Since Chongzhen, China has been in turmoil and wars, plagues, and natural disasters that have affected most of China.Even Zhejiang, which Zhao Ming now controls, has lost 30 percent of its population, and many cities are not as prosperous as they once were.At this time, Gu Yuanjing surrendered the city and dedicated Guangzhou to the Han army.Zhao Ming then ordered his henchmen to enter the city first, control the city, and after confirming the safety, Zhao Ming rode into Guangzhou.Gu Yuanjing is very good at things, and he has already mobilized the gentry and people of Guangzhou, lined up on both sides of the street, and waved to welcome Zhao Ming into the city.Zhao Ming saw that in the city of Guangzhou, the streets were wide, the shops were numerous, and the crowd gathered, and the prosperity was no less than that of Hangzhou, so he was not surprised.Zhu Yuyi and others evacuated from Guangzhou, but most of the wealthy gentry and merchants in Guangzhou, as well as the residents of the city, did not flee.After all, this is a struggle between the upper echelons, and it has little to do with them, after the Han army entered the city, they still did business and paid taxes, and there was no need to follow Zhu Yuyi into exile.Zhao Ming waved all the way and came to the palace of the king of Yue, before he reined in his war horse and turned to face the gentry and people who followed him all the way.At this time, Zhao Ming turned over, walked up the steps in front of the palace, faced the crowd of Wuyang, and said loudly: "Don't worry!
The Han army entered the city without committing any crimes, and the gentry and merchants in the city did their jobs, and the lonely king did not draw or apportion.In addition, considering the impact of this year's war, this year's taxes are exempted!
”When many gentry and ordinary people heard this, they immediately cheered, "King Han is benevolent!"
”Zhao Ming immediately turned around and entered the palace, and when he looked up, the plaque of the Yue Palace on the door of the copper ingot mansion had been replaced by the Han Palace, and he couldn't help but bow slightly, and was even more satisfied with Gu Yuanjing on the side.In the palace, Zhao Ming sat on the throne in the main hall, listening to the reports of his subordinates.Zhang Jiayu, who joined the army, said: "Your Highness, when the army enters the city, it has to surrender 7,000 troops, 13,000 taels of silver, 20,000 stone of grain, and 100 ships. ”When Zhao Ming heard this, he couldn't help but say: "With this seizure, Guangzhou is basically an empty city." ”Gu Yuanjing, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Guangzhou was originally rich, but at the beginning of the year, one million taels of silver and 500,000 stones of grain were transported to Huguang, and the treasury was basically emptied.In recent days, nearly 100,000 troops have gathered in Guangzhou, and they are even more unable to make ends meet. ”Zhao Ming smiled slightly, knowing that Gu Yuanjing was worried, and Zhao Ming thought that he had embezzled the money and grain from the treasury."
This is clear to the lonely king, Gu Fantai doesn't need to explain!
These money and grains still exist in the Yamen of the Domain, maintaining the operation of the Yamen.Later, Gu will also order Hu Cao to allocate 500,000 taels of silver to the Third Division of Guangdong for the reconstruction of Guangzhou. ”Zhao Ming said with a smile.Gu Yuanjing was stunned, in recent years, it has been the central government, scraping the local land, trying every means to get money from the locality, but he didn't expect that King Han had just taken over Guangzhou, not only did not scrape the land, but also smashed 500,000 yuan."
Your Highness is wise, Your Highness is benevolent!"
Gu Yuanjing immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Guangzhou is under the rule of His Royal Highness, it is really a blessing for the people of Guangzhou!"
”The old bureaucrats are very good at seizing the moment and not being ashamed, which is really scary.Zhao Ming was very impressed by this sycophant, but he was still thinking about the surprise, so he asked, "Okay!"
Gu Fantai, tell me about the surprise you prepared for Lone!
”Gu Yuanjing heard this, but looked left and right, Zhao Ming frowned slightly, waved his hand, and said: "These are all the henchmen of the Lone King, it can be said!"
