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Chapter 69: Loyal Officials (Part 2)

Ma Bao, He Jiuyi and other people all know about Wu Sangui. Ma Bao once surrendered to Wu Sangui, and He Jiuyi also had letters. Wu Sangui felt that if Deng Ming had not come out to disturb him, most of the two people would not have followed Li Dingguo.

Wu Sangui vaguely heard that these senior officers in Yunnan were not willing to be enemies with Guizhou. Li Dingguo's strategy of attacking Guizhou or joining Wu Sangui's northern expedition had not been responded to by the Yunnan army. Now, there are few supporters in recent years. However, it was not until after testing Mu Tianbo that Wu Sangui determined the reason. It was not that the generals of the Yunnan army had become pacifists, but that their lives were indeed better than before, and their attention began to shift to the imperial army. In the eyes of many Yunnan generals, the imperial army had better equipment, greater advantages over the enemy, and more opportunities to make great contributions, so their children were more cost-effective to make achievements in the imperial army. Since Guizhou was not easy to walk, there was no fuel and water if they won, and Wu Sangui was strong, so it would be better to let the younger generation follow Prime Minister Deng to get promoted and make money.

Since Mu Tianbo has returned safely, the three kings of Kunming, who are in love with him, warmly invite him to dinner. Feng Shuangli also warmly invites Mu Tianbo to hunt and relax. Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan have something to do every day, and cannot accompany the King of Qingyang, who has nothing to do for a lifetime, to hunt for ten days and half a month, so he invites Mu Tianbo.

But Mu Tianbo was most concerned about sending troops to serve the king, but he did not get any response. Li Dingguo seemed a little moved, but Bai Wenxuan talked about the special talk about Yunnan's wars for many years, and the people's lives were difficult, and now it is time to rest. Even Gong Changfan, who was deeply favored by the emperor, had this attitude, and Mu Tianbo naturally understood that he would not be able to get reinforcements from Yunnan. As for letting Kunming blame Yang Zai and forcing Yang Zai to raise troops to attack Mang Bai, it was an impossible task. Because Yang Zai could provide Kunming with very practical benefits

The occupying army is responsible for protecting trade and supervising the execution of compensation. These are related to the vital interests of Yunnan officers and soldiers and the people, so that their families can have enough food and clothing. Emperor Yongli cannot give officers and soldiers, gentry and the people any actual benefits - after the emperor comes back, he may have to recruit soldiers, collect grain, and fight. If the relationship between Yunnan and Sichuan is not good, it will deteriorate. I don’t know if there is any dividends that Yang sends every year - everyone cannot say it and ignore the emperor, but even a housewife will measure the pros and cons in his heart.

Through the mouths of Yunnan officials, Mu Tianbo also learned about an amazing conspiracy of the Sichuan Academy.

Although Deng Ming rarely mentions the Yongli Emperor in Myanmar, judging from his performance in the 15th year of Yongli expedition, everyone probably thinks that Deng Ming is not thinking about bringing the emperor back, as long as he continues to maintain the Anti-Qing Alliance. In recent years, the Anti-Qing Alliance has become increasingly stable. However, no one dares to say whether the emperor will lose it, a new round of internal strife will break out. Anyway, as this situation becomes better and better, no one is willing to risk giving the Qing court a chance to counterattack, and no one is willing to jump out and shout, "We don't need the Emperor of Ming."

Since the current situation is good, almost everyone is willing to maintain it. The Academy even passed a plan. If there are any shortcomings in Yongli, the empire will support the Eastern Palace to ascend the throne at the first moment. However, whether it is the current emperor or the next emperor, it is better to stay in Myanmar, so as not to have no excuse for everyone to rush to power after they come back.

Last year, Deng Ming began to inquire about the nationality system. His main purpose was to further transform into modern countries, and secondly, he also had the intention of protecting overseas expatriates. However, after Deng Ming went to sea, no one in the institute mentioned it casually, and everyone discussed the nationality of the Emperor Yongli. Deng Ming advocated that only those who enjoy the same scholar or the same scholar's fame are citizens of the empire, and power like scholars can be regarded as those who have permanent residence and enjoy national treatment within the empire.

Many members of the Council of the Diancheng performed their work. They pointed out that since the imperial law cannot restrict the Emperor Ming, and the Emperor Ming is above all else, it is obviously impossible to be a fame by the imperial government with a lower status than his. Then the Emperor Ming cannot be a citizen of the imperial government - thus introducing that if one day the empire unifies the entire territory, the Emperor Ming cannot and should not be a Chinese. Although the empire has not unified China yet, no one suspects that this will be an important task of the empire.

The members of the parliament also further inferred based on the code that if the Emperor of Ming Dynasty could never become a Chinese, then the Emperor Ming Empire had the right to refuse him to enter the country; and as long as the Emperor Ming Emperor could not return to the country, it would be natural that the imperial government of the Emperor Ming Empire was impatient and did not implement the Ming law. Therefore, the imperial government and jurists suddenly discovered that if they wanted to solve this problem, the once-for-all way was to try to make the emperor and his family obtain Burmese nationality. As long as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty became a Burmese, he could only stay in Burmese forever.

This idea was quickly disclosed in the newspaper, and it also caused heated discussions among many readers. There were many praises. A large number of lawyers expressed their opinions, believing that this idea was completely legally feasible. In the future, even if the Emperor of Ming Dynasty smuggled back to the country, the imperial imperial government could send him back to Myanmar on the charge of illegal entry - in front of the law, all Chinese people were equal; the only unequal one was the emperor, so he was not a Chinese.

