Song Yingsheng, the prefect of Guangzhou, was born in 1578 and is already sixty-six years old this year. According to the official rules of the Ming Dynasty, at the age of sixty-five, if you are not a fourth-rank official, you must return home. Song Yingsheng was stuck in the 16th year of Chongzhen.

Putting on the red official robe can be regarded as a bumpy career.

Song Yingsheng was not from the Donglin Party, but he had a close relationship with the Donglin Party. His teacher Deng Liangzhi was from Xinjian, Jiangxi Province, and he was a close friend of Jiang Yueguang, the Donglin boss, from the same hometown. Therefore, what Song Yingsheng learned was more focused on the mind.

There is a natural affinity with the Donglin Party. However, after Song Yingsheng passed the imperial examination, he did not use this energy to become an official. Instead, he and his younger brother Song Yingxing studied in the hometown for six years. In the end, there was no hope of becoming an official after the imperial examination.

After entering the official career, the relationship with the Donglin Party came into play. No matter how Song Yingsheng felt about the Donglin Party, the party bosses still took good care of this junior. In just eight years from the eighth year of Chongzhen to the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Song Yingsheng rose from the seventh to the sixth year.

Pinzhi County has become a fourth-level official. If the Donglin Party did not contribute during this period, it would be a disaster.

Song Yingsheng was a wasted youth and did not enter the officialdom until he was middle-aged. Of course he knew that his official position was hard-won. Therefore, although he did not agree with the various actions of the Donglin Party, he still cultivated some fresh blood for the Donglin Party.

For example, Zhao Shijin in the past and Jiang Xin now.

In early May, the Guangzhou Prefecture received a joint document from six ministries in the Southern Capital announcing to the world that the late emperor had made great achievements and that the new emperor had ascended the throne. After Song Yingsheng heard the news, although he lamented the uncertainty of the world, he had no special emotions about the events in the court. He was different from Jiang Xin, a member of the Donglin Party.

, Song Yingsheng believed that since the late emperor's prince was missing and the country was in danger, it was time to choose an older emperor to maintain half of the country first.

On the contrary, Jiang Xin was in a state of excitement after receiving his uncle's letter, and cursed Ma Shiying and other eunuchs for harming the country. Such scoundrels should really be aware of the world! Hearing Jiang Xin's excitement, Song Yingsheng also echoed twice. He now felt that this

The imperial court was already heartbroken, the country was already like this, and the Donglin Party was still engaged in a party dispute with the Eunuch Party. It seemed that there was no point in staying on by myself.

In history, after the Qing army occupied Nanjing, Song Yingsheng saw that the country had become like this, so he resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. However, under the tide of history, how could he personally resist the destiny? In the second year of Yongli, that is, when Song Yingsheng resigned

Two years later, Jin Shenghuan, the Jiangxi general of the Qing court, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and defected to the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. At that time, some Ming Dynasty elders and children flocked to him, and Jiang Yueguang was even invited by Jin Shenghuan to help out. Song Yingsheng, who was Jiang Yueguang's son and daughter's in-laws, also

He received Jin Shenghuan's invitation, but Song Yingsheng, who had lost confidence in the Ming Dynasty, did not respond to the call and join the army in Nanchang.

Jin Shenghuan rebelled against the Qing Dynasty because the Southern Ming court did not provide timely support. Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren persisted alone for a year. Finally, in February of the following year, the Qing army captured Nanchang City. Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were defeated and killed. Jiang Yueguang committed suicide by drowning. Song Yingsheng received the

After the news, I vomited three liters of blood. I felt sorry for my friends and people, so I committed suicide by taking poison.

Song Yingsheng was different from his younger brother who was a big scientist. Song Yingsheng was a technocrat who came from the grassroots level. He was very aware of the sufferings and various contradictions among the people. He knew that by this time the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to compete with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, seeing the suffering of the people all over the world, he felt deeply in his heart

He had nowhere to vent his anguish, so he had no choice but to die.

On this day, Song Yingsheng was reading Jiang Yueguang's letter in the study room of Santang in a daze. It detailed the process of supporting the establishment of King Fu. Although Jiang Yueguang said that he would endure the humiliation and bear the burden, Song Yingsheng, who had been in officialdom for a long time, still saw various things between the lines. In exchange of interests, how could the opposition parties such as Jiang Yueguang, Shi Kefa, and Gao Hongtu enter the cabinet? It must be a compromise made by the new emperor Zhu Yousong in order to unite the Donglin Party.

