Huang Zhisheng's last Jinshi was obviously underestimated. That is to say, the imperial examination back then only had a written test and no interview. Otherwise, based on his eloquence, he would not be able to get into the first class, but he would definitely be able to get into the second class.
This guy is so tough! After what he said, Wu Sangui's deeds of revenge for the Ming Dynasty that could have been shown off suddenly turned into a shocking crime that destroyed the Ming Dynasty!
And what he said makes sense, and there is no problem with the logic.
It is impossible for Prince Zhu to deny the legitimacy of Nan Ming. He cannot deny it in terms of reason and interests.
At that time, he, the official son of Emperor Chongzhen, didn't know where to hide in the limelight. Other descendants of the Zhu family threw their heads and blood to protect the Ming Dynasty and established several small Ming dynasties without fighting. Whether from the "original emperor theory" or from From the perspective of preserving the country of Han people with the surname Zhu, these small imperial courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty were all tenable.
Moreover, many of the big and small warlords who supported the Third Prince Zhu to become Emperor Xian of the Ming Dynasty had followed various "Xiao Ming Dynasties" in the prosperous past. The Third Prince Zhu wanted to deny these Xiao Ming Dynasties, and the big guys behind him Can you agree?
In addition, these emperors and nearby royal families of the Southern Ming Dynasty are almost all dead now. Even if there are still a few embers left, they not only pose no threat to the third prince Zhu, but they are still a force that can be used by him - now The third prince Zhu is not as powerful as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. He doesn’t have many people of his own, so he must cherish him!
As for whether Wu Sangui would be guilty of "destroying the Ming Dynasty" because of the destruction of the Yongli Dynasty, that is not something that Prince Zhu San and the big guys behind him (except Wu Sangui himself) have to consider.
Anyway, it is not Wu Sangui who is holding the emperor hostage and commanding the princes in Nanjing!
Seeing Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan speechless, Huang Zhisheng knew he had found the right one. So he followed this point and said: "Master Shizi, Master Shisun, this Ming Dynasty, my family's Lao Chuang Wang destroyed it once, and your family's Lao Xiwang destroyed it again. Although our two families are now fighting They are wearing the name of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they are all enemies of the Ming Dynasty!"
It seems right!
Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui, one destroyed the Ming Dynasty, the other destroyed the Second Ming Dynasty, and now there is another San Ming Dynasty to pay back endlessly! If Sanming is really frightened, it will definitely avenge Daming and Erming. By then, Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui will have nothing to gain!
"Moreover, our two families are enemies of the Qing Dynasty!" Huang Zhisheng continued, "Your Xiwang family was forced to rebel by the Manchus. If your family didn't rebel, the Manchus wouldn't tolerate you, let alone now? And we Chuang Wang’s family and the Manchu Qing Dynasty have the hatred of destroying the country and the blood feud! So our two families actually have two common enemies. Although our two families also have hatred between them. But between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Shouldn't we join forces before our mortal enemy is eliminated by us?"
It seems to make sense!
Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan looked a little excited.
Huang Zhisheng continued: "Now Prince Yue Le of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has proposed to give Jingzhou to my old king Chuang in exchange for a passage to the south of the Yangtze River to defeat the third prince Zhu. There must be two tigers competing for food. That is to use one Jingzhou. Make our two families fight!"
The last Jinshi was also familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Could he still see what the Manchus were planning?
Of course Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan also knew what the Manchus were thinking? In fact, Wu Yingxiong didn't plan to have a fight with Li Zicheng. He still wanted to shock China and save his wife!
However, this idea cannot be exposed too early, and it must be held in mind.
Wu Yingxiong said: "Let's do this. You can give me Jingzhou, Jingmen and the land south of the Han River in Anlu Prefecture. The other places in Anlu Prefecture and De'an Prefecture can be given to King Chuang. In addition, I can also let me The third brother withdrew from Jiangxi and gave all the territory he grabbed in Jiangxi to King Chuang. In this way, you King Chuang can go to Jiangnan with peace of mind, and I can also send troops to Nanyang and Luoyang to steal Kangxi's retreat. In the future, you King Chuang occupies the southeast, and our Wu family occupies Guanlong, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Can the Manchu and Qing Dynasties let them stay in Shanxi, Henan, North Zhili, and Shandong for a while?"
