The matter was settled quickly. In order to show his wooing, Qin Wang Sun Kewang held a special banquet for Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu, and expressed a positive attitude towards the cooperation between the southwestern Ming army and the Jiangnan righteous men. In this regard, Yao,

Naturally, Zhu and the others followed what Lei Yuelong said and praised Sun Kewang's foresight.

During the banquet, Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu made a request to meet Emperor Yongli. This was something Qian Qianyi, He Wangsheng, Li Zhichun and others had specifically mentioned before coming, and they must win over Emperor Yongli for them.

Approval of what he had done. In response, Sun Kewang had no intention of stopping him. He agreed immediately and said that he would send someone to escort the two of them to Anlong Mansion.

Sun Kewang had no reason to stop this matter, especially now that he was counting on the southeastern Ming Army and the anti-Qing people in the southeast to help him gain a foothold in southern Zhili. It was even more impossible to stop Yao Zhizhuo from attending the meeting. So Sun Kewang

True to his word, someone was quickly arranged to escort the two of them to Xingzai.

Anlong Mansion, the Qianhu residence of Anlong in the Ming Dynasty, is located in the southern part of Pu'an Prefecture, southwest of Guizhou Province. Starting from Guiyang Fucheng in central Guizhou, they traveled all the way over the mountains and ridges, relying on the convenience of the guide.

He rushed there as quickly as possible to meet Emperor Yongli.

When they came outside the city, they saw a small city with thousands of households, which may not be as big as an inland town. When the two of them walked in, they saw that the size of the people in the city was only a place with less than a hundred households and less than a thousand people.

It's probably just a bigger village.

The officers who led the escort first waited for them to meet Fan Yingxu, the prefect of Anlong Prefecture, and Zhang Yingke, the Prime Minister's Titang official. These two people were Sun Kewang's confidants. When they saw Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu coming to see them, they especially knew that Sun Kewang had nothing to do.

He was looking up and down with suspicion, making the two of them feel uncomfortable.

After passing the test between these two people, Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu were able to meet Emperor Yongli. Emperor Yongli heard that the righteous men from Jiangnan came to meet him, so he also held a banquet in honor of him. During the dinner, the two men reported to Emperor Yongli

The anti-Qing movement in Jiangnan also mentioned a lot of things about Fujian. These were basically things that Emperor Yongli had no way of knowing. After the banquet, Emperor Yongli also issued an edict regarding their actions.

After endorsing the plans and actions, the two of them left.

They got what they wanted and achieved their purpose. They were satisfied and set off on their way back to the south of the Yangtze River. However, they had to go back to Guiyang first to return to Sun Kewang and say goodbye to Lei Yuelong.

While walking on the road, the two of them made a tacit agreement not to talk about anything. It was not until a few days later that the people accompanying them no longer paid attention to them. After entering the post house, they made sure that no one dared to say what was in their hearts.

Vomit quickly.

"The Qin Prince's Mansion in Guiyang is magnificent. Even those who don't understand some things can see the possibility of exceeding the regulations. Looking at the palace, it is so shabby that even a small country squire may not be able to get used to it."

"Hey, I heard that the palace was originally the yamen of Qianhusuo..."

When the two of them talked about it, they couldn't help but shook their heads. With such a comparison, Sun Kewang obviously did not take Emperor Yongli seriously, and he was afraid that he might not be able to sit back and watch the Ming Dynasty's flag hanging above his head in the future.

"The prefect and the Titang official are probably used to monitor the emperor."

"There is also the eunuch named Pang. I saw something wrong with his eyes during the banquet. Maybe he is just a seller looking for glory."

The voice was very low, as thin as a mosquito, and could only be heard clearly if the two of them were very close. It was beyond their expectation that the relationship between monarch and minister in the Southwest would be like this. Looking back,

Before leaving, Qian Qianyi urged them to meet the emperor and asked for the emperor's edict to be justified. Now it seems that it is the wisest choice.

"Uncle Yao, tell me, if King Qin really leads an army to capture the south of the Yangtze River, then the emperor will..."

