scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 304
"boom!"

The best fine porcelain official kiln flew out of Kang Mazi's hand, and smashed straight on the water-milled floor of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Ying, Jue Luole Dehun, Wang Xu, Huang Ji and others immediately knelt on the ground, and Zhang Wanqiang and other eunuchs present also quickly knelt down, with their foreheads on the ground, waiting for Kang Mazi's ashen face to be furious and furious.

"Jie Shu, did he kill prisoners of war indiscriminately?" Sure enough, Kang Mazi slapped the fake dragon case with a pockmarked face, and roared hysterically, "Have you confirmed it? Could it be that bastard Lu Yifeng spreading rumors and slandering you?" We Qing soldiers, take the opportunity to beat back and bite back?"

"Returning to the master, I know that the matter is important, so I didn't dare to believe it immediately." Huang Ji kowtowed, and replied respectfully: "So before returning to the capital, I went there in person with the consent of Lu Yifeng's dog thief. I went to Taiping Mansion to check on the spot. According to the accounts of the local people and the prisoners of our army, Lord Kang indeed executed 41 soldiers of the Wu Rebel Army who put down their weapons and surrendered. They did it right in front of the Wu rebel army. And the slaves also found out that most of these surrendered soldiers were Taiping people who had just joined the Wu rebel army, and they had never participated in the battle of defending the city. Their main mission was to protect The craftsmen were looking for ore seedlings in Ma'anshan, and they were captured by Lord Kang's army..."

Huang Ji's voice became smaller and smaller, and Kang Mazi's pockmarked face became more and more blue. After taking a peek at Kang Mazi's face, Huang Ji added cautiously, "I also learned that Wu Ni from Taiping Mansion In order to get revenge, the bandit army also put the captured bannermen of our army on the execution ground, and prepared to be quartered by five horses. Fortunately, Lu Yifeng's conscience was not lost, and he ordered to stop it in time, so the situation did not escalate further... "

"boom!"

The pine flower stone inkstone on Kang Mazi's pseudo-dragon case also flew up, smashed straight on the floor and shattered, and then Kang Mazi's ugly male duck voice once again roared and echoed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, "Don't Said it! Six hundred miles hastened to pass the decree, Kangjun Wang Jie wrote, killing innocent people indiscriminately, cruel and inhumane, taking off four oriental pearls, taking military merits, and fined them for three years! Tell him again, if there is another act of killing prisoners of war indiscriminately and losing the hearts of the people , Severe punishment will not be spared!"

"Zunzhi, long live the emperor, long live, long live." Several important ministers present hurriedly kowtowed and agreed in fear, but Kang Mazi sat back on the fake dragon chair, gritted his teeth with a livid face, obviously still in his heart Madly cursing the nineteenth generation of Jieshu's ancestors.As for Kang Mazi's lackeys, except for Zhang Ying who trotted to the corner of the palace to draw up an order, everyone else knelt on the ground and looked down at the cracks between the bricks, for fear that Kang Mazi would catch him and vent his anger on himself superior.

"Huang Aiqing." After a long time, Kang Mazi asked weakly: "Are you sure? The reason why Lu Yifeng refused to do anything anyway was because Jie Shu killed the prisoners indiscriminately?"

"Long live, that's true." Huang Ji kowtowed and replied: "The actions of Lord Kang really chilled the hearts of all the soldiers under Lu Yifeng's dog thief. They couldn't believe the sincerity of the imperial court's surrender. In addition, Lu Yifeng's dog thief still doubted The Qing court’s grace to recruit and surrender was a trick to make him miss the opportunity to join forces with Geng Jingzhong’s rebels or the main force of Wu’s rebel army upstream, so this humble minister’s trip to the south is futile, please long live and punish him.”

"What's your crime?" Kang Mazi snorted impatiently, but the expression on Ma's face was even more resentful.

"Your Majesty, according to my slave's opinion, if the Emperor decides to appease Lu Yifeng's dog thief." Huang Ji said kindly again: "Then the master should first solve the problem of grievances between Lord Kang and Lu Yifeng's dog thief. He was captured alive by Lu Yifeng's dog thief in the battle. In Li Shizu's case, Kang Wangye deliberately favored Li Suzu and had a grudge with Lu Yifeng. If Long Live continues to let Kang Wangye participate in recruiting Lu Yifeng's dog thief, not only It's hard to succeed, even if Lu Yifeng's conscience is still intact, if he returns anyway, I'm afraid... he will repeat the same mistakes as Lan Yu."

