scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 49

Aobai Mansion is located in Dongtangzi Hutong, Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, but to Lu Fatty’s expectation, Aobai Mansion is not only not as luxurious and insatiable as he imagined, but also not as huge as he imagined. Compared with Wangfu, Pingnan Wangfu, and Jingnan Wangfu, even compared with Wu Yingxiong's Efufu Mansion, they are a bit inferior.If it wasn't for the Ao Mansion plaque hanging above the gate, Fatty Lu would almost have suspected that A Siha had found a random house to fool himself.

Fatty Lu is somewhat famous now, but apparently he is not famous enough to allow Oboi to open the middle door to greet him in person. He is just led by Asiha through the side door into the mansion, and then into the inner house through the second door. , directly led Fatty Lu to a study room full of official documents and books.And in the study room at this moment, there are already seven or eight men in casual clothes, none of whom are wearing official uniforms, either holding teacups and chatting around the charcoal basin, or shaking their heads with books and official documents, or two people talking to each other. Sitting and whispering, it is difficult to tell who is the famous old man Ao Baiao in history.

"Master Ao, my humble position has not disgraceed my mission, I finally brought you Master Lu Yifeng." Asha said with a smile, pushed Lu Yifeng forward again, and said with a smile: "Master Lu, you are still stunned." What are you doing? Why don’t you hurry up to meet Prime Minister Ao and all the adults? Your luck, the adults present don’t care which one, just a word, it’s enough for you to eat for the rest of your life.”

"Who exactly is old man Ao?" Fatty Lu wanted to impress Ao Bai, he quickly looked around the crowd, and quickly fixed his gaze on an old man with a gray beard but no slack in his muscles, and stepped forward decisively Walking up to the old man, he knelt down on both knees, kowtowed and said: "Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County, Yunnan Province, is a lowly official. I pay my respects to Prime Minister Zhongtang Ao. May the prime minister be blessed and safe."

"Have you seen the real face?" Obai was taken aback, thinking that Asha didn't introduce me just now, how did this big fat man recognize me?

"Going back to Prime Minister Ao, he lived in Yunnan with a humble job and has never been to the capital. Today is the first time I have the honor to meet him." Fatty Lu replied proudly after betting right.

"Then why don't you salute other people, and just go to salute in front of the real face?" Obai asked curiously.

"Back to the Prime Minister, when I entered the room, I suddenly saw a golden light covering the Prime Minister's body, and the golden light disappeared in an instant, hiding in the Prime Minister's body." Fatty Lu replied respectfully as if honey had been smeared on his mouth. : "That's why I decided at the time that my lord, you are my number one pillar in the Qing Dynasty, the number one Batulu in the Qing Dynasty, and you are the prime minister!"

"Hey, what a boy, what a sweet mouth." Aobai laughed out loud, although he didn't really appreciate Fatty Lu's deliberate flattery, but he didn't dislike it either.

"Hehe, Mr. Lu really has a good mouth. No wonder he is famous in the capital with his seventh-rank body." A few of Oboi's party members present also laughed loudly.

One of the chubby fat men who was comparable to Fatty Lu stood up, walked up to Fatty Lu for a closer look, then turned around and smiled at Asha, "Ah Shangshu, after all, it's because of your face, I sent you I asked the housekeeper to wait outside the Chaoyang Gate for Lord Lu Yifeng for two days, but in the end I still couldn’t invite Lord Lu. Today, Prime Minister Ao just gave a random order. In less than two hours, Lord Lu was brought here by you Come on, when it comes to the speed of doing things, I really can't help myself."

"Could it be Lord Bumble Shanban?" Fatty Lu asked tentatively.Seeing the fat man smiling and nodding, Fatty Lu didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly saluted again: "Lu Yifeng, a lowly post, has offended your housekeeper for some reason, please punish him."

"It's okay, it's okay, get up." Bumble smiled and waved his hands again and again, and said with a smile: "It's not your responsibility, it's my housekeeper who was rude first and forced you to break the rules of Prince Pingxi's mansion. This kid came back to complain to you, I asked Geshha who went to pick you up with him, and then I found out the reason, so I ordered him to be whipped twenty more lashes."

