Chapter 1075 The Regent

Qian Qianyi, who has no integrity, is just a microcosm of that era. The one who lost the Ming Dynasty was neither Li Zicheng's Dashun nor Dorgon's Qing Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty itself.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, party disputes arose everywhere, and the Donglin Party rebelled and fought against each other.

After Chongzhen hanged himself, the prince did not follow the ancestral system to supervise the country in Jianye. As a result of Chongzhen's death, the prince and Chongzhen's parents and children were all captured, and the throne could only be passed on according to the regulations of brother and brother.

At that time, the first candidate was King Fu, King Gui supported by Shi Kefa and others, and King Lu supported by the Donglin Party. The three kings and their supporters fought with each other, and it was very lively, completely disregarding the situation in the north, and gave the Qing Dynasty enough time to gain a firm foothold in North China and wipe out the Dashun Army.

In the end, King Fu won the support of Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, the main armed forces of the Jiangbei four towns of the Jianye regime, and became the winner. He ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, known as Emperor Hongguang in history.

Zhu Yousong turned to the support of the warlords of the four towns for help, which had a major impact on the subsequent changes in the situation.

The most direct effect is to make him fulfill his wish and ascend to the supreme throne smoothly, while the indirect effect is that the towns in Jiangbei regard themselves as "the benefactor of the emperor" and "conglong Yuanxun".

From the emperor to the important ministers of Jianye, no one can control this domineering army. From then on, the Nanming warlord Xunzhen began to have a huge influence.

Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, etc. are all brave men from the army. Their subordinates have their own concerns, but there are many good generals and warriors. If Zhu Yousong has a little experience in the power and strategy of his ancestors, Taizu and Chengzu, as long as he controls it properly, he can exert influence on the support of the four towns and make the four towns work for him.

It's a pity that Zhu Yousong inherited Naifu's broad heart and fat body, but he didn't inherit Naizu's great talent and martial arts strategy.

Due to internal strife, Shi Kefa stood firm in the city during the Battle of Yangzhou, but the four towns in Jiangbei stood on the sidelines and did not lend a helping hand, which eventually led to the historical tragedy of "Ten Days in Yangzhou".

After the fall of Jianye, other supervisory regimes were established successively, such as Lu Wang Zhu Changhao of Hangzhou, Yi Wang Zhu Cixi of Fuzhou, and Jingjiang King Zhu Hengjia of Guilin, but they were all short-lived and ended in a few days.

On the way to the palace, Ouyang Shuo discussed the situation of the battle with Feng Prison Huang, and said, "If we want to reverse the situation in this battle, the 200,000 troops we brought are far from enough. We must rely on the aboriginal army."

"The four towns in Jiangbei, the remnants of the Dashun Army, and even the Daxi Army are all targets that can be won."

Feng Prison Huang was not ignorant, and asked: "These guys have different ideas, can they listen to us?"

"Of course not!"

Ouyang Shuo was not arrogant enough to be able to show his domineering aura on the battle map, and all the warlords bowed down. On the battle map, no one ignored him, King Xia.

"If you want to subdue the group, you must first have an army in your hand, and the 200,000 army is our biggest bargaining chip. Second, you must have a good record. If you don't show your hand, how can they be convinced."

After a pause, Ouyang Shuo continued, "More importantly, we have to raise a banner so that all the warlords can rest assured of fighting among themselves and attack the Qing army together."

Feng Prison Huang said: "This is not easy."

"It's not easy." Ouyang Shuo nodded, "It doesn't take a day to freeze three feet. We don't have much time to spend here, so we can only combine hardness and softness. When necessary, we still need to use some thunderous methods. "

"You can figure it out!" Feng Prisonhuang was very straightforward, only Ouyang Shuo followed suit.

Ouyang Shuo listened and shook his head amusedly. He had heard that the only remaining female lord in Huaxia District would soon be the first queen in Huaxia District.

While speaking, the two had already entered the palace.

On the main hall, Emperor Hongguang sat on the throne, but he didn't seem to be very energetic. The eyes of all the military officials in the hall looked at them differently, some were vigilant, some were probing, some were eager, and so on.

"A pot of mishmash!"

Ouyang Shuo came to such a conclusion. In front of the civil servants, Ouyang Shuo saw the notorious Minister of Rites Qian Qianyi, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

This person is not dead, Ouyang Shuo came here in vain.

Next, the match between Ouyang Shuo and Emperor Hongguang seemed to be calm, but actually made all the ministers feel emotional and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Ouyang Shuo recognized Emperor Hongguang's orthodoxy, and was willing to uphold and defend this orthodoxy, making the 200,000 alien army under his command the biggest bargaining chip for Emperor Hongguang to fight against the four Jiangbei towns.

This is the brilliance of Ouyang Shuo.

One of the reasons for the frequent change of regimes in Nanming and mutual rivalry was that there was no convincing authority to rule the Quartet, which gave other young people room to play.

If Ouyang Shuo copied the practices of the Anshi Rebellion or the Battle of Yashan as soon as he came up, or abolished the establishment, or put Hongguang Emperor aside and started a new one, it would only intensify the internal strife and not help the matter.

There is an old saying that goes, "If you want to take it away, you must give it to you."

Ouyang Shuo can only realize his own strategic intentions if he stabilizes Emperor Hongguang first and holds him high. There is another major premise for him to do this, that is, although Emperor Hongguang has no great talent and martial arts, he is not a fool after all.

Sure enough, after receiving Ouyang Shuo's "loyalty", Emperor Hongguang, Longyan Dayue, immediately reciprocated and directly appointed Ouyang Shuo as the Nanming Regent, in charge of all officials.

When Feng Prisonhuang saw it, she could only sigh in admiration.

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After the audience, the news that the imperial court appointed Ouyang Shuo as regent spread throughout the country.

"This is so interesting!"

There was Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, and Ouyang Shuo, an alien regent of the Southern Ming Dynasty. I don't know what kind of sparks will be sparked in the confrontation between the two.

Just when the various warlords thought that the newly appointed Prince Regent would come up with a "three fires for new officials" to burn down the four towns in the north of the Yangtze River, or to rectify the court situation, Ouyang Shuo did not move.

At the gate of the mansion bestowed by Emperor Hongguang to Ouyang Shuo, rows of carriages were parked, all of them were rushing to meet the regent. Among them were people who sincerely served the country and speculators like Qian Qianyi.

But no matter who it was, they all got rejected.

The ferocious aura emanating from the Shenwuwei guarding the mansion, as well as the faint smell of killing and blood, deter visitors, and no one dares to be presumptuous.

This made the cautious warlords like Gao Jie and Huang Degong even more uneasy, thinking that the regent was holding back a big move and was going to wipe them all out.

It's no wonder that Gao Jie and the others were so nervous, Ouyang Shuo's regent was not an ordinary person, and his authority did not come from the imperial seal of Emperor Hongguang, but from the 200,000 troops behind him.

Although I don't know how powerful the battle is, but its military appearance alone is enough to make people feel frightened. Facing such an opponent, how could Gao Jie and others be careless.

Just when outside speculation continued, in the mansion, Ouyang Shuo presided over a military affairs meeting.