Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 148 Military power or stocks (two in one)

On the other hand, Yue Le was naturally not in a good mood after returning home. Today, Kangxi made it clear that he wanted to make him look ugly, and made it clear that he was deeply jealous of him. However, the proposal he proposed, so that he should not get involved too widely, was rejected again. He covered it up in this really rascally way.

Naturally, he couldn't help but sighed, but he still ordered his servants: "If there is any news from the southern front, you must report to me immediately, and ask the officers above the Banner Commander to come to my mansion to discuss matters and discuss military opportunities. "

Seeing this, Fujin couldn't help but said: "Even I heard about the early court incident at home. Today, the emperor treats you so harshly, and he doesn't hesitate to hurt each other with cruel words. Why do you have to go through this muddy water? Our eldest brother There are so many princes, Baylor, Beizi, without you, no one will fight? Under such suspicion, even if you win, what good will you gain? Let me tell you, you just call it sick and don’t go to court. Come on, this country belongs to him, Xuan Ye, but let him toss about it, let me see how he can stand you?"

Yue Le heard the words and sighed: "What do you know about women's views? Since the death of the former emperor, the old conservative party has become bigger and bigger. The people were killed and injured countless times, the conflict between Manchu and Han was more acute than when Dorgon was there, what kind of a man is he, Wu Sangui, and almost all the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River responded to the uprising, isn't it just because of this disaster?"

"However, since Aobai fell to death, the attitude of today's government has always been ambiguous. It is only about the restoration of the border and the opening of the sea. The court has been arguing for several years and has never made a clear statement. It was only because of the deceit of the traitorous official Liu Xun that the opening in Chaozhou Kouzi, now is the time to use troops to counter the rebellion, if I don’t go, the Conservative Party will go up, and the seat will be taken by them, besides me, who else in the Reform Party can take up the lead?”

"Although I am jealous today, I am his uncle after all. He will not dare to kill me, nor can he kill me, no matter if he is wronged or suffocated, as long as he can let me lead the army and hold the military power in his hands, at least this Life is always safe, but if those conservatives are allowed to control the military and political power, I will really become an idle prince, and that is the real disaster! Those people don't want me to die all the time."

"But, but...can I still agree with you to lead the army?"

"Today, he is a smart person. Although his methods of doing things are a little immature, his ambition is not small. I dare not say whether he has great talent, but he should have a general plan. I can see that he neither supports Innovation does not support conservativeness, and he also needs me to check and balance with the empress dowager."

"Neither innovative nor old-fashioned? What's that? Peaceful, centrist?"

"No, today the emperor wants to completely abolish the meeting of kings discussing politics. Both the empress dowager and I are the targets of his suppression. In the past few years, the conservative party was powerful. Except for Oboi, now the Han people in the south are rebelling, and the old and new disputes are bound to resume. Well, today he hates me, I'm afraid it may not be all because of a moment of anger."

"In the final analysis, I think today's idea is to use the cabinet to replace the king's conference to decide the world's major affairs. It is nothing more than to follow the method of Emperor Guangwu, retire the meritorious officials, and enter the bureaucracy."

"Emperor Guangwu? Literary officials?"

"You, I told you to read more books left by the Han people, especially in the history books. There is great wisdom. According to historical records, after Han Guangwu Liu Xiu won the world, he gave meritorious officials and high officials generous salaries, and gave them The in-laws united to appease, but set up the Shangshutai to divide the power of meritorious service, so that the old generals who have meritorious service will have the status of respect, but they are not allowed to grasp the real power to handle government affairs."

"Then those generals can do it?"

"So Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty made things difficult for those who actually did things in the court. The officials of Shangshutai were often blamed, and let them manage the big politics as small officials, but treated those meritorious officials with honor and courtesy. In this way, everyone in the world knows that the king is like Companion Tiger, those who are truly meritorious and born, no one is willing to enter the Shangshutai and suffer that living crime, in this way, gradually, the power of those nobles is taken back."

"To build a cabinet today is actually quite similar to that of Han Guangwu. He hopes to let Han people be slaves, make the difference between Manchu and Han clear, and then use slaves to check and balance us princes. If this makes us anxious Well, just kill a few slaves to vent our anger, slaves, in essence, can't touch the core of power, that is, the Eight Banners, no matter how powerful they are, they can't turn the sky."

"So I am more willing to believe that he will be more inclined to the reformers. To suppress me may not mean that he wants to use me. On the contrary, if he wants to use me, he must suppress me. Hey~ Let's recruit someone to discuss."

Fu Jin was helpless, only half-understood, obediently looking for someone to come over, Yue Le invited all his confidants into the study, but before they chatted for a long time, suddenly there was a commotion outside, it was his nephew Qi Guth barged in.

He couldn't help frowning and scolded angrily: "What's going on, don't you know I'm having a military meeting?"

