Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 25 Xiao Zhuang: I bet there is something wrong with Liu Xun

Inside the Forbidden City.

The young Kangxi found the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang excitedly with Shang Kexi's memorial and said, "Grandmother, I am overjoyed, Shang Kexi is going to ask me to abolish the feudal clan!"

Xiao Zhuang, who was picking flowers and plants, was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and said, "Shang Kexi asked himself to withdraw from the feudal clan? This is impossible."

As he said that, he took a look at the memorial and said, "Didn't I just say that I hope that the title of King Pingnan will be handed over to his son Shang Zhixin?"

"Since ancient times, there is no reason why a father should inherit the throne if he is still alive. Since he wants to withdraw from the feudal clan and return to his hometown in Liaodong, how can Shang Zhixin, as a son of man, not accompany him back home? Please withdraw the domain, and let them both withdraw."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhuang took a deep look at Kangxi and said, "Are you really determined to withdraw from the clan? Shang Kexi is already seventy this year, and Wu Sangui is also sixty. You can't be patient and wait for them to die of old age." Is it?"

"Grandmother, now my Qing Dynasty is full of waste, and I spend money everywhere like running water. San Francisco not only cuts off the taxation of the southern provinces, but also has to spend money to support them. Last year, the imperial court put in more than six million taels of money. Only this San Francisco spent more than 200 million taels to raise soldiers, and now that the remnants of the Ming Dynasty have already been punished, I really don’t know why the imperial court spends so much money to support them!”

"Let me ask you, why did the Southern Song Dynasty survive for a hundred years after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, but why is it that the Southern Ming Dynasty, which has a stronger foundation, is so vulnerable?"

"This... is naturally because of my warriors of the Eight Banners who are brave and good at fighting. Since I entered the customs, I have upheld the mandate of heaven and united with the hearts of the people, while the other generation is incompetent and corrupt. The party fights constantly, so..."

Xiao Zhuang sneered, and said: "Your Majesty, if these words used to fool outsiders actually fool us, then it is really a joke."

"The grandson is ignorant, so he asked his grandmother to teach him."

"It is true that my Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are elite, brave and good at fighting. It is just that until today, there are only 16 soldiers of my Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. If we spread these, how many armies will we be able to raise in the face of the vast territory of Daming Nuo?"

"As for the so-called Mandate of Heaven and the People's Heart, I'll tell you now, it's because in the Qing Dynasty, since Emperor Taizong, all those who surrendered were kept in their original positions, or even promoted in an exceptional way, to show that the Manchu, Mongolian and Han tribes are one, and everyone should be rewarded." It’s never been treated differently.”

"The commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty has come. In my Qing Dynasty, the commander-in-chief still started. The general of the Ming Dynasty has come. My Qing Dynasty will still let you be a general. Be a king with a different surname."

"There is a saying in the Han people that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad. Whether it is Wu Sangui or Shang Kexi, the soldiers and horses of the direct line of the feudal clan are only [-] to [-]. It really can't make any big waves. What do the former Ming generals who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty think? Will they follow them to rebel? Killing donkeys and donkeys will also kick people. , how do you deal with it?"

Kangxi thought for a while, and said: "Grandson thinks, grandma, you still have to worry too much. Now that the national power of the Qing Dynasty is booming, and the people have returned to their hearts, the world has already sat firmly. The Wang Jue with a different surname is still reserved for them. How could it be that the San Francisco is rebelling? If others don’t say it, it’s gratifying. Didn’t he ask himself to go back to his hometown in Liaodong? The San Francisco just ate the bear’s heart Leopards dare not rebel, and there are so many surrendered generals in the previous Ming Dynasty, it is even more impossible to rebel with them and attack stones with eggs."

"Don't you dare?"

