Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 307 Stud, righteousness is on our side! (Seeking a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)

On the fifth day of May in the 14th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the rain fell one after another. With the most common southeast wind in summer, it flew between the sky and the earth, and it was dense like a big net, covering the open sky and the earth in a piece of rain and fog.Pangge Village, fifty miles south of Beijing, has changed compared to ten years ago. Two shallow trenches have been dug around the village, and the rammed earth walls have been reinforced with sandbags and straw bags. A pontoon bridge was built on the Xinghe River, and a bridgehead was built on the west of the Yongxing River with wooden fences and sandbags and straw bags.On the north and south sides of Panggezhuang, two spacious cavalry camps were also built. The camps were full of tents, and there were groups of Mongolian cavalry coming in and out from time to time.

The official road from the direction of Beijing winds from the west of the Yongxing River to Tianjinwei. The plains around the official road are dark green, full of continuous wheat fields, dense forests and strong fortresses. dock.

These forts were all newly built in recent years. Most of the owners are non-staff slaves and small group training leaders in the Gyeonggi area, and most of them have the background of Luojiao and Water Transport Gang.This group of people rose up after the Manchurians suffered major defeats one after another, the Eight Banners' full capacity was getting lower and lower, and at the same time, in order to supplement the population, the slave gates were not allowed to open up.Most of the land in the Gyeonggi area was forcibly occupied by the governors of the Eight Banners and the princes and nobles after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. However, the Manchus and their coated slaves would not farm the land themselves, and they were even too lazy to manage it. They usually collected some fists for comparison. The stubborn big households (with a large number of people) act as non-staff slaves and let them oppress the tenants below.

If the strength of the Manchus and their Baoyi slaves did not decline so quickly, those non-staff slaves could only serve as dogs for Master Baoyi and Sula slaves.However, when the fullness of the Eight Banners became lower and lower, many of the coated slaves also turned into Zhengding. They were either incorporated into the Banner Army to fight everywhere, or followed Kangxi to the northwest, and Changning to the northeast. The strength of the bannermen declined rapidly, and the Han regiment armed forces headed by Yang Qilong took the opportunity to rise again.The non-staff slaves who had been helping the Baoyi family slaves took advantage of the strength of their family members and directly controlled the land and population, so they all joined the big tree of Marshal Yang of Tianjin Wei.All of them were given the title of military officer Qian Zong and Zong Zong, and even forcibly occupied the land and Zhuangzi that belonged to the Yamen of the Eight Banners and the princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty. Training soldiers and building fortifications, transformed into a small tyrant.

As a result, in the countryside around Beijing, Tianjin, and Baoding, a lot of "villages" sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and Pang Gezhuang was one of them, belonging to Pang Qinglong, the leader of the regiment with the title of guerrilla.

This thirty-forty-year-old, short and stocky, with piercing eyes, was not originally a non-staff slave, but a waterworker leader who lived on the canal between Tianjin and Beijing. He had a group of strong men under his command, all fierce abnormal.One of his family uncles was the head of the village for the masters of the Eight Banners, managing tens of thousands of acres of land and two to three thousand tenants around Pangge Village.

After Yang Qilong became the minister of regiment training in Zhili, this Pang Qinglong took refuge in Marshal Yang, and was then sent back to Panggezhuang by the marshal to seize power - seized the power of his uncle, and took all the land and population under his uncle's control. , It has become the capital of organizing group training.

After more than a year of operation, Panggezhuang has been managed by this Pang Qinglong like a rock, and his "Longziying" has become the most powerful army in the Zhili regiment training "country soldiers".

This Zhili regiment training the rural army is actually a bit like the Guangdong rural army in the countryside, and the elite among them also have to take turns to serve in the Beiyang New Army.The ratio of the transfer to the top is about one-tenth.

That is to say, Pang Qinglong's Longzi Battalion has a total of 2000 people, of which 800 people followed him in his hometown as farmers and soldiers, and 200 people served in the Beiyang New Army. These 200 people have not always been in the Beiyang New Army , but a semi-annual rotation.When serving in the Beiyang New Army, Marshal Yang would give them a military salary of two taels of silver a month, plus five buckets of rice noodles and extra fish, meat and salted vegetables. The treatment was quite good.After returning home, there is usually no money to take.

