The envoy sent by Kang Mazi to summon Yue Le's son-in-law Burni was just five days out of Beijing, and the envoy team jointly sent to the capital by Yue Le and the monk Lao Han finally arrived in Yanjing City, but when this team was handing over the documents and requesting to enter the city in front of the nine inner cities. A piece of music with an extraordinary origin was sent to the capital at the same time through a long-forgotten transmission channel, and was directly delivered to Kang Mazi before the paperwork of this team.

The reason why this piece can be sent to Kang Mazi in front of others is not because of how high the official position of this official is, in the archived records of the Ministry of Mites, the grade of this official is only from the fourth grade - in the joke of the banner man, the king in the Yongding River is also a lot more than such a sesame mung bean official.

The reason why this piece of music can be sent to Kang Mazi in front of others is because the name of this official is Lu Yifeng, and the characters are good, and he is also known as Lu Fatzi. At the same time, his recital was also directly sent to Kang Mazi through the channel of the current Mites Qing Imperial Court's first assistant Suo Etu - friends, please tell me, can such a shocking official and such an outstanding concert channel not have an advantage in transmission speed?

To change the other from the poor mountains and bad water from the Sipin prefect, through the head of the court to Suo Etu's hand to report to Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi is determined to scold Suo Etu - he is a supreme chief of the Qing Dynasty, he is in charge of all opportunities, and he has nothing to do and is full of food before he personally watches the twists and turns of a prefect. But when he learned that this twist and turn came from Lu Fatzi's hand, Kang Mazi not only did not scold Suo Etu, but was stunned all of a sudden, and blurted out: "How is it possible for Lu Yifeng's dog thief's twist?" ”

"Back to the master, when I first received the excerpt, the slave couldn't believe it." Suo Etu replied with deep sympathy: "Actually, not only the slave, but also the slave's disciple couldn't believe it, and finally came to threaten the envoy that if the disciple didn't pass the fold to the slave for him, he would go to Wang Xu, the secretary of the military department, and ask Wang Xu to play the master, and the slave's disciple reported the matter to the slave." ”

"Bring it up!" Kang Mazi hurriedly shouted in surprise and joy, but when Zhang Wanqiang presented the fold to Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi, who found that he was too out of shape, became arrogant again, and hummed with his sleeves: "Shameless dog minion thing, I don't want to get my hands dirty, just say it, what kind of fart did this dog slave put on the fold!" ”

"Back to the master, this is Lu Yifeng's dog thief's impeachment of Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, and Yue Le, the king of Anjun." Suo Etu, who had seen the twists and turns, replied respectfully: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief reported that Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, and Yue Le, the king of Anjun, pretended that the princess of Pingnan was seriously ill and attempted to kidnap his wife Shang Wanzhen and his young son Lu Bangjing. ”

"Shang Kexi and Yue Le have succeeded?" Kang Mazi asked in surprise.

"Judging from Lu Yifeng's dog thief's recital, it should be a success." Suo Etu replied respectfully: "However, Guangdong is far away, and because of Geng Jingzhong's dog thieves, the roads in Fujian are impassable, even if Prince An and Old Prince Shang report this matter quickly, I am afraid it will take a few days to arrive." ”

"It's good to get it, it's good to get it." Kang Mazima, whose face had been ugly for a long time, finally showed some joy on his face, grabbed the fold and looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "If Old Prince Shang and Yue Le can take this opportunity to get Lu Yifeng's dog thief from Wu Sangui's old thief, then it will be equivalent to cutting off one of Wu Sangui's old thief's arms." ”

"The minions think so too." Suo Etu hurriedly echoed: "If the old prince can take this opportunity to get Lu Yifeng's dog thief to Guangdong, then maybe the master will not need to draw troops from the Huguang battlefield, and relying on Guangdong's army alone is enough to pacify Geng Jingzhong's dog thief and Taiwan's Zheng Rebellion." ”

"Not bad!" Kang Mazi nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "If Lu Yifeng's dog thief can really be used by Shang Aiqing, then with Guangdong's abundant manpower, material and financial resources, which are far superior to Yungui, Shang Aiqing will be able to create a batch of new firearms that are enough to quell Geng Jingzhong's rebellion in half a year at most." Give him another two years, and the new firearms he will create will be enough to sweep through Guangxi and restore Yunnan, Guizhou and ....... ”

"Huh?" Speaking of this, Kang Mazi suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, and suddenly froze.

