scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 6
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"My lord, the reason is very simple." Feng Xiang asked calmly: "The purpose of Mr. Wang Shirong's strategy should be to test the court's true attitude towards the lord, and now that the court has given an answer, isn't this the goal already achieved? What is the attitude of the imperial court towards the prince, does the prince still not know?"

Wu Sangui and Liu Xuanchu looked at each other in surprise, only to realize that these days they only cared about the loss of local civil affairs management power in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and also had a headache after losing this power, the Manchus would definitely follow the various means of cutting the vassal , but completely forgot the purpose of our previous exploration.At this time, Wu Yingqi who was on the side interrupted and asked: "Lu Yifeng, what you said is a little bit reasonable, but for the purpose of spying, it's too uneconomical for my father to lose the right to govern local government affairs in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces?"

"Second prince, Mr. Wang Shirong didn't think about how to deal with the aftermath when he offered advice to the prince?" Feng Xiang asked in surprise: "Did he not think about it? The province's local control? Is he not ready to deal with the aftermath?"

"It would be great if that idiot thought about the consequences!" Wu Yingqi replied angrily.Wu Sangui over there replied: "Mr. Maoya also warned about this beforehand, but the king was eager to find out the court's attitude at that time, and considering that Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are located in the border areas, where barbarians live together, and the situation is complicated and difficult to manage, it is inseparable from the king sitting in charge." , That's why I agreed to this proposition. It's just that this king didn't expect anything, he... the court agreed. Afterwards, your immediate boss, Bian Sanyuan, and the others made a petition to restore it, but they were also immediately rejected."

"Is the matter really that simple?" Feng Xiang's eyes rolled wildly, suspicious in his heart, and he thought: "With Wu Sangui's old treacherous cunning, how could it be possible to adopt Wang Shirong's reckless suggestion without even thinking about it? Could it be that he didn't?" Have you considered the consequences of this tragedy? Or, there is another story in it, but Wu Sangui, an old traitor, doesn't want to talk about it? What are you hiding from me?"

After thinking for a moment, Feng Xiang, who obviously lacked information, shook his head, and decided to temporarily put aside this curiosity to explore the truth.Liu Xuanchu, who had been watching Feng Xiang's expression beside him, nodded slightly, took another meaningful look at Feng Xiang's expression, and then asked Feng Xiang: "Master Lu, since you have understood what happened, then you Tell me, what method should the prince use to get rid of the current predicament? There is no need to be modest, and there is no need to be scrupled, the prince is a very polite and virtuous gentleman."

"My lord, I heard the news recently." Feng Xiang said hesitantly, "I heard that after Long Jizhao, the chieftain of Ma Nai, who rebelled in Xingren, Guizhou in the 17th year of Shunzhi, was wiped out by the lord, there are still remnants lurking in Yunnan and Guizhou. Contacting the barbarian chieftains in various parts of Yunnan and Guizhou who refuse to submit to Wang Hua, wanting to do something wrong, maybe they will rise up against the Qing Dynasty in the near future—I just don’t know if this is true or not?”

"Ma Nai chieftain's remnants of trouble?" Both Wu Sangui and Liu Xuanchu's eyes lit up.Wu Yingqi next to him said stupidly: "Lu Yifeng, what are you kidding? Of course it's not the case. We killed Long Jizhao's whole family seven years ago, and ran away with Long Jizhao's daughter. The accomplices are almost dead, so it is possible to start a rebellion again?"

"Idiot, shut up!" Wu Sangui scolded his son, and then asked Feng Xiang: "Lord Lu, the remnants of Long Jizhao's rebels may not be enough, right?"

"That humble official has heard some news." Feng Xiang quickly replied: "It is said that there are still some remnants of the former Ming Dynasty in Burma and Annan, and there seems to be some signs of being ready to move recently."

Wu Sangui stopped talking, the eyeballs in his pair of triangular eyes rolled around, and he was thinking quickly, Liu Xuanchu said: "My lord, the students think that what Mr. Lu said is reasonable, Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong's father and son are in Fujian, and there are far more soldiers and horses than the lord. The expenses are far greater than those of the prince, but because there is Zheng Jing from Taiwan next to him, there are very few comments in the court that are unfavorable to their father and son. In the same way, if there are some dangerous thieves like Zheng Jing in Yunnan and Guizhou First, I believe that the life of the prince will be much easier in the court."

