The belief in Mazu began in the Northern Song Dynasty and quickly became popular among the people, and was officially certified by the eunuchs to the imperial court. Since Song Huizong gave the "Shunji Temple" and Song Gaozong canonized the "Lady Linghui", so far, the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties have been praised as many as 23 times. The most recent one was for the seventh year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Chengzu, who opened Zheng He's seven trips to the West, praised Mazu as "protecting the country and protecting the people, Miao Ling, Zhaoying Hongren, Puji Tianfei", and in the Ming Dynasty, the government and the people took Tianfei as the honorific title of Mazu Niangniang.

The next commendation, according to the history of the twenty-third year of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty praised Mazu as "the queen of mercy who protects the country and protects the people". The year before, that is, the 22nd year of Kangxi, was the year when the Qing court captured Taiwan and the Zheng group, which once dominated the China Sea, officially declared its demise.

In the eyes of the coastal people, Mazu is the guardian saint of the sea, and later, whether it is a businessman, a handicraft, or a difficult birth or other diseases, people believe that Mazu can help them overcome difficulties, it is because of Mazu's fraternity, helping the weak and the poor, brave and fearless, and indomitable spirit. The belief in Mazu was so prevalent in and around the China Sea that even European navigators worshipped her as the goddess of the sea.

Chen Kai mentioned that the reason for asking for praise was to protect the royal teacher for Mazu, which was actually passed on to many people in Guangzhou in private, saying that Chen Kai personally went to the Tianfei Temple in the South China Sea to worship before Li Dingguo returned to the teacher, and as a result, the army really appeared on the battlefield at the most critical moment and laid the victory in one fell swoop.

This is something that many people know, and emotionally, the councillors and participants present are all local people in Guangdong, and the belief in Mazu is very common. Chen Kai came up with a proposal, and they naturally had no possibility of vetoing. Some of them can see Chen Kai's thoughts in other aspects, and they can't help but secretly praise him in their hearts.

The vote for the petition was unanimously passed, and Chen Kai wrote a note on the spot and sent someone to Yunnan. Next, the Advisory Council began to discuss the system envisioned by Chen Kai, and refused to waste even a single moment. However, the establishment of the Consultative Bureau and the news that Chen Kai asked Emperor Yongli to praise Mazu soon spread to everyone in Guangdong, and further spread to the surrounding areas.

Enping County, in the southern part of Zhaoqing Province, was under the control of the Tiger General Wang Xing. Due to the long-term filthiness between the civil official group in western Guangdong and the Zheng group, he always had an uneasiness when he stood firmly on the side of Lianchengbi, so he never abandoned the Wencun that he once defended in danger, but continued to transport grain, grass and armaments there, thinking that he was hoarding.

The news of Lian Chengbi's death had reached here half a year ago, and Wang Xing was filled with grief and anger, and he was very sick. Before he recovered, he wanted to go out with his army and go to Wuzhou to fight a decisive battle with the Dingnan Domain, so as to avenge Lianchengbi, but before he could set off, Guo Zhiqi arrived first, persuaded him, and finally eased this impulse for the time being. However, in the past six months, Wang Xing has worked very hard in training soldiers, and obviously he has not completely let go of this thought.

"If there is knowledge under the white spring, it should also be relieved."

After sighing, Guo Zhiqi set off and left Enping County. As if chasing Guo Zhiqi's ass, when he entered the territory of Gaozhou Mansion, he had already received the news that Chen Kai had established an advisory bureau in Guangzhou. When he returned to Gaozhou Mansion, he still had to meet with Zhang Xiaoqi in the final analysis, and Zhang Xiaoqi was also preparing to use the income of Hepuzhu and the taxes of the three Gaozhou Prefectures to prepare for the establishment of a Fubiao that directly obeyed his orders, so as to better control the generals in the jurisdiction.

This is something that must be discussed, but when Guo Zhiqi arrived in Gaozhou City, they had no interest in caring for the standard or not, and when they met, they talked about the matter of the Advisory Bureau, plus Chen Kai's request to praise Mazu to get the note.

"The son is silent, but those fools and fools know something."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiaoqi couldn't help but feel heartbroken. talked to Guo Zhiqi about the rumors he had heard in Gaozhou City in recent days, all of them were people praising Chen Kai's good deeds, and also said that Chen Kai had countless people living over the years, and Tianfei Niangniang was the most benevolent, so he responded to every request. As for Chen Kai's request now, it is actually also a thank you to Concubine Tian.

