Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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It turned out that Dai Liangchen, who was sent by Wu Yingxiong to buy medicine in Guangdong, belonged to Kong Sizhen. When Kong Sizhen heard Wu Yingxiong's question, he turned and walked into the main room, and came out holding a box after a while.

The words "Gongyitang Pharmacy" were written on the box.

"There are eight wooden corks and wax-sealed vials inside...a total of eight magical medicines, which the doctors of Guangzhou Public Medical Hall call antibacterial liquid." Kong Sizhen said with a smile, "the output of this antibacterial liquid is very low. , the demand is huge, and the supply exceeds the demand.

These were bought by Dai Liangchen for 1000 taels of silver! "

The 1000 taels of allicin is of course very black-hearted... But Zhu Heqi did not put the money in his pocket.

His "inventions", except for the benefits of perfume, are all for the public, and allicin is no exception.

He has long handed over the production method of allicin to the doctors of Guangdong Public Medical School and Public Hospital, and the proceeds from selling allicin are used to support the public medical school and public hospital.

And the public medical school does not charge tuition fees.In addition to allicin, other medicines and medical services in public hospitals only charge a cost price.

Therefore, public medical colleges and public hospitals rely on allicin to support them.

Wu Yingxiong asked: "Sizhen...the people in Guangzhou Public Medical Hall don't know that this medicine is for my father, right?"

"Of course I don't know!" Kong Sizhen handed the wooden box to Wu Yingxiong, "How can I reveal such a secret? Even Dai Liangchen doesn't know...I just told him that my son wants to use it."

"That's good." Wu Yingxiong took the wooden box as he spoke, walked into the room, and opened the box on a table.Then he took out a medicine bottle inside and looked at it carefully - this medicine bottle is not big, but a small one, milky white in color, very beautiful, and a little bit transparent.

Just hold the medicine bottle up to the light and you can see the full liquid inside.

The seal of the medicine bottle is made of cork and wax, and it can be seen that it is intact and has not been opened.

Wu Yingxiong checked the medicine bottles one by one and found no problem, so he put the medicine bottles back into the box and handed them to his son.

Wu Shilin seemed uneasy, and asked, "You really won't be poisoned by someone surnamed Zhu?"

"How is it possible?" Kong Sizhen laughed, "Dai Liangchen doesn't know anything, and the people in the Guangzhou Public Hospital don't even know... They are a good deal for a box of medicine for 1000 taels of silver! How could the patient be poisoned? What do you want?" If you don’t believe me, I’ll test the medicine myself when the time comes!”

Wu Yingxiong nodded, and said to Kong Sizhen, "Sizhen, that's a hard work for you."

Chapter 411 Wu Sangui's "Tiger Fakes Tiger's Prestige" Strategy?

Above the banquet, the heat was steaming.A Qinghai gazelle roasted to a crispy yellow surface, overflowing with aroma, and steaming was lifted up by two cooks from the Presidential Palace, and placed on a long table with many condiments and milky white porcelain bowls .One of the cooks carefully slices the roast lamb with a knife.Distributed into porcelain bowls, each piece of mutton is oily and has a tempting aroma.Another chef was in charge of sprinkling spices from the Western Regions and Yunnan, which made the index fingers of all the guests move.

Most of the guests here today are civil servants and military generals in the Wu and Zhou camps, plus two guests from the southeast——the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Zongxi, and the governor of Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty, Hong Shiming.At this moment, except for Huang Zongxi and Hong Shiming, everyone was smiling like flowers, surrounding Wu Sangui like stars.

Wu Sangui was also extremely proud.Because of the rumors of Zhu Heqi's death in battle and the tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing armies on the battlefield around Anqing, he once fell into hesitation... He is also an "old hesitant", and he only went to the Yangtze River when he rebelled against the Qing in history I started to hesitate!

But at this moment, he has finally hesitated, and is ready to take out an army of [-] to fight for his son Wu Yingqi and grandson Wu Shicong!

And the odds of winning this fight are pretty high no matter what!

Needless to say on Kangxi's side... Although there are hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners new troops in hand, those are "lose-lose soldiers".He lost one battle with Wu Jiajun, and another battle with Zhu Heqi.It's too late to lose, and I'm afraid of losing, and it's still a exhausted army. How could it beat the victorious soldiers of the Wu family who are full of energy and vigor?

And Zhu Heqi is in big trouble now. Prime Minister Zhuge is staring at Wu Zhou and Kangxi who is stationed at Qingliu Pass. The remaining forces that can be used to besiege Anqing are small.An Qing has been fighting for several months and still hasn't succeeded!

