Aspiration

Chapter 207 Conquering Wu Sangui

Unexpectedly, the solution to this problem did not give Li Laiheng the headache he imagined. I don’t know what everyone’s true thoughts are. Anyway, when Yuan Zongdi said: "We old guys should have self-knowledge. What Li Laiheng has shown in recent years Our abilities are far superior to ours, of course we are following Li Laiheng's orders." After that, everyone agreed unanimously.

Is it exactly the same as Daishan's suggestion that Fulin be the emperor of Manchuria?Li Laiheng thought it should be the truth.This proposal was quickly accepted by everyone. This is the same as Daishan and Dorgon's proposal to let Fulin be the emperor of Manchuria. They would rather let the younger generation do it than let Li Guo be the leader of everyone. (In the eighth year of Chongde, 1643 A.D., on the ninth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, Huang Taiji passed away suddenly. Because he did not designate an heir before his death, the kings and ministers discussed the establishment of a new king. At this time, there are three most likely heirs, one is Hauge, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, is backed by the powerful Zhenghuang and Xianghuang Banners owned by his father. He has fought in the north and south for 20 years and has made outstanding military achievements. He enjoys high prestige among the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners. The other is Dorgon, Prince of Heshuorui. He has his own Zhengbai Banner and his brother Duoduo's inlaid white banner. The power is quite powerful. Another one is Daishan. Although Daishan has been behind the scenes for several years, he owns the two banners of Zhenghong and Xianghong. He has made indelible feats. Among the princes of the Eight Banners, he is the oldest and has the highest status. There are also a group of princes and dukes such as Shuotuo, Wakda, Adali, Luoluohun, and Mandahai. The children and grandchildren are not small. In the process of discussing the establishment of a new emperor, the main ministers of the two yellow banners wanted to make Hauge the emperor, and the two white banners supported Dorgon. He dealt with this problem well, neither participating in the contest for the throne, nor supporting Dorgon, nor recommending Hauge, but agreeing with Dorgon's proposal that Fulin, the ninth son who supported the six-year-old boy Huang Taiji, succeed to the throne , and reported the illegal activities of his sons Shuotuo and Sun Adali, thus properly solving the problem of fighting for the throne, avoiding the tragedy of bloodshed, maintaining the unity of the ruling group, and paving the way for the Qing army to enter the pass eight months later. , entered the Central Plains, creating extremely favorable conditions. Daishan made another great contribution to the Qing Dynasty.)
Of course Li Guo wouldn't argue with Li Laiheng foolishly, he should be happy that his son became the leader of everyone, he can be regarded as half of the Supreme Emperor.However, the idea of ​​the Supreme Emperor flashed by, and soon he was shocked by Li Laiheng's eyes.Li Laiheng was watching him, the majesty in his eyes was definitely not what a son should have.

"Grass your mother, your wings are so stiff that you don't want to listen to me?" Li Guo scolded in his heart, but he vaguely felt that this kid really didn't know how to listen to him.

Li Laiheng saw that everyone had no other opinions, and the time for guidance was ripe, so he said: "Elders, I, Li Laiheng, am willing to take the lead when the country is in crisis. I believe that as long as we are united, it is possible to build a super-great China." It is very big. If the elders have no objections, then I will spread the word to the whole country in the name of Grand Marshal to build a huge empire that surpasses the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. As for the issue of establishing an emperor, we are not in a hurry to think about it now, and the Grand Marshal is the highest. Commander, unify the country. Do you think it will work?"

People said, it’s not right, the country can’t live without a king, if we don’t establish a government, Nanming, Wu Zhou, and Daxi will think they are orthodox, so whose subordinates do we belong to?

Li Laiheng saw everyone talking about it, and their meaning was very clear, that is to establish Li Laiheng as the king and establish a new dynasty, so that the name will be rectified and the order will be followed, and the teacher will be famous.

But Li Laiheng didn't think so. What he thought of was to become the ruler of China in another way.Because, there are two people who can take advantage of it.So Li Laiheng told everyone that this matter should be postponed for the time being, and it will not be too late to discuss it in three to five months. Now there are many things that need to be prepared.

After discussing for a while, Li Laiheng convinced everyone that he would not proclaim himself emperor for the time being, nor would he have an official country title and name.

Finally he began military deployments.

Li Zicheng's old troops joined forces and used Hunan and Hubei as their base camps to attack Wu Sangui in southern Hunan.Let Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, and Gao Yigong be the front, left, right, and rear armies, and Li Laiheng and Mrs. Gao be the central army. During Li Laiheng's absence, Mrs. Gao will instead command the army to go south.The original armies in Hubei, Anhui, and Shandong continued to be led by Li Yan and Hao Yaoqi. They dealt with Nanming and vigorously developed the economy of the northern provinces.They took a defensive position against Nanming for the time being, and launched an attack on Nanming after the Great Southwest and Sichuan were recovered.

