Although there was already undercurrent among the people, the Qing court still knew very little about this. The latest report sent to the Empress Dowager only mentioned the chaos in Shandong, and some people claimed to be Deng Ming's brother.

"Class 2nd Prince Zhu?" The Empress Dowager was very moved by the Queen Mother. She really hoped that Deng Ming could stand up and tell the people of the world openly that he was the authentic Zhu Ming royal family. There are too many rumors about Deng Ming's life experience in the Manchu people, and in several versions, the Empress Dowager played an unlucky role: "This must be fake, it is a fake to deceive ignorant and ignorant people!"

After blurting out this judgment, the Empress Dowager noticed that no one agreed, and several Han ministers standing in the distance were secretly looking at the reaction of the regent ministers. Sony, Obai and the others were silent, and the entire Golden Palace was silent.

"Oh." The Queen of the Taihuang reached out to touch her forehead. She knew what these slaves were thinking, and must be thinking: "How do you know that Deng Ming is not the Third Prince of Zhu? Is he a sinister seed of you and Dorgon, or Boguoer who was framed by your mother and son?"

A year ago, if the people below were thinking about random thoughts, the Empress Dowager would probably be furious, but over the past year, she had learned a lot of skills in self-cultivation and cultivation. Some people said that it was really nonsense to train the energy by plants and flowers. The Empress Dowager dared to shout to everyone that as long as you are angry with the endless bastards in Beijing for a year, you can ensure that your level of nourishing energy is arrogant in the world.

"I didn't say that Deng Ming is not the third prince Zhu, he is! He is just to avoid being lucky for the thieves, so he did not report to the world!" The Empress Dowager felt increasingly necessary to clarify his life experience for Deng Ming. She really needed Deng Ming to be the third prince Zhu. Even if this would make the Han people in the world have no idea of ​​having the mind that they shouldn't have, it would be better than now. She is the Empress Dowager, and should be admired by slaves and ministers, and was thrown into dirty water. No matter how good the temper is, she can't stand it.

The lower part was still deadly. The Empress Dowager found that she seemed to be suspected of being increasingly darker and darker, but she could only say with a slight slander: "Let the Shandong government publish a notice that anyone who claims to be Deng Ming's second brother is a fake." It is said that Deng Ming was a member of Zhu Ming's royal family. The Empress Dowager felt that it was useless to refuse to admit it. Her innocent reputation could not be sacrificed meaninglessly: "The imperial edict, anyone who can kill the former Ming royal family, the fake Duke of the Kingdom, and the pseudonym Deng Ming is the king! Those who can give their heads to the court will be the king! Those who can overcome Sichuan will be the king of all Sichuan."

He publicly rectified Deng Ming's name and established an amazing reward for being a king. However, no one of the ministers in the Golden Palace came out to dissuade him. Sony responded in a proper tone: "Zhe."

The Qing court gave a reward qualifier. Anyone who could kill King Jin and Prince Yanping, who was a prince of the county, was only a prince. Now, killing a duke of the Ming Dynasty could be a prince... However, Deng Ming killed Shunzhi and invaded Jiangnan three times within three years, causing uneasiness along the Yangtze River. This year, he went to Zhejiang again, and even Shandong had people raised his banner. Oboi felt that even if the court had given unprecedented rewards for kings, it was not too unreasonable. As for rewarding Sichuan to heroes, it was a good idea. The threat of the Sichuan army rose sharply, surpassing Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong, and became a major trouble for the Qing court. However, Oboi felt that no one could get this reward for a while. Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was a hero and general, and received strong support from the court, but was beaten to a mess by Deng Ming. The Sichuan army still had the strength to continue to go to Jiangnan to disturb the situation.

But... Oboi noticed that there was an inappropriate decree in the Queen Mother's decree. He thought Sony and others should have heard it. However, after the Kangxi case, the other three ministers of the regent were kowtowers on Deng Ming's issue and never picked up the remains for the Queen Mother. Oboi sighed in his heart and finally stood up: "I think that those who capture and kill Deng Ming can be the king."

He slapped him in front of him again. The Empress Dowager stared at Obai fiercely and cursed in his heart: "My face, you slave, you will beat me if you want to! Don't you know that after you retreat to the court, you will remind me privately?" However, the Empress Dowager also realized that Obai was essentially trying to smooth things over for him. Deng Ming's life experience is so complicated that he must not be sent to Beijing alive, but if he captured it, wouldn't it be easy to let him die? The Empress Dowager was so angry that he didn't notice that his imperial decree seemed to be implying that he was going to die. In fact, this is her true intention, but it cannot be said explicitly, otherwise there should be flies buzzing again. The Empress Dowager swallowed this breath, entered Obai's cleverness into the account book, and said softly: "Just as you say."

"Zhe." Obai then fell to the ground with the others, and said loudly.

"How is the Chongqing side?" The Empress Dowager continued to ask. Not long ago, there was an urgent report, saying that the Kuidong bandits besieged Chongqing. Li Guoying led the remaining defeated generals after the previous battle to defend the city. The court sent a large amount of manpower and material resources to Sichuan, but was defeated by Deng Ming in the end. It had attracted a lot of secret ridicule. If all the reinforcements were ruined in Chongqing in the end... I don't know how many strange things would happen in Beijing. This was a major city at the provincial capital level.

