I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 126 The Emperor is Not Well

February of the 61st year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty.

Beijing Changchun Garden.

"Tell me, what is going on with this Bagua sect? Why are there so many rebels in my Qing Dynasty who respond to everything!!!"

Kangxi, who had just recovered from his illness, was furious at this moment, and the memorial in his hand was thrown to the ground with his anger.

In fact, there is no need to ask at all. The Bagua Cult has never left the official sight of the Qing court since its beginning, but the Qing court never paid attention to it.

Even Kangxi must have seen such a cult name in his memorials, but he just regarded it as an ordinary cult fool. The local officials boasted about their political achievements and asked for credit, and they probably didn't even remember it.

Historically, it was during the Qianlong period that the real power of the Bagua Cult was noticed by the Qing court. This was because the Bagua Cult of that generation expanded and went to rebel. Although it failed in the end, it was finally noticed by the Qing court due to its bad nature.

And now, because Zhu Yijiong is stirring things up in the south, although he has only occupied two provinces so far, in this ancient time when information transmission was underdeveloped, rumors would change beyond recognition after a hundred miles.

What does that say? You captured two counties today and lost them quickly. But when the news reaches the capital, it will directly become two provinces.

Although Zhu Yijiong's access to the official channels of the Qing court was delayed, the overall difference was not big. However, the Qing court ignored the power of folk rumors.

Liu Ruhan was reported several times and was dismissed from his post because of it. Now he was even framed and roped into doing such a dangerous thing as building a river embankment. This resentment had been building up in his heart for a long time.

In addition, rumors from the south have strengthened Zhu Yijiong more than a little bit. It is almost nonsense that the Qing court has lost half of the country, and the Bagua sect has hundreds of thousands of followers, and even the government has their influence infiltrated.

With such a background, the people of the three northern provinces were deeply affected by the Yellow River floods. The court's disaster relief was only about face, and the actual problems were not solved at all. It was even routine to bribe the imperial envoys to build river embankments, and exorbitant expropriation was common practice. The whole Henan Province is now boiling with public resentment.

With all these factors intertwined, it would be strange for Liu Ruhan to still resist.

As for Henan, which is a place in the Central Plains, the actual garrison was pitiful, with only 11000 people, and the Eight Banners only had 600. They were accidentally ambushed in Guide Town in front, and the entire army ended up being annihilated.

At this time, Liu Ruhan was like a dragon entering the sea, let him do it.

By the time Kangxi received the report, Liu Ruhan's troops had already exceeded the one hundred thousand mark. Huaiqing Mansion was lost that day, and all the prefects and magistrates there were killed.

Now the Han King is leading his army northward, preparing to burn the flames of war in Shanxi, the headquarters of his leader.

As for Gao Wenlong's tribe, they were also unwilling to be outdone. They marched directly into Kaifeng and attacked cities and counties everywhere. They were very happy. However, Yang Zongyi, the governor of Henan, was unable to retreat from the capital and frantically asked the court for help.

By the way, the governor of Henan was too greedy for this wave of embankment construction. He broke up with him again in the first year of Yongzheng and was directly dismissed from his post and investigated.

Being besieged now is really retribution.

"Why don't you speak? You are all mute!" Kangxi saw that these ministers, who were usually full of knowledge, were now kneeling on the ground in silence, and his heart was even more angry, and he scolded mercilessly.

However, no one spoke. At this time, Kangxi was very angry. Who dared to touch this bad luck.

"Fourth, tell me!" Kangxi lost his patience and pointed casually.

Yinzhen, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately said seriously: "I think that the imperial court will send troops immediately to quell it with thunderous force."

"Deputy Capital Censor Niu Niu, Minister Qi Sule, Yuanwai Lang Matai, and Henan Governor Yang Zongyi embezzled funds for embankment construction and disaster relief, causing civil unrest in Henan, and their crimes should be punished."

"My son, please arrest all three tribes as a warning to others!"

hiss~
Really ruthless!
The ministers and other brothers present all gasped, they were not letting go of people even after they were dead, and they even tried to get involved. He was truly worthy of being called the Iron Masked King!
When Kangxi heard this, he also felt that something was wrong. Those three people were all imperial envoys of the Manchu ministers sent by him. If they were greedy, they would be greedy. But no one in the world is not greedy. Moreover, these people all died at the hands of the rebels. Well, if we still ransack our homes, how could we let go of the old face of Holy Lord Kangxi?
"This matter..."

Kangxi was about to speak when suddenly, an official from outside rushed into the hall. He didn't even care that his official hat was crooked. He held up his memorial and shouted: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Daming Mansion... Daming Mansion..." Inverted!"

Daming Mansion?
This is already the Zhili territory.

"what!"

Kangxi was shocked, and then became furious. It was enough for Henan to rebel, but Daming Mansion, Daming Mansion actually...

Kangxi was so shocked and angry that he couldn't even take a breath. He covered his chest and fell down on the spot, just like the time in Nanyuan years ago.

Everyone was stunned.

"Ama, what's wrong with Ama?"

"No, the emperor fainted!"

"Quickly pass on to the imperial physician!"

"Ama, hold on!"

"..."

Just like the original Nanyuan, a bunch of elder brothers and ministers were in a hurry.

