Chapter 292: Emergency Meeting (Part II)

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"Your Majesty, don't do it!" Suo Etu exclaimed urgently.

Kangxi waved his hand and stopped Suo Etu's speech, regardless of the opposition of the ministers, he turned his head and asked Mingzhu: "Mingzhu, if the three feudatories really rebel, can you put down the rebellion?" ”

Mingzhu replied without hesitation: "Yes!" Mingzhu really cooperated with Kangxi, and he was also an angry young man in his forties.

Suo Etu turned his head in surprise, looking at this inconspicuous military department book, he finally realized that all along, he seemed to despise this politician. The strength of the rising star. How much energy does he have to dare to boast in front of the emperor! Can't wait any longer, today must fight back and strangle this person who is enough to threaten himself in the egg basket......

Suo Etu hurriedly stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, Mingzhu said wildly, among the three feudatories, Wu Sangui has 150,000 soldiers, and there is no shortage of strong soldiers and fierce generals under his command. However, there are few rivals in the imperial court today. If he recruits urgently, he can still gather nearly 100,000 troops. Mingzhu's words greatly misled the country, if Wu Sangui rebelled, the imperial court would be difficult to quell the rebellion, and it would also shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and I hope the emperor will think twice. After speaking, he knelt down in his robe, and the ministers also knelt down: "I hope the emperor will think twice." "The ministers have the same idea as Suo Etu, no one wants to face a war, and it is a war that does not know the outcome of the war.

Kangxi looked at the ministers and said coldly: "Sangui and the others have been planning for a long time, and if they don't get rid of it early, they will become a carbuncle." Today's withdrawal is also the opposite, and if it is not withdrawn, it is not the opposite, it is better to strike first. ”

"Today's withdrawal is also the opposite. If you don't withdraw, you can't do it. It's better to be the first. "What are these words? The ministers were a little stunned, this was indeed a bit arbitrary, and several ministers stood up one after another to dissuade them.

After a heated discussion, Kangxi was also annoyed, flicked his sleeves and shouted: "Shut up, I have made up my mind, you don't need to play, tomorrow morning." Propose to me a plan for the resettlement of the three feudatories. Mithham! Pearl! ”

"The minister is here!" The two stepped forward and replied in unison.

"Misihan, take stock of the treasury and report the detailed accounts to me."

"Wow!"

"Mingzhu, go back to the upper study!" Originally, he wanted to directly order the preparation of the army, but after thinking about it, he went back and slowly discussed the eight. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left, and at the same time, the celebrant and eunuch on the side shouted, "Retreat." ”

Mingzhu was proud, and the emperor finally adopted the "correct" plan. And Suo Etu's head is still buzzing, and the Qing Dynasty can't think of an earthquake now. The emperor is now deceived by traitors. You have to go your own way. It seems that for the sake of the future of the Qing Dynasty. You have to find the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, only her old man has a way to persuade Kangxi.

Thinking of this, Suo Etu no longer hesitated, and came to Cining Palace with a group of ministers, and was just about to enter the door, when the steward and eunuch of Cining Palace stopped: "I'm sorry, my lords, the Empress Dowager has a will, and she is uncomfortable today, and no one will see her." ”

Suo Etu didn't want to offend these eunuchs, so he still said politely: "I'll wait for something important to report, and I'll be bothered by my father-in-law." ”

The little eunuch was a little at a loss, and looked back at his godfather, Zhou Linghai, the eunuch in charge of Cining Palace. Zhou Linghai didn't look at him, but pulled Suo Etu aside and whispered: "Lord Suo, don't you know the temper of the Empress Dowager and her old man, there's no point in you waiting here." After speaking, he pointed inside with his hand, indicating that there were other people inside.

Suo Etu understands people, and if it is broken, he will take people away immediately. Xiaozhuang in Cining Palace was also standing in the hall with a solemn face at the moment, looking at Wu Yingxiong who was kneeling in front of him.

