Kangxi really cried!
I didn't cry with joy when I saw the unequal treaty, but I cried because I was "angry" by the content in the treaty.
What good conditions can there be in an unequal treaty? Of course they are all extremely harsh. Oh, at least in the eyes of the majority of slaves who love the Qing Dynasty, that is extremely harsh. So when Kangxi read the text of the treaty in front of the ministers, he burst into tears on the spot.
"This, this Wu Sangui is too shady... He actually wants me to admit that it was the Qing Dynasty that failed him. It was the Qing Dynasty that did not abide by the agreement to borrow teachers to help suppress the army and forced him to shave his head and submit to the Qing Dynasty! I, the Qing Dynasty, It is rare for the Qing Dynasty to achieve justice in the world. If I sign this agreement, wouldn’t I think that the Qing Dynasty has violated the agreement and seized the country?"
There is a reason why both Kangxi and Wu Sangui were entangled in this matter, because this treaty was not a "peace treaty" or an "armistice treaty", but an agreement to exchange prisoners and territory.
Wu Sangui offered the Qing army to evacuate and the release of 10,000 captured Eight Banners soldiers and thousands of Upper Three Banners coated slaves in exchange for Emperor Kangxi's release of Wu Shilin and the peaceful transfer of the territories of Xiangyang, Hanyang, and Wuchang, as well as the All the people and industries in the country, and even Emperor Kangxi's army were not allowed to plunder the people, and a certain amount of food was left for Wu Sangui's army.
After this exchange is completed, the war between Wu Sangui and the Qing Dynasty will continue!
For such a treaty, Kangxi had to admit that "the Qing Dynasty broke the contract and seized the country", which was indeed a big loss... Because once Kangxi admitted that "the Qing Dynasty broke the contract and seized the country", it would be tantamount to surrendering the feudal principles to Wu Sangui.
If those two, three, four, five or six ministers who hold heavy troops turn their backs and surrender to Prince Wu Sangui and Zhu San, they will feel confident.
It's not that they were shameless and wanted to be ministers, but they were too young and didn't know how cunning the Tatars were, and they were deceived by the Tatars.
Of course, it was the Qing Dynasty that lost money, not Kangxi himself!
Kangxi understood this, and of course the ministers below also understood it, so they all knelt down in front of Kangxi, and then, all talking, they knelt down to find the steps for the "Holy Lord Mayan".
"Your Majesty, take care of yourself! Your body and bones are the foundation of my Qing Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, please don't let that rebellious minister Wu Sangui get so angry... Otherwise, you will really fall into the hands of Wu Sangui, Zhu Heji and their ilk."
"Your Majesty... you have left the green mountains here, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as you can get to Jiangning and have the money from Jiangnan, are you afraid that you won't be able to regroup?"
"Your Majesty, please stop crying. It is Wu Sangui who should shed tears now, because he has fallen into the Emperor's scheme!"
The one who said Wu Sangui fell into the trap was of course Kang Mazi who knew how to use the trick and used the "low imitation of Zhou Gongjin" Zhou Peigong to "lost" Fuquan's head.
Of course, Kangxi still trusted Zhou Peigong. Because Zhou Peigong's "strategy of ceding territory and seeking peace" has been successful!
So now that he heard another plan, of course he stopped crying. Instead, he looked at Zhou Peigong with burning eyes, full of expectation!
"Your Majesty," Zhou Peigong said with his butt raised, "Why is Wu Sangui signing this contract with us? Isn't that known to everyone? He wants you to go to Jiangnan, use Jiangnan's money to regroup, and then fight with the Zhu family." Ah! The wishful thinking is to make both us and the Zhu family suffer, so that he can reap the benefits. But how could things be as good as he thought?
We now occupy Wuchang Prefecture and Hanyang Prefecture, which actually separates the territory of Wu Sangui and the Zhu family. Although their two families border on Hunan and Jiangxi. However, traffic in those places remains unchanged, and they are not important areas that both sides must compete for.
Now Wu Sangui's focus is on Hubei, and it is clear that he wants to take the land of fish and rice as his home, and at the same time use the great plains around Dongting Lake as his backyard. Only in this way can we have food, drink, and a population, and only then can we have the foundation for building a country. Changsha and Hengzhou are nothing more than courtyard walls. It would not be fatal to be snatched away by Zhu Heji, and it would not be of much significance for Zhu Heji to snatch these two mansions.
In the same way, the roots of the Zhu family are Guangzhou, Chaozhou, Huizhou, and Zhaoqing. These territories are all in one corner, and Wu Sangui cannot spare any time to grab them now. And it’s not interesting to go to Jiangxi from places like Yuanzhou and Ji’an... The road is not easy to travel, and you can’t get big meat like Nanchang, Jiujiang, and Raozhou at once.
