Chapter 112: The King of the County (II)
"Minister, please Tian'an, long live, long live, long live. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"St. Gongan."
"Minister, thank you for God's grace, long live, long live, long live."
"Heavenly grace."
"Minister, forever obey the resignation, long live, long live, long live."
"Honesty is a precept."
After receiving the decree and standing up, Chen Wen finally completed another class promotion in this class society.
Admiral Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and other places of land and water soldiers and horses to aid the general military officer, specially given python jade, cheap acts, hanging the seal of the general, the left army governor's mansion Zuo Dudu, Taibao and Prince Taibao, Huiji County King.
The full name of the official position is very long, and in fact, the promotion is from Shaobao to Shaoshi and Shaofu to Taibao, and Prince Shaobao is promoted to Taibao from Shaobao to Taifu and Prince Taifu.
Chen Wen's previous Shaobao was one of the three orphans, and he was from the first product in the Ming Dynasty; The current Taibao is one of the three publics, and the master of the first product. The crown prince Shaobao and the prince Taibao are the official positions of the East Palace, and they are one of the three divisions and three young men of the East Palace, theoretically the prince Taibao is to protect the safety of the prince, and the prince Shaobao is the deputy of the prince Taibao. In fact, these official positions were only honorary titles in the Ming Dynasty, and not only were there many civil officials, but there was also a woman who was awarded the title of Prince Taibao at the end of the Ming Dynasty. However, in Chen Wen's opinion, this woman is far more capable of protecting the prince's safety than those civil officials.
In comparison, although it is also an honorary title, the county kings between the dukes are already very different.
Before Jiashen, when he arrived at the prince, he was generally only the clan of the Zhu family who was eligible to be crowned, and some of the recipients in the founding of the country and the martyrdom were posthumously sealed after death, and did not participate in the hereditary, just good. Over the years, there have been dozens of Guogongs, and Chen Wen is just one of them, but there are very few county kings canonized when he was alive. Even after the infighting of the three kings, Emperor Yongli withdrew some real power with the support of Li Dingguo, and those who could be crowned county kings were all the leaders of the army within the Great Western Army, such as Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and others, and in addition, there was only Zheng Chenggong's king of Yanping.
"The king killed the traitor Hong Chengchou and recovered most of Jiangxi, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin received good news and praised the king."
It's a good word, but it's not very good. The envoy of the edict did not mention the son of Yongli, and talked about how Sun Kewang was, this is not the first time, starting from the marquis of Anyuan, the prince of Xiuguo, to the current king of Huiji County, every time the messenger has not been the same, but it is like this.
"Dare to ask the angel, Hong Chengchou died, such a big event, why only mention His Royal Highness the King of Qin? Could it be that the Son of Heaven does not know about this? ”
Seeing that Chen Wen received the holy decree, he was going to say two nice words to suit the situation, but unexpectedly, such a sentence was ushered in, and the envoy was stunned. The previous two edict envoys did not mention that Chen Wen liked to choke people so much, but he was bumped into by him, but fortunately he was not slow to react.
"Back to the king's words, of course the Son of Heaven knows, of course, such a big thing. It's just that His Royal Highness the King of Qin got the news first, and the officials ......"
"The king is the king, the minister is the minister, this is the etiquette, and the angel must remember it clearly."
"The lower officials are guilty, and the lower officials are guilty."
As soon as he received the holy decree, it was difficult to be the messenger of the edict, and Chen Wen felt that he was probably the number one. However, he vaguely remembered that it was Sun Kewang's attempt to get his generals to take Yongli away from Anlong and perform the ritual of Zen concession, which led to the final occurrence of the infighting between the three kings. This incident caused the Great Western Army to completely fall into internal strife, and the current surrounding situation of Chen Wen and the overall situation of the anti-Qing Dynasty were extremely unfavorable.
Now reprimanding the edict envoy is actually beating Sun Kewang, the king of Qin behind him. If this knock on the mountain and the tiger can be effective, and the time of the internal strife between the three kings can be postponed, it will be beneficial to both the Zhejiang Ming Army group he represents, and the overall anti-Qing situation. In a word, why not.
After the beating, Chen Wen didn't feel sorry for him, he should drink and feast, and the happy money he should give is not less. Now that the purpose has been achieved, there is no need to embarrass the civil officials of the Ministry of Rites too much.
Seeing that there was no shortage of silver, the edict messenger who had been trained just now to be the same as the third grandson immediately smiled. This kind of canonized edict has always been a fat errand, and many of the generals under Chen Wen's command have also obtained knighthoods this time. In general, the five counts under his account can all be canonized as marquis this time, and those generals with seals are all canonized as earls, even generals like Ma Xin and Hu Laijin are no exception. Chen Wen's edict was over, and the generals under Chen Wen's command, some major civil officials, and their families, especially Chen Wen's wife and the Yue family, were all indispensable for a happy money, which was naturally a rare good errand.
"Governor Wang, the next official has to announce edicts for many uncles and marshals along the way, and I hope the governor will pay more attention to this trip."