Zhu Quangu's voice became quieter and quieter, but Yao Zhizhuo could still hear clearly. He was just worried that Sun Ke would gain the wealth in Jiangnan, expand his ambitions, and usurp the throne. In this way, they would not only hand over the country of Huang Ming.

Did you send the criminal who was a rogue bandit?

This kind of worry also existed for Yao Zhizhuo, but after worrying about it, he had to tell Zhu Quangu that there was no need to worry about it. As for why, Yao Zhizhuo did not explain it very clearly, but the general meaning was that those Jiangnan gentry were not fuel-efficient.

The lanterns, the political struggles in the court, Sun Kewang, a prince who was born as a bandit, may not be able to play with those old fritters of the Donglin Party.

"Maybe the shepherd has already thought of this. Besides, aren't Duke Zhang and Governor Chen still here?"

………………

Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu returned to Guiyang City. Fan Kuang, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Qin Dynasty, immediately appointed Zhu Quangu as the head of the Ritual System Department. At the same time, Yao Zhizhuo was given Sun Kewang's letters and essays, and five letters of reply from the great scholar Lei Yuelong.

Together with Sun Kewang's edict appointing He Wangsheng as Minister of War. With these and the edict from Emperor Yongli, they were justified and immediately set off to return, embarking on the road back to Jiangnan.

Here, the people who came to Guizhou to contact Guiyang City left Guiyang City. Anlong Mansion went there and stayed there for a few days. Sun Kewang's cronies who were monitoring Yongli's monarch and ministers here also relaxed their vigilance a little.

At the home of Wu Zhenyu, the chief assistant minister of the cabinet, Wu Zhenyu was explaining some final matters to Zhou Guan, the Confucius Institute of the Hanlin Academy.

As Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu saw, Sun Kewang's cronies in Guiyang had already begun to build momentum for "Yongli Emperor Sun Kewang's Zen throne." Therefore, at the end of last year, Yongli's monarchs and ministers secretly sent the Ministry of War

Lin Qingyang, a member of the Wu Xuan Department, set off to Guangxi to seek a meeting with Li Dingguo, hoping to use Li Dingguo's help to free the Yongli court from Sun Kewang's control.

After half a year, Lin Qingyang left and never returned. Emperor Yongli and the courtiers headed by Wu Zhenyu, the chief minister of the cabinet, could no longer sit still, so they had to use the excuse that "Nanning has recently been recovered and important ministers are needed to take charge" to withdraw.

Sun Kewang's Jin Yiwei commander Wen'anhou Ma Jixiang, and at this time, Sun Kewang's cronies relaxed their vigilance, and they decided to let Zhou Guan secretly set off to Li Dingguo's palace.

"The edict must be kept well and must not be known to anyone. We must ask the King of Xining to return to our army to relieve the pain of hanging upside down."

Zhou Guan sneaked away from Anlong as scheduled and rushed to Li Dingguo's army to find a way out for Yongli's monarch and his ministers. After sending Zhou Guan off, Wu Zhenyu was called into the palace for another matter.

"In March of this year, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the right censor of the capital procuratorate, the governor of Zhangquan Chaohui and the four prefectures, the admiral of military affairs and food and salary Chen Kai, the auxiliary minister of Ming Dynasty Lincha, Ansubo Li Jianjie and the Duke of Zhangguo

His generals Du Hui, deputy general Cai Yuan and others rushed across the sea to attack Qiongzhou Prefecture, and captured Qiongzhou Commander Liu Bolu, Hainan Dao Peng Sanyi and others. They have now recovered Qiongzhou Prefecture. His Highness the King of Qin thought that Zuo Qian, the governor of the Jin Dynasty and Chen Dynasty, had captured the Qiongzhou Prefecture.

The imperial censor of the capital gave his great-grandfather, ancestor, and father three generations of officials as reward for his contribution to restoring the land."

At this moment, Sun Kewang's envoy stood proudly in the main hall and talked eloquently. Apart from the salutes when paying homage, Emperor Yongli was more like a minister, while Sun Kewang, the King of Qin represented by the envoy, was more like a king.

