Chapter 179: China is rich in emperors this year (5)
South Zhili, Haizhou Prefecture, Huaguo Mountain (also known as Yuntai Mountain)
A large mountain with lush vegetation and strange rocks stands proudly in the middle of the sea against the pounding waves of the waves day and night!
This is the fairy mountain in the sea where the stone monkey Sun Wukong hatched in Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West"! Huaguoshan!
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Huaguo Mountain in Haizhou was not like modern times. Due to long-term sedimentation and the expansion of the coastline, it was finally gradually connected to the land to the west. Instead, it was still as described in "Journey to the West". An island in the sea, separated from Haizhou by a vast ocean.
Just as described in "Journey to the West", the terrain of Huaguo Mountain is rugged and rolling. Even the little bit of flat land is mostly dominated by saline-alkali land and sandy land, which cannot be cultivated. Therefore, except for a few fishermen and one or two extremely dilapidated Taoist temples, there is almost no human habitation. Although this once unknown Huaguo Mountain has become somewhat famous in China due to the widespread spread of "Journey to the West", the tourism industry in the Ming Dynasty cannot be compared with modern times, and the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty were even less suitable for tourism. Mountains play with water, so Huaguo Mountain during the Chongzhen period was still desolate.
However, for the Traveler Group, which uses its maritime fleet as its global mobile force, this island is an excellent base for advancement. The advance can penetrate and influence the entire East China Coastal Plain, while the retreat requires only a small number of ships and marines to ensure the security of the entire island. The towering cliffs on the island can also be used to set up navigation lighthouses and warning posts. Although the island itself is not rich in natural resources, the most critical fresh water for the navy is quite abundant - Huaguo Mountain is full of gurgling streams and springs. , the "Water Curtain Cave" described in "Journey to the West" is not made up.
Therefore, long before Wang Qiu and the others entered this time and space, the Lingao Crossing Group, whose headquarters was located on Hainan Island, sent Lu Wenyuan, who was in charge of northern intelligence work, to build a manor on the island of Huaguo Mountain, called " "Monkey King Village" serves as an information station and merchandise sales transfer station. If the time is right, it can also be transformed into a springboard to launch a northern offensive, similar to Hong Kong Island and Zhoushan during the Opium War.
However, with the intrusion of the Chinese government in the modern world and the emergence of the "Global Chinese Travelers Alliance" in this time and space, the Hainan Island Travel Group's strategy plan was completely disrupted. Since Hua Meng successfully integrated Marshal Chen Xin and his Dengzhou Town Army, which occupied the entire Shandong Peninsula, and had a more ideal springboard for the peninsula, the island base of Huaguo Mountain naturally lost its value and remained idle for a long time. .
Next, on the Huaibei Plain on the other side of Huaguo Mountain, the Ming Dynasty official army, the Wenxiang Rebellion Army and the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty killed each other, staged a wonderful drama of "the mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows" . After a fierce battle, the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties became the final winner. Wang Ke, the once arrogant leader of Wenxiang Cult, was defeated and captured. More than 20 counties in Lianghuai and Huaihe River that were originally occupied by Wenxiang Cult also became The loot of the Qing army.
However, there are also a small number of Wenxiang followers who are unwilling to surrender to the Manchu Tartars. Instead, they support Xu Xin'er, the young daughter of the former leader Xu Hongru, the "Holy Aunt". They managed to embrace the travelers and then gathered thousands of people who refused to surrender. The remnants of the Qing Dynasty continued to defend Haizhou and received a small amount of arms assistance from the Chinese League.
However, these remnants of the Wenxiang Sect are weak after all, and they are just a ragtag group of people. They also lack a foundation in Haizhou. Even a few tentative sneak attacks by a small group of Eight Banners soldiers have defeated the Wenxiang Sect members in Haizhou. He was beaten to a pulp. In addition, the local Jin gentry in Shanghai continued to raise troops to rebel, so much so that they, the remnants of the Wenxiang Sect who rushed to their homes, even lost the crucial Haizhou Port.
Fortunately, the Qing army quickly shifted the focus of its strategy to Jiangnan and did not invest too much energy in Haizhou. Therefore, these Wenxiang cult members who were like useless wood on the battlefield finally got a chance to survive. But in the face of such a critical situation, which was like a candle in the wind, all the incense owners and immortal masters felt that there was no safe place on the mainland, so they sent "Holy Aunt" Xu Xiner to the Monkey King Village in Huaguo Mountain to pray for " The protection of the thieves.
——This "Saint Aunt" is just a loli anyway. In the final analysis, it is just a symbol. No one will take her will seriously. On the contrary, if Xu Xiner is handed over to the "short-haired uncles" as a hostage, it can deceive the down-and-out people like them into getting more help.
Besides, if they really can't stand on the mainland, they can escape to Huaguo Mountain together and make a living with the Holy Aunt.
After research, the Chinese League authorities felt that it was only natural to accept asylum from such a "political ally".
So "Holy Aunt" Xu Xin'er settled down at the Monkey King Villa in Huaguo Mountain, accepted the hospitality of the island owner Lu Wenyuan, and arranged for a teacher to give her lessons.
