(PS: There are only a few hours left in April, ask for the last monthly pass and subscription, and book the May monthly pass in a few hours.) When Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, who had been good friends for many years, entered the long-awaited Heart Nourishing Palace, they unexpectedly and unsurprisingly found that not only Kang Mazi had been waiting in this Heart Nourishing Hall for a long time, but also several universities in the Qing Dynasty were all waiting in this brightly lit Heart Nourishing Palace, and what Mingzhu Suo Etu, Batai Li Fei Du Lide, Hana Fu Da Lijue Rohr Dehun, as well as Zhang Ying, Gao Shiqi and Xu Yuanwen and several other officials in the South Study were also in the hall, although the number of people was not as good as the average early dynasty, but they were all the core members of the Mite Qing Dynasty. The matter that was jointly finalized did not dare to refute it in the morning.

"Slave Tuhai, Zhou Peigong, knock to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live."

Seeing the unkind look on Kang Mazima's face, Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong didn't dare to slack off, so they quickly knelt down on their knees together and kowtowed cautiously to say goodbye. Sure enough, Kang Mazi really didn't let Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong get up, but just asked with a blue face: "Tu Hai, when did you return to the capital?" After returning to Beijing, where did they all go? ”

"Back to the master, the slave is the capital that will return this afternoon." Tu Haizhan replied tremblingly: "After returning to Beijing, the slave first went to Prince An's mansion and carried a letter for Prince An, and then the slave went to the chessboard street post house and met Lord Zhou Peigong. ”

"You have time to carry letters to others, and you have time to visit old friends, why don't you have time to enter the palace to meet you?" Kang Mazi slapped the pseudo-dragon case, and asked angrily: "Do you think that your personal private affairs are more important than my military affairs?" ”

"Slaves are dead!" Tu Hai was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed again and again to ask for guilt, and explained: "When the slave returned to the capital, it was almost the time of Shen, and he didn't have time to bathe and change clothes, for fear of blaspheming the emperor's prestige and affecting the master's rest, so he planned to ask to see the master again tomorrow morning!" ”

"Fart!" Kang Mazi was even more angry, and slapped the pseudo-dragon case again and shouted: "Then in addition to bringing a letter to Yue Le, do you have any other things to give to Yue Le's Sanfujin?" I'm afraid that thing is the real reason why you don't want to meet me today, right? ”

The cold sweat on Tu Hai's body soaked his underwear at once, and at the same time, he quickly woke up - it must be that the last time Yue Le handed the secret fold to the old witch of Xiaozhuang through his third wife, Hesheri, it had been discovered by Kang Mazi, and it had already made Kang Mazi furious, so this time he went back to Beijing to carry the secret fold for Yue Le, and he was immediately discovered by the secret agent of the Thirteen Yamen, and immediately stabbed in front of Kang Mazi. Knowing this, Tu Hai hurriedly kowtowed again, and explained stubbornly: "Master Shengming, this is indeed the case, but the slave is also on order, please ask the master to investigate." ”

"I knew you would say that!" Kang Mazi snorted coldly, and then ignored Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong, just leaned back on the pseudo-dragon chair and closed his eyes, the mite Qing ministers in the hall were all confused, I don't know why Kang Mazi summoned so many people at night, but he refused to speak, and he didn't ask Tu Hai about the front-line military situation in the Jiangnan battlefield, but the mite Qing ministers didn't dare to ask more, just waited patiently.

"The Empress Dowager's ancestors arrived in ——!"

The ministers of Mite Qing didn't wait long for the answer, and after a while, the long voices of the eunuchs' ducks sounded outside the Heart Cultivation Palace. Hearing this voice, most of the mite Qing ministers present were in a heartbeat, and it was very strange why the old witch of Xiaozhuang, who had rarely interfered in political affairs in recent years, arrived so coincidentally? Only a few of Kang Mazi's absolute henchmen, such as Suo Etu and Mingzhu, understood the reason, and they all hurriedly lowered their heads, their hearts pounding. Kang Mazi slowly opened his numb eyes, and the expression on his hemp face was complicated, and he seemed to have a little disdain.

