On the sixth day of the fourth month of the fourth year of the second year of the Great Tuesday and the fourteenth year of Kang Mazi, it was also the second day of the tragic death of Shang Shumingzhu of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Mazi called a big rise, that is, to summon all the officials above the fourth grade in Beijing and the prince Beile into the palace, to participate in the early dynasty in the Taihe Palace, and discuss military affairs - to be precise, that is, to discuss the matter of Kang Mazi's personal expedition to the south of the Yangtze River. [No pop-up novel network]

At the beginning of the court meeting, Kang Mazi first asked Tong Guowei to introduce the turmoil that occurred in the capital last night to the hundred officials, and also praised the loyalty of Mingzhu and the anti-thief Hong Xiguan who died together, and gave Mingzhu Zhongrui, and gave Jinsi Nanmu to be buried, so that Kang Mazi's seventh brother, Prince Chun, paid tribute to the heavens, and rewarded Mingzhu's two sons, Nalan surnamed De and Nalan Xu, each with a hereditary official position, to show Kang Mazi's care for loyal slaves, and encourage other slaves to learn from Mingzhu, and would rather die with the anti-thief than bow to the anti-thief- Although Kang Mazi was also suspicious, Mingzhu just didn't catch the opportunity to bend his knees.

After going through this scene, and let the household mite Shangshu Mi Sihan take over the post of the military mite Shangshu vacated by Mingzhu, Kang Mazi's tone changed, and once again announced at the court meeting that he would personally lead the army to crusade against the anti-thief Lu Yifeng, recapture Jiangnan and open up Caoyun. As a result, it is natural that Kang Mazi's decision naturally caused great controversy at the court meeting, and the mites were divided into two factions, one faction supported Kang Mazi's wise decision, and the other faction resolutely opposed it, thinking that Kang Mazi was the most important person in the world, and he was light on the fundamental importance of the Beijing Division, and once something happened, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Objectively speaking, the mite Qing courtiers who support Kang Mazi's personal expedition may not be the servants who are really loyal to Kang Mazi, and the mite Qing courtiers who resolutely oppose Kang Mazi's personal expedition are really Kang Mazi's loyal servants - because they really know too well that Kang Mazi, who has never been on the battlefield, can not only have the effect of boosting morale, but I am afraid that the greater role is to add chaos to the front line, make the mite Qing army in front more restrained, and also give the notoriously cunning Lu Fat Man a chance. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch the thief and capture the king first.

Not to mention, there are really a lot of capable, far-sighted and courageous officials in the Mazi Dynasty, and in the case of Kang Mazi's displeasure, many officials still resisted the pressure and pointed out to Kang Mazi the three major dangers of pro-conquest, first, far away from Gyeonggi, unable to command the national battlefield in the center; Second, the odds of victory are not great, although the number of Qing troops is numerous, but the elite is not as good as the thief army, and the thief army has the Yangtze River to defend, and the mite Qing army without the water division does not even have the hope of breaking through the Yangtze River; Third, dangerous, the thief Lu Yifeng has never suffered a defeat since his debut.

By the way, even the mite Qing veteran Wenyuange University scholar Jue Rolle Dehun, who has always appeared in the role of playing soy sauce, straightened his waist for the first time this time, leading this group of rational mite Qing officials, resolutely opposing Kang Mazi's personal conquest, and suggesting that Kang Mazi change the counterinsurgency strategy, change the all-round attack to all-round perseverance, first keep the last vitality, wait and see the changes, and finally find an opportunity to quell the rebellion before it is too late.

It is a pity that this group of rational factions among the Mite Qing officials has been resolutely refuted by the fanatical main battle faction, and one by one refutes the three major objections of the rational faction, one is to point out that Kang Mazi's ancestors wild boar skin, yellow stewed chicken and Shunzhi have pro-conquest and have not delayed political affairs, the second is to point out that Mite Qing still has two water divisions in Anqing and Ningbo available, and the third is to point out that Lu Fatzi has already suffered a defeat and was killed by the Qing Dynasty god of war Zhang Taizhang Wang Ye was terrified, allowing Zhang Wang Ye to enter and leave the hinterland of the thief army at will, as if entering a no-man's land!

