Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 257 Distant Friendship and Close Attack ([-])

In the past two years, due to the rise of the Security Corps, various forces in the south have sent envoys to Jinling City.After several changes, the envoys staying in Jinling are Wen Anzhi, envoy of Yongli, Huang Zongxi, envoy of King Lu, Yang Weizhi, envoy of Daxi Army, Gu Chaojian, envoy of Zhu Chenggong, Wu Sanmei, envoy of Wu Sangui, and Tan Hong, envoy of Xinshun .

These envoys in Jinling City were divided into several factions according to the factions they belonged to. When they met, they would raise eyebrows and even quarrel with each other.

Wen Anzhi, the envoy of Yongli, is a very old man. A few years ago, he was the chief assistant of the Yongli Dynasty. Later, he was sent to Sichuan and Hubei to recruit the local anti-Tartar forces, but these forces belonged to Xinshun. Wen Anzhi's work also failed.Afterwards, Mu Tianbo came to Nanning under the guidance of the envoy of the security regiment, and in a conspiracy, he won Li Yuanyin, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing and others in the army, and then wiped out Ma Jixiang's influence in one fell swoop, and firmly controlled the remnant Ming government. in their own hands.Mu Tianbo absorbed Shi Kefa's lesson, and suppressed all opposing opinions from the court and China.Therefore, the highly respected Wen Anzhi could no longer return to the court, and his titles of Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Minister of the Ministry of War were also deprived. This made it the best choice for the prince Taibao to serve as the envoy of Yongli to reside in Jinling.

In the history of Qiu Tianxing's previous life, Huang Zongxi, the envoy of King Lu, had a much greater reputation than Wen Anzhi.Three thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi.Now Wang Fuzhi is still in the Yongli Dynasty, while Gu Chengwu and Huang Zongxi belong to Lu Wang.The year before last, Huang Zongxi contacted his relatives and old friends to support the King of Lu in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, and Gu Yanwu raised troops in Kunshan, Suzhou to play the banner of the King of Lu.Later, the Tartars pacified Kunshan and killed more than [-] people. The entire Kunshan County was almost emptied, and the forces loyal to the King of Lu disappeared.Later, although Kunshan gradually recovered its popularity, its vitality was seriously injured, which is why the third and fifth columns were able to go down to Kunshan in one battle.

After absconding all the way to the Lu Dynasty with the remnants of the defeated general, Gu Yanwu was left in the court.At the same time, after Yuyao County in Shaoxing was breached, Huang Zongxi also fled to Ningbo with his troops.The only difference is that Huang Zongxi was sent to Jinling and became the envoy representing King Lu, unlike Gu Yanwu who stayed in the court.

Yang Weizhi, the envoy of the Great Western Army, used to be the deputy envoy of Yunnan in the former Ming Dynasty to patrol Jincang Road. Later, he was defeated by the Great Western Army led by Sun Kewang, and he survived drowning.Sun Kewang comforted him by saying that he would unite with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Tartars. After Yang Weizhi made an appointment with him not to sacrifice the title of loyalty, not to kill the people and not to capture women, Yang Weizhi took refuge in Sun Kewang, and the eight prefectures in western Yunnan went down without bloodshed.

Later, Sun Kewang sent Yang Weizhi as an envoy to ask Yongli for the title of king of Qin, but Yongli refused.Originally, in the history of Qiu Tianxing, Yang Weizhi was unable to do this because of this matter, and he also stayed as a scholar of Dongge University in the Yongli Dynasty without authorization.Finally, when meeting Sun Kewang, he knocked Kewang off his head and was killed.This life is different, because of the rise of the security corps, and the great cause of restoration can be expected, Yongli categorically rejected Sun Kewang's request.Similarly, because the security regiment took Nanjing, Sun Kewang also gave up the idea of ​​Lianming against the Tartars, thinking that with the security regiment's restraint, the pressure on the Daxi Army from the Tartars would be greatly reduced, and he could act alone .Sure enough, just as Sun Kewang expected, the Tartars offered Daxi Army a win-win condition, cede several provinces in exchange for besieging the security regiment with all their strength.It's just that the siege against the security regiment failed in the end, and the south is still in chaos.Yang Weizhi also changed his fate. Not only did he not die in this life, but he was also sent to Nanjing to become the envoy of the Daxi Army and the security regiment.Although Yang Weizhi intends to stay in the Yongli Dynasty, firstly, Mu Tianbo's power alone cannot tolerate him, and secondly, he also thinks that it is better to go to Nanjing than to stay in Nanning. After becoming the envoy sent by the Daxi Army to the security group, he will help the Yongli Dynasty bigger.

So because of this thought, although Yang Weizhi is the envoy of the Great Western Army, he is closer to Wen Anzhi, the envoy of the Yongli Dynasty.And this meant that whenever he saw Huang Zongxi, the envoy of the King of Lu, he would raise eyebrows, curse and even want to fight.Because in his eyes, all the people on King Lu's side are rebellious officials and thieves, and Zhengshuo is still in Nanning.

