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  Chapter 312 310 [Still Party Struggle] (addition for Penguin boss)

  The Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was arrested, and the entire city of Nanjing immediately fell into chaos.

  Due to insufficient preparation, the internal response of the Datong Association was caught off guard.

   Their original plan was to wait for Fei Ruhe to bring his troops over. After capturing the city, the seamless connection, the Datong army can take over the city immediately.

   But who would have thought that Fei Ruhe was still on the way, only six naval warships came, and Nanjing City was captured in a daze?

   "What? Let me take over Nanjing!"

  Fan Chao's mind has been completely confused, Wan Bangyan went to Guangdong to organize the navy, and he was automatically promoted to the third person in the Jiangxi Navy.

  The commander and deputy commander of the navy are still fighting in Dongting Lake, and they sent him to lead six boats to block the river.

  Lao Tzu came to block the river. First, the Nanjing navy surrendered collectively, and now the entire city of Nanjing surrendered together.

   How many **** sailors do I have?

  The number of surrendered officers and soldiers inside and outside the city is dozens or even hundreds of times that of our troops. How does this allow Lao Tzu to control the situation!

  Fan Chao didn't dare to neglect. He found Liu Kongzhao and tried to appease him. Then he selected 150 sailors to take over Nanjing City with muskets and knives on their shoulders.

  At the gate of the city, there were two rows of officials, including six ministers.

  The Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was arrested, and Zhen Shu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had the greatest power. His foreman stood at the front, fortunately he said that he didn't need to kneel down, otherwise Zhen Shu really didn't want to surrender.

  Anyway, he was already seventy-one years old, so he died for his country at worst!

  The reason why Zhen Shu was willing to surrender was because his hometown was in Huangzhou, and he might be taken down by Zhao Han someday.

  Fan Chao led 150 sailors and watched a group of high officials greet him. He didn't feel complacent, but felt guilty from head to toe.

   He has too few soldiers!

  The surrendering officials looked at Fan Chao, and at the hundreds of soldiers behind him, they all had an extremely absurd feeling.

   "Stop him!"

  The city tower suddenly became noisy, followed by exclamations.

  An official jumped from the top of the city and died for the country to repay the king's kindness.

   A muffled "bang" startled Fan Chao, and subconsciously pulled out his waist knife.

  Glancing at the corpse, Fan Chao became more vigilant and led his soldiers into the city cautiously.

   "Clang!"

  A military officer suddenly drew his sword and rushed towards Fan Chao.

  Fan Chao also drew his sword, blocked the opponent's moves, and then easily kicked him down.

  The soldiers behind him immediately subdued the military officer.

  Fan Chao said angrily: "Who the **** is this? If you want to fight, you can fight, if you want to surrender, you can surrender. A sneak attack is considered a hero!"

   "Bah!"

  The military officer spit at Fan Chao: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone gets to punish him!"

Zhen Shu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, came forward to intercede: "General Haojiao knows that this man is named Lin Yuwu, and his official position is to command the affairs of Nanjing. His elder brother was originally Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty. He was a good official. He was dismissed for pleading for the people. .His third younger brother is now Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and is also a good official. This man is confused, general, don’t want to be as knowledgeable as him.”

  Lin Yuwu was still struggling and cursing, his official hat was thrown off, revealing his gray hair.

  Fan Chao sighed and said: "Forget it, seeing you are old, I don't care about you, just arrest and lock me up."

  …

   It must be explained again that the nobles and generals in the south of the Yangtze River did not have servants for fighting.

   The peace has been going on for a long time, and it’s just bullying the common people. Do you need to be fully armed?

  If the generals in the south of the Yangtze River really have a servant who can fight, they will not be beaten by dozens of Japanese pirates, traveling thousands of miles, killing three provinces, and going away!

   When the Qing army went south, it also swept across the south of the Yangtze River.

   Indeed, there were many anti-Qing righteous men who scattered money to recruit soldiers, defended the city to the death, and the whole city was massacred.

   But it must be seen that in the vast rural areas, farmers have nothing to lose. Not only did they not resist the Qing, some even acted as leading parties for the Qing soldiers, and such leading parties were everywhere.

   On the same day that Yan Yingyuan raised his troops against the Qing in Jiangyin, a large number of domestic slaves and tenants in Jiangyin’s countryside rushed into Xu Xiake’s home, killed more than 20 members of Xu Xiake’s clan, and set fire to Xu Xiake’s house.

   Isn’t it weird?

