At the end of March in the 10th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Kunming, Yunnan.
After crossing more than half of Sichuan and walking hundreds of miles in Yunnan Province, Wang Zhongxiao finally arrived in Kunming, Wu Sangui's hometown. The city of Kunming has now become a bit strange.
After several months of martial law, the streets of Kunming were actually much livelier than when Wang Zhongxiao left three years ago. There were people coming and going on the street, and all the shops were doing business. I saw some men wearing gray or blue round-neck robes (Ming Dynasty clothing) and red tassel hats (Qing Dynasty official hats) with their wives. My kids, we’re shopping for big and small bags! It was as if a windfall had just been issued.
However, this unclear and unambiguous appearance was not what surprised Wang Zhongxiao the most. When passing by one of the most prosperous intersections in Kunming, he suddenly saw a group of men wearing yellow round-neck robes and red hoods. Holding two big flags and shouting something.
Because the streets were very noisy, Wang Zhongxiao didn't hear what they were shouting for a while, but his eyesight was very good and he could see the words on the two big flags from a long distance. One side is embroidered with the Chinese characters "Heaven and Earth will divide the rudder in Yunnan"! On the other hand, "Qing Tian is dead, Zhou Tian must be established"!
Well, the banner of the Yunnan branch of the Tiandihui was carried onto the streets of Kunming with such magnanimity!
There is also this "Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian must be established". Did Wu Sangui learn the propaganda methods of the Yellow Turban Uprising? Will there be any more "Slaying the White Snake", "Fish Belly Book", "Stone Man Turns the World Away", etc. next?
Thinking of this, Wang Zhongxiao turned around and asked Wu Shicong who was leading him into the city: "Brother, what's going on? Why is Tiandihui taking to the streets? Isn't this too blatant?"
Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Sanhao came to Yunnan as Kangxi's envoys, bearing Emperor Kangxi's personal handwriting, and were accompanied by palace guards sent by Yue Le, so he now had to pretend to be the "final" minister of the Qing Dynasty.
When the great minister sees rebels operating openly on the street, he always asks them to question them.
Wu Shicong sighed: "Isn't this the case that my grandfather suffered a return of wind before?"
Have you started cheating?
Wang Zhongxiao nodded in agreement: "I know this, didn't I agree?"
"It's good, but..." Wu Shicong sighed again, "How should I put it? It just became a little weird after I woke up!"
Getting weird? Wang Zhongxiao thought to himself: Has he been transported through time? Or are you just pretending?
"Young master, teacher, what's this weird trick of this prince?" Lu Sanhao also asked - he came to Yunnan this time as the master and special envoy of Prince Pingxi Prince Wu Yingxiong, so he had to perform with him.
"After the prince woke up, he said that he dreamed of the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven told him: Qingtian is dead, and Zhoutian should be established!"
The person who answered this question was Liu Xuanchu, the military advisor of King Pingxi. Today, he and Wu Shicong greeted Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao and their party at the gate of Kunming City.
Wu Sangui actually does this?
What a progress!
Wang Zhongxiao pretended to be surprised and asked: "How did this prince get into trouble with the Yellow Turban Army?"
Wu Shicong spread his hands, "I don't know what's going on? My grandfather has been mysterious since he recovered from his illness. Except for my father, me, Fang Canjun, Guo Canjun, Xia Dutong, Hu Dutong, and Aunt Chen, I rarely see people, and even if I do, I don’t say a few words.”
Oh, Wang Zhongxiao thought: Is this "pretending to be alive"?
Liu Xuanchu added: "After the prince said, 'Qingtian is dead and Zhou Tian should be established,' the Yunnan branch of the Tiandihui began to carry out public activities. Moreover, the prince also ordered all the ministries below to put on new uniforms, that is Planting round-neck robes. In addition, the prince also opened the treasury to give rewards to the various soldiers below, and released a total of two million taels! The market in Kunming was so excited. I don’t plan to live this day anymore!"
Wang Zhong said with a filial heart: Wu Sangui's rebellion is getting more and more busy! But this is mainly due to me. It was I who passed on the two "treasure books" of rebellion, "The Theory of the World is Public" and "The Tianchao Land System", and the professional rebel organization Tiandihui to Wu Sangui.
