Chen Qing refers to Guangdong Governor Duke Xiang of Duke Song, Panyuan Governor Yuan Governor Yuan Governor Yuan Governor Guo Tianxu, criminal officer Ding Zhiqiao, Guangzhou Governor Wang Zhangjun and others.

After Yuanzhou decided to support the Tang King, Yuan Kuoyu asked to go to Guangdong to persuade the Tang King to come out of the mountain. He was a close disciple of Hong Chengchou, and he was also a Jinshi in the sixth year of Chongzhen. He was the highest Qing Dynasty civil servant who surrendered to the Taiping Army so far. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang readily agreed to Yuan Kuoyu's "self-recommendation" and asked him to go to Guangdong and Duke Xiang of Song to invite the Tang King out of the mountain.

Yuan Kuoyu's move was only "speculative" in the eyes of some demoted officials. Yuan Kuoyu disagreed with this. In his opinion, since he had already made it clear, he tried his best to make a contribution, so how could he say speculation? Moreover, he understood very well that even if the King of Tang was willing to supervise the country, the process of "three persuasions" was indispensable. Longwu and Yongli were reluctant to agree to supervise the country after the third persuasion. The officials who came forward during the third persuasion process were more prominent and had a higher status, so it was difficult for him to mix with the second persuasion with his qualifications. After the third persuasion, it was a great blessing to be able to get the first persuasion. If you don't do your best, how can you be worthy of yourself?

Speaking of which, when the Qing army entered the southwest last year, Yuan Kuoyu submitted a memorial to the Qing court. He originally wanted to search for the former Ming royal family in various places, and then send personnel to Beijing to support them separately, so as not to cause trouble in various places. Later, after hearing the words of his teacher Hong Chengchou, he directly suggested that the Qing court eliminate all the Ming royal families, princes, princes, and generals of the state. This would make the banner of restoration and the mind would be vicious. However, he turned into a minister who returned to the Ming Dynasty and actively came to persuade the Ming Dynasty's Tang king to supervise the country. There were really all kinds of strange things in the world. If this person was not shameless, he would not be able to do anything shameless.

There is no need to say much about Duke Xiang of Song. He has always known that Zhou Shixiang intended to support the king of Tang. Now that he has finally waited for the news of Yongli's abandonment, it is natural to support the king of Tang. Zhou Shixiang asked him to take on this title of counseling ministers, and he had nothing to say. He set off from Guangzhou to Wencun that day.

When Guo Kuoyu arrived in Guangzhou, he brought the order of Duke Xiang of Song to be promoted to the governor of Guangdong. Of course, this order was issued by the General Office of the Military Commander. Like Duke Shao Jiugong, the governor of Guangxi, he did not have the orthodox law of the Ming Dynasty. However, with more than 100,000 Taiping Army there, no one dared to question the rationality of Zhou Shixiang's appointment of governor. Instead, they all applauded and said that this should have been done.

He advised the ritual officers of the King of Tang to come forward, so Guo Tianxu, who was once the head of the ritual department of Chongzhen, naturally wanted to come together. In the future, he would also help with the corresponding ceremonies of the King of Tang to be held, which was considered a specialty. Mr. Guo, who was almost 70 years old, would be full of spring breeze. On the way, Duke Xiang of Song saw that he was too old and was afraid that he would not be able to stand the bumps, so he specially asked someone to prepare a carriage for him. However, he thought the carriage was slow and insisted on riding a horse. As a result, he could only sit on the dismount stone in front of the "King Mansion" and could not stand even if he stood. However, his legs hurt, but his legs hurt. The old ritual officer could not see any pain on his face, but instead he was full of expectation.

The criminal officer Ding Zhixiang was not qualified to come, but he was the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Censorate appointed by the Shaowu regime. Its origins have a lot to do with the King of Tang, so Duke Xiang of Song asked him to come with him. Besides, there were many old subordinates in Shaowu, Guangdong, and there were many in the Taiping Army. Therefore, the matter of the Tang King's supervision of the country requires an official from the Shaowu regime to come forward. Those warriors who do not know a big word and do not understand any etiquette are definitely not suitable. This important task fell on the civil servant Ding Zhixiang.

Ding Zhixiang was in his forties and could ride a horse, so he was not as unbearable as Guo Tianxu. He stood behind Duke Xiang of Song like a decent person, listening to the movements in the "King's Mansion". Guangzhou magistrate Wang Zhangjun was originally a right-sponsor in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty. Like Guo Kuoyu, the governor of Panyuan, he also invited Duke Xiang of Song to Wencun to come to Wencun. The reason was that like Guo Kuoyu, they wanted to take the first contribution to persuade him. Duke Xiang of Song had done a good job in the past two years, so he gave him a favor and asked him to follow him. Regardless of whether the matter was successful or not, Wang Zhangjun would definitely not be able to escape the "first contribution" achievements.

