Chapter 18 Chapter 17 One Emperor and Three Supervisors

When Yan Yingyuan and Hou Dong once occupied Jiancheng and fought with the Qing army, a famous person realized that it was impossible to do so. This celebrity is Huang Daozhou, a great Confucian in the late Ming Dynasty. Huang Daozhou, a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian, is a sage in the style of Wang Yangming. After he became a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, he pleaded for mercy for the unlucky ministers several times, and as a result, he was also unlucky. After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, Huang Daozhou was used again, but because he was dissatisfied with the way of the great scholar Yang Sichang, he actually accused Emperor Chongzhen of improper employment. Grinding (from the ninth grade, equivalent to the sub-subject).

However, Huang Daozhou did not do well in this "sub-subject". Two years later, he was sentenced to "re-education through labor" in Guangxi for "nonsense". But Huang Daozhou's reputation was too great. Under the operation of some "high-ranking cadres" in the Chongzhen court, the imperial decree came down before he arrived in Guangxi, exempting him from reform through labor and returning to his post as an official. At this time, Zodiac Zhou had woken up from the dream of a peaceful world in Yeguo, and repositioned his own life coordinates-opening forums to give lectures, preaching and teaching.

After several years of hard work in education, he was recognized by the intellectual circles of the Ming Dynasty as the leader of Confucian scholars and a generation of masters. Even the great traveler Xu Xiake also came to flatter him, praising him for "the number one calligraphy and painting in the pavilion, the number one article in the country, and the number one character in the country." The more knowledge, the higher the vision, so when the Jiangnan area was fighting each other, Huang Daozhou was thinking about a higher level of question-"Where should the Han people go?"

After some thinking, he realized the truth that if the Han people want to revive, the shortcut is to play the brand of "Daming" again! If you want to play the brand of "Daming", you need to launch another "Emperor Zhu". If we operate according to the right of succession to the throne of the Ming Dynasty, the only candidate now is King Gui Zhu Changying. But this King Gui is now far away in Guangxi, and his reputation is not very good, which makes him who just woke up from the "Hongguang Nightmare" have lingering fears. At this time, a Tang king named Zhu Yujian entered Huang Daozhou's field of vision.

Zhu Yujian, the eighth-generation successor of Zhu Wuzhang's twenty-second son, and the tenth-generation grandson of Emperor Hongwu.In terms of blood relationship, he and Emperor Chongzhen have been separated for thousands of miles, and according to the law of inheritance, it is impossible for him to turn. But Huang Daozhou believes that the current king of Tang has three advantages in being a "good emperor". The first advantage is a rough life experience.Although Zhu Yujian was born in the palace, he suffered from hardships since he was a child. The reason is that his grandfather, the old Tang king Zhu Shuoshui, disliked his father very much, but liked his uncle, so he and his father were locked up in a deep house compound since childhood.

Not only restricted the personal freedom of the father and son, but later, his father was also poisoned to death by his uncle. This is because the uncle born to his little wife wanted too much the crown of King Tang, and the father of Zhu Yujian born to the eldest wife was his only obstacle. The uncle who tried his best but failed to get what he wanted, because the local officials intervened in the matter, and the old Tang king who was guilty of a crime hurriedly appointed Zhu Yujian as Tang Shisun to cover people's eyes. The old Tang King passed away soon, and the first thing Zhu Yujian, who officially became the Tang King, was to kill his uncle to avenge his father.

Afraid of being held accountable for avenging personal revenge, Zhu Yujian thought of making meritorious deeds. It just so happened that the Qing army invaded, so Zhu Yujian recruited a team and went to Beijing to "King Qin". As a result, before even seeing the shadow of the Qing army, Zhu Yujian was arrested by Jinyiwei, a special law enforcement agency of Ming Dynasty, and sentenced to life imprisonment. This is because the laws of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulated that the vassal princes were not allowed to own and dispatch troops without authorization, and those who violated them would be punished by law.

Zhu Yujian, who didn't know the law, was deprived of his freedom again. He was not released until Hongguang succeeded to the throne and announced an amnesty. After careful calculation, the 43-year-old Tang Wang Zhu Yujian spent 24 years in "prison". Mencius once said: "Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, and they must first suffer from their hearts and minds, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and mess up their actions. Therefore, the heart and patience have benefited them. cannot." Congratulations to Mr. Zhu Yujian, just because of your tragic experience, history will choose you to accomplish a great event, so that your life will no longer be boring.

