Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. Wu Sangui wants to give an explanation to the people of the world, an explanation to the soldiers, and an explanation to himself.

Early in the morning of December 1, Kunming in early winter was particularly cold. There was a drizzle in the sky. Wu Sangui was dressed in a plain suit and led the three armies to Grate Slope. Since they had not been notified in advance of what they were going to do, the soldiers whispered one after another, not knowing what medicine Wu Sangui was selling in this gourd.

Some people also followed behind to watch the excitement: "Hey, look, King Pingxi's filial piety clothes and hats." Why are you going? ”

"Cough, this dog traitor, I don't know who in the family died, he deserved it!"

Yongli Mausoleum is located in the Taihua Mountain, on the shore of Yongming Lake. When Wu Sangui killed Yongli, some Kunming citizens risked their lives to bury Yongli's bones on the grate slope. Due to the hurry, there are no tombstones, just a small grave. Now, when the soldiers of the Wu army came here again, they were all stunned by the scene in front of them. Yongli Mausoleum has become a mausoleum of quite a large scale, quite the style of a royal mausoleum! It turned out that in the past ten years, Wu Sangui has been sending people to secretly repair the Yongli Mausoleum, and it has gradually become the scale it is now. The Qing government also knew about this, but thought that Wu Sangui missed his old master, so he turned a blind eye and closed one eye. Wu Sangui ordered Wang Shirong and Chen Sanqiang to be responsible for repairing the mausoleum, and there was no other requirement, only one: how to be magnificent, how to repair! Wang, Chen two people are not ambiguous, than the gourd painting scoop, according to the specifications of the twelve tombs to build, the Shinto is more than two miles long, on both sides are stone statues, the left Wenchen, the right general, magnificent, magnificent!

The head is carrying a white flag, headed by Wu Sangui, all dressed in white clothes and white armor, tied with hemp rope around the waist, wearing filial piety with crooked arms, and holding Bai Miao on the horse's body. As far as the eye can see, it is white! The procession formed a square line, carrying sacrifices and large altar wine, playing a memorial song, and expressing infinite sorrow.

The grate slope is not high, and the terrain below is flat and open. The tombstone is built on a gentle slope flanked by winding stone steps. I saw that the tombstone was tall and majestic, and the eight big characters of "the tomb of the Yongli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty" were written on it, which was solemn and solemn.

Wu Sangui stopped for a long time and looked up. He walked slowly and up the stairs. The past haunted his mind like a dream:

"Feng Wu Sangui is Ping Xibo, and Shang Fang is given..."

"It's not the end of the captive..."

"Blood is an alliance and a common support room. If so..."

"We stoop down to Manchuria to wait for it to change. Chasing Yong..."

Finally, Wu Sangui stepped up the last step and came to the tombstone. Wu Sangui bowed three times to the tomb, and then knelt down:

The spirit of the Yongli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is above:

Your Majesty, the minister Wu Sangui has come to ask you for his guilt! Although you succumbed to death in the Nine Springs, you have the respect of all the people; Although I live in the world, I am reviled by a thousand people.

Today, I come to pay tribute to you, just to atone for the sins of the first half of my life, and I beg your forgiveness!

The enmity of the monarch and father is not shared. Wu Sangui seemed to have had a big dream, and now the dream finally woke up.

Wu Sangui bowed the banner and ordered: "The whole army mourns!" ”

The cry was earth-shattering, heard from far and near. Wu Sangui lit a pillar of incense, and made a great salute to the monarch and ministers, and everyone knelt down again, bowing three times and kowtowing nine times with mourning music.

These are tears of repentance. Wu Sangui killed Yongli and committed a great crime. Emperor Yongli was modest, rarely at fault, and quite a legacy of Wanli. He has been in the southwest for more than ten years and has a high reputation among the people. Wu Sangui killed Yongli and lost popularity, he was sorry and failed to the Ming Dynasty. Sangui committed a sin and apologized to Yongli and the people of the world.

These are tears of humiliation. Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the customs, and at the expense of national interests, he was exchanged for a Pingxi king's vassal position. Now that the Qing court has issued an order, he said that he would withdraw, and he felt that he had been fooled and deceived. At the same time, Wu Sangui's so-called struggle for the Qing Dynasty for most of his life and his outstanding military exploits are just a dog in the eyes of the Qing people. Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became a shameful traitor, he felt extremely humiliated and shameless.