But this time Pang Qinglong's Panggezhuang was selected as the location of the "Regent Army" camp, and the whole army of the Longzi Battalion also received the general order from Marshal Yang to assist the Regent King in the battle, so everyone received a sum of money. Money, and also got the words of the commander. Let the big guys fight hard, and if you fight well, you will be able to rise to the next level, and the team training in Zhili can also rise together!

The benefits are great!
Pang Qinglong was even more energetic. Not only did he immediately build a pontoon bridge on the Yongxing River west of Zhuangzi after he received Yang Qilong's general order, but he also built a bridgehead on the other side of the river. The leaders of several small regiments in the west of the Yongding River found out the reality of the Kangxi Army through them.

At this moment, he was explaining the situation between Yongding River and Yongxing River to the regent Wang Fuquan who had just moved in in a big house in Pangge Village!

".This Yongxing River is a tributary of the Yongding River. The river is narrow and the water flow is not much. It is easy to ford in the dry season, but now it is rainy in summer. It is difficult for infantry to ford, but it is not impossible for cavalry. It is easy to cross the water. As for the Yongding River, which is [-] or [-] miles west of the Yongxing River, it is impossible to ford it on foot during the season of abundant water.

Between the Yongding River and the Yongxing River is a large flat land, with several forests in the middle of the flat land, and several small villages such as Wangcun, Xiaolizhuang, and Gaojiazhuang. These small villages are all under the jurisdiction of Panggezhuang. The minister has ordered to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and the women and children of several Zhuangzi have been transferred to Panggezhuang.The king may rely on these little Zhuangzi and Linzi to fight against the Supreme Emperor.

In this way, although your soldiers and horses are carrying water, there is not only a bridge on the Yongxing River behind them, but they can also ford, and they can advance and retreat freely.The cavalry can also dispatch north and south under the cover of the Yongxing River, which is concealed and safe.

The Taishanghuang's side is also backwater, but the Yongding River is no more than the Yongxing River. It is a real backwater. Once the battle is unfavorable, there are only two wooden bridges to retreat. "

Hearing Pang Qinglong's eloquence, Fuquan nodded his head in approval, and then looked left and right - there were many generals in uniforms standing on both sides, with their hands on waist knives, including Prince Gong Changning, Prince Jian Labu, and Prince Xinjun. Ezha, Bahai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Mu Zhan, Yang Qilong, Guanyinbao, Qi Zhenge, Li Sixing, Zhang Yunyi, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao and others all seemed to be gearing up and eager to try.

"Second brother, I think Pang Qinglong's method is good, let's cross the river to find a battle!" Prince Gong Changning said with a smile, "Third brother colluded with Wu Sangui to rebel, and was just dismissed by the meeting of kings and ministers, we have righteousness in hand and high morale , now that we have the advantage of standing, we will definitely win!"

Prince Xinjun Eza also nodded and said, "Prince Regent, we have such a big advantage, we should give it a go. Don't hold anything back, bet everything, and you will win or lose!"

This Ezha is the one who played Huguang Stud last time, and finally became the "Xiong Zhen Central Plains"!

After "Xiong Zhen Central Plains", he was replaced by Yue Le and lost the title of King of Xinjun. Later, he went to Jiangnan with Yue Le, but he was transferred back to Beijing by Fuquan after he didn't stay in Jiangnan for long. Idle and scattered.But he didn't stop there. When Fuquan held a meeting to discuss the government and ministers to dismiss Kangxi, he "borrowed money" to come to stud - after all, his family is the foundation of Dorgon and Duoduo. Although it is now dilapidated, However, there are still many relatives who are the minister of state affairs, and Ezha himself is also involved in state affairs.So he helped Fuquan to solicit votes everywhere, and he became the confidant of Uncle Fu. The king of the county also came back, and he also won the military power. After a few thousand steps, you can stud on the battlefield again!

