In fact, Kangxi knew the thoughts of the people below him without even thinking - he must be doubting the correct leadership of his wise and mighty little holy master!
That's why he laughed, to show the people below that he was still in control and that he still had a solution!
When everyone's attention was attracted to the little pock-marked Emperor who suddenly laughed strangely, Kangxi suddenly stopped laughing, his expression became extremely serious, and he looked at the ministers with a confident look: "Everyone is going to do it." Do you know why I am laughing?"
I know, in order to cover up the fear in your heart.
The ministers all knew it, but no one dared to tell the truth.
Although this deceiver is guilty, he still has to be deceived every day! What these ministers eat is to deceive the emperor!
"I (slave) don't know."
A group of ministers clearly knew it, but they all said they didn't know.
And Kangxi felt pretty good about himself. As an emperor, he had to be "difficult to know as a king", so that his subordinates could live in fear. How could he be like that bad guy Fuquan, who wanted to be the emperor and all his ministers could sleep peacefully? Now that we are living a good life, can we still handle this matter?
"The reason why I laugh is because I have seen through the current general trend of the world and thought of a countermeasure!" Kangxi's words were full of confidence, as if he had just lost Jiangning and was about to lose Qinzhou, not the Qing Dynasty, but Wu Sangui Like Prince Zhu San.
"Your Majesty!"
The ministers below continue to deceive the emperor. They deceive the emperor very conscientiously!
Kangxi raised his waist and regained more of the feeling of a wise king and holy master. He said: "The current situation in the world is a bit like the Three Kingdoms that we are very familiar with!
Our Qing Dynasty occupies the world and controls most of the world, which is comparable to Cao Wei who dominated the north back then. Moreover, he accepted the abdication of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and became the most powerful Cao Wei in the world. He has both strength and status. But just like Cao Wei back then, although he already had a great reputation and the power to unify the country, there are always people who try to revive the Han Dynasty and fight against the destiny!
Although Wu Sangui, an old thief, occupies the territory of the Shu Han Dynasty, he cannot be Liu Huang's uncle. He does not have that righteous status. In terms of righteousness and honor, he can only barely compare to the Jiangdong Sun family, which is equivalent to Sun Jian. But his military strength is not weak, and there are dangers in the mountains and rivers, so he has the advantage of the location. However, this geographical location was not a big advantage for Wu Sangui. The mountains and rivers were dangerous and difficult to defend and difficult to attack. And Wu Sangui's troops are strong enough. If it were not trapped in the mountains and rivers and the transportation and dispatching was inconvenient, the current situation would definitely be better. That's why I have to fight in Xi'an myself. As long as I can trap Wu Sangui in the mountains of Sichuan and Longxi, I can definitely win even if I compete with him in life expectancy!
As for Prince Zhu San, he has status but no strength. The reason why he was able to take advantage of Jiang Ning's situation was because of his righteousness. However, his righteousness is a bit too much for his strength. If your fame is small and your strength is small, you will be trapped by your fame! He now has the territory where his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang slowly proclaimed himself king and built high walls. But at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was just Pingzhang, the secretary of the Jiangnan and other places in Han and Song Dynasties, and was not outstanding among the heroes in the late Yuan Dynasty.
But now the third prince Zhu has no way to slow down the throne, because he has the righteousness passed down from the Ming Dynasty. I will not let him become big, and Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng will not let the son of Emperor Chongzhen become big in Jiangnan. After all, Li Zicheng was forced to death during Chongzhen, and the purpose of Wu Sangui's rebellion was to become emperor himself, not to make wedding clothes for others.
As for Li Zicheng in Wuchang, he does not dare to use his own banner now, but deceives himself and others to act in the name of Li Fengtian. It seems that he is delaying the idea of becoming king. Of course, he has no righteous name and limited strength. It is not easy to open up the situation and turn the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into the "Four Kingdoms War". Moreover, he is getting older and no longer has the ambition of the past. Unless there is some external help, this Li Zicheng may become a local thief.
Although Zheng Jing from Damuan Island and Wang Fuchen from Guangdong and Guangxi also have some strength, they are just Ma Teng, Shi Xie, Gongsun and the like. As expected, the world will not fall into their hands. Therefore, we should try our best to win over them and avoid spending too much power on them before the overall situation is determined. "
After listening to Emperor Kangxi's analysis, the ministers below him had to admit in their hearts that this little emperor was still a bit wise, but he was a bit small-minded and mean and unkind. Otherwise, Ao Bai would not be forced to leave, Wu Sangui would not rebel, and the Qing world would still be peaceful.
Kangxi continued to express his thoughts, "So my method is to 'block Wu and trap Zhu'! The so-called blocking Wu means blocking Wu Sangui in the northwest at all costs, and not allowing his main force to rush into Guanzhong, otherwise I, the Qing Dynasty, will have to fight against Wu Sangui in the Central Plains. In this case, we will have to go all out to fight Wu Sangui, and we will no longer have the power to deal with Prince Zhu San.
