scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 231 Fatty Lu, Betray!

(PS: Fatty Lu has finally betrayed the old traitor Wu. For the sake of Fatty Lu’s courage, friends, please face 2012 bravely. By the way, vote for the last monthly ticket of this year and next year’s monthly ticket for Pure Wolf.)
Sai Leng, the emissary sent by Kang Mazi to summon Yue Le's son-in-law Burni, had just left Beijing for five days. When Ninetowns handed over the documents and requested to enter the city.A memorial with an extraordinary origin was sent to the capital at the same time through a long-forgotten transmission channel, and it was sent directly to Kang Mazi before the team's documents.

The reason why this memorial was sent to Kang Mazi before others was not because of the high official position of the official who presented it. According to the archive records of the Ministry of Officials, the grade of this official is only from the fourth grade—— In the joke of the bannerman master, there are many more bastards in Yongding River than such sesame and mung bean officials.

The reason why this memorial was delivered to Kang Mazi ahead of others was because the name of the official presenting the memorial was Lu Yifeng, with the word Sanhao, also known as Fatty Lu.At the same time, his memorial was directly sent to Kang Mazi through the channel of Suo Ertu, the chief assistant of the Qing Dynasty. Friends, please tell me, how can such an astonishing official and such an outstanding channel be in front of Kang Mazi? Do you have an advantage in delivery speed?

To change other memorials from the fourth-rank magistrate from poor mountains and bad waters, and submit them to Kang Mazi through the hand of Suo'etu, the chief assistant of the court, Kang Mazi will definitely scold Suo'etu--he is a majestic Qing highest The chief, with a lot of work to do every day, has nothing to do and eats enough to see a magistrate's memorial in person.But when he learned that the memorial was written by Fatty Lu, Kang Mazi not only didn't scold Suo'etu, but was stunned all of a sudden, and blurted out in shock: "How is it possible that Lu Yifeng's memorial is from a thief?"

"Master, when I first received the booklet, the slave couldn't believe it." Suo'etu replied with deep empathy: "In fact, not only the slave, but also the servants of the slave couldn't believe it. In the end, the envoy threatened to say, if The disciple didn't pass the memorial to the servant for him, so he went to Wang Xu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and asked Wang Xu to pass it on to the master, and the slave's disciple reported the incident to the servant."

"Submit it quickly!" Kang Mazi shouted in surprise and joy, but when Zhang Wanqiang presented the memorial to Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi, who realized that he had lost his composure, became arrogant again, and hummed with his arms folded: " I don’t want to get my hands dirty with the things of the shameless dog slave, so just tell me, what did this dog slave fart on the memorial!”

"Master, this is Lu Yifeng's dog thief impeaching Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi and Anjun Wang Yuele." Suo Ertu, who had read the memorial, replied respectfully: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief reported that Pingnan King Shang Kexi Wang Yuele of Yu'an County falsely claimed that Princess Pingnan was seriously ill, and attempted to kidnap his wife Shang Wanyi and youngest son Lu Bangjing. The crime was obvious and the court's face was greatly damaged. His lovely wife and young son."

"Shang Kexi and Yue Le succeeded?" Kang Mazi asked in surprise.

"Judging from Lu Yifeng's memorial to the dog thief, it should be successful." Suo Etu respectfully replied: "However, Guangdong is far away, and because of Geng Jing's loyalty to the dog thief, the roads in Fujian are impassable. It may take a few days to report this matter quickly."

"It's good if you get it, it's good if you get it." Kang Mazima, who had been grim for a long time, finally showed some joy on his face, grabbed the memorial and looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "If Old Prince Shang and Yue Le can take advantage of this opportunity, Getting Lu Yifeng's dog thief from Wu Sangui's old thief is equivalent to cutting off an arm of Wu Sangui's old thief."

"The servant thinks so too." Suo'etu hurriedly echoed: "If the old prince Shang can take this opportunity to get Lu Yifeng's dog thief to Guangdong, then maybe the master doesn't need to draw troops from the Huguang battlefield. The army is enough to put down Geng Jingzhong and Taiwan's Zheng Ni."

