"Your Majesty, I think Abu Nai and Burni are not very reliable."
As soon as Abu Nai and Burni left Cining Palace with Duduo's third son, Dong Edong Beile, who served as imperial minister in Beijing, the Queen Mother was immediately reminded to be careful about Abu Nai and Burni.
He realized that Abu Nai and Burni were not good people, and he himself was not a good person either. He was the father-in-law of Emperor Kangxi and the chief minister of the bodyguard, Gabra.
Bumbutai pressed his forehead with his hand and sighed: "Of course I know that Abu Nai and Burni are going to rebel. The direct descendants of the Golden Family and the heirs of Dayuan Khan are damned if they can be trusted. Now this rebel is really over the top. More and more are coming!”
"The Empress Dowager, since you knew they were going to rebel, how could you retaliate?"
Bumbutai snorted coldly: "I know even better that Abu Nai and Burni are not Wu Sangui, Wang Fuchen, and Lin Dan Khan! They also don't have the ability to control or even summon 50,000 Mongolian cavalry. That's why I recruited five for them. Thousands of Mongolian cavalry came to the capital to listen to Yin's decree.
With the prestige of the direct lineage of the Golden Family and my decree, they were able to recruit tens of thousands of Mongolian men from the territories of the Chahar Eight Banners and the Xilingol League, Zhaowuda League and Ulanqab League!
However, it will take a lot of time to recruit tens of thousands of strong Mongolian men. Don’t we have time to recruit people? And when Abu Nai and Burni gathered the number of people, they did not have enough money to buy people's hearts, or even feed them for a long time, so they could only lead this group of people with inconsistent hearts, poor training, and poor equipment. Wuhe came to Beijing to die! "
At this point, Bumbutai's voice suddenly turned cold: "When we severely punish King Chahar's soldiers in front of tens of thousands of Mongolians and cut off the heads of Abu Nai and Burni, they Only the tens of thousands of Mongolians brought here can truly be used by us!"
In the Cining Palace, they accompanied the old lady to meet with Abu Nai and Burni, some ministers who stayed in Beijing and Guanyin Bao who had just been sent to Beijing by Kangxi. Only then did they understand the sinister thoughts of the old lady.
Sure enough, he is an old evil man of the same generation as Huang Taiji and Dorgon!
"Fuquan!" The old evil man Bumubutai suddenly shouted to King Yu Fuquan who was stunned by what she just said and had not yet recovered.
"Mother Huang, what are your orders?" Fuquan, who had reacted quickly, walked out with his robe and knelt down in front of the old lady.
"How many available troops do you have on hand? Can you deal with 50,000 Mongolian cavalry?" Bumbutai asked.
"This." Fu Quan was asked by the old lady and immediately looked worried, "Huang Mama, most of the powerful Eight Banners troops in Beijing, including the able-bodied Bao Yi, have been transferred to various places to serve as soldiers.
Nowadays, all banners in Beijing have few available people under their yamen, leaving only the old and the weak to make up the numbers. If you don't count the guardsmen who guard the Forbidden City, the only ones available in Beijing now are the 5th Green Battalion under Zhang Yong and the recruits trained by Zhao Liangdong and others in Fengtai. A total of 13,000 to 4,000.
Oh, by the way, three thousand people from Tianjin Wei, Tongzhou and Tianjin Customs Road, including tax collectors, boatmen, and coated foreign slave soldiers, should also be able to pull out. "
Three thousand green camps. If the paralytic didn't take too many vacancies, there should be two thousand people, right? Ten thousand domestic slaves, this number should be enough. God knows whether they can be beaten? Coupled with one or two thousand local ruffians and thousands of lustful people, it seems to be quite a mob. The soldiers are led by a paralytic, a loan shark and a lusty Portuguese soldier. Oh, just Zhao Liangdong looks a bit like him.
The old lady is still calculating in her mind using her Mongolian mathematics!
The more you calculate, the colder your heart becomes!