When Huang Ji mentioned the allusion of Lanyu, it also sounded the alarm for Kang Mazi. Back then, when Zhu Yuanzhang sent Lanyu to the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, he planned to use both kindness and power to win over the Mongolian problem, but when he was about to succeed , but because Sapphire defiled the wife of Northern Yuan Emperor Tuogusi Timur, this woman committed suicide and died, which greatly lost the hearts of the Mongolian people, and also caused the Mongolian ministries to continue to oppose the Ming Dynasty, making Zhu Yuanzhang's goal of eradicating the Northern Yuan fall short.But now that Jie Shu and Fatty Lu have such a big feud and so much hatred, if they continue to keep Jie Shu by Fatty Lu's side, not only will it be difficult to recruit Fatty Lu, even if he succeeds in recruiting him, he may cause other troubles and make himself fall short. The heart of the world is even more chilled.

"I really shouldn't let Jie Shu come back." Kang Mazi sighed secretly, and then asked the lackeys: "You think, should I continue to recruit Lu Yifeng's bastard? Or should I give up recruiting and kill with all my strength?"

Mingzhu, Suo'etu, Zhang Ying, Gao Shiqi, and Jue Luoledhun didn't dare to say anything. They had already seen that there was little hope of appeasing Fatty Lu, but they didn't have any spare power to kill this man who occupied Jiangnan. Damn fat man, if he agrees that he might be blamed, but if he opposes it, he can't come up with a solution to the problem, so it's better to keep his mouth shut.Seeing that everyone refused to speak out against it, Huang Ji was also happy to continue to keep a low profile, but he also refused to speak, but the honest man Wang Xu kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the only way to solve the Jiangnan crisis is to continue to appease. Fortunately, Lu Yifeng's conscience is not lost, he has always been loyal, he does not practice violence, he seems to have the intention to do anything wrong, and he still has hope of success."

"Then how sure are you when I send you south to appease Lu Yifeng?" Kang Mazi stared at Wang Xu and asked.

"This...." Wang Xu hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "As determined as the emperor is to appease Lu Yifeng, this minister is as sure as he can succeed in appeasing Lu Yifeng."

"Then how much determination do you want me to have? What kind of determination?" Kang Mazi asked.

"About this issue, I don't know anything about it now." Wang Xu answered bravely: "I just ask the emperor to give me the right to make decisions on the fly. First, I will go south to Jiangning to understand the situation, and then I will adapt to the situation and try to persuade Lu. Yifeng is coming back anyway. I would like to ask the emperor to give me the right to write a secret report, so that I can ask the emperor for instructions at any time, and take countermeasures to lure Lu Yifeng back."

Seeing that Wang Xu was full of confidence, Kang Mazi inevitably started to move again. At this time, Mingzhu knelt down and asked Wang Xu cautiously: "Master Wang, how long do you need to appease Lu Yifeng? Today is already July 21st. The autumn grain in the south of the Yangtze River has already begun to be harvested and put into storage. Except for the military rations needed to assemble and mobilize the mite and Mongolian army outside the pass, the remaining rations in the capital are only enough to last half a year. , the entire Zhili and Liaodong are about to run out of food."

Wang Xu had nothing to say, and only answered after a long while: "Master Ming, I really can't guarantee how long it will take. Let's not talk about the ever-changing situation in the south. Let's just say that the Yellow River is flooding, which affects water transportation. The roads are impassable. It takes far longer to communicate with the North Communications than before, and the lower officials are even more uncertain about the time."

"If that's the case, then don't recruit at all." Mingzhu said in a deep voice: "Master Wang, if you continue to advocate recruiting, if Lu Yifeng's bastard is using the strategy of slowing down the army and pretending to accept the imperial court's recruiting, it is actually to buy time. Then it won't take long. As long as he drags on for another three or four months, there will be a famine in Zhili, Shandong, and Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty in the coming year. At that time, even if the emperor wants to mobilize the army to kill this dog thief with all his strength, he will not be able to produce the military supplies mobilized by the army. .”

Wang Xu was completely speechless. Seeing that the situation was not good, Huang Ji hurriedly took over the conversation and said, "Master Ming, please forgive me for interjecting. I am not against your opinion, but just want to remind you— ——Now even if we give up recruiting Lu Yifeng's dog thief and use force to kill Lu Yifeng's dog thief to get through the water transportation, then we must first recruit Geng Jingzhong who is further away, and negotiate a truce with him, so that we can mobilize the Zhejiang army to go north. Once, after repeated bargaining, it will probably take longer. Besides, is that thief Geng Jingzhong reliable?"

