The General's Palace in Nanjing is now a neighbor of the National People's Congress, and both are located in the original Prince Ding's Palace. The Prince Ding's Mansion was the Yamen of the Governor of Liangjiang earlier. It occupies a very large area, has many buildings, and the layout of the Yamen can accommodate a large number of officials to work inside.
Therefore, Li Zhongshan, who founded the shogunate, did not ask anyone to build a new general's palace. He only asked people to set aside less than one-third of the land in Dingwang's palace for the use of the National Assembly, and the rest was used as the general's shogunate. Office area and Li Zhongshan’s own living area.
As for the Mochou Lake side, it is now divided into two, with one half serving as the Nanwang Palace and the other half serving as the Yingwang Palace. They are the residences of Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan in Nanjing. However, Li Fuchen has now led his troops to Jiangxi. Li Zhongshan rarely goes back to live in order to be closer to get off work, but his Shanzi Battalion is stationed there.
However, General Li, who could go to work without leaving the gate today, took half a day off and stayed in a small building in the back house of the General's Mansion. He accompanied his concubine Wu Xiaoji and did nothing inappropriate for children. Son, the two of them just sat facing each other and read the letter together. Read some letters sent from Xi'an!
The room was quiet. I don’t know how long I watched before I heard Li Zhongshan mutter in a low voice: "What is the arrangement of Lord Wu? First send Wu Shicong to send troops to the Western Regions to quell the Yarkand Khanate, and then start again." He was sick, and even asked Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi to stay in Xi'an to take charge of Xiaogen for him. How is your grandfather's health? Is he really sick, or is he "
It turned out that what Li Zhongshan and Wu Xiaoxian received were letters from Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan sent by secret envoys from Xi'an to Nanjing. There are four letters in total, including two letters from Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan to Li Zhongshan, and two letters from Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan to Wu Xiaoxian.
The contents of these four letters are almost the same, which is to inform Li Zhongshan and Wu Xiaoxian of Wu Shicong's Western Expedition, Wu Sangui's illness, and Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi's entry into power.
Moreover, there is deep worry in the words of these four letters.
In particular, Wu Shifan's letter to Li Zhongshan revealed some unknown information - in this letter, Wu Sangui fell ill in front of him, Wu Shicong went to war behind, and Wu Yingqi was only removed from Lanzhou after Wu Shicong went to war. Recall. If we follow this order, things seem to be much more reasonable.
Wu Xiaoji frowned tightly and took Li Zhongshan's question and said: "Sir, my grandfather is old after all. He is used to living in Kunming, where the winters are warm and the summers are cool. After arriving in Chang'an, he felt a little acclimatized. Moreover, he saw that He always looks worried when he goes up there.”
"That's because you are worried that your father and your second uncle will bring about the Xuanwu Sect revolution!" Li Zhongshan said leisurely, "It seems that he is suffering from depression. After knowing that he would not do anything, he sent Wu Shicong away first and then recalled your second uncle. , and asked your second uncle to assist your father in governing together. What a good intention!"
He already kind of believes it!
Because he remembered that Wu Sangui died of illness in the middle of the San Francisco Uprising, and the duration before and after the San Francisco Uprising seemed to be only eight years. Now it has been more than four to five years since Wu Sangui started the army, so the time is almost the same.
But this thing is still a bit strange!
Wu Sangui had used a plan to alienate Li Jiqing before and turned him into Sun Jiqing. He had just used half of his plan and was about to die before he had time to stir up the turmoil in Guangdong and Guangxi? Isn't he using a serial scheme?
At this time, Wu Xiaoji sighed, "Who asked him to be the emperor? The most ruthless emperor's family!"
Li Zhongshan nodded: "It is better that the Ming Dynasty is as it is now. The king is the original king, the ministers are the original ministers, and everyone can keep their duties." He thought for a while and then said, "Xiao Xian, you can talk about it later when you write your reply. Once again, let your father and your brother vote for the Ming Dynasty when things go wrong. The seat of the Western King of the Ming Dynasty will be reserved for them!"
"Well," Wu Xiaoji nodded, "Sir, you are so kind!"