”Gu Yuanjing said: "Your Highness, since the fall of the Northern Capital, the Ming Dynasty has become turbulent, and has experienced the two regimes of Hongguang and Luwang, and now there is a situation of Longwu and Jianwu fighting!"
Why does Your Highness think this is the case?
”Zhao Ming satisfied Gu Yuanjing's desire to perform, sat upright, and listened, "Qing family, please speak!"
”Gu Yuanjing said proudly: "The minister thinks that there are two reasons, one is that the traitors in the DPRK and China are in turmoil, and the other is that the bloodline is sparse and it is difficult to convince the public.Now Longwu and Jianwu are fighting each other, because they are both sparse domains, so no one obeys anyone. ”Zhao Ming's heart moved, it was impossible for Gu Yuanjing to say such words for no reason, so he said: "The Qing family is reasonable, so what is the surprise of the Qing family?"
”Gu Yuanjing said with some excitement: "After Emperor Chongzhen was martyred, the throne of the Ming Dynasty should be inherited by Emperor Shenzong.From the perspective of legal system, only the three feudal domains of Fu, Gui, and Hui are the most suitable to inherit the throne.After the Fu Fan ascended the throne, due to the collusion between the traitorous party in the DPRK and the foreign towns, and the southward movement of the Qing army, the Hongguang court was destroyed.After that, according to the order, the two feudal domains of Gui and Hui should inherit the throne, but in the end, it was Longwu who ascended the throne and King Lu supervised the country.This has laid the foundation for today's turmoil!
”Zhao Ming bowed his head and said: "Reasonable!
”Gu Yuanjing admitted that in this matter, he had an element of gambling.After all, the King of Han was nominally subordinate to the Jianwu court, and his words not only negated Longwu, but also denied the legitimacy of the Jianwu court.If the King of Han was loyal to Emperor Jianwu, then he would be cold, but looking at Zhao Ming's reaction, Gu Yuanjing knew that he was right.Gu Yuanjing said excitedly: "If you want to end the troubled times and become famous, you need to put things right."
Now the two domains of Fu and Hui have been killed by the Qing army, and only the Gui domain is still there.If His Royal Highness supports the Gui Domain, inherits the unification, and has the Han army as the backing, he will definitely be able to sweep away the internal and destroy the strong enemy externally. ”In fact, when Zhao Ming attacked Guangzhou for the first time, he sent He Dengyun to fight Zhaoqing, with the purpose of controlling King Gui.Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian have their own forces and teams, Zhao Ming is difficult to control, and King Gui has no foundation, and Zhao Ming understands Zhu Youlang, he is not a master of great talent, and his ability is far inferior to Zhu Yujian and Zhu Yihai, to help him ascend the throne, King Gui can only rely on him and the Han Kingdom.However, He Dengyun conquered Zhaoqing, but did not find any trace of King Gui.Later, Zhao Ming asked people to look for it, but there was no news.Zhao Ming showed a smile on his face: "So, the surprise prepared by the Qing family is King Gui?"
”Gu Yuanjing smiled and saluted, "Your Highness, King Gui is in the city, so he is protected by his ministers!"
”Zhu Yujing retreated from Guangzhou in a panic and ordered Gu Yuanjing to take King Gui out of the city, but Gu Yuanjing did not obey Zhu Yuyi's order, not only did not go out of the city, but hid King Gui and prepared to sacrifice it to King Han.Zhao Ming originally thought that Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, had been killed by Zhu Yuyi or sent to Huguang, but he didn't expect that he was still in the city.This is indeed a surprise, with this card, Zhao Ming will be much easier to act in the future, and it can play a good transition.After all, in the past three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there are still many loyal people such as Du Yinxi, Li Dingguo, and Jiao Lian.Zhao Ming and Gu Yuanjing glanced at each other, a treacherous smile appeared on their faces, and they immediately said: "King Gui is actually in the city, and the Lone King wants to meet him immediately!"
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