"Master, what's wrong?" Suo Etu was also stunned, and then he quickly came to his senses and exclaimed: "Master, you can't let Lu Yifeng's dog thieves build new firearms in Guangdong!" Otherwise, in a few years, Shang Kexi will be the second Wu Sangui! Even if the old prince Shang is loyal to his master, Shang Zhixin will become the second Wu Sangui old thief! ”

Kang Mazi and Suo Etu's worries are of course not unreasonable, no one knows Lu Fatzi's cattle fork better than them, before Lu Fatzi, Wu Laohan's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are simply poor and scum, even the military salaries and grain and grass have to rely on Kang Mazi's snort, firearms are even more ridiculously rotten, the main battle artillery can only use the Hongwu bronze cannon left hundreds of years ago, and there is almost no power to fight back in front of the Hongyi cannon of the Qing Dynasty.

However, after Wu Laohan got Lu Fatzi, in just two years, Yungui's finance was suddenly reborn, not only to be self-sufficient, but also to free up the surplus money and food that made Kang Mazi blushing to build new firearms, thus laying the foundation for the invincible weapons that swept the world. Now, Guangdong, which is far above Yunnan and Guizhou in terms of economy, population and geographical environment, if it also gets such a living baby as Lu Fatzi, a fat rooster who is good at laying golden eggs, then I am afraid that in less than three years, Kang Mazi will not be worried about the threat of Wu Lao Han Annihilation, but about the more powerful threat of Shang Lao Han Annihilation!

"The threat of Shang Kexi's letter is still a small ......." Kang Mazi ghost sent out an inexplicable sentence, and really ordered: "Suo Etu, immediately send an edict to Guangdong, Shang Kexi and Yue Le If they have succeeded in trapping Lu Yifeng, they must not be interrogated, abused or injured, and must be escorted to the capital immediately!" Remember to emphasize, I want to live! Also, if the trapping of Lu Yifeng has not been successful, then Lu Yifeng's wife and son will be escorted to the capital, and they will also live! ”

"Pierce." Suo Etu hurriedly agreed, and asked tentatively: "Master, what about Lu Yifeng's recital?" ”

"The next will, together with this recital, will be sent to Wuchang and handed over to Wu Sangui, the old thief." Kang Mazi was also very bad, and ordered with a sneer: "Lu Yifeng is an official selected by the Pingxi Palace, let Wu Sangui old thief deal with it at his discretion." By the way, let Wu Sangui know that Lu Yifeng's dog thief's wife and only son are already in my hands, see if he dares to continue to reuse Lu Yifeng's dog thief! ”

"Zha, the master is clever, and the slave understands." Suo Etu smiled and patted a sycophant, and hurriedly took the order to arrange.

After thinking about it for a long time in the Heart Cultivation Palace, when his heart was still up and down, Yue Le and the old man finally sent the joint recital to Kang Mazi, and Geng Juzhong, who was a witness, was also taken to the prison and imprisoned, waiting for Kang Mazi's interrogation at any time. And after reading this joint concerto, Kang Mazi was both surprised and happy and a little puzzled, of course, he was surprised to see the dawn of appeasing Geng Jingzhong's rebellion, and he also saw a glimmer of hope to get rid of the two-front wheel war, and what he was puzzled about was the recital before Wu Laohan's annihilation - now Yue Le and Shang Kexi jointly suggested appeasing Geng Jingzhong, which has completely proved that Wu Laohan's accusation against Yue Le for colluding with Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, and Bulni in an attempt to usurp the throne is completely slandering and disagreeing.

However, with Wu Laohan's annihilation, how can he use such a fake chapter that can be pierced with a poke to slander the discord? Wu Laohan is full and has nothing to do, and wants to find a laughing stock for himself and make the world laugh? Does that make sense?