"Master Ban is so magnanimous, that makes the humble official feel ashamed." Fatty Lu said tremblingly: "But the laws of the country cannot be broken, and the family laws cannot be abolished. As a member of the Pingxi Palace, the humble official dare not violate the rules of the Pingxi Palace. , I hope Master Ban will investigate clearly."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, I've already said that I don't care." Bumbleshan laughed and came to help Fatty Lu himself, and said: "Master Lu, you still emphasize the rules of the Pingxi Palace so much, are you blaming me for not doing it unintentionally?" Breaking Prince Pingxi's rules? Get up, get up."

"I don't dare to be humble, Master Xie Ban." Fatty Lu thanked him, finally stood up, then turned to Oboi and asked, "Dare to ask the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister has summoned the subordinates several times, what orders do you have?"

"Sit down and talk." Oboi's attitude was still kind, and he waved his servant to bring a chair for Fatty Lu, let him sit beside the charcoal basin, and then said slowly: "Master Lu, I heard that The last time you came to the capital, you didn’t take the Yangtze River in Hunan, but came to the capital from Guangdong by detour. After arriving in Guangdong, Prince Pingnan asked you to accompany his young daughter to the capital. As a result, you were ambushed in Fujian. The army is wiped out, is there such a thing?"

"As expected, it really is for this matter." Fatty Lu sneered in his heart, and replied respectfully: "Back to Prime Minister Ao, there is indeed such an event."

After all, Fatty Lu didn't wait for Oboi to open his mouth, he took the initiative to pour beans into the bamboo tube, and recounted the confession that he had already memorized by heart. Details, and when Fatty Lu mentioned that Mu Tianyan presented a letter in the second hall of the Xinghua magistrate’s yamen, including Aobai, who had been keeping calm, his eyes changed, and he asked in person: “Is that letter really written by Fu Honglie?” It was found on the body? Do you know what is in the letter?"

"Back to Prime Minister Ao, according to Mr. Mutian Yanmu of Xinghua Mansion, he personally found this letter on Fu Honglie's corpse during the autopsy on Mr. Fu Honglie." Fatty Lu replied extremely cunningly: " But whether this is the case, because I didn't witness it with my own eyes, so I can't guarantee it. As for the content of the letter, Prince Jingnan, Zubutang, and Liu Zhongcheng have not made it public. Zubutang also warned the humble officials that it is best not to know that The contents of the letter, otherwise there will be the danger of the head falling, so I dare not continue to ask."

"It seems that the problem lies in that letter." Obai nodded secretly, and finally figured out why Kang Xiaomazi made such a serious move this time. He killed a first-rank official without blinking an eye. Killed the whole family of two fourth-rank officials.Thinking about this, Oboi asked tentatively again: "In this case, do you know the final whereabouts of that letter?"

"It was taken away by Prince Jingnan's son, Zubutang and Liu Zhongcheng." Fatty Lu pretended to be confused and asked maliciously: "Why? Didn't these three adults submit this letter to Ao? Are you Zhongtang?"

"Hmph!" Aobai really fell for the trick, although he didn't show it on his face, he snorted coldly in his heart: "These three bastards just submit this letter to me! Three damn bastards, in the memorial He didn't even mention a single word about this letter, so he must have secretly sent that letter to Kang Xiaomazi to please Kang Xiaomazi!"

"Ao Zhongtang, it seems that the letter is the key to the whole matter." Bumbleshan leaned close to Aobai's ear, and said in a low voice, "How about it, do you want to continue to investigate? Do you want to be humble with Geng Jingzhong and them secretly?" Get in touch and ask them to report the content of the letter?"

"Confused!" Aobai rolled his eyes at Bumble, and said in a low voice, "Geng Jingzhong didn't give this letter to the old man, but secretly submitted it to the emperor, and the emperor rewarded him with the Fujian Navy, which proves that A letter is very important to both the old man and the emperor—you are going to ask Geng Jingzhong for this letter now, isn’t it an opportunity for Geng Jingzhong to raise the price? The old man dares to say that Geng Jimao and his son definitely beat the plaintiff and the defendant this time My idea, wait for the old man to deliver it to your door, and then sell this letter for a high price, the old man will not be fooled by this!"

