Chapter 63 6.Lingbi Nanming envoy

Zuo Maodi and the others finished their breakfast and immediately got ready to get down to business, but the officials of Honglu Temple said that there was no rush, saying that they had given a message to the regent on their behalf, but they hadn't received the order of when to meet them, so they could only wait patiently. Just wait, wait, never miss, I don't believe that barbarians don't even want money.But after waiting for two days in a row, there was still no movement. Zuo Maodi became impatient and thought to himself, just let it hang out like this, neither dry nor wet, isn't it intentional to play tricks on others?After thinking about it, the regent can't see me, so I'll go see Wu Sangui. Isn't there another part of our mission to make Wu Sangui the Duke of Ji of Ming Dynasty?

Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyu also agreed with his plan, thinking that Wu Sangui could not hide from him. But when he told this to the official of Honglu Temple, the official actually burst out laughing, and finally said with a smile: "What, you just made Wu Sangui the Duke? He is the Pingxi King of my dynasty, and the regent prince is currently in Dengshi Near the entrance, build the Pingxi Palace for him, who would be so stupid to let the ready-made prince be wrong, and go to be your prince?" Zuo Maodi frowned and said, "Don't worry about it, I'm going to see him, and then I'll understand."

The official pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Do you want me to ignore it? Forget it, just ask someone to report to see if Prince Pingxi would like to see you?" Zuo Maodi summoned a confidant who was familiar with the streets of the capital, and asked him to take his business card and go to Wu Sangui's mansion to report, saying that he was ordered to come and receive the order.This confidant went out for an entire hour, but came back dejectedly, saying that Wu Sangui didn't want to meet him, and he didn't even want to accept his business card, so he waited outside the mansion, and when Wu Sangui came out, he handed over his business card, but was killed by Wu Sangui's guards. The whip whipped.

Hearing what he said, Zuo Maodi's lips turned black with anger.At this moment, I saw only one person, dressed in casual clothes, came in hastily, when he saw Zuo Maodi, he immediately bowed and said: "Brother, are you all right?" Zuo Mao knew at the first sound that this person was his own younger brother Zuo Maotai. In the north, letters kept coming and going, but since the Dashun Army entered Beijing, there was no communication between them. In his mind, Maotai, as a Confucian official, was always loyal, filial and loyal. This time Chongzhen died for the country, he must be the same He is a martyr, so he intends to ask his acquaintances about Maotai's whereabouts after he has done something important. If he dies, he must find his remains and bury him in the ancestral tomb. I don't want him to stand in front of him now, Zuo Maotai Thinking that his eyes were dazzled, he took a closer look at the person in front of him again, and it turned out that Maotai was not bad, he couldn't help becoming alert, and asked loudly:

"Who are you, how dare you come and break into the ambassador's mansion?" Maotai couldn't help crying loudly: "Brother, I'm Zuo Maotai, why don't you recognize me?" Maodi said: "What Zuo Maotai, I don't know you, yes, I do have a younger brother, but he went with the Emperor Daxing during the national change, loyal ministers and martyrs, everyone admires, who are you, How dare you pretend to be his name?" Maotai cried and said: "Brother, don't mention the Daxing Emperor anymore. Didn't Wu Sangui receive the state's favor, but now he is the Pingxi King of the Qing Dynasty; Hong Chengchou has not been greatly favored, but he is now It is already the prince Taibao of the Qing Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The younger brother has only had the emperor's favor for a few days? He is still retained in the Imperial Academy. Today, I am here to persuade you Yes, right now, the Qing army is strong and strong, and they are about to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River. You don't want to go back, it's already a dangerous place for soldiers to fight, why don't you just stay here and be a minister of the same palace with your younger brother, the regent will definitely not treat you badly .”

When Zuo Mao heard this for the first time, he was ashamed and anxious. He couldn't help but slapped Maotai, and cursed: "Nonsense, who am I and who are you? How can they be ministers of the same palace? Get out of here." ,I do not know you!" When Chen Hongfan saw it, he immediately came up to dissuade him, "Luo Shi, why bother?" Zuo Maodi roared furiously: "There is no need to say any more. I have come here according to the order, and I haven't handed in my credentials. As usual, I can't make friends with outsiders. Here comes someone, drive this person out!"

As he spoke, he forced Maotai to go out.Left and right had no choice but to push and push Maotai out. Not long after Maotai left, Zuo Maodi hadn't woken up from the infinite sadness and anger, and suddenly saw outside the gate, a group of soldiers, about 100 to 200 people, all of them looked solemn , The movements were neat, after they dispersed the idlers, they stood outside the gate in two rows. An officer on horseback was directing the left and right guards. Seeing this situation, Chen Hongfan turned pale with fright, and said: "Not good, they are going to arrest us just because we refused to surrender."