It can be seen that the real strength of the Eight Banners of the Mites Qing is actually still above the fat army, but there has been no pillar general to make good use of it before, and Kang Mazi will definitely be able to greatly increase the morale of the Qing army, inspire the morale of the soldiers, and defeat the Lu Yifeng thief army that has reached the end of the strong crossbow in one fell swoop, and regain the wealth of Jiangnan!

In addition, the mite Qing fanatic also threw out a trump card, that is, the letter written by Lu Fat Man in exchange for the life of the mite Qing heavy minister Mingzhu, it can be seen from the content of this letter that there must have been a major problem within the fat army, and it is urgent to stop the war to gain time, if the attack is stopped at this time, it will inevitably let this traitor win a good chance to breathe again, and if he wants to solve the Jiangnan problem in the future, he will have to pay a greater price!

There is even more vicious, taking out the words on Lu Fatzi's letter, that is, 'There are many friends of Da Zhou who will help Mingzhu openly and secretly and persuade Kang Mazi to stop attacking Jiangnan', accusing the rational faction in the Qing court of being ill-intentioned, and it is worth investigating their motives for opposing Kang Mazi's personal conquest! The rational faction in the Qing court was dumbfounded, for fear that the attitude would be too fierce and he would be charged with the murder of 'Da Zhou'!

Seeing that the fanatical main battle faction gradually gained the upper hand, Tu Hai, who was specially called to the court to discuss politics, was inevitably anxious, but fortunately, Zhou Peigong, who was also specially called to the court, was standing next to him with the title of squire of the military department, so Tu Hai quickly and quietly pulled Zhou Peigong's sleeve and said in a low voice: "What should I do?" If this continues, the master may really have to drive the expedition in person, is there a way to make the master change his mind? ”

"I can't help it." Zhou Peigong quietly pouted to Kang Mazi, and said in a low voice: "Look at the master's expression, so firm, he must have made up his mind, and it is useless to persuade anyone." Also, it's been so long, the old ancestor of the Empress Dowager hasn't come out yet, it seems that the master and the old ancestor must have reached an agreement in private, and if you oppose it at this time, it will be boring to ask for yourself. ”

"Then we don't have to object to the master's strategy of continuing to attack, but we must oppose the master's personal expedition." Tu Hai whispered anxiously: "Lu Yifeng's ability as a dog thief, you and I both know that the master personally led the army to conquer in person, and that is not ......." ”

"The master has made up his mind, and it is useless to oppose it." Zhou Peigong replied in a low voice: "Enxiang, the slave here has to say a word to you, sometimes, temporary concession and obedience are not to protect oneself, but to retain a useful body, so that we can better defend the master and the Qing Dynasty in the future." ”

"Fart! Once the master is on the march, everything will be over! Tu Hai was not as smooth as Zhou Peigong and Lu Fatzi in this regard, and scolded a good friend in a low voice, Tu Hai made a heart, regardless of Zhou Peigong's obstruction and limp out of the ranks, knelt down on Kang Mazi's knees, kowtowed and said: "Master, the slave has something to say, please allow the master." ”

"What's the matter? Do you want to persuade me not to attack Jiangnan again? Kang Mazi asked with a cold snort.

Hearing that Kang Mazi's tone was not good, Tu Hai's heart suddenly tightened, knowing that Kang Mazi must have been angry with his appeasement strategy, he quickly kowtowed again, and was about to say that he just wanted to oppose Kang Mazi's royal expedition, but he never thought that the old soy sauce Jue Royl Dehun suddenly stood up, knelt next to Tu Hai and kowtowed and said: "Master, the old slave and Master Tu are the same, they all hope that the master will carefully consider the counterinsurgency strategy, it is rumored that the thief chief Wu Sangui is seriously ill and about to die. As long as the master tolerates a little for the time being, the situation will inevitably change greatly, and it will not be too late to take action to quell the rebellion at that time! ”

"Le Zhongtang, I threw your grandson into the well? Why are you hurting me so much? Tu Hai cried out bitterly in his heart.

