The reason why Wu Sangui was a great traitor was because he "turned his crown and anger into beauty" and opened the Shanhaiguan Pass to attract Qing troops to enter the pass, thus destroying Li Zicheng's Dashun Dynasty. This traitor label cannot be removed in the eyes of the working people no matter what.
But for the landlord class intellectuals, Li Zicheng was their biggest enemy, and the Manchus had to be placed behind Li Zicheng.
Therefore, this group of spineless landowners all agreed to use the troops of the Qing Dynasty to destroy Li Chuang's thieves. What they were reluctant to agree with was Wu Sangui's decision to shave off his hair and become a Qing emperor. What made Wu Sangui even more embarrassed was whether he had made up his mind from the beginning to shave off his hair and become a Qing emperor, or whether he had agreed to borrow troops from the beginning and later Dorgon put a knife on his neck and shaved his head. He couldn't explain it clearly!
If we could explain it clearly, there would be no "Yuan Yuan Qu" in which "a moment of anger turns a beauty into a beauty".
In addition, if Wu Sangui is the "switch to surrender to the Qing Dynasty", then if he raises troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty now, he will be rebelling against the Qing Dynasty... He will become a traitor first and then a rebel minister. It stinks!
But the "solution" that Fang Guangchen came up with for Wu Sangui was able to remove the label of "becoming a traitor first, then a traitor".
No matter whether Wu Sangui "went to the throne in anger to become a beauty" or "borrowed troops to help suppress the enemy and was cheated", as long as Emperor Kangxi signed the treaty and admitted that it was Dorgon who broke the agreement and cheated Wu Sangui, then the matter would be over. The conclusion is finalized, there is nothing left to discuss.
Even if this traitor hat is taken off Wu Sangui's head. There is no mention of rebellion by a rebellious minister. He is raising troops now just to ask the Qing government to fulfill the "agreement of borrowing troops to help suppress the war." It is not a rebellion at all!
Of course, this is explained from the standpoint of the weak-minded intellectuals of the landlord class. The working people will not admit it, nor will those original Confucian scholars with long swords and bronze hammers.
But Wu Sangui is very satisfied with being able to take off his hat to this extent.
Wu Sangui asked again: "How to explain the killing of Yongli?"
This is another hat of a hardcore traitor! If "borrowing troops to suppress the bandits and uniting with the captives to quell the bandits" can still gain the support of some soft-headed scholar-bureaucrats, then going to Burma to kill Yongli is even a big traitor like Hong Chengchou who thinks it is a bit too much.
"President," Fang Guangchen said, "it is impossible to completely solve Yongli's matter, but it can be covered up... He used the matter of supporting the third prince Zhu to become emperor to cover up the matter of killing Yongli. After all, Zhu San The prince’s status is more upright than that of Yongli!”
"Helping the Third Prince Zhu to become the emperor?" Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Does the Third Prince Zhu become the emperor? Does he need me to help him? He can't do it himself?"
"Of course he will do it himself," Fang Guangchen said with a smile, "but the president can make an agreement with Prince Zhu to support him as emperor."
Wu Sangui didn't understand, "Tingxian, what do you mean..."
Fang Guangchen smiled and said: "You can take the contract signed by Kangxi and go to Jiugong Mountain to divide the land with Zhu San's grandson... We will take all of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hubei, and most of Hunan, and they will take all of Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi , Hunan Province. At the same time, Guangxi professed vassalage to the two families, which can be regarded as a buffer place.
Then you ask Prince Zhu San to proclaim himself emperor first and restore the Ming Dynasty to Zuo. In this way, even if you have fulfilled Chongzhen's will, you will be the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. At the same time, you can also stipulate in the peace treaty with the Zhu family that the two families cannot attack each other before expelling the Tartars and restoring China. "
He treated the "Chongzhen Edict" as a contract to restore the Ming Dynasty to Zuo!
If Prince Zhu San gets all of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and part of Hunan, and then becomes emperor in Guangzhou, won't the Ming Dynasty be restored?
As soon as Zuo of the Ming Dynasty was restored, the "Chongzhen Legacy Edict" would be completed. The relationship between Wu Sangui and Ming Dynasty as monarch and minister was also considered complete.
The matter of killing Yongli...from the perspective of feudal principles, it can also cover up the past.
Wu Sangui twirled his beard and pondered for a moment, "Then I will take all of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, and most of Hunan, and then become the emperor myself..."
