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Chapter 184 West Palace

At that time, I hope that the fake emperor's name and commands are ordered by both China and abroad, and that the troops are dispatched to urge the salary, but I will not hear about it. Life and death and robbery are free and free. The emperor is in Anlong, but I will not hear about it.

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At Tian'ankou, Tianzhou, Guangxi, thousands of Ming soldiers knelt on both sides of the road. From time to time, there were elite cavalry passing by. The knight did not have a sword in his hand, but only a big flag. When the flag arrived, the knight shouted loudly: "Western Palace has arrived! Western Palace has arrived!"

"You should welcome the Western Palace quickly, and don't use your sword and sword!"

“…”

Countless knights rode past the horses, and their shouts made thousands of Ming soldiers lie on the ground on both sides, and they did not dare to look up. On the road where the war horses stepped on, blood could be vaguely seen.

In the crowd, a young young man whispered to the people around him: "Brother Zhang, why did General Liu abandon us?"

The man named Zhang Er Ge chuckled and whispered: "Western Mansion is here. Is there still a way out if General Liu doesn't run away? Don't you think about what General Liu has done with us these days."

After hearing this, the young man fell silent. Over the past few days, they were ordered by General Liu, but they did not dare to resist the Western Prefecture's army for the sake of the great enemy. They not only cut off the food supply of the Western Prefecture army, but also killed the people left behind in the Western Prefecture, and stationed in Tian'ankou, in order not to let the Western Prefecture army go north. Now that the Western Prefecture is coming, General Liu dares not resist. He keeps these small soldiers, but flees by himself. It seems that it is really not righteous enough.

"Then General Liu is running away now, can we really survive?" The young man was a little worried about his life. After all, they had killed many people from the Western Palace a few days ago.

Brother Zhang did not have this concern and shook his head and said, "Xifu is also our king. We are just following orders. Now General Liu has run away. How can Xifu make things difficult for us? Don't worry. Xifu will not kill us."

The young man was still a little scared when he heard this. He was about to say something else, but the person he was facing suddenly became turbulent. Then he heard countless people shouting loudly: "Western Mansion is here, we are here!"

Xifu is here?!

The young master and Zhang Erge both looked up at the south. They saw smoke and dust rolling around in the south, and hundreds of cavalry were rushing towards this side.

The cavalry galloped in front of the horse slowed down, and the smoke and dust brought by the horse's hooves fell down. Only then did everyone see that the cavalry was surrounded by a man. The person who knew him recognized him at a glance, the person was the Grand Race of Dingguo of Xifu!

The Western Palace Grand Veteran appeared in front of the Ming army, and the crowd became quiet in an instant, and the people next to each other could hardly hear the breathing of their companions.

He immediately tied up his horses in the West Mansion, and his eyes swept across the thousands of surrendered soldiers on both sides. Then he said, "You are not afraid, you are the brothers of the King of Qin, and you are interspersed with meticulous words. Now there is nothing else. You are back to the camp, and I will wait for you." He paused and said, "If you return to the camp, I will reward you with 20,000 taels of silver and rest in the camp for seven days!"

As soon as the words were finished, the surrendered troops on both sides immediately cheered: "Xifu Qiansui, Xifu Qiansui!"

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Guizhou, Guiyang.

Since Sun Kewang moved Emperor Yongli to Anlong, he has completely controlled the power of the court. The so-called Yongli court is nothing but a false and empty space, relying only a small group of civil and military officials to support the store. All military and national affairs were decided by Sun Kewang in Guiyang. Then he notified Emperor Yongli to recognize it in form, but daily affairs were not related to the Bai court at all.

Sun Kewang's move naturally led to a considerable number of civil servants and generals under the jurisdiction of the Southern Ming Dynasty, except for the Yongli period, only Sun Kewang, the "national lord", and the emperor was left behind. Even in the ninth year of Yongli (the twelfth year of Shunzhi), the Qiben, who was selected by Ming Hui, who had attacked the left general Bai Wenxuan, gave Sun Kewang, all claimed to be a minister, and used words such as "Qiguozhu in front of the imperial court" and "sealing the imperial palace to comfort the holy cares".

