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The whole province of Yunnan has been shrouded in a layer of pre-war clouds, and all officials above the seventh rank basically know that the war is imminent. However, in Yunnan Province, all the officials can basically be said to be Wu Sangui's people, and only a very few of the officials elected in the west are sent by the imperial court, just like Zhu Guozhi. But now, all the officials above the fifth rank have been called to the Pingxi Mansion by Wu Sangui, and this is the first time that Wu Sangui has invited so many officials at the same time. The purpose of this banquet is that some shrewd officials know in their hearts that the time has come to stand in line!

Even Zhu Guozhi, Zheerken, and Fu Dali, who were accused, were also on the list of officials who were invited to the banquet, and at this time, outsiders still didn't know that the three of them were accused. The three of them were taken to the palace early in the morning, but as soon as they arrived at the door, they were a little dumbfounded, today's Pingxi Mansion is not what it used to be, and the whole mansion is shrouded in a terrifying murderous aura! On the official road of the Pingxi Palace, there was a row of heavily armed soldiers on each side, holding bright knives and guns, murderous. Behind the infantry, there were majestic cavalrymen, dressed in silver armor and holding a three-eyed sword. A few people are not unknowledgeable, these cavalry are Wu Sangui's trump card division, the strongest army in Liaodong in the past - Guanning Iron Cavalry.

I walked all the way to the Yin'an Hall of Pingxi Palace, and I don't know when a point platform was set up in the middle, and there were dozens of large boxes on it. In the wide Yin'an Palace Square, dozens of tables have been set up. There were many high-ranking generals who were already sitting at the dinner table, each standing solemnly and majestic, looking like they were coming to drink. It's more like a send-off. There were also many civil servants sitting at the dinner table. Calvary looked nervous. whispered, no one knew which play the prince was going to sing at such a tense moment.

Zhu Guozhi and the three of them had just sat down when they were brought here, and before they had a chance to ask others what was going on, they heard someone shouting: "The prince has arrived!" ”

The military general of Wenchen knelt down and bowed: "The lower official will greet the prince." ”

When he raised his head, he saw a team of gold-armored guards surrounded by Wu Sangui, who was an aging dragon bell, walking out. At this moment, Wu Sangui was wearing a green cloth cotton robe. Covered with a yellow coat and a pair of soap boots with "mille-feuille bottoms" under his feet, he walked up to the center of the stage silently with heavy and slow steps, glanced down with a gloomy expression, and shouted: "Open all the boxes." ”

The soldiers moved when they heard the sound, and dozens of large boxes were all opened. Zhu Guozhi's eyes were straight at that time, and he couldn't wait to rush up and hold them all in his arms. Dozens of large boxes are full of priceless, exquisite jewelry of all kinds, which can hardly be opened in the sun. He was a corrupt official. If you don't remember where you are, I'm afraid you really won't be able to control yourself. In fact, it was not only him who was present. The same goes for other people, and there are only a few people who can keep their mood inconvenient.

Just when everyone was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do. Wu Sangui coughed lightly and said loudly: "Those who came today are all my own brothers who follow me, and everyone is all dying for a lifetime, it's not easy!" I have a little treasure here, rewarded by the Ming and Qing emperors, and captured by winning battles. It's useless for me to keep these things outside my body, everyone is going to go to Liaodong with me soon, and when I get to Liaodong, I have to re-establish an industry, and everyone will share this money, which is enough for everyone to eat and drink in this life, and can also leave some industry for children and grandchildren. Now, the imperial court urges me to go back to Liaodong every day to retire...... Guanshan is thousands of miles, the car and the road are far away, this time there is more than auspicious, I am afraid that I will say goodbye to your life and death from now on! ”

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui pretended to choke up for a while, and immediately shed two lines of turbid tears, and couldn't say any more. If you want to die and put this product in the future generations, you must be an actor with superb acting skills, and it is no problem to win an Oscar or something. Sure enough, his tears, all the generals in the audience were moved and cried. A few generals immediately jumped out and asked loudly and cooperatively: "Dare to ask the prince, why did the imperial court issue an order to withdraw the feudal domain?" ”