  Same region, even on the same day. Rich people and scholars raised their troops against the Qing Dynasty, while domestic slaves and tenants took the Qing soldiers as their backing and took the opportunity to kill their masters.

   Zhao Han was able to sweep the south of the Yangtze River, one order to release slaves and one order to divide the land were enough.

   No matter how many thugs the landlord has in his family, he will only have to flee for his life in the face of the domestic slaves and peasants who pick up sticks!

  At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the four provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Jiangxi, as long as they heard that the bandits or the Qing army were coming, there must be a rebellion by slaves or tenants. They naively believed that the bandits and the Qing army were on their side.

   Later, the whole people resisted the Qing Dynasty because the Qing Dynasty killed them too hard.

  Even the remnants of Xudu's Whitehead Army were originally forced to rebel by the imperial court. After being recruited, dozens of leaders were killed. They had a deep hatred with the Ming government, and finally became an anti-Qing army, which was really killed by the Manchu Qing and had to fight against the Qing.

   Xu Du is a scholar, and he can occupy more than a dozen cities in central Zhejiang. What kind of resistance can Zhao Han encounter with his strong troops?

   There was really a fierce battle, but it was a reverse cheat!

   (Everyone, don’t complain anymore, this kind of plot must be written. Could it be just one sentence: Zhao Han sent troops to occupy Jiangnan?)

  …

Beijing.

  The Forbidden City, the Qianqing Palace, was dead silent.

  The news of the fall of Nanjing spread quickly, and it only took ten days for the Clippers to enter Beijing.

   This is thanks to the northern officers and soldiers who suppressed the Caomin uprising in Shandong, otherwise the Grand Canal would still be blocked.

   With trembling hands, Chongzhen put down the Tang newspaper from Yangzhou, and said dryly, "What else do you want to say?"

  Yang Sichang was not in Beijing at this time. He went to Henan and was doing his best to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

  Xue Guoguan was terrified in his heart, and said bravely, "We can only destroy the bandits first."

   "The rogues, the rogues, how many years have passed, and the rogues haven't been wiped out yet," Chongzhen became angry without warning, "The rogues can't be extinguished, the Tartar slaves can't be extinguished, and the Zhao thieves have already stolen several provinces in the south!"

   All the ministers were speechless and dared not speak.

  A civil servant suddenly stood up, but it was Zhao Han's old acquaintance, Wei Zhaocheng, the governor of Jiangxi in the early years of Chongzhen. This person knelt down on the ground and shouted sharply: "Your Majesty, Yang Sichang will be executed!"

  Cabinet assistant Fan Fucui also came out, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please behead Yang Sichang!"

   Chief Assistant Xue Guoguan hurriedly came out: "Your Majesty, Yang Dongge is suppressing bandits in Henan. It is a taboo for military strategists to change commanders just before the battle."

  The cabinet minister Cheng Guoxiang said: "Your Majesty, please behead Yang Sichang!"

  Nanjing has fallen, and Beijing is still engaged in party struggle.

  Since the upheaval last winter, Yang Sichang has lost control of the court. It's not that he is no longer trusted by the emperor, but that Emperor Chongzhen always thinks about it.

  Chongzhen believed that the successive military defeats were due to the fact that the cabinet ministers were not familiar with the affairs of the ministry and could not integrate the functions of the six ministries well.

   So Chongzhen ordered that the current cabinet candidates be promoted to one person from each of the six ministries.

  This caused half of the cabinet ministers to become the Donglin Party, or lean towards the Donglin Party. However, Xue Guoguan, the chief assistant, and Yang Sichang, the most powerful person, are the mortal enemies of the Donglin Party.

  The cabinet has thus become the main battlefield of party struggle!

  Several cabinet ministers are in the same situation. The cabinet is already quarreling endlessly, and they come from the six ministries and have the influence of the six ministries, so the six ministries are also holding each other back.

   Regardless of good or bad things, don't even think about doing anything, and the government has become unprecedentedly chaotic.

   Chongzhen looked at these cabinet ministers and was already trembling with anger.

  I asked you to discuss matters, but you came to quarrel and engage in political struggles. Nanjing has been lost! If Yang Sichang is beheaded, the overall situation can be saved. I can behead ten Yang Sichangs!

  Chongzhen sneered and said: "Zhuqing wants to kill Yang Sichang. Well, let's pretend that Yang Sichang is dead, and start talking about business. Who can regain Jiangnan?"

