scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 305

"The Ming Dynasty has been declining for a long time, and the prince's merits and virtues are towering, and all living things look up to him. Since the prince raised his troops, the unicorn was born, the phoenix came to the ceremony, the yellow dragon appeared, the golden harvest was born, and the nectar fell. People, you have already upheld your position..."

"The sage said: If the name is not right, the words are not right. Today, the prince has won two thirds of the world. All the people admire him, and the world is loyal. The name is right and the word is right. What is there to discuss? Don't you hear the heavens and the gods, and you will be blamed... ?”

"Uncle Shao, how many chapters in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" did you persuade Sun Quan to become emperor? Why can't I find it?"

"No. 90 eight chapters, it's difficult for Zhang Wen and Qin Mi to argue with the sky, and to break Cao Pi and Xu Sheng to attack with fire." Wang Shaobo replied with a wry smile, and quickly reminded: "But my master, you must not copy this passage, 'In the middle of the river, Huang Long repeatedly said 'this sentence is absolutely inappropriate for persuading the prince to proclaim himself emperor - it's not too bad to use it to insinuate that you have the ambition to become emperor."

"Really?" Fatty Lu replied casually, while flipping through the pirated second-hand "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" bought with Sanwenqian. He patted his thigh and said: "That's right, this passage must not be copied. Now the prince is one hundred and eight thousand miles away from the Yangtze River, and I am only a few miles away from the Yangtze River. It is absolutely inappropriate to copy this passage!" —— Shao Bo, persuaded Sima Yan to say How many times is the emperor?"

"Chapter 110, the ninth chapter, false surrender and clever tricks turned into empty words, and then they are drawn by Zen Buddhists." Wang Shaobo replied with a wry smile, and then persuaded him with good intentions: "Boss, it is better for students to do this kind of writing. Do it for me. Don’t be angry if you tell the boss, the student will polish your draft for you and then let you copy it, no matter how bad the writing is, it’s better than your nondescript plagiarism.”

"I know you are kind, but you don't understand." Fatty Lu shook his head, flipping through the pirated "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and said: "If I don't write and conceive such a big thing myself, the prince can still think that I am right. Is this matter out of sincerity? Is it out of devotion? I used to pick out the papers for the scholar examination from the waste papers, and the articles you wrote were sent to Shaanxi and Gansu, and the prince couldn't see me at a glance Are you looking for a gunman to write it? Why don’t you scold me for not being sincere?”

"Hey, it really is in the 110th chapter. Uncle Shao is really knowledgeable and memorized. Okay, this passage can be copied." Turning to the passage where Sima Yan replaced Wei Zili, Fatty Lu was even more delighted, and quickly picked up the brush and dipped it in. After soaking in chicken blood, he buried his head in the letter paper and copied it crookedly.

"What the boss said may be reasonable..." After a little calculation, Wang Shaobo felt that Fatty Lu's analysis was very reasonable. Since the old traitor Wu hinted in his reply letter that Fatty Lu persuaded him to become emperor - of course he hoped that Fatty Lu would be the emperor. With all sincerity and sincerity, if Fatty Lu really asked some gunmen to write the letter, copied the letter and sent it to old traitor Wu, and old traitor Wu could see at a glance that it was done by the gunmen, he would naturally not be happy to go there, on the contrary Fatty Lu's plagiarized, nonsensical but obviously sincere sentences may retort the favor of martial arts like old traitor Wu.

"Boss, although your words are reasonable, but have you considered this?" Wang Shaobo suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Now, Boss, you are at the top of the sky in the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you are famous all over the world. The prince hinted that you should persuade him. Proclaiming the emperor, it is clear that I want you to take the lead and drive all the soldiers of the Great Zhou to support the prince and proclaim the emperor. Your persuasion to enter the table, the prince must be made public for everyone in the world to see. You copied it like this A nondescript persuasion form was given to the prince, and the prince took it and made it public, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

"Of course I have considered this point, but do you think I will send this form of persuasion to the lord? The lord will immediately ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor?" Fatty Lu continued to write with blood, and said with a sneer: " The lord will definitely write back and scold me bloody, and then I will write another form of persuasion. The lord may just consider my suggestion and discuss this matter in a small range until I go to the third form of persuasion. Only the prince can reluctantly ascend the throne and become the emperor of the Great Zhou."