"King Chuang means the same thing!" Huang Zhisheng gave an affirmative answer at first, and then changed the topic, "But Yue Le will gather all his troops to Jingzhou City first, and then board the ship there and set off along the way. The Yangtze River flows all the way east. If the people who go to take over Jingzhou are not the troops of King Chuang but the soldiers of the Wu family, I'm afraid Yue Le will immediately close the city and hold on. Considering the strength of Jingzhou, the number of soldiers and horses under Yue Le's command, and the strength of Yue Le, The army has abundant food and grass. The siege of Jingzhou will be easy to fight. Although the Wu family's troops will be able to defeat Jingzhou sooner or later, it will not be worth the loss if it delays the northward march to the Central Plains, right?
It would be better for King Chuang to take over Jingzhou City first, and the territories of De'an and Anlu to be taken over by the Wu family first. After Yue Le's people move away, how about our two families switch places? "
This is asking Li Zicheng to borrow Jingzhou!
Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan immediately guessed what Li Zicheng was thinking!
The sites of Anlu and De'an cannot be compared with Jingzhou City in terms of economic value or strategic value!
Because Jingzhou City is surrounded by the best plains in Hubei, surrounded by fertile paddy fields, a perfect land of fish and rice! Moreover, Jingzhou is also an important stronghold controlling the Yangtze River! Li Zicheng currently holds the three fortresses in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Yuezhou. If he goes to Jingzhou again, then this section of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River will be firmly controlled by the old Li family.
As for Li Zicheng returning Jingzhou to Wu Sangui. Hehe, that was just a dream!
However, Wu Yingxiong still nodded seriously: "Okay! It's settled! Mr. Huang, please tell King Chuang and ask him to negotiate terms with Yue Le as soon as possible. Then let Yue Le leave as soon as possible! Jingzhou replaces De'an and An Let’s talk about Lu’s matter slowly after Yue Le leaves.”
His words sounded urgent, and he seemed to be eager to send Yue Le away.
And Huang Zhisheng also knew a little bit about what Wu Yingxiong was anxious about—anxious to shock China!
He has heard a lot of news from the northwest in Xiangyang. Wu Yingqi achieved another great victory in Qinzhou, defeated the Qing army commanded by Fei Yanggu, captured the entire Qinzhou, and then divided his troops into Gongchang, Lanzhou, etc. is about to sweep across Gansu!
If Wu Yingxiong didn't take the time to show off, he would wait until his brother entered Guanzhong and drove Kangxi away. It's hard to say whether the heir apparent of the old Wu family will be replaced!
After understanding the joints, Huang Zhisheng smiled and nodded: "Then I will leave immediately to return to Wuchang!"
"Mr. Wang," Wu Yingxiong said to Wang Shirong who was accompanying him, "you and Mr. Huang will choose the fastest boat to Wuchang for this trip!"
"yes."
Huang Zhisheng and Wang Shirong left together. As soon as they left, Wu Sangui's voice came from a side door in the lobby where Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan were: "Humph, Li Zicheng actually imitated Liu Bei and borrowed Jingzhou!"
Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan stood up together and saluted at the door.
Then I saw Wu Sangui, dressed as a Ming Dynasty prince, walking in with Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen, and then sat down on a grand master's chair in the middle of the lobby.
It turned out that Wu Sangui had arrived in Xiangyang, but without making any announcement, he quietly entered the city and hid directly in Wu Yingxiong's Prince's Mansion.
"Father," Wu Yingxiong also found a chair nearby and sat down, and then said to Wu Sangui, "Once Yue Le's army leaves, we will have no worries for the time being. We can just leave Nanyang to intimidate Luoyang. Maybe we can force Kangxi ceded Guanzhong and returned the princess!"
Return the princess?
Wu Sangui was quite happy at first when he heard Wu Yingxiong say that he wanted to leave Nanyang and force Luoyang - this "bear son" seemed to be successful. Then when he heard Wu Yingxiong say "return the princess", his heart sank to the bottom.
You've already "shocked China", why do you still need Princess Jianning? Shouldn't we conquer the whole world in one go?
"Kangxi will not cede Guanzhong and hand over the princess! If he does this, it will be like telling the whole world that he cannot defeat us. How many people in the world will follow him and fight with us?"