It seems that rebellion still needs to be organized. There are theories that can guide the rebellion, organizations can implement the theories, and they can also work together to create a lot of tricks for rebellion.
In addition, there are two schools in Guangdong that specialize in training civil servants and generals for the fight against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty!
Hahaha, Kang Mazi is in big trouble this time, and his Qing Dynasty is almost gone.
While several people were talking, they had already walked along the street to the group of Tiandihui rebels holding big flags, wearing yellow robes and red hoods. What did the rebels shout?
"Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian will be established, the fields will be equalized, and the world will be at peace!"
Most of the people who gathered around to watch the anti-thieves of the Heaven and Earth Society on the street were men dressed as "Ming and Qing Dynasties" and their families. These people were actually the vassal army and green camp soldiers under Wu Sangui. They had just received their settlement allowance, so Most of them who came to the city to buy some food for their wives and children had the experience of "breaking into and offering sacrifices" to the Second Army, so of course they knew the meaning of these slogans.
"Qingtian" undoubtedly alludes to the Qing Dynasty, and "Zhoutian" is of course the world of the Han people - Han people's etiquette comes from "Zhouli", so "Zhoutian" is "Hantian".
Therefore, "the Qing Dynasty died and the Han Dynasty stood up" means to rebel!
And "Equalize the land, the world will be safe" means why you rebel, who you fight for, and what are the benefits of a successful rebellion!
Everything has been made clear, only by countering it can you be more energetic!
When the members of the Tiandihui shouted such inspiring slogans, someone immediately echoed them loudly.
"It's good to say that things should have changed a long time ago! If things change, we can only walk out of the mountains of Yunnan and have a seat in the world!"
"Yes! Why should the whole world support them when they eat well and drink spicy food in Beijing? This is unfair!"
"Yes, it's not fair. We helped fight the world, but all the benefits go to them? Is this fair?"
"That's not fair!"
"They also want to take Yunnan away from us! What should we do?"
"Fight them. If you win, you can divide the land and rule the world!"
Of course, it is possible that these people are being supported. Being supported can enhance the atmosphere! Once the atmosphere is up, we can mobilize more broadly.
As for wider mobilization and its methods, it was of course Wang Zhongxiao who passed it on to Wu Shicong and Wu Yuanyi, who then brought it back to Yunnan. This rebellion can be carried out independently from the masses, but the revolution must mobilize the masses extensively and rely on the masses.
With the participation of the people, the anti-Qing revolution can explode with huge power!
After Wu Sangui's "stroke", he immediately blocked the postal and commercial routes in and out of Yunnan, and implemented martial law in Kunming. In addition to confusing the Qing court and creating the illusion that he could not afford to fall ill, the purpose was to facilitate mobilization in the army and in Kunming city. ——Although Wu Sangui’s army has a strong desire to rebel, not everyone knows why they want to rebel. What are the benefits of rebelling? They are just used to it and are rebellious habitually!
The residents in Kunming City must also be fully mobilized, because most of them depend on Prince Pingxi's Palace for survival. They are either craftsmen who produce weapons for Prince Pingxi's Palace, or are merchants who do business for Prince Pingxi's Palace, or they are under Prince Pingxi's Palace. The families of the military and officials.
Only by letting these people know the meaning of the "anti-Qing revolution" and the benefits they can get from this "revolution" can they be united. By uniting these people, Wu Sangui's group can exert its greatest combat effectiveness and quickly complete the relocation and redeployment after advancing into Sichuan and Shaanxi-Gansu, thereby completing control of the newly attached areas.
The Yunnan Tiandi Association's mobilization in Kunming now seems to be working well.
The onlookers also cheered
"middle!"
"Too!"
"It should have been like this a long time ago"
Amidst cheers, Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao and others had passed through the most prosperous area of Kunming City and arrived at the Yunnan Governor's Yamen not far from Wuhua Mountain.
The governor of Yunnan is different from the governors elsewhere. The governors elsewhere can truly control the governors who are subordinate to the governor's office. Although the number of governors is not large, usually one or two thousand, only a few provinces have as many as three or four thousand. But at least he is somewhat armed. But Fu Biao, the governor of Yunnan, has always been under the control of Pingxi Palace!
