Hong Chengchou really devoted himself to Wu Sangui and was done until his death.

After Wu Sangui rose up from Kunming to the north, Hong Chengchou presided over the affairs of the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou as the left-behind Grand Secretary and the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. With the assistance and cooperation of Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing and Guizhou Governor Zhang Guozhu, the social order in Yunnan and Guizhou region gradually stabilized and production began to recover.

Hong Chengchou recruited the former Ming officials who had hidden in Yunnan and Guizhou in the name of Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang. He appointed them separately. He also refused to blame the chieftains who had participated in the rebellion of Na Song and his son. He also ordered troops from all over the country to recruit refugees, reclaim wasteland, and exempted taxes from poor people. In addition, he also brought back tens of thousands of Kunming people who fled with Zhu Youlang during the chaos in Kunming that day. Under Hong's vigorous remediation, Yunnan Province alone increased the number of households by 130,000 in a few months.

Hong Chengchou ordered Guizhou Governor Zhang Guozhu to gather officers and soldiers to repair the official road from Guiyang to Yunnan, and set up post stations along the way, which allowed the transportation of Yunnan and Guizhou to be diverted. Military, Zhang Guozhu withdrew the Qing army on the Hunan-Guizhou border and sent envoys to show goodwill to the Taiping Army. On the Guizhou-Guizhou border, except for Dulong Fort and other military towns, most of the other forts gave up. Hong Chengchou used this move to show the Taiping Army that the Wu army was to go north, rather than to compete with the Taiping Army.

In addition, Hong Chengchou appointed Wang Xu as the envoy of Southern Yunnan under the order of Emperor Yongli, and sent people to Myanmar to recruit the scattered Ming army. The elderly and weak chose places to settle and settle, and the strong were selected to be selected into the camp. He also vigorously cracked down on the disaster of bandits and horses, and the ten households were equipped with protection, ten households were equipped with armor, and one armor was appointed to officials. Under various measures, the public security of Yunnan and Guizhou was very good.

Hong Chengchou also vigorously attracted various troops under the command of Sun Kewang, which had neither surrendered to the Qing Dynasty nor Li Dingguo. The former Sun Kewang advised Fang Yuxuan, who had been elected by Sun Kewang, and Ren Zhuan, the Minister of War Ren Zhuan, were recruited by Hong Chengchou. This caused more than 10,000 troops scattered in the mountains and forests of Guizhou to resist the Qing Dynasty to step out of the forest and accept the Wu army's reorganization. Hong Chengchou organized them into two battalions of soldiers, one battalion as "loyal and brave" and the other battalion as "loyal and brave". He stationed in Guizhou and bravely bravely drove to Chongqing.

Hong Chengchou also took the "National Lord's Mansion" of Guiyang as the Emperor Yongli, and set up a cabinet and established six ministries. When Wu Sangui was still in Guiyang, he wanted Hong Chengchou to be the chief assistant of the cabinet, but Hong refused to submit. As long as Wu Sangui recalled Wen'anzhi in Kuidong in the name of Yongli, he used Wen as the chief assistant. Wu Sangui asked why he refused to be the chief assistant, and Hong expressed his thoughts, saying, "The heart is detrimental, the reputation is detrimental."

Hong's reason obviously cannot convince Wu Sangui. If Hong Chengchou feels bad and loses fame, wouldn't he lose everything? Finally, Hong Chengchou admitted that he is old and will no longer pursue other things in his life, but he only wants to be Xiao He of Changbo, and he will have no regrets in his death. (Author's note: Changbo, Wu Sangui's character)

After Wu Sangui led his army into Sichuan and Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou managed Yunnan and Guizhou while working hard to raise food and grass for the Wu army. Yunnan and Guizhou were already barren lands. Sun Kewang managed Yunnan and Guizhou every year, and then he strongly supported the Western Army to go out of Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. However, after the Qing army headed south, he slaughtered and destroyed. Not only did the people not survive, but the fields were also abandoned.

The Wu army was originally the Qing army. When they first went south, the Qing court gathered the strength of the whole country to transport it from the southeast. The Taiping army attacked Huguang and cut off the food and grass of the Qing army in the southwest. In addition, the fall of the southern capital made Wu Sangui shaken. Now Wu Sangui raised the banner of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and the command was nearly 200,000. It was difficult to support the army's battles by relying solely on the original military food storage and the small amount of food and grass income in Yunnan and Guizhou. This is also the reason why Wu Sangui was reluctant to correct it. He was worried that once the army was raised, the food and grass would not be able to support him invading Hanzhong and seizing Shaanxi.

