On June 12, during the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jiangling Fucheng.
Jiangling Fucheng was the original Jingzhou Fucheng. Before Wu Sangui established the Great Zhou Dynasty, he originally wanted to change Jingzhou to Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, but he did not expect that Emperor Kangxi actually beat him to it and changed Jiangning to Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture.
Now Wu Sangui is too embarrassed to build a Jingzhou version of Nanjing Yingtian Mansion. Jiangning City has been regarded as Nanjing Yingtian Mansion for almost three hundred years, and everyone in the world knows that when Nanjing Yingtian Mansion is mentioned, it refers to Jiangning.
If Jingzhou went to join in the fun, it would look a bit unseemly...
So Wu Sangui simply changed Jingzhou Prefecture to Jiangling Prefecture. Anyway, he is not the emperor now, but the president, and there is no need for Yingtian, Shuntian, and Chengtian.
However, the splendid Presidential Palace was still under construction day and night. When Wang Shirong arrived in Jiangling with the imperial edict from Emperor Kangxi to Hong Shiming, the expansion project of the Presidential Palace had been almost half completed. It looked a bit like the Chengtian Gate of the Forbidden City. The main entrance of the Presidential Palace has been completed.
The street in front of the main entrance of the Presidential Palace has also been widened and renovated, and its name has also been changed. It is called the "Presidential Royal Road"!
The long imperial road is divided into two parts by a "Dazhou Gate". To the north of the Dazhou Gate is the restricted area. On both sides of the road are government offices under construction, which will be the future offices of the six ministries and nine ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
South of Dazhoumen is the commercial street. When Wang Shirong rode in the south of Dazhoumen, he still had a familiar feeling. He found that many shops that were originally opened in Kunming were now located in Jiangling.
It seems that Wu Sangui is determined to build Jiangling as his own Nanjing... This makes Wang Shirong feel a little relieved.
Although Wang Shirong's official position at Kang Mazi's side rose rapidly, his heart was always opposed to the Qing Dynasty!
Therefore, he was very worried that Wu Sangui would go to war with Zhu Heji before the Qing Dynasty was destroyed. If the Wu and Zhu families were to fight, it would be difficult to say who would be his subordinates.
And Kangxi now used Feng Ting's old trick of blaming Zhao for the crime, and wanted to use Jiangnan to coax Wu Sangui. If Wu Sangui fell into the trap, Kang Mazi would be relieved.
With this intention of fighting the Qing Dynasty to the end, Wang Shirong, under the leadership of Liu Xuanchu, finally entered the power center of the Wu Zhou regime from a side door of the Presidential Palace and met President Wu Sangui in dragon robe.
Wu Sangui's complexion was not very good. Wang Shirong heard from Liu Xuanchu that Wu Sangui was not used to the heat in Jiangling and was greedy for cold food. As a result, he had diarrhea and almost died.
Wu Sangui, who was recovering from a serious illness, looked older than the last time Wang Shirong saw him. Wu Yingxiong, Guo Zhuangtu, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Zhuguo, and Fang Guangchen were all in the hall, accompanying Wu Sangui to receive Wang Shirong.
After saluting, Wu Sangui first said the word "sit" and asked someone to move an embroidered pillar for Wang Shirong. After he sat down, he asked straight to the point: "There are rumors that Wang Fuchen shot and killed Zhu during the Battle of Xiangkou." Heji, is it true or false?"
Wang Shirong said: "That's what Wang Fuchen thought... The people who followed him down from the battlefield indeed said they saw him hit a white-robed third grandson with a shotgun."
Liu Xuanchu shook his head: "It's fake. Zhu Heji never wears white robes. He either wears red robes or yellow robes. If he goes to the battlefield, he should wear a red shirt, a red cowl, and a Western-style shirt underneath the cowl. He wears plate armor and a saucer-shaped helmet on his head. This outfit is exactly the same as the officers and cavalry of the Ming army, so it is difficult to recognize them."
Wang Shirong smiled and said, "That's not entirely clear."
Wu Yingxiong interjected at this time and asked: "What does it mean when Emperor Kangxi made his ancestor Zepu the governor of Jiangnan, made his ancestor Yonglie the governor of Jiangnan, and made Hong Shiming the governor of Jiangnan?"
Wang Shirong smiled coldly: "What else could it mean? It's nothing more than a replica of Feng Ting's offer of the Party to Zhao!"
Liu Xuanchu said: "Shangdang County borders Zhao State, but Jiangnan does not border us."
"Just fight across the border without bordering!" Wu Sangui's most trusted son-in-law, Xia Guoxiang, said, "Nowadays, whoever wins Jiangnan wins the world... Our cavalry has worked hard and shouldered such a big stake, isn't it for the sake of the world?"
