scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 151

(PS: There was a power outage again, the battery forgot to charge the voltage too low, and the computer often shuts down automatically, seriously affecting the thinking and speed, so the number of words is less, please understand and forgive me.)
Old traitor Wu is quite trustworthy, and he promised Fatty Lu that he would do what he said. On the afternoon of the Pingxi palace meeting, old traitor Wu decided to make his granddaughter Wu Xiaotu and Fatty Lu formally engage in a marriage ceremony, and held a hasty meeting. It's not too simple a ceremony - but it's a pity that Wu Xiaotu didn't show up because of his shyness, so besides a lot of wolves and hungry tigers from Pingxi Palace, what Fatty Lu saw at the engagement ceremony was the old man Wu Guogui. His face turned ugly—if he didn't dare to disobey old traitor Wu's orders, no matter how famous and talented Lu Fatty was, Wu Guogui would not be willing to promise his beloved daughter to such a son-in-law who already had a wife and son.

After the simple ceremony, the old traitor Wu generously paid out of his own pocket, and held a grand banquet to entertain the guests for his granddaughter's engagement ceremony—although the old traitor Wu said in the morning that he would give a banquet to the vassals of the Pingxi Palace, this move is very humane suspected.When everyone was about to take their seats, Wu Yingqi and Ma Bao, who were ordered to investigate the smuggling case of Eight Banners drug seeds, returned to Wuhua Mountain together.

"Father, I found out." As soon as he entered the door, Wu Yingqi yelled loudly: "Those bastards have recruited. They were ordered by Zhu Guozhi's Sha Xiangde to smuggle the seeds and plan to transport them to Shanxi and sell them to Fan Yongdou. Company, one catty of seeds and five catties of gold!"

"During the interrogation of the confession, Shaxiangde's son of a bitch came to ask for someone, and his words were ugly, so I cut him off with a knife!" Ma Bao roared: "And those bitch sons who dared to poach our corners were also killed by me. He and the second prince cut off the hands and feet first, then cut off the heads, and hung them all on the Yanglin pass, so that those turtle sons who dare to make up our minds can see what will happen if they poach our corners!"

"Just kill him, Zhu Baidi won't dare to fart even if you measure him!" Old man Wu snorted coldly, and asked again: "Have you found out the source of the seeds? Is there something wrong?"

"Yes..." Wu Yingqi hesitated for a moment, then turned to Xia Guoxiang next to him and said, "Brother-in-law, you should take care of it. It was your subordinates who did it again. During the autumn harvest this year, he secretly hid five catties of seeds. They were sold to Sha Xiangde at the price of one catty of seeds and one catty of gold."

The old traitor Wu didn't speak, but just stared at his son-in-law viciously with eyes like hungry wolves, while Xia Guoxiang's face was pale at first, then livid, and he raised his legs and walked out with a roar, "Father-in-law, wait a moment, son-in-law is going right away!" Killed his whole family and came back to plead guilty to you!"

"Hum! You're smart!" Old Man Wu snorted coldly, and then ordered: "Pass down the order. Starting today, the search will be strengthened at the various checkpoints in Yunnan and Guizhou, and anyone who passes the checkpoint with seeds will be killed!"

"Decree." All the vassals of Pingxi Palace who were present agreed together.At this time, the guards outside the hall came to report, saying that the governor Zhu Guozhi led the procurator Li Xingyuan and the chief envoy Cui Zhiying to ask for an audience, and explained that the purpose of coming was to pass on the decree. , all go to the Yin'an Hall, and fuck all the guys out!"

The generals of the Pingxi Palace agreed with a loud bang, and rushed to the Yin'an Hall surrounded by the old traitor Wu. Because of his special status, Fatty Lu didn't go directly into the hall, but went into the back hall alone, and peeped at the hall from the crack of the door.When everyone was ready, the old traitor Wu immediately ordered to summon them, and after a while, when Zhu Guozhi, Cui Zhiying and Li Xingyuan entered the hall, more than 100 generals of the Pingxi Palace pulled out their waist knives together , There was a lot of choking and choking in the hall.

Suddenly more than 100 bright steel knives appeared in front of them. Li Xingyuan and Cui Zhiying were a little bit better, but they were so frightened that their faces were as white as paper. The fat was trembling like chaff, if it wasn't for the guards of Prince Pingxi's mansion behind him, he would definitely turn around and run away.In the end, Li Xingyuan, the procurator who vowed not to surrender to Wu Sangui in history, was a little more courageous, and asked courageously, "My lord, the lowly ranks hold the edict and enter the palace to announce the decree. The generals draw their swords and want to go. What do you mean?"

