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"Hearing is false, seeing is clear." Wu Yuanming said with a smile: "After a while, the tribute paid by the micro-ministers to the emperor was brought up, and in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, as long as there was an adult who said that the tribute below was not precious enough, then Wu Yingxiong was willing to lead the crime of the king's words." ”

Kangxi was happy when he heard it, and said in his heart Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingxiong, you can't help but be too inconsiderate when you say big things, do you know how much the total value of the tributes given to me from all over the country over the years is? At least 50 million taels of silver! Thinking of this, Kangxi put away his anger and said with a smile: "Oh, since Wu Qing is so confident, then ask Wu Qing to offer the tribute as a court, so that I and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty can see if the tribute offered by the King of Pingxi is really as precious as Wu Qing said?" ”

"Wechen obeys ......." Wu Yuanming's words were not finished. At present, I have the best relationship with him - the key is that I am afraid that Wu Yuanming will be angry and betray his Ban Bu Shan after his defeat, Ban Bu Shan is the grandson of the Qing Taizu Nurhachi, Kangxi's cousin, the official residence and the secretary of the academy and the minister of the guard, and he is also qualified to speak in the court, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Long live, the great dynasty is an important ceremony to discuss national affairs, and the Taihe Hall is also an important place for the palace, is it a place for child's play?" ”

"Moreover, the amount of tribute can only represent the loyalty of the ministers to the emperor." In order not to be betrayed by the hooligan and indecent Wu Yuanming, Bambul said eloquently: "All the unrighteous lords and the kings of the unscrupulous are all greedy for money and lustful, and love rare jewels and other things that mislead the country; Although the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestors could not reach it, how could they cut off their loyalty and treachery with the amount of tribute from their subordinates? Therefore, the slave thinks that it doesn't matter how much the king of Pingxi tributes, what matters is whether the king of Pingxi can be optimistic about the southwest for long live? Can the people of Yunnan and Guizhou live and work in peace and contentment? Can you assist the emperor to become a generation of holy masters? An Emperor of the Ages? ”

"Lord Bambu is reasonable, and the minister seconded the proposal, the court is indeed not a place to discuss the number of tributes from foreign vassals." The official Shangshu Jishi is a sworn friend of Bambulshan, and with the benefits promised by Wu Yuanming, he naturally will not let Bambulshan fight alone, and immediately stands up and echoes it. And Bamburshan's own henchmen such as Ge Luha and the like did not slack off, and they all stood up to echo Bamburshan, and even the ministers of the Aobai family mistakenly thought that Bamburshan's move was instructed by Aobai, and they rushed to stand up and seconded the proposal in order to curry favor with Aobai, "The ministers seconded the proposal, and the loyalty of the vassal king must not be judged by the amount of tribute." "The minister seconded the proposal!" "The minister seconded the proposal, the sage cloud: send goose feathers for thousands of miles, and the courtesy is light and affectionate. Caring about the amount of tribute can only hurt the hearts of the ministers. "The minister seconded the proposal, and the king of Pingxi has always been loyal to the emperor......

Aobai and his gang are indeed many and powerful in the court, and as soon as Bamburshan started, the court was excited for a while, and even the words that Wu Sangui was the number one loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty came out - but to some extent, it was true, which made some officials of the Kangxi family a little embarrassed, and felt that Kangxi was worried about such trivial matters, which would inevitably lose his holy authority, and he couldn't help but stand up and admonish. Among them, the loudest one is the Prince of Zhengkang, Jieshu, "Your Majesty, when the dynasty cares about the amount of tribute from Waifan, it is ridiculous!" If it is spread out, won't the emperor become a person who covets the property of his subordinates? Where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven? Long live and think twice! Suo Etu was also a little eager to try, but was dissuaded by Wu Yuanming with a code. But he didn't move, but muttered in his heart that Wu Yingxiong's silver was really powerful.

"Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen." Kangxi waved his hand and suppressed the crowd of people in the Manchu Dynasty. Of course, Kangxi also knew that these ministers did not say these words all to protect Wu Yingxiong - the emperor was concerned about the amount of tribute from Waifan, and spreading it would only add laughter to the people! But today's situation is different, Kangxi has decided to take the lead in the tribute incident, and must first give Wu Yingxiong a dismount and defeat the arrogance of the three foreign feudal lords who are holding bamboo poles! So Kangxi forced a smile and said: "You love Qing and are slow and anxious, I just heard Wu Qing say that Wu Qing's tribute to Wu Fan is rare in the sky and unparalleled in the world, so I was curious and wanted to see what this tribute is?" Even if Wu Qing's tribute is not as precious as Wu Qing claims to be, I will not blame him. Mo Aiqing said it well just now, sending goose feathers thousands of miles away, courtesy is light and affectionate. ”

Kangxi turned the efforts of Bamburshan and others into nothing in a few words, and it seemed to be magnanimous but actually contained evil intentions - Kangxi himself said that he did not blame Wu Yingxiong, and also said that it was very affectionate to send goose feathers for thousands of miles, but if Wu Yingxiong's tribute was really too meager, the officials of Kangxi's family could still use this as a reason to attack Wu Yingxiong until Wu Yingxiong was cornered. Although Kangxi's abacus is wonderful, this dynasty is a place where the elites of the Han and Manchu ethnic groups gather, and there are actually a lot of people who can see through Kangxi's real intentions, and many ministers who stand on the side of the three feudatories can't help but pinch a cold sweat for Wu Yingxiong.

"Wu Qing, quickly offer the tribute you said, and let me see how precious it is." After suppressing the opposition of the ministers, Kangxi immediately said to Wu Yuanming with a smile. Wu Yuanming was confident and did not postpone, and half-bent over with a fist and replied: "Weichen obeys the order." The tribute offered by Weichen on behalf of his father is outside the noon gate, and the emperor is asked to issue a holy decree to let Weichen's entourage present the tribute to the palace. ”

"Okay, I'll make an exception today and give your retinue permission to go to the temple." Kangxi agreed with great interest. Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of the Six Palaces standing behind him, was also very eye-catching, and immediately stood up and sang: "Xuan! Wu Yingxiong followed the upper hall——! ”

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"Xuan! Wu Yingxiong followed the upper hall——! With the shouts of the eunuchs coming down one after another, and in a moment, new shouts came from a distance one after another, "Wu Yingxiong followed the upper hall——! In front of everyone's eyes, an old man of medium stature dressed in a servant's uniform came in from outside the hall with his head bowed, holding a box wrapped in bright yellow satin. The gray-haired old servant was old and dignified, and he knew etiquette very well, holding high the wooden box and kneeling respectfully at the tail of the hundred officials, kneeling three times and nine knocks in a deep voice: "Long live the grass people, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

"This veteran's etiquette is really standard, I'm afraid that ordinary officials can't compare to him, no wonder Liu Xuanchu insisted that I take him to the palace to pay tribute." Wu Yuanming secretly admired the etiquette standards of his servants, but a question arose in his heart - Liu Xuanchu insisted that he should not bring Wu Fu, who was loyal and not suspicious, and he must let himself bring this veteran who had never met before, was it really just because this veteran knew court etiquette? However, the old ministers of the Qing court, such as Ao Bai and Ji Bilong, felt that the figure of the old servant was vague and somewhat familiar, but after seeing the old servant's face clearly, they found that they had never seen it, so they shifted their attention to the box in the old servant's hand.

"Let's be flat." Kangxi said lightly. The old servant kowtowed again, then stood up and walked to Wu Yuanming's side, handed the box to Wu Yuanming with both hands, and bowed his head and stepped aside. The box was wrapped in bright yellow satin for the royal family, and the contents could not be seen. Without Kangxi's hint, Mingzhu, one of the destined rivals of Wu Sangui's family, couldn't wait to say: "Shizi, open the box quickly, let us all see, how precious is this tribute?" ”

"Yes, Wu Qing, open it quickly, open it quickly." Kangxi also urged with 'very' interest. Needless to say, the other ministers all held their breath and opened their eyes wide, for fear of taking a look at this rare treasure, which was claimed to be more than the total value of the country's tribute.

