Chapter 221: Kangxi's End Year?

The south wind was very tight, Kangxi had a hunch, hastily ended the Rehe patrol, and just returned to the Forbidden City, Yinxi came to the Qianqing Palace to ask for a meeting.

After Kangxi read it, he closed his eyes and pondered, convinced that he was not wrong, that his premonition was about to come true, and that he was also sure that he was touching the doorknob of a great mystery.

Because of this, his face became worse and worse, his breathing became more and more urgent, and his right hand, which was already a little sick, trembled involuntarily.

The affairs of the south, Yinzhen came and went like the wind, and the reports of the Guangdong officials also seemed to be pointing in one direction from the initial vagueness to the recent panic. And the two Qincha who followed Yinzhen at the beginning also left too many ambiguous statements in the return. It's just that his attention is only on the Nanyang Outer Ocean, and now in retrospect, if it weren't for the negligence of Guangdong locally, how could such a big basket come out? And why Guangdong is negligent in control, is it difficult to ...... At this time, Kangxi finally remembered the report of the Guangdong Governor and Yinzhen and others about the Guangdong businessmen, and even Li Shi, who were all saying that the Guangdong businessmen and Li Shi were "deeply implicated and difficult to reach in Guangdong Province", and Yinzhen directly said that there were people in Beijing to cover up.

Yinxi...... There are people in Guangdong, after Yinren was abolished, Guangzhou Mansion was his doorman, Kangxi understood this very well, and he had no intention of asking. Although Guangdong is rich, it is too far away, as long as the place is quiet, all the gods want to grab the silver, he doesn't care. Besides, with the governor and the general of Guangzhou, what tricks Yinxi did in Guangdong had no impact on the affairs of the court.

But now it seems that the ability of his sons is really unexpected.

"Yinxi, when did you become concerned about this weapon?"

Although Kangxi's words were still calm, the green tendons in his temples were already beating slightly.

"Huang Ama taught me that the Manchurians should not forget the martial arts, and always be ready to fight. Although the retainer was dull and had been drowning in vocal music before, he never dared to forget the admonition of the emperor. I always want to be able to gallop on the battlefield with the emperor Ama and show my brave and martial nature. Previously, he was the martial arts of Emperor Amma, and he also made a special trip to make people pay attention to the armor, the golden dragon flying cloud armor ......"

Yin Yu reminded Kangxi carelessly, I also gave your father a golden armor before, why did you forget it, I have been caring about it.

Hearing that Kangxi seemed to be starting to gasp, Yinxi didn't quite understand, but he also felt that something was wrong, and immediately pulled the topic back.

"Recently, it was said that he was plotting to disturb the realm of Alabutan, thinking of the great cause of Emperor Ama to conquer Galdan back then, and the sons noticed that the sharpness of this firearm was the key to victory, so they specially searched around. Knowing that Guangzhou, Macao and other places had close contact with Western merchants, the special agent got a sample of this Shenwu cannon in case of emergency. ”

Yinxi said prostrately, while glancing at Kangxi's expression from the corner of his eyes, but seeing his round eyes, he seemed to be quite excited, and quickly climbed up the pole, gritted his teeth and threw out the thoughts in his heart.

"The sons also wanted to have the opportunity to serve in front of the army, and asked the emperor Ama to give the sons and ministers to supervise the construction of this divine cannon and solve the problems for the emperor Amma."

After saying that, he hurriedly clubbed his head on the ground and waited for Kangxi's ruling. I heard that the war with Arabutan may expand, Kangxi is so old, most of them will not be able to fight in person, but he has to send the royal family to lead the army, and he can't get the general of the unified army, so he will go out with the army with the skills of good firearms, and there is always some hope.

waited for a long time, but only waited for Kangxi to sneer sadly, and then the words seemed to be broken out of the teeth of the grinding machine: "Your filial piety, I'm afraid I won't dare to take it......"

looked up in surprise, but saw Kangxi standing up, waving his robe sleeves sideways at him: "Go back and stay well, you have your own disposal." ”

Yinxi couldn't distinguish between good and bad, and left in a daze.

Looking sideways at his son's back, Kangxi's face was no longer bloodless, and his eyes were full of resentment and fear.

