Ever since Zhu Qipao became Zhu Heji, Emperor Kangxi's fate has become quite unfortunate... He was "captured" for no reason, "died" twice, and sat down again. The donkey cart escaped once, and all kinds of bad luck happened.
But not all of his misfortunes were related to Zhu Heji.
For example, this time "martyrdom for the country" was "committed" by himself. If he didn't have the intention of trapping his brother and eliminating potential threats, he could have taken Chang Ning with him.
If he walks quickly after leaving Juyong Pass, don't stay in Xuanhua for a few days to deploy defensive capabilities. He could also have arrived and been naturalized before the news of his "martyrdom" was sent out, then he would not be able to "die".
Of course, Kangxi also sent a messenger to Guihua City with a letter reporting safety... However, due to Burni's instigation, there was great unrest on the Monan Grassland during this period. Many people who originally belonged to Chahar Mongolian warriors burned, killed and looted everywhere, and even attacked lone Qing troops.
As a result, the Chuanqi sent by Kangxi to report the news was unlucky enough to encounter Mongolian rebels on the grassland and had them killed.
So Kangxi thought that the naturalization authorities already knew about his escape, but not only did the naturalization authorities know nothing about it, they were also preparing for a grand burial for him!
On March 23, Kangxi, who had been delayed in Xuanhua City for several days, finally led his 7,000 elite soldiers (he left some to guard Xuanhua) and appeared in a mighty force east of Guihua City. On the Tumutchuan grassland.
At this time, the grasslands near Guihua City were dotted with large and small tents.
Most of the more than 200,000 people brought out by Kong Shenggong from Beijing now live in these tents.
According to Emperor Kangxi's order, these more than 200,000 people still maintained the Eight Banners establishment. Even those who were not originally under the banner are now included in the Eight Banners.
Therefore, there should be eight kinds of flags, but what Kangxi saw now was a vast expanse of white!
"Duolong, Xiaoguizi, take a look." Kangxi rubbed his eyes and asked his two confidants, "Why are there white flags in front of us?"
"Your Majesty, let me take a closer look." Duolong said, took out his telescope and looked at it from the horseback, "No, it's not a straight white flag..."
"Your Majesty, it seems that someone is having a funeral!" Little Guizi's father-in-law also took out his telescope and looked at it, and soon discovered something was wrong.
"Yes, it's a big funeral..." Duolong muttered, "I don't know who died?"
"Big funeral?" Kangxi was startled, "Is it the imperial grandmother?"
Of course he wouldn't have thought that he was the one who died! He thought it was his imperial grandmother Bumbutai who was going down to see Dorgon... Thinking of this, he no longer had the intention to walk slowly, so he quickly picked up the whip and whipped the big ocean under his crotch. Horse—This horse was sent as tribute by the Spanish envoy. It was tall, strong, and completely black. Because it was a gelding, Kangxi called it the "Black Eunuch".
The "Black Eunuch" was sore from being beaten that he spread his hooves and ran away. Duolong and Xiaoguizi also rode good horses. Although they were not as powerful as the "Black Eunuch", they galloped and followed closely.
The three masters and slaves ran wildly on the grassland outside Guihua City, and soon they arrived at the white camp.
The camp occupies a large area and is fortified, surrounded by a fence and trenches. The three masters and slaves rode their horses along the trench for a while and found a camp gate.
The camp door was open, and a group of fully armed warriors in white stood outside. The leader was an old flag soldier, Zhang Zhongqi.
This old man was quite lucky. The last battle in Wulin was so brutal, but he escaped unscathed. Later, the counselors above saw that he was too old and asked him to return to Beijing.
Unexpectedly, not long after he returned to Beijing, he would be involved in big trouble. The courtyard houses within the Second Ring Road are gone, the Zhuangzi outside the city is gone, and even the Beijing household registration is gone. In the end, I could only take my whole family to escape and be naturalized... I really had nothing!
Although this old man had a hard time when he was young, he has been living a good life since he entered the country with the Qing Dynasty. He thought he could enjoy happiness until death, but fate played a big joke on him, and now he has become a "old man"!
