In Nanning Lianfu, a woman's voice came out: "Dad! We can't send troops! Kong Sizhen's biaozi is clearly going to consume the little strength we have! ”

"That's right! My sister is right! A young man echoed, "Dad, we originally lived well in Guilin, but after you fell ill, the biaozi asked for a holy decree and blasted us out, and our soldiers and horses were all taken in by the biaozi." These 8,000 faithful brothers are left, and she wants us to die! ”

"You two children, what do you know! She is the daughter of our benefactor, the righteous daughter of the Empress Dowager, and the eldest princess, although she is unkind to us, but we can't be unjust to her! Lian Guoan sighed.

He has been bedridden for more than a year. Originally, he lived in Guilin, and Sun Yanling was still very respectful to the old general, but since Lian Guoan fell ill, Kong Sizhen asked people to drive Lian Guoan out of Guilin, and allocated the original 20,000 horses of Lian Guoan to her husband Sun Yanling. The old general was driven away, and only 8,000 loyal generals volunteered to follow the line Guoan to garrison Nanning, and the military power fell into the hands of Sun Yanling, in fact, it was in the hands of Kong Sizhen himself.

But just like that, Kong Sizhen still didn't let go of the Lian family. She was jealous of the prestige of the Lian Guoan in Guangxi, and after driving the Lian family out of Guilin, she also increased her efforts to withhold military salaries and food, in an attempt to make the 8,000 most loyal soldiers unable to survive, and honestly returned to Guilin to report to their husband and wife, so as to achieve the goal of completely depriving the military power of the Lian Guoan.

Lian Guoan's son Lian Chengren said indignantly: "Father, that biaozi is not even enough to pay the army, what should we do to send troops?" Crossing the sea to fight Qiongzhou? Is there that easy to fight? It is obvious that she is willing to let the brothers who are loyal to us die! ”

"But after all, she is the daughter of the benefactor...... "Lian Guoan said helplessly, just halfway through the words, but he coughed nonstop, and he couldn't continue to say the rest of the words.

"Dad, lie down and don't move." Miss Lian helped her father to lie down. Although she is a woman, she is a strong woman in the early Qing Dynasty. Compared with Kong Sizhen, who is good at officialdom struggles, although Miss Lian is not good at officialdom struggles, she is strong in martial arts, familiar with military books, and has the ability to command soldiers and horses.

The sister and brother walked outside the door, and Lian Chengren asked, "Sister, what should we do now?" Go to Master Qu? ”

The master Qu mentioned by Lian Chengren is Qu Dajun, a famous man in Jiangnan. Since Qu Dajun was rescued, he came to Nanning. Because Lian Guoan knew that Qu Dajun was very talented, he left him as a master.

After Qu Dajun became the master of the palace. has been quietly provoking the relationship between Kong Sizhen and the Lianfu. He knew that although Kong Sizhen of the national security team was loyal, Miss Lian and Gongzi couldn't get used to Kong Sizhen, especially the young and vigorous Lian Chengren, and they couldn't wait to pick Kong Sizhen's skin.

"I have a way, as long as the soldiers themselves refuse to send troops, Kong Sizhen's biao can't do anything about us." Miss Lian whispered a few words in her brother's ear.

Miss Liu, who was wearing armor, and Chengren, who was dressed in military uniform, walked into the Nanning camp, and the master Qu Dajun, who had just arrived in Nanning not long ago, followed the two.

The generals Hu Tongchun and Li Yidi came up: "The last general will see the young lady!" ”

Walking into the big tent of the Chinese army, Lian Chengren gathered all the generals, raised his voice and said: "Uncles, big brothers! You are all good brothers who followed my father from birth to death. But now there is a stinky biao who has deducted your military salary for more than a year, and we in Nanning are already unable to make ends meet! Brothers, you have suffered with us! Now Kong Sizhen wants you to go back to Guilin, and go over there. Brothers, you can live a good life! ”

Li Yidi arched his hand and said: "Young man, the last general will not leave!" The last general knew that the military salary for more than a year was paid by the old general's own savings! Kong Sizhen's stinky biao has been harming the old general, just hoping that we will leave the old general to join her! We're not used to seeing it for a long time! ”

"Yes!" Hutong spring said loudly. "We won't leave the old general! Even if you follow the old general and Miss Childe to drink rice bran and eat wild vegetables, we won't leave! ”

"We're not leaving! We'd rather follow the old general and suffer than follow that stinky biao to eat and drink spicy food! The generals shouted.

"Everyone, be quiet!" He made a gesture to signal everyone to be quiet. "Uncles and brothers, now Kong Sizhen wants you to send troops to Qiongzhou, make contributions to her, and work for her, do you agree?"

