scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 155
"Lu Yifeng! Dog thief! Dog thief! Traitor! Traitor! I won't kill you, I swear I won't be human! I swear I won't be human!!"

Roaring hysterically, Xiao Mazi grabbed the four treasures of the study on the dragon case like crazy and smashed them wildly. Even standing on the front gate building outside the Forbidden City, the angry roar could definitely be heard clearly Chu.And under the dragon case, Xiao Mazi's confidantes pressed their foreheads to the ground tremblingly, let alone persuasion, they didn't even dare to take a breath.Among them, the situation of Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu is naturally better. Mingzhu, who has not had much contact with Fatty Lu, is not too afraid. Suo Etu, who walked closest to Fatty Lu, is in a miserable situation. The cold sweat on Suo'etu's body has never stopped since the moment when the fat man showed his sinful face. His underwear was wet and then dry, dry and wet again, and his heart was beating all the time.

"Lu Yifeng, dog thief! Dog thief! I swear to kill you, I swear that you will be cut into pieces, and you will be executed Ling Chi! Dog thief! Traitor! —— Suo Ertu!"

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, roaring, Xiao Mazi finally remembered the most ideal punching bag, and shouted Suo'etu's name.The super unlucky Suo'etu was shocked, so he had no choice but to kneel forward under the gloating eyes of Xiong Cilu, Kong Sizhen, and Mingzhu, kowtowed and replied: "The slave is here."

"Tell me!" Xiao Mazi pointed at Suo'etu, and shouted: "Who was the one who guaranteed in front of me? That bastard Lu Yifeng is loyal to me, worthy of reuse, and can be entrusted with important tasks? And who is in front of me? Said that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was a rare loyal and capable minister in the Qing Dynasty, and he could give him enough trust to let him go to work in Yunnan and Guizhou, and persuaded me to hand over the Qujing Green Camp to him?! Say, these words, all Who said it?"

"Have I ever said these words? I know that bastard Lu Yifeng, didn't the emperor order me to contact him?" Suo Etu groaned in his heart, but he didn't dare to argue with Xiao Mazi at this time, just desperately He kowtowed and begged: "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves death! This slave was fooled, fell into the trap of that dog thief, misled the master, and made a big mistake. This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die. Please, master, please forgive me!" Lord, forgive me."

"You should have died a long time ago!" Xiao Mazi yelled frantically, "Come here, take Suo'etu down and hand it over to the Punishment Division for interrogation and conviction!"

"Master, please spare me!" Suo'etu yelled out of his wits.Fortunately, at this moment, the chief eunuch suddenly yelled outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, "The Empress Dowager Lafayette is here—!"

"Grandson, what's the matter?" Amid long shouts, the old witch of Xiaozhuang had already walked to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation with the support of Lagu Su Ma and Li Yinzheng, and looked at the teacups, pens and papers that had fallen all over the hall. The old hag in Xiaozhuang could not help but smile slightly, and asked, "Your Majesty, who made you angry again? Why did you get so angry?"

"Grandmother..." Xiao Mazi came forward and opened his mouth to call out, but when he wanted to continue talking, his tears were already rolling down.Xiaozhuang smiled, stepped forward and hugged Xiao Mazi in his arms, and comforted him softly: "Grandson, needless to say, grandma already knows it, it doesn't matter, it can't blame you, even your grandma who has been through storms Being cheated by that Fatty Lu, let alone you who are still young?"

"It's okay, it's a trivial matter. Now that his ugly face has been exposed, and the old thief Wu Sangui has turned his back on him, when he goes to kill Wu Sangui in the future, he will take Lu Yifeng back and cut him to pieces. This anger will come out soon. Alright? Well, there is no need to cry, you are not a child anymore, don't let people see the joke."

Xiao Mazi nodded with tears in his eyes, and finally calmed down temporarily, but the hatred for Fatty Lu in his heart not only did not disappear in the slightest, but increased by three points. Of course, Xiao Mazi will definitely find out in the future that his hatred for Fatty Lu The growing hatred is only the beginning.

