Chapter 63 Not optimistic
Zhao Ming’s worries are not groundless, but historical facts.
After the fall of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the biggest hidden danger within the Southern Ming Dynasty was the loss of a convincing heir.
We were already facing strong enemies and there were constant internal disputes. Several great situations were broken due to internal struggles.
From the dispute between Fulu, to the dispute between Tang and Lu, to the dispute between Gui and Tang, it is because no one is convinced by anyone.
According to the order of feudal legal system, after Chongzhen hanged himself, the crown prince should have ascended the throne, but the crown prince did not arrive in Nanjing, so the ministers could only find a vassal king to ascend the throne based on their bloodline.
At that time, the most qualified to ascend the throne were King Fu and King Gui, but King Gui was far away from Guangxi and far away from the center of the dynasty. Moreover, the country cannot be without a king for a day, so it is necessary to set a grand throne early to calm people's hearts, so it is too late to go.
Many ministers and ministers in Nanjing should have made King Fu the emperor, but the Donglin Party, which had a powerful force in Jiangnan, was worried that after King Fu ascended the throne, the Donglin Party had once prevented its elder King Fu from becoming the crown prince, so they offered a Lu King to fight for the throne, and the first dispute over the order of ruling led to a bad atmosphere.
For this reason, the Donglin Party did not hesitate to slander King Fu. After King Fu ascended the throne, he still created the case of Concubine Tong, the case of Princess from the North. The case of Great Compassion shakes Hongguang's legal system, making Hongguang's status never solid, and divided the hearts of the world, which also made the energy of the Hongguang court restrained by internal struggles and did nothing.
Originally, after Hongguang ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was most likely to re-establish a center, but unfortunately it was destroyed by its own people.
Hongguang has the advantage of bloodline and is a legal heir. After he ascended the throne, he was questioned, let alone other vassal kings with estranged bloodline.
This situation makes any vassal king unstable ascend to the throne.
Now, the southeast is the Tang and Lu are united together. There are two days of heaven and the state has two masters.
Although Longwu ascended the throne in the front and King Lu was the king of Lu to supervise the country later, according to the law, King Lu should have abdicated and returned to the vassal state, so that the Ming Dynasty could achieve unity at least in name, but Emperor Longwu was too distant, and King Lu Zhu was wearing a yellow robe and was reluctant to retire. Moreover, the ministers who supported King Lu were unwilling to give up their "decisive strategy" and were worried that they would not be valued after entering the Longwu Dynasty, so they gradually formed a dispute between Tang and Lu.
If Emperor Longwu had high prestige, he might be able to defeat King Lu, but everyone was a vassal and no one had any absolute advantage. Since ancient times, China has never allowed the situation of having two kings in the state, so it would be inevitable that the Tang and Lu would go against each other.
It is no longer easy to change the fate of Jiangyin City, but it is almost impossible to change the relationship between the two major forces of Tang and Lu.
But if you don't do anything, the situation will develop in the original direction.
The Tang and Lu vassals of the Tang and Lu vassals missed the opportunity to be restrained by the Jiangnan rebel army because of their busy disputes over the legal system. They regained lost territory, recruited troops, and consolidated their foundation.
By then, the Qing army suppressed the rebel army in Jiangnan and launched a large-scale invasion of the south, and Tang and Lu were unprepared. Because of their own opinions, 100,000 Qing troops invaded eastern Zhejiang in the south, and the Longwu court would not reinforce, so they would watch the King of Lu defeat.
In the end, Zhejiang East lost, and the Longwu court, who had suddenly realized that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, but it was too late to be defeated by the Qing army again.
This is the original trajectory, which made Zhao Ming feel angry and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
In fact, after the rebel army in the south of the Yangtze River fought for more than three months, King Lu swept across eastern Zhejiang, he was fully capable of taking advantage of the opportunity to recover Yuhang, but the Zhejiang soldiers stopped on the bank of Qiantang River.
Zhao Ming's words made several people feel terrified. Previously, the Nanjing court died because of internal strife. If the Tang and Lu fight, the Qing army took the opportunity to go south again, the situation would be really not optimistic.
After all, even if the Tang and Lu unite are united, they may not be the opponent of the Qing army. If the Tang and Lu fight, they will definitely be defeated by the Qing army.
All the people here are not officials of the court. They know that Duoduo will lead 100,000 Qing troops south, but there is no way to change it.
At this time, Zheng Sen pondered for a while and suddenly spoke: "Duke Yan, Duke Chen, Bo'an, after arriving in Zhoushan, I immediately returned to Fujian and persuaded my father to see if it could influence the court and abandon his views."
Chen Mingyu's eyes lit up and he said in a deep voice: "Tishi Zheng is an important official of the court. If Damu could persuade Taishi Zheng, there should be no problem with the court."
Zheng Zhilong supported Emperor Longwu, which was a business called Qihuokeju.
To convince Zheng Zhilong, Zhao Ming felt that there was little hope, but he nodded, "Damu, you go back to Fujian, and your role is indeed greater than staying here."
Yan Yingyuan obviously agreed, "Damu, the strength of the Qing army should not be underestimated. We are just fighting with Liu Liangzuo and a group of rebels. The situation will be so difficult. If the slave chief Duoduo leads the 100,000 Eight Banners south, the situation will be even more unoptimistic. After you return to Fujian, be sure to make a statement and listen to the heavens!"
Zheng Sen nodded and asked immediately, "What are your plans after Sen left?"
As soon as everyone left Jiangyin, there was no plan. Yan Yingyuan said: "Set up in Zhoushan first, and then make plans after understanding the situation."
Zheng Sen nodded slightly and asked again: "How can the Lu Jianguo persuade him?"
Everyone had nothing to do with the Lu Jianguo, and they had no way to come to see the Lu Jianguo, so there was no way to persuade him.
Yan Yingyuan and others pondered for a while, but Zhao Ming shouted: "Duoduo went south and the State of Lu is the State of Lu. The most urgent person at that time is the State of Lu. If Fujian can send troops to support it, Zhejiang will not be able to ask for it. I will talk about it on the State of Lu."
As he was talking, someone suddenly reported outside, "Donald Yan, the fleet has arrived in Chongming and is about to go to sea."
So a group of people left the ship warehouse, stood on the ship building, watching the ship stay away from the mainland, feeling sad.
Chen Mingyu sighed, "I am waiting to go out to sea now, but I don't know when I will be able to return to my hometown and regain thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!"
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The battle in the water village outside Wujiang County was over. Kong Youde attacked for three consecutive days. Seeing that he was about to break through the water village, the rebels inside the water village took a boat overnight and entered Taihu Lake, which made the Qing army sigh at the lake.
In this battle, the Qing army fought extremely depressedly, and suffered huge casualties to fill the fortifications of the rebels. Just as they were about to die, the rebels slipped away.
This made Kong Youde extremely depressed, but the Qing army was not without gains. Nikan's body was finally robbed back.
In the Qing military camp tent, Kong Youde looked sad, and there was an unrecognizable corpse in the tent.
"Prince, the rioters are too ruthless. If they are sent back like this, the court may be furious and may even implicate the prince." The general Sun Yanling took a breath.
Kong Youde looked depressed, "What should I do if I do that?"
At this moment, a soldier outside the tent suddenly reported, "Prince, Master Beile has arrived!"
Kong Youde was shocked when he heard this and waved his hand, "Hurry~ hurry~ cover with the cloth!"
Chapter completed!