Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 331 Let's Fight the Three Emperors and the Generals of the Republic! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
Wuchang Fucheng, Chu Wangtai.

Although it was still early in the morning, in the sky above the head, there were accumulations of clouds, the color of which was like lead gray.The snowflakes fluttered and rolled, getting bigger and bigger, and it was about to turn into the biggest snow in the second year of the Republic of China, and it was about to fall with a howl.

The cold wind on the Chu Watchtower also became more and more biting.But Li Zicheng, the gravedigger of the Ming Empire, the experiencer of the Emperor Dashun, and the defender of the Ming Republic, is about to leave Wuchang City, which was loyal to him, and go to Jiugong Mountain, which once made him disheartened, but he can't feel it. a little cold.He just wanted to take another look at Wuchang Fucheng, which he had painstakingly managed for three years!
With the appearance of Wu Sangui's dragon flag in Hankou City across the river from Wuchang Fucheng, Li Zicheng's resistance in Wuchang Fucheng had to come to an end.In fact, before Wu Sangui arrived, street fighting in Wuchang Prefecture had already been fought for almost 20 days.Although Li Zicheng's old battalion soldiers and the Zhongwangfu troops who had withdrawn from the Yangtze River and the banks of the Han River tried their best to defend the city, Wu Zhou's army was too many.Just following Wu Shifan from Zao Suidao all the way south to attack Hankou, there are tens of thousands of troops!
Since there are a large number of ships moored at Hanyangmen Wharf that can be used by Wu and Zhou, these troops that arrived in Hankou were quickly transported to the south bank of the Yangtze River by ship and ship, and they were thrown into the battle for Wuchang Fucheng.

The continuous joining of these new forces quickly put Li Zicheng in a difficult situation, and the action of abandoning Wuchang Fucheng began from then on.Wuchang Fucheng is the base camp of Prince Zhong's Mansion, and it is also the base camp that has been painstakingly managed. Of course, there are many altars and pots, and there are even more supporters of Daming, Gonghe and Prince Zhong's Mansion!
There are so many people supporting the old and the young, carrying burdens, pushing small carts, braving the snowflakes that are falling, and running into the mountains with Li Zicheng, and many of them are spontaneous. Li Zicheng doesn't know what to say What's up?
Think back when he was king and emperor, if he didn't coerce him forcibly, not many people would follow him.When he fled Beijing, Xi'an, Xiangyang, and Wuchang in a hurry, at most he was followed by family members of some generals. As for the common people, I am afraid that he has long been expecting him to run away!

But this time, Prince Zhong’s Mansion did not coerce the people. It just posted a notice inside and outside Wuchang City, telling everyone that Prince Zhong’s Mansion has prepared temporary accommodation for the people who are willing to follow in the camps in Xianning, Tongshan and Mubu Mountains. I dare not say anything else, I can only say that everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear, and a thatched hut to live in!

In the future, they will all be "insiders" of Prince Zhong's mansion, and Prince Zhong promises to let them be citizens of the country, share the land, and share the homesteads in Jiangxia, Hankou, and Hanyang!

Just a notice on paper has caused nearly 20 people in Wuchang Prefecture and surrounding villages to gather in wave after wave in the past ten days at Chuwang Tower located in the southwest corner of Wuchang Prefecture, and then in the Zhongwang Mansion. Under the organization of his generals and officials, he braved the wind and snow and headed south.

In order to cover the transfer of the people, the army of Zhongwangfu could only rely on Zhongwangfu (formerly Chuwangfu) and Snake Mountain, and resisted for a few more days.

However, when Wu Sangui's imperial battalion arrived in Hankou, the resistance of Prince Zhong's Mansion in Wuchang Fucheng could not be sustained at all.So last night, Li Zicheng gave up Zhongwang Mansion and withdrew to Chuwangtai, his last stronghold in Wuchangfu City—Chuwangtai is located on a low hill, and there is Ziyang Lake on the side. To the south is Zhonghe Gate, the last city gate under the control of the Zhongwangfu army.

