The majestic Pingxi Wang's Mansion stands high on Wuhua Mountain on the outskirts of Yunnan Province. The dragon towers and phoenixes, or the red wall is blocked, or the green bamboo is shaded, and they are scattered among the peaks and peaks of the stream according to the mountain situation. The radius of dozens of miles is verdant with clouds and trees, the weather is dense, the winding mountain road, the layers of marble steps meander straight to the clouds, and people have the feeling of fluttering fairy as soon as they enter the mountain. This was the former Ming Dynasty Yongli Forbidden City, Wu Sangui took over and painstakingly repaired, after nearly 30 years of operation, it is no longer its original appearance. The rows of big stone houses built in the back mountain are Wu Sangui's treasury, and the gold, jade, pearls, treasures, Yao, Jue, Bi, and Gui are stacked like mountains, and the workshop of the money casting division next to the treasury is still turning copper and smelting tin day and night. The arsenal was already stocked with all kinds of weapons, but swords, knives, iron, axes, spears, bows, spears, guns, flints, and cannons were still being forged and renewed. In the corridors on both sides of the Yin'an Palace, there are the Soldiers and Horses Division, the Domain Officials Division, the Salt Tea Division, the Punishment Hall, and the Casting Hall...... Everything is set up according to the imperial court system, but it has been simplified a little bit and the name has changed. The tall imitation Han Que at the foot of the mountain extends in all directions, leading to Pingliang in the north, connecting Qinghai and Tibet in the west, connecting Guizhou and Guangdong in the east, and reaching Myanmar in the south...... All of this constitutes an incomparably huge network, and the central figure involved in this large "network" is Wu Sangui, who first surrendered to Li Zicheng, then voted for Dolgon, and led the Qing soldiers into the customs in a big way.

Wu Sangui was sitting in front of Lie Cui Xuan in the palace garden on the west side of the Yin'an Palace at the moment watching the song and dance. Sitting side by side with him was Geng Jingzhong, who had secretly made a detour from Beijing, and Shang Zhixin, the son of King Pingnan, who had been coming from Guangdong for half a month. They have been here for two days to consult and watch, and the information from all sides has almost been gathered.

"The two virtuous nephews have seen it," Wu Sangui smiled and turned his face to Shang Zhixin, "How am I here?" ”

"It's so beautiful!" Shang Zhixin's eyes looked straight at the lawn, Wu Sangui's two most beautiful concubines, the four-faced Guanyin and the eight-faced Guanyin, were playing "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers", dancing with long sleeves fluttering, lotus steps moving lightly, fluttering like a frightening Hong, meandering like a dragon. Shang Zhixin could see that he didn't seem to hear Wu Sangui's question clearly, and Gege smiled: "Do you still need to ask Lao Shibo?" What a pair of stunners in the world! Geng Jingzhong, who was next to him, hated Shang Zhixin's vulgarity, and when he heard that his words were not right, he hurriedly said: "Although I came late, I saw the situation here yesterday, and it really seems that he is doing a big business, I am afraid that Brother Shang Shishi may not have so much military and horse food!" Shang Zhixin was still absent-minded and full of praise and smiled: "Beauty vanilla, vanilla beauty, what a good situation this is!" I can't get used to those flag-clad aunts and grandmothers, who kick a 'flower pot bottom' with big feet, with a protruding chest and belly, without any charm. A big hero like Lao Shibo should be equipped with such a stunning beauty. As he spoke, he turned his face sideways, looked at the relatives in the side room, and saw that there was only one old Zhang Fujin, so he asked again, "Why didn't you see Mrs. Ru?" ”

This is asking Chen Yuanyuan. Wu Sangui couldn't help frowning, and secretly thought: Judging from Shang Zhixin's performance since he went up the mountain, he is a complete rice bucket pervert, can he work with such a person? Wu Sangui had no choice but to cough helplessly, and said with a smile: "She is already old, and she has been weak and sick in recent years, I built a water moon nunnery for her on the west peak, and let her recuperate there......" After that, he sighed and said, "Chen Yuanyuan and I are very affectionate, this is true." But it's not like the folklore, my surname Wu's 'Chong Guan is angry and red-faced', so he led the Qing soldiers into the customs. This is really underestimating people - I was originally angry for the crown! Who would have thought that it would become such a situation later! ”