Next, with a series of changes in the south of the Yangtze River and the collapse of the internal strife between the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the external military pressure on the remnants of the Wenxiang Sect in Haizhou was greatly reduced, and they were able to temporarily under the protection of the "Ausong Court" Watching the fire from the other side. After enjoying such a period of peace, these guys all gave up their thoughts of competing for world supremacy, and just wanted to continue to dominate Haizhou and become kings, living happily day by day.
——Although these remnants of the Wenxiang Sect were so busy that they couldn't even occupy the entire Haizhou. For example, Muyang County, which was close to the inland, was taken by the Qing soldiers. Only with the help of the time traveler fleet, They barely managed to hold on to a small area of land such as Haizhou City and Ganyu County on the seaside, and the fields were generally barren and saline-alkali, so the crop yields were very small. However, they had the largest salt field in the Ming Dynasty at that time, and Wenxiang's followers could make huge profits by selling salt. Coupled with the labor fees obtained from helping travelers recruit Huaibei refugees and transship them out to sea at Haizhou port, Wenxiang's followers in Haizhou have a very comfortable life.
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However, the peaceful life of the Haizhou Wenxiang congregation suddenly encountered a big crisis this spring!
——Their leader, Wang Ke, actually managed to escape from the prison of the Jurchen Tatars. He returned to the Wenxiang Sect’s home base in the north and made a comeback. He created a huge momentum in one breath. Not only did he ascend to the throne again, but he also conquered nearly a hundred people in Hebei. On the territory of the county, the eight-hundred-mile "Mahayana Kingdom" was established in a decent manner!
Originally, what happened in the north had little to do with the remnants of the Wenxiang Sect in Haizhou. After all, there is an entire Shandong Province between the Haizhou City where they are staying and the "Mahayana Kingdom" established by Master Wang Ke in Hebei, plus Dorgon's "Great Jin Kingdom". Not relevant. But the problem is that people's greed is always endless. After the "Mahayana Kingdom" was established in Hebei, leader Wang Ke naturally thought of the old Wenxiang Sect scattered in Lianghuai, and actually sent people south to recruit, hoping to poach The corners of the Qing Dynasty, the Great Jin Kingdom and the "Saint Aunt" of Haizhou. Some people in Haizhou were really confused by Wang Ke's identity as the leader and the title of "Emperor of the Mahayana Kingdom", which led to commotion within this small group.
Regarding this, several independent incense owners and guardians in Haizhou were all very worried. After breaking up for so long, they were certainly not willing to listen to the leader who was thousands of miles away giving orders, and the leader Wang Ke, who was not very broad-minded, might not be able to tolerate these rebellious people.
But the problem is that for the Wenxiang congregation, the leader Wang Ke is equivalent to the status of the Pope of Rome among Catholics. With this "holy aunt" in Haizhou, she is really not qualified to compete with him, let alone Wang Ke. But the leader now also has the bonus of the title of emperor... Although any relatively rational and powerful person will not take the title of reckless emperor seriously, but unfortunately there are still a lot of ignorant people in this world.
At this moment, these guys suddenly heard that the ancestor of the Jin Dynasty who occupied Youyan and Shanxi had a birthday. He actually got the tacit approval of the "Australian bandits" and publicly worshiped heaven and proclaimed himself emperor. For a while, they couldn't help but have their imaginations opened - since that ancestor had a birthday , Wu Xiang and others can become emperors, why can’t our holy aunt become emperor? As long as Xu Xiner becomes the emperor, then both sides will be empires, and it seems that there is no need to worry about the "Mahayana Kingdom" sending people to seduce and "draw sheep"! Of course, in order to reassure the Chinese League, Xu Xiner, after becoming the empress, can continue to live in Huaguo Mountain and never make any random remarks.
As a result, they actually put forward this idea and request to the Chinese Alliance through the island owner Lu Wenyuan of Monkey King Village in Huaguo Mountain.
When the Chinese League received this news, they were really shocked at first, but after thinking about it carefully, they came to a new idea - after all, as the world overlord destined to conquer the earth in the future, then... With the continuous development of the Chinese League's power, there will definitely be many vassal states of various kinds in the future. How to deal with the relationship with these vassal powers is obviously a question that will test the ability of the Chinese League's rulers. Anyway, this kind of thing will definitely happen, so it seems good to simply take advantage of this opportunity to get an emperor to practice his skills first.
——Although it is a bit strange to have an "empire" recognize a republic as its suzerainty...
And it feels even weirder to let a little loli become the emperor in Huaguo Mountain - are you sure this is not a female monkey who wants to become the Monkey King?
In short, the Hua League readily agreed to the bizarre request of the Haizhou Wenxiang congregation to let "Holy Aunt" Xu Xiner ascend the throne and proclaim herself emperor, and undertook the entire proclaiming emperor ceremony. Even the president of the country heard about it and was so amused that he even wrote a canonization document in his private capacity.
Next, a lively ceremony of enthroning the throne and proclaiming himself emperor with loud gongs and drums was organized in Huaguo Mountain, the hometown of Sun Wukong...
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※PS: I was invited to dinner by my relatives today and came back very late. I only wanted to send out these few words. Bar.