In early October of the 11th year of Yongli, facing the interception and killing by Yang Wu, the commander-in-chief of Wugang, Sun Kewang once again expressed his willingness to surrender to the Qing court while trying his best to deal with it, and made it clear that he was willing to sacrifice the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

Qing court.

In order to ensure that this trump card would not be lost, Hong Chengchou immediately sent Li Ruchun, the commander-in-chief of the Huguang Middle Road, and Wang Ping, the commander-in-chief of the Huguang Left Road, to lead their own troops to attack Wugang to support Sun Kewang. And these two green camp generals also completed the task very well.

Their mission ushered Sun Kewang and his party into the area controlled by the Qing government. To be precise, they entered from the Huaqiao area south of Baoqing Mansion.

There is still some distance from Changsha, but it is not too far from Baoqing City. However, after the Qing army welcomed Sun Kewang into the country, they could not advance any further. They left his group at the junction of the Ming and Qing dynasties but refused to let him in.

We moved on. As for the reason, we just said we were waiting for news from the Qing court, that's all.

The reason why he escaped from Jingzhou was that Bai Wenxuan was chasing after him. This was just the border, and the Ming army could come over at any time, which really made him extremely worried.

While waiting hard for news from the Qing court, Hong Chengchou was not idle. He sent the news about the internal strife between the Ming army in the southwest and Sun Kewang's defeat and surrender to the Qing Dynasty as quickly as possible to the Forbidden City, and wrote down his personal opinions.

, frankly speaking, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"The Great Rebellion Sun Kewang Hu occupied Yunnan, Guizhou, and Zhang District Yu. Over the years, he paid for his troops and used Zhang to conquer. Today, he killed the poor and killed himself. He was defeated and begged for conversion. He did not work hard to attack and the southern border areas shared the emperor's support.

It's like a blessing from heaven." Reading this paragraph out was what Sony liked the most: "Your Majesty, that servant Zhang Changgeng also supports Hong Jinglue's views."

"I don't want to hear what they think about this matter, I want to hear your opinion!

Not only Hong Chengchou, but also the feudal officials in Huguang wrote letters one after another, putting forward their own opinions on the matter, but they all unanimously believed that this was a great opportunity. Hong Chengchou saw it this way, and so did the governor of Huguang Zhang Changgeng, but Sony, too, could not slip.

It has become a natural habit to hold back. After reading this memorial, I agree that it is true, but at the first time, I habitually emphasize the attitude of the person who gave the memorial. In this way, even if something goes wrong in the future, he can still

Pick yourself clean.

Habits are not formed in a day. Even many years ago, when Dorgon was in great power and tried his best to suppress the powerful people of the Two Yellow Banners, Sony was not as tortured as the straight-line Oboi and others, nor was it like Gua.

Erjia*Ganglin, Shumulu*Tan Tai and others simply threw themselves under Dorgon's banner. After Dorgon's death, the two white flags were defeated in the political struggle.

After his death, he became one of Shunzhi's core confidants for his contribution to uniting the two yellow banner dignitaries to support the creation of Huang Taiji's heirs.

He was a polished and smooth pebble, and he also had an indispensable role in the court, which made Shunzhi rely on him even more. However, this time Shunzhi was already furious and couldn't bear to hear such ambiguity.

After being scolded, Sony quickly confessed, followed by a categorical sentence.

"I think that we should follow the old rules of King Sanshun and King Pingxi and confer the title of king on Sun Kewang. Well, it is best to be a one-character king, which is almost the same as when he was in the puppet dynasty. He will definitely use his full strength to wipe out the puppet dynasty for the court!

"

Sony not only agreed, but even further proposed to ennoble Sun Kewang, a bereaved dog with only about 400 men, women, and children under his command, as a king. Before Shunzhi could react, several Manchu nobles had already spoken out against it.

——They are not opposed to accepting Sun Kewang's surrender, and they don't mind giving him the title of Duke or Marquis, but the title of king is too heavy. Even the status of Han kings in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still limited by the Eight Banners system.

Compared with the Manchurian king's method, it is too much for guys like Sun Kewang who have lost all their money.

"The purpose of rewarding him with the title of king is to make him do his best to recruit his old troops for the imperial court. Otherwise, when the imperial court invades Yunnan and Guizhou, it will face no less than 200,000 bandits. Even if the Eight Banners are invincible, the knife will cut them off.

If it’s too much, it will collapse.”

Without waiting for Sony to refute, the hot-tempered Obai took the lead to stand up. He supported the acceptance of Sun Kewang's surrender, and could agree with Sony's views. At this time, the relatives had objections, and Ao Baixuan snorted coldly: "Wait a minute.

After killing all the bandits and completely destroying the puppet dynasty, the imperial court will knead those who have no fists and no courage as much as they want."

Obai ended the dispute with one word, and soon the decree was sent to Changsha. Immediately, the two Qing army generals who had rescued Sun Kewang escorted him to Baoqing Fucheng for a temporary stay, and arrived on November 15th.

