Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 153 Making a Plan (Triple in One)

Around noon, Liu Dapao, led by Liu Yinglin, met Fan Chengmo in his barracks.

At this time, Fan Chengmo's cheeks were already thin, almost in the shape of a skeleton, looking energetic and energetic as if he was about to die, he couldn't help but wondered: "Mr. Fan is really on a hunger strike?"

Fan Chengmo ignored him.

Liu Dapao laughed, and simply asked He Tieshou to personally escort him to the Lichun Courtyard where Wei Chunhua was in full bloom, sat down in a random place in the hall, and shouted: "Aunt Wei, I'm hungry, roast goose and stewed pig Give me one each, and give me a whole plate of braised prawns, and the whole seafood soup."

Most of the guests who were eating and playing with girls recognized Liu Dapao, and they all stood up to salute upon seeing this.

Liu Dapao arched his hands in all directions very naturally: "No, no, no, no, all friends who have shares are shareholders of the company. There is only a difference in the number of shares, there is no distinction between high and low. Everyone among our shareholders is equal, but Don't mess around with me, you should eat and drink, don't be restrained, just treat me as an old friend of you, don't call me the prime minister, if it's not in the government office, just call the chairman Just do it."

Everyone burst into laughter, this was not the first time in four months, and everyone knew that Liu Dapao was approachable, and the most cumbersome courtesy, he never liked others to kneel to him.

Anyway, the concept that everyone is equal is indeed very difficult to promote, but if we say that everyone is equal among shareholders, at least the concept that everyone is equal in personality has been quite recognized in a corner of Chenghai. .

After a while, Wei Chunhua ordered someone to greet her to bring up the dishes herself, and joked with Liu Dapao, and then called He Tieshou and the two personal guards who followed her to sit down, and greeted and ate together.

He tore off a goose leg with his hands first, and said to Fan Chengmo, "I won't force you, you can eat if you want, and you can bear it if you can bear it, but to be honest, I still recommend you to eat it. When you are a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, there is no need to go on a hunger strike, hitting a wall with poison and smearing your neck, anything is more enjoyable than a hunger strike, when you die, you look human, and when I bury you, you look good."

Then, I saw Fan Chengmo reaching out to pick up the rest of the roast goose. The good guy just ate it without cutting anything, and he was not afraid of the hot sauce hanging outside.

Liu Dapao was taken aback for a while.

Didn't you say that you will not surrender to the death, and you will go on a hunger strike to show your ambition?
A roast goose is enough?

Fan Chengmo put down the roast goose after the roast goose was almost eaten, and let out a long breath: "It's comfortable."

"What's the situation? No hunger strike?"

"I'm on a hunger strike. It's not that I don't want to eat. It's that bastard Geng Jingzhong starving me on purpose and refusing to feed me! He just tortured me on purpose!!"

Seeing this, Liu Dapao took a bite of food for him sympathetically, and couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Unexpectedly, it makes sense.

In fact, in the early Qing Dynasty, there may have been capable ministers among the Han people, such as Zhang Yong, but loyal ministers, especially the loyal ones with strong bones, at least in this San Francisco rebellion, all the people in the local area did not come and go if they thought about it carefully. It stands up to scrutiny.

For example, Fan Chengmo, how did a person who wanted to die and even go on a hunger strike manage to be alive and kicking two years after being captured?

Suicide can still be attempted, and it can be regarded as a unique skill of the loyal ministers and filial sons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

So Liu Dapao asked: "Since you didn't go on a hunger strike, are you willing to surrender to me? As far as I know, you were the governor of Zhejiang and you were very prestigious there. The reason why Geng Jingzhong tortured you is not that It's because he's perverted."

Fan Chengmo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "How could I surrender? My father, Fan Wencheng, was the first Han official in the Qing Dynasty. When he died, Shou Jinshang personally wrote the words Yuanfu Gaofeng. No matter brothers, sisters or children and nephews, almost all of them held high positions in the Qing court. My Fan family is really bound too deeply with the Qing court. It's been a good day."

"If you want to kill me, then you can kill me. I know my father's reputation is too great, and my father pays his debts. Even if you delay me, I admit it. I just ask you not to torture me, humiliate me, and let me Being a full ghost, the taste of starving is really uncomfortable."

