PS: Update late reason, power outage...... ）

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "In the early morning of the ninth day of the first month of the eighth year of Kangxi, with the beating of the drum of the Nine Gate Admiral's Yamen, Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Anding Gate, Desheng Gate, Dongzhi Gate, Xizhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate and Hefucheng Gate and other city gates were beaten in turn, and the city gates were slowly opened one by one. When the Xuanwu Gate, where officials from all over the country must go when they enter Beijing, opened, in the hazy dawn, a post soldier who specially sent 800 miles to expedite the chapter rushed over, holding a bright yellow box in his hand, and shouted, "Yunnan 800 miles urgent!" Yunnan 800 miles urgent! "Pegasus went into the city.

"Get off the sedan chair." Next to the Xuanwu Gate, a low and deep cheer came from a moving green sedan chair. The sedan chair was decided, the sedan curtain was opened, and a Han official dressed in a first-class official uniform came out of the sedan chair, the official was about forty years old, medium in stature, with an angular national character face, very majestic, and a pair of lacquer-like eyes under the thick eyebrows stared at the back of the post soldiers entering the city, and muttered: "One day and one night, the three urgent twists and turns turned out to be all related to Yunnan...... ”

"Hoo ——!" At this moment, a cold and biting cold wind blew, and the thinly dressed official couldn't help but shiver, shrank his neck and stomp a few times, shook his head and said: "I hope it wasn't Wu Fan's reckless risk, and now this court can't stand his toss." Although he comforted himself, the official's face was still full of sorrow, and he said in a low voice: "Last year, I earned 16,518,261,24 yuan in silver in the Qing Dynasty, although it was more than 2 million more than the year before, but Wu, Geng, and Shang had to take 6 million, and river workers, disaster relief, banner salaries, and military salaries ...... all cost money." ”

The official was pondering and depressed, when another green sedan chair fell beside him, and the official Shangshu Jishi, who had a sharp face, got his head out of the sedan window, and smiled at the previous official: "Wang Shangshu, congratulations." Three years ago, you wrote a letter to cut the military salary of the three feudal clans, and in the past three years, you have saved 9 million taels of silver for my Qing Dynasty, and changed the official hat of a first-class official to the position of the head of the household department. This time, I'm afraid Wang Shangshu is not so easy to be happy, right? ”

"Master Ji, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, although last year I refuted the 600,000 taels falsely reported by your officials, but I am also saving money for the court, and I Wang Xu didn't put a penny in my pocket for the silver I saved, you don't need to gloat like this, right?" That Wang Shangshu is righteous and stern to fight back at the world. It turned out that this Wang Shangshu was the former household servant Lang Wang Xu, who wrote to the imperial court three years ago to reduce the military salaries of the three feudatories, because Wang Xu saved a large amount of military salaries for the imperial court, and personally persuaded Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong to accept the salary cut, forcing Wu Sangui to follow the trend and accumulate merit and be promoted to the household department Shangshu, and at the same time became a registered figure in Wu Sangui's Wuhua Palace - of course, it is a must-kill list.

"Hmph, too lazy to talk nonsense with a dying man." Jishi's head retracted into the sedan chair, and he slammed the sedan curtain and shouted: "Enter the palace!" The four sedan chair men carried the sedan chair, leaving the worried Wang Xu there. After a long time, Wang Xu sighed and returned to the sedan chair, Wang Xu's steps were so heavy that he tore his patched cotton pants a little, but Wang Xu didn't notice it at all, just ordered the already very dilapidated green sedan chair to carry him into the city.