Mingzhu has nothing to say—the character is worse than that of Lu Fatty. If Geng Jingzhong is reliable, sows will climb trees!
"Stop arguing." Kang Mazi suddenly said, waving his hand to interrupt the argument between Mingzhu, Wang Xu and the others, and ordered: "Kneel down, don't worry about this day, I'll think about it today, and decide on countermeasures tomorrow. "

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Mingzhu, Suo'etu and the others hurriedly agreed, kowtowed and said goodbye together, leaving Kang Mazi to think alone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and plan countermeasures.What these lackeys of Kang Mazi didn't expect was that the moment they left, Kang Mazi beckoned the personal eunuch Zhang Wanqiang to his face, and ordered: "Go, let Yue Le enter the palace immediately to see him."

Kang Mazi suddenly remembered that he had been abolished of his title and relieved of all his powers, Prince An Yue Le, which surprised Zhang Wanqiang, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. What I don't know is that the reason why Kang Mazi thought of Yue Le was not a sudden whim, but a suggestion made to Kang Mazi by the old witch of Xiaozhuang, so that Yue Le, who is experienced and familiar with Fatty Lu, also participated in the solution. Jiangnan problem.Kang Mazi, who had a high self-esteem, dismissed it at first, but now, Kang Mazi had no choice but to give it a try, and decided to meet Yue Le and listen to his opinion.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Yue Le, who was harassed by Fatty Lu and ended up with the power of the king, wearing a casual clothes with a yellow belt representing the clan, finally reappeared in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and finally appeared in front of Kang Mazi again ——Actually, ever since the news of Fatty Lu’s return to lead the troops to break through the Yangtze River came back to the capital, Kang Mazi knew that he had been tricked by Fatty Lu and Old Man Wu again in the matter of Yue Le. Nine times out of ten, Fatty Lu was the one who planted the trap and made himself a waste of a rare pillar of power. It was just out of face that he refused to admit that he was fooled, and he refused to let Yue Le come back and lead the army again. He just rewarded Yue Le The grace of one getting out of prison and coming home to study.The grievances and grievances will be entangled, and when the uncle and nephew meet again, they will naturally be filled with emotion and sigh again and again, and the deep-seated hatred for Fatty Lu and old traitor Wu in their hearts will naturally deepen a little bit.

"Slave Yue Le, please greet the master." Kneeling on both knees, Yue Le, who had just turned fifty and was already completely white with braids, was already choked with sobs, and he couldn't help adding, "Master, the slave is still here!" I thought I would never see you again."

Hearing Yue Le's voice choked with excitement, Kang Mazi's nose was a little sore, and he said after a while, "Uncle, please, today is our uncle and nephew's family talk, so there is no need to be formal. Zhang Wanqiang, bring a chair to my uncle." Come."

Zhang Wanqiang agreed, and hurried to move the chair and put it under Kang Mazi's head, while Yue Le kowtowed and said he didn't dare, and then sat down on the chair after repeated humility.And Kang Mazi didn't waste much time, straight to the point, he said, "Uncle, I invited you here today, and talking about family life is only second. The most important thing is the Wanyan letter you gave me last time."

"Is there any news from Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" Yue Le immediately reacted.

Kang Mazi nodded, and first explained the results of Huang Ji's journey to the south to surrender, and then showed Huang Ji's letter from Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing to Fatty Lu, and introduced the results and debates of today's court discussion.Yue Le listened carefully, calculated carefully, and didn't interrupt until Kang Mazi had finished speaking, then Yue Le said in a deep voice: "Master, I think Ming Zhongtang's words are reasonable. With Lu Yifeng's character and behavior, the possibility of returning is very small anyway. Delaying time is most likely his purpose."

"Uncle Huang is so sure?" Kang Mazi asked.

"Slave for sure!" Yue Le answered firmly, and then explained: "Slave has already said in Wanyan Book before that Lu Yifeng's villain has ulterior motives and has long since wanted to break away from Wu Sangui's old thief and stand on his own, but he has never had a similar opportunity. Now he has managed to gain half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River. His foothold is not stable and his strength is still weak. Naturally, he needs time to stabilize his footsteps, recruit troops and buy horses to accumulate strength, so that he can use force to fight against the Qing court in the future, and Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing and even Wu Sangui. Confrontation, to realize his wolfish ambition of annexing the world! So the master issued a decree to surrender, he immediately agreed, but did not take action, in order to delay time, let my Qing army serve as a shield for him, and block other thieves from peeping and encroaching .”

"To annex the world, just that failed scholar? Just rely on him?" Kang Mazi sneered.