"It was not Deng Ming who led the troops himself, nor did he have his confidant followers, but just a group of minions from Kuidong." Sony stammered. In the past year of the four ministers' assistance in government administration, the situation has not improved at all, but has become worse and worse. He felt that his waist was almost bent. Although Sony tried his best to think about the benefits, he was not sure about Chongqing. The recent report said that the news from Hanzhong and Chongqing had been cut off.

"Where is Jiangnan?"

"The Sichuan thieves have been repelled by the Liangjiang soldiers, and Zhou Peizheng commanded the troops to surround and block them; Zhejiang's detailed battle reports have also been sent, Hangzhou has defeated first and then won, killing and injuring tens of thousands of Sichuan thieves, and also sent a list of meritorious soldiers."

"Rewards, all rewards are highly rewarded!" The Empress Dowager issued an order. There are still rumors in Beijing that the Eight Banners in Hangzhou and the Governor of Zhejiang emptied Zhejiang's vassal treasury and spent two million taels of silver to redeem the city from the Sichuan army. However, the court absolutely did not believe this. Hangzhou would eventually have a great victory, and the party members of Deng Ming ran away with their heads and said: "This time Zhejiang suffered a war, so the tax will be exempted... Well, half of it."

If the rumors about the city are groundless, then the vassal treasury in Hangzhou will definitely be empty. Using this excuse to exempt taxes can preserve the face of the court; if Hangzhou really unites and defeats the strong enemy, the Empress Dowager feels that it is necessary to reward soldiers, so it is also appropriate to exempt some taxes.

"If there is good news in Chongqing, it will be sent to the Great Inner immediately at any time." Before retreating, the Empress Dowager gave another instructor.

...

On Deng Ming's way back to Chengdu, reports about Chongqing were constantly delivered to him, and the war there was in full swing.

Two months ago, the Kuidong Army, who received military rations, swore a oath to set out in Wanxian County. This time, the Kuidong Army sent 60,000 troops, of which the armored soldiers were as high as 30,000, which was a grand army that had never been seen in the rebel army in the past five years.

The Ming army advanced side by side, and the heroic army crossed the two sides of the Yangtze River. When the day marched, the flags were everywhere on both sides. When camping at night, bonfires were everywhere. When the vanguard approached Tongluo Gorge, the guards had just passed through Zhong County. Seeing such a mighty military appearance, the generals of Kuidong were in a good mood. After occupying Tongluo Gorge, Li Laiheng held a military meeting: "Tongluo Gorge is the gateway to Chongqing. When the Eight Kings (Zhang Xianzhong) entered Sichuan in the past, the defenders occupied Tongluo Gorge, which prevented the Eight Kings' 100,000 troops from moving forward. Today, the Captain fled without fighting and abandoned the Xiong Pass. I know they were already scared and powerless."

"Thushang said it very well." Dang Shousu agreed loudly.

Deng Ming first saw the Ming army's offensive when he was traveling through time. Gao Mingzhan gave up Tongluo Gorge without fighting. The reason was that Chongqing was extremely empty and it was meaningless to carry out such external resistance. This time, the Ming army knew that Li Guoying was still in Chongqing. Based on the principle of lenient observation of the enemy, it was estimated that Chongqing would still have heavy troops from the Qing army, so he prepared to attack Tongluo Gorge in advance. Li Laiheng also prepared a plan. If Li Guoying held Tongluo Gorge with elite troops, he might have followed Zhang Xianzhong's old method and walked around the Nanshan Mountain to encircle and annihilate the defenders of Tongluo Gorge. However, now seeing that the Qing army had no intention of sticking to the periphery, the general view of the generals of Kuidong was that Chongqing's strength was weaker than they thought.

"Thanks to our army's complete control of the waterway, only 30,000 auxiliary soldiers can guarantee 30,000 combat soldiers to join the battle." Yuan Zongdi analyzed. Among the generals in Kuidong, only Yuan Zongdi had fought for a long time in eastern Sichuan, and other routes had only arrived in Wanxian County, and had not fought with Li Guoying for a long time: "It is precisely because we control the waterway that Li Guoying gave up Tongluo Gorge because he could not gain a foothold at all, which does not mean that Chongqing is empty."

"Why did General Yuan become more ambitions and destroy his own might?" He Zhen said dissatisfiedly: "Hasn't Li Guoying's elite troops been defeated by General Yuan? He only has some defeated soldiers left. Our army has 30,000 combat soldiers, and its strength is several times that of Li Guoying. No matter how you fight, you will win. This time you must take Chongqing and let Chengdu take a good look at our strength. Don't let them look down on us. Remember to take us with you when you go out for a sweep."

"Although Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao and the others are not there, there should be 10,000 Green Camp warriors in the city, and thousands of Manchu and Han Eight Banners," Yuan Zongdi continued. During this period, Yuan Zongdi's words were often regarded as indifferent to others. He felt that he always excused Deng Ming's various unrighteous behaviors, which led to this emotion that even his military opinions were affected: "I think it's better to surround three que 1, oppress Li Guoying to withdraw his troops, and then pursue him at the same time."

Yuan Zongdi also admitted that the Chongqing defenders were basically frightened birds, so he believed that as long as the pressure was maintained, Li Guoying was likely to withdraw his troops on his own initiative, and the situation of the war would evolve into a pursuit war that Yuan Zongdi was good at.
Chapter completed!