Immediately afterwards, the old witch of Xiaozhuang really walked quickly into the Yangxin Hall with the support of Su Malagu and Li Yinzhen, and saw Kang Mazi leading more than a dozen mites to kowtow and salute, the old witch of Xiaozhuang couldn't help but be a flurry, and hurriedly asked Kang Mazi: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" It's so late, Your Majesty, you still summoned so many courtiers? ”

"Returning to my grandmother, Tuhai returned to Beijing to report on his work, and the specific situation of the war in the south of the Yangtze River was very important, so the emperor specially summoned a group of ministers to listen to the military situation on the front line with them, so as to discuss countermeasures." Kang Mazi replied politely.

"I see, let's be even." Xiaozhuang nodded, smiling reluctantly, but he was suspicious in his heart, "Could the emperor be deliberately blocking the mouth of the mourning family?" With so many court ministers here, it is really inconvenient to say a lot of words from the mourning family. ”

"Grandmother Xie, come on, quickly set up a seat for the ancestors." Kang Mazi personally took Xiaozhuang to sit down next to him with an affectionate attitude, and asked the important ministers of Mites Qing to stand back in their places, and then shouted at Tu Hai: "Tu Hai, report the military situation on the front line, let the old ancestor and my Aiqing know what you have done in the last month I have given you." ”

"Cover." Tu Hai kowtowed and agreed, and cheered up again, and gave a general introduction to the process of the Qing army in Jiangnan working together on the third line and four roads to encircle and suppress the fat army, and then reported the results of the battle, and the southern line was blocked by Liu Guoxuan, and the fat army was not hurt at all; The northern front encountered Diao Min of Gaoyou and went crazy, and joined forces with the fat army to defend Gaoyou City, Yue Le's army suffered heavy casualties but could not take Gaoyou City; The western front of Leerjin was defeated by Han Daren, all the way back to Tongling, Jieshu was personally led by Lu Fatzi to lead the army to a heavy loss, almost annihilated, only Zhangtai Zhang's surprise attack on Nanjing almost succeeded, won a lot, and also captured a large number of grain and grass from the fat army.

In order to cover up for Yue Le and himself, Tu Hai naturally had to desperately speak for Yue Le and himself when he played the report, and trumpeted Yue Le's wise decision-making and proper arrangement, which helped Prince Zhangtai Zhang establish a miraculous feat, and quietly exaggerated the actual strength and powerful weapons of the Fat Army, and showed his strength by praising the enemy, and doubled the false report of his exploits, saying that Yue Le's army had killed at least tens of thousands of Fat Army soldiers in the Gaoyou area, but the Fat Army occupied the advantage of geography and firearms. This led to the failure of the plan to attack Gaoyou.

When Tu Hai played the report, no one interjected, Kang Mazi also remained silent, but a sneer of contempt and disdain appeared on Ma's face from time to time, until Tu Hai finished speaking, Kang Mazi asked slowly: "Tu Hai, I ask you, Zhangtai's tactical plan to attack Jiangning was really arranged by you?" ”

Tu Hai didn't dare to speak, he wanted to swallow this credit for Yue Le, but he was afraid that Kang Mazi already knew the truth - in Anqing City, there were two Kang Mazi's henchmen and supervisors. So after hesitating again and again, Tu Hai finally replied tremblingly: "Back to the master, Originally, Prince An and the slave arranged for Prince Zhang to sneak attack the Taiping Mansion, and Prince Zhang himself made his own claims, so he chose to attack Jiangning City." ”

"Good." Kang Mazi nodded, and asked again: "Then I ask you again, is it right or wrong that Zhangtai chose to attack Jiangning City without permission?" ”

Tu Hai was even more embarrassed, and replied after a while: "Back to the master, judging from the results, Prince Zhang is right, but from the overall situation and the long run, Prince Zhang is wrong." If, from now on, every general of the Qing Dynasty did not accept the commander-in-chief's dispatch arrangements and changed the battle plan without authorization, then the future battle would really be impossible to fight. ”