What made him feel afraid was Yinxi's so-called "Shenwu Cannon".

What Yin Xi handed over was a statement on the conquest of Arabutan, which, in his opinion, was superficial and ignorant, and only talked on paper. But the "Shenwu Cannon" cannon attached to the back of Tiao Chen made him uncertain.

A three-thousand-pound cannon is just an ordinary general's cannon, but it can hit twenty pounds of cannon to a distance of seven or eight miles, and it can shoot one shot in thirty breaths! According to the Westerners' timekeeping, it is one shot every two minutes.

What is this concept? In the past, the red-coated cannon he used to conquer Galdan could only shoot ten catties of cannon for five or six thousand catties, and although it could reach a distance of seven or eight miles, it would take five or six minutes to make a shot.

If it was just a simple description, Kangxi wouldn't believe it, but the cannon sample handed over by Yinxi was a serious gunsmith's drawing, and the cannon ears and fire doors were clearly visible, and there was also a personal letter verification from Li Zhushou, the prefect of Guangzhou, who was the person who inspected the cannon on the spot.

The Foshan Iron Works was afraid of being held accountable by the government, so it specially asked the Guangzhou government to supervise the construction of the cannon, and the technology should have been imported by foreigners. This seems to be a good thing, no wonder Yinxu will come to him happily, wanting to rely on this technique to find a chance to fight.

But is that a good thing?

Kangxi only felt that there was a chill in his heart, how powerful is his son in Guangdong!? What power is lurking? Before the rebellion in Guangdong, the local officials were secretive, and Yinzhen also had something to say, could it be that this Yinzhen was behind it!? He not only made money in Guangdong, but also colluded with Yangyi in Guangdong, delved into the art of armaments, and secretly expanded the firearms industry?

This conjecture scared him even more, so he didn't turn his face on the spot.

Not long after Yinzhen left, Yinzhen came again, just in time, Kangxi was about to ask about it sideways, but Yinzhen's face turned pale, and he stuck his head on the ground.

"The sons deserve death!"

Kangxi's eyes began to blur, and the premonition seemed to come true.

Yinzhen's report is very simple, he still doesn't worry about that Li Shi, he is still investigating in the past few days, and finally got the inside story from an insider.

"The chaos in Qingpu, Guangzhou, is indeed behind that Li wanton! Erchen was deaf before, and he was fooled by the thief. It wasn't a businessman who knew the details to come out and reveal the doubts that Erchen originally had in his heart one by one, Erchen really didn't know that the seemingly obedient person was the culprit of the trouble in Guangdong! ”

Yin Zhen told me eloquently, what Lin Tongxin said before, except for Wang Wenxiong's death, most of the other things are true!

Erchen also found out some clues, but seeing that the situation was out of control at that time, if he continued to investigate, it would be difficult to ensure that Guangdong Province was in chaos, or even chaotic...... The chaos went to Beijing, so I couldn't focus on it. Son's son should be damned! If the emperor does not lower his disposal, his sons and ministers are terrified! ”

Yin Zhen kowtowed again and again, in short, his trip to Guangdong was indeed anticlimactic, and he also concealed some things in order to "take care of the overall situation".

"This Li Xian...... This Li Shi is really a grandson monkey? ”

Kangxi muttered to himself bitterly.

"Tell me, who is behind him!?"

He suppressed the churning in his chest and forced Yinzhen to ask.

"Erchen...... Erchen didn't dare to say those unfounded words! ”

Yinzhen just kowtowed, although he didn't say who it was, but the answer couldn't be more obvious.

Kangxi could still bear it, and once again suppressed his anger, he waved his hand to let Yinzhen go down.

Cautious, cautious thinking, the eighth is not so bold...... Kangxi is still convincing himself to cultivate party henchmen in Guangdong, recruit businessmen, collude with foreigners, introduce foreigners' firearms, and secretly build force. He couldn't believe it for a moment.

This day is destined to be an unquiet day.

In front of the main gate of the Qianqing Palace, the eunuch in the office looked at the five dusty people with a strange expression.

The five people were Guan Yuanzhong, the general of Guangzhou, Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Guangzhou, Yang Lin, the governor of Guangdong, Zhang Wenhuan, the governor of Guangdong, and the families of Bai Daolong, the general of Shaozhou.

