The words are not finished. Li Dequan and the three of them were so frightened that they couldn't possess their bodies, and they kowtowed to the ground like garlic and begged for mercy. Kangxi smiled and said: "You have violated the law of the country, it is useless to ask for me." Guo Yushi impeached you, and I can only act according to the law...... As the saying goes, it is better to ask for others than for yourself, and this has to be done by Guo Xiu withdrawing the original recital! When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly turned around and came over, glanced at Guo Xiu with teary eyes, and begged for mercy on their prostrates. Suo Etu knew Kangxi's intentions, and when he saw that Guo Xiu was angry, he smiled and said: "Lord Guo, look at my thin noodles, put your hands away, forgive this killing talent!" These cheap things are not sensible, but they are pitiful, the emperor's Hai Dongqing, you have to wait for Li Dequan! ”

Guo Lu was stunned for a moment, and looked around at a loss, until Suo Etu pleaded for him, Fang came to his senses, moved his body and stammered: "Thanks...... The minister dared to ......" calmed down before he spoke more fluently, "The minister is not ignorant of lifting, please ask the emperor to take back his order." The ministers wear the body of sin, the merit without size, and in a word, receive this great grace, I am afraid that the ministers will be happy, and ask for the Holy Wisdom! As for Li Dequan and the others, the minister has already used the cane to punish him in Sanhe Ya. Who has no father? Who doesn't want to be flattered by the monarch? There is also Suo Zhongtang interceding, and the minister is exempted from the crime of bullying the king. Mingzhu lowered his head and thought about it, stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Guo Xiu's performance is reasonable, and after Guo Xiu's meritorious service, he should be rewarded again, so that the internal and external ministers can be less discussed." Suo Etu also said: "If you rise too high all of a sudden, I'm afraid that people will be unconvinced, and it will not be good for Guo Xiu." The imperial history of the capital is a national weapon, and if it is so lightly granted, I am afraid that the emperor will be free to do so. Please the emperor sanctified. ”

"Then let's give the Overseer Imperial History first!" Kangxi got up with a smile and said, "Actually, as long as the investigation is real, what's the harm in upgrading more levels?" Mingzhu, you were just a small guard at the beginning, and you moved seven levels in a row in one day, and you were promoted to the deputy capital of Yushi. Gao Shiqi, what do you say? Gao Shiqi smiled: "That's it." A person like Guo Xiu, who is guilty of criticism and disregards life and death, does have the style of ancient martyrs and the morality of imperial history, and the slaves are convinced! "I'm not afraid that you won't be convinced, this person is not below you, and his courage is much greater than yours!" Kangxi got up with a smile and said, "I'm really tired today, I have to rest." You and Guo Xiu think about it, draw up his article Chen's decree, and after returning to Beijing, he saw Xiong Cizhi, and it was agreed by the upper study to use the seal! Well...... In addition, he was instructed to give Shi Lang the details of the preparations, and if the preparations were completed, he could go to the sea to fight - I was in a hurry to tour the south! ”

The summer of the 22nd year of Kangxi was rainy in the north and windy in the south. The east wind came from the South Pacific, blowing thousands of waves and white waves. After handing over ten refined red-coated cannons and 100,000 rockets, Laita received the holy decree, took a large group of concubines and children, and returned to Beijing on a palace ship. Only Yao Qisheng, the governor of the main battle faction, and Shi Lang, the commander of the naval division, were left in Fuzhou City, and the atmosphere of the war immediately became thick. In March, when Kangxi received an edict urging him to prepare for war, Shi Lang ordered 300 gunboats to be transferred to Haikou. Wei Dongting promptly transferred 5,000 jars of Jiangnan Shaojiu, 2,000 pigs, 500 live sheep and 300,000 stone white rice to the army. Shi Lang's tense heart felt slightly relaxed. For half a month, I heard the wailing of pigs and sheep in each camp.

