scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 110 Plan ahead
(PS: It’s the end of the month, and it will be Monday in a few hours. Ask for a monthly ticket at the end of the month and a recommended ticket for next week.)
"General Hu, Lord Lu's words are also from our hearts. If you really want to kill him, a loyal minister of the Pingxi Palace, please kill us together!"

Wang Shirong, Liu Xuanchu, and Fang Guangchen stood up together, knelt down in front of Hu Guozhu, stretched out their necks and begged to be killed, and Fang Guangchen said loudly: "General Hu, if the three good nephews were not so loyal to the lord and our Pingxi Palace, We are absolutely determined not to say such a thing! Over the years, the imperial court pushed us one step further, and we retreated a step. We are almost cornered. Right now, God has given us a great opportunity in the Pingxi Palace. If we don’t seize the opportunity to fight back, we really have to wait until the court disputes It's over, freeing up your hands and driving us to a corner again?"

"That's right, the civil strife in the imperial court is a great opportunity that God bestowed on us in the Pingxi Palace. If we miss this opportunity, once the imperial court makes a move, it will be too late for us to regret it!" Liu Xuanchu also said loudly.

"General Hu, if you still want to look ahead and miss this opportunity, then you are a sinner of the Pingxi Palace!" Wang Shirong was furious, and even more bluntly shouted: "The imperial court's strategy for our Pingxi Palace is to weaken it first and then remove it. First use all kinds of means to weaken our strength, cut down the army we rely on, split up and buy our generals, and finally withdraw our Dingfan in one fell swoop! The birds are all hidden, and the rabbits are dead! General Hu, you If you really want to see such a day, please kill all of us loyal officials of the Pingxi Palace now, maybe the court will let General Hu live!"

Fatty Lu's words hit Hu Guozhu's vitals solidly, so even though Hu Guozhu's face was getting darker and darker, his teeth were clenched tighter and tighter, and the veins in his right hand that was holding the saber tightly were throbbing more and more violently, Hu Guozhu I still understand in my heart that whether it is Fatty Lu, or Liu Xuanchu, Wang Shirong, and Fang Guangchen, they are all telling the truth and the real truth. Since ancient times, how many people with great achievements can end well?Isn't that considered by the monarch as a thorn in the flesh, and he wants to kill it quickly?And these years, Miqing's suspicion and embarrassment towards Wu Sangui have almost been semi-public. As Wu Sangui's eldest son-in-law and number one confidant, Hu Guozhu, hasn't dreamed of such an end several times and broke out in a cold sweat?
On one side was Hu Guozhu who was glaring with a knife in his hand, on the other side was Fatty Lu who had no fear on his face, and on the other side were Wu Sangui's three important confidants who knelt on their knees. Say one word more than one word.At this moment, the study room was suddenly kicked away, and Wu Sangui, an old man with a bow and arrow in his hand, rushed in sweating profusely, and shouted before he could see clearly the situation in the study room: "Mr. Maoya, Liangchen, Yifeng, I heard that you are back, so I came here directly, why don't you go to see this king...?"

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui suddenly stopped, looked at Hu Guozhu who was carrying a waist knife, and Liu Xuanchu who was kneeling on the knees, and exclaimed: "Guozhu, what are you doing? How can you be rude to Mr. Maoya and the others? Hurry up!" Put down the knife! If you have something to say, in this king's Pingxi palace, no internal strife is allowed!"

"My lord misunderstood, we are not fighting among ourselves." Liu Xuanchu shook his head.

Liu Xuanchu was about to explain in detail, but Hu Guozhu suddenly took a step forward, knelt down in front of Wu Sangui, raised the waist knife in his hand above his head, and said loudly: "Father-in-law, please do it, please take my son-in-law and Mr. Kill them all!"

"My lord, please do it." Fatty Lu thought very quickly, and immediately came back to his senses. He also knelt down in front of Wu Sangui, raised his head and said loudly: "My lord, those who are humble people have nothing to love in life, please do it and give us a good time!"

"Bastard! What are you talking about?" Wu Sangui was startled and angry, and shouted: "What the hell are you doing? Get up for me! You are all full and supporting yourself, why did you suddenly think of asking me to take you away?" Killed them all?!"