The eunuch smiled all over his face, and said that something must have happened, so he ...... Most of the time it's beneficial.

The five people looked at each other, pushed each other, and finally handed over five thick folds in the order of Guan Zhaoyang and Zhang Bai, and instructed the eunuch to submit them in this order, for which the eunuch also received five silver tickets from Jinfeng, totaling 1,000 taels.

The next day, scholars and Jiuqing gathered in the Qianqing Palace, and when Kangxi appeared, everyone was surprised.

Kangxi's face was flushed, very unhealthy flushed, as if there was a stove baking in his body, and his eyes were also scarlet, and he looked like he hadn't slept well all night, or even hadn't slept at all.

"My Qing Dynasty suddenly has a hole!"

Kangxi's hoarse voice floated in the hall, making everyone startled.

"This hole is in Guangdong!"

He coughed, took the dragon tea to moisten his throat, and continued.

"It's just that I don't know if this hole was stomped down by the monkey who jumped out of the flat ground, or pierced by my unscrupulous sons!"

Kangxi glanced around at everyone, and the various expressions on his face were all fake in his eyes, those who were dazed were fake, they already knew the reason for the matter, but they were lying to him. Those nervousness is fake, they don't care what happens in Guangdong at all, they just want their position and wealth. Those who want to say something are also fake, and what they say will also be fake, for the sake of which brother should belong to the seat under them.

Kangxi was very desolate in his heart, and he clearly knew that they were different from him, but he couldn't help but rely on them, otherwise there would be no way to sew them together in such a big world. For decades, he has worked hard for decades, wiping this country and erasing the appearance of a peaceful and prosperous world, but he is still trembling and walking on thin ice. Right now...... The matter of Guangdong, even more so the scourge of the northwest, can he still rely on them to overcome this difficulty?

Yesterday, he said that Guangdong's five parts of the recital, he carefully looked at it before and after, and the governors and appeasers were still saying that for the sake of the overall situation, they did not suddenly expose it, only until the current Li wanton behavior reached the extreme, shouting that Guangdong is his Li Xian's Guangdong, not on the contrary, they can no longer cover the lid and play together.

The Qingpu Rebellion, and the subsequent Guangzhou Rebellion, were really committed by that Li Shi, not only that, but recently he killed officials in Guangdong to legislate, and there were more than a dozen of them killed! In order to prohibit the court from reaching out to industry and commerce, I am afraid that it is not only Yinxi's instigation, but Yinxi's cultivation of an evil Jiao!

"Today, I am calling all the ministers to discuss this matter in Guangdong!"

But Kangxi still has to endure it, he still wants to know more exactly, whether his son has the intention to accumulate power and wait for change, or he can't control it, so that he will be in trouble.

How to press the monkey who jumped out of nowhere, Kangxi's idea was very simple, select a credible minister, and go straight to Guangdong to supervise and suppress this evil Jiao. According to the report of the governor of Guangdong, this Li Shi, by virtue of the prestige of Yuejing, the lure of silver, and a strong army, most of Guangdong Province was under the pressure of his silver coercion. It's just that Li wantonly is in industry and commerce, and he has not eroded a province, and the governor is still maneuvering in vain to protect the overall situation.

This point is well done, although Kangxi is very angry with Guan Zhao and others, but they are very knowledgeable about this, as long as the matter does not spread to the world, Guangdong is still the Guangdong of the imperial court, and the situation is still under control.

He was floating in his heart, and Tian Congdian suddenly knelt down to report it.

"The minister's literary friend in Guangdong also urgently delivered a letter yesterday, which was appalling and implicated...... Implicating the elder brother, the minister didn't dare to hide it, I wanted to ask His Majesty to see him today, but I didn't want the emperor to be wise......"

"Bring it on!"

Tian Congdian's words of praise were interrupted by Kangxi, he was about to see more evidence about Yinxi's involvement in Guangdong, what kind of thoughts did he, the son of the "virtuous king", go, and what step he had done, if he didn't understand, he couldn't sleep well.

