While Chongzhen and China's various civil and military officials continued to pay attention to Pang Gang, Pang Gang was also holding a major meeting in Pang Gang's hometown, the General's Mansion in Qingzhou.
This meeting was hosted by Pang Gang himself. Except for a very few people who could not come due to objective reasons, all the important figures of the Pang family came. These people included Pang Gang's father-in-law Wei Tongnian, Kong Wen, and Wang In addition to Zhi, Da Zhuang, Li Yuan, Bin Shiqian, Dong Guo, and naval commander Tu Hai, Hua Yan, Meng Qing, Wen Renjun, and Li Xianfeng, the former governor of Henan who had newly joined Pang Gang, also participated.
The reason for convening such a large meeting is very simple. As soon as Pang Gang's suppressive article criticizing the old Zhu family was published, the relationship between Pang Gang and the Ming Dynasty court had been declared completely broken, and there was no possibility of reconciliation. So where would the future go? You have to reconsider.
This day is August 1, the 11th year of Chongzhen
Outside the General's Mansion in Qingzhou, two thousand soldiers under Pang Gang's command, led by the soldier captain Shi Bowen, descended and formed an iron barrel around the General's Mansion. Countless sergeants guarded the place tightly. At the entrance of the General's Mansion, hundreds of soldiers The sergeants were standing ready, holding mini rifles in their hands, with the guns off their shoulders and loaded, and they were watching everything outside closely.
In the hall of the General's Mansion, Pang Gang, who was fully armed, was sitting at the top of the hall. Below him were hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together. Everyone was looking at Pang Gang intently, waiting for his lecture.
Feeling the eyes of everyone, it would be false to say that Pang Gang was not excited. It has been more than three years since he came to this era. After hard work, he has a piece of territory here, a group of loyal subordinates and a team of cadres. He loves his wife, concubines, and children deeply, and their fate is closely linked to his own. If he fails, their fate can be imagined.
Pang Gang stood up, looked around everyone with his piercing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I have called you together today. I believe you also know the reason, yes. From now on. From now on, we have officially severed our affiliation with the Ming Dynasty, which means that we have officially parted ways with the Ming Dynasty and will set up our own business!"
Pang Gang's voice was not loud, but hearing it in everyone's ears made people feel excited. From today on, they will officially break away from the Ming Dynasty and establish their own business. Although it is possible that they may end up with different bodies and heads. But if they can do it If they do well, they will become the heroes of Conglong in the future, and it is not impossible that they will be granted lordships and generals in the future. It is exciting to think about it.
Pang Gang's cheap father-in-law, Wei Tongnian, the governor of Shandong, also looked at the hairy son-in-law standing at the top of the hall with a complicated expression. He thought that when he first met Pang Gang, he was just a small military household, not even a small flag. , but three years later, he has become a land with three provinces. He has tens of millions of people under his rule and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. He can challenge the current imperial court. In the future, he may even be able to obtain great wealth and change dynasties. A figure who has left his name in history, but all this seemed so sudden and shocking to Wei Tongnian.
There was silence in the lobby, and then everyone took a step forward and shouted in unison: "I am willing to die for your Excellency!"
Without asking anyone to speak, Li Yuan stepped forward and said loudly: "Sir, you should have parted ways with that stupid imperial court a long time ago. Look at what stupid things the imperial court has done over the years. It imposes excessive taxes and excessive taxes. The common people can hardly live anymore, it’s time to rebel against him long ago!”
Pang Gang shook his head and smiled, and said helplessly to Li Yuan: "You, it seems that things are still so one-sided. The problem here is not just as simple as excessive expropriation. Let's forget about this problem and talk to you in the future." After that, Pang Gang
Then he looked at the crowd and said: "Everyone, although we have decided to part ways with the imperial court, we can't continue to use the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Think about it, what banner should we use instead?"
As soon as this question was raised, everyone below, especially the civil servants, suddenly became excited and decided on a name for themselves. Maybe this name would be the banner used by the founding of the country in the future. If their opinions were adopted, then they would be able to
Too revealing.
