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At this time, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi in the Qing Dynasty, was studying behind closed doors with the four major military divisions under his hands, Fang Guangchen, Guo Zhuangtu, Liu Xuanchu, Wang Shirong, and his two sons Wu Yingqi and Wu Guogui, as well as his grandson Wu Shicong and others. Read "The World is Justice" written by Prince Zhu!

This book was brought back from Beijing by Wu Shijue, and there was only one book, but when Wu Shijue was resting on the "salt village" in Fushun County, Xuzhou Prefecture, Sichuan, he asked the steward and account office of the salt village to help copy seven or eight copies. So now Wu Sangui and others have a book in their hands to learn the doctrine of the third prince of Zhu.

The room was quiet, only the sound of the paper turning was heard, and I don't know how long it took before Wu Sangui put down the book, took off his reading glasses, turned his head and asked Wu Shijue: "Shijue, where did you get this book?" ”

"Grandpa, this book was given to me by Wang Shikai." Wu Shijue replied.

"Wang Shikai?" Wu Sangui thought for a while and asked, "Then the marriage between Wang Shikai and Xiao Su is complete?" ”

"That's right," Wu Shijue said, "borrowed the name of a good friend of Shi Ziye, a gangster named Yang Qilong, who was a gangster in the outer city of Beijing, and was temporarily regarded as Yang Xiaosuo, and married Wang Shikai with Yang Qilong's sister-in-law." Two maids and one husband, of course, Xiao Su is the eldest wife. ”

"Gangsters?" Wu Sangui frowned, "Isn't it just a ruffian?" ”

"No, no, no," Wu Shijue shook his head, "Grandpa, don't you know, the situation around Beijing is not good now, and there are people everywhere who have lost their homes and fields because of the enclosure of the people, and a considerable part of them are begging for a living on both sides of the canal, which is extremely miserable. ”

Wu Sangui sighed and said in a low voice: "The people who died are suffering, and the people who are rejuvenating are suffering!" ”

Wu Shijue said: "Grandpa, you are right, now that people are in charge, the world is miserable, and even the feet of the Son of Heaven are destitute. There are many relict ministers who are unwilling to go to the previous dynasty, so they may have seen some opportunity and changed careers to become gangsters. They either opened a Luojiao Zhaitang, or founded a gang legislature, while controlling the business of Caoyun, and on the other hand, they also bullied and dominated the market in the outer city of Beijing, of course, they also did some more serious business, such as opening a green building, lending usury or something, and some of them mixed well and ate both black and white.

This Yang Qilong is one of the best, not only has a great relationship with our prince, but also has a good relationship with the prince of peace and Jing's second domain, and even took the line of King Yu, and became a 'king merchant' who collected accounts and collected money for King Yu, and also worked in the Dongtangzi duty room.

The family's business is not small, in addition to releasing accounts and collecting debts, he also set up a hall in the pimping camp alley, opened a gambling hall, and also took the dark shares of many green buildings in the eight major alleys, and poured all kinds of antiques, calligraphy and paintings and Western gadgets transported from the south, specifically to earn money for the children of the Eight Banners. ”

"There is such a thing!" Wu Sangui frowned, "Why are those Eight Banner disciples so unskilled?" ”

Wu Shijue snorted and said: "The children of the Eight Banners are also people, and after they are rich, they will be greedy for food, play, study, and martial arts, how hard is it?" How can you eat, drink, and have fun. ”

Wu Sangui still didn't believe it, and snorted: "That's you, can the children of the Eight Banners not learn well like you?" ”

"Grandpa," Wu Shijue was unconvinced, "Where can those Eight Banners disciples compare with me?" If I want to do real kung fu, I can beat at least half of Beijing City! ”

"Okay, Shijue, don't brag!" Wu Shicong interjected on the side, "Since Wang Shikai has married a little girl, should he go to us?" ”

"Of course!" Wu Shijue lowered his voice and said: "Wang Shikai said that he and his father are now lurking in the camp and just waiting for an opportunity to fight back. Now they have won the trust of the little emperor and have been entrusted with the important task of training troops, and in the future, Wang Fuchen will also go out of the town and Liangguang, as long as grandpa can raise troops in the southwest, he and his father will definitely raise troops to respond. ”

"That's great!" Wu Yingqi said excitedly, "Dad, there are already many commanders, commanders, and adjutant generals on the Liangguang territory. If Wang Fuchen and Wang Shikai rebel with us again. Then we may be able to settle half of Jiangnan with one drum! ”