"That's right!" Kang Mazi nodded vigorously, and said with a smile: "If Lu Yifeng's dog thief can really be used by Shang Aiqing, then relying on Guangdong's strong manpower, material resources and financial resources, which are far superior to those of Yunnan and Guizhou, Shang Aiqing will be able to build the Produce a batch of new firearms that are sufficient to quell Geng Jingzhong's rebellion. Give him two more years, and the new firearms produced will be enough to sweep Guangxi and restore Yunnan and Guizhou..."

"Huh?" Having said this, Kang Mazi suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, and was suddenly stunned.

"Master, what's the matter?" Suo'etu was also taken aback, then quickly came to his senses, and exclaimed: "Master, you can't let Lu Yifeng's thief build new firearms in Guangdong! Otherwise, it will be a good thing in a few years. The second Wu Sangui! Even if Lord Shang is loyal to his master, Shang Zhixin will become the second old thief Wu Sangui!"

Of course, Kang Mazi and Suo'etu's worries were not unreasonable. No one knew Fatty Lu's brilliance better than them. Even the army's food and grass had to rely on Kang Mazi's breath, and the firearms were ridiculously rotten. The main battle artillery could only use the Hongwu bronze cannon left hundreds of years ago, which was almost useless in front of the Qing Dynasty's Hongyi cannon.

However, after the old traitor Wu got Fatty Lu, in just two years, Yunnan-Guizhou Finance was completely reborn. Not only was it self-sufficient in money and food, but it also freed up the remaining money and food that Kang Mazi was jealous of to build new types of firearms, thus laying the groundwork for sweeping the world. Invincible weapon base.Now, Guangdong, whose comprehensive economic, population, and geographical environment is far above Yunnan and Guizhou, if it also gets a living treasure like Lu Fatty, a fat rooster who is good at laying golden eggs, then I am afraid that within three years, Kang Mazi will not be worried. The old traitor Wu threatened him, but he was worried about the stronger threat from the old traitor Shang!

"The threat of Shang Kexi's monk's letter is probably still small..." Kang Mazi made an inexplicable sentence by accident, and he ordered: "Suo'etu, send an edict to Guangdong immediately, Shang Kexi and Yue Le trap Lu If Yifeng has succeeded, he must not be interrogated, abused or hurt, and must be taken to the capital immediately! Remember to emphasize that I want to live! Also, if Lu Yifeng is not successful in trapping, then Lu Yifeng's wife and son will be taken to the capital , I have to live!"

"Zha." Suo'etu quickly agreed, and then tentatively asked: "Master, what about Lu Yifeng's memorial?"

"The next decree, together with this memorial, will be sent to Wuchang and handed over to the old thief Wu Sangui." Kang Mazi was also very sinister, and ordered with a smirk: "Lu Yifeng is an official selected by the Pingxi Palace, let the old thief Wu Sangui handle it according to his discretion. Old thief Wu Sangui knows that Lu Yifeng's wife and only son are already in my hands, let's see if he dares to use Lu Yifeng again!"

"Zha, the master is clever, and the slave understands." Suo'etu flattered him with a wicked smile, and hurriedly took the order to make arrangements.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I was nervous and joyful thinking about it for a long time, and when my heart was still fluttering, the joint memorial of Monk Yue Le and the old traitor was finally sent to Kang Mazi, and Geng Juzhong, who was the witness, was also arrested. He was imprisoned in the prison, waiting for Kang Mazi's interrogation at any time.After reading this joint memorial, Kang Mazi was both surprised and delighted, but also a little confused. Of course, he was surprised to see the dawn of pacifying Geng Jingzhong's rebellion, and he saw a glimmer of hope to get rid of the two-line battle. The old traitor’s memorial before——now Yue Le and Shang Kexi jointly proposed to recruit Geng Jingzhong have completely proved the memorial that the old traitor Wu accused Yue Le of colluding with Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi and Burni’s attempt to usurp the dynasty. It's slander.

