Chapter 291: Emergency Meeting (Part II)
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After listening to Liu Xuanchu's construction, Wu Sangui felt annoyed in his heart, he felt that this plan deeply hurt his dignity and self-confidence, and he said angrily: "This king asked for the withdrawal of the feudal domain, but he only responded in vain, could it be that the imperial court really dared to deal with me?" ”
Liu Xuanchu saw that his plan was not adopted, so he was silent. just sighed in his heart: "It seems that Yunnan is about to change hands." "There is no way, he has long seen that the little emperor Kangxi is determined to withdraw the domain, and the removal of Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, is only the first step, followed by Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan in Fujian. You yourself took the initiative to write a letter to request the removal of the feudal domain, which was in the hands of others, and if you remained silent directly, Kangxi would have no reason to remove the other two feudal kings. If he insists on going his own way, there will be a legitimate reason for Yunnan to raise the banner of rebellion against the imperial court, but it's a pity
In fact, Liu Xuanchu still didn't see through Wu Sangui's heart, and Kangxi's edict to withdraw the feudal domain was sent to Yunnan, which was completely a blow to Wu Sangui. Yunnan was painstakingly planned to be passed on to future generations, and he laid down most of China for the Manchurians, and the fiefdom of Yunnan was not an excessively rich reward. Therefore, there is some tacit understanding between Wu Sangui and Shunzhi. But now, Emperor Kangxi, who has just succeeded to the throne, wants to deprive him of this reward in exchange for half his life from birth to death, which is too difficult for him to accept.
Military power is the lifeblood of Wu Sangui, and he knows very well his identity - a traitor, and in this world, he has lost his moral guarantee. What he has done has posed a wanton challenge to the orthodox value system. It has been a long time since the righteous man and gentleman were resentful. And. Survived in the military-political upper echelons for so many years. He made many friends, and inevitably made many enemies. Once he loses his military power, his net worth and life will be seriously threatened. How many people in Asari are eyeing him! The reason why he runs rampant everywhere and ushers in a spring breeze everywhere is not because he has military power!
It is precisely because of the military power that he does not believe that Kangxi will dismiss him, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers are much stronger than the old soldiers of the current imperial court, if the imperial court really insists on going his own way. forced himself to have no place to stay, so the inevitable war, the final outcome is still unknown. At this time, it is obvious that your silence is of little use, the edict is clear, and he still has to express it, not a word, it is not his style! At this moment, he wrote to ask for the withdrawal of the domain, and it is estimated that Kangxi will also issue another order to comfort him, so that he can loyally guard Yunyun in Yunnan
and Geng Jingzhong's calm response. is different from Wu Sangui's hasty book, but at this moment, Guangdong's Shang Kexi is full of sadness. Shang Kexi received the news of the imperial court's reply only two days later than Geng Jingzhong. Shang Kexi was drinking soup at the time, and as soon as he saw the folds of the reply, he immediately sprayed the soup and almost choked to death. This was an edict agreeing to his resignation, and it was clearly a decision to withdraw from the feudal domain. The edict is written clearly, and the meaning is one, what I can't bear to separate the father and son, and the family of the clan is separated, so I can only order them to accompany you to Liaodong, as for the title you said to pass on to the son, there is no precedent for the father to move the lord when the father is alive, and you will talk about it when you die.
You can imagine how angry Shang Kexi is, he passed on the title just to live a few more years, and now he all wants me to die. And Shang Zhixin on the side also complained, you are all bad ideas, Kangxi secretly changed the concept, and now their whole family has become ordinary people.
King Pingnan is not the king of Pingxi, there are not many elite soldiers in his hands, not to mention elite soldiers, even ordinary green battalion soldiers are not many, and the army in his hand is less than 30,000 people, with such a little family background, he does not dare to raise the flag to rebel, so he can only sigh with a sad face at home. However, he still has a hope, that is, to see the reaction of the other two kings, if the most powerful Wu Sangui does not agree to withdraw the domain, it is estimated that the imperial court will also throw a rat trap. However, his idea was good, and at this moment the other two kings had already made their way to the capital by asking for the withdrawal of the domain.
It was only 22 days since the last meeting in the Qianqing Palace to when Kangxi received Geng Jingzhong's request to withdraw the domain. A little later, on July 29, Kangxi received a note from Wu Sangui requesting the withdrawal of the domain. After receiving all of them, Kangxi immediately convened the plenary meeting again. This congress is even more important than the last one, and will determine the future fate of their Qing Dynasty.
Now the withdrawal of the feudal domain has become a foregone conclusion, but it is only the removal of the king of Pingnan and the king of the other two feudal domains. Therefore, there are two issues to be resolved in this meeting: First, whether the three feudatories should be withdrawn or not. Second, whether the three feudatories should be withdrawn together or separately. These two issues are very entangled, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon, they have all made promises to the "Three Feudatories". What "the descendants of the generations will enjoy wealth and prosperity for a long time, like the water of the three rivers." "Great achievements, it is appropriate to win the reward of longevity, and the alliance of eternal perseverance." These words all represent that the feudal domain will never be withdrawn, and the descendants will inherit the princes and grandchildren, and they will always be with the Qing Dynasty.