After half a moment.

"What's wrong with him?" Yinzhen's face was full of concern.

The imperial doctor hurriedly knelt down and said: "To tell you what the prince is saying, the emperor's illness has not been cured yet, and he is anxious and anxious, so he suddenly fainted..."

Yinzhen interrupted directly: "I'm not asking you where Ama got this disease, I'm asking how to cure it?"

"This... can only rest. I will prescribe a prescription first. Don't let the emperor be irritated again!" After the imperial doctor left, Yinzhen prepared to take a closer look and show his filial piety. Several other elder brothers saw him. shape, and also squeezed upward together.

As soon as he came closer, he saw that the Kangxi man was not awake yet, but he seemed to be talking intermittently in his sleep.

"Fire Dragon... Fire Dragon... No... I... I am the True Dragon Emperor of the Qing Dynasty..."

"..."

Three more days.

"What did you say? Rumors are spreading in Beijing?" Yinzhen frowned.

Li Wei said: "Returning to the master, this is the case. It was only spread on a small scale at first, so the slaves didn't pay attention to it. But for only these two days, there seemed to be a big hand behind this rumor, although not everyone knew it. , but it is also very scary. If there are a few more days..."

Yinzhen said: "What are the rumors about?"

Li Weidao: "My Lord, this rumor is really treacherous. It says that there is a fire dragon in the south. The Lord is born, and the former Ming is Fire Virtue. This fire dragon is talking about the false Ming. The meaning is that the fire dragon in the south will swallow up." Falling to the north is my destiny for the Qing Dynasty, which means to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty."

Yinzhen was so angry that he slapped the case: "That's nonsense!"

Li Wei quickly knelt down and admitted his mistake: "I don't dare!"

Yinzhen pondered for a moment, recovered, and raised his empty hand: "Get up! This has nothing to do with you."

"Thank you sir."

"Mr. Dai, what do you think?"

Dai Duo, who had always kept silent, heard this, took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Eighth Master, Fourteenth Master."

Yinzhen was a little hesitant: "Yeah...but this means fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty..."

Dai Duo said: "Isn't it true that even the prince doesn't doubt it?"

Yinzhen paused for a moment and confirmed: "Are you sure?"

Dai Duo said: "Only these two have this motive and ability."

Having said this, Yinzhen understood.

Indeed, in terms of motives and abilities, these two are the only ones who can push rumors so unknowingly.

The most important thing is that only their elder brothers heard about the fire dragon that day, and no one else would know about it.

Thinking back to Lao Ba and Lao Fourteen, although Lao Ba was personally killed by Ama and deprived of his right to seize the throne, this does not mean that the former Eight Wise King did not have that thought.

Otherwise, he would not have turned around to support the Fourteenth, especially when Yongzheng came to the throne later. This man also used the chips in his hands to gain a lot of power, although he was overthrown by Yongzheng who was firmly on the throne.

What's more, after this careless mistake in Nanyuan, all the former brothers got a share of the pie, and even Lao Ba got a job in the Sixth Department. So will he continue to support Lao Fourteen?

Even though Old Fourteen was granted prison status this time, he had six brothers who loved each other, and Kangxi, a loving father above him, took care of him. How could he really be willing to do so?
No wonder Dai Duo was talking about Lao Ba and Lao Fourteen, not Lao Fourteen. Amma's methods are really...

However, the split among the fourteen parties is not a bad thing for him.

Perhaps Dai Duo used this specifically to encourage him so that he would not give up his confidence.

Yinzhen looked sincere: "Mr. Dai, if I am really worthy of inheriting the throne in the future, I will definitely live up to him!"

Dai Duo was also moved, and said: "I will do my best for the kindness of the prince and die!"

It was a good relationship between the king and his ministers, but Li Wei found it a bit distasteful. He was obviously the one who reported the news, so why did Mr. Dai get the credit in the end?

Of course, Li Wei was jealous, but he also abided by his duties as a slave of the Qing Dynasty and just stood aside.

After talking to each other for a while, Yinzhen felt that it was almost done, and then asked: "Mr. Dai, what should I do now?"

"Watch what happens."

"Wait for it to change?"

Dai Duo said calmly: "Now that the prince is alone, and the emperor has divided the elder brothers to supervise six departments, it is not appropriate to conflict with him head-on at this time. We should observe first and then make a decision. Furthermore, the emperor has more than sixty people in the world, but Not someone who is easily fooled."

In fact, Kangxi fainted without taking a breath that day, and woke up almost the next day.

As for the report, it was also not what the reporting official said. In other words, there were indeed rebels in Daming Mansion, but there were only a few rebels in total, and they were defeated in an instant.

But on the other side, Heze County in Shandong Province next to Daming Mansion really rebelled, and the fight was still the Bagua Sect, or the banner of the Han King, and Jinxiang County was also involved in the uprising.

Both of them belong to the Bagua sect, Heze County belongs to the Zhen Gua sect, and Jinxiang belongs to the Kan Gua sect.

"What Mr. Dai said makes sense, and I have learned from it." Yinzhen nodded.

After seeing this, Dai Duo added: "Moreover, in my opinion, the two gentlemen's demands should not be in the south, but in the northwest."

"northwest?"

(End of this chapter)