Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 508 Infighting
New book for collection: "The Rise of Great Powers 1900"

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To be honest, that Chen Bangfu is really not a good guy. He was originally a son of a rich family in Shaoxing. poor.

At the right time, such a scumbag can sometimes soar into the sky, just because he welcomed Emperor Longwu into Guangxi, and he was granted the title of Duke, but he is domineering and arrogant, colluding with the ministers of the court to exercise power and commit fraud.

After Kong Youde entered Guangxi, seeing that Longwu was unreliable, he immediately took refuge in the new master, and even wanted to intercept and arrest Emperor Longwu and offer it to the Qing Dynasty. From this point of view, he was more kind than Zheng Zhilong, who betrayed Longwu At that time, he only dared to withdraw his troops and let the Qing army catch them by himself, and even quietly notified Emperor Longwu in advance, but this Chen Bangfu had no scruples. Yes, all dedicated to Kong Youde.

After Li Dingguo regained Guangxi, he immediately handed Chen Bangfu and his son Bang to Sun Kewang. Sun Kewang peeled him and used him as grass. There is nothing wrong in theory.

But Li Ruyue was ignorant of his conscience at this time, and insisted that Chen Bangfu was an honored official of the Ming Dynasty, and that Sun Kewang killed Chen Bangfu without authorization. If it was just to show his loyalty to Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu withheld his memorial to protect him , He also copied a copy himself and handed it to Sun Kewang.

This kind of behavior is completely provocative. As for why he did this, people in future generations may be very puzzled.

In fact, there is only one purpose, and that is to seek fame. If it is to show favor to the emperor, he will never do it. You must know that Chen Bangfu almost caught Long Wu, and that will break the heart of little emperor Zhu Cihuan; And he not only wrote a letter of impeachment, but also let Sun Kewang know, completely putting on a posture that he was not afraid of death and Sun Kewang.

In the end, when Sun Kewang peeled his skin, he was so addicted to death that he cursed endlessly, saying that the thatch roots used to fill his skin were articles, and every detail was loyalty.

This kind of people can be found everywhere in ancient history, especially in the Ming Dynasty. In order to seek the name of a direct minister, the Donglin Party often scolded the emperor directly, hoping that the emperor would beat them up, even if they were killed. , Sometimes the emperor is so angry that he is half dead, but he refuses to beat him, saying that this guy is cheating the court staff.

This kind of character, in order to get a name, is also very hard.

But they really don't have any other way to make a name for themselves. They can't turn the tide like Yu Qian did. They really don't know how to do anything other than moral articles and a mouth that anyone dares to scold. It can only be so.

After killing Li Ruyue, Sun Kewang's relationship with the Longwu court further deteriorated.

The reason was that a group of civil officials saw that Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were at odds, and at the same time were dissatisfied with the way Sun Kewang treated the court. They worried that Sun Kewang would try to usurp the throne, so they urged the emperor to write a secret edict to King Li Dingguoqin.

Sun Kewang is definitely a hero. When Emperor Hongguang was in Nanjing and Emperor Longwu was in Fujian, both Yang Chao and Zheng Zhilong felt very uncomfortable.

Because Yang Chao and Zheng Zhilong wanted face, but Sun Kewang had no face. When Emperor Hongguang was in Nanjing, he basically had all the rights of an emperor. When Emperor Longwu was in Fujian, the civil official group still controlled Fujian's food and taxes.

But Longwu ran to Guizhou, and finally recruited Sun Kewang. After making Sun Kewang the king of Ji, Sun Kewang sent troops into Guizhou, and under the banner of Emperor Longwu, he incorporated all the Ming army and chieftains in Guizhou. Settled in Anlong, this is just a small thousand-household house, whose real name is Anlongsi. After Longwu stationed here, he subtly upgraded this place to Anlong Mansion, but changing the name can't change the desolate scene of only a few hundred families here.

Sun Kewang not only refused to let Emperor Longwu move to Kunming or Guiyang, but instead sent his confidant generals to "protect" here, appointing his confidant Fan Yingxu as the magistrate of Anlong Prefecture, and Zhang Yingke as the prime minister Titang official.

Emperor Longwu did not provide enough money and food, and gave 8000 taels of silver and six hundred stones of rice every year for the Yongli emperor, ministers, and entourage.However, in the imperial power society, the appeal of an emperor is still very large. There are more than [-] civil and military officials who followed Longwu all the way, but many of them follow the emperor with their families, plus a few soldiers, entourage and family members, reaching the More than [-] people, obviously this amount of money is not enough.

Emperor Longwu told Sun Kewang's officials that it was not enough, and they ignored him at all.Fan Yingxu and Zhang Yingke "made a book, opened the emperor one, the empress one, and a certain amount of silver and rice per month", completely treating the emperor as a handyman.

On the other hand, Sun Kewang himself built a large palace in Kunming, using yellow tiles, tearing down the bricks and stones of Chenggong County as a wall, with a foot width of six feet.Outside the gate, there is a General Secretary, who sets up a horse card, makes a guard of honor for the emperor, hangs five dragons in the hall, and sets up a majesty Chi, who chooses the one who has a voice to praise the Honglu Temple.

After Sun Kewang raised the Longwu Emperor Zhu Cihuan in captivity, under his banner, he annexed Guizhou and captured Hunan without a single soldier. uneasy.