There.

"I sincerely wish to attach myself to the Qing Dynasty, offer the land of Yunnan, Guizhou and Shu, pay tribute every year, and pray for wisdom. The old man turned to His Majesty the Qing Emperor to ask for troops to avenge the Yunnan clouds, capture the canal and get the ugly.

Put an end to the rebellion and restore unity."

On the day he arrived in Baoqing Fucheng, Sun Kewang immediately sent a letter to Hong Chengchou, once again expressing his willingness to offer the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to the Qing Dynasty. The letter was spread out in front of Hong Chengchou's case, and everything happened as he expected - this

, is due to the valuable experience he accumulated in the political arena and battlefields of the Ming and Qing dynasties over the past decades, supplemented by his extraordinary personal talents, which led to his current situation.

"Now it's time to go see His Highness the King of Qin."

When the words "His Royal Highness the King of Qin" came out of his mouth, everyone could hear the sarcasm in them. However, this was sarcasm, so Hong Chengchou immediately summoned a large number of high-ranking officials and marshals, including the marshals of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in Huguang, to rush to Changsha Mansion.

Xiangxiang County. As for Sun Kewang, he rested in Baoqing Fucheng for ten days, and set out from there on November 25th. He arrived in Xiangxiang three days later and met at Hong Chengchou.

"Yunnan and Guizhou are far away at the end of the world, and the teachings are not yet understood. For more than ten years, I have not dared to resist the king. I really want to wait for the time to return to my life. I have spread the word recently about the emperor's kindness and suihuai, and his special kindness has attracted people's deep admiration in Xiafang.

The Manchu army was strong and powerful. In the 10th year since Shunzhi, many Yunnan and Guizhou soldiers were killed in the first battle. In the 12th year, they invaded Changde and lost more than 10,000 soldiers..."

When Sun Kewang met Hong Chengchou, he showed humility, but it was completely different from his arrogance and domineering behavior in Yunnan and Guizhou. He praised Shunzhi's "benevolence" and the fighting power of the Manchu soldiers, not to mention Hong Chengchou's wisdom.

Ji Wushuang. Later, he even recalled the "good" past between them. For example, his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong was once defeated by Hong Chengchou.

"Your Highness is too modest. I have been in Huguang for many years, so I know your Highness's ability to govern the world. After the bandits are eliminated, the court must also rely on Your Highness's talents to restore the people's livelihood in the country and enjoy a peaceful and prosperous age."

Sun Kewang behaved very respectfully, and Hong Chengchou did not have a condescending attitude at all. Not only did he treat Sun Kewang with the courtesy of a king, but he also placed himself very low. For this, Sun Kewang burst into tears, and after a period of time, the two sides

After the exchange, Hong Chengchou asked 19 officials from Sun Kewang's entourage who were familiar with the internal situation of Yunnan and Guizhou. Four of them were sent to the army of General Luo Tuo of Jingnan in Ningnan to support military affairs, and the rest were integrated into Changsha.

Shogunate.

In addition, Sun Kewang also actively cooperated with Hong Chengchou to draw the topographic map of Yunnan and Guizhou and make a sand table. Later, he presented the map of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to the Qing court and sent a guide who was familiar with the terrain. It can be said that he was not a salesman.

Have enough energy to please.

On the third day of December, Sun Kewang followed Hong Chengchou to Changsha Fucheng. This was the ruling center of the Qing court in Huguang, and even in Huguang, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Guangdong. At present, even Nanjing in the past is compared to Jiangning today.

All are much inferior.

After arriving here, Sun Kewang felt a lot more at ease. Immediately afterwards, the Qing court issued a decree to confer Sun Kewang as the Righteous King, and sent Mal Ji, a bachelor of the Hongwen Academy of the Imperial Academy, as the envoy, and Hu Zhaolong, the Minister of Rites and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy of Secretaries.

Qi Chebai, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, served as the deputy envoy to seal the book and made a special trip to Hunan to conduct the canonization ceremony.

On February 20th of the following year, the ceremony for the canonization of princes was held in Changsha. Sun Kewang officially became the Han vassal king of the Qing Dynasty. He was the fifth person after Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Wu Sangui, and he was also the last person in the Qing Dynasty.

A Han vassal king. Compared with his predecessors, his title is not Dingnan, Pingnan, Jingnan, Pingxi, nor is it the earlier respectful, Huaishun, Zhishun, it has only a single meaning.

.According to the tradition of Chinese dynasties, a single character is a prince, and a double character is a county prince. Sun Kewang first entered the Qing court. He was not very clear about the title system of this barbarian country, but when a single character king fell on his head, it seemed that he would be with him in the Ming court.

When it was level over there, I was filled with emotions.

"Back then, I controlled the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, with no less than 200,000 strong troops under my command. I asked for the title of King of Qin, but the Ming court made things difficult in every possible way. In the end, if the imperial court had not invaded Guangxi and Guangxi and driven them into my territory, I would have lost this title.

