(ps: From yesterday to now, there has only been one monthly pass............ ）

When Gan Wenkun and Lu Fatzi teamed up to send the news that Wu Laohan might be secretly casting Hongyi cannons to the capital, whether it was Xiao Mazi or Xiao Mazi's biggest and most reliable backer, Xiaozhuang Old Demon Woman, they didn't have the time and energy to pay attention to this matter - because on the third day of the ninth month of the eighth year of Mites Qing Mazi, Aobai's nephew Guerjia. Fushun suddenly took over control of Luoguan, the Great Town Town!

Originally, a small Zhenluo Pass, it was not painful at all, and the guard of Zhenluo Pass was just a five-grade pass garrison, even more insignificant, and Fushun was still a four-grade leader before, because he accidentally made a mistake and was demoted by Aobai to destroy his relatives by two levels, and was assigned to Zhenluoguan as a garrison.

- But the problem is that this Zhenluoguan is going to die or not, and it happens to be stuck in the only throat of the Rehe (Chengde) garrison going south to the capital! That is to say, when the incident happened suddenly, Xiao Mazi and Xiaozhuang's secret reliance on the Rehe garrison wanted to go south to King Qin, whether it was a public transfer or a secret deployment, it was impossible to escape the detection of Aobai! And it can also provide at least one to two days of emergency response time for Aobai!

Because even Xiao Mazi didn't know the important surname of the Rehe garrison in advance, so when the news reached the palace, Xiao Mazi didn't pay much attention to it at first, but the old witch of Xiaozhuang, who had been through the wind and waves for a long time, was unusual, slapped on the armrest of the seat in shock, and exclaimed: "How is it possible? How can it be? How did Ao Bai detect this strange soldier secretly ambushed outside the pass? What went wrong there? What the hell is wrong there? ”

"Grandmother, the Rehe garrison is a surprise soldier you arranged?" Seeing Xiaozhuang's frightened appearance, Xiao Mazi suddenly understood that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Why didn't my grandson know anything about this beforehand?" ”

Xiaozhuang didn't answer immediately, and after a long time, Xiaozhuang said with a depressed face: "Grandson, it's time to tell you now, as early as two years ago, when you were just in power, the mourning family had secretly started to control the Rehe garrison, and the generals of the Guerjia clan in the Rehe garrison were either promoted or transferred or belittled for a reason, and replaced them with the generals of the three banners who were loyal to our Aixin Jueluo family, and secretly mastered the 30,000 elite army for you. For the sake of secrecy, before this, the mourning family did not confide a word in front of you. ”

"What? How did Ao Bai know? Xiao Mazi was even more shocked than Xiaozhuang, and exclaimed: "Grandmother, you have hidden all your grandchildren from this, how did Ao Bai know about it?" What's wrong there? ”

Xiaozhuang shook his head and said slowly: "The matter of the Rehe garrison, to be precise, only the Mourning family and Su Malagu know the whole situation, and even the Rehe Dutong, who secretly runs errands for the Mourning family, only knows half of it - the Mourning family just asked him to expel the Guerjia generals in the Rehe garrison, and gave him a sealed edict, ordering him to open the edict and read it until he received the carrier pigeon from the Mourning family, and act according to the decree in case of emergency. It stands to reason that it is impossible for Ao Bai to spy on such a secret action of the mourning family? Could it be that he discovered this through the analysis of various clues? ”

"There are two more possibilities." Su Malagu added: "First, the whole thing is completely a coincidence, Ao Bai belittled Fushun and did kill his relatives in righteousness, but he inadvertently arranged Fushun to be an errand in Zhenluoguan. The second is that Ao Bai is also fighting the idea of the Rehe garrison, but after some temptation, he accidentally discovered the arrangement of Lafayette, so he quickly controlled Zhenluo Pass and choked the throat of the Rehe garrison into Beijing. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a coincidence, even if it's a coincidence, if we try to find a way to get Fushun away, it will only make us more startled." Xiaozhuang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The important thing is that in this way, we will be more passive, and the Rehe Strange Soldiers that we painstakingly arranged before have also lost their effect. In this case, as soon as there was a change in the Rehe garrison, Ao Bai immediately understood that we were going to do it! ”

This time, Xiao Mazi stopped talking, Tie Qing had been thinking about it for a long time, and Xiao Mazi suddenly slapped his palm on the dragon case, gritted his teeth and roared: "Grandmother, the matter has come to this, it is useless to regret it, my grandson asks my grandmother for permission, and allows my grandson to launch the Wuyingdian plan, and fight to the death with Aobai!" ”