"It's too late to redeem it now, but it's too late." Geng Jingzhong couldn't take in the beautiful scenery, and said worriedly. When he went to Beijing to see Kangxi this time, he muttered a little in his heart; Originally, he was full of confidence in Wu Sangui's strength, but now he is a little uncertain. Kangxi's open-minded demeanor has a huge attraction to him, and he is too impressed by him, not like Wu Sangui said that he is a "milky and not dry" child. After thinking about it, Geng Jingzhong said with a smile: "Fu Honglie was only punished by dismissal, maybe he will be reused, and some people say that he will be sent to Guangxi." You two need to be careful. ”

Hearing the words "Fu Honglie", Shang Zhixin was slightly stunned and said: "This person can be called a character, in addition to writing a few sycophantic articles, he can also come a few times militarily, he is a twisted piece of candy, and he can't be provoked." ”

Wu Sangui listened and couldn't help but smile: "It doesn't matter, Fu Honglie, I have a way to deal with it, you can rest assured." ”

"Okay," Shang Zhixin grinned, "There is an old man in the way, and the court doesn't sleep with Niangniang, so our brother won't care about his nonsense." ”

Geng Jingzhong has always promised himself to be a Confucian general, and he is very unaccustomed to Shang Zhixin's vulgar and unbearable speech, so he smiled softly and said: "Brother Zhixin, you can't be careless, a Fu Honglie, a Sun Yanling, are all on your ground!" ”

"Brother Shi really treats my Shang Zhixin as a drunken man!" Shang Zhixin looked at Wu Sangui, and suddenly sneered, "I think about whatever I do, and when I sit here and watch the play, I have to use my mind on 'color'; When dealing with literati and scholars, I put my mind on 'morality' and 'articles'. I want to do what I want, and I want to do both, isn't it wonderful? Sun Yanling is cunning and short-looking, and is not difficult to deal with; Fu Honglie...... I can only borrow one person from the old man to deal with it! ”

"Who?" Wu Sangui asked in surprise, and Geng Jingzhong also looked at Shang Zhixin in surprise.

"Wang Shirong!" Shang Zhixin replied with a hippie smile, "Fu Honglie's brother." ”

"Wang Shirong has gone out on official business." Wu Sangui was really impressed by Shang Zhixin. This guy with a full face has been packing himself into a bag since he came up the mountain, who would have expected him to have such a trick, it is the so-called strictness of the city government in his chest, and the danger of mountains and rivers in his heart. Wu Sangui couldn't help but owe his body, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the virtuous nephew would reveal the truth at this time!" I heard that you eat raw human flesh in Guangzhou, but there are any? ”

"Admittedly!" Shang Zhixin said coldly, "This is the way of the imperial soldiers!" Most of my subordinates are bandits recruited from the mountains, I don't kill people fiercely, they are willing to obey me? My father led a lifetime of soldiers, but he didn't see through this layer, so they didn't listen to him - no poison and no husband, I, a Jingshan jade, had to pretend to be a mountain king. He laughed at the sky.

This kind of mental trick is so terrifying, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but shudder: this surnamed Shang, who has been on the mountain for more than half a month, is full of foul language, and behaves absurdly, even the treacherous and cunning Wu Sangui has been hidden! But why bother? Geng Jingzhong pondered for a while and understood that Shang Zhixin was pretending to be stupid, waiting for himself and observing himself! He peeked at Wu Sangui again, but Wu Sangui didn't seem to care at all, not only did he not blame, but he was very happy. Wu Sangui was originally worried that the situation in Guangdong would be difficult to maintain, but now his worries have been lifted all at once. Wu Sangui excitedly stood up and ordered left and right: "Please Mr. Liu Xuanchu, as well as Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu, they also come!" As he spoke, he smiled at Geng and Shang: "Didn't you say that the four-faced Guanyin and the eight-sided Guanyin are stunning, please watch the acting skills of the ten sisters again!" He slapped his face as he spoke.

