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On July 2, the 11th year of Kangxi, a grand imperial meeting was held here in the Qianqing Palace. There was only one main topic on the agenda of the meeting, whether to withdraw the feudal domain or not. For Kangxi, the disaster of the three feudatories has been going on for a long time, and more than half of the country's annual taxes are spent on them, and they have been used more and more over the years, and if it is a few years later, the country will have no money.

Kangxi first handed over Shang Kexi's recital to the ministers for circulation, and saw that everyone had finished reading it. So Kangxi asked: "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

The ministers all knew that this was just a resignation request, but the emperor meant to change the concept - to withdraw the feudal domain directly. But since the emperor has spoken, whether to withdraw the feudal domain or not, he must put it in front of him and start to formally express his opinion. On this point, of course, the ministers were divided into two factions, those who advocated the abolition of the feudal domain and those who advocated non-revocation. There are quite a few ministers who advocate the withdrawal of the feudal domain, such as Mi Sihan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Mo Luo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Nalan Mingzhu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, all strongly advocate the withdrawal of the feudal domain.

The household department manages the state finances, and because the three feudal lords blindly ask for money, they cannot make ends meet every year, and one is less than one. The Criminal Department is in charge of the country's criminal law, and the three feudatories are lawless within their jurisdiction, with Guangdong being the strictest, and the documents of the complaint are piled up to the roof, and they are upset when they look at it every day, so it is best to withdraw it now. The military department basically can't interfere with the officers and soldiers in the territory of the three feudatories, and people don't listen to you at all, especially Wu Sangui, who directly treats your orders as a fart, and constantly asks you for weapons and materials.

And there are many who advocate not withdrawing the feudal domain, and there is a book of the Ministry of Rites Tuhai. The name Tuhai Geng Jingzhong is familiar, he is a fierce man. During the Shunzhi period, he served as the secretary of the criminal department. Participated in the completion of the "Great Qing Law". Later, because of the fight, he was impeached for "dereliction of duty and not reporting the knowledge" and was demoted. During the Kangxi period, he was reused as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, managing national etiquette and diplomacy. Kangxi didn't know that Tuhai was a gift from God. In later history, in the great war between the imperial court and the three feudatories. Without Tuhai, the Qing Dynasty would likely have perished. Geng Jingzhong has seen this many times in the history books but on TV. But at this time, Tuhai was still just a "thorn" who was against Kangxi.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that King Pingnan is old, and even Shang Zhixin is just asking for a pension, and it is reasonable for Shang Zhixin to inherit the prince, and it should be approved!" In Tuhai's view, it is reasonable for a son to inherit his father's business. People want to retire, but the emperor asks them to withdraw the feudal domain. This is an obvious concept of stealing, and it will be ridiculed by the world. Moreover, the withdrawal of the feudal domain is not so easy to withdraw, and if the withdrawal order is given, a big war will be inevitable.

Kangxi glanced at him, thinking to himself why this person was so ignorant, he had to do it against me. He already felt that he was almost ready, and the final result today must be the abolition of the three feudatories. So he simply began to ask his best cronies, the Minister of Parliament, and the head of the cabinet Suo Etu. Kangxi restored the cabinet system two years ago, and Suo Etu was a scholar of the Baohe Temple, that is, the head of the auxiliary ministers. Suo Etu is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he just feels that this matter is serious, and he will move his whole body, and he will be happy to withdraw it, what will the two feudal clans think. Moreover, now the emperor does not play cards according to common sense, obviously cheats, and it is disgraceful to the royal prestige. Thinking of this, Suo Etu said: "The minister agrees with the construction of Tuhai. ”

Kangxi was suddenly angry, thinking, this is a trick I want to break how many brain cells I came up with, and you guys are too faceless. As soon as he was about to attack, Mingzhu admonished: "The minister thinks that if it is decided today, King Pingnan took the initiative to provide for the elderly, and we can't object to it." If he wants to return to Liaodong, he should take all his children and grandchildren away and go home together to enjoy the joy of family to show the emperor's grace. ”

If it weren't for the fact that the emperor liked it, these words found a reasonable explanation for Kangxi's sudden attack. Kangxi heard Long Yan Dayue: "Completely correct." ”

Mingzhu was even happier when he saw the emperor praising himself, so he continued: "The three feudatories have become a drag on the country, if we don't eradicate them, we will be dragged to death by them sooner or later, and now Shang Kexi has taken the initiative to withdraw the feudal domain, this is an opportunity, we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity, and agree to his request." If Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong were really loyal to the country, they would also take the initiative to withdraw the feudal domain, and if they did not withdraw, the imperial court would also be able to take the initiative and put pressure on them. ”

Seeing Mingzhu impassioned above the main hall, Suo Etu felt panicked for the first time, the military department Shangshu standing in front of him turned out to be such a cunning opponent. The ministers seemed to be all conquered by Mingzhu's remarks, but at the moment there was no opposition. In fact, there are still people in the court who oppose it, but no one who can stand in this Qianqing Palace is a fool. Obviously, the emperor has decided to withdraw the feudal domain, and you are still going to touch the mold, that is not asking for trouble. The year before last, when the emperor recruited the three feudal clans into Beijing, he was already preparing to withdraw the feudal domains, and there was a lot of uproar at that time, but Wu Sangui did not come, and he did not dare to implement the idea of director zhì Kangxi. Now that it has been two years of preparation, no one in the court knows? So let's agree!