"Geng Jimao, Geng Jingzhong and his son are indeed such people." Bumble nodded in agreement, and then asked in a low voice: "Then how does Ao Zhongtang plan to deal with it?"

Aobai made some calculations, then shook his head resolutely and said, "Anyway, Fu Honglie who was killed in this matter is Kong Sizhen's family slave, and Shi Lang is not the old man's confidant. This matter will end here, and there will be no further investigation! Killing so many people and not being able to produce convincing evidence afterwards is enough to damage his prestige. Hmph, those governors and admirals in other places are enough to make them tremble."

Bumble nodded and stepped back respectfully.Aobai turned his gaze back to Fatty Lu, organized his thoughts for a while, and then asked, "Master Lu, you must be very strange. Since I know that you will go north to Guangdong to meet your majesty, why didn't I ask you?" What's the reason for the detour?"

"Yeah, why didn't old man Ao ask the reason?" Fatty Lu had been secretly analyzing this question, but when he saw that the smile on Aobai's face full of flesh was not fake, Fatty Lu soon came to his senses Come over, and said with a busy face full of smiles: "Back to Mr. Ao, if you don't ask the reason for the humble job, of course it's Mr. Ao, who is a holy candle, and you know the reason. Asking for credit in front of the Lord?"

"Of course the truth knows the reason." Aobai said slowly, "But if you think that you risked your death in front of Monk Wu Sangui Kexi to persuade them to withdraw their vassal, you are very wrong."

Speaking of this, Oboi suddenly slapped the table heavily, bristled his thick beard, and roared: "You persuaded Monk Wu Sangui to ask you to withdraw from the feudal clan, not only is it not a merit, but a serious crime!"

"I persuaded Monk Wu Sangui to ask himself to withdraw from the feudal clan. Not only was he not successful, but he was also guilty?" Fatty Lu was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. He quickly left his seat and knelt down. However, I really don't know where I deserve to die?"

"Very wronged, isn't it?" Oboi is also a character who can turn his face faster than a book, and he was furious just now, but he immediately calmed down, and said unhurriedly: "You must feel that you are wronged." For the sake of the Qing court, you risked your beheading to persuade Monk Wu Sangui to ask you to withdraw from the domain, but in the end you are not only meritorious, but guilty.”

Fatty Lu didn't dare to speak, but just listened intently, wanting to see what kind of ivory the famous treacherous and stupid Aobaigou in history could spit out.And Aobai did not disappoint Fatty Lu, he paused and said: "Or you think so, the truth is a rare idiot in the world, who can't even tell the difference between loyal and traitorous, and is going to kill you, a loyal minister—— If so, then you are even more wrong."

"Don't dare to be humble." Fatty Lu pretended to be out of his wits, and kowtowed desperately.

"Let the truth tell you the reason." Obai said solemnly, "San Francisco is going to be withdrawn, but it's definitely not such a way to withdraw. If you withdraw the domain rashly, you will only have endless troubles. You are from Yunnan. I think you are here. Yunnan has also seen it. Wu Sangui’s army has raced to enclose land. Most of the soldiers have settled down in Yunnan, married and had children. Guangdong and Fujian are almost the same. The soldiers of San Francisco are about to become Fujianese and Cantonese. Here Under such circumstances, even if you use your bullshit strategy to slowly withdraw the domain, first solve the worries of the soldiers of the San Francisco, and then withdraw the domain, there will only be one result—to force against the San Francisco!"

"Do you know why this happened?" Bumble came out and interjected, "Master Lu, let's make an analogy. You are from Yunnan. You married a wife in Yunnan, where the seasons are like spring, and you have dozens of acres of land. You live a happy life." Okay, but the imperial court ordered you to put down your land and property, and take your wife and children back to your hometown in Liaodong, where the weather is freezing and there are snow and ice for six months a year, and you will be convinced for the rest of your life. What do you think?"

Fatty Lu was completely stunned. Although after returning to this era, Fatty Lu had discovered more than once that he had been brainwashed by the mite legacy drama mite suicide note advocating the cleansing of mites, but until today, Fatty Lu discovered that he had been brainwashed seriously. Impression of Oboi—the real Oboi, what kind of clumsy bull is there?Among other things, just relying on this sharp ability to point out the root cause of the chaos in San Francisco, Oboi's calm and sober mind is far above that of Kangxi Xiaomazi!

