"Your Majesty," Xiong Cilu, the academician of the Hanlin Academy, hurriedly came out of class and said, "Those are all deceptive lies and lies."
Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but frown when he looked at this Confucian minister who was usually very good at speaking truth. What happened to this "Hanlin Academy Storytelling"? He can talk about the Three Kingdoms, why is he unwilling to talk about the world's public affairs and the original Confucianism? Yuan Confucianism doesn’t quite understand what it means, but the phrase “the world is for the public” comes from the Book of Rites. How could Xiong Cilu not know that? Could it be that during this period, his mind has been focused on the Three Kingdoms and he no longer knows how to talk about truth?
"Xiong Cilu," Kangxi asked with a frown, "What basis do you have to say that they are liars? If they are not liars, but really want the world to be a commonwealth, restore Confucianism and Taoism, and be the original Confucians, What will happen?”
Yes, what basis do you, Xiong Cilu Xiong Storyteller, have for saying that Prince Zhu and his son are cheating?
Everyone in the south study room turned their gloating eyes to Xiong Cilu, who was always eloquent.
Because everyone knows that "the world is for the common good" and "original Confucianism" are very dangerous issues for the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy!
"The emperor taught me that I was too arbitrary." Xiong Cilu admitted his mistake very well and immediately knelt down to Emperor Kangxi. However, he would not really discuss with Kangxi about "the world is for the common good" and "restoration of Confucianism and Taoism". "... Of course he knows what Prince Zhu and his son are doing, but for him, a Han Confucian official, these two are topics that may lose his head!
The "ball" must be kicked out cleanly, even if it flies away!
So he went on to say: "But I really don't believe that Prince Zhu and his son will really make the world a public service... As for the restoration of Confucianism and Taoism, it is even more nonsense. What is restoration? How to restore it?
I feel that Prince Zhu and his son just thought that there were not many people who believed in the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, so they did this. It is really not credible and not a cause for concern. "
Then he changed the topic and said, "The top priority now is to send out troops quickly, select good generals, march by land and water, and attack the robbers' nest!"
Emperor Kangxi frowned and raised his hand: "Sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiong Cilu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stood up and stepped aside.
Kangxi again set his sights on Xue Zhang, who was a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, "Xue is a lecturer!"
"I'm here!" Xue Zhang quickly walked out of the queue and knelt down to salute Emperor Kangxi.
"You are the former magistrate of Chaozhou. You should know which Confucian scholars there are in Chaozhou, right?"
"I know a thing or two." In fact, Xue Zhang didn't know at all. The Confucian scholars in Chaozhou all spoke Chaozhou dialect, which he couldn't understand at all.
Kangxi said: "Then you go to Guangdong and get to know the background of these original Confucians for me." He paused and said, "I will grant you the title of admiral of academic affairs!"
Xue Zhang really won the lottery! I have only been a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy for a few days, and now I have to mention learning. If this continues, it won't be long before the ministry and government are able to seal the territory.
Xue Zhang thanked the emperor for his kindness, while Kangxi turned his attention to Tu Hai, the chief scholar of the Manchus.
"Your Majesty," Tu Hai, like Xiong Cilu, was not willing to talk about "the world is for the common good" and "the restoration of original Confucianism", but recommended good generals to Kangxi, "Just now, Academician Xiong mentioned advancing by land and water, I also I think it makes sense, but the naval forces in Guangdong and Fujian provinces are too weak and may not be able to shoulder the important task of advancing troops and suppressing bandits by water.
Therefore, I want to recommend a good general to the emperor. As long as the emperor uses him to rectify the Fujian Navy, he will be able to defeat the two thieves, Prince Zhu and Zheng Jing! "
"Who is he?" Kangxi asked.
"Former Fujian Navy Admiral and current Interior Minister Shi Lang!"
"Shi Lang..." Emperor Kangxi frowned slightly when he thought of this man.
Shi Lang's current official position is that of Minister of Internal Affairs. He is a first-grade official. He looks quite big, but in fact it is a useless job. His job every day is to guard the gate of Taihe Gate.
It turns out that the internal ministers of the Qing Dynasty were actually the officers in charge of the bodyguards of the imperial guards, the officers who protected the emperor... It seemed quite important, but the number of these internal ministers was a bit too much. There are six ministers in total, two from each of the three banners: Xianghuang, Zhenghuang, and Zhengbai. In addition, on top of the six internal ministers, there are six internal ministers who lead bodyguards, two from each of the three banners.
In other words, there are twelve ministers in a small guard office! As for the guards under the control of these ten ministers, there are only more than 500 guards in total. On average, one of them is in charge of more than forty guards.
And Shi Lang was a slave of the Xianghuang Banner Han Army, and he was not the "Chen Han Army", but the New Han Army with little qualifications.