"Understood." Wang Shaobo nodded, and stopped nagging Fatty Lu to write his heartfelt words, but said respectfully: "Then the master's second and third ways of persuading him to enter the form, and then let the students come to write, and keep the master and the prince. All satisfied."

"You can write now." Fatty Lu waved his hand, "Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Shaanxi and Gansu, and I don't know how much time it will take. Now you can write the last two persuasion forms. We will write them every ten days. Send a courier to Shaanxi and Gansu, so there will be no delay—and no need to kill chickens."

Wang Shaobo agreed, and quickly sat across from Fatty Lu and spread out a pen and paper. He also dipped the brush in the blood of the rooster, conceived it casually, and then began to write with the most gorgeous rhetoric and the most passionate words.At this time, just when the unscrupulous master wrote the persuasion form with full of emotion and joy, Xiao Erlang suddenly sneaked into Lu Fatty's signing room, cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "Master, Wang Xu Wang My lord, Guard Suo and Guard Wu are here again, they say they want to see you, and they are waiting in front of Xingyuan Gate."

"Ask Miracle Doctor Zhu to send them away." Fatty Lu replied without raising his head, "Let Miracle Doctor Zhu tell them that Shaobo and I went to Taiping Mansion to inspect the people's harvesting, and it will take two or three days before the harvest." return."

Xiao Erlang took the order to leave, leaving the unscrupulous master to continue writing deceitful, treasonous words in the signing room. After a long time, Fatty Lu and Wang Shaobo had stopped writing, and the little man with a teacup Desperately kicking Erlang's legs to rest, Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang came in from the outside.As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Fangdan yelled bitterly: "Boss, you should call someone else for this kind of thing next time. The student has been pestered by them for more than half an hour, and he refuses to believe that you really went to Taiping Mansion." It's gone. If Xiguan didn't go crazy and stop him, they would definitely come in and search."

"Let them hang around for a while, the longer they hang around, the better it is for us, right?" Fatty Lu swayed his legs and said: "Today is already August [-]th, and when all the autumn grain in the field is threshed into Ku, the recruits have matured in training, and a large number of firearms have been produced, so we can free up our hands to play with the dogs. Let’s spend some smiling faces now, and we will get them back in the future.”

Zhu Fangdan chuckled, deeply agreeing with Fatty Lu's point of view, at the end, Zhu Fangdan laughed again: "But my boss, Wang Xu is very good to you, if you coax him to play like this, in the future, my boss will suddenly fight with Mangou, you There is no way for this friend to explain to the Mangou court."

"No way, beautiful lady Qingben, why are you a thief?" Fatty Lu sighed, and said: "When I and Man Gou are completely torn apart, I will try my best to keep him from staying. It would be best if he agreed. I’m still obsessed with my obsession, and I can’t do anything about it, it’s all over.”

"Yes, Mr. Wang is indeed a rare good and honest official, but he chose the wrong master." Wang Shaobo sighed and agreed, and then said: "Boss, when we and Man Gou completely tear our skins apart, do you think the Man Gou Emperor is the king?" How will we choose? Should we concentrate the main force of Mangou around us and attack us with all our strength? Or, as Wang Xu and Huang Ji said, Emperor Mangou adopted Yue Le's suggestion to abandon Shaanxi and Gansu and stick to Tongguan, and transfer the main force of Shaanxi and Gansu to Jiangnan Fight us?"

"It's all possible, but I'm not afraid of any of these." Fatty Lu said lazily: "The Emperor Mangou asked the main force of Mangou around us to pinch us with all their strength, and we have friendly troops who will take advantage of the fire behind us and take the initiative to share the pressure for us. It took too long for the main force of Gan to deal with us. Without the Manchu court of Jiangnan Granary to mobilize such a large army and march such a long distance, there will be big problems in terms of money and food. Even if it can reach the battlefield, it will not be possible for a long time Large-scale operations are also beneficial to us."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu glanced at the persuasion form on the table again, with a serious look on his fat face, and couldn't help but said, "The three things I'm most worried about right now are the three situations."