Seeing the old lady's sad face, Guanyin Bao, the minister in charge of the bodyguards, suddenly had an idea. He remembered where there were elite soldiers, and quickly stood up and knelt down to the old lady, "The Empress Dowager, my servant Guanyinbao knows that there is still an elite force available in the bodyguard department. , there are about a thousand of them, they can be used as elite cavalry, and they are also very good at hand-to-hand combat!"
"Your Majesty the Guard?" The old lady was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Gabra, the head of the Guard Division.
"No, no!" Gabra shook his head, "The elite of the guard department asked the emperor to take them to Xi'an, and most of them were sent to lead the troops."
"Yes," Guanyin said, "Sir, you have forgotten that there is a right wing below Shanpu Camp, which has been stationed at Mount Wutai."
This Guanyin Bao refers to the right-wing soldiers of Shanpu Camp sent by Kangxi to Mount Wutai to protect the great monk Shunzhi.
The left wing of Shanpu Camp was now Kangxi's personal soldiers, and they all followed to Xi'an, and their number increased from 300 at the beginning to 1,000. All of them are good men selected from the Eight Banners disciples and the upper three banners! Moreover, they are well-equipped and well-trained, and everyone is proficient in wrestling, cheating horses, and shooting black guns!
As for the right wing of the Shanpu Camp led by Li Sixing, there was a shortage of temple gatekeepers. The Eight Banners disciples and Baoyi slaves who had the means were unwilling to go, so Kangxi could only lower the standard and let people from other households under the Five Banners More than a thousand strong men were recruited from the treasury of Xin Zhe, the account holder, the Bao Yiren and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
However, when the right-wing soldiers of Shanpu Camp were recruited, the Qing Dynasty was still in peace and prosperity, and the Eight Banners disciples were still prosperous. In addition, Xin Zheku also recruited a new batch of "Ao Party sinners", so those who were selected were still Strong and strong.
And these powerful things seemed to be forgotten later, left at the foot of Mount Wutai and ignored for several years.
"They have been in Mount Wutai for several years, can they still fight?" Bumubutai frowned and asked casually, "Can Li Sixing train troops?"
Of course she has not forgotten the right wing of the Shanpu camp. But she has to think carefully about whether to use them now.
"Yes!" Guanyin said, "I passed by Mount Wutai once last time when I followed the emperor to Xi'an. This time I passed Mount Wutai again. Both times, I paid careful attention and found that the more than a thousand good warriors in Mount Wutai were captured. The training is quite good. Although they are not very good at wrestling, they are all proficient in bow and horse, and can be used as elite cavalry."
Bumu Butai muttered: "Then Li Sixing is somewhat capable."
Guanyinbao shook his head: "As far as I know, the right-wing soldiers of the Shanpu camp were trained not because of Li Sixing's ability, but because there were many Aobai party members selected from Xin Zheku. Those who are more capable of fighting can serve as the backbone.
In addition, there are more than a dozen monks with strong martial arts in Qingliang Temple in Mount Wutai. It is said that they were the bodyguards of the late emperor. They became monks to pray for the late emperor after his death. After they became familiar with Li Sixing, they helped Li Sixing transfer martial arts and equestrian skills to Shanpu. Soldiers on the right wing of the camp. "
"And there's this matter." Bumbutai smacked his lips and frowned even more. After thinking for a while, he sighed, "It's getting more and more lively! Guanyinbao, you and Sumala are together." Let’s take a trip to Mount Wutai and bring this Shanpuying right wing back to Beijing!”
When the old lady Bumu Butai was gathering troops everywhere and preparing to have a fight with the prince of the Chahar family, the atmosphere in the "Geng Wangzhuang" in Fuzhou City was also very strange.
Mingzhu, who has already had the experience of being rebelled, can almost smell the smell of rebellion permeating the air in Fuzhou City. Yes, that's the smell!
However, Mingzhu, who had already suffered a lot in Guangzhou, did not dare to expose Geng Jingzhong to his face at this time - he had already been jailed once in Guangzhou and did not want to go to prison in Fuzhou again.
Moreover, there is no Wang Shikai here in Fujian (really?). If he really goes in, there may not even be a person to save his life.
But after all, Mingzhu was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. Although he was a little greedy, his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty was no less greedy, so he had to find ways to ruin Geng Jingzhong's good deeds.
