I'm in the Red Mansion

Soon, Jia Cong entered the capital.

In the capital, when Emperor Tianci fled, he took with him a small number of civil and military officials.

However, he did not take them all away. Most of the officials remained in the capital.

As chaos was approaching, the officials who stayed behind were terrified every day, not knowing when the capital would be captured by the rebels.

All the officials began to look for their own ways.

And now, when they learned that the rebels had been scared away by Guanjun Hou's army, and Guanjun Hou led his army into Beijing.

All the officials hurriedly gathered together and rushed to the city gate to welcome Champion Marquis Jia Cong.

Although they were a step slower than Niu Jizong, they hurried and arrived at the city gate just after Jia Cong entered the city.

After seeing Jia Cong, they all knelt down and bowed, "Greetings to the Marquis of Guanjun."

In fact, Jia Cong was just a marquis - well, actually his other title was Duke of Ningguo, a duke.

The title of Duke is one level higher than that of Marquis.

However, in the eyes of the public, the hereditary title of Duke of Ningguo is not as awe-inspiring as the title of Marquis of Guanjun.

And when they knelt down to Jia Cong, they were not kneeling to the Marquis of Guanjun, but to the new emperor.

Jia Cong dismounted and asked, "My Lords, why are you doing this? Why don't you get up quickly?"

At that moment, an official immediately said loudly: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, please ascend the throne, my lord, and we will all welcome the new emperor!"

"We welcome the new emperor!"

Jia Cong will definitely become the new emperor, and these officials at this time can't wait to support the new monarch and gain the credit of following the dragon.

Hearing this, Jia Cong's face immediately changed color and he said, "Do you want to frame me as unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, and unjust?"

"I received the imperial edict from the late emperor and avenged him. How could I be so disloyal and unrighteous as to try to detect the divine weapon? If so, what difference would there be between me and a traitor?"

"The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Is there any adult royal family member in the capital? It would be best to find a suitable candidate and make him the new ruler."

Jia Cong's rebuttal was expected by all the officials.

Be humble and courteous!
There must always be a process of three refusal and three concessions.

The royal family members were first killed by Emperor Tianci, and then by Wu Sangui. Now they have all been killed. Where are the royal family members left?

All the officials were naturally clear in their minds that if there were indeed adult royal descendants in the capital, Marquis Guanjun would definitely not ask this question.

This time, Niu Jizong spoke first: "My Lord, all the royal family members have been slaughtered by the rebels. There is no one left in the royal family!"

"The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Please, my Lord, take over the throne so that we can restore order and uphold justice!"

Jia Cong shook his head firmly and said, "I will accept the late emperor's dying edict and swear to kill the rebels and avenge the late emperor."

"Before the late emperor's vengeance is avenged, we will not discuss this matter. It will not be too late to discuss this matter after the rebels are beheaded."

After hearing this, Niu Jizong and all the officials understood.

He would ascend the throne as emperor only after getting rid of Wu Sangui.

It is truly admirable that Marquis Guanjun can maintain such composure under the temptation of the throne.

Next, Niu Jizong and the officials said that the court was now leaderless.

Please ask Marquis Guanjun to temporarily serve as Prime Minister.

Jia Cong had no choice but to agree.

Next, Jia Cong entered the palace and took charge of the government.

Jia Cong also ordered people to go to Youzhou and Shengjing to invite Lin Ruhai and Kou Xiang back.

As for annihilating Wu Sangui's rebels, there is no need to rush.

First stabilize the situation in Jiangbei and prevent chaos before taking any action.

In fact, ever since Wu Sangui crossed the river and then hastily evacuated, he had already begun to go downhill.

Moral support from many, scant support.

Jia Cong didn't mind delaying a few more days.

Next, Jia Cong did not move directly into the palace, but moved to Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Cong was not so anxious that he did not need to leave any stain on such a small matter.

Next, Jia Cong began to order people to publicize the matter of the Emperor's divine decree.

The Yidaizhao is fake, and many people know that it is fake.

But who cares?

Just one reason is enough.

……

After Wu Sangui retreated to Jiangnan, he fell seriously ill and looked much older.

