Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 137 Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian should be the second
On the third day of his arrival in Kunming, Wang Zhongxiao, who had come all the way from Baoning Mansion in Sichuan Province, finally saw a fake Wu Sangui who was about [-]% similar in body and appearance to Wu Sangui in the magnificent Yin'an Temple on Wuhua Mountain.

This counterfeit is obviously younger than Wu Sangui, and at most he is in his 40s. Although he wears an old-fashioned outfit, the level of make-up is limited these days. At most, he dyes his hair and beard, and then puts it on a face that still looks young. A few age spots on it.It's okay to look at it from a distance, but you can't look at it up close, or it will definitely reveal your secrets.But what is Wang Zhongxiao's look?Even standing at the gate of Yin'an Hall, one can see that something is wrong.

But even Li Tianyu and Lu Yifeng, who have bad eyesight, know that the person sitting on the throne must not be Wu Sangui, because there are too many doubts!

First of all, Wu Sangui is aloof, surrounded by Wu Yingqi, Fang Guangchen, Guo Zhuangtu, Hu Guozhu, Xia Guoxiang, the most core members of the Pingxiwang Group.Everyone else stood at a distance and wouldn't let them approach.

Secondly, this Wu Sangui seldom speaks. It is often Li Tianyu, Wang Zhongxiao, and Lu Yifeng who talk about it for a long time, and he just says "I know".

Even if Wang Zhongxiao took out Kangxi's letter and decree to read, this Wu Sangui still sat still, expressionless, and said "Got it". Well!

The civil servants and military generals of the Pingxi Palace standing on the Yin'an Palace seemed to have seen the strange things for a long time. Hearing that Kangxi's decree included inviting Wu Sangui and Wu Yingqi to go north to retire and ensure safety, no one made any suggestions to Wu Sangui. He set his sights on Wu Yingqi.

But Wu Yingqi's reaction was "very Yingqi". He snorted and strode out of the shift. Instead of bowing to Wu Sangui and offering his opinions, he swaggered towards Wang Zhongxiao, Li Tianyu, and Lu Yifeng. He also stared at Wang Zhongxiao viciously, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's just a court post, and you want to lure my father and son into Beijing with the words of protecting their wealth and safety? Kangxi's thinking is too simple, right?"

Good at acting!Of course, Wang Zhongxiao was like a bright mirror in his heart, knowing that Wu Yingqi was performing.But the acting is really good, I don't know if I can fool Li Tianyu?Thinking of this, he turned to look at the governor of Yunnan.

Li Tianyu was surprised, although he didn't believe that Wu Yingqi really dared to go to Beijing to retire - where is the lesson of Oboi's past?But he also heard that Wu Yingqi still wanted to lie!And he also wanted to use himself to lie to Kangxi. This is Li Tianyu's way of life!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to Wu Yingqi: "Dutong, don't get me wrong, the emperor never intended to deceive or harm you or King Pingxi, the emperor was just acting according to the agreement between the late emperor and the prince. After all, the prince had a stroke I'm dead, although God blesses the prince to heal, but the bones of this body are always time to take care of them. And the prince has been the prince for more than 20 years, and he is already old, so it's time for him to do it Prince.

And the reason why the emperor used court mail instead of Ming Fa is mainly to express his position first, and then listen to what you mean. You have guarded the border for the country and performed filial piety for the son all these years. It can be said that you have both loyalty and filial piety. to greatness.If you can still be proud, send the old prince to the north and hand over Yunnan to the son of the world.The emperor will definitely reward you heavily, and a first-class gentleman can also be expected.

If you are still not at ease with Dutong, then the humble official can go north to ask the emperor for you. When the invention is released, the whole world will know, so you can rest assured that Dutong is right? "

"A first-class public is not enough!" Wu Yingqi said coldly, "Isn't Oboi a first-class public?"

Li Tianyu was taken aback for a moment, not knowing how to explain it, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little awkward.

But Wu Yingqi saw that Li Tianyu was dumb, so he could only turn his attention to Wang Zhongxiao.

Wang Zhongxiao thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "How about adding a Dan book iron scroll to avoid death, and giving a hereditary replacement?"

"It's not enough!" Wu Yingqi shook his head, his tone softened a bit, "I still have so many brothers under my command, and Yunnan is too small, it's almost too crowded, so we need to arrange them properly!"

"How about letting them go back to Liaodong?" Li Tianyu asked, "This is Ye Luo's return to his roots."

"Hmph," Wu Yingqi said, "Liaodong is thousands of miles away from Yunnan, and it's not rich in the cold weather. Is this to make the brothers travel thousands of miles to suffer?"

