When Duolong heard what Li Zhongshan said, his face immediately changed, and he asked with a smile on his face: "Good disciple, do you mean that the old Wu family is also coming to Xuanwu Sect?"
"Isn't this a matter of time?" Li Zhongshan sighed and said with a wry smile, "In troubled times, whose family doesn't have loyal ministers, filial sons and good brothers? Don't you have a father who is kind and a son who is filial, brothers who are friends, brothers who are respectful, and a master who is loyal to the emperor? Ennu Zhong?”
"Yes, yes, my good disciple, you are right!" Duolong nodded repeatedly, his nose sore and tears welling up, "My master is a foolish and loyal slave of the Qing Dynasty! It's a pity that he was unlucky and almost died. .Although my life has been saved now, I have lost all my wealth. To be honest, all of your junior masters and wives are gone, and they were probably all slaughtered by Lu Sanhao’s soldiers! Oh, why are I telling you this? ?You haven’t even seen them.”
In fact, Li Zhongshan had met two mistresses. A few days ago, Prince Zhu knew that Yang Xiaohuan was several months pregnant and it was inconvenient to have a big belly. He also wanted to give General Li two "little mistresses" who were too late to favor him. Enjoy!
But Li Zhongshan is now one of the "Four Masters of the Restoration of Ming Dynasty". What a great Confucian! How could he take his "little mistress" as a concubine? This is not something a virtuous scholar can do.
Duolong didn't know that his little wives had all been promoted, and he wiped his tears and said to Li Zhongshan: "Good disciple, my master is now alone, with only four walls. If you want to read the book, this is the only one. You are so busy. But you have to help Cishi, don't let anything happen! This is not my fault alone, your uncle Yang Sange is also pointing you to help him!"
As he said this, he winked at Doctor Le, who quickly took out an envelope and asked someone to hand it to Li Zhongshan.
Li Zhongshan took the envelope and saw that it was a letter written by Yang Qilong. He quickly tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper from inside, unfolded it, and read it ten lines at a time. This is just an ordinary letter home.
Yang Qilong told Li Zhongshan in the letter that he was from a famous family, and his ancestor not only managed the Nzi Mansion for the Ming Dynasty for generations, but his distant ancestor was Yang Zhong, the envoy, general, governor, and founding father of Chenliu County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty!
The descendants of Yang Zhong are of course the queens of loyal ministers!
So Li Zhongshan must treat Yang Xiaohuan better and not treat her as an ordinary concubine. Then there will be no more! That’s all the content of this letter home, you can understand it!
Li Zhongshan didn't say anything, he just folded the letter paper and stuffed it back into the envelope, and then stuffed the envelope into his sleeve pocket.
After collecting the letter, he pondered for a while and then said to Doron: "Master, to be honest, I really can't send reinforcements here, but I can squeeze out three thousand flintlock muskets and twelve bronze cannons. In addition, 10,000 sets of Huaixi Red Scarf Army uniforms and flags were exchanged with Yang Sange for 500 large young mares. In this way, Yang Sange could have his Zhili regiment trainees wear the Huaixi Red Scarf Under the banner of the Huaixi red scarf, they pretended to be reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty to scare Kangxi's army. Is this okay?"
"Okay, okay, that's great!" Duolong nodded repeatedly, "This is a good method. As long as it can scare people!"
In fact, Fuquan also has concerns about Ming Dynasty's reinforcements. It's easy to ask gods but hard to send them away! What if the Ming army doesn't leave after it arrives? Even if only 10,000 people come, if a gangster suddenly comes and takes over a city with mountains on its back and the sea, and refuses to leave, what will Fuquan do?
So Li Zhongshan’s method is indeed good!
And his asking price was not high, it was just five hundred large mares with calf. It seemed that Li Zhongshan wanted to set up a horse breeding farm in Jiangnan and Huainan.
But this horse is neither a pig nor a rabbit, and can give birth to babies in a litter. Horses only have one litter at a time, and their pregnancy takes a long time. Relying on five hundred mares to give birth to calves, it would be difficult to form a cavalry regiment sufficient to support the Northern Expedition in ten years.
"Okay!" Li Zhongshan asked with a smile, "Master, Doctor Le, who of you can sign the contract certificate with the Ming Dynasty General's Mansion on behalf of Yang San?"
"Old man can represent Yang Sanlang," Divine Doctor Le pointed at Duolong, "Your master can represent the regent."
"That's good," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "Then we'll sign the contract later. I can deliver the goods first! I believe in the credibility of Yang San and Uncle Fu!"