This is also a tear of relief. When faced with a major decision, especially a major event related to life and death, people often have a lot of worries and suffer a lot in their hearts. Wu Sangui went through more than ten years from the germination of the will to oppose the Qing Dynasty to the end of the road of rebellion. In the past ten years, he has been unable to sleep and eat, and he has been tortured, but now that he has finally taken this step, his heart is much more relaxed.

Wu Sangui's crying aroused the soldiers' longing for their homeland and the old king, and they all cried bitterly.

The three armies are all crying, and the world is sad and touching!

At this time, a white bird suddenly flew out of the tomb, this kind of bird has never been seen before, as big as a flying peng, wings like snow, wings through the sky, eyes like a god, only to see it hovering above Wu Sangui's head for a few weeks, and then shouted three times, that is, it flew to the sky, disappeared in the vast sky.

"This is the soul of Emperor Yongli!" Wang Shirong exclaimed, "Emperor Yongli said that he forgave the prince, and I hope that the prince will not forget the emperor's grace, prosper the Ming Dynasty, and avenge him!" ”

"Hooray! Banzai! The officers and men of the three armies suddenly burst into cheers.

After a long time, Wu Sangui slowly got up and faced the three armies. People didn't know what he was going to do, so they all stopped crying and looked at Sangui. I saw Wu Sangui twist his head violently, throw the braid at the back of his head to his chest, and hold it with his hand.

Wu Sangui stared at this braid, which symbolized the rule of the Qing government and the humiliation of the nation. Suddenly, he drew his saber and slashed at the base of his braid!

Wu Sangui cut off his braids! The crowd erupted in a tsunami-like cheer! The soldiers also drew their knives, cut off their braids, and threw them on the ground, stepping on their feet.

Wu Sangui motioned for the three armies to calm down, "Everyone, who do you rely on to have today's glory and wealth?" ”

"It's all thanks to you, the prince." The generals replied.

"That's not right."

"Is that the Imperial Court?"

"Not really. It is the blessing of Emperor Toxian. The old man was just a border general who was in the east, but Emperor Chongzhen looked up to me, named me Pingxibo, and gave me the sword of Shangfang. Therefore, everyone can have today, all because of the shadow of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The generals nodded yes.

"Ming soldiers, I am ordered by the 14th Sun of Taizu, and in the name of King Zhou, to raise an army against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, are you willing to follow?"

"Swear to follow! Swear to follow! The three armed forces spoke in unison. Wang Shirong praised loudly: "Soldiers, please listen to King Zhou's discussion of the text!" ”

Hu Guozhu cleared his throat, held the text in both hands, climbed the high platform, and gave a military salute to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui returned the salute and stood aside with his head in his hands. The officers and men of the three armies listened quietly, and Hu Guozhu read aloud in a low voice:

The former chief military officer of the town guarding the mountain customs, now ordered the president of the world, the master of water and land in the world, Xingming, to capture the general Wu, and told the military attachés and military officials in the world that the military and civilians were aware:

This town is deeply talking about the Ming Dynasty Shijue, and the town of Shanhaiguan is unified. For a while, Li rebelled and advocated chaos, gathered millions of people, rampant all over the world, and swirled in the Jingshi, and the collapse of the martyrdom of the Emperor Yi was miserable! The East Palace is lacking in turbulence, the civil and military forces are disintegrating, the six palaces are in chaos, the temple is in ruins, the living beings are displaced, and the subjects are looking sideways. In the whole world, there is no righteous Xingshi Qin Wang to beg for thieves, it hurts! What can you say about Guoyuan's husband?

The town lives alone outside the pass, the arrows are exhausted, the tears are dry and bloody, the heartache is silent, the last resort is a bloody alliance, Xu Yu is sealed, temporarily borrowed 100,000 soldiers, as a precursor, beheaded the general into the customs, Li thief escaped, sad for the monarch's father, the revenge is not shared, and he swears to capture the thief and handsome, behead the Taimiao, and thank the spirit of the first emperor. Fortunately, the thief escaped and disappeared, and Qu Kui gave the head, and he was about to choose an heir, and he inherited the feudal domain of the Zongshe and cut the land to thank the Yi people. I didn't want to be cunning and then betrayed the alliance, took advantage of my inner weakness, took advantage of Yandu, stole my first artifact, changed my Chinese crown, and knew that it was wrong to refuse the tiger into the wolf, and don't make a mistake of holding the salary to fight the fire. The town is stabbing and vomiting blood, repentance is not enough, will want to rebel against the north, sweep away the fishy atmosphere, suitable for Zhou, Emperor Tianer, the secret eunuch Wang Fenghug the third prince of the first emperor, three years old, thorn stock for the record, the name of the orphan, the sect is Lai. Gu drank and cried and forbeared, did not dare to act lightly, so as to avoid living in poverty, when he was obscure, he selected generals to train the army, recovered the secret plan, listened to the leakage, tied the horse and looked at the stars, sharpened the vigilant, and covered it for 30 years!