"Do you know why you are guilty?" Obai admired the surprised look on Fatty Lu's face, and said with a smile, "It's ridiculous that our emperor, knowing that you have done such a beautiful thing, is still full of praise for you, my lord." Adding praise is thanks to your luck. Now that the emperor is already in charge, Truth has to respect his national policy. Before the emperor is in charge, you did such a thing and ruined Truth’s plan to withdraw from the domain. The truth is about to take your head and appease the hearts of the three feudal lords."

"Damn it, I've learned another lesson. Before I got high and powerful, it's better not to talk about fundamental matters, so as not to inadvertently bring about a catastrophe." Fatty Lu shuddered and accepted another one for himself. Lesson—Sometimes, even if you guess what the other person is thinking, you still do it, but it may backfire in the end.

Thinking in his mind, Fatty Lu begged desperately for mercy, even saying that he deserved to die for his lowly position, so he begged Prime Minister Ao to spare his life.Fortunately, Obai really didn't mean to kill Fatty Lu, but said lightly: "Get up, no matter what, you are also out of loyalty to my Qing Dynasty. If you do something wrong, your heart is right. If you don't look at it For the sake of your loyalty, I didn't even bother to see you, so I just cut you off."

"Thank you, Mr. Fatty Lu." Fatty Lu wiped off his oily sweat before standing up tremblingly.

"Lu Yifeng, the truth called you here today, and there is one more thing." Seeing that Fatty Lu was convinced by him, Oboi also changed the conversation to the main topic, staring at Fatty Lu and said: "The truth hopes that you can abandon the dark and turn to the bright, give up Wu Sangui comes to the truth, the truth will definitely not treat you badly."

"Why did Oboi come to poach me? When did I become so popular?" Fatty Lu was surprised again. He really didn't understand why Oboi valued himself so much. Out of surprise, Fatty Lu tentatively asked: "Aoboi Master Xiang, how can such a humble job be worthy of your attention?"

"The truth only needs you to do one thing, tell the truth about San Francisco's military pay card!" Obai said firmly: "The truth is known, Wu Sangui has ordered you to assist Wu Yingxiong, and discuss with the imperial court at the upcoming imperial financial meeting. Next year's Yunnan-Guizhou military salary will be allocated. Thanks to our emperor, after taking office, he cut power and released Wu Sangui, forcing Wu Sangui to counterattack and join the San Francisco to demand an increase in salary! Otherwise, no one can predict what the consequences will be !"

Speaking of this, Ao Bai paused, and said very seriously: "Although our emperor caused all these situations, the truth is that as the former emperor's assistant minister and the current chief assistant of the imperial court, he must give the emperor's advice. Wipe this ass, so the truth can't make San Francisco lose control, nor can it cause the court to suffer too much loss. I hope you can help the truth, so as to appease Wu Sangui and San Francisco, but not let them open their mouths and take away from the court. Too much money has been spent, making the national treasury unsustainable and stretched."

"Don't worry too, after the matter is done, Truth will not treat you badly." Seeing Fatty Lu's tongue-tied expression, Oboi added: "Truth will raise the flag for you, enter Truth's embroidered yellow flag, and I will reward you with a double The errand of patrolling the salt road in the Huaihe River is the fourth rank!"

"Damn it, is this old boy really Oboi?" Fatty Lu screamed in his heart like he was killing a pig, "To Mi Qing, this old bastard is a treacherous minister, he is simply a true loyal and capable minister! !"

Fatty Lu felt even more incredible that he was still behind. At this time, because Fatty Lu stared wide-eyed and did not speak for a long time, Bumbleshan thought that Fatty Lu was hesitating, so he came up and patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder and said: " Lord Lu, just like the current emperor and King Pingxi, Prime Minister Ao also has great expectations for you, and thinks that you are a truly loyal and capable minister—otherwise, you would persuade Monk Wu Sangui to withdraw from the feudal clan, if it wasn’t for you Your talent is astonishing, and your head has long since fallen to the ground. Tell yourself, who is better at knowing people and doing things better, Prince Pingxi or Prime Minister Ao? Compared with the current emperor and Prime Minister Ao, who trusts and reuses you Han people more?"