Now the last group of people from Wuchang Fucheng to leave, there are probably thousands of people, braving the heavy snow and cold wind, leaving one by one.These people have been organized into "men's battalion" and "women's battalion" in advance, and the "men's battalion" are all young and strong. The Zhongwang Mansion has issued them with swords, spears, bows and arrows, and they are armed so-so.They are not only the last defenders of the "women's battalion", but also carry rations for themselves and the "women's battalion" along the way.

The "women's camp" includes old and weak women and children. Everyone leans on a wooden stick, supports each other, and strives to walk forward.Among them, there were quite a few half-grown children, who were not crying or making noise at this time. They slipped and fell on the snow, and they just got up and continued to move forward.

Seeing this scene, Li Zicheng burst into tears again, and murmured: "I have been in Wuchang for three years. I dare not say how many benevolent governments I have, but I have not done evil. I don't want so many people to follow today. If I could have done less Such a benevolent government, why did the world be trampled by Hu Qi, and suffered decades of chaos!"

"My lord, you are too humble. You and King Zhong have done something for some common people. In Wuchang Mansion alone, more than [-] poor peasant households have been allocated land. And the officials under your rule are also You are very well controlled, and you dare not bully the people. The people remember your kindness, and naturally they are willing to follow you."

It was Huang Zhisheng and his father Huang Lao Hanlin who spoke.This old man is getting old and no longer an official, so he is living in Wuchang Mansion for the elderly. From time to time, he will go to Zhongwang Mansion to accompany Li Zicheng to reminisce about the glorious years in the past, and he actually made friends with the Dashun Yongchang Emperor.

He is still very clear about what Prince Zhong's Mansion has done in Wuchang Mansion.

This Daming Prince Zhong's Mansion is probably the only regime in the world that truly acts in accordance with the "Tian Mu System of the Celestial Dynasty"!
Even in Guangzhou, the "Tianchao Tianmu System" was only partially implemented, and it was not implemented throughout the territory. After Li Zhongshan's career expanded, he was unwilling to send those landlord class intellectuals and landlord class capitalists who were willing to take refuge in him. Push it out!
Therefore, his policy of dividing land is mainly divided into increments-the land cleared from the coastal relocation and the vassal estate of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion are all considered as increments.The second is to watch people order food when dividing the stock, and compensate as much as possible.

As Li Zhongshan ruled more and more sites, more and more officials and representatives of the regime represented the landlord class and industrial and commercial people, and more and more political discussions, the "Tianchao Tianmu System" was not implemented, and gradually evolved into the "Chinese people's land mu system" , That is to say, only the soldiers who have served for a period of time are given the status of Tianzhuang and Chinese.A bit like citizenship in "Old Rome".

However, the Daming Prince Zhong's Mansion is more practical in its work, and it is more sympathetic to the working people at the bottom.They have no increment to divide, but they actually share the stock, and they have strong execution ability-their territory is small, their power is concentrated, and they can rule without relying on too many landlord class intellectuals.So those mansions are all under the direct control of Prince Zhong's Mansion, and there is no people's political council.

In the past three years, the Daming Prince Zhong's Mansion has produced many loyal and deadly enemies in the five mansions of Wuchang, Hanyang, Huangzhou, De'an, and Anlu!

Some of the deadly enemies acted as Wu Sangui's guide, and of course the loyalists had to run away with Li Zicheng.

And Li Zicheng also has a place to retreat.

The Zhongwangfu regime is not a bandit regime, but a local snake regime. It not only manages the city, but also manages the countryside through the division of land and land and the military system. It is located a hundred miles away from Wuchang Fucheng, at the intersection of Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces. The Mubu Mountains where it is located has been gradually managed by the Zhongwang Mansion into its own cottage.

Now the city of Wuchang Mansion can no longer be guarded, but Zhongwang Mansion can still retreat to the mountains.

In this regard, Li Zicheng was incomparable when he ruled the world.

Back then, Beijing was not guarded, and Yanshan and Taihang Mountains could not be visited.The Guanzhong Plain can no longer be defended, and the Qinling Mountains and the mountains in northern Shaanxi cannot enter.Xiangyang was no longer defended, and it was impossible to gain a foothold in the mountainous areas of western Hubei and southern Shaanxi. In the end, it was impossible to open up a base in the Kuidong mountainous area.

