On that day, Yongli was preparing to withdraw to Sichuan, but he suddenly said that he was going to Burma halfway, and Ma Jixiang and others did evil, instigating Sun Chongya and Yang Wu to rob the accompanying ministers. Fu Gang and the others felt that the court was hopeless, so they scattered into the people and escaped separately.

Fugang returned to his hometown in Duyun, Zheng Fengyuan became a monk in Baotai Mountain near Yongping in Yongchang Mansion, and Chen Qixiang and Jiang Zhilian also hid among the people. Now that Yunnan has recovered, Zhang Zuochen sent people to look around, and since he got the news, he also returned to Kunming.

At this time, when they saw that Li Dingguo also came back with a large army, several people couldn't help but burst into tears when they met, as if they were in another world. Li Dingguo took Fugang's hand and said: "I didn't see the scholar that day, I immediately panicked in my heart, and then I didn't find the scholar no matter how I looked for it, and I thought that the scholar had been." Saying that, Li Dingguo was already in tears.

It has been a few days since Fu Gang came to Kunming, and when he meets everyone, he will mention that critical moment at that time. In the past few days, Fu Gang's heart has improved a lot. Now seeing that Li Dingguo was sad, he comforted him and said: "King Jin, don't be sad, now that we have to meet again, there is such a good time, we should encourage each other more and more to complete the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty together." ”

Li Dingguo wiped his tears and said: "Yes, what the scholar said is right, we should cheer up." Zhang Zuochen also came over and said: "Everyone should go to the city, now that everyone has seen it, there will be more time to talk in the future, and there is no hurry for this moment." ”

After listening to Zhang Zuochen's words, everyone suddenly smiled reluctantly, and then entered Kunming together. Nian Zai Li Dingguo and the others worked all the way, and the others did not bother, and the army was placed outside the city. There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Zhang Zuochen gathered everyone and announced in public that Zhu Youdong invited everyone to Chongqing.

After Li Dingguo and others arrived in Kunming, they learned that the Restoration Army had set off from several large armies, and now the Qing army in Yunnan had been basically wiped out. Only a small number of Han soldiers fled into the mountains, wanting to go to Burma to join Wu Sangui and others.

The armies of Guangnan, Lin'an and other provinces have begun to retreat to Kunming, only Hao Yongzhong's army is still stationed in Jingdong Mansion, and Wang Xing went to Yongchang Mansion to station. In addition, the armies of Dali and Lijiang in western Yunnan have not yet been mobilized.

Jingdong, Yuanjiang, Lin'an and other places, whether it is the Ming army that was summoned back, or the Qing army that surrendered. will all return to Kunming, and then wait for Zhu Youdong to dispatch. Zhang Zuochen said this, of course, to the civil and military officials who returned to Kunming. Now that the civil and military officials in Kunming have gathered, it is inevitable that they will be connected with each other in private. Zhang Zuochen is also very clear about these things now, and on the surface, the military intelligence department of the Ming Restoration Army has a branch in Kunming.

As the number one leader in Yunnan, Zhang Zuochen still has the right to access the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department. As for whether there are other intelligence agencies, Zhang Zuochen doesn't know. Since Zhang Zuochen knew Zhu Youdong's thoughts before, of course he also wanted to protect these civil and military officials, but he didn't want to let some of these officials be purged during the transition of imperial power.

But Zhang Zuochen couldn't say it explicitly, so he had to use this information to tell these people that you should not be too blatant. Today's Zhu Youdong has slaughtered tens of thousands of surrendered troops outside the Kunming field, not those Ming emperors who grew up in the deep palace.

Regardless of whether these civil and military officials in Kunming listened to it or not, on the first day of the first month of February, Zhu Youdong had already sent a notice that all the civil and military officials gathered in Kunming would go to Chongqing. The army of Li Dingguo and others, let Li Dingguo choose his own generals to lead the army, and let Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan and others go to Chongqing together.

When Zhang Zuochen announced Zhu Youdong's news, everyone understood that Zhu Youdong was going to prepare to supervise the country. Now everyone knows that Yongli has been killed, and Zhu Youdong is a clan, and it is also appropriate for him to be in charge of the country now.