Although Jiang Yueguang scolded Zhu Yousong as useless in his letter, Song Yingsheng returned the favor from bit by bit.

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It was discovered that the new emperor still had some political acumen. At least he did not hand over the government affairs to Ma Shiying. Instead, he asked Ma Shiying to supervise Jiangbei. Instead, he handed over the government affairs to the Donglin Party. Song Yingsheng felt that this emperor still wanted to do it. Regarding these things, if the emperor was given a few years, he might actually be able to imitate the Southern Song Dynasty in separatist rule!

When Song Yingsheng was in a daze, Jiang Xin took Zhao Fuxiang into the study room of the third hall. Song Yingsheng saw Jiang Xin coming and smiled: "Yuan Jing, you are here!" At this time, Song Yingsheng saw a tall fat man coming behind him. Asked: "Yuan Jing, who is this?"

Zhao Fuxiang quickly bowed and said: "Student Zhao Fuxiang, a native student of Qiongzhou Prefecture, learned that Lord Zhou of the Prefecture recommended him as a supervisor, and I have met his old parents!"

Although Zhao Fuxiang was just a born student without an official position, Song Yingsheng was very nurturing and still stood up and said with his hands in his hands: "So you are Brother Zhou's student, please sit down!"

Although Qiongzhou Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture are both prefecture-level units, Zhou Shuguang is only a fourth-rank magistrate, while Song Yingsheng is a fourth-rank emperor. There is a huge difference in status. Now Song Yingsheng can actually give Zhou Shuguang face, which makes Zhao Fuxiang very surprised. .

Jiang Xin beside him smiled and said: "Brother Yuan Kong, this brother Jin Liang is not an outsider. He is the sworn brother of Zhang Wupo in Qiongzhou and the registered disciple of Mr. Shi Zhai!"

Zhao Fuxiang boasted that he was Huang Daozhou's disciple, but Jiang Xin didn't know, so he had no choice but to say that Zhao Fuxiang was Huang Daozhou's registered disciple. Anyway, Huang Daozhou was giving lectures in his hometown, and the number of students who attended his class was not one thousand, but also five or six hundred. , it makes sense to call him a registered disciple.

Huang Daozhou's reputation was much greater than that of Zhou Shuguang. Song Yingsheng quickly stood up and saluted again: "It turns out that Brother Jin Liang is a disciple of Mr. Shi Zhai. It's really disrespectful!"

Song Yingsheng just returned the favor in a ceremonial manner, but now he bowed to the ground in a formal salute. Zhao Fuxiang was very satisfied. It seemed that Huang Daozhou's reputation was really useful. The mayor of Guangzhou in front of him also wanted to talk honestly with his peers. .

Zhao Fuxiang grinned widely and said: "Brother Yuankong is so polite, I have only listened to a few classes of Mr. Shi Zhai!"

After the three of them sat down again, Song Yingsheng asked, "Does Brother Liang have anything to do when he comes to Guangzhou?"

Jiang Xin told Zhao Fuxiang what he wanted to ask the regiment to do, and of course Zhao Fuxiang stood up and made an impassioned speech. He also told the story of how he went north to welcome the prince and went to the Qingjun side of the southern capital. If Song Yingsheng was unlucky. The brain Donglin Party members must have been deceived by Zhao Fuxiang to the point of tears, and it is not impossible to kneel down and sworn sworn vows with the fat man.

But Song Yingsheng was not a Donglin Party member at all. At the same time, Song Yingsheng still looked down on those Donglin Party members who only engaged in party fighting, so he didn't say anything after hearing what Zhao Fuxiang said. He just frowned and lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhao Fuxiang was very puzzled when he saw this. He looked at Jiang Xin and wondered if he didn't give money to Master Song?

Jiang Xin knew what Song Yingsheng was thinking, and he said: "Brother Yuan Kong, the current emperor has already stated in the edict that he will temporarily take the throne as emperor. When the blood of the former emperor is recovered, he will return the throne to the orthodox one!"

This is indeed what Zhu Yousong said in the edict of supervising the country, but everyone knows the excuse at this time. Otherwise, why did he ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor within a few days? He was talking about chaos in the north and heard that the Qing army had entered the pass. He had a battle with the rogue Li Zicheng on a rock. How could the princes go south safely when the north was in such chaos? So what Zhu Yousong said was just to give the Donglin Party members a step down!

"Brother Yuan Jingxian, although I say so, the country is in so many difficulties that it really cannot withstand the torment. Now we should unite all the forces that can be united to fight against the rogue bandits and the Qing army together!"