"No!" Hu Tongchun and Li Yidi yelled in unison.

"No! Don't say yes! The crowd roared.

At this time, Meng Yimao, the deputy capital commander, stepped forward and arched his hand: "But everyone, if we don't send troops, Kong Sizhen's stinky biao will have more reason not to pay us military salaries in the future!" Brothers, the military salary for more than a year has been paid by the old general himself, if Kong Sizhen cuts off our military salary, how long can the old general last? ”

Lian Chengren said: "Uncle Meng doesn't have to worry! Our family has followed the prince of Dingnan (Kong Youde) to fight for many years, and the family still has some savings, which can support it for a while. What's more, we still have Master Qu to find a way for us. You don't have to worry about military salaries! My son doesn't want to watch you die in vain! ”

Qu Dajun walked up, shook his feather fan and said, "Everyone, rest assured!" The problem of military salary, the late students will naturally work together with Miss Childe to solve it! ”

After leaving the barracks, Miss Lian invited Qu Dajun back to her house to discuss matters.

When he returned home, a servant came up and said, "The old man is asleep." ”

"Let's go, go to my father's study!" Miss Line greeted.

When he arrived at the study, Lian Chengren asked worriedly: "Master Qu, do you have any good way to solve the problem of military salary?" Since his father has been sick in bed for more than a year, Kong Sizhen's biao son has deducted military salaries, often for three months and four months, although his father has savings, but he can't hold it anymore! ”

Qu Dajun shook his feather fan and smiled: "Young Master Don't worry! As long as the seaside port is quietly opened, the silver will come in like flowing water. ”

"No way!" Miss Lian shook her head, "The port of Guangxi is actually controlled by Shang Kexi, how much sand has that old thing sprinkled in our Guangxi!" Kong Sizhen's Jian person is not easy to deal with, let go of the port, this is a head-off thing, and when the time comes, it will not only affect our family, but also all the soldiers. ”

"In that case, there's a better way to do it." Qu Dajun is confident.

"What's the solution?" Lian Chengren and Miss Lian couldn't wait to ask.

Qu Dajun lowered his voice: "Wu Sangui's side has recently found a way to make a fortune. The special offerings of the Eight Flags he sold, as well as various treasures from Myanmar, sold very well. If you are willing to cooperate with Wu Sangui, get some goods from him, and then resell them to Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places, you will be guaranteed to make a fortune! ”

"Working with Wu Sangui?" Miss Lian was stunned, "Wu Sangui, that old turtle, has always been at odds with our Dingnan Palace!" When my father was still in Guilin, Wu Sangui encroached on our territory, the west of Guangxi. It's almost all taken up by him! If you cooperate with this old turtle, I don't know what conditions he will offer. ”

Qu Dajun said with a smile: "Miss Lian, in fact, Wu Sangui's goods came in from Myanmar. If we can open the port, we don't have to cooperate with Wu Sangui, we can buy goods directly from Myanmar, so we can be more profitable. ”

But Miss Lian still didn't dare to violate the imperial court's ban on the sea: "Master Qu, although the profits of taking the sea route are high, it is a matter of losing your head!" Miss Ben would never agree to take that risk. ”

Lian Chengren said anxiously: "Sister." Do you know how profitable Wu Sangui's business is? According to the younger brother's spies in Yunnan, Wu Sangui is now making a lot of money, even if the court does not give him a copper plate of military salary, he can support his soldiers and horses! ”

"But we can't break the no-sea order. I can't cooperate with Wu Sangui, what should I do? Miss Line asked angrily.

Qu Dajun said: "Miss, in fact, I think that we will cooperate with Wu Sangui." Actually, it's a good idea! ”

"Why did Master say that? Wu Sangui has been coveting us Guangxi for a long time, and he has long wanted to swallow us! Work with him? Isn't it a tiger skin? Miss Lian stared at Qu Dajun with big round and beautiful eyes.

"Miss Cable. Do you think the current Guangxi is still the Guangxi of the old general? Qu Dajun did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

Miss Lian suddenly woke up: "It's not my father's for a long time, it's Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling's husband and wife!" That cheap NV man has returned to Guangxi in the past few days, and he has to force my father to send troops to Qiongzhou. ”

Qu Dajun smiled and said, "Isn't that enough?" Even if Wu Sangui is ambitious, he is annexing the territory of Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling, and he can't swallow your Nanning! The flesh hurts, just let Kong Sizhen and them go to the flesh pain! We have made money, and we still need to look at Kong Sizhen's face again? ”

Lian Chengren asked: "But we can cooperate with Wu Sangui, and Sun Yanling and Kong Sizhen can also do it!" ”

Qu Dajun laughed: "Impossible! Kong Sizhen has always been wary of Wu Sangui! And Sun Yanling also hated Wu Sangui extremely much, how could they cooperate with each other? ”

Lian Chengren replied: "What the master said is extremely true! There will be no cooperation between them! As long as we make money, we don't have to be afraid of her! We can recruit more soldiers, and as long as that stinky biao annoys us, we'll give her a look! ”

Qu Dajun secretly said in his heart: When you see how high the profits of these Eight Banners special offerings are, as well as how high the profits of glass products and tobacco are, you may secretly let go of the sea trade! Wait, sooner or later, one day your sister and brother will have to turn their faces with Kong Sizhen! At that time, Guangxi will be self-defeating!

