Wu Xiang was arrested, and the news that the Wu family's silver in Beijing had been looted by the Shun army was almost sent to Wu Sangui before and after Wu Xiang's letter of persuasion to Wu Sangui.

It was a family member of the Wu family who brought Wu Sangui the news that the Wu family had been ransacked, this person was the shopkeeper of a store in the Wu family in Beijing, Wu Xiang was arrested, and the Wu family was ransacked, but he saw it with his own eyes. After Wu Xiang was arrested, he left the city, and then went all the way north to Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui had just learned from him that his home had been robbed by Li Zicheng, and he received a letter of persuasion from his father Wu Xiang sent by Shunjun and written by his father Wu Xiang.

Wu Sangui read the letter quietly, this letter was obviously written by his father under the coercion of Li Zicheng, and the content was nothing more than persuading him to surrender to the Shun army. In addition to this letter, the messenger of Shunjun also brought another letter, which was a letter of surrender written by Li Zicheng to Wu Sangui.

Putting down the letter, Wu Sangui said to the messenger of Shunjun with a cold face: "I heard that your emperor copied my house and arrested my father?" Is there such a thing? ”

"I'm afraid that General Wu misheard the rumors and misunderstood us." The messenger laughed and said, "After our army entered Beijing, there was no crime in the autumn, where would we raid the general's house?" It's just that there are quite a lot of small people in the city nowadays, and they often harass the gentry at night or when our army is out of reach. Our emperor was afraid that these small people would collide with the general's family, so he specially sent someone to clean up a courtyard in the imperial city and let the general's family live in it, so as to make a fool of himself. ”

Wu Sangui listened, and snorted from his nose: "Your army has been in the capital for so long, why hasn't the city settled down?" ”

The messenger was stunned, and for a moment did not know what to answer. At this moment, he heard Wu Sangui ask again: "This general soldier still wants to know the news of my eldest son, the crown prince and the kings. I don't know if you can tell this general soldier. ”

The messenger fixed his mind and said, "Chongzhen's son of heaven has returned to heaven......"

"What!" Wu Sangui slapped the table suddenly, stood up, and scolded with his halberd fingers, "You wait for these bandits, you dare to kill the king!" Wu has received the grace of the country, how can he be with you and others, and come to ......"

While scolding, Wu Sangui was about to pull out the sword on his waist over and over again, but the sword seemed to be inserted a little tighter, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.

"General, general, listen to me. We are just ordinary people, how dare we kill the king? Chongzhen Tianzi really committed suicide. It's not that we kill the king? ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he stopped drawing his sword, but his hand was still on the hilt of the sword, and he stared at the messenger with wide eyes and said, "Is the Son of Heaven really not waiting for you to kill?" ”

The messenger hurriedly said: "It's true, Chongzhen Tianzi hanged himself in the coal mountain, and our army did not kill the king!" The general knows that my emperor once sent a letter to Chongzhen Tianzi and wanted to ask for peace. My emperor was originally a good citizen, but he was forced to live by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so he raised an army, and his original intention was just to clear the king's side, not to rebel. How can there be a reason to kill a king? ”

"Humph!" Wu Sangui snorted, but let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword.

"Where is the body of the Son of Heaven now? Where are the crown princes and the princes now? Wu Sangui asked again.

"The body of the Son of Heaven Chongzhen is good at being restrained, and now it has been buried in the tomb of Concubine Tian. The crown prince and the princes are naturally fine. The messenger replied.

"If you just want to clear the monarch's side, why don't you make the prince the emperor now?" Wu Sangui said.

The messenger just smiled and said: "In the past, my emperor wrote a letter to the emperor of Chongzhen, wanting to ask for peace, this is because God wants to make Daming peaceful and happy." However, the Son of Heaven Chongzhen deviated from the will of heaven and is still there today. This is the so-called 'if you don't take it, you will suffer it'. Heaven has now attributed the mandate of heaven to my emperor, how dare my emperor disobey the will of heaven? ”

Wu Sangui listened, didn't speak, and said after a while: "Your envoy has come from afar to work hard, and let's go down and rest first." ”

After sending off Li Zicheng's messenger, Wu Sangui took the two letters and turned around and entered a small room at the back of the living room. A person was sitting on an official hat chair, waiting for Wu Sangui.

"But it made Mr. Kong wait for a long time." Wu Sangui walked into the room and bowed to the man. The man also stood up and said to Wu Sangui: "But it was someone who disturbed Wu Shuai." I wonder what the letter from the thief said? ”

"What else could it be? It's just an attempt to persuade the official to surrender. Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "How can a thief be a thief if he receives the favor of the country in a certain world?" It's just that the messenger of the thief said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and several princes have fallen into their hands, but it makes a certain very worried. The country cannot be left without an owner for a day, and now there is no owner at home and abroad, and the world is in a panic. Although there are some horses under the command of a certain army, but the thieves are powerful, plus there is no owner at home and abroad, and the military spirit in a certain army is not very stable. As for the recovery of Beijing, it is even more difficult. I wonder when Zheng Zongbing's army will be able to arrive? Also, how is His Royal Highness King Fu doing now? ”

Kong Zhang smiled and replied: "The army in the hands of Zheng Dashuai is already preparing, but Wu Shuai naturally knows that these tens of thousands of troops have come from thousands of miles to the sea, and there has never been one in the history of the dynasty, but it will take time to organize. I'm afraid that Wu Shuai will have to deal with Li Chuang for a few days. As for King Fu, he should be near Fengyang by now. It's just that I heard that where to go next, His Royal Highness King Fu is still a little hesitant. ”

"I wonder what His Royal Highness King Fu is still hesitating about?" Wu Sangui asked.

