(PS: The previous chapter has made key changes, please read it again.) After a fierce ideological battle, and fully considering the situation of the local battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River and the national battlefield, after hesitating again and again, Yue Le finally made up his mind and decided to give Kang Mazi a letter of ten thousand words, persuading Kang Mazi to change the current counterinsurgency strategy, stop the meaningless and hopeless all-out attack, and turn to a comprehensive defense, and try to negotiate a truce with Wu Lao Han Annihilation, and Wu Lao Han Annihilation with Tongguan, Hanshui and the Yangtze River as the boundary, and the Qing army on the western front fully withdrew from Tongguan and east of Hanshui. The Qing army on the southern front completely withdrew north of the Yangtze River, exchanging land for time in exchange for a peaceful truce between the Qing army and the Wu army.

In order to let Mazi's nephew listen to his own suggestions, Yue Le took great pains to analyze the situation for Kang Mazi in the letter, explaining the reason for seeking peace with Wu Laohan, thinking that the current situation of the Qing court, whether it is manpower, material resources, troops, financial resources, weapons and equipment and the quality of soldiers, it is absolutely impossible to calm the world's thieves, and the only way is to let the south stick to North China, preserve strength, let these anti-thieves in the south kill each other, and the Qing court take the opportunity to recuperate and bandage the wounds. It is not too late to wait until the southern rebels have lost both, and then send troops to quell the rebellion.

In addition, Yue Le made it clear to Kang Mazi that after the Qing army retreated across the Yangtze River, Lu Fatzi, who held the essence of the world, must be the target of all anti-thieves, whether it was Wu Laohan, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin or Zheng Jing, it was impossible to sit idly by and watch Lu Fatzi entrenched in Jiangnan, where money and food were the most abundant, and at the same time, Lu Fatzi, the most ambitious and dangerous anti-thief, would never give Jiangnan away, and he would definitely fight with other anti-thieves upside down, and he would not be able to get along, and in the end, even if he was not beaten to death by other anti-thieves, It must also be a great injury to the vitality, providing an opportunity for the Qing Dynasty to exterminate this most dangerous thief!

"If it's great, you will lose your official position and resign, and you will be banned forever in the Zongren Mansion." When he finished writing the last stroke, Yue Le threw down the brush and sighed, and muttered to himself: "But it's definitely worth it, as long as the master can listen to a few words, there is still hope for us in the Qing Dynasty." ”

For the sake of prudence, Yue Le listened to Tuhai's suggestion again, copied a copy of this book of ten thousand words, and sent it to the capital with eight hundred miles of urgency, and handed the copy to his Sanfu Jin Soni's daughter Hesheri, and asked her to send it to the palace first to the old witch of Xiaozhuang, who had a great influence on Kang Mazi, and the original was sent to the palace a day later and handed over to Kang Mazi.

Through the fast horse transmission, Yue Le's original book of 10,000 words was sent to the capital on February 22, and it was also sent to the Forbidden City the next day. And when the thick stack of pieces was sent to Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi couldn't help but be stunned, and wondered: "Why is the military intelligence report so thick?" ”

"Back to the master, this is not a military intelligence report, it is a book of ten thousand words from Prince An." Zhang Wanqiang replied respectfully: "So the excerpt was not submitted by the Ministry of War, but by the General Political Envoy." ”

"Dog minion, I asked you to exterminate Lu Yifeng's dog thief, why are you writing these useless pieces?" Kang Mazi scolded his uncle's clan, and then picked up Yue Le's book of ten thousand words and watched it carefully, Mingzhu, Suo Etu, Zhang Ying and others over there also looked at each other, and they didn't understand what Yue Le was doing if he was fine, didn't Yue Le understand that Kang Mazi was anxious about the war in Jiangnan during this time, and what he had become anxious about?