Hua Yan thought for a while and said: "Sir, you have now left the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, the official position originally conferred by the court can no longer be used. Shandong is known as "a thousand miles of fertile soil". In the past, King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang Zhou, and the world
At the beginning of the revolution, King Wu first granted the title of Jiang Taigong to Qi, while King Wu's younger brother Zhou Gong was granted the title of Lu. According to my humble opinion, why don't you proclaim yourself King of Zhou?"
"King Zhou?" Pang Gang frowned and said to the officials who were taking action: "What do you think of Hua Yan's proposal?"
At this time, Meng Qing stood up and retorted: "No, right now, although the Pang Pang Man occupies the land of three provinces, we are still surrounded by wolves. If we rashly become the king, we will become the target of public criticism, which is inappropriate!"
"Yeah!" Pang Gang nodded slightly and said, "Does anyone else have anything to say?"
Wen Renjun also stood up and bowed: "As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not correct, the things will not be accomplished. Since we are no longer under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural to give us a name. What is wrong with this?
As for whether they will become the target of public criticism, are we still afraid of them?" Speaking of this, Wen Renjun's face showed a look of pride. In recent years, the Qingzhou Army has won consecutive battles, and even Wen Renjun has won consecutive battles.
Civil servants like you have also developed a sense of arrogance.
In the same year of Wei Dynasty, he also stroked his beard and said, "Well, what you said is very true. "Poetry. Song of Lu. Palace" says: "The rocky rocks of Mount Tai were captured by Lu State. There were turtles and mounds on the horizon, so Dadong was desolate. As for Hai State,
, Huaiyi came to the same place." Shandong adheres to the rituals and music of the Zhou Dynasty, respects benevolence, ethics, and harmony, and is a "state of etiquette." It is indeed good to name it with the word "Zhou". As for the worries about the praise of the painting
It’s really not a big problem.”
Seeing that even the boss's father-in-law voted in favor, Wen Renjun had no one to say anything. It was just a title, and once it was established, it was established. Is there anything wrong with it?
"King of Zhou? Are you going to be King of Zhou in the future?" Pang Gang was dumbfounded. It seems that the Ming Dynasty already had the title of King of Zhou, right?
When Pang Gang raised his question, Wei Tongnian shook his head and said: "There is no need to worry, sir. The Ming Dynasty did have the title of King of Zhou, but it was just the title of King Zhou Yi, King Hui of Zhou and other vassal kings.
This week is not that week, sir, don’t worry.”
"Well, there is something else to say." Pang Gang was speechless for a while. Is he determined to be the king of Zhou? It seems that the end of the Zhou Dynasty is not very good.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang was about to object, but when he saw so many civil and military officials below looking at him eagerly, Pang Gang's heart moved. Only then did he realize that what mattered was not the name he took, but who he was.
Just asking for some psychological comfort.
Since ancient times, rebellion has always been a high-risk, high-reward profession. Although it is no problem to win the title of prince or marquis if you win, there is only one outcome if you fail, and that is to lose your head. Everyone will follow you with your head. The reason is
What, isn't it just for future glory and wealth? Now it's just for psychological comfort and a name. Does it really matter what you call it? Just call it King of Zhou, just King of Zhou. At worst, our territory will be called Da Zhou in the future.
.
"Okay! Dazhou is Dazhou!" In this way, Pang Gang decided on his name.
On August 1, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Pang Gang officially proclaimed himself King of Zhou in Qingzhou, Shandong, commanding Shandong, Henan, and Hubei, and reorganized and canonized the army and officials.
Pang Gang reorganized the 100,000-strong army under his command. Pang Gang organized the 100,000-strong army into five legions, each with 20,000 men, and each legion had four battalions. Each battalion had 5,000 men, and each battalion had 5,000 men.
Set up five thousand households, and each thousand households have ten hundred households. Each hundred households have two general banners, each with fifty people. Under the general banner, there are five small banners, each with ten people.
, so Xiaoqi is also the smallest unit of the Zhou Army.
The numbers of these five armies are from the First Army to the Fifth Army respectively. However, Pang Gang's lazy numbering is really opposed by everyone. Everyone commented, look at what other people's armies are called: Feilong Army and Xuanwu Army.