Wu Shijue said again: "In addition, that Yang Qilong also told his grandson that if grandpa you can raise the banner of rebellion in Yungui, he is willing to lead the disciples of the Heaven and Earth Society in Zhili to kill the captives!" ”

"Heaven and Earth Society?" Wu Sangui asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Rebel!" Wu Shijue said, "It is said that it was established by the third prince of Zhu who wrote this book "The World is Public", with the slogan of 'The world is the lord and the guest, and the land is opposed to the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty'. It is necessary to seize the world of the Tartars, and then establish a peaceful and prosperous world where the monarch and the people share the world, the cultivators have their fields, and everyone has food to eat! ”

"This Third Prince Zhu is not simple!" Wu Sangui muttered, then turned his head to look at his four major military divisions, at this time Fang Guangchen had already roughly finished reading "The World is Public", frowning and thinking about something.

Seeing Wu Sangui's eyes, he thought and said, "Lord Wang, don't you think this book "The World is Public" is very familiar? ”

"It's a little familiar," Wu Sangui nodded, "Juntian's idea of dividing the land looks a bit like it was copied from Li Chuang." ”

"Wang Ye Yingming, that is indeed Li Chuang's thing," Fang Guangchen said: "And those of the original monarch, the original minister, and the original law look a bit like the Donglin Party." ”

Fang Guangchen is a native of She County, and in his early years, he also traveled to Nandu, and a group of Donglin successors called brothers and sisters, and Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and others are old acquaintances, of course, I have also heard people say that those "former kings and kings" - the Donglin Party's proposition back then was that the emperor was in charge of affairs, and the world was controlled by them.

It's a pity that these people have first-class mouths, and they can't cut people, unlike their European counterparts who are hard-mouthed and fast!

"How did the truth of the Donglin Party and Li Zicheng's path come together?" Wu Sangui's son-in-law, Guo Zhuangtu, who was the most powerful of the four major military divisions, frowned and said, "Lord Wang, will there still be Li Zicheng's shares in this Heaven and Earth Society?" I've heard people say that it wasn't the real Li Chuang who died in Jiugong Mountain back then, but a stand-in. And the border area between Huguang and Sichuan has always been haunted by Li Chuang's remnants. ”

This brain hole is still big enough!

Wu Sangui thought about it, and actually thought it was possible, so he nodded, and turned his gaze to his other think tank, Liu Xuanchu.

Liu Xuanchu had also finished reading "The World is Public", and when he saw Wu Sangui's eyes, he immediately said: "Now that the matter is over, you have to have an idea!" ”

"What's the idea?" Wu Sangui frowned and asked knowingly.

"Of course, it's the idea of raising troops to revolt!" Liu Xuanchu said, "The misunderstanding between the prince and the court has been deep, and the gap is difficult to settle, and he already wants to be a rich man." I couldn't tell it after a previous worship. Now there is another third prince Zhu who wrote "The World is Public" and organized the Heaven and Earth Society to be your son-in-law."

Wu Sangui interrupted: "Xuan Chu, do you think that Wang Yongkang is really the third prince of Zhu?" ”

Liu Xuanchu shook his head, stroked his goatee, and thought: "That Wang Yongkang is probably not the third prince of Zhu, but can you say it clearly, prince?" Although Wang Yongkang is not the third prince, and the one you gave him is not a real daughter, if you really want to find out, you can find out. If someone says that the prince really married his daughter to the third prince of Zhu and hid them. And the so-called daughters and sons-in-law sent to Suzhou are all fakes, will the little emperor believe it?

In addition, the subordinates suspected that Prince Kang and Wang Shikai, who were sent to arrest Wang Yongkang and his wife, would also search for a few copies of "The World is Public" and what tokens of the third prince Zhu from Wang Yongkang! ”

"What?" Wu Sangui was stunned, "Xuan Chu, do you mean that Wang Fuchen's father and son have a problem?" ”

Liu Xuanchu nodded: "Don't you think that the prince is setting up a game for the prince?" ”

Of course, Wu Sangui has already sensed that something is wrong - he has a lot of ears and eyes in Beijing, and he has already found out that Wang Jizhen exposed Aobai's entry into Yunnan!

This is clearly a frame-up!

