On August 13th, the tenth year of Kangxi's reign, the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and so was the third anniversary of Obai's death.
The nineteen-year-old pockmarked emperor Xuan Ye still remembered that in May of the eighth year of Kangxi's reign, he eradicated the powerful traitor Aobai in one fell swoop, thus firmly holding the power in his hands. However, he always felt that he should be a benevolent king, so after arresting Oboi, he did not give him a canonical sentence. Instead, he had the rebellious minister tortured for almost three months before he was allowed to die in prison during the Mid-Autumn Festival. ...so that he can go down there and reunite with his dead family members!
What a great gift from the Emperor!
This thing was really done beautifully. It not only won the name of benevolence and righteousness, but also gave Obei a dignity, and also let out a bad breath. At the same time, it shocked the three young men Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong. No, it was Xiao Lao Xiao Da! Let them stop having any ulterior motives and cooperate honestly to reduce the feudal clan! This might spare the three of them a happy death... a happy death immediately!
But today, when Kangxi was sitting in the south study room in the south veranda of the Palace of Qianqing, the same south study room where he captured Obei, waiting for Xiong Cilu, the academician of the Hanlin Academy, to lecture on "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he suddenly remembered that heinous man. The powerful traitor Obai.
Although Obai was extremely bad, he still had a strong deterrent effect on the remaining forces of San Francisco and the Ming Dynasty. When he was here, the third prince Zhu and the third great-grandson Zhu would not cause such a big fuss, and there would not be any descendants of Zhuge Liang to protect the third prince Zhu and the third great-grandson Zhu!
Moreover, this powerful traitor Ao Bai must be able to figure out whether the third prince Zhu and his grandson Zhu are really powerful, or whether Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin, and Shang Shuying's family are raising bandits in Guangdong to protect themselves!
It turns out that the inscriptions and memorials submitted by Shang Shuying and Deng Guangming, as well as the inscriptions jointly or individually submitted by Wang Deping, Liu Jinzhong, Xue Zhang, Fengmingshan and other civil and military officials of Chaozhou Prefecture, have now arrived in Beijing. It was placed on the desk of Emperor Kangxi - what a lot of title books and memorials!
The reason why there are a lot of people is because the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu who appeared in Chaozhou, Guangdong this time are very unusual. They don't spin up and down, but are tossed over and over again. The trouble is getting bigger and bigger. And it is developing rapidly.
From the beginning, they captured a grandson of Zhu San alive, and then the third grandson of Zhu was kidnapped by his comrades. Later, Prince Zhu, Zhu San’s grandson, and Zhuge’s military advisor all went on a rampage in Jieyang County, and even used an empty city to defeat Duke Xushun in Guiyu. The flag soldiers of the government... Although Deng Guangming finally trapped the third prince Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu in the capital of Guiyu after a hard battle, the flag soldiers of Xushun Duke's government also suffered heavy losses, with more than 200 casualties!
This is the flag soldier!
So much was lost in just one battle. What does this mean? The third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu who appeared in Chaozhou this time have amazing fighting power...if it weren't for that old man Shang Kexi and Shang Shuying's nakfu women who were causing trouble and raising bandits and falsely reporting losses!
Another thing that confused Emperor Kangxi was, of course, what happened to Zhuge Liang's evil descendant?
It's the Zhuge Divine Thunder, and it's the secret empty city plan... none of these things seem to be in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! Could it be that I missed it because I wasn’t reading carefully?
In order to find out clearly, Emperor Kangxi didn't even read the brand last night, but read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from beginning to end, without missing a word, but he still didn't find any Zhuge Divine Thunder or the secret Empty City Strategy. .
However, Emperor Kangxi still refused to give up. Today he simply asked his bodyguard to inform Xiong Cilu, the chief scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and asked him to stop talking about the Four Books and Five Classics and talk about the Three Kingdoms instead... This would put Xiong Cilu in a hurry. broken!
Nope!
A storyteller from Dashilan can talk about the Three Kingdoms. How could he, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a second-rank official, talk about the Three Kingdoms? It’s too late to go to Dashilar to study with a teacher right away!