However, with the treachery of the old man Wu, how could he use such a fake memorial to slander and dissension?The old traitor Wu is full and has nothing to do. He wants to find himself a laughing stock and make the world laugh at him?Does this make sense?
Unable to figure it out, Kang Mazi once again thought of his resourceful grandmother. After much hesitation, Kang Mazi finally came to the Ci In Ninggong, ask Xiaozhuang for advice.And Xiaozhuang didn't care about his grandson thinking of asking for help at this moment, he just took two memorials and repeatedly calculated and analyzed. After a long time, Xiaozhuang gave two answers.

"Grandson, there are two possibilities for this matter. One is that Wu Sangui is lying, trying to drive a wedge between you and Yue Le's nephew and nephew, making you decide to self-destruct the Great Wall. This is the most likely possibility. The second possibility is Well, the old thief Wu Sangui did not lie, he wanted to separate the five provinces and one government for a long time, show his favor to you, and intend to ease the hostile relationship between you and him, so he truthfully reported Yue Le's conspiracy to usurp the throne. There was an accident in the plan, so a temporary adjustment was made, and I pulled Shang Kexi to suggest that you take measures to appease Geng Jingzhong, temporarily preserve Geng Jingzhong's strength, and wait for the opportunity to regroup."

"Of course, the second one may be so tiny that it is almost impossible to exist." Xiao Zhuang was also afraid that he would mislead his grandson, and added emphatically: "With Yue Le's character and conduct, it is really hard for my grandmother to imagine that he would be so rebellious. The reason why grandma told you the second point is just to let you know that there is still such a possibility, although the possibility is very small, but you have to guard against it."

Kang Mazi stopped talking, and his mind was only nervously calculating which of the two possibilities was greater, but because of someone's ingenious hints and deliberate misleading, not only did the more he calculated, the more suspicious Kang Mazi became, and the more he calculated, the more dizzy he became. Expansion—it's too complicated. The old traitor Wu's intention to sow discord is obvious, but why is it so obvious?The possibility of Yue Le peeking at his own throne is very small, but people's hearts are far away, who can guarantee that Yue Le really doesn't have such thoughts?Since ancient times, have there been few examples and lessons of uncle usurping the position of nephew and brother usurping the position of brother?

"Grandson, you don't need to analyze." Xiaozhuang saw the complicated thoughts of the grandson, and said: "This matter is too complicated, and you don't know the details of the scene. Relying on this analysis and imagination will only make yourself more complicated. It is getting more and more confused, the only way is to send reliable cronies to investigate, and make a decision after knowing the real situation."

"Then how should my grandson deal with Geng Jing's loyal gangster rebellion?" Kang Mazi asked hesitantly, "Should my grandson take measures to appease him, or resolutely suppress him?"

"The Ai family agrees to resolutely suppress, and to settle the matter quickly." Xiao Zhuang said solemnly: "Because the Ai family thinks that even if you take pacification measures, grandson, to temporarily stabilize Geng Jingzhong's thief, then you must agree, grandson." Geng Jingzhong's series of harsh demands made Fujian equivalent to independence, and when the old thief Wu Sangui and our Qing court will fight again, no one can guarantee whether Geng Jingzhong's dog thief will turn against him again."

"But what if you are determined to suppress it, grandson?" Xiaozhuang analyzed for Kang Mazi: "Geng Jingzhong's army is far less powerful than that of Wu Sangui's old thief. Even with the direct support of Taiwan's Zheng Ni, it is far from my Qing Dynasty The opponent of the iron cavalry, let him suffer a few big defeats at that time, and then whether it is to appease and surrender, or to enter Fujian to kill the grass and roots, it will be much easier for you, grandson, to choose."

"Grandmother is smart, grandson understands." Kang Mazi suddenly realized, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Grandma still understands, since Geng Jingzhong's dog thief has a rebellious heart, then ordering to appease him now will only make him think that I am afraid of him. Pushing his nose to the face, making a series of unreasonable demands on me, there is no guarantee that he will rebel again in the future. It is better to fight back forcefully, resolutely attack his arrogance, and wait for him to suffer, and then recruit him or cut the grass and roots, it will be easier Much more."