Wu Yingxiong has been running here every day since the first pre-dynasty meeting began. Xiaozhuang has always regarded Wu Yingxiong as his cronies, and she also does not approve of the withdrawal of the feudal domain, and she has not hidden the latest progress of the withdrawal from him. Today, Kangxi's decision really shocked them, and Xiaozhuang did not expect that Kangxi would insist on going his own way and remove the three feudatories at the same time. And Wu Yingxiong was so frightened that he knelt down directly, trembling all over, he had a premonition that his father Wu Sangui would not obediently withdraw from the domain.

Wu Yingxiong is now very worried about his fate, and after the big war, the fate of his hostage can be imagined. Since two and a half years ago, Kangxi summoned the three feudatories to Beijing and Wu Sangui did not come, Kangxi began to strengthen his monitoring of him. He actually wanted to have a chance to go back like Geng Juzhong and Geng Zhaozhong, but unfortunately Kangxi didn't give him this opportunity at all. He couldn't step out of the gate of the capital.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and Xiaozhuang sighed, she knew Kangxi's temper best, and she recognized her death with a tendon, and did not hit the south wall and did not look back. His father, his grandfather are all this kind of temper, and they love the Xinjueluo clan with this virtue. It's too late to say anything now, and since Kangxi has made a decision, he will definitely not look back. Thinking of this, looking at Wu Yingxiong who was kneeling on the ground, Xiaozhuang laughed at himself: "Nephew, I'm sorry for you!" After a pause, he continued, "But your father, will he be honest in withdrawing the feudal domain?" ”

Wu Yingxiong also had no bottom in his heart, so he could only perfunctory first: "The Empress Dowager can rest assured that my father is loyal to the court and will never do anything rebellious." ”

Xiaozhuang just responded lightly: "I hope so." After speaking, he unconsciously looked up at the blue sky, and thought in his heart: "My son doesn't follow his mother, let it be fate." ”

On the third day of August, Kangxi officially issued an order to withdraw the feudal domain. The three feudatories all moved back to Liaodong, Shang Kexi moved to Haizhou, Geng Jingzhong moved to Gaizhou, Liaodong, and Wu Sangui moved to Mianzhou. Basically, they all went back to their hometowns. As soon as the order was issued, the court immediately got busy. The Ministry of War fully dispatched troops and began to arrange for the work of taking over the defense areas of the three feudal districts. The household department and the official department made a "list of officials" in the three feudal domains, and distributed the required real estate, land and other items according to the size of the official position. The Ministry of Industry began to prepare for the mobilization of relocation materials. The Ministry of Ceremonies prepares for the handover and rehearsal of various ceremonies.

Among the six departments, the criminal department has nothing to do with the withdrawal of the feudal domain. Kangxi waved his pen: "Don't you see that the other parts are all busy, and you won't transfer people for me to help." At the sound of the order, in addition to the important officials of the Criminal Department, all the idle officials became the "Liba (coolie sellers)" of the other five departments

On August 8, Kangxi sent Lang Dadu, the head of the household department, to Shengjing and ordered the secretary of the household department in Shengjing. Fengtianfu Yin personally surveyed the "place where the three feudatories were planted". If you don't have land, you will reclaim it for me. If you don't have a house, build it for me. If you really don't have you, I will enclose the land, down to the common people, up to the emperor's relatives and relatives, take it if you see it, and I will give you a top when the sky falls. Kangxi was really anxious, and he did not hesitate to damage the interests of the upper-class Manchurian nobles, so he had one thought: "When the order arrives, there will be a peaceful residence." "I'm afraid that the night will be long and I will dream too much.

August 10. Kangxi officially sent the squire Zheerken and Fu Dali to Yunnan; Shangshu Liang Qingbiao went to Guangdong; Chen Yibing, a waiter, went to Fujian to announce the withdrawal order. Kangxi can really choose a date, August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner, and even sent moon cakes with the edict of withdrawing the feudal domain, showing his determination to withdraw the feudal domain: "I hope that our monarchs and ministers can reunite as soon as possible and eat moon cakes together in the capital." "Hehe, it doesn't matter if the three vassal kings can swallow it or not. Due to the long distance, there are no planes or trains. The edict for the withdrawal of the feudal domain was slower this time than the previous one, and it took a whole month. At the beginning of September, it was passed to several vassal kings, and the expressions of the two kings of Wu and Shang when they saw the edict were wonderful. Geng Jingzhong had been prepared for a long time. It can be said that the procedures were completed in the first two years, just to cope with the current matter.