"Mr. Maoya wants me to raise a thief to respect myself?" Wu Sangui gradually accepted Feng Xiang's existence in front of him, and Wu Sangui even directly said the words of raising a thief to respect himself in front of Feng Xiang.After pondering for a moment, Wu Sangui tapped the table with his fingers and said slowly: "But as a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, I am responsible for the state's grace. Is it that I am too sorry for the court for doing such a thing?"

"Fuck! You shameless old traitor!" Feng Xiang cursed in his heart, "If you really have any loyalty? Why did you lure Tartar soldiers into the pass? Why did you hang the Emperor Yongli of Nanming? Fuck you, It doesn't matter whether you are really loyal to the mites or not, since I'm here, I'm going to turn you, an old bastard, so that neither the mites nor you have a good life!"

"My lord, bows and arrows will not be hidden in boxes until all the birds are shot." Liu Xuanchu said slowly, "In the same way, as long as there are bandits in and around Yunnan and Guizhou that can threaten the safety of the court, you can do so in Yunnan and Guizhou, lord." As stable as Mount Tai, at the very least, those treacherous officials and thieves who don't like the prince and the ignorant king dare not be so arrogant."

"My lord, please forgive my sin. I'm a lowly official to say something to my heart." Feng Xiang also took the opportunity to bewitch him: "Before the lord's first disarmament in the 17th year of Shunzhi, the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou rebelled. That's called responsiveness and generous rewards! But after the lord quelled these rebellions and abolished more than [-]% of the army twice, have you received a greater and heavier grace? So I feel that it seems that The stronger the power in your hands, my lord, the more thieves and thieves there are in and around Yungui, the less the court dares to do anything to my lord, I just don't know if my lord feels this way."

Encouraged by Feng Xiang and Liu Xuanchu, the moths of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui suddenly realized that some of his previous actions were really stupid. He and the surrounding anti-Qing forces killed them all in one go, and even hanged Emperor Yongli of the Nanming Dynasty with his own hands-in the end, all the rabbits were killed, and his loyal old hunting dog faced the prospect of being turned into Huajiang dog meat Dangerous.Regret is regret, Wu Sangui will not admit mistakes to his confidant lackeys in person, so after thinking for a long time, Wu Sangui raised his chopsticks and invited: "I'll talk about these things later, let's eat and drink first, the food is almost cold. Come, come, Master Lu , have a taste of the cooking skills of this prince’s palace cook, and eat more if you like.”

Feng Xiang pretended to be flattered and agreed, bowed and thanked, and kept toasting to Wu Sangui, bowl after bowl of ecstasy soup poured over Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui drank the wine and soup one by one with a smile, and at the same time began to question Feng Feng Xiang answered truthfully about Xiang's background.After finding out that Feng Xiang really had no relationship with Beijing, Wu Sangui was very happy, patted Feng Xiang on the shoulder and said: "Work hard in Qujing, if you do well, this king will not treat you badly."

"Thank you, my lord, I will definitely do my best in Qujing, and try my best to live up to my lord's kindness of knowing you and the second prince's kindness of recommendation." Feng Xiang agreed with joy on his face.Wu Yingqi, who was next to him, was moved, and said that he never thought that Lao Tzu, who received money to promote the county magistrate of Qujing, was actually a talent that even his father and Liu Xuanchu admired. It was much easier.Thinking of this, Wu Yingqi took the initiative to say: "Father, after listening to Mr. Lu's talk, my son felt that talents are rare. Being a county magistrate in Qujing is really too condescending. I am bold and want to transfer Mr. Lu to serve under my command and help my son. Taking care of military affairs and government affairs, I also hope that my father will be kind."

