In December of the eleventh year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, I traveled to Xi'an.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty just walked around irritably in the South Study Room he had set up in Xi'an. A large map of the situation of the nine provinces of "Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hunan, Chu, Guangdong and Guangxi" was spread on the floor of the south study room. A group of well-dressed ministers knelt beside this picture of an increasingly grim situation, including Wang Fuchen's in-laws Jia Hanfu and Li Lan who had come from afar.
Kangxi's face was livid and he looked extremely angry. He clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to eat someone alive.
And Li Lan was still there crying and complaining about the crimes of the rebellious officials and traitors in Guangdong. He seemed to have forgotten that he was once a great warlord who controlled half of the Huizhou mansion (half-share with Zhu Guozhi)!
"Your Majesty, everything is in chaos in Guangdong and Guangxi! What was originally the territory of the imperial court has now become the territory of rebels and vassal towns! Zu Zeqing, Sun Yanling, Ma Xiong, and Guo Yi have accepted Wu Ni's pseudo-posts, and they have all They are rebels!
Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao, Shang Kexi, and Shang Zhixin are not good people. They all support their own troops and separatist forces. They regard the court's territory and the army as their own private property. In order to grab money and territory, they will do anything!
First, Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao seized the Xiangshan, Xinhui, and Xinning controlled by the Shang family by attacking the Haoao Portuguese who colluded with Wu Sanwei and Aobai, and also took advantage of the sea trade. Then he evened out the land in Xiangshan, Xinhui and Xinning counties, trained rural troops, and privately reformed the official system to control the local area.
Then Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixiao joined forces with Zhu Guozhi and their slaves to take advantage of Wang Fuchen's western expedition to Sun Yanling and Zu Zeqing to attack Xiangshan and Macau. As a result, slave Shang Zhixiao's soldiers could not defeat Wang Zhongxiao's three-county township army in Guangdong. Xiaolan Ferry at the junction with Shunde failed miserably!
Servants, slaves are guilty, and slaves are just like Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao, Shang Kexi, and Shang Zhixin. They were deceived by lard and became the governor of a feudal town who ignored the national calamity and only focused on grabbing money and territory. The slaves deserve to die! "
Kangxi was already very angry - he was now in a hurry by Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng, two steady old immortals, and the Shaanxi-Gansu and Huguang fronts were in urgent need! The troops are stretched thin and cannot cope with it at all. And these two bastards Wang Fuchen and Shang Kexi both have tens of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of them! Wouldn't it be easy for them to unite and take down Sun Yanling, Zu Zeqing, and Ma Xiong?
As long as Sun, Zu, and Ma are taken care of, Guangdong and Guangxi can mobilize at least 50,000 troops, and the situation in Huguang will be reversed immediately.
Once Huguang was firmly controlled by the imperial court, even if Wu Sangui captured the entire Gansu, he would not be able to escape defeat. But now Wang Fuchen and Shang Kexi not only refuse to help the court fight against the rebels, they also start fighting themselves!
"Your Majesty, your servant Jia Hanfu wants to take a copy of Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao and his son!"
Although Jia Hanfu, the governor of Shaanxi, was a local official, after Kangxi stationed in Xi'an, he also obtained the qualification to "walk in the South Study Room". He could go to the South Study Room to participate in Emperor Kangxi's "General Suppression Conference" with the accompanying bachelors and Hanlin bachelors. "Yes.
At this moment, he had a heartbroken look on his face and was crying to impeach his father-in-law.
"Why do you want to impeach Wang Fuchen?" Emperor Kangxi asked angrily.
"Your Majesty, my servant wants to impeach Wang Fuchen, which will delay the military and harm the country." Jia Hanfu said, "Wang Fuchen had already surrounded five or six thousand people from the traitor Zu Zeqing's men in Yong'an Prefecture City, and was about to annihilate them in one fell swoop. However, because his son Wang Zhongxiao's territory was attacked by King Pingnan's troops, he withdrew the siege of Yong'an Prefecture. As a result, Zu Zeqing survived the desperate situation and went all the way north. Now he has broken into Yongzhou, Hunan, and is about to fight Wu Niguo. Your troops have joined forces at Baoqing Mansion!"