With the applause, the singing of the two Guanyin came to an abrupt end, the curtain of the west wing of Lie Cuixuan moved, and the sound of the thin beads shaking and swaying, and the sound of the rings jingling, ten young girls smiled shyly, and walked out with the pipa in their arms, so light that they were like catkins throwing the wind and floating lotus playing in the water, standing in a row on the green lawn. Led by Ah Zi, it is particularly eye-catching, she is powdery and light, the moth eyebrows are swiped, the eyes are bright, the eyes are shining, with the little yellow flowers on the green lawn, it is even more glamorous. Look at the four sides and eight sides of the two "Guanyin", although they are also peach blossom faces, they suddenly lose their color. Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but sigh: "Today, I know the beauty of the good sentence 'Six Palaces Pink Dai has no color'!" Shang Zhixin held his chin in his hand, as if he was concentrating on the fine wine.

Liu Xuanchu, Xia Guoxiang, and Hu Guozhu, led by Wu Sangui's personal guard Huangfu Baozhu, the tiger general, entered from the Yuedong Gate in the east, and Wang Yongning and Ma Baoyi also followed in, and sat down on the left and right sides of Wu Sangui in turn. Baozhu stood tall and bulging his belly, and stood behind Wu Sangui with his sword in his hand. Wu Sangui ordered Ah Zi and them to start playing, and said with a smile Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin: "The appreciation of the two virtuous nephews is correct, this is a special ...... sent from Hangzhou by the little girl Wu Mei."

Before the words fell, several crisp and heart-stirring pipa sounds rose through the air like dripping water from a cold spring, and the four of them were immediately silent. The four-sided Guanyin and the eight-sided Guanyin glanced at each other, retreated to the side with interest, one holding the flute and the other holding the sheng, and gently pressed and blew to harmonize with the pipa. In an instant, Lie Cuixuan was immersed in a group of fairy music, and the irritability, dullness, and depressed emotions hidden in the heart of the head of the three feudal clans were swept away. After passing through the door for a while, Ah Zi moved out of class, slowly dancing his long sleeves while softly singing:

Don't say that meditating in front of the Buddha, grinding thousands of times, who has ever picked the fruit of longevity? How can the green lights be dim, the wind and rain, the dark clouds are shaking, and the hard reading of Ziyun's poems is said - the years have been exhausted, the years have been reversed, and I have gone to find a dream of Nanke! The bell and drum are leaking, the food is still warm, and it happens to be matched with the golden wave of agar syrup; The jade pillar was depressed, so he went to the Luoyang bridge to lie drunk, and listened to the back of the mountain, and sang the princely song heartily......

"Beautiful and talented!" Shang Zhixin didn't drink, he was already drunk, and he praised him, "It's a pity that it's difficult for me to find such a character in Guangdong-Lao Shibo is so beautiful!" ”

"Where is it, this is a ...... that is going to be a little star in the inner room for you Brother Ying Xiong" Wu Sangui couldn't help blushing, he had already understood this Ah Zi. Wu Sangui's harem only had no less than a thousand concubines, dozens of times more than the Qing Emperor. Since Ah Zi came to the mountain, he suddenly overwhelmed the crowd. He originally thought that he wanted Ah Zi, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was spit on Zhang's face, and he was scolded bloody.

"Animals are content and not ashamed, people are ashamed and not content, how can you not be content and not be ashamed?"

Wu Sangui was still unwilling, yesterday at noon, taking Mrs. Rest, he took away the people left and right, and quietly paced to the east courtyard where Ah Zi lived alone, and was about to knock on the door, but heard someone whispering inside. He walked under the window and licked the torn window paper to see that the two of them were undressing by the bed—he was very angry, and secretly thought: "The family is unfortunate, and the children and grandchildren are ruined, what is this!" Just as he wanted to go in and scold, he thought that he was also cheating, so he turned around and left in desperation, and accidentally kicked over the flower pot at the door, and made a "loud" sound, which startled him. I couldn't hide it anymore, I just heard the squirming inside for a while, and Ah Zi asked through the window, "Who?" ”

"I'm ......" Wu Sangui looked around, and no one was aware of it, so he replied boldly.