The second advantage is that I like reading.During his 24 years of imprisonment, Zhu Yujian loved reading and often couldn't put it down.Books accompany him through countless long nights; books let him see the vast world outside the "barred window"; books also let him understand the rise and fall of ancient and modern times.From this point of view, it is a hundred times better than Fu Wang who does not study. The third advantage is that fiefdom has great significance.Tang Wang's fief is in Nanyang, Henan, which is the hometown of Liu Xiu, the "Lord of Zhongxing" in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Now in the Central Plains, "the adherents are weeping in the dust, looking forward to the reunification of the Han family", so that Tang Wang Zhu Yujian of Nanyang will inherit the throne and lead everyone to "revolution".In a word - auspicious!

After confirming the candidates for the election, Zodiac Zhou began to contact the electors. Relying on his prestige and contacts, he contacted Fujian governor Zhang Kentang, inspector censor Wu Taizhi, Nan'an Bo Zheng Zhilong, etc., and asked them to join him in three persuasion forms, and asked Comrade Zhu Yujian to do what he could for the sake of Ming Dynasty and the people. , as the supervisor of the country. The ups and downs of youth, the ideals of youth, and the hardships of middle age have forged Comrade Zhu Yujian's courageous character.On June 17, in Quzhou, Zhejiang, he took the opportunity of a military parade to announce that he would be the supervisor of the country.