But what clever tricks can Mingzhu think of now?
Just when he couldn't think about it, his good servant Zhang Wu came over with a smile and two greeting cards and a gift list.
"Master, this is a greeting card from the two Hanlins in your hometown."
"Are you in the Hanlin Academy?" Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up, "Li Guangdi, Chen Menglei?"
"Master, you are really clever, it's the two of them!" Zhang Wu said with a smile, "These two families are rich people in Fujian. Have you met them?"
"See you there!" Mingzhu immediately ordered, "Quickly, please invite them in!"
He didn't invite those two people to meet because of bribes from Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei, but because he knew the loyalty of Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei!
Both of them were Jinshi in the ninth year of Kangxi's reign. Because they did very well in the examination, one was ranked second in the second class, and the other was also ranked very high, so they were both selected as Shujishi - that is, they entered the Hanlin Academy to study as officers. Official, basically means further study in D school. After the completion of the further study period, both of them passed the examination and were awarded the Imperial Academy editorship.
For the Han civil servants in the Qing Dynasty, they were truly "educated" if they were awarded the Imperial Academy!
After being "employed", of course I have to take time off to go home and visit my family!
Previously, they were rushing to take exams, further studies, and "taking exams." These top students have not returned to their hometowns to be filial sons for several years! Therefore, under normal circumstances, after being awarded the title of editor and becoming a formal employee of the Hanlin Academy, they would take family leave.
Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei rushed to take exams together, went to high school together, studied together, and took the exams together. Now they naturally took leave together to visit relatives in Fujian.
But unfortunately, after returning to Fujian, within a few days of being a filial son, the world was in chaos, and they even smelled the "revolting smell"!
Geng Jingzhong, the vassal king who guards Fujian, is rebelling!
There were three main things that made them realize that Geng Jingzhong wanted to rebel.
A prophecy about "the emperor's clone and the ear fire" is being spread everywhere in Fujian Province!
Doesn't this "prophecy" mean that Jingnan King Geng Jingzhong is some kind of "emperor's clone"? The clone of the Emperor is also the Emperor!
Moreover, "Geng" is not a popular surname, and his ancestors have never served as emperors. It is not a "royal surname" like "Liu Tianxia, Li Banbian". Why do ordinary people pass on the clone of the emperor with the surname Geng?
It’s obvious that Geng Jingzhong created it himself!
The second thing that convinced Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei that Geng Jingzhong was going to rebel was that Geng Jingzhong actually sent someone to ask them, two editors of the Hanlin Academy, to serve as counselors!
Are you kidding me?
The editor of the Hanlin Academy was a counselor to the vassal king. Wu Sangui didn’t even have an editor of the Hanlin Academy now!
Although Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao in Guangdong established a reform school and recruited many Confucian scholars, they were all unorganized Confucian scholars. No matter how famous they were, they were still in the opposition.
As for the editor, that is the "preservation prime minister"!
The fact that Geng Jingzhong can make such a request shows that he no longer considers himself the vassal king!
The third thing that convinced Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei that Geng Jingzhong would rebel was yesterday at the dock in Min County, where monk Geng Jingzhong hugged and cried. Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei wanted to come to Fuzhou to flatter Mingzhu. , have also come to Fuzhou Prefecture, and yesterday they were standing on the dock with a group of local officials. What kind of behavior is Geng Jingzhong doing? Can they not understand it?
Two local Hanlins in casual clothes were quickly brought into the study of Mingzhu's residence in Fuzhou City by Zhang Wu. They were Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei.
There were no people in the study. After Zhang Wu brought the people there, he left by himself. There was not even anyone serving tea, only Mingzhu, a great scholar, sitting there with a gloomy expression.
Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei both recognized Mingzhu and knew that Mingzhu understood etiquette and were willing to talk about etiquette with the Han scholars below. Looking at this posture now, she also knows that Mingzhu has noticed Geng Jingzhong's conspiracy and wants to have a secret meeting with them!
So they both lifted up their robes and gave Mingzhu a salute.