The envoy sent by the imperial court to Guangdong was Liang Qingbiao, the secretary of the household department. As soon as Liang Qingbiao arrived in Guangzhou, Shang Kexi welcomed him with his son Shang Zhixin, knelt down at the dock to accept the order, and promised to withdraw the feudal domain. Liang Qingbiao was very happy and thought to himself: "Who said that the withdrawal of the feudal domain is a chore, Shang Kexi is still full of reason, this errand is considered a successful completion." ”

Liang Qingbiao felt in a good mood after finishing his errand, so he happily went to the accommodation arranged by Shang Kexi. As soon as he arrived at the place, he was dumbfounded, he originally thought that Shang Kexi would place him in the palace, but in front of him was just a tattered government office, it was really nothing! I am a member of the country, and I really don't give face! Liang Qingbiao was just about to issue a "standard", when he saw Shang Zhixin wave his hand, the generals immediately rushed in with the army, and the bow was wound out of the sheath, and Liang Qingbiao and his gang were directly surrounded.

Liang Qingbiao was really dumbfounded at this time, you also accepted the holy decree and agreed to withdraw the feudal domain, where is this singing now? Shang Kexi expressed the opposite of Xiàn, and took several other sons to kneel on the ground and howl and cry, crying and complaining: "The emperor treats the old minister unfairly, the old minister's family is favored by the emperor, and the old minister is just a sparse return to his hometown to support the elderly, why did he withdraw the domain directly, the old minister is not satisfied, and the old minister is willing to stay in Guangdong forever to repay the emperor's kindness!" ”

After crying a few times, Shang Kexi stood up, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Liang Qingbiao: "Lord Liang, this is the old minister's recital to the emperor, please hand it over to the saint when you return to Beijing." Lao Chen has no other meaning, this Guangdong coastal pirates are plundering, and there are many bandits, Lao Chen is willing to let go of this old bone and stay in Guangdong, for the Qing Dynasty to calm down! ”

Liang Qingbiao was so angry in his heart, and kept scolding Shang Kexi in his heart: "This is a loss, you have lived so much, this is too shameless, it has been difficult to recover since ancient times, what is the use of you fighting against water now." Although this is the truth, but now is a very moment, if you are a little careless in speaking, your head may be immediately hung on the flagpole to enjoy the wind and sun. At this critical juncture, Liang Qingbiao's brain was running at high speed, and with his "versatility", he really saved his life.

Although Liang Qingbiao is not as famous as Mingzhu Suo's map, he is also a bull. He was a Jinshi of the former Ming Dynasty Chongzhen for 16 years, and he has been idle at home since the fall of the Ming Dynasty. In the first year of Shunzhi, he spent money to make up for a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, awarded the editor, and successively served as the editor of the Hongwen Academy and the lecturer of the National History Academy. None of these positions have real power, mainly lecturing and making reports, but the future is very good, because the person who listens to the lectures is not someone else, but the emperor. Liang Qingbiao's lectures are very set, not as rigid as others, relatively lively and lively, coupled with rich body language, he became popular after being valued by Shunzhi.

The position he took next can only be described as fear. He successively served as the Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi in charge of the queen, the prince's family affairs, and then the left squire of the Ministry of Rites, the right squire of the Ministry of Officials, the left squire of the Ministry of Officials, the secretary of the Ministry of War, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the Criminal Department, the secretary of the household department, and the scholar of the Baohe Palace. The country is run by six ministries, and he has worked in all five departments, four of which are ministers. This point, even the ministers and Shen in the Qianlong period of later generations will also feel ashamed, this Liang Qingbiao can be regarded as a well-deserved "all-rounder"!

