After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, he didn't say much, just quietly waited for Shunzhi to respond.

I have to say that the nobles in the early Manchu Qing Dynasty were quite politically decisive, and Shunzhi only scolded a few angry words such as "Wu Rebellion" and "Destroy its three clans in the coming day" and adopted Fan Wencheng's suggestion, "Okay, then let's beat the Wu family first." ”

Fan Wencheng also proposed not to disclose the matter to the public, insisting that Wu Sangui was dead, and then let Wu Yingxiong inherit his father's prince, "Inherit it early, in order to calm the heart of the world." Shunzhi nodded and agreed, pinching his nose and temporarily admitting Wu Sangui's good deeds.

On the same day, the edict was sent to the Wu family in the spirit shed outside the Zhengyang Gate, Wu Yingxiong knelt to receive the edict, and couldn't help laughing at a group of well-dressed guests, which made many people despise this new prince: It's really hairless, can't do things well, can you laugh like this in the spirit shed? Is it a funeral?

The joy on Wu Yingxiong's face was not hidden, and the housekeeper who had just gone to stuff the silver for people ran over sweating profusely. At this moment, the focus of the audience was focused on this butler.

It was already autumn at this time, and even if the stove was lit because it was a little cold, there was no reason to sweat profusely, "Probably something happened," many people thought.

The housekeeper leaned into Wu Yingxiong's ear and said, "Master Shizi, I know from the news from the imperial court that the old prince has surrendered to the south!" ”

"Is that true?"

Wu Yingxiong's eyes were round, staring at the old housekeeper who had accompanied him since he was a child, and every wrinkle on his face seemed to have some wordless heavenly book written on it.

"Shizi, how dare I lie to you! This is the news that came out of the imperial court, and it can even be said that it was released by the imperial court, which is true, but it is not posted in the newspaper, but it is specially released to beat you. ”

Although the old housekeeper is not an official of the imperial court, but as the saying goes, "the prime minister's concierge is a seven-grade official", and the housekeeper of the Pingxi royal family has far more insight than the average little official, and in the face of the panicked little master, the old housekeeper endured his fear and provided as much information and analysis as possible.

After listening to this, Wu Yingxiong poured a few sips of tea and found an excuse to go home, and everyone knew that something was wrong, and they had no intention of staying for a long time, so they said goodbye.

However, in three days, everyone in the capital knew that Wu Sangui had surrendered to the puppet king of Gui. For a while, all kinds of rumors were exposed, whether it was the Han people or the banner people, they all joined the ranks of complaining about Wu Sangui, if it was in the past, the slaves of the Wu Mansion would have already dismantled the teahouses and restaurants around the country with iron rulers and daggers, but now when this kind of chicken and monkey may be killed at any time, who dares to touch the moldy head of the young master?

The Qing court solved the problem, and the most common word was to kill, Wu Yingxiong waited for a long time, but he didn't hear the news of dealing with him, and his heart settled down a little.

On September 10, the Qing court reinstated Zhuo Butai as the general of the expedition to the south, and he was guilty of meritorious service. Different from the previous general who conquered the south, the "south" here is no longer the smoky land of Yunnan nearly thousands of miles away, but the money bags of the Qing court, and the rice bags --- the south of the Yangtze River.

When the Eight Banners entered the customs, there were only more than 200,000 men who could fight, and at this time, after several years of conquest, the number of soldiers was not as good as when they entered the customs. Moreover, with the hardcore crops that can be harvested during droughts and floods, the combat effectiveness has also declined. Due to various considerations, the Qing court allocated 40,000 Eight Banner Army, and 60,000 Green Battalion Army transferred from Zhili, Shandong, Henan and other places. The two-to-three ratio of the Eight Flags Green Camp can be seen to be a bloody investment.

Of course, there were not even 10,000 people who followed Zhuo Butai out of the Beijing Division, and other troops would join the marching team as Zhuo Butai moved south. Due to the economic decline in the north, Zhuo Butai had to order the planned march route to be divided into three, because according to the data on the surface, none of the provinces along the route could supply the grain and grass for the passage of the 100,000-strong army.

It was only a little more than a month later that the news of the Qing army's dispatch reached Nanming's location in Ava, and a dispute broke out in the court again over this matter. Even after two rounds of rebellion and purges, most of the courtiers still advocated going north to restore Yunnan, on ostensibly high-sounding grounds, but in reality they were still repulsive to Burma. For them, Yunnan is a place where the Central Plains Dynasty has ruled for hundreds of years, while Myanmar is a pure foreign land, many people do not know a word of Burmese, and it is very inconvenient to live in the city of Ava, in contrast, the capital of Yunnan, which has been disliked by some people who have seen Nanjing, Guangzhou and other big cities, has become the moon on the horizon.

And Zhu Youlang and Yang Zai, who did not formally worship as the first assistant, think that they only need to enter some state capitals in southern Yunnan, and the reason is biased towards farming, compared to Yunnan, which has a pile of toast irons, which makes people unable to pull their faces to clean, Myanmar, which is surrounded by war and five scum monsters, is obviously more suitable for a sweep. If the same hard-core policy in Yunnan is used as in Burma, it may lead to a split within the anti-Qing forces, and this split will be almost fatal to Zhu Youlang.

On this matter, there was a rare big difference between the military and Zhu Youlang, but on the contrary, they reached a consensus with the civilian officials who did not look at each other, and the military's reason was simple and did not need to be explained, if this once-in-a-lifetime fighter plane was not seized, I don't know if we would be able to see the next fighter!

A few years ago, Li Dingguo and Zhu Chenggong agreed to merge and attack Guangzhou, but Zhu Chenggong negotiated with the Qing court to surrender, and it dragged on vaguely for a long time, and as a result, as soon as the Qing army reinforcements arrived, Li Dingguo was outnumbered and had to retreat to Guangxi. Although he did not join forces with Zhu Chenggong this time, his capture of Nanzhili was actually equivalent to blocking the north-south communication, and he himself acted as a huge magnet, sucking almost all the Qing army field troops outside the three southwestern provinces to the direction of Nanzhili. If Zhu Chenggong's character is bursting, it is needless to say that he has won consecutive battles, but if Zhu Chenggong loses, he can slip along the Yangtze River, without this magnet, he doesn't have to think that the Qing army that attacked Nanzhili will be transferred to Yunnan to play the flying dragon riding face.

To attack the whole country in one corner, one wrong step is not a wrong step, but there is no second step at all.

After several court debates, Zhu Youlang, who was unable to support himself, finally lost the battle, and asked Yang Zai to write a decree and invite some "social elites" to negotiate the matter. The civil officials couldn't find fault with this, and they often mentioned that the Son of Heaven and the scholars ruled the world together. And if the emperor just wants to pick some people who have little influence and are just echo worms and are now the so-called "social elites", then without them moving their mouths, this matter will naturally become a laughing stock.

Zhao Quanzhong, a "Confucian businessman" and a "righteous businessman", naturally received an invitation from the palace. As the well-known "Lord Zhao" in Ava City, his interests are closely related to the palace, but he is not ready to stand on Zhu Youlang's side.