The governors of the Qing Dynasty did not have second assistants. Without the governor, they would have a group of unofficial masters. The Yunnan governor Li Tianyu was even worse. His masters wisely disappeared after Kunming imposed martial law! So when Wang Zhongxiao and the others arrived, Li Tianyu had only maids, servants, family members, and wives under him except for some Goshiha soldiers.
He is just a bare-bones governor who can't do anything, and he doesn't even have anyone to make suggestions. Previously, people from Prince Pingxi's Mansion had blocked her in the Yamen, and she had been "housed" in the Governor's Yamen in Kunming for several months. She almost died of starvation and suffocation. I didn't expect that I would be released.
What made him even more unexpected was that he could actually see the Qing officials carrying the emperor's handwriting.
When his subordinate Ge Shiha came to inform him that Lu Yifeng and a Wang guard from Beijing were asking for an audience, he didn't care about the dignity of the governor and went out to greet the "lower official" himself.
"Shikai, Sanhao, what's the situation outside? Have the imperial army's crusade arrived? Things are going to change in Yunnan!"
After inviting Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Yifeng into the lobby of the Yamen, Li Tianyu couldn't wait to inquire about the situation outside - obviously he was still blind and didn't know that the imperial army was approaching step by step.
Wang Zhongxiao replied: "Li Futai, the heavenly troops of the imperial court are divided into five groups and have already pressed around Yunnan and Guizhou. However, the emperor sent these five armies not for crusade, but to send King Pingxi to the throne and force King Pingxi to succeed him. The second young master went to Beijing. Xiaguan and Magistrate Lu came to Kunming this time to convey the emperor's decree to the two young masters of King Pingxi."
As he spoke, he suddenly frowned, "Li Futai, what's going on in Kunming City? Why are people everywhere saying, 'Qingtian is dead, Zhou Tian will stand'? In addition, will Heaven and Earth rebel? Why? Why do you openly go out on the streets to confuse people? And has King Pingxi recovered?"
Li Tianyu said: "Kunming is already in chaos! It has been in chaos since King Pingxi suffered a stroke!
Although King Pingxi respected his troops, he still acted with some discretion. But his son Wu Yingqi was wild and violent, acted without scruples, and had long harbored evil intentions and plotted rebellion. Before King Pingxi fell ill, he may have had a deep collusion with Prince Zhu and the Tiandi Society. After King Pingxi fell ill, he intensified his efforts, almost turning Kunming City into a devil's cave where rebels and thieves from the Heaven and Earth Society were rampant! "
"This is happening!"
"Why is he so mad and rebellious?"
Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Yifeng both looked inexplicably surprised, with their eyes wide open and exaggerated expressions on their faces, as if they were showing off their acting skills.
However, Li Tianyu didn't notice anything wrong. He, who was kept in the dark, was still answering questions for two people who knew the truth.
Li Tianyu paused for a moment, then continued: "As for King Pingxi, he has probably passed away! He may have passed away a long time ago! I guess that Wu Yingqi's various crazy and rebellious behaviors are related to the death of King Pingxi!"
He began to follow the direction of the illusion!
Wang Zhongxiao was shocked, "What? King Pingxi has already come to Futai. You can't just say such a big thing!"
"Do I seem to be someone who talks nonsense?" Li Tianyu said, "I have already gone to Mount Wuhua to pay my respects to King Pingxi after he was announced to have recovered."
Wang Zhongxiao asked: "Have you met King Pingxi?"
Li Tianyu said: "It should be that he saw a substitute. King Pingxi refused to let him get a closer look, but I still felt that he was more energetic than before he got sick. He didn't look like he had suffered a stroke at all! And he was very nervous when meeting the officials. Don't talk much. Even if you do speak, you will only say 'I know', 'Leave it to my son Yingqi to handle', 'Don't worry about Yingqi's work.' Where is this from King Pingxi? He is completely Wu Yingqi's puppet!"
Lu Sanhao took a breath: "It seems that King Pingxi has really passed away! Should Wu Yingqi keep the mourning secret?"
Wang Zhongxiao said: "Then, does Wu Guogui know?"