Although Wang Xu was given the honor of riding a sedan chair in the palace by the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang because of his honesty and financial merit, Wang Xu got off the sedan chair at Jinshui Bridge every time and walked into the palace. Today is no exception, Wang Xu got off the sedan chair by the bridge, and when he was about to walk into the palace, Cao Yin, the guard beside Kangxi, ran quickly, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Wang Shangshu, the emperor sent you to go to Wuying Hall quickly, the situation is urgent, please hurry up." ”

"Wuying Palace? Isn't that the emperor's bedroom? Why did the emperor summon me in the palace? Wang Xu's heart tightened, and he faintly felt a sense of foreboding, nodded and replied, "Weichen will go." ”

trotted all the way to the Wuying Palace, the front of the hall was already full of Kangxi's henchmen and guards and the good camp Buku, and even the injured Wei Dongting and Hao Laosi and others were on duty with injuries, looking at the heavy dark circles on their faces, it was likely that they had not slept all night, seeing this scene, Wang Xu was even more nervous in his heart, knowing that something big must have happened. Entering the hall again, the first thing that catches your eye is Kangxi, who has a blue nose and swollen face, and then Kangxi's personal maid Su Malagu and the ministers of the upper study, Xiong Cixu, Ji Bilong and others.

"Weichen Wang Xu knocked on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Wang Xu trembled and walked in front of Kangxi, knelt down on his knees, knelt three times and bowed nine times to perform the great salute of the monarch and ministers. And Kangxi's mood was obviously not good, and he replied lightly: "Flat, give a seat." ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Xu didn't get up after thanking him, but just kowtowed and asked, "Weichen dares to ask the emperor, why did the emperor get hurt?" Is the emperor in good health or not? ”

"It's not a good thing that Wu Yingxiong's bastard did!" Kangxi stroked the wound and replied fiercely in his heart, and replied: "Wang Xu don't worry, my injury was accidentally slipped yesterday while enjoying the snow in the Imperial Garden, it is not in the way, and it will heal in two days." Only then did Wang Xu get up and half-sit on the chair brought by the eunuch, and greeted Xiong Cilu and Ji Bilong and others one by one. At this time, Kangxi picked up a letter and said lightly: "Wang Xu, this is the letter sent by Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, which is related to the household department and yourself, you can take a look and tell me your opinion." ”

"Obey." Wang Xu respectfully took the Wu Sangui fold handed over by Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of the Sixth Palace, unfolded it, and saw that the fold read: "The criminal minister Wu Sangui knelt down to reveal the holy face, on the third day of December in the seventh year of Kangxi, more than 1,000 people of the Renhuai garrison under the rule of the criminal minister suddenly mutinied, crossed the Chishui to the north to capture Luzhou, killed the official and plundered the silver from the city. On the same day, more than 3,000 Yanjin garrisons under the rule of the criminal minister also showed signs of mutiny, and attacked Yibin and Gaoxian in the north, and the garrisons in Yunnan and Guizhou also appeared to be ready to move. ”

"If you Wu Sangui really can't control the army, then our court will be relieved." Wang Xu muttered in his heart, and then looked down again, only to see that the fold was written again: "In order to make up for his mistakes, the criminal went to negotiate with the rebel army in person, and learned a shocking truth, the rebel army actually has no intention of rebelling, but since the household department cut the military salary of the Yunnan-Guizhou garrison in the sixth year of Kangxi, the food and salary of the soldiers of the Yunnan-Guizhou garrison have been insufficient for many years, and they cannot provide for their filial parents, and they cannot support their wives and children. This rebellion was actually desperate and forced to take ...... risk. ”

"Nonsense! Sling the bull! Seeing this, Wang Xu was already furious, and arched his hand: "Emperor Mingjian, there are only 55,000 soldiers under Wu Sangui's rule, not to mention that Wu Sangui himself is mining copper and casting money, boiling salt and producing tea, the imperial court alone allocates two million taels of silver to Wu Fan every year, and on average, each soldier has nearly forty taels of silver every year!" Not to mention that the people in the Yunnan-Guizhou region have no cents of silver, and the prices are low, even in the Central Plains, a family of five spends only ten taels a year. Forty taels of silver a year is more than enough! ”

"But Wu Sangui insisted that the military salary was not enough, so what could he do?" Kangxi gritted his teeth and said slowly: "I can't ask the soldiers of the Wu Domain one by one and ask them if their salaries are enough. ”

