scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 152 The Last Loyal Minister of the Qing Dynasty
Liu Xuanchu suggested that Fatty Lu take Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and a hard-core traitor, to sacrifice the flag to create a good start for Fatty Lu's lofty ambitions and lay a solid foundation for Fatty Lu's ambitious ambitions. It is easy to say, considering that Gan Wenkun basically trusts Fatty Lu Attitude, it shouldn't be difficult to do it - but after thinking about it on the way back to Qujing, Fatty Lu felt that this matter was quite tricky, and it was definitely not as easy as he imagined.

It’s not that Fatty Lu wants to continue to play the good show of the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty and refuses to do anything to Gan Wenkun. It’s not too difficult to trick Gan Wenkun into Qujing to capture him alive. Kunming took action, took over the city defense and put the governor of Yunnan, the vassals and Taiwan under house arrest. Immediately, a larger-scale internal cleansing campaign will be carried out to clean up those unreliable civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty and consolidate the direct rule of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. How could Gan Wenkun fail to hear such a big movement?How could it be possible to go south at such an urgent moment, and go to Qujing, Yunnan to cast a trap?
Taking a step back, even if the old traitor Wu has blocked the big and small passes in Yunnan, they are all allowed to enter and not allowed to go out. Even a western election official like Lu Fatty must show the token of the Pingxi Palace to pass through Yanglin Pass and Fenshui Pass. Blocked the news of Wu Sangui's mutiny, and at the same time Fatty Lu successfully defrauded the enemy, Gan Wenkun obediently went south and threw himself into the trap. When he reached the gates of Shengjing and Jiaoshui, the guards of Wu Sangui's army had already taken him down and asked for credit. Get Fatty Lu to grab the credit?
In view of these problems, although Fatty Lu coveted the Wu army's first victory in capturing Gan Wenkun alive, he was helpless. Therefore, after returning to Qujing Mansion to introduce the situation in Yunnan to Zhu Fangdan and Chen Dou's confidants, Fatty Lu specially told this The two bastards talked about Liu Xuanchu's suggestion to take credit for themselves, and asked their opinions to see if they had any good ideas.

"Master Futai, Mr. Mao Xia's plan is very kind, and it is also the best foundation for you to show your prowess in the military!" After listening to Fatty Lu's introduction, Chen Dou was the first to agree, and said seriously: "Master Futai , I think you are also aware that there may be a lack of staff and literati under the prince's account, but in terms of generals, they are not inferior to those in the Manchu court. Those who can recruit good fighters, those who have both offensive and defensive skills, those who are wise and brave, and those who are brave There are countless people who are outstanding. Moreover, they are all veterans who have fought with the prince for many years, warriors who have climbed out of the dead. The superiors entrust newcomers with important responsibilities."

"Under such circumstances, if you, my lord, want to make achievements in the military, go further and master more troops, and control the wind and rain alone, then you must compete with the meritorious veterans under the prince's account, and the only one who can win The opportunity you have is military merit! Only by making unrivaled feats that no one else can match, can you, Mr. Futai, enter the eyes of the prince in the military, and then build prestige, gain the morale of the army, and lay a solid foundation for Mr. Futai's lofty ambitions!"

After talking endlessly here, Chen Dou paused, and then said: "If not, even if the lord has allowed Master Futai to lead the army alone, and continue to command Master Futai, your team, Qujing Green Camp, he will definitely not Gaining the prince's trust in the military will suffer a lot in terms of troop replenishment, equipment distribution, and money and food distribution, and there is no chance to show his prominence in the war, and even be used as bait and cannon fodder by the prince."

"Boss, let's do it." Zhu Fangdan said impatiently: "As long as Gan Wenkun is tricked to Qujing, he will be a turtle in the urn. The student can also prepare some Mongolian sweat medicine for you, and put it in Gan Wenkun's wine and rice. You don't even need to compare knives and guns. Capture him alive and dedicate it to the prince to show his merits."

"I also understand what Mr. Chen said. Gan Wenkun should still trust me at the moment. As long as conditions permit, it should not be difficult to trick him to Qujing to die." Fatty Lu frowned and said: "But the matter has come to this point. Will Gan Wenkun still be fooled? Even if he is fooled again, obediently coming to Qujing to give us credit, this great credit may be cheaper for others?"