Hu Guozhu didn't answer, but just gestured to Wu Sangui's entourage and servants with his eyes, the servants in Hu Guozhu's courtyard naturally understood, and hurriedly exited the study room honestly, but the entourage behind Wu Sangui were at a loss, they just turned their eyes to Wu Sangui, waiting for Wu Sangui The command.And at this meeting, Wu Sangui also somewhat recovered his senses, and pouted at the entourage, and the entourage retreated obediently, closed the door of the room to take precautions, and made space for Wu Sangui and others to have a private conversation.

"Tell me, what is it for?" Wu Sangui found a chair and sat down, and said with a livid face: "You bastards, what kind of medicine did you take wrong? Why did you suddenly think of asking for this?" The king killed you?"

"Father-in-law, there is nothing we can do." Hu Guozhu said in a deep voice: "Oboi killed Wu Liuyi, controlled the military power in the capital, and the conflict with the emperor has been completely publicized! Under such circumstances, Lao Taishan, you are still indecisive Hesitant to make a decision, hesitant to make up his mind to take advantage of the fire to rob, and missed the opportunity. The son-in-law and Mr. Mao Xia were forced to do nothing, so they had no choice but to make up their minds. Please make up your mind, accept our suggestion, and use this opportunity to take us away. The Pingxi Palace has grown stronger again, so that no one dares to have bad ideas about our Pingxi Palace!"

"So it's because of this?" Wu Sangui breathed a sigh of relief, and complained: "If you have something to say, I hurriedly summoned Mr. Maoya and his good minister back to Kunming, and even called Yifeng back. Isn't it just to discuss this matter with you guys?" Things? You can’t talk about it properly, why are you looking for a life?”

"My lord, forgive me." Fang Guangchen said: "The reason we did this is that we all understand that this matter is too big, you will definitely hesitate and hesitate to make up your mind! But time will not wait for anyone, if you wait Obai and the emperor have decided the outcome, and if you make a decision again, my lord, it will be too late! So I will be bold and ask you to make a decisive decision, and immediately make up your mind, or join hands to help one side win, or Try to make the struggle between the two sides expand and protracted, let me take the opportunity to expand the Pingxi Palace, so as to dominate the world!"

"Your Majesty, don't let this opportunity go away!" Liu Xuanchu also said, "The two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou under the control of my Pingxi Palace are poor and sparsely populated. Don't say use this to fight against the power of the whole country for many years. Self-preservation can't last long! Only by taking advantage of this opportunity to increase our strength, let Oboi and the emperor kill each other, consume each other, one will ebb and flow, and our Pingxi Palace can remain invincible!"

"My lord, my son must have already reported the matter of the salary negotiation at the beginning of this year to the lord truthfully." Fatty Lu said plausibly, "My Pingxi Palace's big victory in the salary negotiation this year is all because of Oboi's sudden defection, which temporarily stopped it." The emperor is gradually weakening the poisonous plan of my Pingxi Palace! Now that Oboi has met the emperor half-openly, if my Pingxi Palace continues to stand by, it will not only be unfair to Oboi, but also bring a bad name. If Oboi accidentally falls, the court will , in the capital, is there anyone who dares to say a good word for my Pingxi Palace? Wouldn’t my Pingxi Palace become a thing on the anvil, to be slaughtered by mermaids?"

"My lord, it was the emperor who was unrighteous to you first. You support Oboi, you are worthy of heaven and earth, and you are worthy of your conscience!" Wang Shirong said loudly: "My lord, please think about how much you have done for the court, and how much you have done for the emperor. How loyal is it, but how did the emperor treat you? Even Lin Tianqing, if he hadn't betrayed the prince and promised to be the emperor's eyeliner to monitor the prince, the emperor would never have sent him to Yunnan to be the governor. The hostility and fear are already so obvious, do you still want to continue waiting to die, my lord?!"

"You are all right, and I know that you are all sincere and loyal, but..." Wu Sangui was still extremely hesitant.