Given that the Qing army has occupied Hangzhou, Zhejiang has become the front line against the Qing.In order to regroup and make a comeback, under the persuasion of Huang Daozhou and Zheng Zhilong, two Fujianese, Zhu Yujian led his "government in exile" to continue southward, cross Xianxialing, and enter Fujian. On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 1645, Zhu Yujian arrived in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, under the escort of Zheng Zhilong's troops. On the next day, he officially took office as supervisor. Twenty days later, with the support of his officials, he became emperor on the 27th day of the second lunar month. The era began on the first day of July this year, and was renamed Longwu.And change Fuzhou to Fujing, as the wartime capital.The government named it Tianxing Mansion. The second regime in the history of Nanming—the Longwu government was established. Last year he was still a prisoner in prison, but this year he is an emperor in the palace.Comrade Zhu Yujian, who did not have any supporters or cronies, first took the Zheng family who had both money and guns in Fujian as the object of his support. At the beginning of his ascension, he gave his only gift—official hats—to the Zheng family in large quantities. The brothers of the Zheng family granted Zheng Zhilong the Marquis of Pinglu, Zheng Hongkui the Marquis of Dinglu, Zheng Zhibao the Boss of Chengji, and Zheng Cai the Boss of Yongsheng. In the establishment of the cabinet, the core institution of the central government, he also appointed Huang Daozhou, Su Guansheng, Chen Zizhuang, Jiang Riguang, Fu Guan and more than 20 people as bachelors, and joined the cabinet together, creating the largest number of cabinet members in the Ariake generation . At the same time, Huang Daozhou was also appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Su Guansheng was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Kentang was Minister of the Ministry of War, and He Kai was Minister of the Ministry of Households... After perfecting the central organization, Emperor Longwu issued edicts to various regions, which were soon recognized by the remnant governments of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan in the "last enemy-occupied areas". Emperor Longwu, who had just set up the stage and hadn't caught up with the opera, immediately encountered a "troublesome" thing. This "troublesome" matter has nothing to do with the hostile Qing court, but with a distant relative of himself—Lu Wang Zhu Yihai. Zhu Yihai is the ninth descendant of Zhu Tan, King of Minglu, and the tenth grandson of Emperor Hongwu. Like Zhu Yujian, Comrade Zhu Yihai is also a "hard-fated person" who has experienced "the mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is blowing, and the life experience is ups and downs". In 1642, the Qing soldiers who invaded the south broke through Gunzhou, and Zhu Yihai's family was massacred by the Qing army. Only he escaped the fatal knife and survived by luck. Because his older brother Zhu Yipai, king of Lu, also died in this massacre, according to the principle of "brother ends up with brother", he inherited the title of king of Lu. Later, during the great turmoil in 1644, he fled south to Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, and worked as an "apartment". He, who had been deeply hurt in the Boluo lure-to-surrender activity, was not fooled by this and once again successfully escaped the catastrophe. Just after Dorgon issued the order to shave their hair, the people of eastern Zhejiang who had been tempered in the Anti-Japanese War and won victory and dignity quit. First Shaoxing, then Ningbo, Cixi, Shipu, Dinghai, Fenghua, and Xiangshan all raised the banner of "hair care war" and openly challenged the Qing court. During the war, two well-known regular troops joined the uprising. They were Fang Guoan's Department that retreated to the east bank of the Qiantang River, and Wang Zhiren's Department in Ningbo anyway. Formed militias. With the situation so good, Zhang Guowei, who had served as Minister of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty, and Chen Hanhui and Song Zhipu, the "high-ranking cadres in the village", put the election of the "Supreme National Leader" on the agenda. These few people didn't know that Zhu Yujian had been appointed as the supervisor of the state. After "looking up at the moon and looking down at the candidate", they found that on the ground in eastern Zhejiang, the only ones who were qualified to be the "supreme leader" were those who did not follow the doctorate. Comrade Zhu Yihai from Luo Jinjing is gone. Zhu Yihai, who had a national hatred and family feud with the Qing Dynasty, did not waste his time with his officials. He arrived in Shaoxing immediately after receiving the persuasion form, and took office as the supervisor of the state on July 18, 1645. At the same time, the next year was changed to the first year of Jianguo. As for the era five months later this year, the year name "Hongguang" was still used. Followed by the routine "thanks to the meritorious officials" activities, Fang Fengnian was appointed as the chief assistant, Zhang Guowei was also appointed as the supervisor while being appointed as the second assistant, Zhu Dadian and Song Zhipu were appointed as university soil and worked in the cabinet, Fang Guoan, Wang Zhiren was granted the titles of Zhendonghou and Wuninghou respectively. Due to "the flames lasted for three months, and the news was not well-informed", Zhu Yujian and Zhu Yihai did not know that the other party had "founded the country". In July, the situation was temporarily stable. sun. This naturally made Emperor Longwu "disturbed". There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people. Moreover, the enemy is now, and it is even more necessary to establish a "united front against the Qing Dynasty."Emperor Longwu believed that Lu Jianguo should cancel the title of "Jianguo" and belong to his own name. Because of his