Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 361 Liu Shun embraces Tang
Under the support of Qu Shixu, the governor of Guangxi, Guifan supervised the country in Zhaoqing. Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was originally an official who supported the Tang Dynasty, but after Wang Yan drove him out of Guangdong, he had no success in the Longwu court. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so he immediately participated in Yonggui.

Sure enough, with Ma Jixiang, Chen Bangfu and other ministries in his hands, he immediately won the title of chief scholar and secretary of the Ministry of War under the supervision of King Gui. Su Guansheng was not given the title of a bachelor, except that he was not given the authority of a bachelor.

The reason is naturally that Su Guansheng controls Guangdong, Ding Kuichu is afraid that Su Guansheng's entry into the cabinet will affect his ability to hold power, while Lu Daqi looks down on Su Guansheng's birth, thinking that he is not even a juren, so how can he be in the cabinet with all Jinshi lords.

Su Guansheng was a confidant of Longwu, but he was promoted to a bachelor by Emperor Longwu because he was born as a prison student. With such kindness, he naturally firmly supported the Tang Dynasty, but after learning that the Guifan was in charge of the country, he also expressed his obedience and did not want to separate the two provinces. Accept Guifan to supervise the country, but hope that Guifan will move to Guangzhou to calm people's hearts, but the news He Gang brought back left him and all the officials dumbfounded.

"Where is the prisoner fleeing?" Right now, the Qing army is approaching Guangzhou. As a prisoner, it is natural to come out to calm people's hearts. Now that Guangzhou has not given up resistance, Guiwang Jianguo, who is in Zhaoqing, has run away first. This is not abandoning the entire army and people in Guangdong. ?

He Gang said angrily: "King Gui heard that the Qing soldiers had entered Guangdong, Wang Kun, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, advocated fleeing immediately, and Ding Kuichu, the first assistant, agreed. Although Qu Futai insisted on calmness, King Gui still moved to Guangxi and wanted to move to Guilin! "

When the officials heard the words, their hearts were shaken. This is like a confrontation between two armies. The enemy is still [-] miles away, but the leader of his own side flees without fighting. What do the soldiers think and how can they fight?

Su Guansheng's face turned cold, he strode back to the government office, and then ordered: "Close the gates of the city, and no one is allowed to leave the city from today onwards. In addition, all the fleeing people will be transported across the Pearl River, and none of them will be allowed to enter Guangzhou. Strict interrogation is also required when entering. The matter of King Gui must not be spread in the city, and those who disobey the order will be punished without mercy~"

All the officials heard the words and responded bitterly. Seeing this, Su Guansheng and Chen Bangyan had nothing to do.

It was night, in Su Guansheng's study, several adults sat opposite each other, namely Su Guansheng, Gu Yuanjing, Chen Zizhuang, Chen Bangyan, He Gang and others.

After everyone was seated, Su Guansheng said: "King Gui abandoned the people and fled to Guangxi. Now Guangzhou is full of turmoil and turmoil. Many officials, gentry, and merchants intend to flee, and they were blocked in the city by the orders of this hall. But if it goes on for a long time, It is inevitable that the hearts of the people will be unstable. This hall wants to establish the king of Tang in Guangzhou to supervise the country and order the army and the people. What do you think?"

Su Guansheng had already discussed with Gu Yuanjing about the decision to establish the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Yan's faction was naturally close to Tang Fan, and his relationship was far more than that of King Gui, who had no relationship with him. So after Su Guansheng finished speaking, he did not object, but Chen Zizhuang, who had just entered the city, , but immediately stood up and said: "This matter must never be done. Since ancient times, there have been no two days in the sky, and there have been no two masters in the country. Now the descendants of Shenzong have supervised the country. If the king of Tang is established again, people's hearts will be confused, and the same room will fight each other. Isn't it true that the Suge Ministry I heard that Yuan Shao was dead, and the two Yuans were vying to be established. The Yuan family died because of Cao Man! Now that the king of Tang is established, there will be endless troubles in the future, and this official will be the first to object!"

