Chapter 12 The Seal of the Yue King

A prince with a different surname!

Chen Wen was not the number one of the Southern Ming, but he was also the second after the King of Qin who was only Sun Kewang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the more canonized in the traditional sense, it is not a great power like Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu, even if it is slightly inferior to Han, Zhao, Wei and others, and it is probably stronger than Shu, Jing, Chen, Cai and the like.

However, Chen Wen started in the land of Wu Yue, and the king of Wu was used by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, before he ascended the throne, and there were only two clans in the Ming Dynasty who were sealed, and they were all quickly changed or removed, just like the Yan King of Zhu Di of Ming Chengzu, it was absolutely impossible to grant people ministers. In this case, King Yue has become a more reasonable title.

Chen Wen never had the luxury of expecting Sun Kewang to canonize him on behalf of the Son of Yongli, why is it that the King of Jin, the King of Qi or the King of Chu can be equal to him, and it is good that he is not crowned King Jing like Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty. In this regard, he is personally quite satisfied, after all, the prince is different from the king of the county, even if Nanming and other abusive lords have reached the point of this, only Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, the three kings of Xiying, have been obtained, Zheng Chenggong's Chaowang and Wu Sangui's Jiwang parties have not accepted it, and it sounds inferior to King Yue.

There are only a few people, Chen Wen has stepped into the peak class of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not for nothing to go up, such as Sun Kewang, the lord of the Qin State in recent years, or Li Dingguo, who was fake Huang Yue during the Yongli Southern Hunt, has the right to supervise the country, and even replaces the Ming, but at this stage, the prince is already the highest position that Chen Wen can reach.

However, unlike the contented Chen Wen, his relatives and generals immediately began to spread their dissatisfaction with Sun Kewang after receiving the title of King of Yue.

A rogue, who has not made an inch, obtained the title of King of Qin by virtue of the house arrest of the Son of Heaven; Chen Wen started from scratch, recovered the territory of several southeastern provinces, recovered Nanjing, and killed many Manchu generals including Jierharang, Yue Le and Hong Chengchou, but there was only one king of Yue.

Why?!

Zhou Yueying didn't say anything, Chen Wen's will is her will, Chen Wen didn't express her dissatisfaction, although she also felt unfair, but she didn't express any displeasure to the wives of other generals and officials. However, as the head of the Propaganda Department, Zhou Jingting instructed Lu Liuliang to start publicizing the difference between Anlong Qianhu and Guiyang's Qin Wangfu in the Di Bao without Chen Wen's objection, as well as Sun Kewang's control of the government.

This is already the second season of the anti-Sun Kewang propaganda of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the last time was to publicize the fact that Sun Kewang came to make trouble during the decisive battle between Chen Wen and Yue Le, and this time it was to hint to the gentry and people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that Sun Kewang's disobedience was more than twice as strong.

This time, all the generals under Chen Wen have also obtained knighthoods, Li Ruixin, Wu Dengke, Yin Yue and Zhang Zisheng, the four major have been promoted to the state duke, and the others also have the titles of marquis and earl, as for the edicts, gifts and so on.

However, these gifts did not make them grateful to Sun Kewang, who was in charge. In their opinion, the injustice to Chen Wen is a provocation to the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming military groups, and a rogue is qualified to be the king of Qin, but their commander has not even caught a king of Chu or a king of Qi, which is really unusual.

Di Bao pointed to the people, the gentry did not have much objection to Chen Wen's title, but their news was also more well-informed, Sun Kewang's ambition to replace Ming had already been revealed from many places, and the abuse of this rogue suddenly resounded in the southeast Shilin; The common people were indignant at the title and disgusted with Sun Kewang, a talentless and virtuous usurper reserve, both of which were both.

All in all, anti-Sun sentiment was running high among the people, and even greater discontent was brewing in the military.

In fact, King Yue is nothing, after all, he is also a prince title. But it can't be compared, once it is compared with Sun Kewang's title, everything will not be so simple.

The strength of the two sides reversed, and the original Western Battalion, the first strong clan of the Southern Ming Dynasty, has now been overtaken by the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, and the gap in strength between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. Even if he didn't mention his strength, Chen Wen had recovered more lost territory than all the generals of the Western Camp combined, and the number and quality of the Tartars he had killed were higher than theirs.

As for the Qin Wangfu itself, there is no room for comparison. If it weren't for Li Dingguo's two famous kings supporting the scene, Xiying would have been compared to Chen Wen a long time ago, even in the southern part of Huguang recovered in the hands of Sun Kewang, it was actually an area that Fan Wencheng was forced to give up by Chen Wen's soldiers, but anyone with a discerning eye can see whose credit Nanming can have today.

After all, it was the end of the month when it was canonized, but by February, the entire land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang had begun to regard Sun Kewang as the number one enemy of the Ming army below the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Compared with those years, the civil and military personnel of the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang have higher expectations for their own positioning and future, which is the proper meaning, they have made efforts and achieved meritorious deeds, and they deserve to obtain more abundant fame and fortune. And people outside the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming military groups are more simply disgusted with Sun Kewang and dissatisfied with the titles of Sun and Chen.

