Fu Lin was approving Li Guoying's recital, when the chief eunuch Wu Liangfu hurriedly ran into the hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt down directly and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." Fu Lin didn't look at it and said, "You old thing, what are you calling in a hurry?" Wu Liangfu took out a piece of music from his sleeve and raised it above his head and said: "Your Majesty, Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Jiangning and Liangjiang, reported that after our Qing reinforcements arrived in Jiangning one after another, he sent the Green Battalion to take the lead on the night of July 22, and Liang Huafeng, the chief soldier of the Suzhou Naval Division, led more than 500 cavalry under his command to Yifengmen, and the Jiangning Naval Division's Admiral Guan Loyal Guan Loyal led the troops out of Zhongfumen, and suddenly launched an attack on Zheng Rebellion's camp at dawn on the 23rd. Yu Xin and other armor and equipment stationed outside did not have time to put on their armor and equipment in a hurry, and were quickly defeated by our Qing army, and Yu Xin was captured. Now officials at all levels in Jiangning are preparing for a second attack on Zheng Yi. ”

When Fu Lin heard this, he jumped up and snatched the piece from Wu Liangfu's hand and looked at it, and after a while, he laughed and said: "Okay, Lang Tingzuo is good, Guan is loyal to him, and Liang Huafeng is also good." Reward, reward them,"

Sonny and the others, who have not left the Qianqing Palace, also wanted to bless and congratulate in unison, and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." Now it is expected to defeat Zheng Wei. Fu Lin happily circled around the room and said, "Yes, look at how arrogant Zheng Yi is now." An order was issued to commend the ministers of Jiangning. ”

Sonny said: "Your Majesty, you can't reward at this time, how can you reward Zheng Wei after they completely defeat Zheng Yi and drive him out of Jiangning?" Fu Lin thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I'm a little confused when I'm happy." ”

Sonny added: "Before, it was reported that Meler Ezhen Gachuha and Marsai were from Guizhou Xuanshi, and now they are also in Jiangning, why not wait for Jiangning to break the siege, and let the two of them go up the river to search for Zhang Huangyan who has wandered to Wuhu." In this way, it can also quickly pacify Taiping, Ningguo, Chizhou, Huizhou, Guangde and other places that have previously surrendered to bandits, and can also eliminate the current situation of local people and bandits. ”

Ao Bai said: "What Suo Zhongtang said is extremely true, there are already many people in Jiangxi and other places who are dissatisfied with the imperial court, and it is just for Kachuha and Marsai to clean up. Fu Lin said: "Then let them go." As for those who dare to surrender to the rebels, whether they are officials or the people, they will all be killed, and these untouchables will not be killed, and they will not obey. ”

Suke Saha also said: "The emperor is reasonable, I think that if there were no two emperors, Taizu and Taizong, who slaughtered the Han people outside the pass, they would be obedient?" In those years, no less than millions of people were killed outside the Guan, if you look at the current Han people outside the Guanwai, which one is not proud of our Manchurian minions? ”

Ao Bai also smiled: "That is, if you tell those minions now that he is Han, he is still anxious with you." So this Han people just want to kill, only to kill them is afraid, and the killing is terrible. Naturally, they were obedient. ”

Fu Lin said: "Okay, we just know these things ourselves, don't go around talking about them, so as not to cause some trouble." The four of them hurriedly said: "Yes, the emperor is shengming"

Fu Lin and the others only cared about joking loudly in the Qianqing Palace, but they didn't know that there was another person outside the door, but it was Wang Xi, a bachelor of Hongwen Pavilion. This Wang Xi is also young and promising, and now at the age of thirty-one, he has been given the title of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is also in charge of this Hanlin Academy. Originally, he would not have entered the palace, but when he was sorting out the archives today, he found that on June 24, Wu Sangui reported that a large number of Ming generals and Tusi from western Sichuan and southern Sichuan had surrendered. Wang Xi thought that today's southwest has just experienced war and suffering. It is hoped that officials can be sent to Yunnan, Guichuan and other places in the southwest to give lectures on rituals and teachings, teach the people to belong to the imperial court, work with peace of mind, and exhort the local governments to govern magnanimously and appease the people. We will settle the place as soon as possible.

Who knew that Wang Xi came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace with Wu Sangui's transcript of the recital, but he heard such a call from Fulin and others, and he felt very uncomfortable. But he was originally a Jinshi in Shunzhi for four years, although he felt uncomfortable, he didn't show it, and asked the eunuchs outside the palace to go in to report, and then waited outside the palace.

As Fulin and the others were talking, they saw the little eunuch come in and say, and Wang Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked to see him. Fu Lin and the others were stunned for a moment, and then returned to their usual state. Fu Lin then said: "Pass it" The little eunuch immediately went to the outside of the palace to spread the word that Wang Xi had entered the palace.