"His Royal Highness King Fu doesn't know whether he should go south to Nanjing or north to Jinghai." Kong Zhang replied, "Wu Shuai, you also know that among the many vassal kings, the one closest to the Son of Heaven is the Fu Domain. If the prince is martyred today, the princes may fall into the hands of thieves, and the good luck is unpredictable. Now the best plan is to let His Royal Highness King Fu first supervise the country and regain the government. If the prince can be saved, it is naturally easy to say, if it can't be saved, according to the etiquette law, it should also be to let His Royal Highness King Fu ascend the throne and inherit the unification. Just ......"

"Just what?" Wu Sangui asked.

Kong Zhang sighed and said, "If it is normal, His Royal Highness King Fu should naturally go to Nanjing to supervise the country." It's just that Wu Shuai may also know that this Nanjing is the territory of the Donglin Party, and the people of Donglin have a lot of grievances with the Fu Clan......"

Hearing this, Wu Sangui also nodded. He also knew the grievances between Donglin and Fu Fan. When Emperor Wanli was in power, he favored Zhu Changxun, the old king of fortune, and once wanted to make him the crown prince. The Donglin Party members firmly stood on the side of Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, and launched a movement to "fight for the country's foundation", and even made up the case of the three major cases of the late Ming Dynasty. In the end, the Donglin Party won the victory, Zhu Changluo ascended the throne as the king, and Zhu Changxun was named the king of Fu and became the domain of Luoyang. In the eyes of the Donglin Party, the victory of "fighting for the country's foundation" is one of their most brilliant political capitals. Now let the son of Zhu Changxun, who was rectified by them, come to supervise the country, and may even further ascend the throne as the king, which is obviously what the Donglin Party people do not want to see. If King Fu went directly to Nanjing, who knows if the Donglin Party would have come up with something?

Kong Zhang continued: "In Nanjing, there are rumors that His Royal Highness King Fu is not filial, saying that he abandoned his parents when he fled Luoyang. Shi Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department even wrote to the Governor of Fengyang Ma, saying that His Royal Highness King Fu had 'seven unstandables', which were 'greed, immorality, alcoholism, unfilial piety, tyranny, ignorance of learning, and interference with officials'. and then proposed that King Lu should be wise and should establish King Lu as the king. In this way, how dare His Royal Highness King Fu go to Nanjing easily? ”

"When Luoyang City was broken, the soldiers were in chaos, and King Fu's father and son fled at night. When this time of refuge, it is night, and the father and son are separated, isn't it a common thing? How can it be said that this is the unfilial piety of His Royal Highness King Fu? Wu Sangui said, "As for any kind of greed and violence, I feel that I am just afraid that it is just a crime to be added." King Lu has a farther relationship with the Son of Heaven, and he does not establish the King of Fu, but he wants to give up the near and far King Lilu, which is not easy to say. Wu Sangui shook his head and said.

"So, now His Royal Highness King Fu has other plans. He wants to go north to Jinghai and supervise the army as a prisoner, if he can recover the capital division, with this great achievement, he will ascend the throne as the emperor, and who in the world can say anything? Kong Zhang raised his eyes and looked at Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui knew that now was the time to bet. Obviously, the people of the Zheng family have already bet on King Fu. Now it depends on him whether Wu Sangui is willing to stand with the Zheng family.

Compared with those civil officials, the generals at this time had a better understanding of the situation of the Zheng family. Because they have more transactions with the Zheng family, especially arms deals. Wu Sangui knew that the Zheng family controlled the entire sea trade and was very rich in his hands. Even when the Guan Ning army was in its heyday, I was afraid that it could not be compared with the Zheng family in terms of wealth. And he also knew that the Zheng family occupied a large area of land overseas, and the immigrants under their control were afraid of as many as one million. Considering their ability to make weapons, Wu Sangui knew that the Zheng family's strength was definitely not to be underestimated.

And it seems that betting on Fuwang is also good. King Fu was at odds with Donglin on the Jiangnan side, and now if he wants to become emperor, he must get the support of a really powerful military leader. And his foundation is in the north, if he runs to the south, it is estimated that there will be no good end. If you continue to stay in the north, you may fall into the predicament of being attacked by Li Chuang and Jianxuan from both sides. In the original history, it was not for nothing that Wu Sangui turned to the Manchus, and even in terms of his personal interests, it was almost his best choice to go to the Manchus. However, now he has more options, that is, to form an alliance with the Zheng family and jointly support King Fu to maximize his own interests.

"I want to know ......" Wu Sangui looked into Kong Zhang's eyes and said slowly, "You support His Royal Highness King Fu like this, what did he promise you?" ”

"The land is the king, and the Yongzhen side is on the side." Kong Zhang said very seriously, and he noticed that hearing this, Wu Sangui's pupils shrank suddenly.