"The old minister will arrest Wu Yingxiong, Geng Jimei and Shang Zhizhi together and take them to prison, and then light the Eight Banners to exterminate the rebels of the three feudatories!" Ji Bilong, who has always been known for his harmony with the mud, suddenly changed his personality and resolutely asked Kangxi to respond to the robbery of the three feudatories by military means, and the strong change in attitude surprised Wu Yuanming, Geng Jimei, Shang Zhizhi and others. But Geng Jimei's monk Zhizhi is not Wu Yuanming's two waste brothers-in-law after all, and they all know very well that the imperial court does not dare to attack the three feudatories at this time, they all sit there without saying a word, and Wu Yuanming, who is naturally rebellious, is even more sneering, looking at Ji Bilong like a monkey.

"It seems that another old thing who has been brainwashed by the old lady of Xiaozhuang, and today he is determined to be a gunman for Xiao Mazi." Wu Yuanming resolutely scoffed at the tough attitude of Curb Bilong, because Liu Xuanchu and Yao Qisheng, the two old foxes, had repeatedly analyzed the current situation of the imperial court for Wu Yuanming, and unanimously determined that the imperial court did not dare to attack the three feudatories now - because once this was done, it would be equivalent to giving the first brave general and general of the Manchu Ao Bai the opportunity to control the soldiers and horses in the world, and the impact on the Kangao dispute was no less than Wu Sangui's complete reversal to one side. Therefore, Wu Yuanming dared to conclude that Curb Bilong was just scaring himself, and no one in the court dared to echo it. It's a pity that the development of things caught Wu Yuanming completely off guard......

"Curb the old man in the hall to seek the country, and the minister seconded it." Xiong Cixu, who has always been old and dignified, stood up, clasped his hands into fists and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the three feudatories have seized the localities and established their own governments, which has become a great trend that cannot be lost. At present, the three feudatories are demanding a huge amount of military salaries from the imperial court, which is called demanding, which is actually blackmail, and the emperor must not make concessions, so that the three feudatories can further gain an inch. ”

"What Ji Zhongtang said is extremely true, and in what Lord Xiong said, the minister seconded it." Another Kangxi sworn friend, Chen Tingjing, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, stood up and resolutely endorsed the military repression methods advocated by Kubilong. Immediately after that, Mi Sihan, another descendant of Kangxi who succeeded Wang Xu as the acting secretary of the household department, came out of the ranks, clasped his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the monarch has been the minister, the father is the son, and the salary of the foreign vassal army has its own decision of the court, and there is no reason for the vassal to ask the court?" The move of the three feudatories is really a bad intention, and long live must not compromise with it! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." "The minister seconded the proposal." "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to fight to the death with the three feudatories!" "The minister seconded ......." As the civil and military officials of Kangxi's lineage rushed to stand up and fall into the trap of the three feudatories, and arranged all kinds of wrongs for the three feudatories, and agreed to echo the proposal of the military solution of the three feudatories, Geng Jimei and Shang Zhizhi's faces became more and more ugly, and their mood became more and more nervous, and they kept secretly looking at Wu Yuanming's face. And the tough attitude of the Kangxi officials also made Wu Yuanming extremely surprised, especially when Suo Etu, who had been bought by Wu Yuanming, also stood up to echo the statement of the curb, Wu Yuanming realized that he was likely to have fallen into the trap set by Kangxi. Suo Etu didn't look at Wu Yuanming, and directly admonished: "Your Majesty, the three feudatories are powerful, Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi and others are all experienced in a hundred battles, and there are many brave people under his command who can fight well. ”

"If a slave recommends a person, he will definitely be able to accomplish this." Mingzhu, one of the sworn enemies of Wu Sangui's family, came out again and said something earth-shattering, "The Duke of Fuguo, the prince Taibao and Shaobao, and the Taishi Aobai are well versed in military affairs, and they are the first Baturu of my Qing Dynasty. ”

"Huh!" Mingzhu's suggestion provoked a low cry from the officials of the Aobai family in the court, and the officials of the Aobai lineage who were going to stand on Wu Sangui's side were all dumbfounded - let Aobai take over the military power of the imperial court, this is a good thing that the officials of the Aobai family have been thinking about for a long time! And Ao Bai himself was even more surprised to glare at the bronze bell, Ao Bai can be sure that Mingzhu dared to say these words must have been instructed by Kangxi and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, which means that Kangxi and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang may really plan to exterminate the three feudatories in the separatist areas, so they plan to join forces with themselves and prepare to hand over the military power to themselves? Thinking of this, Ao Bai couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and his determination to fall to Wu Sangui began to waver again.