"Wechen obeys." Wu Yuanming replied respectfully, holding the box with one hand with his left hand, and slowly untying the bright yellow silk bag with his right hand, only to see the bright yellow silk blooming and spreading out layer by layer like petals, and a sandalwood box one foot long, eight inches wide, and with the seal of the King of Pingxi, exposed to the air of the Taihe Hall like a shy young girl. The night is long in winter, and the sky is not yet full of light at this time, Kangxi thought that the light was insufficient and ordered: "Give Wu Qing a lamp, a few more." ”

"Piercing!" Eight little eunuchs each held a bright copper candlestick and walked out quickly, surrounding Wu Yuanming in eight directions, each candlestick had three candles, and under the illumination of twenty-four walnut-thick red candles, Wu Yuanming's whole body was suddenly illuminated as bright as day—maybe a few points brighter than day. Compared with the young Kangxi, Mingzhu's calmness is far behind, and he couldn't help urging again: "Shizi, hurry, open the wooden box quickly, do you want me to help." ”

What Mingzhu didn't know was that Wu Yuanming himself was also confused and full of doubts, because although the things in this wooden box were thought up by Wu Yuanming himself, the wooden box was prepared by Liu Xuanchu for Wu Yuanming, these are not strange, the key is the two seals covered with the big seal of the king of Pingxi and cross-pasted - with Liu Xuanchu's loyalty to his father, how could he do something to forge his father's big seal? But now is obviously not the time to think about this, Wu Yuanming turned his head sideways and smiled at Mingzhu, slowly took out a golden key to open the pure gold lock on the wooden box, unsealed it, and opened the sandalwood box.

"Shh——!h The thousands of eyes of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military officials, palace maids, eunuchs and Kangxi seemed to make a sound, and gathered together on the open sandalwood box in Wu Yuanming's hand, but to everyone's great disappointment, there were twenty small wooden boxes in the wooden box, five in each row, the length, width and height of each small wooden box were two inches, each small wooden box was made of the most precious yellow rosewood, with cinnamon pepper spices, the outside of the box was carved with many beautiful patterns, and it was also inlaid with beautiful pure gold lace, and the wooden box alone was worth a lot of money. You can imagine how precious the objects in the wooden box are.

"Pearls? The pearl of the night? Peephole? Western diamonds? "A series of priceless jewelry names flashed in the minds of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but no matter what kind of treasures, they are definitely not as valuable as the treasures Wu Yingxiong said? And Kangxi finally couldn't stand Wu Yuanming's grinding, and ordered: "Zhang Wanqiang, please take the tribute in the hands of the prince, since it is the thing that Wu Fan entered, I will open it myself." Kangxi added in his heart, otherwise, when will this dynasty be officially convened?

"The minions obey." Zhang Wanqiang said yes in the voice of a male duck, ran down the hall from the side ladder of the dragon chair, and took the big wooden box from Wu Yuanming's hand, but after Wu Yuanming handed the big wooden box to Zhang Wanqiang, he rummaged through the big box and took out two of them and held them in his hand, and only let Zhang Wanqiang turn eighteen of the twenty small wooden boxes. Although Zhang Wanqiang was very surprised by Wu Yuanming's move, Kangxi didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to say anything, but carefully transferred the eighteen small wooden boxes to Kangxi's dragon case.

"What the hell is it?" Kangxi picked up a small wooden box and opened it, and saw that the small wooden box contained some gray-brown granular powder of different sizes, mixed with some sand and gravel—just like the soil in the field. Kangxi thought it was gold sand at first, but after a closer look, it didn't look like it, and he pinched a pinch and twisted it with his hand, and the powder quickly turned into a finer powder and fell, and Kangxi's fingers were also covered with dust. Kangxi Qi said: "Wu Qing, how is this treasure offered by your father almost the same as clay?" ”

"Emperor Shengming, that is indeed dirt." Wu Yuanming's face did not change and his heart did not beat, he raised the remaining two small wooden boxes in his hand, and replied calmly: "The things contained in the eighteen wooden boxes are all dirt. The remaining two wooden boxes in Weichen's hands were also full of dirt. ”

"Dirt!" In an instant, there was a huge uproar in the Taihe Palace, and almost everyone was stunned - but Wu Yuanming expected, no one doubted that he would take a few boxes of soil to Kangxi in the hall, and everyone was thinking in their hearts, Wu Sangui took the soil to pay tribute to Kangxi, is there any major meaning? What does eighteen boxes of dirt mean? What do the other two boxes of dirt mean? And Wu Yuanming didn't slant his eyes, looking at Kangxi's eyes with a righteous face, and his expression was like an iron-clad loyal minister who was making a direct admonition to the emperor.