"Don't be impulsive!" Xiaozhuang categorically vetoed it and said solemnly: "Now that the military power of the Nine Gates has fallen into the hands of Aobai, and the Fengtai battalion and the Miyun garrison have also been controlled by nearly half of the Aobai henchmen, in this case, even if your Wuyingdian plan succeeds smoothly and brings Aobai to justice, the Aobai henchmen all over the government and the opposition will not agree, and may even fight back and kill you, my ancestors and grandchildren!" ”

"But if your grandson doesn't take a risk, Ao Bai won't let go of your grandson and grandmother!" Xiao Mazi grabbed the golden inkstone on the dragon case casually, clenched it tightly as if venting, and gritted his teeth and said: "Ao worship this dog thief who is overbearing power, bullying the king, poisoning the Gyeonggi generals, seizing the military power of the Nine Gates, and also forming a superintendent to appease the vassal king, the heart of usurpation is already the heart of Sima Zhao - everyone knows it!" If I don't fight again, fight with Ao Bai to break the net, and kill this rebellious minister and thief, I will only have the fate of being tied up in the future! ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Mazi raised his head, looked at the caisson on the top of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and roared word by word: "I can't be a dou!" I can't be Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty! I can't even do the Later Zhou Chai Zongxun! I am the descendant of Aixin Jueluo, the pride of the Eight Banners, the Son of Heaven, and the Lord of the Qing Dynasty! I want to dominate the world by myself, to be a generation of lords, and an emperor through the ages! Under my rule, there will never be a king of thieves like Ao Bai and Wu Sangui! I will not tolerate ——! ”

Xiao Mazi's words came from the bottom of his heart, the righteousness was strict, and he was loud, even an old witch like Xiaozhuang, who had been politically risked for a long time, was shaken and her blood boiled when she heard it. But after calming down, Xiaozhuang still shook his head and said, "Grandson, you have such an ambition, and grandmother is very pleased. However, if you want to be a generation of commanders and emperors through the ages, you must not joke with your own surname, let alone be carried away by hatred, you must be cautious, not impulsive! Grandmother still said the same thing, now that the Wuyingdian plan is launched, you have no chance of winning, even if you win Aobai, there is no way to stop the counterattack of Aobai's henchmen! ”

"I can transfer Aobai's henchmen out of the capital!" Xiao Mazi said excitedly: "As early as before the first month of this year, I have already formulated a complete plan for disbanding the party with Mingzhu and Suo Etu, taking into account every detail, once launched, the important party members of Aobai can be transferred out of the capital within two months, and then the Wuyingdian plan will be launched again, and it will definitely be a success!" ”

"So, Mulima, what are you going to do?" Xiaozhuang poured a scoop of cold water on Xiao Mazi's head and said: "It's just the other henchmen of Aobai, what is Mu Lima, who holds the power of the Nine Gates, plan to do?" Is it to be transferred to other places, or to buy and entrap, or to directly send someone to assassinate? As soon as you move Mulima, isn't it equivalent to telling Aobai that you are ready to do something to him? ”

Xiao Mazi was speechless, and he hated the bad seed who gave Ao Bai an idea, that is, the bad seed who suggested that Ao Bai take the Nine Gates of Military Power at all costs and by all means before he did it himself - how lacking in virtue should this guy have to give Ao Bai such a bad idea of cutting off his children and grandchildren?!

After thinking about it for a long time with a straight face, Xiao Mazi finally asked Xiaozhuang helplessly: "Grandmother, what should the emperor do there?" ”

"Feng Ao worships as a first-class duke." Xiaozhuang replied lightly: "Stabilize him first, then wait and see what happens, and wait for the next opportunity." ”

"Do you want to continue to wait and see?" Xiao Mazi was not reluctant to give Ao Bai another first-class duke, but asked painfully: "Then can grandmother tell the emperor how long will the emperor have to endure?" How much time do you have to wait? ”

"It won't be long." Xiaozhuang's answer almost made Xiao Mazi angry, "You are much younger than Aobai, the big deal is that you can still learn from your father, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and use time to survive the death of the ministers and then slowly settle accounts after the autumn." ”

If someone else wants to talk to Xiao Mazi like this, Xiao Mazi will definitely slap it over, but now it is the old witch of Xiaozhuang who is saying this, and Xiao Mazi has no choice but to smile bitterly and laugh at herself, "Then the emperor must go to the temple every day to offer incense, and beg God to bless him, so that Ao Bai will have the same short life as Prince Rui and Zhang Juzheng." ”

