Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 29 This Wu Sangui can't collude with Kangxi to rebel, can he?
On the east side of the Forbidden City, on Dongtangzi Hutong, which is very close to Donganmen and Donghuamen, there is a magnificent house. First-class public title" plaque.There are guards with plain gold caps at the door, and there are rows of horse stakes, all of which are polished smooth.Some of the horses are tied with bright-colored tall horses, and several carriages are leaning against the side of the road. There are also guards around the carriages with knives on their waists. All of them are full of energy, as if they are in harmony with the people at the gate of the mansion. Guard don't show up.

The guards of this gate are all guarded by the owner of Sujin Dingzi's mansion, who is the number one powerful figure in the Qing Dynasty today, Guerjia Obai!
Obai's mansion has always been full of people, this minister who discussed the state affairs and the minister who led the guards really took the affairs of the Qing Dynasty as his own family affairs.Therefore, he often called his confidantes to hold a small meeting at his home on important military and state affairs, and they were often finalized at Oboi's mansion.

However, the "first-class official" who visited Obai today is indeed not Obai's confidant, nor is he a person with real power, but Wu Yingxiong, one of the three major hostages in Beijing.

Wu Yingxiong came to worship together with Wu Guogui and Liu Xuanchu. As usual, he also gave Oboi some local products from Yunnan—real local products, not gold, silver or jewelry.Aobai, a traitor, doesn't take bribes very much, nor is he greedy for beauty, he just likes to seize power.

So it's useless for Wu Sangui to send him money, so he can only give him a bad one.

But Wu Sangui's precious son, Wu Yingxiong, is a master who can't be fierce at all. Seeing Oboi's appearance of wanting to eat a living person, he was already scared. It's full of beads of sweat, and he doesn't speak very sharply: "Taishi, my ama is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and he is forced to do what he does now. Ding Rizhong, Yun and Guiluying There are also more and more children. The people he recruited to appease Chuang and Xianyu party can't just ignore it. Look, this is, what can we do?"

Seeing Wu Yingxiong's cowardly expression, Aobai was anxious for him.How could he be Wu Sangui's eldest son if he was so cowardly?Is it your own?It doesn't look like it. Could it be picked up?

In the future, that old fellow Wu Sangui will go to the [-]th floor of hell, can this cowardly Wu Yingxiong be the home of Pingxi Palace?

Thinking of this, Oboi was not in the mood to listen to Wu Yingxiong's rambling, and pointed directly at Wu Guogui who was sitting beside Wu Yingxiong with his head held high, "Wu Dutong, you should speak for your brother. What exactly does King Pingxi want?"

Wu Guogui looked very happy, and when he heard Oboi's question, he smiled and replied: "If you go back to the grand master, what my father means is that now in Yunnan alone, there are [-] elite soldiers to support. They all went to the battlefield. Elites who have seen the world, many of them are old soldiers who have been with the former Ming Dynasty, bandits, and Western thieves. These people don't know how to be loyal to the emperor and love the country. It has to go up!"

His words were not very pleasant to listen to, but Aobai remained calm.Because this grand master Ao knows who Wu Sangui is under?Well, anyway, there are no good people, no loyal ministers, just a bunch of capricious veteran rebels.The reason why they are not rebelling now is that the Qing Dynasty still supports them.If one day the court doesn't want to support them, this group of people will definitely copy the guys and start a war with the court.

But Oboi doesn't want to start a war with Wu Sangui now. If there is no war, the myth that the Eight Banners are strong and the heavenly soldiers are invincible will not be shattered, and the Qing Dynasty will be stable.

If there is a war, it is not certain who wins the battle!

Obai nodded, and said: "I know the difficulty of King Pingxi, but the court has been in trouble these past few years! The pirates on the southeast coast are too violent, and the court has no choice but to move the border along the coast. Taxes in many coastal state capitals have been greatly reduced, although the old man has tried his best to save money, but the imperial court is still tight!"

"Hey, isn't it just a few pirates?" Wu Guogui smiled, "Master, if you trust our Pingxi Palace, we will send [-] troops to Pingfan and Jingfan to fight. The military expenses can be paid by our Pingxi Palace first." Let’s wait until the pirates are leveled, and then ask the merchants in Guangdong and Fujian to pay for it.”

Hearing this, Aobai's expression darkened, and he gave Wu Guogui a vicious look, but Wu Guogui didn't care, while Wu Yingxiong, who was beside him, was so frightened that his face turned pale.

