The winter of Kangxi's thirty-fourth year was unusually cold. Reading a book // The north wind is cold, blowing on the human face like a knife, there are few pedestrians on the road, and occasionally someone walks by, but also cotton jackets, winter hats, cover themselves tightly. At this moment, in the east greenhouse of the Qianqing Palace, it is warm, and some sandalwood is added to the smoke cage in the house. Kangxi was lying on the kang, and on the other side, with the prince as the prince, the slightly older brothers, one by one, sat on the embroidery pier on the big right.

Kangxi pointed to Fei Yanggu's fold in front of him, frowned and asked the prince, "Yin?, what do you say?"

The prince stood up, bowed down and replied: "This time I urgently reported that Geldan led 100,000 troops to the east to raid the Khalkha Mongolian Chechen Khan, and then went down the river and stationed in the east of Bayan Ulan (now southeast of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), which was menacing. Erchen secretly thought that its intention was to annex the Khalkha and Horqin Mongol tribes and covet Monan. Fortunately, the emperor Ama Shengming candle shined, and Feiyanggu led the right guard generals to the military, stationed in naturalization, and the generals of Sabusu and Pengchun were also ordered to train their troops. If Geldan really dares to attack, these three brave generals alone can make him go and have no return. ”

Kangxi listened, smiled, and didn't comment, and then turned to the eldest brother and said, "Yin?, do you have any ideas?"

As early as the 29th year of Kangxi, after Geerdan defeated Ulan Butong, Yinshan read the errand of "General Fuyuan", went to Chen, asked someone to say the item on his behalf, and was bent on getting the "handsome" flag in his hand. No, after Kangxi proposed a second pro-campaign, he had to restrain himself. In the past two years, Kangxi has mentioned less and less about the pro-conscription, and he also let Yinshan participate in the deliberations of the Ministry of War, which has stirred up Yin's thoughts. At this time, when he saw Kangxi asking, he said: "Erchen thinks that what the prince is talking about is very much. If Geldan dares to cross the Krulun River one step, the retainers are willing to ask for orders to go on the expedition, as long as they have 30,000 soldiers and horses with their retainers, they will definitely sacrifice Geldan's head in front of the emperor Amma. Reading //"

As soon as these words came out, the prince felt a greasy feeling in his heart. The other elder brothers also heard the voice: the prince discussed, Feiyangu and the other three went out to meet Geerdan, but the eldest elder brother took advantage of the prince's words to ask himself to be the commander.

Kangxi still didn't answer, just looked at the other elder brothers with a smile and said, "What about you, that's what you mean?"

The third elder brother Yinzhi has always been outstanding in literature, but he is not good at soldiers, and he is wording how to respond, so he saw the fourth elder brother Yinzhi got up and said: "The ministers also have some thoughts, please ask the emperor Ama for advice." ”

Seeing Yin's response, the eldest brother couldn't help but be a little irritable, he knew that the prince had been wooing Yin's money in the past few years, so he was afraid that Yin's calculation would be broken at this time, so he grabbed Bai and said: "If the third brother hasn't returned to Huang Ama, are you a little too anxious for the fourth brother?"

Yin just replied indifferently: "Since the third brother is gifted, it is the son who is abrupt." ”

Yinzhi was suddenly embarrassed, he clearly didn't think of a good rhetoric, and he was still glad that Yinzhi said first, leaving some time for himself to think about it, and he didn't want the eldest brother to make such a cross-cutting bar, so he had to say: "It's okay." The fourth brother played first. Erchen was already negligent in the military. ”

The eldest brother was very stupid, and his face was a little ugly.

Kangxi also lost a smile on his face, and said: "I often say, brothers, friends, brothers, brothers, brothers, How many of you brothers don't have much ability, but you are good at paying lip service, what kind of system do you become?"

When all the elder brothers saw Kangxi's reprimand, they left their seats and knelt down to apologize.

Kangxi said coldly: "Apologies are just words. What I want is that the words of brotherhood are deeply engraved in your hearts, and they are translated from words to deeds. I have said before that I fight tiger brothers and go into battle with father and son. It's good now, but before I go into battle, I start to lie in the nest. Can I still count on you before the battle?" The princes were ashamed to hear this.