The old traitor Wu hesitated for a moment, and then roared from the bottom of his heart: "The Daqing River and Mountains were given to the court by the king, Yunnan was earned by the king with his blood and life, Wuhua Mountain is the palace of the king, and the subordinates of the king It's none of your business what you want to do? Don't just draw your sword, just draw your sword to cut people, as long as this king agrees, it's none of your business!"

"Oops, Wu Sangui must already know the content of the imperial decree!" Li Xingyuan was startled, knowing that Wu Sangui must have known the content of the imperial decree in advance, that's why he condoned his subordinates' murderous aura.But when things got to this point, Li Xingyuan had no way out, so he could only wink at Cui Zhiying, asking him to help Zhu Guozhi with him, and took the opportunity to whisper in Zhu Guozhi's ear: "Zhu Zhongcheng, don't be afraid, we are just delivering an order , the prince will not even kill the person who passed the decree, will he?"

Li Xingyuan's words reminded Zhu Guozhi, and now Zhu Guozhi worked hard to gather courage, stood up from Li Xingyuan and Cui Zhiying, walked tremblingly to the center of the hall, and boldly said: "The emperor's imperial decree, Pingxi Wang Wu Sangui accepts the decree."

"Read it, I'm listening." Old Traitor Wu replied coldly as he sat motionless on the tuanlong chair.The vassals of Prince Pingxi's Mansion present were also motionless, just staring at Zhu Guozhi and the other three with murderous intent.

Seeing that the traitor Wu didn't even follow the minimum etiquette of kneeling and receiving the decree, Zhu Guozhi and the other three were even more frightened. Li Xingyuan bit the bullet and reminded: "My lord, the imperial decree has arrived, should you kneel down?"

"How many times do you want me to say it?" The old man Wu replied treacherously: "Yunnan was earned by this king with his blood and life. I can do whatever I want, and no one else can control it! You can read the imperial decree as much as you like. Want to pull down!"

"This old thing wants to rebel?" Zhu Guozhi, Li Xingyuan and the others were taken aback, and couldn't make up their minds whether they should continue to announce the decree.Fortunately, Hu Guozhu got close to old traitor Wu's ear in time, and said in a low voice: "Old Taishan, it's better not to tear yourself apart from them for the time being, otherwise if Lu Xia's rescue fails, the safety of the prince and the two princes and grandchildren will be in danger. Or First follow the previously agreed plan, first put the banner on the side of the Qing emperor, point the finger at Obai, and don't completely turn against Emperor Mangou first, and lay the groundwork for our future peace talks to paralyze Emperor Mangou."

For the sake of the lives of his children and grandchildren, the old man Wu gritted his teeth, finally stood up, and ordered: "Kneel down, accept the order." The old traitor still didn't kneel, but just shouted: "Have you not read the imperial decree?"

The old traitor Wu made some concessions, and Zhu Guozhi and others did not dare to insist any longer. Zhu Guozhi immediately unfolded the first imperial decree and read aloud: "The emperor's imperial decree, Wu Sangui, Prince Pingxi, received the decree: Blessed by heaven, the emperor's decree said, At the request of the minister of state affairs, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the minister of internal guards and Taishi Aobai, the taxation of Yunnan Eight Banners Fushou Gao was set at eight qian for every two pastes, and the original tax quota was abolished. The Yunnan vassals and common people need to make up for the shortfall in taxes according to the amount of harvest as soon as possible to repay the grace of heaven. Thank you."

The old traitor Wu did not speak, but stared at Zhu Guozhi with his falcon-like eyes, staring at Zhu Guozhi as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. Under his timidity, he quickly took out the second imperial decree and read aloud: "The emperor's imperial decree, Prince Pingxi, Wu Sangui Receiving the decree: In accordance with the heaven, the emperor ordered that, upon the request of the minister of state affairs, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the minister of the guard and the grand master, Wu Sangui, the prince of Pingxi, paid [-] catties of good varieties of Eight Banners Fushou Gao for the imperial court to distribute to the vassal princes and governors of various provinces to choose Try planting in the ground. This is it."

The hall was so silent that even the heavy panting of old traitor Wu could be heard clearly by everyone. After a long time, Zhu Guozhi bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, you should take the order to thank you."