Hearing what Jia Hanfu said, Kangxi, who was already about to explode, became even more angry. His face turned blue and white, and he stood there staring at the blocks on the map in Yongzhou, Hunan, with "Zun" written on them. A small wooden sign with Chinese characters - a small wooden sign symbolizes an army of one thousand people. Of course, it is only a rough number or a random guess.
Zu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief, originally had only 2,000 troops, but he has been rebelling for a long time now, so his team must have expanded. When Wang Fuchen sent troops to attack Gaozhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture, he reported that Zu Zeqing had 10,000 troops. Later, it was reported that three to four thousand ancestor troops were eliminated in Gao and Lei's two mansions, and finally five or six thousand were surrounded in Yong'an Prefecture. Now these five or six thousand have all fled to Hunan!
These are not the ordinary five or six thousand green camp soldiers, their backbone are the second and third generations of Guan Ning cavalry passed down by Zu Dashou!
Although the number of people will not be too large, only about a thousand at most, the combat effectiveness of the five or six thousand troops supported by the backbone of this thousand Guan Ning is not comparable to the ordinary five or six thousand green battalion soldiers.
Hunan already had Wu Guogui's army of nearly 30,000 (estimated), Li Zicheng's army of 20,000 to 30,000 (guess), and now Zu Zeqing's army of five or six thousand was added. The total strength of the Wu and Li coalition forces should be six Is it all right?
The imperial army in Hunan only has 10,000 new green battalion troops, the governor of Hunan, the admiral of Hunan, and several green battalion soldiers in charge. The total number of troops cannot exceed 30,000.
Sixty thousand versus thirty thousand, and those 60,000 were Guan Ning and the intruders joining forces!
No matter how you look at it, the situation in Hunan cannot get any better!
Then Kangxi turned his attention to Guangdong. Then he saw a bunch of wooden signs placed on the Guangdong site!
Wang Fuchen and Shang Zhixin, the two loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, both had a lot of troops!
Wang Fuchen had 15,000 Green Camp New Army troops, Kong Sizhen had 5,000 troops, and Wang Zhongxiao had 20,000 Guangdong Township troops. Add one yuan to 40,000 troops!
Forty thousand!
In fact, Shang Zhixin's military strength is not weak. There are still 8,000 Wan'er 8,000 bannermen under the banner, and 4,000 green battalions on the left and right wings. Guangdong's Fu Biao and Du Biao together can still pull out three or four. Thousands of people, Chao Town Liu Jinzhong, Shun Fan (Xu Shun Gong) Shang Shuying (Xu Shun Gong Shen Rui's adoptive mother), Raoping Wu Qifeng (son of Wu Liuqi) all have troops, and there are also some other miscellaneous green camp soldiers. , there are not forty thousand but also thirty thousand or several thousand.
Adding together the troops on both sides, there might be 80,000. If 60,000 of them could join the Hunan battlefield, the situation in Hunan would immediately reverse and become greatly beneficial to the Qing Dynasty.
But now these 80,000 troops who clearly belong to the Qing Dynasty are confronting each other, and a war is about to break out. Do you think Kangxi can not be angry?
However, the three bastards Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao, and Shang Zhixin still couldn't beat or scold them.
Because no matter how hateful they are, they are still ministers of the Qing Dynasty!
If Kangxi wanted to fight them, he didn't have the extra soldiers to fight them. If he wanted to scold them, and if he got annoyed by the scolding, he really took refuge with Wu Sangui, or he might just become the emperor himself, then these tens of thousands of troops would be the enemies of the imperial court!
Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi had no choice but to suppress his anger and cast his eyes on Wang Zhongxiao's mentor Nalan Mingzhu, "Mingzhu!"
Mingzhu looked frightened. When she heard Kangxi calling his name, she quickly responded: "I'm here!"
"You are Wang Zhongxiao's teacher, tell me what should I do?" Kangxi asked, "Why did I end up with such a loyal minister?"
"Your Majesty, I failed to teach my students well. I am guilty!" Mingzhu was sweating all over his face. He was anxious, afraid and hateful now. He originally thought of having a party fight with Suo'etu, but now what? I have no thoughts and my mentality is about to collapse.
"Guilty?" Kangxi's face darkened, "I don't want to know whether you are guilty or not, what I want is a solution!"
"Your Majesty, what can you do?" Mingzhu asked.