"It's the prince!" Ah Zi screamed sweetly, pulled the door open gently, buckled the breasted button, and said with a sneer, "Lord Wang...... Is there anything wrong with the slave and maid at this time? ”

Wu Sangui saw her smiling and her cheeks flushed, and she was already itching and unbearable, so she touched Ah Zi's gentle chest and said with a smile: "Lord Wang? I'm going to be the emperor! If someone else can come to this place, I can't come here? Ah Zi had no choice but to bow his head and smile, and then poured Wu Sangui a cup of fragrant tea and handed it over. Wu Sangui didn't take the tea, and stretched out his hand to Ah Zi's chest again, and said with a smile: "You are really lovely, and those who come will not refuse......"

After only saying a word, I heard movement outside, and Zhang's Fujin was speaking loudly in the front yard: "Mei Xiang, find out the family method given to me by the old lady!" She took over the "family law" and took a dozen girls and went straight to the east courtyard.

Wu Sangui suddenly panicked, wanting to grab the door and go out, but he was afraid of running into Zhang's head-on; I wanted to get under the bed again, but I knew that my grandson was also hiding underneath. Wu Sangui was so anxious that his face turned red and white, and he whirled dryly, muttering, "This ...... What to do, what to do......"

"What's so hard about that!" Ah Zigege smiled, "The prince has still seen the world, and he can't cope with such a little battle!" As he spoke, he turned around, took down a feather duster hanging from the wall and handed it to Wu Sangui, and said hurriedly: "You just scold Shipan and go out!" ”

Wu Sangui was stunned for a long time, still puzzled, and saw that Zhang's sheng entered the hospital, getting closer and closer, so he had to stomp his feet with a red face and scolded loudly: "Shipan little beast, hiding from the first day of junior high school and fifteen!" Ma Labazi, the bigger the less you are, if you don't make amends to Lord Bian, Lao Tzu will throw you into the tiger circle! As he spoke, he didn't look at Zhang, and he didn't look back.

"This is-" Zhang was baffled by this sudden farce, only to see Ah Zi unhurriedly walked to the bedside, bent down and shouted: "Shipan, the prince has already gone, you come out, go back and wait for him to be angry, isn't it over to make amends?" In an instant, the two of them walked away in broad daylight...... Thinking of this, Wu Sangui couldn't help laughing happily, laughing inexplicably at the monk Geng Jingzhong who was concentrating on watching the play. Geng Jingzhong asked, "Why did the old man suddenly laugh?" ”

"Huh?" Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, and said with a busy smile, "This woman is not only beautiful, but also beautiful!" When she lives here less, the old man will ask her to enter Beijing, and Ying Xiong'er must have such a person to wait. ”

"Lord Wang," Hu Guozhu ignored their conversation and asked with a bow on the side, "Is Brother Ying Qi back?" ”

Wu Sangui shook his head when he heard this and said, "This hakama kid, I don't know what to do in Xi'an!" Since he and Wang Shirong went, not only did they not receive letters, but even Ma Harrier's letters were gone! Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong only then knew that Wang Shirong went to Shaanxi ***. Wu Yingqi is Wu Sangui's nephew, since Wu Yingxiong was detained in Beijing, Sangui has regarded him as a son, but in fact, he is not inferior to Wu Yingxiong. Wu Sangui was anxious, so he was willing to attack him like this. Geng Jingzhong heard Wu Sangui talk about the horse harrier, so he smiled and said: "I know this person, he is a person who cares about the horse's heart ape and the first rat, and the old uncle should be careful when dealing with him." ”

Wu Sangui smiled, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Geng Jingzhong, and said, "The old man is not easy to mess with, you and Zhixin look at this!" At this time, Ah Zi and the others had already stopped singing and dancing, and took the nine girls to squat at Wu Sangui and the others, and then followed a group of concubines of the Zhang family to the back.