These promises and alliances are not just casual words, they are written into historical documents and sealed in the golden book. But now the actual situation is that the "three feudatories" have become a disaster of the Qing Dynasty, and there has been a fierce conflict between ideals and reality, and in the face of the cruel reality, the promises made and the covenants written in the golden book will be torn to pieces by Kangxi. Therefore, Kangxi directly skipped the first question and directly began to discuss the second question.
But this second problem is more complicated, among the three feudatories, Wu Sangui is the strongest, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi is weaker. Who to cut first, who to knife, you must think about it, don't cut the wrong one and then cut your own hand. Kangxi had already thought of a plan, that is, to transfer the three kings of Wu, Geng, and Shang to Beijing, in the name of the audience, to recount the joy of the monarch and the ministers, and take the opportunity to get the military power back. There are ancient cases of this method, and Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, played a hand, which is the famous "cup of wine releases military power" in Chinese history.
It's a pity that Kangxi is still a minor in the end, and his thinking is too idealistic. You are stupid, "The Story of the Wolf Coming" is only once, the three feudatories are all generals, can you not know the allusion of a glass of wine to release military power? So the most powerful Wu Sangui just pretended to be sick and couldn't come, and he hadn't officially started preparations at that time, so this idea was gone.
Mingzhu is now the leader of the advocate of withdrawing the feudal domain, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the feudal domain must be withdrawn, but the minister Jianyi wants to treat the three feudal feudatories differently, withdraw the feudal domain in stages, and solve it one by one, and the king of Pingnan, Shang Kexi, has agreed to withdraw the feudal domain, so he will be withdrawn first." Brought to the king of Pingnan to withdraw and then withdraw the king of Jingnan, Geng Jingzhong, his strength is mostly a sailor, and there is nothing to worry about. The removal of Shang and Geng feudal domains is equivalent to subtracting Wu Sangui's wings, and losing the help of the two feudal domains, Wu Sangui is isolated, and even if a rebellion is launched, it is easy to quell the rebellion. As for Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, he can reduce his cronies, slowly disintegrate his core strength, and wait for his strength to weaken before withdrawing the domain. ”
Mingzhu's words can be regarded as Lao Cheng's country, but unfortunately Kangxi has just turned eighteen years old and three months, and he is still young and impulsive, and he is not satisfied after listening to Mingzhu's words, so he said: "The lips of the three feudal lords are cold and the teeth are cold, and the whole body will be moved by one hair, and I will remove any of them, and the other two will never stand idly by." As for the reduction of Wu Sangui's cronies, I think it's better to forget it, Ao Bai transferred the subordinates of the three feudal clans to serve in other provinces, and he also fought this idea, but look at them now, Wu Sangui's cronies Wang Fuchen has been the governor of Shaanxi and guarded Pingliang. The rest of the people who have not been transferred are all Wu Sangui's relatives of the righteous son, do you want me to have their minions everywhere in the Qing Dynasty? ”
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Mingzhu said is not completely unreasonable, the two feudal domains of Jingnan and Pingnan can be withdrawn now, but the first feudal domain of Wu Sangui can completely delay it." Suo Etu glanced at Kangxi after speaking, and saw that Kangxi was still waiting for the following, so he continued: "Sangui has been in central Yunnan for more than ten years, and he is respected and powerful. All we can do is wait until he dies of old age. As soon as he died, his son Wu Yingxiong succeeded to the throne, and Wu Yingxiong was in Beijing, which was better cleaned up, and he also strongly advocated the removal of the feudal domain. ”
Speaking of this, Kangxi couldn't listen to it anymore, and slapped the dragon chair and said angrily: "This is not good, is there a solution to it?" ”
In fact, this plan is already quite conservative, but the success rate is definitely not low, one word "wait". It is gratifying that he can be withdrawn, this is what he found himself. Geng Jingzhong can also be removed, because Geng Jingzhong is the third generation. It's Wu Sangui, who must not move. But Kangxi was anxious that Wu Sangui was only sixty years old, and as the saying goes, seventy-three eighty-four, the king of Hades did not call him to go. Even if it is seventy-three, it will take more than ten years, and if it is more than ten years, he will be in his thirties at that time, how can he have any ambition to create a prosperous world? Do you want him to live a mediocre life!? Kangxi's ambition is to surpass the Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Sect, and Song Zu, and he must not ask Wu Sangui to drag himself back.
The ministers were silent, after discussing for so long, there was no plan that the emperor was satisfied with, and it would be useless to pick it out and say anything, unless it was directly according to the emperor's wishes, and the sentence "The three feudatories will be withdrawn together, and it will be solved at one time!" "But no one dares to open this mouth, and if something goes wrong in the future, whoever opens the mouth will be the scapegoat!
Kangxi saw that all the ministers were silent, so he stood up from above the dragon, walked to the front of the steps and said, "I have decided that the three feudatories will withdraw together!" ”
Although this sentence can be regarded as a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, the ministers immediately exploded the pot and discussed with each other, but the ministers were not too surprised, and they were just urgently discussing how to persuade the emperor now.
The first to oppose was Suo Etu, as Kangxi's best confidant, Suo Etu knew that Wu Sangui was much more powerful than Aobai. Ao Bai is in the court, and it can be solved with a few wrestlers. Wu Sangui is far away on the border, and he has more than 150,000 men and horses, and he is in a hurry, and as soon as he Wu Sangui rebels, even if he comes to 200,000 wrestlers, he may not be able to clean it up.
"Your Majesty, don't do it!" (To be continued......)