Xiaozhuang's face was calm, as if she hadn't heard the ridicule in her grandson's words - Xiaozhuang was also used to it, and when she used this trick to drag Dorgon to death to save her son, she was subjected to more similar ridicule and more viciousness, which would naturally not care about her grandson's words or two. After Xiao Mazi had vented enough, Xiaozhuang stood up and said, "Grandson, if there is nothing else, then the mourning family will go back first." Su Ma, mourning home back to Cining Palace. ”

"Grandmother, please wait." Xiao Mazi stopped Xiaozhuang and said: "Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Lu Yifeng, the governor of Qujing, jointly played a secret performance, suspecting that Wu Sangui may be secretly casting Hongyi cannons in the newly built Qujing Nule Peak camp, please instruct, I don't know what grandmother thinks of this news?" ”

"Is there any hard evidence?" Xiaozhuang asked quietly and rhetorically.

"Nope." Xiao Mazi said helplessly: "They only inferred and analyzed it based on clues, and they only had this suspicion. In addition, they also discovered an important situation, suspecting that the technician who helped make the craftsmen in Wu Sangui's army to cast cannons was likely to be a former Ming remnant named Sun Dianying, and Gan Wenkun also suspected that this Sun Dianying may also be a descendant of Sun Chengzong, a scholar of the former Ming Dynasty, and he is a sinner! ”

"Are you sure you haven't? Did anyone catch it? Xiaozhuang continued to ask rhetorically.

"It's not decided yet." Xiao Mazi replied: "Wu Sangui's army is not controlled by Gan Wenkun, and he looks at the camp of Nule Peak very closely, if Gan Wenkun wants to enter, he must obtain my holy decree or Wu Sangui's warrant. Although Lu Yifeng was proficient in Western studies, he didn't know anything about firearms, so Wu Sangui neither attached importance to him nor fully trusted him, and could only occasionally enter the outer camp of this large camp to guide the furnace fire technology, and could not touch the core. ”

"Then let them check slowly." Xiaozhuang said lightly: "I think, you can give a holy decree from Gan Wenkun to forcibly search the camp of Nule Peak, but you can't let him search immediately, you must not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle, you have to wait for Lu Yifeng to get some real evidence, confirm that Wu Sangui is indeed there to cast cannons, and then suddenly make a search, one blow is fatal!" Otherwise, in case Gan Wenkun and Lu Yifeng startled Wu Sangui to transfer the incriminating evidence, or their inference was wrong, then Wu Sangui took the handle and sued Gan Wenkun for the crime of slandering and framing the vassal king, and you would not be able to clean it up. ”

"But what if Wu Sangui is really casting the Hongyi cannon? That King of Annihilation cast a cannon privately, he must have bad intentions! Xiao Mazi was very worried—he didn't want to see Wu Sangui's military strength strengthened again.

"You can temporarily tolerate even the Ao Worship that is close at hand, why can't you temporarily tolerate a Wu Sangui who is far away in the sky?" Xiaozhuang's tone was quite relaxed, and he said lightly: "What's more, the power of the Hongyi cannon is neither as great as Yuan Chonghuan boasted, nor as easy to cast as you imagined. ”

"Back then, Kong Youde returned to our Qing Dynasty, bringing the best cannon casting craftsmen and Western cannon casting technicians in the former Ming Dynasty, your grandfather Emperor Taizong spent eight years exploring experiments, spending countless manpower and material resources, a total of thirty-seven Hongyi cannons were cast, and they could only be used to bombard the city wall, and could not be used in field battles at all. Even if Wu Sangui has a cannon casting technician, without skilled cannon casting craftsmen and cannon casting experience, how many Hongyi cannons can he cast? ”

"That's just as well." Xiao Mazi thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed very reasonable - when he asked Nan Huairen for advice on the casting process, Nan Huairen also said that even if the manpower and materials are sufficient, the craftsmen are exquisite and experienced, it will take at least half a year to cast a Hongyi cannon, Wu Sangui casts the cannon from scratch, even if there is a former Ming Yu sin who came back from Nanyang to guide, in eight years, he may not be able to cast thirty-seven cannons that can be used on the battlefield like his grandfather.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mazi nodded and said: "Okay, then leave this matter to Gan Wenkun and Lu Yifeng, and when you slowly grasp the real evidence, you will take Wu Sangui's cannon casting site in one pot." ”

Xiaozhuang sighed and nodded, but did not speak, just beckoned Su Mala Gu to carry himself out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, but after returning to Cining Palace, Xiao Zhuang instructed Su Mala Gu alone: "Go and pass a decree to Kong Sizhen, telling her to get ready, tonight, the mourning family will go out of the palace and go with her to see Aobai." Remember, this must not be known to the emperor. ”

"Lafayette, are you going to bow your head to Aobai?" Su Malagu is Xiaozhuang's confidant, and she immediately understood Xiaozhuang's intentions.