Kangxi was able to implement his thoughts, but there was only one problem, Shang Kexi proposed to pass on the title to his son, and it is a Chinese tradition for the son to inherit his father's business, this problem is reasonable, how to solve it? "It's just that it is mentioned in this letter that King Pingnan is going to pass the letter to Shang Zhi, what do you Aiqing think?"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Tuhai stood up at this time, patted his chest and said: "Back to the emperor, this dynasty has never had a precedent for his father to move to the lord when he is alive, Shang Zhixin wants to inherit the prince, then he has to wait until the death of Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan." Inherit it now, it's early! ”

"Well, what Aiqing said is reasonable! Just reply to him. Mingzhu, after the next dynasty, quickly inform the court and outside of the court of this resolution! Kangxi said with a smile, today Shun Lì achieved his goal, and then it will be up to the other two kings to see if they can get acquainted.

Just when the report arrived in Fujian, Wu Sangui also received the notice, Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong are a little different, although he actually did a lot of things independent of the court, but he did not want to lose the hat of the vassal king, and he was not willing to take the initiative to start a war with the court, he was in Yunnan to be his own peace prince, and it would be good to pass on this inheritance to future generations. What he did was actually just for self-preservation. But at this moment, after Wu Sangui got the news, he was a little dumbfounded.

In fact, he had long been mentally prepared to withdraw the feudal domain, but he never mentioned or expressed the intention of withdrawing the feudal domain, which also shows that he did not want to withdraw the feudal domain. Now that the imperial court agrees to Shang Kexi's withdrawal of the domain, in fact, it also strongly hints to him, you now have two ways, one is that you take the initiative to withdraw the domain, and the other is that I ordered the withdrawal of your domain, but the initiative is still in your hands.

Geng Jingzhong had been preparing for the war for a long time, so as soon as Li Guangdi and Yao Qisheng showed this report, he began to implement the countermeasures discussed by the original few people - the letter agreed to withdraw the feudal domain, but in private, he tried to delay as much time as possible, and it depended on how the Yunnan side moved!

In the eyes of the imperial court, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi are not strong in the three feudatories, that is, Fujian has developed in recent years, but Fujian's army has become a sailor, and the threat to the imperial court is not great. The most dangerous is Wu Sangui, he has super high prestige, at least 150,000 troops, and his every move is related to the situation in the world.

At this time, Wu Sangui had a headache, he did not immediately send an application for the withdrawal of the feudal domain like Geng Jingzhong, but immediately convened a meeting of the generals when he received the notification. Before the meeting, he first sent a letter to the generals, the letter was written by his son Wu Yingxiong, the letter wrote: "The court has been suspicious of my father for a long time, and if my father is still slow to move at this moment, it can only deepen the suspicion of the court. But if the father's decision is ignored, the sons can only fight side by side with the father-"

After the transmission, the generals immediately exploded, if Wu Sangui was withdrawn, then all his family property would be finished, so he must not agree to withdraw the domain. Although everyone didn't want to withdraw, they all knew that Kangxi was waiting for words, and he had to give an answer.

Wu Sangui's chief strategist Fang Guangchen said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that the coast is peaceful now, and it is okay to remove the king of Pingnan. But Yunnan is not as good as others, there are many "Miao Man" in the Tusi, only the Pingxi Wangfu can shock them, and as soon as the imperial court withdraws the domain, there will be chaos here. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Mu family to guard here for more than 200 years for the sake of national reunification. In the same way, the imperial court will tell you to stay here for hundreds of years. Therefore, the subordinates felt that the prince only needed to cooperate with the court to make an appearance, and replied to the court that he was willing to unload his armor and return to the field, so that the court would know that you had worked hard and played an important role, so he would not dare to touch you! ”

Wu Sangui's subordinates still have people who understand, and the most powerful of his three strategists is the "First Military Division" Liu Maoyao, that is, Liu Xuanchu, Xuanchu is his word. It's just that Liu Xuanchu won't be without Fang Guangchen to speak, so he is ranked second. In historical records, it is difficult to see Liu Xuanchu's figure, this guy is always ignored. But in literary works, Liu Xuanchu's image is always the first strategist in Wu Sangui's army, which is enough to show his strength.

After listening to Fang Guangchen's words, he saw that Wu Sangui couldn't find the north a little, so Liu Xuanchu immediately stood up and objected: "Lord Wang! The emperor has long wanted to transfer you out of Yunnan, but he has been unable to find an excuse. Liu Xuanchu's opinion is quite high, and this sentence is on the point. However, he did not stop, and continued: "A few years ago, there was a rumor from the imperial court that 'the three feudatories have become a disaster of the Qing Dynasty. It is rumored that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, even if they are old men sweeping the floor, know that the emperor wants to do something to the three feudatories. At this time, taking the initiative to withdraw the feudal domain in the book undoubtedly made the emperor catch the handle, whether the emperor withdrew or not, you will be very passive. So, the best thing to do now is to stay silent and wait and see what happens. (To be continued......)