"Shikai, eat quickly! I heard from Xiao Yinzi and Xiao Baozi that you have liked the dishes in the imperial dining room since you were a child. When you were a child, you often sneaked into the imperial dining room to eat with Xiao Baozi and Xiao Yinzi. What's going on now? Lost your appetite?"
"Your Majesty, slave, I'm just so happy to have dinner with the Emperor, slave. Wow."
"Datou, why are you crying just after eating? It is a great honor for others to accompany the emperor to eat, and it is called giving a banquet. But you are the emperor's own, this is a family banquet today, don't be so formal."
"嗻"
In the Hanyuan Hall on Yingtai Island, a large table of delicacies has been placed at this time, and the only people enjoying this table of delicacies are Kangxi, Fuquan, Jieshu, Kong Sizhen, Geng Jingzhong, Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao, Cao Yin, Eight people including Dr. Le.
This is Emperor Kangxi giving banquets to Jieshu, Geng Jingzhong, Wang Zhongxiao, Wang Fuchen and others to practice!
These few are all loyal (final) ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and they are the kind who work hard!
In order to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty (end of the Qing Dynasty), I didn’t even bother to celebrate the New Year, so I had to go out to the capital to find Zhu San, guard Fujian, and train the new army. Among them, Jieshu, Wang Zhongxiao, Cao Yin, and Imperial Physician Le were four of them. On a trip out of Beijing, you have to do two jobs. One is to go to Suzhou to find Prince Zhu. This is to "find", not to "catch"!
After "finding it", we had to present Emperor Kangxi's imperial edict to invite the third prince Zhu to go to Beijing to enjoy the blessings. However, the third prince's family was not blessed. He contracted the plague and died in Suzhou, so Kangxi could not be blamed.
Kangxi was a good emperor, but Zhu San died of the plague because the Ming Dynasty had run out of energy!
The second task of the four of them is, of course, to send Geng Jingzhong to Fujian to become the feudal lord. Geng Jimao has been ill for a long time and should be dying. Even if he can't die for a while, he can be dragged to Beijing to die. If he really doesn't want to Come on, isn't there Dr. Le here?
In short, Geng Jimao's feudal lord has done his job and must give up his position to Geng Jingzhong, Heshuo's son-in-law who is more loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Wang Fuchen was alone again. He went to Tianjin Station to help Emperor Kangxi train troops!
The execution ability of Emperor Kangxi is truly unparalleled. Things that were only finalized in September are now in full swing in mid-October.
The Governor's Office of Zhili has recruited more than ten thousand civilians and is working day and night on both sides of the canal in the Xiaozhan area to build barracks. The governors of Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Zhili provinces all received Mingfa orders and began to recruit soldiers for the Green Camp New Army. The first batch of young men who were recruited have now arrived at Tianjin Wei's military camp.
The two military training ministers, Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong, had also handed over their original official positions, and each led their trusted officers and more than a thousand soldiers to Beijing from their bases.
Wang Fuchen himself worked very hard. In these days, he selected the location of the new army camp, formulated the new army camp system, and collected materials from everywhere to piece together a set of training regulations (drill code) for the horse, infantry, and artillery armies. Kangxi himself was also very talented in military affairs. He first found Nan Huairen, a Jesuit missionary who had been imprisoned and almost beheaded when Obai was in power, to help him design and cast artillery. Then he used his brains and directed a group of palace painters to create several army formation diagrams and sent them to Wang Fuchen and Yue Le, so that they could practice according to the formation diagrams.
Wang Zhongxiao has already studied these formation diagrams, and they are really good. Every little figure is vivid. Moreover, the combination of horse, infantry, and artillery in the picture is quite reasonable. If placed on flat ground, it would be really difficult to fight. I must send a copy to Wu Sangui later and let him study it carefully.
As for Jieshu and Geng Jingzhong, they are all ready in the past few days and can leave for Fujian at any time - Prince Kang Jieshu and Prince Jingnan Prince Geng Jingzhong are actually Kangxi's insurance for Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian.
Jie Shu went south this time with the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners, and not just one or two, but a full two thousand Eight Banners troops!
If there were any changes on Wu Sangui's side, Jieshu would not return to Beijing after he sent Geng Jingzhong to take office. Instead, he would lead 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers to sit nearby in Fuzhou and mobilize elites from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces to support Guangdong and Guangxi.