"Those three situations? Can the owner make it clear?" Wang Shaobo asked tentatively.

Fatty Lu hesitated for a moment, but he still said: "First, Man Gou is beating me at any cost now, and would rather turn Jiangnan into a piece of scorched earth. Everyone doesn't want this cornucopia of Jiangnan, and they don't give me time to develop— — But fortunately, it has been four months since we took Jiangnan, and our footsteps have basically stabilized. This possibility is no longer a big possibility. Even if Mangou wakes up now, we still have hope to defend against the enemy outside our home."

Wang Shaobo nodded, and asked again: "What about the second situation?"

"The second situation is that Mangou gave up Zhejiang, concentrated its forces in northern Jiangxi, and sent Geng Jingzhong to bite me." Fatty Lu replied.

"Man Gou gave up Zhejiang? Man Gou Emperor is crazy? Will he play such a bad game?" Wang Shaobo was taken aback.

"Wrong, if Emperor Mangou really did this, not only is it not a bad move, but it is a clever move!" Fatty Lu explained: "You can imagine if the main force of Mangou in Zhejiang gave up northern Zhejiang and moved to the battlefield in northern Jiangxi. , Then what will happen? We and Geng Jingzhong have to fight to the death for the fat and oily places like Hangzhou and Huzhou? Both sides will suffer? Even if we can abandon Zhejiang for the unity of the rebel army, after Geng Jingzhong occupies the whole territory of Zhejiang, With a direct border with the more prosperous and richer Jiangsu, how can he not afford to be greedy and fight with us for the sake of half of Jiangnan? At that time, if we want to fight internal friction, we will definitely not be able to."

"Understood." Wang Shaobo patted his legs and said, "When we and Geng Jingzhong were fighting to the death for Jiangnan, the main force of the dog who sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight suddenly came out, not only can kill us and Geng Jingzhong, but also hope to take back half of the wall Jiangnan and the whole of Zhejiang!"

Fatty Lu nodded, and said: "Besides, there is another beauty in this move, that is, to avoid our new firearms by making use of our strengths and avoiding our weaknesses. Geng Jingzhong has a new firearm bought from the prince, and we have our own firearms. Although the number of new firearms produced and sold by ourselves is not very large, they will also cause huge casualties to the main army of Mangou. If the main force of Mangou can let us and Geng Jingzhong fight first, we will definitely use a large number of new firearms in order to eliminate the opponent as soon as possible. Firearms, when our new firearms are almost ready, it will be a chance for the dogs full of bows and horses to show off their prowess."

"Master Gao Ming, that's true." Wang Shaobo slapped his thigh again, and flattered him: "It's fortunate that the Emperor Mangou and the Mangou court didn't think of this trick, otherwise, we would be really in trouble. Nanfang is greedy. Geng Jingzhong was chasing and beating fiercely, and to the west was the main force of the Manchus, and the tigers were watching the tigers, and they must suffer a great loss."

"The Emperor Mangou may not have thought of this trick, but there are many capable people in the court of Mangou, and there are many people who can see this." Fatty Lu waved his hand, "It's just that even if these people can see this, they may not dare to ask for it." Emperor Mangou proposed that even if he had the guts to risk the disgrace of the world and propose this crazy plan, Emperor Mangou might not dare to adopt it. Hmph, give up Hangzhou, Huzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing. How much courage and courage is needed? Does Kang Mazi have such courage and courage? I am not far behind!"

"That's right, in the whole world, only the master (young master) has such courage and courage." Wang Shaobo, Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang nodded their heads and flattered.At the end, Zhu Fangdan asked curiously again: "Boss, what about the third situation you mentioned? What is it?"

"The third situation is also the variable that I am most worried about now." Fatty Lu rarely showed some worry on his fat face, and said slowly: "I am most worried now, not that the full force of the dog is coming to attack, but - the prince! "

"Could it be that my master, you are worried that the prince will turn against us? Impossible?" Zhu Fangdan asked in surprise.