Wu Sangui poured a basin of cold water on his son's head. He went on to say: "Even if you leave Nanyang, Kangxi can reinforce the Central Plains by shrinking the troops in the northwest. He has more cavalry than we do, and the Central Plains is a vast plain. We don't have any." How many cavalry teams are unable to make a long march and can only advance slowly from city to city, making camp step by step!
If there are really no problems in our rear, then that's okay. Even if the sun is gone, it will take three to five years to be completed. But do you think Li Zicheng will really give us three to five years to slowly move north? Have you forgotten how Guan Yunchang was taken advantage of by Soochow? Aren't you afraid that Li Zicheng will steal our Xiangyang City? "
"This." Wu Yingxiong couldn't answer for a while.
"Grandpa," Wu Shifan still had something to say, just listen to what he said, "Guan Yu lost Jingzhou not because of his carelessness, but because Mi Fang surrendered without a fight. And if we can send reliable and good warriors to garrison Xiangyang, we will be successful. It is impossible for millions of soldiers to fall down at once. Sun'er feels that instead of taking the strong city of Xiangyang in the north, it is better to go east along the river and enter Jinling to threaten the emperor of tomorrow."
Wu Sangui nodded approvingly: "Shifan, what you have planned for Li Zicheng is indeed the best strategy. Xiangyang is not easy to capture. Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang are also difficult to capture. It is not easy for us to destroy Li Zicheng, and it is not easy for Li Zicheng to capture Xiangyang." . And even if he takes Xiangyang, he will still be under the attack of your third uncle and the Manchus, and the situation will not change much.
But who can guarantee that Li Zicheng will take the best approach? If Li Zicheng was really that smart, how could he lose the country he had already acquired? "
Wu Shifan couldn't answer now.
Wu Sangui sneered: "And Li Zicheng won't believe me Wu Sangui, and I can't trust Li Zicheng either! So Li Zicheng will not go east to the south of the Yangtze River before he captures Xiangyang, Changsha, and Yichang. And I am capturing Jingzhou, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Yuezhou Before, I didn’t dare to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition!”
This time Wu Sangui’s analysis makes sense!
Wu Shifan thought to himself: If Wang Xiaozhong is in Wuchang now and I am in Xiangyang, there will be no problem with the two families back to back. But my grandfather and Li Zicheng. My grandfather opened Shanhaiguan back then, which attracted Qing soldiers and deceived Emperor Li Zicheng into not being able to become a monk! This Li Zicheng would not believe my grandfather even if he believed in ghosts!
"Father, that's that." Wu Yingxiong, who was about to shock China, hesitated again.
Wu Shifan understood what his father was thinking, and he also wanted to try to save his aunt, Princess Jianning, and his two younger brothers.
So Wu Shifan hurriedly spoke for him: "Grandpa, my grandson thinks that we should use the same strategy to attack the south and attack the north!"
"Then tell me!"
Wu Sangui became interested.
In fact, he has already thought of good and bad ideas!
But it’s his fault that he’s bad, and Wu Yingxiong is obviously not bad enough. Although Wu Shifan can fight well, he doesn’t seem to have enough bad blood in his stomach!
Do you need to listen carefully to what he has to say this time?
"Grandpa," Wu Shifan said, "we can pretend to lend Jingzhou to Li Zicheng, and at the same time send the army north to Nanyang, and send an envoy to Xi'an to ask Kangxi to cede Guanzhong and return the princess!"
This is Wu Yingxiong’s wishful thinking!
The possibility of success may not be high, but it is not impossible, so you should still give it a try.
What if it succeeds?
Wu Shifan then added: "Kangxi will definitely not agree, and Li Zicheng will definitely come for a sneak attack. And we can bluff in Nanyang while mobilizing elite troops, go south and raid Jingzhou!
Although Li Zicheng has several important towns such as Jingzhou, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Yuezhou, he does not have many troops, and he is sandwiched between the Manchu and Qing Dynasties on the east and west sides, so he will not be able to use his troops well. If Li Zicheng wants to attack Xiangyang, he will definitely use up the troops in Jingzhou because for Li Zicheng, Jingzhou can still be lost, but Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang are the territories that cannot be lost.
