Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 657 The two kings are at odds with each other before the battle (Part )
In the Cining Palace in Beijing, a mother and son were chatting again.

"Emperor Eni and Sun Kewang requested to participate in the Southern Expedition. My son was a little hesitant and didn't know whether to let him go," Emperor Shunzhi asked his mother.

"No!"

The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng's voice suddenly became sharp, "The tiger must not be allowed to return to the mountains, and the dragon must not be allowed to enter the sea. Once Sun Kewang returns to Yunnan and Guizhou and regains his strength, it will be extremely difficult to control. Just let him stay in Beijing."

"But Sun Ke can't hope to go to Yunnan and Guizhou. How can he recruit his old troops to surrender?" Emperor Shunzhi asked.

"It doesn't matter. If you stay in Beijing, you can just send people to recruit the generals with handwritten letters."

Emperor Shunzhi nodded repeatedly and issued an order: "The troops will be divided into three groups to move towards Yunnan, and the results will be reported in the day. If there is nothing to do, we can go back."

After issuing the decree, he stayed in the Qianqing Palace and confidently waited for the good news ahead. It has to be said that the Qing court arranged this battle to destroy the Ming Dynasty very carefully. Politically, he treated the demoted generals favorably and successfully undermined the morale of a considerable part of the Ming army; economically, he ensured military supplies by plundering the prosperous Jiangnan and Huguang areas; and militarily, he formulated a battle plan to capture Guizhou first and then Yunnan. Wu Sangui and Li Guohan went south from Hanzhong and Sichuan in Shaanxi to attack Guizhou, Zhao Butai went from Guangxi to the north, and Luo Tuo, Jixiha, and Hong Chengchou went west from Hunan to Guizhou. If the three groups advance together, I believe they will make it difficult for the Ming army to take care of itself.

In the Jin Palace in Kunming City, the thirty-six-year-old Li Dingguo, the Jin King of the Ming Dynasty, was thinking about something in his study. His tiger eyes flickered uncertainly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Your Highness, Jin Weixin, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the censor of the left capital, wants to see you." The guard bowed outside the study and reported. Behind him, Jin Weixin looked nonchalant, as if he was asking to see his friend rather than King Jin of the Ming Dynasty.

Recently, the Jin Shilang has become more and more favored. With the post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he is responsible for the affairs of the Secretariat, and actually controls the personnel power of the Ming Dynasty. At first, Li Dingguo was defeated in Guangdong and returned to Nanning. His army was weak. Sun Kewang sent Zhang Mingzhi and others to take the opportunity to attack and provoke a civil war. Li Dingguo didn't know what to do, so he suggested: "Although Zhang Mingzhi has many soldiers, they are all your former subordinates. How can they be your enemy? Now, we are using surprise troops to attack Zhang Mingzhi's back in a detour, taking him by surprise and taking advantage of him." Victory in Anlong, welcome Emperor Yongli to Yunnan, the general trend is mine, Sun Kewang can't do anything to you. The reputation is rich, I can take it all." Li Dingguo followed his advice and indeed rescued Emperor Yongli and defeated Sun Kewang. Later, there was talk about the high performance of the officials, and Wu Changqi impeached Li Dingguo. Li Dingguo wanted to kill them with a stick, but Jin Weixin came forward and said: "The two are indeed guilty, but they cannot be named for killing the admonishing officials." Li Dingguo came to his senses and let the two of them go. After this incident, His Highness King Jin believed that Mr. Jin was a true gentleman and trusted him more and more.

However, human nature is complex. A gentleman often hides a villain in his heart, and a villain sometimes has a gentleman's side. Jin Weixin seemed to be thinking about His Highness Prince Jin everywhere, but he actually had selfish motives. When Ma Jixiang was arrested for participating in Sun Kewang's rebellion, in order to survive, he flattered Jin Weixin and Gong Ming, saying: "The King of Jin has done a great job, and the two Dukes are trusted by the King of Jin. Now that the King of Jin has been rewarded, the Second Duke should also be rewarded heavily. If I can serve the emperor, I will naturally say good things to the emperor." The two were delighted and reported to Li Dingguo, and Ma Jixiang was reused. From then on, the cabinet ministers were appointed as Yin and Yang, Jin Weixin was seeking personal gain, and Ma Jixiang was serving as a foreign aid. Later, Emperor Yongli planned to appoint Jin Weixin as Minister of Dali for his meritorious service. Jin Weixin suspected that the official position was junior. After further discussion with Ma Jixiang and others, Jin Weixin was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and deputy censor of the capital. He was promoted to the left minister and appointed minister and censor of the left capital. "Here he comes! It seems that His Majesty has made a decision." Li Dingguo sighed in his heart and calmly ordered: "Let him come in."

