"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
In the splendid Jingnan Palace by the Qiongshui River in Fuzhou, Zuo Chunqiu, who was jogging all the way, had not yet entered the palace study, but Geng Jingzhong, who had given birth to a very endearing pointy mouth and monkey cheeks, was far away. Congratulations - this guy looks quite interesting, he looks like a monkey, but he doesn't look cunning, and he is also a bit honest and honest. He is probably just an honest monkey.
Of course, he didn't think he was honest... He also thought he was quite shrewd. He deceived the little Emperor Kangxi and released his tiger back to Fujian.
"Military advisor, come in and talk...Where does King Xi come from?"
In the study, Geng Jingzhong was thinking deeply about a map of the Qing Dynasty. When he heard the words of his confidant, he asked questions with a smile; he lifted up his robe, turned around, and sat down on a Taishi chair.
"My lord, double...double happiness is coming to our door!"
"Double happiness? What two happy events are they?" Geng Jingzhong raised his eyes and looked at his confidant strategist. Only then did he realize that Zuo Chunqiu was blushing, holding two books in his hands, and breathing heavily!
Zuo Chunqiu had been put in a high position since he surrendered to Geng Jingzhong, and had been given the title of magistrate. In fact, he was actually the chief master of the palace. Today, he was on duty in the main lock-up room of the palace, and he received two urgent notices at the same time.
One of them was sent quickly by Liu Jinzhong, the commander-in-chief of Chaozhou. Liu Jinzhong is not a subordinate of Geng Jingzhong now, but because Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong have helped Liu Jinzhong, Liu Jinzhong has always regarded himself as an old member of the Jingnan Palace. From time to time, he I will send a notice to the Prince of Jingnan to inform you of important events in Chaozhou and Guangdong.
Another notice was sent by Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy - Geng Jingzhong actually had no control over Shi Lang. Because Shi Lang himself had the title of imperial envoy, and there was also an imperial envoy in Zhangzhou to supervise Mi Sihan, the Minister of Military Affairs of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, to control Shi Lang. But Geng Jingzhong is the King of Jingnan and the commander-in-chief of the Fujian garrison flag army! According to the Manchu system, the flag army was larger than the green camp, and the commander of the garrisoned flag army had the right to control all green camp troops in the defense zone. Therefore, although Shi Lang was not under the control of Geng Jingzhong, he still needed to report to Geng Jingzhong according to the system.
After getting these two urgent notices and reading them, Zuo Chunqiu could no longer sit still and ran all the way to Geng Jingzhong's study in a hurry. Because the Jingnan Palace occupies a large area, Zuo Chunqiu was out of breath running all the way. After entering the study, he took a while to catch his breath, and finally he could continue to answer Geng Jingzhong's questions.
"Your Majesty, this is great news that Shi Lang defeated Luoyang River, the newly built Fujian Navy was destroyed, and even the six foreign warships that came to help in the battle were burned down!
Now the pirate Zheng's soldiers have landed at the Luoyang River Estuary and are about to besiege Quanzhou City! "
"What?" Geng Jingzhong jumped up from his chair as soon as he heard this, "Master Zuo, what did you say?"
"Your Highness, please calm down..." Zuo Chunqiu immediately smiled and said, "This matter is very detrimental to the Qing Dynasty, but it is very beneficial to the Prince's career! The Prince just took this opportunity. , take it one step further!”
"Go further?" Geng Jingzhong perked up as soon as he heard this. He even put aside the matter of Lao Zheng's family entering Quanzhou. His honest monkey face was full of expectation.
"If you go one step further..." Zuo Chunqiu said, "Then he will be the Lord of Fujian!"
"What?" Geng Jingzhong was a little disappointed, "Why is he the Lord of Fujian? I am the Lord of Fujian now!"
Zuo Chunqiu shook his head and said: "My lord, you are only the lord of Fuzhou now, not the lord of Fujian! Even Fuzhou Prefecture is not a place where you can make decisions! What you can really have the final say is that trivial matter Dozens of vassals!"
Zuo Chunqiu was right. The Qing Dynasty granted the three vassal states a title. The three vassal kings were not the lords of a province or even a palace at all. Wu Sangui was better off. After all, as the Yungui General Manager, he could appoint the Western Selector earlier, although the privileges of the Yungui General Manager and the Western Selector had already been handed over. However, many local officials in Yunnan and Guizhou promoted by Wu Sangui in his early years are still in office, so he can still control Yunnan and Guizhou.
But Geng Jingzhong, the vassal king, couldn't do it. The Geng family had never been a general manager of Fujian, and there was no "Geng selected" official, so Geng Jingzhong's ability to control Fujian was very weak. The land and population can only be controlled through some manors affiliated to the Jingnan Palace, thereby exerting influence on the local government in Fujian.
