The government of Da Shun Li Shangshu Gong Yan, Chongzhen four years of Jinshi, appointed as an official in Henan, he ignored the examination law promulgated by the imperial court to abolish the three salaries, and hundreds of thousands of people under his rule were reduced and exempted from taxes to survive. At that time, Henan, because of the Chongzhen government's rampant expropriation and cannibalism, and there was no famine in the place managed by Gong Yan - Gong Yan refused to implement the tax policy of Emperor Chongzhen in order to prevent the people from starving to death, obviously not a loyal and filial son, and was finally dismissed by the imperial court. Before leaving, he donated all his savings to the poor. After Gong Yan resigned, the counties he once managed also fell into famine, and finally rebelled against the government and responded to the invasion like other Henan regions.

In Deng Ming's previous life, some descriptions of Gong Yan on the Internet are quite interesting, saying that Gong Yan did not accept Li Zicheng's appointment after returning to his hometown in Shaanxi, and after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Gong Yan happened to meet the pregnant Chongzhen concubine and tried his best to cover - how did Gong Yan, who did not accept Li Zicheng's appointment, get to Beijing, did he follow the Dashun army?

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng adopted the strategy of Niu Jinxing, according to Heluo, to get a glimpse of the world. The situation in Henan frightened the Ming court, and the local government and county jointly wrote to Chongzhen Tianzi, demanding that Gong Yan be appointed as the governor of Henan to save the situation. However, after Emperor Chongzhen issued an order, Gong Yan refused to take office, saying that the emperor was tyrannical and the remnants of the court were already at the end of the road, and people and gods were angry. After Li Zicheng conquered Xi'an, he asked Gong Yan to come out of the mountain to help, and Gong Yan happily served as the secretary of the Dashunli government.

After seeing Li Zicheng, Gong Yan pointed out in person that there were many inappropriate Bagu essays set by Ming Taizu, and Li Zicheng abolished Bagu and changed them to prose in the imperial examination of the New Dynasty, so as not to clamp down on candidates - the article should focus on content, not form. Li Zicheng greatly appreciated Gong Yan's mention, and after entering Beijing, he put Gong Yan in charge of the specific matters of abolishing the Eight Shares. However, this reform, like the abolition of eunuchs, was aborted due to Li Zicheng's quick defeat, and the system of taking scholars and castrating living people with eight shares was restored by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Li Zicheng claimed to be the emperor's three persuasion activities, Gong Yan participated in them, especially when he ran into the Ming Tai Temple and burned the tablets of the gods of the Ming Dynasty, for which he was scolded by Shilin. When Li Zicheng retreated to Shaanxi, Gong Yan also retreated with the Shun army. After Li Zicheng lost to Azig and had to withdraw from Xi'an, Gong Yan and Li Zifeng broke up, leaving alone to fight guerrillas with the Qing army in Shaanxi. In the following fifteen years, Gong Yan became a self-taught guerrilla warfare expert, and in Deng Ming's previous life, he persisted in resisting until the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, three years longer than the Yongli regime and Li Dingguo, and finally was surrounded by the Ganxi Green Battalion. At this time, Gong Yan, who was sixty-eight years old, was still able to ride horses and shoot arrows, although he was not a descendant of Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Tichun who broke into the camp, but Gong Yan also refused to surrender, resolutely resisted, and was finally set on fire by the Qing army in the mountains.

In this time and space, because of Deng Ming's influence, the Shaanxi soldiers under Wu Sangui could not return to the northwest for a long time, and later because of Deng Ming's continuous attacks, the Shaanxi Green Battalion had to continue to send additional troops to Sichuan and had no spare strength to encircle and suppress Gong Yan. As a result, Gong Yan not only did not die in defeat, but let him find an opportunity to leave the guerrilla zone and run to Kuidong to find Ma Tengyun.

"After the emperor left Shaanxi, I have been contacting Haojie, looking forward to the emperor returning to Shaanxi as soon as possible." Thinking of Li Zicheng's sudden death, Gong Yan couldn't help but sigh again.

"What is a academy, it is a place related to the awarding of meritorious fame, how can this kind of place not be fought for with all its might?" Gong Yan then taught Yuan Zongdi a lesson: "Now that there is no imperial examination in western Sichuan, who can be an official?" Of course, only students of the academy can become officials. In the Sichuan Academy, Deng Ming did not specify the teaching materials, and completely left the sacrificial wine to his own decision, and no academy has had such a great right to sacrificial wine since ancient times. In the future, the officials of western Sichuan will inevitably be protégés of the academy sacrificial wine. How can you not hold such a critical place in your hands? ”

Yuan Zongdi was stunned when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Liu Tichun, who nodded and said: "As soon as Shangshu arrived in my camp, he asked Baoguo Gong for three days and three nights, and on the way here, he also scolded me, Lao Ma, and Little Tiger for this matter. ”

"It's good to call Deng Ming, that's not his real name anyway." Gong Yan cut off Liu Tichun's narrative and said impatiently: "In my opinion, whoever masters the Sichuan Academy will master the future rule of officials in western Sichuan. This is a battleground for soldiers, and if you ignore it, won't you die without a place to bury in the future? It will also affect Deng Ming. ”

At this time, Yuan Zongdi finally figured out that something was wrong, when Gong Yan rushed into the Ming Tai Temple with people and burned the Son of Heaven in the Ming Dynasty, he did this kind of thing, as the third prince Deng Ming, even if he could pardon Liu Tichun, who participated in the death of his father, he might not be able to pardon Gong Yan, how dare this person come to Deng Ming?

