The article is excerpted from “The Days of Challenging the Qing Dynasty”
Author: Miao Miao’er
Introduction to the book: At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, China was at the crossroads of historical choices. At this time, China was still far ahead of the world. Surrendered by the Manchu cavalry! However, a national hero named Zheng Chenggong has always rejected the wrong arrangements of history, using his iron-blooded spirit and will to maintain China’s isolation with difficulty and change history…[Serial mode]
Qing troops entering the customs
When I was worried about the difficulties of the revolution and was desperate, Gan Hui told me that there was an army in Nan’ao on the border of Guangdong and Fujian that could be recruited. When he said it, I suddenly understood.
I know that Nan’ao is 500 kilometers away from Guangzhou and 200 kilometers away from Xiamen. There is the then Shantou City in the bay, and Nan’ao Island is outside the bay. Since this is the connecting point between Fujian and Guangdong, my father established a base here and stationed thousands of troops.
The commander in charge of guarding Nan’ao died of illness a few days ago. The soldiers requested to send new minions, but at this juncture, they all forgot about it.
I didn’t dare to delay this matter at all. I immediately ran towards Nan’ao Island at a sprint speed of 100 meters. The guards on the island originally thought they would send some kind of minion there, but they were overjoyed that the commander-in-chief’s son actually came to serve as a minion. In this way, a detachment under my indirect command was established.
Just when I started to recruit soldiers, one after another news was reported one after another.
Since Emperor Longwu died for his country, several dragon sons and grandsons who fled to the north began to fight for the emperor again.
One is King Gui. King Gui’s name is Zhu Youlang, and he is the grandson of Emperor Wanli of Ming Shenzong, so he has a stronger bloodline than Emperor Longwu, who is the ninth generation descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang. The reality is indeed like this. Counting up the ancestors of Emperor Longwu, only Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, which was a bit too far. However, King Gui was the emperor from his grandfather on up, and he was closer to the throne of the Ming Dynasty. , dare not compare.
When Emperor Longwu was the emperor in Fuzhou, some princes were dissatisfied. They felt that Emperor Longwu was too far away based on blood relationship. However, Emperor Longwu had my father supporting him at that time. Besides, I can’t do it today. It’s still unknown whether we’ll live to see the sun, so why bother? Therefore, if you don’t want to accept it, just don’t accept it. In order to adjust your attitude and stabilize the same front against the Qing Dynasty, let’s just forget about it. Now the news that Emperor Longwu was killed by the Qing reached Guangdong, and the leading figures in Guangdong immediately held a meeting to discuss becoming the shopkeeper.
When I discussed it at the meeting, I unanimously agreed, “I heard that King Gui of Wuzhou in Guangxi is wise and close to the emperor, so let’s welcome him to Guangdong as a supervisor.” Chu made a decision based on this view . And immediately sent envoys to welcome King Gui to Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province.
A person who continues to rank second can be directly appointed as the leader at any time after the boss is reimbursed without going through voting, meeting discussions, elections, etc.
There are three leading figures in charge of the external affairs of this supervisory regime: Ding Kuichu, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lu Daqi, Minister of War, and Qu Shishu, Governor of Guangxi. At that time, these three people also unanimously opposed King Gui’s appointment as head of state at the meeting.
It was originally easy to handle, but the younger brother of Emperor Longwu appeared. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen imprisoned Emperor Longwu, who was still the king of Tang Dynasty, and sent him to Fengyang to live in a prison cell, and then arranged for Emperor Longwu’s younger brother to become the king of Tang Dynasty. The Tang king fled from Fuzhou to Guangzhou under the pursuit of the Qing Dynasty. He met Su Guansheng, a bachelor who was beaten by the Qing Dynasty from Jiangxi and fled to Guangzhou.
The bachelor named Su and Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, were at odds with each other from time to time, and neither of them pissed off each other. Moreover, this bachelor and my father were both colleagues during the reign of Emperor Longwu, so naturally they were with Emperor Longwu. This one is relatively close. Seeing that Ding Kuichu has established a prison state, do we still have to listen to that birdman Ding Kuichu?
I won’t do it!
The great scholar held back his energy and gathered together with a few people around him. Since Emperor Longwu has died for his country, he has no sons and no younger brothers. According to the ancestral system! If we don’t supervise the country, if we do, we will directly be the emperor. So in November, it was suddenly announced that the former Tang king would succeed Emperor Longwu and indirectly become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
As soon as the news spread, Ding Kuichu and others became angry. We have already announced the candidate for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. What are those boys doing there? Let’s just support the emperor happily!
So on the third day after King Tang became emperor, Ding Kuichu and others opposed King Gui and became emperor. This was the first day of Nanming Branch, which was recognized as the founder of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty. The shopkeeper – Emperor Yongli.
When the plaques of the time-honored Ming Dynasty brands were smashed, the store doors were demolished, and everything was cleared away, among the remaining officials of the Ming Dynasty who were driven to the beach to feed the fish, there were still less than 80 people left.In a small peanut shell of 1.5 kilometers, we compete to see who will be the fastest in the world. The party-fighting habits left over from the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty still cannot be broken, and they will only perish with the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.
When death is imminent, the officials of Nanming Branch are really good at acting in sketches!
Although these people, headed by the bachelor of Guangzhou, are facing a national crisis and the Qing Dynasty is about to pursue them, they are extremely mentally capable and calm. They are not at all careless about such trivial matters as the emperor’s ascension to the throne. A big event, very grand. This Su University scholar even ran in and out, rushing around to buy the palace, dragon robes, and ceremonial guards. He was panting and had no time to express his suffering. His dedicated spirit was truly moving.
In order to celebrate and celebrate grandly, Master Su also arranged for a fireworks display in the morning. It seemed that the time-honored Ming Dynasty brand was flourishing and heading towards a new era.
What’s even more ridiculous is that after the accession to the throne was completed, civil and military officials began to be entrusted, and all new officials were required to wear court uniforms when going to get off work.
These grassroots civil servants, who had been ignored before and whose names were not even included in the national archives, have been looking forward to becoming ministers, governors, generals and other junior people for a lifetime. Needless to say, they are very excited in their hearts. Many people went to the streets to order professional attire. Where did Guangzhou have such huge market demand before? Seeing that the supply was low, these low-level people went straight to the theater and borrowed those costumes to go to get off work, which became a major scene in Guangzhou.