Zhao Fuxiang listened to Song Yingsheng

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My eyes lit up when I said this. I didn't expect that officials in the late Ming Dynasty were not all blind. The old man in front of me, Song Yingsheng, was a sensible person.

In fact, according to the national power of the Southern Ming Dynasty at that time, it was still several times stronger than that of Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although the population in the north was larger than that in the south, due to the perennial wars, a large number of people moved south, and the wars destroyed the social structure. Neither the rogue bandits nor the Qing army could Immediately implement effective control over the local area. On the other hand, Nanming is not like this. Nandu has a whole set of bureaucratic teams. Although they are all a bunch of old men waiting to die, the main skeleton of the officials is still there, and they can rule in a completely seamless manner.

There are also several southern provinces that have no war at all and have complete social structures. As long as Zhu Yousong is given a few years to transform the social structure into a wartime system, with unlimited human resources and continuous food supplies, Zhu Yousong may not be able to become the master of the ZTE. !

That's what he said, but Zhao Fuxiang knew that Nan Ming's shortcoming was this unity. He obviously had a good hand, but he encountered a few bad chess baskets and lost all the good cards. But this has nothing to do with Zhao Fuxiang. If Nan Ming It would be of no benefit to Zhao Fuxiang that the Southern Song Dynasty really happened. Although the Zhao family currently possesses production tools that are hundreds of years higher than those in the Ming Dynasty, their power is too weak. Not to mention the government coming to encircle and suppress them, even the pirates two months ago He almost uprooted his Zhao family.

Therefore, Zhao Fuxiang hopes that the chaos in Southern Ming Dynasty will be better now, and it is best for the entire South to be divided into several regimes, so that Zhao Fuxiang can take advantage of the fire.

Zhao Fuxiang knew that Song Yingsheng in front of him was a sensible person, so naturally he could not fool him with the trick of fooling the brain-dead Donglin Party, so Zhao Fuxiang quickly said: "Master Song, now the north has become such a virtuous person, Master Song, as a sage who has studied for many years Don’t you feel heartbroken for the official who wrote the book? Mr. Song, have you seen the refugees outside the city? Have you seen them selling their children and daughters just to have one more meal? There are also countless people in the northern provinces who are living in dire straits, Mr. Song, but you Don't you feel guilty hiding in a comfortable place like Guangzhou and talking about it?"

Zhao Fuxiang's rhetorical questions are very serious. He didn't say a word against Song Yingsheng. Zhao Fuxiang said it a bit too much, but that's the truth. Now a country squire wants to form a regiment and go north to regain the lost territory, but you bureaucrats are thinking about the interests of your respective parties. Interests push three obstacles and four obstacles.

Song Yingsheng's face turned red and white after being told by Zhao Fuxiang. After a long time, Song Yingsheng stood up and came to Zhao Fuxiang. He bowed deeply and said: "Brother Jin Liang is absolutely right! Please rest assured, brother Yu, although Brother Yu has no right to approve group training." , but Brother Yu can guarantee Brother Xian and let Brother Xian return to his hometown to form a team training!"

After Song Yingsheng finished speaking, he picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter of guarantee to Zhao Fuxiang himself, explaining that Zhao Fuxiang would be the guarantee for setting up a team training. If something happened in the future, Song Yingsheng's entire family of 30 people would be willing to share the same guilt with Zhao Fuxiang!

Zhao Fuxiang was really moved when he saw Song Yingsheng personally handing over the letter to him. However, Song Yingsheng was not done yet. He took Zhao Fuxiang's hand and said, "Brother Jin Liang, your words are really inspiring. Brother Fool doesn't understand military training.

But after being an official for a few years, I still have some wealth!"

After Song Yingsheng finished speaking, he asked his family to go to the backyard to tidy up, wrapped a package of jewelry belonging to several wives and concubines, and handed it to Zhao Fuxiang and said: "Brother Xian, these are some of Brother Yu's thoughts. I hope Brother Xian will recruit more warriors and go to the north.

Save those suffering people!"

It has been half a year since Zhao Fuxiang traveled through time. He met fifty or sixty Ming Dynasty officials, not one hundred. This was the first official to give him money instead of giving him benefits. Zhao Fuxiang was surprised and deeply impressed by the old man in front of him.

He bowed deeply and said: "Brother Yuan Kong, please rest assured, I will restore my Han family's country in my lifetime as a poor boy!"

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