Sun Kewang had long had the ambition to be emperor. Before Longwu arrived in Guizhou, Sun Kewang claimed to be the king in Yunnan, and all the power was in his hands.However, after "surrendering" to Emperor Longwu, he was granted the title of King of Ji, and some literati could always hear that the emperor was so-and-so, and they didn't take him seriously at all.

This time Hunan was defeated, especially Li Dingguo was forced away, and after Liu Wenxiu was dismissed, Sun Kewang's ambition could not be restrained. He wanted to abolish the emperor, and simply ascended the throne as emperor himself. As for whether anyone would object, anyway, in Yunnan and Guizhou No one dared to oppose him in the three regions of Hunan. Other forces, Manchu and Qing don't count, and Yang Chao never seemed to take Zhu Cihuan seriously.

Anyway, Sun Kewang has been in contact with Yang Chao many times, and found that Yang Chao is still a good talker. He plans to become emperor with Yang Chao after he ascends the throne first. Yang Chao occupies the southeast, and the Manchu Qing occupies the north, and no one can do anything to the other.

Who would have thought that at this time, someone secretly reported to him that the emperor planned to issue a secret edict to let Li Dingguo come to serve the king, how could this be tolerated.

The last thing Sun Kewang wants to hear is this Li Dingguo. Since Li Dingguo killed three kings in a row, Sun Kewang heard people discussing Li Dingguo in his army more than once. This is not only jealousy, but also a sense of crisis. , was adopted by Zhang Xianzhong since he was a child, and has been on the run for more than ten years. Sun Kewang is very sensitive to his own safety.

As soon as he heard that it was Li Dingguo again, Sun Kewang became angry immediately, and directly sent people to Anlong to arrest a lot of courtiers, large and small. Some were scraped alive, some were beheaded, and some were ordered to commit suicide.

Then Sun Kewang decided to act stronger. He sent General Bai Wenxuan to Anlong in person, and asked him to take Emperor Longwu to Guiyang.

As for why this conspiracy was exposed, the reason was Li Dingguo. After receiving the edict, Li Dingguo was not sure whether it was true or false, so he asked Ma Jixiang, a close confidant of Emperor Longwu, who knew that Ma Jixiang was a villain. He secretly took refuge in Sun Kewang, obviously he is very knowledgeable about current affairs, and he knows very well that Sun Kewang is the boss.

In this way, Sun Kewang knew the situation, killed a lot, and immediately asked Bai Wenxuan to take the emperor to Guiyang, and he planned to let Emperor Longwu give up the emperor's throne to him.

But Bai Wenxuan kept procrastinating, using the excuse that Anlongsi had a small population and couldn't find enough servants, so he kept procrastinating.

On the other side, Li Dingguo dispatched elites, and they entered Anlong in only three days. The soldiers Sun Kewang sent to stop Li Dingguo not only couldn't stop Li Dingguo, but also didn't want to stop him. Li Dingguo rewarded them with 2 taels of silver, and then told them Said that he and King Ji were brothers, but there was a misunderstanding, and then the soldiers knelt on both sides of the road to cheer for Qiansui, and let Li Dingguo pass by.

At this time, in Anlong City, in Emperor Longwu's palace, there was a lot of crying. When someone outside the city shouted that the West Mansion was coming, there was a burst of joy. Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were called the four kings. Li Dingguo used to be under Zhang Xianzhong's tent. Dingxi General, so it has always been called Xifu.

After entering the city, Li Dingguo discussed with Bai Wenxuan and the emperor's officials. After confirming that Guangxi had been dilapidated after two wars by Kong Youde and Li Dingguo, they finally agreed to move to Kunming, Yunnan.

And part of Kunming's army belonged to Liu Wenxiu, but most of them were left behind by Sun Kewang, but they were not superior to Li Dingguo, so Li Dingguo led the army to protect Emperor Longwu's civil and military troops, entered Yunnan, and stayed in Yunnan. Sun Kewang's old troops didn't dare to stop him at all, and finally, under Liu Wenxiu's peace, he was forced to open Kunming City to welcome the emperor.

Kunming is empty for thousands of people, and Yunnan has been regarded as a remote and barbaric place since ancient times. When the real dragon emperor arrived, the people of Kunming were very excited.It can be seen that the call of the royal family is sometimes really powerful.

But how can Sun Kewang bear this tone? He has 30 heavy soldiers in his hand, while Li Dingguo has only 6 direct descendants, plus Liu Wenxiu's army, only 3 horses, and Kunming still has [-] troops left by him, Sun Kewang He didn't take Li Dingguo seriously at all, so he immediately raised his troops.

Sun Kewang tore his face apart this time. In Guizhou, he made great contributions to the heroes, including Ma Jinzhong, King Jiading, Feng Shuangli King Xing'an, and Zhang Hu Dongchanghou, and sent his army to attack Yunnan.

"This group of idiots are still fighting among themselves!"

Sun Kewang's movements reached Yang Chao immediately.

But Yang Chao could only look away and sigh, how could he have the ability to interfere.

"What should we do, Commander-in-Chief?"

Huang Feng's mansion was sharpening its sword.

Yang Chao sighed: "Send troops to Hunan and Guangxi!"

(End of this chapter)