"Of course, the sacrificial wine of this academy should be sat by the old grandmaster." Gong Yan continued to talk about his ideas to Yuan Zongdi: "You Pingzhang wants to sit in this position, who dares to say a word, and who can say a word?" ”

"Old age is ...... old" Although he had already discussed it with Gong Yan, Hui Shiyang still planned to be modest in front of everyone.

"The old grandmaster should be strong and strong, and he can still ride a horse." Gong Yan couldn't help but say, and blocked Hui Shiyang back in one sentence: "Besides, the old master doesn't have to bow down to everything, and I and Chen Xijiu will naturally do the daily trivial affairs." The old master didn't want to grab the position of the Chen sacrificial wine, but just added another big sacrificial wine in the academy. ”

Gong Yan himself didn't plan to ask for any position, anyway, as long as he could enter the academy. Gong Yan can be civil and martial, has managed government affairs, selected students, and fought guerrilla warfare for more than ten years, asking himself that even if he doesn't have a title that can suppress people, he can still calm the scene and win the hearts of the people in the academy - this can also avoid giving people the impression of fighting for power and profit, and guiding those students taught by Chen Zuocai to have preconceived preconceptions about themselves.

Hui Shiyang bowed his head slightly and stopped talking. If it weren't for the sake of this big sacrificial wine and the status of the old grandmaster, why would he accompany Gong Yan to the south at the age of 100. Hui Shiyang is an old man, as Gong Yan just said, the power of Sichuan Academy is unheard of, and the emperor in the past definitely wanted to firmly control this kind of protégé connections in the palm of his hand - but since it has flowed out of Deng Ming's fingers, who will pick it up or not? When there was no imperial examination, the academy was the only place where you could get your birth, as long as you could be a big sacrificial wine, even if it was only one day, Hui Shiyang would be able to see if he died, and he didn't have to worry about the five animals that would be honored during the New Year's festival in the future.

Gong Yan is still talking about how to select talents for Deng Ming, and how to imperceptibly make all the students of the academy, that is, the future court officials, inclined to Dashun. The more Yuan Zongdi listened, the more frightened he became, and a terrible guess came out of his heart, and finally he couldn't help but ask: "Doesn't Shangshu think that Baoguo Gong is not the Ming Sect?" ”

"Deng Ming can't be the Ming Sect, if he is, how can he trust and reuse you like this." As if he had heard the funniest thing in the world, Gong Yan waved his hand impatiently: "Zhu Ming's clan has neither this measure nor this courage, I think Deng Ming must be the queen of the emperor." ”

"Ahh Although he had expected this answer, Yuan Zongdi still cried out in surprise.

"Too ......" Yuan Zongdi originally wanted to use "ridiculous" or "ridiculous" to describe Gong Yan's speculation, but in the end he held back, he looked around Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun, Dang Shousu and Ma Tengyun, and found that their expressions remained unchanged, obviously Gong Yan had already communicated with them, and he actually got their approval.

"If it's after King Chuang, why doesn't he tell us clearly?" Yuan Zongdi had a lot of questions, and he said the biggest incomprehension in one mouth. However, Yuan Zongdi knew that Liu Tichun and the others must have raised the same question, and judging from the faces of the other four generals who broke into the camp, they had all been persuaded by Gong Yan.

"Have you ever heard of the rumors on the Tartar side, Deng Ming is very familiar with the Forbidden City, and it seems that he can speak a few words of Manchu." Gong Yan smiled slightly, and asked confidently.

"Nonsense." Yuan Zongdi said disdainfully. For similar rumors, Yuan Zongdi has always laughed at them, and he has never taken them to heart at all. Deng Ming even slaughtered the Tartar Emperor, how stupid must he be to believe that he was born in the upper echelons of the Manchu Dynasty.

"I don't think so," Gong Yan smiled: "If there are no such rumors, I don't dare to confirm that Deng Ming is the emperor." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yuan Zongdi's face was full of suspicion.

"Ouchi, who is familiar with the Tartars, knows the movements of the Tartars in advance, has acquaintances and intelligence sources inside the Tartars, I heard that he can also speak a few words of Tartar language, he has rare things, and he has a very good understanding of the Tartars' thoughts, and there is nothing awkward about shaving his head......" Gong Yan counted the rumors about Deng Ming one by one with his fingers, some of which were provided by Yuan Zongdi and Li Laiheng: "...... He took great care of the camp, and was unwilling to reveal his identity, scolded Chongzhen without pretense, and repeatedly claimed that I was hanging the people for the crime and doing the right thing for the heavens......"

