Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 120 The Temporary Court of the Ming Dynasty (please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket)

In the ninth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, in mid-July, Suzhou, Jiangsu.

The streets of Suzhou finally became bustling again after being cold for a few days.Except for a few over-fired government offices that are being restored and people's thieves in their hearts, the "Pingjiang Riot" that happened more than a month ago seems to have left no traces in this prosperous and wealthy town.The rivers inside and outside the city are still full of boats and boats, very lively.Merchants from all over the world and Suzhou people who are used to the prosperity are still thronging shoulder to shoulder on the streets.The teahouses all over the streets and alleys are still buzzing with people.People are sipping tea, listening to books, and talking about something.And the content of their conversations will involve the riot more than a month ago from time to time!
In the most prosperous Changmennei area of ​​Suzhou City, in the hall of a three-story teahouse not far from the river, amidst the hustle and bustle, the hottest topic was Emperor Kangxi's "Chastity Archway"—that is, the The "third prince on stilts" who lives in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

"Have you heard? The little emperor of Beijing is going to make the stilted third prince king!"

"It's absolutely deceiving. The little emperor of the Qing Dynasty was extremely ruthless. Of the three princes who have been killed over the years, there are always [-] or [-] of them who heard that the boss of the Chongzhen Emperor's family fell into his hands. Can you still accommodate this third prince with swaying legs? I think, the third prince with stilted legs should hurry up and enjoy the blessings."

"Hey, do you know what other blessings you can enjoy? The third prince fell ill a long time ago!"

"What's wrong?"

"What else could be wrong? It's not. I ate something bad!"

"Eat it bad? Why didn't you be more careful?"

"What are you careful about? It's better to eat bad things than to kill with a knife, right?"

"That's right, it looks like the third prince with slack legs won't be able to be king anymore."

"I can't do it at all!"

"Shh, softly"

And in another corner of this teahouse, several tea drinkers in short jackets are gathering together to talk about a counter-book that has been circulated everywhere in Suzhou City recently - "The World Is Public".

"Do you know? If the third prince wins the world, he will practice equalization of land. Do you know what equalization of land is?"

"I know, I know, it is to distribute the land of the world to the poor who farm"

"Is the third prince that good? Still thinking of the farmer?"

"That's an old rule. When the dynasties were opened up, they should be divided once. Originally, the King of Chuang, no, the thief should also be divided."

"Then why didn't the Qing Dynasty divide the fields?"

"The Qing Dynasty. It was also distributed, but it was not distributed to the poor Han people, but to their own people!"

"Hey, what's the use of talking about it? They've already caught the third prince with stilted legs, and he's about to kill him soon!"

"Are you going to kill me? Didn't you say you want to be crowned king?"

"Conferring the king? That's on the memorial archway"

"Keep your voice down, don't talk nonsense! Be careful that the walls have ears!"

At this moment, right next door to this teahouse, on the second floor of a restaurant that has just been sold by Ruixintang and is about to be converted into Ruixin Jiangnan's head office, a Tiandihui chief rudder meeting that will surely go down in the history of celebrities, It is being held in secret!

The Tiandihui members who participated in this meeting included Wang Zhongxiao, Chen Yonghua, Wang Zhongyi, Wang Zhongxian, Zhu Cijiong, Wang Leiyong, Yu Haitao, He Tianran, Chang Mingyue, Zhang 21, and Wu Yuanyi, a total of 11 people.Although there are only 11 people, the representation is quite extensive.Among them, Wang Zhongxiao, Wang Zhongyi, and Wang Zhongxian represent the Zhili branch of Tiandihui.Chen Yonghua, Chang Mingyue, Zhu Cijiong, and Zhang 21 represented the Tiandihui Jiangnan branch.Wang Leiyong, Yu Haitao, He Tianran and Wu Yuanyi represent the Yunnan-Guizhou branch of the Tiandihui.

Well, if you round it up, you can represent the whole world!

There are two issues to be discussed at this meeting, one is to improve the organization of the Tiandihui.

Today's Tiandihui already has the intention of becoming bigger and stronger, so the organization construction must keep up in time, and it cannot be made to lack cohesion like the historical gang Tiandihui.It is necessary to establish the discipline that the plenary session obeys the general rudder, and subordinates obey their superiors.

