Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 171
"I, Zhang Huangyan, have come to see the crown prince overseeing the country. The crown prince is a thousand years old!"

When Zhang Huangyan bowed down, his eyes were already red, and tears were rolling in his eyes, obviously in a state of extreme agitation.

After all, since the turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, people like Zhang Huangyan who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty have suffered too much and have been depressed several times. It is not that they have not been shaken, but for the sake of the righteousness in their hearts, and for the backbone and future of the Han nation, For the sake of the great righteousness passed down by the sages, they followed this path unswervingly and never regretted it.

When Bai Mingxiu came out and led a brand-new Ming Dynasty Restoration Army to sweep the southern country, Zhang Huangyan's heart finally surged. Restoring the Ming Dynasty might no longer be an illusory dream, but a future with real opportunities to realize it. .

Bai Mingxiu was also full of respect for Zhang Huangyan. In history, Zhang Huangyan disbanded the rebel army after the situation was over, and was eventually captured by the Qing army. He died generously in Hangzhou and left behind his "Death Poem" that has been passed down through the ages.He was eventually buried in West Lake, next to Yue Fei and Yu Qian. These three people were later called the "Three Heroes of West Lake".

When the Ming Dynasty fell, many loyal ministers and righteous men who still had integrity were willing to die with their lives, and those who were slightly worse chose not to serve the Qing Dynasty for life, or became monks and avoided living in the mountains.

Some of these people are actually not blameless in other respects, or they don't have any particularly outstanding abilities.However, Zhang Huangyan is not only worthy of Bai Mingxiu's admiration for his personality and integrity, but his ability is also recognized by Bai Mingxiu.As a scholar, he recruited soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty alone in the south of the Yangtze River, and he remained consistent even after several setbacks.

When Zheng Chenggong launched the Battle of Nanjing, Zhang Huangyan led the army to capture Wuhu, trapped four prefectures, three prefectures, and 24 counties, and the army grew to tens of thousands.If Zheng Chenggong hadn't been defeated by the city of Nanjing at that time, perhaps the two of them would have captured most of the Jiangnan area together.

Bai Mingxiu personally helped Zhang Huangyan up. The 43-year-old man had an elegant face, but his face was flushed because of emotion.

"Zhang Gebu, you are suffering."

"To restore the Ming Dynasty, why should I cherish this life!"

When some people said such things, Bai Mingxiu just laughed it off, but when Zhang Huang said this, Bai Mingxiu was very serious.

He nodded and began to talk about business, saying: "This time I came to Jiangnan suddenly, just to catch him by surprise. The Qing court must have thought that our Ming army was mainly guarding against Murima, Li Shuitai and others, but they didn't expect that we actually The troops are abundant and well-prepared, especially our Daming Rejuvenation Army is well-trained and equipped, and we can go to the south of the Yangtze River with a boat division and link up the Jiangnan Rebel Army, which is enough to accomplish things."

Although Zhang Huangyan very much hopes that the Ming army can come to Jiangnan, he is still very worried when he hears Bai Mingxiu say this: "Your Highness, my Ming Dynasty is still in Lingnan at all. The army led by His Highness may be even less..."

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said: "This time I brought the independent brigade of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, which is the most elite force in our Ming army, with a strength of 3. My goal is to unite with the cabinet first, capture Ningbo, and shock the south of the Yangtze River. Later, the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th Divisions will come from Guangdong, with a total of more than [-] troops. Our troops will overwhelm the Qing army here. As for logistics, there is no need to worry, as early as Before I left Guangxi, I had actually prepared a large amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition in Guangzhou, just to launch this war. The battle in Jiangnan is actually related to the success or failure of the entire Liberation War, so we must be prepared and make early plans."

Although Zhang Huangyan was worried in his heart, he was still a resolute and resolute person. After thinking about it, he also supported him: "Your Highness is indeed a pedestrian who can't do it. He has great wisdom and great courage! The place in the south of the Yangtze River is very different from other places. My nostalgia for Daming is extremely heavy. As long as His Highness sets the banner in the south of the Yangtze River, the volunteers from all over the world will surely follow. And even if the army supplies are not enough, the gentry in Jiangnan will contribute money and food to welcome His Highness Wangshi to the Lord."

Bai Mingxiu really believed that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had a very difficult life in the past few years. Cases", which are the Zuoxiao Case, Qianhai Case and Crying Temple Case respectively.The Qing court not only tightened the necks of the Jiangnan gentry in urging subjects, but also forcibly suppressed the Jiangnan gentry in terms of prohibiting associations and invigorating literary prisons.In the end, even the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River no longer engaged in politics, and a large number of them turned to business or even art. Some people in the south of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty began to stop paying attention to social reality, and gradually lacked a sense of social responsibility.

Now that the three major cases have just broken out, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have almost entered a peak state of remembrance and nostalgia for the former dynasty.Of course, their remembrance and remembrance are extremely ugly in Bai Mingxiu's view.What they miss is their privileged status of not paying food, being able to attack the regime arbitrarily, and having a detached and presumptuous status in Ming Dynasty, but they lost all of these in the Qing Dynasty.

It's not that there are no survivors of the Ming Dynasty like Zhang Huangyan who miss the former dynasty because of their integrity and loyalty, but for the Jiangnan gentry, what they really consider is the practical benefits.

At this moment, Bai Mingxiu thought to himself: "It would be good if the gentry in Jiangnan welcomed me, but they didn't expect that after I entered Jiangnan, the methods I played would only be more cruel than that of the Qing court. Of course, I would not break the backbone of Jiangnan intellectuals. The tax that should be paid cannot be less, and if I want to build another Donglin Party, I don’t mind sending you Java plantation rubber.”

Bai Mingxiu said to Zhang Huang: "I am determined to win the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. Now the army is landing in an orderly manner, and the Qing army has not yet noticed that we have landed here, so after a short rest, I will immediately lead the army to attack Ningbo Mansion and Zhangge Department. I have a task for you, please contact people from all over the south of the Yangtze River to promote the return of my master of the Ming Dynasty, and win talents to be used by my Ming Dynasty. At the same time, I want to liquidate the traitors who surrendered and the landlords who did evil in the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhang Huangyan readily accepted the order. Bai Mingxiu believed that Zhang Huangyan's status in the south of the Yangtze River would have great appeal to the scholar class, but he would take the grassroots route to the lower class people, businessmen and handicraftsmen.

"I still have to occupy Jiangnan quickly. The system has promised me [-] grassroots cadres. As long as I spread the money, the entire Jiangnan will be stable. Once Jiangnan is stable, plus Guangdong, I have more than half of the world's money and food, and the Tatars are not enough." For concern."

He watched the small boats being lowered from the big boat one after another, and the soldiers began to land one by one. Xiangshan Port didn't have many dock facilities at this time, so they had to put down the small boats from the big boat to land.Bai Mingxiu wanted to quickly attack Ningbo in the first battle. After the situation stabilized, he considered building a deep-water wharf in Ningbo so that his large sailboat with a capacity of two to three thousand tons could berth smoothly.

(End of this chapter)