Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 637
In October, the internal strife that took place within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, under the efforts of the Empress Dowager Bumbutai and the peacemaker Lao Daishan, Dorgon and Haoge, who were at war with each other, finally died down, avoiding continued bloody conflicts, at least Settle down on the surface.

At the end of October, Haoge went to the west of the camp. It can be seen that although the Northwest still accepts the leadership of the Qing Dynasty in name, it has in fact become independent.

Not long after Hauge left, Daishan, who was relieved, also led his troops back outside the pass. Although he did not completely fall out with Dorgon, as long as Dorgon lived for a day, Daishan would not be able to enter Beijing.

Under the city of Beijing, the Manchus and Qings avoided a clan war, and internal conflicts were temporarily suppressed, but the mighty Manchus were also divided into several parts.

When Hauge returned to Xi'an, he immediately sent Tang Tong to guard Tongguan, cut off the official communication between Sichuan, Shaanxi and Beijing, and then immediately announced that Xi'an would be renamed Chang'an, showing his self-reliance.

At the same time, Hauge began to repair the former Daming Qin Palace that was burned by Li Zicheng, and spread it to various places in Sichuan and Shaanxi, announcing the control of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Meng Qiaofang, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Qing court, was quickly recalled to Chang'an by Hauge and relieved of his military power, but soon appointed him as a Xingyuan University scholar, formed a cabinet in Chang'an to build a central team, held imperial examinations and military examinations, and recruited talents.

At this time, Hauge only had two blue flags and a small number of two yellow flags in his hands. The entire Sichuan-Shaanxi banners and their families were less than 8 people. The foundation of Hauge's rule was very unstable, and with this strength, he could not Unable to complete the goal of westward expansion.

At this time, how to make the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi support him has become a big problem.

Hauge's first thought was to win over Wu Sangui who was resting in Hanzhong, and then Han Zhaoxuan, a Han official, advised, "If you don't shave your hair and restore your clothes, the subjects of the world will follow their convenience, and the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi will be sure."

This Han Zhaoxuan was Qingzhou Road of the Ming Dynasty who participated in the suppression of Zhao Yingyuan's Qingzhou Change, and he was an acquaintance of Wang Yan.Historically, this man suppressed Zhao Yingyuan on the front foot, and then embarked on the road of resisting the Qing Dynasty on the back foot.

Originally, this duke would raise troops in the south of Shanxi, and promoted his clan Zhu Jingli as King of Han to respond to Jiang Xiang, but in the end he was defeated and killed, Zhu Jingli fled to Hubei, and finally joined Hao Yaoqi in Fangxian County. Later, the famous "Han Zhu Ding Wu" regime.

In addition to Han Zhaoxuan, there was another person who remonstrated again, but it was the Han member who opposed the hair-shaving order because he supported Chen Mingxia earlier, admonishing that "the order has not been changed for 3000 years".

He was originally ordered to be dismissed by Dorgon and never to be employed again, but if Hauge wanted to establish a separate court in Sichuan and Shaanxi, he needed a large number of talents to manage political affairs and manage the local area.

These Southern Party officials who were exiled by Dorgon to Xining and other places were employed in large numbers.

The Han members of the Southern Party who supported the comprehensive Sinicization of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were the main targets of Dorgon's attack. The Southern Party naturally regarded Dorgon as a tiger. Now that Hauge wanted to remove Dorgon, these officials naturally supported it.

With the fueling of these officials and the fact that Hauge's own Manchu power was seriously insufficient, Hauge had to change his ethnic policy and embarked on the path of wooing the Han gentry to attack the Yarkand Khanate and Western Mongolia. Otherwise, with his own power, he would not be able to expand westward at all.

In order to consolidate strength, and to distinguish the Hauge regime from the Qing Dynasty controlled by Dorgon, Dorgon's policies in Sichuan and Shaanxi were quickly overthrown by Hauge.

He abolished the hair-shaving order, selected and trained Han soldiers, and compiled and trained the new Eight Banners. Except for temporarily not establishing the title of emperor, he basically broke with Dorgon completely.

The Qing court's side was surging, and Nanming's side was also caught in a fierce debate.