"I also feel that King Pingxi is gone." Li Tianyu said, "Wu Guogui should also know that he moved to Qujing three months ago and has never returned to Kunming. It seems that he is also worried about being raped by Wu Yingqi. harmed.”
"Can the official see Wu Guogui?" Wang Zhongxiao asked with a frown, "The official brought the emperor's edict to Wu Guogui and the personal letter from Prince Pingxi to him."
Li Tianyu shook his head: "I'm afraid he can't see him. Guard Wang, if you came from Qujing, you should have met him, so you wouldn't have asked this question. Since you asked, you should have come from Zhaotong Mansion." Come here. Wu Yingqi will not let you and Wu Guogui meet!"
"Is it possible for Wu Yingqi to turn around?" Wang Zhongxiao asked again.
"It's impossible." Li Tianyu said, "There is no turning back when the bow is fired. It is impossible for him to turn back. He announced that King Pingxi had recovered and let go of the Yunnan Post Road, probably just to confuse the court."
"What should we do?" Wang Zhongxiao looked anxious, as if everything was a little confused.
Lu Yifeng suddenly interjected at this time: "Wang Guard, don't worry. In fact, the current situation doesn't matter whether you see Wu Guogui or not. The two Wus have become enemies and have lost their appearance, leaving only Shenli. If Wu Yingqi is Once the imperial court is defeated, Wu Guogui will definitely surrender to the imperial court!"
"That makes sense!" Wang Zhongxiao nodded.
Lu Yifeng then said: "Wang Guard, we have now found out the truth about Yunnan. The top priority is to take Li Futai away to prevent him from being harmed by Wu Yingqi! As for alienating Er Wu, you can actually leave before At that time, give Wu Shicong the secret edicts and letters from the Emperor and the Crown Prince to Third Master Wu!"
"Brilliant plan!" Wang Zhongxiao clapped his hands, "Driving the tiger to devour the tiger. This plan is brilliant!" As he spoke, he took out another copy of Kangxi's handwriting and handed it to Li Tianyu, "Futai, look at this, if we Give this to Wu Yingqi, will he allow you to go north to meet Prince Pingxi?"
"Let me take a look!" Li Tianyu was so happy when he heard this, he quickly took Kangxi's edict and started reading it.
It turned out that this edict was to invite Wu Yingqi to send Wu Sangui to the north to recuperate. It also asked Wu Yingqi to hand over the power of the Pingxi Palace to the crown prince Wu Yingxiong. It also promised to forget bygones and let Wu Yingqi and Wu Sangui live their lives as two wealthy men.
"Wu Yingqi will not agree!" Li Tianyu shook his head repeatedly, "Besides, King Pingxi has probably passed away. How can Wu Yingqi protect him going north?"
"But this edict gave Wu Yingqi an excuse to send his army northward!" Wang Zhongxiao reminded, "Wu Yingqi's rebellion was imminent and had to be launched! And the emperor had already understood his conspiracy, so he had already deployed five armies. If all the five armies are deployed around Yunnan and Guizhou, Wu Yingqi will be in a much worse situation. So now he most likely wants to take risks! If he wants to take risks, he has to paralyze Prince An and the imperial soldiers. "
Lu Sanhao also nodded: "Yes, Wu Yingqi is a person who dares to take risks! Now that he is in danger, he will definitely want to fight to the death. And he has nothing to fight for in Yunnan. If he wants to fight, he must leave the province Enter Sichuan! Only in Sichuan can there be a chance of survival!
Since ancient times, only Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan have occupied three parts of the world! And as long as he wants to fight, he will let Futai leave Yunnan to pick up the prince, so as to paralyze Prince An and the imperial army. "
Li Tianyu now understood that this was his last way to survive! If you don't want to die in Yunnan after Wu Yingqi's rebellion, and you don't want to be buried with Wu Yingqi, then you have the only excuse to welcome Wu Yingxiong to leave Kunming, this place of death.
Thinking of this, Li Tianyu nodded and said: "Let's go to Wuhua Mountain tomorrow to meet King Pingxi, and at the same time hand over the emperor's decree to Wu Yingqi!"
(End of chapter)