"Father-in-law, don't hesitate any longer." Hu Guozhu imitated the example, knelt down in front of Wu Sangui, hugged Wu Sangui's legs and cried loudly, sobbing as he cried, "Old Taishan, this is a gift from God." The opportunity given to us in Pingxi Palace is also the last chance God gave us in Pingxi Palace. If we miss this opportunity again, our Pingxi Palace will have to bear the difficulties and rectifications from the court alone. If one life's fame is ruined once, whether it can save one's wealth or life is another matter!"

"My lord, you can't hesitate any longer. If you continue to hesitate, it will be a man for a sword and I for a fish." Fang Guangchen cried loudly.

Fatty Lu's tears were even lower, and he came as soon as he said it, kowtowed desperately, and cried loudly: "My lord, we don't covet the glory and wealth you bestow, but we just don't want to see you being bullied and ruined by those young people in the court." The court's intentions and strategies are already very obvious. First there is Oboi, and then you are the lord. If you don't lend a helping hand to Oboi as soon as possible, you will be the next Oboi when Oboi falls. !My lord, do you really want to be taken away by the imperial court and be driven back to Liaodong to live alone forever?"

Wang Shirong was thin-skinned, so he didn't cry with the shameless hypocrisy of Fatty Lu, Hu Guozhu, and Fang Guangchen, but Liu Xuanchu was spoiled by the students a lot, and he said with muddy tears, "My lord, don't we want to Your rebellion is just for you to use this opportunity to grow our Pingxi Palace again, so that no one dares to underestimate you, so that no one dares to look you in the eye!"

Several confidants kneeled in front of them and wailed loudly. Every word and every word they said was all for their own sake. Moved by Wu Sangui, it was inevitable that he began to reflect a little bit, wondering whether he was too old, aggressive and heroic Has it all been wiped out by the years?Over the years, I have been patient with the imperial court in exchange for Emperor Mazi's continuous advancement and aggressiveness. Isn't he too weak?Too easy to be bullied?After the Wu Liuyi incident happened, idiots could tell that Oboi and Emperor Mazi were almost in the same room, and it was clear that it was a god-sent opportunity for him to re-emerge in the Pingxi Palace. He was still so indecisive and hesitant, was he so stupid? Is it too much?
After thinking for a long time, Wu Sangui stood up slowly, slowly picked up Hu Guozhu's previous waist knife, suddenly turned around and slashed fiercely on the back of the chair, splitting the back of the chair in two!Amidst the sound of the back of the chair falling to the ground, Wu Sangui's voice of a tiger and a wolf that has not been heard for many years resounded, "Tell me, what should this king do? How can we take advantage of this opportunity to make our Pingxi Palace grow stronger again?!"

"Tell Oboi, we can support him, even if we support him in doing Yiyin Huoguang's work, but next year's military salary can only be increased, not reduced!" Hu Guozhu, who has no profit, said first.

"Not only do we support Oboi as Yiyin Huoguang, even if he wants to become Zhao Kuangyin, we can also support him!" Liu Xuanchu said secondly; "But the prerequisite is that our Pingxi Palace re-expand the army, and the public strength must be expanded to at least three More than [-]! In this way, if there is a rebellion in the local area when he becomes the emperor, we will have the strength to go north to serve as king!"

"Give Oboi some more substantive support." Fang Guangchen said the third: "First, our Pingxi Palace's intelligence power in the capital is shared with Aoboi! Second, let our people join forces to impeach Aoboi at the local level." Mo Luo, the mortal enemy governor of Shanxi Province, gave him an excuse to overthrow Mo Luo. In this way, he not only hurt the emperor's prestige, but also bought the hearts of the governors of the Han people in the world! Third, contact the Pingnan Palace and Jingnan Palace and let them also Respond to support Aobai, and if necessary, provide channels for Aobai to get in touch with these two vassals directly."

"Encourage Oboi to follow Zhao Kuangyin's example and provide him with all the support he can." Wang Shirong said unhappily, but his voice was the most ruthless, "If Oboi can succeed, then the world will inevitably return to chaos. With the status of the king and the handsome flag, are you afraid that the south of the Yangtze River will not end up in the hands of the prince?"

"Yifeng, what do you think?" Wu Sangui pointed at Fatty Lu again.