"That's right!" Hu Zhuguo, another son-in-law of Wu Sangui, echoed, "Today's gunpowder is all made from white sugar. We only have sugar produced in Guangxi, and the output is not large and the quality is not good... If we can't If we win the sugar-producing land in the south of the Yangtze River, how can we be the Zhu family’s rival in the future?”
Guo Zhuangtu, who is also Wu Sangui's son-in-law, had previously kept Princess Jianning and Wu Shifan in Kunming. He had only recently arrived in Jiangling, but he also had the same intention as Xia Guoxiang and Hu Zhuguo. He said to Wu Sangui: "President...if Kangxi returns to the north, we may take the opportunity to capture Anqing Mansion, so that we can quickly capture Jiangnan. Now that the Ming army has not captured Anqing, Jiangnan is all ours." Man, this isn’t considered a breach of alliance, right?”
Fang Guangchen objected: "Now the section of the Yangtze River waterway from Tianjia Town to Xiangkou Town is completely controlled by the Zhu family, and Anqing's capital is under the Zhu family's military front. If Kangxi leaves, Anqing will inevitably fall into the Ming Dynasty. If we take Anqing, we will definitely go to war with the Zhu family. At that time, only Qinglu will benefit!"
Liu Xuanchu waved his hands with a smile and said: "It's all nonsense... How could Kangxi be willing to let go of Jiangnan? He still lets Zhuo Butai general more than 10,000 soldiers defend Anqing, and he also stationed troops in Qingliu Pass. It is clear that his evil intentions are not dead."
Wu Sangui glanced at Wang Shirong, and Wang Shirong immediately said to Wu Sangui: "President, although Kangxi announced to the world that he would return to the imperial court, he set the departure date in July. Obviously he was unwilling to do so... If Zhu Heji really died in Xiangkou, then Kangxi would definitely not go north. If Kangxi wanted to go north, Zhu Heji would have to send troops to defeat the Qing army again. By then, Zhu Heji would have captured Anqing Prefecture. This Jiangnan... .”
Hu Guozhu interjected: "President, give me an army, and I will fight overland. As long as we can enter Nanjing, my two ancestors and I will be able to protect Nanjing for you." .”
Wu Sangui frowned: "Let me think about it again... Shirong, go see Hong Shiming. He has wasted his life, and this time he can finally live his life as a governor. Then I will talk to him, Let you go to Nanjing and become a prefect."
Wu Sangui’s meaning is very clear. First, he wants to see it, and second, he really wants it!
"Thank you, President, for your cultivation." Although Wang Shirong didn't agree with going to Jiangnan in his heart, he could only choose to obey.
As soon as he finished thanking Wu Sangui, a fat man came outside the hall. He seemed to be jogging all the way. He panted and loudly said outside the door: "President, Lu Yifeng, a lowly official, wants to see you."
This Lu Yifeng is the guy who knocked down Zhu Guozhi in Wuhua Mountain. Now he is the chief clerk of the Presidential Palace. At this moment, he is holding a notice from Wuchang Prefecture that he just received.
"Come in." Wu Sangui waved to him.
After Lu Yifeng entered, he bowed to Wu Sangui first and then handed over the invitation.
Wu Sangui took the notice and asked at the same time: "You came in a hurry. What happened?"
"The Wuchang Mansion reported that Zhuge Sanhe has just been named Prime Minister, Luzhong Secretary, and Governor of Liangjiang!"
"What?" Wu Sangui was stunned, "Prime Minister, Luzhong Shushi... sounds like Zhuge Liang's official! Could it be that Zhu Heji really..."
Zhuge Liang was the prime minister and the Minister of Records, but Zhu Heji's official position before he became the governor of the country was Zhongshuling - this official position was planned to be awarded to Prince Zhu Biao in the early Ming Dynasty, but was not awarded later. Zhu Heji relied on this allusion to become Zhongshu Ling himself, and Zhongshu Province became the de facto Prime Minister's Mansion.
After Zhu Heji became the supervisor of the country, the official position of Zhongshu Ling became vacant, and there was no appointment of the prime minister or the appointment of Zhongshu Ling. Zhu Heji, the supervisor, is still in charge of all the affairs of Zhongshu Province, but now he has awarded this official position to Zhuge Sanhe... It has to be thought of!
Wu Sangui murmured in a low voice: "We have to send someone to Nanchang to take a look..." His eyes swept across the main hall, and finally fell on the fat man Lu Yifeng, "Yifeng, go! Just send him off." Go to Nanchang in the name of the old Mu family."
