials felt a little disdainful, but they didn't say much on the surface.
But they basically doubted this record in their hearts. The common people in the Jiangnan area soon heard about this record, and they all had doubts in their hearts. They were somewhat doubtful about this record.
Just when the news of the imperial court's victory spread to the Jiangnan area.
The same news also reached the Manchu and Qing court in Liaodong.
"A great victory? Ten thousand against eighty thousand, killing more than twenty thousand?"
Obviously, Dorgon knew this news much more clearly than those in the Jiangnan area. He had insiders in the Jiangnan area.
At this time, Dorgon frowned slightly and looked at the people kneeling in the hall.
"Your Majesty! This son must not be kept! We should take advantage of the fact that he is still weak and kill him!"
After listening to the spies' report, Hong Chengchou on the side became extremely serious and looked at Dorgon in front of him and said.
"oh?"
Dorgon's expression didn't change much. He just looked at Hong Chengchou calmly and said slowly: "How to kill him?"
Hearing Dorgon's words, Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned.
His expression changed for a while, and there was a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
It’s really hard to handle!
Listening to the book, the Ming court is preparing to move south. When they are in the south, and Li Zicheng is in the north, they will definitely have a fight with themselves and want to kill the Ming prince?
Moreover, he now has tens of thousands of troops under his command. Even if he takes 10,000 cavalry to bypass Shanhaiguan and attack the Ming Prince, he might still be destroyed by him!
"I can only hope that the intruders can be a little more powerful! With an army of hundreds of thousands, there is nothing you can do against the Ming Prince who only has an army of tens of thousands. What a waste!"
"Cough cough cough!"
After saying this, Dorgon coughed many times in succession.
"Okay, let's discuss this later!"
Dorgon waved to the courtiers around him.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
The surrounding ministers bowed respectfully to Dorgon in front of them, and then slowly retreated.
Hong Chengchou on the side wanted to say something, but seeing Dorgon's unwillingness to speak, he finally sighed and retreated slowly.
"Where's Da Yu'er??"
At this time, Dorgon asked a maid on the side.
"The Queen Mother is in the palace..."
"Let's go! Take me there!"
…………
On the other hand, Zhu Cihong's burden became lighter once he changed.
After learning from Li Xuanmin about the evil-doing wealthy family in Huaiqing Mansion, he directly asked Jin Yiwei to ransack his home.
Zhu Cihong is very short of money now, and when he arrives in Shandong, he will definitely be even more short of money. Therefore, wherever he goes, he will raid the homes of some large and evil-doing households.
In this way, we will not lose the support of the people, but also have a legitimate reason, at least it will not cause panic among the local big households, and push them towards the intruders.
He stole more than 100,000 yuan in silver and had over a thousand hectares of land. It was not as big as the big ones in Shunde Prefecture, but it was still a lot.
Zhu Cixiang directly asked Li Xuanmin to act as a middleman to sell all the thousands of hectares of land.
After selling more than 100,000 taels of silver, plus some messy utensils, fields, houses, and shops, the income actually amounted to more than 400,000 taels of silver, which surprised Zhu Cihong.
not bad!
With this silver, Zhu Cixi led the army directly to Shunde Mansion.
Two days later, Zhu Cihong escorted Bai Yin to Shunde Mansion, but General Huang Degong had already returned to Shunde Mansion with his soldiers.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
The door of Shunde Mansion is not closed this time.
General Huang Degong and officials from Shunde Prefecture greeted Zhu Cihong at the city gate.
"Good fight this time!"
Zhu Cixiang said to General Huang Degong with a smile on his face.
"His Royal Highness's plan is better!"
With a smile on his face, General Huang Degong said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him: "If it hadn't been for His Highness the Prince's plan, we would still be worried about how to deal with Li Zicheng's army!"
General Huang Degong's face was full of emotion.
"Hahaha! Strategies are implemented by people! If you don't fight well, no matter how clever my strategy is, it will be meaningless!"