Chapter 5 Withdrawing the Three Feudatories, Kangxi Force, Excluding Public Opinion, Shangxue Shu, Lian'er's Great Righteousness, and Whispering
Wu Sangui's various abnormal behaviors aroused the suspicion of the Qing court. Hao Yu, Yang Su, Wei Yijie, Fu Honglie, Li Tang, Zhao Liangdong, Pan Taiqiu, Zha Rong and others reported to Kangxi either in the form of negligence or informants that Wu Sangui was about to rebel. Kangxi also listed the three feudatories as the top confidants, engraved on the palace pillars, and he wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. The first three feudatories refer to King Fu, King Tang, and King Gui; The latter three feudal lords refer to the kings of Pingxi, Pingnan, and Jingnan, and here refer to the latter three feudal domains. Kangxi thought that Wu Sangui had been planning to disagree for a long time, and it was better to withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to have huge expenses and a heavy burden on the court. But he didn't catch the obvious handle of the three feudatories, and when he was suffering from no excuse, on March 12, he suddenly received a note from Shang Kexi to return to Liaodong:
Since the minister was ordered to town Guangdong, his family has become rich. In the twelfth year of Shunzhi, he had a letter requesting the dismissal of the army. The ministers are not at peace with the locality, and they will discuss it later. Fang is now leveling the four seas, the minister is seventy years old, his energy is declining, and he is retreating from farming. When Emperor Taizong was remembered, he had given his ministers places such as Haizhou and Qingyang Fort in Liaodong, and now the beggar ministers still return to Liaodong and place their homeland to support them. With two leading armoured soldiers and an old rhino idler, about 24,000 are strange. Along the way, the rations of the husband ship, please negotiate and allocated.
Kangxi saw Shang Kexi's music, and his heart blossomed, and someone sent a pillow if he really wanted to doze off. He immediately granted Shang Kexi's request and removed the Pingnan Domain.
When the news came out, the government and the opposition were shocked. At this time, Wu Sangui had just sent away his son Wu Yingxiong who had come to the banquet for his 60th birthday, and Wang Shirong had just returned from Taiwan to resume his life. Wang Shirong reported to Wu Sangui the movements of Shang Zhixin, Geng Jingzhong, and Zheng Jing in supporting the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. After listening to Wang's report, Wu Sangui felt a little more confident in his heart. He immediately summoned Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu to discuss countermeasures. "Lord Wang, the prince has come to the secret letter!"
"Read!"
"Yes!" Fang Xianting Zhanxin read:
Kangxi is insidious and cunning, scheming, and unmatched by tyrants through the ages. If the father does not make a decision early, the disaster will be worse and worse! If an army is raised, the disaster will be in front of you and will be very shallow. Wish: For the sake of the Han family, the father will make a decision!
Wu Sangui: Now that Shang Kexi suddenly asked for the withdrawal of the feudal domain, can we withdraw it?
Liu Xuanchu: Shang Kexi, an old thing, lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. His original intention was to return to Liaodong to retire and leave the feudal position to Shang Zhixin. Unexpectedly, Kangxi didn't do anything and removed the feudal position. He can withdraw if he wants, we don't have to.
Fang Guangchen: No, you have to be evacuated.
Wu Sangui: Why?
Fang Guangchen: Now that the imperial court has announced that the whole country has agreed to withdraw the feudal domain, it is actually making a general order to withdraw the feudal domain, although it is not explicit, but the intention is unspoken. When the prince came back this time, he said that the court began to suspect the prince, so we must also take the initiative to withdraw to avoid suspicion.
Liu Xuanchu: Kangxi is waiting for us to go up to the court now, you hand over the excerpt in the morning, and the order to withdraw the domain will come down in the evening, isn't there nothing to do?
Fang Guangchen: Alas, this is called saluting first and then soldiering. If the prince asks to withdraw, Kangxi will not allow him and will say good words to stay, indicating that he still remembers the old feelings, let's postpone for a few days; If he withdraws without retaining, it means that he is really ungrateful, unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and he himself will lose morally first. When we start a crusade again, it will be even more justified.
Wu Sangui felt that what Fang Guangchen said was very reasonable, so he ordered Liu Xuanchu to draft the withdrawal of the feudal domain.
On July 13, Wu Sangui also made a resignation:
The ministers were stationed in Zhendian Province, and the families of the officers and soldiers of the ministers moved in the first year of Kangxi, and they moved to the end of the third year of Kangxi. Although the family has been in Yunnan for nine years, and the minister has been in Yanjiang for 16 years, he has received the grace of heaven in the world, and it is difficult to repay the donation. Now I heard that the king of Pingnan is still happy to have Chen invited, and he has been graced, please withdraw the whole domain. Look up to Hongci, brave the sky to listen, please withdraw and insert.
A few days later, Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, also sent a note to the Qing court:
After two years of attacking the lord, he loved the emperor and only guessed with the sea atmosphere, and did not dare to strike the army. Recently, the king of Pingnan is still happy to beg for a sparse return, and has been ordered to do so. The officers and soldiers under Younianchen have been marching south for more than 20 years, pleading to the emperor and withdrawing and inserting.
Wu Sangui, please withdraw the music, it is to salute first and then soldier. After all, Wu Sangui is the king of the Qing court, and for so many years, he has been added to the rank of knight, if he rashly raises troops without any reason, people will scold him for being ungrateful.