Prince Jane Labu is also a young man who likes "Stud". He has a good relationship with Ezha on weekdays. They often "discuss" gambling skills and visit the Eight Great Alleys together. Now that Ezha wants to go all-in, he immediately agrees: " Yes! Let’s go all-in. We don’t want to play with the Supreme Emperor one game at a time. Although he keeps losing, he is an old hand. We may not win every game. Just go all out and force him to gamble with us! "

Well, you two gamblers!

When it comes to gambling wealth, Fuquan turned to look at Yang Qilong.

Yang Qilong nodded again and again and said: "We are rich, rich prince, we can bet as much as you want! As long as the training barracks leaders in Shuntian Mansion and Tianjin Wei have money, they can invite them to help! Our chances of winning are quite high. Bar!"

All right, three gamblers!

Fuquan was relieved now, and nodded his head heavily: "If you want to gamble, you can gamble, who is afraid of whom? Zhang Yunyi, Zhao Liangdong, you are familiar with wars, so hurry up and find a way to arrange troops."

He looked outside the door again, and found that the rain had stopped, and said with a smile: "Okay, the drizzle has finally stopped! In the early morning of tomorrow, this king will lead his troops across the river to make a big bet with the Supreme Emperor!
Come, write a letter of war to this king and send it to the Supreme Emperor's camp! "

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Henan Governor Tong Fengcai's urgent report, Li Zhongshan's tens of thousands of troops have captured Kaifeng Fucheng! In addition, Wu Shifan, the grandson of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Henan Governor, also sent troops to Luoyang, and declared that he would aid the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Ming Dynasty!"

In Yongding Hexi, in the Kangxi army camp of Baijiazhuang, an urgent military report from Henan had just been delivered by Li Guangdi to Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.

"Aid the Qing Dynasty to fight the Ming Dynasty? Li Zhongshan and Wu Shifan are going to face each other?"

Kangxi was taken aback for a moment, then looked back at Cao Yin, the imperial guard standing beside him: "Xiao Yinzi, aren't Wang Datou and Wu Shifan as close as brothers?"

Cao Yindao: "Your Majesty, not only are they as close as brothers, but Wang Datou is also Wu Shifan's brother-in-law. Wu Shifan's younger sister, Princess Wu Xiaoying of Jiading of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is Wang Datou's concubine."

Kangxi was taken aback, "The princess is a concubine? Who did this ridiculous thing?"

"It seems to be you, the emperor!"

"Zhen?" Kangxi remembered: "Ah, yes, I seem to have given a daughter of Wu Yingxiong to Wang Datou as a concubine."

Cao Yin nodded: "That's Princess Jiading."

Kangxi frowned and asked: "Then they have such a good relationship. Will they collude and divide my Henan province?"

There are not many provinces left in the Qing Dynasty!

If Henan is lost again, it is not too far away from withdrawing from the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty," Li Guangdi reminded in a low voice, "Wu Shifan and Li Datou colluded to divide the Qing Dynasty. The most troublesome thing is that they really fight! Li Zhongshan is as fierce as Lu Bu, as deceitful as Cao Cao, Wu Shifan probably can't beat him At that time, Wu Shijue's [-] troops will go south!"

"That's right!" Kangxi thought, the problem is serious!
At this moment, Gao Shiqi, who was already on duty at Kangxi's side in the South Study Room, suddenly walked in with an unknown note, "Your Majesty, the regent ordered someone to send you a letter of battle, inviting you to visit Yongding tomorrow." A showdown on the plain between the Yongxing River and the Yongxing River!"

"Battle table?" Kangxi almost didn't get amused when he heard this, "Sure enough, this Fuquan doesn't know how to fight. How old is he and he still wants to fight. He thought he was looking for someone to fight in Beijing?"

"Your Majesty," Gao Shiqi said, "the minister will go and refuse the envoy."

"No," Kangxi waved his hand, "Bring me the letter of war."

Gao Shiqi hurriedly held the letter of war, Kangxi took it, spread it out on the table, and then picked up a brush and wrote four big characters: "Confrontation in the future!"

