Chen Kai's side went all the way to the east, but the song he had sent to Du Yonghe to transfer to the Yongli court on his behalf was all the way to the west, accompanied by the news of Feng Yao's martyrdom, through Sanshui and Zhaoqing, and went up the Xijiang River, and arrived in Wuzhou.

Wuzhou, the confluence of the Choxun River, the Guijiang River and the Xijiang River, has been called the "Three Rivers Confluence" since ancient times, and is the gateway to the eastern part of Guangxi. This place is not only a place with the key of the two Guangzhou, business travelers gathered, but also the place where the Gui Domain lived for a long time after the fall of the Great Western Army from Hengzhou, so whenever the Yongli Emperor encountered the military pressure of the Qing court in Guangdong, he would flee here as soon as possible.

Since two months ago, the Yongli Imperial Court heard that the Qing army was going south and fled here in a hurry, leaving only a plate of scattered sand in Guangdong.

There are only 300 miles between Zhaoqing and Wuzhou, but once they enter Chen Bangfu's territory, the "Five Tigers" who were originally Xuan He for a while are like phoenixes that have fallen off the shelf, except for Yuan Pengnian and Ding Wei, the other four people were directly locked up and taken out of prison. During the torture, Jin Bao refused to admit his guilt and shouted at the two ancestors; Ding Shikui, Liu Xiangke, and Meng Zhengfa are "full of words such as the lord sparing his life, the prince of Wandai", and kowtowing is like pounding garlic, which can be described as ugly.

The Emperor was weak in the Middle East, and Qu Shiyun who stayed in Guilin went up one after another to intercede on his behalf. However, the Five Tigers are dominant, not only is the other side of the party struggle going to attack them, but even Emperor Yongli is quite disgusted with his relying on Li Chengdong's fake tiger power in the court, and it is by no means irretrievable for a while.

In May, the Qing army besieged Guangzhou for two months, including Huizhou Prefecture and a large number of county towns in the north and east of Guangzhou, fell into the hands of the Qing army, but the party struggle in Wuzhou was still not over. For this reason, Li Yuanyin, who was in Zhaoqing, also had to rush to Xingzai to try to save the decline of the Chu Party in the DPRK.

In the Wuzhou Palace, Li Yuanyin and the commander of the loyal battalion who entered the guard from Nanning, Yingguo Gong Gao Yigong, and Xingping Hou Dang Shousu met together. Empress Dowager Ma hung the curtain and summoned the three marshals to give them the seal, but Li Yuanyin fell to the ground and asked for death, defending the five tigers. For this reason, Emperor Yongli encouraged, Empress Dowager Ma said Xiang, and even Gao Bizheng also got into the mud, until finally Empress Dowager Ma had no way to take out the matter of Yunnan Feng, which could be regarded as blocking the mouths of the ministers.

The so-called Yunnan seal is actually about Sun Kewang's quest for the title of King of Qin. This incident happened in the context of the successive defeats of He Tengjiao, Jin Shengheng and Li Chengdong, Sun Kewang cited a province to attach, but the opposition within the Ming court, especially the Chu party, was very large, and later as the situation continued to deteriorate, the voices of approval gradually increased, and the two sides turned to make a fuss about the banning matter.

There were endless arguments between the court and China, and finally with the efforts of blocking Yinxi, Emperor Yongli pinched his nose and gave Sun Kewang the title of King of Pingliao. Unexpectedly, Chen Bangfu failed to induce the loyal battalion to attack Guilin, and had a grudge with Gao Bizheng, trying to lead the Western army to contend with the loyal battalion, and even canonized Sun Kewang as the king of Qin. In the edict, there are more nondescript words such as "I lead the subjects of the world to serve the king with their father and teacher", order him to "supervise the country", and give him "Jiuxi", "Prime Minister Dynasty Outline", "Temperance of the Heaven's Martial Forces" and other nondescript words, as a result, the two sides almost fell out. However, the capriciousness of the Ming court also completely strengthened the will of the Great Western Army Group to annex the Sichuan-Guizhou Domain by force.

In the final analysis, this incident was Chen Bangfu's chaos in the country, which caused the situation to get out of control, but the Yongli Imperial Court did not dare to attack because of Chen Bangfu's power in Guangxi. Of course, it itself is also very defensive against the Great Western Army, such as canonizing the Guizhou warlords Pi Xiong and Wang Xiang as dukes, which is very clear that it is "to prevent Yunnan Kouye".

At this moment, this group could no longer distinguish between the Wu Party and the Chu Party, but it blocked Li Yuanyin. Emperor Yongli was also relieved, because he knew very well that Li Yuanyin was a loyal minister and a military general who could be relied on, but he had participated too much in party disputes and was a little domineering. In addition, in today's Guangdong battlefield, he must also rely on this person to have the possibility of repelling the Qing army, that is, he has repeatedly encouraged and praised.

