Chapter 184: Xifu
When it is expected that the name of the Son of Heaven will be ordered at home and abroad, and the troops will be transferred to urge salary, but they will not be heard. Life and death and seizure, arbitrary. The emperor is in Anlong, and he doesn't hear about it
Guangxi, Tianzhou, Tianankou, thousands of Ming troops kneeling on both sides of the road, from time to time there are fine horsemen galloping through the road, there is no sword in the hand of the knight, but only a big flag, the flag to one place, the knight will shout: "Xifu has arrived!" Xifu has arrived! ”
"Wait for the West Mansion to be greeted as soon as possible, don't act rashly!"
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Countless knights galloped over, and the words they shouted only made thousands of Ming soldiers on both sides lie on the ground, not daring to look up. On the road where the war horse had trodden, blood could be faintly seen.
In the crowd, a young student asked the people around him in a low voice: "Second Brother Zhang, why did General Liu abandon us?" ”
The big man named Second Brother Zhang heard the words and whispered: "Xifu is here, is there still a way for General Liu to live if he doesn't run, you don't want to think about what General Liu has done with us in the past few days." ”
In the past few days, they have been under the orders of General Liu, but they have really been the enemy of Xifu for the sake of the great enemy, not only cut off the grain route of the Xifu army, but also killed the people and horses left behind in Xifu, and also stationed in this Tianankou, in order to prevent the Xifu army from going north. Now that Xifu is killed, General Liu does not dare to resist, leaving them behind, but he himself fled, which is really not righteous enough.
"Then General Liu is running away now, can we really live?" Hou Sheng was a little worried about his life, after all, they had killed a lot of people from Xifu a few days ago.
Second Brother Zhang didn't worry about him, shook his head and said: "Xifu is also our king, we just act on orders, now that General Liu has run away, how can Xifu embarrass us, don't worry." Xifu will not kill us. ”
The latter was still a little scared when he heard this, and was about to say something more, but the person in front of him suddenly became commotion. Then I heard countless people shouting loudly: "Xifu is coming, Xifu is coming!" ”
Xifu is coming?!
Hou Sheng and Second Brother Zhang looked up to the south together. I saw smoke and dust billowing outside the south, and hundreds of cavalry were rushing towards this side.
The cavalry slowed down as the horse approached, and the smoke and dust brought up by the horse's hooves fell, and then everyone saw that this group of cavalry was currently surrounded by a person, and people who knew it recognized at a glance that this person was the master of Xifu Dingguo!
After the Xifu Grand Master appeared in front of the eyes of the Ming army, the crowd fell silent instantly, and the people next to each other could barely hear the breathing of their companions.
Immediately, Xifu rode his mount, and his eyes swept over the thousands of troops on both sides one by one. Then he raised his voice and said: "You have no fear, I and the brothers of King Qin, with the words of a small person, there is no other person now." When you return to the camp, we will wait for you. After a pause, he said: "Those who return to the camp, I will reward 20,000 taels of silver, and rest in the camp for seven days!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the troops on both sides suddenly cheered: "Xifu Chitose, Xifu Chitose!" ”
Guizhou. Guiyang.
Since Sun Kewang moved Emperor Yongli to Anlong, the power of the imperial court has been completely controlled by him. The so-called Yongli Imperial Court is nothing more than an empty shelf in name, barely supported by a small group of civil and military officials. All major military affairs were decided by Sun Kewang in Guiyang. Then the Yongli Emperor was formally notified of his approval, and the daily affairs were not related to the Bai Imperial Court at all.
Sun Kewang's move naturally led to a considerable number of civil and military generals in the jurisdiction of the Southern Ming Dynasty, in addition to pursuing the Yongli year name, only Sun Kewang was the "lord of the country" in their minds, and the emperor was ignored. Even in the ninth year of Yongli (the twelfth year of Shunzhi), Ming Hui asked the left general Bai Wen to choose Sun Kewang in the book of Qi, claiming to be a minister, using words such as "the lord of the country in front of the emperor" and "sealed into the imperial tour to comfort the holy arms".
