Dominate the Country

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Half a month ago, Jiangnan entered the rainy season.

The drizzle has been falling for many days, just like a cat peeing, not heavy but continuous. Chen Ming has long stopped wearing cotton tops. In this humid and slightly hot season, cool silk singles are his first choice.

When I woke up in the morning, I opened my eyes and saw Liu Wanyun, a man with black hair, nestled in Chen Ming's arms, sleeping soundly. The thin gauze quilt covering her body had been pulled down to her shoulders, revealing a large piece of white fat on her chest. A moon-white bellyband hangs on the bedside.

Slowly getting out of bed, Chen Ming was already more careful, but Liu Wanyun was still awakened. Seeing Chen Ming getting up, she immediately got up herself. A light yellow robe covered her delicate body. Chen Ming felt that sooner or later, he would be spoiled by the women of this era and not 'cherish' them at all.

What do you think he was doing when he carefully got out of bed just now?

Chen Ming doesn't care about Liu Wanyun sleeping a little longer, and doesn't think it's an offense to him, but the fact is that Liu Wanyun cares about his "sleeping a little longer," and even feels that he sleeps deeper than Chen Ming and wakes up later than Chen Ming. , is a sin. Chen Ming also told her twice at the beginning, but it was useless.

Chen Ming doesn't care about this at all now. He feels that sooner or later, he will open his eyes one day and get up carelessly when he wants to get up, not caring whether the woman next to him is sleeping soundly or not. They all asked for it!

In the bathroom, a large and tall wooden bathtub was filled with water. It was warm and steaming. When Chen Ming came in, the four girls retreated obediently. He hugged Liu Wanyun and got out of the bathtub directly, throwing his light yellow robe to the ground.

It is a rainy day and it is inconvenient to march. His life now is a rare one.

Three days ago, the Fuhan Army's surface warships tentatively explored Jiangyin. News came from the secret camp that the Qing Army's water camp defenses were lax. As a result, out of the 10 or 20 general cannons on the Qing army's coastal defense forts, only six were fired. What is the specific situation? The gunpowder of the Qing soldiers got damp, is it rainy season? This was the news that came out from the dark camp later. The Fuhan Army at that time didn't know that the surface team was really just trying it out. Chen Dai, who led the team, didn't make any serious preparations and wasted that great opportunity.

Otherwise, they rushed into the Qing army's water camp in a small boat and just dropped bombs to see how many ships they could destroy with trauma?

Fujian's green camp had already arrived in Hangzhou and did not continue to Suzhou, while part of Guangdong's green camp arrived in Songjiang along with the warships of the Guangdong Navy. The Hunyuan Sect in eastern Henan and northern Anhui has revolted. It would be good if the military strength in Huai'an is not reduced, but it is impossible to increase it. The second batch of Sichuan troops arrived in Jingzhou. The Huguang Qing army, led by Admiral Arya Jiang, and Sichuan Admiral Ma Mingxun were fighting against Chen Yongsheng who stayed in Jiujiang.

After Liu Song, Yang Ji, and Fan Mingde raised their flag to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, Tongcheng's Jiangnan Admiral Huang Zhenggang immediately abandoned Tongcheng and returned to Hefei. There was no immediate danger in Gaopingshan who stayed in Anqing, and he even reported to Chen Ming that some people would be transferred to Jiujiang or Nanjing.

Isn't there a shortage of food in northern Anhui, but the Fuhan Army is not short of food. The number of refugees recruited by Gao Pingshan in Anqing is ten or twenty times that of Changzhou. Only 10% of the young people in Anqing join the Fuhan Army. The number of Fuhan Army soldiers in Anqing It can roll and turn upwards.

Now there are more and more Fuhan soldiers and horses, and the proportion of armored soldiers is getting lower and lower. No matter how high the output of Lushan's armor is, it cannot cross the Qing army's control area of ​​several hundred miles and send it to Chen Ming in large quantities. . There is also the issue of the service life of the muskets of the Fuhan Army. The barrels of the Fuhan Army's guns are not modern chrome-plated steel pipes. They are made of rolled iron and wrapped with iron hoops. The firing strength of some muskets has exceeded four digits, and the springs have been replaced. After two replacements, the army's arsenal was very slow to transform the Qing army's shotguns. Chen Ming could only increase the durability of the muskets and increase them again and again.