Zhu Hechi's entry into Zhejiang was extremely smooth, and it should be no problem to enter Jiangnan.After all, the people and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been suffering for a long time, and they welcome anyone who can come to rescue them.What's more, it was Daming who they were quite familiar with.However, Kangxi had expected this situation a long time ago. He not only used the strategy of "Feng Ting offered the party to join Zhao", but also set up three strongholds along the Yangtze River, Zijin Mountain, Guazhoubu and Anqing.

These three strongholds must be pulled out by Zhu Heqi - if the Anqing stronghold is not pulled out, the Yangtze River waterway will not be able to pass.Jiangdong and Jiangxi cannot be integrated, and it is difficult to ship food from Jiangxi and porcelain from Jingdezhen to Jiangdong.So Anqing must be defeated!

Needless to say, Zijin Mountain... Can Zhu Yuanzhang's grave be recovered?Let a group of Tartar soldiers shit and piss on Zhu Yuanzhang's head every day, Zhu Heqi still has the face to be the emperor?

And the stronghold of Guazhoubu is stuck with the Grand Canal!If it is not removed, what will happen to the logistics of the Northern Expeditionary Army?

Therefore, Zhu Heqi must first lay down these three strongholds before he can draw a large army to make a large-scale northern expedition.

The three strongholds laid down by Emperor Kangxi are definitely not so easy to fight. It is not too difficult to delay Zhu and Qi for a few months, right?

Moreover, Emperor Kangxi's whimsical plan of "Feng Ting offering the land to Zhao" even bluffed Zhu Heqi, so that Zhu Heqi sent Huang Zongxi to negotiate with Wu Sangui... This fell right into Wu Sangui's arms!

Wu Sangui pointed to the roasted sheep and said with a smile to Huang Zongxi: "Mr. Lizhou, this yellow sheep is a special product in Qinghai-Tibet. The lama's envoy sent it to the old man."

Huang Zongxi smiled calmly, but he was a little confused in his heart—why did this Wu Sangui mention the Fifth Great Lama?What does he have to do with the current Ming, Qing, and Zhou kingdoms fighting for hegemony?

However, Hong Shiming, who became Wu Sangui's guest of honor with him, changed his face drastically—although he has always been a "official bench", he is a cold bench in the Beijing court, so how can he not know about the Mongols and the Great Lama?

The Fifth Grand Lama seems to have nothing to do with Ming, Qing, and Zhou kingdoms' struggle for hegemony, but in fact he can influence the position of some Mongolian princes.

Or it can be said that, on the surface, the Fifth Grand Lama sent envoys to send yellow sheep to Wu Sangui, but in fact, it was the group of Mongolian princes who showed their favor to President Wu through the Grand Lama!

To people like Zhu Heqi and Huang Zongxi who had never been in the power circle of the Manchu Qing, this was not a big deal, but to people in the Manchu Qing circle like Hong Shiming, it meant that the country of the Qing Dynasty was being shake!

The Qing Dynasty has always been based on the marriage alliance between Mongolia and Manchuria!

If the Mongols were partly pulled over by President Wu, wouldn't the foundation of the Qing Dynasty be shaken?

Moreover, there is a possibility that Wu Sangui can win over the Mongols through the Fifth Grand Lama!

Because Yunnan borders Tibet, there have always been lamas preaching in Yunnan, and there are many chieftains on the Yunnan-Tibet border who offer offerings at both ends. It is very possible that Wu Sangui contacted the great lama through them.

Now that Wu Sangui controls Sichuan again, it is more convenient to contact the great lama, and he can even send troops directly to attack the snow-covered plateau... Isn't it just a matter of asking the great lama to help him contact Oirat Mongolia and Khalkha Mongolia?

Wu Sangui glanced at Hong Shiming, and then said to Huang Zongxi: "The old man knows that the third prince and the third grandson are desperate for the territory in the south of the Yangtze River, and if anyone wants to pick the fruit at this time, they will fight with him.

The old man is getting old, and he doesn't want to be mixed with the mainland in his lifetime, so he just wants to do the job of expelling the Tartars... After all, it has something to do with the old man that the Tartars can come in. "

As soon as Huang Zongxi heard this, he immediately said to Wu Sangui: "It is truly a blessing for the world that the President can understand righteousness so deeply!" He paused, and then said, "I wonder what the President thinks about Jiangbei?"

Wu Sangui smiled and said: "If the old man wants to take all of Jiangbei, wouldn't he be caught between the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Moreover, Jiangbei's territory is not small, and the Qing soldiers have not all withdrawn. If I want to take more territory, I have to invest more Some troops... This will divide the soldiers of the Northern Expedition!"

For Wu Sangui, the Jiangbei Province established by Kangxi was actually a tasteless one.It's okay to try something new in the territory of Shouzhou Prefecture and Lu'an Prefecture.If you really want to eat big meat, you have to conquer the four prefectures of Anqing, Luzhou, Yangzhou, and Huai'an.