At the same time, Kangxi also made arrangements in Shaanxi, Gansu and Huguang. The Governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, Moro Luo, and the General of Xi'an, Warka, both arrived in Beijing a while ago. They had already apologized to Kangxi for sending Obei to flatter him. They had also deposited money in Fuquan's Ruixin Hall and received Kangxi's forgiveness. . Kangxi also ordered them to set off with the two thousand and eight banners to reinforce Shaanxi and return to Shaanxi to take over the defense of Gansu and Shaanxi.
In addition, Kangxi also appointed Sun Sike, the former Liangzhou Commander-in-Chief, as the Admiral of Gansu, and Chen Fu, the former Chongqing Commander-in-Chief, as the Admiral of Shaanxi, and ordered them to rectify the Gansu and Shaanxi green camps as soon as possible.
In terms of Huguang, Kangxi also made corresponding arrangements. On the recommendation of Suo Etudi, Cai Yurong, a former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a member of the Zhengbai Banner Han Army, became the governor of Huguang. And the number of governors of Huguang Governor was increased from the original 3,000 to 5,000. At the same time, Kangxi also planned to increase the number of Eight Banners stationed in Jingzhou in the near future and establish the position of Jingzhou Garrison General.
However, Kangxi did not strengthen the defense in Sichuan and Guizhou, two provinces that were greatly influenced by Wu Sangui, nor did he immediately send Dingnan Gege Kong Sizhen to Guangxi. In other words, while Kangxi strengthened the defense against Wu Sangui, he also There is a lot of buffer space left between Wu Sangui.
It was obvious that he still wanted to resolve Wu Sangui peacefully.
The way to peacefully resolve Wu Sangui is, of course, to exchange Xiao Wu for Lao Wu! In order to cooperate with the action of "Xiao Wu replacing Lao Wu", Fujian's Geng Jimao and Guangdong's Shang Kexi had to take the first step, oh, change first. The two of them have to set an example for Wu Sangui, and at the same time, let the lackeys of King Pingxi take a look. The only one the emperor wants to replace is Wu Sangui!
Today's Yingtai banquet is mainly held to cheer up the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty who are carrying out the grand scheme of "exchanging young for old".
Where is this Yingtai Island? That was the place where Emperor Guangxu retired. Thinking about Guangxu's fate that year, how could Wang Zhongxiao not be excited or unhappy? Can you not pretend to be grateful?
After all, he was just an eighteen-year-old young official, who had risen to the third rank as if on a rocket, and had the favor of accompanying the emperor to dinner.
This favor has exceeded that of many old officials who have been wandering in the officialdom for many years. Can you not shed tears of gratitude?
If he had not dedicated himself to serving the country and the people, and had done many things that deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors, Wang Zhongxiao would have wanted to just lie down and not work hard.
Since he didn't dare to lie down, he had to continue to accompany Kangxi in the drama of benevolence and loyalty. While wiping his tears, he picked up unknown vegetables with chopsticks and stuffed them into his mouth.
Emperor Kangxi liked this very much. He nodded with satisfaction and turned his attention to Wang Fuchen. Wang Fuchen didn't cry, he just greeted Kong Sizhen, and Kong Sizhen kept flirting with Wang Fuchen.
However, the performance of this couple also made Kangxi very satisfied - there is no doubt about Kong Sizhen's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Fuchen's soul was half taken away by Kong Sizhen. Are you still afraid that he will not work hard to help the court train new troops? ?
After he has completed his military training, he can go south to Guangdong and Guangxi with Kong Sizhen to live a happy life!
Thinking of this, Kangxi coughed and said to Wang Fuchen: "Fuchen!"
"The slave is here!" Wang Fuchen immediately broke off eye contact with Kong Sizhen, stood up and knelt down to Kangxi.
"Sit, sit down. This is a family banquet, so there is no need to be formal." Kangxi smiled and waved to Wang Fuchen, asking him to sit down again, and then said in a lower voice, "Fuchen, there must be a battle between me and Wu Sangui! Although Wu Sangui Living in a corner, his available military and financial resources are extremely limited, but he must have been preparing for many years to rebel against the Qing Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty!" Wang Fuchen said, "I have been in Yunnan all these years, but I have seen Wu Sangui, an old thief, preparing to rebel. Starting from last year, this old thief's preparation speed has obviously accelerated, and the number of soldiers and horses under his command has almost expanded to 100,000. The number of troops given to Prince Pingxi and Yunnan by the imperial court was only over 30,000!"