Chen Ming also gradually deployed musketeer armor to arm the new soldiers.

The Fuhan Army now does not need musketeers to charge with bayonets. In each musketeer team, only one platoon of soldiers can wear armor, and the remaining armors have all changed their owners. So, Chen Ming's troops have greatly increased, but the actual combat effectiveness of the team is far less than the increase in troops seems.

By the time Chen Ming walked out of his residence and walked to the lobby of the former Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, the time had already reached Chen hour. Liu Wanyun sent Chen Ming away and sat alone in front of the window, ignoring the morning bells and evening drums, and not asking about the fallen flowers in the courtyard. She is now in her own world, listening to the sound of rain, humming, or writing two poems with ordinary artistic conception. Enjoy a cup of tea, warm a pot of fruit wine, sit alone and let your thoughts wander.

This is actually an escape. As for Liu Wanyun, she had no choice but to escape. She has lived in the "iron-dominated" empire of the Qing Dynasty for seventeen years, living in the prosperous age of lies. Liu Wanyun admired Chen Ming for making such waves, which really shocked the world, but she still couldn't imagine Chen Ming sitting in the empire.

She didn't dare to think about lawlessness. She was not Li Xiaomei, and she couldn't say, "The big things outside are men's business. We women, marry a dog, marry a dog, marry a chicken, follow the chicken. If these men have the ability, they can break into Beijing in one fell swoop." City, let’s go and enjoy the most noble blessing in the world. If their men are incompetent and are caught and beheaded by the army, then we will die together.” You can't carry your newborn child alone and send your man to the battlefield with a bright smile.

Liu Wanyun is a very normal lady. Her courage has actually been broken, so she can only immerse herself in her own world, like an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand.

So in these days of getting along, even though Chen Ming only had her as his only one. Except for fighting, he would sleep with her every day. Liu Wanyun was indeed beautiful, but Chen Ming would always think of Li Xiaomei unconsciously.

This person wouldn't know if he didn't make comparisons. Once he made comparisons, the differences would be revealed.

Although Li Xiaomei is not as beautiful as Liu Wanyun, Li Xiaomei relies on Chen Ming wholeheartedly, and she also fully reveals her feelings naturally. For Chen Ming, who was also highly nervous during the war, she can have such a person who relies on her wholeheartedly. Believing in your wife is not a heavy burden, but a kind of physical and mental sweetness. Liu Wanyun is here, haha. Even Chen Ming can understand the relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma. This is not a matter of appearance, nor is it a matter of repaying a favor or not.

…

In front of Hushu Pass. The number of refugees has dropped significantly compared to half a month ago. The arrival of the rainy season is a very important reason for the decrease in refugees. A considerable number of refugees have fled southward from Suzhou, and they can be seen throughout Hangzhou Bay. And there are still some people, these people are the poorest part of the refugee group. Their fear made them make impulsive choices. They took their only savings and food, or even only part of the food, and fled south in a hurry. . Now they were short of food and clothing and could only go back the way they came from during the continuous rainy season.

Because Jiangsu Chief Minister Surd was afraid that the Fuhan Army would sneak into Suzhou City, he had turned a blind eye to the refugees outside the city very early, although this did not stop the activities of the secret camp in Suzhou City at all. However, the Suzhou government only provided a small amount of food support to the two to three hundred thousand refugees. Such "tough measures" forced some refugees to go south, and also forced some refugees to turn back.

It is said that tens of thousands of bannermen have gathered in Suzhou city, which means that the Suzhou government has tens of thousands more mouths to take care of them, and they have to take care of them wholeheartedly. According to the news from the secret camp, in just half a month, there have been dozens of Han-banner disputes ranging in severity in Suzhou City. The common people in Suzhou City's opinion of the bannermen is getting worse day by day.