Puzzled, Kang Mazi once again thought of his resourceful grandmother, and after hesitating again and again, Kang Mazi finally took Wu Lao Han J and Yue Le, Shang Lao Han Jan two pieces, came to Cining Palace, and asked Xiaozhuang for advice. And Xiaozhuang didn't care about his grandson before he remembered to ask for help from himself, but took the two pieces and repeatedly calculated and analyzed, and after a long time, Xiaozhuang gave two answers.

"Grandson, there are two possibilities for this matter, one is that Wu Sangui is lying, trying to drive a wedge between you and Uncle Yue Le's nephews and ministers, and make you make the decision to destroy the Great Wall, this may be the most famous. And the second possibility is that the old thief Wu Sangui did not lie, he was in order to secede the five provinces and one government for a long time, show favor to you, and plan to ease the hostile relationship between you and him, so he truthfully reported Yue Le's usurpation conspiracy, but Yue Le's plan was unexpected, so he made a temporary adjustment, and pulled Shang Kexi to suggest that you take pacification measures against Geng Jingzhong, temporarily preserve Geng Jingzhong's strength, and wait for the opportunity to raise troops again. ”

"Of course, the second one is very unlikely to exist." Xiaozhuang was also afraid that he had misled his grandson, and emphatically added: "With Yue Le's surname and personality, it is really hard for grandmother to imagine that he would have such a rebellious mind." The reason why my grandmother told you the second point is just to let you know that there is such a possibility, although the surname may be very small, but you have to guard against it. ”

Kang Mazi stopped talking, and was just nervously calculating which of the two possibilities was greater, but because of someone's clever hints and deliberate misleading, Kang Mazi not only became more suspicious the more he calculated, but also became more dizzy and dizzy the more he calculated-it was too complicated, Wu Laohan's intention to sow discord was obvious, but why was it so obvious? Yue Le's possible surname to peep at his throne is very small, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who can guarantee that Yue Le really doesn't have this mind? Since ancient times, there have been few examples of uncles usurping the throne of nephews and brothers usurping the throne of younger brothers?

"Grandson, you don't have to analyze." Xiaozhuang saw his grandson's complicated thoughts, and said: "This matter is too complicated, and you don't know the details of the scene, just relying on such analysis and imagination will only make you more and more confused, the only way is to send reliable cronies to investigate, understand the real situation and then make a decision." ”

"Then what should Geng Jingzhong's dog thief do about the rebellion, how should the grandson deal with it?" Kang Mazi hesitated and asked, "Is Sun Er taking appeasement measures against him, or is he resolutely suppressed?" ”

"The mourning family agrees with the resolute suppression, and quickly cut through the mess to end the matter." Xiaozhuang said solemnly: "Because the mourning family thinks that even if you take pacification measures to temporarily stabilize Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, then grandson, you must agree to Geng Jingzhong's series of harsh requirements, so that Fujian is equivalent to reading power, and when the time comes for Wu Sangui's old thief and my Qing court to fight again, no one can guarantee whether Geng Jingzhong's dog thief will fight again." ”

"But what if you resolutely suppress it, grandson?" Xiaozhuang analyzed for Kang Mazi: "Geng Jingzhong's military strength is far less powerful than that of Wu Sangui's old thief, even if there is the direct support of Taiwan's Zheng Yi, it is far from being the opponent of my Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry. ”

"Grandmother is smart, grandson understands." Kang Mazi suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Grandmother still understands that since Geng Jingzhong's dog thief harbors his disobedience, then giving an order to appease him now will only make him think that I am afraid of him, so he has to kick his nose and face inch by inch, and put forward a series of unreasonable demands on me, and there is no guarantee that he will rebel again in the future." It's better to fight back strongly, resolutely fight his arrogance, and wait for him to suffer, and then appease him or cut the grass to the roots, it will be much easier. ”

"Grandson, it's easy to say, but it's hard to do." Seeing that Kang Mazi adopted his own proposal, Xiaozhuang not only did not look a little happy, but sighed and said helplessly: "Grandson, although grandmother has interfered in the government during this time, but your current situation, grandmother still has some understanding. If you are ready to adopt your grandmother's proposition, you will gamble with the safety of our society in the Qing Dynasty, have you made up your mind? Draw the main force from the Huguang battlefield to the south to quell the rebellion? ”