There were also many officials who came together in Guangzhou, Zhaoqing and who heard the news along the way, most of them were civil officials, and basically all were demoted. They all had one common feature, that is, they had all been surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Some of these people were thinking about "speculation", while others were purely watching the excitement. How many people could experience the birth of a new king in their lives?

Although he is here to persuade the King of Tang to supervise the country, the King of Tang will ascend the throne and become emperor after the king of Tang? These people are very happy and have a good idea. Longwu and Yongli are the examples. No one will simply think that the King of Tang is just a governor of the country and will be the main focus of Yongli in the future.

Hong Shiming, the prince of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces of the Qing Dynasty, was also among the crowd. The Taiping Army held a small-scale provincial examination in Guangdong last year. At that time, Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to preside over the provincial examination and recruit soldiers, but because the war broke out, he had to lead the army to fight, so the provincial examination was changed to Duke Xiang of Song. In that provincial examination, 156 scholars with scholars took the exam, and 155 scholars were selected, and only one of them was not taken because he was sick in the examination room and handed in the blank paper.

This provincial examination greatly eased the conflict between the Taiping Army and Guangdong gentry. Afterwards, as Zhou Shixiang thought, with the imperial examination promotion channel, Guangdong scholars' resistance to the Taiping Army was no longer as strong as they were at the beginning. In addition, after seizing Guangzhou, when the Taiping Army promoted the construction of villages and villages in various places, they began to consider the interests of gentry landlords. They no longer forcibly deprive land, and no longer suppressed landlords. Instead, they used various means to induce landlords to cooperate with the yamen and provide compensation to some landlords, which further allowed the Taiping Army to obtain support from Guangdong gentry and made the Taiping Army's rule in Guangdong become more and more solid.

Hong Shiming was originally sent by the Qing court to Guangdong to co-organize the Guangdong Provincial Examination, and was very talented in this regard, so Duke Xiang of Song asked him to do this as his deputy. Afterwards, in terms of merit, Duke Xiang of Song submitted a reward for Zhou Shixiang and appointed Hong Shiming as the magistrate of the Nanhai County. As before, every other month, Hong Shiming would send a family letter to his father for safety. These family letters were sent directly to the Changsha Risk Office. After the Taiping Army blocked the Hunan-Guizhou border, the Hong family in Changsha thought that these letters could not be delivered to the master in Yunnan again. Unexpectedly, people from the Taiping Army told him that they could still deliver letters from the Hunan-Guizhou border. Hong Chengchou also received letters from his son on time, but never replied to him. He also asked no questions about how these letters came from Hunan to Yunnan.

On the way, Hong Shiming was very embarrassed when he met his father's disciple Yuan Kuoyu, but Yuan Kuoyu was not embarrassed at all. He pulled Hong Shiming to ask about his well-being, without mentioning his indulgence in Guangdong, nor his father Hong Chengchou, but only talking about family matters and scenery along the way. This made Hong Shiming gradually relax and no longer unable to stand like he did when he first met, and he was uneasy to sit.

A large group of people appeared in Wencun, which immediately alarmed everyone in Wencun. The soldiers and people all came to see the fun. When they heard that they were here to ask His Highness the King of Tang to supervise the country, Wencun suddenly caused a sensation. The military and civilians all said that the King of Tang was virtuous. Today, the son abandoned the country and should be supervised. Some people took out the clothes they only wore during the New Year from the box, and rushed to the "King Mansion" to ask His Highness the King of Tang to supervise the country. This move made all the officials who came sigh, saying that the people's hearts are in the Tang Dynasty, and the people's hearts are in the Tang Dynasty.

The guard general Chen Qing went into the mansion to report to His Highness the King of Tang. Duke Xiang of Song told everyone to wait patiently for the summons of His Highness the King of Tang. Soon, Chen Qing came out and said that the King of Tang invited everyone in.

The royal palace was really cold, with only six or seven thatched huts in total. The place was too small, and the officials outside and the people were afraid that there would be no less than a thousand people. The place was so big that everyone had entered and there was no place to stand. So Duke Xiang of Song ordered the name and chose the more important officials to go in with him. The rest were waiting outside. The officials who were clicked in were naturally happy, while those who did not click the name were dejected, and they only felt that they were so unlucky.