However, the Yongli monarchs and ministers present did not show any surprise or dissatisfaction. Even if they had something in mind, they did not dare to put it into words. In addition to secretly sending Lin Qingyang and Zhou Guan out to ask for help, things were still going on.

They didn't hold back for a moment, but in fact they had seen this kind of scene too many times and were already used to it.

On the dragon throne, Emperor Yongli listened silently to Sun Kewang's promotion and bestowal of Chen Kai. As for what he thought, it was just the last layer of window paper between Sun Kewang and Yongli, just the most basic courtesy. Sun Kewang

There was no stabbing because Li Dingguo was still there, and his prestige in the southwestern Ming army plummeted due to the Battle of the Crossroads, but this was only a matter of time; and on Yongli's side, life was in the hands of others, and Sun Kewang was still a rogue bandit.

There is nothing that a guy with a good background cannot do, and of course there is nothing he dares to do.

"What does Your Majesty think? Can you still say that I disagree?"

At this point, if he were a resolute emperor, he might still give it a try, but Yongli was not a strong-tempered person. No matter how many grievances he felt, he would only go back to the harem and Queen Mother Ma and Queen Wang to cry.

Earlier during the great victory in Guilin, the imperial censor Li Ruyue jumped out and started a fight, and ended up being skinned and scraped. What's more, this time it was indeed a meritorious service to restore the land, and it was not like Sun Kewang who was good at killing Chen Bangfu and his son.

From the beginning, naturally he would just reply "I have no objection" and remain silent again.

After Sun Kewang's envoy reported the matter, he bowed and left the dilapidated Anlong Qianhu House, which had just changed its sign and became the palace, and set off to return to Guiyang to resume his life.

After the envoy left, Emperor Yongli's trusted official Zhang Fulu nodded, and then went out to guard outside. Speaking of which, they were guarding not only Fan and Zhang in the city, but also the eunuch Pang Tianshou who was in charge of the Warriors Camp.

, the latter colluded with Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and turned to the new master Sun Kewang. In recent years, he has been monitoring every move of Yongli Jun and his ministers in the palace.

At this moment, Pang Tianshou was not here, and Ma Jixiang was sent to Nanning. Zhang Fulu was guarding the place outside. Emperor Yongli thought for a moment and asked Wu Zhenyu about the promotion and gift.

"Replying to Your Majesty, the old minister thought that due to the restoration of the land, he was not promoted much, but he was given a lot of gifts. Apparently the Qin Dynasty did not want Governor Chen to be promoted too quickly. It seems that the person who promoted Chen Kai to the governor of the four prefectures was the Qin Dynasty.

To suppress Chen Kai's official promotion speed, perhaps the key to the problem lies not with Chen Kai, but with Zhang Xiaoqi."

When the envoy spoke, Wu Zhenyu had been thinking about this question. When Emperor Yongli asked, Wu Zhenyu had already thought of the key to the question, and immediately made an answer. As for this answer, Emperor Yongli suddenly realized it.

Even if you understand the key inside.

"Qin Fan intends to incite discord between Governor Chen and Governor Zhang, because of the Qiongzhou Prefecture?"

"exactly."

If not for this idea, as long as Chen Kai is added as the governor of Guangdong, Chen Kai will have the authority to govern the Qiongzhou Prefecture. But now, Chen Kai occupies the prefecture, but lacks the name; Zhang Xiaoqikong has a high-ranking Lei Qiong as the governor of the four prefectures.

Although he had an official position, the recovery of the Qiongzhou Prefecture had nothing to do with him, let alone going to the island to manage the government. This was the source of the contradiction. And since the two men had similar official positions, there was no possibility of one party overpowering his opponent.

"Governor Chen uses all the troops and horses of Duke Zhang. Even if he is willing to give Governor Zhang or even the governor some face, I'm afraid Duke Zhang may not give it to him."