  Everyone was silent, not daring to speak.

   "Bang!"

   Chongzhen swept away the things on the table with a wave of his arm, and the inkstone made a sound when it fell to the ground. He pointed at the ministers and angrily said: "A group of wine bags and rice bags, what use are you for! Speak up!"

  Wei Zhaocheng bit the bullet and said: "Zhou Yanru is good at managing state affairs, and he will be able to turn things around. Please recall Zhou Yanru to be the chief assistant."

   "Your Majesty, please restore Zhou Yanru." Fan Fucui and Cheng Guoxiang followed suit.

   Xue Guoguan hoarsed his voice at the top of his lungs and shouted: "Do you intend to form a party? Do you intend to persecute Your Majesty?"

   Still engaged in party struggle!

   Chongzhen was so angry that he lost his voice, his chest heaving and falling.

  These cabinet ministers were all selected by him personally. What kind of people did they choose?

   "Get out! Get out of here!"

   After calming down for a long time, Chongzhen was finally able to speak again, and he almost lost his breath.

   All the ministers immediately resigned, not daring to face the emperor's wrath again.

  Sitting for a long time, Chongzhen actually said to the eunuch: "Call Wang Tiaoding."

  Chongzhen didn't know who to talk to, after much deliberation, only Wang Tiaoding sent by Zhao thief was left.

   "The king tuned the tripod, and kowtowed to see His Majesty!" The king tuned the tripod and fell to the ground.

   Chongzhen sneered and said: "Your lord has already occupied Jiangnan, do you think about going back to assist?"

  Wang Tiaoding hurriedly said: "The minister is the minister of Ming Dynasty, and your majesty is the master of the minister."

   Chongzhen looked up at the top of the hall, and asked leisurely: "Then how does Zhao Han employ people? Why doesn't he have a group of wine bags and rice bags under his command? He forcibly divided the fields in the south and killed so many gentry, why didn't anyone rebel against him?"

  Wang Diaoding replied: "It's just the people's will."

   "Dividing the land and killing people can win the hearts of the people?" Chongzhen asked.

Wang Tiaoding replied: "If you lose the heart of one family in dividing the land, you can gain the hearts of thousands of families. The gentry is the people, and the head of Guizhou is also the people. The gentry exploits the people, and there are nothing more than two people. One is the support of the government, and the other is the government. Raising evil slaves. As long as the land is distributed to the common people, the common people will naturally join the army, kill the evil slaves first, and then fight against the government."

   Chongzhen shook his head and said: "I am the emperor, I can't kill people randomly, and I can't divide fields randomly."

  Wang Tiaoding was silent.

   Chongzhen lost his mind and said: "I am not the king of the subjugated country, but all my subordinates are the ministers of the subjugated country."

  Wang Tiaoding remained silent.

  Chongzhen sighed: "This spring, I have asked the various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River to recruit soldiers. What kind of soldiers are they recruiting? How long has it been since Nanjing is gone. Didn't you say that the Zhao thief would not take Jiangnan?"

  Wang Tiaoding replied: "Your Majesty, the Zhao thief did not want to take Jiangnan, but the Zhejiang scholars were forced to rebel, and they joined forces to capture the prefectures and counties. They took the initiative to dedicate the city to the Zhao thief."

   "Scholars rebelled and seized the city and dedicated it to Zhao thief?" Chongzhen asked in surprise.

   "Yes," Wang Tiaoding replied, "Zhejiang has been suffering from catastrophe year after year, and the court's taxes have become heavier. The poor scholars have no means of living, so they rebelled."

   "Hahahaha," Chongzhen smiled sadly, "Scholars of the Ming Dynasty actually rebelled and took refuge with bandits. It's really good for me to be the emperor."

  Wang Tiaoding hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said: "Zhao thief sent someone to pass the message."

   "Say!" Chongzhen shouted.

Wang Tiaoding knelt on the ground and said: "Zhao thief spread the word that if the bandits or slaves come to Beijing one day, they can send troops to **** the royal family to the south. He...he will definitely not treat him badly. He said that he respected Taizu very much. Willing to protect and take in the descendants of Taizu."

  Chongzhen sneered: "He is thinking of setting up a new emperor, and then abdicate."

  Wang Tiaoding shook his head and said: "He said that he will not establish a new emperor, he does not believe in abdication. His Majesty can decide on his own whether he wants to let the royal family go south."

   Chongzhen was silent.

   (Ask for a monthly pass.)

  (end of this chapter)