Almost when Mu Tianbo returned to China, the imperial government was planning to put this matter into practice, planning to find the Manglu and Mangbai regimes, asking them to register the Yongli family with their family members to Myanmar's household registration, and also planned to send a special person to take charge of the matter.

After hearing the news, Mu Tianbo shouted out in anger: "I'm so disappointed..." After shouting these two words, Mu Tianbo was stunned for a moment. He felt that what the imperial government had lost was not conscience, but something else.

"It sounds like it's like Deng Xiang's style." Wu Sangui was surprised at first, and then nodded slightly. Now Wu Sangui and his subordinates generally have the impression of Deng Ming that they have no moral integrity at all, and even Deng Ming's generals are like this. Everyone who comes into contact with Deng Ming is also influenced by him. For example, Geng Jingzhong is now besieged, and it is actually the three Ming and three Qing dynasties that attack him together - an unprecedented Ming and Qing coalition forces, joining forces to attack Geng Jingzhong, the unlucky guy.

But at the same time, everyone also found that Deng Ming attaches great importance to commitments, especially treaties and legal provisions. As long as Deng Ming signs the treaty, he will be fulfilled seriously. If he wants to modify it, he will negotiate with the other party in a friendly manner, and even take out something to compensate those who are obviously unable to fight against him by force.

As the region that is most affected by Deng Ming, Sichuan now attaches much importance to the law than other regions. Because everyone knows that as long as it makes sense in law, no matter how ridiculous Deng Ming is required, it will recognize it and try to modify the loopholes in the law. Now the same is true for the Imperial Government and the Court. Before doing something, they always consult the lawyer whether it is illegal.

It is precisely because Sichuan's reputation for emphasizing law that several Sichuan scholars sued Jiang Guozhu's incidents attracted worldwide attention. Thirteen years ago, when the Zhejiang Army followed Deng Ming back to Sichuan, he took in a group of orphans in Zhenjiang, many of whom are now fellow scholars and imperial citizens. The orphans of that year saw Jiang Guozhu's army burn, kill and loot in Zhenjiang, and robbed all the women in the city and sold them to Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places.

After Jiang Guozhu fled to Sichuan, he was welcomed by the imperial government. In accordance with the promise of the special envoy Zhao Tianba, he arranged residences for him and Zhang Chao and processed the certificate of Quan Rumo Scholar.

However, less than a month after Jiang Guozhu lived in Zhenjiang, several orphans in Zhenjiang reported to the Supervision Department that Jiang Guozhu had kidnapped their mother. The Supervision Department filed a public prosecution in accordance with the prescribed procedures, and the criminal prosecution officer issued an arrest warrant in accordance with the law. Now the imperial government and the victims are quarreling in the newspapers. Some senior imperial officials believe that these victims obviously disregard the overall situation and undermine the empire's unification cause and credit for personal grievances. The supervisory department that filed the case was even more perfunctory; the procuratorate who filed the lawsuit said that this was completely in accordance with the law, and even if sued it in front of Deng Ming, the victim even said that his parents' hatred was irreconcilable.

The chief chief of the Supervision Department, like the district chief and the pavilion chief, is no longer appointed by the boss and is elected, so they tend to be victims on this issue. Because voters generally expressed sympathy for the victims' experience, other inspectors also said in interviews with newspapers that from a legal perspective, the conviction of this case is unsurprising; however, officials above the Imperial Prefecture were appointed directly, and they prefer to look at the problem from the perspective of the country. They all attach great importance to the overall situation, and several are unwilling to go through it.

The senior officials of the imperial court all said that if the criminal prosecutor really convicted Jiang Guozhu, the imperial government would definitely use the pardon power granted by Deng Ming before he left to ensure that the former governor of the two rivers were free from prison. After the decision of the criminal prosecutor to allow Jiang Guozhu to be released on bail, the supervisory department that supported the victim expressed regret to the newspaper, saying that such a serious crime should not be allowed to be released at all; while the prefect of Chengdu welcomed the criminal prosecutor, saying that the wise decision of the criminal prosecutor maintained the consistent tradition of the imperial government's trustworthy words.

Jiang Guozhu's case may be quite controversial, but Wu Sangui feels that helping Yongli apply for Myanmar nationality is probably a consensus among the majority of the empire.

"Duke of Qian probably doesn't know. When I brought troops to Yunnan fifteen years ago, I actually wanted to find an opportunity to imitate the King of Ningxia (Li Chengdong)." Wu Sangui said seriously to Mu Tianbo, who was desperate. Li Chengdong's reputation is much worse than Wu Sangui, but because he led Guangdong, he was named King of Ningxia by Yongli.

Wu Sangui told Mu Tianbo that when he marched towards Yunnan and Guizhou, he actually thought about it all the time. Unfortunately, Hong Chengchou was too close to him and could not communicate smoothly with Emperor Yongli or King Li Dingguo of Jin. Moreover, Wu Sangui felt that relying solely on his prestige might not be able to succeed, so he wanted to receive Yongli and use the emperor's authority to command the Qing army that had entered Guizhou for 100,000. It was a pity that Emperor Yongli hurriedly left Yunnan, which made Wu Sangui's plan disappear. Later, he was attacked by Deng Ming, and even formed an insolvent misunderstanding with Li Dingguo.

After explaining his ambitions and regrets to Mu Tianbo, Wu Sangui looked at Duke Qian sincerely: "I am a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Duke don't worry, let me hand over the matter of welcoming the emperor's return."
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