"Shut up!" Kang Mazi slapped the pseudo-dragon case and yelled: "How far do you want to let me go? Over the years, if I give up one step, the anti-thief will go further, I will give two steps, the anti-thief will take two steps, and if I endure it any longer, I will retreat to Liaodong and return to Heilongjiang! I have made up my mind, I would rather die as the emperor in battle, and I will never be the lord of partiality! ”

"But master!" For the sake of the ancestors who had fought down with great difficulty to be buried by Kang Mazi, the old soy sauce Jue Basil Dehun was also out of the way, raised his head, and retorted loudly: "Please don't forget, master, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is ambitious, Wu Sangui's old thief is already very wary of him, and the old ancestor also said that if you tolerate it for the time being, you can let Wu Sangui and Lu Yifeng's dog thief kill each other......." ”

"Master, eight hundred miles in an emergency! Eight hundred miles from Tongguan is urgent! ”

The royal guard Kabula, who rushed in, interrupted the generous statement of the old soy sauce Jue Bale Dehun, and sent a military intelligence report with three chicken feathers representing the most urgent to Kang Mazi, and said breathlessly: "Master, the urgent report sent by General Tong Guogang, the old thief Wu Sangui has already been proclaimed emperor in Xi'an!" ”

"What?" Kang Mazi jumped up, patted the pseudo-dragon case, and gritted his teeth and said: "This shameless old thing finally tore the last pseudo-mask and became the emperor himself!" ”

Although they had been prepared for Wu Laohan's annihilation of the emperor, when they really heard that the news was confirmed, the officials in the Qing Dynasty were still shocked and talked in low voices. And Kang Mazi also snatched the eight-hundred-mile highest-level military intelligence report that had been sent from Tongguan to the capital within five days after three good horses had been killed, and when he hurriedly opened it and looked at it carefully, he didn't look at it a few times, Kang Mazi's face suddenly changed greatly, and he blurted out: "How is it possible?" Wu Sangui's old thief is in good condition? On March 30, the school parade was held, and he personally practiced martial arts! ”

Thanks to the blessing of Wu Laohan's public performance, Kang Mazi's uncle Tong Guogang reported in great detail the process of Wu Laohan's annihilation of the emperor. First of all, on the day of 30 March, Wu Laohan held a military parade on the school field in the suburbs of Xi'an, inspected the military drills of the Shaanxi-Gansu Wu army in public, and performed his own pegasus riding and archery kung fu in public, fired three arrows in a row in front of thousands of Xi'an soldiers and civilians, and the arrows hit the target red heart, and then practiced all kinds of weapons in public, fighting and attacking freely, and the skills were superb, and it seemed that he was not reduced in those years, and smashed the rumor that he was seriously ill and about to die in one fell swoop.

After the drill, the performance began, and Fang Guangchen's eldest son, Fang Xueshi, presented and read the third persuasion sheet written by Lu Fatzi to Wu Lao Han Jian, begging Wu Lao Han to ascend the throne and change the dynasty - Wu Lao Han Jian of course refused for the third time. Then a larger-scale performance began, Wang Shirong, Fang Xueshi, Che Wenlong, Wang Pingfan, Wang Hui, Wu Zhen and Wang Fuchen's son Wang Jizhen and a large group of Wu army civil and military officials knelt down together, kowtowed, sought death, cried and shouted to force Wu Laohan to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, and tens of thousands of Wu soldiers also shouted long live and forced Wu Laohan to ascend the throne.

Of course, in order not to let his henchmen and cronies seek death and life, in the end, Wu Lao Han had to reluctantly agree to the pleas of the courtiers, and on the first day of the first month of April, he held an enthronement ceremony in Xi'an City, officially inaugurated the Emperor of the Great Zhou, changed the Yuan Zhaowu, the country name was Zhou, set Wuchang as the temporary capital, canonized his wife Zhang as the queen, the eldest grandson Wu Shifan as the emperor's grandson, known as the King of Rui, and named the second son Wu Yingqi as the king of Jing, so that he supervised the construction of the Wuchang Palace, and named Hu Guozhu as the prime minister, and named Guo Zhuangmou and Fang Guangchen as university scholars. Set up the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Five Military Offices in Yunnan, change the six Cao to six departments, and the rest of the generals and officers will each have a reward.