"Rubbish! Idiot! Kang Mazi is still a bit literate, and his reading speed is extremely fast, and he finished reading Yue Le's book of ten thousand words in less than a moment, but it is precisely because of his extremely fast reading speed that Kang Mazi immediately launched a rush and threw Yue Le's book of ten thousand words into the palace of heart cultivation, and roared with a blue face: "Waste! Rubbish! It's also a waste one! I sent you to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, and you actually persuaded me to give up the south of the Yangtze River and draw the river as a boundary with the thieves! Rubbish! Idiot! Incompetent rats! ”

"Abandon the south of the Yangtze River?" Suo Etu, Mingzhu and the others were all startled, but without Kang Mazi's permission, they didn't dare to pick up Yue Le's book of ten thousand words to watch the contents, so they just quickly knelt down together, put their foreheads on the ground, and waited for the following.

"Write it now!" Sure enough, Kang Mazi yelled again, "Remove Yue Le from the post of General Dingyuan Pingkou, abolish the prince, demote him to a commoner, and send him back to the capital to Jiaozongren's Mansion to be imprisoned forever!" The position of the commander of the Southern Expedition Army is temporarily held by Baylor Shangshan! What are you doing? Rise up and prepare your purpose! ”

"What did Prince An write in the memoir? Why is the master so angry? Suo Etu and Mingzhu and the others were even more nervous, and after a few glances and pushed each other for a while, Suo Etu, the first minister, kowtowed and said: "The master should first calm his anger, and it is a taboo for soldiers to change the commander in battle, and besides, Prince An went out in March, although he did not make an inch, he did not make any mistakes, and he hastily replaced ......." ”

"Rash replacement?!" Kang Mazi roared, pointed to Yue Le's Wanyanshu who was thrown to the ground, and roared hysterically: "Look at it, look at it all!" I handed over the last belongings of the Qing Dynasty to him, and begged my grandfather to borrow 18 million taels of silver from my grandmother, so that he could recapture Jiangnan for me, open up the luck for me, and see how he repaid me! ”

With Kang Mazi opening his mouth, Suo Etu, Mingzhu, Jue Luole Dehun and Zhang Ying and other scholars hurriedly crawled to the front of Kang Mazi's pseudo-dragon case, unfolded Yue Le's book of 10,000 words and looked at it carefully, only a few glances, Suo Etu, Mingzhu and the others' little faces began to turn white, and they cried bitterly in their hearts: "Lord An, you are a pockmark, not a pockmarker-you are a pit man!" Don't you know what the master wants to have a strong temper, and will agree to your suggestion and ask for peace with Wu Sangui's old thief in humiliation? Do you also want the master to call Wu Sangui's old thief a minister and a nephew and grandson, don't you want the life of our master, who regards himself as the first in the world? ”

"See? See? Kang Mazi jumped and yelled like a wronged child: "In the past three months, this dog slave has spent more than one million taels of silver in military salaries and eaten three or four hundred thousand stones of military rations. I also came to persuade me to pay tribute to Wu Sangui's old thief, and give away the entire south of the Yangtze River and the west of Tongguan! Send out the land and city that our ancestors and ancestors of the Qing Dynasty have earned by blood and sweat! What the hell was blind in the first place, why did I choose such a dog slave who eats inside and crawls outside as handsome?! ”

Mingzhu and Suo Etu and the others didn't dare to say anything, in order to stop Kang Mazi from driving the expedition, but they jointly recommended Yue Le, the only one who had not suffered a big loss in front of Lu Fatzi, to be handsome, and now once Kang Mazi is investigated, everyone present will not be able to run away. But fortunately, Kang Mazi didn't pursue the mistake of their recommendation, but just roared wildly with a blue face: "Okay! This dog slave didn't dare to fight with Lu Yifeng's dog thief! I don't need him anymore, so I will personally lead the forward battalion, the good battalion and the guard battalion to the south, personally lead my 120,000 army, and fight to the death with Lu Yifeng's dog thieves! ”

"Master, don't do it!" Suo Etu, Mingzhu and the others scattered again, and hurriedly kowtowed together to dissuade them.

