scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 352

On the second year of the Chinese New Year, on the sixth day of April in the 14th year of Kang Mazi, and also the second day after the tragic death of Shangshu Mingzhu of the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Mazi called a big uprising, that is, called all the officials of the fourth rank and above in Beijing and Prince Baylor into the palace. Go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to participate in the early dynasty, and discuss major military and state affairs—to be precise, that is to discuss the matter of Kang Mazi's personal expedition to the south of the Yangtze River.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Kang Mazi first asked Tong Guowei to introduce the turmoil that happened in the capital last night to the officials, and also praised Mingzhu and the traitor Hong Xiguan for their loyalty. Mazi's seventh younger brother, Prince Chun, Longxi, paid homage on behalf of heaven, and rewarded Mingzhu's two sons, Nalan Xingde and Nalan Kuixu, each with a hereditary official position, to show Kang Mazi's care and care for his loyal servants and encourage other servants To learn from Mingzhu, I would rather perish with the rebels than bow down to the rebels—although Kang Mazi is also suspicious, Mingzhu just didn't seize the opportunity to bend his knees.

After this cutscene, Mi Sihan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took over the position of Minister of Military Affairs vacated by Mingzhu. Kang Mazi changed his mind, and once again announced at the court meeting that he would personally lead the army to fight against the rebel Lu Yifeng recaptured Jiangnan and opened up water transportation.As a result, Kang Mazi's decision naturally aroused great controversy at the court meeting. The officials were divided into two factions, one group supported Kang Mazi's wise decision, and the other group firmly opposed it, believing that Kang Mazi was the king of the world. It's important, but lightly away from the fundamental place of the capital, once something happens, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Objectively speaking, the courtiers who support Kang Mazi's personal conquest may not necessarily be the truly loyal slaves to Kang Mazi, but the courtiers who resolutely oppose Kang Mazi's personal conquest may really be Kang Mazi's loyal servants—because they are really loyal to Kang Mazi. It's too clear that Kang Mazi's personal conquest, who has never been on the battlefield, may not only have the effect of boosting morale, but it may also have a greater effect on adding chaos to the front line, making the Qing army in front even more restrained, and making that one come out. The cunning Fatty Lu took advantage of the opportunity, and caught the golden opportunity to capture the thief first and capture the king first.

Not to mention, there are quite a few capable, visionary, and courageous officials in Mazi Chaoli. When Kang Mazi was ashamed, many officials resisted the pressure and pointed out to Kang Mazi the three major dangers of personal conscripts. First, it is far away from the capital, and it is impossible to command the national battlefield in the center; second, the chances of winning are not great. Although the Qing army is numerous, it is not as elite as the bandit army. There is no hope; three, danger, the bandit general Lu Yifeng has never lost a single battle since his debut, and Kang Mazi's personal conquest is more dangerous than good.

By the way, even Jue Luole Dehun, a veteran minister of the Qing Dynasty who always appeared in the role of soy sauce, stood up straight this time for the first time, leading this group of rational Qing officials to resolutely oppose Kang Mazi went on a personal expedition, and suggested that Kang Mazi change his counter-insurgency strategy, from a comprehensive campaign to a comprehensive defense, first to preserve the last vitality, wait and see the changes, and finally look for an opportunity to suppress the rebellion before it is too late.

It is a pity that the rational faction among the officials of the mite Qing Dynasty was resolutely refuted by the fanatical and combative faction. They refuted the three major objections of the rational faction one by one. Shunzhi has a precedent of personal conquests without delaying political affairs. Second, it points out that there are still two naval divisions in Anqing and Ningbo available in Miqing. Allowing Prince Zhang to come and go in and out of the bandit army's hinterland at will, it's like entering no one's land!
It can be seen from this that the real strength of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is actually still higher than that of the Fatty Army, but it has not been used well by the generals before. Kang Mazi's personal conquest will definitely boost the morale of the Qing army and inspire the soldiers. It will be at the end of the battle Lu Yifeng's bandit army was defeated in one fell swoop, and regained the wealth center in the south of the Yangtze River!