Xiao Zhuang was furious, but he lowered his head and found a memorabilia and threw it over: "This is the book that Liu Bingquan and Jin Guangzu wrote to recommend Liu Xun. I came here on purpose after I heard about it. The water is deep! Emperor, even you two ministers believe that the San Francisco will be rebelled, and they are looking for a way out for themselves!"

"Grandma's grandson can't understand what she said. Then Liu Xun, even I have heard of this person who is loyal and brave. As the chief officials of Guangdong, Jin Guangzu and Liu Bingquan are clearly due to recommend this person. If they don't For example, I am going to punish them for their crimes, how did this get involved in the back road?
Taking a ten thousand step back, this Liu Xun is a Han Chinese who passed the examination to obtain a scholar, but he is loyal, courageous and resourceful. The words brave and resourceful are nothing more than that. Having such a loyal minister, doesn't it just mean that my Qing Dynasty is now what the people want?This time Tian Di will be in trouble with the Zheng family. This Chaozhou magistrate, who came up from the imperial examination, is more than a hundred times stronger than Geng Jingzhong. I believe that since there is this one Liu Xun, there will be ten or a hundred more in the future. A loyal, courageous and resourceful person like Liu Xun stood up to share my worries at a critical moment, even if some of the second ministers and thieves of the former Ming Dynasty turned against each other, they could still be wiped out by me. "

Hearing this, Xiao Zhuang frowned deeply, and said, "Isn't this Liu Xun a character carefully selected by you, the emperor? Or, isn't he behind you, the emperor?"

"No, although this person has been in the Imperial Academy for a while, I probably haven't even met him a few times, let alone talked directly. He is a loyal minister who naturally grows out of the common people in this world. It is the symbol of my Qing destiny and the human heart!"

"I have decided to promote this Liu Xun in an exceptional way and entrust him with a real role. I want to tell the world that this Liu Xun was not one of my people before, but from now on, he is the celebrity in front of my eyes. , is to tell the people of the world that as long as they can do things honestly and serve the country loyally, they are all my people."

When Xiaozhuang heard this, he frowned instinctively.

Xiaozhuang instinctively felt that there was something wrong with Liu Xun and this so-called Chaozhou victory.

How could a Han who passed the imperial examination be so loyal for no reason?
And if you are a nerd who is stupid in reading, how can you win such a big victory in Chaozhou?

However, after all, Kangxi just started this year, and most of the seventeen or eighteen-year-old children of ordinary people are in the rebellious period, let alone him, the ninety-five-year-old.

Especially when he wanted to get rid of Oboi, Xiao Zhuang blocked him both horizontally and vertically, but in the end he used a little eunuch to act like an assassin behind her back and secretly did it. At that time, Xiao Zhuang understood that this grandson The wings are hard, and I can't control it.

In particular, this Oboi is really a loyal minister, except for that, the rest of the party didn't stir up any waves, Xiaozhuang knew very well that this was purely Kangxi's bad luck, and even killed Zhongliang by mistake, but he didn't do it himself Thinking, Yixin feels that she is wise and powerful, but her aura of domineering is leaking, so what can she do?

To force it would not only be of no benefit to the overall situation, but he would not be able to stop the young emperor, but would only stiffen the relationship between the grandparent and grandson.

So Xiao Zhuang turned his eyes and said: "I don't want to believe it, this Liu Xun is really as you said, loyal and brave, and he can be used in a big way. How about a bet between us, grandparents and grandchildren?"

"Grandmother, what do you want to bet on?"

"Just bet on this Liu Xun, whether he is a truly loyal person, if he is, it means that you are right, all the people in this world have really shown signs of belonging, so, whether it is the San Francisco, the old general of the Ming Dynasty Either way, naturally it is nothing to worry about, I agree with you to withdraw the domain and reuse this person, and if the facts prove that this Liu Xun is not as loyal as His Majesty thought, then I ask the emperor to postpone the proposal of withdrawing the domain, and take it easy ,how?"

"Grandmother's bet is very interesting, and grandson agrees."

(End of this chapter)