Well, Wu Sangui was already very old.

This illness has made my health worse than before.

Wu Sangui also felt that the generals around him seemed to look at him strangely.

Next, Wu Sangui ascended the throne in Hengzhou, named the country Zhou, established the reign title Zhaowu, and made his wife Zhang the empress.

The Zhou Dynasty also had no shortage of officials.

After all, when Emperor Tianci fled, he took those high-ranking officials in the court with him.

Officials headed by Qin Xiang and senior officials from the three provinces and six ministries were all on the list.

After they were caught up by Wu Sangui, all of them except the royal family members were killed.

These high-ranking officials were all brought back to Jiangnan by Wu Sangui.

Those who can serve as officials under Emperor Tianci are all fence-sitters who are good at dealing with people and have flexible bottom lines.

Now that their lives were in the hands of Wu Sangui, they naturally had no choice but to serve as officials in the Zhou Dynasty.

After Wu Sangui ascended the throne, he ordered someone to deliver the letter to Jia Cong.

In the letter, Wu Sangui wrote that he was willing to divide the country's territory with Jia Cong.

From then on, the two countries became brotherly countries and did not attack each other.

……

A month later, Lin Ruhai, Kou Xiang, and Jia Cong's family were brought back from Youzhou.

In fact, Jia Cong prefers Youzhou as the capital.

This is because the current capital was moved from Youzhou and has no strategic location to defend.

However, he has not yet ascended the throne as emperor, so it is naturally not a good idea to move the capital.

After he defeated Wu Sangui and ascended the throne, he would discuss the matter of moving the capital with important officials such as Kou Xiang and Lin Ruhai.

Now that Prime Minister Kou and Lin Ruhai had arrived, Jia Cong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With these two people, Jia Cong can be freed and leave all the affairs of state to them.

At this time, Jia Cong also received the letter from Wu Sangui.

Jia Cong scoffed at this letter. He completely did not recognize the Zhou Dynasty established by Wu Sangui and tore up the so-called letter in public.

Then, Jia Cong decided to send troops south to suppress the rebels.

At the same time, a manifesto was issued to suppress the rebellion, listing Wu Sangui's ten major crimes.

He also stated that as long as one did not ally with the rebels, only the main culprit would be executed.

Jia Cong published this manifesto directly in the Daxia Monthly.

Wu Sangui's rebellion did not affect the sales of the Daxia Monthly.

Today, the Daxia Monthly Report is still spread throughout Daxia.

However, after the publication of this issue of Daxia Monthly.

During the Zhou Dynasty established by Wu Sangui, the personnel related to the Daxia Monthly News went into hiding secretly.

After reading the manifesto in the Daxia Monthly, Wu Sangui became furious.

He immediately issued an order to destroy the Daxia Monthly Newspaper within his Zhou Dynasty and to destroy its printing and sales points.

He also ordered the arrest of various people related to the Daxia Monthly News.

However, these people had already hidden themselves ahead of time.

And because of the manifesto in the Daxia Monthly News, people are even more pessimistic about Wu Sangui's future.

The lower-level officials under Wu Sangui had lost confidence in him and did not take the matter seriously.

They just arrested some thugs and dealt with the matter hastily.

Because of this manifesto, the other two of the Three Feudatories, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi, could not help but feel like retreating.

In the original historical trajectory, these two people were fence-sitters.

Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin soon surrendered to the Qing court.

But in this life, the Great Xia court was corrupt and Emperor Tianci was foolish and incompetent.

As a result, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin united closely around Wu Sangui.

Among Wu Sangui's 500,000 troops, at least 200,000 were from these two men.

However, after Wu Sangui retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, Guanjun Hou issued this manifesto.

Monk Geng Jingzhong's faith inevitably began to waver again.

Only the main culprit will be punished, not the rest.

This sentence was written completely for the two of them.

There is no future in following Wu Sangui, as you will be destroyed by Guanjun Hou sooner or later.

And if they insist on going down this path to the end, they will inevitably end up with their entire family being executed and all nine generations of their clan being exterminated.

Therefore, these two fence-sitters were already thinking about contacting Guan Jun Hou.