After a while, Kangxi's face turned a little pale, and he asked: "What I asked, if you have played, you will talk about it first." If it's right, I won't appreciate it. If you can't say it, you brothers go outside together and kneel down to think about the past. ”

The princes couldn't help but secretly complain, the charcoal fire in the East Warm Pavilion was thriving, and when they entered the house, everyone took off their big leather jackets, and only wore a single cotton robe at the moment. If you kneel outside the hospital, as long as you are momentary or three, you will freeze out of the disease. The fifth elder brother Yinqi and the seventh elder brother Yinqi couldn't help but look at Yinqi, hoping that Chen Guan, who was Yinqi, could eliminate Kangxi's anger. The prince also counted on Yin?, who could help him frustrate the prestige of the eldest brother.

Yin took two steps forward and said: "Since Huang Ama participated in the alliance in the twenty-ninth year, he has been treating the Mongolian tribes with the word "comfort". In the past three years, there have often been Mongolian ministers who come to the court to claim their vassals, thinking that they are vassals of our court. It can be seen that the world is unified, and this general trend is also. Geldan raised his sword to invade the territory, in a vain attempt to divide the territory, but it was against the sky. Moreover, Geldan fought from Ulan Butong, avoided the northwest for four years, and lost his geographical advantage with Mobei; moreover, his people were cruel and unrighteous, and gradually distanced themselves from his tribe. The Gurdans and the Grims are at an end. ”

Kangxi snorted lightly and said, "What you said is nothing new, it's just picking up some other people's wisdom." If it happens again, I won't listen. ”

Yin didn't panic, and said: "What Erchen played next was some of Erchen's shallow opinions. Geldan repeatedly wooed Tushetu Khan, intending to use his troops to cross his border in pursuit of the Khalkha tribe. And the emperor Ama has always been very kind to the Tushetu tribe, if the emperor can make the Tushetu Khan pretend to promise Geldan, he will be able to lure Geldan deep into the desert. In the cold land, the sand sea is everywhere, and it is not easy to supply grain. The Geldan cavalry is the majority, and although it occupies a quick word, it is very easy to be in a dilemma of not being able to replenish it. And the sons thought that this was the advantage of our army. In the past three years, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs have set up Mongolian post stations between the interior and Mobei, built plank roads, and set up military granaries. Moreover, Geldan has always relied on the power of the Rakshasas, and if there is no source of Rakshasa firearms, Geldan will cut off an arm. Since the twenty-eighth year of the year, the emperor has repeatedly sent Rakshasa envoys, and his lord promised not to share a firearm with Geldan again. This time, the court can tell the Rakshasa directly, so that Geldan will have no firearms to replenish the soldiers. At the same time, after the incident of Madi, Huang Ama reprimanded the ambition of the wolf son of Geldan, on the other hand, adjusted the deployment of troops in northern Xinjiang, strengthened the garrison of various border towns, and invited from the Khalkha Mongols to organize his troops into 37 banners, which were listed with the rest of the Mongolian flags. If the emperor Ama personally marches, he can also urge the rest of the Mongolian tribes to attack together. Khalkha hates Geldan to the bone, and this time it can make his troops and the imperial court soldiers and horses coordinate, and he is eager to return to his homeland, and he must take the lead. Looking at the momentum of the enemy and me, he disappeared and I rose, so the sons dared to assert that Geldan would be defeated!"

Kangxi smiled a little and said, "Although it sounds immature, there is still some merit." You will write a note, discuss it with the prince and the eldest brother, and then present it to me. Today's punishment is for the time being. If it's not good, I still can't spare it. ”

Only then did the princes secretly feel relieved. In this discussion of entering the army, the most frustrated is naturally the eldest brother, listening to the meaning of Kangxi's words, it is very likely that it is still the royal conquest. The crown prince breathed a sigh of relief, the eldest brother could not lead the army, so naturally it was impossible to achieve great feats, and he would not threaten the position of the prince. And once the emperor goes on the expedition, he will naturally be the crown prince who will supervise the country, and he will be the first person in the dynasty!