As for Jin Zhu, while blocking Wu, Yu Jiangning, the third prince of Jin Zhu, was placed in second place. Now that Prince Zhu San has controlled Jiangning City and the five surrounding counties, he is expected to form an alliance with Geng Jingzhong soon. Although the combined strength of these two thieves is not large, and the territory of several counties is not large. However, our Qing Dynasty also does not have many available troops in Jiangnan. For the time being, we can only try to trap the enemy.
Everyone, tell me, do you have any good strategies to trap the enemy? "
"Your Majesty," the great scholar Suo'etu was the first to offer his advice, "I suggest that you immediately set up Jiangnan Camp, Jiangbei Camp, Jiangxi Camp, and Jiangdong Camp in Huzhou, Yangzhou, Jiujiang, and Zhenjiang, and divide the southeastern part of Jiangning. The northwest is surrounded on all sides!"
Kangxi nodded with satisfaction. This Suo'etu sometimes has an overall view! Look at the positions he found for the four camps besieging Jiangning? Arrangements have been made for everything from southeast to northwest!
"Keep talking!" Kangxi then asked, "Where do the soldiers of Jiangnan Camp come from? And who will preside over it?"
"Reporting to the Emperor," Suo'etu said, "Li Zhifang, the Minister of War who stayed in Beijing, made great achievements in assisting King Yu in training troops and annihilating the Chahar rebels. Your Majesty, why not let him serve as the Minister of War, governor of Zhejiang military affairs and concurrently in charge of the Jiangnan Camp Chief Minister, at the same time, the emperor can also ask King Yu to detach three or four thousand new coated troops to follow him to Zhejiang. With these three to four thousand troops, the defense of Jiangning's southern line will be absolutely foolproof!"
This is an arrangement that kills two birds with one stone!
On the one hand, it can frighten the Jiangnan camp, and on the other hand, it can weaken Fuquan's strength.
"Okay!" Kangxi nodded, "I also think that Li Zhifang can manage the Jiangnan Camp. What about the Jiangdong Camp? Who should be in charge of it?"
"Your Majesty," Suo'etu said, "the Jiangdong camp is the most important. Once it is lost, Su Song's land of money and food will be lost to the enemy, and Zhu San will definitely make it bigger, and no one in the southeast can do it. So slaves It is recommended that Prince An and the main force of the Jingzhou army be transferred eastward, and Prince An be appointed as the governor of Liangjiang and the general manager of the Jiangdong camp!"
The matter of dispatching Yue Le and the main force of the Qing army in Jingzhou for the eastern expedition had actually been raised a few days ago when the news of Geng Jingzhong's rebellion had just arrived.
Moreover, Kangxi also agreed in principle, but there were still differences between Kangxi and his courtiers on how to mobilize Yue Le and his Jingzhou Army. The main disagreement was whether to let the Jingzhou Army go by water or by land.
The difference between taking the water route and taking the land route is huge!
The former has to pass through the Yangtze River controlled by Li Zicheng!
How's it going?
Can you ask Li Zicheng to make way?
What's the cost? Should we give up all the territory in Jingzhou, Jingmen and other places to Li Zicheng? Then it can be seen that Li Zicheng has become bigger. The Three Kingdoms became the Four Kingdoms. Everyone has seen the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but what about the "Four Kingdoms War"? Everyone doesn't quite understand.
And everyone is also worried that once the Romance of the Three Kingdoms turns into a war between the Four Kingdoms, will it get out of hand? Won’t Congress get more and more? Will three more countries be added later to become the Seven Kingdoms vying for supremacy?
The latter is buying a road from Wu Yingxiong. But after Wu Yingxiong wins "Mailu Prefecture" and "Mailu Prefecture", will he join forces with Wu Guogui and march north to the Central Plains?
This is really "Bear Dominating the Central Plains"!
Moreover, once Wu Yingxiong made a breakthrough in the Central Plains, Kangxi would definitely not be able to continue guarding the pass. By then, Wu Sangui would not enter Chang'an, but Luoyang.
This is "Xiong Zhenzhongyuan, Sangui Shangluo". It sounds very bad!
So Kangxi hasn't made up his mind yet - choose a less bad idea from two very bad ideas.
This is a great test of Kangxi's decision-making ability! Everyone raised their heads and looked at Emperor Kangxi who seemed to be deep in thought.
I don’t know how long it took, but I heard Kangxi cough, and the little pockmarked sage had made a decision!
"I..." Kangxi said, "Although my Qing Dynasty has taken away the country that Li Zicheng has already gained, the person Li Zicheng hates the most should be Wu Sangui, right?"
Everyone down there understands!
Between "Sangui Shangluo" and "Dashun Resurrection", Kangxi finally chose the latter!
Kangxi said: "Wu Sangui and I are incompatible with each other, and Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng are also incompatible with each other... and the Qing Dynasty and Dashun cannot coexist!
However, Li Zicheng's strength was still small, and his harm was far inferior to that of Wu Sangui. Even if he takes a few more state capitals in Huguang, he still won't be able to conquer the Central Plains, unless he doesn't want the territory and becomes a rogue again. But now that he is a soldier of Juntian Mansion, he cannot become a rogue bandit.