"But if you don't kill me, I also want to live. I will give you a suggestion and an idea secretly on weekdays. As long as you don't let outsiders know, you say to the outside world that you are putting me under house arrest and don't hurt my family. .”

Liu Dapao couldn't help being amused when he heard the words, and suddenly felt that Fan Chengmo was quite cute.

"I want to surrender to you. What I want is your reputation. I want to use this to damage the morale of the Qing court and make suggestions? What kind of plan can you come up with?"

"Then I can't help it, you should kill me."

After all, he picked up the roast suckling pig with chopsticks and ate it in big mouthfuls. However, he was more civilized than when he ate the roast goose just now.

Seeing this, Liu Dapao smiled and ignored him, turned to look at Liu Yinglin and said:

"Did Geng Jingzhong tell you how the frontline war is going now? I heard that Prince Kang Jieshu has arrived. Is the war progressing smoothly?"

"Thanks to the prime minister, my lord said that Jie Shu is a man of great ambition and talent, and he can handle it. He also asked me to tell you that Liu Xun...'s family members have killed a lot recently, and it is said that they want to punish the ten clans."

"I said I'm not Liu Xun, so there's no need to test me, but killing the ten clans, wouldn't that kill tens of thousands of people? I remember that Geng Jingzhong's soldiers had already pointed at Shaoxing. Liu Xun is also from Shaoxing, right?"

"Yes."

"So this Jieshu is equivalent to killing tens of thousands of our own people on the front line before the battle is started? I'm afraid this is a bit stupid."

"An order from Kangxi. Before this Jieshu came, I probably didn't expect our army to attack so quickly. If he didn't kill the sacred decree, he might not be able to explain it. The reason why he started arresting and killing people now is probably because he has done his best. Let's take full control of the soldiers and horses in Shaoxing first, but it is true that if my prince wants to capture Shaoxing, it will definitely become much easier."

"Really?"

"of course."

Liu Dapao nodded slightly, and saw Fan Chengmo, who was still eating so much just now, put down his chopsticks and said, "Just leave that fart."

As he spoke, he took a sip of wine and started to drink. Seeing this, Liu Yinglin slapped the table angrily and scolded: "Is there any place for you, a traitor, to talk here? Pay attention to your own identity, you are now my Daming's captive!"

Fan Chengmo still ate and drank while thinking about himself: "Geng Jingzhong doesn't have any ambitions at all. Although his subordinates can be called a collection of generals, such as Zeng Yangxing, Bai Xianzhong, and Ma Jiuyu, they can all be called good generals, but Geng Jingzhong Are you loyal to yourself, hehe, but you are relying on the power of your father and grandfather."

As he said that, he turned his head suddenly, took a big bite, and spit out a whole bunch of roast goose and roast pig that he had just eaten, which made Liu Dapao very sick.

Especially since he ate too eagerly just now, he probably didn't chew much, so that the roast goose he spit out was in big chunks. He reckoned that he would pick it up, wash it, and put it back on the plate to sell it.

"Sorry, I ate too quickly."

"Then what, it's not suitable to eat such oily food after you've been hungry for a long time, especially if you eat in such a hurry, your stomach can't bear it at all. Let Aunt Wei make you a bowl of clear porridge."

"no!"

When Fan Chengmo heard the words, he suddenly hugged the remaining half plate of roasted pig and brought him to him. He still ate it with big mouthfuls, and while eating, he didn't forget to say bad things about Geng Jingzhong:
"Don't look at what Geng Jingzhong said in his report. In fact, it was the Eastern Front that won the big victory on the Zhejiang battlefield, and its general was Zeng Yangxing. To put it bluntly, it was a partial division. The progress of the West Route Army is said to be pretty good. That's right, it seems that they have reached Jiujiang, but the West Route Army was also fought by Bai Xianzhong. On the contrary, it was Geng Jingzhong and his direct soldiers who were suppressed by Li Zhifang as soon as they left Xianxia Pass. Until now, even Jinhua He didn't even beat Li Zhifang's Green Battalion soldiers, what the hell is a good book?"

