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Li declared himself to be of imperial status on June 3, 1644, but abandoned the city the following day, taking most if not all of his men, and a vast wealth of loot, off to the west. The Manchus entered the city two days later, and placed the young son of [[Hong Taiji]] on the throne, naming him the [[Shunzhi Emperor]], and in so doing claiming themselves the legitimate ruling imperial dynasty of China.
Li declared himself to be of imperial status on June 3, 1644, but abandoned the city the following day, taking most if not all of his men, and a vast wealth of loot, off to the west. The Manchus entered the city two days later, and placed the young son of [[Hong Taiji]] on the throne, naming him the [[Shunzhi Emperor]], and in so doing claiming themselves the legitimate ruling imperial dynasty of China.
Following the Qing conquest of Beijing, Wu continued to lead armies in support of their conquest of the remainder of China. In [[1662]], he pursued the last claimant to the Ming throne, the Prince of Gui, into Burma; after the Prince was taken hostage by the Burmese king, he was turned over to Wu, who brought the Prince into [[Yunnan province]], where he executed the Prince and his son, bringing an end to any potential restoration of the Ming Dynasty. Once the Qing subjugated the southeast, Wu and a few other Han Chinese generals were given large areas in [[Guangdong province|Guangdong]] or neighboring provinces to hold as their personal fiefdoms.<ref>Spence, 42.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 32-33.
*Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 32-33.
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