Wu Sangui choked up slightly and said: "Since ancient times, it has been the same principle that birds hide their bows and rabbits die and dogs cook. I, Wu Sangui, don't complain about anyone, I only hate that I brought a wolf into the house back then, and I also attracted a white-eyed wolf. Today I drank with you a loose drink, and before I drank it, I gave out these useless things. Wu Sangui said, as if he was getting more and more sad, and pointed to these jewels with his hand: "Come, everyone, you're welcome, come up, and I will distribute it personally!" ”

The three of Zhu Guozhi below can be seen clearly, this is a loose banquet, it is clearly a pre-war mobilization meal. It seems that Wu Sangui is really determined to rebel. Just thinking about it, I heard Wu Sangui continue: "What are the brothers waiting for, the matter is irreparable, everyone hurry up and get something, don't delay it any longer." Governor Zhu and the two Governors urge me to go on the road every day, and if I continue to drag it out, my sin will be even greater, and you should not embarrass me. As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Zhu Guozhi and the others, and shook his head to express his helplessness.

As soon as Wu Sangui finished speaking, hundreds of eyes shot at Zhu Guozhi and the three of them in one go. If vision can also kill, then Zhu Guozhi and the three of them should be full of holes at this moment. Especially Zhu Guozhi, he was taken aback, and he almost got wet below. But when he thought that he was still an official of the court, which was related to the face of the court, he pretended to be calm and shouted: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die." What's more, it was the king of Pingxi himself who took the initiative to withdraw the domain, and the lower officials were just acting on orders, what was wrong with me? ”

Ma Bao drew his sword and shouted: "What are you, a dog in front of the emperor Lao'er, we know King Pingxi." Whoever dares to force the king of Pingxi to withdraw from the domain, Lao Tzu, I will kill him! "Ma Bao was originally an outlaw in Shanxi, brave and good at fighting, and has always been known as Wu Sangui's "first fierce general", this fierce general and Xiao general are a little different, the meaning of the fierce general is that the brain is a little worse, but the force value is extremely high!

Wu Sangui knew Ma Bao very well, he did what he said, and now was not the time to kill Zhu Guozhi, so he yelled: "Stop him for me." ”

The generals also understood Wu Sangui's instructions, so they rushed forward and took Ma Bao away with great effort, leaving only Zhu Guozhi, who was shocked and trembling. Now after Ma Bao's trouble. The ministers were too scared to do anything. However, Wu Sangui showed a smile at the corner of his mouth. Your goal has been achieved!

After the generals finished their attitudes, it was the turn of Wenchen. After Ma Bao was pulled out, Fang Guangchen shouted loudly: "Listen to me, if the Qing Dynasty does not have a prince, how can there be peace in the world today." Just with Kangxi, a milky Yidi child, where does he know the difficulty of pacifying the world? If he wants to use the prince, he will use it, and when he doesn't use the prince, he will be sent to Liaodong, everyone said. Can we swallow this breath? ”

The difference between the military generals and the military generals was reflected at this time, the military ministers were basically silent, and the military generals were agitated and shouted loudly: "No, we have to go to the capital and settle accounts with the emperor." ”

Fang Guangchen pressed the scene with his hand and continued: "Mencius said: The king regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the king as a coward. Now that the emperor is instigated by the villain to do this kind of beastly thing, we must ask the emperor for an explanation. ”

Wu Sangui saw that his goal had been achieved, although his heart blossomed. But there is still enough work to be done on the surface, so he said in a deep voice: "I Wu Sangui has missed two things in my life. The first thing is to be a Ming courtier. Seeing that the thieves were in chaos and the society was not protected, he did not fight bravely to kill the enemy to serve the country, but he took revenge with the Qing army, but he didn't expect to take a wrong step and a wrong step, and a thought led the wolf into the house and harmed the world. The other is the first year of Kangxi, I originally wanted to protect Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court issued a secret order for me to kill him. In desperation, I had no choice but to let him die and bury him with a generous ceremony, these two events led to the martyrdom of all the descendants of the Ming Dynasty. The old man thought that this life and this life could not be made up, but he didn't expect the emperor to live up to his wishes, and finally let me find the orphan of the Ming family. ”

Then Wu Sangui pointed to the right side and shouted at the same time: "Come in." ”

Following the direction of Wu Sangui's finger, a child of about seven years old came in, dressed in a dragon robe, trembling, obviously frightened by this scene, and couldn't walk anymore. As soon as Wu Sangui made a look, a warrior in front of the palace stepped forward to pick up the "little emperor" and came to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui touched the head of the "little emperor" and said: "Heaven does not die in the Ming Dynasty, this is His Royal Highness King Zhou, the tenth grandson of Taizu that I found in the eleventh year of Kangxi, he has named me the generalissimo of the world's recruiting soldiers and horses, and the founding name is "Zhou". Then I will go to pay tribute to Emperor Yongli, and if you are willing to follow me, let's go together. ”