As soon as Wang Xi entered the Qianqing Palace, he knelt down and said to Fu Lin: "Minister Wang Xi knocks to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live, please have the emperor's holy body Jin'an." Fu Lin said: "Wang Aiqing came to see me and have important things?" Wang Xi said: "The minister sorted out the files today and found the recital of the king of Pingxi on June 24. Fu Lin said curiously: "What does it have to do with you going to sort out the archives and the recital of King Pingxi, it was still a month ago." ”

Wang Xi said: "Back to the emperor's words, the report of the king of Pingxi said that in southern Sichuan and western Sichuan, a large number of puppet generals surrendered, and Guizhou was also newly attached, and the governor Zhao Tingchen also reported that Guizhou is now barren and the people are suffering. Therefore, the minister wanted to ask the emperor to allow the Ministry of Rites to send officials to Sichuan, Guizhou and other places to strengthen culture and education, and persuade the people to return to their hometowns and plant mulberry and farm. It also monitors the governance of local officials. ”

Before Fulin could speak, Ao Bai answered: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid I'm wrong, when the new annexes in Yunnan, Guichuan and other places should be severely enforced and suppressed the rebellion, how can they talk about culture and education." Lord Wang is really a scholar's words.

Wang Xi has been kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up, hearing Ao Bai talking behind his back, he hurriedly straightened up, moved his knees and turned a little, and could see Ao Bai and said: "Lord Ao's words are wrong, the remnants of the pseudo-Ming rebellion in Yunguichuan are bandits such as Li Dingguo and Zhu Youlang, not the local people, and the people are still exploited by them, so they are miserable." It is precisely because of this that as soon as the Qing Dynasty soldiers arrived, the people all hoped that the wind would return. Since they have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they are the people of the Qing Dynasty, of course, we must be lenient in our governance, and persuade the people to return to their hometowns, which is the way of the sages and the foundation of the court's governance. ”

Ao Bai heard Wang Xiyi and immediately understood, this is a nerd. I didn't say anything about it immediately, I wanted to step back and do things, but I suddenly thought of something and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to let Lord Wang go to Sichuan and other places to appease the people." ”

Fu Lin was listening to Wang Xi's drowsiness, and when he heard Aobai's suggestion, he immediately said: "Wang Aiqing, now Aobai recommends you to go to Sichuan and other places to appease the people, I don't know if you want to go?" Wang Xi hurriedly bowed and said: "The emperor has sent a send, and the ministers must approach and make every effort to appease the people of the southwest and protect the southwest for my Qing Dynasty." ”

Fu Lin said: "Okay, Wang Aiqing really has a loyal heart, if all the ministers of the court are like Wang Aiqing to share the worries of the court, why worry that the world cannot be calm." Since Wang Aiqing is willing to go, then I will appoint Wang Aiqing to supervise the imperial history of the three southwestern provinces and patrol Yunnan, Guichuan. ”

Wang Xi said: "The minister bows to thank the Holy Grace, and the minister will definitely do his best to do a good job when he goes to the southwest." Fu Lin said: "Okay, you go down and prepare." ”

After Wang Xi withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, Fu Lin said: "The officials of the Han people are all like this, and my Qing Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai, but for peace, I want to produce some Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan and others?" ”

Sonny said: "The emperor can rest assured, after all, there are few people like Li Dingguo and others, and there are many people like Wang Xi who work for the Qing Dynasty." Ao Bai and the others all chimed in: "Yes, as long as we kill all those who dare to resist, there will naturally be no one to resist in this world." In addition, Han people such as Wang Xi have published books for us to say that this country is very stable in the Qing Dynasty. ”

After Wang Xi returned to see and told his father Wang Chongjian about his request to go to the southwest, Wang Chongjian was suddenly shocked: "You are confused, the southwest has just been annexed, and there are soldiers and bandits everywhere, aren't you going to kill yourself now?" Wang Xi said: "My father is too worried, I also have an accompanying official to go here, and I am not alone." Since the southwest has been annexed, and Zhu Youlang and Li Dingguo have fled to Burma, the others can't afford to make any big waves, and besides, it will take nearly a month for me to go from Beijing to Sichuan, so it will be fine. Rest assured, father. ”

Wang Chongjian sighed and said: "What can you do if you don't worry about it now, the emperor's will has been made, and if you don't go, you have to go." ”

The next day, Wang Xi went to the Ministry of Officials to handle the handover, received the street sign and the official body, and then took a team of officials out of Beijing. After Wang Xi left Beijing, he saw people all the way unclothed, and there were corpses and bones everywhere on the roadside, as if they were in hell. Wang Xi went south along the canal and arrived at Jiangning, at this time Zheng Chenggong had been defeated from Jiangning, and Wang Xi did not go to Jiangning City, but went west along the Yangtze River after resting directly in the post house.

