Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

It was not until July, when Gao Doushu sent people disguised as beggars and went south to Jingzhou and other places to ask for help that he received news about the death of Ming Dynasty and his appointment as governor of Hanzhong.

He set up an altar to worship Emperor Chongzhen in a distant place. After crying and worshiping, Gao Doushu went to Hanzhong alone.

He must obey the emperor's orders.

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However, how could he regain Hanzhong by himself? ! ! !

After Gao Doushu failed, he lived in seclusion.

After Hongguang was established, he was eager to find highly respected ministers, so he wanted to appoint Gao Doushu as governor of Huguang.

Gao Doushu saw through that the Jiangnan bigwigs were supporting the clan just for internal fighting, and he was even more ashamed of the Jiangnan gentry running the country's affairs!

He refused to accept Hongguang's appointment and lived in seclusion in the world since then.

After the entire Jiangnan line was lost, and even Emperor Longwu, who had briefly revived, was shot to death by thousands of arrows from the Qing army, Gao Doushu became completely discouraged about the overall situation of the court.

He returned to his hometown in Jiangnan and lived in seclusion.

Later, Xie Sanbin, a traitor in Ningbo, arrested Gao Doushu, hoping to use this to claim credit from the Qing court.

The righteous men in the south of the Yangtze River admired Gao Doushu's character. With the contact of Gao Doushu's younger brother, the famous doctor Gao Doukui, the righteous men voluntarily donated gold and silver to redeem him.

In his later years, Gao Doushu lived in seclusion, with a poor family, and lived in poverty. He died of illness at home in 1670.

As for Xu Qiyuan, who was promoted by Chen Yan and took over the position of Gao Doushu——

This native of Liaoyang, Liaodong (original from Hefei), surrendered to the Qing court in the second year of Shunzhi, worked wholeheartedly for the Tatars, made a lot of achievements, and then successfully got into the first chapter of "The Biography of Erchen".

(During this period, there was also a famous figure in Shanghai named Xu Qiyuan. These two people, who are just one character apart, have nothing to do with each other.

Xu Qiyuan and Xu Guangqi are both from Shanghai. The author has not found out what the relationship between these two people is. )

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How could Zhu Youjian let go of Gao Doushu, a capable minister with national values?

As soon as Guanghua established a foothold, he sent Gao Shiming and Li Fengxiang, the two former chief eunuchs who guarded Baoding together with Fang Zhenghua, to the Yunyang area to report their pens and palm seals.

Zhu Youjian gave only one order to the two of them, to recover Gao Doushu and leave one person to control Xu Qiyuan.

Although Xu Qiyuan did not hesitate to fight against the Chuang army, he also had many achievements.

However, this man's bones were not strong, and Zhu Youjian was worried about him, who had been a traitor.

That is to say, his footing is not stable, otherwise, he would have found an opportunity to cut down the sacrificial flag for this person!

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Gao Shiming and Li Fengxiang traveled quickly. Before they could reach Junzhou, they saw Zhang Jiayong, the county magistrate, already ten miles away to greet them.

In the summer and autumn of last year, Gao Doushu ordered the army to regain Junzhou.

Later, he was "picked up" by Chuangjun again.

As the county magistrate of Junzhou, Zhang Jiayong really changes the king's flag at the top of the city, and whoever forces him will call his mother.

Seeing that the Ming Emperor fought back and defeated Yuan Zongdi not far from Junzhou, this guy immediately cut off the Dashun flag and put up the dusty Ming flag with his backhand...

After some debate, Gao Shiming and Li Fengxiang took a boat across the Han River to Yunyang.

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This afternoon.

Gawain returned to Guanghua City.

Even though he had experienced it personally, his face was still flushed and he was overwhelmed with joy.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

We got Wuguan back! "

Gawain's face was filled with tears and his lips were trembling.

"what?"

Zhu Youjian suddenly stood up: "What did you say?"

After he asked, he realized that Gawain's voice was hoarse and his eyes were red and bloodshot. It was obvious that he had come back at a high speed.

Zhu Youjian immediately said:

"Big companion, give Gao Baihu a cup of warm tea. Wang Lian, bring a stool and let Gao Baihu sit down and talk slowly!"

He also said to Chu Xianzhang, the eunuch who was also supervising the army in Baoding and supervising all the supervisory bureaus: "Old Chu, go and invite the ministers to come over!"

Wang Chengen went happily.

Wang Lian then brought a small brocade stool, placed it next to Gao Wencai, and asked him to sit down.

Gao Wencai thanked him, took the tea from Wang Chengen, bent down and thanked him.

He thanked the emperor and sat down with his butt half-stretched against the stool.

"Don't worry, drink some water first, I think your voice is hoarse!"

Zhu Youjian was all smiles.

Hearing His Majesty's concern, Gao Wencai's eyes turned red, and he couldn't stop his tears from rolling down and falling into the tea cup.

He drank all the tea in one breath and then said:

"At the beginning, Commander Wang took us, disguised as merchants, and headed north by water. The two General Niu took us through Zijing Pass, dressed as intruders, and headed north by land..."

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"Good! Good!"

Zhu Youjian clapped his hands and sighed.

"They are all my good ministers, they are all my good ministers!"

The courtiers who came hand in hand couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard that the two partial armies not only burned the provisions of the invading army, but also took back Wuguan under Erniu's magical operation.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the land of Nanyang is completely safe!"

"God bless the Ming Dynasty, God bless the Ming Dynasty!"

The ministers couldn't help but congratulated him again and again.

Zhu Youjian couldn't close his mouth with laughter. He looked at Gao Wencai and waved his hand and said:

"Gao Baihu brought back this good news and saved me from worrying. I will reward you!"

Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and the military merits would be rewarded according to the merits after everyone came back.

He looked at Wang Lian: "Guanghua City is small and there are not enough houses. The area around Laohekou Wharf, two miles outside the city, is a busy market town. You can go and choose a yard in person to house hundreds of families. use!"

Wang Lian went in a hurry.

Gawain stood up in a hurry, bowed down and bowed, his head quickly dropped to his knees:

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for the generous gift. I will work hard to overcome all obstacles for Your Majesty and restore our country, the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Youjian smiled and asked him to stand up:

"Gao Baihu is tired from traveling, so go back and rest first."

Gao Wencai retired from the county government.

Gao Wencai walked out of the county government office, turned around again, and bowed earnestly.

He murmured in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, wencai is just a small member of a small family. Today, your majesty treats me as a national scholar. Even if he dies in battle, he will still smile!"

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Wang Lian went to choose a yard for Gao Wencai, and happened to ride back. When he saw Gao Wencai at the yamen gate, he smiled and said:

"Gao Baihu, you're out."

Gao Wencai hurriedly turned around and saluted: "Excuse me, Your Majesty."

"There's no point in talking about trouble."

Wang Lian smiled and said: "Our family is just an eunuch, and his job is to serve others. He is not as good as Gao Baihu, who risked his life and fought for the country. In the eyes of our family, generals like Gao Baihu, That’s really hard work!”

He complimented Gao Wencai and asked him to spare a horse:

"Gao Baihu, our family has just selected one for you to enter the yard. Now we will ask someone to take you to see it."

Gawain touched his body and found that there were only some scattered silver left.

Naturally, these things cannot be obtained.

He thought for a moment, took off his ancestral emerald ring, and handed it to Wang Lian with both hands.