October 28, the twelfth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, this is a doomed to be spurned and despised by the relics of the Qing Dynasty, when it is said that noon is not at the right time, the west side of the Yuezhou capital city of the Qing Dynasty, under the Yueyang Tower on the shore of Dongting Lake, hundreds of Western thieves gathered here to participate in the Southwest Thieves Conference personally presided over by Wu Sangui, the chief of the Western Thieves - just as the mites of later generations often lamented, at this time, if a loyal minister and filial son of the Qing Dynasty can collapse Yueyang Tower with one shot, Then the Qing Dynasty may really be able to perpetuate the country for thousands of years, and mites will multiply for countless years.

Because there was something in the Lingtang of the United Nations that needed Zhang Luo, Lu Fatzi, who hurriedly took off his filial piety clothes and changed into official uniforms, was the last to rush to the door of the Yueyang Tower venue to report until the last moment when the meeting was about to be held. This kind of thing has to be replaced by someone else, even if you don't get beaten by the military stick, you will definitely not be able to run away with a scolding, but fortunately, as a big celebrity in front of Wu Laohan Jian, there is a reason for the incident, so Wu Laohan, who is responsible for the security of the venue, not only did not make it difficult, but also nodded and greeted: "Lord Lu, please come in, the conference will start soon, and you will be the last one." ”

"Thank you, thank you Uncle Guozhu." Fat Lu nodded and agreed, but his heart became more and more worried - if Chen Dou failed to prompt Wu Laohan to make up his mind last night, Wu Laohan would ask the public to express their stance on whether to support him as emperor or support him to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he really couldn't answer.

Hurriedly entered the venue of Yueyang Tower, the courtyard under Yueyang Tower was already full of hundreds of jackals, tigers and leopards in Pingxi Palace, and Wu Lao Hanjian sat directly in the corridor on the second floor of Yueyang Tower, Hu Guozhu stood beside him, looking down on the generals together. Seeing Fat Man Lu come in, many generals who had a good relationship with Fat Man Lu nodded and said hello, and Wu Yingqi couldn't wait to beckon Fat Man Lu to sit beside him, but Hu Guozhu shouted on the second floor: "Yifeng, why are you only here now?" Did you know that I almost missed the hour? ”

"Back to my uncle, my nephew is a little late because of something." Fat Lu hurriedly explained, and Wu Laohan waved his hand on the second floor and said, "No need to explain, I know that you have a lot of things to do these days, so it's good to miss the hour, sit down." ”

"Thank you grandfather for your understanding." Fat Lu thanked him and sat down next to Wu Yingqi honestly, Liu Xuanchu was over there and made a look, but Wu Yingqi couldn't wait to pull Lu Fatzi's sleeve and whispered: "It's up to you in a while, remember, you must support my father and become emperor immediately!" Fat Lu was helpless, so he had to agree in a low voice.

"Generals, adults, be quiet, the old man is about to start." Wu Laohan opened his mouth to remind, and after the venue was quiet, Wu Laohan cleared his throat, raised his voice and said: "Everyone, thanks to your solid work, courage to do things, and also thanks to the bloody struggle of the southwest soldiers, bravely strive to be the first, my southwest army, finally broke through the Yangtze River, stepped into the Central Plains!" ”

"Papa......!" This kind of thing is naturally a good opportunity for Fat Man Lu to show off his quick reaction and good sycophants, as soon as Wu Laohan's voice fell, Fat Lu was the first to applaud desperately and shouted loudly, "This is the prince's blessing and blessing!" The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old! ”

"The prince is blessed with blessings! The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old! A large group of sycophants from Pingxi Wangfu hurriedly shouted with Fat Lu, and subconsciously learned from Fat Lu to applaud desperately, and the venue suddenly applauded like thunder. Hearing this applause, it was the first time for Wu Laohan to encounter this kind of scene, both surprised and relieved - the thunderous applause was indeed much more imposing than the dry applause. The rest of the generals and officials of the Wu Army were surprised, but they couldn't help but applaud along with it, and the applause in the venue was naturally even more enthusiastic.