Xia Guoxiang waited until the people retreated, and when he saw that Geng Jingzhong was concentrating on reading the letter, he knocked his palm on the back of his fan and said to Wu Sangui with a smile: "You might as well send General Baozhu out for another walk." ”

"You said you were going to Xi'an?" Wu Sangui turned his face and asked.

"No!" The weak Liu Xuanchu didn't speak, and at this time he covered his chest with one hand and coughed lightly, "I should go to Beijing." Hu Guozhu was listening, his eyes lit up, and he interjected: "Mr. Liu is right, General Baozhu is in Beijing, and it is estimated that Mingzhu should also go back and find an opportunity to get rid of him." "Mingzhu was Kangxi in the eighth year of the study counselor of the government, in the capture of Ao Bai contributed to the capture of the Ao worship, Qin sent to Shaanxi, asked the Son of Heaven to kill Hu Guozhu's cronies Zhengzhou prefect brothers, Hu Guozhu has always been angry about this. This Huangfu Baozhu is the first powerful guard under Wu Sangui, known as the "Tiger General", with the ability to fly the eaves and walk the wall, it is effortless to kill Mingzhu's little white face. Wu Sangui agreed with the killing of Mingzhu, but he was not satisfied with Hu Guozhu's narrow-mindedness, so he only said "um" and did not say anything more.

"Where is the!" Liu Xuanchu easily breathed through his breath, but he was still a little out of breath and said, "What's the use of killing a pearl?" You can only startle the snake! Baozhu's trip is to protect the great prince to return to Yunnan - there is a kung fu to kill Mingzhu, it is better to visit Wu Ciyou's whereabouts by the way! ”

"Wu Ciyou," Geng Jingzhong had finished reading the letter, handed it to Shang Zhixin, and muttered, "Is it the scholar who assisted the emperor in clearing Aobai?" Liu Xuanchu said: "Yes, it's him." He was originally going to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but now he is giving money back to the mountain, lecturing everywhere alone, recruiting literati for the imperial court, this person is much more valuable than Mingzhu. I have taken care of Zheng Chunyou, Liu Shijie and others in Yanzhou, and asked them to pay attention to the collection ......"

"Rotten one!" Hu Guozhu disagreed, "If the prince wants to search for such nerds, I can take a handful out of the pocket!" ”

Wu Sangui smiled when he heard this, stood up and said to everyone: "This gust of wind is cool, let's go inside to eat tea and talk." Only then did a few people realize that they were still sitting on the steps of watching the play, a little nondescript, so they stood up together.

Passing through the hall of Lie Cuixuan, which was full of Wu Sangui's clumsy handwritings, several people followed Wu Sangui into the east wing study and sat around the long case in front of the marble screen. Only one of the guards came in, guarding behind Sangui. As soon as he sat down, the palace secretary came in in hurriedly and said to Wu Sangui: "Lord Wang, Lord Bian, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, please take a look." As he spoke, he handed over a copy of the book with both hands.

Wu Sangui frowned, took it absentmindedly, looked at a few lines, turned his face and asked, "Do you know the beginning and end of this matter?" It is a matter of importing medicinal materials from Yungui to the mainland. The secretary said: "I know it." The prince had ordered an embargo on the transportation of medicinal materials to the mainland last autumn, and these businessmen had violated the order and got ten truckloads of medicinal materials, all of which were Poria cocos, gastrodia, notoginseng, musk, deer antler, and cinchona, and they were deducted from the card. They reported to the governor's yamen, and Lord Bian sent someone over to ask the prince to deal with it. Wu Sangui pondered for a moment, and suddenly sneered: "Hmph! He's just giving me a problem. Where are those merchants now? ”

The secretary said: "All of them are here, outside the hanging flower gate of the compound." ”

"Tell them to come in and wait outside the Xuan!" As he spoke, he got up and said with a smile, "You guys discuss first, and I'll be back in a while." ”

The medicine merchant was already kneeling at the foot of the middle steps of the courtyard, and when he saw Wu Sangui pacing out slowly, he hit his head three times on the brick floor, and pleaded: "The prince is a thousand years old!" Ask the prince for mercy...... Mercy...... If these ten carts of medicinal herbs can't be returned, the small ones can only commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river......"