Seeing this situation, Zuo Maodi calmed down and said, "Don't panic, don't panic, the two countries are fighting each other, and don't behead envoys. Besides, we are not here to lay down the battle table, but to repair it. What are you afraid of?" Just as he was talking, he saw a row of officials riding horses coming from outside the gate, each of them valiant and high-spirited, they went straight to the second gate before dismounting, and five of them walked straight up to the lobby as if no one was around, and the leader was a very burly man , with red phoenix eyes and crouching silkworm eyebrows, majestic and dignified, the person next to him is slightly shorter and fatter, but his face is more fierce.As soon as the two came up, they immediately walked to the seats in the lobby and sat down. The person next to them said loudly:

"Who is the tribute envoy from the south?" Everyone immediately looked at Zuo Maodi.Zuo Maodi couldn't help being surprised—this is an extremely impolite sentence. Although it is only eight short characters, there are two things that are unacceptable. One is that he only called "from the south" instead of "Da Ming." The second is that they came to reward the allies, or to give gifts, to thank the Qing soldiers for helping Ming to drive away the bandits, rather than some "tribute envoys".How can the dignified Ming Dynasty "pay tribute" to the original guard Xiaoyi?Besides, the other party is sitting in the hall, but you are standing in the hall, isn't this being tried?

But in this sudden situation, he has no choice but to see this person's appearance, he is also a character based on the guards of the brigade alone.I had no choice but to step forward and refute his question first: "I am following the will of His Majesty Hongguang Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I came to thank the Qing Dynasty. It is acceptable to call it an envoy of labor, an envoy of peace, and an envoy of tribute, but it is not acceptable to call it a tribute envoy. Who is your Excellency and what can you do?" The short man was startled, and immediately said: "Who are we, can you ask?"