Chen Wen's subordinates were stationed in various places, and the edict envoy ended Chen Wen's edict, and read out a series of edicts appointing Wang Jiang as the governor of Jiangxi, promoting several civil officials in Nanchang, and canonizing Li Ruixin, the Bo of Guangning, as the Marquis of Guangning.
Next, it is advisable to chase the poor man with the remaining bravery, run a few more places as soon as possible, and finish reading the edict as soon as possible, so that he can rest assured - no way, Chen Wen's posture just now, the contradiction between the Qin clan and the Huiji clan is clear, and it is not good to see each other one day, this edict does not count, and those bribes are not thrown into the puddle and heard.
It's just that Wang Jiang is not responsible for such things, but Wang Jiang also knows that the edict envoy is probably afraid of Chen Wen's prestige, so he has to ask the responsible officials on his behalf.
"In addition to my Zhejiang Ming Army, do angels still have official duties to perform elsewhere?"
"That's the case, Xia Guan was ordered to go to Yongning Weizhong Zuo Qianhu."
If you go there, you can only go to see Zheng Chenggong. The envoy of the edict was in a very high position in the banquet, just under Wang Jiang's hand, and near the left were Chen Wen, Li Ruixin and others. As soon as these words came out, Zuo was quiet, and then returned to normal, but the ears were all up, and Chen Wen even glanced at Wang Jiang.
"Oh, it seems that I have to congratulate Zhang Guogong in advance?"
As soon as Wang Jiang's words came out, the edict envoy had no choice but to tell Wang Jiang about the canonization of Zheng Chenggong's department in the edict. This news was very shocking, but Wang Jiang didn't do anything after hearing it, just congratulated him in advance and turned to mention the route of the edict envoy. It's just that when the edict envoy listened to the itinerary and Wang Jiang's analysis, he was not as calm as the governor of Jiangxi.
"Ji'an, Ganzhou, Nan'an, Nanxiong, Tingzhou, Shaowu......"
There was no secrecy for Chen Wen to go south, and the envoy of the edict also knew that Chen Wen was going to trouble the Qing army in Southern Jiangxi. However, according to normal thinking, Ganzhou is a well-known fortified city in the world, Jin Shengheng and Li Chengdong were planted in the hands of Hu Yousheng, and Chen Wen's return to the army probably handed over the siege work to the generals, and he came back to sit in the town. Unexpectedly, Ganzhou has been occupied by the Ming army, and there is no way to compare Nan'an and Nanxiong with it. And the Zhejiang Ming army even entered Fujian, which made him have to be shocked by Chen Wen's strong strength.
"The lower official is rude, only this wine, for the king, for the king of Zhejiang."
The edict envoy raised his glass to salute, but Chen Wen once again refuted the edict envoy's statement as if he was not finished with him today.
"Thank you angel, but this title is about to change, and now it should be the king of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
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After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, after the light song and dance of the Teaching Workshop Division, he was full of different thoughts, and even those graceful dances and appetizing dishes could not announce the pleasure of the envoys.
After the envoy left, Chen Wen, Wang Jiang, Li Ruixin and others also returned to the second hall one after another, and only those middle- and lower-level civil officials and officers who were invited to the hall were still enjoying the wonderful time that was rare in the next few months.
Back in the second hall, the three of them sat down, and the maid also withdrew from the tea soup that was sobered up, and there were only the three of them left.
"Damn, let's follow Dashuai to overcome obstacles, from Zhejiang to Jiangxi, and now dominate the land of the two provinces, south of the Yangtze River. It was easy for the handsome to be crowned a county king, why should he Zhu Chenggong also be crowned the county king. And Sun Kewang is that bastard, what qualifications does he have to accept the throne of the prince. ”
Sun Kewang canonized Chen Wen as the king of Huiji County on behalf of the Emperor of Yongli, and also canonized Zheng Chenggong as the king of Yanping County. Hearing the news, everyone didn't show anything at the banquet, but as soon as they returned to the second hall, Li Ruixin's anger immediately exploded.
"Li Hou, don't be impatient."
Li Ruixin was furious, but Wang Jiang just signaled him not to be too angry, that's all. However, Chen Wen, from the perspective of later generations, did not have the slightest concern for Zheng Chenggong to be named the king of the county.
Historically, although Zheng Chenggong's range of action was not as large as other anti-Qing forces for a long time, he fought bloodily for more than ten years, and the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers killed were no less than others, especially the two great victories in Zhenjiang and Xiamen, and the actual killing and wounding of the Eight Banners Army could only be compared with the two famous kings plus Li Dingguo, who won a tragic victory in Mopanshan. National heroes are well-deserved, and the title of a county king cannot be commensurate with his achievements.
It's just that Chen Wen can also understand that in the past four years, he has taken these people all the way, and he has come to this day step by step in the cracks. In the first few years, the situation was precarious, but no one chose to give up, and still fought bloodily under his banner, and many people did not even live to see the day when their coach was promoted to king.
