Chapter 181: China is rich in emperors this year (7)
In short, no matter how weird the system is and how hilarious the name is, the "Great Holy Kingdom" of Haizhou was officially born on the Flower and Fruit Mountain.
However, for the travelers, the successful completion of the "Great Holy Kingdom" in Haizhou is not the end of troubles, but only the beginning of troubles.
Because the vassal forces that the Chinese League currently has in mainland China are not limited to the remnants of the Wenxiang Sect in Haizhou.
For example, leader Su, who led the Taihu Twelve Link Water Bandits Group, couldn't help but feel itchy after learning about the establishment of the "Great Holy Kingdom" and the proclaimed emperor of the Wenxiang Sect, so he also sent an envoy to prepare a message. Hou Li came to Phoenix Villa in Hangzhou and said in a roundabout way that although his power and achievements were not great, they were at least no worse than the remnants of the Wenxiang Cult in Haizhou. Could he also be given the title of emperor so that he could be more famous?
In addition, there are some more established vassal forces. After learning the news about the Great Holy Kingdom of Haizhou, they all started to think of being independent.
——After the establishment of the Global Chinese Travelers Alliance, it not only united the various traveler groups scattered around the world in the late Ming Dynasty, integrating most of the travellers in this time and space, but also gave them all their original vassal forces. Received it.
Those vassals located on other continents, such as the Araucán Indian city-states in South America that are attached to the East Coast Republic, and several black chiefdoms in Africa, can be left aside for the time being. But the Hainan Island Lingao Crossing Group, to be precise, is General Huangshi, the "clear-hearted" Fujian commander of the Ming Dynasty. In the past few years, in order to support the bandits in self-respect, they have fostered dozens of uprisings in the mountainous areas of western Fujian and southern Jiangxi. The army cannot be completely ignored.
At present, the Chinese League's actual control area in Fujian is limited to the coast, the vast inland mountainous areas of western Fujian, and the mountainous areas of southern Jiangxi further west. With the collapse of the Ming Empire, they were all divided up by various peasant rebel armies. . Because these rebel armies were blocked by mountains, they did not belong to each other and were scattered. Each occupied a small territory in a county or several towns, and then designated the territory as king. Naturally, there are many arrogant people among them who dare to clamor to be enemies of the Chinese League, but there are also many people who are aware of current affairs and have established a line with General Huangshi very early. Some have even established a long-term cooperative relationship for six or seven years. .
Now I heard that the "Ausong Court" arranged for Haizhou's Wenxiang Sect to ascend the throne as the emperor. These "Kings from Kunshan" were surprised that the emperor could also be canonized, and they also shouted unceremoniously and asked for a bowl of water. Duan Ping - No matter what, we have shed our blood and sacrificed our lives for you, Australia and Song Dynasty. Why do you treat the newcomers of Wenxiang Cult in Haizhou so favorably and actually create an "empire" for them? ! So we also demand equal treatment! ! !
Commander Huangshi was naturally distressed by such an outrageous request, but it seemed that it was not the way to employ people if he insisted on favoring one over the other without any reason. After all, people in this world have always been worried about inequality rather than scarcity. So, after Huang Shi hesitated for a while, he sent a report to the Chinese League, asking whether he should allocate some reward materials, or issue some medals or honorary titles, to appease these old guys a little. The result of the discussion at the Hua League headquarters was a bunch of blank documents for the canonization of the emperor, plus a box full of unengraved jade seals: Anyway, the land of China is already overrun with emperors, who of you wants to call it Just call yourself emperor! We will check everything here!
Of course, the Chinese League will not take care of trivial and troublesome and expensive matters such as the proclaiming of the emperor ceremony and the enfeoffment of hundreds of officials. You can just mess around on your own!
Therefore, after receiving the approval from the Chinese League Headquarters, like wild dogs in the mountainous areas of western Fujian and southern Jiangxi, more than twenty "empires" of various sizes appeared in an instant, and even the country names overlapped with each other. Famous... Among them, there are both "righteous" According to the "regular procedures", the "King Emperors" who were legally canonized by the Chinese League, but more often they were Caotou kings who followed the trend and proclaimed themselves emperors: In the past, these bandit leaders or copycat village owners felt that they were too weak and were embarrassed. Proclaiming himself emperor is afraid of being laughed at. Who would have thought that the lame old sea dog on the opposite mountain would actually become the emperor? Wouldn't he be a lot shorter than his old enemy in terms of status? Nothing to say! Hurry up and organize a flowing banquet ceremony to proclaim yourself emperor! He can be the emperor, why can't I?
Next, when Zhang Xianzhong, the emperor of the "Big Meng Kingdom", led his "Meng Army" to continue the southern expedition from Nanchang, he was surprised to usher in a coalition army led by five emperors. As a result, the two sides fought in the upper reaches of the Gan River. A vigorous "Battle of Six Emperors" took place, and the fighting was extremely brutal. In the end, the three emperors of the coalition forces died in the battle, the southern Jiangxi coalition army was defeated and collapsed, and the "Cute Army" from the north also suffered heavy losses and had to take the initiative to retreat.
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However, the outbreak of emperors in the bandit dens in the mountainous areas of western Fujian and southern Jiangxi was not the end of the trend of proclaiming emperors in the seven years of Chongzhen.
In fact, after the Ming Dynasty collapsed and China's political situation fell into unprecedented chaos, there were countless heroes everywhere on the land of China ready to make a move. As the number of emperors in China multiplied rapidly like a malignant tumor, more and more reckless heroes began to have wild imaginations. For example, under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty in Luoyang, Henan, a major treason incident occurred: There was a village named Liu in the local Funiu Mountains. The leaders of several villages seemed to be extremely bored. After a long conversation, they decided to To establish an empire, he elected the oldest man in the family to be the emperor. The emperor declared that the top of the hill and hundreds of acres of nearby hillside land to be the territory of the Han Empire. After that, he slaughtered two goats and set off two firecrackers to "reward the ministers." Then a guy with hundreds of lords appeared from the top of the hill. Hou, general, minister, the worst one also got a fourth-grade official.
In fact, this matter was not a big deal at first. Due to the long-term war and drought, there are so many bandits in Henan these days, and semi-independent forces based on families like Liujiazhai in Funiu Mountain are everywhere, and the government Most of the requirements for them were to collect some taxes, and even though these guys were crowned emperors and appointed officials, there were no "big court affairs" for them to deal with. In the end, they were still farming the land and tending the sheep. So it wasn’t until a month later that a county government official accidentally heard a relative from the countryside talking about this matter as a joke. At that time, the government official didn’t think it was a big deal, so he casually relayed the incident to his colleagues as a joke. Finally it fell into the ears of the county magistrate.
However, the county magistrate was well aware of the political seriousness of this matter. He was frightened when he heard it: a "Han Empire" actually emerged under his rule. Is this really a big deal? Immediately, an urgent official document was issued and delivered to the capital at starry night. At the same time, he organized an "army" of more than fifty people from government officials and minzhuang to go up the mountain to crusade. A few days later, he successfully arrested dozens of officials including the emperor, princes, dukes, and ministers of the "Han Empire" , and immediately escorted Luoyang to offer prisoners. As for His Majesty Wu Xiang, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty in Luoyang City, he was first shocked by a highly polished official document: When did a "Han Empire" appear around him? ! Then I discovered to my dismay that this was just a group of old farmers playing house with nothing to do...