RPAGF Chapter 514 Armed Parade
Chapter 514 Armed Parade
Chapter 514 Armed Parade
Although Mu Yiyun was slapped, she still smiled and didn't say anything. She simply reached out and took off her clothes.
"Stop fooling around!" Wang Wenzhou said, both amused and exasperated. "Alright, you win! Let's not embarrass ourselves by taking off our clothes in front of so many people, okay?"
"I'm sorry!" Mu Yiyun said softly.
"Alright, Dorgon is so unfair! I'll make him pay for this someday!" Wang Wenzhou said irritably.
Li Ling knew that Wang Wenzhou was in a bad mood and it wasn't the right time to plead for him, but if she didn't plead now, it would be too late.
Li Ling quickly walked up to Wang Wenzhou and said, "My lord, you haven't released my mother and the others yet!"
"Alright, I'll let them go right now! A bunch of withered flowers and fallen women, I'm too lazy to play with them!" Wang Wenzhou waved his hand and ordered, "Someone find a carriage and send those old women back."
"Yes!" the flag bearer quickly relayed the order.
A short while later, a carriage drove out of the Ugly Monster. The carriage had no partitions, and inside were all women.
Li Zong's face turned green when he saw it. They were all his queens. You should know that there were tens of thousands of South Korean soldiers present, and they had seen everything in this bizarre scene.
"Pfft..." Li Zong's blood rushed to his head, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, immediately fainting.
Wang Wenzhou lost interest in watching the exercise and directly ordered, "Stop the exercise, everyone board the ships, the fleet sets sail, and returns to the Ming Dynasty."
"Yes!" Fu Xingping quickly instructed his men to do as instructed.
Wang Wenzhou returned to his cabin in a huff, fearing that Zhu Youjian, this passionate young man, might hang himself because Dorgon had conquered Beijing.
In Wang Wenzhou's timeline, the Manchus attacked Beijing several times but failed to capture the city. Ultimately, Beijing was taken by Li Zicheng. At this time, Li Zicheng had already earned the title of "Chuang King" and was engaged in exploiting the situation in Sichuan. He didn't yet have the strength to conquer Beijing.
The fleet consisted entirely of sailing warships, which were not very fast. It would have taken at least five or six days to travel from Smyriya to Dengzhou. The fleet took seven days to reach Korea, meaning that by the time Wang Wenzhou returned to the Ming Dynasty, the war had likely already ended.
Wang Wenzhou estimated that the Ming Dynasty should be able to hold out. At least now Zhu Youjian had money in his hands, the soldiers were willing to fight to the death, and the Ming Dynasty's elite troops were not all dead and were still on the front lines. If they were brought back, they could still save Beijing.
Knowing she had done wrong, Mu Yiyun stripped naked as soon as she entered the room, knelt before Wang Wenzhou, and whispered, "Husband, I'm sorry! I had no choice. Dorgon ordered me to do this, and I had no choice but to do it. My family is still in Liaodong."
Wang Wenzhou said irritably, "I am not your husband! Yuanyuan, bring Ruru here, from now on Ruru will be her husband."
"I understand!" Chen Yuanyuan knew that Wang Wenzhou was angry, so she didn't have the heart to mock him and quickly nodded in agreement.
"Hoo..." Mu Yiyun took a deep breath. Her enemy still had some feelings for her; she had been prepared to die. Knowing Wang Wenzhou as she did, he was a vengeful person who held grudges. He had suffered such a huge injustice in front of her; not killing her was already showing her mercy.
"Thank you, my husband!" Mu Yiyun pouted and quickly expressed her gratitude.
"Get out! I don't want to see you!" Wang Wenzhou said irritably.
"Oh!" Mu Yiyun quickly got up, put on her clothes, and left the room.
Wang Ying quickly tried to comfort him, saying, "Husband, don't be angry."
"Sigh..." Wang Wenzhou sighed and said worriedly, "How can I not be angry! It was already dishonest of me to build a fleet behind Zhu Youjian's back! Now my fleet is helping Dorgon fight against the Ming Dynasty. If Zhu Youjian finds out, he will definitely think that I have surrendered to the Manchus. Ru Ru and the others are still in the capital!"
“Yes!” Wang Ying frowned. She knew Zhu Youjian’s personality; he was a stubborn man who wouldn’t back down once he made up his mind. If Zhu Youjian felt that Wang Wenzhou had betrayed him, then things would really be troublesome.
