New Book Collection: The Rise of Great Powers 1900

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To be honest, that Chen Bangfu is really not a good thing, he was originally a son of a wealthy family in Shaoxing, and he relied on bribery to get into the martial arts, and he was a general in Guangxi, doing all kinds of evil, bullying the people in the market, opening gambling stalls to accumulate money, and lending usury to exploit the poor.

At the right time, such a scum can sometimes soar to the sky, just because Emperor Yinglongwu entered Guangxi, he was actually awarded the title of Duke of the country, but he was arrogant and colluded with the ministers of the DPRK and China to cheat on power.

After Kong Youde entered Guangxi, he saw that Longwu was unreliable, and immediately took refuge in the new master, and even wanted to intercept and capture Emperor Longwu to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, from this point of view, he was more than Zheng Zhilong, when Zheng Zhilong betrayed Longwu, he only dared to withdraw his troops and let the Qing army catch it himself, and even quietly notified Emperor Longwu in advance, but this Chen Bangfu had no scruples, and failed to sneak attack Emperor Longwu, but he caught a large number of his casual palace maids and family members, all of whom were dedicated to Kong Youde.

After Li Dingguo recovered Guangxi, he immediately handed over Chen Bangfu's father and son to Sun Kewang, and Sun Kewang skinned him and filled him with grass, which was theoretically not wrong.

But Li Ruyue had a clear conscience at this time, and insisted that Chen Bangfu was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and Sun Kewang killed Chen Bangfu to kill the minister, if he just showed loyalty to Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu detained his music in order to protect him, and he also copied a copy of it himself and handed it to Sun Kewang.

This kind of behavior is completely provocative, and as for why he did it, I am afraid that future generations will be very puzzled.

In fact, there is only one purpose, that is, to seek fame, if it is to show favor to the emperor. He would never do that. You must know that Chen Bangfu almost caught Longwu. That was the heartbreak of the little emperor Zhu Cihuan; And he not only wrote a letter of impeachment, but also let Sun Kewang know that he completely put on a posture of not being afraid of death and Sun Kewang.

In the end, when Sun Kewang peeled his skin, he was so addicted that he scolded him to death, saying that the thatch used to fill his skin was an article, and the section was a loyal intestine.

Such people abound in ancient history. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, in order to seek the name of a direct minister, the Donglin Party did not scold the emperor directly, that is, he hoped that the emperor would beat them, even if he killed them, he was not afraid, sometimes the emperor was half angry, but he refused to beat him, and said that this guy was a liar to the court staff, and he would be beaten to make a name for him, and he would only be driven out of the court.

This kind of character. In order to seek fame, it is also quite hard.

But there's really no other way for them to make a name for themselves. If you have no ability, you can't turn the tide like Yu Qian, except for a moral article and a mouth that anyone dares to scold, you really won't do anything else, and you can only do that.

After killing Li Ruyue, Sun Kewang's relationship with the Longwu court deteriorated further.

The reason was that a group of civil officials saw that Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were at odds, and at the same time they were dissatisfied with Sun Kewang's treatment of the imperial court, and were worried that Sun Kewang would seek to usurp the throne, so they asked the emperor to write a secret edict to King Li Dingguoqin.

Sun Kewang is definitely a hero, when Emperor Hongguang was in Nanjing and Emperor Longwu was in Fujian, Yang Chao and Zheng Zhilong felt very uncomfortable.

Because Yang Chao and Zheng Zhilong are faceless, and Sun Kewang is shameless, when Emperor Hongguang was in Nanjing, he basically had all the rights of an emperor, and when Emperor Longwu was in Fujian, the civil official group still controlled Fujian's grain endowment.

But Longwu ran to Guizhou, and finally recruited Sun Kewang, after Sun Kewang was named the king of Ji, Sun Kewang sent troops into Guizhou, and under the banner of Emperor Longwu, the Ming army and Tusi of the entire Guizhou were all incorporated, but Longwu has been placed in Anlong, this is just a small thousand households, the real name is Anlongsi, after Longwu was stationed here, he covered his ears and stole the bell to upgrade this place to Anlong Mansion, but the name change could not change the desolate scene of only a few hundred families here.

Sun Kewang not only did not let Emperor Longwu move to Kunming or Guiyang, but instead sent his henchmen to "protect" here, appointing his confidant Fan Yingxu as the prefect of Anlong Mansion and Zhang Yingke as the prime minister of Titang.

Emperor Longwu was not provided with enough money and food, and 8,000 taels of silver and 600 stones of rice were given every year for the Yongli monarchs and retinue. However, in the imperial society, the appeal of an emperor is still very large, and there are more than 50 civil and military officials who are looking for and follow Longwu all the way, but many of them follow the emperor with their families, plus a small number of soldiers, entourages and family members, reaching more than 2,900 people, obviously this money is completely insufficient.

Emperor Longwu told Sun Kewang's officials that it was not enough, and they didn't pay attention to him at all. Fan Yingxu and Zhang Yingke "made a book, opened a member of the emperor and the queen, and a few pieces of silver and rice per month", completely treating the emperor as a miscellaneous servant.

On the other hand, Sun Kewang himself, in Kunming, built a large palace, used yellow tiles, demolished the masonry of Chenggong County as a wall, and the foot was six feet wide. Outside the gate, set up the general political department, set up the horse card, make the Son of Heaven honor guard, the hall hangs five dragons, set up the Majesty, and select the person with the voice to praise the Honglu Temple.

