After the Dragon Boat Festival, the winter wheat from south to north has begun to turn yellow, and those places that are lucky enough to survive in natural and man-made disasters have also begun to think about seizing the time to open the sickle and cut the wheat, so that they can continue to struggle in this troubled world.

The same is true for Liaodong.

The military tuns in Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, as well as those fields that used to be "deserted", are now also rolling wheat waves. During the Battle of Songshan that day, in order to boost morale, Li Huamei made the iron farm tools and a kind of foot plough that were sold in large quantities in the Ningyuan and Tashan areas of Linglong Shengxing, and at this time they showed their performance.

Under the cultivation of those military households and recruited displaced people, a scene that had not been seen for many years appeared in front of Wu Sangui and others: dozens of miles of wheat fields, sorghum, and green waves undulating and rolling in the corridor of western Liaoning.

As long as we can support the thieves before the wheat comes down, we will not be afraid of any of us after the wheat is harvested! This is the unanimous view of the soldiers and men of various towns in eastern Liaodong. Wu Sangui has already passed down the message to the generals of various towns in Liaodong, and our uncle has something to say about the harvested wheat, one stone of wheat can be exchanged for one stone and five buckets of rice, and sorghum is one stone of sorghum for four buckets of rice. Who wouldn't want to make such a deal? (In fact, one stone of wheat for two stones of rice, and one stone of sorghum for five buckets of rice.) Li Huayu also adhered to Li Shouhan's will and purchased a large number of wheat and sorghum, in order to make it easier for the army to march and fight when he went north. As for the difference, I believe that everyone will never think that Wu Sangui is profiting from it. ）

In the headquarters of Shanhaiguan, in Wu Sangui's signing room, several of his masters and staff members also told him with a happy face about the situation of crops in various fields, as long as there is no heavy rain or strong wind, this year's wheat is bound to be harvested.

If there is soil, there will be wealth, and if there is wealth, there will be salary, and if there is salary, there will be soldiers, and if there are soldiers, there will be soil. This is the unified understanding of these people, including Wu Sangui. There is a turf. If there is food, there will be soldiers and horses, and if you have a team that can fight, you will have a larger territory and more soldiers and horses.

A few words of mutual praise spoke, and the staff members dispersed to conduct their own business. Only one master surnamed Chen remained.

"Boss, someone from the north has brought a letter."

"Oh? Someone wrote again, who is it this time? ”

"It's the same clan of the students, I used to work with the big handsome, and now Chen Bangxuan, who has been cleared."

From the time after the battles of Songshan and Tashan to the period when Dolgon presided over the Liao thief government, whether Huang Taiji presided over the government affairs or Dolgon, the regent, had the final say, the rebellion against Wu Sangui never stopped.

At present, with the help of the strength of the soldiers, horses, money and food of the Southern Guangdong Army, he forcibly transformed the revenue of each town in Liaodong. And recruit new troops among the Liao people in various places, and train according to the tricks stolen from Wu Biao, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong Town have faintly had the atmosphere of a strong army in the era of Li Chengliang.

As a result, the thieves mobilized all kinds of people to work on Wu Sangui, moved by family affection, high-ranking officials, and threatened and lured. Everything. Here we should be fair, although Wu Sangui has a bad reputation in the history books. first surrendered to the Qing army, as its forerunner, killed Li Zicheng, chased and killed Emperor Yongli and others, and then raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, which was blacker than Africans in the history books compiled by the Qing court. In a certain coating, he is the number one traitor in the past, but he neither slaughtered the city for the Qing army, nor did he send cannons and craftsmen to the Qing army. His relationship with the Qing court smacked of cooperation between controlling and minority shareholders. But there is no way, who let you defeat it, and if you defeat you, you have to leave a capricious image that will be despised by future generations.

But at this time, when most of the relatives, friends, subordinates, and colleagues surrendered to the Liao thieves, and they were all high-ranking officials who were appointed to be horses and horses, the Ming Dynasty stronghold outside Shanhaiguan was lost, leaving only Ningyuan Lonely City, and in the case of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen, in the case that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had already opened the country and established the number to enter Gyeonggi, and the enemies of the past were about to become a new generation of masters, Wu Sangui was able to hold the dangerous city and not surrender to the Qing army, which is also commendable, and it is also one of the places that can be affirmed in this basically denied historical figure.

