Nanming Engineer

Chapter 497 Establishment of a new dynasty (finale)

The assassination of Emperor Yongli was no less than a cataclysm for the Southern Ming Dynasty, especially when King Lu died and the dragons had no leader, it was even more panic. Originally thought that Yongli was in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and this matter could be put aside, but the sudden assassination suddenly exposed the situation of no one in the crown prince.

Chen Jin was brutally imprisoned and tortured, but he didn't even know the name of the treasure giver, let alone others. Since he surrendered, his subordinates have been washed, including people from the Kuizhou and Zhaoqing factions. Among them, no one can tell where that person came from, and how he got into Zhao He's team.

The "revenge for the King of Lu" that the assassin yelled before his death can probably be used as the basis for the final case, but Qu Shixu and others have no intention of investigating who is who. The key question is, who will be the emperor of Ming Dynasty?

When Yongli was assassinated, there were thousands of pairs of eyes watching. The news could not be concealed. Delaying was not an option. However, since the thieves were everywhere and the Tartars went south, the Ming clan was almost wiped out. King Lu died one after another, not even a single descendant remained.

The courtiers were in a hurry to find the surviving clan of the Zhu family, but they heard a news like thunder——on the third day after the assassination of Emperor Yongli, the Princess Mansion in Datong announced to the world that because of the assassination of the emperor, the prince had no heirs. Powerful enemies surround him, internal troubles abound, and the Ming Dynasty cannot live without a king. In order to solve the national crisis and the immediate situation, Princess Changping came to the court to listen to the government and became the empress in Beijing. In the Forbidden City.

Before the officials in Zhaoqing could react, they heard the second bombshell news: the empress issued an edict to make Prince Huan of Liang Kingdom the regent, take charge of state affairs, lead thousands of troops, abolish the ceremonial supervisor, and establish the regent's palace. All major military and state affairs are first sent to the palace for approval, and then sent to the empress for seal, and are executed by the cabinet.

The news one after another made people almost overwhelmed. The Kuizhou faction across the country was moved almost instantly. Under the deployment of a powerful central command system, they began to support the announcement of the Grand Princess Mansion at the same time, and there was an endless stream of memorials to Beijing. Unceasingly, even Fujian and Huguang have officials to submit their names.

Zhaoqing's reaction was obviously a bit slower. There was endless debate in the court. Facing the ownerless Golden Luan Palace, civil servants and military generals were arguing fiercely. Some people thought that the descendants of the Ming clan were hard to find. I don't know how many generations of distant relatives, compared to Princess Changping's closeness to Emperor Chongzhen, they are much inferior. Although the empress is a bit unreliable, but in a hurry, there is no other way.

Li Chengdong and others resolutely opposed it, and began to gather troops to protect themselves. They did not know where they found a person who claimed to be from the Zhu family, pretended to be the emperor, and ascended the throne in Zhaoqing. However, at this time, it has been a month since Princess Changping proclaimed the emperor. .

The Regent Wang Huan was so quick that he sent the Kuizhou Clan along the Yangtze River to the south. First, he surrendered Du Yinxi and Zhongzhenying based on a letter written by Princess Changping himself, and then crushed He Tengjiao and Chen Bingyue with thunder. State, Bingfeng is approaching Guangxi.

The Prince of Yanping County in Fujian was wavering. He was originally loyal to Emperor Longwu and took his surname from the Ming Dynasty. Although Wang Huan's method was considered a conspiracy and impeccable, it made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Zu Tianci in Nanjing did not force him, but the army recovered Zhejiang, suppressed Fujian, surrounded without fighting, detoured Jiangxi to attack Guangdong, and fought with Li Chengdong in Ganzhou. He used more than a hundred guns and smashed the Guangdong soldiers. Fleeing south three times.

The entire civil war ended a year later. Qu Shishu led hundreds of officials out of the city, obeyed the jade seal, surrendered to Xu Tiezhu, who had invaded Zhaoqing City first, and was willing to accept Empress Changping as his heir.

In the second year, Zheng Chenggong of Fujian isolated Shenzhou, with no external aid and internal help, and had to raise money for a long time. He had to express to the empress that he was willing to submit the whole province. So far, the territory of Ming Dynasty was unified, and there was a saying of "two saints" among the people.

Jierhalang, who was outside the pass, was harassed by Shanhaiguan during the civil strife in the Ming court. He was hit by Wang Yingying with a headache, and the general retreated with lost troops.

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It was another year of warm spring and flowers blooming. On the Zhongyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City, on the fifth floor of Wang Huan's independent building, there was no one in the building, and the purple smoke was lingering.

On the four sides of the building wall, there is a circle full of portraits, all of which are portraits, vivid and vivid, and the characters are distinct, obviously from the paintings of masters.

In each painting, there is a young novice monk with a bald head and linen clothes, who is either meditating or carrying a load on the road. A fireworker monk is cutting wood with an axe, sweating profusely but smiling happily.The scrolls surround the surroundings, and when you are in it, you feel as if you are indoors side by side with the person in the painting.

In the middle of the room, there is a huge painting, which depicts a lonely mountain with thousands of blades. On the top of the cliff, a group of young monks glared at them, watching a group of Qing soldiers coming up from the mountain waving stones and branches. Take a closer look, these young monks are It is a figure in the four murals.

Wang Huan stood in front of the painting, closed his eyes, and seemed to hear the shouts from the top of the stone mountain in his ears, and the past scenes flickered in his mind.

The window was open, the wind was blowing, and Wang Huan was sobbing like weeping. Wang Huan clenched his fists, almost bleeding.He stood in a daze for a while, opened his eyes, turned around sassyly, and went downstairs.

The wind rolled up the picture, revealing a large "Xin" character on the back of the picture scroll.

On the school grounds outside the Meridian Gate, flags fluttered and iron armor clattered, soldiers fought iron horses and swords shone brightly, and huge banners with the word "Ming" rolled upside down in the west wind, and under the shadow of the flags, white armored soldiers lined up horizontally and vertically In front of the formation, stand behind a series of iron cannons.

Accompanied by Li Dingguo, Li Tingyu and other generals, Wang Huan, the regent, rode a white horse, straddled a long knife, wrapped in a red cloak, paraded in the field, sent troops to Shanhaiguan, and started the Northern Expedition.

(End of the book)

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