"Of course not." Fatty Lu smiled, "Your Highness is not stupid, no matter how dissatisfied with me taking risks without authorization, no matter how worried that I will take the opportunity to have a different heart independently, he will not turn against me now, at least you have to wait until you get in touch with me. Otherwise, Man Gou, Zheng Jing or Geng Jingzhong will be taken advantage of in vain, and I will be forced to abandon him—I am most worried not about his attitude, but about his body!"

"Worried about the health of the lord?" Shaobo Wang finally came to his senses and hurriedly asked: "Master, do you think the rumors that the lord is seriously ill are true? Is the lord really sick?"

"I can be sure that the prince is not only ill, but also seriously ill!" Fatty Lu pointed at the persuasion table on the table, and said seriously: "Otherwise, why would the prince imply that I persuade him to proclaim himself emperor? Don't forget Yes, we only launched the anti-Qing and Fuming banner in October last year. Although the situation of the prince is very good now, Mangou has only the power to parry and has no power to fight back. It is only a matter of time before we win the world. But now In less than a year, the prince can't wait to plan to become emperor, regardless of what the world thinks of him, what is this signal? What is the possibility behind this?"

"What signal? What's the possibility?" Wang Shaobo, Zhu Fangdan and the others were all at a loss. After careful analysis, Wang Shaobo finally came to his senses and blurted out: "My lord is dying, and I know that my time is numbered, so I want to Hurry up and decide on the name, enjoy the fun, and arrange the funeral in the future!"

"It's possible!" Zhu Fangdan quickly echoed, "In fact, as early as in Jingzhou, I discovered that the prince's dizziness and Chen illness were in danger of getting worse. I didn't have a chance to talk to the prince, and then the prince hurried to the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield. The mountains and roads in the north of Sichuan are dangerous, and the climate is cold. Not only is the prince's wind dizziness and Chen disease likely to worsen, even a sudden stroke is possible!"

"Master Zhu, are you sure?" Fatty Lu asked.

"Of course." Zhu Fangdan said confidently: "The student has seen the prince, and he knows that the prince sometimes has a headache for no reason, sometimes loses sight in one eye, and has bleeding from the nose. These are all signs of a stroke. , although the students have prescribed several medicines for the prince to take care of him, but this disease cannot be eradicated at all, overwork and severe climate changes may cause relapse."

"That's it." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "This is what I'm most worried about. The prince's body is placed here. If he really suddenly..., then the hidden danger of our Great Zhou army will be huge." It erupted all at once! In our Great Zhou army, besides the prince, who else can calm down the scene, who can absolutely convince the crowd? Wang Shisun Wu Shifan? The second prince? Hu Guozhu? Guo Zhuangtu? Can they do it?"

"No way!" Wang Shaobo replied decisively: "Wang Shisun is only 12 years old, and he will only be manipulated by others when he comes to power! It will only split our army. Hu Guozhu has ability but no courage, and he can't restrain the arrogant soldiers under the command of the prince! Guo Zhuangtu is even worse, he has no courage and no ability. He stays in Yungui and has no merit. No one will obey him ! These four people, no matter who comes to power and who succeeds, will only lead to a complete split in our army, and there will inevitably be internal strife!"

"That's it." Fatty Lu spread his hands and said helplessly: "If the prince really does that suddenly, the good situation will be ruined with one hand, and Mangou will have a chance to turn defeat into victory. We, too, have to participate in the battle of the Great Zhou army." Infighting and strife, completely isolated and helpless. Judging from the actions of the prince, this matter may have already appeared, can I not worry about the worst situation?"

Wang Shaobo nodded again and again, and asked again: "Boss, since you are worried about these three situations, do you have a solution? Plan ahead and prevent it in advance?"

"No, the situation is too complicated and there are too many variables. I really have no way to plan for a rainy day and prevent it in advance?" Fatty Lu spread his hands again, and said with a wry smile: "The only way now is to take one step at a time and take one step at a time. We must strive to improve our comprehensive strength, and we must have food, guns and troops in our hands to deal with all variables.”

Wang Shaobo nodded again and again, deeply convinced by Fatty Lu's words, but Zhu Fangdan slapped his thigh and said, "Boss, I have a way, I have a way to prevent these variables!"

