Chapter 109: The Territory Is Big Again
Zhang Xianzhong is dead, and the direct heir will just call his father...... In such a situation, it is obvious that someone needs to have a regent to assist in the governance of the Great Western Kingdom.
Empress Yang is the most ideal talent, she is the daughter of Zai Fu Yang Yi, if she is regent, Yang Yi and his family will support it, and they can more or less suppress other factions. It's just that Yang is not a woman who likes regency, she is a more traditional housewife.
In the end, it became Yang Yi and the general Li Min as the two auxiliary politicians.
The two were initially able to maintain a relatively fair attitude, but where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. The civilian officials hoped that the military attaché would have less authority and save trouble, but the military attache said that his authority was too small, and that the civilian official was bullying people. Regarding the murder of Zhang Xianzhong, Yang Yi felt that he should learn to practice and practice his salary, carefully develop for three or five years, and then consider attacking the republic.
Interestingly, Li Min had no intention of attacking the republic, and it was precisely because Zhang Xianzhong wanted to attack the republic, that the two mountains of Sun Kewang and Ainengqi were removed, and he Li Min finally took the throne. After ascending to the throne, he was terrified of the strength of the republic, especially the means by which the other party could accurately snipe targets hundreds of meters away.
After Zhang Xianzhong was sniped, the people of Daxi Kingdom searched Kaiyang City for a time, and the people patrolling near the sniper site found the place where the bullets were fired, but the people were gone. The family was tortured, but nothing was found, so it is very likely that the enemy also infiltrated their house to commit crimes. Don't doubt the torture of the Great Western Kingdom, if you really count the tortures of Jinyiwei, they all seem merciful.
Because of this, it is terrifying, and Li Min even feels that the other party may be lurking outside the hall or somewhere in the hall, and he can give them a fatal blow at any time if necessary. Even if you know that this is impossible, no one can deny that this is not the case, isn't it? He always lives in such a frightened and frightened day, and he can't find out where the other party is, he doesn't want to bear it anymore.
Therefore, what he meant was that Zhang Xianzhong mentioned the intention of surrendering to the republic before the war, so it would be better to surrender directly to the republic.
He put forward this opinion, which was also recognized by many military generals. And if Yang Yi didn't know that these guys controlled the main armed forces of the Great Western Kingdom, these generals who had no military power would not be able to help them at all, but he was afraid that he would have sent someone to take them down and directly replace them.
But then again, even if they can be replaced, who wants to go to the top? What if the people who go up to the top still want to surrender to the republic?
Could it be that you still want to let these literati go to war?!
Yang Yi simply looked at the Empress Zhang Yang, he felt that the Empress Dowager, even if you don't listen to the government, you can give a construction anyway, right? In fact, it is to let Empress Yang support his political views, you must know that no matter how small the new emperor is, he is the most legitimate heir to this force. The emperor or the empress dowager has spoken, and these soldiers should be suppressed.
The Queen Mother also knew what her father meant, and she also cooperated with her father to say a few words, and the main meaning was also very clear: Let's take a look at the situation first, after all, didn't it say that Dawei and Daming were attacking the republic, or would we see the situation after the battle?
Yang Yi was naturally the first to agree, but the generals had a different idea: now taking refuge is sending charcoal in the water, and there are many benefits. When the battle is over, is it just the icing on the cake, and there is a hairy use? As for whether they will lose, it is even more unlikely, don't you see that there are so many of them, and almost none of them have killed a few soldiers of the republic?
Just the emperor...... He. My mother said that, and everyone is not easy to refute anything, but everyone looks at me and I look at you, and you know that the other party has a ghost in her heart.
Not everyone has that much loyalty, and not everyone has that much leather. Life consciousness. What qualifications does a little emperor have to let the brothers obey the order, if it is really that simple, then Zhu Yuanzhang will not kill all the meritorious civil and military ministers who founded the country in order for his grandson to be able to calm the scene.
Obviously, Zhang Yang does not have this consciousness, and Yang Yi does not have this consciousness...... In other words, he did not dare to act immediately, for fear of causing a revolt.
But I don't want to, if you don't do it, I'll do it, first there is meat, and then there is a mouthful of soup, and I don't have to drink the soup when it's over.
After the next dynasty, the generals began to go back secretly, trying to find a way to directly clear the king's side, or arm ** or something. But I don't want to, someone is faster than them!
That is the local guards, especially those territories that are very close to Sichuan and Yunnan, and even more so the guards of Guangxi and Annan Xuanfu Missions. It is said that the Republic has a very good attitude towards foreigners, at least fair and open, and even many people of different races have become officials, or senior officials, and they will have the opportunity to enter the cabinet in the future to decide on a country's military and political affairs.
Even if you don't care about those, there are abundant goods, cheap daily necessities, and good salaries...... If you don't like this, you are a Hai Rui-level cattle!
It's a pity that there is only one Hai Jui in this world, so he is absolutely famous and recorded in history. Most people don't have that much self-awareness, so they think about themselves.