Fang Guangchen smiled and said: "President, there are so many of us, we have taken such a big risk, gained such a bad reputation, and have been lurking in the Qing camp for more than 20 years and almost 30 years. We have not even given him a penny of salary from the Ming Dynasty. Don't we?" Should we take all of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei and most of Hunan?"
"Yes, yes, that's right!" Wu Sangui nodded repeatedly, "But is Zhu San Taisun willing to make this agreement with us?"
Fang Guangchen smiled: "Don't the President think that Zhu San's grandson who looks like Guan Gong looks nothing like Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Chongzhen's eldest son?"
"Yes!" Wu Sangui was startled, then looked back at Liu Xuanchu, "Xuanchu, who are they? Have you found out?"
Liu Xuanchu said: "President, I secretly visited and discovered that the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu are indeed the eldest sons of the Ming Dynasty... Both of them have the official title of Lieutenant of Fengguo. Among them, Prince Zhu's third lieutenant of Fengguo is Lieutenant Fengguo was awarded by Emperor Longwu, and Lieutenant Fengguo, grandson of Zhu San, was awarded by the last Tang king and Lu Jianguo. If I guessed correctly, they should be the eldest sons of the Tang kings of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the foundation of the court of the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson of Zhu was mainly a group of remnants of the Tang Palace, local powerful men and pirates from Chaozhou, and people from the Yanping Palace. Only one eunuch, Lao Pang, was considered a relic of the Chongzhen Dynasty. However, this old eunuch had previously worked with Long Wu, Shao Wu and the last Tang King, and was considered a big boss in the Tang King lineage.
Moreover, in the court of the third prince Zhu, he was not actually a eunuch, but a founding hero. The Ming court in Guangzhou was actually a brand new court, with a Ming signboard, just the likes of Ji Han and Liu Song, and it wouldn't be that roundabout. "
"That's great!" Wu Sangui said with a smile, "Then let's figure it out. How should we make an appointment with Kangxi?"
...
A hard-covered unequal treaty was quickly brought back to Xiangyang Mansion by Hong Shiming and placed in front of Emperor Kangxi's imperial case, who had long been eager to see through it.
Kangxi was so anxious!
Because Zhu Heji has been making rapid progress on the ground in Jiangxi these days!
As the news that Kangxi was beheaded in public spread throughout Jiangxi, all the Qing troops and officials in Jiangxi lost their fighting spirit. They were either running or surrendering...it was just running or surrendering, but for Kangxi There is not much difference in language. Because except for the bannermen and the coated slaves of the Shangsan Banner, they would go to Wuchang Prefecture, Huangzhou Prefecture, and Anqing Prefecture, which were still firmly controlled by the Qing Dynasty. If everyone else wanted to run, they would run to Wu Sangui!
This Qing Dynasty, in their eyes, only has two words - it is going to end!
But for Kangxi, losing all the territory in Jiangxi was not the worst thing. The worst thing was that after losing Jiujiang Prefecture in Jiangxi, the Yangtze River waterway would be blocked by Zhu Heji. At that time, it would be difficult for Kangxi to take the Yangtze River and go to the south of the Yangtze River.
Without going to Jiangnan, Kangxi would not be able to control the money bag. And without money, he, the emperor, would not be able to continue his work... These days, he has to spend ten hours a day writing court mails to the ministers outside Xiangyang. If he does not "finish" one day, I won’t sleep even if I write 5,000 words.
Moreover, the tone of these imperial mails was extremely gentle. They praised the ministers below, asked about their welfare, and granted officials and made wishes. For Yue Le, Chang Ning, Moruo, Tu Hai, Shi Lang, Zhuo Butai, and Ba Hai, who has soldiers in his hands, still has to flatter him. If the header and end of the imperial mail were changed to "Kowtow to respectfully greet the master" and "Slave so-and-so", it could be sent back to Kangxi.
But... Kangxi didn't receive many greeting cards these days. The most frightening thing is that neither Yue Le nor Chang Ning received any greeting cards!
One of these two guys controls Jiangning, the other controls Beijing, and they are both princes of the Qing Dynasty. What are they thinking? Do you want to be an emperor?
So when Kangxi heard that Hong Shiming and Wang Shirong were back today, he was so excited that he almost went out to greet them. Although he held back in the end, he still asked Mi Sihan to bring them over quickly.
Now that I saw the "Treaty Text" with a yellow satin cover, I was so excited that I almost shed tears...
