When the team arrived about five miles outside Jiujiang Fucheng, Zhu Cixang sent an order to temporarily station the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry here. He led the Shenwu Army Longying and a thousand personal guards to the Fucheng.

Zhu Cihong's move was to reduce Zuo Liangyu's wariness. If he brought nearly 100,000 troops with him, he suspected that Zuo Liangyu would not dare to open the city gate.

There are hundreds of thousands of Zuo Liangyu's troops in the city, and Zhu Cixiang only brought 10,000 people into the city. Zuo Liangyu shouldn't be worried. After all, 100,000 people have a huge advantage over 10,000 people.

When the Jiujiang government office received information about Emperor Shenwu's shipwreck, Zuo Liangyu and Jiujiang Guard Commander Zhang Yong were having a drink to celebrate.

For them, regardless of whether Emperor Shenwu fell into the water or not, this incident would have a huge psychological impact on him.

After all, Emperor Shenwu was still young, and it was very likely that he was frightened, which eventually led him to abandon the land reform policy in the south.

In fact, the land reform had little impact on Zuo Liangyu, because he relied entirely on robbing to get rich. The reason why Zuo Liangyu attacked Emperor Shenwu was mainly to stay alive...

Emperor Shenwu has already killed six commanders and two general soldiers when he went south. Zuo Liangyu is scared. With what he did in Wuchang and Jiujiang, Emperor Shenwu will never let him go!

Zhang Yong, the commander of the Jiujiang Guard, believed that once Emperor Shenwu fell into the water, he would definitely turn around and return to the capital. The emperor was not afraid of death and was happy. He raised his glass to Zuo Liangyu and smiled:

"Commander Zuo, if something happens to the little emperor, it will definitely be difficult to continue the land reform in Jiangnan. This commander will give you 100,000 acres of land. Commander Zuo has hundreds of thousands of troops. Just leave the work to them..."

Zuo Liangyu shook his head and smiled:

"I will change places at any time. If I don't like the land, why not exchange the land reform for city money? This will make it easier for me to carry it!"

"this……"

Zhang Yong suddenly looked embarrassed when he heard this. Everyone knew that Emperor Shenwu was carrying out land reform. Who dares to buy 100,000 acres of land? How to exchange it for money? This is too difficult...

Seeing Zhang Yong's expression of embarrassment, Zuo Liangyu knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile:

"How much land did you give to Jiangxi Governor Hu Shi'an?"

"Fifty thousand acres!"

When Zuo Liangyu asked about the amount of land given to Hu Shian, Zhang Yong did not hide it and directly said 50,000 acres.

Zuo Liangyu nodded:

"Three years ago, land was very valuable. There was no news of land reform at that time. Land in Jiangnan was very easy to sell. Fifty thousand acres of land could be sold for at least hundreds of thousands taels of silver, right?

I know that the land is not easy to buy and sell at this time, so I will not embarrass the commander. I will give you 80,000 taels of silver. If anything happens to Jiujiang Guards in the future, I will not ignore it. How about that?"

"this……"

Zhang Yong was stunned again when he heard this. He didn't expect Zuo Liangyu to ask for money directly. He only knew him to be ruthless before, but he didn't expect Zuo Liangyu to be thick-skinned...

Just as Zhang Yong was pondering how to reply Zuo Liangyu, a guerrilla general hurried into the lobby:

"Commander, something bad is going on. Emperor Shenwu and his army are less than ten miles away from Jiujiang City..."

"What did you say? Is the little emperor okay?"

When Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Yong heard this, they jumped up from their seats almost at the same time. They both looked at each other in shock.

After a moment, Zhang Yong was the first to react and hurriedly hugged Zuo Liangyu:

"Commander Zuo, I want to return to the guardhouse. I can't let them find me here..."

Before he finished speaking, the Jiujiang Guard commander quickly left, leaving only Zuo Liangyu in a daze.

"What should I do? I will definitely come and kill me..."

When the guerrilla general saw the commander in a daze, still mumbling something, he hurriedly reminded:

"Commander, don't be in a daze. You have to make a decision quickly..."

Only after being reminded by the guerrilla general, Zuo Liangyu came to his senses and asked hurriedly:

"How many troops does the little emperor bring?"

"Commander, the general doesn't know exactly how many troops the young emperor is coming, but according to the scout report, most of the National Protectorate Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Shenwu Army are camped about five miles outside the city. The only troops coming are the Shenwu Army.

About ten thousand people!”

Zuo Liangyu asked hurriedly:

"Has the prefect received notice of the arrival of the little emperor?"

"No, there is no movement at the prefect's office. If they had received the notice, they would have gone out of the city to greet him!"

Hearing that the prefect and others had not received the notice, Zuo Liangyu hurriedly said:

"Quickly, call the young marshal to come!"

"Here!"

The guerrilla general immediately went to call Zuo Menggeng, and soon Zuo Menggeng came in a hurry.

"Father, what's the matter?"

After Zuo Liangyu sighed, he said seriously:

"The little emperor has come to Jiujiang. Just in case, you go and assemble the team immediately. If the little emperor dares to attack his father, immediately raise troops to capture him. Remember, you must see the signal before acting. Don't be reckless!"