On August 16, he arrived in Anqing and walked for 20 days in a row, and the accompanying officials and entourage all complained bitterly, and Wang Xi himself felt tired and couldn't stand it, and just wanted to rest in Anqing for a few days. Wang Xi walked on the street of Anqing, which is located by the Yangtze River, which is much better than the north, and there are many more people.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Wang Xi took two entourages to find a restaurant casually and went in to order a few side dishes. Wang Xi is a particular person, looking for Xiao Er to ask for an upstairs private room, Xiao Er just put it up, Wang Xi didn't start to get off the chopsticks when he heard a commotion on the street, and someone kept shouting: "You Diao people, dare to rebel against the court, and now kill all of you, don't hurry up to tell the location of the traitors, and strive for leniency." "Then there was the shouting in the streets. Wang Xi looked out the window, only to see people kneeling all over the ground, constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy, on the other side stood a team of Manchurian flag soldiers with white flags, all of them fierce and vicious, and dozens of Han people were shouting loudly, commanding everyone to squat.

After gathering all the people together, I saw that the flag soldiers with white flags rushed directly into the crowd, waving their knives and looking around. The people kneeling below suddenly fled in panic, but where could they escape, and the dozens of Han people who were still organizing the assembly people before were also stunned at this time, and it took a long time to react, turned around and knelt in front of the leader and said: "Lord Kachuha, you said that it is okay to just gather them and let them name the traitors, please let them go." ”

Kachuha didn't care and said, "How troublesome it is to ask one by one, won't you kill the traitors if you kill them directly?" When the people next to them heard this, they all said to their leader: "Wang Laosi, you said okay, everyone is looking for someone to come over to make up the number, and now they are all killing their own people, what do you say." Let's figure it out. ”

Wang Laosi was also anxious when he heard this, and crawled to Kachuha on his knees and said, "Lord Kachuha, please let them go, they are all obedient people of the Qing Dynasty, and they are all our family." Please. At this time, a person saw that his child was beaten, so he ran directly over to the flag soldier who hugged the white flag, knelt in front of him and said: "Uncle Manchuria, please let him go, he is my nephew, not a traitor," was glared at by the flag soldier, and quickly let go of his hand in fright, and kept kowtowing.

The flag soldier did not immediately kill the child, but drew his knife directly at the man kneeling in front of him, and a knife pierced the man's back and then through his chest. Wang Laosi and the others were terrified, and they couldn't believe that the man had been helping these Manchurians just now, but now he was killed.

After the flag soldier killed the man, he didn't stop and killed the child who was already scared stupid. Wang Laosi saw that his eyes were red, and he no longer pleaded with Kachuha at this time, and there were other people who called Wang Laosi, but he couldn't hear it, as if his mind was blank, and he couldn't hear any sound. When the screams around him reached his ears, Wang Laosi couldn't hold back any longer, and suddenly pulled out Ka Chuha's waist knife, and stabbed it into Ka Chuha's waist at once, and then was dragged by Wang Laosi's horizontal knife, and the knife was cut out of his stomach on the spot, and Ka Chuha's stomach was instantly disemboweled.

Kachuha invaded Guizhou, and Yunnan was not injured in the slightest, but now it was disemboweled, and the intestines were cut off, also because Kachuha did not guard against Wang Laosi. After Wang Laosi killed Kachuha, he shouted: "The Manchu Tartars want to kill us all, and at this time, don't you wait for peace?" ”

The other people who were begging for mercy just now were already full of righteous indignation, and now Wang Laosi took the lead, and they also killed their own soldiers. Originally, they were hiding in the distance and did not dare to come over to save people, but they also stepped forward to help, and for a while, the number of people far exceeded that of the Qing soldiers, who were originally only a dozen people. At this time, they were surrounded by hundreds of people, and their fists were difficult to defeat with four hands, and the Qing soldiers were beaten and fled, and seven or eight were killed on the spot.

Wang Xi was going to go out to intercede with the people, but as soon as he arrived at the place, the Qing army had already been defeated. Wang Xi stepped forward and said: "Zhuangshi, you rebel like this and you will be exterminated by the Nine Clans, you should quickly follow me to surrender and strive for leniency." ”

Wang Laosi and the others had just killed the Qing soldiers, and everyone was still covered in blood. At this time, such a thing came out and asked everyone to turn themselves in. Everyone on the spot shouted and scolded that they wanted to kill Wang Xi, and the frightened Wang Xi's two entourages shouted: "You are too lawless, do you know who this is?" He is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is ordered to inspect the imperial history of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. ”

At this time, someone in the crowd said: "I don't care who you are, the officials should be killed, and they are the ones who led the Qing soldiers to kill us." Wang Xi hurriedly said: "No." I only came to Anqing today, I was just passing by, and my boat was still by the river. If you don't believe it, you'll find out if you look at it. ”