The general manager of Fujian in the Qing Dynasty, King Jingnan Geng Jingzhong was not in his hometown Fuzhou these days, but had been staying in Longxi, the capital county of Zhangzhou Prefecture.
The first reason why he came to Zhangzhou Prefecture was to negotiate with Zheng Jing, Prince of Yanping County of the Ming Dynasty who was stationed on Xiamen Island, about jointly fighting the Qing Dynasty - this matter was not easy to handle!
Fujian is the hometown of the Zheng family, especially Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, which are the foundation of the Zheng family.
If Geng Jingzhong did not cede these two mansions to Zheng Jing, Zheng Jing would not talk to him at all... Zheng Jing got sugar pills and incendiary bombs, and had previously defeated the Dutch and Shi Lang's combined navy , and also took over four counties and one hall in Quanzhou, so strong!
But if Geng Jingzhong gives up these two mansions...will the Zheng family push themselves further?
The possibility is great! Because where can the Zheng family develop next after taking over Zhangzhou and Quanzhou? Zhangzhou and Quanzhou are bordered on land by Chaozhou in Guangdong and several state capitals in Fujian.
It was impossible for Zheng Jing to go to Guangdong to compete with Prince Zhu for territory. If he wanted to develop further, he would either go to Nanjing on the Northern Expedition like his father. Or expand in Fujian!
No matter what choice Zheng Jing makes, he will always conflict with Geng Jingzhong...because Geng Jingzhong does not want to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he wants to be the emperor himself!
So this negotiation is a bit deadlocked...
Geng Jingzhong's second purpose in coming to Zhangzhou was to coax away Fan Chengmo, the governor of Fujian in the Qing Dynasty.
Although Emperor Kangxi had previously appointed Geng Jingzhong as the general manager of Fujian, it did not mean that the officials sent to Fujian by the Qing court immediately packed up and left. Emperor Kangxi is willing to do this, but the civil servants and generals below are not so easy to talk to! Some of them are warlords, and some are officials bought with money. How can they leave just as they say? Moreover, now that the Zhu family's court in Guangdong is prospering again, don't offend others and just cut off your braids to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!
In addition, Geng Jingzhong could not find so many officials to take over the local power in Fujian. He has never held an imperial examination, and unlike Wu Sangui, who was able to recruit surrenders and rebels during the process of destroying the Nanming regime, he also hired a group of Nanming officials for his own use.
Therefore, after Geng Jingzhong obtained the position of Fujian Governor, he immediately told Emperor Kangxi that he would not appoint a large number of "Geng Xuan civil officials", nor would he demand the removal of Fujian Governor Liu Bingzheng.
This Liu Bingzheng was the elder brother of Liu Bingquan, the governor of Guangdong. He was also a second-generation slave. He was a slave of the Zhenghong Banner Han Army and was deeply trusted by the Qing court. However, this guy has a very good relationship with Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong and his son. He probably believed the nonsense about "the emperor's clone and the ear fire". Since he was transferred to the governor of Fujian in the fifth year of Kangxi's reign, he has stayed in office again and again at the request of the Geng family and his son. Until now, he has almost It has been twelve years since the reign of Emperor Kangxi and he has yet to move out of his home. The governor of Fujian has almost learned the "Hu Jian dialect".
However, Fujian's military power Geng Jingzhong still needs to be firmly grasped! Therefore, the imperial court had to recall Fan Chengmo, the governor of Fujian, and the disgraced imperial envoy Mi Sihan.
Of course Kangxi agreed to Geng Jingzhong's request...if he didn't agree, Geng Jingzhong would quit! And I can’t do it. This Fujian province does not have many soldiers, but it has a guarding vassal king, a governor, and an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs minister. The three of them can theoretically control all the Qing troops in Fujian. A bunch of admirals and general soldiers below are almost fainting. Who should they listen to?
Therefore, Emperor Kangxi had to transfer two of the three "Fujian Commander-in-Chiefs" in order to unify Fujian's military orders. Therefore, Mi Sihan and Fan Chengmo had to pack their bags.
The imperial envoy, Mi Sihan, was originally a "temporary official". If his mission went wrong again, of course he would have to take the blame. The head will not be killed, and the slave is still a good slave. So I gave him a dismissal in a careless manner. He went home to eat some old rice for a while, and then look for opportunities to use it again!
As for Fan Chengmo, it wasn't that easy.
He has nothing wrong with him, and he is a second-generation senior slave of the Qing Dynasty. He is so loyal to the Qing Dynasty!