Moreover, Jiangning has now fallen into the hands of Prince Zhu San... Li Zicheng should not go down to Jiangnan to wade into such troubled waters again.
Therefore, I would rather let Li Zicheng become bigger and compete with Wu Sangui for Huguang than let Wu Sangui, an old thief, have the opportunity to get involved in the Central Plains! "
It has to be said that Kang Mazi is still relatively good at choosing an idea that is not too bad for him among two bad ideas.
Kangxi paused and said: "Now I need someone to go to Wuchang as an envoy to reach an agreement with Li Zicheng to exchange land for roads. Is any of you ministers willing to take this trip?"
"Your Majesty, my minister Jia Hanfu is willing to go to Wuchang as an envoy!"
It was Wang Jizhen's father-in-law who was willing to go on a diplomatic mission to engage in internal diplomacy.
He had previously been assigned to serve as an imperial envoy to Guangdong and Guangxi, but due to the rapid changes in the situation, and the fact that the governor of Shaanxi had too many appointments, he had to hand over everything, so he has not started on the road yet.
Kangxi took a look and thought: He seems to be the most suitable one! If Li Zicheng kills him, there may be a falling out between Wang Fuchen and Li Zicheng. This is completely unnecessary for Li Zicheng!
So Kangxi nodded: "Okay! I will give you another assignment as the governor of Hunan. If you can reach an agreement with Li Zicheng, you can go to Chenzhou to take office. With the backing of your in-law Wang Fuchen, you can maintain some situation in Hunan for the Qing Dynasty. "
From the governor of Shaanxi to the governor of Hunan, for others, it almost means being punished, exiled, or killed!
But for Jia Hanfu, it was a reward.
Because no one else can control Chenzhou and Guiyang. To the north is Wu Guogui, and to the south is Wang Fuchen. They don't look like good people! Sandwiched between them is the dish.
And Jia Hanfu is Wang Fuchen's in-laws!
If he goes to Chenzhou, he can easily become the separatist warlord of Chenzhou and Guiyang Prefecture with the support of Wang Fuchen!
From a governor to a warlord, you can also pass on the land of two states to your son. This reward is quite good.
"This slave kowtows to thank the Emperor for his kindness!" Jia Hanfu quickly kowtowed to Kangxi.
Kangxi waved his hand and said: "Hanfu, you don't have to call yourself a slave or a minister from now on! I don't care who you call your ministers to, but as long as you are not an enemy of the Qing Dynasty, when the Qing Dynasty unifies the world in the future, you will be indispensable as a first-class prince!" "
"Your Majesty, slave, old minister" Jia Hanfu didn't know what to say for a moment.
He can't say how loyal he is, he is also a second minister!
Since you can be the second minister, what's not to do with the third and fourth ministers?
That Wang Fuchen has probably surrendered to Wu Sangui now. Otherwise, why didn't Wu Sangui let Wu Guogui beat him? How many ministers are there? Qichen, right?
Kangxi said again: "Hanfu, this is what I want to tell Wang Fuchen. His family can produce four princes, all of whom are hereditary and irreplaceable! In troubled times, it is lucky to have such an ending. He is also in Guangdong and Guangxi. , you don’t think you have the power to take care of the world, do you?”
"Your Majesty, Wang Fuchen is only good at this." Jia Hanfu hurriedly spoke for his relatives.
Kangxi went on to say: "There is also Zheng Jing from Dajuan Island. I guess there is a connection between Wang Fuchen and Zheng Jing. You should find an opportunity to contact Zheng Jing and tell him about Fuzhou, Xinghua, Quanzhou, Funing and other four prefectures. , he can have it all!”
These four mansions are all Geng Jingzhong’s hometowns!
Kangxi's intention was to let Zheng Jing go and dig out Geng Jingzhong's hometown!
Kangxi added: "If Zheng Jing can capture the four prefectures of Fuzhou, Xinghua, Quanzhou, and Funing, I will allow the Zheng family's merchant ships to trade in Jiangnan, Shandong, Tianjin, and even North Korea. I will also send Zheng Jing, who was detained by the Qing Dynasty, to trade." The family gave it back to him.”
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely convince Zheng Jing on your behalf!"
Kangxi smiled and nodded: "Okay! Hanfu, you go quickly, soldiers are very fast! The situation in Longxi is not good now. Qinzhou is being attacked by Wu Yingqi's 50,000 troops in turns. Laita can't defend Qinzhou for a few days. If it fails, the whole Guanlong will be shaken! Everyone, do you have any good ideas?"
"Your Majesty," University Scholar Jin Batai said to Kangxi at this time, "Huntai Jigaldan of the Choros tribe in the northwest Oirat Mongolia is a figure! If Wu Sangui seizes the lands of Longxi and Gansu, he will be caught between the imperial court and the Oirat Mongolia. Between the forces. Maybe the imperial court can contact this Galdan and ask him to harass Wu Sangui from the west to divide the crowd."
(End of chapter)