Yao Qisheng received a new 500,000 salary from the Nanjing Customs Governor's Office, and he kept beating his horse to the Chinese army to see Shi Lang...... The chief soldier Chen Python took ten sergeants who had won the drills, wearing red and flowers to show the three armies. The soldiers crowded and sandwiched one after another by the arrowway, triumphant about victory, and unconvinced of defeat, shouting "Tomorrow again!" Yao Qisheng couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Entering the official hall, because he saw Shi Lang staring at the sea map alone and muttering, Yao Qisheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Ren, the ten qi is very high, you are really worthy of the famous general of the water division, and you have a good way of governing the army!" ”

"Tianxin is tired of separation, and the military heart comes from Tianxin." Shi Lang gave up his seat and said with a slight smile, "Thanks to Brother Qisheng's earnest teachings, the sergeants have all understood the principle of 'peace by war, and unification by war'." Shi Lang's eyes turned faintly, and he said, "But ...... There are still many people who are afraid of water wars! You only saw one side, but you didn't know what was going on in the secret - there were many people who carved their names and places of origin with bricks and buried them in the sandy ground. ”

Yao Qisheng listened silently, and a word came out of his mouth gloomily: "Kill!" Shi Lang snorted and said, "This alone can't be done." When he first arrived in Fujian, he had killed more than a dozen deserters, but there were still people who cut off their arms and legs, or even committed suicide - he would rather let you kill on land than go to sea! It can be seen that killing people is not a method. The day before yesterday, I was patrolling the camp, and I bumped into a man who buried bricks, and not only did not punish him, but also praised him! Yao Qisheng laughed and said: "What words do you use to praise such a death-fearing ghost?" ”

Shi Lang compared the map of the sea area with his hand, and said without raising his head: "I praise him for having the heart of death, sacrificing his life, and deciding to go east to Qiongdao and make meritorious contributions to the country...... Yao Qisheng couldn't help laughing. "Don't laugh, this is human affection, not necessarily afraid of death. For several years, the training was in the inland rivers and lakes, and no one had really gone to the sea to fight, so he was not sure. ”

The two of them were talking, but they saw Lan Li striding in with his sword, and said, "The two military gates, Lord Li Guangdi, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, have come to see you by order!" ”

I had already seen this news in Di Bao yesterday, and I had thought that Li Guangdi would not be able to arrive in Fuzhou in three or five days, but I did not expect it to come so quickly. Shi Lang couldn't help but glance at Yao Qisheng in surprise, Yao Qisheng smiled: "Li Anxi's bet is all on you, so he is naturally anxious." Young people's hearts, what is there to guess; If this battle is fought well, the assistant ministers in the study will not be able to run! Shi Lang also smiled and said: "In the end, you scholars really have a good understanding - set off the cannon and open the middle door to welcome the angel!" With that, the two of them came out together.

Li Guang said to Sheng'an, holding the edict in his hand and entering, he was dressed in a robe of nine pythons and five claws, decorated with brocade chicken patches, a shiny braid under the top of the flowering coral dragged straight to the waist, the foundation soap boots stepped on the sound of the middle hall, straight to the middle hall with a straight face, stood still in the south, looked at Shi Lang and said: "Shi Lang takes the order!" ”

"Minister, Shi Lang respectfully listens to the oracle!"

Li Guangdi nodded, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and read: Crossing the sea to suppress the traitors in Taiwan has been tired of issuing edicts, and the edict is urgent, but because of the important stakes, it is inconvenient to make a remote decision. Today, Li Guangdi went to announce his decree and march the army eastward as soon as possible, so as not to be absent from the army for a long time. With the title of Governor of Shi Lang's Right Capital. Chin this!

"Shane!" Shi Lang bowed his head deeply.

After a few words of greeting, Li Guangdi, Shi Lang and Yao Qisheng sat down separately. Although the horses galloped fast for days and hurried in the starry night, Li Guangdi was not tired at all, only took a few sips of tea, and said: "The holy oracle is very clear, the students are in a hurry, just because the emperor is a little anxious, Lord Shi has said that he will cross the sea with the camera, but there is still no news, so the special students came to check, I don't know what the general plans to do?" ”

"Your Excellency." Shi Lang heard the edict, but he felt faintly unhappy in his heart, somehow, he suspected that the proud Shangshu opposite him had said something in front of the emperor, and said with a dry laugh, "If the saint is urged to be appointed as the governor because the subordinate officials failed to cross the sea, the subordinate officials of this title will not dare to accept it." The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and there must be a way to win before they can enter the army, how can they be hasty? Since Lang was instructed, he has been thinking about only one thing, never acting rashly for personal enmity, and not letting the emperor's benevolence of the common people in Taiwan go down the drain, how dare he support the army and not advance and raise the enemy for self-respect? This sentence hit his chest, Li Guangdi's face couldn't help but blush slightly, this edict was indeed drafted by him, and now after listening to Shi Lang's words, it seems that he spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. As a famous Confucian in Taoism, his self-esteem could not help but be stabbed. After a long time, Li Guang said: "General Shi, don't misunderstand! The army under the command of the general is all brought from the north, plus the local naval division in Fujian, the emperor may not be able to unify the command, so he specially added this letter, this is Zhu Pi, you can understand it at a glance. Yao Qisheng stroked his long beard and said: "It's still thoughtful, and it is indeed much easier to command the whole army as the governor of the right capital." Please rest assured, I am a Fujian soldier and horse, even me, listen to Lord Shi's dispatch! ”