"Shut up!" The inkstone made of pure gold smashed in front of Suo Etu and the others, splashing Kang Mazi's lackeys all covered with ink, and then, Kang Mazi's hysterical roar once again echoed in the Heart Cultivation Palace, "Now what else can I do except for the royal driving and personal expedition?" Jiangnan is lost, Xi'an is also lost, if I don't get Jiangnan back quickly, wait until Wu Sangui's old thief breaks through Tongguan, my world will be completely over! The country left to me by my ancestors is also completely finished! I will no longer drive the expedition in person, and personally go to fight with the thieves to break the net, what face will I have in the future to meet the ancestors and ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, and to see my Amma-?! ”

Suo Etu and Mingzhu and others didn't dare to say anything, they all knew that Kang Mazi would be crazy, in fact, the pressure he had endured these days had exploded, in the past three months, in order to let Yue Le's 120,000 army pacify Jiangnan as soon as possible and open up Caoyun, it was completely strangled to give money and grain, and the price of grain in the area of Zhili, which was not green, had risen to fifteen taels of silver and one stone, and the people were almost every household without food, and hundreds of people relied on grass roots and bark to satisfy their hunger, and the people's grievances were boiling and were about to break out. Five days ago, Shaanxi and Gansu came to Xi'an by Wu Laohan to break the news, Kang Mazi was already so angry that he almost vomited blood, this will not be an inch of success, Yue Le came to persuade Kang Mazi to Wu Laohan to make peace, ceding all the land south of the Yangtze River and west of Tongguan, Kang Mazi is not crazy anymore, it is really strange.

"The Empress Dowager's ancestor has arrived!" At the critical moment, the sound of the eunuch's singing suddenly came from the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, which stopped Kang Mazi's further madness. Immediately afterwards, the old witch of Xiaozhuang, who had not interfered in political affairs for a long time, stepped into the long-lost Heart Cultivation Hall with the support of Su Malagu and Li Yinzhen. Mingzhu, Suo Etu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly saluted the old witch of Xiaozhuang together, and at the same time secretly wondered - why did the old witch of Xiaozhuang arrive so quickly this time?

"Grandmother......." At this time, seeing the arrival of the old witch of Xiaozhuang, Kang Mazi's countless pressures and grievances in his heart were transformed into sadness, and the tears that had been lost for a long time burst out of his eyes, and he ran to Xiaozhuang in three steps and two steps, pushed away Li Yinzheng and hugged Xiaozhuang, and opened his mouth again, he couldn't cry anymore, "Grandmother, Yue Le, that dog minion, he ......, he ......, he actually ...... Unexpectedly....... ”

"Your Majesty, Prince An is your cousin, you can't scold indiscriminately." Xiaozhuang lovingly touched Kang Mazi's pitted and pockmarked face, and said softly: "Grandson, don't worry, the mourning family already knows everything, don't worry, don't worry." Whether it is Wu Sangui's old thief or Lu Yifeng's dog thief, there is no life of the Son of Heaven, you are the true Son of Heaven, and no one can snatch your dragon chair. ”

"Grandmother......." Kang Mazi seemed to have returned to his childhood, and cried loudly when he threw himself into the warm arms of Xiaozhuang, as if he had just ascended the throne more than ten years ago, but the only difference was that Kang Mazi is now an adult Mazi in his twenties, and Xiaozhuang has changed from a middle-aged woman with half a to a gray-haired old lady - although Xiaozhuang has rarely interfered in Kang Mazi's political affairs, it does not mean that she does not care about the development of the situation in the world.

"The Empress Dowager's ancestor already knows everything?" Suo Etu and Mingzhu, these outsiders, are all the same, and they say that the Empress Dowager's news is so well-informed? Prince An's 10,000-person book has just been sent to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and she already knows the whole content?