.Why are there only one, two, three, four and five left here?
In the end, Pang Gang got angry and glared: "What's the use of those false names? Could it be that giving a mighty name will turn the army into a strong one?"
Uh, okay, you are the boss. You can do whatever you say. In the end, everyone was lured over by the five big cakes thrown by Pang Gang. Finally, Pang Gang made a big move, and the five legions went from the first legion to the fifth legion.
The five leading generals of the legion are Wang Zhi, Huang Chunsheng (Dazhuang), Li Yuan, Cheng Kai and Bin Shiqian. These five people are the first old men to follow Pang Gang, and this appointment was expected by everyone.
No one expressed any objection, but when Pang Gang was about to appoint governors to govern the three provinces, although the officials below pretended to be nonchalant, the expectant looks in their eyes had already betrayed them.
Pang Gang thought for a while, of the three provinces under his command, Shandong was the foundation, and the candidate for governor was naturally Wei Tongnian, a cheap father-in-law. The remaining two governors in Henan and Hubei had to be carefully considered.
After a long while, Pang Gang arrived: "Everyone, I... Before Pang Gang finished speaking, Wei Tongnian stood up and said seriously: "Your Highness, since you have established yourself as king and are no longer an official of the Ming Dynasty, what about you?
You should call yourself the lonely king or the king, and remember not to call yourself the official like in the past."
"Damn, is there such a thing?" Pang Gang nodded helplessly: "Okay, I...I have decided that Wei will continue to serve as governor of Shandong in the same year, and Hua Yan will continue to serve as governor of Henan.
As the governor of Hubei... At this point, Pang Gang paused before continuing: "Let Li Xianfeng be the governor of Hubei!"
"I thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
As soon as Pang Gang's words came out, Wei Tongnian, Li Xianfeng and Hua Yan immediately knelt down on the ground and saluted Pang Gang.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Pang Gang was helpless. He had just proclaimed himself king, and these guys in front of him had become kowtowing bugs, even Wei Tongnian's father-in-law was no exception. In the end, Pang Gang had to say: "Everyone, get up, let's
This... Dazhou doesn't pay attention to this."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!" Wei Tongnian and the other three happily stood up, obviously very satisfied with Pang Gang's appointment.
Everyone had no objection to Pang Gang's words. The relationship between the monarchs in the Ming Dynasty was not as bad as it was after the Manchus entered the country. Scholars in the Ming Dynasty paid attention to the king and ministers co-ruling the world. From this point of view,
In other words, scholars in the Ming Dynasty regarded themselves as people who could jointly govern the country like kings, instead of treating their ministers as slaves like the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Especially Li Xianfeng, he was very satisfied that a courtier who surrendered from the Ming Dynasty could be entrusted with an important task by Pang Gang. Although he also knew that the reason why Pang Gang appointed him as the governor of Hubei was because he currently did not have many available officials, but from now on
From this point of view, Pang Gang is a very broad-minded person, and he will not be suspicious just because he once served as an official in the Ming Dynasty.
After ennobling the governors of several provinces, Pang Gang turned his attention to Wen Renjun again and said with a smile: "Wen Qing, I will make you the prefect of Qingzhou today. I hope you can do things well. Don't betray my trust.
!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wen Renjun bowed deeply to Pang Gang. He also knew that for a person who had just taken refuge with Pang Gang, it was rare for Pang Gang to put him in such a position as the prefect of Qingzhou, and he did not dare to ask for more.
More... The news that Pang Gang proclaimed himself King of Zhou spread quickly, and the whole country couldn't help but uproar. However, Pang Gang's behavior was reviled by countless scholars. Some called him a coward and ambitious, while others called him guilty.
They even called him a rebellious minister and asked the court to send troops to punish him. But what is surprising is that the Ming court, one of the parties involved, uncharacteristically did not express any opinion and just expressed silence.
This shocked many scholars in Ming Dynasty.
In the Imperial Garden of Shengjing Palace
Huang Taiji, who was obese and wore a bright yellow uniform with no hat and a golden rat tail exposed, was strolling in the imperial garden. Next to him was his favorite concubine Dayu'er, also known as Borzigit Bu.