In addition, Wu Lao Han also had an amazing decision that made Kang Mazi stunned, that is, to canonize Lu Fatzi as the king of Yuejun, and then the deputy prime minister and the general of Pingbei to hang the title of secretary of the military department, and named Wu Xiaosu, the wife of Lu Fatzi, as the princess of Yue, and Lu Bangjing, the eldest son of Lu Fatzi, as the prince of Yue! Even Lu Bangning, the second son of Lu Fatzi who was still in infancy, was canonized as a viscount! Basically, the benefits that can be given, Wu Laohan has given Lu Fatzi a foot!

In the end, Tong Guogang, who is quite competent, also reported a small detail to Kang Mazi, that is, Wu Lao Han canonized a famous Shaanxi doctor named Wu Quanbin (a historical figure) as a Tai Yi official, and a reward of thousands of gold, Wu Quanbin's son was also given an official position - it is obvious that Wu Lao Han's condition has improved, and nine out of ten are related to this famous doctor!

After reading Tong Guogang's recital, under the mixture of anger, Kang Mazi almost subconsciously patted the pseudo-dragon case and shouted: "Are there any Shaanxi people here?" Have you ever heard of a Lang Zhong named Wu Quanbin? ”

"Back to the emperor, Wechen has heard of his name." A mite Qing official from Shaanxi knelt down and replied tremblingly: "Wu Quanbin is a native of Hancheng County, the capital of Tongzhou, Shaanxi, and is nicknamed Wu Banxian. ”

"Is there such a person?" Kang Mazi almost fainted out of breath - Wu Laohan was so sick that he was about to lose his breath, why did such a chaotic Langzhong come out again?

"Back to the master, there really is such a person." The Shaanxi official hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Shaanxi Hancheng has had many doctors since ancient times, the most famous is Fang Yin Fang Baihu (Qu Yuan's direct descendant, historical figure), legend has lived to 110 years old, descendants in order to commemorate him, but also built a temple for him, legend Wu Quanbin's medical skills, is from Fang Yin's true ....... ”

"Shut up! I don't want to hear it! Kang Mazi was scared of the pseudo-dragon case again, and the official hurriedly shrank his neck, and said in his heart that his mother's old thief Wu Sangui had already made me anxious enough to live to be over sixty years old, and he really let him live to be one hundred and ten years old, isn't my country ironclad?

Let the eunuch finish reading Tong Guogang's recital in public, and the Taihe Hall was completely silent, even the old soy sauce Jue Luole Dehun who was looking for death and begging Kang Mazi and Wu Laohan to cease the war just now is also as earthy as the face - Wu Laohan is the strongest in the world now, and then give him the south of the Yangtze River at this time, so that he can get the land of abundant money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River, so do you still want to live up and down the Eight Banners of the Mites?

"Could it be that the old ancestor of the Empress Dowager was cheated by Wu Sangui's old thief? Wu Sangui's old thief was not as sick as the legend before, and he planned to pretend to talk and deceive the land of Anhui? Do not spend a single soldier to get in touch with Jiangnan? Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong were also puzzled, "Or is it that Wu Sangui's old thief has just met a good doctor, and his condition has improved, so he gave up his plan to negotiate peace with our Qing Dynasty, and plans to seize the whole world by force?" ”

At this time, Suo Etu, who barely spoke much, finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Master, the old thief Wu Sangui rewarded Lu Yifeng so generously as a dog thief, and he was both a king and a minister, and he also changed the pseudo-general of Zhengdong to the pseudo-general of Pingbei - it is obvious that the old thief Wu Sangui, who has no worries about the future, has given up his plan to solve the Jiangnan problem by force, at least he will not take the initiative to take action, and plans to use Lu Yifeng, a dog thief who can fight well, as a thug to launch the Northern Expedition!" ”

"Reasonable, reasonable." Mites Qing and all the ministers echoed, "Before, Wu Sangui's old thief was seriously ill, in order to prevent that he might attack Lu Yifeng's dog thief, but now that Wu Sangui's old thief's condition is improving, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is so bold that he doesn't dare to be a second minister again, and betrays Wu Sangui's old thief again, so Wu Sangui's old thief can also ignore Lu Yifeng's previous disobedience for the time being, and prepare to use Lu Yifeng's dog thief as the vanguard to launch the Northern Expedition, and fight to the death with our Qing Dynasty." ”

"Yes, Wu Sangui's old thief is also quite good at employing people, at this time, Lu Yifeng's dog thief was used as the striker to launch the Northern Expedition, and Lu Yifeng's dog thief naturally worked harder in order to atone for his crimes."