Hong Chengchou knew that the student was hesitant and resolutely advised him to raise his troops. He said bluntly that Doni would lose heart when he entered Sichuan. Once the Wu army entered Sichuan and attacked Shaanxi, the Qing army would not dare to resist each other along the way. The Shu road was difficult, but today, the Wu army was a flat road.

Hong Chengchou persuaded Fang Yuchen (named Xianting, the son of Fang Yizao, formerly the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty) Hu Yuxuan (named Shouliang, Wu Sangui's earliest adviser) came to persuade him. After their persuasion, Wu Sangui rarely became decisive, so he sent troops north to seize Guiyang, and then led his troops into Sichuan with the Prime Minister of Xia and Ma Bao. As a result, as Hong Chengchou said, when the Wu army entered Sichuan, the governor of Sichuan Gao Minzhan led his troops to surrender. The Wu army took Chongqing and Chengdu without spending one soldier, and then Baoning seized Hanzhong and Xi'an in a flash.

When Wu Sangui was still on his way to Xi'an, Hong Chengchou fell ill. Before he fell ill, Hong Chengchou was writing a letter to Wang Xu, the envoy of Southern Yunnan Propaganda and Fu. In the letter, Wang Xu was asking Wang Xu to closely monitor the whereabouts of Li Ding's troops, and the troops in the checkpoints should not be retreated easily, and the personnel coming and going must also be investigated strictly. Li Ding's troops could not be forced to force the Yunnan border again, and Li Ding's people could not be allowed to sneak into Yunnan and Guizhou.

After the letter was written and sent out, when the servants went to the room to add water to the Governor, they found that the Governor was in a coma and lying on the table.

After learning that the teacher was in a coma, Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing hurriedly invited the doctor to treat Hong Chengchou. However, the doctor shook his head and said that Mr. Hong was suffering from an acute illness. He was already sick and had a yellow ointment, and the medicine was beyond help.

Less than three days after his illness, Hong Chengchou passed away. Before his death, he had a brief awareness. He left a last word to Lin Tianqing, saying that if the King of Liao went to Xi'an, he would not stop his troops, but he personally led the main force to Tongguan, and then he rushed to the east to seize Beijing. As for the Shaanxi-Gansu governance, he could send a partial army, and he would not delay it in Shaanxi-Gansu for many years.

After Lin Tianqing cried and wrote down the teacher's last words, Hong Chengchou struggled to call Zhang Dayuan again. Zhang Dayuan and the king and ministers who had joined the Taiping Army were both guards sent by Shunzhi to Hong Chengchou. After Wu Sangui raised troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Dayuan also twisted his braids and was now the general of Kunming.

After Zhang Dayuan arrived, Hong Chengchou signaled him to get close to him. After saying a few words in his ear, he died.

After Lin Tianqing and other officials cried, they began to arrange Hong Chengchou's funeral, and sent people to report to Emperor Yongli of Guiyang and Wu Sangui of Shaanxi.

Lin Tianqing once asked Zhang Dayuan privately what Hong Chengchou said to him, but Zhang Dayuan said that the old master had no will at that time and said something intermittently, but he did not hear clearly. Lin Tianqing was suspicious, but it was difficult to ask.

After learning that Hong Chengchou died of illness, Yongli in Guiyang was stunned in the palace for a long time. Finally, in front of Zhang Guozhu, the governor of Guizhou who was taking care of him, shed a few tears for the death of Mr. Hong.

Wu Sangui was also in pain. Although he and Hong Chengchou had the name of teachers and students, they did not have the reality of teachers and students. However, over the years, Hong Chengchou has helped him greatly. He was able to lead the army to Shaanxi with peace of mind, and it was all due to Hong Chengchou's in charge of government affairs and food preparation for him in the rear. In other words, it was said that it was Wu Sangui's Xiao He. However, Hong Chengchou went there like this, which made him extremely sad and he was also confused about his future.

Wu Sangui submitted a memorial, and Emperor Yongli personally gave me a memorial service, and posthumously named Hong Chengchou as "Wenxiang" Duke.

Hong Chengchou's death was spread to Nandu more than 20 days later. Zhou Shixiang, who was recovering from the injury, was stunned for a long time after hearing the news. Then he ordered the blind Li in front of the princess: "Since Old Man Hong is dead, you can go and kill Hong Shiming."

"Kill?"

The blind Li was stunned there, and the princess was also shocked. As far as she knew, Hong Shiming is now the Minister of Rites, and is a third-rank official. How could Zhou Shixiang kill him just by saying that he could kill him?
Chapter completed!