There is no way, treacherous and evil are rising, and the Confucianism of morality is subordinate everywhere; Douxiao's generation, Xianju is in a prominent position. The monarch is dark, the officials are cool and the officials are greedy, the water is miserable and the mountains are sad, the women are angry with the ocean and even the comet is falling, the sky is resentful of the top, the landslide is shaking, the land is resentful of the bottom, the officials sell the lord, the benevolence is resentful of the court, the harsh government is levied, the people are resentful of the township, the tariffs are releved, the business is resentful of Tu, the conscription is frequent, and the workers are resentful.

The town looks up and down, just when the riots are being cut down and the people are rescued, and the day is also the day when the sky responds to the people. He led the civil and military ministers, participated in the righteous deeds, carved the first month of the first month of the Jiayin year, pushed the three princes, sacrificed to the earth, Gong Deng, built the Yuan Zhou Qi, showed the cloth, told the temple to build the teacher, and advanced in the period.

The president's soldiers were transferred to Geng, and the general and the president were summoned to envoy Zheng, and 3.6 million officers and soldiers were mobilized to attack Yanshan. Long drive the water, out of the copper ostrich in the thorns, lay the jade burning in the golden soup, the banner of righteousness, respond to all directions, the heart of the subjects, and the anger of the snow heaven and people. Revitalize my martial arts, cut the hustle and bustle, macro the strategy of Zhongxing, enthusiastically wind and thunder, build a perfect strategy, roaring song and rain dew, if you can understand the time appropriately, look at the wind and return to the smooth, then the grass and trees will not be damaged, and the chickens and dogs will not be surprised; Dare to have a back to obey and rebel, love the current selfish kindness, forget the former lord of the Central Plains, according to the danger, resist my king's division, that is, supervise the iron horse, personally conquer the nest, the old and childish do not stay, both men and women are punished, if there is a Confucian, fine study of the art of war, take the paralyzed valley, may wish to offer advice before the army, in order to support the humerus, since the equivalent of the material excellent Zhai, no Jin Gaojue thick seal, from the provincial officials, if there is a clean self and love the people, honest and honest, still single; The urging to collect grain and grain, seal the warehouse, seal the letter register, before the army, it is advisable to issue another treaty, and each should obey the warning, so as not to stain the knife with blood, this town is very fortunate, and the world is very fortunate!

Wu Sangui lowered his hand and listened to the text, moved over, bowed three times and bowed nine times to the tombstone of Yongli, held a bowl of sake, sprinkled it lightly in front of the tombstone, and then raised his hand and smashed the bowl to the ground.

Wu Sangui got up and said: "There is a lot of help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust." I would like to tell the soldiers of the three armies, the pseudo-Qing Dynasty has done evil, the people and gods are angry, the king raises the flag and raises the army, chases the Tartars, restores the Han Dynasty, and does not break the Yanjing oath and will not return! ”

The officers and men of the three armies immediately thundered with joy and shouted: "Long live! ”

"Sweep away the Tartars and take revenge!"

In this article, Wu Sangui first announced the inside story of his surrender and won the understanding of the world; Holding high the two banners of "supporting the three princes of Chongzhen" and "courting the captives of Xingming" has greatly enhanced Wu Sangui's political reputation and personal prestige.

The Han people raised their eyebrows, and the Qing people were terrified. Before Wu Sangui, there were many people who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, such as Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Bai Wenxuan, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan, etc., but their anti-Qing attack on the Qing people was very limited, and instead became the capital of the Qing people's self-boasting. Now, Wu Sangui will make the Qing government scared for the first time.

This document was Wu Sangui's declaration of war against the Qing government, and at the same time marked the official establishment of the fourth regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Zhou (Qi) Dynasty.