From last summer to this winter, more than a year, the sea has not been pacified, the thieves have risen again, the Qing Dynasty has more than 200,000 troops left and right, and recently lost Yunnan... It's been more than ten years since I entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, and I still can't sit still? It's obviously good news, but it's getting worse and worse by Shunzhi.

Jiangnan is a wealth-rich land, if there is no Jiangnan, how can the army pay for the more than 200,000 troops? The emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, he knows this truth better than anyone else--- the reason why my Qing Dynasty was able to double the combat effectiveness of the Green Battalion soldiers in an instant, in addition to being driven away by the Eight Banners, there is also a point that my Qing Dynasty can pay military salaries on time, unlike Comrade Zuo Liangyu's 10 salary a year and deducting 40 percent.

If I can't pay the military salary that day in the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi has no doubt that the general and deputy staff members of various places will "do it themselves and have enough food and clothing." ”

So where is the imperial court or the imperial court? If you can't control the source of taxes, where can you have military power?

"I'm going to... Driving the Expedition! "Shunzhi suddenly realized something, in this way, he could transfer the tens of thousands of Eight Banners of the Gongwei Jingshi to the south and deal a fatal blow to the pirate Zheng Chenggong!

Thinking about it, Shunji's eyes suddenly went black and he fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Seeing the Long Live Lord pounce on the ground, the eunuchs and palace maids around him hugged him, pinching and shaking.

"What's going on? The emperor is missing a few hairs, and you people have to die! Why don't you go to the doctor! The little yellow door who had just come to report the good news said, trembling with fright in his heart. If the Queen Mother traces it down, her head will not be moved?

In winter and October, Emperor suddenly contracted an illness and was bedridden.

With the sudden illness of Emperor Shunzhi, the various forces in Beijing began to move, because a huge problem was placed in front of all the dignitaries and dignitaries--- Emperor, what should you do if you burp?

At this time, there was no secret system of establishing a prince, and at the age of Shunzhi, no one thought of the establishment of the crown prince, even if due to Shunzhi's bad luck, almost one child died after birth, only Xuanye, who had smallpox, was still in good health, so everyone wanted to make a political investment in this possible future emperor. Of course, no one is stupid enough to support Fuquan and a few children who are still in swaddling clothes. Therefore, political investment revolves around the Auxiliary Minister, and everyone looks at the style and looks in tandem with each other, and stands in line around the possible Auxiliary Minister.

In this kind of chaotic situation where people's hearts fluctuate, Fan Wencheng stood still, but like a faithful old servant, he often entered the palace to serve Shunzhi. Those who came to engage in tandem were politely but resolutely invited back by Fan Wencheng's family under the gaze of eyeliner--- and even returned the door bag in its original form, without taking a penny.

However, there is one person who is an exception.

"The one you want to invite, has you arrived?" Fan Wencheng asked the attendants on the carriage home.

"Back to the master, I have been invited, and I am entertaining you in the house."

Fan Wencheng didn't speak, just nodded.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Fan Wencheng entered the inner room with some urgency.

"Weichen is late, so the prince has been waiting for a long time." Fan Wencheng bowed deeply to the person in front of him, and almost knelt down. And the person in front of him is not a prince, nor is he a Belle bezi, but the king of Pingxi among the three feudatories--- Wu Yingxiong!

Although Wu Yingxiong didn't know how his prince was kept, he was also frightened when he saw this posture, and hurriedly pulled him up, saying that he was a prince, but in fact, he was not as good as a Baylor, and he didn't have a single soldier except the guards, how could he be worshiped by this old minister in the Taizu period? Even his father wouldn't dare to stand it here.

"How does this work? To tell you the truth, I am a tiger father and a dog, if it weren't for my father's grace, how could I be a king! Or is the emperor's grace so great that I can inherit my father's title without being demoted, otherwise where would I be a prince? ”

Fan Wencheng Xin said that it is an open secret that your father jumped back to Nanming, you now have a knife against your neck, and you can kill you at any time, what are you fighting with me here haha?

However, he didn't break it down, and said: "But with all due respect, when the old prince was reincarnated, he commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and made many military exploits, and after you inherited the title, have you ever left Beijing one step?" ”

"Nope." Wu Yingxiong spread his hands.

"Then, does the prince know the story of Sun Kewang?"

"I know it." As he spoke, a cool breeze blew behind Wu Yingxiong. "If you invite Wu to come to the house, you will have a teaching, and please teach me!" Wu Yingxiong knew that Fan Wencheng might dig a pit for himself, but wasn't he in the pit now? Jumping to another place, maybe it's not a pit?

Fan Wencheng carefully touched the wall to make sure it was safe. "In case of an accident today, the new emperor is young, there must be an auxiliary minister, and as for the auxiliary minister, the examples of the former Han Huoguang and Shangguan Ji are also placed there. The prince may not be able to end up in the fate of Sun Kewang. ”

"But..."Wu Yingxiong didn't say that rebellious words, but his eyes were clearly looking at the mentally retarded: Do you want me to take the guards to kill the king directly?

"Definitely. It's just that the prince doesn't want to follow his father's style and support the community when the lord is young? Fan Wencheng almost said the four words of Lord Shaoguo's suspicion.

The implication is that the intrigue between the auxiliary ministers will naturally pull the entire court into it, if he can drive Wu Yingxiong, an idle chess player, to join the battle group...

Once several major battles in the south were defeated, the Manchus had to rely more on the Han forces, and only tens of thousands of weakened Eight Banners were left, and they could not deal with the more than 200,000 green battalion soldiers! The Han people in the court became stronger and stronger, and they had to change their established line from the Taizu period. And he has not had much to do with the generals for decades, how arrogant the Manchurians are, looking up at themselves, and the Han military leaders are mostly scattered in places, and he can only try to bring Wu Yingxiong's waste chess to life! If Wu Yingxiong can "regain" military power, then he may be able to get more power. Indeed, this seems a bit ridiculous, but Fan Wencheng doesn't know if he is old and confused, or if he is confident enough in his own ability to make this most incredible political investment.

Of course, if I can still breathe a sigh of relief in the Qing Dynasty and restore control of the Grand Canal, then the Eight Banners will return to the dynasty, everything will be suspended, and Wu Yingxiong will not be recognized by the new emperor and auxiliary ministers--- first, there is no evidence, and second, Fan Wencheng's position is no threat to the imperial power.

After sending Wu Yingxiong away, Fan Wencheng took a sip of ginseng soup, which was a habit he had developed since he was sixty years old--- anyway, the emperor gave him enough ginseng, even if he ate it every day.

"From the first day I defected to the imperial court, I firmly believed that the imperial court would always have a smooth ride in the war, otherwise it would not have been put into the account of Taizu in the third year of the Mandate of Heaven, until the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, although the war was occasionally repeated, but even the so-called two famous kings of Li Reverse were symbolic more important than strategy, but since the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, everything has changed."

"Jiangning, Wuchang, this is the place of the heart! If these two cities cannot be recaptured for a long time, how can the southern army be paid? Except for Dongting, Ganjiang and other places, the rest are all mountainous, and there is no allocation from the imperial court, where can so many soldiers be raised? And after several wars in Sichuan, tigers have been seen in Chengdu, where can so many people pay taxes? ”

(End of chapter)