The crisis caused by Shang Kexi's corruption of monk Zhixin, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, was finally suppressed temporarily by Emperor Kangxi's methods of "turning rape into loyalty" and "turning life into death".
In addition to the means, Kangxi also paid a price.
He released Wu Yingxiong, who had been detained for many years!
Although Wu Yingxiong was released, Wu Yingxiong's eldest son Wu Shilin was left in Beijing. But Wu Shilin can't be compared with Wu Yingxiong... If Wu Sangui is really dead as the rumors say, that's okay. If this old traitor tried to trick his son into going home by pretending to be alive, then Kangxi would be a little passive.
Wu Shilin alone cannot contain Wu Sangui, who is a powerful figure!
Fortunately, Wu Sangui is old after all. He may not have had the ambition to compete in the world when he was young? Not to mention now. And Wu Yingxiong's character... at least in Kangxi's view, he did not have the ambition to conquer the world.
If Wu Sangui was really dead, it would not be difficult to comfort Wu Yingxiong.
Therefore, Kangxi would rather hand over Yunnan to Wu Yingxiong, who knew the details, than let Wu Yingqi, who was unclear about the details, succeed Wu Sangui.
Of course, when things got to this point, Emperor Kangxi would not be completely on guard against Wu Sangui.
So while releasing Wu Yingxiong, Emperor Kangxi was also preparing to send out his trump card - the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers!
While Wu Yingxiong and Shang Zhidian were happily preparing to move, Emperor Kangxi convened the cabinet bachelors and some political ministers in the South Study Room to discuss how to encircle and suppress Prince Zhu San and how to make good use of the precious Eight Banners. Heavenly soldiers.
On one wall of the south study room, a half-wall map of mountains and rivers produced by Hanlin Academy has been hung.
The so-called "Half Country Map" means that on this map there are only places such as Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang, Liangjiang, Huguang, Sichuan, and Yunnan and Guizhou. There are no places such as the Central Plains, Northeast, Northwest, and Mongolia.
On this half-bill map of the country, there are six key state capitals, which are drawn very carefully. The six key state capitals are Guangzhou, Chaozhou, Quanzhou, Huizhou, Zhaoqing and Qiongzhou.
Nowadays, the army of Can Ming or Pseudo Ming, in addition to occupying Taiwan Island, mainly operates on the territory of the above six prefectures.
"Your Majesty, the banditry in Guangzhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture is currently the most serious. Among the thirteen counties under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture, only the county towns of Qingyuan and Longmen have not been captured by the rebels. The remaining 11 counties have The county seat has all fallen.
Among the ten counties under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou, five counties including Jieyang, Chaoyang, Chenghai, Huilai and Puning were basically controlled by the bandits.
Heshan County in Zhaoqing Prefecture, Haikou Office in Qiongzhou Prefecture, Jieshiwei in Huizhou Prefecture, and the area around Jinjiang in Quanzhou Prefecture were also controlled by the bandits.
In addition, Qiongshan, the capital city of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and Jinjiang, the capital city of Quanzhou Prefecture, were both besieged by bandits, and the situation was very critical..."
The person who was explaining the "banditry" to Emperor Kangxi was Suo'etu, a bachelor of Baohe Palace. What he said was not entirely correct... because he missed a "loyal Qing" who was still resisting the Ming army for the Qing Dynasty. "Xinhui County", this county located in Guangzhou Prefecture, although it was surrounded by the Ming army on three sides (and one side faced the sea), it was still the land of the Qing Dynasty.
However... Shang Zhixin, who is currently holding on to Xinhui, has been "loyalized", so Xinhui will naturally be "acclaimed" by Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Kangxi nodded, then turned to look at a fat prince who looked to be almost fifty years old, and said with a smile: "Prince An, what do you think of the military situation in Guangdong and Fujian?"
The fat man known as Prince An is now the "treasure of the house" of the Qing Dynasty clan, the fourth son of Prince Abatai of Raoyu County and Prince Yue Le of Shuo'an.
Previously, because of Shunzhi's nonsense before his death - that he wanted to pass on the throne to Yue Le, he was left idle for several years. But now the old generals of the Qing Dynasty are withering away. No matter how "wise" Emperor Kangxi is, he has little military experience, and the ministers and minions in the court have not fought many battles.
So Kangxi invited this "treasure of the house" out. However, he was not sent to Guangdong, but was asked to serve as his adviser in the name of minister of political affairs.