And just at this moment, someone quietly brought them a letter from Marquis Guanjun.

In the letter, Marquis Guanjun promised that as long as they surrendered to the court.

They will still retain their thrones, but they will no longer be granted fiefdoms, and their entire families will be moved to the capital.

The imperial court would grant them a prince's palace, but they would no longer be iron-hat kings, but a title that would decrease from generation to generation.

When the two saw the letter, they felt a little disappointed.

Originally, the two of them were iron-hat kings with their own fiefdoms that they could guard for generations.

But now, if he obeys the imperial court - or should I say, obeys the Marquis of Guanjun, then this iron-hat kingship will be gone, and his fiefdom will also be lost.

But at least, they and their families can survive.

Therefore, after some thought, the two decided to agree to the conditions of the Champion Marquis.

Next, they would lie in wait patiently, and when Guanjun Hou's army arrived, they would be able to stab Wu Sangui in the back at any time.

The imperial court had already prepared food and grass, and appointed Liu Xianglian as the general who would conquer the south, and Jia Huan, Wu Shan, and Fu Chachusheng as generals, to lead an army of 200,000 to cross the river and go south to redress the injustice.

At this moment, the eyes of the whole world are focused on this vindication.

If the army of Marquis Guanjun can put down the rebellion in one fell swoop, then Marquis Guanjun will undoubtedly become the new emperor.

If this battle turned into a stalemate, perhaps Wu Sangui and his Zhou Dynasty would really be able to survive and divide the river with Guanjun Hou.

As for the fact that Wu Sangui was able to defeat Guanjun Hou's army, it was something no one had thought of.

If Wu Sangui had this ability, he would not have led an army of 200,000 across the river and then hastily retreated back to Jiangnan.

However, Jia Cong had full confidence in this rehabilitation.

Moral support from many, scant support.

Wu Sangui had already lost the support of the people.

What's more, the powerful firearms of the Youzhou Army under his command were irresistible to the rebels under Wu Sangui.

When the two sides fought, Wu Sangui's army would be defeated in a few battles and lose a few cities.

If Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin then stabbed him in the back, Wu Sangui would surely be deserted by his friends and relatives, and his Great Zhou Dynasty would fall apart.

Since the arrival of Kou Xiang and Lin Ruhai, Jia Cong felt much more relieved.

...One day, Jia Cong returned to Ningguo Mansion and entered the backyard, where he heard a few little kids playing house.

I saw the little guy Jia Cang sitting upright on a stone.

The other little guys, Jia Wei, Jia Xiao, Jia Xun, Jia Qian, etc., all bowed and said, "Greetings to the Crown Prince."

Jia Cang waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please stand up. I have already ordered people to prepare a banquet. Brothers and sisters, please follow me to eat."

Hearing this, the little guys all cheered.

At the door, Jia Cong was extremely surprised when he heard this.

Good guy!He called it a good guy!

He definitely didn't expect that he hadn't ascended the throne yet, and even if he did, he hadn't said that he would make that little Jia Cang the crown prince.

And this little guy Jia Cong actually became the crown prince himself.

This is much more positive than myself.

At this moment, Lin Daiyu walked out with a frown.

She couldn't help but raise her brows and said, "Ping An, what are you talking about? Why don't you come over and be punished?"

When Xiao Ping'an heard Lin Daiyu's voice, he was startled and terrified.

Although Lin Daiyu seems weak and fragile, she is actually a strict mother.

As for Jia Cong, simply describing him as a loving father is not enough to describe his doting nature.

His childish nature was overflowing, and he even played hide-and-seek and house-playing with the other little ones.

All the wives and concubines, even Mrs. Mei, were at a loss whether to laugh or cry when they saw it.

Not only is Jia Cong not afraid of Jia Cong, he is not even afraid of his grandmother, Mrs. Mei.

Because Mrs. Mei, the grandmother, also loves her eldest grandson Jia Cang very much, just like how Lady Jia loves Jia Baoyu, and she doesn't care about him at all.

Only Lin Daiyu didn't spoil the little guy at all.