"Alright, alright, don't cry, your courtiers are here, don't let them see the joke." Xiaozhuang smiled lovingly and pulled back the dragon chair for him to sit down, and sat next to Kang Mazi, and then shouted to the Kang Mazi lackeys below: "Today's matter, leak a word out, be careful of your heads!" ”

"Pierce." Suo Etu, Mingzhu and Zhang Ying and others agreed in fear. Kang Mazi also remembered that the slave lackeys were here, and quickly wiped away his tears and sat up straight, trying to put on a majestic face.

"Take what." Xiaozhuang beckoned again, Li Yinhui hurriedly trotted over to pick up Yue Le's book of ten thousand words, and forwarded it to Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang did not open it after taking it, just patted the cover lightly, and said gently: "Your Majesty, although Prince An's article Chen is biased and his attitude is too pessimistic, but the mourning family thinks that it is not completely unreasonable, even if the emperor does not use it, he can also learn from the counterinsurgency strategy - for example, our Qing court has no strength to quell this rebellion alone, Why don't we think about borrowing the power of other people, or letting these bandits kill each other? ”

"But he wants his grandson to go to Wu Sangui to be a vassal to the old thief Wu Sangui, cede land to the old thief Wu Sangui, and be the nephew and grandson of the old thief Wu Sangui!" Kang Mazi shouted angrily.

"Prince Ke'an said in the Book of Ten Thousand Words that our Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, Nuer Hachi, also went to the capital of the former Ming Dynasty to kowtow to Emperor Wanli." Xiaozhuang said calmly: "Also, Jianning is your aunt and Wu Sangui's daughter-in-law, you are actually two generations shorter than Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui's old thief is called the emperor, you are also the emperor, and your status is equivalent, what is the defense of calling him grandpa?" ”

"I am the only Emperor Kangxi in the world, and there are no other emperors!" Kang Mazi shouted arrogantly, "Wu Sangui's old thief is the emperor? He also deserves it? ”

"But grandson, do you still have the strength to prevent him from becoming emperor now?" Xiaozhuang asked Kang Mazi speechless, and Xiaozhuang reminded: "Xi'an General Varka has been forced to abandon Xi'an and flee back to Tongguan, Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong, whom you rely on, were beaten by Wu Sangui's old thief's firearms and only dared to defend the pass, not dare to fight, Shaanxi and Gansu have only left Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong's two remnants of the defeated army in Gansu, and they were completely wiped out by Wu Sangui and Wang Fuchen, two dog thieves, it is only a matter of time, what else do you do to prevent Wu Sangui old thief from becoming emperor?" ”

Kang Mazi was completely speechless, but after thinking about it, Kang Mazi also found that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Grandmother, wait, you haven't read Yue Le's book of ten thousand words, how can you know the contents?" ”

"This little thing is just trivial, don't ask too much, Your Majesty." Of course, Xiaozhuang would not betray Yue Le, but just twisted his face away and refused to answer.

"I see." Kang Mazi came to his senses and said angrily: "It must be Yue Le!" It must have been that he understood that I would not agree to his traitorous pursuit of glory, so he sent two copies of the Ten Thousand Words Letter, one to me and one to you, grandmother! Because he knew that only if my grandmother opened her mouth could I agree to his dog pimp Chen and conclude his traitorous treaty! ”

Xiaozhuang was silent, and only reluctantly said for a while: "Grandson, your cousin is also for your good, but also for the sake of the eternal foundation of the Qing Dynasty, whether you approve his article or not, you can't blame him." ”

"Of course I don't approve it!" Kang Mazi roared again, "The land in the south of the Yangtze River was earned by the emperor's grandfather, Huang Ama, and their lives, and I will never give up an inch or an inch!" He Yue Le didn't dare to fight with Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, I went to fight, and I led the forward battalion, the Shanpu battalion and the guard battalion to conquer Jiangnan in person, commanded my army, and cut Lu Yifeng's dog thieves with a thousand knives! Thousands of corpses! ”

