In the spring of 1690, in view of the boiling war cries of the imperial government and the opposition, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Empire finally issued an edict declaring war on the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

If according to the historical truth, this edict can be regarded as very awkward, mainly because of the awkward kinship between Lin Feng and Wu Sangui, in fact, Lin Feng also feels a little embarrassed by this matter now, but now there is no other way, you must know that this kang is on the baby and has been born, and then complaining that his wife did not choose the right father, it is too inauthentic. I don't have that for men.

According to our traditional Chinese model, this declaration of war in the name of the country is issued in the form of "Zhuwen", which is roughly divided into three parts: the first part is mainly about Wu Sangui and Wu Sangui's father and grandfather, and then through these things to prove how bad the family surnamed Wu is, which gives many examples, of course, except for a few problems about corruption and bribery, life style, the heaviest weight is still the "weeping six armies are all vegetarian, Chongguan is angry for the red face", However, because of Her Majesty's face, Chen Yuanyuan was generally bypassed, mainly in response to Wu Sangui's betrayal of the Ming Empire; In the second part, the article seems to be quite new, here is about Wu Sangui's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty to take out the matter and praise it, including "Although the big mistake has been made, then repentance", which means that although he is very bad, but in the end he still walked back to the right road, back to the right path to resist foreign invasion - in fact, this part is completely the ingenuity of His Majesty the Emperor himself, in fact, when Lin Feng proposed this way of writing, The scholars in charge of drafting the Hanlin Academy were almost collectively confused, if it is said that according to the traditional way of writing of the Chinese people, as long as it is an enemy at this time, no matter what he does, it must be considered a bad thing, and it is a big one. In short, it must be beaten to death with a stick, so in the original draft given by Zhang Boxing, the head of the Hanlin Academy, Wu Sangui's anti-Qing is actually not right, and the reason he gave is: At this time, Wu Sangui is already a courtier of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, so according to the concept of the monarch and the minister's father and son, no matter what, it cannot be rebelled, once it rebels, it is disloyal and unjust, so it is logical, the Han Empire should be very vicious at this time and pointed at this guy and scolded: "You are a slave surnamed San!" ”

After the original draft came out, the government and the opposition, including Li Guangdi and others, had no opinions, everyone thought that the article was good, the historical events expounded were basically true, and the criticism issued was very powerful, and it should have successfully achieved the moral high ground, but what was surprising was that it was stuck when it came to the emperor.

Obviously, this is the difference in basic concepts, Lin Feng immediately became angry when he saw this post, especially the second part, in fact, according to the concept of this era, there is indeed nothing wrong with those ministers in the court writing like this, in the end in the seventeenth century, nationalism is not so clear and strong, except for the emperor himself, everyone's ideas are still within the category of "home" and "country", but unfortunately Lin Feng obviously does not have this idea, in the emperor's opinion, Wu Sangui if this person wants to press the Han ' There is nothing wrong with dealing with it, but the incident of the uprising of the three feudatories is still meritorious, and in a strict sense, this can be regarded as a "puppet army anyway", so as far as this is concerned, people belong to people and things belong to things, and they must not be 'mixed' together.

Of course, after the emperor put forward this view, Li Guangdi and others immediately refuted it in accordance with Confucian rules, in addition to the big set of theoretical lectures on the legal theory of monarchs and ministers, the sharpest accusation is: Wu Sangui's opposition to the Qing Dynasty was not out of "Huayi Da Nuisance", but for the glory and wealth of his "private" people, to put it bluntly, the anti-Qing Dynasty in this situation is mainly for personal benefits, not for the interests of all compatriots.

Lin Feng scoffed at this approach, in fact, in his opinion, this kind of talk is almost: who will work hard if there is no benefit? ! Why should we fight Tartars? Isn't it because the Tartars have taken possession of our country and rode on our heads to make a fortune, thus damaging the economic interests and human dignity of all our compatriots?

Therefore, whether it is anti-Yuan or anti-Qing, no matter how loud and beautiful the slogan is shouted and the blood is boiling, in the final analysis, everyone still goes for the benefits, but everyone feels that this kind of benefit is what they deserve, so they feel very righteous.