Li Zhongshan stood up with a smile and said, "Xiaoji, I'm going to discuss countermeasures with Zhou Peigong and Yao Xizhi. I'll see your reply tonight!"
"Yes, sir."
Li Zhongshan collected the four letters written by Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan, then turned around and left the house, heading to the capital hall of the General's Mansion. When he arrived at the capital hall, there were two think-tanks, Zhou Chang and Yao Qisheng, as well as Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao, two Dazhong halls, as well as Li Zhongzheng, who was sent to Li Zhongshan by Li Fuchen, and Liu Jinzhong, the king of the North, who recommended him to be the Minister of Rites. Zhu Shunshui and Zhu Tiangui, the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy recommended by Zheng Jing, were already waiting there.
The above people are now influential figures in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhou Chang and Yao Qisheng were Li Zhongshan's right-hand men, Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao were the right-hand ministers of Shangshu Province. They were the second most powerful figures in the Ming Dynasty. Li Zhongzheng represented the southern king Li Fuchen, Zhu Shunshui represented the northern king Liu Jinzhong, and Zhu Tiangui was Zheng Jing's represent.
After inviting several people to sit down, Li Zhongshan said straight to the point: "Has the Intelligence Department reported the news that Wu Sangui is seriously ill?"
Zhou Chang, a member of the left army of the General's Mansion, replied: "General, the Intelligence Department and Prince Zhong's Mansion have all reported the news that Wu Sangui is seriously ill, Wu Shicong is marching to the west, and Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi are in power. Except that it is difficult to determine whether Wu Sangui is seriously ill, other news should not be Fake."
"General, is there any news from Princess Jiading?" Yao Qisheng asked.
"The prince and grandson of the Wu family wrote letters to her and me respectively." Li Zhongshan said, "Wu Sangui seems to be seriously ill and there is a possibility that a fight for the right to inherit the throne will break out within Wu Zhou."
Lu Sanhao was Wu Sangui's Western Selector and a student of Liu Xuanchu. He knew Wu Zhou's internal situation relatively well. He also nodded and said: "That's pretty much the same. Wu Sangui is over sixty years old, and he has become more and more popular in recent years." It's normal for him to be seriously ill after working very hard. And it's right to send Wu Shicong away. On the one hand, Wu Shicong has a unique talent, and on the other hand, his thoughts are deeper than his father." At this point, he changed the topic again, "But .We still need to be on guard against others!"
"Sanhao, do you think Wu Sangui is pretending to be sick again?" Li Zhongshan said thoughtfully, "He is trying to..."
"Wuchang, Guangdong!" Lu Sanhao said, "Without taking Wuchang and Hanyang, Wu Sangui's Jingxiang defense line will not be complete, which is equivalent to opening a hole. Once His Highness Nan Wang and His Highness Zhong Wang join forces to capture Jiangxi, our army will be ready at any time. They can enter the hinterland of Huguang. And Huguang is Wu Zhou's granary. Without Huguang, Wu Zhou would have trouble even eating.
Guangdong can solve Wu Zhou's financial difficulties and the problem of insufficient firearms and gunpowder. Now Sun Jiqing has probably raised troops in Guangxi, and we have not opened a land passage to Guangdong. For Wu Sangui, this opportunity is rare! "
Zhou Chang took Lu Sanhao's words and continued: "General, my subordinates feel that if Wu Sangui is really trying to trick us and secretly attack us, it will be a rare opportunity for us!"
"Our chance?" Li Zhongshan thought for a while, "Pei Gong, you mean we can take the opportunity to lure the snake out of its hole?"
"Yes!" Zhou Chang said, "The biggest problem for the Army Corps these days is that Jieshu and Geng Jingzhong are shrinking. They are shrinking, so we have to attack the city everywhere. Among them, Jiujiang in Jiangxi has natural dangers to defend, while Hangzhou and Yan in Zhejiang Both Zhouzhou and Quzhou are difficult to fight."