As soon as he saw Li Dingguo, Jin Weixin beamed with joy and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness. Just now Ma Jixiang reported that Your Majesty has decided to summon the King of Shu back to Kunming. From now on, all military power in the Ming Dynasty will be in the hands of His Highness."

After Sun Kewang was defeated and fled, the imperial court enfeoffed and suppressed the rebel towns. Bai Wenxuan was promoted to King Gongchang by Gong Guogong, Ma Jinzhong was promoted to King of Hanyang by E Guogong, Feng Shuangli was promoted to King Qingyang from Xingguo Hou, and Ma Bao was promoted to Anding Bojin. Ma Weixing was granted the title of Duke of Xu by the Bo Jin of Xingshan, Jin Tongwu was granted the title of Marquis of Pingyang by the Bo Jin of Pingyang, Qi Sansheng was granted the title of Marquis of Xianning by the Bo Jin of Xianning, Gao Wengui was granted the title of Marquis of Guangchang by the Bo Jin of Guangchang, and the other meritorious generals Also rewarded separately. This is what it should be, and Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu have no differences. But the two kings of Jin and Shu were completely different in their attitudes towards Sun Kewang's old tribe.

Li Dingguo did not trust Sun Kewang's old troops. Di Sanpin, Wang Hui, Zhang Guangcui and others were demoted by him on the charge of "party affiliation"; he also personally led the army to attack Wang Ziqi, Zhang Mingzhi and Guan Youcai who were stationed in Chuxiong and Yongchang areas, "capture Guan Youcai in formation, When Zhang Mingzhi was surrendered, Wang Ziqi traveled across the country and committed suicide in poverty." Later, Zhang Hu and Guan Youcai were brought to the city. He even "named the soldiers harvested by Sun Kewang as Qin soldiers, and the old soldiers from Yunnan Province were called Japanese Jin soldiers." Therefore, Sun Kewang's soldiers are lazy."

Liu Wenxiu was very generous to Sun Kewang's old troops. He collected more than 30,000 Sun Kewang's soldiers and generals, reorganized them and trained them to guard the areas bordering the Qing army. His open-mindedness and generosity had obvious results. Most of Sun Kewang's old troops were willing to continue serving the Ming Dynasty, and only a few hundred people accompanied him to the Qing Dynasty. Although he failed to capture Sun Kewang, he successfully appeased the local government and the army and stabilized the situation in Guizhou.

Liu Wenxiu's strength is getting stronger and stronger, which arouses Li Dingguo's suspicion. Later, when Liu Wenxiu saw that the situation in Guizhou had stabilized, but the Ming army was still guarding most of Sichuan and the Wugang line in Huguang, he sent a memorial to Emperor Yongli to move to Guiyang to reflect the enterprising spirit of the court and boost morale. Emperor Yongli, who had always been cowardly, actually agreed and ordered the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day to set off. At that time, Li Dingguo was in the process of conquering Wang Ziqi. After receiving this news, he was worried that after moving to Guiyang, Liu Wenxiu's status would be superior to his own, and he was very dissatisfied. Emperor Yongli couldn't defeat Li Dingguo, "he sent a letter of condolence and recalled him, and delayed his departure for three months before going to Que". "Li Dingguo asked all the generals to withdraw from Sichuan and Chu border towns and return to Yunnan, so he gave up the Guizhou proposal."

This was the first time the rift between Li and Liu was clearly exposed. Li Dingguo reported his illness and threatened Emperor Yongli to withdraw the Sichuan-Chu border generals. This was obviously aimed at Shu King Liu Wenxiu, because his trusted troops were mainly concentrated in Yunnan, and Liu Wenxiu pacified the troops in Guizhou, Sichuan, and Huguang, and brought The recall of Liu Wenxiu's trusted generals to Yunnan will undoubtedly weaken his control over the army.

Once political strife begins, it is difficult to end. After forcing Emperor Yongli to recall the Sichuan-Chu border generals, Li Dingguo once again suggested that Emperor Yongli recall Liu Wenxiu. Emperor Yongli had to make a choice between the two kings of Jin and Shu. In the end, he chose Li Dingguo and ordered Liu Wenxiu to return to Kunming.

"Well, your majesty is wise!" In the study, His Royal Highness Prince Li Jin sighed.

(End of this chapter)