"Amitabha, good, good. Speaking of which, your sister is indeed a disaster!" Master Shunzhi clasped his hands together, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Donor Yang, are there many disasters like this in your family?"
"More! That's a lot!" Yang Jiaqilong looked helpless, "My father has quite a lot of assets, and he took Qian Ming's daughter-in-law to live in seclusion in Tianjin. Naturally, he raised many children. Most of the slaves' girls grew up. Their mothers are all beautiful and troublesome. After my father passed away, I, the eldest brother, have to take care of these girls. I am really worried to death!"
The great monk Shunzhi sighed and said: "Yes, the pink skull and the white bones, skin and flesh are all false. How can you, the elder brother, not worry about it? How about this? If you think any girl is particularly false, just give it to her." Come to the poor monk, and the poor monk teaches her some Buddhist teachings, letting her know what is the sign of no self, the sign of no one, the sign of no living beings, and the sign of a person without life."
Yang Jiaqilong expressed admiration, "Bodhisattva, you are so great. I have been trapped by this illusion of red and pink skulls and white bones and flesh all these years. I am really distressed. When I return to Tianjin this time, I will definitely send the most illusory girl to study with you, Bodhisattva." Dharma.”
Yang Jia Qilong was indeed trapped by illusion. At least before he fawned over Wang Zhongxiao and Fuquan, he was quite trapped.
There are always a group of beautiful girls around him, but they are all his half-sisters. Anyone else would be sleepy! If these girls are released, they will easily attract bees and butterflies. If they marry off, they will have to pay a dowry and sell them as concubines. Although the Tianjin Wei Yang family is in a state of decline, it is not that bad!
It was Wang Datou's rape of Yang Xiaohuan that made Yang Qilong, a mafia figure, get to know his good girl again - this is not "stuck", this is a resource!
After listening to Yang Jiaqilong's words, Master Shunzhi nodded and felt satisfied. He wanted to ask when the red skulls and white bones of Yang Jia's family could come to the palace to practice with him. Outside, a voice that sounded a little old and a little high-pitched sounded like a chant: "The foreman, the left-behind minister, Suo'etu, please See."
This suo'etu came just in time, and Fuquan quickly shouted "Xuan!"
Of course he knew that his Ama was "special" and particularly liked beautiful women. Back then, he doted on Queen Xiaoxian to heaven. If there is another "Yang Jiashi" who is more beautiful than Queen Xiaoxian, and there are several more "Princes Rong", will this Amma still love him?
So it’s better to postpone this matter for a while.
The great monk Shunzhi knew that Suo'etu's coming at this time must be something important, so he put away his thoughts of transforming the "pink skull" and waited to see Suo'etu.
When an elderly eunuch lifted up the yellow satin door curtain, Suo'etu bent down and walked into the palace respectfully. When he came to Fuquan, he said: "Slave Suo'etu invites the regent." Daan!" Then he knelt down and kowtowed to Prince Regent Fuquan. As for the great monk Shunzhi, Suo'etu just bowed to him after praying to Fuquan and asked: "How is the master?"
In fact, many people here in Beijing have noticed that Shunzhi is "appearing" - Shunzhi has been in seclusion for only more than ten years, and there are still some people in Beijing who can recognize him.
But since the Prince Regent's Palace didn't announce anything, everyone just pretended they didn't see anything. Anyone who can recognize Emperor Shunzhi knows that the great monk Shunzhi who is so immortal now is the person who wrote the edict personally written by the late emperor! If he is resurrected, then he will be the Supreme Emperor and will lose the function of issuing posthumous edicts.
Therefore, no one will ask for trouble to point it out. Even if it is revealed, there is a high probability that they will lose their head.
Suo'etu was one of the few ministers who formally recognized Shunzhi, but he only gave Shunzhi great gifts when there were no outsiders. Today Yang Jia Qilong was present, so he could only perform a Buddhist salute to his old master.
"Get up Suo'etu, Qiluang, you get up too." Fuquan said, his voice was very low.
Suo'etu and Yang Qilong both stood up, hanging their hands, waiting for Fuquan to continue speaking.
"Suo'etu, have the rebel king Datou's troops crossed the Yellow River?"
"Not yet, Wang Ni's bandit army is still operating in Fengyang Mansion. According to the military report sent from Suzhou, Wang Ni's cavalry has appeared near Luojiaji."