"What does Wu Sangui mean by offering soil to Zhenjin?" Like other civil and military officials, Kangxi also repeated this question in his heart. For a while, almost everyone in the Taihe Hall fell into contemplation, and the hall was silent, and even the sound of an embroidery needle falling to the ground could be heard, only another official who had an enmity with Wu Yuanming, that is, Ren Dinghang, the servant of the Ministry who was beaten by Wu Yuanming, muttered in a low voice, "Isn't Wu Sangui making fun of the emperor?" ”

"Idiot!" Although Ren Dinghang's voice was low, the Taihe Hall was too quiet, and almost everyone heard his muttering, so almost everyone rewarded him with a stupid evaluation! Even Kangxi glared at Ren Dinghang fiercely, and said in his heart, how could I personally pull out such a fool? Really confusing?

"What's that?" Suddenly, Kangxi suddenly saw that there seemed to be words at the bottom of the lid of the small wooden box, and he hurriedly took it to take a closer look, only to see the word "Shandong" written on it with cinnabar. Kangxi's heart moved, and he hurriedly opened all the other seventeen small wooden boxes, just as Kangxi expected, the other seventeen small wooden boxes really contained seventeen kinds of soil with slightly different colors and shapes, and the lids of the boxes were also written with the names of the other seventeen provinces of the Qing Dynasty, Zhili, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, ......, plus the beginning of Shandong, just to get together all the names of the eighteen provinces of the Qing Dynasty! (Note 1) Obviously, the eighteen kinds of soil contained in the eighteen small wooden boxes also come from these eighteen provinces!

After understanding the origin of the soil contained in the eighteen wooden boxes, Kangxi's first reaction was quite unconvinced, "I am in the eighteen provinces of the Qing Dynasty, and not all of them were brought down by you Wu Sangui?" But Kangxi thought about it, if Wu Sangui did not let go of Shanhaiguan to lead the Qing army into the customs, but chose to take refuge in Li Zicheng, then whether the Manchu Qing Dynasty could still win the eighteen provinces must have a big question mark - after all, Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry is the only strong force that can compete with the Manchu Eight Banners, to a certain extent, without Wu Sangui, there would be no Manchu today!

"Alas, Wu Sangui is reminding me not to forget his original merits." Anyone who is extremely smart likes to think about things more and more complicated, and the same is true for Kangxi, the more he thinks about it, the farther he goes. Kangxi said in his heart: "Yes, although Wu Sangui has said that he likes to ask the court for silver all these years, but the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou that he guards cannot be self-sufficient in terms of civilian food alone, and it is really not easy to feed the army. He has never had any contact with Aobai over the years, and he has refused to woo the old thief several times, so how many ministers can there be in the court? These days, Wu Yingxiong and Ao Bai hooked up together, and he Wu Sangui didn't know that he was far away in Yunnan. And Wu Yingxiong and Ao Bai were mixed together, in the final analysis, talking about the reason, it is also strange that the aunt bullied Wu Yingxiong too much and Xiao Weizi beat Wu Yingxiong without knowing the severity and dignity of Wu Yingxiong first, if Xiao Weizi and they did not beat Wu Yingxiong that day, would Wu Yingxiong choose to take refuge in Ao Bai and protect himself? Will what happen later? ”