But Aobai can't tear himself apart with Wu Sangui now, because Wu Sangui really has 10 elite soldiers, and if he offends these [-] elite soldiers, they will really rebel, and then it won't be a matter of adding [-] taels of silver.
Thinking of this, Oboi snorted, and said, "As for the military expenses, let the people below take care of the details. Let's set a big number today, and next year Yun and Gui will pay 300 million yuan for the military expenses!"

Wu Yingxiong heaved a sigh of relief, and just about to agree, Liu Xuanchu next to him coughed, and Wu Guogui immediately said: "Grand Master, 300 million is not enough, at least 400 million. Otherwise, there are so many people in Pingxi Fan and Yungui Luying , it’s really not enough to spend!”

"No! No!" Obai shook his head again and again, "Too much, too much. The land tax and commercial tax of Yun and Gui provinces are not handed over to the imperial court, and they have to take another 400 million from the imperial court a year. , How can this be up to 320 million.”

"Grand Master," Wu Guogui said solemnly, "King Pingxi took care of the court for the imperial court, and the tens of thousands of people under the command of the second thief are all people who have survived a hundred battles! If they don't eat and drink well, they really It’s the other way around. Although I, Xia Erlang of Pingxi Fan, can pacify them for the imperial court, tens of thousands of casualties are inevitable. Are the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers not worth a mere one million taels of silver?”

Wu Guogui's words almost frightened Wu Yingxiong to death. Dare to speak like that to Oboi, this is a rebellion!
And Aobai didn't expect Wu Guogui to say such a thing, so he was a little uncertain for a while.Because based on his understanding of Wu Sangui, he knew that this old bastard was very cowardly and unlikely to rebel.But this old man likes to collect traitors too much!In particular, there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who came from the camps of burglars and thieves.If these people are going to rebel, it's really hard to say whether the soldiers under Wu Sangui Fan will join in the rebellion, or suppress it for the court!
Judging by Wu Guogui's attitude, I'm afraid.
Aobai gritted his teeth: "Three million, 340 million, no more!"

Hearing Aobai say this number, Wu Yingxiong didn't know whether he should be frightened or dumbfounded?

However, Wu Guogui still looked very dissatisfied, and wanted to ask Oboi for more money. Wu Yingxiong, who was on the side, couldn't bear the pressure anymore, and said before Wu Guogui: "Okay, okay, 340 million is 340 million!"

Seeing that Wu Yingxiong has given in and admitted cowardice, Wu Guogui has nothing to do, who made Wu Yingxiong the son of the world?So he could only nod his head, and said to Oboi: "Grand Master, since the son has spoken, the humble position can only agree. Although 340 million is really not enough, I, the Yunnan-Guizhou army, tightened my belt , can always live on.

By the way, there is one more small thing, my father wants to recommend someone to be a bodyguard. It's just a bum, so I ask the grand master to help me. "

As he spoke, he took out an envelope, and handed it to Ao Bai with both hands respectfully.

"What? Recommend someone to be a bodyguard?" After negotiating the military salary for the coming year, Obai felt a little more at ease. He also felt a little strange when he heard that Wu Sangui wanted to recommend a bodyguard, so he took the envelope and asked, "What do you want to recommend?" people?"

Here, Wu Yingxiong continued the topic and said: "My ama wants to recommend Wang Zhongxiao, the son of Wang Fuchen. Wang Zhongxiao is the coater of Zhengbaiqi, and he will be selected this year. With his ability, it is not a problem to choose Tang A, but it is not a problem to choose one. It may be difficult for the guards, after all, his background is not very good. But I, Ama, love talent and want to support the younger generation, so I want to recommend him as a Lan Ling guard."

"That's right." Obai had already taken out the letter paper to read at this time, on this letter, Wu Sangui praised Wang Zhongxiao for a long time, almost boasting to the sky.

After reading the letter, Aobai was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "So, Wang Fuchen and his son are all members of King Pingxi?"

"Of course," Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "otherwise, I, Ama, wouldn't have written to ask you to sell him this face."

Wu Guogui also laughed and said: "Teacher, Wang Fuchen is a humble brother who worships a brother, and Wang Zhongxiao is a humble brother who is a son of a lowly position. They are all from our old Wu family!"

Hearing what they said, Oboi was of course relieved.Because he is now mainly wary of the little Emperor Kangxi instead of Wu Sangui. If Wu Sangui wants to rebel, he will rebel in Yunnan, it is impossible to rebel in Beijing!
So if Wang Zhongxiao is from Wu Sangui, there is no need for Oboi to step on him. This Wu Sangui can't collude with Kangxi to rebel, right?
Thinking of this, Obai said: "I always want to give King Pingxi face. When the time comes, I will go and see for myself. If he is really capable, I will make an exception and promote him."

(End of this chapter)