Finally waited for the applause to stop, Wu Lao Han Jian then spoke again: "The reason why this king tore up the peace treaty and raided the Yangtze River in Mangou, I think everyone knows it, the Mangou Emperor Kangxi Xiao'er was shameless and vicious, and blatantly killed Lone's beloved son Wu Yingxiong, and then blamed Ao Bai even more despicably, in a vain attempt to use Lone's hand to get rid of the whole family of meritorious veterans for him, fortunately with the blessing of God, Lone's righteous daughter Kong Sizhen found out with her conscience, and presented ironclad evidence to Lone, exposing the despicable face of the Mangou Emperor, so that everyone in the world can see clearly the villain face of the Mangou Emperor, but also let the old man understand who is the enemy and who is the enemy worthy of respect! Therefore, Lone decided, for the common people of the world, for the Chinese people, and for the beloved son of the family, to expel the Tartars and recover the Central Plains! ”

"Expelle the Tartars and recover the Central Plains!" Lu Fatzi was the first to raise his arms and shout, "Break through Yanjing and capture Kangxi alive!" Thousands of knives, Ling Chi was executed! ”

"Expelle the Tartars and recover the Central Plains! Break through Yanjing and capture Kangxi alive! Thousands of knives, Ling Chi was executed! The sycophants of the Pingxi Palace's mansion waved their arms and shouted again, and secretly admired Fat Lu in their hearts - there were so many sycophants yesterday?

"It's good, everyone can have such ambitions, and I'm very gratified." Wu Laohan nodded with satisfaction, and said loudly: "Now, although our army has broken through the Yangtze River defense line of Mangou, the Emperor Kangxi, the unscrupulous and faint monarch, is still in the capital, dying and struggling, and the lackeys of the faint monarch are still lingering and poisoning the people. Lone decided that our army would continue to rejuvenate the division, go straight to Yanshan, drive Lushui for a long time, produce copper camels in thorns, and lay jade in golden soup! Hurry up the hearts of the subjects, the anger of the snow people! Xinghan is full of manure and China is restored! ”

"Prosperous Han Dynasty and Manchurian, recover China!" This time, there was no need for Lu Fatzi to take the lead, and every civil and military official in the Pingxi Palace's mansion raised their arms and shouted, "Xinghan will destroy Manchu and restore China!" The Han Dynasty was destroyed and China was restored——! ”

"Good, good." Seeing that everyone did not hesitate to support their decision, Wu Lao Hanjian was even more satisfied, stood up, and said loudly: "Everyone, the so-called Shunde is prosperous, and those who are against virtue die." The soldier is nameless, and the accident is not successful! Our southwestern army is rejuvenating the Northern Expedition and conquering the Tartars, so naturally we must also take the righteousness and uphold the people's ....... ”

"Virtuous nephew, it's time." Wu Yingqi limped the fat man and said in a low voice: "It's going to start soon, it's up to you." ”

Lu Fatzi nodded with a smile, saying that he would reassure Wu Yingqi, but at this time, Wu Lao Han said loudly directly on the Yueyang Tower: "So this king has decided that my southwest army will play the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, expelling the Tartars, and rejuvenating my Ming Dynasty!" That is, where the order arrived, the soldiers and civilians of the southwest cut their braids and grew their hair together, and restored the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, in order to show a complete break with the Tatar Manchu chieftains! ”

"Anti-Qing and Restoration of Sight?" Several radicals in the Pingxi Palace's mansion screamed in surprise, and Wu Yingqi jumped up directly and shouted: "Father, why do you want to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty? Father, wouldn't it be better for you to call the emperor directly? ”

"Yellow-mouthed child, Hugh is talking nonsense!" Wu Lao Han Jian shouted very righteously: "For my father, I talked deeply about the Ming Dynasty Shijue, and the world received the grace of the Ming Dynasty, how could I call the emperor without authorization and do that righteous and unrighteous thing?" Although the temple of Daming Zong has been subverted, but the hearts of the people still exist, up to the white-bearded old man, down to the children, all miss the kindness of the Ming Dynasty, for the father to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming, expelling the Tartars, but also to no longer the hope of the people, not to chill the heart of the world! ”

"Okay, Chen Dou finally persuaded Wu Laohan to annihilate." Lu Fatzi was secretly happy in his heart, and said secretly: "Wu Lao Han Annihilation, I asked Chen Dou to persuade you to play the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, it is really not a trick for you, the key is that your reputation is too stinky, if you directly call the emperor, the five southwestern provinces directly controlled by you may be better, and how many other places can listen?" It's better to first play the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty to win people's hearts, and wait until the overall situation is certain, and it is not a matter of words to want to be called emperor? ”