Chen Ming also specifically instructed the secret camps in Suzhou to, under the condition of ensuring safety, exercise their muscles, put up big-character posters, spread rumors and rumors, and then openly or covertly attack and kill a few bannermen who were the most angry, to the maximum extent possible. Provoking conflicts and disputes between Han and Banners. But so far there has been no progress.

Wu Xiongguang has been recommended by Gao Jin as the magistrate of Danyang County. Although Danyang is still in the hands of the Fuhan Army, Wu Xiongguang can be regarded as a seventh-grade official and has an official status. The order from Beijing to reply has not yet arrived, but everyone in Suzhou has already addressed him as "Sir." He was actually a sign erected by the Liangjiang government. It was what Gao Jin and Rong Bao said to everyone: As long as they are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will never forget them.

Wu Xiongguang and his son were very excited and happy for this ‘county magistrate’ which had not been implemented yet. But what is the saying? The same people have different lives. Chen Zicheng, who was also born in Suzhou, also had the same background as a juren, the same one who destroyed his family to provide relief, and raised the banner of defending his hometown. He was also a famous figure in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Although he was much older than Wu Xiongguang, he was already thirty. , but now he has become a wanted criminal by the Qing court. He had to flee to Jiangyin to find Duan Xiulin, the admiral of Zhejiang Province, because Duan Xiulin had a copywriter. Although he was from Shaoxing, he went to Ziyang Academy in Suzhou with him, and the two had a good friendship.

Duan Xiulin looked at Chen Zicheng, but Chen Zicheng was very relaxed about his height. He knelt down in front of Duan Xiulin, a martial artist, and cried loudly: "Junmen, save the student's life! The student is really unjust..." Weeping bitterly.

"Where did this start?" Duan Xiulin asked Chen Zicheng, his best friend, to help him up.

"In the military gate, my surname is Chen, my given name is Zi Qing, and my character is Xin Wei. I am the best person in Suzhou." After introducing himself, Chen Zi Qing shook his clothes, spoke generously, and showed an overbearing aura on his face. "My son is only a scholar, but he has a sense of righteousness. In this turbulent time, he urgently wants to serve the country. The thieves are coming from the west, and the south of the Yangtze River is corrupt. The Suzhou feudal master Su De is not good at using troops, and he has repeatedly The troops under his command were often at a loss of control; they were capable of plundering, but were timid when encountering thieves. They lost Jingkou and Guazhou, Changzhou, and Wuxi, and the Suzhou Committee was unable to fight.

The thief Chen was so arrogant that he directed his troops towards Suzhou. Xiaosheng, together with the gentry from the city, wrote to Lord Su of Fantai, asking for rewards for the meritorious soldiers and severe punishment for those who escaped from the battle. Only in this way can morale be boosted and the people's moral support can be reaffirmed. Unexpectedly, Su Fantai not only refused to accept him, but also scolded him in every possible way. In order to protect their homeland, Xiaosheng and others sold all their land. The old fathers and mothers, who loved their wives and children whose children were half-month-old and didn't know the taste of meat, organized group training and fought against Chen Ni many times. Although they did not win a big victory, they still tried their best. But the feudal lord mistakenly believed the villain's slander and ordered his arrest because he thought he was a thief. Xiaosheng was loyal, but his life could not be saved. His wife, children and parents were imprisoned, so he had to escape from Suzhou overnight and seek protection from the military..."

Why did Chen Zicheng come to Duan Xiulin at this critical moment? It wasn't because his close friend gave him the guarantee, but because he knew that Duan Xiulin was having a bad time with Suzhou City. After the defeat in the counterattack at Zhenjiang, Duan Xiulin asked Suzhou for money and food to support the army. This is normal. The green camp of the Qing army has its eyes on money. With money, food and pensions, Duan Xiulin can better improve the morale and fighting spirit of his Zhejiang soldiers.

