Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 723 Ultimatum
Wu Sangui did not come to Beijing to congratulate him.

He sent his brother Wu Sanfu and his son Wu Yingxiong to the capital to present a hundred fine horses and ten thousand taels of gold. Wu Sangui's letter said that he led his men to fight to the death because Nikan and others were about to kill him.

In fact, he still refused to enter Beijing, for fear of being detained.

At this time, I still have illusions in my heart, and I want to support my own troops to separatize Guanlong.Zhu Yihai didn't care about this, any unrealistic fantasies of Wu Sangui were nothing more than praying arms to block traffic.

"Wu Yingxiong will stay in the capital. I don't think he is too young. My Princess Jianning is a virtuous and virtuous princess, and her age is also similar. I married him and made him the captain-in-law, so I stayed in the capital. It is also convenient for me to marry Wu Sangui." connection."

Prime Minister's Office.

Zhu Yihai spoke bluntly to Wu Sanfu.

The princess Jianning mentioned by the emperor was actually a daughter of the Zong family of Lu Fan, the niece of Zhu Yihai's distant house, and her parents died in the battle when the Qing army broke Yanzhou. Found and rescued outside the pass, Zhu Yihai adopted her as a princess.

Wu Sanfu sat there respectfully, and his nephew Wu Yingxiong didn't even dare to lift his head.

The majesty of the emperor is too strong.

This is the owner of ZTE who has turned the tide in a few years, and even Wu Sangui has to fear and surrender.

The ancestor of the Wu family was from Huizhou, and later moved to Yangzhou, a Huizhou merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. After Wu Sangui was born, Wu Sangui's grandfather moved to Liaodong with the whole family, and settled in Zhonghousuo.

The Wu family moved thousands of miles away from the customs to do business to make money. His family was originally an Huizhou merchant and engaged in horse trading. With the help of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Wu family did a good business in horse trading outside the customs and made a lot of money.

After getting rich, the Wu family began to enter the official career. When Wu Sangui was ten years old, his father Wu Xiang passed the Wujuren examination with the family's support. Of course, there is also credit for money.

After winning the martial arts examination, he worked under Li Chengliang and used his expertise to purchase military horses. Because he knew horses with his eyes and was gifted in business, the horses he picked were good and cheap, and won the appreciation of Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong. .

After Li Chengliang died of illness, the Ming army attacked from four directions and launched the Sarhu War. As a result, three routes were defeated and the other route was defeated. Haoxiang went out with the army and fled back. He was also promoted to lieutenant general by meritorious service.

Wu Xiang made use of his expertise as a businessman. After the death of his wife, he immediately attached himself to the Liaodong general, and married the younger sister of Zu Dashou, the ancestor of the Liaozuo Shixun veteran's family in Shizhen Liaodong, as his successor.

At that time, the ancestral family Jiuzheng was in Liaodong, and all the families were officials. Zu Dashou was the chief soldier, his younger brother Dale Dacheng Dabi, and his nephews Zeyuan, Zepei, Zefa, Zerun, etc. The official positions ranged from chief soldier to deputy general. Generals, down to Guerrilla and Qian Zong, formed a prosperous general in Liaodong.

The ancestral family also formed a network of relationships with many senior generals in Liaodong through marriage.

Later, Zu Dashou also married Wu Xiang's younger sister, which made the relationship between the two families closer. Because of this, Wu Sangui, who grew up outside the customs, was in good condition.His grandfather took them to move outside the Guan, where he became a horse dealer and accumulated a large family business, with ten farmlands and more than a hundred family members. They were powerful in western Liaoning at that time.

Wu Xiang originally hoped that Wu Sangui could learn literature and take the imperial examination in the future, thinking that civil servants would have more prospects, but Wu Sangui, who grew up outside the customs, learned riding and archery at a young age, but he had great ambitions. Defend the family and defend the country, serve the court, and think that military generals will have a brighter future.