"Mr. Zhu, please tell me." Fatty Lu was taken aback, thinking when did Zhu Fangdan become stronger than me?
"Let me go to Shaanxi-Gansu!" Zhu Fangdan said confidently: "My master, please let the student go to Shaanxi-Gansu. The student is very clear about the prince's condition. Although the student can't cure his illness, he will take good care of him and prolong his life ten years. Years later, the student is still... Master, Shaobo, why are you looking at me like this? What did I say wrong?"

It was also at this point that Zhu Fangdan suddenly realized that Fatty Lu and Wang Shaobo were looking at him like idiots together. The eyes were not only full of doubts and ridicule, but also a little angry!After being confused for a long time, Zhu Fangdan finally came to his senses, slapped himself lightly, and blamed himself: "What nonsense are you talking about, the prince is so seriously ill, no matter how good the student's medical skills are, there is nothing he can do."

"You're smart!" Fatty Lu snorted coldly, and ordered again: "If you are too busy to panic, hurry up and research several golden sore medicines, and they will be useful in the decisive battle with Mangou."

"Yes, yes." Zhu Fangdan nodded again and again, and quickly said flatteringly: "Actually, the students have also found a new kind of medicine for wounds. The juice squeezed from garlic and water are applied on gauze to bind the wound. It has a miraculous effect on reducing inflammation." (This method is not fictional, before the invention of penicillin, the American army generally used this method to treat wounded soldiers in World War I.)
"Then hurry up and experiment." Fatty Lu shouted: "Let Qin Yong help you bring a few dogs out of the prisoner-of-war camp for experimentation. If it really has a miraculous effect, it will be popularized among military doctors in the entire army. And remember, Those prisoners of war must be silenced!" Zhu Fangdan nodded quickly and agreed again and again.

Knowing that there are too many variables in the situation to predict, Fatty Lu can only adopt a strategy of keeping the same and responding to all changes, desperately expanding his military power and strengthening his strength, gathering food and slowly becoming king, keeping a low profile, trying to restrain the army from provoking the surrounding troops, and try his best to Buy time for development.But it's a pity that Fatty Lu is fine, and the enemy is not stupid. After being deliberately hidden by Fatty Lu for more than half a month, Wang Xu finally began to have doubts about his friend, and realized that he was being teased by his friend.

On August [-]th, Wang Xu came to Fatty Lu's Xingyuan Gate again, and didn't let the fat man in front of the gate inform him. Soldiers, "Please report to Mr. Lu, I know he is in the Yamen, please stop hiding. If he doesn't see me today, I will go on a hunger strike and die here! Anyway, I have already sacrificed the lives of the whole family for him." Guaranteed, he saved me once, I can't repay him, so I will repay him with the life of the whole family and myself!"

When Wang Xu's words got to this point, Fatty Lu had no choice but to wrap his ankles with gauze, and then let Xiao Erlang come forward, invited Wang Xu to his face, and cried out with tears: "Brother Zizhuan! , You misunderstood me, brother, I did go out to supervise the harvesting of autumn grain a few days ago, I definitely didn’t hide from you, brother Zizhuan on purpose—brother Zizhuan, if you don’t believe me, please see, when I went to the farmland , and sprained my foot, I just came back."

"Really?" Wang Xu's withered face was full of disbelief, but Wang Xu didn't bother to argue with Fatty Lu, so he took out Kang Mazi's imperial decree from his bosom and said, "Three good brothers, brother Yu, don't talk too much." , This is the imperial decree from the emperor to enshrine you as the King of Zhennan. Do you accept it or not? If you accept it, please feel free to open your mouth under what conditions. If you don’t accept it, Brother Yu will leave immediately and go back to Beijing to ask the emperor for your sins!"

"This..." Fatty Lu really couldn't bear to deceive his friend who had a deadly friendship to this point, but when he thought that at least [-]% of the rice in Jiangnan hadn't been threshed and put into storage, there were also firing needle guns and guns. The casting of a large number of mother cannons has also entered a critical stage. Fatty Lu gritted his teeth and asked shamelessly: "Brother Zizhuan, did you bring that thing?"

"What?" Wang Xu asked.

"The Iron Deed of the Alchemy Book!" Fatty Lu said confidently, "The Emperor did not grant the Iron Book of the Alchemy to the sinners for three generations to avoid death, how dare the sinners feel at ease anyway?"