But your life is in trouble! If the emperor wants to listen to the Three Kingdoms, Xiong Cilu must talk about the Three Kingdoms. And he also knew that Emperor Kangxi was a young hero and would not listen to the Three Kingdoms for no reason. If he wants to listen to the Three Kingdoms, it must be related to military and national affairs. As a "Hanlin Academy storyteller", Xiong Cilu had to speak well and work hard to let the young hero get some principles of governance from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
So Xiong Cilu had no choice but to bite the bullet, took a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and went to the south study room where Emperor Kangxi was.
When he arrived, he found that Tu Hai and Jin Batai, the bachelors of the Zhonghe Palace, Suo'etu and Li Fei, the bachelors of the Baohe Palace, Dui Kana and Feng Pu, the bachelors of the Wenhua Palace, had all gathered in the South Study Room. Standing there with hands down and shoulders down.
What does it mean? Xiong Cilu thought to himself: "So many people are listening to me talk about the Three Kingdoms together? They won't laugh at me if I don't speak well, right?"
Xiong Cilu was unsure, but he couldn't neglect the etiquette of entering. After entering the south study room, he knelt down respectfully, then put aside the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" he brought with him, and kowtowed to Emperor Kangxi.
After prostrating, I heard Emperor Kangxi say "Pingshen" before picking up "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and getting up from the ground.
"Xiong Cilu," Emperor Kangxi said seriously at this time, "I want to test you."
Xiong Cilu said: "Your Majesty, please come up with a question."
"In the ninety-fifth chapter of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Hou set up an empty city strategy to deal with Sima Yi's army. What would be the result if Sima Yi ignored it and charged in with his head covered?"
"No," Xiong Cilu said with a smile, "Zhuge Liang was sure that Sima Yi would be suspicious and would be fooled."
"I mean, if, if Sima Yi doesn't fall for the trick, does Zhuge Liang have any options?"
"This..." Xiong Cilu was confused.
However, his mind was still very active. Looking around, he found that six bachelors were present, and each of them had a serious expression, not like they were joking or listening to a book.
This means that now... we are discussing national affairs?
"Your Majesty," Xiong Cilu immediately put on a serious expression (the attitude must be correct first), "I think Zhuge Kongming must have some tricks up his sleeve."
He really thought so - Zhuge Kongming must have prepared a fast horse for himself!
If Sima Yi doesn't retreat, then Kong Ming will definitely get on his horse and run away!
"Oh," Emperor Kangxi asked again, "then you also think that the empty city strategy written in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is incomplete, only half of it is written, and Zhuge Liang's second move is not written out?"
Something strange happened? Xiong Cilu became more and more confused as he listened, but he had no choice but to follow Emperor Kangxi's train of thought and answer: "Your Majesty, this must be the case!"
Emperor Kangxi said again: "Then you think...will Zhuge Liang pass on the full set of empty city strategies to future generations?"
"Probably...Zhuge has so many unique skills, he should pass some on to future generations." Xiong Cilu answered while thinking in his heart: "What military and national event are we talking about today? It's hard to say that it's Zhejiang. The descendants of Zhuge Liang in Lanxi rebelled? Are the descendants of Zhuge Liang so talented?"
Emperor Kangxi finally got the answer he wanted at this time. He nodded and said: "Xiong Cilu, it seems that you still understand "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" very well! Let's do this. From now on, the cabinet bachelors and I will discuss politics, and you will also come and listen. , give me some advice."
"Your Majesty, Xiong Cilu, thanks the Lord for your kindness!" Although Xiong Cilu hasn't figured out what happened yet, one thing he knows very well is that he is going to be promoted again! Maybe he will be able to officially join the cabinet and become a bachelor soon!
He is only thirty-seven years old this year... His official career is so prosperous!
"Pingsheng!" Emperor Kangxi saw his teacher kowtow and thank him, and then stood up neatly, so he pointed to a table of title books and memorials and said to Xiong Cilu, "This is where Chaozhou local civil and military officials The title book and memorial on the book. It reported an extraordinary rebellion by the third prince Zhu and his third grandson! One of Zhuge Liang's descendants was also involved, acting as a military advisor and killing more than a hundred people using the ancestral empty city strategy and Zhuge Divine Thunder. Flag soldiers of Xushun Duke’s Mansion! Please read these inscriptions and memorials first...and then talk about them after reading them!"