A trace of pity flashed in Wu Sangui's eyes, and he said slowly: "Gu has already ordered an embargo on medicinal materials, why are you so bold?" ”

"Back to the prince's words," the pharmacist kowtowed again and again, choking up, "because of the flooding in Shandong and Henan in the interior, the plague has spread, and the little semicolon guys there are in need of these medicines." The little one didn't dare to violate the prince's ban, because he asked the prefect's yamen to get it. As the saying goes, medical pharmacies are based on treating diseases and saving people......"

"Huh? What saves people? Wu Sangui said sharply, "Could it be that King Lone and I are based on harming people?" Seeing that the pharmacist was so frightened that he just kowtowed, Wu Sangui changed his tone and sighed, "But you do have your difficulties." I bought all these ten truckloads of your medicine, how about it? ”

The medicine merchant raised his head, looked at Wu Sangui's compassionate face in surprise, and stammered, "This ...... This ......"

"We in Yunnan and Guizhou have also had plagues recently, and there are often miasma and hurting people," Wu Sangui said, "This is also for the sake of my people in Yunnan and Guizhou, so medicines like cinchona, coptis, notoginseng, and musk can't go out of the province!" You are a businessman, and it is natural for you to want to get rich, how about I show you a way to make money? The pharmacist kowtowed first and said yes, and then looked up at Wu Sangui in surprise. Wu Sangui smiled and said: "Tell those merchants in the guild hall that what we lack here is horses and grain, and you can go to Inner Mongolia and Zhili to sell some back, and you will definitely not be able to suffer losses!" ”

"Good lord!" Yao Shang said, "It's okay to say that the grain is okay, and it is a ......violation of the imperial court's ban to sell horses from the Central Plains to Yungui."

Wu Sangui sneered and said, "Sensei and I will talk about these business scriptures, you people have a way to ......" said and shook his hand and left. I heard Geng Jingzhong laugh and said: "Jiang is still old and spicy, and Lao Shibo can be described as killing two birds with one stone, wonderful!" Wu Sangui only nodded and smiled, sat down and asked, "Two virtuous nephews, how is the letter from ***?" ”

"It's a deed of sale!" Shang Zhixin had finished reading it, and he smiled and stretched the letter on the table again, "Old Shibo, with it, the horse harrier has become the mountain protector of Wuhua Mountain!" His eyes sparkled with excitement, and he read:

“…… Fang today has the same heart as the governor of Fu Fan Town, and the king will be Mengjin's meeting. Wang is an old minister of the former dynasty, the matter of the year, out of necessity, today the machine is in hand, if the king sends troops to the Central Plains, the world responds, this great cause of the ages is also ......"

Shang Zhixin read it, and praised it repeatedly: "Wonderful, the surname Wang was originally born in the army, and it is not easy to write this article!" ”

"It's not necessarily his handwriting." Xia Guoxiang said coldly, "He is a general who specializes in Jianya, and if he finds someone to kill the person who wrote the letter, this letter will be worthless." One sentence made everyone silent again.

"Not only must you have a good plan, but you must also have great ambitions!" Liu Xuanchu was in a little better spirit at this time, and when he saw everyone's depressed expressions, he smiled and said, "Of course the Minister of State is right, but *** is indeed with different aspirations, as long as you take care of it, you won't worry about it for me." So I don't think I can take this letter too lightly. ”