So according to this theory, what if he Wu Sangui is against the Qing Dynasty for the sake of the throne? ! This thing is originally correct, didn't our Han army just say when it first opposed the Qing Dynasty: Seek justice for the people of the world, and seek fame and wealth for the soldiers of the three armies? ! Therefore, we can't deny this vigorous national uprising just because Wu Sangui's personal motives are not pure, right?!

After these words were uttered, the imperial government and the opposition collectively lost their voices again, in fact, many people felt that the emperor's words really sounded awkward, but it was not so easy to refute: you must know that the biggest feature of this theory is that the argument is very stable, and it sounds very simple and true. Relatively speaking, the traditional set of "Dan Xinzhao Sweat Qing" or "Hao Qi Stuffing the World" is somewhat hypocritical, you must know that there are indeed few saints in this world, who can be very pure for the kind of "spirit" and spiritual attachment to throw their heads and spill blood, this kind of thing is basically known to everyone, shouting slogans no one will not, but in this kind of window paper is pierced and then singing loudly, then anyone will be a little embarrassed.

So the second part of this edict is a bit of a conflict with the previous part, and it feels a bit nondescript to read, of course, this does not prevent the third part from continuing to criticize, originally according to the predetermined plan, this part should be to continue to follow the meaning of the second part: the pseudo-Qing Dynasty is determined to inherit the unification of the world, and you have to jump out to set off a rebellion, destroy the peaceful life of the people, and destroy the stability and unity of the society, which is simply the most evil, so the empire wants to crusade against you - but the second part was changed by the emperor like this, The third part can't be written, according to the emperor's meaning, Wu Sangui's "'chaos' of the three feudatories" has been defined as "nature" as the "rebellion of the three feudatories", and the puppet Qing government has no legal system at all, so it is impossible to continue to make a fuss about this matter, because since this matter is just, it is also appropriate and righteous for the people of the south to suffer from the war and chaos.

After some discussion by the Hanlin Bachelor, this third part had to make a big turn, jumping directly from Wu Sangui to his son and grandson, mainly to explain the Southern Zhou Dynasty's reckless military affairs, which roughly means: The people of the south have been bitter enough after a war 'chaos', but this will make you put aside the serious things of the anti-Qing cause, but you will fight for a battle for the unification of the emperor, you are simply national scum, so for the happy life of the people in the south, for the harmony and stability of the whole country, The imperial government has the responsibility and obligation to exterminate the warlords and clean up the 'door' households for the Han nation.

The edict is written here, and compared with the famous texts on the history, there are basically few big words, clichés, and empty words, and on the whole, it should not be very successful, but in the current situation of one-sided public opinion on the national war, it is still very popular, basically the Shilin's response is quite good, and there are few Confucian scholars who jump out to sing the opposite tune because the second part does not inherit and carry forward the "monarch, minister, minister, father, son, and son".

The field regiments, which had already been prepared, were immediately dispatched. Among them, the headquarters of General Ruike of Yulin of the Western Front Corps, about 40,000 people of the three armies slowly advanced in the direction of Zhejiang, starting from southern Jiangsu, marching into Hangzhou along the Taihu Lake waterway, and forcing the Southern Zhou Army, Shang Kexi's troops and Taiwan's Zheng Jing troops who were still fighting in Zhejiang to retreat, intending to seize the entire territory of Zhejiang; About 60,000 troops from the four corps of the Pingliao General Wang Dahai of the Southern Corps swore an oath from Anqing, crossed Poyang Lake and marched south along the Great River, and advanced in two echelons on the left and right to attack Fujian, which was occupied by Taiwan's Zheng Jing Division; while Ma Yingsuo's unit of the Central Plains Corps gathered more than 110,000 troops from nearly eight armies and crossed the Great River and marched into Hunan and Guangdong on a longitudinal surface of nearly 1,000 miles in Jiangxi and Hubei provinces.