Only Gong Yi, the former secretary of the household department, was in Yuanjiang to contact the old ministry when he heard the news of Yongli's murder. wanted to go to Myanmar to rescue Yongli, but after knowing that Yongli was killed, he grabbed the ground with his head and cried and worshipped. In the end, he touched his head to the ground and died, which can be regarded as a martyrdom with the minister of Yongli.

The rest of the people, although they were also very sad, did not want to die for their country. Now that Zhu Youdong's clan continues to carry the flag against the Qing Dynasty, everyone happily accepts it. Just when everyone was about to leave for Chongqing, Ma Zide, the governor of Yunnan, looked for Zhang Zuochen.

Next to Zhang Zuochen, he said: "Lord Governor, the Marquis of Pingyu has an order, let us take down the Qing army to General Liu Wei, General Yang Wei under King Gongchang, and General Yang Wu who came back from Shidian Division, and immediately take down and behead him." There is also Lu Guisheng, the former secretary of Dali Temple, who was handed over to the King of Jin to dispose of, and if the King of Jin did not dispose of it, he would be executed by the Yamen of Yunnan. Then, the governor Yamen was in charge of compiling the facts of Lu Guisheng's rebellion into a book. ”

Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, who were here with Zhang Zuochen, were also stunned when they heard this. Lu Guisheng's rebellion led to the failure of the Mopanshan ambush, and Li Dingguo really hated Lu Guisheng. But Lu Guisheng has always been in Liu Yingnan's army in Dali Mansion, so Li Dingguo has never proposed to dispose of Lu Guisheng.

Now I heard that Zhu Youdong was going to punish Lu Guisheng, and neither of them had an opinion. But Yang Wu and Yang Wei are military generals, one is Li Dingguo's subordinate, and the other is Wu Zisheng's subordinate. and heard that both of them were to be put to death. Li Dingguo hurriedly said: "How is this possible? Liu Wei has already surrendered, and it is not a good thing to kill and surrender. There are also Yang Wei and Yang Wu, although they are a little improper, but they are indeed the generals of the Ming Dynasty. ”

When Zhang Zuochen heard Li Dingguo's words, he didn't immediately refute it, and said to Li Dingguo: "I understand why Pingyu Hou killed these two people in this matter, but I think the king of Jin should send someone first and invite Wu Zisheng to talk about it." Li Dingguo had no choice but to ask Wu Zisheng to be invited.

After a while, Wu Zisheng came in and asked Li Dingguo, "King Jin, what's the matter?" Didn't you say that you would leave for Chongqing tomorrow? Has it suddenly changed again? Without waiting for Li Dingguo to speak, Zhang Zuochen handed over Zhu Youdong's order to Wu Zisheng.

When Wu Zisheng saw it, he immediately frowned, and said, "What does this Pingyu Marquis mean?" Liu Wei is the general of the Qing army, even if he was at fault before, now he has returned anyway, so if he surrenders like this, will anyone dare to surrender in the future? ”

As he spoke, he spread the order in his hand and said, "This Yang Wu is a person from the camp of King Jin, I can't say, but this Yang Wei is my right-hand man in the camp." If the two of them were killed, wouldn't it chill everyone's hearts? Bai Wenxuan also said to Zhang Zuochen: "Yes, if such a person is also killed, won't everyone of us be killed." ”

Wu Zisheng said: "Yes, he also said that he can recover with the Ming Dynasty, so it seems that God blesses him if he does not perish." So what are we going to do with him? It's better to go directly to Fujian and meet with King Yanping. ”

Zhang Zuochen said: "Don't worry, let me talk about it." Li Dingguo pulled a face and said, "Okay, tell me what this Pingyu Marquis means." ”

Zhang Zuochen said: "Let's talk about Lu Guisheng first, you all have no opinion." Hearing that it was Lu Guisheng, several people nodded, saying that they had no opinion, this person was a traitor, and it didn't matter if he killed him.

Zhang Zuochen said again: "As for Liu Wei, I heard that when he was in Mengmiang, he hanged all the wounded soldiers of the Ming army, and also cut off the heads of the soldiers who died in the battle and cast them in Jingguan?" At this time, Wu Zisheng knew that He Jiuyi was about to kill Liu Wei at that time, and later Liu Wei surrendered to Wu Zisheng and escaped the catastrophe.

