Chapter 6 King and Minister
Zhou Guan sneaked away from An Long as scheduled and went to Li Dingguo's army. After seeing Zhou Guan away, Wu Zhenyu was summoned to the palace for another incident.
"The chief officer of the general of the three provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi Province, Chen Wen, first recovered Quzhou last year and killed Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian. This year, he defeated the enemy army and killed the first-class Jinnihafan Han army inlaid with red flags, Gushan Ezhen stone rebelled against the ping pillar. His Highness the King of Qin thought that this was a great contribution and should be rewarded with the duke. What does Your Majesty think?"
Sun Kewang's envoy stood proudly in the hall and talked freely. In addition to paying homage to him, the Emperor Yongli was more like a minister, while the Qin King Sun Kewang represented by the envoy was more like a king.
However, the Yongli monarch and ministers present did not show any surprise or dissatisfaction. Even if they had thought about it, they did not dare to put it in their mouths. In addition to the fact that Lin Qingyang and Zhou Guan went out to seek help was still in progress, they had to endure it. In fact, they had seen such scenes a lot and had long been used to it.
On the dragon throne, Emperor Yongli listened silently as Sun Kewang's envoy republicated the matter of appointing Chen Wen as Duke. As for what he thought, it was just the minimum politeness. The last layer of window paper between Sun Kewang and Yongli. Sun Kewang did not poke because Li Dingguo was still there, and his prestige in the Ming army in the southwest plummeted due to the battle at the fork in the road. However, this was only a matter of time. On Yongli, his life was controlled by people. Sun Kewang was still a bandit guy, and there was nothing he could not do, so of course he dared not do anything.
At this point, Your Majesty thinks, can you say that I don’t agree? If it were a strong emperor, he might have tried it. However, Yongli was not a strong person. No matter how much grievances he felt, he would only return to the harem and Empress Ma. Queen Wang would cry, and at this moment he would only reply, "I have no objection."
After Sun Kewang's envoy informed the matter, he left the dilapidated Anlong Qianhu House just changed his sign and became a broken house in the palace. He set out to return to Guiyang to report his life. Naturally, the emperor and ministers could not send a messenger, so naturally there was a eunuch Zhang Fulu, a lie-in-chief around Yongli, who was sent to him.
After leaving the "main hall", Zhang Fulu came to the messenger, took out a ingot of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the messenger's hand. The messenger came here many times, but he was not surprised by this. After collecting the silver, Zhang Fulu asked.
"Your instructor is knowledgeable. Can you tell us how Anyuan Hou defeated the enemy army?"
The envoy looked at Zhang Fulu. The last time he came to the position of the State of Lu for the sake of the State of Lu, the eunuch asked Chen Wen, but he was asking about things like origin. This time he asked about his inquiries, and his mouth was short and his hands were short. Anyway, he could not say much in just a few steps.
After a while, after seeing off the envoy, Zhang Fulu rushed back to the hall. At this time, Ma Jixiang had already been sent to Nanning, Guangxi, and the Warrior Camp of Pang Tianshou, the hall was surrounded by these two people, making it easier to speak.
"It is rare that this person is so brave that he defeated the eight thousand Han troops and the eight banners with three battalions."
"Can you ask clearly what size the camp is?"
"Report to your Majesty, I am not sure when the envoy said it was said, but it is probably the main barracks."
There are 3,000 soldiers in the military camp, and if they have a vacant salary, it will be only 2,500, and there are even more people who may not even be able to reach 2,000. This is the organization before the military personnel escaped from the late Ming Dynasty. There are only these troops directly under the command of a general. For other deputy generals, generals, and guerrillas in the military town, they only have temporary command power in wartime, which is more suitable for using civilians to control martial arts.
However, when it comes to Chen Wen, there are only nine thousand soldiers, and nine thousand defeats eight thousand. Although it still sounds like a swaying crowd, the Eight Banners of the Han army are also the Eight Banners. In their understanding and understanding, even if they are weaker than the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, they are stronger than the Green Camp, and the strongest ones are not a little bit. Of course, such a powerful general can be called that sentence.
Unfortunately, the envoy didn't know exactly how big Chen Wen's scale was. If the monarch and minister of Yongli learned about the defeat of 6,000 and his own soldiers were defeated by 8,000, he would not know what he should think.
It is not without reason to listen to Chen Wen's incident. During this period, the monarch and ministers of Yongli have always been committed to attracting Li Dingguo as aid to restore the power of the Yongli court. However, whether Li Dingguo can succeed is one thing, and they cannot guarantee whether there will be a front door driving wolf and a back door entering the tiger after success. Therefore, it is better to know more about a powerful Ming general in order to prepare for emergencies.
Today, among the Ming army in the southwest, the generals in Kuidong were few and scattered, which was not enough to help; the same was true for Liu Wenxiu's loss of power. Zheng Chenggong of the Ming army in the southeast dominated the Fujian Sea and once led the army to serve the king, but his nest was attacked by the Qing army in Fujian. Chen Wen from Zhejiang could not relieve his near thirst. The previous Cao Conglong Rebellion also made the civil officials of the Yongli court have a very bad impression of this general. After all, if the civil officials can mess up, this general is definitely not a good thing. However, the current situation of the Yongli court is that everyone is transferred to the plate. Who knows whether it will be used in the future? If you can understand more, you will be a point.
"Shi Tingzhu, I remember that the Han general who seemed to be a great use in the captain's court when the slave chief Taiji was still alive. He didn't even run away such a powerful man. He was so brave."
"Your Majesty said very much. Although Chen Wen is not as loyal as Qi Shaobao, his bravery is rare. In addition, this ancestor was hereditary to the hundreds of right guards in Tianjin. He was clearly a powerful general who was descended by Taizu. Chengzu protected my emperor. If he could do his best to drive, he would have contributed his strength to the revival of the Ming Dynasty."
Yongli has never seen whether he is loyal or righteous, but the palate items a few months ago were actually delivered to Anlong. There are not many people who still have this thought these days. Even if it is not worth much money, it is just a matter of face. For Emperor Yongli, who only costs 8,000 taels of silver a year, it is also a tribute worth remembering.
As for what Wu Zhenyu and the others said, loyalty and righteousness were not as good as Qi Shaobao. He had been emperor for many years. He could see some of the twists and turns in the mind of the civil servants. Isn’t it just a matter of the civil servants’ rebellion? He Tengjiao has done such things, even better than Cao Conglong. In the end, he was posthumously named King of Zhongxiang. Who made He Tengjiao die unyieldingly? But the things he did in Huguang ruined the good situation several times, and who remembers these things?
Being weak does not mean he is a fool. Listening to the ministers expressing their opinions, Yongli knew that these people were loyal to him, and his temperament was not the kind of person who said something directly, so it was naturally hard to say anything. However, these officials did not delay too much on these things that would not have any impact for the time being, and soon moved them back to Guan Zhou.
"Criminal assistant, has the matter been done?"
"Report to Your Majesty, Zhou Kongmu is the most meticulous and cautious person. I think he will not miss a big deal."
"That's good, that's good."
If it is not good, although Ren wrote the sentence "The two dragons cannot meet each other" and did not see Sun Kewang himself with his own eyes, Yongli could still imagine what it would mean if the guy knew about this.
Chapter completed!