Wu Xiang was also willing to leave the book and asked a famous teacher to teach him.

Therefore, Wu Sangui is excellent in martial arts, proficient in riding and shooting, and can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the martial arts examination.Wu Sangui has a burly body with superhuman physical strength, and is also very handsome and beautiful.He also inherited the family's talent, being able to speak well and being good at making friends. At a young age, he worshiped Gao Qiqian, the great eunuch guarding Liaodong, as his godfather.

Gao Qiqian was a well-known eunuch. Thinking back then, Hong Chengchou, a governor with such illustrious military exploits, offended Gao Qiqian and beheaded a thousand boss under Gao Qiqian's sect. As a result, Gao made it difficult for Hong Chengchou everywhere. Later, Hong Chengchou gave gifts It was another apology, which made Gao Qiqian let him go.

It is because of Gao Qiqian's godfather, plus the ancestral family of Liaodong generals, Wu Sangui won the martial arts examination at the age of 16, and at the age of 26, he replaced Jin Guofeng, who was watched by the Guan Ning army on the city and died alone, as Ningyuan The important position of regiment training commander.

It is said that Confucianism is a general, father and son Yuan Rong, but in fact it is just because of the special period, the Wu family father and son will take advantage of the camp.

Of course, in addition to relationships, there must also be ability.

Wu Sangui is both courageous and resourceful, and he is also famous for his filial piety.

Once Wu Xiang led troops out for reconnaissance and was surrounded by enemy troops. Because the enemy was outnumbered, Zu Dashou chose not to save him at the top of the city.

Seeing that Wu Xiang was going to be decapitated, Wu Sangui became anxious. He ignored the military order, opened the city gate, and only brought twenty of his servants out of the city to save his father.

I thought it was death.

But Wu Sangui took the lead, rushed straight to the enemy's line, fought left and right, forced a bloody path, and after paying the price of having his nose cut off, he insisted on rescuing his father from the thousands of troops, so he saved his father alone, Xiao Wen Jiubian.Wu Sangui was not only famous all over the world, but he also became the emperor's eyes because of this. Gao Qiqian, Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and others jointly recommended him, and he was able to become the general soldier at the age of 26.

Zhu Yihai also admitted that Wu Sangui is very capable, but this person is too slick. In the Songjin War and the Shanhaiguan War, Wu Sangui's performance in the two wars showed the essence of this man. Although the Wu family moved to Liaodong for a short time, he still behaved The authentic style of Liaodong army head, with a bit of businessman's true qualities.

This kind of people puts too much emphasis on profit and loss in doing things, and they don't have any firm beliefs. They always think about territory, people, capital, and benefits.

As soon as he saw that the wind direction was wrong, he ran immediately. This was the case during the Battle of Songjin. As one of the eight generals, he ran without lagging behind.

When Li Zicheng went north, Chongzhen urgently summoned him to lead troops to King Qin, but Wu Sangui insisted on bringing all Ning Jin's family members with him, marching slowly all the way, begging for money and so on.Received the order of Chongzhen to confer the title of Ping Xibo, but still deliberately dawdled, which led to the capture of Beijing by the Chuang army.

After the fall of Beijing, he first accepted Li Zicheng's appeasement, but after waiting and watching, he quickly switched to the Qing army.It is said that he is angry at the crown and becomes a beauty, and he is said to avenge his father and the king, but in fact it is nothing more than a calculation of interests.

In the Shanhaiguan battle, Dorgon deliberately sat behind and watched the tigers fight, and Wu Sangui was forced to fight bloody with the Chuangjun. Do not hesitate to kowtow and beg.

Wu Sangui’s final surrender to the Qing Dynasty was actually the same as that of many Liaodong generals. It was basically inevitable. The Manchu Qing had always treated those who belonged to them favorably, especially to the Liaodong generals. Although Emperor Shun Li Zicheng and the others captured Beijing, they were peasants. He was looked down upon by Wu Sangui and the others, and secondly, their performance after entering Beijing made Wu Sangui even more convinced that they would not be able to accomplish anything, so he deliberately dawdled before the city was broken, and swayed left and right after the city was broken. In fact, he was just weighing the pros and cons , Calculation of gains and losses, all just to preserve the military power in hand, as political capital.