"Can't fight?" Kang Mazi smiled gloomily, suddenly slapped the pseudo-dragon case, raised his voice and shouted: "Then don't fight!" It's better if you don't fight! Don't think that I really don't know anything about the situation on the front line, your bullshit tactics have long been seen through by Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, and Lu Yifeng's dog thieves have already laid a net in Taiping City! If it weren't for my Hongfu Qitian, if it weren't for my Zhang Aiqing's ability to fight well, be brave and strategic, find the situation is not right, find the only loophole in Lu Yifeng's dog thief's defense, and choose to attack Jiangning City, then Zhang Aiqing's five thousand elites would have been wiped out a long time ago! You still have the face to brag in front of me, greedy for heaven's merits, saying that Zhang Aiqing's surprise attack on Jiangning to establish a miraculous feat was due to your arrangement! ”

The cold sweat on Tu Hai's forehead was even more dripping, he didn't even dare to take a breath of air, he just screamed in his heart, it must be that the two guards and guards had already stabbed all the oil and vinegar in front of the master! And the mite Qing ministers next to him also showed disdain, secretly scolding Yue Le and Tuhai for their despicable character, not to mention that they couldn't win the battle, but also robbed others of their credits, and even slandered the real meritorious heroes!

"Your Majesty, don't be too harsh on Prince An and Tu Hai, they also have a point." The old witch of Xiaozhuang finally spoke, excusing Tuhai and said: "Since ancient times, the first rule of commanding troops is that military orders are like mountains, if you do not obey the commander's dispatch and change the battle plan without authorization, you must be punished even if you win." In the first year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty (1636), Prince Azig broke through the Juyong Pass, connected the twelve cities of the former Ming Dynasty, captured more than 100,000 people and animals, and made a miraculous contribution to the Qing Dynasty, but it was because he was careless when he withdrew his troops and underestimated the enemy, leaving all the prisoners in the rear, although he was lucky not to be robbed and killed by the Ming army, when he returned to Shengjing, he was still punished by Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Prince Ying did not implement Emperor Taizong's correct military strategy, but Zhangtai did not implement Yue Le's wrong military strategy." Kang Mazi didn't look at the old witch of Xiaozhuang, but said coldly: "So, even if Zhang Aiqing is at fault and should be punished, it also proves one thing, that is, Yue Le is not worthy of continuing to be the coach of the Southern Expedition at all!" ”

As soon as Kang Mazi said this, the whole hall was shocked, and the old witch of Xiaozhuang also changed her face, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, since you think that Yue Le is not worthy of continuing to be the commander of the Southern Expedition, then who is worthy?" Could it be Zhangtai? ”

"Zhang Aiqing is indeed a suitable candidate, but unfortunately he is too young, and his prestige is still a little insufficient, and the western front of the Jiangnan battlefield also needs a general like him who is both brave and strategic, and he can't leave lightly." Kang Mazi replied with a numb face: "The only person who is qualified to be the coach of the Southern Expedition is only one, and that is me!" ”

"Your Majesty, do you want to go on a personal expedition again?" Xiaozhuang also straightened his face and asked, "Hasn't the emperor considered what the consequences will be if you make a slight mistake in your imperial expedition?" ”

"Did Grandmother forget?" Kang Mazi finally turned around, stared at Xiaozhuang and asked: "More than a month ago, on February 23, in this Heart Cultivation Palace, grandmother asked the emperor to give Yue Le another month, if Yue Le can't get a satisfactory record before March 23, then no matter how the emperor disposes of Yue Le, grandmother will no longer obstruct it?" ”

"That's what happened." The old witch of Xiaozhuang nodded, and said: "But the mourning family has never agreed, if Yue Le does not come up with a record that satisfies the emperor, the mourning family will no longer stop the emperor from driving your own expedition?" ”

Kang Mazi was speechless, and then he found out that he had fallen into the big dang of the old grandmother, and he didn't force her to say it to death at that time. When the mite Qing ministers who were present heard the answer between the old witch of Xiaozhuang and Kang Mazi, they were all as pale as earth, and they didn't expect that Xiaozhuang and Kang Mazi, who were dependent on each other in the past, would have a-for-tat day.