Wu Lao Han Jian actually skipped the discussion link and directly finalized the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, which was really a bit unexpected by everyone in Pingxi Palace, Lao Jian's giant slippery Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen and others were surprised, and it was inevitable that they were also a little secretly happy, and Wu Lao Han was confused and smart for a while, and finally made the most correct decision at this critical moment. The generals and officials of the emperor faction headed by Wu Yingqi were all caught off guard, and they didn't expect that Wu Laohan would decide to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty so quickly, and they didn't give themselves the opportunity to support him as the emperor at all, but most of the officials and generals behaved very indifferently - anyway, they were all rebellions, and Wu Laohan had the final say on what banner to play, and they couldn't make a slogan to find Wu Laohan to scold.

"Yifeng, come on, it's up to you." Wu Yingqi stabbed Lu Fatzi again, Lu Fatzi hesitated, and finally stood up, but before Lu Fatzi could speak, Wu Lao Hanjian was already on the second floor and shouted: "Yifeng, sit down, you have made up your mind, don't talk about it, don't talk about others, this king has already decided, oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming, and expel the Tartars!" ”

Wu Laohan didn't even give Lu Fatzi a chance to speak, Wu Yingqi had no idea, so he had to sit back in place with Lu Fatzi in frustration, Lu Fatzi snickered in his heart, and hurriedly stabbed Wu Yingqi again, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, don't be discouraged, grandfather also has his considerations when he decides to do so, you don't have to worry, don't forget Li Yuan and Zhu Yuanzhang, they also served others as emperors first, and finally called themselves emperors, grandfather must be learning from them." ”

At this point, no matter how stupid Wu Yingqi was, he knew that it was useless to say anything, so he had to nod helplessly, thinking in his heart when he would be able to become the crown prince and when he would be able to inherit the throne and become the emperor. At this time, Wu Lao Han said loudly again: "Generals, adults, please take a good look, please heaven and earth testify, and please testify, I, Wu Sangui, cut my hair in public today, change my clothes and clothes, and assume the position of the president of the world's water and land master Xingming to capture the general!" ”

After that, Wu Laohan took the unsheathed sword from Hu Guozhu's hand, tore off the mite on his head and threw it on the ground, grabbed the rat's tail on his head, cut off the sword, threw the braid downstairs, and shouted: "From now on, the southwest soldiers, keep the braid without the head, keep the head without the braid!" ”

"Keep your head without braids, keep your head without braids!" Lu Fatzi, who had been looking forward to this day for a long time, couldn't wait to jump up, and also learned from Wu Laohan to throw the hat on his head to the ground, pick up the tail of the mouse that had humiliated him for many years, pull out the sword on his body and cut it off, threw it on the ground and stomped on his feet again, and shouted with tears: "Keep braids without braids, keep heads without braids!" From today onwards, I am back to being an upright person! ”

"Keep your head without braids, keep your head without braids!" Countless soldiers of the Wu army roared angrily, scrambling to get up and cut their braids, cutting off the mark of shame imposed on them by the mite Qing Tartars, and fell heavily to the ground. For a while, the sword light and sword shadow downstairs in Yueyang, the money rat tail flew all over the sky, and the neat and loud shouting voice also echoed on the shore of Dongting Lake, "Keep your head without braids, keep your head without braids!" Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tartars! Keep braids without your head, keep your head without braids! Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tartars! ”

When Wu Lao Hanjian returned to everyone in the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, there was an earth-shaking cheer and applause downstairs in Yueyang, "Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tartars!" Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tartars! Anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty and expulsion of the Tartars——! Anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty and expulsion of the Tartars————! ”

"Generals!" In the midst of the cheers, Wu Laohan Jianzhi shouted proudly: "This king has already prepared the Ming official armor for you, you can wear it with this king, come here, carry it up for this king, and distribute it to all the generals!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of Wu soldiers who had already cut off their braids walked out of the back of Yueyang Tower, carrying a set of Qianming placket uniforms that Wu Lao Han had already secretly prepared with a wooden plate, and distributed them to the generals of the Wu army one by one. And when they were assigned this set of military uniforms that had been cherished for many years, quite a lot of Wu generals burst into tears and cried bitterly, and Lu Fatzi also cried, first holding the military uniform in the direction of the Ming Tomb in the north and Wu Lao Han and solemnly saluting, and finally tearing off the mite Qing clothing on his body and tearing it into pieces, putting on the Ming military uniform that he saw for the first time, and countless Wu army generals followed suit.

"Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen listen to orders!" Wu Lao Han shouted loudly: "Order the two of you to immediately put up a pen and make a text for this king, to announce to the world, to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and to prosper the Han Dynasty!" ”

"Obey the will of the prince!" Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen knelt down on one knee together, hugged their fists and agreed loudly.

"Wu Yingjing listens to orders!" Wu Laohan shouted again: "Order you to be the president and general of Yuezhou, immediately inform the people of the city to cut their braids and grow their hair, and lead the army to the streets to supervise the people of Yuezhou to cut their braids, but those who refuse to cut their braids will be immediately killed for the crime of being captured, and there is no pardon!" ”

"Obey the will of the prince!" Wu Yingjing also hugged his fists and agreed loudly.

"Xia Guoxiang, Ma Bao, and Zu Shushun listen to orders!" Wu Lao Han Jian counted the names of the three generals in one breath, and shouted: "Order the three of you to lead the army to supervise the cutting of braids in the army, and those who violate the order, no matter who they are, will be killed immediately!" ”

"Order!" The three generals hugged their fists together and agreed.

"The rest of the generals, after returning to their respective stations." Wu Laohan shouted loudly: "Three, this king will give you three days, be sure to supervise all the soldiers of our army to cut their braids and grow their hair, if there is any violation of the order, behead!" Those who fail to implement it will be removed from all official positions and never resigned! ”

"Obey the orders of the prince!" Lu Fatzi and the others will clasp their fists together and agree neatly.

"Good." The general's implementation of braiding and hair accumulation at this level went so smoothly, Wu Lao Hanjian was naturally very satisfied, and said loudly: "Hu Guozhu listened to the order and prepared for the spiritual seat of Emperor Zhuang Lie of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Wu Lao Han Jian's order is equivalent to nonsense, the so-called Chongzhen spirit seat is something that has been secretly prepared for a long time, Hu Guozhu just casually ordered, Wu Lao Han Jian's guards held out the Chongzhen spirit card, for the middle of the lobby of Yueyang Building, and put on the three animal sacrifices, set up the incense case, Wu Lao Han Zhan changed into a scarf and plain clothes, knelt in front of the Chongzhen spirit seat and swore an oath, three bows and wept, lying on the ground for a long time, Lu Fatzi and Hu Guozhu and other Wu soldiers also followed him tears like rain, crying like thunder - of course, including Lu Fatzi, Most of them are pretending to cry.

finally finished tossing the farce of fake crying Mingjun, and the work done by Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen to discuss the Qing text has been finished - these two old anti-bone boys have long been unable to know how many times they have polished this article in their hearts, and now that they have written it, they are naturally like flying and flowing in writing. And when Hu Guozhu stood next to the Chongzhen spirit card and finished reading this inscription, Yueyang downstairs suddenly sounded a neat and loud slogan, "Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming, expel the Tartars!" Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tartars! Anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty and expulsion of the Tartars——! ”

"Oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tartars!" The loudest shouting was naturally Lu Fatzi, shouting slogans, Lu Fatzi pondered in his heart, "Although it was a little hasty, Wu Laohan's anti-Qing Dynasty restoration was also clearly made clear that he was a bitch and set up a memorial arch, but no matter what, it is not bad to be able to get to this point." Next, it is time to make it clear that the carriages and horses are fighting for the world, and I also have to get rid of the control of Wu Laohan as soon as possible, and strive to lead the troops to establish a team. ”

"But before that, Wu Lao Han Zhan needs a little time to sort out the interior, and he shouldn't immediately go all out on the Northern Expedition, he should first send an army to pull out the nail of Jingzhou Mangou, open up the connection with Wang Ping Fan in Sichuan, and echo Wu Lao Han's largest internal line Wang Fuchen in Mangou, so should I participate in this big battle in Jingzhou?"

"No, I can't go to Jingzhou! Judging from the battle of crossing the river in Wuchang, Wu Sangui old thief has already had the heart to let me read the strength to lead the troops to fight, if I go to Jingzhou, then I can only go to the north of Huguang or Sichuan in the future, these places are not suitable for me to establish the rear, can not establish their own rear, I have to work for Wu Sangui old thief for the rest of his life, so I must not go! This thing has to be pushed and let someone else go! ”

Can Fat Lu's wishful thinking come true? For more information on what happened next, see the next chapter, "Accidental Nails".

(To be continued)