It's just that in the battle of Shanhaiguan, he was still counted by Dorgon, which caused a lot of casualties and serious injuries.Then after the Qing army entered the customs, they went on two southern expeditions, almost smashing Li Zicheng and the Hongguang regime in Nanjing, and Wu Sangui had to obey obediently.

When Zhu Yihai first raised his army, Wu Sangui was actually very happy in his heart, not because he was happy about the rise of his homeland, nor because he was grateful for the kindness of the old master, but simply because he thought that if the Ming Dynasty could gain a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, then a second official like him would surrender. In fact, there is more room to live.

After all, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey is cooking.

It's just that Wu Sangui didn't expect that Zhu Yihai would be so fierce, regaining the two capitals in just a few years, and driving the Tartars out of the customs.

At this point, he actually doesn't have much room for bargaining, but Wu Sangui is young after all, and he is only in his 30s, so how can he be willing to hand over Shaanxi, Gansu, and even military power?
Until the last step, there is always some fantasy left.

"Since Nikan and others are desperately resisting, why not send troops into the customs to assist in the suppression?" Zhu Yihai said with a smile.

Wu Sanfu quickly replied, "My brother said that Guanzhong is dilapidated, there is a shortage of food and pay, and it is difficult to provide more soldiers and horses. Although Nikan wants to die, but my brother and the soldiers in Guanzhong are besieging desperately, and they can hold on for the time being."

Zhu Yihai chuckled.

"I can't stand idly by. Since Wu Sangui doesn't need the imperial court to send troops to support the suppression, the imperial court should provide some food and grass. I sent Yu Dafu, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, to Chang'an from Hanzhong, and transferred money and food from various places to Guanzhong for support.

Wu Sangui concentrated on the encirclement and suppression of Nikan, and was in charge of the military. The civil affairs and taxes were in charge of the governor Yu Dafu and other civil officials. "

"Let him fight with peace of mind. I will let Yu Dafu be responsible for food, grass and military pay."

Zhu Yihai said a few words lightly, and took advantage of the situation to tear a hole, officially sending officials into Guanzhong to take over the civil affairs and taxation affairs.

Wu Sanfu couldn't refuse in person. He had already rejected the emperor's request to send troops into the pass, and the emperor withdrew it. Now it would be unreasonable to refuse the emperor's appointment of the governor to be in charge of administration and pay.

Originally, Wu Sangui was able to let him bring his son to Beijing at this time, but it was a helpless move. The situation was stronger than others, and he didn't have much capital.

Especially after Shanxi and Hebei were retaken by the Ming army, Nikan and the others were completely trapped in Lanwudao Mountain, and now they have become trapped beasts. Wu Sangui is unwilling to fight with them, and even wants to recruit them, but Nikan and the others are not willing.But they had nowhere to go, so Wu Sangui had no choice but to guard Lantian Pass and fight Nikan and the others.

"I will give Wu Sangui another half a year. If Nikan and other remnants cannot be dealt with in half a year, the imperial court will send troops at that time."

Zhu Yihai set a timetable.

It is also time for Wu Sangui to think about it one last time. If he can't really surrender within half a year, then there will be no good results waiting for him.

When Wu Sanfu entered Beijing this time, he sent gold and hostages, and he still wanted to bargain. Wu Sangui hoped that the emperor would let him lead troops to Yunnan, or Guangxi. He was willing to guard the frontier, but in fact he wanted an independent territory.

I want to be a separatist feudal town.

But how could Zhu Yihai agree.