"Okay, let's let Suo'etu go too." Xiaozhuang turned his gaze to Suo'etu who had been held down by Li Xu and Cao Yin, and said lightly: "This matter has nothing to do with him, but it's not There is no crime at all, from Aijia's point of view, pulling out the single-eyed flower feather, downgrading to three ranks and retaining the original post is about the same. Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Of course, Xiao Mazi also knew that Suo'etu was wronged, and now that Xiaozhuang opened his mouth to intercede for him, he naturally had no choice but to nod in agreement. If Suo'etu was granted amnesty, he quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude, "Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness, and thank you, the empress dowager." Lafayette for your kindness, thank you Your Majesty, thank you Empress Dowager Lafayette..."

"Okay, you get up too." Xiao Zhuang ordered: "Go out first, the Ai family has something to say to your emperor alone." Suo'etu agreed with Ming Zhu and others, and hurriedly bowed out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation , leaving room for Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Mazi's grandchildren to talk privately.

"Your Majesty, come and sit here." Xiaozhuang first pulled Xiao Mazi aside and sat down beside him, then asked in a low voice: "Grandson, today outside the Zuo'an Gate, Oboi played to you. After reporting the news of Wu Sangui's rebellion, did you report the counter-rebellion strategy to you?"

"No." Xiao Mazi shook his head and said bitterly: "That old bastard, I just captured Wu Yingxiong and was about to discuss with him how to suppress the rebellion, but he didn't even say hello, just led his fox The cronies left first, completely ignoring me."

"Sure enough, it's his style." Xiao Zhuang was not angry, but smiled relaxedly, and said in a low voice: "If there is no accident, Oboi did not intend to let the emperor intervene when he put down Wu Sangui's rebellion this time. Now, whether it is dispatching troops or selecting generals, I plan to act arbitrarily, and I don't want to listen to your opinion, the emperor."

Xiao Mazi nodded, deeply sympathized with Xiao Zhuang's judgment, Xiao Zhuang lowered his voice and said: "Grandson, since Ao Bai doesn't intend to let you interfere in this matter, then you should not interfere, and you should follow him for the time being. You have to approve all the requests for the war against the rebellion one by one, and you must not be as sensitive as he is in this sensitive place for the sake of arranging personal and momentary emotions. In addition, you can also make another imperial decree to send your sister Min Xia married Oboi's grandson, Da Fu, and granted Da Fu a prominent official position by the way."

"It's nothing to marry Duanmin to Dafu." Xiao Mazi hesitated, and said in a low voice: "But my grandson speculates that to put down Wu Sangui's rebellion this time, at least half of the army and financial and material resources of the Qing Dynasty will be used. Everything is arranged by Oboi, so what if he takes the opportunity to expand his power, eliminate dissidents, and install cronies to control the army? At that time, Oboi will be even more stubborn than Wu Sangui."

"You are wrong about this." Xiao Zhuang shook his head, and said with a smile: "Oboi has never been ambiguous in military affairs, and will never use private individuals for personal gain. In order to win a war, he must use some capable soldiers. He will not care about the positions of these generals, so you can trust him with confidence. Not only will he not rule out dissidents, on the contrary, he will be more confident and bold in appointing the loyal Eight Banners generals to serve you. lay the foundation for our future!"

"However, at this sensitive moment, if you forcibly intervene in Oboi's selection of generals, it may arouse the resentment of this stubborn old man, exclude your people, and even refuse to go out in person, and send others to lead the army. Let us steal You have to catch this stubborn old man's thin-skinned and insufficiently dark-hearted weakness, chase him fiercely, and get him out of the capital, so that you can let go and take power, control the capital, and lure or force Oboi to ask you to guard it Yungui, achieve our ultimate goal of expelling tigers and wolves and defeating them one by one!"

Xiao Mazi began to be tempted, but after careful consideration, Xiao Mazi was still a little worried and said: "Grandmother, if Oboi's army leader is away, he will clash with us again, and he must lead the army back to the capital, and then the elite and main force will be with him again." hands, so what should I do?"

"Silly boy, do you think it's so easy to kill the old thief Wu Sangui? If Oboi fights to the death, there won't be any casualties?" Xiaozhuang said with a smile: "Besides, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are notoriously poor provinces, and food is scarce. Unable to support ourselves, we depend entirely on aid from the Central Plains. As long as Oboi enters Yunnan and Guizhou, we will control the Huguang and Jiangnan grain-producing areas, and then we canonize Oboi as the king of Yunnan and Guizhou in an edict, which will be passed down from generation to generation. How much trouble can there be if there is no food and salary in the house?"

