In the south study room, Emperor Kangxi was sitting behind the desk as usual, with a large group of eunuchs and slaves waiting behind him and on both sides like stars and moons. Outside the door, there were imperial guards wearing yellow jackets and swords on their waists. stand.
Seeing Wang Fuchen arriving under the leadership of Gabra, the minister in charge of the bodyguards, the imperial guards guarding the door would go up and search him. The rules for body searches are new. Because the news that the Ming army had Lasuo Fire Thunder also spread to Beijing.
During this period, although no war broke out between the Qing court and the Ming court, small-scale battles continued. These battles mainly took place between the Yanping vassal army loyal to the Ming court and the Fujian and Zhejiang defenders of the Qing court.
In order to ensure that Zhu Heji can successfully sail northward in a few months, the troops of the Yanping Palace are currently uprooting the Qing army's strongholds on the coastal islands of Fujian and Zhejiang. Sometimes they would wait to go to the desolate and inhabited beaches outside the coastal boundary, occupy some important places, and repair the walled cities and docks abandoned by the Qing army.
In this process, conflicts with the Qing army were inevitable. The Yanping Prince's vassal army used a grenade hammer equipped with a rope and match rope more than once in the battle with the Qing army!
When Kangxi received the report, the first thing he thought of was that Zhu Heji and Zheng Jing would send dead soldiers to hide divine thunder, sneak into Beijing, disguise themselves as ministers, sound the thunder when going to court, and die together with him!
Therefore, Emperor Kangxi's security work was further strengthened... The good days when the concierges and ministers went to work, drank tea, and boasted were gone forever.
When Wang Fuchen entered the Taihe Gate just now, he was groped up and down by a handsome disciple of the Eight Banners. Now that he was outside the south study room, he had to be groped again. Just when he was feeling uncomfortable, Emperor Kangxi's "Heavenly Language" came out from the South Study Room.
"Ma Yaozi is my good slave, the most loyal. There is no need to search him, just let him in."
Wang Fuchen was a slave of Shunzhi, so he naturally knew Kangxi for a long time. He even paid a visit to Emperor Kangxi two or three years ago. But at that time, the world of the Qing Dynasty was relatively stable, but now it is in turmoil. So Wang Fuchen is also a little curious, can this "Little Holy Lord of the Qing Dynasty" still keep his composure?
With this in mind, Wang Fuchen followed Gabra into the south study room, and then knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to pay homage, while secretly looking at Emperor Kangxi. I only saw that Emperor Kangxi was much more mature and steady than a few years ago, with a faint smile on his pockmarked face, as if he had everything under control.
Kangxi watched Wang Fuchen kowtow with a smile, and then said with a smile: "Ma Yaozi, stand up and show me."
"Hey!" Wang Fuchen agreed loudly and stood up.
"What a strong-backed general, he should be worthy of a Batulu!"
Batulu means "warrior" in Manchu. It was also regarded as a "brave title" by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty and bestowed upon the meritorious generals below. Although it is just an empty "brave title", it was very rare before the Xianfeng Year of the Qing Dynasty in history. In the more than two hundred years from the Year of Tianming to the Year of Xianfeng, only thirty-three people were given the title of "Batulu". However, after the Xianfeng Dynasty, there were more Batulu warriors in the Qing Dynasty... hundreds or even thousands, they were really "unstoppable"!
Precisely because the title of "Batulu" was very rare in the Kangxi year, when Wang Fuchen heard that Kangxi was going to give him the title of Batulu, he immediately knelt down and said with tears of gratitude: "Your Majesty, I must be respected by the late Emperor. The slave has a heavy responsibility, the slave has the heart and the heart, and the kindness to the slave is like the sky is high and the sea is deep. Although the slave has made a small contribution, it is not enough to repay the misfortune. Now the country is in trouble, and the slave has not yet made the contribution of killing the thieves and destroying the enemy, how can he dare to be worthy of his honor? The name Tulu? Please take back the emperor's order, and after the slaves kill Wu Sangui, Zhu Heji, give the slave the title of courage!
Your Majesty...please give me an elite army and let me kill the thieves for you! "
Seeing that Wang Fuchen was coaxed to tears of gratitude by his few words, Emperor Kangxi also seemed a little excited. He nodded approvingly and said: "What I want is a man like you! Take this Batulu first, and treat it as something I have advanced to you." Reward...your opportunity to make a contribution is coming soon."