Back then when Li Zicheng recruited Wu Sangui, the condition he offered was to give Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son two marquis titles, and then reward Wu Sangui with 1000 taels of gold, 1 taels of silver, and 4 bolts of brocade, as well as [-] taels of silver for the Guanning Army. , After surrendering, four months of rations were reissued again.

Wu Sangui surrendered to Dorgon with three conditions.One is to ask the Qing army to help find the three sons of Chongzhen after defeating Li Zicheng, and then let them rebuild Daming in Nanjing.The second is to demand that after the defeat of Li Zicheng, the two sides will use the Yellow River as the boundary and not invade each other. The third is to hope that the Qing army will not invade the mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty after entering the pass.

In fact, these three conditions also exposed Wu Sangui's wolfish ambitions. The three conditions he mentioned already regarded himself as a representative of the Central Plains. The so-called reconstruction of the imperial court by the son of Chongzhen in Nanjing, even if the Qing court really agreed, and even agreed to draw the river to rule , the biggest possibility is that Wu Sangui made Chongzhen's son a puppet, became the actual controller of the Central Plains, and attempted to usurp the throne in the future.

Dorgon readily agreed, and then turned around and made a condition to him, asking him and his subordinates to shave their hair.

The superficial reason is that the Han people in the Central Plains are all the same. When it comes to war, Wu Sangui's subordinates and Li Zicheng's subordinates will be the same and it is difficult to distinguish.

But everyone knows the real purpose. In the final Shanhaiguan battle, Dorgon deliberately put Wu Sangui together, deliberately sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, so that Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng would lose both sides. He only sent troops.

After this battle, Wu Sangui's calculations were no longer useless. He shaved his hair again after being seriously injured. Who would treat him as a Han again?

After that, they could only be driven by the Qing army.

"I hope that Wu Sangui can defeat Nikan and others as soon as possible, and triumphantly. In the second half of the year, I will move the capital to Beijing. At that time, I will welcome him in Beijing. First, I will add him as Shaobao and Prince Taibao. When he returns in triumph, he will take up his new post."

Whether Wu Sangui wanted to go to Yunnan, Guangxi, or even continue to guard Guanlong, Zhu Yihai had clearly told Wu Sanfu that it was impossible for him to go back and tell Wu Sangui.

If he can understand the current affairs, then the best result is to return to the capital for grace. Of course, if he performs well, he may still hold important positions in the future like those generals who surrendered and returned, such as Tuguo BMW Guozhu, but the Guanning Army It is impossible for people and horses to maintain reservations.

Now the emperor gave Wu Sangui half a year to think about it.

There is no room for bargaining on this issue.

If Wu Sangui is able to understand current affairs, he will still be a high official and generous salary, and he can still continue to be a state prince, and the generals of the Guanning Army under his command can also maintain their official titles.

Xie En, Wu Sanfu's uncle and nephew, withdrew.

"Your Majesty, why should you be so polite to them, Wu Sangui is an ungrateful person, everyone can punish him." Second assistant Wang Zhiren said bluntly.

"Li before the soldiers, if Wu Sangui can understand the current affairs, he can also avoid a sword disaster and save some vitality in Guanzhong. These years, there have been too many chaotic battles, and it is meaningless to fight yourself." Zhu Yihai said bluntly.

"Save some energy for the Northern Expedition to build captives."

People like Wu Sangui are indeed guilty, but there are many ways to solve it. At this time, he still has 6 to [-] people under his command, and it is really not worthwhile to push the corrupt place.

"Can Wu Sangui be called into the court?"

"Although Wu Sangui is quite famous, he is very good at wielding a big sword, but this person is very soft in his bones. He always likes to weigh the pros and cons. This kind of person lacks blood. In the current situation, since he has repeatedly compromised, then He can't stand up at all, and as long as the court puts more pressure on him, he can only be called into the court in the end, and he will never have the courage to rebel."

He is a calculating businessman at heart, this kind of person Zhu Yihai doesn't worry about him not surrendering at all, as long as he has nowhere to retreat, he can only obediently restrain him.

(End of this chapter)