"You still want the Iron Deed of the Alchemy Book?" Wang Xu almost didn't cry, and hurriedly said: "Brother Mihao, we have never had the Iron Deed of the Alchemy Book in the Qing Dynasty. How can you get it if you call me Brother Yu?"

"We don't have it in the Qing Dynasty, but other dynasties have it." Fatty Lu said aggrievedly: "Brother Zizhuan, don't you know how big my crimes were before and how many enemies I had in the Qing court? Dan Shu Tie Qi, how can I tell my younger brother to rest assured anyway?"

Wang Xu was completely speechless. He wanted to yell at him, but his good upbringing prevented him from opening his mouth. He wanted to punch Fatty Lu's aggrieved fat face, but he couldn't bear to do it—and there was Fatty Lu beside him. The gang of lackeys looked at the tiger for a long time, and he was afraid that the moment he raised his hand, the gang of lackeys had already pinned him to the ground.In desperation, Wang Xu had no choice but to choke up and say, "Brother Mihao, Brother Yu has pledged his entire family's life to guarantee you. Do you really want Brother Yu's entire family to die? Are you sincere anyway? Brother Yu, I beg you, you Just give me an accurate word!"

Fatty Lu couldn't bear it, he lowered his head, and only after a while did he say, "Brother Zizhuan, please ask for the iron deed of the Danshu for the younger brother."

Facing his friend who is so heartless and dog-lung, Wang Xu really wanted to cry, and he said after a long while: "Three good, what if Brother Yu obtained the Tie Qi of Dan Shu for you, and you go back on your word?"

Finally, Fatty Lu no longer had the heart to continue to deceive Wang Xu, he lowered his head and stopped talking, and when Wang Xu saw Fatty Lu's expression, he suddenly understood in his heart, but he still refused to give up, just choked up and asked: "Brother Sanhao, Brother Yu can ask for the Iron Deed of the Pill Book you want for you! Brother Yu only wants you to remember that when Brother Yu went south this time, he took the lives of all the family members to guarantee you in front of the emperor Yes, if you cheat Brother Yu, Brother Yu really doesn't know what to do."

Fatty Lu still didn't speak, he just lowered his head even lower, and he only hoped that Wang Xu would see that he was playing a fake game and leave in a huff.But to Fatty Lu's disappointment, after Wang Xu choked up for a long time, he said again: "Brother Mihao, Brother Yu, I will go back and write the memorial, and I will ask you for the Danshu Tieqi. Now that the Yellow River bursts its embankment and the canal is damaged, it will take about 20 There will be no reply until 20 days later, and after [-] days, brother Yu will try his best to bring you the Dan Shu Tie Qi. At that time, I only hope... that you can keep your word."

After finishing speaking, Wang Xu repacked Kang Mazi's imperial decree to recruit security, and left in tears.Seeing Wang Xu's back as thin as a penny pole, Fatty Lu also shed tears, and murmured: "Brother Zizhuan, why are you doing this? No matter how stupid you are, you can understand that I am lying to you, why don't you?" Go back immediately to save your wife, children and parents? Why do you trust me again and push your family into the fire pit?"

More than 13 days later, on September [-]th, [-]th year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Xu, the envoy ambassador of the Qing Dynasty and Minister of the Ministry of War, held the edict of appeasement and the iron deed of Danshu personally bestowed by Kang Mazi, and asked to see Lu Yifeng, a false Zhou thief. The bandit general Lu Yifeng categorically refused, and the Qing court's six-month appeasement campaign to the bandit general Lu Yifeng finally ended in complete failure.Afterwards, Wang Xu resolutely refused Lu Yifeng's call to surrender, and led the envoy to leave Nanjing without saying a word. On the way back, when crossing the river, Wang Xu committed suicide by throwing himself into the river as an apology.The news spread back to the capital, and Wang Xu's family was escorted to Caishikou for questioning.

They met six years ago.

Six years ago, he rescued him, and they respected each other.

Six years ago, he repaid him.

Six years later, he cheated on him.

Six years later, he believed him, and he apologized with death.

(End of this chapter)