seniority, although he and Zhu Yihai were both Shufans, he was a generation older than Zhu Yihai, and the latter had to open his mouth and call him "Uncle" when he saw him. In terms of when he ascended the throne, no matter whether he was called Jian Guo or Emperor, he was earlier than Comrade Zhu Yihai. The special "top chairs" of Jian Guo and Emperor were naturally first come, first served, and no one later. In terms of name, he is the emperor, Zhu Yihai is the prison country, the emperor>Jian country! In terms of administrative area, he has already been recognized by the southern provinces, while Zhu Yihai's administrative area is limited to a corner of eastern Zhejiang, which is only equivalent to a "prefecture-level city" of his own! But ideas need to be realized by means.In order to achieve the goal of "peacefully annexing" the regime of Lu Jianguo, Emperor Longwu sent his special envoy, Bingke, to Liu Zhongzao to issue an edict to Shaoxing. The price offered was: 1. Recognize that the Longwu government is the only legal government in Ming Dynasty, and Lu Jianguo abdicates and returns to the vassal; 2. Officials at all levels appointed by Lu Jianguo can be "levelly transferred" to the Longwu government. The arrival of Special Envoy Liu immediately divided the government officials of Lu Jianguo into the "Reunification faction" and the "Anti-unification faction". Members of the "Guitong faction": University scholar Zhu Dadian, supervisor Qian Sule, and general Fang Guoan. Opinion: A strong enemy is approaching, and the same surname is competing, so it is difficult to rejuvenate. It is suggested to temporarily attribute the status of "emperor nephew" to Emperor Longwu. If Nanjing can be restored in the future, the emperor will naturally belong to Zhu Yihai. Members of the "anti-establishment faction": University scholar Zhang Guowei, supervisor Xiong Zhuanglin, general Wang Zhiren, uncle Zhang Guojun. Viewpoint: As the descendants of Lord Hongwu, everyone has the right to "ascend the throne and save the people". Now Lu Jianguo has become a banner in eastern Zhejiang to fight against the Qing Dynasty.If it returns to the reunification, the Longwu government with weak leadership will not only be unable to provide substantive help, but will bring the good situation of the entire eastern Zhejiang to the verge of collapse. After arguing and arguing, the Guitong faction has temporarily gained the upper hand in terms of morality and numbers. Seeing this, Lu Jianguo, who has a peaceful personality and soft ears, announced his abdication and returned to the vassal, recognized the orthodox status of the emperor's uncle Zhu Yujian, and automatically returned to Taizhou after "retiring from the field". Special Envoy Liu lived up to his mission and returned to Fuzhou with fruitful results. However, soon, the officials of Lu Jianguo discovered that after returning to the unification, Emperor Longwu did not fulfill his promise, but in exchange for the reduction of his official position and the loss of taxes. After learning from the pain, they finally made their final decision - to refuse to recognize the Longwu government, and ran to Taizhou again to welcome back Comrade Zhu Yihai for his resettlement. Seeing that the first "merger" failed, Emperor Longwu immediately changed his strategy. He squeezed out 100,000 taels of silver from his tight finances, and asked the capital censor Lu Qingyuan to take it with him, and went to eastern Zhejiang in the name of Mr. Gao, preparing to "redeem" Lu Jianguo's regime with money. At the same time, he also wrote an affectionate letter to the imperial nephew, saying that he has no children, as long as Lu Jianguo abdicates and returns to the vassal, then after a hundred years of his hard work, the country that he has worked hard for will be legally legalized by Comrade Zhu Yihai. inherit. But unexpectedly, Lu Qingyuan was assassinated as soon as he entered the jurisdiction of Lu Jianguo, and the hundred thousand taels of silver also disappeared. However, in Lu Jianguo's subsequent letter to Emperor Longwu, he was only called the emperor's uncle, not his majesty, which angered Longwu Emperor Longyan and killed his envoy Chen Qian. The killing of the two envoys, Lu Qingyuan and Chen Qian, marked the entry of hostility between Lu Jianguo and Emperor Longwu. After tearing their skins apart, the two families launched a fierce "unfair competition", and they did not hesitate to buy the other party's "high-ranking officials" to change jobs with riches and riches. As a result, official hats were flooded and people were confused. As for other cooperation in personnel, materials, and intelligence, it is impossible to talk about it. This situation finally enabled the Qing government to mobilize troops calmly and defeat them one by one. But the dispute between Lu Jianguo and Emperor Longwu is not the end of this story, but just the beginning. Because not long after, Emperor Longwu got another definite message that another descendant of Lao Zhu's family who was unwilling to be lonely also ran out and called himself "Jianguo" and launched a naked challenge to his orthodox status. This descendant is Zhu Hengjia, King of Jingjiang, whose fiefdom is in Guilin. The king of the Ming Dynasty was the highest rank among titles, but there are still differences between the same kings. The difference lies in the number of words in the title. If the title is a one-word king, such as King Jin or King Qin, it means that this king is a prince and has a close relationship with the emperor. If the seal is a two-character king, such as Zaoqiang King and Ninghua King, it means that this king is only a county king and has a relatively distant relationship with the emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a big difference in political power and economic treatment between princes and county kings. Even the Qing Dynasty watched the "king" order dishes. The prince surrendered and gave 500 taels of silver a year, and the county king surrendered