In addition, the fanatics of Mite Qing also threw out a trump card, that is, the letter written by Fatty Lu that Mite Qing's important minister Mingzhu risked his life for. A major problem has already occurred, and it is urgent to stop the war to buy time. If the attack is stopped at this time, this rebel will surely win another chance to breathe. If he wants to solve the Jiangnan problem in the future, he will have to pay a higher price!

There are even more vicious ones, and took out the passage from Fatty Lu's letter, that is, "Many friends of the Great Zhou Dynasty will support Mingzhu in the open and in the dark, and persuade Kang Mazi to stop attacking Jiangnan", accusing the Qing court of The intellectual faction has ulterior motives, and it is worth investigating their motives for opposing Kang Mazi's personal conquest!The rationalists in the Qing court were silenced, for fear that their attitude would be too fierce, and they would be charged with beheading as a "friend of the Great Zhou"!
Seeing that the fanatical war faction is gradually gaining the upper hand, Tu Hai, who was specially summoned to discuss state affairs, was inevitably anxious. Fortunately, Zhou Peigong, who was also specially called to court, also held the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and stood beside him , so Tu Hai hurriedly pulled Zhou Peigong's sleeve quietly, and said in a low voice: "What should I do? If this continues, the master may really be conscripted by the emperor himself. Is there any way to make the master change his mind?"

"I can't help it." Zhou Peigong pouted at Kang Mazi quietly, and said in a low voice: "Look at the expression on the master's face, he is so firm, he must have made up his mind, no one can persuade you. Also, it's been so long Well, the empress dowager and the ancestors haven't come out yet, it seems that the master and the ancestors must have reached an agreement in private, and if you object at this time, you will be asking for trouble."

"Then we don't have to object to the master's strategy of continuing to attack, but we must oppose the master's personal conquest." Tu Hai whispered anxiously: "You and I know Lu Yifeng's ability as a thief, and the master personally led the army. Pro-Zheng, that’s not…”

"The master has made up his mind, and it's useless to object." Zhou Peigong replied in a low voice: "Master En, I have to say something to you here. Sometimes, temporary concessions and obedience are not to protect oneself wisely, but to retain a useful body. Only in this way can we better defend our master and the Great Qing.”

"Fart! Once the master personally conquests, everything will be over!" Tu Hai is not as slick as Zhou Peigong and Lu Fatty, he cursed a good friend in a low voice, Tu Hai made up his mind, and limped regardless of Zhou Peigong's obstruction Kneeling down with difficulty to Kang Mazi, kowtowed and said, "Master, I have something to say, please allow me, master."

"What's the matter? You want to persuade me not to attack Jiangnan again?" Kang Mazi asked with a cold snort.

Hearing Kang Mazi's bad tone, Tu Hai's heart tightened suddenly, knowing that Kang Mazi must have been angry at his appeasement strategy, he quickly kowtowed again, and was about to say that he just wanted to oppose Kang Mazi's imperial conquest. Thinking of the old soy sauce from before, Jue Luo Le Dehun suddenly stood up, knelt beside Tu Hai and kowtowed and said, "Master, this old slave, like Lord Tu, hopes that the master will carefully consider the strategy of countering the rebellion. Rumor has it that Wu Sangui, the chief thief, is seriously ill. Death, once this beast dies, the thieves will be leaderless and torn apart, as long as the master forbears for a while, the situation will definitely change, and it won't be too late to take action to put down the rebellion!"

"Le Zhongtang, I threw your grandson into the well? Why did you hurt me so much?" Tu Hai cried bitterly in his heart.

"Shut up!" Kang Mazi slapped the false dragon case, and shouted, "How far do you want me to be patient? Over the years, if I yield one step, the rebels will take another step, if I give up two steps, the rebels will take two steps forward. If I continue to endure, I will retreat to Liaodong and Heilongjiang! I have made up my mind, I would rather fight to the death of the emperor than be the lord of peace!"

