In the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty and Qin Dynasty in Xi'an, in the square outside the Chengyun Gate, there was a strange scene that could be recorded in history. Baskets of pigtails were carried in by the extremely excited Wu officers and soldiers, and were carried to the Chengyun Gate and placed on the In front of Wu Sangui, the Western King of the Ming Dynasty who was dozing off.
Oh, this Wu Sangui didn't doze off at the beginning, but there were too many braids, that was more than 100,000 braids! Not only did Kangxi and his Qing soldiers cut off their pigtails to protect their heads, but all the family members who followed them, regardless of gender, also had their pigtails cut off - even though Ma Bao said he should keep his pigtails. Hair is a man's rule, but it doesn't say that women can have braids. It's safer to cut it!
After getting enough braids, Ma Bao took them back to Xi'an without stopping. And just when he went to Tongguan to get his braids, Wu Sangui had already led a large group of people into Xi'an City, and majestically entered the Forbidden City of the King of Qin - the Forbidden City of the King of Qin once served as Li Zicheng's palace, and later became part of the city. It was severely damaged for a time. After Kangxi arrived in Xi'an, it became a row again, so it was repaired to a certain extent.
That's why Wu Sangui could lie down on a table placed under the transport door and sleep soundly.
However, the generals of the Wu army and the civil servants of the West Palace who gathered outside Chengyun Gate today to look at the pigtails were obviously too happy. No one noticed that Wu Sangui had fallen asleep. They were all happily discussing the matter of the Qing Bald Army.
"Pity"
"What's a pity?"
"It's a pity that all the braids have been cut off, and none of the braids are connected to the head!"
"Haha, that's because they are already afraid of our Ming Dynasty's Western Army! This time the braid cutting in Tongguan was a trick of our prince's plan. Kang Guangtou's Bald Army will be afraid of our Ming Dynasty's Western Army from the bottom of their hearts when they think of their own bald heads! "
"Yes, these braids are the lifeblood of the Manchu people. Now that they don't have the lifeblood anymore, why should they fight with the Ming Dynasty's Western soldiers?"
"Hehe, look, we don't have to keep any covenants. We should immediately mobilize our troops and march into Shanxi and go straight to Beijing!"
"It's too urgent. Now the Manchus still have strength. The reason why Kang Guangtou is willing to shave his head is because he and his brother Fuquan killed each other. This is like the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fighting each other after Yuan Shao died. If Cao Cao attacks If they are too impatient, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang will form a group to resist, and it will be difficult to fight. So in history, Cao Cao came to join forces with Yuan Tan to fight against Yuan Shang, and finally he came to catch them all."
"So, isn't your prince the Prime Minister Cao? This Prime Minister Cao wants to be the emperor!"
"Well, your prince wants it too!"
"Nonsense, then why does our prince want to be the emperor? It's clearly God's will! During this period of time, there has been constant auspiciousness on our side. Why did Sichuan capture the white tiger, Gansu presented the Tianlong horse, and Wuzhangyuan dug up Zhuge's monument? It is said that the descendants of Zhong Yong want to raise Jizhou again!"
"What kind of Yong is Zhong? Who is he? Why do you want to promote Ji Zhou again?"
"Are you less knowledgeable? Let me tell you, this Zhongyong's surname is Wu, and his name is Wu Zhongyong. He is the second uncle of Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, and the ancestor of King Ermen. He and his eldest brother Wu Taibo can't handle Jichang's Adaji Jili , so he fled to Suzhou and established the State of Wu there."
"That's not right. Wu Zhongyong's surname is Wu, and King Wen of Zhou's Ji Chang is surnamed Ji. Why are they uncle and nephew? Shouldn't they have the same surname?"
"This, this is not important. What is important is that Wu Zhongyong's descendants will become emperors of Zhou! Zhuge Liang calculated this, and it is absolutely correct!"
"Then who are Wu Zhongyong's descendants?"
"Who else is our prince? His surname is Wu."
"Yes, our prince is going to be the Emperor of Zhou, but how can he become the Emperor of Zhou?"
"Of course it's a yellow robe! I happen to have a yellow robe here, let's put it on the king right now!"