"But why would they do it?" Wu Sangui's face was gloomy, and he seemed a little annoyed, "This king treats them well!" ”

"Grandpa," Wu Shicong interjected at this time, "their thoughts are the same as those who came to you to greet you in the Yin'an Hall today!" I don't want to follow the Qing Dynasty anymore. After all, the Qing Dynasty is the world of the children of the Eight Banners, no matter how good our Han people do, they are just slaves, and when they can use it, they are fine, but once they can't use it, they will have to unload the mill and kill the donkey! And now, the mill has been pulled, and the donkey is about to be killed! ”

"Brother Shicong is right," Wu Shijue also nodded heavily, "Grandpa, it's the other way around. We can't do it anymore! If nothing else, you can't hand it over just this worship! If you can't hand over the worship, even if you hand yourself over, this rich man can't be down-to-earth, not to mention that there is a third prince of Zhu? ”

"What a Wang Shikai!" Wu Sangui snorted, "Is this to force the old man to a dead end?" ”

"Grandpa," Wu Shijue shook his head, looking excited, "That's not a dead end, but a road to the sky." The grandson has been in Beijing for several months, and has witnessed the decadence of the children of the banner people, who have long since lost their former bravery. Moreover, the generals and ministers of the banner people have also withered away, and only Ao Bai and Yue Le remain. And Ao Bai is still under your command, grandpa! ”

"How can the old man worship?"

"Grandpa, you have it!" Wu Shijue said, "Wang Shikai also asked me to tell you: If the emperor thinks that the Aobai must be in Yunnan under the rule of King Pingxi, then it is best to have an Aobai in the Pingxi Palace!" ”

Wu Sangui was stunned again, and Liu Xuanchu, the think tank next to him, suddenly said loudly: "Lord Wang, then Wang Shikai is right, you should claim Aobai!" ”

"Recognize Aobai? How to recognize? Wu Sangui also knew that it was more advantageous to have Aobai than not to worship now, but he didn't know how to recognize it, "You can't give the court a note and say that Aobai is in Pingxi Palace, right?" ”

"It doesn't have to be." Liu Xuanchu said with a smile, "The prince only needs to find someone who looks similar to Ao Bai to haunt the Pingxi Royal Mansion and the camp in the north of the city so that people can see it." Now there is obviously no fake worship, and it has been spread outside, if there is a fake, it must not be passed on as a true one?

With the status of the third prince of Zhu, the prestige of Aobai, the response of the Wang father and son and the Tiandi Association and the Han generals from all over the country, plus the truth of "The World is Public", is the prince still afraid that this rebellion will not work? ”

"But only a few of us have read this "The World is Justice", and others don't know," Wu Sangui continued to ask his own think tank, listening to his words, it seemed that he had made up his mind to rebel!

"It's easy to do." Liu Xuanchu's eyebrows fluttered and he said, "The prince asked people to print more and quietly distribute them on the market." Then the prince issued a decree to let the yamen everywhere post notices announcing the ban on the book "The World is Public". In order to let everyone know what is wrong with this book, it can also be pointed out in the notice that "the world is the lord and the guest" is a rebellion, and "the division of land equally" is a robbery of money.

In addition, the prince can also send this book to the yamen and schools below, so that the people below can recognize it first, so that it is convenient to prohibit it! ”

Not to mention, Liu Xuanchu, the brain of a military advisor, is good!

Wu Sangui sighed, "Xuan Chu, your idea is very good. But there's still a problem! My son should bear still in Beijing as a hostage, what can I do? ”

Hearing this, Wu Yingqi, Wu Guogui, Wu Shicong, and Wu Shijue all frowned a little. Isn't it just a son, if it's gone, it's gone, what's the matter?

"Lord Wang, I have an idea!" Wu Sangui's "Fourth Army Division" Wang Shirong stood up at this time.

"Oh, what's Shirong's trick?" Wu Sangui hurriedly asked.

"Lord Wang, it's better to use the strategy of the general, and deceive the prince and the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers of the brigade to Sichuan or Guizhou, and then have a roll of bread!"

Wu Sangui stroked his beard, thought for a while, and said, "Will you plan it?" The old man understood, and the old man didn't wait for them to train the soldiers well, so he pretended to be critically ill first, and let Ying Xiong and the princess come to Yunnan to preside over the affairs of the domain, and then the little emperor would definitely send a large army to suppress the territory in the name of escort. Then the old man will come to him."

As he spoke, Wu Sangui made a murderous gesture.

"The prince is wise!" Wang Shirong provoked the thumb up, "As long as the little emperor dares to send the Eight Banners soldiers, whether it is into Sichuan or Guizhou, you will win." ”

Wu Sangui's brows furrowed again, "But the little emperor is quite clever, will he be tricked?" ”

Is Kangxi smart? Wang Shirong thought to himself: It's very impulsive to look at!

"Lord Wang, there is a plan for humble duties." Liu Xuanchu already had a clever plan at this time.

