Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 298
The northern provinces have basically received the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army's naval raids on the capital, the Manchu Emperor was beheaded, the Empress Dowager Bumbutai was captured, tens of thousands of Qing troops were killed, and 20 Eight Banners became prisoners of His Royal Highness , Man Qing is completely finished.Just like the Yuan Dynasty back then, he was beaten away by the Zhu family.

At this time, there were not many banner people left in various places, and the clever ones ran away quickly, and some unlucky ones were directly tied up by their Han subordinates, and they were going to send them to His Royal Highness for credit.In a wider area, in different prefectures and counties, the officials are actually Han Chinese, and many of them were also officials of the Ming Dynasty.Now that the great Ming dynasty has regained control of the country, the crown prince Jianguo is wise and powerful, and the national restoration army under his command is astonishingly powerful. Time has run out and no power can stop Nanming from aspiring to become the king of the world.

So at this time, the states and counties are basically scrambling to lose their sincerity to Daming. Before that, many officials might have looked a little foolish and would not really choose sides. But at this time, there is no other team to stand besides Daming.

Shandong governor Jiang Guozhu was originally a Han army with white flags, but the Manchu and Qing garrisoned the Eight Banners in Jinan and Dezhou, Shandong. Later, the war in the capital was tight, and only a few hundred Han army flags were left in Jinan.

When the news of the breach of Shuntian Mansion came, Jiang Guozhu was also shocked. Bai Mingxiu's cruel methods against the Eight Banners made him shudder. At this time, Jiang Guozhu would never choose to sink with the wrecked ship of Manqing.

So the governor of Shandong immediately summoned his subordinates of the Han Army Banner and announced it in front of the people in Jinan Prefecture.

"...Today, I, Jiang Guozhu, and my brothers set things right and return to the Han family! Today, I will cut off this braid, restore my Han family's clothes, and pledge allegiance to Daming!"

Jiang Guozhu is still a cadre. His Jiang family has served the Manchus since his father's generation, but fundamentally Jiang Guozhu knew that the so-called Han army flag would have some benefits if it was in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If it fell in the current Daming, Definitely a reminder.

The Qing Dynasty is gone, although he may not be able to continue to be an official if he chooses to join Nanming, but at least he has a positive move, which can win the favor of the prince to supervise the country, at least it can let him live, and at worst he will become a rich family Weng.But if Jiang Guozhu was still a bannerman with a white flag when the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army arrived at the city of Jinan, it would be common for him to be beheaded, and at the least, he would be sent to Java as a hard labor.

The other flags of the Han Army are the same, and they feel great when they are domineering, but now everyone wishes they had never raised the flag before.

What Jiang Guozhu did was very simple. He changed the flag, changed the year of the official documents, cut off the braids and replaced them with Ming clothes, and then sealed up various documents such as household registration, waiting for someone from Nanming to receive them and maintain law and order.

"Sir, it is said that the army led by Li Dingguo, the Ming Dynasty Jin King and Army Commander, has crossed the Huaihe River and is heading towards our Shandong Province. It should arrive in Jinan Prefecture in the near future." A staff general from Green Camp reported to Jiang Guozhu.

Jiang Guozhu felt a little relieved, and immediately ordered: "Quickly send an envoy to notify King Jin, saying that my whole province has already been under the command of Daming anyway, and ask him to receive it."

With such thoughts, he naturally hoped to get Li Dingguo's approval earlier, so as to make a determination, so that Daming would not be credited, at least he would be able to make up for it, so that he would not be recognized as a bannerman and executed.Now the biggest worry of these Han army bannermen is that they don't think they are Manchus, they are just bannermen, but the prince's treatment of bannermen is no different from that of Manchurians.When dealing with Han people, ordinary people and princes will treat them well; but when dealing with bannermen, princes will not treat them as human beings at all. If the Qing army kills them directly, the others will also become coolies, and they may have to work until they are sent to distant overseas countries. Or exhausted.

Just when Jiang Guozhu was still worrying about his own fate, his subordinates brought another piece of news.

"My lord, the Shan County Bagua Cult has rebelled!"

Jiang Guozhu was shocked: "Conspiracy? What is Bagua religion?"

In fact, the ancient Chinese officials were often separated from their own people. They only focused on things related to their own interests, and they didn't care about the details of many real people's lives.Especially for non-government associations, many times before these organizations expand their activities and handle some cases, the government does not have a clear grasp of their situation.

The current Bagua Sect is like this, and its influence is actually concentrated in the rural areas of several states and counties.Beyond this range, many people have never even heard of it.

"The leader of the bandit, Liu Zuochen, is a farmer in Shanxian County. He said that he has some supernatural powers. He can tell the world and gossip, collect demons and kill demons. He uses supernatural powers to attract people to join the sect. Rituals and the like are the same as the White Lotus Sect. I don't know if there is a real connection. Liu Zuochen claims that "gossip opens a new world, and all living beings are happy." He established a real prince named Zhu Cihong, who was the prince of the former Emperor Chongzhen..."

After Jiang Guozhu heard this, he was so frightened that his liver was about to burst, "Damn this group of fools, when is it not good to make trouble, but this time is chosen, if the king of Jin and the crown prince know that such a group of fools came out of Shandong, why don't they come out?" If a fake prince is introduced, no matter how hard I try, they will take their anger out on me and kill me."

Jiang Guozhu understood very well that since he dared to launch a "Zhu Cihong", then most likely this force had nothing to do with Nan Ming, otherwise he would not have found someone to challenge the authority of the prince to supervise the country.

"This is a group of thugs who don't know how to live or die! It doesn't matter if you want to die, but you can't drag me, Jiang Guozhu, to be buried with you." Jiang Guozhu was very angry. He worked so hard to survive. Now someone wants to kill him, but he can't Allowed.

"Give me some Qi soldiers, I will take people to Shan County personally, and encircle and suppress this group of bullshit gossip sects. I captured that fake prince and sent him to Beijing, and handed it over to the prince to supervise the country!"

Jiang Guozhu didn't know that the Eight Diagrams Sect was on the rise, and the senior leaders of the Sect, including the leader Liu Zuochen, felt as if a major event had already been accomplished.

In front of the squares of some impoverished and desolate small villages, Liu Zuochen stood in front of his congregation wearing a nondescript official uniform tailored by a local tailor, and announced triumphantly: "Today we welcome the succession of the real dragon prince to the throne. The prince established by the first emperor Chongzhen is more qualified to be emperor than the father and son of King Gui Yongli. Now we have helped protect the prince as the emperor. Everyone is a hero who founded the country! Now let everyone be a high-ranking official! Grand Marshal of Soldiers and Horses! Well, according to the emperor's order, Zhu Cixuan, the son of King Gui, is made the King of Shouchun..."

(End of this chapter)