Moreover, Tiandihui is currently operating in secret, so there must be a strict confidentiality system.The name of the Tiandihui can be spread everywhere, but the organization of the Tiandihui must be hidden.It is best to have a single-line connection between the superior and the subordinate, and try not to meet with each other at the same level.The sub-rudder and the main rudder must be strictly protected.

In addition, Tiandihui also needs to publicize its own ideas, contact various forces, and raise funds for the revolution, so it is necessary to establish some affiliated organizations that are controlled by Tiandihui.

According to Wang Zhongxiao's suggestion, there are currently three types of affiliated organizations that Tiandihui needs to establish.Tiandihui's proposition is biased towards the bottom, and it pays more attention to mobilizing the bottom to carry out revolution.The Reform Society, on the other hand, aimed at the middle class, that is, intellectuals of the landlord class, and focused on promoting New Confucianism.

The second type of organization affiliated with Tiandihui is the "North and South General Merchant Hall" that raises funds for Tiandihui—these are actually three business names, which are respectively operated by the Tiandihui's Zhili branch, Jiangnan branch, and main branch.Among them, Nanshangtang is headed by Chen Yonghua, the head of the Jiangnan sub-rudder of Tiandihui, and is called "Jinnantang" to the outside world.

Yang Qilong, the head of the Zhili branch of the Tiandihui, served as the head hall of the Beishangtang, and it was called "Tongbeitang" to the outside world.

As for the head office of the Tiandihui, of course, it was directly controlled by Wang Zhongxiao, the "military adviser" of the head of the Tiandihui (the head of the Tiandihui was Zhu Cijiong, a puppet), and it was called "Sanhetang".

The main business of these three major commercial firms is actually water transportation.

After all, Yang Qilong and Chang Mingyue, who used Luo Jiaoxiangtang as a cover to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, all had their foundations on the canal—the Cao Gang and Qing Gang in history were probably their disciples and grandchildren.

As for Chen Yonghua, the "father of the Hongmen", he was born as a pirate, and he is familiar with smuggling!

Therefore, relying on water transportation and sea smuggling to develop the economic organization of Tiandihui can not only attract people, but also make money.

And the third type of affiliated organization is even more powerful, it is called "Da Mingxing Imperial Court"!
It's just a temporary Ming court wandering around!
"What? The imperial court is about to start? Military division Wang, are you in a little hurry?"

"That's right, Wang Junshi, we don't even have a piece of land now, how come we set up a court?"

"Yes, Wang Junshi, the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty used the strategy of 'building high walls, accumulating food widely, and slowly becoming king'. Wouldn't it be too ambitious for us to open the court now?"

As soon as Wang Zhongxiao put forward the proposal of setting up an imperial court, members of the Tiandihui who attended the meeting immediately raised different opinions.

Wang Zhongxiao smiled and glanced at the nominal leader of the Tiandihui, Zhu Cijiong, the third prince, and found that there was already some anticipation on his face.This person seems to have "awakened blood", and is obviously interested in the cause of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty.

"Zhu Zongzhu, what do you think?" Wang Zhongxiao simply kicked the ball to Zhu Cijiong—according to Wang Zhongxiao's suggestion, in the future, everyone in the organization should not call their names, let alone their names, but use their surnames Plus the position in the Tiandihui.

The advantage of doing this is that when some organizations are cracked by the government, the top management of the Tiandihui will not be easily exposed.

Therefore, in the documents of the Tiandihui, everyone here today is Zhu Zongzhu, Wang Junshi, Chen Fuzhu, Wang Xiangzhu, Wu Xiangzhu, Chang Xiangzhu and so on.

"It's actually quite good to have an imperial court," said the third prince Zhu with a smile. "Take a tiger's skin as a banner! If we want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, we have to deal with powerful people from all sides. If we don't run an imperial court, then How do we use the righteous name in our hands? We can’t make Wu Sangui the leader of some kind of world society, can we? As for not having a territory, it’s okay. Didn’t Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also have a territory? Didn’t he also have an Eastern Han court? How about I come to Ming Xiandi?"

Okay!

Wang Zhongxiao nodded, and said in his heart: You can do it, the third prince Zhu!You already know how fragrant it is to be a Xiandi, right?

Thinking of this, Wang Zhongxiao looked again at the Wu Yuanyi that Chen Yonghua "picked up" from the Yamen of the prefect of Suzhou—this guy was also lucky, he obviously mixed with the fake Third Prince Zhu, but in the end he was confused by the real Third Zhu The prince picked it up and went to join the revolution!