Of course it is impossible to endure hardship. Most of them will be wiped out along the way!Wang Zhongxiao, who has been around Sichuan, already knows what will happen if Wu Sangui does not rebel in history?

Because it is a scam to withdraw Pingxi Fan to Liaodong for resettlement!Sichuan, which is next door to Yunnan, is abandoned there, so why send tens of thousands of people back to Liaodong?Wouldn't it be enough to divide the land in Sichuan nearby?Tired of running so far?Even if he was really worried that King Pingxi's people would rebel in Sichuan in the future, wouldn't it be more dangerous for them to rebel in Liaodong?

"Where do you want to be?" Li Tianyu asked again.

Wu Yingqi said: "Distribute the land of Xuzhou Prefecture, Ningyuan Prefecture and Luzhou to my subordinates!"

Li Tianyu looked puzzled: "This...Although there are quite a lot of wasteland in Xuzhou Mansion, Ningyuan Mansion and Luzhou, this matter still needs to be nodded by the emperor, and the lower officials can't promise it!"

Wu Yingqi sneered and said: "The emperor will nod. I will let my father go north to Xuzhou Prefecture and live in Yibin County, waiting for the emperor's hair! Li Futai, please go with Wang Shikai and Lu Sanhao Let's go to Beijing city!"

Is this to take over the territory of two prefectures and one prefecture in Sichuan with the excuse of sending his father to the north?Li Tianyu breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Wu Yingqi: "Dutong, why don't you write a memorial and write down everything you want clearly. How about sending the memorial to the emperor for you with Wang Shiwei and Lu Zhifu? "

"Okay!" Wu Yingqi said "Okay", and suddenly realized something was wrong, and quickly turned around and said to the false Wu Sangui who was sitting on the throne, "Father, do you think this is okay?"

That "Wu Sangui" was obviously distracted. Hearing Wu Yingqi's question, he blurted out, "Medium!"

So this is still Wu Sangui from Henan!
Shunqing Mansion, Nanchong County, President and Minister Prince An Xingyuan.

During the period when Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Sanhao went south to Kunming, the Three Towns New Army, the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion under Yue Le's command, and the local Qing army in Sichuan also spread out in Sichuan Province in accordance with Kangxi's decree.

Shuncheng County King Le Erjin took a town of Eight Banners New Army to Chongqing Mansion. Sun Sike, who was originally stationed in Chengdu, left Chengdu with the main force of the Green Camp New Army and went down to Zizhou along the Zhongjiang River. Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi Mo Luo He then led the Ganshan Green Battalion to occupy Baoning and Tongchuan prefectures.And Yue Le himself led the Central Army of the Eight Banners New Army to station in Shunqing Mansion next to Chongqing.

As for the troops of Sichuan Admiral Zheng Jiaolin, Baoning General Wu Zhimao, Chongqing Deputy General Chen Fu and others, they pressed south again. Zheng Jiaolin stationed troops in Jiading Mansion, Wu Zhimao entered Luzhou, and Chen Fu went south to Guizhou. Zunyi.

A Sichuan Green Battalion is at the front, the Green Battalion New Army is placed in the front, the Eight Banners New Army is entrenched in the middle, and the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion controls the layout of the back road, so the layout is basically formed.

However, Wu Yingqi's road north to Sichuan was not completely blocked. There was still a gap in the southwest corner of the Sichuan Basin for Wu Yingqi to stop. This gap was the capital of Xuzhou where the Ziliujing Salt Mine was located.

Because Wu Shicong and Wu Shijue have been extending their hands into the Xuzhou capital since two or three years ago, first occupied Ziliujing, and then began to build villages around Yibin, the capital county of Xuzhou. Nearly a thousand "Yunnan immigrants" have been placed in the state. These are not ordinary Yunnan people, but Yunnan people with a Shaanxi accent who are "elegant, easy-going, and friendly."
And "nearly a thousand" refers to the number of households. Each of them has three or five burly men, and they live in groups according to the formation of battalions. He and the tiger had to carry the shotguns, spears, and knives for hunting black and white bears and tigers, and dragged the "hunting guns" (cannons specially used for hunting tigers and pandas), and drove into Yibin County.

The magistrates of Yibin County and Xuzhou Prefecture also let this behavior of "going into the city to hunt tigers and pandas" go unchecked. Although these two people are not selected officials from the West, the county magistrates, chief bookkeepers, masters, scribes, and team leaders under them, All of them are from Yunnan.