"Shizi, be careful, the emperor is playing a trick on Lord Ao." When the officials of the Kangxi family were excitedly denouncing the three feudatories and the officials of the Ao Bai family to discuss whether Kangxi really planned to hand over the military power to Ao Bai, the anxious Bambulshan took advantage of the chaos to quietly approach Wu Yuanming, and whispered in a voice that only Wu Yuanming could hear: "Find a way to suspend the court meeting, and I will find a way to persuade Ao Xiang again, otherwise you will lose." ”

Bambul's kindness is bright - Kangxi will never really give all the military power to Aobai, and now Mingzhu's proposal is just a piece of incense bait set by Kangxi for Aobai, as long as Aobai stands up and agrees with Kangxi's tough proposition on the three feudatories, then the three feudatories will give in softly, then Kangxi can use the excuse of 'peace is precious' or 'the three feudatories have worked hard and made great achievements' and so on, so that Ao Baikong can rejoice. Although it is not Bamburshan's business whether Aobai is empty and happy, but the salary of the three feudal clans is not only related to Bambulshan's kickback income, but also related to whether Wu Yuanming will betray Bambulshan to Aobai in anger, so Bamburshan has no choice but to resolutely stand on Wu Yuanming's side.

"Understood." Wu Yuanming also vaguely guessed Kangxi's true intention to deceive Aobai, and also knew that he had to avoid Kangxi's edge at the moment. Therefore, Wu Yuanming glanced at the wisdom of the monk Geng Jimei, stood up and knelt down to Kangxi, kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister Wu Yingxiong didn't know that the treasury was difficult, and he rashly asked for a huge amount of military salary, which really deserved death." The criminal minister dared to beg the emperor to allow the criminal minister Wu Yingxiong to discuss with Geng Jimei Geng and Shang Zhizhishang to see if he could save a military salary for the imperial court. ”

Since the last dynasty, Wu Yuanming knelt down to Kangxi for the first time, and suddenly gave Kangxi the illusion that Wu Yingxiong had given in to the soft concessions, and proudly, Kangxi took out the Western watch for foreign tribute to look at the time, and saw that it was already two o'clock in the morning, so he nodded and said: "Okay, Zhun Qing played, I have some breakfast first, you go down to discuss, don't open your mouth again, the time is restarting the court discussion." ”

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers knelt on the ground and shouted, and exited the Taihe Hall in turn, while the triumphant Kangxi called for a beautiful and sumptuous breakfast and ate and drank in the Taihe Palace......

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"Hoo ——!" Out of the Taihe Palace, Wu Yuanming took a long breath towards the gloomy sky, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. It was only at this moment that Wu Yuanming found that he had been soaked in cold sweat, the situation just now was too dangerous, if it wasn't for Ban Bushan reminding Wu Yuanming to avoid the edge in time, as long as Ao Bai opened his mouth to support Kangxi, the officials of the Ao Bai family would inevitably fall to Kangxi like a tide. At that time, Geng Jimei and Shang Zhizhi, the two wallheads, cried and shouted and threw themselves into Kangxi's arms, even if Wu Yuanming had great ability, he was lonely in the imperial court, so he could only obediently choose to give in.

"Shizi, what price are you going to give?" When Wu Yuanming was recalling the situation just now, Shang Zhizhi and Geng Jimei slipped around the crowd and slipped next to Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming looked left and right, motioned for them not to speak yet, and pulled the two of them to the left corner of the Taihe Palace, Geng Jimei asked Wu Yuanming in a low voice: "Shizi, how many sets of plans should we make concessions?" Let 30% or let half? ”

"Don't give an inch." Wu Yuanming replied in a calm low voice. Geng Jimei and Shang Zhizhi were taken aback, and after glancing at each other, Shang Zhizhi asked Wu Yuanming in a trembling voice: "Shizi, have you thought clearly?" As you can see just now, the imperial court is now united in its mind, and has made up its mind not to give in to us, and even Ao Bai is noncommittal to the resolution of the imperial court, if we don't give in again, the imperial court may really make a move on us. ”

"Don't panic, the court is definitely not as monolithic as you see." Wu Yuanming said in a deep voice: "I have lived in Beijing for a long time, and I know the situation in the court better than you, with the current situation, the court will definitely not choose to make a move against the three of us at this time, and the emperor and the empress dowager will not give Ao Bai the opportunity to take charge of the military alone." ”

