Chapter 916: Hong Chengchou died of illness
"Prince, this is where Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor. Song Xiance used the five virtues to determine Li Zicheng's Dashun as King of Shuide, and his clothes were still blue. But he never thought that this blue was just a year later. When Li Zicheng retreated from Xi'an, he wanted to burn these palaces, but before he could start working on the Qing army, he came, and later changed to the whole city."
The former Li Zicheng Dashun Palace in the city of Xi'an, Hu Yuxuan talked all the way, and Wu Sangui watched all the way. He had visited Xi'an for two years in Shunzhi, and today he revisited his old place, but he had changed from a Qing minister to a Ming minister at that time. His feelings were naturally not worthy of being told by outsiders.
Guo Zhuangtu, Hu Guozhu, Wang Zhiding, Li Rubi, Gao Qilong, Ma Weixing, Ta Xince, Shi Wen, Zhao Wu, Zhao Liangdong, Tan Yi and other generals followed behind. Some of these people were Wu Sangui's direct subordinate to the Guanning Army, some were the Ming army that Wu Sangui surrendered in Yunnan, and some were the newly recruited generals of the Sichuan-Central and Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp.
Under Hu Yuxuan's explanation, the generals of the Wu army visited the imperial city. When they came out, they saw many Manzhou people outside being driven by the Wu army and doing their jobs. From time to time, they were whipped and cried.
Seeing this, Wu Sangui frowned slightly and said to Guo Zhuangtu unhappily: "I have said that I treat Manzhou well, why does this happen?"
"Prince, let's find out this."
Guo Zhuangtu cursed in his heart that some guy who was not open-minded actually refused to obey the prince's military order and took his personal guard to deal with the matter.
Hu Yuxuan also shook his head. Don’t you know the purpose of the prince treating the people of Manzhou well. But if the prince’s army arrives in the future, can the Manchus still fight to the death if they know the matter of Xi'an? The Taiping Army of the thief scholars slaughtered the city everywhere to relieve their anger, but they were too naive. This move forced Manzhou to resist him stubbornly to the end, and it would not be worth the loss. Treating the city of Xi'an well is a great knowledge and great wisdom.
Wu Sangui waved his hand and signaled that all the generals would return to the camp, leaving only a few of the direct subordinates of the headquarters to stay. He was going to ask about the matters of each camp, but he saw the general Gao Dejie suddenly stepped forward and said, "Prince, there is no day, and no two kings in the people. Now that he has gone to Xi'an, the last general asks the prince to be emperor. We will be legitimate to join us in the Qing Dynasty!"
This statement shocked everyone, and Wu Sangui was also shocked.
Gao Dejie was born in a military household in Liaodong. He was one of the generals under Wu Sangui. He fought bravely. His soldiers were all elite soldiers. He attacked more with fewer attacks in the battle. He was the most capable force under Wu Sangui. He was even more loyal to him. Gao Dejie's real name was Gao Dejie. It was precisely because he won many battles and had never lost any results that Wu Sangui personally changed his name to "Dejie".
"General Gao should not talk nonsense. If you want the prince to be emperor at this time, it is not to help the prince, but to harm the prince!" Hu Yuxuan almost angrily scolded Gao Dejie, and was stunned for this guy.
"Why not?" Gao Dejie was very dissatisfied and his neck was raised high.
Hu Yuxuan knew that Gao Dejie was a simple martial artist, so he said to him: "The prince raised an army to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. The manifesto was clearly written. We wanted to support Zhu Youlang of Yongli. The reason why we went from Yunnan, Guizhou to Sichuan to Shaanxi was because we were able to get the advantage of the anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. If the prince was elected emperor at this time, wouldn't it make the people of the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu feel that they were deceived and that those soldiers who responded to us felt deceived? In that case, how would the people of the northern provinces who were concerned about the former Ming respond to us? If no one responded to us, how would they accomplish great things?"
