Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 303 How Much Is Your Unshakable Loyalty Worth? (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Dagukou, Zhongjian Fort.

Yang Qilong, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Beiyang and Minister of Regiment and Training of Zhili, did not go to the yamen located in the commercial port of Dagukou to handle errands, nor did he go to the Beiyang New Army camp next to Zhongjian Fort to supervise the training, but stayed in a secluded room in Zhongjian Fort. In his study, he sat opposite Cao Yin who came from afar.

After the two of them exchanged polite greetings, they began to stare with big eyes. I don't know how long they stared. The two cups of fragrant tea placed in front of them were completely cold.

"Brother Yang!" Cao Yin said suddenly, "The regent can't win! The emperor has assembled an army of [-], and Da Zhou has also sent [-] reinforcements, led by Wu Shijue, the eldest son of Wu Guogui.

In addition, Da Zhou, Da Qing, and Da Jing have formed three anti-Ming alliances. Therefore, in order to avoid falling into the predicament of being surrounded by enemies, Li Zhongshan will definitely go all out to attack Da Jing's territory in the south of Anhui and Jiujiang. The king sent reinforcements. "

Yang Qilong just looked at Cao Yin coldly and remained silent.

Of course Yang Qilong knew about the three anti-Ming alliances and Li Zhongshan's inability to go north. If Li Zhongshan could send troops, he wouldn't have provided so many Huaixi Red Scarf Army banners to let Yang Qilong pretend to be the Ming army.

But the fake ones are fake after all, they can only scare the officers and soldiers on Kangxi's side, it is impossible to really increase Fuquan's strength.

If Kangxi's subordinates are not afraid, or if they have the same strong backing - Wu Sangui!That Fuquan can be a bit dangerous!
Cao Yin picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of herbal tea, and then said: "Brother Yang, the empress passed away last month, and died of dystocia, and the child did not live. The emperor had four sons before, and none of them survived. Two years old. The emperor knows that all your daughters are plump and fat, and they are especially easy to bear, so he wants to make your sister Xiao Mi his queen!"

"Xiao Mi?" Yang Qilong was taken aback, "But she is King Yu's side Fujin!"

Cao Yin smiled: "The emperor has long liked your Xiao Mi. The emperor is the king of Yi and Di, and he doesn't care about the etiquette of the Central Plains! Moreover, Xiao Mi's sister is quite fertile, and the children she gives birth to are very good, just what the emperor needs. !"

"No!" Yang Qilong shook his head firmly, "The Prince Regent treats me well!"

Cao Yindao: "The emperor will not treat you badly. As long as you are willing to defect, the emperor can not only appoint Yang Xiaomi as his queen. It is Yang Xiaomi, not Nala Lan'er! Moreover, the emperor can also appoint you as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang Well, the governor of Zhili is much better than the minister of regiment training of Zhili!
In addition, after the emperor defeats the regent, the emperor will also implement the north-south official system, and will be stationed in Shengjing. Beijing is just for show, and the military and government in the pass will be appointed to the four governors of Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi!And these four governors are headed by the governor of Zhili!

Brother Yang. Can the regent give you this benefit? "

Although Fuquan dotes on Yang Xiaomi very much, he also trusts Yang Qilong.However, Yang Xiaomi was not appointed as the official wife, nor was Yang Qilong appointed governor of Zhili.
Yang Qilong still shook his head, "Brother Yin, although I was born in the market, I know loyalty! And I don't know what kind of person the emperor is? Although the regent didn't let my sister be his wife, he didn't treat me straight Governor, but he is kind, follow him at ease."

Kangxi killed Oboi and conspired with Sangui, which made the signboard a bit messed up, and everyone didn't believe him anymore.

Cao Yin said with a smile: "Then add another Prince Da Zhou. Who doesn't know that Prince Da Zhou is a loyal gentleman who keeps his word? With him as a guarantor, you can always rest assured? If the news I got is correct In those days when the mother and son of the concubine and concubine of the Great Zhou Dynasty were under house arrest, Sange Yang, you often asked Xiao Mi to deliver clothes and food to their mother and son, right? There is this relationship. As long as the three anti-Ming alliances are still there, the emperor will not May backfire.