However, there are only fifteen assistants under the jurisdiction of the Jingnan Prince's Mansion. How many vassals can they occupy? Therefore, Geng Jingzhong is indeed not the lord of Fujian, not even the lord of Fuzhou. Dingtian is the largest feudal lord in Fujian Province. It's a bit like the feudal lord in Japan next door, but it's not a big feudal lord. With his fifteen subordinates and six thousand green soldiers, there are ninety-one million men and horses in the sky... I'm afraid even "a million stones" None, just a worth of three to four hundred thousand dan.
It is simply a dream to become the emperor with this strength!
Listening to what Zuo Chunqiu said, Geng Jingzhong also felt that it would take a few steps to become the emperor... But it seems that it is not easy to become the lord of Fujian!
"Master, how can I become the leader of Fujian?" Geng Jingzhong frowned, "Even if Zheng Jing captured Jinjiang, the capital of Quanzhou, he would only have such a small amount of territory, and the emperor would not be able to entrust the military and political power of the entire Fujian to me. Bar?"
"My lord, don't worry, isn't there some good news?"
"Is there any good news?" Geng Jingzhong asked, "What good news?"
Zuo Chunqiu handed over Liu Jinzhong's invitation, "My lord, look, this is Liu Zongrong's invitation."
"Liu Jinzhong's report?" Geng Jingzhong took the report, opened it and said while reading, "It should be that the army sent by Mi Sihan to attack Chenghai retreated in embarrassment, right? This is really a waste of money... ..."
As soon as he said this, he suddenly seemed to be under a restraining spell. He stood there straight and couldn't say a word.
After a long while, he said in a trembling tone: "This, this, how is this possible? Shang, Shang is overjoyed... The sky in Guangdong has fallen! The Ming Dynasty is back!"
Zuo Chunqiu smiled and said to Geng Jingzhong: "Your Majesty, if the sky in Guangdong falls, the imperial court will think that you, the pillar of Fujian, are important! Only then will they hand over all the power of Fujian Province to you! You With the power of Fujian Province, we can recruit soldiers and horses to do big things!"
"But...can the court believe me?" Geng Jingzhong was still a little doubtful.
He is also one of the three feudal lords!
And he is probably the only vassal king among the three vassals who really wants to rebel!
Among the three vassal kings, Shang Kexi is overly loyal, Wu Sangui is self-defeating with his troops... He just wants to be the king of Yunnan, but Geng Jingzhong is the only one who is tossing about the "emperor's clone ear fire" all day long, and dreams of being the king of Yunnan. emperor.
Of course Geng Jingzhong, who had a ulterior motive in his heart, could not believe that Emperor Kangxi would trust him.
Zuo Chunqiu said with a smile: "My lord, of course the emperor believes you. If he didn't believe you, would he have asked you to return to Fujian to inherit the title? When the late king submitted an invitation, the emperor would immediately let you go south...Wu Sangui He is very ill now, is he willing to let Wu Yingxiong go?"
"Yes, but how should I seize all the power in Fujian Province?" Geng Jingzhong asked again.
"This is easy to handle," Zuo Chunqiu said, "You go to Beijing in person to ask the emperor for power!"
"What?" Geng Jingzhong was startled by Zuo Chunqiu's suggestion, "Aren't you throwing yourself into a trap?"
"My lord, what are you afraid of?" Zuo Chunqiu said with a smile, "You are the vassal king of the Qing Dynasty. You are stationed in Fuzhou to suppress the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty for the imperial court. Now that the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty have made such a big fuss, you are the three Can one thousand banner soldiers and six thousand green battalions do it? It is only natural that you go to Beijing to demand power."
"Then, will the emperor give it to you?"
Zuo Chunqiu said: "If he doesn't give it, you will have to rely on Beijing to not leave... He will definitely give it! And the emperor will think that you are loyal and reliable, my lord!"
"Really? Am I loyal?" Geng Jingzhong looked at Zuo Chunqiu, his honest face wrinkled, as if he was thinking hard.
"Really, really!" Zuo Chunqiu said, "Your Majesty, if the emperor really doesn't give... you might as well just withdraw the feudal vassal! With only your three thousand bannermen and six thousand green battalions, it's more gratifying than Shang The difference is too big. Zhu Heji will attack after a while, but the whole army will be wiped out?"
Geng Jingzhong took a breath, nodded and said: "That's right... Although Shang Kexi only has a few people on his books, he is actually much better than me!
He has the Xiangshan-Macao trade in his hands, and the money he puts in his pocket every year is at least millions. I can't compare with him!
Okay, I'll submit a letter right away and request to come to Beijing to report on my work. "