After listing almost all the incomprehensible points of Deng Ming, Gong Yan suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "General, do you remember Master Deng?" ”

"Master Deng?" Yuan Zongdi's face was only confused, and he really didn't remember which scholar surnamed Deng Li Zicheng particularly valued him.

"Master Deng?" Yuan Zongdi whispered again, and suddenly, his eyes suddenly widened, I don't know how many times he exclaimed today, but this time it was indeed the loudest, and he jumped up from his seat suddenly: "Ah, could it be Master Deng!" ”

Gong Yan pursed his lips, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a hint of pride in knowing everything, and nodded heavily towards Yuan Zongdi.

"Not bad, not bad." Yuan Zongdi felt as if his bones had fallen apart all of a sudden, and all his strength was withdrawn from his body, so he had to slowly sit back on the chair by holding on to the table. In this way, those rumors that seem absurd are all reasonable at once. That's right, of course, Deng Ming should know Beijing very well, of course he will be familiar with the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is normal for him to speak a few words of Manchu - Yuan Zongdi suddenly found that these rumors, which he originally thought were the most ridiculous, now became logical, and it would be really incredible if Deng Ming did not have these connections.

"It's just ...... age," Yuan Zongdi whispered again.

"The emperor accepted a concubine in Xi'an, and when General Ji met him, he was sixteen years old, young and old, and it is not impossible to look like he is twenty years old." Gong Yan made an assertion again, and his eyes fell on Li Laiheng: "Then he is the young master's little cousin." This is nothing, don't we have an old precedent of Dingwu in Dashun? It's just that Deng Ming doesn't know, for fear that as soon as he reveals the truth, his brothers will turn against each other. ”

Many people, including the Qing court, believed that this was just an inspiring strategy used by Wen Anzhi, and only a very small number of core personnel in Kuidong knew what it meant.

"I have no objection," Li Laiheng immediately said: "If it is really my little cousin, I am willing to abide by the old rules of Dingwu, if there is any disagreement, the sky will thunder." ”

"Okay, the next thing is to see if he is the emperor. This college dispute can also help us understand a little more. If Deng Ming wasn't the emperor, he would definitely not support us to intervene in the academy and sing against those who supported the Ming court, right? ”

……

Gong Yan's conspiracy against Wanxian County concealed Wen Anzhi of Fengjie, who had no idea that they had arrived in Sichuan.

And Deng Ming, who was in the center of the whirlpool, didn't know anything about this matter. At this time, he was in Mount Emei with Li Xinghan, Ren Tang and others, who had just returned to Sichuan, discussing the process of the expedition to the southeast, and admiring the handsomeness of Emei.

"Emei World Show, it really deserves its reputation, but unfortunately I have too little time. Come back next time, next time be sure to pick a time when the spring flowers are blooming. Deng Ming didn't know that Chengdu was already surging with undercurrents, and the generals and Jiangnan scholars were ready to go: "I have to rush back to the capital immediately." At this Imperial Parliament, it is estimated that everyone will ask us to send troops to the southeast again to aid the rebel armies in Shandong and Guangdong. ”

In order to ensure the employment of the newly immigrant population, the balance of government revenues and expenditures, and the interests of all strata, Sichuan must continue to wage foreign wars, protect and win commercial profits, and obtain resources and funds from the Qing military-controlled areas through means such as compensation for military expenses.

This kind of pressure even gave high-ranking officials like Deng Ming, Zhao Tianba, Ren Tang, and Mu Tan a sense of difficulty in riding a tiger. Liu Jinge, Yuan Xiang, Xiong Lan and others also told Deng Ming that they didn't dare to imagine the consequences of encountering Yan Zhan's setback. However, these people also view the problem with the peculiar optimism of young people, and Zhao Tianba claimed at an internal meeting of senior officials in Sichuan: Since it is already difficult to ride a tiger, then stop thinking about jumping off the tiger's back and walk slowly, and run down on the tiger's back until you win the world or fall to pieces - this statement has aroused universal resonance, and Liu Jinge, Yuan Xiang, Xiong Lan, and senior military officers have all applauded.

"There's no doubt about it." Ren Tang said without thinking about it: "The capital and Xuzhou have tasted the sweetness, how can they stop eating the marrow and knowing the taste?" However, this time, they will probably discuss how to distribute the results in advance. ”

"Dividends are distributed in proportion to investment, and I can't think of a more reasonable distribution model." Deng Ming even had a feeling that the attitude of the Western Sichuan clique towards war was like that of an addict's dependence on drugs, and the interval between episodes was getting shorter and shorter, and it was becoming more and more difficult to satisfy.