Kang Mazi stopped talking again, and he understood that it was easier said than done, but it was really difficult to do -- it was easy to transfer the main force from Huguang to the south to quell the rebellion, but if the Wu army took the opportunity to break through the defense line of the Yangtze River, then it would be extremely difficult to drive the Wu army back to the south bank of the Yangtze River. After bowing his head and embarrassed for a long time, Kang Mazi finally felt a rare guilt and said: "I only hate that my grandson was confused at the time, I didn't listen to my grandmother's good words, and I was misled by Xiong Cixu's dog minion, and I angered Wu Sangui's old thief again, so that now I can't be sure if I want to stabilize Wu Sangui and get rid of Geng Jingzhong first." ”

"What else do you mention about him in the past?" Xiaozhuang smiled and shook his head, and suddenly asked: "Grandson, I heard that Wu Sangui went to the table some time ago and planned to move the palace to Hengzhou?" ”

"It is true." Kang Mazi nodded and added: "His piece was sent to the capital more than a month ago, but this old dog is also a symbol of the surname to go through the motions, grandson received a secret report, without waiting for my approval, his new palace has already broken ground in Hengzhou." ”

"That's a good thing, grandson, why don't you approve it right away?" Xiaozhuang smiled and said: "If the mourning family is you, the mourning family will not only approve it immediately, but also send a messenger south to give Wu Sangui a reward, he must be very short of money and food to build a new palace now." ”

"He's still short of money and food?" Kang Mazi's nose was almost crooked, but he soon came to his senses again, and hurriedly saluted and said: "Grandson understands, thank you grandmother for your guidance, Grandson will immediately send Qin to the south to give Wu Sangui a reward." ”

"Don't play tricks this time." Xiaozhuang warned uneasily: "As long as you find out the truth of Wu Sangui, don't fight any more ideas to buy and entrap, Wu Sangui has suffered a loss, and he will definitely be wary of your Qincha." If you still dream of getting some new firearms from Wu Sangui, it will only be further self-defeating. ”

"Sun Er understands that Sun Er must tell the envoy that he must get along with Wu Sangui's old thief, find out the truth of his military situation, and test whether he has any plans to take the opportunity to go north." Kang Mazi, who was at a loss, smiled and added casually: "As for the new firearms, my grandson also forgot to report to my grandmother, Shang Kexi's plan to trap Lu Yifeng's wife and children may have succeeded." ”

"And this? How can you say that it is possible? Xiaozhuang asked in surprise.

"Because Shang Kexi is far away from the capital, he hasn't received accurate news yet." Kang Mazi hurriedly told Lu Fatzi about impeaching Shang Kexi and Yue Le, and said with a smile: "This matter was done by Shang Kexi, and Sun Er did not take action in person, and Sun Er has already sent Lu Yifeng's twist and turn to Wuchang with his will, even if Wu Sangui is angry, he will only sprinkle it on Shang Kexi's head." ”

This time it was Xiaozhuang's turn not to speak, Xiaozhuang was not dissatisfied with Kang Mazi using such a small trick again, but suddenly thought of a possibility - if Yue Le and Shang Kexi had already obtained new firearms and new gunpowder from Lu Fatzi, then wouldn't their temporary adjustment of the rebellion plan be a smooth one? First pretend to be a good person to protect Geng Jingzhong, and then gain time to gather the strength of Fujian and Guangdong to create a batch of new firearms, then the certainty of rebellion and usurpation is greater?