"Who is coming? Password!" Even though he has been suffering for a long time. However, Zhang Zhongqi still worked very hard on his duty. When he saw Kangxi and his party were about to enter the camp, he quickly stopped them - Kangxi and others were only wearing ordinary yellow flag cloth masks, so Zhang Zhongqi didn't know who they were.
Of course Kangxi didn't know the password. He just asked loudly: "Who is it? Who is missing?"
Although his words were a bit confusing, Zhang Zhongqi still understood what he wanted to ask, so he sighed and replied: "We are paying tribute to Emperor Daxing."
"Emperor Daxing?" Kangxi was shocked.
Daxing emperor usually refers to the emperor who has died but has not yet received a temple title or posthumous title.
If you want to become the emperor of Daxing, you must first become the emperor and then die. And it seems that the only emperor of the Qing Dynasty was Kangxi...
"I wonder what the reign name of the Daxing Emperor is?" Kangxi asked hurriedly.
"What else could it be? Of course it's Kangxi, it's Kangxi..."
"What? Kangxi is dead?" This was probably the news that Emperor Kangxi least wanted to hear, "But why didn't I know?"
"You? Who are you? Do I need to tell you whether Emperor Kangxi is dead or not?" Zhang Zhongqi had never seen Emperor Kangxi up close, so he didn't recognize him.
Kangxi thought to himself: "If this Emperor Kangxi dies, I must...not know about it!"
"What's going on? Tell me quickly! Tell me quickly..." Emperor Kangxi was already a little anxious.
He needs to know how he died!
After all, Kangxi was an emperor (during his lifetime), and he still spoke with great momentum.
Zhang Zhongqi immediately felt like he had met the "big master". How could he dare to hide it? He quickly replied: "Reporting to this master, as far as I know, Emperor Daxing was hanged from the crooked neck tree in Jingshan..."
"Shut up, you're talking nonsense!" Kangxi interrupted Zhang Zhongqi with a loud shout, "My people have cut down all the crooked-neck trees on Jingshan Mountain!"
"Me? Are you..."
"I am Emperor Kangxi!" Kangxi roared, "I am not dead! Who is cursing me..."
Emperor Kangxi was about to get angry when there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in his ears. He quickly looked back and saw a large group of white knights galloping towards him. He picked up the telescope and took a look, and found that the leader was none other than Kong Shenggong.
Kong Shenggong was ordered to greet Prince Yinreng - the sentries on the top of Guihua City saw Emperor Kangxi's large group of troops from a distance, but they did not know that it was Kangxi who came. Kangxi was already "dead", so how could he come back? So everyone thought it was Chang Ning who came to protect Prince Yinreng.
So Bumbutai asked Kong Shenggong to take people out of the city to greet him... As a result, Kong Shenggong was riding a horse and walking, and he heard the voice of Emperor Kangxi.
"Brother Shenggong, brother Shenggong..."
Kong Shenggong was stunned for a moment and suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. He quickly followed the sound and saw Emperor Kangxi flying over with a group of cavalry.
When Emperor Kangxi walked closer, Kong Shenggong discovered that the pockmarked face of the late Qing emperor was full of anger, which looked very scary!
"First... Your Majesty, you are not..." Kong Shenggong saw Kangxi clasping his fists and saluting on horseback while saying something a little incoherent.
Kangxi was still furious and asked loudly: "What's going on? I, how did I become the Emperor of Daxing?"
"This, this is not because..."
"For what? Tell me quickly!" Kangxi roared.
"Because you surrendered after being captured by the Ming army..." Kong Shenggong hesitated, "Your Majesty, did you escape?"
"Escape?" Kangxi was stunned again, and then he remembered something, "Is it Chang Ning?"
"Prince Gong..." Kong Shenggong heard Kangxi talking about "Chang Ning" and asked, "Why don't you see Prince Gong?"
Kangxi said in a deep voice: "He should be captured!"
Chapter 649 What? Have I become the late emperor? (Please subscribe)