"But the old wall grass of Kepilon also proposed to attack the three of us, isn't this a signal?" Shang Zhizhi said in horror: "With the character of the old ghost of Curb Pilon, he will definitely not be the first bird if he is not completely sure of something, so he asked the three of us to do it, and the whole court followed him, which proves that the imperial court does have a plan to do it to the three of us." ”

"And Aobai." Geng Jimei also said nervously: "I can see clearly, when Mingzhu proposed that he be the commander-in-chief of the three armies, that old thing's eyes were shining outward, if it wasn't for your timely request to suspend the court meeting, that old thing would definitely have stood up to support Kangxi's decision." ”

"Don't be afraid." Wu Yuanming comforted in a low voice: "Aobai that old thing is not a stupid person, he will soon understand that bullshit The commander-in-chief of the three armies is just Kangxi's incense bait, and when the court meeting resumes in a while, Aobai that old thing will definitely stand on our side." ”

Wu Yuanming said this somewhat with confidence, Bamburshan is Aobai's brainstorm, and his eloquence is also very good, he went to persuade Aobai to have at least six or seven percent hope. But Wu Yuanming's belief in Bambulshan does not mean that Geng Jimei and Monk Zhizhi believe that no matter how Wu Yuanming persuades them, the two of them are afraid and dare not rest assured, and they are unwilling to promise to work with Wu Yuanming to give an inch to the imperial court. At the end, the two wall grasses also had a showdown with Wu Yuanming. Geng Jimei said: "Shizi, the ugly words are ahead, our two families just want to get more silver from the court, and they don't want to meet the court swordsmen. Of course, we will not forget that the friendship of the world has betrayed you, so at the court meeting that will be restarted in a while, we will let you negotiate with the court first, if it is really on our side as you said, then we will definitely support you and not give an inch to the court. ”

"But if Aobai doesn't support us, you will still be alone." Shang Zhizhi said in a dark voice: "Then don't blame us for not being brotherly and righteous enough, our two families will make concessions to the imperial court, and our hole cards can also tell you that as long as last year's military salary remains unchanged, our two families will be basically satisfied." ”

"Are you satisfied with just two million taels of silver? Appetite is really small. Wu Yuanming asked with a sneer. Geng Jimei and Shang Zhizhi both shrugged their shoulders, and Geng Jimei spread his hands helplessly: "No way, although two million taels is less, it is better than nothing." Shang Zhizhi arched his hand and said: "Shizi, this is indeed our reserve price, you can consider it yourself, let's leave first." After that, Shang Zhizhi and Geng Jimei left with their hands, and there was already a eunuch palace maid arranged by Kangxi over there, and the two were introduced into the side hall for dinner and tea.

"Damn, two old slippery heads." Seeing the back of Geng Jimei's monk Zhizhi leaving, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but scold in his heart, but Wu Yuanming was helpless, after all, Wu Yuanming couldn't make decisions for them. At the same time, Wu Yuanming was also secretly worried in his heart, first Mingzhu wantonly attacked his own tribute issue, then picked his nose and eyes at the Western Election Official and his brother-in-law who was evil, and then the tough attitude of Curbing Bilong and the incense bait thrown to Aobai, the imperial court's three-plate axe is really powerful, and the internal and external alliances that he carefully prepared were torn apart, and Kangxi didn't say how much military pay he would give, and the wisdom of the monk Geng Jimei couldn't resist it first.

"What kind of bad medicine did Kang Xiao Mazi give to that old guy of Curb Pilon? How can you let that old wall grass stand on the opposite side of our three feudatories? Suo Etu said that he supported me, why did he fall into battle again? What means did Kang Xiao Mazi use? In addition to these three axes, does Xiao Mazi have any other tricks? After Geng Jimei and Monk Zhizhi left, Wu Yuanming did not leave the no-man's land on the side steps of the Taihe Palace, but pondered these important questions there, but Wu Yuanming's attention last night was focused on the matter of hunting and killing Hu Gongshan, and he didn't know anything about Kangxi and Xiaozhuang's movements last night, and there was no intelligence support, how could Wu Yuanming guess the answers to these questions?

"Shizi, Shizi." Wu Yuanming was thinking hard, a somewhat familiar low voice suddenly reached Wu Yuanming's ears, Wu Yuanming retracted his mind and looked for the sound, and saw that Xiao Maozi, a poor little eunuch who had a relationship with Dashilar, was carrying a big teapot, curled up at the corner of the side steps and beckoned to him gently. Xiao Maozi said in a low voice: "Shizi, please go to the side hall to have tea, someone wants to see you." ”

To find out what happened next, see the next chapter, "Intermission".