"Master Wu Xiang," Wang Zhongxiao called out Wu Yuanyi's position in the Tiandihui, "If we give King Pingxi a title, do you think he will accept it?"

"Yes!" Wu Yuanyi nodded, "The lord lacks a great reputation! His old man was so angry that he became a concubine, and he murdered Lord Yongli. His reputation has long been rotten. If he Few people in the world are willing to follow him if he plays his own brand. If the third prince of Zhu can give him a title, then he will be justified."

"That's right!" Wang Zhongxiao slapped the table, "We are now setting up a court to give righteousness to the generals who want to fight against the Qing Dynasty! , let’s talk about it later.”

Zhu Cijiong nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, as long as it is conducive to the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, it is the same as being Emperor Xiandi or Guangwu!"

Emperor Xian is also an emperor, no matter how he is dressed in fine clothes and fine food, plus his concubines are in groups!
Even if it is tampered with in the end, there is a good chance that his life will be saved.

For the current Third Prince Zhu, this deal is definitely not a loss!

"The chief rudder makes sense!" Chen Yonghua also nodded, "As long as it is beneficial for King Pingxi to raise troops, why not set up a court?"

"I agree too!" Chang Mingyue was very happy to hear that the relationship between the two of Chen Yonghua was getting better and better, so she also expressed her opinion with a smile.

"Then I agree too!"

"I also agree!"

"I think it's good"

More and more people voted for it, and soon they did an unprecedented event - voted to establish a temporary court!
Of course, the head of this court is not the emperor. It would be too childish to be the emperor without anything, so Wang Zhongxiao proposed that Zhu Cijiong use the name of "supervising the country" first.

Zhu Cijiong, who had already become a "temporary supervisor of the country", inquired with Wang Zhongxiao again: "Mr. Wang, what kind of title do you think we should grant to King Pingxi?"

"What do you all think?" Wang Zhongxiao actually thought about it a long time ago, but he didn't talk about it, and he first asked the "comrades" for their opinions.

"Should I be named the Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses?" Wu Yuanyi, who was born under the Pingxi Wang Fan, immediately made a suggestion.

"Nothing new," Wang Zhongxiao pretended to think for a while, "We are in a new era, so let's think of a new name."

"A new name?" Chen Yonghua asked, "A prime minister and minister of the military and civilians?"

"This is new," Wang Zhongxiao said, "but all the soldiers and civilians in the world have been handed over to Prime Minister Wang Pingxi, what shall we do?"

"Why don't you give me a smaller title?" Zhu Cijiong said, "Why don't you give me a supervisor of the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Lake?"

"This...isn't a civil servant anymore?" Wang Zhongxiao paused for a moment, without hiding anything, he said directly: "I thought of a new name for King Pingxi, let's call it 'Rejuvenating the President of the Ming Dynasty, Xiwang'! "

"Reviving the Great Ming President Xiwang? Do you have any explanation?"

"The title of President of Revival of Daming has been given to King Pingxi to revive Daming, and he can do anything that is conducive to the revival of Daming!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "As for King Xi, it is to promote his King Pingxi. Become a one-character king, this one-character king is bigger than the two-character king!"

"That's good!" Zhu Cijiong nodded. "That's good. If there is a big president, you can have a second president, a third president, and a fourth president. If you have a Western king, you can have a king of the east, a king of the south, and a king of the north! In the future, more presidents can be named." And the prince!"

Chen Yonghua also agreed, "That's right, King Yanping can become King Nan in the future!"

Wang Zhongxiao looked at the crowd: "If everyone has no objection, this matter is settled like this. Wu Xiangzhu, please take a trip to Yunnan to be the special envoy of the chief rudder, and to seal King Pingxi as the 'President Xiwang of the Revival of Ming Dynasty' .

In addition, I have also drawn up a system to implement land equalization these days. If there is no objection, let Wu Xiangzhu take it to Yunnan, and it can be implemented on Xiwang's territory now. "

While talking, Wang Zhongxiao took out several pamphlets and distributed them to everyone.

After reading the brochure, everyone thought it was a good name, it was called "Tian Mu System of the Celestial Dynasty"!
When Wang Zhongxiao was about to introduce this "Tianchao Farm System" to everyone, Yang Xiaohuan's voice suddenly came from outside the private seat: "Second son and third master are dying soon!"