Half a month later, Niu Jinxing was beheaded, and his blood was sacrificed to the flag, and the army attacking Wu Sangui, the regime of Wu Zhou, marched southward.Nanming didn't know that this was Li Laiheng's deployment, so they took a wait-and-see attitude towards this army's attack on Wu Sangui to the southwest.Wu Sangui is the great sinner of the Chinese, and everyone can punish him.

Li Laiheng himself did not act with the army, and the task of attacking Wu Sangui was given to Li Zicheng's old troops.He quietly set off to the north with [-] elite troops, and his whereabouts were unknown to everyone except Lao Jiu.

His first destination was Shimen County in Changde.

Shimen is the gateway to northwestern Hunan. The terrain is in the shape of a curved gourd. The terrain slopes from west to southeast.The lowest point on the land is the confluence of Caijiaxi River and Lishui River, with an altitude of only 42.5 meters, and the highest point is the top of Huping Mountain, with an altitude of 2098.7 meters.Shimen started from the establishment of Shimen County in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.Two miles east of the county seat, two rock walls stand like gates, so they are called Shimen.The county seat is the land of Jingchu, Cigu County, Qianzhong County, Qin Dynasty. After Emperor Wu of Chen Yong'an two years later, Liang Xiaocha set up Shimen County. In the ninth year of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, Shimen County was abandoned and Shimen County was built.About 15 kilometers southeast of Shimen County, there is Jiashan Temple, also known as Lingquan Temple, which was first built in 870 AD (the 11th year of Xiantong in Tang Dynasty), and has been repaired by Emperor Yizong of Tang Dynasty, Shenzong of Song Dynasty and Shizu of Yuan Dynasty.

Here, there is a person that Li Laiheng really wants to meet.

On the night of arriving in Shimen County, Li Laiheng concealed his elite troops, and he himself led Lao Jiu to Jiashan Temple on foot.It was midnight when we arrived at Jiashan Temple, and there was no sound in the temple.Li Laiheng and Lao Jiu didn't alarm anyone, they walked over the wall lightly, looked around, and found that there were two houses that might be where Li Zicheng lived.They knelt under the window and listened for a while, there was no sound of breathing inside, it didn't look like a place where people lived.They checked a few more houses, all of which were houses where ordinary monks lived.

Which house will Li Zicheng be in?Almost every corner of Jiashan Temple was searched, but no trace of Li Zicheng was found.The faces of Li Laiheng and Lao Jiu couldn't help becoming serious.It has been more than a year since Li Zicheng disappeared. Could something unexpected happen during this period?
It is a fact that Li Zicheng has been to Jiugong Mountain, and it is also a fact that he fought with Cheng Jiubai and other township soldiers, but he went to Jiashan Temple to become a monk, and Li Laiheng also knew about it. The cronies he sent obviously met Li Zicheng in Jiashan Temple. Will it be gone?
While being suspicious, suddenly, both he and Lao Jiu were attracted by a camphor tree at the same time.This ancient camphor tree is estimated to have a lifespan of thousands of years. Some trunks have died, and there is a faint light flickering at the height of the trunk.The two of them looked around, but there was no light source, so where did the faint light on the tree come from?

Li Laiheng lightly jumped up the trunk and looked towards the light. It turned out that the trunk was empty and the light came from inside the trunk.

There is a secret room under the tree!The trunk is the air vent, so cleverly designed.

Li Zicheng should be in the secret room.Li Laiheng and Lao Jiu exchanged a look, and they began to look for the entrance of the secret room respectively.

Since there is a secret room, it means that Li Zicheng's protection against the outside world is very strict, and entering the secret room will be dangerous.Mazes, traps, hidden weapons.But these, for Li Laiheng, are definitely not what he is worried about. What he is worried about is whether Li Zicheng really wants to be an emperor.

Li Zicheng must not be allowed to be the emperor. He just replaced Chongzhen with Li Zicheng. Changing Zhu's surname to Li's surname will not fundamentally change the country's development.

If Li Zicheng still has the dream of being an emperor, what should he do?
There should be a bottom line in everything, Li Laiheng thought, it is impossible to restore him.

Li Laiheng came here to collect Li Zicheng's jade seal, and then asked him to write a statement recommending Li Laiheng to be the commander-in-chief of China.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether Li Zicheng is a monk or not, including Chongzhen, they can all come out to politics again, and he, Li Laiheng, is going to establish a republican country.

"Here, the entrance to the secret room is here." Lao Jiu found the entrance to the secret room.

(End of this chapter)