In the imperial city of Xi'an, the imperial gate listens to the government.
Historically, Kangxi was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty who loved to go to court in the morning. Even if he went to Mulan Paddock to hunt rabbits, or even if he went to the grassland to hunt Galdan, he had to bring a group of ministers with him to go to court every day. If a perfect attendance award were to be given to the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, the winner would definitely be Emperor Kangxi.
And Kangxi, who personally went to Xi'an as an imperial commander, still maintained the good habit of going to the morning court every day. Even if he was surrounded by Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi before, the morning court could not stop!
During this period, the situation around Xi'an was slightly better, and Kangxi's early dynasty worked harder. All courtiers in Xi'an, as long as they were not on duty to defend the city, had to come to the square outside the Xi'an Imperial City Hall early in the morning to stand on duty. One stop lasts for half a day, and we often have to wait until lunch time before leaving. Kangxi would use the half day in the morning to talk to these subordinates as much as possible and cheer them up. Tell them that the difficulties are only temporary, the future must be bright, and the Qing Dynasty can still be saved!
Although the courtiers below did not believe Kangxi's words at first, it is possible that if this lie is repeated every day, it will become the truth! What's more, Kangxi was quite eloquent and quite reasonable.
What he talks about most often is "Theory of the Three Kingdoms of Wu, Ming and Qing".
According to Kangxi's statement, the general trend of the world is that if it divides for a long time, it must unite, and if it unites for a long time, it must unite. This is the number of days, and human power cannot be defied. The last time the Ming and Qing Dynasties changed, they failed to respond to the inevitable number of Hejiu. Nanming and Dashun were wiped out in one go. This was against God's will. However, Nanming and Dashun's luck has not yet been exhausted, so they have the world's three points today - this world's three points is God's will, not because Kang Mazi is incompetent!
And this three-point situation, according to Kangxi's reasonable analysis, will last for at least several decades.
So don’t worry, everyone, you can still be popular and drink spicy food by following him Kang Mazi!
After convincing everyone that the three-thirds of the world would be divided for decades, Kangxi began to paint a bigger picture for everyone, telling everyone how the Qing Dynasty, which had one-third of the world, could ensure that the Eight Banners disciples could continue to maintain their people. The life of the Master.
After losing the taxes and rice from the southeast, it was certainly impossible for the Qing court to distribute hard-core crops to the Eight Banners disciples. But you can still change the hard-core crops into flag fields and flag villages.
An ordinary Baqi Bujia's monthly salary is two taels of silver, plus four stones and eight measures of rice a year. In other words, not counting various additional incomes, the annual income of a Eight Banners Bujia is twenty-four taels of silver plus four stones and eight buckets of rice. Nowadays, the price of rice and noodles in the north is about eight coins per stone. Twenty-four taels of silver is almost thirty shi of rice and noodles, plus four shi and eight dou of rice, rounding off, the annual salary of an Eight Banner Bujia is thirty-five shi of rice and noodles.
If calculated as one hundred and eighty kilograms per stone, it would be six thousand three hundred kilograms. Based on the calculation that one acre of land receives thirty kilograms of rent, to receive six thousand three hundred kilograms of rent would require 210 acres of land. To maintain 200,000 Eight Banners infantry troops, 42 million acres of land must be allocated.
If one tenant household cultivates fifty acres, that would be more than 800,000 households.
In other words, as long as the imperial court provides 42 million acres of land and more than 800,000 farmers, it can support 200,000 Eight Banners infantry soldiers.
And now there are almost half of the imperial villages around Beijing and the Qizhuangs under the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners Tutong Yamen! There are many imperial and flag villages around Shengjing. In recent years, the Shengjing General Mansion has recruited many landless farmers from Shandong and Zhili to reclaim the land. Even if there is still a difference between 20 million acres and 400,000 households, it should not be much different. Moreover, there is still land in Liaodong that was abandoned in the decades before and after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
That's all fertile black land. You can harvest a few hundred kilograms from any kind of planting. Paying thirty kilograms of rent per acre plus twenty kilograms of land tax is definitely not much.