and only gave 400 taels of silver a year. Now, if we want to be the King of Jingjiang who wants to supervise the country, we can tell at a glance that he is a county king. The ancestor of King Jingjiang was the nephew Zhu Wenzheng who wanted to engage in "small tricks" to rebel behind Zhu Yuanzhang's back, but was imprisoned to death by him instead. After Zhu Yuanzhang imprisoned Zhu Wenzheng, his conscience discovered that he made his seven-year-old son Zhu Shouqian the King of Jingjiang, making him the only royal family in the Ming Dynasty that was not of Zhu Yuanzhang's direct lineage. When it was passed down to Zhu Hengjia's generation, it was already the 14th generation. According to the law of succession to the throne of the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether it is the supervisor or the emperor, Zhu Hengjia cannot be ranked. But after Chongzhen Hongguang died one after another, and Shufan Zhu Yujian became the supervisor of the country, his restless heart became restless. For Napoleon, a soldier who didn't want to be a general was not a good soldier. For Zhu Hengjia, a prince who doesn't want to be a supervisor is not a good prince. On August 3, 1645, he finally got his wish.Supported by Yang Guowei, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, and Gu Yi, the official of Guilin Prefecture, and other "high-ranking officials of the country", he wore a yellow robe, faced south and backed north, and called himself the supervisor of the country. After being named Jianguo, Zhu Hengjia changed Guilin to "Xijing" as the capital.Yang Guowei was named General, Xing'an Bo, Sun Jinding was named Dongge University Bachelor, and Guan Ningzhen was appointed as Guangxi Chief Envoy. In addition, all "cadres" in "Xijing" who are willing to support him to supervise the country will be promoted and their salaries will be raised. King Jingjiang's most creative move in this uprising was to use the year name of "Hongwu" as the era. You must know that Lord Hongwu had "ascended to heaven" for more than 200 years, so when Zhu Hengjia issued the decree, the date was Hongwu 278. year. In doing so, he was probably thinking that by relying on the signboard of Master Hongwu, he could not only show his orthodox status, but also arouse the determination of all Ming people to fight against the enemy! In order to make himself bigger and stronger, Zhu Hengjia attached great importance to "army building". At the beginning of his duties, he sent people to Liuzhou, Qingyuan, Zuojiang, Youjiang and other ethnic minority areas to recruit "Coyote Biaoyong" as his own army. direct descendants of mercenaries. At this time, Guangxi's "biggest national cadre"-Guangxi Governor Qu Shixu, naturally became Zhu Hengjia's primary target of wooing.In the case of unsuccessful wooing, he was simply "illegally detained". On the issue of proclaiming emperor, Governor Qu was originally a hard-core "supporting Gui faction (supporting Gui Wang Zhu Youlang as emperor)", and he was not interested in Emperor Longwu. But now he doesn't care about so much. He was detained in secret again and again, and while expressing his loyalty, he also implored Emperor Longwu to send troops to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible. Before Emperor Longwu took any measures, Zhu Hengjia took action.This is mainly because he believes that Guangxi is a "poor area" and he cannot be allowed to conscript troops and grain on a large scale, so he personally conquers Guangdong and prepares to show his strength after conquering this developed coastal province. Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Southern Ming Dynasty, after weighing the two "Zhu", believed that the balance of strength was on Zhu Yujian's side, so he actively responded to Emperor Longwu's call and made contributions in suppressing the rebellion. Governor Ding and Zhu Hengjia have some friendship. In order to paralyze this opponent, he led his troops to Wuzhou, where the two sides are facing each other, under the banner of "Welcome to the Holy Driver". Zhu Hengjia, with underdeveloped limbs and simple mind, was really fooled. Unprepared, he was beaten by Governor Ding's army and fled back to Guilin in embarrassment. The enemy retreated and we advanced, Governor Ding struck while the iron was hot, and sent his troops straight to the city of Guilin. After escaping from danger, Governor Qu successfully instigated Zhu Hengjia's important general Jiao Lian anyway, assisted the counter-insurgency team to successfully recover Guilin City, and captured Zhu Hengjia and his henchmen alive. Comrade Zhu Hengjia, who was taken to Fujing, received "special care" and was arranged to go to the place where Emperor Longwu fought for many years - the imperial prison, to receive "re-education" of mind and body. Here, Zhu Hengjia passed away due to a sudden "disease" after spending a painful and unforgettable time in his life! Pressed the gourd and picked up the ladle. Just after dealing with the "family scandal" of King Jingjiang, Comrade Zhu Yujian received the unfortunate news that King Yiyang had established himself as the supervisor of the country in Longyou, Zhejiang. King Yiyang is a descendant of Liao King Zhu Zhi. Now, this guy actually claims to have obtained the secret decree from the Empress Dowager Cixi (not the Western Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, but the Empress Dowager Zou, the aunt of Emperor Hongguang, who threw herself into the river and committed suicide), that he will serve as the only legal heir of Zhu Yousong, and serve as the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty. In the areas of Longyou and Suichang, he appointed officials to serve. Emperor Longwu was going crazy! However, the country supervisor didn't cause much trouble. Because this master's ideal in life is just to use the name of Jian Guo to sell officials to make money.After Emperor Longwu issued an edict to severely reprimand him, he hid in despair. Emperor Longwu breathed a sigh of relief.