Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Most of the Yi Ding soldiers around Wu Yingxiong left in response, and Xia Guoxiang and Hong Shiming also left in a hurry. In the huge palace, only a few Yi Ding soldiers, Wu Yingxiong, and Lama Sangji were left. .

Wu Yingxiong supported Kong Sizhen's coffin, looked at Lama Sangji, and said with a wry smile: "The Great Emperor really knows everything well, but I can't meet him in Xi'an...I have to go back to Xiangjing immediately, and personally command and deploy the defenses." The land in Guanzhong was originally the territory of the Qing Dynasty. I dare not covet it. I will return it to the Qing Dynasty after Wu Guogui moves all his family members to Sichuan.

In addition, please tell the great emperor that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, Shu is dead and Wu is in danger!My Great Zhou is really powerless to resist Qiangming. If the Great Emperor cannot send troops to rescue... then it will be a few months at the earliest, or three years at the slowest, and the Great Zhou will perish.At that time, Zhu and Qi will be second to third in the world! "

Lama Sangji said: "Don't worry, the Son of Heaven, the Great Emperor is a wise and wise lord, and he will never watch the Ming Dynasty perish. However, it will take time for the Great Emperor to send troops to the south, so please the Son of Heaven to guard Yuezhou, Jingmen, Jingzhou and other places."

Wu Yingxiong nodded: "Okay, I will definitely stand by and wait for help!"

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The news of the Ming army's large-scale western expedition and the success of the Confucianism uprising in Wuchang was quickly sent by the messenger sent by Lama Sanji to Datong, Shanxi, where Emperor Kangxi lived, at an expedited speed of [-] miles.

At this time, Kangxi had already held a simplified version of the Kulitai Conference in Kukuhetun, and won the title of Mongolian Great Khan for himself-he actually did not wait for the Mongolian Taiji and Prince Zasak scattered all over the place. The king of the county just held a meeting with the leaders of the Mongolian coalition forces who were recruited by him after the Chierbo war, plus Taiji from the Tumote and Ordos tribes, and those Qing Mongolian princes who followed him on the expedition. .

As for the representatives of the two Mongolian Khanates, Junggar and Heshuot, they didn’t come at all... But Kangxi felt that he was the proud disciple of the Great Lama, and the leaders of Heshuote and Junggar listened to the words of the Great Lama, so he represented his brother Karma Erdan and Heshuot Khan the Dalai Khan voted for himself too.

Although the whereabouts of Burni are still unknown, including the remnants of Chahar hiding on the Houtao grassland at the foot of the Yin Mountain, the Mongolian tribes that originally belonged to Burni, at least in name, dare not resist Kangxi now!

So Kangxi led his troops to leave Kuku and Tun, return to Datong south of the Great Wall to rest, and prepare to join forces with Wu Yingxiong and Zhu Heqi to fight!

Chapter 594: Fighting late is worse than fighting early!

On May 25th, in Datong, Shanxi Province, the Qing emperor was here.

It was midnight now, and the lights were still on in the south study room. Emperor Kangxi was holding a cup of hot tea, sitting cross-legged on the kang, staring at the dark night sky outside the window in a daze.This year's summer seems to be warmer than previous years, and the precipitation in the north is also a little bit more. Even Datong Prefecture, which has always been arid, has experienced a few heavy rains after entering May. At this moment, the sky is still densely covered with dark clouds. A feeling of dark clouds overwhelming the city.

On the imperial case, there are piles of documents, all of which are battle reports from various places and memorials from local officials.Kangxi is famous for his diligence, especially in his energetic young and middle-aged age, he liked to do everything by himself.Even the making of guns and cannons, he personally intervened, and set up the Hall of Mental Cultivation Manufacturing Office to take care of this matter and be directly responsible to him.He has never slackened in the military affairs and civil affairs of various places. Even when he is going abroad, he will try his best to let the courtiers follow him.Even if it is inconvenient for courtiers to follow, they will send memorials from various places to the army for personal review.

But this self-confessed diligent and wise king now feels a deep sense of powerlessness.This sense of powerlessness is not mainly from military affairs, but from civil affairs.

A few years ago, in order to draw financial and material resources from the people as soon as possible to support his military reform, he had to use the method of "inducing poison to quench thirst" and delegated power to the grassroots "village sages" to serve as taxpayers for the Qing court. Searching for people's fat and people's anointing... Although this "village sages pay taxes" method has an immediate effect and has brought a lot of money and food for the court in a short period of time, the negative effect is also very significant.