"What irony is this kid talking about?" Fatty Lu was at a loss, and really didn't understand what Bumbleshan meant by saying this - in the Mite Qing play, Oboi's racial discrimination was much stronger than Kang Xiaomazi .

"Lord Lu, you probably don't know yet." Bumbleshan's unintentional words explained the doubts to Fatty Lu, "The current emperor has decided to let Mo Luo, who is Zhenghongqi, be the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi (Shanxi and Shaanxi), Prime Minister Ao Persuading him earnestly, saying that we Manchus are only good at bowing horses, riding and archery, but not good at governing the local area, and firmly opposed this appointment, but the emperor just refused to listen, and must appoint Mo Luo as our first local governor since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Set this precedent. Based on this, do you think Prime Minister Ao treats you Han people better, or the current emperor treats you Han people better?"

"Huh? It seems to be like this." Fatty Lu was startled, and quickly began to think again, "Yuan Maogong from Yunnan, Cao Shenji from Guizhou, Jin Guangzu from Guangdong, Lu Xingzu from Guangdong and Guangxi, Liu Dou from Gansu and Jia Hanfu from Shaanxi..., Hey, old man Ao During the power period, it seems that a Manchu or Mongolian local governor was not appointed. What is going on? Could it be that Kang Xiaomazi is actually the real culprit who discriminates against the Han people?!"

"How is it?" Obai's words interrupted Fatty Lu's nervous calculations, and Obai stared at Fatty Lu and asked, "Master Lu, have you considered it? Are you interested in coming under the banner of the truth?"

Fatty Lu came back to his senses, and after hesitating for a moment, Fatty Lu got up and saluted Aobai, and said respectfully: "Master Aoboi, I dare to ask you, if the slaves under your banner or in the mansion are bought with money and official position, relying on Selling you in exchange for glory and wealth—such a slave, no matter how capable he is, no matter how useful he is, Prime Minister Ao, can you think highly of him?"

Fatty Lu's move is effective for Shang Zhixin, and it is also effective for Oboi. Aobai was silent for a while, and then said: "So, the truth really underestimates you?"

"Master Ao, you didn't underestimate the lowly position. On the contrary, you flattered the lowly position!" Fatty Lu said firmly: "But loyalty, filial piety and benevolence are the foundation of life. Doesn't look like a humble job!"

"Master Lu, there is another saying, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve." Bumble interjected.

"Master Ban, if these two sentences are reasonable to cover up disloyalty and filial piety." Fatty Lu said calmly: "Then when the regent (Dorgon) was in power, why did Ao Xiangye not abandon the former emperor and vote for him?" Regent? Although I don't dare to compare with Ao Xiangye, but Ao Xiangye refuses to betray the master's iron bones, and I respect him very much."

Fatty Lu's words hit Oboi intentionally or unintentionally. When Huang Taiji died of illness, Dorgon was determined to usurp the throne. The old department of Huang Taiji was either a seller seeking glory, or he dared to be angry and dare not speak out. Carrying a knife to make a big fuss at the political meeting, this was the only way to stop Dorgon's ambition to seize the throne. Afterwards, Oboi was cornered twice by Dorgon. Oboi never surrendered and rebelled. .Judging others by himself, Fatty Lu's loyalty, which is unwilling to betray his master for glory, is exactly in line with Oboi's appetite.

"Lu Yifeng, it would be great if you met the truth first before you met Wu Sangui." After sighing secretly in his heart, Oboi finally spoke, waved to Fatty Lu and said, "A gentleman does not take away people's ambitions, the truth is the truth." I don't force you, you can go. But remember, as long as you change your mind, you can come back to find the truth at any time."

"Xie Ao Zhongtang is considerate, and I will remember it in my heart." Fatty Lu saluted and thanked, but he was gnashing his teeth in his heart, "This Oboi must be eliminated!"

Note: Some readers mentioned the name of Kang Mazi in the book review area. Let me explain here that Kangxi had smallpox before he ascended the throne, leaving his face full of pockmarks. It is not reflected in movies and TV, but the fact is the fact, and no amount of beautification can change it.As for calling Kang Mazi or Xiao Mazi, it's like calling the protagonist Fatty Lu, just nicknames.

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