The efficiency of the Ming Dynasty court under Zhu Cihong's control was sometimes surprisingly high! It only took an hour to draft the order to attack the Donglu and the king who first invaded Yan, and then the world was in full swing!
By the way, the person who enters Yan first is not granted the title of King of Yan. That is the title used by Zhu Di and can no longer be granted the title. Therefore, the king title that those who enter Yan can get is "King of Peiping".
At the same time, an edict was issued to change Beijing to Peking and Beizhili to Beiping Province - Beiping Province was the original name of Beizhili before Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing. Now that "the one who enters Yan is the king", it is natural that Beijing can no longer be treated as the capital.
The speed of the decision-making process this time made Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne and learning how to be an emperor, dumbfounded.
Even a matter as big as the canonization of a vassal king can be decided by this traitor with one word. If the traitor wants to usurp the throne, will the ministers agree unanimously?
In addition, if the traitor really regains Peiping...will he have accumulated enough prestige to usurp the throne? Do I still want to be the Supreme Emperor?
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not know at this time that the so-called "king of the first to enter Yan" was simply a lie!
How could Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Dingguo enter Yan first? If they don't let anyone in, they will burn high incense. Therefore, they will not send troops at all based on the empty promise of "the king who enters Yan first".
Even if the situation north of the Yellow River looks good and the Dashun Army continues to sing triumphant songs, they will not consider sending troops.
"Mr. Cheng Guo, look at me like this, how can I be a vassal king? Moreover, I don't have many soldiers and horses under my command, the equipment is not prepared, and the food and salary are not enough. I can't send troops..."
In Suizhou City, the capital of Guide Mansion, in Yuan Shangshu Mansion (the residence of the late Yuan Keli, Minister of the Ministry of War), the person who expressed his bitterness to Zhu Chunchen, who came to announce the decree, was a burly old man with a white beard.
The old man's name was Xu Dingguo. He had served as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province before. However, during the Third Battle of Kaifeng, Li Zicheng defeated the entire army. He himself was arrested by Chongzhen people because of the defeat, and he was almost killed by Yi Zicheng. However, he later found a way out and was pardoned from the death penalty. He was allowed to return to Henan to gather his old troops, and he was also given the official position of General Soldier in the Suppression of Henan Province.
When Beijing was conquered by Li Zicheng, Xu Dingguo was stationed in Suizhou, and he once professed his vassalage to Li Zicheng, but soon he got involved with the Ming Dynasty again, and was appointed as the chief military officer of Guide Guard by Zhu Cixiang. However, the territory is only Suizhou, and the number of soldiers and horses on hand is only a few thousand people. The King of Peking is indeed not something he can get involved with.
Zhu Chunchen smiled and nodded, then turned his attention to another commander-in-chief in the lobby of Yuan Shangshu's Mansion - Liu Liangzuo, who had just been appointed as the commander-in-chief of Henan by Zhu Cihong.
Liu Liangzuo occupied half of Guide Prefecture and half of Kaifeng Prefecture. The general military office was located in Shangqiu, the capital of Guide Prefecture.
This time he left his hometown of Shangqiu and came to Suizhou because of the invitation of Zhu Chunchen and Henan Governor Lu Daqi.
He also has no interest in the King of Peking. The reason why I came here was just to deal with Zhu Cixiang, the Prince of Fujun.
Zhu Cixiang is not the Hongguang Emperor in history. He can pull out an army of 100,000 troops with the army and navy at his disposal!
This is a real deal, 100,000 people with no vacancies. There is no way a character like Liu Liangzuo can confront him head-on.
Moreover, the fight between the Tatars and the bandits is so lively now. You fight in Shanxi, and I come to Hebei. I am so busy that no one has time to interfere in the affairs of Henan and Shandong. Even if Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo want to defect to the Tartars, they have no way out now! Their territory was in Henan, and the only way to invest was with Li Zicheng.
"Dong Chengguo," Liu Liangzuo said with a smile on his face, "Xiaguan is not a prince...and Xiaguan's troops are not ready yet. I think we can forget about sending troops or something!"
The governor Lu Daqi on the side just sighed after hearing the words of the two military leaders.
People said that Prince Zhu was treacherous, but today it turned out to be exaggerated. How can a bait like "The King of Swallows" catch guys like Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo who are smarter than monkeys? Might as well give some money to be more reliable.
Zhu Chunchen, however, chuckled, causing Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo who were present to be stunned. What does Cheng Guogong mean? Are you angry or something?