So now the situation in Sichuan is very clear, that is, the imperial army has occupied most of the Sichuan Basin, but it has not sealed the mouth of the Southwest, and the army of the Pingxi Palace may rush into the Sichuan Basin from that mouth to grab the territory at any time.

Of course, the situation is still favorable to the Qing Dynasty!

Apart from the unreliable local military leaders in Sichuan, the unreliable people's hearts in Sichuan, the Land of Abundance being too badly damaged, and the unreliable logistical supplies, Yue Le's other advantages are all on Yue Le's side!
"Wu Sangui you saw is really a stand-in?"

Among the Xingyuan in Nanchong County, Yue Le, who was a little worried because of too many "unreliable", finally waited for Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao, and Li Tianyu, who "escaped from death", and got four from them. very critical information.

One is that there has been a general mobilization of rebellion in Kunming!He also shouted the slogan "Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian should be established, the land will be divided, and the world will be safe"!

The second is that Wu Yingqi and Wu Guogui had many conflicts, but Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Sanhao were watched by Wu Yingqi's people, so they couldn't go to Qujing to see Wu Guogui.Although Wang Zhongxiao had found an opportunity to give Wu Shicong both Wu Yingxiong's personal letter "Let Yunnan and Wu Guogui" and Kangxi's decree, but whether this kind of divorce can be achieved, only God knows.

The third is that Wu Sangui is likely to have passed away. At least there is no way to make a public appearance!
Fourth, Wu Yingqi is about to march north to the territory of Syria Prefecture!
Among these four key pieces of information, what interested Yue Le the most was Wu Sangui's situation.

"That's right, that Wu Sangui is indeed a stand-in!" Li Tianyu gave a very positive answer.

Wang Zhongxiao also said: "Xiaozhi has good eyesight. Although he is far away, he can tell at a glance that the person is not Wu Sangui at all."

Lu Sanhao also said: "If it's true that King Pingxi is sitting in Yin'an Hall, how can Wu Yingqi have the right to talk so much?"

Yue Le nodded, and picked up the memorial drafted in the name of Wu Sangui that he had read just now—it was a secret document, and Yue Le could not read it, but now that Yue Le has the right to do things cheaply, he still has to read it!

Yue Le opened the memorial again, and it was full of Rouzhong's words with steel needles, and he also generalized the imperial court on the issue of withdrawing the feudal domain and returning to Liao. This Prince An thought for a while, and then asked: "If the emperor agrees? If the lands of Xuzhou and Ningyuan are awarded to the soldiers of Pingxi Wang Fan, will Wu Yingqi still rebel?"

"meeting!"

"Will!"

"Your Majesty, Wu Yingqi is already on the verge of death, and has no choice but to do so!"

Li Tianyu, Wang Zhongxiao, and Lu Sanhao all gave very positive answers!

In fact, Yue Le doesn't believe that Wu Yingqi can turn back, and Yue Le also doesn't believe that Kangxi can let Wu Sangui, Wu Yingqi, Wu Yingxiong, and Wu Guogui go, no matter what, they must be eliminated!

As for the millions of people under Pingxi Wang Fan, not to mention all of them were slaughtered, most of them would have to be slaughtered, and the rest would have their privileges taken away and turned into ordinary people or ordinary green camp soldiers.

These are almost all clear cards, if the people under Wu Sangui don't understand, they are fools.

When Yue Le was about to let Li Tianyu, Wang Zhongxiao, and Lu Sanhao leave, the voice of one of his palace guards suddenly sounded outside the door: "My lord, Luzhou's military situation is delivered!"

Luzhou?

Has Wu Yingqi arrived at the Syrian state capital?fast enough!

Yue Le was taken aback, and said loudly: "Bring it to me!"

"Whoo!"

"Luzhou, Zizhou, Jiading, Tuojiang River, Minjiang River, Shujiang River (Sichuan section of the Yangtze River)"

Emperor Xiaomazi got up early in the morning, and after greeting the old queen mother Bumbutai and the empress dowager (Bumbutai's grandniece), he immediately went straight into his "Great Qing Suppression General" - Qianqing Palace South Study Room , looked at the map in the south study.

Of course, there is no high-precision map of southwestern Sichuan to show him now, so what he sees is the less accurate map of the eight provinces of "Dian, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chu, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian".

On the southwestern corner of the picture, there are some villains and small flags made by the carpenters of the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These villains and flags represent Qing soldiers and "Wu soldiers". Very clear battle lines.