"Impossible, impossible." Thinking of this, Xiaozhuang hurriedly shook his head and drove this thought away from his heart, "This must be a series of plans by Wu Sangui's old thief, the wicked first sued Yue Le, and then induced the mourning family and the emperor to make a wrong judgment, mistakenly thinking that Yue Le, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi were ready to join forces to rebel, so as to induce the mourning family and the emperor to destroy the Great Wall to get rid of Yue Le, and at the same time distract the mourning family and the emperor, creating an unexpected opportunity for his rebellion plan." ――What a clever psychological tactic, when did Wu Sangui's old thief become so cunning? ”

"Grandmother, what's wrong with you?" Kang Mazi saw that the old witch of Xiaozhuang had a wrong face, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Grandmother, do you think that your grandson has done something wrong in this matter and is not above board?" ”

"Nope." Xiaozhuang shook his head and said calmly: "Grandmother just remembered some other things, grandson, on the Burni side of Chahar, you have to keep a snack, and on the other side of Guangdong, you should also keep an eye on it, don't let the new firearms spread at will, which will allow the Han barbarians to cancel out the power of our archery and horse riding of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Burnie's refreshments?" Kang Mazi was not stupid, he woke up immediately, and asked in surprise: "Grandmother, do you also suspect that Wu Sangui's old thief may be telling the truth?" ”

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." Xiaozhuang replied very vaguely, "Be careful, you can prevent it." ”

"Grandson understood." Kang Mazi nodded solemnly, and wondered in his heart: "Could it be that grandmother is also suspicious of Yue Le, but she didn't say it for fear of misleading me?" If the scheming grandmother also doubts Yue Le, then this Yue Le must not be kept. ”

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In the next few days, in addition to sending his father-in-law Luo Bula to congratulate Wu Lao Han on the relocation of the palace of Wu Lao Han's annihilation, Kang Mazi did not rush to issue an order to transfer troops from Huguang to Fujian to quell the rebellion, nor did he decide to adopt a policy of appeasement against Geng Jingzhong, but waited anxiously for news from the south, wanting to see the situation again before making a decision - after all, it takes preparation time for Geng Jingzhong's rebellion and Huguang's Qing army to go south to quell the rebellion, and Kang Mazi still has a little time to wait and see.

Contrary to Kang Mazi's efforts to be calm and patient, the civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty were divided into two factions, one faction was the main battle and the other faction was arguing every day. The main battle faction headed by Mingzhu resolutely advocated taking a gamble, and dispatched elite troops from Huguang to the south, quickly quelled the rebellion in Fujian, and cut off Wu Laohan's wings; The old Cheng officials headed by Suo Etu advocated appeasing Geng Jingzhong, temporarily stabilizing him to gain time, and waiting for the new army to be formed before it was too late to calmly clean up, otherwise, after the Huguang army was transferred, once the most threatening Wu Sangui army took the opportunity to successfully cross the river and gain a firm foothold on the north bank of the Yangtze River, then the Qing court would really be a big deal.

The main battle faction and the main peace faction each have their own reasons, and they do not give in to each other, and they turn Kang Mazi's Jinluan Hall and South Study into a vegetable market every day, and Kang Mazi, who is hesitant, looks on coldly and waits patiently. On the 15th day of May in Kang Mazi, an important news finally came from Fujian -- Geng Jingzhong's army arrested Fan Chengmo, the governor of Fujian, but did not rush to kill him, but only put Fan Chengmo's entire family of more than 300 people into prison. Obviously, Geng Jingzhong has made up his mind, determined to take advantage of the opportunity of the mite Qing court's imperfect reaction to eat the rich land of Zhejiang in one go.

Tangbao sent the report into the south study, and Kang Mazi's south study naturally became a vegetable market again, Suo Etu thought that since Geng Jingzhong refused to kill Fan Chengmo, he planned to be a man and leave a line of peace, leaving a chance to negotiate peace with the Qing court, so as not to completely tear his face, so he should send an envoy to appease him, so as not to expand the war. Mingzhu thinks that Geng Jingzhong's refusal to kill Fan Chengmo is just because Geng Fan's two families have been married for generations, and he doesn't want to attack Fan Chengmo, and proposing to appease him now will only make Geng Jingzhong more arrogant, even if the appeasement is successful, it is not reliable, but will pay a huge price, it is better to resolutely crack down and resolutely suppress!