"But master!" Kang Mazi buried the country that his ancestors fought so hard for, and the old soy sauce felt that Luo Le Dehun was willing to go all out, raised his head, and retorted loudly: "Master, please don't forget, Lu Yifeng is a thief He is very ambitious, the old thief Wu Sangui is already very wary of him, the ancestors also said that if you hold back for a while, you can let the old thief Wu Sangui and the dog thief Lu Yifeng kill each other..."

"Master, hurry up for [-] miles! Hurry up for [-] miles from Tongguan!"

Gabula, the imperial guard who rushed in, interrupted the impassioned speech of the old soy sauce Jue Luo Le Dehun, and sent a military report with three chicken feathers on it to represent the most urgent situation in front of Kang Mazi, and said out of breath: "Master, The urgent report sent by General Tong Guogang, Wu Sangui, the old thief, has proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an!"

"What?" Kang Mazi jumped up, took a look at the false dragon case, and said through gritted teeth: "This shameless old man finally tore off the last false mask and proclaimed himself emperor!"

Although he had been prepared for the traitorous old man Wu to proclaim himself emperor, when the news was confirmed, all the officials in the Qing court were still shocked and started discussing in low voices.And Kang Mazi also snatched the highest-level military intelligence pond newspaper in eight hundred miles from Tongguan to the capital within five days after snatching the three good horses to death. Mazi's pockmarked face suddenly changed drastically, and he blurted out: "How is it possible? The old thief Wu Sangui is in good condition? He is still parading in the school field on March [-]th, practicing martial arts himself!"

Thanks to the old traitor Wu's public performance, Kang Mazi's uncle Tong Guogang reported in great detail how the traitor Wu proclaimed himself emperor.First of all, on March [-]th, the old traitor Wu held a military parade on the school grounds outside Xi'an, reviewing the military drills of the Shaanxi-Gansu Wu army in public, and performed his own flying horse riding and archery skills in public. Thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xi'an fired three arrows in a row, and the arrows hit the red heart of the target. Then they practiced various weapons in public.

After the rehearsal ended, the performance began. Fang Guangchen’s eldest son, Fang Xueshi, presented and read the third persuasion table written by Fatty Lu to Old Traitor Wu, begging Old Traitor Wu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and change the dynasty—of course, Traitor Wu is the third The time refused.Then a larger-scale performance began. Wang Shirong, Fang Xueshi, Che Wenlong, Wang Pingfan, Wang Hui, Wu Zhen, and Wang Fuchen's adopted son Wang Jizhen and a large group of Wu Jun civil and military officials knelt together, kowtowed, and wanted to die. Crying and shouting, he forced the old traitor Wu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Tens of thousands of Wu soldiers also shouted long live, forcing the old traitor Wu to ascend the throne.

Of course, in order not to let his confidantes seek death and life, in the end, the old traitor Wu had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the entreaties of his courtiers, and held a grand enthronement ceremony in Xi'an City on the first day of April, officially inaugurated as the Great Zhou Emperor, Changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhaowu, the country name was Zhou, Wuchang was designated as the temporary capital, his wife Zhang was conferred the empress, the eldest grandson Wu Shifan was the grandson of the emperor, and he was named the king of Rui, and the second son Wu Yingqi was named the king of Jing, and he was ordered to supervise the construction of the Wuchang palace. Hu Guozhu was the prime minister, and Guo Zhuangmou and Fang Guangchen were granted the titles of bachelors.Set up the Bingma Division of the Five Army Prefectures in Yunnan, and changed the Liucao into six divisions. The remaining generals and officers will each have a reward.

In addition, the old traitor Wu also made an astonishing decision that stunned Kang Mazi and his ministers, that is, canonize Fatty Lu as the king of Yue County, concurrently the deputy prime minister and then the general of Pingbei with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and confer the title of Minister of the Ministry of War on Lu Fatty's wife Wu Xiaotu. Concubine, make Fatty Lu's eldest son Lu Bangjing the son of the King of Yue!Even Lu Bangning, the second son of Fatty Lu who was still in his infancy, was canonized as a Viscount!Basically, the old traitor Wu gave Fatty Lu all the benefits he could give!