"Fourth Uncle, Wei Xiaobao is too bullying, he's riding on our neck and shitting, you have to make the decision for me!"

"Wei Xiaobao? Bullying you?"

Yue Le was stunned for a moment, Wei Xiaobao was always good-looking, he looked like a good brother to everyone, and had a good relationship with himself, how could it be...

Just thinking about this, Wei Xiaobao's voice sounded from behind and said: "Lord Baylor, look at what you said, even if this servant has grown up so courageous, I dare not bully you, thanks to you for pulling me here Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain it clearly afterward.”

After all, he greeted Yue Le first and said: "Slave Wei Xiaobao, please greet Prince An."

"what happened?"

"I just want to tell Prince An that now that Chaozhou has rebelled, West Pacific Company is naturally the company of the rebels. This...hey, it's also because we don't know people well. In order to support Chaozhou, the people in the capital, especially Many people in the Eight Banners have bought the shares of West Pacific Company, so it seems that it is not appropriate now."

Yue Le nodded when he heard the words: "That's true. Even this king has bought many company stocks. You even sold these stocks on your behalf. So, what's the point now?"

"Isn't this collecting your stocks? We were deceived by that bastard Liu Xun in the past, but now he has shown signs of rebellion. We can't still help the rebels. Don't you think this is trying to put Brothers Zheng Lan and Zheng Huang got their stocks back, but you see, Lord Baylor was not happy, and even asked you to file a lawsuit. It just so happens that you are here, and I still need your help in this matter."

Hearing this, Yue Le looked at his nephew, but saw Qi Gesi said with an aggrieved face: "Fourth Uncle, we bought that stock with real money, there is no such thing as stealing, most of my net worth is It's all on that stock, and Wei Xiaobao will accept it as soon as he says it will, and he won't give me a penny, so I won't be able to drink Northwest Wind from now on."

Yue Le frowned and looked at Wei Xiaobao: "Expropriation without compensation, instead of redemption? What's the point? I have also studied stocks. To put it bluntly, this thing is the proof that I bought the company's assets with real money. The court is now It is understandable for me not to allow us to buy or even hold stocks. However, if the stocks are directly invalidated, wouldn’t it be... the money is spent, but the assets are still in the hands of others? The money that was used to buy stocks before , don’t they all become free gifts? Isn’t this helping these rebels instead?”

Hearing this, Wei Xiaobao sighed and said, "My lord, of course I understand what you said, but in the current situation, who else can sell this stock to? Who would dare to buy the stock of West Pacific Company? Anyway, the stock exchange For the time being, he must be a middleman who is afraid to do this business, you said, if you keep the stock in your hand, will you be suspected of collaborating with the enemy?"

"So the top priority right now is to take back all the stocks. As for how to deal with it, the court and China must discuss it carefully, and it must be a long-term plan."

"Exactly, my lord, you once served as Zongzheng in the court, and your prestige is unmatched, especially you are the banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner. Look at this matter, can you help to talk about it? Brothers are very concerned about this matter. Resist."

It's a hell of a thing if you don't contradict it. As far as Yue Le knows, there are definitely not a few people who buy stocks among the Eight Banners in the capital, including himself. In the matter of buying stocks, you can't say that you have lost your fortune, but it is true that you have spent more than half, or even all of your savings.

Confiscating stocks is equivalent to confiscating property. Why is this so?Liu Xun rebelled, and the Eight Banners paid for it?
As for asking the court to give an explanation, if there is no regulation on this matter, who can rest assured?

Hearing this, Yue Le couldn't help twisting her eyebrows into a Sichuan character, and said: "In this case, please ask the imperial court to take out the charter first, whether it is a redemption, or a stock in the hands of Shanxi merchants, it doesn't matter. You have to have an explanation first before accepting stocks, right? Otherwise, it’s a bit too inappropriate to say nothing about nothing.”

Qi Gesi added emphatically from the side: "Fourth Uncle, this Wei Xiaobao is clearly targeting us, not to mention that there are many people who buy stocks in the city, such as Baoyi and Han people, why should others buy stocks among the Eight Banners?" No, why only accept our Zhenglanqi stocks?"

Yue Le was taken aback when he heard this.

"Only take my Zhenglan flag? Wei Dutong, I'm afraid you really have to explain this matter to me, otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk out of this door today."

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly, with a faint murderous intent brewing in his chest.

Anyway, he is also the banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner. His own bannerman was bullied like this, and he, Yue Le, would not have to lead troops anymore. Well, even if he fights this matter to tear himself apart with Kangxi, he still has to kill Wei Xiaobao here today.

"My lord, please don't get me wrong. It's not just the Zhenglan flag, but the Zhenglan flag first, and the other seven flags must also be collected."

"reason."