"Master, great joy! Exultation! Just as the mouth cannon battle between Suo Etu and Mingzhu was getting hot, a little eunuch suddenly stumbled in outside the south study, knelt down on his knees just after crossing the threshold, kowtowed and said: "Qi Qi master, Huang Xigon, the squire of the military department, asked to see him, saying that there was a great joy to play the master." ”

"A big event?" Kang Mazi, who was already anxious, gave birth to a little hope, and hurriedly shouted: "Xuan." Suo Etu and Mingzhu also closed their mouths, waiting to see what the big joy was.

"Piercing!" The little eunuch kowtowed dashingly, got up and ran down. A moment later, Huang Xigon, a soldier who had made great contributions to Kang Mazi's extermination of the Aobai party, rushed into the south study, knelt down on his knees as soon as he entered the door, and couldn't wait to shout loudly: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, Guangxi accurate military intelligence report, Wu Sangui's thief army killed each other, internal strife, and arrested the thief Lu Yifeng from Sun Wu Shizong, and the thief Lu Yifeng was sent to the prisoner car and escorted to Wuchang!" ”

"Wu Sangui's old thief caught Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" Kang Mazi was so surprised that she could hardly believe her ears, jumped up and asked, "Why?" Why did Wu Sangui arrest Lu Yifeng's dog thief? Do you know why? ”

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief betrayed Wu Sangui." Huang Xigon replied with a smile: "He leaked the sketch of Wu Sangui's old thief's new firearms and the new gunpowder formula to the Pingnan Mansion in Guangdong, and was discovered by Wu Shizong who sent him to Wuzhou to monitor Lu Yifeng's eyeliner, Wu Shizong immediately used the excuse to increase Lu Yifeng's troops, and took advantage of the opportunity for Lu Yifeng's dog thief to go out of the city to greet him, and took down Lu Yifeng's dog thief on the spot!" Our meticulous work also heard unconfirmed news that Lu Yifeng was a dog thief, and it is very likely that he also sold the sketch of the flying boat to the Pingnan Palace. ”

"Good!" Kang Mazi was ecstatic, slammed the table, and laughed: "Good, good, good!" Lu Yifeng's dog thief aided in the abuse, and finally suffered retribution! Wu Sangui's old thief's magic weapon for housekeeping, I finally have it! ”

"My emperor is blessed with heaven, and the gods bless you! Hooray, hooray, hooray! Mingzhu, Suo Etu, Zhang Ying and others present hurriedly knelt down together, chanting in unison and clapping their ass.

"Quick, hurry up and spread the message to Shang Aiqing!" Kang Mazi hurriedly ordered: "Let him hurry up and send all the things that Lu Yifeng gave him, remember, don't copy and backup!" Also, the decree is that the king of Pingnan is still gratifying, and the prince of Pingnan will be crowned! ”

"Pierce." Zhang Ying quickly kowtowed and quickly stood up to prepare his intentions. But at this moment, a little eunuch came in outside the door, kowtowed and said: "Qi Qi master, Wang Xu, the secretary of the military department, asked to see him, saying that there was a 100,000 urgent military intelligence report, and asked the master to summon him immediately." ”

"Biography." Kang Mazi waved his hand generously, and he didn't care so much about the word '100,000 urgent', with Lu Fatzi's firearms, gunpowder and airships, plus Kang Mazi's own national power, who would he be afraid of?

The little eunuch took the order and left, and after a while, Wang Xu, who had obviously lost a lot of weight, hurriedly entered the south study, because he walked too fast, and almost tripped over the threshold and ate, and finally stood firm in embarrassment. It was rare to see Wang Xu, who was usually not smiling, so embarrassed, Kang Mazi and Mingzhu and the others couldn't help but snicker, but Wang Xu's next words made Kang Mazi and the others unable to laugh anymore.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong! Princess Makata, who married the Mongolian Chahar Khan Abney, followed Changshi Xinzhu and sent her younger brother Azigen to Beijing secretly to report to Weichen - Bulni, the eldest son of Abunai and the son-in-law of Prince An Yuele, attempted to rebel! ”

(Note: Princess Mi Qing, who married the Abnei brothers, followed Changshi Xinzhu and sent her younger brother Azigen to Beijing to report to Kang Mazi, and was the first to expose Therny's preparation for rebellion. ）

(To be continued)