"Chen Bangxuan? What did he say? ”

"There is an epistle here. In addition, the messenger also brought gifts of 200 war horses, 500 mink skins, fox skins, 200 catties of mountain ginseng, and 100 Dongzhu, and waited for Ning Yuan to be instructed by the marquis. ”

Being able to send the war horse to Wu Sangui, the enemy general, shows how much attention Dolgon attaches to countering the rebellion and winning over Wu Sangui, the commander of Liaodong!

“…… Why not improvise and protect your wealth? Since ancient times, good ministers have chosen their masters to do things, and good birds have chosen trees to perch. abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and flee from the crime; The right to change is free from suspicion. Besides, my emperor is benevolent and holy, and those who have meritorious merit will be sealed forever, and those who resist will be punished and punished. The chief master is a young man, smart and natural, it is better not to hold two things, worship the wind speed, then the merit is outstanding, and the life of Ningcheng is graced in the world. How can there be four cities of pine, brocade, apricot, and tower that do not exist, and Ning Yuan is still happy and peaceful, and still wants to live for a long time!"

Chen Bangxuan's letters are just some clichés that make Wu Sangui's ears tingle, and it is not only that he said so, from Zu Dashou, Hong Chengchou and others, or from a high-ranking and powerful person who promoted Wu Sangui, or for his elders, and Chen Bangxuan, who was a colleague in the old department, constantly "knew it with emotion and reason", tried to shake and soften his will, and even ordered him to lead the Liaodong Army, a huge group of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, to surrender to the Qing army at the right time. His former colleague Jiang Xin also wrote a letter to count the number of times: "The army has been lost, Songjin has been lost, the civil official Hong Junmen has returned to Shun, and the military attache Zu Zhentai has surrendered." Several cities in Ningqian are all caged birds and fish at the bottom of the kettle, but they are delayed", for him to dissect the interests and disadvantages, and count the people who have returned to obedience.

Master Chen finished reading Chen Bangxuan's letter and asked Wu Sangui: "Sir, how should this matter be handled?" ”

After a little hesitation, Wu Sangui showed a smug smile on his face: "Since people have sent generous gifts, we can't be unreasonable." The order was given to Ning Yuan, and the gift was accepted. You procured some copper pots, copper bowls, glass, wine utensils, satin, cloth, pollen, rouge and other items for me in a few shops in Shanhaiguan, so that people could bring them back. ”

Gifts are still exchanged, and the peach is reciprocated. And the gifts are not military supplies, even if the crows in the DPRK and China know about it, they can't say anything.

Master Chen nodded, but raised the letterhead in his hand again. "Sir, what should I do with this letter?"

"The old rule, the copy is backed up and stored, and the original is put into the file."

Master Chen is also Wu Sangui's confidant, and holds confidential correspondence documents for him. Know his habitual way of dealing with it. He already has the letters of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and many others.

"Write a letter for me to Uncle Benbo. Tell him that at most ten months later, 100,000 wheat seeds from Liaodong will be transported to Denglai, and ask him to prepare to receive them. In addition, the copies of these letters were appended at the end of the letters, and sent to him with them. ”

This is a multiplicity. It not only shows loyalty, but also highlights the importance of oneself. Master Chen is also a person who understands the trick of this, so he nodded immediately.

Wu Sangui's document was sent to Dengzhou by clipper, and then delivered to Guangzhou by Li Huayu's hand. It's been a month's delay. In the land of eastern Guangdong, it is the season when early rice has matured.

Bursts of fragrance wafted from the endless fields, and the plump ears of rice pressed the rice stalks to the waist, as if thanking the earth for its nurturing grace. Naughty children run around in their fields, and from time to time they are splashed by fish startled by the muddy water, which provokes the adults to scold them.

The same scene is also staged in Guangxi, Fujian, Biyuan, southern Jiangxi, northern Jiangxi and other places to varying degrees, wars and famines are a little farther away from people, people begin to gradually breathe, for the peace and prosperity in their minds and pray, efforts.

But these people who are constantly busy with their hands and feet for their ideals don't know. Just as they were rejoicing at the imminent harvest of early rice, a tide was brewing in the city of Guangzhou.