After the Guyuan Marquis Wang Shangli was unwilling, he also cast a large copper incense burner in the Jinding Temple of Jizu Mountain in Yunnan, although the inscription engraved on the furnace used the Ming Dynasty Zhengshuo in the eighth year of Yongli. But he didn't mention a word about the current Emperor Yongli, and only blindly touted Sun Kewang: he called it so in the inscription. "Wang Shangli, a disciple of Guyuan Hou, leads the male Guanglu. Originally from Xiliang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, Guyuan Wei Qunmen, Zhang Castle people's family. Since the age of Ding Hai, he bowed to the lord of the country in Yunnan, admired the Three Treasures, and built the mountain monasteries. …… Relying on the light of the Buddha, pray for the holy life of the lord of the country, and consolidate the emperor's picture. ”
In addition to Bai Wenxuan, Wang Shangli and other generals, a large number of civil officials in the Yongli court also skillfully catered to and took the opportunity to persuade them. Ren Yan, the secretary of the military department, used the mandate of heaven to propose that the Ming fortune had ended, and nothing could be done, and advocated that the Yongli Emperor should give Sun Kewang the throne; The editor Yu Xuan is expected to "set the book of the son of heaven and set the court." Emperor Yan Xing is clear in the well, and he is persuaded to advance".
Ren Yu is not only keen on persuasion, when the Son of Heaven Yongli was welcomed to Anlong, Sun Kewang was once ready to go to Anlong to see His Majesty, but Ren Yu persuaded him: "If the lord of the country wants to enter Anlong, how can the two dragons meet?" As a result, Sun Kewang did not even hold this minimum etiquette.
Not only did Ren Yu and other civil officials of the Yongli court defect to Sun Kewang, but even Ma Jixiang, a powerful minister beside Emperor Yongli of Anlong, also thought about his own wealth and secretly attached himself to Sun Kewang. He said to Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the Si Li palm seal: "Today's general trend has been returned to the King of Qin, and my generation must settle with it as soon as possible, thinking that it is a different place." ”
Pang Tianshou was quite impressed after hearing this, so the two of them swore brothers with Zhang Yingke, the Titang official sent by Sun Kewang to Anlong, and others, and said to Zhang Yingke with heart: "King Qin's merits are prosperous, and the world admires them. Today's mandate of heaven is in Qin, and the mandate of heaven cannot be disobeyed. My generation intends to persuade the lord of Guangdong to take the throne of Qin, and annoy the two dukes to reach this intention for me first. ”
In addition, Ma Jixiang also sent someone to call Lang Zhonggu of the Yongli Imperial Court to paint a "Yao Shun Chan Receiving Picture" to prepare to give to Ke Wang. I don't want this ancient product to be loyal to Emperor Yongli and refuse to paint. Ma Jixiang held a grudge and reported Sun Kewang privately. It is hoped that when he heard this, he was furious, and he ordered someone to lock up the ancient products in Guiyang and kill them under the staff.
Under the strict surveillance of the Titang Officials, Anlong Prefects, and Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou sent by Sun Kewang, Yongli Junchen simply did not have much freedom and completely became puppets. Sun Kewang's dominance shocked the Yongli courtiers, and many people were indignant. In the matter, Xu Ji, Lin Qingyang, a member of the Military Election Division of the Ministry of War, and Hu Shirui, the director, impeached Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou for "harboring evil intentions and claiming to be subordinate to Qin". But these people only dared to impeach Ma and Pang Erren, and did not dare to point directly at King Qin, obviously just to save a little dignity for the imperial court.
In the eighth year of Yongli, Sun Kewang held a township test in Kunming, and set up his own cabinet, six ministries, and Kedao officials in Guiyang, and the local civil and military generals were all appointed by themselves, and the official seal was changed from the nine-fold seal script of the Ming Dynasty to the eight-fold seal. Although these measures had the positive significance of sweeping away the bribery of people in the Southern Ming Dynasty and purging the officials, they were in essence the imperial system itself.
What's more, with the participation of Fang Yuxuan and others, Sun Kewang has already set up the ritual system, built the Taimiao, and enjoyed the three masters of the temple: Emperor Taizu Gao is in the middle, Zhang Xianzhong is in the left, and the right is in the grandfather. It is planned to change the name of the country to be tomorrow, and seek Zen day and night. (To be continued)