"Huh." Xiaozhuang smiled bitterly, and said in a depressed mood: "All the military power of the Nine Gates fell into the hands of Aobai, and the garrisons of the two large camps of Fengtai and Miyun were restrained by the henchmen installed by Aobai and could not move, and the last garrison of Rehe was also stuck in the neck by Aobai, what does this mean?" It shows that the plans of the mourning family and the emperor have been known by Aobai, and he knows everything about it, what chance can we have to fight back? ”

"There is no chance to fight back, the net worth and surname of the orphans and widows of the ancestors and grandchildren are also played with by others, and life and death are all up to the hands of others - in this case, in addition to bowing to Aobai, begging him for the sake of the ancestors and ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, don't abolish the grandson of the Mourning family, don't seek to usurp the throne, what else can the Mourning family do?"

"Lafayette, your hard work, if only the emperor could understand." Aunt Su Mala echoed sympathetically, and at the end, Aunt Su Mala smiled bitterly again: "It's a pity that the slave and maid are already old, and whether they can stabilize Ao Bai can only be counted on Sigege." ”

"The mourning family accepted her as a righteous daughter and taught her so much, just to prevent such a day." Xiaozhuang said calmly: "She is my goddaughter and my heir, I believe she will be able to do it." ”

"Galeries Lafayette, do you think you can do this?" Su Malagu suddenly said: "Wu Sangui's contradictions with the imperial court over the years have become more and more acute, and now he is secretly casting artillery, and the evil intentions have been clearly revealed. Now Ao Bai is like a brother and sister to him, but it is just to encircle and buy, so that he and Ao Bai can join forces against the emperor, in fact, Wu Sangui may not be unwary, why don't Lafayette come and drive the tiger and devour the wolf with one hand, and let Ao Bai go to destroy Wu Sangui? If this move is successful, it can not only get rid of the hidden danger of Wu Sangui, but also distract the energy of worship, take the opportunity to act, and even make them lose both, so won't the emperor be able to reap the benefits? ”

Su Malagu's proposal seems ridiculous, it is simply whimsical, in order to get rid of Wu Sangui and Aobai, the world will be ruined, and the smoke of gunfire will be everywhere - but Xiaozhuang thought about it carefully, but he felt very reasonable. After all, if Wu Sangui is allowed to develop and grow like this, sooner or later there will be a war between the Qing Dynasty and Wu Sangui, since this big battle must be fought, why not let the battle-hardened Ao Bai fight this battle?

Thinking of this, Xiaozhuang sighed again and said slowly: "Let's talk slowly, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize Aobai first." The mourning family is already worried now, Ao Bai suddenly took away control of Zhenluo Pass, will it be a precursor to his intention to make a move? If you don't stabilize him quickly, Xuan Ye's throne will really not be stable. ”

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The prudence and forbearance of the old witch of Xiaozhuang, and the decision to prevent Xiao Mazi from implementing the Wuyingdian plan, really saved her life and saved Xiao Mazi's life - as for the reason, of course, it was because of a certain fat scourge that told Ao Bai an extremely wonderful story. In the case of knowing all the details of this Wuyingdian plan, Xiao Mazi plans to use a group of young guards to take down Aobai like in history, which is tantamount to self-defeating, and Aobai will inevitably kill the monarch and stand on his own - at least he has to slaughter Xiao Mazi and replace him with a younger descendant of the wild boar skin as the emperor, and he is good at power!

And Xiaozhuang noticed that the situation was not good, and immediately decided to worship Ao, but he kept the throne of Xiao Mazi. Because as Xiaozhuang expected, the move of controlling Zhenluoguan to choke the throat of the Rehe garrison to the south was indeed a precursor to Aobai's preparation - of course, this was also a bad idea for Aobai from a scourge who knew history through the Pingxi Palace.