Speaking of which, Chen Kai had an old affair with Ye Yiyun, the prefect of Chaozhou. This was a virtuous reputation for not being greedy for official position and power. When the Yongli court was in Guangdong, there were many praises from both the government and the public.

Wu Zhenyu also said this kind of praise back then, and naturally he would not slap her in the face at this moment, but only said that the soldiers and horses were Zheng Chenggong's. And Zhang Xiaoqi had the official position of governor of the four prefectures, and the Yongli court would not allow him to "tolerate" it, even

Even if he had this intention, it was already too late. Speaking of which, Sun Kewang's calculation was bound to come true. The key lies in the asymmetry in intelligence.

This matter can only be like this for the time being, and there is no way between the monarch and his ministers. Therefore, the matter was quickly put aside, and soon turned to the matter involving Zhou Guan.

"Chief Assistant, has the matter been settled?"

"Reporting to your majesty, Zhou Kongmu is the most meticulous and cautious person. He will never miss important events if he thinks about it."

"That's good, that's good."

If it's not good, even though Ren Zhuan said "two dragons must not meet each other" and he has not been able to meet Sun Kewang himself, Yongli can still imagine what it would mean if that guy knew about it.

"I hope this Li Dingguo is not like his sworn brother, who became a king and became such a fierce general. I really hope that he was sent by God to help me revive the Ming Dynasty. With the help of Fujian's navy and the righteous men of the world, it is not impossible to revive the Ming Dynasty.

.If this is not the case, then I am afraid that God really does not want the Ming Dynasty to be revived."

………………

In August of the seventh year of Yongli, after a lapse of four months, Li Dingguo had already returned from Zhaoqing to Liuzhou Prefecture in Guangxi, saving food and grass as planned to prepare for another battle in the coming year.

However, Li Dingguo had just come back. In April, just as he was retreating, Hu Yiqing, the Duke of Guangxi Ming Army, led an army to attack Guilin. However, he failed to defeat Guoan, and Ma Xiong and others captured the city.

Recapture it. Last month, Li Dingguo led his army to attack Guilin again, but failed, so he had to return to Liuzhou to continue resting.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the front leg came back, the back leg received the news that Feng Shuangli led an army to attack on Sun Kewang's order. So, Li Dingguo set up an ambush at the mouth of the river, catching Feng Shuangli off guard. Afterwards, he persuaded Feng Shuangli nicely and sent him there.

He was let back, but it was a gain to see Feng Shuangli slightly regretful.

After returning to Liuzhou City, the army returned to their camps. Within a few days, the official Kong Mu of the Hanlin Academy arrived at the army.

Speaking of which, traveling from Anlong Prefecture to Liuzhou Prefecture is nothing more than heading east, passing through Anlongsi, Sicheng Prefecture and Qingyuan Prefecture, and then you can directly reach Liuzhou City. There may be waterways in the middle, which can reduce the cost on the road.

So Zhou Guan quickly arrived at the destination of his trip.

After reading the edict, "The word is mournful," Li Dingguo turned to the west and bowed down. After several times of knocking, blood smeared all over the ground.

Supporting Ming and self-reliance are not only reflected in the contradiction between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, it can even be said that this itself is the source of the contradiction between them.

Over the years, there were conflicts between Sun and Li, and after entering Yunnan, they were instigated by Yang Weizhi. Later, Ren Zhuan, Ma Zhaoxi, Fang Yuxuan and others on Sun Kewang's side vigorously instigated and campaigned for Sun Kewang's Zen position.

On Li Dingguo's side, civil servants from the Yongli court such as Jin Gongzhi continued to instill in him the traditional moral concepts of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. For example, every time he annotated the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu praised Liu Bei, and Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and the like.

He was severely punished. Over time, Li Dingguo formed a deep-rooted concept of loyalty to the emperor.

"I have not been dead for a long time. I would rather have your majesty suffer humiliation for a long time. Fortunately, I can tolerate it for a while. I hope that my brother's relationship will last for a long time. I would rather betray a friend than betray the king."
Chapter completed!