In this operation, the Han Empire mobilized a total of three main field corps, with a total of more than 230,000 soldiers in 15 integrated armies, including nearly 60,000 cavalry troops, nearly 176,000 war horses, mules and horses, more than 1,600 large and small artillery pieces, more than 4,000 inland river vessels such as warships, transport ships, and merchant ships, plus the surrendered troops, auxiliary militia troops, and requisitioned strong men from all over the country that accompanied the march, with a total strength of nearly 700,000.

As far as the eye can see, the entire roads of South China are crammed with troops, artillery, and mule and horse vehicles transporting heavy baggage, and the boats on the inland rivers are full of shuttles, and the official "million-strong army" of the empire can hardly be regarded as a false threat.

In the past, when Cao 'Cao' was known as a million-strong army pouring south, probably it may not be so powerful, right?!

In the face of such a powerful war machine, the enemy on the opposite side was almost terrified, and the field corps advanced all the way according to the established offensive line, without a trace of stagnation along the way, and before the outbreak of the war, the defenders of the enemy line who confronted them face to face, whether it was the Zheng Jing troops in Taiwan, or the border army of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, or the troops that were still gratifying to the north, saw the dust of the Han army's march from a distance, so they turned their horses and fled. It is to send Pegasus from afar to meet dozens of miles away, and take refuge in the city.

From the beginning of March 1690 to the end of April, the various units of the Han Imperial Army attacked and advanced all the way, and no one dared to lead the army to resist on a front of thousands of miles, and large areas of land such as Zhejiang, Hunan, and Guangxi were included in the territory of the Lin and Han Empires.

At such a critical moment, the Southern Zhou Dynasty sent an envoy to the north to ask to meet Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was not surprised at all after hearing this news, in fact, just before the outbreak of the war, he had a premonition in this regard, it seems that this is the evil result of kinship, compared to Europe, Chinese still value relatives, not those cousins and cousins can fight to the death of the barbarians can be compared - of course, although His Majesty the Emperor is also doing this kind of thing now, but the 'handover' generation on the scene has already made preparations.

The envoy of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is not an unknown person, if the title is really discussed, I am afraid that the current emperor can not find an official who can be equal to his level, the complete title is: the Great Zhou Rite Department Shangshu, Wenyingdian University Scholar, Taixue Hongru, the prince and young master Yang Shou'an, Yang Lao, the name of the newspaper immediately awe-inspiring, but this thing is basically no longer able to bluff people now, the so-called down-and-out phoenix is not as good as ' Chicken', the current situation of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, whether it can survive the Dragon Boat Festival is still unknown, so no matter what big man is, there is no market price at all.

Of course, the so-called etiquette cannot be abolished, even if the Southern Zhou Dynasty is extinguished today, in terms of politeness, Lin Feng still has to give some face, not to mention that he is still the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the title of Vice Prime Minister.

Yang Shouan is a typical Jiangnan scholar, and his personal experience is almost the classic road for Jiangnan literati to serve the country. This person was probably born in a wealthy middle peasant family, his father was a 'private' school teacher, and his family had timely acres of land, and he was economically considered a feudal well-off level, and he was quite a standard "farming and reading heirloom". Lord Yang did not live very well when he was a child, he suffered hardships, suffered from hunger, went to the fields, and planted the land, fortunately he was very smart, it is said that he was able to make decent poems at the age of ten, so he was called a "prodigy", and the villagers were very optimistic, and then he successfully won the title of Xiucai at the age of fourteen, and then was valued by a large landowner, married a rural landlord lady, so he went to Changsha Yuelu Academy to study under the sponsorship of his father-in-law, and then at the age of nineteen, he was raised in the middle of the year, and at the age of twenty-four, Shunzhi was nineteen years old, and he was released to Jiangxi—— Needless to say, Wu Sangui rebelled blatantly, and the soldiers hit Jiangxi, Lord Yang Shouan thought for a long time, and finally was reluctant to commit suicide, so he surrendered, and finally tossed and turned, and actually 'mixed' to the high position of the Ministry of Rites.