"The general of the battalion was ordered to levy things: since ancient times, the emperor has risen and fallen. The people are in their hearts. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the numbers have ended. The punishment was severe, and the people were unbearable. Birth to my holy lord, benevolence and good life. The banner of righteousness is raised, and Haiyu returns to his heart. Crossing the south of the river and leveling Yu Chu, entering the west of the Guanxi and sweeping the three Qin. Pacify the officials and pacify the people. Set up a border defense, and the great cause has been decided. There is Jin Yan, who has been trapped for a long time, and can't bear to sit idly by, so he is the head of the special dispatch. When the autumn was high and the horse was fat, he led 500,000 soldiers from Chang'an, and crossed the river to march as the vanguard. My lord himself raised a million troops, and he did not commit any crimes in the autumn. I am the first to Yu Wen and military attachés, etc., judge the situation, dedicate the city to the seal, and plan the early Juelu. If obsessed with rejection, Xu Er's gentry and people will not only be rewarded, but also protect all living beings. If the government and the people resist together, the soldiers will break the city, and the jade will not be divided, so how can I regret it! ”

Compared with this document issued by Li Zicheng in the name of Liu Zongmin to prepare for the Eastern Expedition after the Autumn Festival, Wu Sangui's document is too light.

The news of this article and Zhang Xianzhong's proclamation as emperor in Chengdu almost reached the city of Guangzhou, and two thousand-pound stones were thrown in, which immediately stirred up a huge wave among the officials in the city.

Zhang Xianzhong called the emperor in Chengdu, the country name "Daxi", maybe to spoof, maybe to disgust the neighbor Li Zicheng in the north, the name of the year is simply "Dashun", with Chengdu as Xijing, Shu Wangfu as the West Palace, the same set up left and right prime ministers, six Shangshu and other civil and military officials. With Wang Zhaoling as a scholar of Dongge University, the left prime minister, adjudicating political affairs, and Yan Ximing as the right prime minister. Hu Mo is the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Guolin is the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Wu Jishan (Jiang Ding Town) is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Gong Wanjing is the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Shiying is the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Wang Yinglong is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. The imperial history of Gyeonggi Province is one of the best. promulgated the "Tongtian Calendar", and opened a department to recruit scholars, selected 30 people as jinshi, and appointed them as county officials; Set up a money bureau to cast "Dashun Tongbao" for use, and at the same time "exempt the border for three years of rent" for the people of all ethnic groups in the southwest; The Dashun Tongbao cast by the money bureau is exquisitely crafted and is used as an ornament by many people. Missionaries were invited to compile a new almanac, Tongtian Calendar, for the "Heavenly Scholars".

The military system was reformed and the five armies were set up in the Governor's Office, Wang Shangli of the Chinese Army, Wang Dingguo of the former Army, Feng Shuangli of the Rear Army, Ma Yuanli of the Left Army, and Zhang Hualong of the Right Army. The navy army became an independent army, with Wang Fuchen and Wang Ziyu as the left and right governors of the navy. Military control was carried out in Chengdu, with Wang Shangli as the commander's imperial camp and Dou Mingwang as the commander's commander of the imperial city, with 120 battalions divided into troops, and each battalion was commanded by a total army. There are "Huwei, Leopard Tao, Long Tao, and Yingyang as the guards", and the capital is set up to lead it. Outside the city, there are ten large camps, twelve small camps, and the old camp in the middle, called the imperial camp, dedicated to the loyal residence. He also ordered Zhang Kewang to be the general of Pingdong and supervise the nineteenth battalion; Zhang Dingguo was the general of Anxi, supervising the 16th battalion; Zhang Wenxiu was the general of Funan and supervised the 15th battalion; Zhang Nengqi was the general of Dingbei and supervised the 20th battalion. This is the so-called Four Generals, and the troops under their command are the main force of the Great Western Army. The four generals and the five military governors attacked from all sides, gradually occupying the entire territory of Sichuan Province. In order to maintain local law and order, the Onishi regime also organized local armed forces in various prefectures and prefectures. It is called "Li Bing".

Zhang Xianzhong strictly enforced military discipline and was not allowed to "recruit soldiers without authorization", "accept the words of the people without authorization", and "take local women as wives without authorization", which violated the law. Zhang Xianzhong named his four adopted sons as kings, and Zhang Kewang became the king of Pingdong. Zhang Wenxiu is the king of Funan, Zhang Dingguo is the king of Anxi, and Zhang Nengqi is the king of Dingbei.

Zhang Xianzhong also appointed the former Yazhou Zhizhou Wang Guochen as the imperial history of tea and horses, and traded with ethnic minorities in western Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and attached great importance to appeasing ethnic minorities. The tea, cloth, salt, and other goods from the interior were traded for gold, silver, and horses. It is also like a founding atmosphere.

Some of these news were reported to the Department of Commerce by Nanzhong merchants scattered along the Yangtze River, and some were simply said in the letters of Qin Liangyu ordering people to rush out of Chongqing and go down to Anqing along the east of the Yangtze River to ask for help.