Kangxi didn't care about this, and when he saw Wu Shangshu, he immediately approved. He personally ordered the removal of the feudal domain:
Since the king returned to sincerity, he has been loyal, hardworking, meritorious, guarding the rock frontier, and working for a long time. Please remove the installation, respectfully commendable. Now Yunnan has been decided, how to relocate and install the homes of the king's officers and soldiers, and the ministers of the king and other ministers will discuss the performance together with the household and the two military departments.
Kangxi's reply to Geng Jingzhong was:
Since the king's grandfather, the world has been loyal, hard work, meritorious achievements, and Wang Feng guarded, working hard in the rock frontier. Please remove the installation, respectfully commendable. Now Fujian has been decided, and the king's officers and soldiers will move and place their homes, and the king's ministers and others will discuss the performance of the family and the two military departments.
In view of the historical experience of the Yuan Dynasty being overthrown by the Han Chinese, he believed that the Han people would inevitably contend with the Qing government and threaten their rule. Then the three feudatories were withdrawn together.
Wu Sangui has four famous concubines around him: Chen Yuanyuan, Lian'er, Eight-Faced Guanyin, and Four-faced Guanyin. Among them, Lian'er was the man of the hour at that time. Her real surname is Wang, she is seventeen years old, and the first time Wu Sangui met her was by the lotus pond in Anfu Garden. Lian'er was dressed in white and held a jade fan. Standing on the Jiuqu Bridge, Tingting Jade stands, as if out of the water hibiscus. Hence the name "Lian'er".
Lian'er is smart and beautiful, can be good at poetry and writing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, all of them, and is a (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) Fu Shanxiang-style talented woman.
On this day, Lian'er didn't know where she got the momentum, on a whim, asked the little eunuch to borrow a man's clothes, smeared her face, and slipped into the street by herself, near noon, hungry, she found a restaurant, found a seat at random, ordered a bowl of noodles, and ate it. After a while, two young men who looked like scholars came in, walked through the lobby, and went to the second floor. The shopkeeper stopped them and said, "Two guest officers, please sit in the lobby." ”
The scholar said: "The lobby is too noisy, we want to find a quiet private room and talk about something." ”
"Uh, I'm sorry, two, the second floor is full today."
"It's only been an hour, it's full, it's impossible." The two scholars wanted to go upstairs to have a look.
The shopkeeper blocked the staircase with his body, and said arrogantly: "I said that if it is full, it is full, I love to eat, and I don't eat and leave!" ”
Seeing this, the two scholars had no choice but to sit down in the lobby.
After a while, a Manchurian man with a full face and a short leg and a thick neck came in, combing his big braids, horse coat and cheongsam, and said a few words to the shopkeeper who didn't understand, and the shopkeeper immediately nodded and said, "Master, please upstairs, please upstairs!" ”
After coming back, Lian'er stopped doing it, pouting and crying there, no matter how much she coaxed her, she couldn't coax it. A gold necklace? No. Silver bracelets? No! Put Wu Sangui in a hurry.
"Lord Wang, you were also a king in the Ming Dynasty, and you were also a king in the Qing Dynasty. is also a king, why don't you do it through the ages, do you have to be the one who has been stinking for thousands of years? In a word, Wu Sangui choked so much that he didn't know how to answer: "Baby, when it's ready, let's go back to the Qing Dynasty and restore sight!" That's how I stopped.
After a period of time, Lian'er saw that Wu Sangui had not moved, so she was so angry that she bit her finger and gave Wu Sangui a blood letter:
Fu started his martial arts with the king, and the world received Ming Grace, father and son successively, and he had to be in charge of politics. In the first dynasty, Houze Shenren is the best! Heavenly calamity Zhu Ming, breaking, offering one after another, Shenjing fell, and the dragon controlled Bintian. When the king was ruined, he just sat back and watched the opportunity to be missed. The situation is unavoidable, and he has borrowed the strength of outsiders to extend his anger for a while, and the deep mistake of this king is also. When the enemy army has advanced, Shenjing has also died, the country name has migrated and there is a sinking sky, the earth has changed tragically, the king does not call people's hearts at this time, to bless the Ming room, return to the enemy gallop drive, horses and feet across Bianliang, Sichuan, Chu, love and Burma. At this time, the Ming descendants are solid, and the Han Dynasty is also beheaded, and this is the king who is wrong and wrong.
The king is not only an immortal honor, but also a feudal mansion with the founding Yuanliang as the feudal lord, and the south is called lonely, and the glory is also extreme. The ancients called "the cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, the birds were exhausted, and the good bow was hidden". If the king wants to keep his fame and save his wealth, he can unload his military power, and he will be scolded for ten thousand years, and he will still have a moment of idleness. However, or the suspicion is not released, then it is alone and far away, and its situation is in danger, and the king Gou can't bow his head and make a plan, or plan for it as soon as possible, postpone the Gangri, and regret the umbilicus, how can he bear it. Now the king is drowning in Yan'an, and he doesn't know how to work hard, and there will be unspeakable people in the disaster of Xiao Wall. The saying said: "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground." "May the king Behe Han concubine say, this is the king's chance to survive in death. King Fu Wei Tuzhi.
Lian'er wept blood and worshipped
Wu Sangui was frightened when he saw it, and hurriedly revealed some of his plan to raise troops, so he gave up.