Zhang Zuochen saw that everyone admitted it, and said: "Then I know why Pingyu Hou wanted to kill Liu Wei, when he was in Kunming, there were more than 30,000 Eight Banner troops, including 10,000 real Manchuria." It is because they slaughtered the people in Yunnan and harmed the localities. The Marquis of Pingyu still executed all the more than 30,000 Eight Banners that had surrendered. What is a mere Liu Wei now? ”

Only then did Li Dingguo and the others know that the Marquis of Pingyu was actually addicted to killing prisoners. Wu Zisheng said: "Even if Liu Wei should be killed, what about Yang Wei and Yang Wu?" Zhang Zuochen said: "I don't know about this." Zhang Zuochen looked at Ma Zide again and said, "Do you know? What did the Military Intelligence Department say? ”

Ma Zide said: "The Military Intelligence Department said that Yang Wei and Yang Wu, one robbed hundreds of officials when he was in Yongchang Mansion, and the other was in Tongtieguan, and he actually robbed the emperor in order to plunder money. ”

After Li Dingguo and the others heard Ma Zide's words, Bai Wenxuan said: "The punishment of Pingyu Hou is too heavy, just because of this, he actually wants to be killed." Ma Zide said: "King Gongchang don't think that such a punishment is heavy, the Marquis of Pingyu said, in the past, my Ming Dynasty was too lenient to these people, causing all military towns to turn a deaf ear to the laws of the imperial court and do evil." Therefore, Pingyu Hou has always advocated that these people should be severely punished. ”

Wu Zisheng said: "This is too harsh, if it goes on like this, who else is willing to serve the Ming Dynasty?" Ma Zide said: "What kind of harshness is this, Lu Guisheng is not only about to be executed, but even his family and relatives in his hometown in Dianjiang, Sichuan, have all been found, and now it is estimated that the whole family has been executed." ”

At this time, not only Li Dingguo and the three of them were taken aback, but even Zhang Zuochen, who knew that he was going to be severely punished, was also taken aback, and said to Ma Zide: "Is this true? Ma Zide said: "Of course this is true, but now it is not allowed to be spread, Pingyu Hou said, now these people are small, and when Wu Sangui is arrested, it is still gratifying, and Hong Chengchou's family will announce it to the world." ”

Hearing the punishment of these people, Li Dingguo and Wu Zisheng immediately stopped talking. But the whole clan was killed, and you only killed one person, what else do you say? Seeing that the two had no opinion, Zhang Zuochen said to Ma Zide: "These people are all generals in the army, Yang Wei and Yang Wu, you can just execute them secretly." lest the generals in the army make any mistakes. ”

Ma Zide said: "I know this, the order only explained that Liu Wei would be punished by one person." The next day, at noon, Liu Wei was killed by the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that Liu Wei, who had surrendered, was killed, many officials of the Yongli court scolded Zhu Youdong for being brutal.

Some people also say that Zhu Youdong did this, which is tantamount to completely blocking the way of those who want to return to the light anyway. But no matter what, Liu Wei has been killed, and no one can save him, so no one has made any trouble. After reading the torture in the morning, the officials set off for Chongqing in the afternoon.

Li Dingguo left Wu Sanxing and Le Tongwu to lead the army in Kunming, and all the others rushed to Chongqing. Wu Zisheng and Bai Wenxuan knew that after they went to Chongqing, the army would also be completely reorganized, and now they simply handed over the army to the two of them to lead together.

When Li Dingguo and others rushed to Chongqing, Zhu Youdong also made adjustments to the army in Yunnan in Chongqing, and Guo Liai and Daniel Zhang led the army and went north to garrison Lijiang. Daniel Zhang joined Ma Weixing and Jiang Chao in Lijiang, and brought the remnants of the Ming army recruited, and the Qing army surrendered with a total of 60,000 people. He returned to Sichuan and exterminated the remnants of the Qing army near Jianchangwei. After that, Daniel Zhang was left in Jianchangwei, and all the others returned to Chongqing.