Gao Dejie said, "Mr. Hu's argument is a pedantic theory! Looking at the ancient and modern times, who have raised an army and rebelled to win the world, who is not for his own family? Who was born and died to fight for the world for others? Our prince just used the excuse of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Originally, we did not have Xi'an, so this excuse must be used. Now we have occupied Xi'an, the ancient capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties, with five provinces in hand, and 200,000 elite soldiers and generals. How can the prince still not be called emperor? According to me, it is reasonable for the prince to be called emperor now, and if he is not called emperor, he will be blinded by the people in the world!"
Hu Yuxuan was so amused that he could only say, "When we raised an army, we said that we were rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty and supporting Zhu Youlang. Although this matter was false, it was clearly written in the manifesto. Even if it was false, it could only maintain the illusion so that people could keep their hearts alive. Now, if you want to persuade the prince to be emperor himself, it is clear that it goes against the words above the manifesto. Wouldn't it disappoint the world?"
"What's this? As the saying goes, paper cannot contain fire. The prince launched an army in the name of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and reviving the Ming Dynasty and supporting Yongli. It was originally a false one. One day, everyone in the world must understand that this is not our original intention. Instead of being exposed at that time, it would not be exposed at that time! It can not only prevent the world from being deceived too deeply, but also show frankness to the world, why not do it?"
"General Gao does not know that the world is difficult and does not fear the foolishness of the people, but only fears the people's knowledge. Since ancient times, if you want to achieve great things, you will be blinded by the people. The deeper the blinding, the greater the possibility of success. Therefore, even if everyone in the world knows that the prince's resurgence is false, as long as they do not say it out, the people in the world will not have any ideas about it, but will still rely on the response of the prince."
Gao Dejie was stunned: "Isn't that a sheep's head and selling dog meat?"
Hu Yuxuan smiled and did not respond. Wu Sangui also laughed. He would not be stupid enough to be the emperor now. If he really did this, then Wu Sangui would be the enemy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He waved his hand and signaled Gao Dejie not to talk nonsense. At this moment, his second son-in-law Hu Guozhu led a person over and said that it was someone sent by Ying Xiong.
Before Wu Sangui raised his army, he had sent people to Beijing to report his son Wu Yingxiong and asked him to escape from Beijing quickly. However, after the army started, he could not receive a reply from Yingxiong. He didn't know Yingxiong's current situation. Wu Sangui was really worried. The tiger poison did not eat his son, and Yingxiong was his eldest son.
Wu Sangui, the person sent by Wu Yingxiong, knew him. He was the old man from Liaodong who was serving by Yingxiong. When the man saw Wu Sangui, he first knelt down and kowtowed, and then began to untidy his clothes.
Wu Sangui was surprised when he saw this, but knew that he had certain intentions, so he remained silent. After untied his clothes, he presented his close shirt and said respectfully: "Prince, the letter from the young master is on it!"
Wu Sangui took the shirt over and saw that it was clean and there was no handwriting. He felt strange. The man said, "Prince, you must bring a basin of water!"
After hearing this, Wu Sangui nodded slightly, and someone immediately brought the water. After the water arrived, the man took out a small bottle of medicine juice and dripped a few drops into the water. Wu Sangui put the shirt in his hand into the water. After the clothes were soaked in water, he took out the hand and saw dense handwriting on the shirt.
Wu Sangui knew that his son's handwriting was written. There were only a few short sentences on it, but Wu Sangui's brows were relieved. It turned out that Wu Yingxiong told his father in a letter that he had secretly left Beijing with his two sons, but the Qing court sent someone to arrest him and blocked the way south. He had to sneak into a family named Wang in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Wu Yingxiong also said that his wife Jianning did not leave Beijing with him.
Wu Sangui felt relieved when his children and grandchildren were fine. As for the daughter-in-law he had never met, he didn't care at all. If Yingxiong and Jianning had a deep love, they would save her life after they broke Beijing in the future.
After he ordered someone to reward the person and took him down to make arrangements, Wu Sangui couldn't help laughing. When he smiled, everyone was in a good mood and laughed.
"Let's go with me to see Su Bai."
Wu Sangui asked everyone to follow him to see Su Bai. He had been in the city for two days, and Su Bai had never come to see him. He was busy with military affairs and had no time to see Su Bai. Now that he had free time, he would meet this general in Xi'an. If he could use it for himself, he would also help him. At least, it would have an inappropriate effect on dividing the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!