While he was kneeling and knocking with one look at one eye, Lin Feng looked at him carefully for a long time. This old man is about fifty years old, with well-eyed eyebrows, fair skin, dark hair, and a well-proportioned body, with three long beards under his chin, and his face is quite majestic.

"Well, Lord Yang is exempt!" Lin Feng sat down in a very casual posture, and pointed, "Come, come, come, war is war, talk is talk, the boss doesn't have to be polite!" ”

"Thank you for Your Majesty's grace, the foreign minister is terrified!" Yang Shou'an was humble, sat down sideways, and arched his hand towards Lin Feng, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the foreign ministers are here this time for the sake of the alliance between the two countries!" ”

It's all going to be done, okay?! Lin Feng 'touched' his nose and felt that he didn't know what to say. It seems that we Chinese are sometimes really scary.

"This ...... the 'alliance is good'......" Lin Feng suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and waved his hand, "That's all before, it's hard to say, it's hard to say......"

Yang Shou'an was serious, arching his hand towards Lin Feng, and the expression on his face was sincere: "Your Majesty, have you ever remembered the love of your son-in-law in the past?!" ”

I remember a fart, Wu Sangui's old 'bastard' married a 'girl' while making Lao Tzu 'yin', this thing has not been a few years - but the 'daughter' son-in-law doesn't laugh at Taishan, our brothers have similar means, big brother don't laugh at the second brother.

But it's also his son and his grandfather, and it's not okay not to give him any face, so he nodded at the moment and sighed: "Although my father-in-law has made a lot of mistakes in his life, he has taken care of me quite a lot!" ”

This sentence is not easy to understand, otherwise it is pointing to the emperor of Daxing on his side, Yang Shou'an was bored for a long time, and some of the emotional words that were easily accumulated were suppressed, and said with a wry smile, "If the first emperor knew Han and Zhou Youjin one day, I really don't know what to do?!! ”

"What do you want?!" Lin Feng didn't really care, "What should I think about it?!" As soon as I met just now, I said that a war is a war, and relatives are relatives, these are two different things, and I can't pull it - to be honest, even if my father-in-law is still alive, we should stab the two of us Weng or stab the knife, and we should still have to bombard the cannon, this kind of thing is that the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, and the biological father and mother can't help it!! ”

Yang Shou'an's face turned pale, and at this time he finally understood one thing, that is, he was definitely not a suitable candidate for this mission, and the hooligan in front of him wearing a dragon robe was definitely not something that could be moved by the affection of the law and family.

"What?!" Lin Feng seemed to be very surprised, "Lord Yang's face is not very good, is this tea not tasteful?!" Oops, it's a 'bastard', someone......"

"No, no, no......" Yang Shouan smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister lost his mind for a while, and thought about the wrong thing, but he didn't do the tea thing!" ”

"Oh, what the hell is Lord Yang thinking?"

"The foreign ministers are just thinking, the Han and Zhou families are really flesh and blood, if there is no war, wouldn't it be better to recuperate with each other, guard the border, and communicate with each other?!" He shook his head and sighed, "The people of Jiangnan have been fighting hard for a long time, and it is easy to expel the pseudo-Qing and Jingping places, but today they are ...... Alas......"

"Oh?!" Lin Fenghu looked at him suspiciously, "Lord Yang is telling you a joke?!" How did I hear that our little nephew and brother-in-law have fought hard in Hunan in recent years, and more than 100,000 people have died in several battles...... Oops......" He slapped his big 'leg' and said in surprise, "Could it be that the two of them are playing a war game?!" ”

Yang Shouan was dumbfounded and embarrassed.

Lin Feng laughed and slapped the table, "Lord Yang, Lord Yang, this lobbyist of yours is really not very deserved!" ”

Yang Shouxin smiled bitterly, his so-called "envoy" this time is really a dead horse as a live horse doctor, even if it is in the court, even if it is His Majesty the Emperor himself, I am afraid he doesn't have much hope, right?!

"Your Majesty made fun of ......" Yang Shouan shook his head self-deprecatingly, "Today's situation ...... What non-ministers can say is ......"

