"Your Majesty, the ministers who discuss government affairs, the ministers who lead the bodyguards, the Grand Master and the Prince's Tutor, and the first-class Duke Ao have arrived to pay their respects."
As Fatty Duolong's sonorous voice rang out, brothers Kangxi and Fuquan in the South Study Room next to Qianqing Palace gave each other encouraging looks - we are good men of Aixinjueluo, and we are not afraid of rebellious ministers like Ao Bai. A thief!
After making eye contact with his brother, the little Emperor Kangxi took a deep breath, calmed down, tried his best to squeeze out a bright smile on his pockmarked face, and then shouted: "Xuan!"
Then I saw the curtain at the door of the South Study Room being lifted up, and a strong man who was quite rare among Manchus walked in with big steps. The way he walks looks so arrogant and domineering, he has no superiority!
The one who walks so domineeringly is of course the No. 1 Batulu Aobai Ao in Manchuria. Although this old man is almost sixty, his body and bones are still strong. His old face is full of flesh and a white beard like a steel needle. His two eyes are always staring, looking at everyone viciously. But he, an old thief, cannot be compared with Dorgon Duo Ama, who is a submissive Ama! And he was still a slave of Emperor Kangxi, so when he saw Kangxi, he had to kneel down and prostrate himself, shouting loudly: "Slave Aobai, please give me your blessing!"
Although he shouted "Holy greetings", his voice was not submissive at all. It sounded like thunder. He was so arrogant and domineering!
Although the little Emperor Kangxi hated Oboi in his heart, his pockmarked face smiled as if it were blooming. He smiled and said: "Master, please get up, Xiao Guizi, bring a chair to the master, and then serve tea to the master." .”
"Hey." Xiao Guizi, the personal eunuch who was with Kangxi, responded and waved to the three little eunuchs guarding the south study. The three little eunuchs slipped out quietly. After a while, two of them One eunuch brought a chair for Master Ao, and the other eunuch held a tray with a tea bowl on it. The Grand Master's chair was placed behind Ao Bai, and the tray was placed in the hands of Little Guizi's father-in-law. Little Guizi personally brought it to Ao Bai and said diligently: "Grand Master, please sit down and have some tea."
Oboi didn't show any pretense to Kangxi, so he sat down on a chair. He felt a little thirsty, so he took the tea bowl and took a big sip.
At this time, Kangxi smiled and asked Obei: "Master, it's so hot today. Is there anything important that you need to do when you enter the palace in the afternoon? If it's nothing important, just leave it to the meeting of kings and ministers for discussion. )... I still want to fight with King Yu for a while longer!"
Hearing Kangxi talk about fighting crickets, King Yu Fuquan immediately acted like an actor, took out a bamboo tube containing crickets and started playing with it.
When Obai saw the little emperor looking hopeless, he felt a little disappointed. I think that when my old master, Emperor Taizong, was about the same age as today, he had already helped Lao Khan take care of the housework, and managed the daily affairs of the family and the financial revenue and expenditure in an orderly manner, especially in terms of money, and the false accounts were done flawlessly... ..Neither Lao Khan nor Zhu Beile could see anything was wrong. But what about today? Just know that fighting crickets, shooting rabbits and doing some weird arithmetic problems are not good at all.
Thinking of this, Ao Bai sighed and took out a memorial note from his sleeve pocket. Wang Fuchen sent his men to send it to Beijing day and night - the memorial to Kangxi was also sent together. The rules and memorials of the early Qing Dynasty There is no need to go through the post office to send messages and invitations, just send them directly to family members or subordinates.
"Your Majesty, take a look at this." As he spoke, Obai handed the invitation to Xiao Guizi, who in turn gave it to Kangxi.
Kangxi took out Wang Fuchen's invitation from the envelope and pretended to read it. The contents of the notice were similar to those in the memorial. They both said that Wu Sangui had recently expanded his army crazily, and had incorporated all his subordinates, including the feudal army and Ding Yu from the Green Camp, into the army and stepped up their training. He also said that Yun and Gui's vassal army and green camp soldiers were short of food and pay, and their number of soldiers was insufficient, and their hearts were floating. There were still remnants of Ming Dynasty in the army who were deceiving people's hearts. It was only thanks to King Pingxi's power and grace that the situation was barely maintained...