This matter is over for the time being, and Li Yuanyin has no choice but to find another opportunity. Next, it was Gao Bizheng's turn to play against the party Shousu, they brought 5,000 loyal battalion elites to Wuzhou Qinwang this time, and at the same time prepared to come to the aid of Guangzhou, these are all Li Yuanyin already knew, but as Gao Bizheng's words continued to unfold, Li Yuanyin found that he had underestimated this "rogue leader" from the beginning.

"The ministers heard that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. The vassals received the grace of our emperor and controlled one side. Money, food, soldiers, officials, and generals were appointed by the feudal domains and not by the imperial court. The decline of the Tang Dynasty since the Anshi Rebellion stemmed from the fact that the power of the festival was on the outside and not on the inside. The Tang Dynasty is like this, what about the country today? ”

"The minister thinks that in order to avoid the mistakes of the Tang Dynasty, for the loyalty of all the vassals, for the brutality of the anti-captive divisions, local money and food, the appointment of officials and generals in various towns should be arranged by the imperial court, and the quantity is used. Only then can we concentrate the limited financial resources and troops of the four provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Guizhou and Guangdong, save the country, and realize the great cause of the emperor's prosperity. This matter is not only proposed by the minister, but also willing to start with the loyalty camp. ”

At the beginning, Gao Bizheng and the party Shousu proposed that they were willing to use the loyalty battalion as the main force to save Guangdong in the east. In the past few years, the loyal battalion has made many achievements on the Huguang battlefield, and its combat effectiveness is not inferior to the elite of the Shanglu Battalion, and it can be regarded as the strongest soldier in the towns of the Southern Ming Dynasty. As soon as this proposal was put forward, it immediately aroused the support of some courtiers in the DPRK who were worried about state affairs, and even Li Yuanyin doubted in his heart that Gao Bi had come to Guangdong to grab land, but he did not oppose it in person.

After all, the situation in Guangdong is getting worse and worse, and he is really not shameless enough to tell Emperor Yongli that their "Dongxun" is 100% confident that they will defeat Shang Keg.

This matter involves a wide range of issues, and it will take a long time to determine the money, food, mobilization, and coordinated operations with the Guangdong armies. Li Yuanyin is not in a hurry, even if the Chu Party is weak in the DPRK, but he is not without a way to deal with this matter. However, with Gao Bizheng's initiative to return the three powers of military power, financial power and personnel power to the imperial court, not only him, but also the main hall was silent, and even Emperor Yongli did not express any opinion on it.

In the final analysis, Gao Bizheng's initiative is indeed conducive to the restoration of the authority of the imperial court, and is also conducive to the rise of the status of the loyal battalion in the court, and the complete clearing of the "thief name" of the remnants of the Dashun army who once followed Li Zicheng, which is a win-win situation. However, this matter is huge, especially for the Yongli Imperial Court, which has always survived in the situation of many feudal towns, it is a major event that cannot be easily stated.

After commending Li Yuanyin, Gao Bizheng and the three generals of Dang Shousu, Emperor Yongli was busy letting the three of them retire and rest. Seeing that these three "troublemakers" had withdrawn from the hall, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Du Yonghe's two reports and forwards have also been delivered. Emperor Yongli saw the music, but sighed again.

"Feng Cangyu is a loyal minister, but it's a pity that there is one less such loyal minister."

As soon as he remembered the old general who was on his side, the old general who resolutely asked for an envoy when he was in trouble, Emperor Yongli's nose was sour, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.

Inevitably out of shape, he pretended to be calm and looked at the recital, approved the reward of Zhu Pi, handed it over to Yousi to handle, and hurriedly opened the next report on the battlefields in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong that was played by Zheng Chenggong, sent by Chen Kai to Guangzhou, and forwarded by Du Yonghe to Xingzai.

For Zheng Chenggong, Emperor Yongli actually did not have the idea of making King Qin at all, but now Zheng Chenggong sent Chen Kai over to explain to the Yongli Imperial Court the reason why they could not come to King Qin for the time being. Whether it is sincere or blocking the mouth of the Yongli Imperial Court, in fact, it does not matter, because the Yongli Imperial Court's ability to control the feudal town is really minimal, especially if Zheng Chenggong is far away in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, and it is even more so.

However, for Chen Kai, Yongli still has a good impression. Not to mention, a Shanxi scholar went south alone to join Wang Shi, no matter where he spoke, it was a good thing that was appreciated, and this was the Wu Party and the Chu Party that those officials from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huguang also used to raise Chen Kai's integrity to build momentum for themselves. The more I listen to it on weekdays, it deepens this impression even more.

"This Chen Kai is also a loyal minister. It's a pity that it was not used by the imperial court, and it was only for the staff of a feudal town, which was really overkill. ”

Thinking of this, Yongli closed the music and sighed. But when he opened the last note, he was almost choked by what he had just thought.

“…… On April 26, Liang Biao and other Red Flag pirates surrendered and burned the ships of the Guangzhou Naval Division...... Governor Wu Wenwen, Yin Zhirong's Guangzhou Sailor and Lin Cha, Chen Kai's Chaozhou Sailor defeated Liang Biaoxiang's group of thieves at the mouth of the Dongjiang River, beheaded him, and dedicated to His Majesty! ”