Brother Yang, this is really a three-way bet. No matter who will rule the world in the end, your family's wealth and wealth will be indispensable, so this is a game that is sure to win, so don't work hard! "

Yang Qilong smiled and said: "Brother Yin, brother, I'm already a rich man, how can I dare to go all out? But this is the guarantee of the Prince of Zhou."

"Yes, yes, this is a letter written by Prince Da Zhou, do you know his handwriting?"

"I know, I know."

"That's good."

"Your Majesty, it's really not the slave's business to blame Jiangning for the fall. The slave led his troops to fight Geng Jingzhong in the Taiping Mansion, and was shot by Shang Zhixin several times. He almost died. Echu didn't defend Jiangning well. The thief called Lu Sanhao took the city. But the regent said that the servant and Erchu were guilty of the same crime, and sentenced the servant to an autumn sentence."

In the Taiyuan Imperial Palace, Duolong, dressed in dust and dust, was kneeling in front of Emperor Kangxi, crying about his miserable fate.

It sounds miserable!
Although he was the governor of Liangjiang, the responsibility for the fall of Jiangning did not lie with him, but with General Echu of Jiangning.But Fuquan, the regent, didn't care about injustice, and sentenced him to the same autumn sentence as Erchu.

But now Kangxi is not so easy to be fooled!

"Qiujue?" Kangxi looked at Duolong, who had successfully lost weight, and asked coldly, "Is he beheaded this autumn? How did I hear that Echu was killed last year? Could it be that he killed one last year and another this year?"

"Your Majesty, the servant should have been beheaded last autumn." Duo Long replied truthfully.

"Nonsense, you were beheaded last year, what's going on with you now? Your head is still on your neck!" Kangxi's face sank, "You are deceiving the emperor!"

"The emperor calms down. The slave should be beheaded, but the regent thinks that the slave is still useful, so he temporarily spared the slave's death, and let the slave go to the south of the Yangtze River to lobby Wang Ni, and asked Wang Ni to send troops to help the regent against the emperor. But , But your Majesty, the slave is miserable! If the slave returns to Beijing, his head will be gone! But if the slave doesn’t go back to lead the death by the time, the slave’s two useless prodigal sons will be stabbed for the slave!”

While talking, Duolong was sobbing, so sad!
Li Zhongshan couldn't send troops to help, so Duolong had to go back to Beijing to behead him!If he doesn't go back, their two sons will die.
Kangxi looked at Duolong, his tone was still cold, "If that's the case, then you should go back quickly, don't miss the lives of your two sons!"

"Your Majesty." Duolong's tears were streaming down, "But I am afraid of death, I still want to live! I can only let the two poor prodigals feel sorry for them. If I had known this, I wouldn't have forced them to They have studied and practiced martial arts, so they should not be stopped from visiting the Eight Great Alleys, and they should not be forced to compete with Nalan Xingde! Anyway, they will be beheaded in the end!"

Speaking of the sad place, Duolong has been crying into tears, which makes people feel sympathetic.

Kangxi saw that Duolong was so sad, and felt that this guy should not be lying. It is useless for him to be greedy for life and fear of death.

Thinking of this, Kangxi sighed and said: "Duolong, since your two sons took the death penalty for you, then I won't ask you for the crime of losing Jiang Ning. But I don't have any suitable errands for you right now, so you can follow my son first." Bar!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Doron said with tears.

Well, the latent mission is now complete!

The infiltration is successful, and the next step will be easy to handle!
Kangxi asked again: "Now tell me, what's going on with Wang Datou? Can he defeat Geng Jingzhong and Jieshu? Will he and Liu Jinzhong fall out?"

"Returning to the emperor," Duolong replied, "whether Wang Datou can defeat Geng Jingzhong and Jieshu depends on whether he can integrate the internal forces of Pseudo-Ming. Pseudo-Ming also has a great weakness, that is, strong ministers and weak lords. This weak lord is not only the third prince Zhu who is weak, but the entire Pseudo-Ming court is weak.