His Ama was Fan Wencheng, a model among slaves in the Qing Dynasty. His stepmother also served Heshuo and Prince Duduo of Yutong County... The old man is still alive now, and he is the ancestor of the Fan family. His status is the same as in "Dream of Red Mansions" 》Jia Mu in it is almost the same. During every year and festival, I would tell my children and grandchildren about my glorious deeds of serving Duduo!
Moreover, Fan Chengmo worked hard in his official duties. When he was the governor of Zhejiang, he was particularly effective in detecting various rebels. After careful investigation, he found traces of a third prince Zhu. At that time, he discovered that there was a man named Zhu San who lived in the Siming Mountain area. The teacher named Wang Shiyuan is extremely suspicious!
At that time, Fan Chengmo was already preparing to arrest him, but as a result, a "True Third Prince of Zhu" who had been certified by many parties came out in Guangdong, and the descendants of Kong Ming were also involved.
So Fan Chengmo, in line with the principle of never letting go of a "real Zhu San" and unjustly accusing a "fake Zhu San", decisively gave up the arrest and went to Lanxi County, Jinhua Prefecture to arrest Zhuge Liang's descendants... This time we caught a lot of people, but they were all the descendants of Zhuge who were quacks, and they couldn't find Kong Ming's secret book.
Of course, Fan Chengmo was not satisfied with this result. Just when he was planning to take strict measures, Emperor Kangxi transferred him to Fujian as governor.
When he was appointed governor of Fujian, Fan Chengmo discovered that Geng Jingzhong seemed to be wanting to rebel... The evidence is an "anti-song" that was widely circulated in Fuzhou, Funing, Xinghua and other places. What are the lyrics? The Seven Stars worshiped the true emperor again, and clear fire started from the ears, killing three mountain oxen and bleeding, and the army riding on white horses stopped."
In addition, Fan Chengmo also heard the prophecy of "the emperor's clone is the fire ear".
However, with just a "anti-song" and a "prophecy", Fan Chengmo could not bring down the great slave Geng Jingzhong.
Moreover, Fan Chengmo is not sure whether these "anti-songs" and "prophecies" were made by Geng Jingzhong himself, or whether they were made up by Prince Zhu San of Guangdong or Prince Zheng of Taiwan to unjustly accuse Geng Jingzhong... After all, this is Since the Qing Dynasty established the Central Plains, those who rebelled in the Han region generally used the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.
It seems unlikely that Geng Jingzhong would not use this banner but become the "true emperor" himself.
And just when he was planning to conduct a further thorough investigation, Geng Jingzhong actually succeeded in deceiving the young Holy Lord Kangxi!
However, Emperor Kangxi did not transfer Fan Chengmo away with a single edict. Instead, he sent Fan Chengmo a court mail and asked him where he wanted to be an official.
Fan Chengmo took this opportunity to release the news, saying that he was going to Fuzhou to be the governor of Fujian... This made Geng Jingzhong very anxious.
If Fan Chengmo arrives in Fuzhou, will all his "crimes" be exposed?
So Geng Jingzhong hurriedly came to Zhangzhou Mansion with Liu Bingzheng and Zuo Chunqiu, thinking of ways to coax Fan Chengmo away.
But why is Fan Chengmo so easy to coax? That's also a ruthless character who doesn't have enough time and energy!
When Geng Jingzhong, Liu Bingzheng, and Zuo Chunqiu were growing up, Liu Jinzhong and Wu Qifeng led Wu Sangui's envoy, Yang Qilong, the great military advisor who had become world-famous because of Emperor Kangxi's edict, to Zhangzhou together!
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"Get it for me!"
Outside the city of Zhangzhou Prefecture, in the Geng Wangzhuang of Yuanshan Mountain at the foot of Yuanshan Mountain, as soon as Geng Jingzhong saw Yang Qilong, he suddenly got into trouble and ordered his Goshihana people!
Yang Qilong was still stunned by his bluster, but Liu Jinzhong and Wu Qifeng were already stunned.
Liu Jinzhong shouted: "It's unfair! It's unfair...I, Liu Jinzhong, haven't betrayed the prince and taken refuge with President Wu!"
Wu Qifeng also shouted: "Yes, yes, Wu has not betrayed the prince... Da Lao Hui wants to marry Wu, and Wu wants to send his daughter to Prince Zhu San as his mistress. Wu You haven’t agreed yet! You can’t listen to rumors!”
After hearing what the two said, Geng Jingzhong snorted coldly, "I'm not arresting you!" He pointed at Yang Qilong, "I'm arresting him! Yang Qilong... He tricked my brother Wu Yingxiong, Monk Zhixin, a young man from Beijing. The emperor even issued an order to arrest him. As long as he is captured, beheaded and sent to Beijing, the emperor will believe that I, Geng Jingzhong, am loyal!"