Now she has started teaching him to read and write. If he doesn't study hard, fails to complete his homework, or acts naughty, Lin Daiyu will really punish him according to the family rules.

Therefore, when Jia Cang saw Lin Daiyu, he was just avoiding her like a cat or a mouse.

At this moment, hearing Lin Daiyu's call, Jia Cang had to walk timidly to Jia Cang's side.

The little ones immediately stood in a straight line and said politely, "Greetings, Madam."

Although Lin Daiyu never punished the little ones harshly.

Although she is the nominal mother of this group of little ones, she has the responsibility to educate them.

However, these little ones all have their own biological mothers, and Lin Daiyu did not interfere in their duties. She was just doing her part to fit in.

However, because Lin Daiyu was strict with Jia Cang, Jia Cang was the eldest son in the family and the eldest brother of everyone.

Therefore, these little guys are all afraid of Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu did not make things difficult for these little guys. She nodded and let them leave.

After the little ones left, Lin Daiyu's face was suddenly covered with frost, and her eyebrows stood up immediately.

This time, she was really angry.

Of course she knew the situation outside.

She also knew that her husband would probably ascend the throne and become emperor soon.

And if nothing unexpected happens, I will probably become the queen.

However, his legitimate son, Jia Cang, might not necessarily be the crown prince.

Even, it may not end well.

Since ancient times, there has been no family affection among the royal family.

If given a choice, Lin Daiyu would rather Jia Cong not be the emperor than have this damn queen.

How nice it is for a family to live a peaceful and stable life.

There isn't so much intrigue.

But, there are many things that cannot be chosen.

There are probably many smart people and those who are good at speculation in this palace.

They probably thought that Jia Cang would become the crown prince in the future.

About some people have already started investing in advance.

Some people have begun to call Jia Cang the prince.

How could a child understand all the twists and turns involved, so Jia Cang also regarded himself as the prince.

And this matter happened just in the past few days.

Lin Daiyu had not noticed it before, but when she happened to hear it today, she was greatly surprised.

Not to mention that Jia Cong has not yet ascended the throne as emperor.

Even if Jia Cong ascended the throne and became emperor, he would never regard himself as the crown prince until he was named the crown prince.

The royal family is most taboo about this kind of thing.

Therefore, how could Lin Daiyu not be anxious after hearing this?
After Lin Daiyu let the little guys go, she became furious.

On the way, he broke off a branch, walked up to Jia Cang and shouted, "Why don't you stretch out your hand?"

Jia Cang hurriedly and timidly stretched out his hand.

Snapped!
Snapped!Snapped!
Lin Daiyu slapped him a few times, and Jia Cang burst into tears in pain.

Lin Daiyu also started to shed tears, but her tone remained stern.

She couldn't help but say, "Who instigated you to say that you are the prince? What kind of prince are you? You, you, really pissed me off..."

Seeing Lin Daiyu crying, Jia Cang cried and said, "Mom, I was wrong, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again."

"I promise to listen to you from now on and never mess around again. Mom, please stop crying!"

At this time, Jia Cong could no longer bear it and hurried over.

Then he picked up Jia Cang and said to Lin Daiyu, "Sister Lin, it's just children playing around. What's the point of this?"

"Besides, what if Ping An calls himself the crown prince? When I ascend the throne, I will make him the crown prince."

"He is the eldest son. If he is not the crown prince, who will be the crown prince?"

Hearing what Jia Cong said, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but shed tears again.

Jia Cong hurriedly reached out to wipe away the tears from Lin Daiyu's cheek. Jia Cang, who was in Jia Cong's arms, also stretched out his little hand to help wipe the tears from the other cheek.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly said, "Brother Cong, the Crown Prince should choose a virtuous person. How can he decide so easily? This is absolutely inappropriate."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "With a virtuous queen like you to teach him, how can he not be virtuous?"

In fact, no one can guarantee whether Jia Cang will be virtuous or not in the future.

Isn’t Zhangsun Wuji a virtuous queen?
However, Crown Prince Li Chengqian was abandoned and eventually rebelled.

Why couldn’t the feudal dynasty escape the three-hundred-year vicious cycle of fate?