"Grandson, it's easy to say, but it's hard to do." Seeing that Kang Mazi adopted his idea, Xiao Zhuang not only didn't show the slightest joy, but sighed, and said helplessly: "Grandson, grandma's paragraph Although it's time to meddle in the government affairs, my grandmother still has some understanding of your current situation. If you are going to adopt your grandmother's proposition, you will gamble with the safety of our Qing Dynasty. Have you made up your mind? From Huguang The battlefield mobilizes the main force to go south to suppress the rebellion?"

Kang Mazi stopped talking again, and understood that it is easy to say, but it is really difficult to do it-it is easy to transfer the main force from Huguang to the south to suppress the rebellion, but if Wu Jun takes the opportunity to break through the Yangtze River defense line, then it is impossible to drive Wu Jun back to the south bank of the Yangtze River. It is extremely difficult.After bowing his head in embarrassment for a long time, Kang Mazi finally said with rare guilt: "I only hate that grandson was confused at the time, didn't listen to grandma's good advice, was misled by that dog slave Xiong Cilu, angered the old thief Wu Sangui again, and now wants to stabilize Wu Sangui We are not sure about getting rid of Geng Jingzhong first."

"Why mention him about the past?" Xiao Zhuang smiled and shook his head, then suddenly asked: "Grandson, I heard that Wu Sangui submitted a statement a few days ago and planned to move the palace to Hengzhou?"

"It's true." Kang Mazi nodded, and added: "His memorial was sent to the capital more than a month ago, but this old dog was just going through the motions symbolically. Waiting for my approval, his new palace has already broken ground in Hengzhou."

"This is a good thing, grandson, why don't you approve it right away?" Xiaozhuang said with a smile: "If Ai's family is you, Ai's family will not only approve it immediately, but will definitely send imperial envoys to the south to give Wu Sangui some rewards. The new palace must be short of money and food."

"He is still short of money and food?" Kang Mazi's nose was almost out of breath, but he soon came to his senses, and hurriedly saluted and said, "Grandson understands, thank you for your advice, grandson will send imperial envoys south to present rewards to Wu Sangui .”

"Don't play tricks this time." Xiao Zhuang warned worriedly: "Just find out Wu Sangui's true and false, and don't make any more attempts to bribe or win over. Wu Sangui suffered a loss once, and he will definitely treat your imperial envoy in every possible way." Be careful. If you still dream of getting some new firearms from Wu Sangui, it will only be further self-defeating."

"Grandson understands, grandson must tell the emissary to get along with the old thief Wu Sangui, find out his military situation, and test whether he has any plans to take the opportunity to go north." Kang Mazi, who was wronged, apologized and added casually: " As for the new firearms, my grandson forgot to tell my grandmother that Shang Kexi may have succeeded in planning to trap Lu Yifeng's wife and children."

"What else? How is it possible?" Xiao Zhuang asked in surprise.

"Because Shang Kexi is far away from the capital, I haven't received accurate information yet." Kang Mazi hurriedly told about Fatty Lu's impeachment of Shang Kexi and Yue Le, and then laughed: "This matter is Shang Kexi's intervention. Sun'er didn't do it himself, and Sun'er has already sent Lu Yifeng's memorial and decree to Wuchang, even if Wu Sangui's old thief is angry, he will only spread it on Shang Kexi's head."

This time it was Xiaozhuang's turn to stop talking. Xiaozhuang was not dissatisfied with Kang Mazi's use of such little tricks, but suddenly thought of another possibility-if Monk Yue Le had already got the new firearms and weapons from Fatty Lu The new type of gunpowder, then their temporary adjustment of the rebellion plan, wouldn't it be smooth sailing?First pretend to be a good person to keep Geng Jingzhong, and then buy time to gather the strength of Fujian and Guangdong to build a batch of new firearms. Then the rebellion and usurpation are more sure?

"Impossible, impossible." Thinking of this, Xiao Zhuang quickly shook his head and drove the thought away from his heart, "This must be a series of tricks by the old thief Wu Sangui. He made a wrong judgment and mistakenly believed that Yue Le, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi were ready to join forces to rebel, thus inducing the Ai family and the emperor to destroy the Great Wall to get rid of Yue Le, and at the same time distracting the Ai family and the emperor's attention for his grand plan of rebellion. Create an opportunity for surprise. ——What a brilliant psychological tactic, when did the old thief Wu Sangui become so cunning?"

