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Chapter 727: King Zhong, King Liao, King Qin (Three Heroes of Ming Dynasty)

Things were simply messy. Wang Duo, the chief minister of Nandu, had disagreed with the title of King Ajige. Now, "A special case will be opened, and the kingdom will be no longer a day." So he privately encouraged the "little ministers" who often scolded him to write a letter to oppose the title of King, saying that at most they could only give the title of Marquis.

Shi Kefa, who was in Tongling, was trying to go to the Manchu army to personally supervise the army, "using the power of the enemy to cleanse the bandits in the north, restore the country, and worship Sizong", also called the sudden emergence of several "please invite the king's prince" and made him a little confused. He even didn't know that the governor of Huguang He Tengjiao dared to carry him, the governor's cabinet, to win over Wu Sangui first.

He Tengjiao also scolded Hubei Governor Zhang Kuang, who was the governor whom he recommended, but did not want the governor to work together to handle state affairs. Instead, he was in contact with Wang Tizhong due to his own selfish intentions. Wang Deren and other generals asked the two generals to use their troops to re-enlist the king, which led to the swelling of the situation and the riots.

Under the chaos, Emperor Hongguang in Nandu seemed a little excited.

As Ma Shiying reported it as a truth, he only had to give a title to Zuo Menggeng. His 200,000 soldiers bowed to him, and "using the name of the court with a false name" is not a matter of happiness than the return of Manchu soldiers.

As for Wu Sangui, it is also possible to be named king. After all, the old soldiers in the closed door were originally powerful soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and Sangui's "borrowing troops to the East" did not really surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Before the fall of Manchu in the previous period, Wu Sangui was extremely polite to the gentry of the Ming Dynasty and did not help the Qing army to use troops in the Ming Dynasty. He had a very good reputation during the Chongzhen period, and the Nandu court was not a minority for it. Therefore, Emperor Hongguang did not reject the title of Wu Sangui as king.

After all, once Ajige was crowned as king, his troops were too powerful, and it was also a good move to balance Wu Sangui, Zuo Menggeng and others.

As for the Wang Deren style reported by Hubei Governor Zhang Kuang, Wang Deren, Hongguang looked down on him a little, and he wanted to prevent these two bandits from stealing the national weapons of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the chief assistant Wang Duo and many officials in the court opposed it too strongly, and Hongguang could not forcibly issue an order to be king. This turned his attention to Shi Kefa, who was supervising his troops outside. He secretly sent Zeng Guofu, who was the former chief of the Lu Wang Mansion, who was now the young minister of Taichang, to secretly meet Shi Kefa without telling him.

After determining the attitude of the emperor, Shi Kefa wrote a letter to suggest that the court could be granted the title of Ajige, Wu Sangui and Zuo Menggeng as the princes. In the king's body, Wang Deren was the Duke of the State. As for the Manchu and Han generals under the command of the three princes, they could be granted the title of Marquis and the title of the two titles of the Prince.

He was renamed the Prince, and all of them were the Prince of Two. The Chief Minister Wang Duo was in the same cabinet ministers and the officials of the Six Ministry of the Halls discussed it and believed that the current situation was a bit special. After all, the northern Shun bandits destroyed Manchuria and would send troops south at any time. Therefore, he specially handled the matter and drafted an order, and appointed Ajige as King Pingshun, Wu Sangui as King Pingbei, and Zuo Menggen as King Xingbei. The king was Duke of Guangguo, Wang Deren as Duke of Yu, and the other six were awarded the title of marquis, thirteen counts, and 24 hereditary Jinyiwei. He also had more than 70 generals and officials below the general.

When things got here, it could be said that it was a relatively perfect ending.

But God really joked about the Ming Dynasty. The decree of the Nandu Cabinet has not been issued yet. He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang in Changsha, was worried that the Hubei Governor Zhang Kuang would win over the two kings and harm his own interests. Therefore, without the court's clear order, he arbitrarily used the blank edict issued to Huguang when the Hongguang court was first established and filled it out privately, secretly casting the "Treasure of the King of Liao" golden seal. Wu Jinxi pretended to be the envoy of the court and went directly to Wu Sangui's army to directly enthrone Wu Sangui as the King of Liao.