Mbutai.
Different from history. In this time and space, the Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered several ruthless attacks from Pang Gang and suffered serious military losses. It could no longer attack the border of the Ming Dynasty as unscrupulously as in history. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji also had to deal with this.
He was heartbroken. At this time, he looked much older than a year ago. He was not yet fifty years old, and his temples were already gray, and age spots were creeping up his face.
Walking slowly on the path paved with bluestones, Huang Taiji said slowly: "My dear concubine, I have received information that Pang Gang has established himself as king in Qingzhou and has officially broken away from the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Do you know what this means?
?”
Da Yu'er thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, isn't this great? That Pang Gang left the Ming Kingdom, which means that the strength of the Ming Dynasty has been weakened a bit, and Shandong is separated from the territory of the Qing Dynasty by Hubei.
In the Shanhaiguan area, not to mention, since Pang Gang dares to establish himself as king, first of all, the Ming emperor cannot tolerate him, and there will inevitably be a conflict between the two sides. In this way, Pang Gang can no longer pose a threat to our Qing Dynasty."
Huang Taiji smiled bitterly and said, "You, how come your views are exactly the same as those of Daishan and others?"
Da Yuer rolled her eyes and asked curiously: "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
"Your eyelids are a bit shallow after all." Huang Taiji sighed: "From a close perspective, it is true, but don't forget, did Pang Gang come in from the land last time he invaded our Qing territory?
Is that true? He also has a quite powerful navy, and Pidao is in his hands. He can invade the Qing Dynasty from Pidao at any time! Even if Pang Gang wants to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, he is unable to take care of our country at the moment.
Qing, it would be okay if he was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, but if he unified the Central Plains and took over the world, would he let us, the Qing Dynasty, go without control of the entire Central Plains world?"
Dayu'er was silent for a long time, and then said softly: "Your Majesty, who can tell clearly what will happen in the future? I think our Qing Dynasty has gone through countless hardships since Emperor Taizu raised his army with thirteen sets of armor to get to where we are today.
Is this a fluke? No matter how powerful Pang Gang is, he is still a human being, and I don’t believe that there is no way to deal with him. Your Majesty, how about we join forces with the Ming Dynasty to destroy Pang Gang, what do you think?"
"Hehehehe... Huang Taiji was amused and looked at Da Yu'er who was leaning against him.
Da Yu'er, who is twenty-six years old this year, is in the golden age of her life. Her phoenix eyes under her jet-black hair exude intelligence and confidence, and her tall and straight nose shows that her owner is a very independent person.
Huang Taiji smiled and said: "My dear concubine, although you are smart, you take some national affairs for granted. Not to mention whether the country is willing to join forces with the Qing Dynasty to deal with Pang Gang. Even if he is willing, will they let go?
Will the border pass allow us Qing warriors to enter the border? If the Ming Dynasty is unwilling to let go of the border pass, our Qing Dynasty and Pang Gang will be thousands of miles apart."
Da Yu'er said unconvinced: "We don't have to send troops ourselves. As far as I know, the Ming Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of troops in Guanning and Shanhaiguan. We can make an agreement with the Ming Dynasty to allow them to mobilize Shanhaiguan and Shanhaiguan."
Guan Ning's soldiers and horses attack Pang Gang. During this period, our Qing Dynasty will never attack their border. Isn't this enough?"
"Hahaha... Huang Taiji couldn't help laughing any longer, pointed at Dayu'er and said: "Dayu'er, you, you are so naive. Do you think that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are all doing nothing?
Will they do it obediently?"
Da Yu'er also knew that her method was a bit wishful, but out of a woman's nature, she still hugged Huang Taiji's arm and acted coquettishly, "I know that I am stupid and can't compare to you, so please tell me.
, what can you do to deal with Daming and Pang Gang?"
Huang Taiji showed a mysterious smile and said: "You are really right, of course I have a way to deal with them!"
With Huang Taiji's experienced experience, he would naturally not make such a stupid move, but he came up with another poisonous plan... To be continued)!~!
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