And provinces such as Shandong, Zhili, and Shanxi have relatively large populations. As long as the Qing Dynasty is willing to give each household ten acres and twenty acres of black land, recruiting three to four hundred thousand tenants is not a problem at all.
As for the 200,000 bannermen, although there are fewer and fewer bannermen with 100% flag content, as long as they are paid 6,300 kilograms of rice and noodles a year, recruiting 200,000 is not a big problem. Even if it is a green camp without any flag content, as long as they can provide enough land, real estate, and tenants, they will still work hard for the Qing Dynasty.
For the banner leaders and subordinates of the Eight Banners below, it is actually more beneficial to change from direct payment of money and rice noodles to the distribution of land and property to the subordinates as tenants.
Because after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the method was to gather the Eight Banners disciples together and keep them in prison. Although they could lie down and eat and drink, the Eight Banners slaves also changed from the original princes to officials of the imperial court, and their power and oil and water were reduced. More importantly, the power of this official position cannot be hereditary, but there is no such thing as the father being the commander-in-chief and the son taking over as the commander-in-chief. As for the positions of the big and small banner masters, they can be hereditary, but the problem is that the big and small banner masters have long been vacated. They have no real power, and the hereditary ones are just a false name.
After that, the Qing Dynasty had no money boxes and rice bags in the southeast, and had no way to keep the Eight Banners disciples in captivity. It had no choice but to return to the old methods when they were outside the customs and let the people under them engage in feudalization.
At that time, the banner leader will be a big prince, the subordinate subordinates will be small lords, and the governor, deputy governor, and counselor will be the bureaucrats sent by the emperor and the banner leader.
Being so favored by Kangxi every day, the Eight Banners officials in Xi'an actually thought that it would be good to divide the world into three parts. As long as everyone can be assigned a subordinate, and they can protect themselves as little Eight Banner lords, there will be nothing to fear in the future. of.
Even if the Qing Dynasty fails, their descendants can still be powerful
But the question is, is the master of one-third of the world, Kang Mazi or Uncle Fu?
If Fu Quan becomes the master, then the only people who can be assistant leaders are Fu Quan's people. They and Kang Mazi will have nothing.
In addition, among the three points in the future, who will Xi'an belong to?
Looking at Wu Sangui's posture, it seems that Xi'an must be captured!
That ferocious Wu Yingqi is still working in Wuzhangyuan! Although this guy imitated Zhuge Liang, he was a general as strong as an ox. After eating and drinking every day, he would draw a bow and sling stone locks. It looked like he had a good life!
Although Wu Yingxiong of Xiong Zhen Huaxia was not stationed in Guanzhong, he sent troops to occupy Shangzhou and guarded Wuguan, the southwest gate of Guanzhong, as if he was going to come back to attack Guanzhong at any time.
What's even more frightening is that Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng did not fight after all. Now that Huguang's territory has been divided, if Wu Sangui comes to fight, Xi'an will be over!
When the time comes, three points of the world will also belong to Fuquan's gang. Does it have anything to do with Kangxi's Xi'an gang having a penny?
The officials standing outside the main hall of Xi'an Imperial City today are pondering this issue with deep thoughts. When they looked at each other, they both looked worried. Amitabha, Immeasurable Heavenly Lord Wu Sangui, please don’t come here!
"The Emperor has arrived!"
With the voice of Little Guizi's father-in-law, a group of loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty who were trapped in Guanzhong and didn't know when they would be able to become lords all came to worship him. Then I heard Kangxi's voice that couldn't hide his smile: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"
What's happening?
The emperor is so happy. Could it be that Wu Sangui was punished by heaven and died? Or is his good brother Fuquan gone?
Everyone got up and looked up together, and saw Kangxi dressed in court clothes on a white marble pedestal, sitting on the throne, smiling and twirling court beads. His pockmarked face, which used to be worried about the country and the people, was almost shining now. Seeing that the ministers had climbed up and took their seats, he smiled and said: "I have some big news to tell you today. Wu Sangui, Wu Yingxiong, and Wu Yingqi and their sons will come to Xi'an soon to make peace with our alliance."
ah?