"First, let Aobai come forward to make arrangements, let the son return to Yunnan to see his relatives, and cut off the prince's worries." Fatty Lu said unhurriedly: "Second, let Aobai pay attention to the garrison in Rehe, the garrison in the capital has become the Ao Party, The focus of the imperial party's competition is to prevent the imperial party from suddenly using the Rehe army. Remind Obai, if he can take down the crucial pass of Zhenluoguan, then even if the Rehe army suddenly breaks out, Obai will at least That buys a crucial day or two of valuable time."

"Thirdly, the Eight Banners Fushou Cream produced in Yunnan and Guizhou must be tax-free nationwide. This is the most important source of income for our Pingxi Palace in the coming year. If we don't take this opportunity to win this privilege, we won't have another chance in the future. The court can also use the goods to tax them. Point, continue to get stuck in the neck of our Yungui Qianliang."

"Fourth, gunpowder! Although our Pingxi Palace is not afraid that the court will block the source of saltpeter, expensive saltpeter is still an extremely important strategic material. If we have more, the court will lose one or two. Let Obai give it to us. Provide a batch of saltpeter, even if it is not used, it can still weaken the imperial court!"

"Fifth, the civil affairs management rights of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces must be taken back. With the current situation in the capital, the Ao Party and the Imperial Party dare not offend us casually. The possibility of successful recovery is very high. Even if it cannot be taken back with the support of the Ao Party , It can also distract the imperial party's attention, buy time and opportunities for Oboi, and at the same time deepen the contradiction between the Ao party and the imperial party!"

"Sixth!" Fatty Lu said faster and faster, "Whether our army's re-expansion is incompetent or not, the ordinary soldiers in the main army must also start to train strictly according to the training method. When necessary, our army can easily expand its army by ten times." !"

"Seventh, food and grass! This year the lake is ripe, let Aobai find a way to give us an extra batch of food and grass. Even if we can't finish it this year, we can stock it up just in case!"

"Eighth, the iron and steel necessary for forging weapons and armor. Although Yunnan and Guizhou do not lack iron ore, the more the better, the better. Sichuan and Hunan are inland, and the demand for weapons is small. Prepare to lead troops to serve the king at any time, support him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, we are strong, it is also good for him, isn't it? There is also the ninth..."

"Okay, okay." Wu Sangui interrupted Fatty Lu's eloquence, wiping off his sweat, and said, "If you raise so many conditions in one go, Oboi must turn his face against this king, so let's hurry up and draw up an agreement." Chen, and after a comprehensive consultation, sort out some conditions that Oboi will definitely agree to, strive for as many benefits as possible, and sort out those aspects that should help Oboi, so that he can fight more fiercely with our Mazi Emperor Some. Then decide who to send to the capital to negotiate with Oboi, negotiate and join forces—to deal with our pockmarked emperor!"

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Wu Sangui finally made up his mind to join forces with Obai, and the villains headed by Fatty Lu in the Pingxi Palace finally got a chance to flex their muscles. That night, several villains stayed up all night, and after searching their brains, they figured out A lot of robbing conditions that forced Oboi to sell his pants and had to agree, and then sorted out a comprehensive plan to support Oboi—in fact, it was Oboi’s plan to quell chaos and Qin after he became emperor. The capital is far from Yunnan. It's too far away, even if Wu Sangui wants to fully support Oboi's usurpation and rebellion, at most he can only send a small number of experts to go north to the capital to assist Oboi in launching a coup, but Oboi definitely does not lack this, so this can only be done An empty favor.

The complete plan for the Pingxi Palace to take advantage of the fire was sorted out by several think tanks of the Pingxi Palace, including Fatty Lu, and written by Fang Guangchen, who was the same age as Wu Sangui, and finally decided to send Wu Sangui's eldest son-in-law, Hu Guozhu, to go north in person to negotiate with Oboi in secret. , to prove the sincerity of cooperation between Pingxi Palace and Obai—after all, Hu Guozhu, who is both civil and military, is really important to Wu Sangui and the entire Pingxi Palace. sincerity.