In the end, Tong Guogang, who was quite capable, also reported a small detail to Kang Mazi, that is, the old traitor Wu canonized a famous Shaanxi doctor named Wu Quanbin (historical figure) as an imperial medical officer, and rewarded him with a thousand gold. Wu Quanbin's son was also conferred an official position. ——Obviously, Old Traitor Wu's condition has improved, and [-]% of it is related to this famous doctor!

After reading Tong Guogang's memorial, Kang Mazi, frightened and angry, almost subconsciously slapped the pseudo-dragon case and shouted, "Is there anyone from Shaanxi here? Have you ever heard of a doctor named Wu Quanbin?"

"Back to the emperor, I have heard of his name." A Shaanxi official knelt out and kowtowed tremblingly and replied: "Wu Quanbin is from Hancheng County, Tongzhou Prefecture, Shaanxi. He was nicknamed Wu Banxian by people. It is very superb, it claims to be able to bring the dead back to life, and it is very famous in Tongzhou and Xi'an."

"There really is such a person?" Kang Mazi almost fainted out of breath—Old man Wu was so ill that he was dying of illness, why did he come out with such a messy doctor?

"Master, there really is such a person." The Shaanxi official quickly kowtowed and said, "Shaanxi Hancheng has had many doctors since ancient times, and the most famous one is Fang Yinfang Baihu (a direct descendant of Qu Yuan, a historical figure), who is said to have lived to be 110 years old." In order to commemorate him, later generations built a Dharma King Temple for him, and it is said that Wu Quanbin's medical skills were obtained from Fang Yin's true biography..."

"Shut up! I don't want to hear about it anymore!" Kang Mazi was frightened by the fake dragon case again, which made the official shrank his neck, and said that the old thief Wu Sangui lived to be over 60 years old, and I was already devastated enough. Let him live to be 110 years old, isn't my world definitely doomed?

Let the eunuch finish reading Tong Guogang's memorial in public, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony was completely silent. Even the old soy sauce Jue Luole Deqing who had been begging Kang Mazi and the old traitor Wu for a truce just now was ashen-faced—the old traitor Wu was originally the current world The strongest, if you give him the south of the Yangtze River at this time, let him get the land with plenty of money and food in the south of the Yangtze River, then do the Qingqi Eight Banners still want to survive?
"Could it be that the ancestors of the Empress Dowager were deceived by the old thief Wu Sangui? The old thief Wu Sangui was not as seriously ill as the legend said before, and he planned to pretend to be peace and deceive the land in Anhui? It didn't cost a single soldier to get in touch with Jiangnan?" Hai and Zhou Peigong were also puzzled, "Or, the old thief Wu Sangui just met a good doctor recently, and his condition has improved, so he gave up the plan to negotiate peace with our Qing Dynasty, and planned to use force to seize the whole world?"

At this time, Suo'etu, who had hardly spoken much, finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Master, the old thief Wu Sangui rewarded Lu Yifeng so much. Pseudo-Ping General of the North—Obviously, the carefree old thief Wu Sangui has given up his plan to use force to solve the Jiangnan issue, at least he will not take the initiative to take action, and plans to use Lu Yifeng, a dog thief who is good at fighting, as a thug to launch the Northern Expedition !"

"It's reasonable, it's reasonable." All the officials of Mi Qing echoed, "The old thief Wu Sangui was seriously ill before, and he might attack Lu Yifeng's dog thief just in case, but now that Wu Sangui's condition has improved, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is a big deal I don't dare to be a second minister again, and betray the old thief Wu Sangui again, so the old thief Wu Sangui can also temporarily ignore Lu Yifeng's previous disobedience, and prepare to use Lu Yifeng's dog thief as the vanguard to launch the Northern Expedition, and our Great Qing Dynasty It's a fight to the death."