Both Wang Yan and Emperor Longwu were committed to eliminating the conflicts among the ministers, but until now, they just no longer cared about the differences between Donglin and the Eunuch Party, and it was basically impossible to eliminate the conflicts.

When everyone heard Chen Zizhuang's words, they all knew that what he said was reasonable, but the truth was reasonable, but the fact in front of them was not resolved, that is, Guangzhou needs a person who can stabilize people's hearts.

Su Guansheng remained silent with a frosty expression on his face, Chen Bangyan had no choice but to say: "Old Chen Ge is right, but now His Royal Highness King Gui has entered Guangxi, Qing soldiers are approaching Guangzhou, and the people in the city are scattered. If we don't do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on."

Chen Zizhuang couldn't help it either, right now Li Tang was like a special-effect scorpion, if he ate it, he might be able to keep Guangzhou, but it would definitely cause damage to Daming in the long run.

"The dispute between Tang and Lu led to the defeat of Eastern Zhejiang, and the defeat of Eastern Zhejiang led to Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which finally led to this great change. In the final analysis, this is the evil result of the same-surname dispute." Huang Shijun, another scholar of the Chongzhen Dynasty, said: "The Qing soldiers have not yet arrived, so I think we should think of other ways. If it doesn't work, we will support Tang Wang."

A discussion broke up unhappily.

In any era, businessmen are very well-informed. They control the news from all over the world, and then buy low and sell high, earning a lot of money.

The fact that King Gui fled to Guangxi was not a secret among the upper-class officials in Guangzhou, but the people below did not know about it, but money can communicate with the gods. After hearing the news, a businessman surnamed Zhao bribed him. The gatekeeper officers and soldiers wanted to escape from Guangzhou, but they were arrested after the incident, and the whole city was in an uproar.

Su Guansheng had no choice but to order the businessman to be beheaded in order to frighten people's hearts. However, as the old saying goes, "a country without a king will be restless, and an army without a general will lead to chaos." The ancients compared the king to the sun. Although he was killed, the hearts of the people in Guangzhou are obviously in chaos.

A few days later, a Ming army of nearly [-] soldiers was carrying gunpowder smoke from the battlefield. The soldiers' armor was damaged, the battle flag was half rolled, and there were many wounded soldiers helping each other. Obviously, they had experienced fierce battles.

He rushed to Guangzhou from the east, and Liu Shun took the lead and entered Guangzhou city directly. His face was not washed by gunpowder smoke, and his bloody armor was changed, so he hurried to Su Guansheng's residence.

When he entered the mansion, he found that Su Guansheng was unhappy from a distance, so he immediately asked Chen Bangyan why he was so, and Chen Bangyan told the truth about the situation in Guangzhou.

When Liu Shun heard the words, he was furious immediately: "The disaster is on the brow, the Qing soldiers are about to attack, and they are still arguing endlessly. The civil servants are really mistaken!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Shun stopped paying respects to Su Guansheng, turned around and left directly. The soldiers in front of the house were slightly surprised to see him come out so soon, but Liu Shun got on his horse and shouted: "Go to the Tang Palace!"

Since Tang Wang came to Guangzhou, he lived in seclusion. He also knew that the officials in Guangzhou city had to copy everything to avoid suspicion.

Speaking of which, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were also suffering. Apart from eating and drinking, they couldn't do anything they wanted to do, and they were forced to become reproductive tools.

In the current situation, the people of Old Zhu's family naturally want to keep the great tomorrow, but as a royal family, if they can't ascend to the big position, even if they want to serve the country and want to kill the enemy, they can't do it.

At this moment, King Tang was having a drink in the house to relieve his worries, but the door of the house opened wide, and the little eunuch ran in in a panic. Before he could tell, he saw a group of generals in armor rushing in.

Seeing this, the king of Tang was shocked immediately, but Liu Shun gave him a wink. A general immediately stepped forward, wrapped a piece of yellow cloth around the king of Tang, and then bowed in unison: "The Qing soldiers are approaching Guangzhou. I respectfully ask Your Highness to supervise the country." !"

(End of this chapter)