Chapter 1871: The Change of Xinyang City
Compared with the popularity of civil officials such as Xia State Prime Minister, Liu Xuanchu, Wu State Gui.
In the past two years, generals such as Wang Pingfan and Ma Sanbao have lived in a very frustrated life.
There is no way, Wu Sangui is old and his heart will naturally calm down.
The way of living is different. I like to be able to get along with each other and like to kneel at other people's feet and lick the soles of my shoes.
In this way, there will naturally be less battles.
If there are fewer battles, there are naturally fewer military generals when they are used.
So, these verbal literati were favored.
In addition, Xia Guoxiang was also in a nepotism and was able to get married together, so the life of the generals was even worse.
Fortunately, Wu Sangui is not very good-looking, but he is quite generous to the side.
But what people are most afraid of is that people are more aggravated.
You said that everyone is eating in the same pot, but others are favored, but they are very cold-eyed. How can you not be angry?
No, some people, no, some people are going to cause trouble.
"Brother Wang, I can't stand it anymore... This Prime Minister of Xia, Guo Zhuangtu, Hu Guozhu and others are flattering every day... If this continues, I'm afraid we will have a place to gain a foothold!"
Ma Sanbao said angrily, "In just a few days, Ma was scolded and military rods... more than in previous years. Is it really wrong? No, it was the prince who was bewitched by these villains!"
The "Brother Wang" mentioned by Ma Sanbao is named Wang Pingfan. This man and Ma Sanbao can be called the two most capable generals around Wu Sangui.
However, Wang Pingfan is more dull than Ma Sanbao. He doesn't talk much on weekdays. Whenever he speaks, he either orders or kills people.
"What do you... want?"
Ma Sanbao leaned closer and said, "The prince wants to join the King of Wu in Jianxing Dynasty... they are all kingly titles, and they have to be inferior... It's not worth it for the prince!"
"Speak straight...what do it?"
Ma Sanbao whispered: "If you want to stop the prince... I'm afraid the advice will not be done. Those literary people are better than us... But we also have advantages... Li Dingguo and Wu Zheng have joined forces outside the city, and they were still bombarded in Dongcheng in the morning, but it seems... they don't want to fight... Let's do this and let the outside of the city fight, so the prince has to use us. As long as we use us, these villains can only stay on the side!"
Wang Pingfan said with a grin, "How can you fight? You don't listen to us outside the city. If there is a prince in the city, the army cannot be mobilized!"
"Someone has a plan."
"Speak!"
"Whether it is Li Dingguo or Wu Zheng... If you hear Emperor Yongli's collapse, what will you do?"
Wang Pingfan stood up with a "scarlet" and said, "Are you crazy?! This is a regicide!"
Ma Sanbao laughed, "What are you afraid of... Isn't you just an exiled royal family? He is the king today, and who is the king tomorrow!"
Wang Pingfan slowly sat back and shook his head and said, "Then Wu Zheng... is the King of Wu from the Jianxing Dynasty. Even if he heard Emperor Yongli collapsed... he would not react anyway... Perhaps it was a good thing for the Jianxing Dynasty, and he was still happy... How could he attack the city after hearing the news?"
"Isn't there still Li Dingguo... With Li Dingguo's nature, I'm afraid he'll have to attack the city when he hears the news. Just imagine, Li Dingguo had a close relationship with Wu Zheng. I heard that Li Dingguo sent the prince and his daughter to Hangzhou Prefecture... Once he attacked, could Wu Zheng be idle?"
"But in this way... the fight starts, and we are not good either. There are 30,000 or 40,000 troops in the city, and we can't stand the two wolves outside... In the end, even the prince and ourselves were harmed!"
"Brother Wang is too worried... The prince knows this very well. Isn't it because of this that he wants to vote for Wu Zheng?" Ma Sanbao advised, "But if we vote for Wu Zheng, what can we get... Isn't that cheaper for those verbal people? Don't worry, as long as the fight outside the city starts, the prince will definitely order to retreat to the northwest and meet our main force... How could he fight with the enemy as Brother Wang said?"
Speaking of this, Ma Sanbao was a little excited, "Just withdraw to Kaifeng Prefecture, where our brothers have been in business for many years... When we get there, these villains will suffer!"
Wang Pingfan was a little moved, "But... the place where Emperor Yongli was detained was Hu Guozhu.
"But the guards are soldiers under the command of Brother Wang before! At that time, the matter was just pushed to Hu Guozhu... Unknowingly, the guards were the guards... and they died in vain!"
Wang Pingfan raised his eyebrows, "How sure are you?"
"As long as the guards are willing to die for Brother Wang... they are at least 70% sure!"
With a "bang", Wang Pingfan hit the table and stood up, "Man is dead for money and birds are dead for food... Wealth is in danger, so we did it!"
Ma Sanbao was dizzy when he heard this. What did these two sentences have to do?
However, Ma Sanbao understood the word "do it" in the end.
....
Wu Sangui sat in front of Li Dingguo in a daze, and specially held a roll of "Huang Ling" in his hand.
That way, it was not for negotiation, but for the edict.
Unfortunately, Li Dingguo knew Wu Sangui's intentions, but he still knelt down.
Alas, gentleman, betray him!
A hint of pride flashed in Wu Sangui's eyes, and he smiled and said, "The King of Jin does not need to kneel down... Your Majesty ordered the King of Jin to enter the city and meet!"
Li Dingguo stood up suddenly and glared at Wu Sangui angrily. He said, since it was an oral order, why did you do the Huang Ling with your pen?
Wu Sangui laughed and said, "Don't blame King Jin, the one in his hand... is the real imperial edict - the abdication edict!"
When Li Dingguo heard this, his heart was shocked. It seemed that Wu Zheng's words were true. There were indeed two edicts of the emperor's abdication, and this must have been intercepted.
Wu Sangui clearly saw Li Dingguo and smiled with satisfaction: "Does the King of Jin know... Who is His Majesty going to abdicate?"
Li Dingguo said in a muffled voice: "The holy will be arbitrary... If you are a minister, just accept the order!"
Wu Sangui sighed: "The King of Jin is indeed a loyal and righteous person... Unfortunately, King of Jin led hundreds of thousands of Western troops to fight bloody battles for the imperial court for several years. In the end... His Majesty abdicated the throne to an outsider... Gu Zhen complained to the King of Jin... He complained about the injustice!"
Li Dingguo's expression changed drastically, "Who is it?"
Wu Sangui sent the yellow silk in his hand to Li Dingguo, "King of Jin will see it yourself."
Li Dingguo took it, opened it and looked silent, but anyone could see clearly that Li Dingguo's gums were bulging like iron.
Wu Sangui said in a harmonious voice: "Don't be angry with King Jin... Your Majesty was bewitched by Ma Shiying. This will be completely inconsistent with etiquette. If there is a reason to be abdicated to outsiders, it should be the King of Jin... Isn't that alone standing on the side of King Jin... Besides, Your Majesty is still in the city... There is still room for maneuver in this matter!"
"But... this is an imperial edict!" Li Dingguo said in a muffled voice.
Wu Sangui laughed and said, "It is the imperial edict that is promulgated... If it is rejected, then nothing is... In the Ming Dynasty, is there little intention to reject it?"
"you mean……?"
"As long as the King of Jin and I join forces... why not be afraid of Wu Zheng?" Wu Sangui's expression turned positive, "Three days... As long as the King of Jin helps me keep Xinyang for three days, my main force will arrive in Xinyang... In the right camp in Wu Zheng's hands, he still can't catch my eyes!"
Li Dingguo remained silent.
Chapter completed!