One of the reasons is the rigid system and sharp class contradictions.

However, due to family inheritance, it is difficult to ensure that every generation of heirs are virtuous and capable, which is also an extremely important factor.

Even if Jia Cang was really virtuous, it would be difficult to guarantee that his descendants would all be virtuous.

Therefore, Jia Cong had some thoughts and calculations in his mind.

……

Liu Xianglian led an army of 200,000 across the river to directly defeat the rebels.

Wu Sangui sent a large army to resist, but was defeated in three battles.

Liu Xianglian followed Jia Cong's instructions and did not kill all the rebels, but only focused on defeating them.

Liu Xianglian launched a public opinion offensive, widely claiming that the rebels were vulnerable and would be defeated sooner or later.

Appeal to rebel generals and forces affiliated with the rebels.

Yan Ming Guanjun Hou was well aware of the righteousness and knew that they were ignorant of the situation and were just blindly following Wu Sangui's lead.

As long as you voluntarily leave the rebels and surrender to the rebel army, you will be forgiven.

After the propaganda, many soldiers and generals among the rebels indeed came secretly to surrender.

In just a few days, the rebel army's strength was reduced by more than 10%.

If we don't discipline them and things continue like this, I'm afraid within a month everyone will have rebelled.

Wu Sangui was shocked and angry when he heard this, and ordered his direct generals to lead the battle and kill more than a thousand people, which stopped the defection.

However, there was a lack of trust among the rebels, so much so that even Wu Sangui's direct subordinates looked like everyone was about to defect.

At this time, Liu Xianglian truly understood Jia Cong's intention.

Attacking the city is the next step, attacking the heart is the top step.

With the pressure of the general trend, they don't even need to attack, and soon Wu Sangui's rebel forces will collapse.

Sure enough, on the battlefield, flexibility and the key to application all lie in one's heart.

Although Wu Sangui's troops were said to be rebelling, they were actually fellow countrymen from Daxia and not barbarians.

Liu Xianglian couldn't bear to kill more people.

Next, Liu Xianglian slowly advanced and captured several cities of the Pseudo-Zhou Dynasty.

This time, it was easier to capture the city than when they attacked the Qing Dynasty.

Because as long as the city gate is broken, the rebels inside will immediately choose to surrender.

There was no decent resistance at all.

After all, they had heard of the reputation of the Champion Marquis a long time ago.

I'm afraid that most of the rebels have already wanted to surrender.

The city gates have been broken, do they still think they can live longer?
Where would we choose to resist?

Seeing this, Jia Huan, Wu Shan and Fu Cha Chusheng could no longer sit still. They all requested to lead the army to defeat the bandits and put down the rebellion as soon as possible.

However, he was rejected by Liu Xianglian.

Liu Xianglian thought again of what Jia Cong had told him before he left.

When Wu Sangui was young, he was also a fierce general.

He must have elite troops under his command, and his cavalry may be slightly inferior to that of the Qing Dynasty.

But the infantry was no weaker than the Qing army.

Jia Cong repeatedly reminded Liu Xianglian to be humble and not to be too greedy for success or too aggressive.

Never underestimate Wu Sangui.

Nowadays, it is too easy to conquer these cities.

This made Liu Xianglian even more alert.

Next, Liu Xianglian became more cautious.

Jia Huan, Wu Shan and Fu Cha Chusheng were so angry that they complained secretly.

The next city is a big city.

It is also the gateway to the Pseudo-Zhou Dynasty, and its location is extremely important.

Liu Xianglian felt that a fierce battle was inevitable.

Therefore, in this battle, Liu Xianglian decided to let the Fucha Army take the lead.

This is also the tacit understanding between Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian.

If there are difficult or tough battles, let the Fucha Army go, and we won’t feel bad even if there are heavy casualties.

After all, the Manchus had just been naturalized and had not yet completely returned.

And when the order was issued, Fu Cha Chusheng couldn't help but feel complacent.

Although taking the lead may result in greater casualties, it also means that the credit will be greater.

Moreover, these rebellions are like paper, so how can there be any loss? (End of this chapter)