Speaking of which, even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has it, and it is obvious that the day of worship is the time of rebellion. Wu Sangui's cronies immediately knelt down and bowed: "We are willing to follow the prince." "Some of the other officials are timid and afraid, if they don't surrender now, they will have their own if they don't have a good dinner, so let's kneel. More and more ministers knelt down to show their submission, and in the end, Zhu Guozhi, Zheerken, Fu Dali, and several ministers loyal to the Qing Dynasty stood there.

Wu Sangui glanced at Zhu Guozhi coldly and shouted, "Zhu Guozhi, do you kneel or not." ”

Zhu Guozhi can be said to be very entangled now, and if he does not surrender, he will be killed by Wu Sangui immediately. And now temporarily surrendered, if Wu Sangui wins, his relationship with Wu Sangui is so bad, and he will have to die at that time. If the Qing Dynasty wins, he will be a traitor and will have to be killed by the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he came to the conclusion that whoever wins in the future will surely die.

No matter how you look at it, you are going to die, since you are going to die anyway, it is better to gain a good reputation for yourself, so Zhu Guozhi turned his heart and shouted loudly: "I, Zhu Guozhi, am the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty, the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty, and the governor of Yunnan, it is impossible to be in the company of such a chaotic minister and thief like you." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, Zheerken, Fu Dali, and a few ministers loyal to the Qing Dynasty who didn't know what kind of virtue Zhu Guozhi usually had, and now this expression really shocked the eyeballs. Especially Wu Sangui, with a question mark in his head, thinks like other officials, what kind of drug did the Qing court give you, and he worked so hard for Kangxi, so he didn't reflect it for a while.

Since he has set a precedent, Zhu Guozhi simply let it go. No matter whether others think that he is fame and reputation, that is, he is loyal to the country, he is going to die anyway, so he simply scolds him first and then says: "Wu Sangui, you are a troubled villain who has no faith and no righteousness." You have betrayed the Ming Dynasty and the Great Shun Dynasty, and today you want to betray the Qing Dynasty, you are an out-and-out slave with three surnames, even Lu Bu is far inferior, and people have betrayed twice, you actually have to have a third time, what face do you have to live in the world? ”

Wu Sangui's eyes are red, and it doesn't matter if others scold him, what kind of thing are you Zhu Guozhi, a corrupt official and a scum of society, and you actually have the face to scold? It's really true that if you don't destroy you today, Zhu Guozhi. This Wu character should be written here! Come to think of it. Wu Sangui yelled, "Shut up." Bold Zhu Guozhi, the Ming Emperor's surname is Zhu, you are also surnamed Zhu, you and I have the blood of the Han people, you don't follow me to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but you are desperate to serve Yidi Xiaoer, if you want to say that you are a traitor, you are the first number in Tianzi. ”

Due to the "three major cases in Jiangnan". Zhu Guozhi was scolded by literati a lot in Jiangnan, and he learned a lot of scolding words, although he didn't learn the essence, it was definitely enough. Zhu Guozhi immediately retorted: "Although today's son is Manchurian, he is generous and benevolent, serves my Chinese system, and supports my Chinese people, which is 10,000 times better than those emperors who were loyal and traitorous at the end of the Ming Dynasty. If it is decided today, people's hearts are at ease. But you, Wu Sangui, seek your own selfish desires, use the anti-Manchurian pretext as an excuse to cause trouble in the world, and pile countless Li people into dire straits. Although you are Han, you are Chinese. But he is a thief, and he is still a well-dressed thief. You're still a ....... Wu Sangui, who scolded for a few words, was stunned, and all the generals under him stopped working, Wang Pingfan took the lead in pulling out his sword, pointed at Zhu Guozhi and shouted: "Bastard, dare to scold the prince like this, cut your sacrificial flag." ”

Wang Pingfan was closer to Zhu Guozhi, and others couldn't stop him with a sword swing, and with a snort, the blade of the sword slashed through Zhu Guozhi's neck, blood splashed, Zhu Guozhi's eyes widened, and his mouth was also open, and he wanted to breathe two more breaths of air, but unfortunately at this time, there was no more chance. He continued to twitch a few times, tilted his head, and went to see Hades. He died like this, and it is also recorded in the history of the later era, that he died at the hands of Wu Sangui, and it is impossible to conclude with him until the twenty-first century.