"That's right, the old thief Wu Sangui is still good at employing people. At this time, he uses the dog thief Lu Yifeng as the vanguard to launch the Northern Expedition. Naturally, the dog thief Lu Yifeng will work even harder in order to atone for his crimes."

"Wu Sangui, the old thief must be planning two things. First, use a high-ranking official, Houlu, to block Lu Yifeng's dog thief's mouth, seize the righteous name, let Lu Yifeng's dog thief rebel, and try to solve the hidden dangers in the south of the Yangtze River without spending a single soldier. It is impossible. It’s much easier to do it, Lu Yifeng’s dog thief has already been crowned king by Wu Sangui’s old thief, and if he wants to meet Wu Sangui’s old thief, he has no confidence, and the soldiers under his command will not listen to him.”

There is also a fanatical main battle faction who shouted: "Master, there is no longer any delay. We must seize the opportunity to regain the important land in the south of the Yangtze River before Wu's rebel army and Lu Yifeng's dog thief join forces! Otherwise, Wu Once the rebel army joins forces, not only will it be hopeless to retake Jiangnan, but the Wu rebel army, which has enough soldiers and provisions, will immediately launch the Northern Expedition!"

"Enough!" Kang Mazi shut up all the ministers again with the case of the fake dragon, stood up and shouted sharply: "I have made up my mind, and after seven days, I will personally go to the south of the Yangtze River with the army to fight to the death with Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Cut off the wings and arms of the old thief Wu Sangui first, and then concentrate on dealing with the old thief Wu Sangui! If there is any objection, cut it immediately!"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" All the ministers kowtowed, Zhou Peigong and Tu Hai also frown deeply, knowing that this time there is absolutely no hope of persuading Kang Mazi to change his mind, the only hope of the Qing court is to go all out Recaptured Jiangnan, using Jiangnan's money and food to fight against the economically incompetent old traitor Wu.

"Pass the decree again to Tong Guogang, ordering him to defend Tongguan with all his might. If there are people in the prison, those who die in the pass will die! If the old thief Wu Sangui breaks through Tongguan, he won't have to come back!"

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To be precise, it wasn't Kang Mazi who was scared the most. After the news that the old traitor Wu was in good condition and returned to the school to perform martial arts in Nanjing, Fatty Lu, who was eating, was so frightened that his rice bowl and chopsticks fell on the table. He quickly called Zhu Fangdan and asked him about the specific situation of the famous doctor Wu Quanbin.And when Zhu Fangdan introduced that Wu Quanbin is indeed a rare and good doctor, Fatty Lu's little face immediately turned into a dead person's color, and he cursed: "God, you are unfair to me!" I don't mention it.

In fact, Fatty Lu and Kang Mazi still underestimated the old traitor Wu. When their spies were still delivering the news that the old traitor Wu was in good condition, the old traitor Wu, who had already proclaimed himself emperor, issued two letters of credence. , one to Kang Mazi, asking Kang Mazi to hand over all the land south of the Yellow River in exchange for an armistice.The other one was for Geng Jingzhong, who severely reprimanded Geng Jingzhong's emissary for his rude behavior towards his grandson-in-law Lu Yifeng, and demanded extremely arrogantly that Geng Jingzhong behead the emissary Huang Kun, and dedicate his head to Fatty Lu as an apology!Otherwise, just wait for the Zhou army and Zheng Jing to join forces to attack from all directions!

In addition, the old traitor Wu issued an edict to Shaanxi and Gansu, conferring Wang Fuchen the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, responsible for suppressing the rest of the Qing army in Gansu, and conferring Wang Pingfan as the governor of Shanxi, who will sit in Xi'an and preside over the attack on Tongguan and Shanxi.The old traitor Wu himself moved to the south, preparing to gather troops in Huguang and Pianyuan, personally launch the Eastern Expedition, and open up land contact with his grandson-in-law Yuejun Wang Lu Yifeng!

(End of this chapter)