"What decree does this king receive? Why do you want to receive the decree?!" The old traitor Wu finally grasped the reason for his attack, and roared: "The imperial decree clearly states that these two imperial decrees are the intention of that traitor Oboi himself, Your Majesty. It was only because of his coercion that these two imperial edicts to poison the people of Yunnan and Guizhou were issued! This is a chaotic edict issued by the traitor Aobai to force the emperor to order the princes, and this king will never obey it!"

"Soldiers, this king is absolutely determined not to obey the edict, do you accept these two edicts!" Old traitor Wu turned to the officers and men of the Pingxi Palace present and roared.

"Don't accept it!" Ma Bao was the first to jump up, brandishing a sharp saber and shouting: "Never accept the order!"

"Don't take it! Never take the order!" It's about Ronghua, and there is old traitor Wu taking the lead, so the soldiers of Pingxi Palace naturally roared like thunder, waving sabers and yelling in a rhythmic order, "Don't take the order! Don't take the order ! I don’t accept the order! I don’t accept the order——!”

Amidst the thunderous roars, Zhu Guozhi, Li Xingyuan and the others all had earthy faces and trembling legs, for fear that these Wu Sangui army wolves, tigers and leopards wielding swords would go berserk and hack them to death with their own knives. Festival flag.But fortunately, considering the need to buy time to prepare the army and rescue his children and grandchildren, the traitor Wu did not do everything right away, but just raised his hands and pressed down, and the roaring in the hall stopped abruptly.

"Have you heard, this is the king, and the answer from the generals of Yunnan and Guizhou to the traitor Oboi!" The old traitor Wu pointed at Zhu Guozhi, and shouted viciously: "Report to the emperor truthfully, from today onwards, all Oboi This king will not accept any imperial decrees and decrees ordered by traitors! I will not accept them at all! From today onwards, this king will only accept one decree, which is to lead troops to serve the king! On the side of the Qing emperor, kill the national traitor Oboi!"

"On the side of the Qing Dynasty!" Hu Guozhu jumped out, raised his arms and shouted: "Aobai is a traitor, deceives the emperor and ignores him, troubles the government, oppresses and poisons our Yunnan-Guizhou army and civilians! We must follow the prince's banner, raise troops to serve the king, Qing Dynasty! Lord Qing's side!"

"Mr. Qing's side—!" Ma Bao took the lead again, raised his sword and roared to the sky—no way, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. In history, he and Hu Guozhu joined forces to forcibly turn the hesitant old traitor Wu into a traitor. Pull on the rebel ship.

"Kill Oboi, Qingjun's side!" Wu Yingqi also roared, and then the generals of Wu Sangui's army roared again, "Kill Aobai, Qingjun's side! Kill Obai, Qingjun's side! Kill Obai, Qingjun's side——!"

Amid thunderous shouts, old traitor Wu pointed at Zhu Guozhi and the other three, raised his eight-character eyebrows, and shouted: "Did you hear that? This is the answer that this king and the generals of Yungui gave to the traitor Aobai! When you go back, give this to Ben The king will play the truth, and ask the emperor to promulgate the imperial decree, let this king lead the army to serve the king, cut off the traitors for him, and kill Oboi! Do you understand?"

The hall was full of murderous generals of the Wu army. Zhu Guozhi and others dared to refute even half a sentence, but they all nodded their heads like chickens pecking at rice, expressing that they would obey.Only then did Wu Sangui shout: "If you understand, get out! By the way, think about your positions. In the future, will you follow my king Qing to kill Oboi, or bury that traitor Oboi!"

"Guo Zhuangtu, send these three lords back to the yamen, and take over the city defense of the six gates of Kunming by the way, and arrange two hundred troops for each lord's yamen to protect the three lords, in case the gangsters of Aobai traitors hurt the three lords!"

"Hu Guozhu, arrange manpower to sew a big banner on the side of the Qing emperor overnight, and tomorrow morning, give me this big banner and set it up on Wuhua Mountain!"

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In order to paralyze the Qing court's two-step plan to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty and destroy the Manchus, the traitor Wu old man knew Xiao Mazi and Aobai's malicious intentions to isolate him, so he still pretended to be in the trap. The banner on the side of the Qing emperor pointed the finger at Oboi, who was actually the most innocent, and used it as an excuse to categorically reject the tax increase intention of the Eight Banners Fushou Gao.

