Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi said to the third-class guard Deng Zhong: "Deng Zhong, go to the Gate of Supreme Harmony and call Shi Lang for me!"
"嗻!"
Deng Zhong responded, immediately left the south study room, and then trotted to the duty room outside Taihe Gate to find Shi Lang.
Today is no ordinary day...the Chinese New Year is almost here!
Today is the last day to attend court before the annual holiday. Once the court ends today, the Gate of Supreme Harmony will have to be closed for several days. The concierge Shi Lang who is guarding the gate can go home and have a good rest. Maybe he will be in a hurry for the holiday and skip work early. Then the toilet loyalists will have to search for him all over Beijing. How troublesome?
But luckily for the toilet loyalist, when he trotted all the way to the gate of Taihe Gate to check in, Shi Lang was humming a southern Fujian tune and packing his things, preparing to skip work.
Shi Lang was also startled when he saw Toilet Zhong pushing open the door with a heavy breath, "Weiwei Deng, what are you..."
Deng Zhong gasped and said: "Pass, pass, the emperor is sending you to the South Study Room!"
"Pass it to me? Now?" Shi Lang seemed a little reluctant. He was about to break up his class, so why did he still have to work overtime?
Moreover, he also made an appointment with several other ministers and ministers leading bodyguards, and they would go to the Pip Alley near Dashilar to drink wine together later. There have been a few "little singers" in Pipiao Alley recently. They are as beautiful as real oiran ladies. Shi Lang also wants to see them!
By the way, the so-called prostitute, also known as a prostitute, is a male or something... Anyway, it's just paid holding hands!
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, discipline was very strict and brothels were not allowed to open in Beijing. However, Dorgon, Duduo and other old Manchus who had just entered the city at that time were all rubes. They thought that brothels were a place for delinquent women to sell their bodies for fun, but they did not expect that men and women could do it too!
As a result, there have not been any stray women in Beijing for many years, but "little singing" has become a bit common.
Deng Zhong saw Shi Lang dawdling, so he hurriedly grabbed him, and while pulling him back, he said: "Master Shi! You are going to be of great use! Tu Zhongtang just recommended you to the emperor to become the admiral of the Fujian Navy... .”
"What? What did you say?" Shi Lang couldn't believe his ears. He had been idle for so many years, and now he finally had a chance to put it to good use?
"Admiral of the Fujian Navy!" Deng Zhong said, "I've got you!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is going to destroy the puppet Yanping Palace?" Shi Lang's white face suddenly turned murderous, startling Deng Zhong.
"No, it's not to fight Zheng Jing," Deng Zhong quickly waved his hand, "The emperor wants you to fight the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu of Guangdong!"
"That's okay!" Shi Lang gritted his teeth, "The person named Zhu is the boss named Zheng, so he deserves to die too!"
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When Shi Lang, an unreliable servant, was called into the South Study Room to kowtow to Emperor Kangxi, the young hero looked at General Shi carefully while thinking about who should be guarded against him.
This Shi Lang looks unreliable! A fair face, an aquiline nose, small eyes, a mustache... all the honors a man of four ministers and five ministers should have, no wonder he is so capricious!
"Shi Lang," Emperor Kangxi asked directly after seeing Shi Lang kowtowing excitedly, "Have you ever recognized Prince Zhu San and Grandson Zhu San for many years in Fujian and Guangdong?"
"Returning to the emperor," Shi Lang shook his head and said, "I don't recognize them. When I surrendered to the Qing Dynasty for the second time, Prince Zhu and his son had not yet caused trouble in Danan Mountain. If I remember correctly, they should have been in the tenth year of Shunzhi." It was only in the third or fourteenth year that I ran from Wen'an City to Danan Mountain. At that time, I was still serving as an official in Beijing. Later, when I was released as the admiral of the Fujian Navy, I heard about this group of traitors. However, I did not know about them at that time. They are the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson Zhu, they are just remnants of the puppet Tang Palace."
Kangxi said again: "I have read your "Border Troubles Yijing Shu" and "Ji Chen Shi Shu Shu" these days, and I think they are very insightful! But it is indeed not the reality of a cross-sea platform. Zhu San, who is entrenched in the four coastal counties of Chaozhou, The prince and the grandson of Zhu San are the great trouble for the imperial court. If I ask you to assist the imperial envoy Mi Sihan, what are your best strategies to quell the traitors?"
Although Kangxi was very dissatisfied with Mi Sihan, he did not remove him from the post of imperial envoy. Because Kangxi could not find a good general to replace him for a while, and he also knew that Mi Sihan's job as an imperial envoy was not easy.
Most of the Qing troops in Guangdong were in the hands of Prince Pingnan and military leaders such as Liu Jinzhong, Zu Zeqing, Yan Ziming, and Miao Zhixiu who supported the troops and respected themselves. Only the pacesetters of Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong, Liu Bingquan, the governor of Guangdong, and the bannermen of Xushun Gongfu were completely loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for anyone to become an imperial envoy.