Following Wang Yan's departure from Wuchang to Guangjing, the imperial court's reward for Wang Yan could no longer be delayed.

The rewards for the meritorious deeds of these other departments have already been completed, but the reward for Wang Yan's department has not been finalized for a long time. It is almost the end of the year, if the reward is still not awarded, it is really unreasonable.

In the court hall of Guangjing, Emperor Longwu sat on the big treasure, and the chief eunuch Pang Tianshou, the chief inspector of ceremonies, stood beside him, and the officials in scarlet robes and green robes stood on both sides. One person in the hall held a wat board and said loudly: "The king smashed Chu and Jiangxi. , Sweeping Jianyi, and at the same time supporting the establishment and saving the people. For several years, I have done things of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Now I have led more than [-] sons and daughters to recover the east of Sichuan and the south of Sichuan. What's more, the hard work is not rewarded? Your Majesty requests that Wang Xiangjin be the King of Hengyang."

"Second minister!" Several of Wang Yan's confidants immediately came out to bow down.

The person who made the proposal was Yuan Pengnian. Although his character was not very good, he made the best use of his resources and could be used as Wang Yan's mouthpiece in the court.

In history, he was firmly opposed to Sun Kewang's invitation to be king of Qin, but now he is the vanguard in asking for the title of king of the county for Wang Yan.

After finishing speaking here, another person came out from the other side, but it was Chen Zizhuang, a great scholar, "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to confer the title of king. The ancestral system is no different from the example of conferring a king with a surname. This case must never be opened."

Yuan Pengnian cheered up, and immediately choked: "Then I don't know how the elder is going to reward the king?"

Chen Zizhuang glared at Yuan Pengnian, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "How to confer rewards, what do you ask this pavilion for? How can a courtier make decisions for the king, what is Yuan Yushi's intention?"

Yuan Pengnian was slightly taken aback, then snorted coldly: "Don't make alarmist remarks in the cabinet, the lower officials are officials in the platform, and have the right to give advice and advice. The lower officials are just to give advice to His Majesty. The elder Ge denies the suggestion of dismissing the official, and he can't come up with a solution, so it is inevitable that he will be suspected of being a vegetarian!"

Chen Zizhuang was furious when he heard this, but Yuan Pengnian continued: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in the Book of Changes, and if you are poor, you will change and you will understand. The affairs of the world, from enfeoffment to prefectures and counties, from inspection examinations to imperial examinations, all things in the world are changing. If Duke Huan of Qi had completely followed the ancestral system, there would have been no Guan Zhong reform, and Qi would not have been able to become a king. If Qin had completely followed the ancestral system and did not use Shang Yang's reform, it would have been destroyed by the strong Wei. Although the ancestral system must be followed, it must also be based on The current situation has changed, and I think that it is not impossible to use one title to win the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so I hope your majesty can learn from it."

"Yuan Yushi is tongue-tied, reforms are reforms, and conferring kings is conferring kings, how can they be confused. Since ancient times, conferring kings with different surnames is definitely not a blessing for the court." A minister stood up and objected again.

Yuan Pengnian fought against a few people alone, but the more he fought, the more courageous he became, "Your Majesty, those who are capable of fighting in the imperial court now, Wang Xiang, Yu Guogong, E Guogong, and the surname of the country are successful, such as the duke's reward, and they have already reached the top. Who will be in the south of the Yangtze River?" Come to fight? Who will recover Jinling? If meritorious service is not rewarded, how can the soldiers serve their lives?"

After hearing this, Long Wu couldn't see his emotions clearly, he waved his hands and said, "This matter is very controversial, I'm a little tired, let's discuss it another day!"

Pang Tianshou on the side heard it, and immediately sang: "Retire!"

"Farewell to Your Majesty!" All the officials bowed in unison, and the ministers left the hall after Long Wu was helped to leave the hall.

At this time, Yu Shi Jin Bao had just reached the door, and was stopped by a servant, "Jin Yu Shi, Your Majesty is here to invite you."

　Thanks to Tianjianwu Piaoxiang, nibee, and Zhan Wudi's two monthly tickets. I originally wanted to code three chapters, but I guess I can't get out before twelve o'clock. Let's see it tomorrow morning.

　　
　
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