"What can you do? What can you do?" Kangxi glared at him, "I want the trust of Monk Wang Zhongxiao to stop the war and make peace, and send troops to Hunan together to share my worries. Do you have any method?"
"Yes," Mingzhu said, "but I think it's inappropriate to do so."
"What's wrong? If you have a way, please tell me!" Kangxi became interested as soon as he heard it.
Mingzhu sighed: "Your Majesty, you must forgive my innocence, and then my servant dares to speak."
"I forgive you for not being guilty, tell me now!"
"Your Majesty," Mingzhu said, "the current situation in Guangdong is that two tigers are competing for food. One Guangdong cannot accommodate two tigers! Both the Wang family and the Shang family want to take Guangfu as their own! If the Emperor wants to mobilize the troops from Guangdong to go north, then We can only transfer one of Wang and Shang’s families to Changsha, Hunan to take charge!”
"What?" Kangxi almost vomited blood at Mingzhu's suggestion, "Wouldn't Changsha just send it out?"
"Your Majesty," Mingzhu said, "Changsha is probably lost in the current situation. If one of the Shang and Wang families can enter Changsha, it can at least ensure that Hunan will not be taken by the bandits. This territory in Hunan is in the hands of the feudal town. , is it better than being in the hands of the rebels? As long as the rebels can be defeated, the disaster in the feudal town can always be solved slowly. Otherwise."
Otherwise the Qing Dynasty will be over!
Kangxi turned back and looked at Suo'etu, "Suo'etu, what do you think?"
Suo'etu frowned and was thinking hard. When he heard Kangxi's question, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, I want to ask Mingzhu who should be transferred out of Guangdong?"
Mingzhu said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that Wang Fuchen and his son be transferred out of Guangdong!"
"Is it possible?" Suo'etu asked, "Now the father and son have the upper hand. Are they willing to give up the fat that is about to reach their mouths?"
"Then, let the Shang family go north." Mingzhu said again.
"The Shang family has been severely damaged in the Battle of Xiaolan, and Shang Zhixin has become the person in charge of the Pingnan Palace inexplicably. Will it be effective to transfer his family to the north? In addition, once the Shang family leaves, Guangdong will all have the surname Wang. Got it!"
"Suo'etu, then, who do you want to transfer to the north?" Kangxi couldn't help but ask.
Suo'etu said: "Your Majesty, I have two suggestions. One is for the imperial court to mediate the dispute between Wang and Shang and divide the territory between their two families and the other families so that they can each maintain their own territory and live in harmony; the other is to mobilize the king's ministers to go north to help. Xiang, served as President and Minister of Daying, Changsha."
"Then why don't we send Wang Fuchen to the north?" Mingzhu interjected.
"Yes!" Kangxi also said.
"No," Suo'etu said, "Your Majesty, my slave's intention is to first set up a number of vassal towns in Guangdong and Guangxi, divide the territory for them, and then Wang Fuchen will lead the coalition forces of the two vassal towns in Guangdong and Guangxi to go north."
Kangxi asked: "Suo'etu, how many vassal towns do you want to establish in Guangdong and Guangxi?"
"Let me think about this," Suo'etu said, "Pingnan Wang's family, Xushun Gong's family, Chaozhenzhen's family, and Dingnan Wang's family. That's the four families! Wang Fuchen gave him the title of General of Guangdong. In addition, Wang Zhongxiao seems to be a person of his own, right?"
Kangxi looked at Li Lan.
Li Lan nodded quickly: "Yes, Wang Zhongxiao's soldiers are called Guangdong Township Army, which is not the same as Wang Fuchen's new army."
"Then give him a town," Suo'etu said, "so there will be six towns in Guangdong and Guangxi! In addition, the servant also heard that Sun Yanling was furious because Wang Fuchen put a big green hat on him. He is not rebelling against the emperor, but Wang Fuchen. Why not try to recruit him and make him a general in Guangxi.
In addition, Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi, can also try to recruit people and give him a town. In this way, the two Guangxi and eight vassals were competing for supremacy, and the court had nothing to worry about. "
"Okay!" Kangxi clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Suo'etu, you are indeed my loyal minister. Then who can go to Guangdong and Guangxi to persuade peace and division of vassals?"
"My slave is willing to go!" Mingzhu took the initiative to ask for orders.