To besiege the four coastal counties of Chaozhou, it is not possible to rely solely on the green troops on land. The navy must also cooperate, otherwise the initiative will lie with the third prince Zhu and his grandson Zhu San!
And the Qing naval forces in Guangdong and Fujian...are not worth mentioning at all! Because after Su Dadu was suppressed by the Qing court, the naval forces in Guangdong and Fujian were led by a bunch of old Han soldiers who fainted when they got on the boat. They couldn't get out of the sea. How could they defeat Qiu Hui, Chen Shangchuan, Liu Guoxuan, etc. A big pirate like Jiang Sheng?
"Your Majesty!" Shi Lang had already thought about it and said to Kangxi, "I have been paying attention to the news in the south these days. In my opinion, the third grandson of Zhu is indeed brave and good at fighting, and he has the military art and magic passed down by Zhuge Liang. With the help of Lei, unless the Eight Banners heavenly troops are mobilized, it will be impossible to defeat them quickly by relying on the Green Camp's land division.
However, the climate in Guangdong is hot and humid, making it a land of malaria. The Eight Banners soldiers were all from the north and could not get used to the climate in Guangdong, so they were prone to contracting diseases after going there. "
This is a good step to find...it's not that I can't beat it, it's just that it's hot!
Kangxi and the Manchu ministers in the Nan Study Room nodded in agreement. They were all afraid of the heat!
Kangxi smiled and asked: "Shi Lang, if you have any good ideas, just tell me!"
Shi Lang said: "Your Majesty, I discovered that although Zhu San's great grandson is good at fighting, he is proficient in land warfare, not water warfare!
Moreover, the slave has been watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the duty room outside Taihe Gate every day, and found that Zhuge Liang doesn't seem to know how to fight in water... Otherwise, when Liu Bei attacked Soochow, he would go with him. If Lu Xun's navy is defeated, won't everything be fine? "
Kangxi slapped his thigh, "You're right! Shi Lang, I really saw you right!"
Well, the duty room outside Taihe Gate is where the internal ministers work - Shi Lang, a first-rank internal minister, is responsible for guarding the gate there. He had to watch carefully and not let the assassin swagger in from the Gate of Supreme Harmony to kill the emperor!
But he didn't take good care of the door. He also used his working time to read novels and read all four great books. Now his boss Kangxi knew it and refused to let anyone chop off his head, but he still applauded!
This best employer turned out to be Emperor Kangxi!
Encouraged, Shi Lang continued his analysis: "So the ancestral skills of Zhuge Demon Dao definitely do not include water warfare. If we want to defeat the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu, we still have to rebuild the Fujian Navy!
If the slaves can train 20,000 naval troops and build a hundred large ships, it will be enough to defeat Qiu Hui's navy. As soon as Qiu Hui was finished, Dahao, Chenghai, Haimen and other places were all owned by the imperial court, and the north and south streams of the Rongjiang River were also controlled by the imperial navy. When the time comes, the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu will be attacked from both sides. Can they last? "
"It makes sense!" Kangxi nodded repeatedly and asked, "Shi Lang, if I give you full power, how long will it take you to train a navy of 20,000?"
"If the emperor gives me full power, I will be able to train 20,000 sailors and build hundreds of ships within a year!"
"Okay!" Kangxi nodded heavily, "I give you full authority! I will appoint you as the imperial envoy to supervise the Fujian Navy Minister, and then order Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces to co-organize military pay and shipbuilding matters!
Then order the second-class guard Deng Zhong to go to Chaozhou Xushun Gongfu to select two flag men with the rank of assistant to carry them into the Xianghuang Banner Han Army, and join them together under your command to obey your orders! "
Of course Shi Lang knew what the "toilet loyalist" did under him? But that's a matter of course, he is the fourth minister, and Emperor Kangxi cannot trust him 100%.
So Shi Lang quickly pretended to be filled with tears of gratitude, kowtowed and thanked: "I thank Tian'en, I must work hard to eliminate the thieves on the tide platform as soon as possible for the emperor!"
Seeing Shi Lang's loyal and brave appearance, Emperor Kangxi also felt a lot more at ease, but he was still not satisfied with the performance of Shang Kexi and Mi Sihan in Guangdong. It's right to advance cautiously and slowly, but we should also put on a force to suppress the situation, right? Is it too leisurely that Shang Kexi is still squinting in Guangzhou now?
In addition, the performance of the Fujian side is even more worrying...it seems that it has nothing to do with them and is hanging on high! This is not possible!
Kangxi said in his heart: "I have to send it to Mi Sihan, and then call Shang Zhidian to explain it.
In addition, it’s time to change the governor of Fujian. Liu Dou seems to be no match for Prince Zhu San! How about letting Fan Chengmo, the governor of Zhejiang, give it a try? "