"The training was originally for war," Li Guangdi frowned and muttered, "It has been delayed for so long, and this is not possible." Last winter, the emperor deliberately ordered you to enter the army, but you haven't moved, I don't know why? "I'm waiting!" Shi Lang said, "The time is not ripe, how can you rush to the sea?" Li Guangdi leaned over and said with a smile: "What are you waiting for, what are you waiting for?" ”

Seeing Li Guangdi's uncomfortable face, Shi Lang's heart couldn't help sinking, his fingers tapped on the back of his hand, and he said slowly: "Wait for the wind!" Master Li must know that the boat is windy! ”

"Wind!" Li Guangdi said with a smile, "The students are from Fujian, and there are Shuo in winter, smoke in summer, gold in autumn, and harmony in spring. The students came all the way, and it was windy every day, so why did the general refuse to enter the army? Yao Qisheng glanced at Shi Lang, he advocated the use of the north wind, but when he saw that Li Guang got off the car, he was in a hurry to use the troops, he didn't know how difficult it was to use the troops, his heart was slightly angry, and he said coldly: "Fighting is not Yongyue Yinfeng, if you are not careful, tens of thousands of living beings will be ruined, not all winds can be used, please Jinqing brother to see!" Li Guangdi came to supervise the battle as an envoy, and as soon as he got off the horse, he felt that both of them were awkward, and he was unhappy. After pondering for a moment, he took a breath and said with a smile: "A white-faced scholar with a bare land, who doesn't understand military affairs, I want to ask for advice, what is the most suitable style to send troops?" ”

"South Wind!" Shi Lang said, "I'll wait for the south wind." No south wind, no sea! ”

Li Guangdi laughed and said, "In this case, I have to wait!" If the south wind blows when you go to the sea, and the east wind blows in the middle of the way, and you have to go back to the teacher, wouldn't it be child's play? ”

Shi Lang didn't answer immediately, looked Li Guangdi up and down, and said after a while: "Because the general doesn't know astronomy, geography, or weather, it's a mediocre general!" Master Li, you are in favor of the recovery of Taiwan, and I admire you very much for your farsightedness and foresight in preparing food and salary for me over the past few years. The Holy Lord appointed you to oversee the army, this is nothing to say, if like you today, Shi Lang is willing to retreat and go to the sea under the command of the adult, how about it? Hearing that Shi Lang was going to pick a pick, Li Guangdi calmed down. Kangxi's original intention was to let him come to inspect as a messenger, and he did not have the name of the overseer, which was a crime of violating the order and could not be deserved. He is a well-educated Confucian student, and the former Ming Tai overseer constrained the generals, I don't know how many military planes he missed, how could he laugh and talk about it for eternity because of his momentary mood? Thinking of this, Li Guangdi had already changed his smiling face, brushed his robe and sighed: "Brother Lang, the words are heavy, and my brother can't bear it." I, the messenger, have come to the shore to beat the drums and cheer, and I have no intention of acting on behalf of me, so I ask the general to forgive me for my painstaking efforts. ”

Yao Qisheng listened to it and felt that Li Guangdi's words were very sincere, and he was not as domineering as when he first sat down. He and Chen Menglei are friends, and they originally despised Li Guangdi a little, and wanted Shi Lang, a stubborn man, to touch it, but when he heard this, he felt that the matter was important, so he came out and explained, "Everyone is a colleague, and we all have the same thoughts." Jin Qing is under a holy order, so he naturally wants to urge the use of soldiers, and Lao Shi is also afraid that if there is a mistake, it will delay the emperor's major affairs! Jin Qing came from afar, the wind and dust, let's not talk about this matter anymore, come - make wine, wash the dust for Lord Qincha! ”