These efforts made them doubly cherished, and they could not tolerate those Ming forces whose merits could not be compared with Chen Wen for the time being to obtain similar rewards as Chen Wen, especially the gap between the Zhejiang Ming army and the Fujian Ming army because of the Zhoushan incident, even if Chen Wen could alleviate the dissatisfaction of the Fujian Ming army with Shi Lang, but he could not heal the rift in the hearts of his subordinates.
"That's what Sun Kewang wants to see."
Li Ruixin naturally understood what Chen Wen said, but in his opinion, Zheng Chenggong's Fujian Ming army now borders them, and they are in the southeast, so the threat is greater. And Sun Kewang is just a despicable villain, sooner or later he will go back to clean him up, there must be a priority.
"The last general wants to see that he Zhu Chenggong is so embarrassed to accept this holy decree."
"Furen, Li Hou, if the Duke of Zhangguo receives the holy decree, we are afraid that we will have to pay more attention."
Hearing Wang Jiang's words, Chen Wen and Li Ruixin glanced at each other, and then withdrew their gazes.
"What Governor Wang said is very true, and he really wants to let him go." After that, Li Ruixin turned to Chen Wen and said: "Dashuai, didn't you say that Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo are at odds, should we contact him." ”
Chen Wenyan doesn't know what Wang Jiang and Li Ruixin are referring to, but through history, he feels that other things are more in line with Zheng Chenggong's character and his strategic direction.
"Sun Kewang, I'll clean him up sooner or later. As for Zhu Chenggong's side, I don't think we should worry about Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and Hao Jiushang's gang of wall grass, let alone what happened to Liu Qingtai, Yang Minggao, Huang Yingjie, Wu Liuqi and other hardcore traitors, right? ”
Chen Wen previously promised Geng Jimao to make peace with Zheng Chenggong on his behalf, but it is difficult to predict whether Zheng Chenggong can give up his strategy against Fujian. If Zheng Chenggong accepts the title of county king, it is very likely that several forces in Fujian and Guangdong will break out into a scuffle, especially now that Zheng Chenggong has not clearly expressed his agreement with the matter of the three-way Qing army anyway, and he has an elite army in his hands that can play a decisive role.
"What the marshal said is that we are the glorious kings of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and we are the heroes who will turn the tide of the war south of the Yangtze River, but the last general will look down on them too much."
Li Ruixin laughed, but Wang Jiang was far less optimistic. "Furen, the word Admiral in the Holy Decree has a lot of meaning. That Li Culai hasn't shown up until now, I'm afraid ......"
Chen Wen's post of commander of the army in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, and other places was actually only one more Guangdong than the original, and if we look at the itinerary of the envoy of the Xuanzhao, there is a good chance that Guangdong will lead him to compete with Li Dingguo, just like Fujian.
is the word admiral, and now Chen Wen and the southeast battlefield are already giant-like existences, such as Qi Jiguang, the prime minister of military affairs, or like Man Gui, who is a martial arts strategy, is completely qualified. What's more, the Yongli Dynasty has not had such an exaggerated position as "the chief military officer of the Han coyote and waterway soldiers and horses in Yun, Gui, Sichuan, Hu, Jiang, Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Zhizhi and other places". Compared with the Yunnan military general who had only a few thousand soldiers and horses in his headquarters a few years ago, wasn't Chen Wen more qualified to control the Ming army in the entire southeast battlefield?
Sun Kewang refused to let Chen Wen be big-hearted, and his wariness of him has been revealed. As for Li Zhichun, whom Wang Jiang was referring to, he was appointed as the head of the Zhizhejiang Economic Strategy as early as last year, and not long ago, the hidden personnel in Nanjing reported that after secretly investigating the Jiangnan Righteous Army, they learned that he had not failed to accept the appointment.
But until now, this Zhizhejiang Jingluo has not come to see Chen Wen. He is now the leader of the most powerful Ming army in the southeast, so I am afraid that he has great prejudice and dissatisfaction with Chen Wen and the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang represented by Chen Wen.
"Don't pay attention to him for the time being, you still need to be hard to strike iron, and we haven't had any allies to help us all these years, haven't we survived. Could it be that without him as a Li butcher, we still have to eat that hairy pig. ”
Chen Wen was full of the spirit of revolutionary optimism of self-improvement and struggle, and Wang Jiang and Li Ruixin were infected, and the three of them chatted for a while and then went back to rest in anticipation of the overtime work that began tomorrow.
Li Ruixin is okay, but Wang Jiang has also learned some things about Cao Conglong's rebellion since his return, and he has some hidden worries about Li Zhichun's abnormal performance. However, he also knows that this time is different from the past, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies are not the original Jinhua Ming Army, the system is becoming more and more perfect, and Chen Wen's military intelligence department also has a lot of monitoring of those officials and generals who hold real power.
Just returned to the governor's yamen, he still wrote a letter to Sun Yu, as the two highest-ranking civil officials in the group, he was obliged to increase supervision over his subordinate officials to prevent internal problems.