"Who in the court doesn't know that you are the pillar of the Qing Dynasty. In this southern expedition, the person who commanded the army is none other than you? To be honest, His Majesty already intends to agree with you to lead the army in the middle route." Yes, the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner will go to the battlefield with you. You also said that you think Jiangxi should be the most important thing in this battle. Please invite Jiangxi. This Jiangxi...is not far from Chaozhou, so It is reasonable to accept your Zhenglanqi stock first, you say..."

"The other flags are naturally to be collected, but they are not as urgent as your Zhenglan flag. There must be a priority in doing things, right?"

"In addition, don't worry, my lord, it's really just a temporary collection. After the registration is done, I will give you an explanation sooner or later. Besides, after our heavenly soldiers go south and break through the Chaozhou government, the entire company is ours. We will divide it at that time. It's not too late for this stock."

Yue Le understood a little bit now, after a long time of trouble, Kangxi was negotiating terms with him.

Stocks for military power?
Just to further suppress his prestige in the army?
its not right!
But Yue Le suddenly reflected and said: "No, this matter is absolutely wrong!"

After thinking about it for a while, Yue Le found that the suppression of his prestige in the army was only at the first level.

After all, soldiers are expensive, and since they are required to send troops in the blue flag, they will definitely not be able to wait for the results of the discussion on stocks before sending troops out.

In this way, before they go south to fight the war, many of them are likely to take away their stocks before they go south to fight.

Where can I make up for this part of the loss?
I'm afraid that burning, killing and looting are inevitable along the way, and evil things must be done, and I'm afraid that I really can't restrain myself, or even restrain myself.

You know, other soldiers can burn, kill, loot, kill and loot, not a blade of grass grows in the places they pass by, shake the yolks from eggs, dig out all the earthworms in the ground and split them in half vertically.

But he, Yue Le, might not be able to, because he is the leader of the reformist faction. The most important thing for this reformist faction is to reuse Han people, win over Han people, and truly establish an equal relationship between Manchu and Han.

In this way, he has won the military power of Yue Le, but I am afraid that he will lose his consistent position in politics, at least it will be greatly affected, and it will inevitably affect his huge political appeal among Han officials. He, Yue Le, returned triumphantly, and I am afraid that he will be no different from other Manchu princes, at least he will not be able to become Dorgon's second.

As for whether he would lose because of this, to be honest, Kangxi never thought about it.

On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of the army has nothing to do with military discipline. The military discipline of the Eight Banners has never been better, and it has not delayed the invincibility of others. A very cruel fact is that among all the armies in history, military discipline and combat effectiveness in most cases are inversely proportional.

On the other hand, whether Kangxi or the entire Qing court, no one thought that they would lose. They all thought that after the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers entered the battlefield, the enemy would be a group of local chickens and dogs, and no one took them seriously. Son.

The Manchu Qing court has been established for some years, and it has never felt troublesome when dealing with foreign enemies. Almost all the troubles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty came from within, from the meeting of the regent king. As for Wu Sangui, can he still be compared with Emperor Yongli and Li Dingguo?Even if it is possible, isn't that just a piece of cake.

So from Yue Le's point of view, the ball came back again.

Is it for political positions or military power?

After a long time, Yue Le sighed and said: "Xiaobao, go back and tell the emperor that Zhenglanqi's stocks will never be handed in first. If he really insists on handing in the stocks first and then going to the battlefield, then we will wait."

"I, Yue Le, am not only the prince of Aixinjueluo, but also the prince of our Qing Dynasty. My Qing Dynasty made a national policy when I defeated Emperor Taizong. The Manchu and Han families, the Han people, are also my sons of the Qing Dynasty. Min, please tell Brother Xiaobao, please, I will not keep you, I am afraid that these rough people under me will not be able to resist fighting with you."

　Yesterday, I read that some readers reported that I made Kangxi short, so here is a little explanation.

　　Personally, I think that Kangxi had a very big problem in the early stage of withdrawing the feudal domain. There were far more strategic mistakes than Wu Sangui. The reason is just two words, pride.

　　At the very beginning, Kangxi and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty should have ignored Wu Sangui at all. It was not until these Eight Banners soldiers went to the battlefield that they still lost steadily that Kangxi realized the seriousness of the problem. To put it bluntly, all People have never expected the speed of the Eight Banners' degeneration and corruption, including Wu Sangui himself. He obviously did not expect the Eight Banners to be so involuntary that they lost ground.

　　A series of relatively wise decisions by Kangxi began after that. In fact, my personal opinion is that Kangxi really grew from an ignorant young man to a seasoned politician during the San Francisco Rebellion. Wu Sangui, who grew up rapidly in the middle school, was a good teacher and taught Kangxi a good lesson.

　　Of course, these are all my personal opinions. I don’t have a deep understanding of Qing history. If I make mistakes, I welcome criticism and correction.

　　
　
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