In Kunming, Guo Zhiqi, a university scholar, was so angry by Ma Jixiang and Wang Kun that they wanted to kill the two traitors with a knife.

After Guo Zhiqi risked his life from Guangdong and returned to Kunming, he recovered Guangzhou, the Manchurian general Hahamu annihilated, the king of Qingping Nan Shang Kexi and his son Shang Zhixin were killed, Jingnan King Geng Jimao anyway, the details of the governor Li Shutai was killed to Yongli one by one, please canonize Geng Jimao as the king of Guiyi according to the system, and Jin Zhou Shixiang as the prince according to the great merit, so as to control the Guangdong army and rejuvenate the army into Guangxi Qinwang.

No, the first assistant Ma Jixiang tried his best to stop this matter because Zhou Shixiang had never bribed himself and had never paid any tribute to the imperial court, and he said to Yongli: "The important lord of the pro-kingdom should not be lightly sealed." In the past, Jin Shu returned to Yunnan and Guizhou, and regained the merit of King Qin. Now that the scholar has stopped recovering Guangdong Province, if he rewards the prince, how should he reward him in the future? ”

Zhou Shixiang's great contribution is no less than the two kings of Jin and Shu. With the power of an army, he beheaded a king against a king, and beheaded more than 2,000 soldiers under the Manchurian general, killed hundreds of officials below the governor, and captured countless officials below the general army. On merit, the Prince of Jin is a matter of course, but Yongli does not want to crown Zhou Shixiang as the prince, because he is really reluctant to be knighted, but Guo Zhiqi can not understand his heart as the son of heaven, and he asks for the seal for that Zhou Xiucai, and what he said is reasonable, and more importantly, if according to Guo Zhiqi's words, Zhou Shixiang can immediately enter Guangxi and go to Yunnan to come to King Qin after winning the prince's name, which undoubtedly makes the safety of the court more guaranteed.

Since Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army invaded Guizhou in a big way. Yongli was worried day and night that the Qing army would suddenly kill outside Kunming one day, so his thoughts about the division of King Qin were like looking forward to Ganlin after a long drought, and he wished that the Ming army from all over the country would come to King Qinwang in Yunnan. Keep him safe this day. But the teacher of King Qin wants the prince to change the title, which makes Yongli very unhappy, if everyone comes to King Qin, everyone wants the prince's name, then this prince is not too worthless.

On the one hand, he is reluctant to give the title of the prince, but on the other hand, he wants people to come to the king, and the key is that the merits that people have made now are enough to be crowned princes. So in the face of Guo Zhiqi's reluctance, Yongli was really hesitant, and he almost couldn't help but say that it would be sealed a few times. When you are in a difficult situation. Ma Jixiang's words made Yongli put away any thoughts of being crowned prince, yes, Zhou Shixiang is still young, and now he has only returned to Guangzhou. I will make him prince. Then if he recovers one or two provinces in the future, what will I take to seal him? Do you want to give him a regent like the Manchurian Huyi? The merit is high, but the master is shocked, and Sun Kewang's lesson from the lord of the country is not far away.

"The matter of the prince of the scholar is not acceptable."

"Think twice!"

Seeing that the emperor listened to Ma Jixiang's words and refused to appoint Zhou Shixiang as the prince, Guo Zhiqi was very anxious and was waiting to be persuaded again, but he didn't want Wang Kun, the celebrant to come up again, and said: "Shixiang suddenly made a great achievement." The arrogance is slow, and the day of the resumption of Xiangshan is to coerce the famous lord of the imperial court. Therefore, the old slave thought that the prince's affairs should be delayed, lest he think that the court was afraid of him, or begged him, but lost his duty as a courtier. ”

Wang Kun didn't want to go against Guo Zhiqi, although he was incompetent, greedy for life and afraid of death, but he also knew that the rise of a strong army in Guangdong would be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty. But Ma Jixiang couldn't help but glance at him, signaling that he was also against this matter, and Nian Ma Shoufu also made a lot of money for himself, and everyone inside and outside knew that he and Ma Jixiang were in the same party, so Wang Kun had to say it against his will.

Wang Kun said this more ruthlessly than Ma Jixiang, he didn't say that Zhou Shixiang's merits and the important officials of the court were okay, but Yongli was even more angry.

The last time Guangdong reported the victory, Yongli was overjoyed to be named Zhou Shixiang as the prince of the country, but because of this important official matter, he was dropped by two levels and only awarded a Xingping Bo. This matter was originally light, Yongli also felt a little guilty after thinking about it, and felt that he still owed something to Zhou Shixiang, after all, people had made great contributions to the imperial court in Guangdong, and only giving an earl would inevitably show that he was too stingy to be an emperor.

But Yongli is a tough man, and he can't drag back what he has decided with a hundred cows. In fact, it is not a bad thing to be strong, but the bad thing is that every time Yongli comes up with ideas, it is very unfavorable to the country and himself, and it is the best choice. Back then, he abandoned the city and fled several times before the Qing army arrived, no matter how those loyal courtiers tried to dissuade him, Yongli was unwilling to listen, and finally fell into the fate of Sun Kewang's puppet. Yongli never refused to admit his mistakes, at least he never said in public in front of his courtiers that he was wrong to be an emperor, even if he was guilty, he only sighed in private, and he couldn't be mentioned by others. If the courtier did something wrong, he could remember it for a long time, until he forgot or deliberately didn't think about it, but if someone mentioned it, it would happen again in an instant.