"I am also willing to go!" Jia Hanfu, the governor of Shaanxi Province, also asked Kangxi for an order.
"Your Majesty," Suo'etu said, "I suggest that Hong Shiming, Mingzhu, and Jia Hanfu go to Guangdong and Guangxi together."
Kangxi glanced at Shaanxi Governor Jia Hanfu and Mingzhu, nodded and said: "I leave it to you and Hong Shiming to make peace between Guangdong and Guangxi."
Mingzhu and Lao Jia quickly kowtowed and led the order.
Kangxi nodded and said: "Okay!"
Suo'etu suggested: "In addition, I think the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the admiral of Guangdong should still be retained. After all, the imperial court cannot be without someone who can speak and manage affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi."
"That's right!" Kangxi said, "After the separation of Guangdong and Guangxi, the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and the vassals and tribunals of Guangdong and Guangxi are indeed no longer needed, but the governor must be retained. But where should this governor's office be placed? Shaozhou? Huizhou?"
"Guangzhou!" Suo'etu suggested, "Your Majesty, my slave suggested that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi be stationed in Guangzhou, and the Admiral of Guangdong be stationed in Shaozhou! And Shaozhou Prefecture should be the place directly under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Admiral of Guangdong. The city of Guangzhou is jointly managed by all parties! "
"Okay! Let's do it!" Kangxi breathed out, "As for the selection of the governor, let the governor Zhu Guozhi do it! Li Lan, you still want to be the admiral, and let that Chen Shikai be the commander-in-chief of Shaozhou!"
"This slave accepts the order!" Li Lan quickly kowtowed and thanked him.
Kangxi went on to say: "I don't think there is anything wrong with the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty. Without the support of the feudal towns, the Tang Dynasty would not even be able to put down the Anshi Rebellion! Now Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng are the Anshi Rebellion of the Qing Dynasty. As long as these two thieves can be put down , I can not only give up Guangdong and Guangxi, but also the four provinces of Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, I can also give them away and turn them into vassal towns! I am willing to give up my territory. As long as the people below can make meritorious deeds, I can reward them with the territory. , so that their children and grandchildren can enjoy it endlessly!
Li Fei, Du Lide, Xiong Cilu, and Chen Tingjing drafted the decree according to my wishes, and I want to announce it to the world! "
The bachelors, Hanlin bachelors, Jia Hanfu, Li Lan and others present heard Kangxi's statement and had to admire Kangxi's flexibility!
They took out Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan in one go to grant vassal status to reward the meritorious officials. Now the military leaders, big and small, should work hard, right?
Now Guangdong and Guangxi are preparing to seal eight vassals. If Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are all sealed, how come there are ten or twenty vassals?
This cake is so big and plentiful!
Kangxi's "strategy of drawing a cake to seal the feudal vassal" was soon known to Wu Sangui, who was in the middle of winter across the Qinling Mountains. Although the heavy snow had blocked the road, it still could not stop the soldiers sent by Wu Sangui to cross the mountains and escape from Xi'an. Go to Hanzhong.
However, His Highness the King of the West, the President of the Revival of the Ming Dynasty, is not most concerned about what tricks Emperor Kangxi, the "little enemy", is going to use against him. In his opinion, it is only a matter of time before he takes over Gansu and enters Guanzhong.
Kangxi could not resist his current method of "leaving Qishan" in a steady and step-by-step manner. Besides, Wu Guogui was also very successful in Huguang. He had recently joined forces with Zu Zeqing. It is estimated that he would be able to win the treasure in a short time. Qingfu, followed by Changsha and Hengyang. Wu Yingxiong's strategy of "a bear hits the Central Plains and a single bear is astonishing" is also being prepared intensively!
All in all, the situation is great!
The only thing that makes people a little worried is Li Zicheng who appears from nowhere!
This Li Zichengdu has been dead for many years, why did he suddenly come back to life again? Although Wu Yingxiong had already reported to him that this was a strategy, Wu Sangui was still not at ease. So Wu Yingxiong, who was in charge of Kuimen, and Wu Shifan, who had returned from Hunan, were asked to rush to Hanzhong day and night to report the situation to the old man.
Will this Li Zicheng succeed?
And what kind of fame are those Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao doing in Guangdong and Guangxi?
(End of chapter)
