"Prince An, Tuhai, do you two think what Geng Jingzhong said makes sense?"
In the south study room, only Emperor Kangxi and a few confidants were left discussing matters.
Geng Jingzhong had already left with a lot of worries and went back to wait for the news! He is betting everything this time! Either successfully obtain the power to take charge of Fujian, or simply withdraw from the vassal and stop playing!
Of course Emperor Kangxi could not let Geng Jingzhong leave... This "Little Holy Lord" was quite good at grand strategy, and of course he knew that San Francisco must be stabilized at this time.
But Kangxi also had a shortcoming - he was not very good at fighting! Not only was he not very good at fighting, he also had no particularly outstanding generals under his command.
Especially after killing Obai and Mulima, it seems that only a group of "pen-posters", Jinshi, and pampered "second-generation kings" and "third-generation kings" are left in the court. Finally, the remaining Prince An, Yue Le, was like a national treasure, and he was unwilling to be sent abroad...especially to a miasmatic place like Guangdong.
If he got sick and died on the front line, who would Emperor Kangxi use to scare Wu Sangui who didn't know whether he was dead or not?
"Your Majesty," Tu Hai knew Emperor Kangxi's thoughts best, so he went out to kneel before Yue Le, "I think King Jingnan's words make sense. There are still fewer troops on the front line in Guangdong. A few days ago, Dingnan University The general's title book also said that the only people capable of fighting in Guangdong now were the 20,000 people he brought from Guangxi and the 4,000 people of Zu Zeqing.
In addition, General Dingnan really cannot command all the troops in Guangdong..."
Sun Yanling, the "soft rice general", is indeed difficult to convince the public!
Speaking of "slaves", in what way are Jin Guangzu, Zu Zeqing, Shang Zhidian, and Liu Bingquan inferior to him? Didn’t he just marry Kong Sizhen, a tigress, so that he could have a mouthful of fragrant soft rice and become a soft rice general? How can this possibly convince the public?
And Kong Sizhen was a prostitute. Kong Youde's old subordinates were selling her face, but Jin Guangzu, Zu Zeqing, Shang Zhidian, Liu Bingquan and others still refused to accept her... If she were Kong Youde's son, that would be no problem, but she But not.
Therefore, it is difficult for the Qing army in Guangdong to become a unified force, unless the imperial court sends a truly prestigious Manchu boss to supervise the army.
And the most ideal candidate is not Yue Le, but Tu Hai himself!
Although Tuhai came from Bi Tie Shi, he was not completely without military experience. In August of the second year of Kangxi, Tuhai was appointed General of Dingxi and led a small number of Eight Banners heavenly soldiers to the junction of Huguang, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces to support the Zhenggong Army in encircling and suppressing Mulima of Hao Yaoqi and Liu Tichun. During this period, I also had the experience of confronting the rebels who came to rob the camp!
Although they cannot be compared with Obai and Mulima, who have experienced hundreds of battles, they can still be considered to be proficient in military strategy in the Qing court where the veteran generals are withering now.
Moreover, when he was a civil servant, he had already become a bachelor of Zhonghe Dian, which was the largest among all the bachelors and was equivalent to the Shofu bachelor of the Ming Dynasty. It is no longer possible to "progress" anymore. If he wants to climb up, he can only lead troops and make meritorious deeds.
Thinking of this, Tu Hai gritted his teeth and seemed to have made up his mind, "Your Majesty, your servant Tu Hai is willing to lead a brigade to Guangdong to eradicate the traitorous thieves such as the fake Prince Zhu San for the imperial court!"
Emperor Kangxi looked at Tu Hai who stepped forward and nodded happily, "Very good! The chief scholar has sent out troops. This is the first time that a general has entered the prime minister... Tu Hai!"
"The slave is here!" Tuhai shouted loudly.
"I will entrust you with great power and grant you the seal of Ningnan Jingkou General!"
The Ningnan Jingkou General Seal was awarded once when the Qing Dynasty attacked the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was awarded to Shuerhaqi's grandson, Gushan Beizi Luotuo. It is a pity that this Luotuo died in the fourth year of Kangxi, otherwise he would be more suitable than Tuhai to go to Guangdong to quell the rebellion.
Kangxi then said: "Tuhai, I will order you to control the troops and horses of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian provinces again!" He thought for a moment, and then said to Tuhai seriously, "I will give you another five hundred elite soldiers from the Beijing flag to strengthen the army." prestige!"