"Okay okay"
As Wu Sangui's chief civil servant Fang Guangchen took out a yellow robe, the discussion that started with braids finally reached an agreement - because Kangxi had shaved his head with his men, everyone unanimously decided to add a yellow robe to Wu Sangui. clothing!
Wu Sangui was a little sleepy after "sleeping", but finally came the part where the yellow robe was added to the body, and now he was no longer sleepy! While Wu Sangui was sleeping energetically, the representatives who would wear clothes for Wu Sangui had been elected. The leader was of course Fang Guangchen, and the cooperating ones were Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Ma Bao, Wang Pingfan, Wu Zhimao, etc. people.
A large group of people gently walked around behind Wu Sangui, who was pretending to sleep, holding an oversized yellow robe.
The remaining military officers and civilian officials arranged their shifts according to size and knelt outside the transport gate. Seeing that everyone was kneeling, Fang Guangchen nodded to his accomplices. They all put the yellow robe over Wu Sangui's body, like casting a net, and immediately fell asleep on the table. Wu Sangui was caught in the net, and then Wu Yingxiong started to straighten the yellow robe again, pulling the yellow robe down to expose Wu Sangui's head.
Then, Fang Guangchen, Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Ma Bao, Wang Pingfan, Wu Zhimao and others went around to the table where Wu Sangui was sleeping and knelt down together. Then Fang Guangchen raised his right hand again and waved heavily.
Seeing Fang Guangchen's signal, everyone shouted together with all their strength: "I respectfully invite His Highness the King of the West to obey the rules of heaven and ascend the throne as soon as possible to ascend the throne as the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. Long live my emperor, long live, long live the emperor." !”
Hundreds of people roared together, and it sounded like thunder. Wu Sangui seemed to be awakened by the "thunder". His whole body trembled, and then he slowly sat up straight - he had to stand up slowly, but he couldn't The yellow robe slipped down, which was very unlucky.
After sitting upright, Wu Sangui probably felt a little cold, so he tightened his yellow robe tightly around his body, and then looked at the people kneeling below with a blank look on his face: "What's going on? Why are you all kneeling on the ground? Kangxi and the others Where are your braids? Have they been delivered?"
"Your Majesty," Fang Guangchen said loudly, "the pigtails have been delivered. Your Majesty is so powerful, how dare Wu Xuanye, a child, disobey your Majesty's order!"
"Okay!" Wu Sangui didn't seem to notice that the robe he was wearing was yellow, "Since Wu Xuanye has cut off his braids in accordance with the king's decree, then the Qing Kingdom is a vassal of this king, and I am a vassal of His Highness Prince Ding, the Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty. , so the Qing Kingdom is also a minister of the Ming Dynasty. In this case, my king’s Northern Expedition to the Central Plains is a complete victory. Now, shouldn’t it be time for my king to report the victory to His Highness Prince Ding of Nanjing?”
"Your Majesty," Fang Guangchen replied when he saw that Wu Sangui was still pretending to be confused, "Wu Xuanye is not Zhu Xuanye. He was just intimidated by the might of the King and had to surrender to the King! And the vassals of the King are not equal to the vassals of the Ming Dynasty. "
"Why is this?" Wu Sangui is still pretending!
"Because Qing Tian is dead, Zhou Tian should be established! The so-called Zhou Tian is the heaven of Ji Zhou! The surname Zhu comes from Zhu Xiang, who is Emperor Yan, not after Ji Zhou. And the king is after Wu Taibo and Wu Zhongyong. Taibo and Zhongyong were the uncles of King Wen of Zhou. They gave way to Ji Li, the father of King Wen, and went to the south of the Yangtze River to open up the Kingdom of Wu. Therefore, your Majesty, you are the queen of Ji Zhou. This 'Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian should be established.' The prophecy has come true for you, Your Majesty.”
"Father, my son excavated a stone tablet in Wuzhangyuan a few days ago. It also says, 'Qingtian died, Zhou Tian will take his place, and after Zhongyong, the Zhou Dynasty will be reopened'."
"Father, now that Kangxi has proclaimed his vassalship to you, it means that Qingtian is dead! And when the destiny of Qing is transferred to you, it is Zhou Tian who takes his place. And since you are the queen of Zhongyong, you should reopen Zongzhou! The so-called destiny cannot be violated. Father, don’t refuse anymore, let’s obey the rules and reopen Zhoutian!”