Kangxi nodded, "So I have to step up my preparations, otherwise I will be caught off guard when Old Thief Wu is ready!"
"Your Majesty!" Wang Fuchen first said a compliment, and then started to brag, "As long as you give me another year and a half, I will definitely train 30,000 elite soldiers for the Emperor, and then I will take them to level the ground for the Emperor. Come to Yunnan!"
"Secretary," Kangxi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Although you are loyal and brave, you are still a little unintelligent! I am not in a hurry to invade Yunnan, and neither is the Qing Dynasty. I have the whole world, and there is only one old thief Wu. Yunnan, and maybe Guizhou. But these two provinces are not rich places and have small populations. So as long as I can block Wu Sangui in Yunnan and Guizhou, I will be sure of victory.
As long as my new troops in the six towns are trained, I can further tighten the encirclement of Yunnan and Guizhou, deploy heavy troops in Guangxi, Sichuan and Hunan, and then I can order people to escort Wu Yingxiong to Yunnan to take the vassal throne.
Although Wu Sangui has made many disobedient actions in recent years, as long as he is willing to hand over the vassal affairs to Wu Yingxiong and come to Beijing to retire, I can still let the past go. Pingxi Yifan can still be passed on! "
While Wang Zhongxiao listened to Kangxi's words, he thought in his heart - Kangxi really has some talent! His arrangement was actually quite methodical. He was not in a hurry to enter Yunnan and Guizhou and decide the outcome in one battle. Instead, he laid out a step-by-step and steady strategy for encirclement and suppression.
"I understand," Wang Fuchen said with a smile, "I must live up to the emperor's trust and trap Wu Sangui among the high mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou, but..."
After "but", of course, there are conditions!
Kangxi was also a sensible little emperor. When he heard the word "but", he didn't wait for Wang Fuchen to finish the rest of his words and said with a smile: "But what? You want money, a house or land, tell me, I There’s nothing wrong with that.”
This style is okay!
Wang Fuchen said with a smile: "Your Majesty really knows what I like about this slave. There are many people in my family, so I need to earn more property for them. But what I want to ask for from your Majesty today is not money and land, but for I have done the Emperor's errands well, and I would like to ask the Emperor to grant my three requests."
Kangxi nodded: "Tell me, what are the requirements?"
Wang Fuchen said: "Your Majesty, my first request is to transfer a few people to my side to help."
Kangxi asked: "Who is there?"
"The slave wants to transfer six people including Shao Lingzhi, Cai Yuan, Bai Guangyong, Gong Rongyu, Huang Jiuchou, and Li Shiying. Among these six people, Shao Lingzhi, Cai Yuan, and Bai Guangyong are all deputy generals, and Gong Rongyu and Huang Jiuchou are staff generals. Li Shiying is a guerrilla. They all have an old relationship with slaves and are currently serving in Shaanxi-Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan."
Kangxi nodded: "That's right! I'll go back and write a note. I want those military attachés to be made clear about their deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrillas. I'll ask the Ministry of War to help you make arrangements."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Wang Fuchen finally said, "The slave's second request is for Shao Lingzhi, Cai Yuan, Bai Guangyong, and Li Shiying to recruit 4,000 men from Shaanxi and Gansu to come to Beizhili together. It's not that the slave dislikes Zhili, The soldiers recruited from Henan, Shanxi, Shandong and other provinces are of no use. Instead, Gansu and Shaanxi are barren, and poor mountains and rivers have produced elite soldiers since ancient times! And by recruiting four thousand more new soldiers into the camp, the slaves can eliminate more unusable soldiers. And some people After being laid off, the remaining people will work hard and work hard.”
Kangxi smiled and said: "Okay, that makes sense. You really know how to train soldiers. I'm sure about this!"
"Your Majesty, my third request is for my old friend, Bashan, the former magistrate of Guyuan who is being elected in Beijing, to be the magistrate of Zhaoqing, Guangdong."
"What?" Kangxi was stunned. "You want to transfer a civil servant to be the prefect of Guangdong?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Fuchen said, "A slave does not want to exercise power, but to quickly establish a foothold in Guangdong and Guangdong in the future. To gain a foothold in Guangdong, a slave must also have a reliable person in the local area. There must be at least one The prefect of Zhaoqing is obedient and easy to control. Zhaoqing is the residence of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Let Bashan Gang go to Zhaoqing earlier to set up a front station, so that when the slave takes office, he will have no worries."