"Third Master" is the code name of the "third prince with stilted feet" Wang Yongkang-you can't call him "third prince Zhu"!The genuine third prince Zhu is the chief rudder of the Tiandihui, so if you want to say "the third prince Zhu is dead", how unlucky is that?

And this "Third Master" Wang Yongkang is the master who is so unlucky!

Ever since Emperor Kangxi issued an edict to make the third prince Zhu king last month, and sent it to Suzhou with eight hundred miles of flying, Wang Yongkang fell ill happily, so Shi Lang, Wang Zhongxiao, and Doctor Le stayed temporarily. In Suzhou, he specially took care of Wang Yongkang who was ill.Duolong, governor of Liangjiang, Ma Hu, governor of Jiangsu, and Mu Tianyan, governor of Jiangsu, also visited Wang Yongkang who was sick in the Humble Administrator's Garden in person or sent people to the Humble Administrator's Garden every now and then, and sent medicine to the doctor.

It's so sweet!It's just that this doctor treats the sick but not the life.Under the concern of all parties, this Wang Yongkang's "food poisoning" has become more and more serious. In the past few days, he has become extremely ill, the poison has penetrated into the bone marrow, and he is dying.

Hearing Yang Xiaohuan's words, Wang Zhongxiao couldn't help sighing, and said to Chen Yonghua: "Fufu, let's go and see off the third master together, shall we?"

Chen Yonghua is also an official - Wang Fuchen recommended him a Wen Linlang of the seventh rank, and Wang Zhongxiao set up a walking stick for him!So he followed Wang Zhongxiao in and out of the Humble Administrator's Garden without fear of being caught.

"Alright," Chen Yonghua nodded, "Speaking of which, this third master was tricked by us, so I have to send him off and let Chang Nuguan save him once again!"

Chang Mingyue on the side nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send him a good one when the time comes!"

Chen Yonghua and Chang Mingyue's consciences are not bad. Wang Zhongxiao thought: When I kill Kangxi in the future, let Chang Mingyue help save that little pockmark!

Thinking of this, he said to Chen Yonghua: "Fufu, let's go quickly. If we go late, we won't be able to see each other for the last time!"

When Wang Zhongxiao and Chen Yonghua arrived at the Humble Administrator's Garden together, half of the officials in Suzhou had already gathered here!They all came to say goodbye to "Third Prince Zhu".

Although this Wang Yongkang has not been famous in Suzhou for a long time, he is actually quite a good person, and he is quite familiar with the official circles and scholars in Suzhou.No one thought that he was actually the famous Third Prince Zhu. Now that the little emperor wants to set up a memorial archway, the big guys will come to see Wang Yongkang off for the last time.

Set up a memorial archway!Let's pretend together!
Of course, how did Wang Yongkang die, and who doesn't know who is qualified to come to the Humble Administrator's Garden?

The Qing Dynasty just didn’t care about human affairs, but still liked to set up archways. Who doesn’t know this?If you really want to let Wang Yongkang, the real Zhu San, be too un-"Qing".

When Wang Zhongxiao and Chen Yonghua arrived, the Humble Administrator's Garden was already in chaos. They hadn't entered the Lanxue Hall when they heard Jiangsu governor Ma Hu yelling: "Hurry up, let the doctor Le prepare the thousand-year-old ginseng Why do you have to hang up again? The two imperial envoys are almost here, and he will be the prince if you hang up again!

Is the coffin ready?Need nanmu!Although the imperial envoy to confer the king has not yet arrived, but this king has been conferred, and posthumous conferment is also conferred. We have to send it according to the prince's standard!
Are you ready?Xie En's last note. If you don't have it, let the official's memorial teacher write it quickly!Feng Wang ah!Such a big favor, thank you so much!

Where is Wang Shiwei?Where did you go?People are going to die, why has he disappeared?He has to watch it"

Wang Zhongxiao had to watch Wang Yongkang die utterly, but he couldn't be resurrected after death!Otherwise, everyone can't eat and walk around!
As soon as he asked, Wang Zhongxiao's voice rang out: "Here we come, Mafutai is here, Beizhi is here! Beizhi just went to Hanshan Temple to find a monk, and the abbot of Hanshan Temple has already made an appointment. Time will come to help you recite Amitabha!"

Mahu let out a breath, and immediately greeted him: "Just come, hurry up, and follow me to meet the Great Ming Ding Wang for the last time, Amitabha, go all the way, and don't come back again!"

(End of this chapter)