What is this nonsense?Zuo Maodi was about to refute him, but the person sitting upright in the hall smiled and said in a more peaceful tone: "Why don't we know about Hongguang?" As he spoke, he asked the left and right again: "Did you ever know?" Both left and right said: "We have never heard of it." Zuo Maodi knew that the other party was insulting them, but he still swallowed his anger and told the person in the hall about the process of King Fu being supported by all the ministers. Before he finished speaking, the person in the hall asked: "The establishment of Hongguang, can there be Chongzhen's edict?" Zuo Maodi replied unhurriedly: "Emperor Chongzhen died for the country, and the matter was rushed, how could he make a will in advance? Right now the prince and the two kings Yong and Ding are unknown. Today, he is the grandson of Shenzong, and the order should be established. " Hearing this, the man in the hall laughed and said: "I think back then when the bandits committed crimes and Beijing was in danger, you didn't send a single soldier to serve the king in the south, but hid in the cave like a mouse; now Chongzhen died for the country without leaving an edict. But you don’t care about the great revenge and the traitors have not been captured, and you are good at establishing the emperor. Don’t you just say that you correct your name? You regard it as a rebellious order, what face do you have to call an envoy?" Zuo Maodi didn't expect this barbarian to be so eloquent, and was about to refute him with reason, but Ma Shaoyu on the side spoke first: "If you want to say that the name is not right, it should be you barbarians. You take advantage of the danger of others, go deep into the interior, occupy the forbidden area, and steal artifacts. It is the best policy to retreat as soon as possible." Hearing this, the short man next to him couldn't help pointing at Ma Shaoyu's nose and shouting loudly: "Nonsense, are we taking advantage of other people's danger? We were invited by your Ping Xibo crying bitterly. We took this Beijing city from the bandits. We also chased the thieves to Shaanxi. If we say that the name is justified, we can’t compare with us. Let me ask, when the rogues are rampant, you just sit idly by and watch the Chongzhen Emperor commit suicide. What crime should we have? You have exterminated the bandits on your behalf, you don’t thank us well, but you set up Hongguang privately, what crime should this be?” Zuo Maodi said: "At that time, the great river blocked the news and the news was slow. Just when our Shige Department heard the news and was about to supervise the teacher to hunt down the thieves, Shenjing had already fallen. How can we say that we are sitting idly by? Right now, we are serving I came here to discuss with you, and to find a place on Longevity Hill to bury the late emperor again." The man in the hall sneered again and said: "Hmph, the thieves have no hatred against us. We came to help you to destroy them out of the righteousness of watching and helping each other. Your late emperor has already been buried by us. How can you come here at this time?" Thick burial? At present, the bandits are still rampant. You don’t go to kill them, but you come here to chatter. It’s really shameless. If you don’t cancel the title of Emperor, it will be two days, no wonder we want to attack you.” Zuo Maodi said: "How can we blame us for not suppressing the bandits? The purpose of this envoy's trip is to unite with you and jointly wipe out the bandits." The person in the hall said: "Eliminate the rogues? The rogues will be wiped out by us soon. The people in the south of the Yangtze River are looking up to Master Wang. Soon our army will follow the people's will and go to relieve the people." The short man next to him also said: "Yes, don't say any more, we are about to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, so let that Emperor Hongguang surrender quickly." Zuo Maodi was taken aback when he heard the words, he had already seen that these two people had some background, and they were definitely not idle people, so they had to be taken seriously, so he couldn't help but said: "What, you still want to go south? Why did our Ming Dynasty wrong you Jurchens? You stay in the north and don't leave, let the rogues do not suppress, but instead want to fight across the Yangtze River, isn't this an unreasonable crime?" The short man laughed and said: "Unreasonable offense, what is this? The ancients said it well, the world is not ruled by one person, but by the world. We Jurchen and Mongolia are brothers, can't we take it back? Your surname Zhu has been in the country for more than 200 years, and it's time for us Aixinjueluo to come and sit." Zuo Maodi said: "Our Taizu raised the army because the Mongols were immoral and harmed the people. Now the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has nothing wrong with him. How can we allow you to replace him?" The person in the hall said: "Huh, you have tolerated Chongzhen's suicide and sat idly by. The crime is one; there is no edict, and the arbitrariness of establishing a king is the second crime; the generals supported the army and killed the people, and the ministers attacked each other and set up their own sects. The third crime. With these three crimes, people and gods are indignant, and the king's law cannot tolerate it. We rectify the Sixth Division and send troops to attack. We are truly following the destiny of heaven and obeying the will of the people. Surrender quickly, and you will not die if you surrender." As he spoke, he walked down the hall and was about to leave, but Zuo Maodi quickly stopped him and said, "Excuse me, when will you arrange for us to have an audience with your Khan, and when will we submit our credentials?" The man stopped, looked at Zuo Maodi and said with a sneer: "What kind of sweat should be called the emperor of the Qing Dynasty; what kind of national book can only be called a table and memorial. You don't know any rules, so why are you acting as an envoy?" ?” Then he turned around and left.As soon as he left, the short man immediately showed his fierce face and said, "Where is your tribute? Give it to me quickly." Zuo Maodi thought to himself, since the Qing court is so unreasonable, we cannot hand over the gold and silver to them, but in this situation, is it okay not to hand it over?He glanced at Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyu, who were also looking at him in panic, so he could only say: "I'll say it again, it's a gift, not a tribute. Since there is an order to hand it over to you, of course we will hand it over, but the gift can only be handed over after you have seen your sweat and handed over your credentials." The short man said angrily: "I'm still talking about sweating, let me tell you, the emperor of our Qing Dynasty is still in Shengjing, and the regent is in charge. The regent has a decree. We don't recognize the Hongguang court. Give it to me and get out of Beijing." As he said that, with a wave of his hand, the soldiers under him walked towards the vehicles loaded with gold and silver in the court. At this time Zuo Maodi still didn't want to turn against them completely, so he walked up, pointed to one of the wooden boxes and said, "There are three thousand taels of silver in it, which is for rewarding Wu Sangui, Duke of Ji, you can't take it away." The short man laughed and said: "We Qing Dynasty treats Wu Sangui with such kindness as a mountain. He won't even see your face. Why should he want your money? You are too stingy. We made Wu Sangui the king of Pingxi, but you only made him the king of Pingxi." He is a duke, why does he care about this duke?" As he spoke, he ordered an official next to him, "Take them all away." This group of soldiers stepped forward, without any explanation, they wanted to drive the cart away.Zuo Mao's first guard wanted to step forward to stop him, but was pushed away by left and right, and pushed him several feet away.Thus, the three envoys watched helplessly as the gold, silver and satin were taken away without even a receipt. The next day, a large group of Qing soldiers rushed into Honglu Temple, announcing the decree of the regent, saying that the tribute envoys should not stay in the capital for a long time, you must go back immediately, and spread the message to Hongguang, it is appropriate to understand current affairs, cut your title and return to the vassal, and please surrender if you are bound.Otherwise, when the soldiers arrive, the little Jinling will be destroyed. After speaking, some soldiers came up to push them, and they were escorted out of Beijing city in embarrassment with only their personal luggage. When Zuo Mao's first party arrived in Cangzhou, Chen Hongfan, the deputy envoy, rebelled. He wrote to the regent, suggesting that Zuo Maodi and Ma Shaoyu should be detained, and he should go to Jiangnan to recruit King Fu.Dorgon accepted his suggestion, and issued an order to detain Zuo Maodi and Ma Shaoyu, and let Chen Hongfan go back to the south alone. After that, Prince Yu Duoduo went to the south of the Yangtze River and quickly destroyed Nanming. Zuo Maodi was finally killed because he refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. This is of course a later story.