Wu Sangui didn't know that there was no prince in Nanjing at all. He had always thought that he would be Duke Ji of the Ming Dynasty after he joined the Ming Dynasty. He did not expect that the court would attach so much importance to him, Wu Sangui, and granted the title of King of Liao, which made Wu Sangui overjoyed.

Not only did he personally go out of the city to welcome the imperial envoy Wu Jinxi, he also mobilized the military and civilians in the city to arrange a grand ceremony for the title of kings.

Wu Sangui's subordinates were also very excited because Wu Sangui was granted the title of King Liao of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone was immersed in the joy of treating them with great care in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the supply of money and grain, they also had a lot of rewards.

Who knew that the imperial envoy came soon after, and brought Wu Sangui the title of King Pingbei. This surprised Wu Sangui and said to the imperial envoy from Nanjing: "I am already the King of Liao, why is the new order to be King Pingbei?"

The situation quickly understood. It turned out that the title of King Liao was actually promised to him by the Governor of Huguang He Tengjiao on his back. Wu Sangui was angry and angry, and his situation became embarrassing in an instant. You must know that he was awarded the title of King Liao in front of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. At this time, he suddenly changed from the Prince of King Liao to the Prince of King Pingbei. What would the military and civilians think?

The embarrassment of the situation can be imagined.

The generals under Wu Sangui were even more angry. Because most of their families were in Beijing, many people clamored that Ming Dynasty officials treated the prince as a monkey. It would be better to vote for Dashun, Beijing, to attract troops to attack the Ming Dynasty and wash away this humiliation!

Wu Sangui hesitated about this. He really dared not surrender again. Military advisor Fang Zhichen thought this matter was too strange, so it would be better to ask He Tengjiao first and then talk about it.

He Tengjiao also knew that the matter of privately enthroning the King of Liao could not contain the fire. However, at this time, it was already a big mistake, or the raw rice was cooked and rice was cooked. Governor He could not retreat, so he simply made up his mind and sent Wu Jinxi to Wu Sangui to tell Wu Sangui that his achievements were supposed to be named Prince, so how could he live under the Manchu Ajige, or talk to these Tartars in the same seat.

"As the Duke is the King of Liao, he should be the King of Liao and just write to Nandu."

Wu Jinxi instructed Wu Sangui not to pay attention to the King of Pingbei, and directly gave the Nandu a thank-you note as King of Liao, creating a certain fact.

"The public has strong soldiers, the governor has great righteousness, and the southern capital is weak, so he will not dare to refute the public."

It also stated that as long as Wu Sangui formed an alliance with Governor He, the Governor would still fight for a provincial town for the King of Liao in the future.

After a series of temptations, Wu Sangui was very moved, so he expressed his gratitude to Nanjing as the King of Liao as Wu Jinxi said.

The title of "King of Xingbei" here in Zuo Menggeng was not recognized by Zuo Menggeng at all. Ma Shiying sent Ruan Dacheng to discuss with Zuo Menggeng and asked not to change the title of King Xingbei to King Nangan, but Zuo Menggeng ignored it and said that the Ming army is strong at present, so he wants to be granted the title of Prince, and no matter what the prince is, he will not accept it. He also said that he should not be granted any messy titles, either King Qin, King Chu, or King Zhao.

After hearing Ruan Dacheng's reply, Ma Shiying was also troublesome. He was worried that Nanjing would not be able to win the title of King of Qin when Zuo Menggeng asked for the title of King of Qin, so he said that it would be better to add a word to Qin, either to promote King of Qin, or to determine King of Qin, or to call King of Qin, or to be short for King of Qin.

Zuo Menggeng is not a child, so there is no prince with abbreviation, and he insists on being named King of Qin.

In order to put pressure on Ma Shiying and to show his strength, Zuo Menggeng transferred 50,000 troops from Anqing and ordered the construction of warships, which was very much the intention of re-emerging the eastward expedition.

At this time, the news that Wu Sangui submitted a letter to thank the court for his title of King of Liao came out, and the world was in an uproar, and the government and the country were even more shocked.