Through the Supervision Department, Chen Wen can clearly see all this happening when he sits in the current Yue Wang's Mansion, and sooner or later there will be a battle between him and Sun Kewang, and now the trend is still under control, and the trend will be completely agitated at that time.

However, according to his estimate, Sun Kewang pinched his nose and gave him the title of King Yue, probably not expecting to end up in such a situation. Put yourself in your shoes, if Sun Kewang knew, maybe he would say something like "the baby is bitter, the baby doesn't want to say".

King Yue was the key to the entire canonization, but what Chen Wen saw from it was more than that. The military affairs of several provinces in the capital, including the wolf soldiers, the Qi soldiers, and the native soldiers, were also subject to Chen Wen's control, which was very different from the previous military affairs of the commander in terms of rights. And there are more provinces in charge of military affairs, Shandong and Henan, both of which are in the north, Sun Kewang wants to lead his pool of troubled water to other places as always, is this admitting, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

In the months since Chen Wen recaptured Nanjing, Sun Kewang in southern Huguang has not moved, but agents from the Military Intelligence Department have already set up a stake in Huguang.

According to intelligence, the news of Chen Wen's recovery of Nanjing came, and the Qin Palace's mansion was like a sweep. Now Sun Kewang in addition to a narrow son of heaven to order the princes, has completely lost the strength to compete with Chen Wen, and even at the end of the year, Sun Kewang has left Changsha and returned to Guiyang to sit in the town - to the east, to the south can not advance an inch, to the north not only may not be able to fight, but also worry about the left near Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army, the three rounds of the catalpa completely failed, Sun Kewang recovered Changsha after the strategy also became a bubble, or return to Guiyang is more secure.

The recovery of Nanjing was an unbearable loss for the Manchus, and for the various forces south of the Yangtze River, it was a symbol of the complete breaking of the balance of power. The era of Chen Wen's dominance in the south of the Yangtze River came, and as the news was gradually confirmed by various forces, after a brief shock, the interaction between them suddenly became more frequent.

At the end of September, Anlong Mansion in Guizhou had only been a prefecture-level unit for a few years, but it assumed the heavy responsibility of the Son of Heaven while it was upgraded to a prefecture. However, the original Yamen of Anlong Thousand Households is really dilapidated, and the difference between it and the word Xinggong is too far, or even farther and farther away.

On the main hall, the co-lord of the world, Yongli Tianzi, who is now worshiped by the various groups of Nanming, sat on the dragon chair dejectedly. There are not many ministers left in the main hall who came to the court, not because they don't want to come, but because they really can't come - heaven and man are separated forever, there is no way.

In March last year, the secret operation of plotting to lure Li Dingguo into the defense to counter Sun Kewang was leaked, and Sun Kewang sent his henchman Zheng Guo to recruit Wu Zhenyu, a scholar of the university, Zhang Yi, the military department, and the Hanlin Academy to review Jiang Qichang, Li Kaiyuan, and Xu Ji, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Zhao Gengyu, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, Cai Ji, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, Zheng Yunyuan, the Marquis of Wu'an, Zhou Yunji, the imperial history of Jiangxi Province, Li Ji, Zhu Yifei, Hu Shirui, the imperial history of Fujian Province, Zhu Dongdan, Zhu Dongdan, Ren Douxu, Yi Shijia, Zhang Fulu, the eunuch Zhang Fulu, and Quan WeiguoFor the crime of "deceiving the monarch and misleading the country, stealing treasures and exaggerating edicts", Wu Zhenyu, the first assistant of the cabinet, hanged himself, and the internal supervisor Zhang Fulu and Quan Weiguo and the Criminal Department executed Zhang Zheng and the three people in the matter, and all the others were executed.

There were not many ministers who entered Guizhou with Yongli back then, the governor of the university scholar Wen'an, and some officials entered Guangdong from Li Dingguo, and now Sun Kewang suddenly killed these eighteen ministers, and there are not many left in the hall.

There are fewer and fewer people, and the authority has long been taken away by Sun Kewang, the last dynasty has become a formality, knowing that there will be nothing worth discussing, and the more he looks at this empty hall, the more painful Yongli has to let the little eunuch next to him announce his retirement from the dynasty.

Unexpectedly, just after leaving the main hall, Pang Tianshou, the chief eunuch of the Admiral's Warrior Battalion, bowed down in front of Yongli, and the etiquette was as thorough as ever.

For this eunuch, Yongli is extraordinarily disgusted. Without him, the slave of the heavenly family flattered Sun Kewang that living Cao Cao, and it would be strange if he could not be disgusted. But now Pang Tianshou and Wen'an Hou Ma Jixiang exist here as Sun Kewang's eyeliner, and it is not in line with his temperament to have a face-to-face attack.