"Grandmother, what's the matter with you?" Kang Mazi saw that the old witch of Xiaozhuang had a strange expression, and asked in surprise, "Grandmother, do you feel that your grandson has done something wrong and that he is not upright?"

"No." Xiaozhuang shook his head and said calmly: "Grandmother just remembered some other things, grandson, you have to be careful on the side of Burni in Chahar, and you should pay close attention to the side of Guangdong, don't let The random spread of new firearms will allow the Han barbarians to counteract the power of our Eight Banners' bow horse riding and shooting."

"Keep some attention at Burni?" Kang Mazi was not stupid, he immediately came to his senses and asked in surprise, "Grandmother, do you also suspect that old thief Wu Sangui might be telling the truth?"

"Be careful sailing for thousands of years." Xiao Zhuang replied very vaguely, "Be careful, you can take precautions."

"Grandson understands." Kang Mazi nodded solemnly, thinking in his heart: "Could it be that grandma is also suspicious of Yue Le, but she didn't say it because she was afraid of misleading me? If the scheming grandmother also doubts Yue Le, then this Yue Le Le, but absolutely can't stay."

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In the next few days, apart from sending his own father-in-law Gorbra to Pianyuan as an imperial envoy to congratulate Old Traitor Wu on the relocation of his palace, Kang Mazi was not in a hurry to order troops from Huguang to go south to Fujian to quell the rebellion, nor did he decide to deal with Geng. Jingzhong adopts a policy of appeasement, but waits for news from the south with trepidation, and wants to take another look at the situation before making a decision—after all, it takes time to prepare for Geng Jingzhong's rebellion and the Huguang Qing army's southward suppression of the rebellion, and Kang Mazi still has a little time to wait and see .

Contrary to Kang Mazi's efforts to be calm and patient, the civil and military officials in the Qing court were divided into two factions, one for fighting and the other for arguing every day.The main combat faction headed by Mingzhu firmly advocated taking a gamble, dispatching elite soldiers from Huguang to the south, quickly quelling the chaos in Fujian, and cutting off the traitorous old man Wu's wings; Buy time, and it won’t be too late to clean up after the formation of the new army. Otherwise, after dispatching the Huguang army, once the most threatening Wu Sangui army takes the opportunity to cross the river and gain a firm foothold on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Qing court will be a big deal. It's over.

The main war faction and the main peace faction each have their own reasons, and they refuse to give in to each other. Every day, they turn Kang Mazi's Golden Temple and South Study Room into a vegetable market.On May [-]th of Kang Mazi, an important news finally came from Fujian - Geng Jingzhong's army arrested Fujian governor Fan Chengmo but did not rush to kill him, but put all three hundred members of Fan Chengmo's family into prison. At the same time, Geng Jingzhong dispatched his beloved general Zeng Yangxing as a general, led an army of [-] troops to launch the Northern Expedition, and entered Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province by water and land, targeting Wenzhou and Taizhou.Obviously, Geng Jingzhong has made up his mind, determined to take advantage of the opportunity that the Qing court had no time to react, and eat the land of Fuhua in Zhejiang in one go.

The Tang newspaper was sent to the South Study Room, and Kang Mazi's South Study Room naturally turned into a vegetable market again. Suo Etu believed that since Geng Jingzhong refused to kill Fan Chengmo, he planned to stay on the front line and leave a chance for peace talks with the Qing court, so as not to completely Tear your face, so you should send envoys to appease you, so as not to expand the war.Mingzhu believes that Geng Jingzhong's reluctance to kill Fan Chengmo is just because the Geng and Fan families have been married for generations, and they don't want to do anything to Fan Chengmo. Moreover, if he proposes to appease him now, it will only make Geng Jingzhong more arrogant. Huge price, it is better to resolutely attack and resolutely suppress!