"This...." In fact, Wu Sangui really wanted to bring Feng Xiang, a rare talent, into his shogunate. Of course, Feng Xiang didn't want to go to Qujing to be a sesame mung bean official, so he quickly sat down and prepared to accept Wu Yingqi's invitation.Unexpectedly, Liu Xuanchu next to him suddenly said: "My lord, the second prince, the students think it is inappropriate. The arrangement of Mr. Lu as the magistrate of Qujing County has been reported to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials has also ordered Mr. Lu to come to Beijing to see him. At this time, he hastily changed it." Mr. Lu’s official appointment is afraid that it will bring back gossip from treacherous ministers and thieves to the prince. Therefore, the students think that it is better to let Mr. Lu go to the capital first, and then return to Qujing to take up the post. It will not be too late to promote slowly in the future. The distance between Qujing and Qujing Kunming is not far away, even if the prince and the second prince need Lord Lu, they can be there whenever they are called."

"Mr. Mao Xia's words are reasonable, so let's do it this way." Wu Sangui obeyed Liu Xuanchu's words, and immediately agreed.Although Feng Xiang and Wu Yingqi were unwilling, they didn't dare to contradict Wu Sangui's decision face to face, so they had to honestly agree.At the end, Feng Xiang still muttered in his heart, "Taiyang, Liu Xuanchu in history doesn't seem to be a person who is jealous of talents? Why doesn't he let me work under Wu Yingqi? I can't get close to the core figures of Wu Sangui Group and participate in their affairs. The high-level decision, how can I encourage the old man Wu Sangui to rebel against the Qing?"

After the banquet was over, Wu Sangui made an appointment with Feng Xiang to kowtow to Feng Xiang at another day, and asked Wu Yingqi to send Feng Xiang out of the house in person. It was only after Feng Xiang and Wu Yingqi left the room that Wu Sangui smiled and asked Liu Xuanchu: "Mao Xia Sir, what do you think of this fellow Lu Yifeng? Ying Qi intends to keep him under his command, why do you want to stop him? In my impression, Mr. Mao Xia, you don’t seem to be a person who is jealous of the virtuous and capable?”

"My lord, Lu Yifeng is indeed a rare talent, but he is still too young." Liu Xuanchu calmly replied, "My lord, think about it, how many risks did Lu Yifeng take today to express himself? Such an adventurous character, don't worry about it." Practice, how can you become a master? Also, the students have been observing Lu Yifeng just now, and found that although he is born smart and flexible, the city is a little shallow. Especially after you finished talking about Bian Sanyuan and they were rejected on the table, that Lu Yifeng Yifeng immediately found out that you didn't finish your sentence, lord, and although you didn't dare to question lord face to face, the expression on your face was extremely unnatural—could such a young, vigorous and vigorous young man be able to immediately entrust you with important tasks?"

"Yes, this kid is indeed too bold and adventurous." Wu Sangui nodded, and said with a smile: "If it wasn't for his good luck, he just happened to meet Mr. Maoya who is loyal to the king and eager for talents. , this king has already slaughtered him! Such a person should be tempered a lot, so that in the future, like Mr. Mao Xia, you can become my king's assistant."

"My lord, the student has an idea that can make this Lu Yifeng more tempered." Liu Xuanchu picked up the dry smoke and said.Wu Sangui first personally picked up the flint and fire sickle to light the dry smoke for Liu Xuanchu, and then said: "Mr. Maoya, if you have any good ideas, just say, the generals under my king are enough, and the most lacking is civil servants, but Mr. Maoya, you I am more eager to seek talents."

"My lord, since Lu Yifeng is going to Beijing to meet His Majesty, why don't you let him take a detour to Guangdong and take care of the matter suggested by the students last night for the lord." Liu Xuanchu said while smoking a cigarette: "Originally, that matter is very important to the lord. , it doesn’t matter if it’s successful or not, and it’s not very sure that it can be done. Instead of letting other people go to Guangdong alone to waste time and money, it’s better to let Lu Yifeng go. No, Lu Yifeng can also be tempered and gain some experience, so that the prince can use him in the future, and by the way, he can be tested to see if he is worthy of the heavy responsibility entrusted by the prince, and to see how he treats the prince. Is it loyal or not?"

"That's a good idea." Wu Sangui nodded after a moment of calculation: "Then let him go to Guangdong. If he can really do this for the king, it would be a pleasant surprise."

(End of this chapter)