Pseudo-Ming now has five kings of South, North, Ying, Zhong, and Yi. Except for King Li Zhongshan, the other four kings are vassals.Although Nanwang is the father of King Ying, Li Fuchen has many heirs, and now he favors Kong Sizhen and Li Jiqing's mother and son, so he has the intention of abolishing the first son and establishing the concubine.Therefore, there are a lot of troubles in the Li family.

In addition, the slaves also heard a rumor about Li Zhongshan and Shang Shuying in Nanjing. It is said that Li Zhongshan once slept with Shang Shuying, who was held hostage by him when he was in Huainan.So Northern King Liu Jinzhong is wearing a cuckold!
Later, monks Shang Shuying, Shang Zhixin, Shang Zhijie, and Shang Zhiying led a thousand elite soldiers from the Shang family to raid the Mochou Lake Palace, and it was Liu Jinzhong who used shady tricks to kill people with knives."

"This is really messy!" Kangxi snorted, "After I defeat the Queen Regent, I want to give you an errand. If you can do it well, I will make you an imperial envoy to the Southern Dynasty."

Duolong was taken aback, "Your Majesty, do you want to?"

Kangxi nodded and said: "I want to make a non-aggression pact with Nanchao. I have no intention of going south, and he doesn't want to go north either. One south and one north, mutual non-aggression, this is the best!"

Nanjing, Mochou Huying Palace.

The atmosphere in the palace hall was extremely awkward. Li Zhongshan and Li Fuchen sat side by side. Kong Sizhen had an embroidered pier next to Li Fuchen, and Li Jiqing stood beside Kong Sizhen.Fu Honglie, on the other hand, was standing under the hall, sweating profusely, hesitating to say what he didn't know would make a big mess.

"General, King Nan, Si Gege, and Third Young Master. This, this, the Emperor of the Great Zhou did take Shang Shuying in and gave her the treatment of a princess."

Li Zhongshan frowned a little, not because of Wu Sangui's taking in Shang Shuying, but because of Fu Honglie's sudden stuttering.Could it be a small stroke?

"Just take it in," Kong Sizhen also felt strange. She thought it was Fu Honglie who failed to ask Shang Shuying back, and she was afraid that Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan would blame her, so she excused him, "Shang Shuying's crime is too great. Can't get it back late? That hurts so much! Shikai, you don't want Shuying to end up like that, do you?"

"Of course." Li Zhongshan felt that something was wrong as soon as the words came out of his mouth. What does Kong Sizhen mean?Why ask yourself such a question?Did she also listen to some rumors?

This is really indisputable!
Thinking of this, his face darkened: "Shang Shuying is a traitor, if caught, she must be Ling Chi!"

Li Fuchen saw that his son and his wife seemed to be arguing, so he hurriedly said to Xini: "Yes, if you catch it, you will be late, but if you don't catch it, there is nothing you can do. If Wu Sangui doesn't give it to you, can we still go to Chang'an to grab it? Our top priority now is to take it. Anhui Jiangnan part!"

The Guangdong New Army led by Li Fuchen had put in a lot of effort when fighting Anqing, so they had to rest for a while.The new army of Li Zhongshan's shogunate has just completed reorganization, and it will take a while before it can send troops.

However, hitting southern Anhui is definitely the focus of the next stage of work.

Just as Li Zhongshan wanted to nod his head in agreement, Fu Honglie suddenly said again: "Nan Wang, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty promised to send Shang Shuying to Daming."

"What?" Li Zhongshan was taken aback.In fact, he never thought of bringing Shang Shuying back to Ling Chi. First, he had a good impression of Shang Shuying; second, the incident at Mochou Lake was full of doubts, so it's better not to solve it!
"Who did she offend?" Li Fuchen also felt incredible.

"Then don't be too late? How pitiful?" Kong Sizhen took a breath.

"But the Son of Heaven still has one condition"

"What conditions?" Li Zhongshan asked.

"That's right, that's right." Fu Honglie glanced at Li Jiqing, who was tilting his head and wondering what he was thinking, "It's the general who sent you back to Princess Jiading."