"How far is it from the Yellow River?"
"There are still two hundred miles left, and it's still early to cross the Yellow River!"
In this era, Anhui not only owned the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, but also embraced the Yellow River from time to time - the Yellow River's channel diverted the Huaihe River into the sea, so the Xuzhou section of the Yellow River was very close to Fengyang, Anhui. As long as there was a slight opening, Anhui could embrace the Yellow River.
And this Yellow River breach is a big problem for both warring parties!
"How's the river defense going?"
"Li Shijiabao, the training envoy of the Returned Regiment, Wang Guangyu, the governor of the river, and Shang Kejiao, the chief soldier of Xuzhou Town, have already sent troops to the embankment."
Suo'etu only said to send troops to the embankment, but did not say whether he was preparing to defend the embankment or prepare to break the embankment. Fuquan didn't ask. He just nodded and felt satisfied. He wanted to ask about Kangxi's affairs, but he hesitated, changed the topic, and said, "How many provinces are now sending spring taxes for the thirteenth year of Kangxi's life to us?"
Compared with resisting Li Zhongshan's Northern Expedition, Fuquan was more concerned about the spring tax in the thirteenth year of Kangxi's reign!
In the twelfth year of Kangxi's reign, all the autumn taxes sent from various places were pocketed by Fuquan's regent. At that time, Kangxi was besieged, and the Qing forces outside Xi'an all respected Fuquan, so of course all the taxes were given to him.
However, Xi'an has now come out of the siege, and Kangxi also specifically issued an edict to ask the local government to send the spring tax for the thirteenth year of Kangxi's life to Puzhou, Shanxi, and hand it over to Tong Guowei, the governor of Shanxi who had just been appointed by Kangxi. Tong Guowei then organized people to purchase food, gunpowder, swords, armor, horses and other materials in Shanxi and sent them to Xi'an.
"The spring taxes from Zhili and Shandong have been sent to Beijing. The money and food from Shanxi have been sent to Xi'an. Shaanxi and Henan have become the front lines of the battle between the army and the rebels, and the spring taxes have been withheld by the local authorities for military expenses. ”
"What about Liangjiang and Zhejiang? In the past, the majority of the imperial tax revenue fell on Liangjiang and Zhejiang. Who will the spring taxes of Liangjiang and Zhejiang go to this year?"
When Suo'etu heard this question, he smiled and took out a book and handed it to Fuquan with both hands: "Prince Regent, this is King An leading the governor of water transportation Mingzhu, the governor of Jiangsu Ma Hu, the governor of Anhui Jin Fu, the governor of Jiangxi Lang Tingxiang, Tian Fengji, the governor of Zhejiang, as well as the vassals of Liangjiang, the three provinces and Zhejiang, the three major weavers, the Lianghuai salt transport envoy, and the general manager of Ruixin Hall will give you this book together!"
"What? So many people went to Qiben together? What's the good thing?"
"What a happy event! They knew that the regent needed money here, so they raised a large sum of silver, grain, silk, and cloth for you!"
Fuquan felt a sudden surprise in his heart, but he didn't reveal too much. He paused for a moment and asked again: "How much is a large amount?"
"There are almost ten million taels of silver, seven to eight million pieces of silk and cotton, and six to seven million shi of white rice!"
"Great!" Fuquan could no longer hold back and cheered.
He was quite rich to begin with!
Although the official treasury in Beijing is empty, Yang Qilong, Li Zhongshan (Wang Zhongxiao), and Chen Yonghua have accumulated tens of millions of taels of silver and family property for him in recent years (mostly special bank deposits of Ruixin Hall) ), it is no exaggeration to say that he is richest in the world!
Now that he has an additional ten million taels of silver and seven to eight million pieces of silk and cloth, the total value of the goods in his hands can reach thirty million taels! Before the chaos, the Qing Dynasty's annual income was no more than this.
With such a large amount of money, he is not afraid of competing with Kangxi!
Moreover, Liangjiang and three provinces, Zhejiang, Zhili, and Shandong also gave him money, which shows that these six provinces support his blessing!
The only one who sent money to Kangxi was Shanxi. Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu probably also supported Kangxi, but these three provinces were already war zones. They were not rich to begin with, and now they really had no money to send.