But once we give up Wuchang and Hanyang to Wu Sangui, the situation between the Wu and Zhu families will change drastically. After Wu Sangui took Wuchang and Hanyang, his troops were directed towards Jiujiang Prefecture. And once he takes Jiujiang, the Zhu family will have no way to get involved in the Yangtze River. Although you can still go north by sea, sea ships and river ships are not the same thing after all, and sea ships entering the river are not very useful.
Moreover, if they go north by sea, Wu Sangui might take advantage and steal Jiangning City while we and the Zhu family are both in trouble!
Now Wu Sangui is old, and Wu Yingxiong has insufficient talents. At best, he is a conservative leader. If Wu Sangui holds on to three points, the world in the future will either return to our Qing Dynasty, or there will be a situation like the Northern Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Wu family will be dead.
Therefore, the gains and losses in Jiujiang are directly related to the survival of the Wu and Zhu families..."
Zhou Peigong's words were a bit "over the line". He assumed that Kangxi could not defeat Wu Sangui who came down the river or Zhu Heji who advanced from two directions.
"Okay!" Emperor Kangxi slapped the table, "That's very good!" He then frowned again, "But...but if Wu Sangui wants to go north from Xiangyang and go straight to the capital, Jiujiang's gains and losses will not matter. Doesn’t it matter?”
Kangxi was more "daring to think" than Zhou Peigong. He had already thought of what the Qing Dynasty was going to do!
Everyone didn't dare to take up this topic, and the scene became a bit cold for a while.
"Your Majesty," Hong Chengchou's son Hong Shiming suddenly interrupted, "I saw Kong Sizhen in Wu Yingxiong's mansion."
Kangxi didn't understand what Hong Shiming meant and asked, "Have you met Sun Yanling?"
"I didn't see it," Hong Shiming said, "I heard that Sun Yanling, under the care of Wu Yingxiong, got an errand as the governor of Hunan, and happily went to Changsha to take office."
"So Sun Yanling really surrendered to Wu Sangui?" Kangxi asked and thought, "Did I really wrong Geng Jingzhong?"
"It should be so," Hong Shiming said. "This slave also finds it incredible. His wife is so generous and generous with Wu Yingxiong, and he has the nerve to surrender to Wu, and he is not afraid of others pointing fingers behind his back."
"That Kong Sizhen..." Kangxi remembered at this time that Kong Sizhen was sent to Wu Sangui by his grandmother, "Where is she now?"
"Of course she is from Wu Yingxiong's side," Hong Shiming replied, "But as the Empress Dowager said, it is not impossible for the Wu family and the Qing Dynasty to coexist... I suggest that the emperor write a letter and write this The truth was made clear to Kong Sizhen. When the servant and Wang Shirong returned to Jingzhou, they quietly handed this letter to Kong Sizhen. With her sowing discord, the Wu and Zhu families would fall out sooner or later!"
"Okay!" Kangxi nodded and said with a smile, "I asked Wu Shilin to take this letter to Kong Sizhen... and prepare a generous gift for her, which can be regarded as my congratulatory gift to her and Wu Yingxiong. Kong Sizhen is the Empress Dowager. My goddaughter is my godaunt, she and Wu Yingxiong are both talented and beautiful, so I have to congratulate her on this matter!"
"Your Majesty!"
Hong Shiming truly believed that Emperor Kangxi was a wise man - as long as he needed it, his aunt and his mistress could be used as excuses for him to give gifts!
This is the way a king in troubled times should behave!
Kangxi then asked Zhou Peigong: "Pei Gong, how about I set off south to Wuchang tomorrow?"
"I'm afraid it's too late!" Zhou Peigong's answer made Kangxi's heart tremble.
"Why...why is it too late?" Kangxi asked, "Didn't Zhu Heji not reach Jiujiang Prefecture yet?"
Zhou Peigong said: "Your Majesty, the Jiangxi military reports we learned were only a few days late...I am worried that he has already broken into Jiujiang Prefecture!"
"Then, what should we do?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I still have a way." Zhou Peigong was calm and composed.
"Say quickly..." How could Kangxi not be in a hurry?
"Your Majesty," Zhou Peigong said, "I suggest that you immediately issue an order to Zhuo Butai, Tu Hai, and Shi Lang, asking them to board the ship and go to the south of the Yangtze River with troops immediately. Zhu Heji must have sent agents to Wuchang, and maybe he even heard about it. You have a secret agreement with Wu Sangui. You will definitely send troops to Jiujiang after you arrive in Wuchang...so the soldiers in Wuchang and Hanyang must evacuate immediately. At the same time, let this news go to Zhu Heqi to see if he and Wu Sangui will Rob Wuchang?"
"What should I do?" Kangxi asked with a pockmarked face.
"The emperor can go to Anqing by land," Zhou Peigong said. "It is best to leave today...the matter of exchanging and fulfilling the contract with Wu Sangui can be left to capable ministers."