"Pang is free of courtesy, can you have something to report?"

Hearing this, Pang Tianshou thanked him, and quickly got up and glanced at the little eunuchs who followed Yongli, and these little eunuchs who had just been assigned to the imperial palace for only half a year retreated in fear.

"Your Majesty, it's Wen Anhou who wants to meet alone."

Wen'an Hou Ma Jixiang, born in Jinyiwei, is now also an important minister in the Yongli court, especially with the identity of Sun Kewang's eyeliner, and he is a character who is about to tremble when he stomps his feet in this Anlong Mansion. And this Ma Jixiang was the culprit who betrayed Wu Zhenyu and others to Sun Kewang, so that once he heard that this person Yongli's heart was on fire.

Anger, this is inevitable, but Yongli didn't dare to say anything, nodded and followed Pang Tianshou to a room not far away.

This is obviously specially prepared, seeing Yongli walking in, Ma Jixiang hurriedly bowed to the ground, the etiquette can be described as meticulous, no one can find a mistake.

"Ma Aiqing, please, what do you want to talk about alone."

Hearing the rude words, Ma Jixiang slowly stood up, and then lowered his eyebrows and said to Yongli: "Weichen has just returned to Xingzai, and I have come to see Your Majesty." ”

Where Ma Jixiang went, for today's Yongli has lost the channel to get news, it is impossible to know, but as long as you think about it, the answer is actually not so difficult.

"Well, Ma Aiqing has a heart."

Yongli's words can be described as a pun, Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou are both human spirits, how can they not know. But Yongli himself had no need to hide his dissatisfaction, and the two had to listen with low eyebrows.

"Weichen went to Guiyang this time and heard a piece of news and wanted to tell His Majesty."

"Oh?"

This is an extremely rare thing, Ma Jixiang fell down not long after Yongli was placed under house arrest by Sun Kewang, and even pulled Pang Tianshou over. In these years, only Ma Jixiang has monitored Yongli for Sun Kewang, and reported the matter to the Qin Palace, and there was no news from outside to report to Yongli, and Yongli would not be surprised.

Yongli's surprise is normal, if he is not surprised, Ma Jixiang will be suspicious. Seeing this, Ma Jixiang lowered his voice and said to Yongli: "Weichen was in Guiyang before, and I heard about something, saying that the king of Huiji County in Zhejiang first beheaded Yue Le last year, and then punished Jier Harang, and now he has recovered Nanjing, and the army has crossed the Yangtze River and confronted the Tartars across the Huai River!" ”

"What did you say?!"

This news really scared Yongli. Since Mr. Eighteen's imprisonment last year, he has never received any news outside of Anlong Mansion, how could he know that in less than a year, the situation in the world has changed so dramatically, it is really unexpected.

Hearing this news, Yongli immediately decided that it was Ma Jixiang's deceptive words, but after thinking about it, it was not necessary at all. Besides, since Chen Wen was able to kill Hong Chengchou and recover the territory of a province in Jiangxi, it is still unknown whether he really went north to recover Nanjing and beheaded one or two slave chiefs, but this Jierharang was an old slave chief, and he was killed by Chen Wen like this, which is really a bit unbelievable.

Yongli's complexion changed from white to red, from red to white several times, and finally suppressed the ecstasy and suspicion in his heart. And Ma Jixiang observed Yongli's expression with his spare eyes, and did not continue until he returned to normal: "When Weichenfu heard the news, he thought it was a false rumor, but after careful investigation, he found that it was true, and there were many details missing, such as Yue Le, who was killed by the king of Huiji County on the battlefield, and the slave chief of Jierharang was captured by the king of Huiji County on the battlefield, and then he was dragged to Xiaoling to be killed......"

Next, Ma Jixiang told him the truth one by one, and Yongli's suspicion was quickly swallowed up by this surprise, and in Ma Jixiang's gaze, the disgust from the bottom of his heart also subsided a little.

Nanjing, that's Nanjing. Three years ago, Li Dingguo became a famous king twice, but he did not achieve a good expansion in terms of strategy, at least he did not take advantage of this general trend to recover more lost ground. Although Yongli doesn't know the truth, as long as he thinks about it carefully, he can see that Sun Kewang's means are naturally indispensable. And now, Chen Wen is also a famous king, but he quickly recovered Nanjing, which was very important to the Ming Dynasty, and the situation in the world has been completely different!

However, such a big piece of good news, he didn't know it from Ma Jixiang until now, which is really ironic.

Perhaps, it was precisely because Sun Kewang knew what this news meant, so he specially blocked the source of Anlong Mansion in order to prevent him from having any other thoughts. And the next words of Ma Jixiang confirm this.

"When Weichen was in Guiyang, I heard that the King of Qin had sent an envoy to canonize the King of Huiji County as the King of Yue on behalf of His Majesty, in return for this miraculous achievement."