Liu Dapao hurriedly asked the waiter to clean up the floor, and couldn't help frowning: "Eat slowly, no one will grab you, this table is yours."

"Then serve me another plate of roast goose. I ate too fast just now and didn't taste much."

"........."

"Xiaoer, serve me another roast goose and a pot of Huadiao wine."

This stuff is really out of the ordinary.

Liu Yinglin was also quite embarrassed at this time, and quickly said, "Prime Minister, don't listen to his nonsense, he...he is a prisoner, he, what does he know, he."

While eating, Fan Chengmo muttered: "I have served as a governor in Zhejiang for five years, and a governor in Fujian for two years. I can tell one, two, three about the military affairs of the two provinces with my eyes closed. There are no officials I don’t know, on the contrary, Geng Jingzhong has only been on the throne for a few years, and he has been in the capital before, and the generals in the army, big and small, probably don’t even recognize everyone, what do you think I know.”

"You... you... pay attention to your identity!"

Liu Yinglin really couldn't hold back his face anymore, thinking to himself, Geng Jingzhong really shot himself in the foot this time.

Originally, this Fan Chengmo was starved to death and refused to surrender. Geng Jingzhong didn’t kill him, but kept Fermi and killed him. It’s a bit wasteful, so he was taken as a prisoner and said to be sent to Jiunan. After all, it was Fan Wencheng. His son, killing him with a knife can also boost the country's prestige, and in exchange for a little bit of favor, it can be regarded as garbage reuse.

In the end, good guy, it was on the eye drops.

It could be seen that Fan Chengmo was really hungry in Geng Jingzhong's hands.

Quickly explained: "People in Zhejiang generally have the ambition to fight against the Qing Dynasty. My prince promised that after defeating Jieshu, he will convert a large amount of rice into mulberry in Zhejiang area, so as to buy shares in West Pacific Company and distribute stocks to the soldiers. , The morale of the soldiers is very high."

"Oh, then why do you need me to urge my guns to support? We have already made an agreement, it's true, but we all know that when new weapons go to the battlefield, only the first battle will achieve the greatest results. This is equivalent to a trump card, since it is a trump card, of course it must be used in the final victory, why is it so urgent now?"

"This...is this also...in order to reduce casualties, besides, my prince will definitely attack Hangzhou after taking Shaoxing."

But Fan Chengmo burst out laughing when he heard the words, spraying the minced meat he was chewing all over the table.

Seeing this, Liu Yinglin immediately pulled out his knife: "You dog thief! Isn't it bad to bully me with a knife!"

As soon as the words were finished, He Tie quickly stretched out his fingers and flicked the numbness in Liu Yinglin's elbow, and the weapon in Liu Yinglin's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and said with a coquettish smile, "Farewell, Liu Zhongtang!" Nao, eat well."

Liu Dapao smiled and took out another cigar from his pocket and handed it to him, and personally lit it for him with a lighter, and said while lighting it: "Old Liu, you have become a cabinet scholar after all, Why are you so unsteady, and you are still talking about your prince, our company and Daming are not into this, everyone is equal among shareholders, he Geng Jingzhong is not your father, right? "

When Liu Yinglin heard this, he looked at Liu Dapao in surprise.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Isn't it because I am a director of the West Pacific Company's board of directors that I can be a cabinet scholar? Isn't it because I hold my prince's stock on behalf of me? Otherwise, you Director Liu Sir, why should Prime Minister Liu give me a high look and eat at the same table as me?"

Liu Dapao also thought about it, and said: "I plan to reorganize Haifeng and expand the army. I plan to set up four battalions in a town. Each battalion has [-] regular soldiers, not counting auxiliary soldiers. It is under the command of Feng Zhenhai. If you are willing, I will reserve one of the four battalions for you. The soldiers will issue options. Hold the shares of your own general and the shares of Geng Jingzhong on behalf of you. You choose yourself. I guarantee that the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion will be treated equally, and there will be no difference in equipment, food, and stocks. If you make military achievements and reward stocks, you may not be able to return to the board of directors .”

Upon hearing this, Liu Yinglin sat down and poured Fan Chengmo a glass of wine with his own hands: "I think what you said makes sense."

Fan Chengmo smiled even more happily, and said: "The so-called good minister chooses the master to serve, but here is to congratulate General Liu for getting out of the quagmire."