Therefore, we are absolutely sure to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Jingzhou! As for Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang, we can only take a long-term approach. "
Wu Sangui nodded repeatedly. Of course he knew what his grandson was planning. But Wu Yingxiong only thought about one move, while Wu Shifan had already thought about the next few moves. It seemed that Wu Shifan was worse.
Wu Shifan saw that Wu Sangui only nodded and said nothing, so he started thinking about bad ideas again, and he actually thought of some, "Grandpa, now Li Zicheng doesn't know that you have come to Xiangyang. My grandson can continue to keep it a secret, and tell the public that you are preparing for it, grandpa." Attack Guanzhong fiercely, so my father and my third uncle decided to send troops to Zhongzhou. This is the route of "Longzhong Dui"!
If Li Zicheng didn't know that you came to Xiangyang, he would be more easily fooled. After all, my father has always been loyal and honest."
Wu Sangui chuckled: "Your father is an honest and good man, your grandfather and I are a bad person. You can't learn to be good from your father. You have to learn to be bad from me. Do you understand?"
"What grandpa said is that your grandson must learn to be bad!"
"Study hard. Hahaha!" Wu Sangui was amused by Wu Shifan's words, "You really have to study hard! But this time the bad idea was a good one, so let's do it!" As he spoke, he turned back to Fang Guangchen and said, "Xianting, you go back to Hunan immediately and tell Lao San to send Zu Zeqing to lead 20,000 troops from Yichang north to Xiangyang to help in the battle, while he himself will be stationed in Changsha and stand by."
"yes!"
"Xuanchu," Wu Sangui said to Liu Xuanchu again, "Cai Lu, the Manchu general in charge of Henan, wants to lead Nanyang to join me. You go to Nanyang with my order, make him the admiral of Henan, and let him obey your command. Tell him not to move yet. After the prince sends out troops, he will exaggerate the enemy's situation and report to Guanzhong! Just say that I am leading a hundred thousand troops to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!"
"yes!"
Huang Zhisheng and Wang Shirong took a fast boat and sailed down the Han River. They arrived in Wuchang within a few days and met Li Zicheng and Li Laishun at the Prince of Chu's Mansion in Wuchang.
When they arrived, Wuchang had already received a "hero post" from Nanjing, so as soon as Wang Shirong followed Huang Zhisheng in, Li Zicheng waved the "post" in his hand and said to the two of them with a smile: " Mr. Huang, Mr. Wang, you are here just in time. Guess who sent this invitation?"
Wang Shirong and Huang Zhisheng saluted Er Li together, and then Huang Zhisheng asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, has the envoy from Nanjing arrived?"
"Hehe, OK, I guessed it right away!" Li Zicheng nodded, "Prince Zhu San and Geng Jingzhong have finally joined forces. Now he has established a firm foothold in Nanjing and is preparing to hold a restoration conference to discuss national affairs with the heroes of the world. Yes, we are discussing the reopening of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Wang, the envoy of the third prince Zhu is also planning to go to Xiangyang to meet the crown prince of the Western King. The Western King is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, so he will definitely send someone to attend the meeting, right?"
Wang Shirong was also a little confused by the news. Why did he need to hold a conference to rebuild the Ming Dynasty? Does it mean that when Prince Zhu becomes the emperor, he needs to be recommended by all the heroes in the world? Isn’t this in line with the Huangming ancestral system?
Although he was muttering in his heart, he still gave an affirmative answer: "Of course, the Prince of the West will definitely send someone to Nanjing on behalf of the King of the West. Maybe that person is a foreign minister."
"That's good!" Li Zicheng looked at Huang Zhisheng and said with a smile, "Well, I'll send Huang Zhisheng there and then you can join the Manchu and Qing envoys together. Let's go together!"
"What? An envoy from the Manchu Qing Dynasty? The Manchu Qing Dynasty also sent people to attend the Restoration Conference?" Wang Shirong was even more confused.
They fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty and brought the Manchu Qing Dynasty with them?
Li Laishun said with a smile: "The emperor is joking with you! But according to the envoy of the third prince Zhu, the third prince is indeed planning to send someone to send a message to Kangxi, asking Kangxi to also send envoys to Nanjing to discuss rebuilding the Ming Dynasty. Maybe. Does Prince Zhu want to make Kangxi angry?"
(End of chapter)