Where did this guy come to negotiate, he almost lost his position, even if he didn't have confidence, he couldn't put it in front of me, right?! Lin Feng secretly laughed in his heart.

At this time, Yang Shou'an barely cheered up his 'spirit' and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, this visit by the foreign minister is really a holy message from my court, and I will find a solution to the current war with Your Majesty!" ”

"Oh?!" Lin Feng was stunned and said, "Shihan's nephew's solution?!" Hehe...... Haha-" He couldn't help but laugh again, and finally barely held back his laughter, "You might as well tell me about it!" ”

laughed loudly, laughing so much that Yang Shou'an's face was red, and Nuo Nuo said, "What do I mean by looking at Your Majesty...... If Your Majesty remembers the marriage in the past, please stop the war and ......"

"Hehe," Lin Feng shook his head and said, "This kid Shiwan really hasn't grown up in the middle, and I don't know how my father-in-law chose him as his successor." ”

Yang Shouan didn't answer, and continued stubbornly, "If Your Majesty agrees, I am willing to serve the Han Dynasty as the suzerain, pay tribute every year, come to the court every year, and dare not ...... one day."

"Tell me something!"

“…… We are willing to cede Jiangxi, Hubei, Zhejiang and other provinces......"

"That place can still be ceded by you?!"

“…… I am willing to give up the Hunan ......"

"No need, I'll receive good news from the generals in a few days!" Lin Feng smiled, "Why be so polite?!" ”

Yang Shou'an's face was as pale as paper, and his voice couldn't help but tremble: "...... I...... I am willing to offer the land of Guangxi and Guizhou, and I only want the old land of Yunnan to settle down......" At this time, his face was sad, and he was already begging bitterly," ...... Your Majesty, even if you don't look at the legacy of the former emperor...... Then for the sake of the princess and the crown prince, let the Wu family have a ...... to live in."

Can kinship be compared with national unity and territorial integrity?!!

Knowing that what he said was unreasonable, but these words were said aggrieved and pitiful, Lin Feng shook his head and couldn't help sighing: "Alas, Lord Yang, Lord Yang, I really can't bear to say this - adults are erudite and talented, have you ever heard of a saying: There are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, it's not that I can't open up the net, there is really no such reason from ancient times to the present!" ”

Yang Shouan "pounced" all his life, actually knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and said: "...... Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is the Lord of the World!! I am convinced......" He raised his head, blood was dripping from his forehead, and said sadly, "...... My Majesty, Emperor of the Great Zhou...... I am willing to go to the honorific title, and I also ask Your Majesty to bestow a knighthood, and I wish to ...... Just ask for Yunnan Province to be enough!! ……”

Before he finished speaking, he kowtowed a few times again, "...... Please allow your majesty! …… Your Majesty, please give me!! ……”

"Alas! ......" Lin Feng shook his head and beckoned to the 'attendant' warrior next to him, "Hurry up and help Lord Yang up!" ”

Several big men immediately stepped forward and helped Yang Shou'an up, Lin Feng sighed and said with a wry smile, "Lord Yang, Lord Yang, I said...... I said......"

He waved his hand, "I have seen many envoys in my life, whether it is the 'Mongolian' ancients, Westerners, kings or popes, I have never been afraid of anyone!" He looked at Yang Shou'an, and 'revealed' a look of crying and laughing, "But this time I'm really afraid of you!" ”

Without waiting for Yang Shou'an to answer, he immediately raised his chin and said categorically, "Lord Yang, I think you yourself should understand, I will never agree to this kind of thing!" ”

"After I go back, I will bring a message to Shiwan and Ying Qi, telling them not to fight the civil war themselves, and to surrender quickly while my army is not 'engaged' with them head-on!"

He looked at Yang Shou'an, whose face was pale, and said sincerely, "You tell them that Ah Ke has interceded for them, as long as they are willing to surrender, they are still my nephews and my brothers-in-law, this battle has been fought for decades, there is no need to let the common people and soldiers bleed in vain!" ”