Wu Yingxiong took his eldest son Wu Shifan and second son Wu Shilin from the north. After escaping from the capital, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Qing court, he has been hiding in Shanxi. www.biquge.info In order to capture Wu Yingxiong and threaten Wu Sangui, Shunzhi spared no effort, but he never dreamed that his brother-in-law would stay in Shanxi.

Because of Wu Sangui's rebellion, Shunzhi also had a bad feeling for his sister Jianning, hating that this sister failed to report to him in time that Wu Yingxiong had absconded.

Because the road to the south was blocked, the checkpoints were strictly checked, and he was unable to contact his father for a long time, Wu Yingxiong did not dare to leave Shanxi. It was not until the surrender of the Xi'an general Tabai and the opening of the Tong Pass by Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, that Wu Yingxiong secretly set off to return to his father. Along the way, he received the help of many Qing Dynasty officials, and even the Qing generals secretly sent troops and horses to escort him after discovering his identity. It can be seen from this that the officials in the north have wavered about whether the Manchus can still hold on.

"Father (Lord)!"

After Wu Yingxiong and Hu Yuxuan came in, they found that Wu Sangui was meditating.

"You're here."

Wu Sangui waved his hand and motioned for his son and Hu Yuxuan to sit down. Hu Yuxuan's spirit is also not good in the past few days, and his mood is very low, mainly because he blames himself for failing to gain insight into the weakness of Yungui for the prince, resulting in the loss of Guizhou and the killing of Zhu Youlang, so that the current situation is thorny. Seeing this, Wu Yingxiong said softly: "The teacher has to cheer up, and the father still has to rely on the teacher." ”

Hu Yuxuan once enlightened Wu Yingxiong, so Wu Yingxiong called him a teacher.

Wu Sangui nodded, glanced at his son approvingly, and then said to Hu Yuxuan: "Ying Xiong is right, Mr. has helped this king since Liaodong, for more than 20 years, this king has received a lot of help from Mr. Today's situation, if Mr. is distressed, this king is helpless." ”

Hearing this, Hu Yuxuan hurriedly cheered up and said, "Don't worry, I will do my best for the prince." ”

After hearing this, Wu Sangui said very emotionally: "With Mr. this, this king's life is enough!" Then he stood up and walked to Hu Yuxuan, held his hand and asked, "I don't know what Mr. thinks, how should this king deal with it now?" ”

Hu Yuxuan groaned slightly, and said categorically: "I thought that the prince should immediately become the emperor to calm people's hearts." ”

This remark surprised Wu Sangui, and Wu Yingxiong's eyes flashed.

"Sir, why does this king want to be emperor now?"

Wu Sangui beat the drum in his heart, although Hu Yuxuan, Fang Xianting and his subordinates repeatedly persuaded him to be emperor, but he didn't think it was a good time. In his opinion, the best time to become emperor is after restoring Beijing and pacifying Jiangnan, and before that, it is of great benefit to support Zhu Ming. In the current situation, it is even more inappropriate to be called emperor, because he is now an enemy on both sides, and if he is called emperor, he will not become a public enemy of the world. What's even worse is that he may not be able to clear the suspicion of killing Zhu Youlang.

Hu Yuxuan said: "May I ask the prince, what is the purpose of your army?" ”

The purpose of the army?

Wu Sangui was stunned there, half loud, and said: "This king is here to expel the Manchu Tartars and restore China." ”

Hu Yuxuan nodded slightly: "After expelling the Manchu Tartars and restoring China, someone must be the emperor." This emperor is either a family surnamed Zhu, a family surnamed Wu, or someone else who participated in the rebellion against Manchuria, in short, the virtuous live there. The prince has always had concerns about the emperor, and in the past, I and Xianting also had this concern, thinking that Zhu Ming can always be a banner, and he can call on the world to vote. Now that the banner of Zhu Youlang is gone, on the surface it seems that our army's name is not right, it is wasted in internal strife, and the morale of the army is also very low, but in fact, it is to give the prince and give me 200,000 soldiers a chance, a new opportunity to stand on their own! The so-called put to death and then live. ”