It's strange to say, after seeing those worthless soils, Kangxi thought of Wu Sangui's various benefits to the Qing court, and remembered that Wu Yingxiong and Ao Bai colluded because their own people were at fault first, and Wu Yingxiong was 'forced' to that step, Kangxi's hatred for Wu Sangui and Wu Yuanming gradually dissipated a lot. Thinking about it, Kangxi couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Not bad! Forcing Wu Sangui's rebellious army to invade Sichuan, Wang Xu's fault was mistaken, and he mistakenly compared Yunnan-Guizhou with Fujian, Guangdong, the two relatively wealthy provinces, and Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have little grain and land, how can they be treated all? Wu Yingxiong has always lived honestly in Beijing all these years, and has never interacted with Aobai, if it weren't for his aunt bullying him too much, if it weren't for Xiao Weizi and Qiang Donkey, who beat Wu Yingxiong first, would he Wu Yingxiong take refuge in Aobai and I? ”

There was still silence in the hall, and everyone's eyes turned to Kangxi's face, and Kangxi's expression was uncertain, sometimes ruthless and sometimes gentle, sometimes smiling and sometimes gnashing teeth, making everyone scratch their heads, but everyone didn't dare to speak, or even pant loudly, for fear of disturbing Kangxi's contemplation. After a long time, Kangxi's eyes finally turned to the other two boxes of soil in Wu Yuanming's hand, and Kangxi couldn't help but ask softly: "Wu Aiqing, what kind of soil are the two boxes of soil in your hand?" Why don't you go together and dedicate it to me? ”

"Long live Huiyu, these two wooden boxes contain the soil of Annam and Burma!" Wu Yuanming's eyes were full of tears at this moment, and he choked up and said loudly: "As long as there is a holy decree, Weichen father and son and tens of thousands of Yungui residents will definitely mention the southern expedition of Man, open up the territory for my Qing Dynasty, and present these two boxes of soil to the Holy Lord!" The minister's father guarded Yungui, not only for the emperor to defend the territory and security, but also for my Qing Dynasty to unify the southern Xinjiang! Banzai! ”

"Wu Sangui intends to conquer Annam and Burma for the south of China?" Although it was only for a moment, Kangxi's blood was indeed stirred up by Wu Yuanming at that moment! However, Kangxi thought about it a little more and knew that it was completely impossible, not to mention whether Wu Sangui could successfully conquer the two countries, that is, if he could succeed, the army moved slightly, and the military salaries and food naturally cost a huge amount, and at present, the Qing court's finances were quite tight, and the imperial court could not afford such a big war at all. Moreover, no one dares to guarantee that Wu Sangui's attack on Annam and Burma is really for the imperial court, and he was really defeated by Wu Sangui, and it is the country's first great achievement to expand the territory, so how can he take out a country to make a fief for Wu Sangui, so wouldn't Wu Sangui's power be even greater? Take 10,000 steps back and say, that is also a reason for Wu Sangui to further expand the army......

"I have not been a country for a long time in the Qing Dynasty, and the country has not been stable, so this matter of conquering and opening up the territory will be discussed later." After thinking about it repeatedly, Kangxi smiled and said, "Wu Qing, the two boxes of soil in your hand will be kept for your father first, and when I need it in the future, I will definitely ask your father and son for it." ”

"Wechen obeys the holy decree!" Wu Yuanming replied very majestically. Kangxi thought for a while and said: "Passing the decree, Wu Sangui's father and son are loyal and courageous, and the tribute they offer is very heartfelt, giving Wu Sangui a thousand taels of gold, 300 horses of silk, and 50 catties of old ginseng in the northeast!" Give Wu Yingxiong 500 taels of gold, 100 horses of silk, and 10 catties of old ginseng! Kangxi thought about it, and said in his heart that Wu Yingxiong was cunning, and the female spies sent were probably useless, so it was better to be a favor. Kangxi instructed again: "Give Wu Yingxiong another ten show girls." ”

"We're thanking you, Lord Longen!" Wu Yuanming finally got the same reward as his two uncles, and the corners of his mouth flashed with a mysterious smile while he was happy, and said in his heart: "Mengmeng, you made a bet with me, but you lost again." Tonight, wait for me to kiss it. But what Wu Yuanming didn't notice himself was that the drooping old face of the old servant sent by Liu Xuanchu behind him actually showed a smile that was even more mysterious than him......

Note 1: The eighteen provinces in the early Qing Dynasty were: Zhili, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou. Later, five provinces of Fengtian, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang and Taiwan were added one after another.