Yuan Kuoyu, Guo Tianxu, Ding Zhixiang, Wang Zhangjun and others were all named. Hong Shiming was also fortunate to be called by Duke Xiang of Song. He felt a little excited and had no time to think about it, so he raised his foot and walked in with him.

The palace was clean and there was no eunuch available here. For so many years, two couples Wang Xing found in the village to clean up the residence for the King of Tang. Originally, Wang Xing wanted to arrange officials for the King of Tang, but the King of Tang said that he was in trouble. He had a tiled cover on the roof, a quilt covered his body, and three meals to eat, so why should he have a chance to eat? If it wasn't for the fact that someone was needed to clean up the residence, the King of Tang didn't even want the two couples.

When Duke Xiang and the others came in, the front yard had been cleaned up by one of the couples. Seeing so many officials coming in, the couple was very frightened and stood at the corner and looked at them with an uneasy look on their faces.

The King of Tang and his wife had already come from the backyard, but they were still wearing the same clothes as they were just now, and they did not deliberately change into new clothes. What kind of things can the royal palace built with thatched huts have to treat guests? The King of Tang is not a good showman, and he knows his identity, so he just needs to carry out the square table in the house and pick up some stools for Duke Xiang of Song and others to sit on.

Although Duke Xiang of Song and Yuan Kuoyu and others were mentally prepared, they were still deeply shocked to see the King of Tang so simple.

After everyone bowed to the King of Tang, the King of Tang smiled and signaled his wife and the couple to pour tea for the officials. It was not a good tea, and it looked a little moldy. The couple was just a bit over it, but the King of Tang also came to make tea, and no one dared to accept it. You must know that once the King of Tang was in charge of the country, this wife would be the queen of the Ming Dynasty in the future. If the Queen of Tang brought tea and water, no one dared to do this.

Duke Xiang of Song hurriedly stood up to stop the Lady of Tang. The Lady of Tang didn't know what to do. The King of Tang smiled and waved her to let her go. Duke Xiang of Song was about to ask the King of Tang to supervise the state affairs, but the King of Tang said, "I don't know why you are here to see me?"

When the officials heard this, they were stunned. Didn’t Chen Qing know their purpose before, why didn’t he tell His Highness?

Song Xianggong said: "Please read this watch." After saying that, he stepped forward and handed the letter of the Tang Dynasty to the King of Tang.

The King of Tang didn't say anything, but just took the stamp and started reading it.

"It is said that the emperor lost his trap, and the emperor hunted south. The two temples of Jian and Xiang were in trouble again, and the humiliation was extremely high. Our criminal ministers should die. However, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi still exist, how can we abandon the high emperor's country in a small way?! Now the empty kings in the sea are all in a panic. The king's legitimate brother of the king should be the Zong society, the subjects should plan to supervise the country in the south, and use the heart of restoring the sea to avenge the great revenge of the saint!"

After reading it, King Tang frowned. After looking at the signature, Zhou Shixiang ranked first, followed by a long string of names, and he almost didn't recognize any of them.

Mrs. Tang was literate. She had been standing next to the King of Tang. She could see clearly what was written on the stamp. Tang King frowned, but she suddenly became nervous. There was no joy on her face that her husband was supported by the ministers, but instead she was afraid. Because she thought of her uncle and second uncle, and what they would end up.

"I respectfully ask Your Highness to supervise the country to safeguard the hearts of the people in the world!"

Duke Xiang of Song led the leader to bow down, and the officials knelt all over the ground. According to the rules, even if the King of Tang was willing to be the governor of the country, he would not agree to the first persuasion. Therefore, when everyone came, they were relaxed, and most of them came with the intention of "sharing the merits", and none of them were really nervous. But for some reason, when things really happened, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.

Duke Xiang of Song was also a little nervous. The reason was that he couldn't explain was that he didn't know why he was like this.

However, the King of Tang could not see any movement on his face. He first asked the officials to stand up, and then said calmly: "The emperor only avoided the Myanmar state for a while and did not abandon the country. In the future, the situation would be better, so the matter of supervising the country cannot be carried out."

"Your Highness!"

Song Xiang publicly wanted to persuade him, but the Tang King said again: "Even if the emperor does not return to the country, he is talented and poor, and he cannot bear the important responsibility of the world. There is no need to persuade him again. I have decided to do so. I will never supervise the country and have several cold rooms here. I really can't help you, so I won't leave you. You can go back, and there is no need to come here again!"

After saying that, King Tang got up and went into the house. The wife followed her when she saw it, but the couple didn't even look back.
Chapter completed!