"Have great ambitions" is said to Wu Sangui. This Liu Xuanchu, since he entered the Wu family shogunate at the age of seventeen, has been more than forty years. Wu Sangui has always respected him, but in major matters, there are many people who don't listen to him. Before the Qing soldiers entered the customs, Liu Xuanchu persuaded Wu Sangui to make a plan to retreat south, so that Li Zicheng and the Qing soldiers could fight first, and skillfully reap the benefits of the fisherman, but Wu Sangui did not listen; In the last year of Shunzhi, the imperial court issued an edict to cut troops in various domains, Wu Sangui listened to Liu Xuanchu's advice, and lied that Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty was stupid in Burma, not only did not cut troops, but also made a large amount of military salaries, but unexpectedly Wu Sangui actually faked and did it, forcing the king of Burma to hand over the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, and personally ordered him to be hanged on the forced death slope, and suddenly made a bad reputation in front of the world, and Liu Xuanchu was so angry that he had hemoptysis; In the sixth year of Kangxi, Liu Xuanchu persuaded Wu Sangui and Ao Baiyan to reconcile and disrupt the political situation, but Wu Sangui wanted the benefits of the fisherman's profit, so he ignored it and sat back and watched Kangxi become a climate...... Thinking of this, Liu Xuanchu's face flushed. He looked at Wu Sangui, who was wearing a dragon yellow robe, and he had always hated Wu Sangui for not being angry, and he felt that he could only rely on him to recover Hanye...... Liu Xuanchu took a breath and said: "The strength of the three kings is here now, and I have been present at the meeting for a few days, in fact, this is a small Mengjin meeting, and the princes will do their best to attack Yidi." However, the current army is only 500,000, although there is a lot of food, but it depends on the supply of the imperial court, once this food source is cut off, it will immediately appear to be poor, and it is very unwise to make any moves now. He gasped as he spoke.

"What should I do, Mr. Yi?" Geng Jingzhong heard for a long time that Liu Xuanchu was Wu Sangui's number one adviser, and after listening to his thorough explanation, he secretly admired it in his heart, and bowed slightly from the seat and asked, "Sir, when do you think it is appropriate to do something?" ”

"This is an extraordinary move," Liu Xuanchu said with a solemn expression, "It is not only about the lives of all the princes, but also about the misery of millions of lives!" If this move fails, the Qing family will be solid in the world! Therefore, no matter how anxious you are, you must be more cautious. We are located in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Fujian, occupy the benefits of iron, salt, tea and horses, and the dangers of mountains, rivers and rivers, first of all, we must do a good job in the livelihood of the people under our rule, not just refer to the few taels of silver in the imperial court to live - internal government affairs, external Tibetan back, raising horses and training soldiers, and befriending the generals of the army. Once the imperial court withdraws the feudal domain, it is equivalent to giving me the truth, and I can swear an oath and win a battle! He paused for a moment and added, "In my humble opinion, there is no better way to do this." ”

Shang Zhixin is known as the demon king in Guangdong, killing people like hemp, although these words sound reasonable, but he feels that it is difficult to return, it is better to fight quickly, so he said with a smile: "Sure enough!" But please note that the Imperial Court is doing the same, and we can't compare to him! Last year, after capturing Aobai, he immediately ordered the ban on enclosures to be stopped, and the autumn was ripe again - the seventy counties in the north were exempted from money and grain; I heard that Yu Cheng Chan was transferred to be the governor of the river, and the governance of Huang Huai is also a matter of immediate importance; In the first year of Kangxi, the scholars were not enough to take the exam, and this year I heard that Kyoto was full of people who would take the bus test! He occupies the central situation, and time is running out! ”

"I didn't say take your time." Liu Xuanchu leaned on the back of his chair and listened very carefully. After Shang Zhixin finished speaking, he smiled and said, "When I say be heavy, it is tight inside and loose outside, and step up preparations." They also have many difficulties - more than half a year old income is given to us, and they want to buy the hearts of the people without donations, and they want to control the river, how can they have the money to fight? The people's hearts are also unstable, there are many victims of the Huanghuai break, and the third prince of Zhu in Beijing is also very fierce......"

"Third Prince Zhu?" Geng Jingzhong couldn't help asking, "Why haven't I heard about it in Beijing?" ”

Liu Xuanchu smiled and said: "The prince is forbidden to enter and leave the palace in Beijing, how can the third prince of Zhu patronize you?" While he was talking, Ma Bao, the general who was guarding outside, hurriedly came in and handed Wu Sangui a name thorn with both hands. When Wu Sangui looked at it, it read: "Yang Qilongbai, the younger brother of the young family", couldn't help but smile and said to Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong: "Yunnan ground evil, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, the third prince of Zhu is here!" Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, Wu Sangui saw Liu Xuanchu bow slightly, and burst out of his mouth with a word: "Please!" ”