Then he handed the gauntlet to Gao Shiqi: "Take it and give it to me!"

Gao Shiqi was taken aback: "Your Majesty, if you really want to fight Fuquan on the east bank of the Yongding River, it will be a last stand!"

Kangxi said with a smile: "It's a fight to the death! Henan and Zhou are about to face each other. I can't wait too long in Zhili. In case Wu Shijue retreats, I will be in trouble. And I'm tight! The soldiers below only get eighty-nine coins a month If you wait too long, you may lose your morale! In addition, those who want to take refuge in me, if they see that I dare not fight, they will think that I lack confidence, and their hearts will be shaken anyway."

Kangxi's biggest problem is actually lack of money!
When his [-] troops were on the front line without money, the soldiers below couldn't even get a tael of silver a month, which was lower than the income of the green battalion soldiers back then!

With such a military salary, Kangxi felt strenuous.

After all, he only has Shanxi at hand, and he still lacks Datong.

Although there are many Shanxi merchants in Shanxi, these Shanxi merchants do business in various places, and their local business in Shanxi is not large, and they can't pay much tax.

But now, in order to support Kangxi, Mo Luo has to collect 20 taels of silver for military expenses from Shanxi every month (officers’ salaries are high, so armaments and military horses cost money) and a large amount of food and grass, which have to be transported thousands of miles away.This kind of search obviously cannot last for too long. Originally, Kangxi thought that it would be easier to raise money and collect food after entering Zhili.But who knows that there are forts and regiments everywhere in Zhili now!
It is not easy for Kangxi to use food to the enemy!
Seeing that Gao Shiqi, Cao Yin, and Li Guangdi were all worried, Kangxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have the advantage! The righteousness is also with me! Besides, Fuquan is much worse than me when fighting with soldiers. After tomorrow, I will Qing will be able to overcome the tribulation successfully!"

While talking, Kangxi said confidently again: "Go, call the generals, I want a military discussion!"

"General Shuangyu, what do you think of this number?"

"5 million taels?"

"No, it's 50 taels!"

"so many?"

"Hey, General Shuangyu, you agreed?"

"Promise? Empty words, how can I promise?"

"Empty talk? UBS Hall, Zhongshan Hall, and Nanyang Hall's bank notes. Will be delivered on time tomorrow!"

"tomorrow?"

"Yes, General Shuangyu will fight tomorrow, please leave everything to me!"

When Kangxi was meeting with the generals, Duolong, who defected from the Fuquan camp, was fishing with Wu Shijue by the Yongding River while discussing the price of defecting and betraying Kangxi.

Unlike Kangxi's conferring an official and making a wish, Duolong's conditions are much more affordable!
It is silver!

Of course it's not cash, but bank notes from UBS, Zhongshan, and Nanyang!
And the asking price was extremely high, among which Wu Shijue got the most money, and Yang Qilong's asking price was 50 taels!

Wu Shijue's eyes widened when he heard the price - Wu Sangui, like Kangxi, is a poor ghost!Although Wu Sangui's territory is quite large, it is mainly in the southwest and northwest. There is plenty of land, but there is no money!
And the land is not worth much when there is no one to cultivate it. A soldier gave him hundreds of acres of fertile land in Sichuan. He was very happy at first, and he became a big landlord!But I can't see the money!Without money, the wasteland cannot be developed!

As for the military pay, Wu Sangui gave less than Kangxi!Even Wu Guogui and Wu Shijue couldn't get much money.

And this 50 taels is enough for Wu Guogui and Wu Shifan's army to live a comfortable life for a while.

And after taking this money and selling Kangxi, the Great Zhou and the Qing can still form an alliance. Kangxi is not the emperor of the Qing now, he has been deposed by the Daqing Conference of Kings and Ministers.

The Great Zhou State should form an alliance with the Great Qing Conference of Kings and Ministers. That is the legal ruler of the Great Qing!
Thinking of this, Wu Shijue nodded heavily: "Okay, it's a deal! I will find a chance to turn against me when I see the banknote tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)