"Master, overjoyed! Overjoyed!" Just as the verbal battle between Suo'etu and Mingzhu was in full swing, a little eunuch suddenly stumbled in outside Nan's study room, knelt down on his knees as soon as he crossed the threshold, kowtowed and said, "I want to report to my master!" Huang Xigun, the Minister of the Ministry of War, asked to see him, saying that he had a great event to report to his master."

"Big happy event?" Kang Mazi, who was already battered, had a little hope, and hurriedly shouted, "Xuan." Suo'etu and Mingzhu also shut their mouths, waiting to see what the big happy event was.

"Zha!" The little eunuch kowtowed coolly, got up and ran down.A while later, Huang Xigun, the servant of the military department who made great contributions to Kang Mazi's eradication of Aobai's party, rushed into the South Study Room, knelt down on his knees as soon as he entered the door, and couldn't wait to shout loudly: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, Guangxi's accurate military situation According to the report, Wu Sangui's army of bandits killed each other and fought among themselves, and his grandson Wu Shizong arrested the bandit general Lu Yifeng, put the bandit general Lu Yifeng into a prison cart, and escorted him to Wuchang!"

"Wu Sangui's old thief caught Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" Kang Mazi was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, he jumped up and asked, "Why? Why did Wu Sangui's old thief arrest Lu Yifeng's dog thief? Did you find out the reason?"

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief betrayed Wu Sangui." Huang Xigun replied with a smile: "He leaked Wu Sangui's old thief's new firearm sketch and new gunpowder formula to Guangdong Pingnan Palace, and was discovered by the eyeliner Wu Shizong sent to Wuzhou to monitor Lu Yifeng , Wu Shizong immediately used the excuse of adding troops to Lu Yifeng, and taking advantage of the opportunity of Lu Yifeng's dog thief coming out of the city to meet him, he took Lu Yifeng's dog thief down on the spot! Our detailed work also found unconfirmed news that Lu Yifeng's dog thief, It is also very likely that the sketch of the flying boat was also sold to Pingnan Palace."

"Okay!" Kang Mazi was overjoyed, he slammed the table, and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, okay! Lu Yifeng's dog thief helped the evil, and finally got his retribution! Wu Sangui's old thief's magic weapon, I finally Got it!"

"My emperor's blessings are equal to the sky, and the gods are all blessed! Long live, long live, long live!" Mingzhu, Suo'etu, Zhang Ying and others who were present hurriedly knelt down together, shouted in unison, and flattered everyone.

"Hurry up, send the decree to Shang Aiqing!" Kang Mazi hurriedly ordered: "Let him quickly send all the things Lu Yifeng gave him, remember, never copy and backup! Also, pass the decree, King Pingnan It is still gratifying to be crowned Prince Pingnan!"

"Tie." Zhang Ying quickly kowtowed, and quickly stood up to draw up an order.But at this moment, a young eunuch came in from outside the door, kowtowed and said: "My lord, Wang Xu, Minister of the Ministry of War, asked to see him, saying that there is an urgent military report, and I beg my lord to summon him immediately."

"Biography." Kang Mazi waved his hand graciously, and he didn't care so much about the word 'urgent'. With Fatty Lu's firearms, gunpowder and airship, plus Kang Mazi's own national power, this will still happen. Who do you need to be afraid of?

The little eunuch took the order to leave, and after a while, Wang Xu, who was obviously much thinner, hurried into the South Study Room. Because he walked too fast, he was almost tripped by the threshold, and finally stood still in embarrassment.It's rare to see Wang Xu, who is usually serious and unsmiling, so embarrassed. Kang Mazi, Mingzhu and the others couldn't help but snicker, but Wang Xu's next words made Kang Mazi and the others unable to laugh anymore.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong! Princess Makata, who is married to Mongolian Chahar Khan Abnai's entourage, Shi Xinzhu, sent his younger brother Ajigen to Beijing in secret to report to the minister—Abunai's eldest son, Prince An Yue Le My son-in-law, Burni, is trying to rebel!"

(Note: Princess Miqing, who was married to the Abunai brothers, followed Shi Xinzhu, who sent his younger brother Ajigen to Beijing to inform Kang Mazi. He was the first to reveal that Berni was planning to rebel. This is a historical fact, which is also included in "Qing History Materials".)
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