Under the persuasion of his mother, Zheng Jing surrendered. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhou Shixiang landed on the land of Xiamen.

Under the witness of Lu Shizi and others, Zheng Jing personally presented the Jinxia military and civilian yellow book to Zhou Shixiang. At this moment, it means that Jinxia will no longer be the territory of the feudal lord from now on, but the land of the Ming Dynasty. As stated in the "Letter to Zheng Jing", Zhou Shixiang guaranteed the lives of Zheng Jing and his subordinates, and he had no intention of killing Zheng Sen's blood and blood.

A few days later, Zhou Shixiang, surrounded by civil and military generals, crossed the sea to Kinmen.

Zhou Shixiang's eyes have already fallen on Taiwan.

An urgent message from the north moved Zhou Shixiang's gaze from Taiwan on the map back to the north.

North. Jing, Fulin was seriously ill, and it was suspected that the young son of the Tartar probably contracted smallpox.

After a brief moment of astonishment, Zhou Shixiang finally thought that Fulin seemed to have died of smallpox.

If Fulin dies of illness, it means that Kangxi has come to power, and it also means that the war in the north will change greatly because of this incident.

"Shunzhi is dying, Kangxi is coming."

Hearing Dashuai's inexplicable words, the blind Li couldn't help but wonder who Kangxi was.

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The city of Beijing, since the emperor's personal conquest, has always been dead in the majestic capital.

In previous years, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Beijing City continued to firecrack, but this year, there was no explosion.

In the silence, Beijing ushered in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi.

The first day of the new year is a day worth celebrating, a good day to visit relatives and friends, and hundreds of officials to celebrate each other, but just like the dead Chinese New Year's Eve, the city of Beijing on the first day of the new year is also lifeless. Everything seems to have gone back to eighteen years ago.

Without the delivery of money and grain from the south, prices in Beijing are skyrocketing every day. In the past, a stone of rice was worth five taels of silver, but now it is eleven taels. The wheat has also changed from more than one tael to more than four taels. In addition to grain, salt, cloth, and pork are all rising wildly, one price a day, so that those poor people don't even dare to ask a price.

The people of the Han people couldn't get by, and the families of the Eight Banners in the city also felt that life was getting more and more difficult.

In previous years, the city was full of joy, lanterns, and the sisters-in-law of the Eight Banners visited each other, learning to give the younger generations New Year's money like the Han people, and their faces were filled with the brightest smiles. This year, the sisters-in-law are more and more sad, because the salary is getting less and less. Less use is secondary, and what worries the sisters-in-law the most is that their men don't know when they will come back, and whether they will come back alive.

Feng Quan, a university scholar, had a better life, because he was not only a university scholar, but also a rich man. The price of goods in Beijing has risen frighteningly, but it has no effect on this bachelor who has gone through two dynasties. The only thing that frightened him was the battle situation in the Central Plains and the emperor's illness. Feng Quan thought alone more than once, in case Aobai lost in Henan and Wu Sangui's army came straight to the capital, did he cut off the braid on the back of his head and serve as the new master?

Feng Quan was not worried that Wu Sangui would not accept him, because his qualifications were too old, and Hong Chengchou had to call himself a junior in front of him. Although he wears the hat of "eunuch" on his head, it was more than 30 years ago, and now he is a scholar of the Zhonghe Temple in the Qing Dynasty and a leading figure of Han officials. If he is willing to vote, I am afraid that Wu Sangui will meet him.

It's just that now that the final outcome of the war in Henan has not yet been decided, Feng Quan is really not good at betting, he thinks it is better to wait and see. In fact, it was not Feng Quan's choice at the beginning, nor was it the best choice, in his opinion, Zhou Shixiang in the south and the Taiping army under his command showed a strong position far above Wu Sangui, and it seemed more secure to defect to Zhou Shixiang than to vote for Wu Sangui. It's just that the Taiping army is now stopped in the Xuzhou area, and there is no sign of northward advance, but Wu Sangui is aggressive, I heard that there are more soldiers and horses than the Taiping army, so if Wu Sangui wins, then Feng Quan will have no choice. He can't really die for the Qing Dynasty.

The emperor's illness has been hidden from the palace, and no accurate news has come out, which is also very dissatisfied with Feng Quan. Why is he also a cabinet scholar, why didn't the ministers of Manchukuo report the emperor's illness to him? Now there are a lot of Han soldiers and green battalions in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, although he Feng Quan has not shamelessly asked the emperor to carry him into Manchuria, but in terms of identity and status, the ministers of the interior cannot bully people too much.