At the same time, under the suggestion of Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu, the old traitor Wu who was a bitch set up a memorial archway, wrote his fallacies into a memorial and sent them to the capital, asking Xiao Mazi to issue a decree to allow the Yunnan-Guizhou army to go north to serve the king!At the same time, he asked Xiao Mazi to allow the old traitor Wu to take sole control of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, appoint and remove officials, restrain the Green Camp, concentrate the manpower and material resources of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and fight to the death with the treacherous minister Obai.

The reason why Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu asked the old traitor Wu to do this was because Fatty Lu had taken two steps to rebel against the Qing. The two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou are planning to split the land in Yunnan and Guizhou and claim the king independently. They have no plan to go north to fight against the Qing Dynasty, so as to induce the main forces of the Qing Dynasty to go south for a decisive battle and lay the foundation for the next step of the Northern Expedition plan.Moreover, according to Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu's estimates, Xiao Mazi and Oboi are very likely to fall into the trap. Even if they see through this trick, the temptation to wipe out Wu Sangui's army in Yunnan and Guizhou to avoid the expansion of the war is also great for Xiao Mazi and Obai. .

To fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside. Since Zhu Guozhi and others directly yelled the slogan of the Qing Dynasty, the work of rectifying the interior and eliminating dissidents naturally seemed urgent. On the same night, the high-level officials of the Pingxi Palace held a secret meeting again to discuss the use of force to completely destroy the country. Plans to control Yungui.Because this plan will inevitably involve the mobilization and dispatch of Wu Sangui's main force, Fatty Lu, who is still inexperienced, is naturally not eligible to participate, so he has to return to Qujing overnight according to the order of old traitor Wu, and wait for orders while rectifying the Qujing Green Camp.

After bidding farewell to old traitor Wu, Liu Xuanchu, the chief staff member of the traitorous shogunate, took time out of his busy schedule to have a private conversation with Fatty Lu alone. It has finally been achieved, the prince has come to this point, and there is no possibility of turning back. Counting it, your contribution is actually greater than anyone else, helping the teacher to achieve the long-cherished wish of life, I am grateful for the teacher, and I will do it to you Take a gift as a thank you."

As he said that, Liu Xuanchu actually knelt down to Fatty Lu, so frightened that Fatty Lu hurriedly returned the salute, saying repeatedly: "Men, you must not kill the students. What virtue and ability do students have to dare to be such a great gift as a teacher?"

"You don't need to be modest." Liu Xuanchu said solemnly: "If you hadn't made so many advanced firearms for the prince, the prince would have such great confidence to destroy the Han Dynasty? If it hadn't been for the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment you made for the prince, what would the prince have done? With such a strong financial resources to expand the armament, but also so determined to break with Mangou? Without you, whether the teacher can live to see this day is probably a big question."

"The mentor has won the award, and the student has not dared to be a student." Fatty Lu kept saying humbly.

"Stop gossiping, time is urgent, and I will go see the prince soon as a teacher." Liu Xuanchu hurriedly said, "When you return to Qujing this time, the teacher only has one order, and that is the matter of Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Although Li Benshen, the governor of Guizhou, is our man , Gan Wenkun can't command him at all, but after Gan Wenkun receives the news, he will definitely try to escape from Yunnan and Guizhou, and whether we can capture him alive is really not very sure."

Speaking of this, Liu Xuanchu lowered his voice, and whispered: "If you want to make achievements in the military, you must first convince everyone. The great achievement of capturing Gan Wenkun alive is undoubtedly an ideal Jin Dynasty for you." This is a great opportunity to build up your prestige. Take advantage of Gan Wenkun's current trust in you, and strive to get this credit first, which will undoubtedly be of great benefit to your future under the lord's account, do you understand?"

"Student understands, thank you teacher for your guidance." Fatty Lu agreed with understanding, capturing a hardcore traitor at the governor's level alive as soon as the opening opened will naturally be of great benefit to boost morale and build prestige.

"Hurry up." Liu Xuanchu patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder, and warned: "You must move quickly. The prince has already taken over the defense of Kunming City, and put the governor, feudal and general officials under house arrest. If there are no accidents, the prince is likely to be killed today. At night, they will order the closure of the large and small passes in Yunnan and Guizhou, and if Gan Wenkun receives the news, he will not fall into the trap of himself."

"Student understands, please rest assured, teacher." Fatty Lu nodded again.

"Good boy, take care." Liu Xuanchu helped Fatty Lu, hugged the proud student excitedly, and said emotionally: "Good boy, it is an honor and a pride to be a teacher to have a student like you."

(End of this chapter)