In fact, even if he didn't believe it, he could only send out muskets, military uniforms, flags, and artillery first. These were all in stock, and Fu Quan and Yang Qilong were in a hurry to use them. Five hundred big mares were not that easy to find.
In addition, even if it is delivered immediately, it will not be needed for a while. Because there are no suitable stallions in the southeast, the horses equipped with cavalry have to be purified at a young age, and there are no tools for planting seeds. There are a dozen stallions in Macau that can be used for breeding. They can be sent to the southeast in batches of ten or eight, but it will take time to transport them there.
Duolong frowned again at this time: "Shikai, where is this Wu Yingxiong?"
"Don't worry, Master, everything will be arranged!" Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "That's my father-in-law! Besides, he has a grudge against Kangxi for killing his son, but Fuquan and he have no grudges. You tell me, he is willing Who are you helping? Go back and tell Fuquan that if Wu Sangui sends Wu Shicong to send troops to support Kangxi, then he must be careful. If it is Wu Shifan who sends troops, then he can be bold and confident!"
"Okay! I'll tell the regent just like that!" Duolong laughed, "This one is going to be successful, and I will stand up!"
Different from the situation in history where the old Wu family was in danger until the end, besieged on all sides, and whoever sat on the dragon chair left by Old Wu would definitely die, now Wu Sangui, the emperor of Zhou, is "very beautiful"!
The situation is great, but it’s not just a small one!
Now that four points of the old Wu family's world have been stabilized, it will last for at least several decades. Maybe four points can be returned to Wu and create a dynasty that lasts for two to three hundred years!
Under this situation, can the "Jian Jiancheng" and "Shimin" of the old Wu family not be "brothers and friends"?
Moreover, there have always been two gangs within Wu Sangui's group - the Guanning Brotherhood and the Shaanxi Bandits Gang.
The Guan Ning Brothers are the old brothers who started out as Wu Sangui. Ruo Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Wu Guogui, Zhang Guozhu, Guo Zhuangtu and others are all Guan Ning brothers. Most of these Guan Ning brothers have known Wu Yingxiong since childhood, and Wu Yingxiong has a close relationship with them.
They are all brothers who know their roots well!
Moreover, Wu Yingqi had adopted Wu Sangui's elder brother Wu Sanfeng as his son when he was a child. Therefore, in the eyes of the Guan Ning brothers, Wu Yingxiong was the undisputed heir to the Wu family.
In addition, since they are old brothers, of course they have taken good positions in advance, so they naturally do not want a power reshuffle within the Wu family group. Therefore, the crown prince Wu Yingxiong ascended the throne step by step, and then passed the throne to the grandson Wu Shifan, as long as it was smooth and stable.
Although the prince Wu Yingxiong is "bearish", his grandson Wu Shifan is quite capable and looks like a wise king.
Opposing the Guan Ning Brotherhood is the Shaanxi Bandit Gang, whose backbones include Li Benzhen, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing, Gao Qilong, Wu Zisheng, Wang Hui, Liu Zhifu and others. This gang either followed Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong. He surrendered when Wu Sangui pacified Yunnan and Guizhou. Because Wu Yingxiong had long been a hostage in Beijing at that time, these old gangsters didn't know the eldest son very well, but they were quite familiar with the second son Wu Yingqi.
After the Guan Ning Brotherhood decided to support the eldest son Wu Yingxiong, these Shaanxi thieves naturally gathered around Wu Yingqi who was ordered to go to Qishan to recover Gansu and Shaanxi. Although this Wu Yingqi failed to win the big cake of regaining Guanzhong, the Shaanxi thieves The thieves are not from Guanzhong. They are either from northern Shaanxi or Gansu. They all come from miserable backgrounds. After Wu Yingqi led his troops to take over the barren land of Shaanxi, they all returned home in fine clothes, and then brought a large group of fellow villagers to help the old Wu family conquer the world!
Therefore, since Wu Zhouping captured Shaanxi-Gansu, the strength of Wu Yingqi and the Shaanxi-Gansu thieves gang behind him has increased significantly. Therefore, the more these men from Shaanxi and Gansu look at their Qin King Wu Yingqi, the more they look like Qin King Li Shimin!
And this "Wu Shimin" son Wu Shicong is more capable than his father, so there is no need to worry about "Wu Zhi" or "Wu Chengqian" being cheated.
So after this group of men from Shaanxi and Gansu entered Chang'an City, many of them asked people where the Xuanwu Gate was?
what does this mean?