The eunuch forwarded the letter, and the content of the letter had already been said by the governor of Guangdong and Yinzhen's report. This old Xiucai named Duan Hongshi claimed to be Li Shi's enlightenment teacher, and he is still Li Shi's curtain seat. Previously, seeing that Li Xian was acting in a lot of fallacies, and his persuasion was fruitless, and an official in Guangdong Province did not dare to speak out, he had to secretly inform his friend Tian Congdian in Beijing.

Kangxi read the letter while reading it, Tian Congdian, who was kneeling on the ground, sighed in his heart, in the crowd, Tang Youzeng was also sighing, he had seen this Li Xian, and he had the impression that he was a good boy who was gentle and polite, honest and simple, how could it be ...... Memories trickle back, a certain fragment flashed by, Tang Youzeng's heart trembled, when he was the governor of Guangdong County, he asked how Li Shi wanted to suppress the Manchu Qincha Saltai, what Li Xi said about the integration of Manchu and Han, was it his own idea?

Thinking that after Saltai's family Zheng Qi died inexplicably in Yingde, and Ding, the pacesetter of the Guangzhou Army who died together, no one spoke, which made it convenient for him, Tang You suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, which Li Shi ...... Since then, he has been a bold lord!

Thinking about his dealings with Tian Congdian and Duan Hongshi in the past two years, most of them were to run official affairs for him, and the person behind it was also Li Xian, Tang Youzeng's heart trembled, he looked at Tian Congdian with a white face, and saw that the sleeves of his robe were actually trembling slightly.

It seems that their "Cantonese Party" will not be able to escape the disaster...... His heart was cold, but another thought floated up, Li Xian...... After all, they did not tear the skin of the court in Guangdong, and this may not be the direction in which their "Guangdong Party" got out of trouble.

At this time, Tian Congdian was also looking at him sideways, and the two suddenly had the same mind.

Dada...... Tang Tian and the others were communicating, and on the dragon chair, Kangxi, who was looking at the letter, was also shaking his hands, and the ring on his finger was knocked on the desk, making a clear and rapid sound.

Kangxi gritted his teeth and lifted the letter paper emptyly, not wanting his anger to fall into the eyes of his courtiers.

There is one more thing in this letter, which was not mentioned by the governor of Guangdong and Yinzhen, and the promotion of Guangdong was indeed defeated by Li Xian! A full 5,000 people, plus Wang Wenxiong, were all wiped out by Li Shi!

Lin Tong's letter from Nanhai County, Guangdong Province turned out to be all true...... Under the letter, there was also a letter, saying that it was stolen from Li Xi at the risk of death, Kangxi saw the handwriting, his head buzzed, and the Venus dotted, and it was falling in front of him, the handwriting was very familiar, it turned out to be Yinzhen's own letter.

"Good...... Good...... It turns out that it is not only the eighth child, but also the fourth ......"

Looking at the letter written by Yinzhen, he actually secretly mobilized Wang Wenxiong to go to Yingde to exterminate Li Shi, Kangxi was already in a trance, his son is really a good skill! One is cultivating minions in Guangdong, and the other is privately dispatching an army, and under his nose, he is fighting happily!

Feeling smoke coming from his throat, Kangxi picked up the teacup, and as soon as the warm tea was in his mouth, another thought came into his mind like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

This Longqiong tea is supplied from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is produced in Shaozhou...... Shaozhou ...... This Li Shi is a native of Shaozhou Yingde...... The people procured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the south are mostly good friends with Yinxi...... These fragments came together, like a giant steel pincer, clamping on his heart, making his eyes dark for a while.

"Your Majesty!?"

Everyone saw Kangxi raise the teacup, and then the whole person froze, and the flush on his face swam, as if he was enchanted, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Dada...... The teacup trembled visibly in Kangxi's hand, Kangxi stared at nothingness, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"Your Majesty!?"

The ministers exclaimed, this battle is not good...... "Long live the lord!?" ”

The eunuchs came over and called anxiously, their faces turning white.

Bang Dang!

Kangxi tilted his hand, the teacup slipped to the ground, and then he opened his mouth, and he spewed out a big mouthful of liquid that I don't know if it was tea or blood, or both.

"Your Majesty!?"

Seeing Kangxi's whole person fall softly on the dragon chair, the hall was suddenly in chaos, as if the end of the world was coming.

(To be continued)