Beijing, Forbidden City, Cining Palace.
This is the residence of Bumu Butai, the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. This Aunt Bu is the Empress Xiaozhuangwen in history, but she is not Empress Xiaozhuangwen yet because that was her posthumous title after her death. Today, Aunt Bu's most formal title is the Empress Dowager Rizhaosheng. This is the title given to her by the emperors Shunzhi and Kangxi. Shunzhi gave her the title of Empress Dowager Rizhaosheng. After Kangxi came up, The Empress Dowager became the Empress Dowager. She was older and heavier... She had transformed from a Mongolian aunt with big shoulders and round waist to an old Mongolian aunt with a broad heart and a fat body.
Although she is senior and has a good weight, Aunt Bu's real power has little room for improvement. This is because the current Qing Dynasty does not have the rule of the Queen Mother hanging the curtain, so when Shunzhi came to the throne at a young age, Dorgon and his brothers were the regents and discussed the affairs. After Shunzhi's death, it was Kangxi's turn to become the little emperor, and four ministers who took care of life, including Obai, Sony, Suksaha and Ebilong, were appointed to assist the government. I originally thought that these ministers from the two yellow flags and the white flag were all slaves of the Aisin Gioro family. They were incomparable to the princes who owned the flags like Dorgon, Azige, and Duduo, and they would always be more honest. But who knew that among the four auxiliary ministers who cared about their orders, there would be another Obai who was good at power and deceiving the emperor!
Now the young emperor Kangxi has obviously taken charge of the government, and Oboi still holds the real power in the court, and there are a lot of party members around him. Without his nod, the young emperor can only take care of trivial matters.
This Ao Bai...does he want to be "Ao Ama" like Dorgon?
Thinking of this, the aunt let out a long sigh, squinted her pair of little eyes that Duo Ama loved most, and looked at the Qing child Huang Aisin Gioro Xuan Ye who was walking around irritably in front of him. Xuan Ye is actually still a child. He is not tall, a little thin, has a small nose, small eyes, and a pockmarked face. His appearance is really not flattering. Plus, he wears a set of plain blue clothes for daily use. There is not much majesty of the emperor.
Kangxi was only fifteen years old now, and only fourteen and a half years old. He was still a minor in later generations. Even according to the standards of the Qing Dynasty, he was not considered an adult. But Kang Mazi couldn't resist "hard work". At a young age, he was already a national leader with many things to do, and he also had six wives and a son. He was a proper "winner in life" - a winner who was born to win. .
Although he was born with hemp, he himself is still very motivated, otherwise he would not have been so hasty at the age of thirteen (one year old) that he ordered his ancestor-in-law, Sony Shangshu, to ask him to follow Shunzhi at the age of fourteen. (Also thirteen years old) Following the custom of pro-government, he personally came out to lead the Qing Dynasty.
But the problem is that the little emperor Kangxi has obviously taken charge of the government, but the ministers in the court still obey Oboi's instructions and ignore the little emperor Kangxi.
In order to show his authority, not long after Kangxi took office, Obai and his gang members punished Suk Saha, another minister who cared about life, for twenty-four major crimes. After "tired days", Kangxi was forced to agree to hang Suk Saha and kill his clan.
After killing Suksaha, no one inside or outside the court dared to contradict Obai, because everyone saw Suksaha's fate. The child emperor can't even save the life of a minister like Suk Saha who cares about life. Who dares to mess with him?
Therefore, from the time when Kangxi took charge until now, the real power of the Qing Dynasty is still tightly held in the hands of Obai.
If this situation were replaced by the three child emperors Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong, they would probably be fine. But after all, Kangxi was a child who worked very hard, and it was impossible to lie flat. Power must be regained, and to seize power, he must rebel against Batulu, the number one in Manchuria.
But it is not easy to rebel against Obei. The current Kangxi does not even have a decent "rebel". Apart from Aunt Bu, the only one who can conspire with him is Suo'etu, the uncle of Queen Hesheli. , Mingzhu, a bachelor of Hongwen Academy who was once the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Kangxi's brother, Prince Yu Fuquan.
These few people are now in the main hall of Cining Palace, standing on the side with bowed hands, and all of them are looking at their little sage Kangxi with a sad face... It seems that their "antipathy" is not Good!
Outside the main hall of Cining Palace, Aunt Bu's personal female officer Sumala Aunt and another aunt named Zhang Xiaoyu were nervously watching the movements around them. If there was any sign of trouble, they had to report it quickly.