Wang Kun served Yongli when he was in King Gui's mansion, and naturally knew the emperor's temperament, so he did not think about opposing Prince Zhou Shixiangjin in the future like Ma Jixiang, but only mentioned the things he did in the past that made the emperor unhappy, and he could receive better results than Ma Jixiang said. Sure enough, Yongli was not happy, and he refused to make Zhou Shixiang the prince.

"Your Majesty, the state affairs are difficult today, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops are about to enter Yunnan, and there are not many soldiers available in the imperial court, and it is probably too dangerous to rely on the power of King Jin alone. At this time, it is good to have more strength, Guangdong Zhou Shixiang commanded tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is a strong army that defeated the Manchurian soldiers, if he waved the army to the king of Qin, and the king of Jin joined forces, the situation in Yunnan should not collapse too quickly. Guo Zhiqi insisted on persuading him out of consideration for the overall situation.

Ma Jixiang smiled coldly and said, "As soon as Lord Guo came back from Guangdong, he wanted to ask Zhou Shixiang to be the prince, but he didn't know that he had many benefits in Guangdong? ”

Hearing this, Guo Zhiqi immediately turned red with anger, pointed at Ma Jixiang and reprimanded angrily: "I asked for the title of king for Xingpingbo, all out of public intentions, for the emperor, for the consideration of the court's plan, you dare to accuse me!" ”

No matter how confused Yongli is, he also knows that Guo Zhiqi is by no means that kind of villain, and Ma Jixiang's personality, he is very clear as the emperor, so he is a little unhappy, and glared at Ma Jixiang fiercely, if it is not what he said is in line with his own wishes, I am afraid that he will inevitably reprimand him.

Ma Jixiang also realized that he was attacking in the wrong direction, and coughed lightly and said to Yongli: "Your Majesty, in fact, the non-minister opposes the prince of Xingping Bojin, on merit, Xingping Bo is enough for the prince of Jin, and the minister heard that the Qing court has sent a large army into Guangdong to conquer Xingping, at this time the battle situation is unknown, if Xingping is not defeated, but the court has named him the prince, then the future will be that my Ming prince is not the prince of the Qing people, and it has a great influence on our dynasty." ”

Yongli was stunned, and immediately realized the meaning of Ma Jixiang, if Zhou Shixiang was crowned as the prince at this time, in case he could not defeat the army of Prince Jian Jidu of the Qing court, then the ignorant people would say that the prince of the Ming Dynasty could not beat the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and it would definitely be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Kun rolled his eyes, but said: "If Xingping is the prince, the old slave doesn't know what the King of Jin, who is leading the army, will think of this matter." ”

"This"

Yongli is a spirit, he knows that Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, has a lot of suspicions about Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, who is also a prince, and if he knows that the court has another prince, he will definitely be dissatisfied. However, the court here has to rely on the king of Jin, but not on Zhou Shixiang in Guangdong. Which is more important, he can't help but worry.

Thinking that Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, was leading the army against Wu Sangui, and thinking of the few words that the other party said to him when he went to visit the king of Shu, Guo Zhiqi couldn't help but be silent, knowing that Zhou Shixiang's prince was afraid that it would not be done. After thinking about it again and again, he decided to take a step back and said: "Your Majesty, even if you don't make Xingping the prince, you should also be the king of Jinjun, and you won't be rewarded for your merits!" ”

Ma Jixiang said: "Don't wait for Guangdong to lose again and win the good news, and raise the reward together?" ”

"Well, then wait?"

Yongli was asking Guo Zhiqi's opinion when he said this, but his eyes were looking at Ma Jixiang. Guo Zhiqi knew that it was difficult for Zhou Shixiang to be crowned king, and what the emperor was thinking about now was to wait for the Guangdong battle to be divided, and the ugly thing was to see if Zhou Shixiang had a chance to survive, and then consider his reward. This emperor is inevitably too chilling.

"Retire!"

Guo Zhiqi withdrew from the palace in disappointment, sighing and shushing all the way, to be honest, he actually didn't believe in Zhou Shixiang, but the situation was like this, but he couldn't help but hope that the Taiping army could enter the king of Qinwang in Guangxi, otherwise with the power of Yunnan Province alone, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, how could he stop the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops who had entered Guizhou.

But I don't know what the battle situation is in Guangdong, it's already May, count the time, I'm afraid that the Taiping army and the Qing army have already divided the victory and defeat, if the Taiping army wins, but my side has not successfully asked for the king for Zhou Shixiang, so how can it be good? Then I thought that if the Taiping army was defeated, the Qing army would have reoccupied Guangzhou, and the situation in Guangdong would be out of control.

Whether it is success or failure, Scholar Guo is worried, and he really doesn't know how he got here step by step from the main hall. Suddenly, a crisp female voice called him.

"Mr. Guo, please stay!"

"You?"

Guo Zhiqi stopped and turned to look, but saw that it was a palace maid he didn't know calling him.

The palace maid stepped forward to salute Guo Zhiqi, and then said: "The slave maid is serving by the side of the county lord of Changle, and the county lord knows that the bachelor Guo has come back from Guangdong, so he has asked the slave and maid to wait here, if the bachelor comes out of the emperor, he will invite the bachelor over." ”

Thinking of the county lord of Changle who saved his life, Guo Zhiqi rarely had a smile on his face, and the county lord was anxious, fortunately, I found out for her who Xiucai was in the bandit's nest, if she knew who Xiucai was, I was afraid that she would be pleasantly surprised

Ahem, tomorrow is a new January, if the book friend monthly ticket is rewarded, the bones will be fought again, and a few more will be exploded. (To be continued.) )