Kangxi sent this "all-rounder" to Guangzhou, probably because he thought that Shang Kexi would be unconvinced, so he found a capable person to enlighten him. At this moment, in order to save his life, Liang Qingbiao relied on his boldness and began to talk nonsense and make up nonsense. His eyes rolled a few times, and then he said: "Hehehe, the prince should keep this performance, the emperor had already given me a secret edict before Ben Qin came, and he didn't plan to remove you, the prince!" ”

When Shang Kexi heard that there was a secret decree, he was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed. Although he had a family conflict with his son, it was still his own species, and the throne naturally did not want to be lost, and it must be passed on from generation to generation. "Where's the secret purpose? Take a look at this king! ”

Seeing that he was going to be a goof, Liang Qingbiao's face did not change his color and his heart did not beat, and he continued to flicker: "Lord Wang, you are in a hurry, can this be written directly on the edict?" The emperor is afraid of leaking the news, so he gives an oracle! The emperor asked me to tell you, your loyalty to the emperor is clear, and it is much stronger than that of Geng and Wu. The emperor wants to take advantage of your incident this time to force the two kings of Wu and Geng to ask for the withdrawal of the feudal domain and see their sincerity. The emperor said that he will never remove you, and you can stay in southern Xinjiang forever! ”

The most powerful thing in the world is a mouth, with his three-inch incorruptible tongue and a vivid physical description, Liang Qingbiao was stunned to make Shang Kexi and a few people believe that what he said was all true. Shang Zhixin believed it and danced happily. But Shang Kexi was scheming after all, and there was a hint of hesitation on his face: "Even if what you say is true, there is no evidence, how can you ask this king to believe it?" In this way, please also ask Lord Liang to be in charge of the provincial committee for a few days, and this king will immediately send someone to the capital to verify, if what Lord Liang said is true, this king will immediately bear the guilt of Jing pleading. ”

Shang Zhixin heard his own words, his eyebrows jumped, or his father was thoughtful, he was not as good as him! Now everyone is staring at Liang Qingbiao with straight eyes, Shang Kexi thought that Liang Qingbiao would be afraid to say this, and he would show his feet. How do you know that Liang Qingbiao laughed lightly, and he was not afraid at all. Jiang is still old and spicy, and Liang Qingbiao can mix so many official positions, but he is a super old fox. Go back to the capital to verify, casually, at least two months back and forth. If he doesn't go back to restore his life, the emperor will send someone to find me in less than two months, and innocently detain the first-class members of the imperial court, and they will not be able to explain to the emperor at that time.

The knot was untied, and he could no longer let Qin Cha live in this dilapidated place, so he immediately guided Liang Qingbiao to his palace and set aside the most luxurious guest rooms for him to live in. The waiting staff are all replaced, and they are all newly selected, which is very eye-catching. Liang Qingbiao is not in a hurry anyway, and he is even more happy to take paid vacations, and he has a lot of fun every day.

Compared with Shang Kexi's father and son's happiness, Wu Sangui was depressed. He already knew the result before the edict came. Thanks to the help of his son in the capital, coupled with the "Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Wen Jiàn" special line that he spent a lot of money to build. He knew early on that the emperor had really decided to withdraw the feudal domain. Thinking of his future fate, Wu Sangui was melancholy, so he drank alcohol alone in the palace. The emperor has decided to withdraw from the domain, so he will evacuate Yunnan with his family and soldiers and horses, and return to the starting point of his life - Mianzhou outside Shanhaiguan. Back there, he will complete the turnaround run of life. When he came out, he was just a small soldier who did nothing, and when he returned, he would lose another qiē, except for retaining the title of King of Pingxi, no longer participating in state affairs, so he could only do nothing, take charge of his own estate, and die in loneliness and loneliness.

While drinking, Wu Sanmei ran in from outside in a panic. He is Wu Sangui's younger brother and one of Wu Sangui's most trusted people: "Brother, the imperial court has arrived, and it is in the front hall. ”

"It's finally time to come." Wu Sangui drank another glass of wine, and then muttered to himself. (To be continued......)