What's going on?
How many people did the three of them bring? Can we talk in Xinfeng Hongmen Town?
Just when the people below were thinking of something good, Kangxi said again: "The three of them are coming with an army of 100,000 people!"
A hundred thousand troops?
The Qing Dynasty is about to end!
This person is not here to negotiate. He is clearly here to attack the city.
Kangxi took in all the stunned faces below, and then said with a smile: "He brought one hundred thousand troops to negotiate. This fully shows that Wu Sangui is sincere in the negotiation! Otherwise, he can directly attack the city!"
How else to explain it?
The ministers below were all stunned, and they didn't even think of what else to say.
Kangxi added: "We all know that his intention is nothing more than to capture Xi'an and become the emperor! The Han people only value Chang'an and Luoyang, thinking they have such kingly aura. What's the use? Back then, Li Zicheng already owned Chang'an. , and Luoyang, wouldn’t it still be defeated by the Qing Dynasty?”
Yes, there was "Duo Amma" in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
The people below are thinking: The Qing Dynasty still cannot live without Duo Amma and the others!
Kangxi went on to say: "Actually, it is good for Wu Sangui to proclaim himself emperor in Xi'an. Once he proclaims himself emperor, the world will be divided into three parts. One for him, one for me, and one for Prince Zhu San of Jiangnan. As we all know, it is the three families. Neither of them has good intentions, and the two weak ones have to unite to deal with the stronger one. So it is not easy to break up these three parts of the world! At that time, Cao Wei's population and wealth were as much as those of Shu Han and Sun Wu. Didn't they fail to unify them? Until the Sima family It took many years after usurping the Wei Kingdom before three families returned to the Jin Dynasty. I know this truth, and Wu Sangui also knows it, so he doesn’t expect to swallow up the Qing Dynasty in one go. If he dares to do that, Prince Zhu San and Li Zicheng can do it I have to cross the river in white clothes for him! So before his soldiers arrived, he sent someone to give me a covenant!
According to this covenant, as long as I give up all the territory in Shaanxi to the Wu family, and then become a minister to Wu Sangui and pay a small tribute every year, then he will lend me troops to help me fight back to Beijing and eradicate the false legacy of the late emperor. , the self-proclaimed regent Fuquan! "
His tone before was brisk, as if he was talking about a happy life after dividing the world, but later, his tone had become serious, and his tone was full of murderous intent: "Since I became emperor, I have always treated my brothers with kindness, especially preferential treatment. Fuquan, my second brother, even if he is corrupt, bends the law, and forms cliques for personal gains, I have repeatedly protected him, but I still hope that he can inspire his conscience and serve the country. Who knows that when I was trapped in Xi'an, not only did he not help King Qin, but he also secretly recruited and trained a large number of Han troops , he also reused Han warriors like Yang Qilong, Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao, and Shi Lang, and even colluded with traitors like Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao in order to betray the country and seek glory! Recently, he also announced that he would hold a meeting of kings and ministers in Beijing to discuss political affairs. , we must depose my throne, elect him as the new emperor, and change the ancestral family laws of the Qing Dynasty and fully Chineseize them! Suo'etu, you just came from Fuquan, tell me, is what I just said correct?"
Suo'etu had just come with Kangxi, and now he was standing aside with his head bowed. No one paid attention to him. When he heard Kangxi calling him, he hurriedly walked out. When he arrived, he knelt on the ground and replied: "Your Majesty. "Every word is true, Fuquan is indeed crazy. He not only favored Han officials, but also doted on the Han concubine Yang, preparing to make her the main wife, and favored relatives named Yang, in an attempt to turn Manchukuo into a Han country."
Suo'etu's answer was in line with Kangxi's wishes, and the look on Kangxi's face relaxed. It is impossible for him to agree to the demands of the two traitors, Shunzhi and Fuquan, and serve as Emperor L Xian who rules from the top down. He is not the Third Prince Zhu. The Third Prince was a celebrity from the beginning and has never held power. Being an Emperor Xian is already very difficult. Happy. He was a real emperor, and he is still a real emperor now! How could he be willing to hand over power?