"I, please open the skylight and speak frankly!" Zhu Chunchen smiled and took out two more envelopes. "The King of Peking and others have no share in you... You don't have the strength!"
This is not a pleasant thing to say, but it is still the case.
Zhu Chunchen paused and looked around.
Old man Xu Dingguo understood what he meant and waved his hand to order all the people waiting in the hall to leave.
Zhu Chunchen said: "To tell you the truth, there is already someone who wants to be the King of Beiping!"
Is there anyone?
How can it be?
Who is so capable?
This time not only Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo were surprised, but even Lu Daqi didn't expect it and looked at Zhu Chunchen blankly.
Zhu Chunchen just smiled: "Who is that person? You two can understand after thinking about it...Who can give the Tatars a fatal blow at the critical moment now? Who can give the Tatars a fatal blow? Who has the right He is qualified to be this king! Tell me, who is this person?"
"Wu Sangui!"
"Ping Xibo!"
Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo understood immediately and both exclaimed.
Lu Daqi was also shocked. He looked at Zhu Chunchen and asked, "Mr. Cheng Guo, what's going on..."
Zhu Chunchen said: "This is a matter of course! Master Qiansui is the brother-in-law of Ping Xibo, and he had wanted to make Ping Xibo the Duke of Jin before. However, Ping Xibo was trapped by the Tatars and had no choice but to shave his head and surrender to the Tatars. In his heart, he was still loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Yes! This time he has the opportunity to fight back, and he will naturally seize it. And Master Qiantose will not treat him badly, so why can't a king with a different surname be sealed away? "
Lu Daqi nodded and said: "If you really have such merit, you can be crowned king!"
Zhu Chunchen stroked his beard, "Yes, he led the Donglu in and defeated the bandits... If the Donglu were driven out by him again, he would really be the most outstanding contributor since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he should be crowned king. of!"
He glanced at Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo and handed the two envelopes over, "This is the edict written by Master Qiantose to the two commander-in-chiefs."
Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down to accept the edict, then opened the envelope on the spot, took out the letter paper inside, and began to read. As they read, their expressions changed. First there was surprise, then joy, then doubt.
It turned out that Zhu Cihong informed Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo in the letter that Wu Sangui was about to retaliate, and asked them to send troops to cooperate! He also promised to make each of them a duke after the matter was completed.
At the same time, Zhu Cixiang also threatened them directly in the letter that if they did not cooperate, they would be stripped of their military power and imprisoned! He also said that he will soon lead 100,000 troops to Fengyang Mansion in Zhongdu... It's up to you two!
It seems that this matter cannot be faked!
Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo really believed it - of course it was a lie. Wu Sangui was being watched closely by Azige, so how could he dare to fight back? If this really happened, Zhu Cixiang would not tell Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo!
These two are not good people, and they are both suspected of colluding with Tatar. If the news is leaked to Dorgon, wouldn't it ruin Wu Sangui's important matter?
Zhu Chunchen looked at Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo with a smile, and said with a smile: "You have also read the edict from Master Qiantui. If you want to send troops, please give me an accurate letter when to send troops!"
Xu Dingguo Old man Xu put away the edict written by Zhu Cixiang and said to Zhu Chunchen with a smile: "My lord, I only have 10,000 soldiers (actually only 8,000). We can't all leave Suizhou. We can send up to 5,000 troops at most. We can do it within three days." Set off."
As he spoke, Old Man Xu glanced at Liu Liangzuo flatteringly.
Liu Liangzuo also collected the letter and said with a smile: "My lord, I will send 15,000 troops. We can send troops from Shangqiu within three days."
Zhu Chunchen glanced at Lu Daqi, and Lu Daqi said: "The 20,000 troops of the two of you are going north to attract the attention of the Tatars. Ping Xibo will be a great thing, and the Ming Dynasty will be revived. By then, you two will be the heroes of the Ming Dynasty... ... I don’t have many troops at hand, so I can’t send troops together with you two. However, I have 50,000 shi of grain in Bozhou, which I can use as military rations for you two, and we will have it shipped later.”
"Thank you very much Futai!"
"I also thanked Futai."
The two military leaders did not expect that there was a conspiracy behind the 50,000 stone army rations...
Zhu Chunchen smiled: "Although General Huang from Fengyang and General Gao from Xuzhou have trouble leaving, they will send their troops north, and General Liu from Shandong will also send troops... The five generals will join forces, You can definitely show the Tatars something awesome!"