"Very good, grandmother really didn't say such a thing at the beginning, and the emperor also admitted it." Kang Mazi was also out of the question, and after nodding, Kang Mazi suddenly raised his voice and asked: "Then the emperor may ask his grandmother, if the emperor does not go to the imperial palace to recapture Jiangnan, and continues to let Yue Le work there to earn money and waste grain and grass, then two months later, the emperor will take out grain and grass from there to supply the front-line soldiers?" From there, the money was conjured to pay the soldiers? Half a year later, the emperor conjured up 23.4 million taels of silver from there to repay the debt to the people of the Qing Dynasty? ”

"It's very simple, there are ways to solve it." The voice of the old demon woman of Xiaozhuang was even colder, and she said coldly: "Your Majesty, you can repay the interest of 5.4 million taels in interest on your loan from the people; Yue Le's 120,000-strong army can be withdrawn, the weak can be eliminated, the old and weak soldiers can be reduced, and the size of the army can be reduced. In this way, not only can the huge military salary expenditure be saved, but the Qing court will not have to bear the huge consumption of grain and grass transportation, nor will it need to increase the amount of military rations, and it is entirely possible to survive this difficulty. ”

"What about my Jiangnan? What about my Jiangnan? Kang Mazi's numb eyes began to erupt with fire, and asked: "Then my Jiangnan wealth land, is it just given to Lu Yifeng's dog thief with both hands?" To the Yunnan barbarian who didn't even have the ability to show his talents? Let him eat and fatten up, so that he has the strength to hit me? How powerful to kill our four surnames, Aixin Jueluo, Hesheri, Niu Colu and Tong Jia? ”

"Naturally, someone will clean up Lu Yifeng's dog thief for the emperor." The voice of the old witch of Xiaozhuang was still calm, and she said quietly: "The mourning family can guarantee to the emperor that if the emperor gives up the strategy of immediately suppressing Lu Yifeng's dog thieves and letting the Qing army temporarily retreat to the north of the Yangtze River, then within a month, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves will either fall to the ground, or meet with Wu Sangui's old thieves and kill each other." At that time, the emperor will be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and show your strength. ”

"Hahahahaha......ha

Kang Mazi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, laughing extremely crazy and crazy, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. Hearing this laughter, and seeing the crazy and hideous expression on Kang Mazima's face, the mite Qing ministers were all frightened, sweating like pulp, and Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong, who had never gotten up without grace, put their foreheads close to the ground, and their hearts were so nervous that their hearts almost jumped out of their chests.

"Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Ama, the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, have you all heard?" Laughing wildly, Kang Mazi suddenly shouted hysterically again: "You all heard it, right? Our ancestors of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty want to give the land you have beaten down with blood and sweat to our servants and barbarians of the Qing Dynasty! And it's not just a little land, it's to send out the south of the Yangtze River, it's to send the entire south of the Yangtze River! ”

"Your Majesty!" The hall was lamenting and kneeling, whether it was a mite Qing or a eunuch and a palace maid, all of them quickly knelt down. Only the old demon woman of Xiaozhuang did not move, and stared at Kang Mazi and said lightly: "If the ancestors of the Great Qing Dynasty and your Emperor Ama Quanxia have knowledge, they will definitely approve of me doing this-because they know that only by doing so is the only vitality of our Great Qing Dynasty." ”

"Okay, good, the bad ancestor of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor Ama will definitely support grandmother for you to do this, it's too good." Kang Mazi continued to laugh wildly, "The inferior ancestors of the Great Qing Dynasty threw their heads and spilled their blood to fight the flowers, and they were given away by grandmother, and they were sent to the family slaves of the Great Qing Dynasty, so good at supporting grandmother You do this, too good." ”