As he said that, Fatty Lu elaborated on the various situations he was worried about, pointing out that in the current situation, even if Gan Wenkun trusted him, he might not have the guts to take another step south and would only go north and escape from Yunnan and Guizhou as soon as possible. That is, even if Gan Wenkun was tricked into coming to Qujing, other members of Wu Sangui's army would probably be there first on the way and make wedding dresses for others in vain.

"Master Futai's worries are very reasonable." After listening to Fatty Lu's explanation, Chen Dou also calmed down, and said in deep thought: "As long as Gan Wenkun is not too stupid, after seeing the two imperial edicts issued by Emperor Mazi, he will definitely understand It is absolutely impossible for the prince to accept the conditions offered by Emperor Mazi. At the same time, Guiyang is located in the north. Even if Gan Wenkun did not see these two imperial edicts, he must have seen the Di Bao issued by the Mangou court and knew the general content of these two imperial edicts. .In this case, no matter how stupid Gan Wenkun is, he will increase his vigilance, closely monitor the movement in Yunnan, and be ready to fight or flee."

"Gan Wenkun don't even think about preparing for the battle or defending Guiyang." Fatty Lu sneered, "The admiral Li Benshen, the commander-in-chief Wang Yongqing, Cui Shilu and Jiang Yi, who control the Guizhou army, have already belonged to the prince. Usually, he doesn't listen to Gan Wenkun's orders at all, so what will Gan Wenkun do to fight this time? What will he use to defend Guiyang? I'm afraid whether he can escape from Guizhou is a big problem."

"Huh?" Speaking of this, Fatty Lu stopped suddenly, with a confused look on his white and fat face, and he said to himself, "Strange? What did I just say? The last sentence...?"

"Boss, did you immediately forget what you just said?" Zhu Fangdan was annoyed and funny, and repeated for Fatty Lu: "Your last sentence just now was—I'm afraid whether Gan Wenkun can escape from Guizhou is also a big problem. "

"Really?" Fatty Lu looked even more confused, and murmured: "Whether Gan Wenkun can escape from Guizhou is probably a big problem? I understand this, will Gan Wenkun understand this again? Wang Ye, The big and small gates are allowed to enter and not allowed to exit..."

Whispering up to this point, on Fatty Lu's fat face, there are already small eyes slightly narrowed, the corners of his mouth are turned up, and the fat is squeezed into two balls. Seeing this familiar smirk, Zhu Fangdan and Chen Dou suddenly understood in their hearts——Lu Fatty, he has probably figured out a wicked idea that smokes from the ancestral grave.Sure enough, Fatty Lu quickly ordered with a smile: "Master Chen, quickly, go and call Xiao Erlang in, I have an errand for him. Master Zhu, go and get my big seal right away, and issue a three-year seal for me." Zhang Luyin."

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According to Fatty Lu and Chen Dou, ever since he learned the general contents of Xiao Mazi's two edicts on the mansion newspaper, Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guiyang who lives in Guiyang, knew that something big was bound to happen, and he knew that the traitor Wu would never agree to it. The conditions offered by Xiao Mazi-every two Eight Banners fushou creams are taxed and eight dollars in silver, and old traitor Wu is required to pay [-] catties worth of Eight Banners fushou cream seeds.
Even if old traitor Wu agrees, the gang of wolves, tigers and leopards who would rather die than suffer, and desperately take advantage of old traitor Wu will never agree!

With irreconcilable contradictions, Gan Wenkun no longer dared to imagine what unforeseen consequences these two edicts would lead to.What made Gan Wenkun even more terrified was that almost at the same time when the Di report arrived in Guiyang, the Aobai decree, who held the power of the government, also followed one after another-ordering Gan Wenkun to restrain the Guizhou army and do a good job of sticking to the three vital points of Guizhou, Guiyang, Zunyi and Zhenyuan. For the preparation of the city, there is also the need to report to Oboi the movement of the Yunnan army at any time, and provide the topographic map of the mountains and rivers of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and the garrison map of the army.

Seeing this order, can Gan Wenkun not understand Aobai's sinister intentions?Still can't understand that the Qing court has temporarily abandoned the contradictions within the Qing court, and is going to fight against the outside world first, and then Anne will try Wu Sangui first?
But it is a pity that Obai obviously overestimated Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, over the control of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Not to mention Yunnan, the base camp of old traitor Wu, is the slightly lesser Guizhou army. Without old traitor Wu nodding, Gan Wenkun can't even think about mobilizing a single soldier. Even the civil service system headed by Guizhou governor Cao Shenji has defected under the offensive of money and beautiful women from the traitor Wu. Blocked in Yunnan, to build a bridgehead for Obai's counter-insurgency army?In desperation, what Gan Wenkun, who is still proficient in military affairs, can do is to provide Oboi with maps and military garrison maps and other information, and to monitor the movements of old traitor Wu and prepare for his escape.