Although he didn't keep it in the end, it was not easy to persist until the Kangxi period.

But this time, while Li Zicheng and Li Laishun were "setting their capital" in Wuchang, they had already regarded Mubu Mountain as a retreat route, and there were a large number of military farms and cottages in the management mountain.Jiugong Mountain, located in the center of Mubu Mountain, has long been the residence of Prince Zhong's Mansion.

Therefore, the people who followed Li Zicheng now have places to go.

But at this time, Wu Sangui in Hankou City didn't know that his old enemy was not going to travel far away, but was going to block him outside his house. This would be Wu Sangui's "unity" in the future!
This gas is not just once, but all the time
"Haha. Li Ziguo is indeed a dog who can't change and eats shit! I think he ran out of Wuchang Fucheng to cheat his death. Does he want to cheat his death this time?"

In the city of Hankou, in Wu Sangui's residence, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty heard that Li Zicheng had kidnapped many people and ran away again, so he burst out laughing.

A group of civil servants and military generals around Wu Sangui were also happy. No one thought that Li Zicheng went to the mountains to establish an anti-Wu base area - Li Zicheng was not a chieftain, he was a bandit!
And what if he falls into a bandit?
Now it is Wu Sangui, Li Fuchen, and Li Zhongshan who are fighting for the world. Although Li Zicheng is united with Li Fuchen, Li Zhongshan and his son, he is no longer important.He is an excuse for Wu Sangui to go to war!

Now that the battle has started, and the fight is going well, who cares about excuses?

That's why Wu Sangui didn't bother to go to Mubu Mountain to find Li Zicheng!Let’s avenge half of the revenge of Chongzhen’s hanging himself!

"Father," Wu Yingxiong, who accompanied Wu Sangui on the expedition, hurried up and presented a brochure, and said with a smile, "This was sent by Jieshu, Prince Kang of Jiujiang."

"Jieshu? Has he figured it out?" Wu Sangui didn't accept the notebook, but asked with a smile, "Is he finally going to be a second minister?"

"Father, you are a holy man," Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "Jieshu is now besieged by Li Fuchen and Li Laishun, and he is retreating steadily. The periphery of Jiujiang City has been breached and is about to be surrounded, so I am willing to surrender to the emperor!"

Although Jiujiang Fucheng has dangers in all directions, it can also be surrounded.In history, Li Xubin, a giant of the Hunan Army, led 2 people to surround Lin Qirong, a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in Jiujiang City until Lin Qirong ran out of ammunition and food.

Now Li Fuchen and Li Laishun have as many as [-] troops, and Li Fuchen's troops are also equipped with a large number of flintlock guns and even thousands of rifled guns. Jie Shu's army suffered heavy losses in the outskirts of Jiujiang and had to retreat into the city.Seeing that he was about to be besieged, he didn't care about pretending to be a loyal minister, so he hurriedly sent someone to ask for help—he and Wu Sangui were also relatives, and Kangxi called Wu Sangui Grandpa, but he didn't know what to call him?Anyway, as a junior, it is only natural to ask for help.

As for surrendering to Ming Dynasty, it is impossible!

Because Li Fuchen never sent anyone to persuade him to surrender
"Hmph," Wu Sangui snorted, which was quite proud, "Kangxi already called me Grandpa, so why is he still a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty?"

"What the father said is very true," Wu Yingxiong said, and handed over an official memorial, "This is the memorial of your grandnephew Emperor Geng Jingzhong. It seems that Shang Shuying has persuaded Geng Jingzhong. This memorial is also a masterpiece. The messenger of the book brought it along."

"Oh?" Wu Sangui smiled, "What does Geng Jingzhong mean? Is he going to abdicate and not be emperor?"

"That's not true," Wu Yingxiong said, "Geng Jingzhong means that, like Kangxi, he will be your nephew emperor. In the future, the three emperors of Zhou, Jing, and Qing will attack Remnant together."

"Hehe," Wu Sangui said with a smile, "it is said that there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two kings in the people. Fortunately, there are three emperors in the world. Then why do I want to destroy Remnant Ming? Let Zhu Cijiong also be an emperor, and the four emperors have a total of three emperors." Can it be cured?"