"Wu Sangui's old thief must be making a two-handed plan, first use the high-ranking official Houlu to block Lu Yifeng's dog thief's mouth, seize the righteous name, let Lu Yifeng's dog thief rebel division be unknown, and strive to solve the hidden dangers in Jiangnan without spending a single soldier. It's really not good, it's much easier to get started, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves have been crowned kings and ministers by Wu Sangui's old thief, and Wu Sangui's old thief and sword soldiers want to meet, they have no confidence, and the soldiers under his command will not listen to him. ”

There was also a fanatical main battle faction shouting: "Master, we can't delay any longer, we must rush before the Wu rebel thief army and Lu Yifeng's dog thief will join the army, and take advantage of the glimmer of hope to recapture the important land in Jiangnan!" Otherwise, once the Wu rebel thief army joins the division, not only will it be completely hopeless to recapture Jiangnan, but the Wu rebel thief army with enough soldiers and food will immediately launch the Northern Expedition! ”

"Enough!" Kang Mazi made the ministers shut up again, stood up and shouted: "I have made up my mind, seven days later, I will go to the south of the army to conquer Jiangnan and fight to the death with Lu Yifeng's dog thief!" First cut off the wings and arms of Wu Sangui's old thief, and then concentrate all your strength to deal with Wu Sangui's old thief! If there are any more dissenters, they will be killed! ”

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers of the Mite Qing Dynasty kowtowed, Zhou Peigong and Tu Hai were also worried, knowing that this time there was absolutely no hope to persuade Kang Mazi to change his mind, and the only hope of the Qing Dynasty was to recapture Jiangnan with all his might, and use the money and grain in Jiangnan to fight against Wu Laohan, who was not economically good.

"Then pass on the decree to Tong Guogang, and let him go all out to defend Tongguan, lock up the people, and kill the dead! If Wu Sangui's old thief breaks through Tongguan, he won't have to come back! ”

…………………… To be precise, it was not Kang Mazi Junchen who was scared the most, after the news that Wu Laohan was in good condition and was still performing martial arts on campus reached Nanjing, Lu Fatzi, who was eating, was so frightened that his rice bowl and chopsticks fell on the table together, and then he quickly called Zhu Fangdan and asked him about the specific situation of the famous doctor Wu Quanbin. And when he heard Zhu Fangdan introduce that Wu Quanbin was indeed a rare good doctor, Lu Fatzi's little face suddenly turned the color of a dead man, and he scolded: "God, you are unfair to me!" This is a later story, so I will skip it here for the time being.

In fact, Lu Fatzi and Kang Mazi always underestimated Wu Laohan's annihilation, when their Jianxi spies were still passing the news that Wu Laohan's condition was getting better, Wu Laohan, who had ascended the throne and became emperor, issued two letters of state, one to Kang Mazi, asking Kang Mazi to hand over all the land south of the Yellow River in exchange for a truce. The other was to Geng Jingzhong, severely reprimanding Geng Jingzhong's envoy for his rude behavior towards his grandson-in-law Lu Yifeng, and extremely arrogantly asked Geng Jingzhong to behead the envoy Huang Kun and dedicate his head to Lu Fatzi to make amends! Otherwise, just wait for the Great Zhou army and Zheng Jing to join forces to attack in all directions!

In addition, Wu Lao Han issued an edict to Shaanxi and Gansu, appointing Wang Fuchen as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, responsible for suppressing the remnants of the Qing army in Gansu, and Wang Ping Fan as the governor of Shanxi, sitting in Xi'an to preside over the war against Tongguan and Shanxi. Wu Laohan himself moved south, preparing to gather troops and horses in Huguang and Biyuan, and personally launched an eastward expedition to open up a land connection with his grandson-in-law, Lu Yifeng, the king of Yuejun!

(To be continued)