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Forbidden City.
Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial in his hand, unsure of whom to believe.
The memorial was submitted by an imperial censor, and judging from its contents, he was merely a pawn of the Donglin Party.
His accusation against Wang Wenzhou for treason was supported by irrefutable evidence. Wang Wenzhou not only smuggled grain to Liaodong, but his privately assembled fleet also helped Dorgon attack Tianjin Port.
The war is over. Neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Qing Dynasty won a complete victory. The Ming Dynasty lost some troops, while the Qing Dynasty failed to capture Beijing. They merely looted the area around Beijing before leaving.
Wen Tiren believed that the defeat in this battle was shameful and that the responsibility lay entirely with Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War. Therefore, Wen Tiren's men launched a massive impeachment against Zhang Fengyi.
Zhang Fengyi felt wronged. When the Qing army reached Beijing, Zhang Fengyi personally supervised the troops and led a large army to engage the Qing army. Of course, he did not send troops to fight the Qing army, which was similar to the last time when the Qing army was close to Beijing.
The Ming army commander that time was Yuan Chonghuan. Although Yuan Chonghuan liked to boast, he was also a seasoned commander who had been on the battlefield for a long time. He knew the fighting strength of the Ming army, which could only defend the city and had no chance of winning in open battle against the Qing army.
So he led the Ming army in pursuit of the Qing army, essentially racing them. The Qing army looted ahead while he chased behind. The key was to remain still as long as the enemy didn't move; no matter how they chased, he was certain he wouldn't catch up. Once the Qing army finished looting, he would have won. However, Zhu Youjian (the Ming emperor) wouldn't allow it. "You led so many troops and let the Qing army reach the capital? Is this acceptable? What happened to the promise of pacifying Liaodong in five years?"
Yuan Chonghuan lost Zhu Youjian's trust, and his political enemies added fuel to the fire by blaming Yuan Chonghuan for forging an imperial edict to kill Mao Wenlong when the Qing army entered the pass. As a result, Yuan Chonghuan was beheaded by Zhu Youjian.
In fact, Yuan Chonghuan's death was not unjust. Mao Wenlong's troops were the only Ming army that could fight the Qing army in the field at that time, and they effectively restrained the Manchus on Pi Island.
During Mao Wenlong's lifetime, the Manchu Qing dynasty never reached Beijing. Moreover, after Mao Wenlong's death, many of his generals defected to the Manchu Qing, including the famous "Three Miners of Liaodong": Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi.
Zhang Fengyi, a civil official who became Minister of War, was truly inferior to Yuan Chonghuan. It wasn't that he didn't want to fight the Qing army, but rather that he dared not. So, like Yuan Chonghuan, he led his army and followed the Qing army in a procession.
After the parade ended, having learned from the previous experience, Zhang Fengyi knew that things had gotten out of hand, so he discussed countermeasures with Qian Qianyi and other Donglin Party leaders.
Ultimately, they decided that Wang Wenzhou, that mad dog, should take the blame. Over such a long period, Wang Wenzhou must have had spies from the Donglin Party around him, and they were fully aware of his actions.
Thus, the memorial in Zhu Youjian's hands came into being.
Zhu Youjian turned and glanced at Wang Chengen, then asked, "What do you think of this matter?"
The Eastern Depot also had spies around Wang Wenzhou. Zhu Youjian was fully aware of the matters mentioned in the memorials. The key issue was that Zhu Youjian didn't know whether Wang Wenzhou's fleet assisting Dorgon in attacking the Ming Dynasty was actually Wang Wenzhou's idea. If it was, Zhu Youjian was prepared to take action against Wang Wenzhou.
Wang Chengen thought for a moment and then said, “Your Majesty, although Lord Wang has his own selfish motives, overall he is still loyal to Your Majesty and to the Ming Dynasty. This time, his fleet was following the orders of his Tartar wives and concubines, and it should have nothing to do with Lord Wang. This old servant thinks that Your Majesty should take this opportunity to give Lord Wang a warning.”
"Hmm!" Zhu Youjian nodded and said with a smile, "Boxin is exceptionally talented, and I have to be wary of him. Although he is innocent this time, he went a bit too far. Without a word, he and Dorgon built such a powerful fleet. If the fleet falls into the hands of the Tartars, it will be a major hidden danger for our Great Ming. It is indeed time to teach him a lesson. Draft an edict..."