Wu Sangui himself naturally knew about the two groups of people and dogs biting dogs. But he is also in a dilemma. Being an emperor has to create checks and balances! You can't give everything to the boss, and you can't give everything to brother Guan Ning. What if the boss is unfilial? What if brother Guan Ning disobeys?
These old Guan Ning brothers were all a bit "fearful of flags" back then. If they had all been used back then, Kangxi might have been able to help the boss Wu Yingxiong to the position of King Pingxi in advance. So Wu Sangui was not very afraid of flags and was very dissatisfied with the big brother. People from the Shaanxi-Gan Liu bandit gang of the Qing Dynasty were established.
Now it seems that this is the right step!
But now how to balance these two biological sons and two factions will test Wu Sangui's ability to balance. If he is not careful, Wu Sangui will become "Wu Yuan" who is even more unjust than Dou E!
In addition, there is another thing that makes Wu Sangui a little uncertain, that is, what is the attitude of his eldest son Wu Yingxiong and eldest grandson Wu Shifan towards Li Zhongshan, the great general of the Ming Dynasty?
In the Chang'an Palace, Wu Sangui, the prince Wu Yingxiong, and the grandson Wu Shifan were summoning Shang Shuying, who had just arrived.
Shang Shuying was kneeling on a futon, crying and recounting the whole process of how she, Shang Zhixin, Shang Zhijie, and Shang Zhiying together raided the Mochou Lake Palace and failed to escape. When it came to the sad part, her tears were like broken pearls. The same, dripping down.
Wu Sangui looked sympathetic, shaking his head and sighing from time to time, as if he was feeling sorry for the tragic deaths of the three brothers Shang Zhixin, Shang Zhijie, and Shang Zhiying. However, the old man kept looking at his children and grandchildren from the corner of his eyes.
Wu Yingxiong was soft-hearted, and he was also a friend of Monk Zhixin for many years. Now that his friend died tragically, he was of course very sad, and his tears couldn't help but flow down.
After Shang Shuying finished crying, Wu Sangui sighed and said to Wu Yingxiong: "Boss, Shuying is my father's daughter from now on and your sister. You first send her back to the hotel, and then arrange a princess mansion for her. , all her supplies from now on will be according to the standards of a princess!"
"Yes, Father!"
"Thank you, Father!"
Wu Yingxiong and Shang Shuying accepted the order, thanked each other, and then left the hall together.
Wu Sangui then waved his hand, "Everyone except Shifan, please step aside!"
The serving maids and guards quickly disappeared from Wu Sangui's sight, and only the grandfather and grandson were left in the huge palace.
"Shifan, what do you think?"
"Grandpa," Wu Shifan said, "Li Shikai is Xiaofu's husband, his grandson's benefactor, and his beloved relative and friend!"
"Oh." Wu Sangui nodded, "Then what?"
"If he were our great general in the Zhou Dynasty, my grandchildren would regard him as a brother. But he is our great general in the Ming Dynasty and will be the official secretary of the Ming Dynasty!"
Wu Sangui nodded, "The Ming Dynasty is dominated by generals!"
"Exactly!" Wu Shifan said, "So he is my grandson's rival in the world and perhaps his biggest enemy!"
"Very good!" Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction, "To fight for the world, we must first distinguish ourselves from the enemy! If he was one of ours, then everything would be easy, but he is not. Not only is he not, but there is no way we can win him over. Because he himself is the lord. ! But, how do we destroy him?"
"Grandpa Huang," Wu Shifan said, "To eliminate him, we must first paralyze him and not make him wary!"
"How to be paralyzed?" Wu Sangui asked.
"Grandpa, please look at this." Wu Shifan took out the autographed letter written by Li Zhongshan and handed it to Wu Sangui with both hands.
Wu Sangui picked up the crystal reading glasses on the desk, put them on the bridge of his nose, then took the letter and read it slowly: "Oh, he wants Xiao Xie to serve him? But Xiao Xie is now the Princess of Jiading! Princess Dazhou is for him. Concubine, is this appropriate?"
"It wasn't suitable," Wu Shifan said, "so grandpa wanted to marry her to Li Jiqing. But my grandson made the decision and sent her to Huaixi to Li Zhongshan!"
"This is a huge favor!" Wu Sangui nodded, noncommittal, and continued to read the letter, "Oh, he also wants you to fight for the opportunity to send troops to help Kangxi. Do you want to go?"
"I don't want to." Wu Shifan answered simply, "This opportunity should be given to Shuangyu."