He is an out-and-out bad guy, when he was the governor of Jiangsu, he was greedy, framed Zhongliang, created unjust cases, and killed innocents indiscriminately. After the catastrophe did not die, he served as the governor of Yunnan, and the sound of unrepentant waves was still the same, no matter where he went, he was scolded, and there was not even a bone left when he died. But to die judging from the point that he scolded Wu Sangui angrily, he is a good person again, at the critical moment of apostasy, Jin Shengsi, Wen Tianxiang, and Shi Kefa all got on him, and he swore not to surrender and never compromise. Historically, in the later wars, the high-ranking generals of the Qing Dynasty surrendered one by one, and Kangxi did not punish them. Because Kangxi understood that in the situation at that time, compromise and concession were the best ways.

Later history recorded that Kangxi finally included him in the list of "loyalty" dead courtiers and praised him. At that time, there were many ministers who objected, how could such a corrupt person who bent the law and brought disaster to the country and the people rank as loyal? Revered like a martyr? Everyone fought for his name, until the Qianlong Dynasty, and the Qianlong Emperor advocated that "merit is merit, and crime is sin." "He was able to continue to be a martyr. As a result, it has been spread by falsehood, and it has been passed on to the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Republic of China revised the "Qing History Manuscript", he was excited to write him into the "Loyalty and Righteousness Biography".

In this way, the image of Zhu Guozhi in people's hearts in later generations was glorious and great. In the series "Kangxi Dynasty", Zhu Guozhi is simply regarded as a hero, and he will be cut off the head and sacrifice the flag the most. If he is really a hero, then the countless souls who died unjustly in the "Three Major Cases of Jiangnan" need someone to beat the drum for them.

On November 21, the sky was cloudless. Wu Sangui detained a group of officials who resisted rebellion, such as Zheerken and Fu Dali, in the Pingxi Palace. Then it was announced that from this day on, there would be no Prince Pingxi in the world, but "the emperor and Zhou all over the world recruited generalissimo Wu", the founding number was "Zhou", and the next year was the first year of Zhou. Then, choosing an auspicious day, Wu Sangui will lead the three armies to pay homage to the tomb of Emperor Yongli and swear to the Northern Expedition. On the day of the worship, the whole army removed the braids and changed the decoration of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui was wearing a python robe and jade belt of the Ming Dynasty, and as soon as he put it on, he said self-deprecatingly: "I haven't worn it for thirty years, I thought I lost it, I looked for it for a long time yesterday, it turned out that this robe has been pressed at the bottom of the box, and I have to find it, otherwise I am wearing a robe and a horse coat, how to see the first emperor." ”

Wu Sangui and his entourage came to the Yongli Mausoleum, Wu Sangui personally poured wine, shouted and worshipped, and cried nonstop. If Geng Jingzhong stood here, he would definitely break his intestines with laughter. Ten years ago, the Yongli Emperor lying inside was caught by you and strangled by you. Ten years later, you ran to him to cry again, if Emperor Yongli had a spirit in the sky, I really don't know how to feel.

Wu Sangui's weeping was mostly not for Emperor Yongli, but for his own grief, grievances and grievances. He has fought for the Qing court for most of his life, fought in the south and north for more than ten years, and exchanged countless lives for a prince and a piece of land. And Kangxi only has a mouth and an edict, and he wants to turn what he bought with his blood into nothing...... Why, just because he is the emperor, he can deprive me of a qiē, tell me to pack up my things and go back to Liaodong, and return to the desolate Guanwai for the rest of my life. Since Kangxi is not trustworthy, let this milky and dry kid try it and see if he can take away this qiē of mine!

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui clenched his fists and stopped crying. He turned around and ascended to the podium and personally inspected the honor guards of the three armed services. In order to wear linen and hang filial piety, the three armies all changed into white clothes and white armor, and tied their hair on the top of their heads according to the hairstyle of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty, although he did not shave off most of it like others, the part of his forehead was still bare, which was quite funny. But Wu Sangui knows that this army has been fighting with him in the south and north for many years, no matter what kind of hairstyle they have, they are an invincible army, and today these soldiers will follow him to open up a new brilliant future.