"this……"

Zuo Mengeng was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that his father would dare to rebel in order to save his life.

However, as Zuo Liangyu's son, he must have followed his father's lead and said hurriedly:

"Don't worry, Commander, my son will not disappoint you. The worst we can do is capture the little emperor as a hostage and immediately evacuate to Zhoushan. What can Ming Dynasty do to me if it doesn't have a navy..."

After Zuo Menggeng finished speaking, he immediately stood up and went to prepare.

Looking at his son's leaving figure, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but nodded:

"The child has finally matured and actually thought of evacuating to the sea. The tiger will have no dogs!"

After a few obscene words, Zuo Liangyu said to the guerrilla general:

"Send the order, close the city gate tightly, and follow me to the top of the city to see the situation before making a decision!"

"Here!"

After Zuo Liangyu said that, he immediately headed to the city with the guerrilla general and his elite servants.

Since he had not received any notice from the little emperor, he had every reason to pretend that he knew nothing. If there were fewer people coming, Zuo Liangyu would open the city to welcome him.

If Emperor Shenwu comes with an army of nearly 100,000 people, Zuo Liangyu decides not to open the city gate. He believes that it will not be a problem for him to defend the city with more than 100,000 troops for a few years...

Standing at the top of Jiujiang City, Zuo Liangyu put up a pergola and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he found smoke and dust billowing in the distance. There was really a large group of people coming. Zuo Liangyu suddenly started to feel anxious...

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While Zhu Cihong went to Jiujiang, the struggle against the New Deal in Nanjing was also beginning to take off. This was also part of the cooperation with Zuo Liangyu and others.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jiangnan gentry and literati were very resistant to the Ming Dynasty's reforms, but because Emperor Shenwu was so strong, they did not dare to take any action publicly for the time being, but they had already begun to do so in private

Do it quietly.

Zhang Ruoqi, a disciple of the Confucian family, began to move around, and immediately received strong support from those in Donglin Academy and Fushe, who began to encourage literati and gentry everywhere.

I hope they can all unite to resist all new policies such as education reform and land reform...

Who is Zhang Ruoqi? He was the military supervisor in the Battle of Songjin in history. Zhu Cihong was not reused after supervising the country, so he ended up in Nanjing for some reason.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songjin, Hong Chengchou was familiar with the art of war and commanded it well. He knew very well that the Qing cavalry had strong combat effectiveness and should not be underestimated.

He adopted a defense-based approach, attacking steadily and pressing forward step by step. He made full use of the advantages of the Ming Dynasty army, coupled with timely logistics supply, launched a protracted battle with the Qing army, and slowly wore away the Qing army's vigor.

, continued to win, and when the time was right, they would engage in a decisive battle with the Qing army.

Huang Taiji was originally commanding in Shengjing. When he saw how fierce the war was, he quickly rushed to the front line on horseback. On the way, his nose began to bleed. He held it with a big bowl in one hand and rode the horse rope with the other hand.

On the way...

But Chongzhen made a fatal mistake and sent Zhang Ruolin to the army as a supervisor to monitor Hong Chengchou, which was ultimately one of the reasons for the failure of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Ruolin didn't know anything about fighting, and he took advantage of the fact that he was the supervisor of the army and gave random orders. As a result, the army only knew that there was supervisor Zhang but not Governor Hong.

He suppressed Hong Chengchou at every turn and asked him to make a quick decision. Hong Youku could not speak out and did not dare to offend him, so he could only listen to him. After all, he was a supervisor sent by the emperor.

In the end, they had no choice but to launch a decisive battle with the Qing army in advance before the time was ripe. In the end, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, and the 130,000 elite troops commanded by Hong Chengchou were ultimately defeated.

From then on, the Ming Dynasty no longer had elite troops...

Zhang Ruolin ruined the elite of the Ming Dynasty, but he managed to escape and fled back to the capital. After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, he first surrendered to Li Zicheng and then surrendered to the Qing army.

Not only did the Qing army not kill him, they reused him and gave him high-ranking officials and generous salaries. He finally died peacefully. Because of his low reputation and influence, he was not judged by history!

Historically, he liked to act like a monster. This time he started acting like a monster in Nanjing, and he actually took the initiative to contact the gentry and civil servants everywhere to resist...

The current power of the civil servant group in the Ming Dynasty is completely suppressed by the military generals, making them increasingly frustrated.

They used to strongly support sea bans, and their purpose was to facilitate their own smuggling. There was no sea ban at all in their country.

In the past, if anything went against them, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate would come out to criticize. Even Chongzhen was sometimes helpless, but Zhu Cixiang almost banned the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The strength of Emperor Shenwu made the civil servants completely mute, and no more noise could be heard in the court.

Many local civil servants secretly supported this matter for their own benefit.

Especially abandoning Confucianism, they felt that this was a great insult to the gentlemen and literati, and it was also a divine aid to stir up trouble.

After a period of plotting, they prepared to start a demonstration from Suzhou Prefecture.
To be continued...