"Princess Jiading?" Li Zhongshan thought for a while, and his face immediately changed, "Wu Xiaojiao? What is Wu Sangui thinking?"

"Emperor Dazhou thinks that he wants to betroth Princess Jiading to the third son."

"Ah! Me? Little Gentleman will be my wife?" Li Jiqing suddenly yelled as if awakened from a dream, "Really? Is this true?"

"Really, really." Fu Honglie was sweating profusely.

"Second brother." Li Jiqing turned his head and wanted to ask his second brother Li Zhongshan to send him back to Wu Xiaojiao immediately, but when he saw a pair of murderous tiger eyes, he dared not speak at once.

"Wu Sangui are you kidding me?" Kong Sizhen was also startled by this proposal.

Both Li Zhongshan and Li Jiqing "belong to Lu Bu" might have to kill each other for a woman like Wu Xiaojiao!
Although she wanted her son to marry a woman from the Wu family, it did not include Wu Xiaojiao. Wu Xiaojiao was already Li Zhongshan's concubine. This was recognized, and Wu Xiaojiao himself recognized it!

How could she hit Wu Xiaojiao's idea for her son?This is fatal!
No, I have to explain to Li Zhongshan quickly.

Just as Kong Sizhen was about to speak, Li Zhongshan got up from his chair, and without saying hello to Li Fuchen, he just strode out of the lobby, then rode on a horse brought by his own soldiers, and went to Shengqilou, the office of the shogunate. and go.

Inside the Shengqi Building, Zhou Chang, Yao Qisheng, He Tianran and a group of young soldiers are discussing how to break the alliance of Zhou, Qing and Jing—in case Fuquan fails to defeat Kangxi, or if Fuquan defeats Kangxi Also formed an alliance with Wu Sangui, what should Daming do?You have to have several plans, so you can't be in a hurry!

As a result, they were discussing with each other when they saw Li Zhongshan coming in angrily.

"See General!"

Several people hurriedly saluted Li Zhongshan.

"Pingshen!" Li Zhongshan said, "Pei Gong, Xi Zhi, Tian Tian, ​​follow me upstairs!"

Li Zhongshan's office study is on the second floor of Shengqi Building. Zhou Chang, Yao Qisheng, and He Tianran who were named by him didn't know what happened, so they quickly followed him upstairs.

Li Zhongshan saw the three people coming in, so he didn't tell them about Wu Xiaojiao - this is not a state matter, it's a private matter, so it's not convenient to say it directly, but asked the three people: "How can we force Wu Sangui?"

"Forcing Wu Sangui?"

"General, what did Wu Sangui do?"

"Isn't Geng Jingzhong the priority now?"

Facing the questions raised by the three, Li Zhongshan said seriously: "This old thief Wu Sangui wants to help Kangxi fight Fuquan. If he succeeds, the two of them will be true allies in the future!"

Now the so-called three-family alliance is actually a lot of water. The real alliance is only Geng Jingzhong and Jie Shu-they have a common enemy, and they are both in danger. It is sincere to hold together for warmth.

And Wu Sangui just wanted Geng Jingzhong and Jieshu to trouble Li Zhongshan and Li Fuchen, and at the same time, he could free up his hands to deal with Li Zicheng, and then decide whether to go north first and then south, or south and then north according to the situation.

But at the moment, he is even willing to hand over Wu Xiaojiao to Li Zhongshan, and let Wu Shifan sell his favors.

"Then we'll have to send troops!" Zhou Chang said, "If old thief Wu really wants to help, we can't do without troops!"

Yao Qisheng said: "If you want to send troops, what about Jiangnan?"

Zhou Chang suggested: "Then... come closer!"

"Closer?" Li Zhongshan asked, "How close?"

"Don't go to North Zhili, it's too far away and takes too much time." Zhou Chang suggested, "Let's send troops from Huaibei, go west to take Kaifeng of the Qing Dynasty, and then threaten Luoyang! We only need to attract Wu Sangui's army here Compete with us for territory, and Wu Sangui's drama of helping Kangxi will not be able to continue!"

(End of this chapter)