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Su Malagu, who was kneeling next to the old witch of Xiaozhuang, raised her head and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, please calm down, the old ancestor is also for your good, for the ...... of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Shut up!" Kang Mazi roared wildly, his eyes were full of anger, and he slapped the table and shouted: "It was because I listened to you that the Qing Dynasty became like this!" If I listen to you again, the Qing Dynasty will be over! It's completely over! ”

Su Malagu didn't dare to speak, but Xiaozhuang suddenly stood up, walked in front of Kang Mazi, raised his right hand and slapped Kang Mazi in the face, and with a "snap" sound, Kang Mazi's hemp face bloomed, and his fingerprints were red and swollen! was also so shocked that everyone present was scattered, stunned, and even more shocked Kang Mazi froze, saying that he didn't expect that when he thought of his kind and kind grandmother, he would start beating himself.

"This slap of the mourning family is for the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty." The old witch of Xiaozhuang said coldly: "Wake up your mind and save your life, you think it's amazing if you are the emperor?" If it weren't for the mourning family's birth and death for you all these years, enduring shame and humiliation, would you still be the emperor today? ”

"Do you think you are the emperor, and you are Lu Yifeng's opponent on the battlefield? The mourning family can tell you that even the battle-hardened Wu Sangui old thief does not dare to guarantee that he will be able to defeat Lu Yifeng's dog thief if he is real on the battlefield! His only chance of winning now is the old man of Pingxi Wangfu in Lu Yifeng's dog thief team, and those people don't dare to start a war with Wu Sangui's old thief! You go to a decisive battle with Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and the mourning family guarantees that you will lose so much that you can't even find a bone! ”

"Do you think that the Qing Dynasty can survive to this day by relying on your stupid all-round strategy? Don't talk in your dreams, you can survive until today, firstly, because Lu Yifeng's dog thief is fledgling, and secondly, he thinks that Wu Sangui's old thief suddenly fell ill, and you have taken shit luck! If you don't even want to give up this bit of luck, don't want to catch it, and insist on sending it to the door to slaughter Lu Yifeng's dog thief, then you are really dead, and the Qing Dynasty is really over! ”

After scolding Kang Mazi to the bloody head, the old witch of Xiaozhuang took out a letter from her sleeve, put it on Kang Mazi's pseudo-dragon case, glanced at Kang Mazi, and said coldly: "This letter is a letter from the old thief Wu Sangui to the mourning family, he has agreed to the bitter request of the mourning family, and decided to draw the Yangtze River, Hanshui and Tongguan with you as the boundary, temporary truce, and at the same time, in order to prove his sincerity in peace talks, he has ordered the withdrawal of the army attacking Tongguan." The mourning family can tell you that Wu Sangui's old thief is not playing tricks this time, he has also discovered the danger of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and is ready to solve the internal hidden dangers first, and then plot the world, so you can rest assured and boldly negotiate with him. ”

Speaking of this, the old witch of Xiaozhuang paused, calmed down the anger in her chest, and then said lightly: "So, Your Majesty, you have two choices now, one is to stop the war with the old thief Wu Sangui, let the old thief Wu Sangui and the dog thief Lu Yifeng save their strength, let the old thief Wu Sangui and Lu Yifeng the dog thief go to kill each other, and you will reap the profits." The second is that you insist on your own opinion and lead the army to fight in person - however, you have to step on the corpse of the mourning family to get out of this Yanjing City! ”

After that, Xiaozhuang no longer took care of Kang Mazi, and walked outside the Yangxin Palace, when Su Malagu and Li Yinzheng hurriedly rushed up to help, the old witch of Xiaozhuang suddenly turned to the mite Qing ministers in the hall and shouted: "You slaves, if you don't want your master to die tragically, and you don't want our Qing Dynasty to be buried, then persuade your master more!" Don't let him be confused, don't let him die in vain! ”

"Mourner, please......." Before she finished speaking, the old witch of Xiaozhuang, who had always been dignified and steady, cried silently in front of outsiders for the first time and shed tears.

(To be continued)