Among them, the Qing soldiers formed an arc of half a month, starting from Jiading Mansion in the west, Zizhou in the middle, and Luzhou in the east.If we want to use rivers and mountains to divide the battle lines, it starts from the Minjiang River in the west, depends on the Tuojiang River in the middle, and rests on the Shujiang River in the east.

The Wu soldiers were stationed in Yibin, Nanxi, Pingshan, Qingfu, and Gaoxian in the prefectural capital of Syria, confronting the Qing army.In addition, a "blank area" was left between the two armies, mainly Fushun County and Longchang County in Xuzhou Prefecture, Weiyuan County and Rong County in Jiading Prefecture.

"Looking at this posture, is Wu Yingqi going to fight a protracted war with me? With his financial and material resources in Yunnan Province, can he be with me for a long time?" Kangxi turned his head and looked at the several university scholars, Hanlin scholars and the prisoner who were kneeling beside him. Those who call the South Study Room to discuss matters will ask.

"Your Majesty, the imperial court and Wu Yingqi haven't started a war yet!" Suo'etu, a scholar of the Palace of Preserving Harmony, reminded: "Wu Yingqi's request can still be considered."

"Consider?" Kangxi sneered, "Just rely on him? What qualifications does he have to negotiate terms with me?"

"Your Majesty, what the servant means is that we can use a trick, pretend to agree, and then trick him out of Yibin, set up an ambush halfway, and annihilate him in one fell swoop!"

"Isn't it going to last?" Kangxi asked, "Wu Sangui is probably gone now, and Wu Guogui and Wu Yingqi are not in the same mind. It seems that it will be more detrimental to Wu Yingqi if it drags on?"

"That's not necessarily the case." Suo'etu said, "Now that the imperial army is going deep into Sichuan, the supply depends entirely on Shaanxi and Gansu. Shaanxi and Gansu are not rich places, and now they have to transport grain to Sichuan. I'm afraid it will take a long time."

"Isn't Sichuan the Land of Abundance?" Kangxi asked, "Why can't even tens of thousands of troops be supplied?"

"Your Majesty," Mi Sihan, Minister of the Household Department, replied, "Sichuan was originally a land of abundance, but it was slaughtered by Zhang Xianzhong later, and the population loss was heavy, not one in a hundred survived."

"Nonsense!" Kangxi's face sank, "Zhang Xianzhong has never occupied the whole of Sichuan, and his army has not occupied many places for a long time. How could he slaughter everyone?"

"This, this..." Mi Sihan couldn't answer, he had to go to Shunzhi to answer this question!
Kangxi probably thought of the answer, so he didn't ask any more questions, but changed the subject: "We have difficulties in supplying, but Wu Yingqi is not in trouble?"

"Your Majesty," Mingzhu, a scholar in charge of the Ministry of War, replied, "According to the investigation of the Ministry of War, Wu Shicong, the son of Wu Yingqi, and Wu Shijue, the son of Wu Guogui, have built villages in Xuzhou Prefecture since the seventh year of Kangxi. Zhuangzi, there are always [-] mu of fertile land. Those are all good paddy fields. Although they have been abandoned for ten or eight years, the water conservancy ditches have not been abandoned, and they can be restored with some effort."

Mi Sihan also said: "The paddy fields in Xuzhou are ripe twice a year, and the weather is good in that area, and there is no flood or drought. One year's bumper harvest of 50 mu of land can get [-] million shi of rice. Even if Wu Yingqi garrisons [-] , is enough to support two years of military use. And the imperial court has as many as [-] to [-] troops entering Sichuan this time, and there are still a large number of livestock to eat. It may not be possible to rely solely on Shaanxi-Gansu transshipment."

Kangxi was speechless, he had always thought that he was "Qian Duoduo" and "Mi Duoduo", and he was not afraid of persistence at all!In the end, I realized that the one who "had nothing to eat" was me!
In addition, Wu Shicong and Wu Shijuan spent three years in the corners of Sichuan, and they were able to support [-] troops to fight against the imperial court in the Syrian prefecture for several years. Then what did the Qing court send so many officials to Sichuan for?Why don't you know how to accumulate grain and store grain?
Now it is necessary to transport grain from Shaanxi, Gansu to Sichuan, is this afraid that Li Zicheng will not be the second?
"Your Majesty," Mingzhu said, "for the current plan, it is better to use the strategy of luring the enemy to coax Wu Yingqi out while starting to farm the fields."

"How to coax?"

"Your Majesty can give Wu Yingqi the Iron Scroll, make him a first-class official, and then agree to hand over the three state capitals of Luzhou, Xuzhou, and Ningyuan to the people of the Pingxi Palace for farming."

(End of this chapter)