In other words, Kangxi received support from four provinces at most.
In addition, Monan Mongolia outside the Great Wall now also listens to Fuquan, while Chang Ning, Prince Gong Gong outside the Great Wall, will most likely stay out of the matter.
Therefore, Fuquan had six provinces plus Monan Mongolia, and Kangxi had the support of at most four provinces.
This is seven to four, Fuquan wins for sure!
After competing against silver bullets, of course it’s time to compete against cannonballs.
It seems that there are more troops loyal to Fuquan than to Kangxi!
Not to mention the armies on the territory of these seven provinces, but compared to their respective direct descendants, Fuquan also had more troops than Kangxi.
There are now 15,000 new coated troops in Beijing, 10,000 Chahar Mongolian banner troops, and 5,000 Tumote banner troops. Yang Qilong has established the "Longzi Camp" according to the methods of Jiangnan and Jiangbei regiment training. There are 3,000 training troops, 3,000 green battalions of the patrolling 5th battalion, 2,000 cavalry of the Shanpu battalion, and 2,000 Sauron and Barhu banner troops coming from outside the pass. A total of 40,000 troops!
These 40,000 troops are all well-equipped and well-trained elites. Except for the previous battle against Chahar, these troops have almost never been on the battlefield and have been recharging their strength.
In addition to silver bullets and cannonballs, Fuquan also has a trump card in his hand: the meat bullets provided by Yang Qilong!
In addition to Yang Qilong's own girls, there are also those girls he got from Korea, who are also quite beautiful. After Kangxi gives up the throne, give him more girls so that he can enjoy them!
Just when he was thinking about good things, Suo'etu reminded him softly: "Prince Regent, this book says that the Yellow River may be breached by the rebels at any time, and the water transportation may also be cut off. If the goods are transported, The ships are halfway through, and maybe they will all belong to Wang Ni."
"What should we do?" Fuquan was a little anxious and a little angry at the same time - that Wang Datou is so hateful!
"King An and Mingzhu proposed in the Qiben that valuables such as silver, silk, and cloth could be transported to Tianjin by sea."
Fuquan interrupted and said: "Yang Jiaqi Long, how many ships are available in the Tianjin Customs Channel under your control?"
"There are more than a hundred, all of which are large ships with more than 3,000 materials!"
"That's enough!" Fuquan said, "Send them all out to transport all the goods, including food, to Tianjin Wei. But you don't have to go with the ship. Let that foreign slave Luo Dongni lead the team."
Fuquan was cautious and took Yang Qilong hostage.
"The slave receives the order."
Suo'etu and Yang Jiaqilong received Fuquan's order and both retreated.
Seeing them leaving, Fu Quan turned around and asked the great monk Shunzhi: "Amma, look at this."
A lot of smiles appeared on the pale face of the great monk Shunzhi, and then he lowered his voice slightly and said: "Fuquan, you are indeed more capable than the third elder brother. If I had elected you as the emperor earlier, the world would be very stable today. But we must make up for it before it is too late. , it’s not too late.”
"Amma, do you really want to change the emperor?" Fuquan asked a little uncertainly and a little unbearably.
"Change! Change when it's time to change. This is also for the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the world."
"But how does the emperor want to change it? He is far away in Xi'an now, so he can't send troops to fight, right?"
"Of course not," Shunzhi whispered, "Fuquan, don't make any noise. When the Tianjin Customs Road transports the things to Beijing, I will find a way to trick Third Brother into Beijing and imprison him!"
Fuquan's expression was solemn, he pondered for a moment, and finally he seemed to have made a huge determination, nodded and said: "For the sake of the world and the sake of the Qing Dynasty, this is what we have to do."
The place where Li Zhongshan is currently stationed is a village called Luojiaji, which is located on a flat plain without any obstruction. Because this area is sandwiched between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, floods often occurred here after the Yellow River diverted the Huaihe River into the sea during the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Chongzhen period, when the floods were most serious, due to abnormal climate, the area as far as Xuzhou City, 200 miles away, was flooded twice in five years. Xuzhou City was the most severely affected, with one flood lasting three years and one flooding two years !
It was like soaking alive for five years and directly destroying the city. The current Xuzhou City was rebuilt on the original abandoned city.