Counting the distance with his fingers and living like years, Gan Wenkun felt that the situation was getting worse on the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the tenth year of Kang Mazi. Why has there been no news from Yunnan in the past two days?The last information about Yunnan’s movements was completely fixed on November 27. Since then, no eyeliner sent to monitor Wu Sangui has come back, and no news about the situation in Yunnan has come. What happened?

"Father commander, father commander, something is wrong!" Just as Gan Wenkun was sitting on pins and needles, his son Gan Guocheng brought new bad news. As soon as he entered the door, Gan Guocheng, who was sweating profusely, gasped and shouted: "Father! Shuai, I just received the news that at dawn today, the Longli Lier Pass in the east of Guiyang and the Xiuwen Zhazuo Pass in the north are both closed, and no entry is allowed!"

"What?" Gan Wenkun jumped up violently and shouted, "Who did it? Who gave the order? Why did you seal the customs?!"

"Admiral Li Benshen!" Gan Guocheng replied, "I have asked, and it was Li Benshen who personally issued the order. The excuse he used was to strictly investigate the smuggling of the Eight Banners' fushou ointment seeds, but he did not search the luggage of past business trips, but he was not allowed to leave the customs."

"Did something really happen in Yunnan?" Gan Wenkun's face turned pale, and he quickly asked, "What about Li Benshen? Where is he now?"

"I don't know." Gan Guocheng shook his head, and gave an answer that made Gan Wenkun extremely frustrated, "My boy sent someone to inform the admiral's office, but the people in the admiral's office said they didn't know where Li Benshen was. He reported to his father to summon him."

"A big deal has happened, definitely a big deal will happen!" Gan Wenkun stamped his feet and said angrily, "I knew that as soon as those two imperial decrees arrived in Kunming, something big would happen. Li Benshen hid from me, most likely to mobilize the army to control Guizhou It's dangerous!"

"Brother, why don't we go quickly." Gan Wenjiong leaned forward and suggested, "Li Benshen is only starting to act now. Let's leave the city as soon as possible, take the mountain path to leave Guizhou, and report back to the capital."

"Nonsense!" Gan Wenkun said angrily: "We are still blinded by the situation in Yunnan now, and we don't know what happened at all. If we escaped from Guizhou now, how can we explain to the court? What if Li Benshen really wanted to investigate the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment smuggling, I became a frightened bird and escaped now, wouldn’t that make Li Benshen and Cao Shenji’s gang of traitors laugh out loud?”

"But when the situation becomes clear, I'm afraid it will be..." Gan Wenjiong reminded.

"No!" Gan Wenkun waved his hand, and said with a livid face: "Even if you want to escape from Guizhou, you must at least find out what happened in Yunnan and how Wu Sangui reacted to those two edicts, so that you can have a better understanding of the court." An explanation! Otherwise, even if we escape from Guizhou and the court pursues the crime of resigning without authorization, we will die!"

Without even knowing what happened in Yunnan, he left his job without authorization and fled for his life. Xiaomazi and Aobai would surely chop off Gan Wenkun's head to vent their anger when they returned to the capital. Of course Gan Wenjiong understood this truth, so he obediently kept his mouth shut.But just when Gan Wenkun, father, son and brother were at a loss, Gan Wenkun's personal soldiers suddenly came to report, "Reporting to the Ministry Hall, a young man came outside the governor's yamen, claiming to be someone sent by Lu Yifeng, the prefect of Qujing, and he has a secret report." Mr. Department Hall. Excuse me, Department Hall, do you want to receive him?"

"The person sent by Lu Yifeng?!" Gan Wenkun was startled for a moment, then overjoyed, and sighed: "Sure enough, Lu Yao knows horsepower and sees people's hearts after a long time. Among so many officials in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, only Lu Yifeng is a loyal minister." Come on! Quick, quick, invite the people sent by Mr. Lu!"

A moment later, the envoy sent by Fatty Lu entered the back hall of the governor's office where Gan Wenkun was. To the surprise of Gan Wenkun, father, son and brother, the envoy turned out to be Xiao Erlang, Fatty Lu's confidant and staunch lackey they had all met before!As soon as they met, Xiao Erlang, who was full of travel and dust, was about to salute Gan Wenkun, but Gan Wenkun hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, Brother Xiao, please sit down and tell Ben Du, what happened in Yunnan?"