Wu Sangui nodded to Guangchen above the side. Fang Guangchen shouted loudly: "Soldiers, stand and listen to the generalissimo's essay on the clearing!" ”

"The former chief military officer of Zhenningshan Customs, now the president of the world's water and land master Xingming to capture the general Wu, told the military attachés of the world that the military officials and civilians of the world know: this town is deeply talking about the Ming Dynasty Shijue, and the town of Shanhaiguan. For a while, Li rebelled and advocated chaos, gathered millions of people, rampant all over the world, and swirled in the Jingshi, and the collapse of the martyrdom of the Emperor Yi was miserable! The East Palace is lacking in turbulence, the civil and military forces are disintegrating, the six palaces are in chaos, the temple is in ruins, the living beings are displaced, and the subjects are looking sideways. In the whole world, there is no righteous Xingshi Qin Wang to beg for thieves, it hurts! What can you say about Guoyuan's husband?

There is no way, treacherous and evil are rising, and the Confucianism of morality is subordinate everywhere; Douxiao's generation, Xianju is in a prominent position. The monarch is dark, the officials are cool and the officials are greedy, the water is miserable and the mountains are sad, the women are angry with the ocean and even the comet is falling, the sky is resentful of the top, the landslide is shaking, the land is resentful of the bottom, the officials sell the lord, the benevolence is resentful of the court, the harsh government is levied, the people are resentful of the township, the tariffs are releved, the business is resentful of Tu, the conscription is frequent, and the workers are resentful.

The town looks up and down, just when the riots are being cut down and the people are rescued, and the day is also the day when the sky responds to the people. Today, the construction of the Yuan Zhou Qi, the cloth room, the temple to build the teacher, the period of departure. The president's soldiers were transferred to Geng, and the general and the president were summoned to envoy Zheng, and 3.6 million officers and soldiers were mobilized to attack Yanshan. Long drive the water, out of the copper ostrich in the thorns, lay the jade burning in the golden soup, the banner of righteousness, respond to all directions, the heart of the subjects, and the anger of the snow heaven and people. Revitalize my martial arts, cut the hustle and bustle, macro the strategy of Zhongxing, enthusiastically wind and thunder, build a perfect strategy, roaring song and rain dew, if you can understand the time appropriately, look at the wind and return to the smooth, then the grass and trees will not be damaged, and the chickens and dogs will not be surprised; Dare to have a back to obey and rebel, love the current selfish kindness, forget the former lord of the Central Plains, according to the danger, resist my king's division, that is, supervise the iron horse, personally conquer the nest, the old and childish do not stay, both men and women are punished, if there is a Confucian, fine study of the art of war, take the paralyzed valley, may wish to offer advice before the army, in order to support the humerus, since the equivalent of the material excellent Zhai, no Jin Gaojue thick seal, from the provincial officials, if there is a clean self and love the people, honest and honest, still single; The urging to collect grain and grain, seal the warehouse, seal the letter register, before the army, it is advisable to issue another treaty, and each should obey the warning, so as not to stain the knife with blood, this town is very fortunate, and the world is very fortunate! ”

After reading a thousand-word inscription, the sergeants below shouted in unison: "Long live the Emperor Zhou Tianchao, long live the generalissimo!" "Long live the Emperor Zhou Heavenly Dynasty, and the Generalissimo is a thousand years old!"

The earth-shattering mountain cry made Wu Sangui's mood very excited. From today on, he neither belongs to the Ming Dynasty nor to the Qing Dynasty, and officially has his own era name. If you can achieve great things in accordance with the lì, then you can claim yourself emperor and establish the Great Zhou Dynasty. At that time, he will no longer be a "dry year" but "long live the Great Zhou Emperor". Thinking of this, the depression that had been pressing on his heart for many years was swept away. At this moment, sixty-one-year-old Wu Sangui seemed to have returned to the twenty-one-year-old era, the era of blood.

With the sound of three cannons, the drums and horns sounded in unison, the sound of "woo" resounded through the world, and the giant flags of the Yellow Dragon danced in the wind, all of which were embroidered: "The emperor and the Zhou Dynasty all recruited the generalissimo Wu of soldiers and horses" thirteen big characters. Wu Sangui mounted his war horse, drew his sword and shouted, "The whole army, go on the march." (To be continued......)