"Please, Your Majesty, please obey me and reopen the Zhoutian!"
What these people said was so reasonable, Wu Sangui was speechless for a moment!
However, he still did not directly answer whether he wanted to inherit the throne of emperor passed down by King Zhou Nan, the last emperor of Zhou. He just asked in a deep voice: "If I take the position of emperor of Zhou, what should Prince Zhu do?"
Wu Sangui even called me "I". It seems that he must become the Emperor of Zhou! Now we just need to deal with the relationship with Daming.
As for the question of the Emperor of Zhou, Liu Xuanchu had already prepared the answer: "Your Majesty, the world of the Zhou Dynasty is governed by the system of feudal princes! Although the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its power and can no longer enjoy the world, it can still be granted the title of "Great King". The vassal of Zhou. The king can split the land south of the Yangtze River and make the third prince Zhu the king of the Ming Dynasty, making him the first of all the vassals and ruling the southeastern land forever!"
Wu Sangui nodded and said: "Ming Dynasty Yongzhen southeast, Qing Dynasty Yongzhen northeast, Nanguo Yongzhen Tiannan, British Yongzhen Huainan, Zhongguo Yongzhen the land of Wu, Han, Huang, An, and De, Yiguo Yongzhen Fujian In the west and Dayu Island, in the east country Yongzhen Anhui Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and eastern Fujian, and in the north country Yongzhen Xusi, the world should be peaceful, right?"
Wu Sangui then came up with a plan to build vassals and break the soil to become kings. I don’t know if he really wanted to do this?
But facing the current world situation, it seems to be more able to appease the situation.
Of course, the "Chou ministers" below all agreed and shouted together: "The Emperor is wise!"
Wu Sangui smiled and nodded, seeming to have fully recognized his "new job". Then he smiled and said to Wu Yingqi: "Yingqi, I will make you the King of the West, and you will forever guard the sweet and cool land, and guard the northwest for the country. Are you willing?"
ah? That's it?
Of course Wu Yingqi was dissatisfied. He wanted to be the prince and the emperor in the future, so why did he become the king of the northwest?
"Second brother," Wu Yingxiong saw that Wu Yingqi was speechless and quickly said to him, "the northwest is vast, and there is more than one Gansu. You can go all the way west and open up new territories, just like the Golden Horde in those days! Brother Fool will definitely try his best Support you!"
Wu Sangui also said: "Boss is right! My father also supports you to keep fighting west!
In addition, the third child also named him the king of the grassland, called King Sai, and asked him to fight north and capture both Monan and Mobei, and rule the grassland forever in the future! "
This Wu Sangui is really good at sealing. I wonder if he will find a world map in the future to seal a bunch of Dewang, Dharma King, Rice King, Rakshasa King, etc.?
Although Wu Yingqi was dissatisfied in his heart, he couldn't be unhappy when the old man wore a yellow robe, so he could only kowtow to Wu Sangui and say loudly: "My dear father, thank you for the great title!"
Wu Sangui nodded and said: "Then tell the world. From now on, I will obey the will of heaven and ascend the throne as the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, the ministers of the Zhou Dynasty knew that the persuasion was successful, so they all shouted long live.
Among all the great powers in the world, the first one to know that Wu Sangui had become the Emperor of Zhou was of course the Kangxi Emperor Wu Xuanye who had just crossed the Yellow River. The bald Mazi Emperor did not go far, but was stationed at Feng Feng on the north bank of the Yellow River. At Lingdu, he had to wait for all his "bald Qing troops" to cross the Yellow River before moving north, first to Datong, then settling down with his family, and then gathering people from all walks of life to march toward Beijing together.
The person who brought the good news to Kangxi that Wu Sangui had ascended to the throne of Emperor Zhou was Li Guangdi, Qin Hui of the Qing Dynasty, who went to Xi'an to deliver the braid. Li Guangdi is shaking now! He is "Qin Hui"!
Who is Qin Hui? A person that even Qin Hui and Zhao Gou are afraid of! Zhao Gou could get rid of Yue Fei, but would he dare to get rid of Qin Hui? After getting rid of Qin Hui, can his Jin father spare him? The same principle applies to Li Guangdi!