After reading the notice, Kangxi asked with confusion: "This report from Wang Fuchen has arrived at the Grand Master's side. Where is his memorial? Why haven't you seen it? Duolong, has the guard stall received it?"
"Your Majesty," Fatty Duolong quickly replied, "The box of Wang Fuchen's memorial was delivered yesterday. My servant personally delivered it to the South Study."
"What?" Kangxi was stunned, "Is there such a thing?"
Next to him, Eunuch Gui quickly pointed to a pair of memorials placed on the imperial desk in front of Kangxi and said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed true. At that time, you were in a hurry to shoot rabbits, so you asked your servant to open the box first, take out the memorials and put them away. On the table."
"Is there any?" Kangxi looked surprised.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to look for you." Xiao Guizi said.
"Look for it quickly, look for it quickly."
Xiao Guizi responded and pretended to look through the pile of memorials. Sure enough, she pulled out a memorial and handed it to Kangxi with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is it."
Kangxi took the booklet and took a look. Yes, it was the one he had just stuffed in!
"It's true..." Kangxi smiled awkwardly, "I was negligent. Fortunately, the Grand Master was here, otherwise it would have been a mistake! By the way, Grand Master, this Wang Fuchen said that Wu Sangui supported his troops and respected himself. He also said that without Wu Sangui suppressing the people below, there would be trouble... This is inconsistent! What does it mean? Is this Wu Sangui a loyal minister or a rebellious minister? "
He is indeed a child...
After listening to Kangxi's words, Ao Bai smiled gently: "Your Majesty, Wang Fuchen's meaning is very clear, that is, Wu Sangui has more money to support his troops!"
"You want more money?" Kangxi frowned deliberately, "He has been asked to withhold money from Yunnan and Guizhou, and the court subsidizes him three million taels a year. Why is he still not satisfied?"
"Your Majesty," Ao Bai said with a smile, "Yunnan and Guizhou are both poor places and cannot bring out much oil and water. In the process of pacifying the southwest, Wu Sangui did recruit many soldiers and horses from Can Ming, Li Chuang and the Western Bandits. Although we only gave him We have given him 30,000 to 40,000 troops, but the number of people he needs to place is more than 100,000. The military expenditure of 3 million taels a year is indeed not enough."
Kangxi frowned deeply, this Obai actually helped Wu Sangui to speak! Are they accomplices?
Thinking of this, Kangxi asked again: "One hundred thousand soldiers seems to be a lot...Grand Master, will this Wu Sangui rebel?"
Ao Bai smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I can't tell whether Wu Sangui will rebel. After all, Wu Sangui has one hundred thousand troops and commands Tiannan. It's not surprising that he has a disobedient heart. But as long as this servant is here, we can't The Qing Dynasty is not afraid of Wu Sangui's disobedience. If he dares to rebel, my servants will lead their troops to destroy him!"
Kangxi asked: "Master, are you going to attack Wu Sangui?"
Ao Bai shook his head: "Your Majesty, hasn't Wu Sangui rebelled yet? When the late emperor named Wu Sangui King of Pingxi, he made an agreement to rule Tiannan for the rest of his life and rest with the country. Now Wu Sangui has been destroyed before his generation is over. It’s too chilling. Now Wu Sangui just wants money, just give him some more.”
You are the same party!
Kangxi was so angry!
Add money? That's my money! Do you want to share them all?
Although he was angry, Kangxi could remain calm and calm, which is called being indifferent to emotion and anger.
Kangxi, who looked calm, then asked Oboi: "Grand Master, how much should we add to him?"
"Add a few hundred thousand," Obai thought for a while and said, "Wu Yingxiong sent someone to the slave's house yesterday to inform him that his third brother Wu Guogui left Yunnan more than two months ago, and there is another one. It will take ten days and a half to arrive in Beijing. At that time, I will personally go to talk to Wu Guogui and strive to control the total military expenditure allocated to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces by the imperial court in the eighth year of Kangxi within 3.5 million taels of silver. "
Kangxi sighed, his face full of helplessness: "Hey, three and a half million, just three and a half million... Anyway, I have a lot of money in the Qing Dynasty! Grand Master, I'll leave it to you to take care of this matter ”
"This slave accepts the order." As Oboi received the order, he thought in his heart: The Emperor is indeed still a child. It seems that the Qing Dynasty has to rely on me, a loyal minister who has grown stronger and stronger...