After spending the first and second years of junior high school in the mansion sullenly, Feng Quan's friend Wang Xi came to visit him.

Wang Xi is the head of the Hanlin Academy, the title of the Ministry of Rites, he and Feng Quan did not have much contact in the past, but since the fifteenth year of Shunzhi changed the three courtyards to the cabinet and established the Hanlin Academy, both of them were promoted due to system changes, Feng Quan worshiped the palace scholar, Wang Xi was in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and both were favored by the emperor, so gradually they gradually became close friends, and they could often exchange news on many important matters.

Like Feng Quan, Wang Xi has been suspicious during this time, so as soon as he reached the third year of junior high school, he couldn't help it anymore and specially came to Feng Quan to inquire about the emperor's condition. Feng Quan himself didn't know, so he could only relay the words in the palace, it was nothing more than that the emperor had a high fever and it was difficult to go to the court. Wang Xi was skeptical, because since Concubine Dong E's death, the emperor has been sick for two months, what kind of illness can make the Son of Heaven unable to go to the court for two months.

Wang Xi saw that there were no outsiders here, so he boldly said to Feng Quan that the emperor was very ill, or did he have some incurable disease? If that's the case, then the stormy Qing Dynasty is not good.

Feng Quan shook his head, and did not "discuss" the matter with Wang Xi in depth, only said that all hundred officials would go to the palace to ask for peace on the fifth day of the day after tomorrow, and there would always be an explanation in the palace about the emperor's illness at that time. After Wang Xi heard this, he nodded, and said something to Feng Quan about the fact that the prices in Beijing have risen too much and the people can't live, and the court has to find a way to resist the prices, otherwise if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the people won't be able to eat food.

Feng Quan only smiled bitterly, since the emperor's illness, the cabinet has long lost its former role, and the affairs of the DPRK and China are all handled by the ministers of the interior, such as Sonny and Sukh Saha, and it is useless for him to speak as a scholar. Moreover, even if his words are useful, they will not solve the problem of rising prices, because the Qing Dynasty is really very poor now. Didn't I see that before the Chinese New Year's Eve, those Eight Banner women all ran to their respective capital gates to cry about the New Year.

"This Qing Dynasty, if it continues like this, it will be over sooner or later." Wang Xi sighed, "It depends on whether Ao Defeat can renew the life of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Feng Quan coped with a few words, and Wang Xi got up to say goodbye. Wait until the fifth day of the first month, according to the system, all the princes, ministers, cabinets, ministries, courts, Han, Zhan, Qing, temple, department, and Taoist officials of the yamen gather at the left door to ask for peace. At the time of the new righteousness, the officials found that the door gods and couplets hanging on the doors of the palace had been removed, and the lanterns and decorations had been put away.

Seeing this scene, the officials naturally knew that the emperor's illness had not improved, and they immediately whispered. At this time, the chief eunuch Zhao Quan hurriedly came out of the palace and whispered with Prince Kang Jieshu, Minister of the Interior Sonny and others, looking very panicked. Jie Shu and Sony listened to it, and their faces were also very gloomy.

This scene, in the eyes of the hundred officials, has become an invisible pressure, making the air very heavy.

Feng Quan knelt there, feeling as if something big was going to happen, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Ning Wan I was trembling, and I sighed in my heart, and when I was thinking nonsense, I heard the bell ringing. He was busy kneeling on behalf of hundreds of officials: "Today, when spring comes, and the cold and warm alternate, the holy bow violates the harmony, and the ministers are slightly sincere, and respectfully ask the emperor to avoid the wind and cold and recuperate." First, this chapter should be sent to the cabinet to propose a request, and the emperor should relax. May the emperor recover as soon as possible, and the people of the country will be very happy. ”

The kneeling officials sang in unison: "May the emperor recover soon!" “。

Not long after, a royal guard conveyed the emperor's edict to the hundred officials: "I have already learned what you have played." All the yamen of the ministry should play this chapter in unison and send it to the cabinet university scholar office. ”

After hearing this, the hundred officials wanted to get up three times, and then returned to their own offices, but they saw that the eunuch, the head of Cining Palace, had brought the Empress Dowager's decree, ordering the release of prisoners, commutation of prisons, and exemption from capital crimes; At the same time, it is required to inform the people not to fry beans, light lamps, and splash water.

At this moment, except for a very small number of people, the rest of the civil and military officials suddenly realized: It turns out that the emperor has smallpox!