"Father was joking, how can there be four emperors co-ruling in the world?" Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "Even Kangxi and Geng Jingzhong will remain in Chenliu, Anle and Guiming in the future."

Wu Sangui smiled and nodded, "Chenliu, Anle and return to fate are certain, but I can't seal Geng Jingzhong as an emperor with a full beard and tail. He is different from Kangxi. Kangxi now inherits the Liao, Jin, The legal system passed down from Mongolia. But why does Geng Jingzhong? Why should he be emperor?"

"Father, isn't this an expedient measure?"

"Expedient measures can't always be my expediency, he also needs to make expediency!" Wu Sangui twirled his beard and said carefully, "How about this, I will make him the lord of Dongjing, the emperor of nephew and grandson."

"Master Dong Yasukuni?"

"Back then, Zhao Gou was the lord of Jiangnan, but internally he called himself the emperor." Wu Sangui laughed, "Li Yu also served as the lord of the south of the Yangtze River, and he also called himself the emperor. I will make Geng Jingzhong the nephew emperor for the sake of expediency. Let Geng Jingzhong also be expedient What do you think of being the lord of Dongjing, the lord and emperor in one fell swoop?"

"Father's intention is of course good!" Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "Presumably Geng Jingzhong would not dare to refuse. He agreed, and there will always be a few years for the king to refuse to agree. It will be his turn when the remnant light is destroyed. .”

Wu Sangui nodded: "Boss, because my father is old, I don't want to bother anymore after fighting Nanjing, and then I will retire in Wuchang. As for the matter of destroying the Qing Dynasty and Jing, let's fight slowly after you become the emperor. Always let The people of the world take a breath, but also leave a little military merit for you, so that you can convince the public."

According to Wu Sangui, Wuchang will be the capital of Great Zhou in the future!
This was Wu Yingxiong's unexpected surprise!

Because his influence is mainly in Xiangyang and Henan, while Wu Guogui, who is closer to him, is in Hunan.If Wu Sangui becomes emperor in Wuchang in the future, he doesn't have to worry about the Xuanwumen's change—there is no Xuanwumen here in Wuchang!Moreover, Wu Yingqi has no troops to dispatch.

When Wu Yingxiong was getting excited, Guo Zhuangtu's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson has sent envoys to report victory. He has already captured the Chu Watchtower, and the city of Wuchang has been captured by the emperor's grandson!"

Guo Zhuangtu's daughter had already been promised to Wu Shifan, and his son-in-law performed so well, he was naturally overjoyed.

Wu Sangui also grinned from ear to ear, "Take care of the young heroes of Shifan, I have someone who will succeed me in the Great Zhou Dynasty! Prepare the dragon boat, I will cross the river and enter Wuchang!"

"Yes!"

"General, general, hurry up for six hundred miles. Wu Sangui has already entered Wuchang City! In addition, Wu Sangui has just issued an edict, canonizing Geng Jingzhong as the nephew emperor and the lord of Dongjing."

On the fifth day after Wu Sangui entered Wuchang City, that is, on December [-]th of the second year of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhongshan, who was about to attend a meeting in the People's Political Hall, heard the bad news hurriedly reported by Zhou Chang.

"Emperor nephew, lord of Dongjing?" Li Zhongshan was taken aback, "Is he the emperor or the lord?"

"What's the matter?" Yao Qisheng interjected while flipping through the post, "Whether it is the emperor or the lord, he will not be able to be a few days. General, now we have five armies ready, just waiting for you With one order, we can invade Zhejiang!"

"Wait a little longer." Li Zhongshan waved his hand, "Wait for Geng Jingzhong to move first. As long as he moves, he will be almost done."

"Can he move?" Yao Qisheng was a little skeptical, "He can move only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, no matter how you look at it, he can't beat us."

"It will move!" Zhou Chang said with a smile, "today's Liubaili express said that the loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangxi, Prince Kang Jieshu, had surrendered to Wu Sangui and became a second minister! It seems that Wu Sangui will soon Send troops to Jiangxi!"

(End of this chapter)