Speaking of which, Chen Kai has been outwitting Chaozhou and rescuing Guangzhou in the early days, or later recovering Guangdong and forging ahead in Southern Jiangxi, his prestige in the hearts of the people of Guangdong has always been extremely heavy, and neither Zheng Chenggong nor Li Dingguo can compare with them, let alone them. In Zhang Xiaoqi's view, Chen Kai is using the praise of Mazu to improve his personal prestige, and even mythologize himself.

"This guy, aren't you afraid of being jealous of Zheng Ci's surname?"

Shaking his head, he laughed at Chen Kai's excess, and when Zhang Xiaoqi looked at Guo Zhiqi again, the other party did not show any smile at all, but some of them were appreciative of the opponent: "General, you can see this, Chen Kai will not see it." The reason why he still has to be so fearless is that the key lies in the advisory bureau, he came from the narrow public opinion, and this time he wants to block back those voices who oppose the establishment of the advisory bureau. ”

Guo Zhiqi said this, Zhang Xiaoqi immediately realized that he denied the establishment of the Advisory Bureau, so the proposal to praise the concubine as the first proposal of the Advisory Council naturally does not have legitimacy. However, if it is a tacit acquiescence, then the existence of the Consultative Bureau will have its rational basis, and the two are complementary to each other.

Bundling, Zhang Xiaoqi didn't know such words, but similar thoughts had already surfaced in his mind. Three "this guy" spit out in a row, but he couldn't hold back what he said, which made him speechless for a while. It wasn't until a moment later that he regained his strength, subconsciously looked at the left and right of no one at all, and then lowered his voice and said to Guo Zhiqi: "Supervisor, the lower officials have heard that the surname Zheng Ci has set up six officials in Fuzhou to manage the jurisdiction, is this matter true?" ”

The intersection with the Zheng clique, the Western Guangdong civil official clique mainly lies in Guo Zhiqi and the late Lianchengbi, and Zhang Xiaoqi's main job is to sit in southwest Guangdong, control the generals and manage civil affairs at the same time, and try to develop these three prefectures into the actual control area of the Yongli Imperial Court, rather than the nominal control area of the feudal towns.

As he said, the news he got was just a rumor, not a real hammer with evidence. On the other hand, Guo Zhiqi, he and Lian Chengbi had earlier laid out in the western part of Guangzhou, where they appointed civil officials, and Chen Kai did not carry out purges and large-scale replacements after gaining control of Guangzhou. Although the civil affairs and litigation prisons in those counties are now completely subordinate to the management of Wang Jiang and Cao Conglong, Guo Zhiqi still has a source.

When Zhang Xiaoqi mentioned this, Guo Zhiqi couldn't help frowning, and nodded his head, expressing his affirmation. Some sources pointed out that it seems that there is a disagreement between Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong, and the specific reason is not clear, but Zheng Chenggong centralizes the power of the six-official system in one hand, and Chen Kai backhands is a Guangdong Consultative Bureau, which does seem to be a move. However, with his understanding of Chen Kai, the matter of this advisory bureau is by no means so simple.

After exchanging views with each other, Guo Zhiqi returned to the post house to rest. He also had to stay in Gaozhou Mansion for a month or two, but to establish a town for Zhang Xiaoqi to raise the standard.

In the following days, Zhang Xiaoqi officially began to form Fubiao, and at the same time, he was also reporting the situation in Gaozhou Mansion, especially Zhang Yue and Guo Dengdi, who have been becoming more and more disobedient to dispatch recently. This has a great relationship with Guo Zhiqi's previous impeachment of Chen Kai, and it is more likely that they have worked harder and harder to get closer to Chen Kai after this incident, but I am afraid that sooner or later they will change their ways.

"The situation on Chen Qice and Li Changrong's side is not very good, they participated in the Guangdong Business Alliance, fed a lot of silver, and now they have a dependence on Chen Kai. This guy really isn't a fuel-efficient lamp. ”

Compared with the business cooperation of the Guangdong Business Alliance, Guo Zhiqi is more worried that Chen Kai will pull Chen Qice and Li Changrong into the Advisory Bureau, if that is the case, I am afraid that these two will not be able to pull them back. However, I don't know why, Chen Kai did not pull them into the Advisory Bureau, and did not even send invitations to the gentry and businessmen in Xinning County and Yangjiang County under their control.

Anyway, Chen Kai was already flipping the table, and they would inevitably react. Whether it's a precaution, a shift from defense to offense, or even just watching what happens, it's better than sticking your head in the sand.

