Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 200 Qian Muzhai

The Ming army swept the south of the Yangtze River like a broken bamboo, and the Qing army was almost powerless to resist. The generals of the Qing army, including Lang Tingzuo and Liang Huafeng, did not have the ability to turn the tide. Besides, the entire south of the Yangtze River was close to the Ming Dynasty. After the Ming army passed by, the people were all happy. The matter of donating food and carrying water.

In order to make up for the logistical capabilities of the Ming army operating in the south of the Yangtze River, Bai Mingxiu still conscripted civilian workers in the south of the Yangtze River to provide relevant support, and the treatment was comparable to that of the Guangdong civilian workers during the Southwest Campaign.A large number of people enthusiastically signed up. In a very short period of time, relying on the already very powerful logistics management unit and organizational capabilities of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, a complete and powerful supply support has been formed.

The battle situation this time is completely different from when Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan attacked Jiangnan. At that time, Zheng Chenggong stopped at the city of Nanjing and Zhang Huangyan took several state capitals, but the main force of the Qing army was not destroyed. The victory of the Ming army was basically Small victory, no overwhelming advantage.

On the other hand, this time the Prince Supervisor personally led an army to invade the south of the Yangtze River, uprooting the two groups of Eight Banners soldiers in Jiangning and Hangzhou of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and defeated many generals including Tian Xiong, Lang Tingzuo, and Liang Huafeng.The Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River was no longer able to resist the main force of the Ming army of more than 3 people.

Before the Qing army from other areas was transferred, all the Ming army needed to do was to simply expand the results of the battle. Many counties surrendered before the Ming army arrived. Although there were stubborn resisters, the proportion was not high. It's big, and it can't make any splashes.

Bai Mingxiu was still the same old way, except for a few people whom he recognized very much, the other officials who took refuge could not directly follow the old official positions, and even belonged to "white body" in theory.He brought a group of intern officials trained by the Guozijian from Guangdong, together with people from the military system, and began to preside over the work in various places.However, during this period, there were no particularly important matters. The main thing was to maintain local law and order, and solve some civil issues by the way.

On the other hand, Bai Mingxiu also set up Guozijian in Nanjing and Hangzhou. The original teachers of Guangzhou Guozijian, and Bai Mingxiu recruited some talents from the system. Each school has more than a dozen teachers, and began to train new public officials.

Anyone who had official status and fame in the Hongguang and Longwu dynasties before the Chongzhen Dynasty, or who had passed the basic assessment and certification, could enter the Guozijian for training.At this stage, Bai Mingxiu is completely eclectic and downgrading talents. Different from the governance of classical dynasties, the new system promoted by Bai Mingxiu requires a large number of civil servants and even business personnel. After the organization's assessment and certification, it can be transferred in parallel, which makes it more flexible and more suitable for him to start his next career.

All of a sudden, Nanjing and Hangzhou Guozijian were almost overcrowded, and the two places even admitted more than 1000 scholars in the first phase at one go. There are many people.Bai Mingxiu even had to negotiate with the system, and spent a sum of golden finger coins to print some new textbooks and distribute them.

The Qian Mansion in Changshu County was considered a very prominent place before, because the owner here was the leader of the Jiangnan literary world, Qian Muzhai.It's just that in recent years, Qian Mansion has declined a bit.Because Qian Qianyi, as the leader of Shilin, actually took refuge in the Qing court, and made a joke of "the water is too cold", Qian Qianyi was also scolded bloody by many celebrities, and many people who held their own identities did not Willing to have more contacts with Qian Muzhai.

In Qian's mansion, a young man with a jade face showed a slightly angry expression, but he couldn't get too angry with Qian Qianyi because he was his student.

The young man's name is Wang Fangdan. He is only 20 years old this year and has just been crowned.Wang Fangdan was a supernatural being from all over the world. He was able to compose poems at the age of six and parallel essays at the age of nine, which amazed people at that time.Wang Fangdan's family background is only ordinary, and he should be a middle peasant or a rich peasant according to his composition. However, Wang Fangdan's talent was admired by Qian Qianyi and recruited as his closed disciple.

In the past, Wang Fangdan didn't know what kind of character and reputation his knowledgeable teacher had. It wasn't until he was older, because he was ridiculed outside, that he realized that Qian Muzhai's reputation was not very good now.But even so, Wang Fangdan still upholds the etiquette of disciples and defends his teacher.

After Qian Muzhai resigned and returned to his hometown, he also actively contacted the anti-Qing forces, including his former student Zheng Chenggong, who also spent money with Liu Rushi to support the rebels.Even because of these, the Qing court arrested him.It was also because of these experiences that Wang Fangdan insisted that her teacher still had a heart for Daming.

"Fang Dan, you can't go to Nanjing Imperial College!" Qian Qianyi said to his beloved disciple with a serious face.

Wang Fangdan was angry, but he still asked respectfully: "Teacher, why? Now that the prince is recruiting talented people, it is also the time to share the worries of the country and society. Isn't it a place for a man to use his skills?"

Qian Qianyi sat upright, with a serious expression, and said: "I am also happy that the Ming army captured Nanjing and re-entered the south of the Yangtze River. But the crown prince rushed forward underestimated the enemy, and crossed Fujian and Jiangxi from the sea to Jiangnan. He was surrounded by the Qing army on all sides." .Manchuria has become a powerful force in the world. Even if the Ming army can achieve a small victory, it is not enough to accumulate small victories to make a big victory."

As he spoke, Qian Qianyi sighed. He could still vividly remember the scene of the Qing army's invasion of Nanjing many years ago. He remembered those vicious Eight Banners soldiers, which shocked him beyond measure.Kneeling in front of the Manchu nobles, he felt that his knees were as heavy as lead, and he couldn't stand up at all, so he could only lie down and tremble in front of those barbarians.

Since then, Qian Qianyi has been afraid of the Manchus from the bottom of his heart.Even if he later made some connections with the anti-Qing and Fuming forces, in fact, it was more of a repetition in his heart, wanting to regain some of his own reputation.

Qian Qianyi said with certainty to his students: "Once the Qing army comes back again, Jiangnan will suffer. At this time, go to curry favor with the Prince of Nanming, and when the Qing army returns to Nanjing, you will not even be able to save your life."

Wang Fangdan was very shocked when he heard Qian Qianyi's words. He argued strongly: "Teacher, it's not like this. The Qing army was completely wiped out by the Ming army. My master of the Ming Dynasty was led by the unparalleled handsome and talented Prince Jianguo. The Qing soldiers had already heard the news and dared not Fighting with them. Isn’t the county magistrate of Changshu County directly opening the city gates and voting for Ming? So not only is the Man Qing not in control of the situation, but the situation is clearly on my side!”

Qian Qianyi said unhappily: "You are a child, you know what military affairs are important, the Ming army is weak, and now it is just taking advantage of the sudden attack. Once the Manchus react, the Ming army will definitely be defeated."

(End of this chapter)