But as Tengjiao expected, facing the fact that Wu Sangui called himself the King of Liao, the Dukes of the dynasty were collectively silent. After learning about this, Emperor Hongguang in the palace simply re-proposed an order to confer Wu Sangui as King of Liao, Zuo Menggeng as King of Qin, Ajige as King Zhong, Wang Tizhong as King Xing'an, and Wang Deren as Duke Jianguo.

King Zuo Menggeng of Qin and Governor Ma Shiying of Fengyang, King Wu Sangui of Liao and governor He Tengjiao of Huguang, King Ajige of Zhong said, "I cannot bow my head unless Shi Gong."

Wang Tizhong was also involved in a traitor with Hubei Governor Zhang Kuang, and this person was satisfied with King Xing'an. However, Wang Deren failed to be the king as he wished, and only obtained a Duke Jian of the Kingdom. He was resentful to Zhang Kuang and Nandu, and was also dissatisfied with Wang Tizhong who was named the king. As a result, after some reason, he contacted Jin Shenghuan, the general under King Zuo Menggeng of Qin, who was named Duke Gan, and led his troops to leave Wang Tizhong to Jiangxi to "partner" with Jin Shenghuan.

Ajige was sincere in his attitude towards being named King Zhong, and wrote to Nanjing in Chinese, and most of his Manchu generals and schoolmen were calm.

In October chaotic, there were three more princes, one prince, four dukes, nine marquises, and more than twenty counts in one night. Although the "little ministers" called this chaos a sign of the destruction of the country, so many titles made the Ming Dynasty collect more than 400,000 troops overnight, which was impossible to say that there was no benefit to the country.

Unfortunately, when Shi Kefa, He Tengjiao, Ma Shiying and others discussed how to recover lost territory and eliminate bandits after the army was strong, news of slavery came from Jiangnan.

This news forced many governors and governors to turn their eyes from the north to Jiangnan. Sun Wu, the commander of the Beijing camp who led the three major camps, said in the Nandu court: "We must first stabilize the country when fighting against foreign countries. If the Jiangnan is unstable, how can our dynasty use troops to the north?" The question made many knowledgeable people from the ministers deeply agree.

Therefore, Sun Wujin began to mobilize the three camps to prepare to use troops to Jiangnan. However, Zuo Menggeng, who was newly appointed as the King of Qin, suddenly wrote to Nandu on the grounds that the new prince should serve the country and asked him, the King of Qin, to lead his troops to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion.

The memorial of the King of Qin to contribute to the country was not yet cold. The Governor of Huguang He Tengjiao wrote a letter that King Wu Sangui of Liao could lead elite troops to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion. In order to calm the court's doubts about the storage of Manchu soldiers, Shi Kefa, the governor of the army, proposed that King Zhong Ajige could lead 20,000 elite troops to Jiangnan.

Only the governor of Hubei Zhang Kuang did not write a letter to Jiangnan for Wang Deren, King Xing'an.

The three princes were all going to lead their troops to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, and the court was very concerned about it. The final view was that no matter which prince brought his troops, the rebellion in Jiangnan could be quickly quelled. The implication is that the three camps, which were mainly expanded with the "Northern Army", may be a little worse than the soldiers of the three princes.

The Buddha Emperor Hongguang also disagreed with General Sun's troops out of his love and said that his safety depends entirely on the rule. If the rule is not there, I may not be able to sleep at night.

The emperor was deeply in love, but General Sun always felt that the Buddha emperor was a little quarrel, but something was wrong and he couldn't figure it out for a moment.

After Hongguang showed a little whine in the court, General Sun, the savior closest to Jiangnan, was excluded from the list of leading troops to quell the rebellion.

The most popular one was that Wu Sangui's tribe went to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, followed by Zuo Menggeng, and then Ajige.

Hongguang also believed that King Wu Sangui of Liao brought troops to Jiangnan. Compared with Zuo Menggeng and Ajige, Hongguang still believed in Wu Sangui, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Wujin quit now. Jiangnan is my territory. Wu Sangui's bastard brought Guan Ning's troops here. Where can I go?
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