As vassal kings, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were originally independent of the local military and political system in Guangdong. They only had to be responsible to the Qing court, not to the Guangdong local government. In name, the Guangdong Governor was the highest military and political official in Guangdong Province. In fact, Li Rutai, the Guangdong Governor, needed to obey the command of the vassal kings, at least in military terms. The vassal kings only needed to report to him, and there was no need to consult the opinion of the Guangdong Governor. In fact, the two vassal kings and the two vassal kings were already semi-independent. When the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed, the two vassal kings would be able to obtain their Yongzhen land. The military, political and financial power of a province would be fully accepted and become the real vassal kings. At that time, the Qing court would only validate the Korean examples for them.

The vassal kings who listened to the command and not the Xuan have always been a taboo for the central government. Moreover, this court was a Hu court, and they must be extremely guarded against the emergence of the Han vassal kings. The vassal kings of all dynasties have emerged one after another. There were many sacrificial vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. Who can be sure that these Han vassal kings would not become the existence of the Yan King? As a royal relative of the Qing Dynasty and an authentic Han army bannerman, Li Shutai, the governor of Guangdong who had long regarded himself as Manchu, had to consider future matters. Although this matter was still far away, it did not hinder his sincere heart of "worrying about the country and the people".

As early as the fifth year of Shunzhi, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon, transferred Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi. The three kings of Geng Jingzhong gave them great authority when they led their old subordinates to the south, promising that the three kings could obtain a province in the south as a place for vassals for generations. To this day, although Dorgon had been dead for seven years, the Qing court did not deny his promise to the three kings. However, Kong Youde, the King of Dingnan, died in Guilin. Geng Jingzhong committed suicide because of his escape. Now only Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, who inherited his father's title, remained.

Dorgon's promise to the three kings was to a certain extent because the soldiers and horses in Manchu were too injured after entering the pass. Tens of thousands of Manchu Eight Banners and the same number of Mongolian Eight Banners could not defeat the Southern Ming Dynasty and could no longer effectively occupy the pass. Therefore, Dorgon adopted the policy of using the Han to control the Han Dynasty. He ordered Kong Youde and the other three to lead their old subordinates to the south in the early years. In order to encourage them to work hard for the Qing court, he then enthroned the three of them as kings. At the same time, he promised that the three kings could choose Yongzhen, a province in the south in the future.

To this day, the background of Dorgon's title of king has changed. Today, the Southern Ming regime only has several provinces in the southwest, and the Qing court has already owned most of China. Although the Southern Ming regime has received the support of the Daxi Army, it is now confronting the Qing army in Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong and other places. In addition, the Southern Ming general Li Dingguo defeated the Qing army two times, killed Prince Nikan and burned the Southern King Kong Youde, but the entire confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties was still the Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was in a disadvantage. After all, the southwest provinces were too broken, and neither manpower nor material resources were enough to be compared with the Qing court that occupied most of China. Therefore, in the eyes of the world, the Qing court would sooner or later destroy the Southern Ming Dynasty and settle the country.

Since the Qing court would definitely be able to seize the world, then the Yongzhen incident that Dorgon promised to the three kings became a headache for the Qing court. On the one hand, the Southern Ming was still resisting stubbornly. On the other hand, the main soldiers and horses used by the Qing court to deal with the Southern Ming are Han people. If Dorgon's policy is denied at this time, it will inevitably lead to the idea of ​​"the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cooked", and it will also make Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao disinterested in the Qing court. If the situation changes, it will definitely be more cost-effective for the Qing court.

Now that the three kings become two kings, it is not a good thing. If the Qing court really fulfilled Dorgon's promise to them to govern the vassal state, he would save less in the future, which is obviously an extremely affordable thing. Although Emperor Shunzhi did not think so, he could not withstand the pressure of civil and military officials in the court, and could only pinch his nose and accept it. However, he did not have any unsuccessful actions. After Geng Jingzhong died of fugitives, Shunzhi had been dragging Geng Jimao to attack his father's title, and he beat him to save less. This idea was quite stingy. It was her mother's repeated persuasion that allowed Geng Jimao to assault the throne, otherwise the current King of Jingnan would still be a nuisance like Jingfan Hachi.

To bend the best intentions is to become an official. What's more, the governor of Guangdong who is "worrying about the country and the people", so since Li Rutai took office, he has been resistant to Pingnan and Jingnan. He dare not move the big side, but his small movements have been constantly. In the past few months since he took office, in addition to the standard camp he brought from the north, he finally seeped some water from the Guangdong Green Camp, and now he can control thousands of soldiers. If the two Guangdong vassals really have a strange intention, these thousands of soldiers will be the greatest guarantee for the governor.

In addition, Li Rutai has been making suggestions to the Qing court, hoping that the court could set up a city in Guangzhou and set up a garrison general, so that the Manchu soldiers would be in charge, and Guangzhou would not be in danger of losing it now or in the future. As long as Guangzhou is not lost, the situation in Guangdong will not be completely corrupt. Unfortunately, Guangdong is located in the south, the climate is too hot, and the Manchu soldiers in the north can't stand this weather, so the Qing court has been reluctant to agree to Li Rutai's request. Last year, when Li Dingguo's army attacked, Hahamu and others from Beijing were eager to lead their troops to return to the north to escape the summer heat as soon as Li Dingguo's army retreated. This move even left Li Rutai's request unsupported.

After learning that Shang Kexi had already dispatched troops to defend the Xinhui, Li Rutai had nothing to say. The military dominance of the two feudals was not something he could interfere with, but Li Rutai looked down on Shang Zhixin, who led the reinforcement of the Xinhui. In his opinion, the prince of the Pingnan King, Shang Zhixin, who just turned 20 this year, was a lively second-generation ancestor, and an arrogant and irritable second-generation ancestor.

Shang Kexi did not send a general to help, but sent his arrogant son to lead the army, which made Li Lutai worry a lot about the gains and losses of Xinhui City. Shang Zhixin, who led his troops to help Xinhui, was also full of resentment after leaving the city, and did not understand why his father agreed to Geng Jimao's request and let him lead the army.

Although they belong to the Han army flag and were also vassal kings enthroned by the Qing court, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were one of the Han army's yellow flags and the other was the Han army's blue flags. As the prince of Pingnan, Shang Zhixi was also disliked by Geng Jimao. In terms of age, Geng Jimao was one year younger than him, so he saw Geng Jimao, who was younger than him, as he ascended the throne and became the prince, but he was a prince. Although the Qing court also named him Duke, he lowered his head in front of Geng Jimao, which made him very depressed.

In the eyes of outsiders, Pingnan and Jingnan are originally one. Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong collectively called the "Three Miners in Liaodong" and crossed the sea to the Qing Dynasty. Later, they led their troops south together. Now they work together for the Qing court in the south. Therefore, in terms of closeness and relationship, Pingnan and Jingnan are inseparable from public or private affairs, and there should not be any conflicts. However, in fact, there are very deep contradictions between the two feudals. The reason is that both the two feudals want Guangdong to become their own eternal town, but the Qing court simulated this. What's more, the Qing court not only did not have a clear answer to which vassal king in Guangdong, but also stuffed these two vassal kings together!

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The blood sample is tested today and should be discharged tomorrow. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!