Zhang Xiaoqi's Fubiao soon had a skeleton, as far as Guo Zhiqi knew, Zhang Xiaoqi was not good at putting the establishment too big at this stage, just two battalions and a thousand soldiers and horses. After the formal formation is completed, he will continue to stay for the last month, stabilize this plate, and he will leave for Guangxi - in the past six months, there has been no movement in Guangxi, but it does not mean that there will be no movement all the time. There are some things that you have to plan for.

News kept coming from Guangzhou, especially the latest news, that Chen Kai was demolishing the Jingnan Palace, and was going to build an office space for the Advisory Bureau there. In this regard, Guo Zhiqi, as a supervisor, naturally had to write a letter to report to the imperial court.

It was written here, but a voice came from outside, vaguely familiar, talking to the officials of the post house. After a while, the official of the post house came to invite him in person, and Guo Zhiqi also rushed out when he heard the news, and he saw one of his cousins waiting anxiously outside, looking dusty, and he must have been running all the way recently.

"But is there anything important in the clan?"

Guo Zhiqi has been away from home for many years, and he has been busy with state affairs all these years, and he has no time to return to his hometown to visit relatives, even since the recovery of Guangdong. This time his cousin came in a hurry, and his first reaction was that something had happened in the clan. Who knows, nothing happened in the clan, and his cousin was still for the affairs of the Guangdong Consultative Bureau. Seeing this, he pulled it directly to the room and pinched the music on the case in his hand.

"How to do it, Brother Fool has already figured it out, and there is no need to persuade him again."

Guo Zhiqi's recital spanned a province in Guangxi and was sent to Yunnan at the fastest speed. As early as February of the tenth year of Yongli, Li Dingguo escorted the Son of Heaven into Yunnan. At that time, the provincial capital Kunming had the troops of Liu Wenxiu, the king of Funan, and Wang Shangli, the marquis of Guyuan, and in addition, Wang Ziqi and He Jiuyi, two generals, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to sit in Chuxiong and Wuding, and there were 20,000 Ming troops stationed in the whole Yunnan, although it was far less than Guizhou, where the Qin Wangfu was stationed, but it was also a strong place to fight.

Compared with history, Li Dingguo's army did not defeat Xinhui, but took the opportunity of recovering Guangdong to expand its troops. Today, there are no less than 50,000 people in the army, but the problem is that Li Dingguo still selected elite soldiers to attack when he went to Anlong to meet him, and he was expected to be caught off guard by defeat, so he was still at a disadvantage in terms of local troops.

Escorting Emperor Yongli out of Anlong's prison, the army of Guangxi was assembled in Yunnan one after another. Counting the time, when the army gathers up, there is indeed a greater chance of defeating the Qin garrison, but what will be faced is that the army of Guizhou will return to the division, which is still a dangerous move.

Earlier, Chen Kai's tips enabled him to re-establish his goal of entering Yunnan. On the way, Li Dingguo had already wanted to distinguish clearly, so he left Jin Tongwu and Zhang Jian to lead some soldiers and horses to continue to protect Yu Qujing, the son of Yongli, while he led other troops to Kunming.

The news that Li Dingguo escorted the Yongli Son of Heaven into Qujing spread to Kunming faster than Li Dingguo's army, and Wang Shangli, who was stationed in Kunming City, was a close confidant of Sun Kewang, so he immediately panicked. As a result, Li Dingguo soon appeared outside the city of Kunming, and the other two people with great prestige in the city, Liu Wenxiu, the king of Funan, and Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, strongly persuaded Wang Shangli to open the city and welcome the Son of Heaven into the city, so as not to be infamous for resisting Tianwei.

Liu Wenxiu is one of the four princes of Daxi, Li Dingguo is also the same, and the Mu family is the nobleman of Yunnan in the Ming court, and has great prestige in Yunnan. Wang Shangli is behind Sun Kewang, but far away water can't quench his thirst, and in the face of such a situation, he had to follow Liu Wenxiu's advice to reluctantly lead the crowd out of the city to greet him.

After Li Dingguo took control of Kunming, he immediately sent people to Qujing to invite him, and then, on March 26, the Emperor of Yongli came to Kunming City in person under the escort of Jin Tongwu and Zhang Jian. In the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan was regarded as a remote place, and the so-called Tiangao Emperor was far away, at this time, the "True Dragon Son of Heaven" arrived, and the people of Kunming were excited. Emperor Yongli was very moved, and asked his entourage to pass on the order: "When I arrive, don't distinguish between the old and the young, listen to them look up and watch, and the officers and soldiers on patrol are not allowed to fight indiscriminately." In addition to Wang Shangli and others who were uneasy in their hearts, the entire city of Kunming was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

After entering Kunming, Emperor Yongli did not enter the most prosperous place in the city - Sun Kewang's Qin Palace, but set up the palace in the former residence of Ai Nengqi, which was once the Yunnan Gongyuan.