And in history, after the real emperor lost power, how many people ended up well?
Outside the main hall, everything was quiet.
All the ministers were speechless, confused by the sudden change. How could this suppression of rebellion turn into a civil war in Manchuria, with brothers killing each other?
Moreover, this Qing Dynasty version of brothers fighting each other requires outsiders to help!
Why is this approach so similar to the internal strife in the Yuan family after Yuan Shao's death?
This Qing Dynasty is not just one-third, but a dispute between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, right?
Everyone below was so anxious that they all forgot to answer the conversation. Seeing that the situation was a bit cold, Kangxi's face sank when he saw it. Qing Dynasty version Qin Hui and Li Guangdi have been standing in the shift and watching with cold eyes. Bystanders know better! Seeing the cold scene, the living Qin Hui quickly came out of the queue and knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! Fuquan is a traitor. Your Majesty, you borrowed your teacher's help to suppress the rebellion and defeated the rebels. How can you not win? As for temporarily professing to King Wu Xi, it is like Sun Yat-sen's. Wu's surrender to Cao Wei was just a temporary measure. Once King Wu Xi proclaims himself emperor in Xi'an, Wu and Zhu will inevitably turn against each other. At that time, we, the Qing Dynasty, will be able to sit back and watch the fight between the two tigers to maintain three parts of the world. In the future, three parts will be restored to one Qing Dynasty. when!"
Li Guangdi's words were taken seriously, and the expression on Kangxi's face relaxed again. The most important thing for him now is to unite the 48,000 banner soldiers (including some Green Camp soldiers) in Xi'an. With these 40,000 elite soldiers who have been fighting for a long time, even without Wu Sangui's support, he is sure to defeat Fuquan and regain his power. .
As for what to do after taking back the power? Just follow the method of land military service. If we release more than 40 million acres of land, we should be able to arrange an army of 200,000. With these 200,000 troops, the Qing Dynasty can always be maintained.
A three-pointed world is always relatively stable.
The people below also thought clearly at this time. They followed Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, but this does not mean that they can vote for that "Wu Mengde". Everyone knows Wu Sangui's principles of employment. Except for the Wu family clan members (including son-in-law), They are the Guanning warriors and Shanshanliu thieves.
As long as he is not a member of the Wu family, a warrior from Guan Ning, or a bandit from Shanxi, he will be just a scrap to Wu Sangui. Not even the Jizhou gentry under Cao Cao can compare. After all, the Jizhou gentry and the Yingchuan gentry are both gentry, and they can marry each other and have a good relationship with each other, and they can talk about going together.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia are almost equivalent to Taton, Wuhuan, and Xianbei. What can they do when they get to Cao Cao? Nothing can be done, nothing!
As for seizing Xi'an to resist the Wu army, there is even less hope!
Wu's army numbered 100,000, while Xi'an's Qing army only had 40,000. The advantage lies with the enemy!
In terms of field battle, no one can defeat Wu Sangui. In terms of defending the city, how much food is there in Xi'an? Can you last three months? Moreover, everyone's family members are in Xi'an. If the city is destroyed, then the whole family will be destroyed together.
Therefore, they can only follow Kangxi to the end! To fight a civil war, to be a traitor to the traitors, he is a traitor to the traitor, and he is so traitorous that he has no foundation left!
Thinking of this, some people began to express their opinions.
"Your Majesty, I will follow you to the death!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and your servants are willing to be the vanguard and fight against the traitors for Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, all my servants will listen to you. Even if I have to form a city alliance with Wu Sangui!"
Kangxi was finally satisfied. The alliance under the city would be the alliance under the city. Fortunately, there were three points in the world. Even if Wu Sangui captured Xi'an, he would definitely be more prepared to defend against Zhu than to destroy the Qing.
Therefore, the Qing Dynasty still has a chance, and he, Kang Mazi, still has the hope to endure hardships and eventually become a wise master!
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was also the master of the Ming Dynasty! He can be Aisin Gioro Jian!
(End of chapter)