Although Xiao Zhuang's action turned Obai into Wu Sangui, but being able to drive Obai out of the capital and control the power of the world alone is still a great thing for Xiao Mazi.At the same time, if this is not done, Oboi will continue to hold power in the center of the capital, and Xiao Mazi will only be able to use his age to kill Oboi, and after Oboi's son continues to take power, he will continue to rule. No one could tell if he would be so foolishly nostalgic like Oboi, refuse to usurp the throne or do what Huo Guang did.So after thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Mazi gritted his teeth and replied, "Son'er will now decree to entrust Oboi with full authority to put down the chaos in the Southwest."

"Very good, you can only do things for a hundred years if you endure for a while. Grandson, you finally understand this truth." Xiaozhuang clapped his hands and said again: "Wu Yingxiong, the son of Wu Sangui's old thief, grandson, you have already made up your mind to arrest him right?"

"Take it." Xiao Mazi nodded, and said angrily: "But I don't know what happened. When grandson sent people to arrest Wu Yingxiong's two sons, Wu Shifan, the eldest grandson of Wu Sangui's old thief, disappeared. Wu Shilin, the grandson of the old thief Wu Sangui."

"Then hurry up and make an arrest order. The memorial of Wu Sangui's request to the Emperor Qing has not yet been delivered to the capital. Even if he sends someone to rescue Wu Yingxiong and his son in advance, Wu Shifan will definitely not go far this time, and he still has a chance to be captured alive. Capture alive." Xiao Zhuang nodded, and then ordered: "As for Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shilin, they are both fish and meat on the anvil anyway, so there is no need to rush to kill their father and son, wait until the battle situation is clear, maybe this pair of father and son will come in handy. "

Xiao Mazi nodded again in agreement, and when he stood up again, Xiao Mazi stared at the floating algae on the top of the Hall of Mental Cultivation for a long time, and then said viciously in his heart: "Wait and see, old thief Wu Sangui! Wait for the knock, old thief Oboi! There is also Lu Yifeng's thief, you also wait for me——!"

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When Xiao Mazi's imperial edict was sent to Obai's mansion for reading, Obai knelt down to receive the order in a dignified manner, and after listening to Xiao Mazi's entrusting him with all the military operations to quell the Southwest Rebellion, Obai also revealed to a certain extent With a look of surprise, he couldn't help but said to his confidant Bumbleshan: "This pockmarked little emperor has such guts and guts. Isn't he afraid that I will make trouble after I control the army?"

"If there is no accident, the empress dowager should have taught him this trick." Bumble said with a wry smile, "They are certain of your loyalty to the Qing court, and they are absolutely sure in terms of dispatching troops and selecting generals." We don’t only care about our own people, we only choose the best for appointment, and don’t consider their party background, so we pretend to be generous and simply sell a big favor to Enxiang. At the same time, we can avoid angering Enxiang and causing Enxiang Refusing to go out in person has missed their important event of taking back the power of the court."

Aobai was silent, and he said after a long time: "Let's do this first, wait until the old thief Wu Sangui is wiped out, and then the two troubles of Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong are solved, and the Qing Dynasty is unified. I will learn from Guo Ziyi and repay the late emperor's great kindness."

"Enxiang really wants to be Guo Ziyi, but will our emperor be Tang Dynasty?" Bumble asked with a wry smile.

"Okay, let's talk about this later." Oboi waved his hand in pain, changed the subject and said, "The most important thing right now is to solve Wu Sangui's trouble, this old thing is not easy to deal with, if you take it lightly, you may suffer a big loss .”

"I will obey your orders." Bumbleshan reluctantly agreed, and following what he said earlier, he handed a list to Oboi, and said respectfully, "Master En, this is the selection made by the subordinates according to your orders, and after careful discussion and deliberation. The appointed list of generals for the expedition, please take a look at it, and see if there is anything that needs to be deleted or added."

Aobai took the list and looked at it carefully, and saw that the first two names were King Leerjin of Shuncheng County and Prince An Yuele, and there were also Labu, Jieshu, and Shangshan, princes of the Qing Dynasty, Baylor, and the middle-level generals named Aobai directly. Most of the generals under the control of the Xianghuang Banner, Oboi suddenly understood that his lackeys must be fighting against Xiao Mazi's cronies and actually controlling the army. If you don't listen to their words, no matter how prominent your position is, you can't command them.