Therefore, among the twelve ministers in the bodyguard department, Shi Lang will always be at the bottom!
Not to mention that other ministers didn't agree with him, even the guards below didn't take him seriously. The slightly higher-level bodyguards were either from Manchurian dignitaries or the very senior Chen Hanjun...for example, Deng Zhong, who cleaned the toilet for Dorgon.
The most bizarre thing is that there was a girl named Kong Sizhen. When Shi Lang was the minister, she opened the back door and entered the guard's office, and directly became a first-class guard!
Shi Lang, an internal minister, had to kneel down and kowtow and call himself a slave when he saw her... When a male boss met a female subordinate, he had to kneel down and kowtow and call himself a slave. Who has ever seen this in the workplace?
What makes Shi Lang even more depressed is that he has no money to make, and Shi Lang is a corrupt official! Historically, after he conquered Taiwan, he seized two-thirds of Taiwan's fertile land, and even enclosed the island as his own estate. He collected "Shihou's Big Rent" every year until the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1898!
But now it is impossible for him to be greedy in the bodyguard position, and it is impossible for him to eat his empty quota and drink the blood of the soldiers in the bodyguard position.
No matter how confused the emperor is, he can always figure out how many guards there are to protect him, right? Moreover, most of those guards have backends. How can Shi Lang deceive them? And they won't give gifts to Shi Lang. There are eleven ministers and ministers in charge of bodyguards above Shi Lang!
In fact, those guards who looked down on others were reluctant to pay attention to him. He is a "Hu Jianren" and speaks Hokkien. The other guards are either old Northeast or new Beijing, and they all speak in Beijing movies or Northeastern dialect. The dialogue between the two parties is like a chicken talking to a duck, how laborious it is!
Emperor Kangxi did not want to talk to Shi Lang more, but he was a diligent and wise king, so he had read Shi Lang's "Border Troubles Yijing Shu" and "Jin Chen Shi Shu Shu". Both of these documents talk about how to deal with the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in the Yanping Palace!
Shi Lang meant to fight, and to resolve it with force as soon as possible. Moreover, Shi Lang also believed that the Yanping Palace was a paper tiger... because the population under the Yanping Palace was too small to support a large army, so the total army was less than 20,000, and the large and small warships were less than 200.
As long as the imperial court can trust Shi Lang and let him train 20,000 navy troops, they can defeat the Yanping Palace in one fell swoop!
This is much better than foolishly engaging in coastal migration, killing a hundred enemies and inflicting more than three thousand losses on oneself.
However, when the two documents were handed over, Oboi was still in power. And Ao Bai didn't believe Shi Lang at all. It wasn't that he didn't believe in Shi Lang's suggestions, but that he didn't believe in Shi Lang as a person!
Shi Lang is the fourth minister!
He was first a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, then followed Zheng Zhilong and defected to the Qing Dynasty. Later, he did not get along well with the Qing Dynasty and defected to Zheng Chenggong. Later, he fell out with Zheng Chenggong and defected to the Qing Dynasty. I have switched sides three times, who knows if there will be a fourth time?
Moreover, Shi Lang also wants to go to Fujian to train 20,000 soldiers. These are all Fujian soldiers!
The Eight Banners disciples couldn't even understand what they were saying, and they couldn't engage in water battles. Of course they couldn't lead them, so they could only be led by Shi Lang's fellow countrymen, and they were worth 20,000!
Geng Jimao, such a loyal slave, only had 3,000 banner troops and 6,000 green battalions in his hands, totaling 9,000 troops!
If Obai could let Shi Lang, the fourth minister, do such a big thing, he must be out of his mind.
But the situation now is completely different from when Obai controlled the government...because there is no Oboi and no Mulima anymore!
Moreover, there was a particularly capable grandson of Zhu San. Not only did he achieve a great victory in Jieyang, but he also led the Zheng Jiajun and Qiu Jiajun, who were not good at land warfare, to capture three counties in the Qing Dynasty.
For a while, Emperor Kangxi could not find any Eight Banners generals who could definitely defeat Zhu San Taisun. If there were no famous generals like Obai and Mulima to hold the battle, he would rashly send out the ace Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers. Once defeated, Wu Sangui and other Han people with heavy troops or the leaders of the Han Eight Banners will really rebel!
In this case, the Qing court could only win by quantity - send more Green Camp soldiers and fewer Eight Banner soldiers, and use the Eight Banners to hold the Green Camp in waves to consume the Zhu family and Zheng family.
In the original history, Kangxi used this trick when dealing with the San Francisco Rebellion.
Since we must win with quantity, then Shi Lang, who has the ability to raise an army in Fujian, is of course valuable.
There is no such thing as too much cannon fodder!
However, Kangxi also knew that he must be on guard against Shi Lang, one of his four ministers, lest he have wild ideas after he gained strength.