One is that the local tyrants are showing signs of militarization and arming, and they have begun to act like monsters!

Tyrants cannot be taxpayers without guns and knives, but once they have more guns and knives, they will not be willing to help the court search honestly—the money and food they have collected are in their own pockets Isn't it fragrant?

Moreover, people's hearts are always dissatisfied. After becoming a sage of a village, it is inevitable to think about the position of the lord of a county or even the lord of a house.

And a while ago, because of Wu Yingxiong's "five-way attack on the Qing", although it didn't hurt the Qing Dynasty, he coaxed Wu Yingqi and Burni, two unlucky people, to the front line and sent their heads.However, those "sages from the same village" in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Zhili began to act as demons one after another.

Some of the more honest townspeople began to cry about being poor, saying that last year’s tax package was a loss, and this year it should be reduced a little, or else it would not be covered!

There are also some dark-hearted sages who simply rebelled and raised troops to respond to Wu Yingxiong. Counties in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other places were attacked by this group of sages!

Kangxi's main forces were all dealing with the Ming army or against Burni and Wu Yingqi, so the green battalion soldiers controlled by governors from all over the country could barely cope.And the combat effectiveness of those green battalion soldiers is relatively poor, and their motivation is not enough, so there are still seven or eight counties that have not been recovered... and the tax package of Kangxi in 18 years seems to have dropped a little bit!

What made Kangxi even more troublesome was the formation of cliques among the local sages - Confucianism - courtiers (mainly Hanchen and the New Eight Banners Han Army)!

It’s almost like the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty, except that the Donglin Party only has guns and guns, while Xiangxian has guns and knives, Confucianism has anti-classics, and the organization is stricter.The combination of the two caused Emperor Kangxi a great headache, and he already had the idea of ​​suppressing Confucianism.

But...without Confucianism, Confucianism will take advantage of the void!

Kangxi originally thought that Ruzong and Rumen were two completely different Confucian schools.But when the "Anjing" became one of the "Four Books and Six Classics", Confucianism and Confucianism have become more and more alike.

One is the beheading Confucian who holds a sharp sword, and the other is the beating Confucian who holds a stick... and both of them portray the most holy teacher as a nine-foot tall, infinitely powerful, and unrivaled martial artist!And they all hold the "Anti-Scripture", knowing that they must cunning Confucianism.

It looks like there is really no difference!

So Kangxi was very worried that he suppressed the high-ranking Confucian sect, and the gang of virtuous disciples below would join the Confucian sect...

Thinking of these headaches, Emperor Kangxi stood up impatiently and called out, "Xiao Guizi."

"The slave is here." Following the reply, Xiao Guizi, the most trusted eunuch of Emperor Kangxi walked in.I saw a smile on his face, he looked humble and obedient, as if he would always be loyal to the great Emperor Kangxi, until his death.

What made Kangxi even more satisfied was that this little Guizi father-in-law seemed to never tire. He seemed to keep his ears pricked up when he slept, and whenever Kangxi called out, he would always follow him.

Familiar with history books, Kangxi, who is well aware of the disaster of eunuchs, now understands those kings who reuse eunuchs...

Kangxi sighed, and asked Xiao Guizi, "Have Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Tong Guogang arrived?"

"If you go back to the master, they have already arrived and are waiting outside."

"Call them in."

Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang who were outside heard Kangxi's words, hurried into the South Study Room, threw off their horseshoe sleeves, bowed and kowtowed to see them.

Kangxi took a look at the people who seemed to be wet, and said with a smile, "Let's all be flat...Is it raining outside? Are you not drenched?"

Tuhai Surong replied: "It's just a little drizzle."

"That's good," Kangxi nodded, "I asked you to come here in the rain at night because something big happened in Huguang, Zhu Heqi made a move, and took down Wuchang Fucheng with one strike! When I saw the news, I was shocked I feel uneasy, so I will call you to discuss it before dawn, should we send troops to help Wu Yingxiong fight?"

"Long Live Lord," Tu Hai frowned, "Are you talking about Wuchang Prefecture or Wuchang County?"

"It's the Fucheng of Wuchang!" Kangxi said, "Thousands of rebels from the Confucian sect in Wuchang have gathered thousands of people to make trouble in the Fucheng of Wuchang... Fang Guangchen, the governor of Hubei in the Zhou Kingdom, led his own soldiers to suppress him. Bewitched by the demons, they defected, causing Wuchang to fall! In addition, the puppet army also launched an attack on Wuchang County, but the outcome of the battle is still unknown.”

Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang were all silent, and seemed to have reservations about sending troops to aid Zhou.

Kangxi understood what the four of them were thinking, and said with a wry smile: "You must think that Zhu and Qi have to level up with President Wu for two or three years. We just take advantage of this time to recuperate, rectify the internal affairs, and continue to strengthen our strength. We will be one-on-one with Zhu and Qi. Solo practice?"

Several people said together: "The emperor is wise."

Kangxi shook his head and said, "But this is not acceptable!"

"Long live, why not?" Tu Hai asked.

Kangxi smiled wryly: "Isn't this obvious? My ability to govern the world is not as good as Zhu Heqi!"

"My lord, please don't say that!"

"Your Majesty, Zhu Ni's ability to govern the country is not as good as yours!"

"Your Majesty, don't grow up with other people's ambitions."

"Your Majesty, my Qing Dynasty is flourishing now!"

Hearing the words of the servants, Kangxi just let out a long sigh, and said: "Zhu and Qi governed the country based on the land equalization system, and I governed the country based on the village virtuous system... The land equalization system is not easy to achieve, but once it is achieved, the stamina is huge. Great. Because the land equalization system can spread the land, taxes, and military service on an equal basis. In this way, the burden on each household is not heavy, while the imperial court gets a lot. The rural virtuous system is quick to see money, and there will be future troubles. many.

Because the village system is actually a feudal system... one township, one virtuous, is a powerful party, and can be controlled when the power is small, but it is difficult to deal with it once it becomes big.Therefore, in this battle between me and Zhu Heqi, it is better to fight sooner than later!Since we wanted to fight early, we had to fight before Wu Yingxiong died.Because once he perishes, Zhu and Qi's strength will increase a lot, and we won't become stronger if we procrastinate, why not have a battle of the Three Emperors now? "

Chapter 595 Kang Mazi's Big Chess Game

When they heard that Kangxi was going to fight the "Battle of the Three Emperors", Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang felt it was wrong.Suo'etu hurriedly knelt on his knees and took a few steps forward, came to Kangxi and kowtowed and said: "I think it's impossible! Now the three armies are exhausted, Mongolia is still undecided, Burni is still at large, and there are remnants of Chahar's army everywhere on the grassland. A few days ago The Zhaowuda League also reported that a group of unknown horse thieves broke into the Yanshan Mountain under the jurisdiction of the Zhaowuda League. They took over the mountain as king and came out from time to time to grab money, grain, livestock, and women. If they were not cut off in time, I'm afraid..."

"This is a disease of moss mustard, and I have ordered General Shengjing to deal with it." Kangxi interrupted Suo'etu with a look of indifference.

This attitude surprised everyone in the next few days. Zhaowu Dameng is not far from the area under the jurisdiction of General Shengjing, and Shengjing is not only the place where the Qing Dynasty prospered, but also the way out for the disciples of the Eight Banners...

Mingzhu was the first to realize it, and hurried forward and said, "Both Burni and Wu Yingqi are missing now, if the thief who sneaked into Yanshan is one of them, if the ashes reappear in the future, it will be a big trouble."

Tong Guogang also said: "The emperor might as well be lucky in Shengjing, preside over the extermination of the Yanshan bandits, and at the same time conquest North Korea... take advantage of Zhu Heqi's westward expedition, and take back the North Korean province."

Seeing that they all came to dissuade Kangxi, he knew in his heart that these people were "fearful", but he was not angry, but smiled and said: "Let the Yanshan thief be dealt with by General Shengjing. I know what Bahai is capable of. There will be no problem. Zhennan's intention to recruit and aid Zhou has been decided...it must be implemented, and it must be implemented.

There are three reasons why I did this, one is to encourage Wu Yingxiong to fight!If I don't send troops, how can Wu Yingxiong, who is as cowardly as a chicken, have the guts to fight Zhu Heqi in Huguang?He must abandon Huguang and retreat to Sichuan.He can linger for a few more years in Sichuan, but we will be in big trouble, and we will have to bear the army of the puppet Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.

I estimate that if I don't send out this soldier, Wu Yingxiong will lose Huguang in two or three months, and Zhu and Qi will make a big northern expedition next year! "

After hearing Kangxi's words, Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang all gasped.

In the battle of Seoul, Zhu Heqi only had 6 people, which made it difficult for Kangxi, who controlled half of the Qing elite, to deal with it. If Zhu Heqi sent 30 troops to the Northern Expedition next year, wouldn't it be devastating?