"Xuan Chu, what are your plans?"

"Does the prince still remember Lu Yifeng?" Liu Xuanchu said.

"Is that the prefect of Qujing?" Wu Sangui frowned, "Didn't he get sick and die a while ago?" ”

"Lord Wang, he's not really sick, he's pretending to be sick!" Liu Xuanchu said with a smile.

"Faking illness?" Wu Sangui was stunned, "Why?" ”

"Did you forget?" Liu Xuanchu said, "A while ago, there was news from Beijing, saying that Lu Yifeng revealed the news of Aobai's entry into Yunnan to Wang Jizhen, causing Wang Jizhen to flee to Beijing and letting the emperor know about Aobai's presence in Yunnan. ”

"He was wronged." Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Wang Jizhen has already gone to Beijing. ”

"But he didn't know, so he was scared!" Liu Xuanchu said, "He was afraid that the prince would condemn him, so he hid back in Dali's hometown and pretended to be sick." Let's just arrange a fraud for him to abscond, escape to Beijing, and then he will report the news that the prince is sick because of fear and grief and anger, and he is seriously ill. ”

"Fear and grief?" Wu Sangui asked, "Why is this king worried and afraid?" And why is there grief and anger? ”

"Lord Wang, your daughter and son-in-law were killed, can you not be sad and angry?" Liu Xuanchu said with a smile, "Geng Jimao and Shang Kexi have lost power one after another, can the prince not be afraid?" If the prince can't afford to be sick, and there are people in the domain who want to."

As he spoke, Liu Xuanchu glanced at Wu Yingqi and did not say any further. However, Wu Sangui has completely understood, if he can't afford to fall ill, and the generals of the Pingxi Domain support Wu Yingqi under the leadership of Ao Bai, and keep the mind of the third prince of Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu to rebel, can Emperor Kangxi still sit still?

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui laughed out loud, "Liu Junshi, you are really the Liu Bowen of this king!" Take a trip to Dali and invite Lu Yifeng to come to Wuhua Mountain for a gathering! ”

When Wu Sangui finally made up his mind to oppose the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zhongxiao, who had turned him into a protector and the old father-in-law of the third prince of Zhu, was accompanying his noble man Fuquan to go shopping outside Zhengyang Gate.

Both men were dressed in civilian clothes, huddled in front of the crowd one after the other. Feel the strong flavor of the old Beijing city in the early years of Kangxi. Now is the busiest time of the year in Beijing, and the temple fairs have already opened, and the noise will not be finished until the Lantern Festival is lit up.

Although Emperor Kangxi asked him to set off as soon as possible, the Qing Dynasty's understanding of "as soon as possible" was different from that of later generations, Kangxi said to him "as soon as possible" in October of the eighth year of Kangxi, and if Wang Zhongxiao and his party could set off after the Spring Festival in the ninth year of Kangxi, it would already be considered "very early".

It is impossible to go away after getting the will, and it is not a six-hundred-mile rush. That's the minister of the Qin mission to go out to Beijing to do business, and the official is still Prince Kang's Jieshu! If you don't have to prepare well, and then have a big New Year, it's good to be able to leave after eating the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

If you are really in a hurry, the local government will not have time to prepare for hospitality, and you will neglect the prince, you will not be able to eat and walk around.

For Wang Zhongxiao, it is also necessary to stay in Beijing for two more months. Because he went south this time to do too much, for the sake of the country and the people, a lot of things to do, many things have to be done at both ends, Beijing to do a little, and then go to Liangjiang to do it again. Like what. Helped Credit Suisse Tang to carry out the business of "election loan".

What is an election loan?

This official loan is a usury provided for officials elected by the Qing Dynasty in Beijing or alternated in the local government!

Wang Zhongxiao's good brother Wang Jizhen recommended Wang Zhongxiao to borrow this official loan to buy a guard, but Wang Zhongxiao was lucky, and as soon as he arrived in Beijing, he met Fuquan, a nobleman, so he didn't need to borrow usury. Otherwise, if he wants to become a guard, he will have to bear at least a few thousand taels of Hades debt!

Of course, for Wang Zhongxiao, who was born in the White Banner Han Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a loan of several thousand taels for officials is not a problem at all. Moreover, it is said that it is a loan shark, and Yang Qilong and Yuan Linjing, who lend the bonds of the king of Hades, will also give him preferential interest rates, and these people are all talking about interest rates.

The real object of their exploitation is not the flag members, but the Han members selected in Beijing, because they are the real "slave officials" of the Qing Dynasty and the slaves of the Qing officialdom

(End of chapter)