At this moment, Chief Staff Officer Yue Leyue's fat face was a little tangled and his brows were furrowed, as if he felt something was wrong.
"Your Majesty, that Zhu Heji took over eleven counties in Guangfu all at once?" Yue Le frowned, "Isn't this too fast?"
"There are not eleven counties," Kangxi said in his heart: "It is ten counties. But it is indeed a bit fast..."
Yue Le said again: "Could it be that they only occupied the county seat?"
Controlling the county seat does not mean controlling the entire county... The eleven counties in Guangfu are almost the entire Pearl River Delta! If nothing else, the population alone is over one million!
It was also the trading center and iron smelting center of China at that time, and was also rich in sugar, salt, silk, cotton, and a variety of other handicrafts.
If this territory is firmly controlled by Zhu Heji, given time, a hundred thousand troops can be pulled out!
Standing behind Kangxi, Tu Hai, the great scholar of Zhonghe Palace, understood what Yue Le meant, and sighed: "We have already controlled the countryside below! This is all due to the injustice of Prince Nanjing's excessive brutality in governing Guangdong. People's hearts. And that Zhu Heji is particularly good at deceiving people's hearts..."
Yue Le pondered for a long time, but it was hard to say anything... Shang Kexi is already "dead", and he already has a posthumous title, which is the word "respect", so what else can he say?
"Your Majesty," after pondering for a while, Yue Le finally spoke again, "Have you noticed that Can Ming's strength is very scattered? In fact, they don't have many troops, but they are divided into Guangzhou, Chaozhou, Qiongzhou, and Quanzhou. Although these four There is a sea route between them, but marching by sea is not very convenient after all, right?"
Kangxi sneered: "Of course they dispersed...Although they had the Jieyang Puppet Dynasty, they were actually the puppet Prince Zhu's third group, the puppet Yanping Prince's Group, and Chen Shangchuan, who was currently attacking Qiongzhou, was another On the top of a hill. Each sect has its own sect, and it is impossible for them to communicate with each other."
"Your Majesty!" Yue Le first complimented Kangxi, and then said, "I think that the rebels in Chaozhou, Quanzhou, and Qiongzhou are nothing to worry about. Only the rebels in Guangzhou are a serious problem. If we can concentrate our troops and conquer Guangzhou We will wipe out all the rebels, and the thieves in Chao, Quan, and Qiong will not last long."
"That makes sense!" Emperor Kangxi nodded repeatedly.
Yue Le is Yue Le, and he hit the nail on the head in just a few words.
"Prince An," Kangxi asked again, "in your opinion, how should we destroy the thieves in Guangzhou?"
Yue Le thought for a while, "Your Majesty, I think that the terrain of Guangzhou leads to the river and the sea, and it is a place where rivers and seas converge. Therefore, if you want to win Guangzhou, you still need a navy. If you can train a navy on the Xijiang River, cooperate with the determined Nangege's Guangxi soldiers should be able to get twice the result with half the effort by advancing by water.
In addition, it will take some time to form a navy. Before that, the court should still fight against the traitors for the public support of Guangdong..."
Kangxi nodded again, "Prince An made a good point. If you have experts in running the Navy, you can let Shi Lang run the Xijiang Navy... Tu Hai, Xuan Shi Lang and Geng Jingzhong will join the court together."
"This slave takes the order."
"As for people's hearts, are there any tricks to win them over?"
"This..." Tu Hai thought for a while and actually came up with an idea for him, "Your Majesty, the Han people like to take exams to become officials. If the imperial court can hold a large provincial exam in Guangdong, it will give them more fame. Go out and give more minor officials to those who have passed the imperial examination. The hearts of the scholars in Guangdong will naturally return to the imperial court."
"Okay!" Emperor Kangxi said with a smile, "The first priority is to attack the heart, and the second is to attack the city... This time I will attack the heart first, then the city, and defeat the rebels in Guangzhou in one fell swoop!"
"Your Majesty!"
Tu Hai and Yue Le quickly gave Emperor Kangxi the title of "Sage".
Kangxi smiled and said to Tuhai: "Tuhai...that Guangdong Admiral Xue Zhang, you have to give him a heads up. There is some trouble and he has to solve it!"
Tuhai understood the meaning of Kangxi's words and quickly replied: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely tell Xue Zhang to get the matter settled."