Kangxi paused, and then said: "The second reason why I sent troops to support Wu Yingxiong is to turn Xi'an into Xijing!"

"what?"

"Your Majesty, you want to..."

"Your Majesty, we have Shengjing!"

"Your Majesty, don't forget the lesson of the Jin Dynasty!"

Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang are all smart people, and they immediately understood what Kangxi was paying attention to!

Kangxi shook his head and said, "Three Grottoes of Cunning Confucianism... It is said in the Anti-Classic! It is true that we have Shengjing, but it is true that the false Ming also captured North Korea and landed in Liaodong. Why do you think Zhu and Qi want to How to do it? Does he really want to enter Shanhaiguan from Liaodong and North Korea? Let me tell you, what he did was to block our retreat, and second, to involve our troops and make it difficult for us to look after each other.

If we regard Shengjing as our home, then we must mobilize heavy troops to go out when the puppet Ming army goes north to threaten Shengjing!At that time, he will be able to use the 30 troops in Liaodong and North Korea to attract our 10,000 troops, and then use the [-] troops in the pass to fight our [-]+ troops. How can we win?

So we have to find another way of retreat. We have Shengjing in the northeast, so of course we have to take Xi’an in the northwest as another way of retreat... and the way of retreat in the northwest is much wider than that in the northeast! "

Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang's eyes lit up when they heard the words.

The Northeast's escape route starts at Shengjing, and there is nowhere to go, but there are many places to go west!

Kangxi looked at the people in front of him, and said seriously: "The third reason why I support Wu Yingxiong is, of course, that I want to defeat Zhu Heqi in Huguang! The battle of Huguang is comparable to the Battle of Chibi in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! And Zhu Heqi is Cao Cao with an army of 83, Wu Yingxiong is equivalent to the desperate Liu Xuande, and I am Sun Quan. Do you say that Sun Quan was sure of victory when he sent troops to help Liu? Not at all! But why did he send troops? Because If you don’t send troops, you can’t do it! If you don’t send troops, Liu Bei will die! When Cao Cao digests the nine counties of Jingxiang, Sun Quan will still rely on the six counties of Jiangdong? And send troops... Didn’t the combined army of Sun and Liu win in the end?”

I have to say that this Emperor Kangxi is really becoming more and more holy!He is more wise than Sun Quan in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!

If Sun Quan were to defeat Chibi, he would either commit suicide or surrender, and he would have nowhere to run.

And even if Kangxi lost Huguang, as long as Xi'an is run, there is still room for maneuver.Besides, he is still the Great Khan of Mongolia, and he still has the power of Mongolia to use.He is not only a profuse sweat, but also the proud student of the Great Lama of Xueyu, who can go west to the plateau at any time... As long as the Holy See of Xueyu is in hand, he is not afraid that the Mongols will not help fight!

Knowing Kangxi's brilliance, Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang all kowtowed and bowed down, saying in unison: "The emperor is holy."

Seeing that the few confidantes in front of him were convinced, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "What I mean... especially the idea of ​​turning Xi'an into Xijing, you just need to know it, don't tell others. Come on, do you know how to cooperate with me?"

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Wu Yingxiong is really about to become a "bear version of Liu Xuande", not only because he is going to fight the "Battle of Chibi", but also because he likes to cry now.

On the morning of the second day after Emperor Kangxi and Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guogang shared their "big chess game", Wu Yingxiong was in Hongmen Town, fifty miles northeast of Xi'an, with his good brother Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong met—although Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong were sealed off by Burni, but they had few people under their command, so Burni did not take them to Chilbo, but Let them manage logistics in Kuku and Tun.It was also thanks to the two of them who controlled the food stores in Kuku and Tun that Wu Guogui's defeated army would not starve to death.

And Kangxi actually didn't want to wipe out all Wu Yingqi's soldiers... Wu Yingqi's soldiers were Wu Yingxiong's soldiers!

So when Wu Guogui led his troops to Kukuhetun, Kangxi's emissary, Sangji Gyatso, had already followed.Sangji originally wanted to persuade Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi to make peace, but it turned out that Wu Yingqi had disappeared and only Wu Guogui, Wu Sangui's adopted son, was left leading the army, so there was no problem.So Kangxi completely gave up the pursuit of Wu's army and let them run back to Guanzhong.

At that time, Wu Yingqi's army was claimed to be 4, but in fact it only brought [-] people to the expedition. Among them, several thousand cavalrymen ran away with Wu Yingqi, Ma Bao, and Wu Shicong.Most of the remaining [-] people returned to Guanzhong with Wu Guogui, and some got lost during the retreat, but they were still a formidable force.