Zhu Chenggong's envoy was Gu Chaojian, who was classmates with Huang Qiyu, the current chief assistant of the Yongli Dynasty, and Guo Zhiqi, a bachelor of Wenyuange and concurrently the Minister of Rites.In the first year of Chongzhen in the former Ming Dynasty, at the age of Wuchen, Gu Chaojian and Jieyang classmates Song Zhaoyu, Guo Zhiqi, and Huang Qiyu became Jinshi together, and they were known as the Four Talents of Wuchen in history.In the former Ming Dynasty, Gu Chaojian also served successively as the censor of Shandong Dao, Huke Gishizhong, and Like Gishizhong. Later, King Gui Zhu Youlang was awarded the position of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple when he succeeded to the throne in Zhaoqing.It's just that he had a gap with the college student He Wuzou who was in the court at that time, so he didn't take up the post. Instead, he went to Xiamen to vote for Zheng Chenggong, and he was called "Seven Dukes" with Lu Ruoteng and Xu Fuda.

Now He Wunu is dead, and his classmates Huang Qiyu and Guo Zhiqi have been promoted, and Gu Chaojian also intends to return to the court.It’s just that first, Zhu Chenggong is also under the banner of Yongli, and he also works for the court at Zhu Chenggong’s place. Second, both Huang Qiyu and Guo Zhiqi wrote to Gu Chaojian, telling him that as long as he can win Zhu Chenggong, then he will be loyal to the court. contribute more.So Gu Chaojian stayed at Zhu Chenggong's place and was sent to Jinling as an envoy.

It is precisely because of this background that Gu Chaojian, like Yang Weizhi, opposed Huang Zongxi and regarded Huang Zongxi as a traitor.

In contrast, Wu Sanmei, Wu Sangui's emissary, is different. Wu Sanmei is Wu Sangui's younger brother and also Wu Sangui's confidant.At this time, Wu Sangui's main advisers Liu Maoxia, Fang Guangchen and others have not yet joined him, and now Wu Sangui has fewer ministers, so he can only send Wu Sanmei as a general.

Now Wu Sangui is attached to Yongli in name and regards Yongli as Zhengshuo, but this does not mean that Wu Sangui is really loyal to Yongli. All he needs is a name, and the King of Lu in Eastern Zhejiang is another choice for Wu Sangui.So compared to Gu Chaojian, Yang Weizhi and others, Wu Sanmei is much more polite to Huang Zongxi.

The envoy of Xinshun was Tan Hong. Tan Hong was originally a Sichuan hero, and his three brothers were Tan Wen, Tan Hong and Tan Yi. When Ye Suxi of the Sixth Battalion entered Sichuan to occupy Kuizhou, they took their territory.Later, the three of them fought Ye Su repeatedly, but under the strong political system of the Security Corps, the three of them gradually lost their support, and their territory was constantly being eroded.In the end, the three of them had no choice but to go far away to Hubei, and took refuge in the rest of the Dashun Army entrenched in Xingshan, Yichang Prefecture, Hubei.Later, seeing that the world was becoming more and more chaotic, and the Tazi's dominance of the world was interrupted by the security regiment, the rest of the Dashun Army also had the idea of ​​raising troops.Of course, the idea of ​​sweeping the world is gone, but it is still possible for a separatist party to dominate.Therefore, everyone supported Li Laiheng, the adopted son of Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo, as the leader, and established Xinshun.Because San Tan had read books, he was a rare scholar in Xinshun, so Tan Hong, the second eldest in San Tan, was sent to Jinling as an envoy.

Xinshun's predecessor had the deepest entanglement with Remnant Ming, and the demise of Qianming had a crucial reason for Dashun.When the Tartars came crushing them, Li Guogao Yigong and others had no choice but to cling to Remnant, and were changed into Remnant's loyalty camp.But then the conflict between the two sides gradually arose, and Li Guo and Gao Yigong chose to leave.During the march in the Zhongzhen Camp, Li Guo died of illness first, and then the army was attacked by Sun Kewang, and Gao Yigong unfortunately died in battle.The Zhongzhen Battalion was commanded by Li Laiheng, and traveled all the way to Xingshan County, Yichang Prefecture.

Later, with the rise of the security regiment, the rest of the Dashun Army changed drastically, and they regrouped, known as Xinshun.But this touched the heroes of the South, even the most powerful security group did not play the national name, but Xinshun dared to do this, so Xinshun's forces were resisted by many heroes, of course the security group was not included.

For the representatives of various forces who came to Jinling, the security team welcomed them with a welcoming attitude.After all, Qiu Tianxing also wants to create a scene where the anti-Tartar forces are united.

But facing the kindness shown by the security team, the envoys of all parties were a little overwhelmed. They went up and down the camp all day long, visited the heads of various departments, and gave gifts and treated guests, which made Qiu Tianxing a headache.

(End of this chapter)