He returned to Fenglingdu with Wu Sangui's edict conferring Wu Xuanye the title of "King of the Qing Dynasty". To be honest, he was an angel of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Kangxi should kowtow to him!
However, Li Guangdi would not go that far. When he saw Kangxi in Fenglingdu, he still pretended to be wearing a robe and knelt down. Kangxi quickly stopped him and said: "Qing Jin, there is no need to salute. Tell me quickly, Xi'an How's the situation going?"
After Li Guangdi heard what Kangxi said, he stopped pretending, stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, Xi'an is now called Chang'an!"
"Chang'an. Wu Sangui proclaimed himself emperor?"
Li Guang nodded: "Your Majesty, you are a wise emperor. Now he is also an emperor. His country is named Da Zhou. He calls himself Wu Zhongyong and reopens the Heaven of Da Zhou!"
Kangxi smiled and said: "Okay, okay, great!"
He really feels good about it!
Because as soon as Wu Sangui became emperor, there would be a break between him and Ming Dynasty!
The general trend of the world is three points!
"Your Majesty," Li Guang said, "the Emperor of Zhou also named you the King of the Qing Dynasty. Whenever you plan to march to Beijing, the soldiers of Zhou Dynasty will come to help you!"
"good!"
Kangxi said another good thing, "With the help of the Zhou soldiers, I will definitely be able to defeat the thieves. From now on, the world will be divided into three parts!" He then looked at the bald ministers present and smiled, "Although I am a Qing Dynasty It’s only one-third, but the country and the country still have it for decades!”
A country with decades is better than none!
A group of ministers seemed to have taken reassurance. They all lifted up their robes and bowed to Kangxi, saying, "I, my servants, are waiting to congratulate the emperor!"
Kangxi nodded, his pockmarked face had calmed down: "Issuing an edict to various places, saying that King Yu Fuquan forged the late emperor's edict, proclaimed himself regent, attempted to usurp power, was treasonous and unforgivable, I have now negotiated peace with the Great Zhou Dynasty, I have no worries, and will fight with all my strength Thieves, all our loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty have gathered in Shanxi, and I will lead the loyal ministers and good generals of the Qing Dynasty to fight against the traitors together!"
After he issued the decree, he asked in a deep voice: "Is Suo'etu here?"
"Yes, my servant is here!" Of course Suo'etu was there, and he quickly took his robe and knelt down to Kangxi.
"You also go to Beijing with a copy of my order to retaliate! Tell Fu Quan that I am not going to kill everyone. As long as he can repent, I can still spare him this time and let him continue to be a wealthy king. We can even allocate a piece of land for him to become the vassal king!"
"This slave accepts the order!"
"Rebellion, rebellion, rebellion."
In the Imperial City of Beijing, Prince Regent's Mansion, Prince Regent Fuquan of the Qing Dynasty, who was playing chess, admiring flowers and looking at the scenery with his beloved concubine Nalalan'er in the back garden, became angry when he saw the Kangxi imperial edict sent by Suo'etu.
"Your Majesty, who rebelled again?" Lalan'er opened her mouth and asked regardless of the rules that women cannot participate in politics.
As Yang Qilong brought back countless goods and food from Huai'an, her status in the Regent's Palace also increased. Although she was not the direct descendant of Fujin, she was actually almost there.
"Who else? Of course it was the unfaithful and unfilial emperor who rebelled!" Fuquan was so angry!
The emperor actually rebelled!
It’s really unheard of since ancient times!
"The emperor has rebelled?" Na Lalan'er smiled, "This is a bit troublesome. Your Majesty, why don't you let the council of kings and ministers depose him from the throne, and push you to become the emperor?"
The meeting of kings and ministers to discuss politics and elect the emperor... This is too progressive!
Fuquan looked at Suo'etu, who shook his head and said: "Prince Regent, this matter is not easy to handle! The emperor is the emperor after all. How can any ministers depose the emperor in a meeting? Since ancient times, this has not happened. There is no precedent!”
"What should we do?" Fuquan asked.
"Then let's meet each other in arms!" Na Lalan'er said with a smile, "The emperor will do it if he has strong soldiers and horses!"
(End of chapter)