The five hundred elites of the Beijing Banners are the legendary elites of the Eight Banners who are invincible in heavenly weapons!
The Third Prince Zhu and Grandson Zhu Third made such a fuss in Guangdong that Kangxi was not even willing to send out the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers.
This time when Tu Hai went out to supervise the army, he actually gave him 500 heavenly soldiers at once to show off how much Kangxi valued Tu Hai.
Of course, these five hundred heavenly soldiers are just for show, not for tough fighting... Otherwise, if the five hundred heavenly soldiers were blown up by one or two hundred Zhu Heji's grenadiers, the Qing Dynasty would be in trouble. That's big.
So Emperor Kangxi then glanced at Yue Le. Prince An Yue Le knew that the emperor wanted him to come up with a strategy for dispatching troops. So he immediately left work and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that 20,000 elite green battalion troops from each province be mobilized to go south to Guangdong with General Jingkou of Ningnan.
In addition, the slave recommended Sun Sike, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, to accompany General Jingkou of Ningnan on the expedition! "
"Okay!" Kangxi nodded with satisfaction, "One chief academician and five hundred Manchurian soldiers, plus a brave general like Sun Sike and 20,000 green battalion elite soldiers. Over in Guangdong, there is also a 50,000-strong army led by General Dingnan and others... .... Even if the false Prince Zhu and his son have three heads and six arms, they will not be able to escape defeat."
He thought about it for a while and then said: "Over in Fujian, I also plan to agree to Geng Jingzhong's request, withdraw the governor of Fujian, and establish the position of general manager of Fujian, which will be held by Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan. Matters in Fujian should be taken care of by Geng Fan. Cheap, no longer a central system. When using people and soldiers, the officials and soldiers must not be constrained, and when using money, the household department must not be delayed!"
This time Emperor Kangxi really spent a lot of money, not only in Guangdong, but also in Fujian!
The power of general manager that Geng Jingzhong received from Kangxi this time was exactly the same as the power that Wu Sangui received when he conquered Yunnan!
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Kangxi appointed Tu Hai as the general of Ningnan and Jingkou, and the edicts granted to Geng Jingzhong as the general manager of Fujian were made openly, that is, they were made public to the whole world.
Moreover, in order to cheer up the Qing army on the front line in Guangdong, Kangxi also sent six hundred miles to rush to send copies of these two Ming Dynasty edicts to Shaozhou and Zhaoqing.
Therefore, Zhu Heji obtained copies of these two edicts from Yang Qilong less than half a month later.
Yang Qilong is still the deputy military adviser of the Marching Division, and he is specifically responsible for intelligence work... In Zhu Heji's camp, when it comes to intelligence, there is probably no one better than him!
In history, this man was an outstanding person who could launch an armed uprising in Beijing during the reign of Emperor Kangxi!
As early as when Zhu Heji met Yang Qilong for the second time and promoted him to the position of deputy military adviser, he took out 500 taels of gold from his small private purse to fund Yang Qilong's activities.
Yang Qilong used the money to bribe two senior masters around Zu Zeqing, and established an intelligence transmission line from Zhaoqing to Guangzhou. That's why Zhu Heji was able to see the clear edict from the Qing court at the first time.
"Tuhai is coming... Military Master Yang, did you recognize Tuhai when you were in Beijing?" Zhu Heji knew Tuhai from his previous life. He first knew about Tuhai when he was a child watching the TV series "Emperor Kangxi". Unexpectedly, This time I’m going to meet a real person!
"I know him." Yang Qilong knew quite a few people. "He is a capable official... His Majesty, he is the chief academician and a powerful man in Manchuria. He also brought five hundred and eight-banner soldiers to Guangdong. I'm afraid Guangdong All the generals will be driven by it, and they will no longer disobey orders like when they followed Shang Kexi."
"Oh." Zhu Heji nodded and asked: "What about Zhou Peigong? Have military advisors ever heard that there is Zhou Peigong beside Tuhai?"
"Zhou Peigong?" Yang Qilong was stunned, "I've never heard of it...who is this person?"
Zhu Heji smiled and did not answer, but turned the topic to Geng Jingzhong, "What does Geng Jingzhong mean? How come he became the general manager of Fujian?"
In Zhu Heji's memory, Geng Jingzhong's performance during the San Francisco Rebellion was still very positive. What's going on now? Why did he become the general manager of Fujian... Did he sincerely surrender to Kangxi, or did he use some trick to defraud Emperor Kangxi's trust?