"I don't know where the emperor is, in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, each soldier is forty taels a year, which is indeed tighter." Ji Bilong, who had led troops, was bold and cautiously said a fair word for Wu Sangui, "The reason why Wu Fan's military expenditure is huge is because Yunnan and Guizhou are located on the plateau, and grain production is insufficient, and even the people of Yunnan and Guizhou need to buy grain from other provinces to replenish it. The military rations of the Wu Fan army could not be requisitioned locally, and all of them needed to be purchased from other provinces, which required silver taels, and transportation also required silver taels, and the procurement of weapons and horses cost money. ”

"Since the expenses are huge, then he Wu Sangui can't be disarmed?" Kangxi roared angrily. This will not only be a fair word of Ji Bilong, but even Xiong Cilu and Wang Xu muttered in their hearts - want Wu Sangui to disarm? Isn't that equivalent to cutting off Wu Sangui's lifeline? Similarly, Kangxi also knew that now was not the time to force Wu Sangui to disarm, and after trying to suppress his anger, Kangxi waved his hand and said, "Wang Xu, you continue to watch, and then you will talk after reading it." ”

"Pierce." Wang Xu agreed, looked down again, and saw Wu Sangui write at the end: "The criminal minister Wu Sangui strongly persuaded the rebel army to return to Luzhou, return to the garrison for defense, and guarantee that the imperial court will not be held accountable with the life of the criminal minister." However, the rebel army put forward three conditions, claiming that if the court agreed, the rebel army would set things right and return to the king; If it is not allowed, the rebel army will continue to go north, attack and occupy Sichuan and Hunan, and even cross north to Hubei, and take their own military salaries! The criminal minister is not in charge, but can only temporarily stabilize the rebellious army, and the conditions of the rebellious army will be heard by the heavens, and the saint will be the master. ”

"What conditions for rebellion? It's clearly your Wu Sangui's condition! Wang Xu muttered in his heart again, and carefully looked at the conditions that Wu Sangui said through the mouth of the army, only to see that the recital wrote: "The first condition of the chaotic army is to increase the salary of the Yungui garrison until it is enough to make ends meet; The second condition is that within this year, the military salary deducted since the sixth year of Kangxi will be repaid in full; The third condition is to cut off the culprit who withheld the military salary, Wang Xu, the head of the household book, and raid the house and destroy the door to determine the heart of the army. ”

"Wang Xu, what do you think?" Kangxi saw that Wang Xu's face was cloudy, and knew that Wang Xu had finished reading it, so he asked tentatively. Wang Xu frowned and pondered for a long time, shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, according to Weichen, the first and second articles must not be agreed, if you agree, you will definitely suffer endlessly!" The first increase in military salaries, if the emperor agrees, then more than 900,000 troops of our Qing Dynasty will make trouble together, and it is also a request for additional salaries, and the court will not be able to bear the expenses. The second article to make up for the military salary can not be agreed, if the military salary is repaid, then the Geng Fan and the Shang Fan must also be repaid, the total is six million taels, which has accounted for more than one-third of the imperial court's annual income, and the imperial court can not afford it. ”

"What about the third one?" Kangxi stared at Wang Xu's eyes and asked word by word. Wang Xu left his seat and knelt down, took off his top antelope, and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, if taking off the head of Weichen can stabilize the morale of the army, then Weichen will die without regrets!" ”

"Only agree to the third article, and if you don't agree with the first two, I'm afraid that killing you will be killed in vain." Su Malagu interjected. Kangxi nodded, and was noncommittal, but turned to Ji Bilong and Xiong Cixu and asked, "Ji Aiqing, Xiong Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

