Regarding the reward of Emperor Longwu's empty head, Mo Li was not interested and was noncommittal. The Hongguang Imperial Court disappeared less than a year after its establishment, and Mo Li didn't have much hope for this powerless Zhu Yujian, so he ignored it, and just wanted to develop his own strength and eliminate the Houjin Tartars.

However, the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop.

Less than a month after the establishment of the Longwu Imperial Court, Zhu Changying, the king of Gui, was also called the prison country in Wuzhou, Guangxi, and changed the name of the country to Yongli.

Due to the remoteness of Guangxi and the slow transmission of news, when the news of Hongguang's death reached Wuzhou, Zhu Changying immediately announced that he would proclaim himself a prisoner and rule the Ming subjects to resist Jin.

In fact, at this time, Zhu Yujian had already proclaimed himself emperor in Fuzhou, but due to the long distance and the delay of the news, Zhu Changying thought that no one would be the emperor, so he succeeded to the throne as the son of Emperor Wanli.

In this way, it suddenly becomes embarrassing.

According to the bloodline, Zhu Changying, the king of Gui, is undoubtedly much more "legitimate" than Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, because Zhu Changying is the son of Emperor Wanli, and Zhu Yujian is just a very distant clan and lacks the righteous name of succession.

However, after all, Zhu Yujian is also a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, a relative of the Ming Dynasty, and he succeeded to the throne nearly a month earlier than Zhu Changying.

As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and Zhu Yujian ascended the throne as the emperor as the first time as a clan, which is also justified and cannot be denied.

But there are no two kings in one country, and now both of them call themselves emperors, but the Ming officials and people under their rule don't know who to listen to.

Since Zhu Yujian has already been proclaimed emperor, it is impossible for him to abdicate for no reason, and it is impossible for those forces who put him on the throne to make him retreat.

As a result, a fierce debate broke out between the Fujian and Guangxi regimes over the question of who was the orthodox one.

Finally, they are still a little sensible, and they will not use knives and guns to fight for orthodoxy at this juncture, otherwise Huang Taiji and Dolgon are afraid that they will die of laughter.

Since no one can convince anyone, then each will go its own way, and the Longwu court and the Yongli court will each govern the people under their rule in the name of Ming orthodoxy.

In terms of strength, in fact, the Longwu Dynasty was stronger, because Admiral Zheng Zhilong's Fujian sailors were not bad, and at this time they already had more than 1,000 large and small warships, and often fought with the Dutch sailors entrenched in Taiwan, as well as pirates from various countries who were rampant on the seas often fought in order to grab territory and goods.

But Zheng Zhilong is only strong at sea, and his strength on land is not strong. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate after all, not a descendant of Emperor Longwu, and Zhu Yujian was attached to Zheng Zhilong's brother, but he was actually forced to do so.

Yongli Emperor Zhu Changying also did not have much of his own strength, and in order to consolidate his position, the emperor also began to woo the powerful people in charge of the army, and Mo Li was the first person he wanted to woo.

Zhu Changying's fief was originally in Hengzhou, and when Zhang Xianzhong ravaged Huguang last year, Hengzhou was also breached, and Zhu Changying hurriedly took his family to Wuzhou, Guangxi for refuge, and later settled down in Wuzhou.

After Chongzhen's death, Zhu Changying was also a popular candidate to succeed to the throne, but unfortunately he was far away in Guangxi, too far away from Nanjing, so the officials left behind in Nanjing did not consider supporting him and supported Zhu Changxun, the king of fortune.

After Zhu Changxun's death, Zhu Changying felt that this opportunity had come, and it should be his turn to do it, so he was enthroned as emperor with the support of a group of civil and military officials.

Zhu Changying knew that he was short of soldiers and horses and his foundation was not strong, so after he ascended the throne, he canonized Moli as the general of Anguo, and asked his third son Zhu Youying to rush to Wuchang to meet Moli in person, and brought a large number of rewarded gold, silver, wine and treasures.

Faced with this sudden situation, Mo Li was also stunned.

After receiving the news of Hongguang's death, Mo Li immediately led the staff of the General Staff back to Wuchang and commanded his subordinates to meet and kill the Jin soldiers in Jiangnan.

Within two days of arriving in Wuchang, Zhu Youqi came to the door, first complimented Moli for his success, and then tactfully expressed the hope that Moli could be loyal to Emperor Yongli and revitalize the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the title of General Anguo, Zhu Youyan also brought a new official position to Moli: the military and political governor of Huguang, Jiangxi, Henan, and Shanxi, referred to as the governor of the four provinces.

In fact, Zhu Changying is also an old slippery head, Huguang has been his base camp after more than a year of operation by Moli, needless to say, as for Jiangxi, most of them are under the actual jurisdiction of Moli, at this time, in order to win over Moli, so he simply gave him the jurisdiction of Jiangxi generously, anyway, Zhu Changying can't control the officials and soldiers in Jiangxi now, why not be a favor.

As for Shanxi and Henan, it is thousands of miles away, and it is not a place that the small imperial court of Yongli can manage, at present, most of Shanxi is under the rule of Jin Bing, as for Henan, it is basically under the control of Moli, and the jurisdiction of these two provinces can be said to be Zhu Changying's favor.

But Moli's Mojia army now has a very great influence in these four provinces, although Zhu Changying said that it was a light and clever empty wish, but a governor of the four provinces, it sounds like he attaches great importance to and reuses Moli, showing twelve points of sincerity and imperial grace, which is invisibly equivalent to acquiescing in Moli's jurisdiction and governance in these four places.

Although Moli now actually controls most of these four provinces, after all, in the name of the governor of Huguang, it still seems a bit nondescript and unjustifiable.

Now that Zhu Changying has appointed him as the governor of the four provinces, it is equivalent to having a legal identity and can govern these places openly.

Of course, the premise is that Zhu Changying's appointment itself is legal, but it is up for debate. Because now, after all, there is still a Longwu Emperor who claims to be the orthodox ...... of the Ming Dynasty

However, Emperor Longwu did not admit his identity as the governor of the four provinces, Mo Li did not care, it was a dispute between Emperor Yongli and him, and he was not interested at all. Whether it was someone from Fujian who came to woo him or someone from Guangxi who came to woo him, Mo Li avoided it under the pretext of being busy with military affairs.

You sent me something, and I laughed at it. But which side do you want me to support, I'm sorry, I'm so busy right now, where do I have time to play with you...... Well, I heard that Dolgon's dog was beaten to Anqing, no, the official has to send troops to fight him back.

Wuchang is also full of war clouds now, no one knows what the war will become, little prince, your status is noble, it is better to evacuate first, now this is also the front line, how dangerous it is to stay here!

Zhu Youyan touched his nose and couldn't see Moli's figure for a few days, so he had to return to Wuzhou in a gloomy manner.

Mo Li smiled after receiving the report, little cub, you are still too young!

Well, the governors of the four provinces have a good hat, and they are majestic enough!