"Your Excellency, something serious happened in Yunnan!" Xiao Erlang replied, wiping the dust off his face.

"What happened?" Gan Wenkun stood up nervously.

"Prince Pingxi wants to clear the king's side and raise troops to kill Oboi!" Xiao Erlang replied panting, "Now all the gates in Yunnan have been closed, and business travelers in the past are not allowed to enter and not to leave! The small one is because he runs fast, so he can grab it in front of him." Get out of the gate before Shengjing is closed, otherwise, the little one won't be able to get out of Yunnan!"

"Sure enough, something happened!" Gan Wenkun gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Wu Sangui, you are still rebellious! On the side of Qing Jun? Pooh! Is your real goal to continue to monopolize the huge profits of the Eight Banners Fushou cream?!"

"My lord governor, my young master, let me bring this to you." Xiao Erlang took out a letter from his arms and held it in front of Gan Wenkun with both hands.Gan Wenkun quickly took it, but when he opened it, what surprised Gan Wenkun was that there was no words in the envelope, only three brand new guides—the customs clearance guide issued by Qujing Mansion!

"What did Lu Yifeng do for me?" Gan Wenkun asked confusedly, "Can the Luyin he opened from Qujing Mansion pass through the gate of Guizhou?"

"Back to Governor, my young master said that these roads cannot lead you through the Guizhou checkpoint." Xiao Erlang replied very honestly: "However, they can help you, Governor Governor, to pass Shengjing Pass and Jiaoshui Pass. Now the pass in Yunnan is Allow entry and no exit, Governor, if you put on civilian clothes and put on a little make-up, you can easily pass through Shengjing Pass and Jiaoshui Pass and return to Qujing City."

"What am I doing in Qujing at this time? Send it to Wu Sangui's slaughter?" Gan Wenkun almost didn't shout.

Fortunately, Xiao Erlang immediately said: "In addition, my young master also asked the young man to report to the governor that he is ready to stick to Qujing and die for the country. Before this, the only thing he can do for the governor , that is, to send the governor out of Yunnan to Guangxi! In addition, my young master also made the young lady and the young master ready, and wanted to ask the governor to take them out of Qujing, take them out of Yunnan, and send them back to Guangdong, where the young lady was born. Go. Master Cen, the local magistrate of Sicheng, and General Yuxuan of Nanning Line, are close friends with my young master, and when they arrive in Guangxi, they can immediately ensure your safety, Governor General!"

"Oh, that's how it is." Gan Wenkun suddenly realized, and finally understood Fatty Lu's painstaking efforts for him—now that Wu Sangui has started to attack, Li Benshen, Wu Sangui's running dog in Guizhou, will definitely block all the checkpoints in Guizhou, just like Yunnan, The hope of escaping Guizhou by myself is extremely slim.And Wu Sangui probably never dreamed that he would go south instead of north, so as long as he disguised himself as an ordinary person and took these few road guides from the Qujing Mansion, he would surely be able to easily pass through the Shengjing Pass and the intersection where the south is not allowed to the north. Shuiguan, back to Qujing city directly controlled by Fatty Lu.

Back in Qujing City, I am as high as the sky and let the birds fly, and the sea is as wide as the fish leap.Willing to stay and stick to it, Fatty Lu controls the Qujing Green Camp and absolutely obeys his command, relying on the strong city to resist Wu Sangui's army, waiting for the court to rescue.If he didn't want to stay, he could escape eastward from Qujing to Guangxi, and by the way, he could take away Fatty Lu's wife, children, and children, so as to prevent Fatty Lu from defecting to the enemy, and gain the reputation of saving loyal ministers and orphans.Moreover, relying on Fatty Lu's popular support in Qujing, he was able to safely send himself out of Qujing under the noses of Wu Sangui's army, with great confidence!
Thinking of this, Gan Wenkun's eyes couldn't help getting wet, and he sighed: "One peak, three good..., the last loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan!"

"Governor, act quickly!" Xiao Erlang reminded: "If Guiyang City is also controlled by King Pingxi's army, or if King Pingxi's army goes north to Qujing, it will be too late! So, Governor, you must act quickly I don’t dare to stay here for a long time, I’ll take my leave first!”

(End of this chapter)