After only more than ten days, I learned that Zhang Xianzhong was dead, and Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi were also buried, and one or two were so wild that they died. I don't know if there is any credit for the internal guards in it, anyway, most of Guangxi, the entire territory of the Xuanfu Embassy of Annan, and a few areas of Guizhou have all changed their flags. To put it simply, it is to take refuge in the republic.
Several military attachés in the court were dumbfounded, and said secretly: Lao Tzu hasn't made a move yet, you are in a hurry!
But they want to suppress these rebellions...... It seems to work, but what's in it for granted? Who can't see that Yang Yi still wants to seize their military power and support some military generals who are in line with the interests of civilian officials to come to power? What year is it, and I thought I could go back to the early years of Chongzhen? Even today's Chongzhen would not allow civilian officials to casually meddle in the appointment of his officers.
On the one hand, it is his own glory and wealth, and on the other hand, he can't take advantage of it and suffers, unless he is a fanatic believer-level being, who will commit two?
The Huguang area was too far away from the Republic for fear that it would not be taken care of, so it simply took refuge in the defeat just now...... Or Luo Rucai, who ended up in a small defeat. Compared with Zhang Xianzhong's loss of more than 20,000 people, and compared with the results of himself and the two nominees, Luo Rucai only killed 3,000 soldiers, which is already rare. They actually didn't know that Luo Rucai's situation was even worse......
Li Zicheng, who was entrenched in Fujian and Guangdong, heard that Zhang Xianzhong was dead, and immediately sharpened his knife Huo Huo, intending to gnaw on a piece of fat.
Today's Daxi Kingdom is completely falling apart and falling apart, and it was originally the land of the three states, but now Guiyang and several surrounding counties are still under the rule of the Great Western Kingdom. But the number of soldiers did not exceed 5,000, and resources were extremely scarce. There are only two choices in front of the empress and Zai Fu Yang Yi: to take refuge in the Republic and to the Great Wei.
It is impossible to take refuge in Dashun, Daxi took advantage of his lack of time to take care of the future, and occupied two territories in Guangxi and Annan Xuanfu Envoy, and now if others fight back, these members of the Zhang royal family will definitely not survive. But if nothing is chosen, the rebels will one day enter Guiyang, and when the time comes, ...... Forget it, let's pick it.
"Why did the Great Western Kingdom collapse so quickly?" Zhang Yang couldn't cry in the main hall, silently looking at the edict in front of him.
This issue of the "Daily" gave a statement: the Great Western Kingdom, the Great Wei State and the Great Shun Kingdom, and even the Great Wu State of Nanzhili, all adopted a backward feudal ruling system. This backward system is embodied in the fact that military and political power is concentrated in the hands of the monarch. If the monarch is wise and capable, everything will go well. If the monarch is mediocre, it is easy to lose power. The Great Western Kingdom is strong, mainly because there is a strong Zhang Xianzhong in support, and now that Zhang Xianzhong is dead, the little prince has no way to gain the trust of all the courtiers, let alone any ability, to coordinate this power that has been founded for less than ten years, and the result is that it will quickly fall apart.
Of course, the original words are not so simple, but the old man thinks that the reason is such a one. Emperor first, he's going too fast......" Yang Yi said with a sigh.
Yes, Daxi Guo put it bluntly, it was the first emperor who took a group of men and horses and fought desperately. The reason why everyone is willing to gather around Zhang Xianzhong is Zhang Xianzhong's ability and his personal charm. Now that he is dead, the little emperor has no ability or not, and he has no charm or charm. What's more important is that when relatives are in power, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve justice and fairness to everyone, so people's hearts will be scattered.
"Don't have a choice?" Looking at the surrender object on the edict, Zhang Yang was still a little worried.
"It's the only option we have...... Zhang Hongbin didn't even kill any of the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and even reused some of them. So we surrender to the past to be guaranteed. If you surrender to Great Wei, the only result is that you will be secretly executed. Even if you don't have to die, your children ......" Yang Yi said halfway through and stopped talking, the reality is too cruel.
"Love the family knows about it......" Zhang Yang picked up the seal and stamped it heavily on the edict.
At that moment, she lifted all her strength, and she was pumped beautifully. Her tears, like a flood bursting the embankment, could no longer be stopped.
The little emperor in his arms didn't know why his mother was crying, so he silently wiped her tears. The mouth kept saying: "Shame, shame, shame ......"
The war between the Republic and the Great Western Kingdom did not take more than ten days before and after, and it could even be said that it was less than a month, and one qiē changed so quickly. The whole of Guizhou, the whole of Guangxi, and the whole of Annam Xuanfu were incorporated into the Republic in the blink of an eye with an edict from the new emperor.
For this reason, the Republic had to send men to occupy these areas.
However, as Luo Rucai said earlier, the republic is now very understaffed, so this expansion of territory is actually a happy and laughable thing for them. It's just that even if you are helpless, since this is already the new territory of the republic, it must be occupied.
Fortunately, by this moment, there was basically no more fighting.
The Great Wei was defeated, the Ming retreated, and the Republic, a force attacked by the three-way army, became the biggest winner.