"Oh?" Hu Yuxuan's words made Wu Sangui very moved, but he was embarrassed: "At the beginning of our army, after all, we supported Zhu Youlang, and now although Zhu Youlang is dead, there is no reason for this king to stand on his own?" Mr. also knows that the thief Xiucai slandered that it was this king who killed Zhu Youlang, if I am called the emperor, will I not fulfill his wish and confirm this matter? ”

Hu Yuxuan pondered for a long time and said: "Lord Wang, it doesn't matter who killed Zhu Youlang. The prince only needs to know one thing, become a king and lose a villain! ... As for our original support of Zhu Youlang, it is because there are still many people in the world who think that the world belongs to the Zhu family, in their eyes, the Zhu family is the home of the Son of Heaven, and the world is in the hands of the Zhu family, and the people of the world feel at ease, because the Zhu family is a Han person. And when the world fell into the hands of the Manchus, the Han people opposed it one after another, because the Manchus were not Han. ”

"The words of the gentleman have made this king more and more confused!"

Wu Sangui didn't understand what Hu Yuxuan meant, and Wu Yingxiong was also puzzled.

"To put it clearly, in the minds of the Han people, this world has a master, and it is the world of the Zhu family. If you let the foreigners take it, it will lose the face of the Han people, so everyone is against it, and in the hands of the Han people, it must be the Zhu family, and it is unreasonable for other families to want to fight. Therefore, no one will fight for him. In the minds of the Han people, they all have their own masters. The monarch is the lord of the peoples and the sovereign lord. In addition to this, each man has his own master, like a ruler, whose superior is the lord of his subordinates; Like the commoners, the officials are the main ones, or the masters are the main ones; Like merchants, money-oriented, and so on. Therefore, the Han people have a saying that the country cannot be without a king for a day, that is to say, the Han people believe that if there is an emperor, there is a master, and if there is no emperor, there is no owner. A man who has a master often lives to the fullest because he feels like he has a pillar in his heart. The ownerless often lives listlessly, because his heart will be like no faith, which is usually called no place in the heart, I don't know if the prince can understand what I mean? ”

Wu Yingxiong understood what Hu Yuxuan meant, and he said: "What the teacher means is that Zhu Youlang's death means that there is no master in this world now, but the officers and soldiers in our army must have a master. ”

"What the son of the world says is very true." Hu Yuxuan looked at Wu Sangui and said categorically: "Now that Zhu Ming has lost his master, the prince should be the lord of the world, so that the army and the people will be at peace." ”

Wu Yingxiong suddenly said: "There are pseudo-Dingwu in the south. ”

Hu Yuxuan smiled softly: "The prince of the world said that it was a pseudo-martial arts." ”

Wu Yingxiong nodded and said no more.

"At this time, I am afraid that the soldiers may not follow this king." Wu Sangui was worried that if he became emperor, would those generals of the Great Western Army and the Ming Dynasty still be loyal to him?

Hu Yuxuan said: "The prince is too worried, in my opinion, only by being the emperor, the soldiers under the command of the prince will feel that they are fighting the world for their lord, the so-called merit of the dragon." With this from the dragon's work, why worry about the soldiers not working hard. ”

After Wu Yingxiong heard this, he stood there silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

After Wu Sangui thought about it repeatedly, Fang said: "Although Mr.'s words are good, according to what this king has heard, those who have always become emperors must obey the will of heaven. Speaking of this, he paused, looked up at the outside of the hall, "When the emperor is called the emperor, the matter is very important, this king should ask the will of heaven before talking." ”

Ask providence?

Hu Yuxuan was stunned, but didn't say anything, only nodded.

Wu Yingxiong was a little worried, and asked, "According to the teacher's opinion, how to find out the will of heaven?" ”

Hu Yuxuan thought for a while and said, "I heard that there are immortals living in the mountains, so the prince can go and ask!" ”