Most of the territory of Anqing Mansion and a part of Luzhou territory have been occupied by Zhuge Sanhe's soldiers, while the Yang and Huai Mansions blocked Zhu Heqi's northern expedition.

If Wu Sangui sent troops to occupy it, he would divide his troops to defend the country for Kangxi... Although his old man's strategy is poor, it is not so bad.

"President, are you going to go to the Northern Expedition?" Huang Zongxi's eyes were about to light up when he heard the news.

"Yes!" Wu Sangui laughed, "The old man is going to let Ying Qi and Shi Cong send [-] troops to the north, and they will send troops this autumn!"

"This autumn? It's autumn now!"

Wu Sangui nodded and said with a smile: "If you send troops this autumn, you will be able to enter Beijing next spring! Hahaha... the old man is going to win!"

The "win" he said was not only about winning Kangxi, but also about winning Zhu and Qi!

Whoever enters Beijing first rules the world!

Wu Sangui sent [-] victorious soldiers to the Northern Expedition, can Kangxi stop it?If Kangxi can't stop it, Wu Sangui will be the first to enter Beijing!

Huang Zongxi looked at Wu Sangui's smug face, and always felt that he should say something to hurt him, "President, Kang Yaotou still has 10,000+ Eight Banners new troops, so they may not be powerless to fight!"

"Is there?" Wu Sangui laughed again, then turned his head and said to Hong Shiming, "Risheng, you work harder, and go to Huai'an for the old man, to persuade Xuanye...just be Qing Shunzong once! He needs to run faster, and he can still have an army of more than 20 to [-] people to go outside the pass, and maybe he can also be a hero outside the pass and outside the Great Wall.

Otherwise, my son Ying Qi would bring one hundred thousand soldiers to beat him first, and even if he was lucky enough to win, the third grandson of Zhu would bring another hundred thousand soldiers to beat him...how much can he endure?

These two groups of people beat him to death. After the beating, he might not even have Shunzong left! "

Chapter 412 Emperor Kangxi says everything is under control!

When Hong Shiming spent six days, gritted his teeth and drove [-] miles from Dawu Mountain to Huai'an, he was almost exhausted.If it weren't for the Goshhas sent by Sun Sike to get him off the horse, he wouldn't be able to get off the horse himself.

But at this point, he still didn't dare to slacken even half of it, and went straight to the presence of Emperor Kangxi after entering Huai'an City.

This is not because of how diligent he is, but because he no longer knows whose slave he is?He doesn't even know if he's still a slave?

Although he was ordered to rebel in Jiangning City, there was an anti-Qing vote week.But Wu Sangui, an old fox, not only didn't fall for the trap, he didn't even give Hong Shiming a job!

Hong Shiming rebelled in Jiangning... Although it was a rebellion by order, it was still a rebellion!Since he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he must not be an official of the Qing Dynasty.And Wu Sangui didn't give him an official title, so wouldn't he be "a light man without an official"?

Well, he has been an official for more than 20 years, and he is used to it, but suddenly he "dismissed his official position" and became a grassroots... What's going on?

Moreover, he is still a poor peasant!

His property in Fujian was confiscated by Zheng Jing!He didn't have time to bring out the money he embezzled when he was the governor of Jiangning.And most of his property in Beijing...was also taken back by the Qing court.

In other words, he is now not only without an official, but also without property.

If he doesn't work harder now and try to get back his official position in the Qing Dynasty, then he will have a hard time living in the future... Maybe he will have to beg for food!

This is really humiliating the ancestors!And he doesn't know how to beg for food!

Thinking that his life might be in danger, Hong Shiming was anxious to see Kangxi, and he didn't feel that Shaoqing of Taichang Temple was a cold shoulder.

He misses that cold bench now!

Thinking of his beloved cold shoulder, Hong Shiming met the furious Emperor Kangxi on his way to Huai'an.

"Hong Shiming? You...why are you still alive?"

The question that Emperor Kangxi raised as soon as they met made Hong Shiming feel that something was wrong.

"Slave..."

When Hong Shiming didn't know how to answer, Kangxi spoke again: "How did you create your rebellion? I clearly asked you to lead Jiangnan Province to seek refuge with Wu Sangui, but the eleven prefectures and one prefecture in Jiangnan Province all looked forward to it. False Ming? Even the inner city of Jiangning has lowered the false Ming!"

It turned out that during the days when Hong Shiming was traveling between Jiangning-Dawu Mountain-Huai'an, Zhu Heqi's Northern Expeditionary Army was also making rapid progress.

Wherever the army arrives, it is just watching the wind and descending!

Even if there were a few guards who wanted to resist a little, they were all tied up and sent to Zhu Heqi by the subordinates.