When Zhu Shunshui heard that Zhou Chang had predicted that Zhejiang would be difficult to conquer, he immediately took over and said: "Yes, Zhejiang is mountainous and watery, so it is not easy to attack. The King of Bei fought back and forth, only Huzhou and Jiaxing were captured, and he did not take a good rest." For a moment, I really can’t eat Hangzhou anymore!”
Zhou Chang smiled and said: "So, if Jieshu and Geng Jingzhong take the initiative to cooperate with Wu Sangui, won't our opportunity come?"
"It makes sense!" Li Zhongshan laughed, "Then let's give him a trick!" He thought for a moment, "Should Prince Zhong's Mansion want to remind him?"
"That's not necessary," Zhou Chang said. "King Zhong finally agreed to send troops to cooperate with King Nan to attack Nanchang. If we remind him to be careful about Wu Sangui, he might retreat again. In this way, it will be difficult for King Nan to conquer Nanchang and Wuchang." If we don’t call for help, Jieshu and Geng Jingzhong won’t come out in full force!”
Yao Qisheng added: "General, don't underestimate King Zhong's ability to run the city. Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou have long been Jintang cities! Moreover, there are a large number of beacon towers along the Han River and the Yangtze River. Wu Sangui's Even if people make a sneak attack, they can't steal Wuchang City in one go!"
Of course Li Zhongshan knew that there was another Li Zicheng in Wuchang. In ancient times, it was said that Yunchang accidentally lost Jingzhou, but now there will never be another Uncle Li who accidentally lost Wuchang, right?
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan nodded, and then glanced around the capital hall: "Everyone, no one should talk about what was discussed today. The General's Mansion will prepare everything secretly.
But on the surface, we still think that Wu Sangui is about to die! "
Chang'an, the imperial city.
Wu Sangui is in a state of near-death right now!
Anyway, except for Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Wu Guogui, Wu Shifan, and Wu Shicong, the five core team members of Wu Sangui, no one else knows whether Wu Sangui is going to die immediately or will die later?
Because they could not figure out the situation, Wu Zhou's courtiers were always on tenterhooks when they went to court every day, for fear that there would be some change in the Xuanwu Sect!
But if you are afraid of returning, you still have to go to court and become an official.
Because now the Wu Zhou family seems to be quite stable.
Due to an internal strife between brothers, the Qing Dynasty has now officially positioned itself as "the second in the Liao Dynasty". Kangxi recently announced the establishment of a two-capital patrol system, establishing a military prefecture under the head, and then establishing the Northern and Southern Privy Councils!
As for the Ming Dynasty, the southeast has not been unified yet, and they are also quite divided internally. A group of vassal kings, generals, central halls, and leaders are constantly fighting each other about politics! Their emperor Zhu Cijiong didn't do any serious work, he just studied eating, drinking and having fun. The most fun thing was that after he finished the research, he wrote about his experience and published it in "Guoshi Review"!
With such an emperor, Ming Dynasty would probably be able to rest on top of the three-thirds of the world.
In this case, the officials of Dazhou began to become popular.
In the past few months, there have been a number of scholar-bureaucrats in the Great Zhou Dynasty who exchanged the title of Juren from the Great Qing Dynasty for diplomas from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then went to the Ministry of Officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty to seek official positions.
Although there are no particularly great Confucian scholars, there are also a few second-class Confucian scholars, including Tang Zhen from Dazhou, Lu Qian from Suining, and Feimi from Xindu, all of whom are great Confucians from Sichuan!
With the joining of these Confucian scholars, the ranks of civil servants in the Great Zhou Dynasty began to expand, and local governance gradually got on the right track.
It seems that even if Wu Sangui is gone and one of Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi dies, Da Zhou can still survive.
But when will this Great Zhou version of the Xuanwu Gate changes come? Waiting for them to kill each other every day is quite tiring. After all, guns have no eyes. If they really fight, no one knows whether they will be affected?
But today, just after the courtiers in Chang'an City walked into the Chang'an Imperial City worriedly, the situation was a bit wrong - the gate of the imperial city was closed in broad daylight, and there was a large group of Wu and Zhou Imperial Guards guarding the gate. , city wall!
What does it mean?
Is it rare that the Xuanwumen incident has already occurred?