In fact, Qu Dajun was sent by Zhang Huangyan at the request of Wang Xinyu to break into Guangxi to develop anti-Qing forces.

Miss Lian suddenly remembered something and said, "But Monk Kong Sizhen is happy to have a lot of eyeliner in our Nanning. Wu Sangui's eyeliner will not be said, if we want to cooperate with them, we will not worry about him. If Kong Sizhen knew about this, it would definitely be bad for us. ”

"As for Monk Kong Sizhen's gratifying eyeliner, I will hand it over to the humble position! I hope that Miss Lian can let the lowly job select a group of people, and the lowly job will find out those eyeliners as soon as possible. Qu Dajun said.

Lian Chengren snorted coldly: "Those guys who eat inside and outside! It's long overdue to get rid of them! It's just that they are very well hidden, and we can't find out. ”

After the three of them discussed the matter, Qu Dajun sent people to negotiate in the area controlled by Wu Sangui in the northwest of Guangxi.

Besides, Guilin Dingnan Palace, Sun Yanling's face is very ugly. This time, his wife Kong Sizhen came back, and also brought back two loyal lackeys Dai Liangchen and Fu Honglie. Dai Liangchen, who was originally a palace guard and a confidant of Kong Sizhen, came down to Guangxi this time to be the commander of Guilin, the army of the southern palace; Fu Honglie, originally the same governor of Shaozhou, after the expiration of his term, he was ready to go to Gansu to take office and serve as the prefect of Qingyang. These two are Kong Sizhen's henchmen and lackeys.

Special note: Although Kong Youde is dead, the establishment of the Dingnan Wangfu Army is still there, and the Dingnan Wangfu Army, like the other three vassal army, is based on the establishment of the Eight Banners, with official positions such as the commander of the capital, the deputy commander, and the assistant leader, which is different from the establishment of the Green Camp Army, and the establishment of the Green Camp Army is based on the establishment of the Ming Army.

But these two lackeys are very handsome, and when they arrived in front of Sun Yanling, they immediately stopped him.

"This Jian person! I don't know how many times I've been with these two jianfu along the way! It was obvious that Kong Sizhen had cuckolded herself again, but Sun Yanling was angry but didn't dare to say it. Nonsense, the reason why the Dingnan Wangfu Army can still exist is the reason for Kong Sizhen. If there was no Kong Sizhen, Sun Yanling would not be qualified to live in the Dingnan Palace.

However, at this time, Kong Sizhen didn't know the roar in Sun Yanling's heart, but she was discussing with her two loyal lackeys.

"Wu Sangui's old dog, trading with Myanmar, has made a lot of money! If we let it develop, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the imperial court to control Wu Sangui! Fu Honglie said with a gloomy face.

Kong Sizhen said: "Not bad! The land in Yunnan was barren, and the imperial court relied on military salaries to control Wu Sangui. If Wu Sangui has a way to solve the problem of military salaries, it will be a big deal and pose a great threat to our imperial court! ”

Dai Liangchen came up with a solution: "We might as well levy heavy taxes on Wu Sangui, which can reduce his income and increase the income of our imperial court." ”

But Dai Liangchen didn't expect that Wu Sangui had actually been prepared for a long time, and after Wu Yingxiong made a lot of money, he gave heavy gifts to Aobai, Suke Saha, Sony and others. The problems considered by these Manchurian ministers were not as far as Kong Sizhen and others, and when they saw that they had money to make and the imperial court could have an additional tax, they let Wu Sangui make a windfall.

Kong Sizhen smiled charmingly, grabbed Dai Liangchen's hand, and put it on his chest: "Look at your loyalty, this minion, Bengege will not treat you badly!" ”

Fu Honglie knew that his status was not as good as Dai Liangchen, so he turned his head.

Kong Sizhen said: "We have to do two things, the first thing is to urge Guangxi to send troops to Qiongzhou; The second thing is to develop more eyeliner in Pingxi Palace! Last time, a few eyeliners were exposed somehow! The whole family was killed by Wu Sangui, the old dog! (To be continued.) )