"Grandson, why do you want to drive the expedition at every turn?" Xiaozhuang smiled bitterly and persuaded: "Grandson, although you are familiar with military books and are well versed in strategy, you have no experience, Lu Yifeng is a dog thief, he has been rolling and crawling on the battlefield for five years, more than 100 battles, and he has never suffered a defeat, and countless meritorious generals and famous generals of our Qing Dynasty have never taken advantage of him once, let alone you?" ”

"Who said that?" Kang Mazi's face turned red, jumped up and shouted: "I am the lord of the world, wise and martial, Yue Li Shenghong, actuarial arithmetic, calligraphy and painting, astronomy, foreign languages, cultivation of politics, dredging river transportation, literary and martial arts to catch up with Tang Zong and Song Zu, opening up territory far beyond the Qin Emperor and Han Wu!" Can you still be as good as that fallen showman?! ”

"And!" Kang Mazi waved his arms again and shouted, "Even the nursery rhymes that circulate in the Gyeonggi area are sung like this!" Jiangnan Lu, Demon Longxing, thousands of troops and thousands of horses are out of the army! True Son of Heaven, wield the heavenly soldiers, subdue demons and subdue monsters and slay demon dragons, and regain Jiangnan Xingdaqing! It means that as long as I personally go out, I will definitely be able to cut that Luodi Xiucai with a thousand knives and retake my Qing Jiangnan! Rejuvenate the Qing Dynasty! ”

"Jiangnan Lu, Demon Dragon Xing, thousands of troops and horses are out of the army! True Son of Heaven, wielding heavenly soldiers, subduing demons and subduing monsters and slaying demon dragons, regaining Jiangnan and Xing Daqing? Hyozhuang was taken aback, and hurriedly turned to Suo Etu and the others below and asked, "In the Gyeonggi area, is such a nursery rhyme really spreading?" ”

"Back to the ancestors, it is true." Suo Etu kowtowed and replied: "This nursery rhyme was first played by the imperial history of Gyeonggi Province, and later the local officials of Shuntianfu and Daxing and Wanping also played it one after another, saying that such a nursery rhyme was circulated under their rule. ”

"And this nursery rhyme has also begun to circulate in the capital." Mingzhu added: "A few days ago, when the emperor led the servants on a private visit, I heard such a nursery rhyme. ”

"Grandmother, did you hear that?" Kang Mazi said triumphantly: "Nursery rhymes represent the mandate of heaven, at this moment when the life and death of my Qing Dynasty is at stake, such a nursery rhyme appears, it is a clear instruction made by God to me, only I can recapture Jiangnan and rejuvenate my Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Instructions from above?" Xiaozhuang was full of suspicions, and then turned to Suo Etu and the others and asked, "Have you investigated, who spread this nursery rhyme?" ”

"This ......." Suo Etu's face was embarrassed, but Mingzhu kowtowed and replied: "Back to the ancestor of the Empress Dowager, the slave arranged for local officials to investigate, but the source has not been found yet." ”

"Could it be that Lu Yifeng's dog thief spread it?" Xiaozhuang shivered, but after thinking about it, Xiaozhuang couldn't help but smile dumbly, and said in his heart: "The mourning family is really getting older and more suspicious. What is the use of Lu Yifeng's dog thief spreading such nursery rhymes? really deceived the emperor to Jiangnan, my Qing Heavenly Master's morale was greatly boosted, and the soldiers used their lives, isn't it more difficult for him to fight? ”

After smiling dumbly, Xiaozhuang nodded at Mingzhu again, and said softly: "Ming Zhongtang is really a careful person, and when he has the news, he immediately reported it to the emperor, and he also casually told the mourning family, and the mourning family wanted to know who made up such rumors." ”

Mingzhu kowtowed and agreed, and Kang Mazi couldn't wait to Chong Xiaozhuang and said, "Grandmother, how is it?" Now you should believe that I will win the expedition, right? I went to the royal expedition, and with my grandmother staying in the capital, I can rest assured. ”