"What are you doing?" Obai threw the list back in front of Bumbleshan angrily, and said angrily, "Putting down Wu Sangui's rebellion requires the unity of the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners. Do you arrange personnel in such a way that our army will not know how to fight?" , The soldiers don’t know the generals, turned into a mess? Re-draft, drive out those useless generals with yellow flags! Especially like Qiu De, who dare not even ride a horse and run fast, all of them will be wiped out!”

"I obey." Bumbleshan silently picked up the list.Obai shouted again: "Add the names of Wang Jinbao, Zhao Liangdong, Lin Xingzhu, Mu Zhan and Laita, these slaves, these are the brave generals who can be trusted on the battlefield!"

"Enxiang, Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong are the Han slaves. Mu Zhan is the Zhenghuang Banner, and Laita is the Zhengbai Banner." Bumbleshan asked tentatively, "For the sake of enclosing the land, we have enmity with the Yellow Banner and the Zhengbai Banner." , reusing these two...."

"What I want is a reliable general on the battlefield, not an idiot who is only obedient and flattering!" Aobai replied coldly: "When the Qing army captured Yunnan and Guizhou, in the battle of Yuanjiang, Mu Zhan led 300 people to forcefully cross the river and beheaded the barbarians. Chief Tusi, who has made great achievements, is familiar with the terrain, climate and customs of Yunnan and Guizhou, and fights against Wu Sangui, who would not use such a general?"

"As for Lai Ta (historically No. 1 in the invasion of Yunnan during the San Francisco Rebellion), although his Zhengbai Banner and the old man's Xianghuang Banner had an enmity, but he has been fighting Li Zicheng for more than 20 years. It is inevitable to fight for the first, from Shaanxi to Huguang, without losing a single defeat. After the death of the first emperor, Li Laiheng, the nephew of Li Zicheng, rebelled in Maolu Mountain. Others fought for three years and failed to defeat him. All of a sudden, he entered Li Laiheng's research and completely wiped out Li Laiheng. I don't care what kind of banner he is for such a strong and wise general!"

"I will obey your orders." Bumbleshan agreed dejectedly. Just as he was about to write, Oboi suddenly shouted again: "Wait a minute, add one more person—Mulima, the admiral of the Nine Gates, who has been on the battlefield for many times and suppressed bandits in the mountains." , familiar with mountain warfare, this time to kill the old thief Wu Sangui, he can be my deputy!"

"Enxiang, General Murima must not leave the capital!" Bumbleshan was shocked, and quickly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "Enxiang, whoever you use as a deputy, even a humble official dare not object, but using Mu Lima General Lima must not! Why didn't the emperor dare to kill you in the eighth year of Kangxi? It was because General Murima held the military power of the Nine Gates, so the emperor was afraid to use it! Now, Enxiang, you are about to go out, and the Nine Gates in the capital have military power If it falls into the hands of outsiders, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Ao Bai kept a straight face and did not speak, Bumbleshan was even more anxious, and finally walked up to Ao Boi on his knees, hugged Ao Boi's legs and cried loudly, "Master En, I know that you are loyal to the court and the Qing Dynasty, I am even more sincere towards the emperor, but no one can hurt a tiger's will, a tiger can hurt people's hearts! Nine sects of military power, entrust your entire family's life to Enxiang, you must not entrust others! Enxiang, I beg you from a humble position...!"

Crying and shouting, Bumbleshan hugged Oboi's legs and shook desperately until tears wet Oboi's trousers, then Oboi sighed and said: "Ban Xueshi, get up, this matter is up to you. That's right. Murima, you don't have to go out with me now, I want you to stay in the capital and help him a little bit, what do you think?"

"Enxiang, for your expedition this time, you should follow Enxiang and serve you wholeheartedly." Bumble said, wiping his tears, "However, although General Murima is more than loyal to Enxiang, he is rude by nature, greedy for drinking and making mistakes. Only leaving him in the capital, it is really hard for Enxiang to go out with confidence. So this time, I feel that I am ashamed of Enxiang's kindness, and stay in the capital to assist General Murima, guard the capital for Enxiang, and wait for Enxiang to return to the army in triumph .”

"That's good. With you helping Murima in the capital, I can feel at ease outside." Obai sighed, supported Bumbleshan and said, "After the old man leaves the capital, you have to take care of Murima. If you want to be beaten, you can be beaten, if you want to be scolded, I will leave you with my riding whip, if he doesn't listen to you, you can beat him hard, forgive him, he won't dare to disobey you."