Who's winning?
The ministers below are all beginning to be worried!
Being in officialdom, taking sides is inevitable. Those who are qualified to not take sides and remain neutral must be particularly powerful or prestigious.
Those officials who are not qualified to be neutral must take sides or be taken sides between Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi - those officials' bosses, leaders, or factions take sides. If they do not draw a clear line, they will naturally take sides.
So at this time, when they saw that something was wrong, everyone's heart was in their throats. I'm afraid of standing in the wrong team. Although standing in the wrong team does not mean a dead end, it is inevitable to be wasted in officialdom in the future!
Under this situation, everyone couldn't help but start looking for the big guys in the crowd - Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, and Wu Guogui who had just returned to Chang'an not long ago. Everyone must have missed it, and Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Guo Zhuangtu, People like Wei Pu, Fang Guangchen, Liu Xuanchu, and Wang Shirong are not here either!
In the end what happened?
People like Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Guo Zhuangtu, Wei Pu, Fang Guangchen, Liu Xuanchu, and Wang Shirong actually didn't know what happened?
Wu Sangui did a good job of keeping the secret of pretending to be ill this time. Not many people knew that he was pretending, so the second-class confidants of Wu Zhou Group who were in Chang'an were all anxiously waiting outside Wu Sangui's bedroom. , consciously stood in two rows - the row supporting Wu Yingxiong, and the row supporting Wu Yingqi. They were all worried, fearing that the person they supported had been assassinated.
Suddenly, the door to Wu Sangui's bedroom opened, and Wu Guogui emerged from inside.
Everyone looked at his hands together - to see if he was holding his head!
No!
Did he not kill him, or did he kill him and leave his body intact?
"My father is inviting me!"
Your father?
Is Wu Sangui going to give his last words?
The originally frightened expression suddenly turned into a sad one - the emperor is going to die, so we can't all smile, right?
Wu Guogui didn't pay attention to the faces that looked like his dead father. He just made a gesture of respecting the guests, and then led him into Wu Sangui's bedroom.
The strong fragrance of chicken soup is wafting inside the dormitory!
Then everyone saw Emperor Wu sitting on the bed, with a table in front of him. On the table were a few side dishes and a pot of chicken soup. Emperor Wu was eating and drinking there, with Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi standing on his left and right. Dutiful son.
Is this a flashback?
Just when everyone was undecided whether they should cry or laugh, Wu Sangui put down his bowls and chopsticks and spoke: "Everyone, do you know what illness I have got these days?"
"I don't know"
Everyone heard that Wu Sangui spoke with a strong voice. He seemed not to be sick, but they were not sure, so they could only say "I don't know."
"I have met a ghost!" Wu Sangui said.
Oh, I have done too many bad things, and I am so suspicious!
The minister below was analyzing in his mind.
Wu Sangui continued: "I met the ghost of Emperor Chongzhen!"
Chongzhen?
Why didn't he go to Prince Zhu to find you?
Everyone wants to ask this.
Wu Sangui said: "He asked me: Uncle Chang, how is this Ming Dynasty doing?
I told him: Daming has been restored by me!
He asked again: Have Hulu been defeated?
I said: I have accepted it, and Huru’s master calls me grandpa.
He asked again: Have the bandits been destroyed?
I said: It has been destroyed. The western thieves and intruders have all been wiped out! "
As he spoke, Wu Sangui suddenly raised his voice: "But the emperor said, you lied! I only saw Zhang Xianzhong down there, not Li Zicheng!"
Wu Sangui paused, then looked at the people below with stern eyes, and said: "I know now, I still owe Emperor Chongzhen a revenge. I want to avenge Chongzhen, and I have to kill that old thief Li Zicheng, so that I can comfort Chongzhen." The emperor’s spirit is in heaven!”
Ah, it turns out that what I got was "pretending to be ill"!
Those "second-class confidants" below were all smart people. They all understood at once that Wu Sangui was pretending to be ill again this time. Not only was he pretending to be ill, he was also "seeing ghosts" and talking "nonsense", all for the sake of making money from Li Zicheng. O enemy!
(End of chapter)