Mingzhu waved her hand and asked the two of them to stand up, then pointed to the two chairs next to them, "Jin Qing, Zezhen, sit down and talk."
Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei thanked them, took their seats, and then looked around again.
"There are no outsiders here," Mingzhu said. "There are people outside guarding you. If you have anything to say, just say it! Is Fujian going to change? Geng Jingzhong also wants to imitate Wang Fuchen?"
Li Guangdi shook his head: "I'm afraid it's more than that! King Geng is already the king. If you just want to govern a few prefectures in Fujian, how can you change the world?"
Chen Menglei sighed and said: "Yes, if only Fujian changes, it will be nothing more than the second Guangdong. But King Geng's heart is much bigger than that of Wang Zhijun!"
Mingzhu became even more nervous.
He originally thought that Geng Jingzhong had the same thoughts as Wang Fuchen, that he wanted to be the king of Fujian. When Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei reminded him, he remembered that Geng Jingzhong was already the prince!
If you just want the territory of a few provinces and become a real feudal lord, just apply for the land from the above list!
The emperor could agree to Wang Fuchen and Kong Jiqing's separatist rule in Guangdong and Guangxi, but how could he not agree with Geng Jingzhong's separatist rule in Fujian? Anyway, Fujian can’t pay many taxes a year.
If Geng Jingzhong felt that the Qing Dynasty was no longer reliable, there was no need to break up, just give Wu Sangui another watch. Anyway, it was just a hedging bet!
At this point, Kangxi could only turn a blind eye or close one eye.
For Geng Jingzhong, hedging his bets is the safest way. No matter what, there is always a prince who can be his. And if he only bets on one side, if he loses the bet, there will be no outcome.
And if you win, you will become a king, so why are you bothering?
"He wants to be the emperor?" Mingzhu couldn't believe it. "He, Geng Jingzhong, also wants to be the emperor?"
Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei nodded.
"Why should he be the emperor?" Mingzhu almost laughed in anger, "Why should he be?"
"Ming Xiang, have you forgotten that Geng Jingzhong has received the imperial decree and is going to lead the Fujian troops north to Jiangxi?" Li Guangdi reminded, "From Fujian to Xianxia Pass, enter Jiangshan County in Quzhou, Zhejiang. Further west, you can enter Jiangxi. To the north is Beyond Huizhou, further north are Ningguo Mansion and Taiping Mansion! Once Taiping Mansion is controlled by Geng Jingzhong, the Yangtze River waterway may be cut off!
And if Geng Jingzhong goes down the river again, he can carry out Hongwu's mission of entering Jiqing Mansion! "
Chen Menglei added: "Ming Xiang, the journey from Fujian to Jiangning is only a thousand miles. If the road is smooth, we can enter Jinling in ten days!"
"Ten, ten days." Mingzhu's face turned pale.
At this moment, the voice of his domestic slave Zhang Wu suddenly came: "Sir, King Geng has sent someone to ask you to come over to discuss the matter of going north!"
Mingzhu took a breath and said in her heart: Your Majesty, there are more and more rebels in the Qing Dynasty, and even Geng Jingzhong is about to take action!
Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei have guessed everything, and Mingzhu has also smelled a strong smell of rebellion. Other big shots in Fuzhou City, as long as they are not fools, will probably realize that something is wrong.
Geng Jingzhong, who had no experience in rebellion, thought that everything was still going on secretly!
Except for Zeng Yangxing, Bai Xianzhong, Xu Wenyao, Wang Shiyu, Yu Renying and Li Daoren, no one in Fuzhou city knew that he wanted to rebel!
And those confidants were also very tight-lipped, and it was impossible to leak the news that he was going to rebel.
Even the Yanping Palace and Liu Jinzhong who joined forces with him did not know the specific plan of his rebellion. This plan is now known to him and a few of his confidants, so it is impossible for anyone in the Qing Dynasty to know that he will go north to reinforce Taking advantage of the opportunity in Jiangxi, he suddenly led his troops into Anhui, then attacked Taiping Mansion, and finally broke into Nanjing City and helped Prince Zhu San to power!
So. Everything is under control!
(End of chapter)