I can't ask for it in my lifetime. But now, there are only these four hundred men and women left, but the court does not hesitate to give the title of prince. There is such a huge gap between the two, no wonder the court can sweep the world with only tens of thousands of armored men."

With this thought in his mind, Sun Kewang also told his cronies. Having obtained the throne easily, Sun Kewang was naturally overjoyed. Later, the envoy of the edict expressed that he wanted Sun Kewang, the newly promoted prince, to come to Beijing for an audience. Sun Kewang also did not hesitate.

He agreed - not only agreed, but within a few days, and even within a month, he set off from Changsha.

It was already February 28th in the 15th year of Shunzhi. After more than two months of long journey, on the second day of May, Sun Kewang arrived in Beijing accompanied by Malji and others. The Qing government specially sent two Heshu masters to

The prince personally led a large number of high-ranking officials such as dukes, marquises, uncles, Mele Zhangjing, and ministers out of the city to greet him. The scene was quite grand.

"The king sent money from the South China Sea to the North Courtyard, and passers-by rushed to see it. The sable, the white horse, the pale face, once disturbed the Central Plains and was a murderous star."

Among the crowd of onlookers was Fang Wenzheng, the son of Fang Daxuan, the head of the Household Department of the Wanli Dynasty, and a descendant of a wealthy family in Tongcheng, South Zhili. Seeing with his own eyes that Sun Kewang received such favorable treatment from the Qing court, he subsequently wrote this poem.

As a remnant, Fang Wen was only visiting the capital and happened to see this scene. He didn't know that the next day, Shunzhi personally received Sun Kewang in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Within ten days, he gave banquets as many as three times.

With two payments of silver, a total of twelve thousand taels, and in addition to the palace, python robes, court clothes, satin, etc., Sun Kewang went from a bereaved dog to a very popular figure in the Qing court in a blink of an eye!

While conferring great rewards on Sun Kewang, or to be precise, earlier, the Qing court had already begun to make the best use of the resources. On the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 14th year of Shunzhi, when the decree was issued to confer Sun Kewang as the Righteous King, the Qing court

A formal edict was issued for a three-pronged attack on Yunnan and Guizhou.

According to the edict that was negotiated between Shunzhi and the Eight Banners, the Qing court will appoint Pingxi King Wu Sangui as Pingxi General, and together with Gushan Ezhenmergen's bodyguard Li Guohan will lead his troops from Hanzhong, Shaanxi, to Sichuan, and attack Guizhou.

. This is the first route. The second route is to appoint Zhao Butai, the Gushan Ezhen who was originally stationed in Jiangning, as the general to conquer the south. He will lead the troops south to Hunan. The commander Hong Chengchou will allocate some Han troops to Guangxi and jointly decide.

The admiral under the vassal command led the National Security Department to attack Guizhou in the north. As for the third route, the Qing government appointed Luo Tuo, a member of the Gushan Ezhen clan, as the general of Jingkou in Ningnan. Together with Gushan Ezhenji Xiha and other troops, they headed to Hunan to join forces with Hong Chengchou to control the situation.

The Han soldiers attacked Guizhou from Hunan.

These three armies formed an encirclement on Guizhou from Sichuan, Guangxi and Hunan. After taking Guizhou, they concentrated their main forces to attack Yunnan and tried to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. Facing this golden opportunity, the Qing government was able to

He had enough strength. However, Hong Chengchou, who had been waiting for this day and had been thinking about it for many years, finally saw this day coming, expressed his opposition to it.

"Heng Jiu..."

The Qing court had issued an edict, which was obviously carefully considered. There were not only military considerations, but also political trade-offs. The edict was sent to the Southwest Economic and Lue Yamen as soon as possible, and the Changsha shogunate heard about it.

They all cheered because the enemy they had feared for so many years was about to be destroyed. After the Qing government occupied Yunnan and Guizhou, many official positions were waiting for them in the newly occupied areas of the two provinces. Everyone saw that they had the place in their hands.

The day of authority.

However, after receiving the edict in Hong Chengchou's study, Hong Chengchou thought about it for a while and immediately began to write a memorial to oppose it. Logically speaking, such a decision by the Qing court should be what Hong Chengchou wanted to see.

But now Hong Chengchou does not agree with it. Such a reaction is incomprehensible even to people as close as Huang Zhilin.

Faced with the doubts of his in-laws, Hong Chengchou stopped writing and raised his head. His face, illuminated by the candlelight, was so serious that Huang Zhilin could not help but be stunned after just one glance. At this time, Hong Chengchou even more earnestly confessed what was on his mind.

exposed.

"The court's arrangement may have their own considerations, but fundamentally it does not highlight the dominant position of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. In addition, Chen Kai is a big trouble. According to his temperament, he will wait until the three-pronged army attacks

When Yunnan and Guizhou are in Guizhou, he will definitely jump out. Therefore, the imperial court needs a Manchu nobleman as the coach, and I must stay in Huguang, otherwise once that guy is launched, the imperial court is likely to lose everything!"
Chapter completed!