"Shuangyu" is Wu Shijue's brand name. Wu Shijue's identity is a bit special. Wu Shijue is from Liaodong, and of course he is a member of the Guan Ning faction. But he has been Wu Shicong's follower since he was a child!
Therefore, letting Wu Shijue lead his troops to support Kangxi seemed to be an ambiguous plan.
Wu Shifan explained: "Grandpa, if my grandson leads the troops to support Kangxi, it is hard to say whether Kangxi dares to fight Fuquan. And if Ruiyu is allowed to lead the troops, Fuquan may not be able to go out. Only Shuangyu sends troops, Only then can they have a good fight with each other.”
"Ruiyu" is Wu Shicong's brand name. Among Wu and Zhou's troops, people also called Wu Shicong "Jade Commander", which shows how important his reputation is! If Fuquan heard that Wu Sangui sent "Wu Yushuai" to support Kangxi, then he would probably stick to it.
If Wu Yushuai was too good at fighting and allowed Kangxi to win easily, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty lose a battle?
"That's a good plan!" Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction, "Then how do you reply to Li Zhongshan?"
"Just say that Kong Sizhen asked Grandpa to marry Xiao Geng to Li Jiqing, and Grandpa you have agreed. So my grandson can only personally escort Xiao Geng to Huaixi. Therefore, he cannot rush to the Qing Dynasty in time, so he has to let Shuangyu lead 20,000 troops to help! "
"Okay, this favor is sold well!" Wu Sangui laughed, "Shifan, when it comes to fighting, you are not as good as Shi Cong, or even as good as Shi Jue. They are really good at fighting a tough battle, but you can't. But when it comes to being a human being, he Both of them are inferior to you!"
Wu Shifan smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for this era of great strife, my grandson would really like to be brothers with Shikai."
Wu Sangui nodded: "You can treat people sincerely, and you can also distinguish between enemies and friends. This is your greatest advantage! Okay, very good! This is better than grandpa! Although your grandfather can treat people sincerely, sometimes he really can't distinguish between enemies and friends. !”
As he spoke, Wu Sangui lowered his tone: "Shifan, no one can shake your position as grandson!
Not even your legitimate mother, Princess Jianning. Although her two sons are legitimate sons, they are half Aisin Gioro. I cannot pass the Great Zhou Dynasty to Huang Taiji's grandson! As long as I tell everyone about this, I believe no one will support them in fighting for your position. "
It turns out that Wu Shifan's current status is not very stable. He is not only threatened by "Wu Yushuai", but also threatened by his two biological brothers.
Because Princess Jianning was released by Fuquan and took them to Chang'an, and Wu Yingxiong and Princess Jianning had a very good relationship - Jianning was not only his wife, but also the one he "brought up"!
Therefore, Wu Shifan is very likely to change Princess Jianning's son to be his successor.
Although these two children are still young, they are legitimate sons after all!
And they are not "too young" either, one is twelve years old and the other is ten years old.
Considering that Wu Yingxiong is still just the prince, by the time Wu Yingxiong ascends the throne, these two legitimate sons should have grown up and can take over as the prince.
Therefore, when Wu Yingxiong established Wu Shifan as his successor, he was deposing his direct descendants and establishing concubines! It is only right and proper to establish the elder of the two legitimate sons.
Moreover, Princess Jianning’s eldest son sacrificed his life in order to cover Wu Shifan’s escape. Although he would not have been able to save his life if he had not done so, Wu Shifan owed Princess Jianning’s mother and son a huge favor after all, and was too embarrassed to argue with them. Storage spaces.
But if Wu Sangui supports Wu Shifan, Princess Jianning will have no choice because she and her two sons are not strong enough. Their bloodline is not good!
They all have the blood of Aisin Gioro!
Princess Jianning is Huang Taiji's daughter, and those two children are Huang Taiji's grandsons. Co-authored the overthrow of Huang Taiji's grandson, and then replaced Huang Taiji's grandson in power?
This doesn’t seem quite right!
Wu Shifan's mother is a Han woman, so he is completely Han, so there will be no problem for him to take over.
Therefore, as long as Wu Sangui talks about the blood of Princess Jianning's two sons, Wu Shifan's status will be stable.
After all, everyone had rebelled against Aisin Gioro, so it would not be appropriate to establish a prince with Aisin Gioro blood.
But Wu Shifan couldn't go around talking about the blood of his two younger brothers. It would seem ungrateful. Wu Sangui had to come to this evil man. He was already full of evildoers anyway!
(End of chapter)