After Sun Kewang raised Emperor Zhu Cihuan of Longwu in captivity, under his banner, he annexed Guizhou and conquered Hunan without a single soldier.

Sun Kewang has long had the ambition to be the emperor, and when Longwu did not arrive in Guizhou, Sun Kewang proclaimed himself the lord of the country in Yunnan, and all the power was in his hands. However, after "surrendering" to Emperor Longwu, he was named the king of Ji, and he could always hear some literati say how the emperor was, and he didn't take him seriously at all.

After defeating Hunan this time, especially after forcing Li Dingguo and deposing Liu Wenxiu, Sun Kewang's ambition could not be contained, he wanted to abolish this emperor and simply ascend the throne as the emperor himself, as for whether anyone would oppose it, anyway, in Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan provinces, no one dared to oppose him, other forces, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not need to count, Yang Chao never seemed to take Zhu Cihuan seriously.

Anyway, Sun Kewang has interacted with Yang Chao many times, and found that Yang Chao is still a very good talker, he plans to ascend the throne first, and after fooling Yang Chao to call him the emperor together, when the time comes, he will divide the world with the Manchu Qing in the north, Sun Kewang will occupy the southwest, Yang Chao will occupy the southeast, and the Manchus will occupy the north, and no one can help anyone.

Who would have thought that at this time, someone would report to him secretly, saying that the emperor planned to issue a secret edict to let Li Dingguo come to King Qin, how could he bear it.

The last thing Sun Kewang wants to hear is this Li Dingguo, since Li Dingguo killed three kings in a row, Sun Kewang has heard more than once in his army that someone is discussing Li Dingguo's news, this is not only jealousy, but also a sense of crisis, born in a rogue, adopted by Zhang Xianzhong since childhood, and has been running around for more than ten years, Sun Kewang is very sensitive to his own safety.

As soon as he heard that it was Li Dingguo again, Sun Kewang immediately became angry, and directly sent people to Anlong, arrested a large number of courtiers of all sizes, and after severe torture, finally determined that eighteen people participated in the conspiracy, and some of these eighteen people were scraped alive, some were beheaded, and some were ordered to commit suicide.

Then Sun Kewang decided to make a strong move, and he sent the general Bai Wenxuan to Anlong in person, so that he could receive Emperor Longwu to Guiyang.

As for why this conspiracy was exposed, the reason was still Li Dingguo, after Li Dingguo received the edict, he was not sure whether it was true or false, so he asked Ma Jixiang, a confidant of Emperor Longwu, who knew that this Ma Jixiang was a villain, he had already secretly taken refuge in Sun Kewang, obviously he was very knowledgeable about current affairs, and he knew very well that Sun Kewang was the boss.

In this way, Sun Kewang knew about these circumstances, killed on a large scale, and immediately asked Bai Wenxuan to bring the emperor to Guiyang, and he planned to let Emperor Longwu Chan give him the emperor's throne.

But Bai Wenxuan has been procrastinating, under the pretext that Anlong has few villains and can't find enough husbands, so he has been delaying.

On the other side, Li Dingguo dispatched the elite, only three days, and killed Anlong, Sun Kewang sent to block Li Dingguo's soldiers, not only could not stop Li Dingguo, but also did not want to stop, Li Dingguo rewarded them with 20,000 taels of silver, and then told them that they were brothers with King Ji, but there was a misunderstanding, and then the soldiers knelt on both sides of the road and cheered Chitose, letting Li Dingguo pass.

At this time, in the city of Anlong, in the palace of Emperor Longwu, there was a cry, when I heard someone outside the city shouting that the West Mansion had arrived, it was immediately thunderous again, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were called the four kings, Li Dingguo used to be the general of Dingxi under Zhang Xianzhong's account, so it has been called the West Mansion.

After entering the city, Li Dingguo discussed with Bai Wenxuan and the emperor's officials, and determined that Guangxi had been dilapidated after two major wars between Kong Youde and Li Dingguo, and finally everyone agreed to move to Kunming, Yunnan.

And part of Kunming's army is Liu Wenxiu's, but most of it is Sun Kewang left, but compared to Li Dingguo, it is not superior, so Li Dingguo led the army to protect Emperor Longwu and his party into Yunnan, Sun Kewang's old department who stayed in Yunnan did not dare to stop at all, and finally under Liu Wenxiu's middle and peace, he was forced to open Kunming City to meet the emperor.

Kunming thousands of empty alleys, Yunnan has been regarded as a remote place since ancient times, a barbarian land, the real dragon son arrived, the people of Kunming were excited, "covering the road to greet each other, to the hope of crying", just like the Queen of England in later generations went to the United States. It can be seen that the call of the royal family is sometimes really powerful.

But where can Sun Kewang endure this breath, he has 300,000 heavy troops, and Li Dingguo only has 40,000 descendants, plus Liu Wenxiu's army, it is only 60,000 horses, and there are 30,000 people left behind in Kunming, Sun Kewang does not take Li Dingguo in his eyes at all, so he immediately raised troops.

Sun Kewang tore his face this time, and made great meritorious contributions in Guizhou, sealing Ma Jinzhong King of Jiading, Feng Shuangli King of Xing'an, and Zhang Hu Dongchanghou, and waved his army to attack Yunnan.

"These idiots are still infighting!"

Sun Kewang's movements reached Yang Chao as soon as possible.

But Yang Chao could only sigh with admiration, where did he have any ability to interfere.

"What should we do?"

Huangfeng Mansion sharpens knives.

Yang Chao sighed: "Send troops to Hunan and Guangxi!" (To be continued......)