At the moment, this Qin commander-in-chief, Qin Marquis, was pressed on the stone pillar by Zhang Xianzhong's sons, although he didn't fight any big battles, but he watched the strongholds and passages outside being occupied and blocked. The old woman was also a little apprehensive.

At present, in the entire territory of Sichuan, the only one who can fight with the Great Western Army is her white pole soldiers. The rest of the local regiments, the remnants of the officers and soldiers, the four generals and the five governors did not fight them, they were already gods and Buddhas blessed the ancestors to manifest themselves.

However, in the eyes of the officials in Guangzhou, since Zhang Xianzhong is a thief leader. is just the founding number that occupies Sichuan, which can be crowned by the monkey, and ascends the throne as the emperor, and Li Zicheng, who is also the leader of the Liukou. It is just that it occupies Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Huguang and several prefectures, and it is even more arrogant and threatens to cross the river to the east and take Beijing directly! Then, our lord only sits on the land of Liangguang, Biyuan, Fujian, southern Jiangxi, northern Jiangxi, Shandong, and Denglai provinces in the Central Plains, if you count Nanzhong, Luzon, Taiwan, Shizhou, Fusang and other places, how many thousand miles under the rule, and how many billions of trillions of people are under his rule?

"The lord does not ascend the throne and claim the throne. What is the life of the world! ”

Finally, someone shouted out a thought that had been haunting their hearts for a long time.

Someone shouted these words, and they immediately resonated strongly in the large and small yamen, teahouses and restaurants in Guangzhou. They have a very simple idea, any cat and dog can be the emperor, so our lord has a territory. If you want money and food, you have money and food, and the soldiers and horses are the best soldiers in the sea, the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, and they are invincible. Why can't he be an emperor?!

He became the emperor of the old man, and we are naturally the founding fathers of the country and the people who have made meritorious contributions from the dragon.

As a result, the officials in the various yamen began to organize and act in tandem. Relying on its own geographical advantages, the Guangzhou government took the lead in taking the lead, and the chief of the land security orders in various streets and alleys in the city went from house to house with household registration books to register and sign, and explained to the residents that they should sign on the people's fold to persuade them to enter. Those who can write will sign, and those who can't write will press their own bucket fingerprints.

The magistrate ordered the township magistrates to gather the township elders scattered in the villages and organize them to go to the city of Guangzhou by car and boat, or to make a big noise in the city, or to kneel in front of the Yuexiu Lou Guogong Mansion with an incense burner on their heads. In any case, Liang Guogong and his old man reluctantly agreed to come out and become the emperor!

Among them, the one who persuaded and organized the masses to persuade and move forward and jumped up and down the most happily was not the Nanzhong official who first followed Li Shouhan, not the leading general of the Nanyue Army, but the local officials of the Ming court and Liangguang who were secretly led by Jiang Yihong, the governor of Liangguang!

In this regard, Li Peiting, an anti-Ming element who has long been a hardcore supporter of Li Shouhan as the founding emperor, is quite puzzled. This group of guys is usually full of holy lord's wise words, how did they jump out one by one at this juncture?

"Still don't understand? You, my brother and the old man of Nanzhong are all old people from the dragon in the eyes of this generation. Needless to say, there is also the credit of the friendship that has been followed for many years. These people have no merit in front of the lord, let alone friendship. At most, it is just a bureaucratic relationship between superiors and subordinates. At this time, they don't jump out and perform well, once there is that day, the lord should really be a great treasure, what kind of merit does this generation take as the step of advancement? ”

Li Peilin looked at the officials in the streets and alleys quite calmly, and the people of the four townships who entered the city to persuade them with pleasant faces, and talked about the partnership made by the grandfather of the country for the two Guangxi and the people of all parts of the world. With such merit, such a person who responds to the mandate of heaven and is in line with the hearts of the people, how can he not pick up this burden of the world? This performance, in Li Peilin's view, is undoubtedly too heavy on the traces of fabrication.

Instead of going to such great lengths to mobilize the people into the city to persuade them, it is better to throw yourself down and do your own thing well. However, in this way, they also experienced the mobilization ability and power of the administrative system of the Nanyue Army. In the future, these township mayors will inevitably look at them differently.

"Brother, what should we do then?" Li Peiting is still a little younger, and his cultivation level is not enough.

"How? Do your part, and then wait for my news, and be ready to follow me into the mansion to meet the lord and discuss the matter of King Qin in the north! (To be continued.) )