But Suzhou's Suerde refused to respond, saying that Duan Xiulin's troops were foreign soldiers and were affiliated with Zhejiang Province, while Jiangsu was suffering from the war and the money supply was tight. He only gave 500 dan of grain and 1,000 taels of silver. The grain was still old grain from Suzhou's official warehouse, which made Duan Xiulin hate him deeply. According to rumors in Suzhou, Suerde was exchanging old rice for new rice. Whether it was before or after the war, whether it was for soldiers or refugees, it was old rice and old grain, but the degree was only good or bad. It was said with details.

The grain that passed through the hands was tens of thousands of dan or hundreds of thousands of dan. If the rumors were true, Suerde would have made a fortune.

This was the reason why Chen Ziying came to Duan Xiulin to cry, because they were all on the opposite side of Suerde.

Duan Xiulin listened silently, but his heart was boiling. He hated the Fu Han Army and those corrupt and incompetent civil and military officials who occupied important positions. In his opinion, the reason why the Fu Han Army stirred up the world was that all the officials in Henan and Huguang were guilty and should be killed. How long has it been? The Fu Han Army, which started in Lushan, has come to Jiangnan and successively broke through Jingzhou, Wuchang, Anqing, Nanjing and other key places. This is simply incredible. If the civil and military officials in Henan and Huguang were not too incompetent, how could they be so corrupt? Even when the Chen family was making guns and armor, the local officials in Henan should have noticed it early. If it could be reported to the court earlier, why would there be such a disaster today?

It is because of officials like Suerde that the national power will collapse suddenly!

Duan Xiulin made up his mind and said, "If you don't mind, please ask Mr. Chen to stay in my army for a while. The right and wrong will be clarified one day."

As the governor of Zhejiang, Duan Xiulin relies on the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the general of Hangzhou, who is no worse than the two Jiangs. Especially in the current situation, how can the civil and military officials of Liangjiang compare with those of Fujian and Zhejiang? He is not afraid of the lawsuit.

Chen Jigong [alias Tong Li], who made a lot of money from Wuhan, has been a famous figure in Jiangyin since the first month of the year. This has provided great convenience for the expansion of Fuxing. [Gong Xi of the Fu Han Army did not catch Chen Jigong's ship in Hankou] But his dazzling personal glory also brought great inconvenience to his own concealment. Fortunately, Chen Ming went straight to the city of Nanjing in March and attracted everyone's attention. Chen Jigong was relieved.

Now in the small living room of Fuxing Grain Store, Chen Jigong is holding a large newspaper. This is the "Exhortation to Fight against Chen Bandits" written by Shen Deqian, the old head of Suzhou Ziyang Academy:... The four emperors of our dynasty are all sages and wise kings, with deep benevolence and generosity, and have been embracing for 120 years. The emperor has inherited the throne, and he is diligent and vigilant. His military power is all over the world, and his governance is complete. No tax is added to the fields, and no labor is collected from the households. He respects the heaven and cares for the people. He raises an army to punish the crimes. Who is obedient and who is rebellious? Who is crooked and who is right? It does not need to wait for the wise to decide.

………… In the past, there was the Fanyang Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Suzong was able to revive the country; there was the Tumu Incident in the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Yingzong was able to restore the throne. The will of heaven is in the hands of the emperor, and danger can be restored. I have never heard of a monarch who did not lose his virtue but ended up in destruction.

"Shen Deqian, this old man who deserves to be buried, is not afraid of filling the entire Shen family with him..." Chen Jigong suddenly felt disgusted with the entire Ziyang Academy. This famous academy named "Zhu Xihao" has a great reputation. In Suzhou, a place where humanities gather, it can also occupy the top spot among academies. It is definitely a place of humanities. As a poor child who has studied for ten years, Chen Jigong is destined to have no chance of taking the imperial examination in this life, but he still admires it. As a result, now...

Shen Deqian, who was born in the 12th year of Kangxi and is now 96 years old, is a lucky old man and a leader in the Jiangnan literati. He suddenly wants to kill someone.

But he thinks his cousin will definitely sneer at this. Chen Ming is very impatient with "literati" and "clean stream", and Chen Jigong also knows that the Fu Han General's Mansion is now preparing to separate the Confucian "civil governance". Of course, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. But this also proves an attitude. The generals and the general governors of the general's mansion are very fond of Confucianism.