Beiyang new warlord

"Is this true?"

"I'm going back to Beijing to proclaim myself emperor, have you heard of the joke?"

The matter was so shocking that even Shi Kefa was dumbfounded and pondered there for a long time, and then he showed an extremely difficult and resolute look on his face, with veins throbbing all over his forehead, he nodded heavily at Mao Jue, and agreed .

"Okay, this Qin Hui, Shi did it!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Mao Jue immediately slapped him heavily.

"Come here, take Shige's subordinates down to freshen up and change clothes! A majestic imperial scholar, so sloppy, how decent is he?"

Although there was still a lot of sarcasm in the words this time, but this time Shi Kefa's face was as firm as a stone, and he followed the maid who came in without heeding and went out to wash and change clothes.

.........

"My lord, can I go to the back house?"

As soon as Shi Kefa was sent away, before Mao Jue could stretch himself, a sour voice rang out, women are women after all, even though Gu Hengbo was given to Mao Jue to unite the generals, she also agreed , but up to now, Ying Ji still seems to have a jealous vase on her face.

Originally, he really wanted to visit Gu Mei directly, but seeing her stinky face, Mao Jue sighed again.

"Isn't there still a prisoner? One is released, and the two sheep are also rods. Let's drive them to the prison!"

Don't go to that vixen Gu Hengbo, go anywhere!Ying Ji immediately showed a happy face, and clasped her fists heavily in front of her.

"The end will be ordered!"

.......

Born to work hard, Mao Jue staggered straight to the prison when he left the mansion at night, and a new resident was ushered in here today.

Both arms are wrapped in bandages, and the body is also wrapped around, like a mummy, with a crutch placed on the side of the body, which looks a bit more miserable than Mao Jue, but sitting here, This man kept his chest up and his head up all the time, as if he was not in prison, but continued to command thousands of troops in the army formation.

Governor of Luzhou, Marquis of Jingnan, Huang Degong!

Chapter 625. A good-for-nothing king, a minister of a hypocrite

He was treated politely again from being a prisoner. Early the next morning, hundreds of fast horses formed a cavalry formation to escort Shi Kefa out of Yangzhou City. Immediately on the bank of the river, he was again eye-opening. There are more than a dozen three-masted galleons, densely packed cannon muzzles are exposed on the two decks, and the flags with Mao characters are fluttering and flying in the wind of the river.

As the guards boarded the huge Dongjiang battleship, Shi Kefa felt grateful. He was not grateful for himself, but for the entire Nanming Dynasty.

It is said that ships from the south and horses from the north, but this Mao Jue is evil. He was born in the wild land of Liaozuo, but he is so proficient in warships, and he has also seen the firepower of the Dongjiang River. In front of such a gunboat, it is simply paper.

Mao Jue's request can be said to be harsh!But when he was able to capture Nanjing and destroy the Nanming Dynasty, he could raise such a condition, and he had to admit that this was a kind of kindness. After all, there was no greater gift than survival, and given time, maybe there was still a chance!So even if this Qin Hui, Shi Kefa is the one!

Shi Kefa didn't notice, watching him leave by boat, the rustling clothes heels blowing in the river wind, Mao Jue himself seemed relieved.

He was really frightened by the drilling ability of these Jiangnan gentry!Sending Shi Kefa away is also equivalent to sending away a burden in his heart.

"Whether it's rebirth from the ashes or collapses suddenly, you can play by yourself first!"

Full of relief, he snorted with a sneer, and then Mao Jue was full of smiles again, turning around and shaking his tightly clenched fists at Huang Degong, who was dragged out of prison by him last night and was still wrapped in bandages.

"Master Huang, what do you think about it? Are you really loyal? Or are you just loyal to your own reputation?"

That smile is like a profiteer trying to sell zombie chicken feet and pig feet that have been refrigerated for 50 to [-] years.

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These days, Jiangnan is brewing on his own, and he is also hiding his strength for the battle across the river that may soon start. Mao Jue's fleet has been wandering around between Xu Yang and Zhoushan. This is the first time it has officially appeared in front of Jiangnan scholars. With a hull of 45 to [-] meters, and gun ports that stare at each other gloomyly like centipede eyes, at noon, when this fleet appeared on the river in front of Xiaguan in Nanjing, it was as good as the Nanming court who was already frightened. It was like being poured a large basin of cold water in the twelfth lunar month of winter, it was so cold to the heart.

The fishing boats and merchant ships leaning on the river bank are like small fish fry in front of sharks, looking up the river or down the river in embarrassment, fleeing in all directions. They have already been frightened once, and the Qinhuai painting boat with experience in escaping hangs high. Raised the white flag, waving the centipede-like scull towards the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River to dodge, the crowd on the bank was like ants on a rainy day, the porter pushing the unicycle left the car aside and ran away, the people on the car The guests didn't care about the status of being rich, and even fled from the ground in embarrassment after falling a few somersaults.

In just ten minutes, the bustling Nanjing port was almost deserted.

There were two peak periods of shipbuilding in the Ming Dynasty. One was Zheng He’s treasure ship during the Yongle period, and the other was the Anti-Japanese War during the Jiajing period. At that time, it was said that the Ming Dynasty had [-] warships of all sizes floating in the offshore waters, which were even comparable in number. The Dutch at their peak, it is a pity that Western shipbuilding has always been a national policy, inherited and flourished, but the Ming Dynasty was only a flash in the pan. After the external threat was eliminated, the fleet of Ming Dynasty lacked financial maintenance, and the decayed and festered ships moored in the port were exhausted.

Nandu, known as the Southern Ship and the Northern Horse, has no pay or any decent fleet. There are only more than 20 river patrol roads. Help the army.