In addition, Wu Guogui has always been known as a good fighter in the Wu family army, and his military ability is still higher than that of Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong.

That's why Wu Yingxiong worked so hard to win him over, including running to Hongmen to greet him, and even held a banquet in Hongmen Town to welcome Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong.

After Wu Yingxiong, Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, Geng Jingzhong and others finished crying, while waiting for the "Hongmen Banquet" to start, Wu Yingxiong took Wu Guogui's hand and said with tears, "Third Brother, Brother Yu just got the news that Wuchang County, Both Fankou City and Huangzhou Fucheng were breached by the army led by Zhuge Sanhe... The two cities of Hanyang and Hankou are about to lose their defense!

The situation in Hunan is also precarious. The Ming army has broken through Chaling Pass. There are only less than 5000 people in Changsha City. It is impossible to defend it. Changsha and Wuchang are gone. How can Huguang be defended?Brother Yu is a scholar, I really can't handle it, I'm not the emperor, let you be, I just want to go back to Yunnan to retire, okay? "

Chapter 596 Wu Yingxiong's Small Abacus, Zhu Hechi's Hard Power!

Wu Guogui was taken aback by Wu Yingxiong's proposal!

Can you not be afraid?Where is this place?Hongmen!

The Hongmen banquet was waiting to start, but Wu Yingxiong said that he would give up the emperor to Wu Guogui, so Wu Guogui would not dare to take this job even if he had no brains!So he immediately became "Wu Guokneeling", kneeling to Wu Yingxiong with a plop.

"Brother Emperor, you are the eldest son of the first emperor. Only you can be the emperor! Guogui is just a fake son of the late emperor. Only by being nurtured and taught by the late emperor can he be rich and honored today! How dare Guogui have the slightest disregard for his ministers?" If the emperor still doesn't believe in Guogui, Guogui will kill himself in front of the late emperor's spirit..."

While talking, he pretended to draw his sword, but when he looked down, he realized that there was no sword, the sword was left outside and not brought in.Moreover, there is no spiritual seat of the late emperor here... so it does not meet the conditions for self-destruction!

Or don't kill him this time?

Wu Yingxiong saw Wu Guogui's respectful attitude, so he didn't let anyone bring in the sword... Instead, with tears in his eyes, he helped his good brother up, took his two big hairy hands, and said sincerely: "Third brother, brother Yu In fact, I only want to be a rich man, and I have no intention of imperial power at all, but I am in the Jianghu, and I can't help myself!"

What he said was actually sincere, not only did he not want to be emperor, but his father Wu Sangui didn't have such ambitions either.These are the two rich men!On the contrary, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, and Liu Xuanchu were full of energy.

In the original history, Wu Sangui played very well at the beginning, and then he began to plan to rule the river, while Wu Guogui was still clamoring to cross the river north until Wu Sangui died of illness, seeking victory in danger.

Wu Yingxiong could see clearly what this foster brother was thinking!

In today's Wu Zhou camp, if there is anyone who can help him fight Zhu and Qi, Wu Guogui is the only one!

Because the other Wu and Zhou generals did not participate in the strangulation of Emperor Yongli and his son, there is no deep hatred with the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to risk their lives.

And Wu Guogui has no way out... His daughter Wu Tu is known as the "Eight-faced Guanyin".

One can imagine Zhu Heqi's attitude towards Wu Guogui!

Therefore, everyone in Wu Zhou can descend to the Ming Dynasty, but Wu Yingxiong and Wu Guogui cannot descend to the Ming Dynasty.

By the way, there are two living treasures, Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong, who cannot be revealed!The hatred between Shang Zhixin and Zhu Heqi was too deep, his old man Shang Kexi's head was blown off by Zhu Heqi!

And Geng Jingzhong was so tricked by Zhu and Qi that he almost went crazy!

That's why Wu Yingxiong invited Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong to his big tent to have a Hongmen banquet together.

Wu Yingxiong looked at Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong again, sighed and said: "Back then, we were all sons of San Francisco, and we were born with inexhaustible wealth. How happy we are in Beijing... I don't want to be forced by the third grandson of Zhu today. We're at a dead end!"

"What is the third grandson of Zhu?" Shang Zhixin gritted his teeth and said, "He is just a remnant of the Tang Palace. His name is Zhu Qipao. He is not the third grandson of Zhu at all!"

"what?"

"how is this possible?"