Except for a very small number of parties, no outsiders know that night, after Xiaozhuang arrived at Aofu, he talked with Aobai alone in Aobai's study, and even Xiaozhuang's absolute henchmen Su Malagu and Kong Sizhen, as well as Aobai's absolute henchmen Ban Bushan and Mu Lima, only saw that when Xiaozhuang and Aobai talked secretly for nearly two hours, there were still tears on their faces, and their knees were also stained.

At the same time, Xiaozhuang, who is good at perceiving people's hearts, once again saved the Qing Dynasty, and once again saved his emperor's grandson just like he saved his emperor's son. Under the bitter pleading of Xiaozhuang, Aobai, who was extremely nostalgic and had always been loyal to the wild boar skin family, was soft-hearted, and everything had everything to be done, and the plan to abolish the establishment was ordered to stop by Aobai, and all preparations were quietly withdrawn, and the tense situation in the capital was finally eased.

Xiaozhuang's forbearance is not without paying the price, in the next few days, Aobai's strength has been strengthened again, Mulima was officially canonized as the commander of the nine gates, and the military power of the nine gates is justifiably controlled. And Xiao Mazi, under the persuasion and order of Hyozhuang, handed over with tears in his eyes many powers that he had finally received in his hands, the power of the Gyeonggi army, the right to select civilian officials, the right to select military generals, and the power of financial revenue and expenditure............

After Ao Bai and Xiao Mazi each took a step back, Ao Bai gained many coveted powers and interests, and the Pingxi Palace, which was allied with Ao Bai, also became the real winner of this battle between monarchs and ministers! Not to mention the countless urgently needed strategic materials from Aobai's hands, he also fished in troubled waters and got the privilege of national tax exemption of Eight Banners Fushou Cream, and this privilege alone in the eight years of Kang Mazi brought 3.2 million taels of silver to the Pingxi Royal Mansion The sales revenue of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste made Pingxi Wangfu full of money and ecstatic! It also made Xiao Mazi, Geng Jimao and Shang Kexi and other major forces jealous, their eyes blood-red, and they beat their chests - of course, it naturally includes Aobai, whose attention has gradually shifted from Xiao Mazi.

In fact, the Pingxi Wangfu won the most not silver, during the period when Xiaozhuang and Xiao Mazi had not completely let Aobai completely relax their vigilance, in Xiao Mazi's helpless gaze, and under the temporary connivance of Aobai, intentionally or unintentionally, Pingxi Wangfu and Lu Fatzi both won an invaluable period of strategic preparation time! Stockpiling grain and grass, recruiting troops, saving military salaries, developing weapons, and producing one powerful and vicious evil weapon after another, the personal ambitions of the people up and down the Pingxi Mansion also slowly grew, and even grew like weeds!

"The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old! The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old! The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old——! ”

When the primitive rocket car designed by Lu Fatzi himself was tested for the first time by the Dianchi Lake, twenty primitive rockets dragged the fire snake, hit the target five miles away like lightning, and blew up thirty high-earth targets to smithereens and raze them to the ground, the test site immediately sounded the thunderous cheers of the soldiers of the Wu army, wave after wave, straight into the sky, "The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old! The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old! ”

"Lord, how is it, are you still satisfied?" Fat Lu approached Wu Sangui, who was smiling with a twisted beard, and said with a flattering face.

"Satisfied! How are you not satisfied?! Wu Sangui patted the fat man on the shoulder and laughed: "Yifeng, although you are not short of silver, I must reward you today!" You can't just say no! Say, what do you want?! ”

"Lord Wang, I really want the same reward today." Lu Fatzi replied seriously: "After the humble position is proposed, please ask the prince to agree." ”

"Say, Lone will promise anything!" Wu Sangui smiled and said: "But if you want Lone's granddaughter Wu Xiaosu, Lone can't agree immediately, I can only help you ask Guogui." "-By the way, when Fat Lu beat Wu Xiaosuo's idea, Wu Yingqi and Gao Dejie had already told Wu Sangui as a joke.

"The prince misunderstood, the humble post is not trying to ask the prince to marry his granddaughter to the humble post today." Fat Lu lowered his voice and whispered word by word in Wu Sangui's ear: "The lowly position wants to ask the prince to reward a grace, allowing the lowly to kneel and bow to the prince three times and nine times, and shout three times - long live!" ”

Wu Sangui's face changed color, looked left and right, and saw that they were all curious, obviously they didn't hear these words of Lu Fatzi, Wu Sangui breathed a sigh of relief, glared at Lu Fatzi, and scolded: "Nonsense? Is there anyone in the world who wants such a reward?! Lone decided, this reward will not be given! - More on that later. ”

(To be continued)