Of course, Xiaozhuang could not agree to let Ma Sun go to death, but he couldn't resolutely refuse, which aroused Kang Mazi's rebellious psychology, but contributed to Kang Mazi's personal campaign. After hesitating for a moment, Xiaozhuang changed his tone, and tentatively asked Chongkang Mazi, "Grandson, can't you give Prince An another chance?" If it is confirmed that he is really not good, how about the emperor reconsider the candidate for the coach of the Southern Expedition? ”

"I've given him countless opportunities!" Kang Mazi waved his hand and said angrily: "In order to keep his 120,000 army well fed and clothed on the front line, the Qing Dynasty court is wearing a belt from top to bottom, how else can I give him a chance?" How did he repay me? ”

"Give him another month." Xiaozhuang suggested: "Please give Prince An another month, within a month, if Prince An does not make a breakthrough and continues to live up to the emperor's expectations, then the emperor will not stop him no matter what you do with him." ”

Kang Mazi gritted his teeth and calculated, and after a long time, Kang Mazi stomped his feet, gritted his scorched yellow teeth and shouted: "Okay, I'll give him another month!" Today is February 23rd, I can make an order, before March 23rd, if Yue Le still can't make a breakthrough, I won't send someone to arrest him and return to Beijing, I will personally lead my troops south to deal with him on the battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River! ”

"So be it." Xiaozhuang stood up and said lightly: "Your Majesty, the mourning family will not disturb you to take care of political affairs, go first, remember to drink deer blood for a while, and listen to the imperial doctor, you have been sweating a lot lately, and the dragon body is too weak." ”

"Grandmother, please walk slowly." Kang Mazi hurriedly got up and saluted, and Suo Etu, Mingzhu and others over there also hurriedly kowtowed, and sang in unison: "Congratulations to the ancestor of the Empress Dowager." ”

Seeing the old figure of the old witch of Xiaozhuang disappear completely, Kang Mazi turned to the lackeys in the hall again, and shouted: "Zhang Ying, you can draft an edict to Yue Le, reprimand him for betraying the country, and then tell him that I will only give him one month, and before March 23, if I can't get a satisfactory record, I will bear the consequences!" ”

Zhang Yinggang kowtowed and agreed, and Kang Mazi immediately shouted at Gao Shiqi: "Gao Shiqi, you can draft an order to Tong Guogang, let him select 3,000 elite soldiers for Zhou Peigong, and let Zhou Peigong lead this army back to the capital to serve his duties!" ”

"Suo Etu!" Kang Mazi didn't even breathe and issued the third holy decree, and shouted: "You go and negotiate with the envoy of the Rakshasa country, Goreini, and tell him that I can promise to give Nebuchu and the territory east of Nebuchu to the Rakshasa country, but the Rakshasa soldiers he promised to lend to me must be doubled!" Also, I must be given another 3,000 Rakshasa muskets and matching ammunition! ”

"Mingzhu, you immediately send an envoy to contact the Red Hai Kingdom King (Dutch Navy Commander Potter), and ask him to negotiate with our Qing army, so that he can send troops to help me quell the Jiangnan rebellion, and sell me the new Hongyi cannon! After the deed is done, I will give Taiwan back to their Hongmao Country! ”

…………………… At the same time, outside the Heart Nourishing Palace, the old witch of Xiaozhuang also whispered to Aunt Su Mala: "Arrange manpower immediately, and when I finish writing the letter, I will immediately set off overnight, rush to Xi'an day and night, and hand over my letter to Wu Sangui." ”

"Old Ancestor, do you plan to come forward to negotiate with Wu Sangui in person?" Su Malagu asked worriedly, "Will he agree?" He's strong and strong now, I'm afraid he won't agree, right? ”

"His body, will make him agree." The old witch of Xiaozhuang snorted coldly, turned to the south again, and said with a flickering eye: "Besides, he should also be on guard against his grandson-in-law, the mourning family gave up the south of the Yangtze River and made way for him to eliminate internal hidden dangers, and he couldn't agree if he wanted to." ”

(To be continued)