Zhu Hongyu closed the report and slowly exhaled a breath.

Then he continued to deal with the government affairs at hand.

Just when he was buried, there was a knock on the door of the house.

Winter winter winter! winter winter!

Zhu Hongyu raised his head and said.

"Come in!"

Immediately afterwards, the door of the imperial study room was opened from the outside, and a young eunuch walked in with a face full of panic. He came to worship in front of Zhu Hongyu, and then said.

"Report...Your Majesty, there is news from Prince Jin's Mansion that the old prince has passed away..."

When Zhu Hongyu heard this, the expression on his face froze.

The pen in his hand fell to the table.

He took a deep breath and asked.

"This is true!"

The little eunuch said hurriedly.

"How dare you, slave, to deceive Your Majesty?"

"This is the news from Prince Jin's Mansion."

Zhu Hongyu closed his eyes after hearing this.

Then he waved his hand and said.

"Back off!"

"Let me slow down!"

"..."

After the young eunuch retreated, Zhu Hongyu felt confused for a while.

After Zheng Chenggong died of illness, Li Dingguo also died.

Two kings with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty both died of illness, which should be a good thing for the emperor Zhu Hongyu.

Because the king with a different surname is gone, his imperial power will inevitably become more stable!

But for some reason, Zhu Hongyu felt confused for a while.

Perhaps it is because the death of these two people represents the end of an era...

Zhu Hongyu found a piece of blank paper and prepared to write an elegiac couplet for Li Dingguo himself.

When Zheng Chenggong died of illness, he wrote the elegiac couplet.

Now Li Dingguo naturally cannot be left behind.

First couplet: The two tribes are famous kings, the Tartars are frightened, and the Ding Ding Yan Zuo is determined. This is how the world's heroes should be!

Second line: On the outskirts of Xinhui City, on the hillside of Mopan Mountain, my robes are stained with blood, and I will not bend the knees of mountains and rivers!

Horizontal batch: pillars of the country and dynasty.

Zhu Hongyu had just finished writing when the door of the imperial study room was knocked again.

He said a little irritably.

"Come in! What's going on?!"

The young eunuch who just came in was the same one. The young eunuch knelt in front of Zhu Hongyu and gasped and spoke.

"...Your Majesty, an urgent report has just been sent from the Western Regions. King Wu Sangui of Anxi has also passed away!"

When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he had a shocked expression on his face.

To be honest, he was not sad about Wu Sangui's death.

However, the deaths of Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui came together, which also made him deeply moved.

The era belonging to Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, and Wu Sangui is really over!

Zhu Hongyu took a deep breath and gave instructions.

"Copy the elegiac couplet and send it to Prince Jin's Mansion..."

With that said, Zhu Hongyu handed the elegiac couplet he had just written to the young eunuch.

The little eunuch kowtowed and resigned.

Zhu Hongyu continued to write elegiac couplets to Wu Sangui.

Although he disliked Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui now made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty in opening up the Western Regions and expanding its territory.

Even if this is not his intention!

But Zhu Hongyu still couldn't leave him behind.

After pondering for a while, another elegiac couplet also appeared on the paper.

Since Wu Sangui surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was difficult to explain, so his elegiac couplet for Wu Sangui could only start from his fight against the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong when he was young, and his efforts to stabilize the Western Regions and expand the country's territory in his old age.

First couplet: The young man is heroic, thousands of troops save his father, the horse is leaping with whip, who is the enemy of the cavalry?

Second line: With white hair and a loyal heart, thousands of troops are trying to make things happen, and the territory is being expanded to open borders. The Tatar chiefs are terrified of Anxi!

Horizontal comment: Hero of a lifetime.

Zhu Hongyu's evaluation of Li Dingguo was that Ding Ding Yanzuo was a hero in the world and an indomitable pillar of the country.

But his evaluation of Wu Sangui was that he was a young and heroic general and a hero who frightened the Tartar chieftains.

In other words, Zhu Hongyu recognized Li Dingguo's character and ability.

But for Wu Sangui, he only recognized his ability and did not comment on his character.

Zhu Hongyu had to admit that although Wu Sangui had a bad character and was a traitor, in terms of ability, he could really be called a hero.

Historically, if Wu Sangui had not died of illness, the Manchu Qing Dynasty might not have been able to survive even the stalls of San Francisco.

When Wu Sangui was still alive, Wu Zhou's army was no match for the Qing army.

Then, Zhu Hongyu ordered someone to send his elegiac couplet to Wu Sangui via telegram to the Western Regions...

Later, Zhu Hongyu convened the cabinet members to discuss how to handle the posthumous affairs of Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui.

And discuss giving royal titles to Wu Sangui's two sons.

Wu Sangui's last note was still to express his loyalty to Zhu Hongyu, expressing his voluntary favor and dividing the territory of Zhou State between his two sons.

It is hoped that the emperor can confer royal titles on his two sons and accept that the divided Zhou Kingdom will continue to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course Zhu Hongyu will not refuse!

Soon, he made a decision and granted Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi the title of king and the title of country respectively.

Wu Yingxiong was the eldest son and inherited the title of King Wu Sangui of Anxi and the title of the Kingdom of Zhou.

Wu Yingqi was the second son, so he was re-canonized as King of Dingnan and given the name of Tianzhu.

Before Wu Sangui died of illness, he divided the Zhou Kingdom into two.

The northern half was given to his eldest son Wu Yingxiong, and the southern part facing the Mughal Empire was given to Wu Yingqi.

The capital of Wu Yingxiong's Zhou Kingdom was set at Xinshanhaiguan.

The capital of Wu Yingqi is Lahore, which is located on the front line.

Since the north was relatively poor, while the south, close to the Ganges Plain, was relatively wealthy, in order to compensate Wu Yingxiong, Wu Sangui took the initiative and assigned Karachi Port, the only port in Wu Zhou, to Wu Yingxiong.

Wu Sangui's plan was very clear. Since Wu Yingxiong was not familiar with military matters, let him govern in the rear.

Wu Yingqi was leading the army from the front to fight and expand the territory.

As a father, Wu Sangui has tried his best to keep a bowl of water balanced.

Zhu Hongyu gave Wu Yingqi the name of Tianzhu to encourage Wu Yingqi to continue marching south.

After Zhu Hongyu made the decision, he left the palace and drove to Li Dingguo's residence.

Li Dingguo was gone and he had to see him off.

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Li Dingguo's funeral was very grand, and it was on the same level as Zheng Chenggong.

The same emperor supports his spirit, and he is buried in the same imperial mausoleum.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Singing, dancing and feasting were banned for three days in Nanjing City. Countless people spontaneously came to the Jin Palace to pay tribute to the man who once supported the southwest half of the Ming Dynasty alone and continued the country for the Ming Dynasty.

, His Highness the King of Jin, who is unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, saw him off.

But after the funeral, Nanjing quickly returned to its old state.

Everyone does what they are supposed to do.
To be continued...