Because the flooding is so serious, the villages in this area are built like castles. There is a circle of waterproof dams around the villages. Some villages with strong financial resources will build the dams high and thick. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, it was difficult for the army with weak combat power to conquer these areas. Floods often occurred in this area, so the people had to engage in side jobs of robbing homes and houses in the years of disaster. Gradually, they developed martial ethics and became rampant in the late Qing Dynasty. The Nian Army in the Central Plains came from this.
However, although the Huaibei area is quite poor now, the Nian Army has not yet developed. However, many earthen fences have been built in this "Ji" and that "Ji", and the folk customs are also quite strong. They were so tough that before the cavalry led by Li Zhongshan and Ma Weixing arrived, the strong men in Luojiaji had already formed their own regiments. After they were armed, they united with several nearby groups to capture all the Qing Dynasty strongholds around Suzhou City. It was unplugged.
At that time, Li Zhongshan, who was still in Fengyang City to appease the people and settle the family members who accompanied the army, heard the news and immediately drove to Luojiaji with Ma Weixing and two thousand cavalry.
Now these two thousand cavalrymen are stationed in Luojiaji, Nanpingji and Yuanjiaji, and they are ready to attack Suzhou soon.
Li Zhongshan's Chinese army was stationed in a luxuriously furnished courtyard house in Luojiaji. There were more than a dozen tents set up around the courtyard, and part of the cavalry from the Shanzi Battalion was stationed; sentries were posted at several nearby intersections. Security is tight. Shang Shuying also followed Li Zhongshan together with several female soldiers, and played a guest role as quartermaster, taking care of supplies, chores, etc. At the same time, he was also a hostage - because Liu Jinzhong was stationed in Fengyang City at this time, Li Zhongshan brought Shang Shuying out.
But today she was called to Li Zhongshan's Chinese Army duty room to join the military plane.
"Shuying, there seems to be a senior uncle of yours over there in Xuzhou. His name is Shang Kejiao. He is the newly appointed commander-in-chief of Xuzhou."
The reason why Li Zhongshan asked this question was, of course, because Zhou Chang was not there, but he was also in Fengyang. There were more chores there, and he had to keep an eye on Liu Jinzhong!
"What," Shang Shuying chuckled, "Zhongtang, don't just say that Ke Jiao with the surname Shang is my uncle. This Shang Kejiao is not from my family. He is the former Wenzhou Commander-in-Chief Shang Haoren. son."
"A good person?" Li Zhongshan was stunned and thought to himself: What a strange name!
Shang Shuying knew that Li Zhongshan had misunderstood, so she explained with a smile: "What is good is good, what is bad is good, what is benevolent and righteous is good, what is benevolent. Zhongtang, why did you ask about him?"
"We may have to fight him." Li Zhongshan did not hide it from her. "I just received the report from Nanjing. Yue Le's offensive has been very fierce these days. He has successively captured Xianhe Gate, Qilin Gate, and Cangcang Gate." Bo Gate, Gaoqiao Gate, Shangfang Gate. Geng Jingzhong sent your brother Shang Zhixin to lead several attacks, but they were unable to take advantage of Yue Le. It seems that all the gates in the outer city of Nanjing except Jiangdong Gate It will all be lost before long.
In addition, Jieshu did not fight with us in Hezhou, but crossed the river and captured Caishiji, and is now attacking Dangtu, Taipingfu City.
It seems that Yue Le was not fooled. If we can't give Yue Le a hard look, Nanjing will be surrounded sooner or later! "
Of course Nanjing is not afraid of siege, but the problem is that it is not Hong Xiuquan who is guarding Nanjing now!
Can Geng Jingzhong have the determination to stick to it for ten years? Maybe Yue Le will beat him to the point where he kneels down and asks for surrender. In order to bring this pig teammate with him, Li Zhongshan had to build something big in Jiangbei. He could even cross the Yellow River and attack Xuzhou, an important town on the north bank of the Yellow River.
While studying the defense situation in Xuzhou, he learned the name of the chief soldier of Xuzhou Town from Luo Dawei, the patriarch of Luojiaji. It sounded like he was Shang Shuying's uncle, but he didn't expect to get it wrong.
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan asked again: "Shuying, do you know that this is still teachable, can you still teach it? Can you abandon the darkness and turn to the light?"
(End of chapter)