The excuse for Hu Guozhu to go north to the capital is ready-made. The new year is about to start again. Logically speaking, the Pingxi Palace will send people to the capital to celebrate the New Year, so after sorting out this looting plan and reporting it to Wu Sangui for approval, Fatty Lu and others arrived On the morning of the third day in Kunming, Hu Guozhu led a team of guards to set off from Kunming and rush to the capital to take advantage of the troubled waters and loot.Fatty Lu secretly conducted an explosion experiment of Sanhao brand gunpowder in Kunming, allowing Wu Sangui to see the terrifying power of Sanhao brand gunpowder, encouraging Wu Sangui's confidence in fighting against the Qing court, and at the same time winning Wu Sangui's full support for the development of new weapons. Then Fatty Lu bid farewell to Wu Sangui and others, and returned to Qujing alone, while Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong stayed in Kunming temporarily to fill the vacancy left by Hu Guozhu.

Changing horses all the way back to Qujing, it was already the evening of November [-]th in the seventh year of Kang Mazi. As soon as he returned to his house, Fatty Lu saw Xiao Erlang leading a group of servants to set off fireworks in front of the door. Firecrackers, Fatty Lu was very pleasantly surprised, hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Erlang, what are you doing setting off firecrackers? Is it Wanyi...?"

"Congratulations, young master, and congratulations, young master." Xiao Erlang cupped his hands and bowed again, and said with a smile on his face: "Just now, the young mistress gave birth to a fat boy for you, the young master, and the mother and child are safe. My uncle said it was a great event. I'll come out and set off firecrackers."

"I'm becoming a father? I'm becoming a father!" Fatty Lu was overjoyed. He jumped off his horse and rushed in. He rushed to the back hall to see that Fatty Lu's uncle, Qin Chuanwu, was holding a baby with a smile on his face. Wrinkles are blooming.Fatty Lu was overjoyed. He hurried up and snatched his son. He kissed him frantically without even wiping his face, "Son! My good son! I'm finally a father! Son, good son!"

"Yifeng, hurry up and give my nephew a name." Qin Chuanwu urged with a smile, and sighed: "The generations of your Lu family are thin, and now you finally have a son. I have explained to your parents. Quickly take a name, take a name, I remember that your next generation is the 'Bang' generation, let's see what it is called Lubang."

After hugging his first son and giggling for a long time, Fatty Lu finally named his son Lu Bangjing—a peaceful state, without the meaning of mites. She rushed into the delivery room and thanked her wife. Although Shang Wanyi hated that Fatty Lu was not around when she gave birth, she was really weak after giving birth, so she just pinched Fatty Lu's ears twice and recorded the account for nothing. Next, wait and calculate slowly later.

Firecrackers and lanterns were set off to celebrate. When the colleagues in Qujing City received the news, they naturally had to visit their homes to congratulate.But although Fatty Lu was exhausted, he still managed not to fall asleep. He just called his absolute confidant Xiao Erlang and second cousin Qin Mo into the study alone, gave them instructions, and arranged his long-awaited plan.

"Master, are you crazy?" Xiao Erlang, who has always been loyal, suddenly changed his expression after hearing Fatty Lu finish his plan.

"Big cousin, why are you crazy?" Qin Mo also said with a pale face, trembling with fear: "You let your own son not raise it, why are you helping others raise their son?"

"If you can't seek forever, you can't seek for a while." Fatty Lu said slowly: "Since I have embarked on this road, my son will be targeted sooner or later. If I don't plan ahead, I will take precautions." According to the arrangement, in the future, you will be tied up in everything you do, and you will not dare to do your best. And this son of mine will inevitably suffer an even more miserable fate in the future."

"But, Young Mistress will never agree." Xiao Erlang said tremblingly.

"Just don't let her know." Fatty Lu's face became even more solemn, "Her natal family may also be eyeing my son in the future. For her own good, she must not let her know about it. So, yours You have to act quickly, and take advantage of the fact that she is not yet familiar with her son's appearance, otherwise, once Bang Jing's appearance grows up, she will be unable to act any more."

"Cousin, are you serious?" Qin Mo asked worriedly.

Fatty Lu didn't answer, but nodded slowly. When he lowered his head again, two drops of tears had already oozed from the corners of Fatty Lu's eyes.

(End of this chapter)