In April, Emperor Yongli canonized Li Dingguo as the king of Jin, Liu Wenxiu as the king of Shu, Bai Wenxuan as the Duke of Gongguo, Wang Shangli, the former Marquis of Guyuan, as the Duke of Baoguo, the general Wang Ziqi as the Duke of Kuiguo, He Jiuyi as the Marquis of Baokang, Zhang Hu as the protector of the King of Qin, as the Bo of Chunhua, and Li Bengao, the governor of the naval army, as the Bo of Chongxin. At the same time, Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, was a noble in Yunnan, and naturally gained the trust of Emperor Yongli, in addition to being able to enter at any time in case of emergency, he also let him take charge of the Praetorian Guard.

These are self-rewarding for escorting, and at the same time, they are also a gesture of favor to Sun Kewang. In addition, Emperor Yongli decided to directly canonize Zheng Chenggong as the king of Fujian, and crossed the county king from the Duke of Zhangguo and was directly canonized as a prince!

With this move, it is actually the Zheng Group's expansion in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and at this time, in fact, the news of Chen Kai's recovery of Southern Jiangxi has not yet come, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no more hesitation. In this way, from the original pattern of only one prince with a different surname, the narrow son of heaven to order the princes, directly became four princes, and Sun Kewang's prominent status was suddenly diluted.

For Zheng Chenggong's canonization, Zheng Chenggong's generals also want to canonize a group of marquis and earls, but the duke is not in a hurry for the time being, because the imperial court is not very clear about the situation in the southeast, just those canonizations that they are familiar with.

The generals are okay, but there is still a Chen Kai on the Zheng Group's side, who is now in control of Guangdong's military and political affairs, and has been sent by the governor of Guangdong, and his own position has already been promoted to the left squire of the military department and the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace. With Chen Kai's merits, it is only right to continue to be promoted, but the problem is that Liangguang also has Guo Zhiqi, the governor and Lianchengbi, and Chen Kai has no suitable send.

This hesitation, within two days, actually caused a matter of Gong Yizuo, the left attendant of the household department, asking for the refusal of the imperial court to appoint an official position, and the reason was the astonishing words of "receiving ten years of great favor in Yunnan". For a while, "there was a big uproar", and they all reprimanded him for following Sun Kewang with all his heart, but he threw Chen Kai's promotion aside.

This limelight is not over yet, and soon, Guo Zhiqi from Guangxi sent a note, reporting the news of Chen Kai's recovery of Southern Jiangxi and Lianchengbi, Gao Wengui's martyrdom in Wuzhou, and the fall of Guidong. The court didn't care about reprimanding Gong Yi for a while, and hurriedly discussed the candidate for the new governor of Liangguang.

In this, there are naturally those who think that Chen Kai should be directly allowed to take the title of governor of Liangguang with the title of Shangshu of the Military Department, but there are also many voices who think that the power of the Zheng group is too great, and the continued sealing of Chen Kai is likely to lead to the infiltration of the Zheng group in the control areas of the Yongli court in western Guangdong and Guangxi. So, there was another quarrel in the court, until someone understood Guo Zhiqi's recital, which mentioned that Guo Zhiqi was going to Guangdong recently, and decided to wait for Guo Zhiqi's new news before making a decision. As a result, Guo Zhiqi's new recital was to impeach Chen Kai for annexing friendly forces, and all of a sudden, the voices in the court proposing to promote Chen Kai to the governor of Liangguang immediately disappeared without a trace, because the letter directly caused the imperial court to worry, and the consideration of restricting the Zheng group inevitably fell on Chen Kai's head.

In the following days, the Yongli Imperial Court was naturally still busy pacifying Sun Kewang in Guizhou, and at the same time preparing for a civil war that might break out at any time. It was so until the end of the tenth year of Yongli, when the people in Kunming City couldn't even buy anything left, from Guangdong, the new news was sent to the cabinet, with Chen Kai's request and Guo Zhiqi's recital, and the two texts were read, Fu Gang and Lei Yuelong, the two scholars, looked at each other for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly.

"It's better to report this matter directly to the Son of Heaven. How we say and do what we do, it's all a mistake. ”

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