Fortunately, Obai didn't pay much attention to the child Emperor Kangxi now, and he didn't spend too much energy to monitor Kangxi and Aunt Bu. So Kangxi and the others could still plot rebellion in Cining Palace with confidence!
"Mama Huang," the little child Huang Kangxi suddenly stood still, looked back at Aunt Bu, and said in his duck voice that was in the process of changing his voice, "didn't you always tell your grandson that Ao Bai was here? Wu Sangui, Shang Fortunately, don't Geng Jimao and the others dare to act rashly? But Wang Fuchen's latest secret information said that Wu Sangui has been crazy about expanding his army recently. He has as many as 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and they have also stepped up their training of soldiers and horses. They also reviewed the three armies outside Kunming a few days ago! What do you think he wants to do? Is he about to rebel soon? Can we send Oboi to destroy him?"
It would be a good idea to send Ao Bai to destroy Wu Sangui!
This Obai is the number one Batulu in Manchuria, and he is very capable of fighting. Wu Sangui is not bad either. He has been marching and fighting all his life, and he has countless elite soldiers and generals under his command. The fight between these two old men will definitely be good. By then Kangxi will be able to sit firmly in the Jinluan Palace in Beijing and seize all the power of Obai step by step.
Aunt Bu did not answer Kangxi's question immediately, but turned her little eyes to Suo'etu, "Suo'etu, what do you think?"
Suo'etu hurriedly walked to Aunt Bu, lifted up his official robe and knelt down. Then he said carefully, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I think Wu Sangui made such a move just to get more military expenses from the imperial court." , not to be contrary. In recent years, the imperial court has deducted a bit too much from Wu Sangui's military expenses. It is probably because he was forced to be anxious, so he put on a posture of supporting the troops and respecting himself, so that he could get more in this year's military expenses discussion. Point your chips."
Aunt Bu looked at Mingzhu again and asked with a smile: "Mingzhu, what do you say?"
Nalan Mingzhu, who was dignified in appearance and elegant in temperament, also quickly picked up her robe and walked out and knelt down in front of Aunt Bu. "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I thought that Wu Sangui dared to show his support and self-respect, but he was sure that Obai did not dare to leave Beijing. . Nowadays, there are not many veteran generals left who have led soldiers in the court. In addition to Obai, there are Obai's two younger brothers Mulima, Zhuobutai and Prince An. I'm afraid Mulima and Zhuobutai He is no match for Wu Sangui. Prince An is in poor health and cannot go out to lead troops, so... I think that Oboi will finally comfort Wu Sangui."
Prince An Yue Le was one of the few remaining generals in the royal family, and he was originally a figure who could compete with Ao Bai. However, because Emperor Shunzhi probably suffered from smallpox before his death, he once wanted to pass the throne to Yue Le, an outstanding prince among the Aisin Gioro clan. This made Yue Le miserable. Not only did he not become the emperor, but he also became the number one plague god in Beijing... Fortunately, Yue Le himself knew what he was doing. After Kangxi came to the throne, he hid at home and pretended to be sick. Ao Bai would not look for any misfortune on him, but he would not let him go out to lead troops to fight in public or private matters.
Without Yue Le, and Ao Bai unable to leave the center, there may not be any general who can "definitely win" Wu Sangui in the Qing Dynasty today.
Mingzhu paused and continued: "The Empress Dowager, I even think that Wu Sangui and Ao Bai may be colluding in private!"
Kangxi snorted, stared at Mingzhu with his small eyes, and asked in a majestic tone: "Mingzhu, do you mean that this old slave Ao Bai is raising a bandit to respect himself?"
"The Emperor's Holy Might."
Kangxi snorted again: "After I deal with Obai, I will deal with Wu Sangui, an old thief from the southwest!"
Mingzhu and Suo'etu trembled when they heard Kangxi said that he wanted to take down Obei. Only Emperor Kangxi's brother, Prince Yu Fuquan, who was only fifteen years old this year, stood up bravely and said loudly: "I, Fuquan, would like to accompany the emperor to capture him." Kill the traitors and eliminate the traitors!"
"Okay!" Kangxi cheered loudly, and then glanced at the forehead picture and the pearl with a cold gaze. The two men also quickly lowered their voices and expressed their opinions: "I am willing to follow the emperor to capture the thieves and eliminate the evil, and bring peace to the world! "
Kangxi was overjoyed when he heard this. He now had three confidants, Fuquan, Suo'etu, and Mingzhu, plus an old woman named Bumu Butai. What else could he fear about Obei?
Just when he thought of this, a clear but trembling female voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty... Master Ao has entered the palace!"