Looking at the small bronze cannons launched along the river, and the Southern Army's musketeers and archers lined up in a messy formation, even Shi Kefa felt pale and funny for a while.

The pressure of the Dongjiang fleet also caused great panic among the scholars and bureaucrats of the Southern Ming Dynasty and even the royal family. Before the war started, the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong escaped under the protection of Ma Shiying, and Jiang, a scholar of the Dongge University, followed him. Yue Guang, Gao Hongtu, the imperial historian, Liu Zongzhou, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and other gentlemen of the Donglin, called them euphemistically, hung their crowns and left.

Full of panic, Minister of Rites Qian Qianyi, University scholar Wang Duo, honored Zhao Zhilong, Wei Guogong Xu Jiujue and a half went out of the city to greet them, waiting tremblingly behind the Beijing camp, seemingly supervising the battle, but actually making up their minds Once the northern soldiers broke through the city, they took the lead in proposing to surrender and compete for a better political position in the new regime.

As for the Donglin Confucianism advocated to get rid of people and preserve the principles of nature, and to be loyal to the emperor's affairs, I'm sorry, but I can't remember it for the time being!

In this tense situation, the Dongjiang Navy, which has been patrolling the center of the Yangtze River for more than half an hour, has no intention of attacking at all. Instead, it lowers a large boat and hangs a historical flag with two holes in it. At the bow of the boat, rushing to the bank of the river, he was shaking quickly. Before the battle was fought, he was afraid of being injured and angering Mao Jue. Shore shouted and waved loudly.

"When the two countries are at war, don't kill the envoy, and don't shoot arrows! Don't shoot arrows!"

Shi Kefa is also quite face-saving. The Nanjing imperial army lined the road to welcome him, and Governor Jiang Fang greeted him personally. However, after seeing Shi Kefa, both Xu Jiujue and Qian Qianyi showed disappointment and jealousy, full of sarcasm, Qian Qianyi He also clasped his fist happily.

"Gao Tu Shi Ge, Zuo Gong, is now the regent and made me the southern capital. I don't know what you can do?"

These words obviously satirize him for not having a dead end, but instead taking refuge in Mao Jue and treating him as an outsider, but when Qian Qianyi said this, he completely forgot how he was connected to the north.

But it is completely different from him who is afraid of death. Although Shi Kefa has no great talent, his loyalty is still admirable. He is not afraid of death, let alone a sarcasm. It was shouting hurriedly.

"Master Qian, I will explain the reasons for right and wrong after the fact. This pavilion is going to enter the palace immediately to face the saint. It is a matter of my Ming's life and death! Hurry up! Hurry up!"

After all, he was born in Donglin Jinzhi, and he knows the virtues of Donglin people too well. As soon as he finished shouting, Shi Kefa turned around and pointed at the middle of the river, pointing at the Dongjiang River with the black muzzles facing the river bank. The gunboat yelled: "If you don't get a reply before noon, Mao Ni's army will bombard Nanjing City!"

There are no great principles that can be used with cannons. The officials in Nanjing who wanted to stand on the moral high ground and criticize Shi Kefa were immediately shocked.

But to the embarrassment of the officials, the emperor ran away!In desperation, Shi Kefa had no choice but to run out of the city again, rowing to the middle of the river, but the order the fleet received was just a threat. The family's old face was pale and put down the harsh words, come back at noon tomorrow!If there is no reply, Ying Tian will be turned into a pile of stones.

Watching these killing machines go down the river and disappear out of sight, both Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from their foreheads, their backs were all soaked.

It can be said that there are [-] Nandu Imperial Guards in Nanjing City, and there is a strong city behind it to rely on, but people have no will to win, and the fleet of thousands of people is scared to death. This is evident in the failure of Nanming.

But I have to praise, Zhu Yousong is still very good at escaping. Li Zicheng broke Luoyang, and he ran from Luoyang to Fengyang together. It took only half a day, and he was about to run out of southern Jiangsu and slip into Zhejiang. , It was still a few honorable horses running desperately, and only then did they catch up with the emperor who weighed more than 300 catties near Suzhou.

And after catching up, Zhu Yousong still didn't believe that the northern army hadn't attacked the city, and refused to go back. In the end, a few nobles were sweating and talked to Ma Shiying, a university scholar in armor. Ma Shiying forced Yujia to turn north, This effort was delayed for more than half an hour.

When Zhu Yousong returned to the Nanjing Imperial Palace, it was already midnight, but at this time, who cares about the rules and regulations of the palace, all civil and military officials, honorable ministers, as long as they are qualified to go to court, all gathered, and the entire Xuanzheng Palace was brightly lit. Even the officials of a few grades who were not qualified to go to court took advantage of today's chaos to guard the emptiness and hid outside the palace to eavesdrop.

There is no way, this is related to his wealth and life, and the official luck is prosperous?

In the court hall, the ugly faces of these Jiangnan celebrities who call themselves Qingliu celebrities are undoubtedly revealed. On the one hand, they want to flaunt themselves as loyal ministers and righteous men, and stay far away from Shi Kefa, for fear of getting any stigma if they get close. After returning to the city of Nanjing, Shi Kefa never mentioned anything about the northern affairs. What was Mao Jue's attitude, what was the purpose of sending him here? All the ministers wanted to stick to him again.

In terms of nourishing energy, Shi Kefa is considered extraordinary. No matter his colleagues around him are chattering, mocking in a low voice, or scolding loudly, he just lowers his head and closes his eyes, keeps silent, and is truly flattered and humiliated.

This anxious waiting lasted until a sharp voice was heard in the hall.

"The Emperor is here!"

"Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live, long live!"