"Master, forgive me for speaking bluntly, you still underestimate that thief Lu Yifeng." Yue Le said cautiously: "Master, please don't forget, who made Wu Sangui's new firearms for him? Who turned it into a small Jiangnan in Yunnan and Guizhou? Now that half of Fuhua Tianbao's Jiangnan has fallen into his hands, with his ability and given time, let him fight in Jiangnan, who in the world can be his opponent?"

Kang Mazi stopped talking, Yue Le observed his words, and added cautiously: "Master, no matter how small the cancer is, don't underestimate it. If the cancer grows bigger, it will be too late to remove it when it endangers the whole body. Lu Yifeng's dog thief is such a cancer of the Qing Dynasty."

Kang Mazi continued to be silent, and sighed after a long time: "Why don't I understand that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is such a cancer? Why don't I suspect that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is delaying time? But now, I still have enough spare strength to go Remove this cancer?"

"Master, you have, you have a way to remove this cancer, and there is more than one method. As far as the slave thinks, the master has two methods to remove this cancer." Yue Le replied in a deep voice.

"These two methods?" Kang Mazi asked.

"The first method, the servant has already mentioned in the book of ten thousand words." Yue Le replied: "Master, please temporarily abandon the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield, gather heavy troops to defend Tongguan, dispatch the main force of Shaanxi-Gansu to the Jiangnan battlefield, and try our best to remove this cancer. "

Kang Mazi was silent, and asked after a while, "Uncle Huang, besides this method, is there any other way to remove this cancer?"

"Promise Geng Jingzhong's truce, dispatch the army from Zhejiang to go north, and try our best to remove this cancer!" Yue Le replied in a deep voice.

"You have read Geng Jingzhong's letter to Lu Yifeng's dog thief." Kang Mazi said lightly: "Geng Jingzhong, a dog thief, is not only full of ambitions for Zhejiang, but also full of greed for Jiangsu. I sent the main force of Zhejiang to go north to remove the cancer. What if the Jingzhong dog thief suddenly comes from behind? Isn’t Zhejiang about to fall into the hands of the Geng Jingzhong dog thief?”

"Master, forgive me for being bold, please ask my master." Yue Le asked with a serious expression, "Master, compared to the two thieves, Geng Jingzhong and Lu Yifeng, who is the greater threat to the Qing Dynasty?"

Kang Mazi tapped on the pseudo-dragon case with his fingers, and only after a while did he say, "Lu Yifeng!"

"That's right." Yue Le nodded, and said darkly: "Although Geng Jingzhong is a big thief, he is just a jackal. One bite is enough to satisfy him. Although Lu Yifeng is a small thief, he is a tiger. Once he grows up , that is the King of Beasts of the Wind Howling Mountain Forest."

The muscles on Kang Mazima's face twitched a few times, and he remained silent for a long time. Ma's eyes suddenly shot out a firm light, and he asked quickly: "Then let Laita give up Zhejiang and kill Lu Yifeng's dog thief with all his strength, how sure are you that you can kill this big man?" Complete removal of detoxification tumor? How long will it take?"

"I dare not say with [-]% certainty, I can only say that it is very big, how much time it will take, and I can't guarantee it." Yue Le shook his head and explained: "Lu Yifeng has several strong cities like Jiangning, Suzhou and Zhenjiang to defend. The food and pay are sufficient, and although General Laita's troops have the advantage, the advantage is not very great. Even if they are defeated one by one, and the city is captured one by one, it will take a huge amount of time. If Lu Yifeng's dog bandits concentrate their forces on one point, as long as Guarding the city of Jiangning, then master... it will take longer and more patience."

The firm light in Kang Mazi's mung bean eyes dimmed, and he murmured, "Even if I have such patience, will Geng Jingzhong and Wu Sangui give me this chance?"

"Master, but this way, that bastard Lu Yifeng won't have time to grow up!" Yue Le said anxiously: "Even if Jiangnan falls in the end, he can still tie the hands and feet of that bastard Lu Yifeng so that he can't sit still Master, you are younger than the old thief Wu Sangui, more popular than Geng Jing, a loyal dog thief, and smarter and more capable. As long as you have time, master, it is not difficult to finally defeat these two traitors! But Lu Yifeng is in danger, he is older than Wu Sangui The thief is much younger, and his ability is far superior to Geng Jingzhong's dog thief. If you let him grow up, master, you will not be able to control him! In order to remove this cancer, it is worth sacrificing a Jiangnan!"

Kang Mazi stared at Yue Le's serious and tense face, hesitating and contradictory in his heart. After a long time, Kang Mazi said calmly: "Uncle Emperor, I'm tired, please kneel down, and I will summon you again later."