"Please don't worry, Enxiang. As long as Bumbleshan is alive, there will be no mistakes in the capital." Bumbleshan agreed with sobs, and then said: "Enxiang, I want to ask you for something. The military department is full of Han and Han. Shangshu, only Man Shangshu's Ka Chuha is Enxiang's person. Han Shangshu Zhu Zhibi flattered the imperial party. When Enxiang was in a fierce battle, he was afraid that he would deliberately restrain Enxiang and hold Enxiang back. He hoped that Enxiang would deal with it as soon as possible. , to avoid future troubles."

"Your worries are somewhat justified." Obai nodded—the Ministry of War is in charge of military and political strategy, and Obai is also afraid that Xiao Mazi's running dog Zhu Zhibi will play tricks on the supply of weapons and food, and hinder him.After making some calculations, Obai quickly said: "Well, let's change Wang Xu to be the Minister of Han in the Ministry of War. Although this Wang Xu does not deal with this old man, he is absolutely unambiguous in major matters, and he will never do anything like gossip. Talent is extraordinary, and he is the right candidate.”

"What Enxiang said is very true, and the humble official also thinks that Wang Xu is quite suitable." Bumble nodded and said: "Although Wang Xu does not deal with us, but with his character, on such a major matter that concerns the country and society of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor Even if you use a knife to force him to hold you back, he will definitely push his head back."

"That's how it is." Obai sighed, and said with a frown: "But I still feel that there is an experienced assistant missing. Although Le Erjin and Yue Le have fought a few battles, they performed pretty well. But the experience is still too little, whether it can be relied on at critical moments, it is really not sure now... "

"Eh, why did I forget him?" At this point, Oboi suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, is Tuhai dead now? What exactly is his crime? Why haven't I heard of him?" Case cleared?"

"He shouldn't be dead, at least there hasn't been news of his death from the prison." Bumbleshan replied hesitantly, and then asked curiously: "Mr. En, do you want Tu Hai to be your Deputy?"

"Of course." Ao Bai admitted frankly, and said: "Tu Hai was Murima's deputy all the time, and many of Murima's tactical strategies were actually based on his ideas, and he is a man who can be made."

"The humble official sent someone to inquire? See if he is dead?" Bumbleshan asked.

"Go ahead, by the way, ask him what the crime is, why the emperor hasn't given him a decent crime after he was put in the sky prison." Aobai replied.

After careful investigation, it turned out that Tu Hai was really not dead—but he was tortured to the point where he was only half-lifed.As for why Xiao Mazi hasn't killed Tu Hai until now, it's because Tu Hai's case is related to the secret of Shunzhi's monkhood. Some of Tuhai's associates knew this secret, and they really didn't dare to rest assured, so they didn't rush to kill Tuhai, but continued to torture him, forcing Tuhai to confess his crimes and his associates, and Tuhai was wronged in the first place , and refused to bear the felony of annihilating the nine clans for attempting to murder the former emperor, and he never succeeded in beating him up, so he has survived until now.

Finding that Tu Hai was still alive, Aobai had to ask Xiao Mazi for help, and asked what crime Tu Hai had committed. After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Mazi finally realized that something was wrong—if Tu Hai really asked Ao Bai Bai revealed the whereabouts of his father who became a monk. Why is it that Aobai still doesn't understand what crime Tuhai committed?So after repeated calculations, with Xiao Zhuang's acquiescence, Xiao Mazi finally confided the truth to Ao Bai, and after presenting the evidence and confronting each other, the truth will naturally be revealed immediately, and the result is also very natural...

In the past ten years since Xiao Mazi ascended the throne, Xiao Mazi and Obai finally spoke in unison, "Lu Yifeng! Dog thief! Traitor! Shameless traitor—!",

"Lu Yifeng! Dog thief! Traitor! Shameless traitor!"

The one who scolded the loudest was of course the Grand Master Tuhaitu who had been innocently imprisoned for three years and suffered three years of torture.After understanding the general situation of the matter, Master Tu yelled hysterically with tears in his eyes, "Did I dig your ancestral grave, or raped your sister, and you used such a shameless method to frame me?! Do you know that you not only caused me to sit in unjust imprisonment for three years, but also caused my family to be ruined, my wife drowned, and my son starved to death! My daughter went to Ninggu Pagoda to be a slave to armored men, and was ruined by those gangs of Qiu Basheng for three years! Three years!"

(End of this chapter)