The King of Guyuan, Shangli, was unwilling to be the last emperor, and also cast a large copper incense burner at Jinding Temple in Jizu Mountain, Yunnan. Although the inscription engraved on the furnace was based on the official anniversary of the Ming Dynasty in the eighth year of Yongli, it was not mentioned at all. As the emperor of today, he only praised Sun Kewang: He called it this way in the inscription. "The disciple of Guyuan, Wang Shangli, led a man to Guanglu. He was originally from Zhangchengbao, the Weiqunmen of Guyuan, Xiliang Prefecture, Shaanxi. Since Dinghai, he has been following the king to visit Yunnan, and has been determined to respect the Three Treasures and repair the temples of each mountain.... Relying on the Buddha's light, he prayed for the king's holy life and the imperial map to consolidate."

In addition to Bai Wenxuan and Wang Shangli and other generals, a large number of civil servants in the Yongli court also cleverly catered to him and took the opportunity to persuade him to advance. The Minister of War Ren Shin-chan used the destiny to prove that his fortune had ended and that things could not be done. He advocated that Emperor Yongli abdicate the throne to Sun Kewang; the editor-in-chief said that "the emperor's throne was set and the court ceremony was set. He said that the emperor's star was clear at Jingdu, and wrote a letter to persuade him to advance."

Ren Yu was not only enthusiastic about persuading the advancement, but when Emperor Yongli was welcomed to Anlong, Sun Kewang was once prepared to meet Anlong, but Ren Yu advised him: "The king wants to enter Anlong, how can the two dragons meet?" So Sun Kewang did not even hold this minimum etiquette.

Not only did he serve as a civil servant of the Yongli court who defected to Sun Kewang, but even the powerful minister Ma Jixiang, who was by Emperor Anlong, secretly attached to Sun Kewang for his wealth. He said to Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the Sili seal, said: "Today's general trend has returned to the King of Qin. We must take part in the relationship with him as a place in the future."

After hearing this, Pang Tianshou was quite convinced, so the two of them became sworn brothers with Zhang Yingke, the Titang official stationed in Anlong, and even expressed their hearts to Zhang Yingke: "The King of Qin has a great merit and is admired by the world. Today, the destiny of heaven is in Qin, and people cannot violate the destiny of heaven. We intend to persuade the Lord of Guangdong to abdicate the King of Qin, and bother the two kings to fulfill this intention first."

In addition, Ma Jixiang also sent someone to call Gu Qipin, a doctor from the Yongli court, to draw a "Zhen Xiupao of Yao and Shun" to give it to Ke Wang. Unexpectedly, this Gu Qipin was loyal to Emperor Yongli and refused to paint. Ma Jixiang held a grudge and reported to Sun Ke Wang privately. Ke Wang heard about it and was furious, so he ordered people to lock the Gu Qipin and untied it in Guiyang and killed it under the stick.

Under the close monitoring of the Titang officials sent by Sun Kewang, the Anlong prefect, and the unscrupulous Ma Jixiang, and Pang Tianshou, the monarchs and ministers of Yongli did not have much freedom and turned into puppets. Sun Kewang's domineering shocked the Yongli court officials, and many people were indignant. Xu Ji, the head of the Ministry of War, Lin Qingyang, the chief officer of the Ministry of War, and Hu Shirui, etc., wrote memorials to impeach Ma Jixiang. Pang Tianshou "has a ill-hearted heart and resigned to Qin." But these people only dared to impeach Ma, Pang Ertra, and did not dare to point directly at the King of Qin. It was obvious that they were just a little decent for the court.

In the eighth year of Yongli, Sun Kewang held a provincial examination in Kunming and set up his own cabinet, six ministries, and other officials in Guiyang. Local civil servants and generals were appointed by themselves, and the official seal was changed from the nine-fold seal script of the Ming Dynasty to eight-fold. Although these measures have the positive significance of eliminating the Southern Ming Dynasty's bribery and purifying the official etiquette, they were essentially the emperor's own efforts.
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