"He is still reluctant to give up Jiangnan, and he doesn't fully understand the danger of that thief Lu Yifeng." Yue Le is Kang Mazi's confidant. Put your hope in the vain surrender, don't give up until you reach the Yellow River, don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin.In desperation, Yue Le could only sigh secretly, kowtowed and said: "Master, that slave has retired."

Kang Mazi nodded and didn't speak, but Yue Le was not in a hurry to get up. After hesitating for a moment, Yue Le gritted his teeth and said, "Master, forgive me, but in fact, this slave still has a way to cut off the malignant tumor of Lu Yifeng's dog thief. This method, no matter if it is used now, or after the master tries to appease him again and fails, it will be effective and completely wipe out Lu Yifeng's dog thief!"

"Let's hear it." Kang Mazi rekindled a little hope.

"Master, that slave will be blunt." Yue Le gritted his teeth again, and suddenly said something crazy that made Kang Mazi jump up from the false dragon chair, "Master can give Zhejiang to Geng Jingzhong, a dog thief, in exchange for a truce , Zhejiang’s main force marched westward to Jiangxi, letting Geng Jingzhong and Lu Yifeng’s dogs bite dogs and kill each other! I am Qing, and I will reap the benefits!”

"Are you crazy?" Kang Mazi angrily said, "Give up Zhejiang to Geng Jingzhong? What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"Master, this slave is not crazy!" Yue Le replied in a deep voice: "Please don't forget, master, how did our Qing Dynasty get the world? If it wasn't for the Han people killing each other and internal strife, how could our Qing Dynasty get this flower?" Jiangshan? If Zhejiang is given over to the Geng Jingzhong dog thief, the Geng Jingzhong dog thief and the Lu Yifeng dog thief will directly border each other, and they will inevitably kill each other for their own interests. Rest and recuperate in the north of Jiangxi, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and wait until the two hungry wolves bite each other with bruises all over their bodies, and when both losers, they will suddenly enter the south of the Yangtze River and kill these two hungry wolves in one fell swoop!"

"Crazy talk!" Kang Mazi said angrily, "According to what you say, then I might as well give up Jiangxi, let the old thief Wu Sangui and the dog thief Lu Yifeng directly border each other, and let these two dogs kill each other!"

"Of course it's also possible." Yue Le also went all out, and replied loudly: "It's just that the effect is not as good as giving up Zhejiang. First, Lu Yifeng's dog thief ambitions have not been fully exposed. Even if he returns to Wu Sangui's tent, the old thief may not I will attack him. Ershang Wu Sangui, the old thief, is already the strongest, and if he gets half of Jiangnan, even if there is no Lu Yifeng dog thief to help him, it will be very difficult for the master to eradicate him!"

"Only Geng Jingzhong, only Geng Jingzhong can bite Lu Yifeng's thief half to death! One is that Geng Jingzhong and Lu Yifeng are just friendly troops and do not belong to each other. When the two thieves meet, they will inevitably meet for the sake of the prosperous Jiangnan. The head was broken and bloody, and both sides were hurt! At the same time, in order to weaken the Lu Yifeng dog thief, the old thief Wu Sangui will inevitably provide Geng Jingzhong the dog thief with new firearms in an endless stream, use the knife to kill and eradicate ambitious subordinates, and then profit from it! Avoiding the strength of the bandit army's firearms, you can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, take advantage of the chaos and send troops, and you are sure to win!"

"Crazy talk." Kang Mazi cursed again, but his tone was obviously not as angry and determined as before.

"Master, the slave's method will only be effective within half a year." Yue Le added unwillingly: "If it is delayed for another half year, Lu Yifeng's dog thief can gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan and create more Better new firearms, then even if I give up Zhejiang, even if Geng Jingzhong tries his best, he will not be able to stop Lu Yifeng. Now is the master's last chance, please think twice..., holy judge. "

Kang Mazi was silent, as if he didn't even have the energy to scold Yue Le.Yue Le didn't say anything more, kowtowed his head and said: "Master, the slave's crazy talk is over, I hope the master respects, the slave is gone." After finishing speaking, Yue Le didn't wait for Kang Mazi to agree, got up and went out Heart Palace, the back view is full of desolation, because Yue Le knows very well that he may never have the chance to enter the Forbidden City, this Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Crazy talk." Kang Mazi muttered again towards Yue Le's back, his dark and white eyes were full of despair and helplessness.After a long while, Kang Mazi muttered to himself again, "Although the madness makes sense, I can try my best again. If it really doesn't work, I will personally go to fight Lu Yifeng's dog thief! I don't believe it, how can I not be as good as that fallen scholar?"

(End of this chapter)