Then he looked at Liu Dapao: "You have good weapons and navy, and it would be a waste to give it to Geng Jingzhong. Anyway, you want to counterattack Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Since you have a navy, why are you going to attack Hangzhou? Does this place itself really have great strategic value? Even if it can be taken down, can Geng Jingzhong hold it?"

Liu Dapao couldn't help but said: "Weapon support and naval support are agreed in advance. It's his compensation for giving up Quanzhou and Tingzhou. I can't. I'll break my promise and lose weight."

"Geng Jingzhong's little cleverness is still very powerful. In fact, he also knows that his main force is now in the north, and southern Fujian is empty. As long as you want him to want Quanzhou and Tingzhou, he won't be able to defend it at all. He can’t even keep Zhangzhou, and with such an agreement, it’s too embarrassing to beat Zhangzhou with Zheng Jing.”

"I can't do things like beating my allies, and I will definitely do what I promised."

"How to do it depends on what to do. I think, from a strategic point of view, since Geng Jingzhong has restrained Li Zhifang's main force, why bother to attack Jinhua."

"If I were you, in the name of the imperial court, I would order Geng Jingzhong to retreat to Xianxia Pass and hold Li Zhifang back. It's not that the naval reinforcements will not be sent, but they can be sent directly to Zeng Yangxing to fight Hangzhou. If you are full, why not?" In the fight against Ningbo, you rely on the strength of the navy, and you can defend Ningbo even if you take it down. Jieshu has nothing to do with you. You can also use Ningbo as a trade center to develop maritime trade. As far as I know, Ningbo has the advantage of developing maritime trade. It’s not much bigger than Chaozhou.”

"Zeng Yangxing is Geng Jingzhong's general in name. If you support him, you will naturally support Geng Jingzhong. Zeng Yangxing has fought all the way to Shaoxing, but Geng Jingzhong's main force can't even defeat Jinhua. The support is strong." Those that are valuable, those that are weak, those that are useless, those that cannot be sold, this is the overall situation, and no one can tell what is wrong with you.”

Liu Dapao couldn't help frowning and said, "Isn't Zeng Yangxing a direct descendant of Geng Jingzhong?"

"To be precise, Zeng Yangxing is Geng Jimao's subordinate general. Geng Jimao is indeed quite good in terms of talent and prestige, but this tiger father and son... Tsk, it seems that this kind of thing is not easy to talk about? He is a capable man. If you have great skills, it’s fine if you don’t have a chance, as long as you have a chance, who doesn’t want to eat meat at the table.”

"Besides, if he takes Ningbo and opens the sea in Ningbo to do business, he will definitely need your help. You have to cooperate with him in this matter, right? Besides, he must use your navy to help him defend the city, right? Back off In terms of [-] steps, even if he is really loyal to Geng Jingzhong, you will not lose if you give him the aid you originally intended for Geng Jingzhong. Zeng Yangxing is indeed better than Geng Jingzhong! Normally, you Even if you support Geng Jingzhong, Geng Jingzhong will definitely go to support Zeng Yangxing again, why waste the second effort!"

"Um……"

Liu Dapao couldn't help but nodded.

It can be seen that Fan Chengmo's so-called strategy has a lot of personal revenge. This guy almost hates Geng Jingzhong, but I have to say that what he said is really reasonable and completely feasible.

This is the benefit of supporting the emperor and coercing the emperor to order the princes. In the name of the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, his contact with Zeng Yangxing is justified and politically correct.

Thinking about it this way, although Nine Difficulties is annoying sometimes, it is also really useful sometimes.

It's just... No matter how high-sounding the superficial reason is, it can't cover up the essence of self-poaching. At least it is to provoke the relationship between Geng Jingzhong and Zeng Yangxing. As an ally, isn't it a bit too unethical?

After all, fighting the Qing Dynasty is the top priority now.

Liu Dapao was very tangled.

Looking at Fan Chengmo who was still eating and drinking, Liu Dapao couldn't help asking: "Is there anything else you can teach me, sir?"

Fan Chengmo also smiled and said, "Prime Minister, won't you kill me?"