In fact, the arrangement for Bashan Gang to go to Zhaoqing, Guangdong, to be the prefect was a way of developing the Reform Society discussed by Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao. To engage in "New Confucianism" in Guangdong, there needed to be a reliable person to help open schools and serve the batch of students from Jiangnan. The "great scholar" you recruited!
"It makes sense!" Kangxi nodded, "I have approved Wang Fuchen. I have approved all three of your requests!"
Wang Fuchen hurriedly thanked him and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty has agreed to my request, and I feel confident in my heart. In two years at most, Guangdong and Guangxi will be considered as safe!"
Kangxi nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! Wang Fuchen, you have trained your troops well in the past two years, and I have also prepared well. After two years, I will be free to deal with Wu Sangui. If he knows better, he will hand over the feudal affairs and Ao Bai, he honestly came to Beijing to retire, I can still tolerate him. Otherwise, I will use the elites from the six towns as the main force to attack Yunnan and Guizhou from three directions: Sichuan, Hunan, and Guangxi. And I am not in a hurry to win, I I will fight him every step of the way for the camp. I have the world, and I don’t believe I can’t defeat Wu Sangui!”
Wang Zhongxiao felt relieved after hearing what Kangxi said. Because he knew that it was impossible for Wu Sangui to hand over Oboi! Ao Bai has turned into ashes, how can Wu Sangui hand him over? Since we can't hand over Oboi, we can only take Oboi with us to rebel!
Kangxi lowered his tone again at this time: "However, I will not show weakness to Wu Sangui in the past two years! Because if I show weakness, the old thief will definitely take advantage of it. The evil villains from all over the Yangtze River will also have this intention. It was a fluke. This time Wu Sangui married his daughter to the third prince Zhu who went by the pseudonym Wang Yongkang, and also asked this third prince Zhu to return to Suzhou to take charge. It was probably because I was afraid of him and did not dare to touch his daughter or son-in-law! But I just wanted to touch him His tiger’s butt! At the same time, I also want to show the gentry in Jiangnan who still remember the former dynasty that I am not afraid of Wu Sangui, it is Wu Sangui, an old man, who is afraid of me!"
At the end of Kangxi's words, his tone was full of murderous intent! It seems that he is really not afraid of Wu Sangui and Zhu San. Oh, he has not seen "The World is Gong Lun" yet, nor has he heard anyone singing the impassioned "Song of Datong", otherwise he should know that his murderous intention is there. In front of Prince Zhu, who has already understood the secrets of the art of rebellion, it is nothing at all.
And when he heard that Kangxi wanted to touch Wu Sangui's butt, Wang Zhongxiao knew that it was time to kneel down - the little pockmarked emperor wanted to "touch" Wu Sangui's butt, and his senior official had to help! Otherwise, how can you touch it?
As for the misunderstanding, Wang Zhongxiao of course had to find a way. He had to make this misunderstanding even bigger!
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely go here." Wang Zhongxiao put down his chopsticks and lay on the ground and said, "I will help the Emperor invite the Third Prince Zhu to come to Beijing to enjoy his blessings. I will definitely let the Third Prince Zhu know that Your Majesty is the best Emperor in history. Let alone the third prince, even if his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang comes, he can only serve the emperor as an obedient citizen!"
Kangxi smiled and said: "Wang Datou, how can you flatter me? Zhu Yuanzhang is very capable. I am still a little worse than him."
"Your Majesty," Wang Zhongxiao continued, "Zhu Yuanzhang's ability is great. He can conquer the world with just one bowl at the beginning. But now, under your rule, the world is at peace, the weather is smooth, the people are living and working in peace and contentment, and no one is begging for food. Zhu Yuanzhang If he were born today, he would probably go to school and take the exam to become a scholar."
"Hahaha!"
This time the flattery was in place, Kang Mazi laughed loudly, "Wang Datou, you are right, as long as the people under my rule have food and clothing, how much trouble can Wu Sangui and Obai cause?
Jieshu, Wang Shikai, Cao Yin, Dr. Le! "
"The slave is here"
Several people whose names were called knew that Kangxi was going to deliver an oral edict, so they quickly knelt down in front of the child emperor.
"You guys pack up and leave for Jiangnan as soon as possible!"
"This slave accepts the order!"
(End of chapter)