"Weichen is stupid, and he thinks that he can agree to the invitation of the rebel army, or he may not agree." Curb Pilon has always been a grass on the wall, and he dared to stand against Wu Sangui, not to mention that now Wu Sangui and Ao Bai have hooked up together. Ji Bilong said vaguely: "All in all, in short, this matter must be decided by the emperor, and what the emperor says to do, Weichen will do it...... ouch." Speaking of this, Ji Bilong suddenly covered his stomach and screamed: "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen suddenly has abdominal pain, please allow Weichen to go to the Tai Hospital for treatment." ”

"Useless stuff! I'm really blind to ask you for a consultation. Kangxi didn't know that Ji Bilong was cheating, and he didn't dare to get involved with Wu Sangui, so he replied angrily: "Go, if you die of pain, I will personally go to pay tribute to you!" ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Kubilong's face is indeed not ordinarily thick, he kowtowed and slipped away, and escaped from the place of right and wrong with his life, in exchange for a burst of eyes from Kangxi, Su Malagu and Wang Xu. Kangxi scolded again in his heart, turned to Xiong Cixu and asked, "Xiong Guogong, what do you think of the conditions proposed by Wu Sangui?" ”

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue fought for hegemony, the Yue Kingdom was defeated, and the country was almost destroyed, and the Yue King Gou trampled into Wu as a slave and suffered humiliation." Xiong Cixu did not directly answer Kangxi's question, but slowly told the well-known story, "Gou Jian has been lying on his salary for 20 years, and he is finally ashamed." The reason for this can be attributed to the sixteen words, to endure the humiliation that others cannot bear, and to suffer what others cannot bear! ”

"Endure the humiliation that no one can endure, and suffer what no one can bear!" Kangxi recited this sentence silently repeatedly, thinking of Gou Jian's lying salary and Han Xin's humiliation under his crotch, and the anger of being coerced by Wu Sangui gradually subsided. It wasn't until Kangxi's face softened that Xiong Cixu left his seat and bowed: "Your Majesty, there is a rebellion in my Qing Dynasty, there is Tsarist Russia in the north, Geldan in the west who proclaimed himself king and refused to surrender, and in the east, the Zheng clan in Taiwan seized the islands and attacked the sea frontier; All of the above have been openly hostile to the emperor, and if the south is unstable again, then the Qing Dynasty will really be surrounded by enemies on all sides. ”

"According to the minister's view, if the emperor wants to capture Aobai, level the three feudatories, collect Taiwan, drive out Tsarist Russia, and remove Geerdan, he can only come in the same way." Xiong Cixu said in a deep voice: "If you are greedy and chew too much, you can only make too many enemies, so you can only bring about your own trouble." Before destroying Aobai, it is the best policy to stabilize the three feudatories. Xiong Cixu added: "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that Wu Yingxiong, the son of Wu Sangui, had been imprisoned yesterday, and he encountered an assassin in prison last night and almost died. Weichen believes that Wu Yingxiong must not die, if Wu Yingxiong dies, it will really force Wu Sangui to the side of Aobai, which will be harmful to the country and the people. ”

"Needless to say, Guogong." Kangxi closed his eyes and interrupted Xiong Cixu's words. There was silence in the Yingwu Palace, and after a long time, Kangxi finally opened his eyes and said in a broken voice: "I can learn Goujian, but I don't want to be Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty!" In the matter of salary, I want to fight with that Wu Sangui! At the minimum, I can't let that Wu Sangui be completely satisfied! Speaking of this, Kangxi shouted: "Where is Wang Xu? ”

"Wechen is here." Wang Xu replied loudly.

"You go to the Shuntianfu prison to deliver the decree and let that Wu Yingxiong return to live in the mansion." Kangxi said coldly: "Tell that Wu Yingxiong that on the fifteenth day of the first month, the Wu Domain's envoy entered Beijing to pay tribute, and ordered him to salute on behalf of his father and discuss the matter of repaying the salary of the Yungui army." Having said that, Kangxi later regretted this decision, and the reason for his regret was naturally why he didn't decide to directly contact and negotiate with Wu Sangui's envoy, but recruited Wu Yuanming, a genuine scoundrel......