"I'm planning to reorganize the staff system of the Prime Minister's Mansion and set up five major military divisions. If you don't give up, sir, you can be one of them."

This time, it was He Tieshou who gave Liu Dapao a slightly surprised look.

The five major military divisions of the Prime Minister's Mansion, these two elements are superimposed, it is really Cao Cao.

Sure enough, today's open and secret fight in the court has a great impact, but I don't know how the Nine Difficulties will react. If one is not done well, if it is really embarrassing, everyone will not be able to end it.

Fan Chengmo shook his head quickly when he heard the words: "If you can't afford it, you can put me under house arrest. I don't dare to be your military adviser. Besides, I'm only familiar with Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. I can't give you any advice for other places. "

"As for me, I can indeed give you another idea. You promise me that you will arrange a better room for me, and guarantee that I can eat three meals a day. Each meal has four dishes and one soup, and at least two of them Meat dishes, okay?"

"I'll add another seafood meal for you every day for supper."

Fan Chengmo's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "It's a deal, that's it."

"Where is the policy?"

"The former governor of Fujian Liu Bingzheng and I have been friends for many years. I know him very well. This time he surrendered to Geng Jingzhong because he had no choice but to accept it. His younger brother Liu Bingquan is your governor of Guangdong. Guangdong is gratifying, isn't it? Did you not betray?"

"Ah~, I really don't know that Liu Bingquan and Liu Bingzheng are brothers, two real brothers?"

"Brothers of the same mother."

"Ah~"

This is so rough in the early days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The two brothers, one is the governor of Fujian and the other is the governor of Guangdong. They are both Han Chinese. Are the gang of officials full of shit?

"Liu Bingquan, the prime minister must have had contact with him before. May I ask the prime minister's impression of this person?"

"I'm not familiar with it, I've only seen it a few times."

"I heard that Shang Kexi is messing around in Guangdong, betraying and not betraying, loyal and disloyal, seems to be in two boats, but I don't know, Zu Zeqing in southern Guangdong is still safe now?"

"Even you have heard about Zu Zeqing? Are you not a prisoner?"

"Guess, everyone came from Liaodong. I, Zu Zeqing, Liu Bingquan and Liu Bingzheng, we are all family friends. I dare not say that we have grown up together, but we did go to the window together and went whoring together."

"So that's the truth. To be honest, Zu Zeqing verbally announced that he had surrendered to Wu Sangui. Shang Kexi Shang Zhixin and his son are fighting for territory with him, and they asked me for reinforcements. I am the same. Hey~ Shang Zhixin told me, wait He cleaned up Zu Zeqing, and immediately imprisoned his own father. After all, Zu Zeqing didn't even have 1 people in his hands, but he wanted to cut off almost half of Guangdong's territory in southern Guangdong. Whoever changed this matter, I'm afraid I can't even swallow this breath."

"To be a person, to be an official, to be an official is the most annoying thing. If they do this, there is no doubt that Jin Guangzu and Liu Bingquan are the most uncomfortable. Now that Sun Yanling has turned against them, these two people have no way out. They You two have a solid background, even if you want both, you have to coax him, their prosperity will be inevitable, but what about Jin and Liu?"

"In name, they are still the governor of the Qing court, the governor of the Qing court. The prime minister might as well write a letter to these two to lure them to fight Chaozhou. In this way, you can have an excuse if Zu Zeqing wants to help you. Shang Kexi and his son probably can't control it, let alone have the position to control it."

"Afterwards, if you want Liu Bingzheng to be favored by Geng Jingzhong, you will use Liu Bingzheng's name to persuade Liu Bingzhong to surrender, and use this as a condition in exchange for your support. After Liu Bingzheng comes, you will send the support to Zeng Yangxing, so that Geng Jingzhong can have a It's hard to say, when the time comes, the Liu family brothers will be detained, take advantage of the situation, take the land of Huizhou, occupy the three key points of Meiling, and then order Liu Guoxuan to do some small tricks in Tingzhou so that Geng Jingzhong dare not look south. Then you enter Jiangxi from Meiling Sanguan to support Bai Xianzhong of Geng Fan's West Route Army, the Prime Minister, Liu Bingzheng and Bai Xianzhong are close friends."

(End of this chapter)