As he spoke, he picked up several memorials from the table in front of him and said to Wang Fuchen: "These are the memorials of Tuhai, Leerjin and Geng Jingzhong. They all said one thing. The traitor Wu Sangui wanted to cross the Yangtze River. Got it!"
"No wonder Kangxi brought out a batulu to win people's hearts as soon as they met," Wang Fuchen thought to himself: "It turns out that Wu Sangui was going to fight... I didn't expect this old guy to be so fierce. Fortunately, I didn't chop him with a knife. Wang Shirong, otherwise there will really be no way out."
Thinking of this, Wang Fuchen kowtowed to Emperor Kangxi again and said: "Your Majesty, this is a good thing! If this old boy Wu Sangui has been hiding on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the cavalry of our Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will not be able to use it. If he dares to cross the river, then It’s time to die! This slave is willing to be the vanguard and kill this old thief on behalf of the Emperor!"
"Okay!" Kangxi clapped his hands and looked around, "Everyone, now that there is a fierce leader like Wang Fuchen as the vanguard, can I personally lead the expedition?"
After hearing his question, the surrounding ministers all knelt down, kowtowed and spoke.
After Tu Hai left and became the number one scholar, Suo'e Tu was the first to express his support: "The emperor's imperial commander personally went to the expedition, and Wu and Zhu rebelled against each other. His liver and gallbladder must be broken!"
Mingzhu Mingzhongtang, who had just added a big man, also spoke: "The emperor's power is invincible, Wu and Zhu will definitely run away if they are against the wind!"
Jin Batai, the leader of the traitorous bachelor, also said: "As soon as the emperor's heavenly soldiers arrive, the two rebels will definitely be defeated!"
Xiong Cilu talked the most, and said in a long way: "Long live the Lord, I have seen the most holy and bright." I thought that Wu Sangui had already declined after three drums, and was blocked by Tu Hai and Shi Lang, making it difficult to advance in Yuezhou, so he took the risk to cross the river and imagined Let’s give it a try. According to my opinion, if the Lord personally conquers it, he will surely succeed in one fell swoop!”
Of course, the ministers and the big minions supported it. Although in history, when Emperor Kangxi pretended to go to Yuezhou, Hunan to defeat Wu Sangui, the ministers under him cried and shouted to prevent him from going.
But things are different now
The question now is not whether Kangxi should go on a personal expedition, but that he must put on the air of a personal conquest.
In fact, Wu Sangui never actually crossed the Yangtze River. He just waved the flag in Changsha and declared that he was going to cross the river.
This is equivalent to a black boss clamoring for stud at the gambling table, but his hand has not yet pushed out the chips... This is to test the opponent, the "big boss" of Emperor Kangxi.
If Emperor Kangxi showed a little bit of cowardice, the people of the Qing Dynasty would be scattered.
If the people of the Qing Dynasty disperse first and Wu Sangui crosses the Yangtze River later, it will be a smooth battle... Now there is no figure like Ao Bai in the Qing Dynasty who can control the situation. Even if Kangxi transferred Yue Le from Jiangning to Hubei to replace Leerjin as Pingnan General, Wu Sangui was sure of a complete victory.
If Kangxi lost his mind and really let this idiot Leerjin fight Wu Sangui in Hubei, then Wu Sangui would faint from laughter.
It's a pity that Kangxi, the "big boss", is not that timid...at least he is not afraid of Wu Sangui at all when talking. After confirming that Wu Sangui had released the news that he was preparing to cross the river, he immediately announced the news of his personal expedition at the meeting of important ministers in the South Study Room.
But if you don't hesitate when talking, it doesn't mean you can win on the battlefield.
Now Wu Sangui has started talking about wanting to cross the Yangtze River. If he can't cross the Yangtze River until the end of the talk, then his rebellion will be over.
Therefore, after Kangxi began to make it clear that he wanted to go on a personal expedition, Wu Sangui would definitely officially cross the Yangtze River.
Since the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River is not very wide, it is only about two miles in most places. Concentrating dozens of cannons, building fire boats, or even building trebuchets and throwing sugar bombs and fire oil bombs can block a large section of the river.
Moreover, there are many tributaries on the north and south sides of the Jingjiang River, and these tributaries have strong navigation capabilities, so it is easy to get wooden boats and sailors.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to stop Wu Sangui from crossing the Jingjiang River.
So after Kangxi finished bragging, he had to seriously consider how to fight Wu Sangui with the gongs and drums!