Now south of the Yangtze River, the only ones that are still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty are the Zijin Mountain Fortress and the Jiangning Outer City under the control of the Jiangnan Daying Camp—Zhu Heqi has not yet arrived in Jiangning, and his army has just arrived in Zhenjiang.

Another important stronghold of the Qing Dynasty south of the Yangtze River, Anqing Nancheng, was broken by Prime Minister Zhuge's army a few days ago!

Faced with such a situation where the army was defeated like a mountain, Kangxi could only push the big black pot to the "rebellious" Zu Zepu and Hong Shiming.

Therefore, after Emperor Kangxi learned that the "rocket boats" of the Ming army entered the Yangtze River from the Grand Canal, and carried out rocket bombardment on the Qing army navy camp in Guazhoubu.He immediately issued an order to Sun Sike of Jiangnan Daying, asking him to behead the two rebels Zu Zepu and Hong Shiming for public display.

This is a decree!

This edict was only issued the afternoon before yesterday, and I don't know if it has been sent to Jiangning now?

So Emperor Kangxi was surprised when he learned that Hong Shiming had arrived—isn't this efficiency too high?

But when Kangxi saw Hong Shiming's head, he realized that the head was attached to the body!

That's why Kangxi asked such questions when they first met.

"Slave, I don't know that the unreasonable people in Jiangning City are so bad, and I don't know that the servants of the ancestral family are all hypocrites... Slave deserves death! I also ask the master to come down!"

Hong Shiming is still pleading guilty there!

When Kangxi heard his pleading guilty, he knew that he hadn't seen the order to behead him.

"By the way," Kangxi thought of something at this moment, "Where have you been these days? Where did you come from?"

It turned out that Sun Sike did not report to Kangxi that Hong Shiming had gone to Wu Sangui's place... This is not easy to report, and it seems that Sun Sike secretly informed Wu Sangui.

So Kangxi didn't know about it.

"The servant went to Wu Sangui's place," Hong Shiming replied truthfully, "now he is also following Wu Sangui's order to see the emperor."

Oh, that can't be killed!

Kangxi said in his heart: "If the two countries are fighting each other, don't behead them!"

"What did Wu Sangui ask you to say?" Kangxi's expression softened immediately, "Are you going to join forces with Zhen to deal with hypocrisy?"

Up to now, Kangxi has not realized that Wu Sangui and Zhu Heqi are almost as dangerous, so he still wants to unite Wu Sangui to fight Zhu Heqi together!

"No, it's not..." Hong Shiming said tremblingly, "Wu Sangui saw through our scheme!"

"See through?"

Kangxi thought to himself: "By the way, Wu Sangui has Yang Qilong, the number one military adviser in the world, by his side! Zhou Peigong's plan can't fool him! What a miscalculation!"

"Then what does he want?" Kangxi asked again with a livid face.

"Wu Sangui is going to the Northern Expedition!" Hong Shiming said, "He has ordered Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong to lead an army of [-], and he will soon leave Xiangyang and enter Henan..."

"What?" Kangxi stood up abruptly from the throne, clenched his fists together, his eyes glowed with anger, "Since he wanted to fight, why did he send you here?"

Hong Shiming said with a mournful face: "He, he sent his slaves to see the emperor to persuade the emperor to follow the example of Emperor Yuanshun..."

"Bastard!" Kangxi was furious, "I still have half a country and hundreds of thousands of troops. He only sent 10 people, so he thinks he will win?"

"That's not true," Hong Shiming shook his head, "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui said that if the [-] troops he sent were defeated, Zhu Heqi would send another [-] troops to the Northern Expedition... At that time, you will use the exhausted troops of Wu's army just after beating them." I'm afraid even Yuan Shunzong won't be able to fight against Zhu Heqi, the master."

Wu Sangui's move was also very powerful, pulling Zhu and Qi together to scare Kangxi.If Kangxi had been less timid, he might have been scared away.

But how could Kangxi accept his tricks!

"He..." Emperor Kangxi stomped his feet, "He has Zhu and Qi as his allies, and I also have the Manchurian Alliance! My Mongolian warriors knew that the Qing Dynasty was in trouble, and they all came forward to fight. Prince Chahar Burni also said that he had Summon five thousand Mongolian warriors, just wait for my order!"

"Your Majesty," Hong Shiming said, "I also learned from Wu Sangui that the Fifth Great Lama sent envoys to him, and even gave him a yellow sheep from Qinghai!"

Kangxi was a little dumbfounded now.If what Hong Shiming said is true, then the one who colluded with Wu Sangui is not the Fifth Grand Lama, but the Dalai Khan of the Heshuote Khanate—because Qinghai, which produces Qinghai yellow sheep, is a Mongolian from the Heshuote headquarters nomadic place.