"Dong Weng, the second prince said that because he missed your old man, he changed to a fast horse in Shaoguan and galloped with a few relatives, and the team was still led by the eldest prince, and it will take a few days to reach Zhaoqing."

The one who was talking back to Wang Fuchen was "Third Prince Zhu's brother" Yao Qisheng, of course, he didn't know that his relationship with Third Prince Zhu was so close!

This Master Yao Qisheng Yao is now very popular, and his ability and his "drill energy" are absolutely second to none in the "master group" of Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao.

And his business ability is also very strong, criminal name, money valley, military affairs, diplomacy (he was the magistrate of Xiangshan County, and dealt with foreign devils), copywriting and other affairs, and even proficient in Manchu - he is the Eight Banners of Shaoxing! Of course, he can speak Manchurian, but he will have some Shaoxing accents.

In addition, Yao Qisheng served as the magistrate of Xiangshan in Guangdong before he became the master of Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao, and he knew the situation in Guangdong very well. In addition, his original leadership ability is also very strong - in the original history, he pulled up thousands of "Zhejiang Yong" to follow Jieshu to fight Geng Jingzhong, and finally mixed with the governor of Fujian!

Therefore, after such a master who was proficient in almost all aspects arrived at the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang, he naturally won the appreciation of Wang Fuchen. He is now nominally Wang Fuchen's "master of the folds", but in fact he is the "master in charge" who helps Wang Fuchen deal with military and political affairs.

Wang Fuchen touched his beard and said with a smile: "Since this kid still knows that he misses my father, let him wait in the third hall of the hotel!" ”

"Brother Wang," Kong Sizhen was stunned, "you want Shikai to come to me?" It's not appropriate, right? ”

Wang Fuchen laughed and said, "Sister Zhen, my big head is in charge of the Yamen of the East Hall at the sticky pole. The fate of the two of us, will he still know? ”

Kong Sizhen frowned and didn't say anything more. Wang Fuchen smiled and waved his hand, and asked Yao Qisheng to pass Wang Zhongxiao into Kong Sizhen's mansion.

"The child greets the adults, and the loyalty and filial piety please Gege Da'an!"

In the three halls of the Dingnan Gege Hotel, Wang Zhongxiao, who had come all the way, finally met his unfilial father and his father's little three holes and four chastities.

This unfilial father is also a father, Wang Zhongxiao is such a filial son, and he always has to bow so-so when he sees his father.

As for the junior who is not filial to his father. How can they all be a female feudal lord, so Wang Zhongxiao also brought him with him when he saluted his father.

When Wang Fuchen saw this big filial son, he didn't ask him to sit down, but frowned and asked: "Second brother, for my father, did you really force that grandson of King Pingxi to death with your brother?" ”

As soon as Wang Zhongxiao heard this, he was unhappy, and he was not polite to him, so he stood up straight, pulled a chair, sat down with a golden knife, and then replied: "Yes, Dad, don't you also have the question book for impeaching Wu Yingxiong?" ”

Wang Fuchen waved his hand, "Can that be the same?" Who hasn't been in the world to overseer him? Even your Aunt Zhen is on the question. ”

"There are also people who don't go up," Wang Zhongxiao smiled meaningfully and said, "The Guangxi general and the Guangxi governor didn't go up." ”

"They? Hmph, they're all going to be reversed! Wang Fuchen frowned again as he spoke, "No, I'm afraid they've already reversed. General Sun of Guangxi is based in Liuzhou, Admiral Ma Xiong is based in Nanning, Guo Yi, the general of the left wing of Guangxi, is based on Sien, plus a Zu Zeqing in Guangdong is based on Gao, Lei, and Lian Prefectures! Although they have not openly raised the anti-flag, they have already ignored the orders of me, the governor of Liangguang! ”

He glanced at Kong Sizhen beside him again: "Guangxi Mafutai also sent a message yesterday, saying that the news of Liuzhou, Qingyuan, Sicheng, Sien, Zhen'an, Nanning, Taiping and other seven prefectures has been cut off, and the government offices of these seven prefectures and the county offices of the counties below are all in contact with the governor's yamen, the fantai yamen, and the Zhentai yamen!"

There is also news that these seven prefectures in Guangxi and all the counties under the seven prefectures have been taken over by the men and horses sent by Sun Eyu, Ma Junmen, and Guo Zongzhen, and the disobedient prefects and counties have been arrested."

Kong Sizhen on the side also looked worried, and sighed: "Ouch, what can I do about this?" ”

Wang Fuchen touched his beard and glanced at Kong Sizhen, and said tentatively: "Sister Zhen, don't be afraid. Your Guangxi general sounds very powerful, but in fact, there are not many soldiers at hand, except for his own personal barracks, there is only one Liu Qingxie passed down from his father, and there are 1,700 soldiers in total.

There were a little more people in Guangxi Governor Ma Xiong, and there was a Nanning garrison camp in this standard, with a total of 4,500 soldiers. Guo Yi, the chief soldier of the left wing of Guangxi, had this pacesetter plus a Sinan Association on hand, a total of 3,020 soldiers. Together, they were nine thousand, four hundred.

And the new army I have on hand, plus the pacesetters, there are fifteen thousand in total! Zhen Meizi, your vassal army has fifteen assistants with a total of 3,000 people, there are 2,000 in the right wing town of Guangxi in Chengren, there are 1,005 pacesetters in Governor Ma, 1,002 in Xunwu Association, there are 500 in the Guilin garrison, and 1,000 in the Shuishi battalion in Zhaoqing, which are also under my control!

As long as we send troops, your grandson's strength will be over at any time."

When Wang Fuchen spoke, it was called a smugness!

He is now the biggest warlord in Liangguang!

There are 16,000 soldiers and horses directly under him alone, and if he swallows Kong Sizhen's army again, there will be more than 20,000 troops, which is more than Shang Kexi's people!

Kong Sizhen heard that Wang Fuchen was going to attack Sun Yanling, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him: "Don't!" Don't"

"Don't?" Wang Fuchen smiled, "Sister Zhen, are you afraid that after Sun E's army is defeated, you will go to Wu Sangui to move the rescue troops, right?" Or. Let's also contact the West Prince? ”

"What?" Kong Sizhen was taken aback, and looked at Wang Fuchen with a pair of big eyes, "You, you want to take refuge in Wu Sangui?" Wu Sangui's grandson was forced to death by your son! ”

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Wang Zhongxiao, who had a gloomy face, "Shikai, what do you say?" ”

Wang Fuchen didn't wait for his son to speak, so he smiled and said, "Shikai, the prince of the West is not unreasonable. If you force Wu Shilin to death, it is a last resort, if you don't do this, Wu Shilin will also be a dead end. ”

You unfilial father! Want to trick me? No way!

Wang Zhongxiao sneered: "Father, you are really confused! ”

"Why am I confused?" Wang Fuchen was a little unhappy, "Second brother, don't you understand the current trend?" The West King has become the climate! ”

"Father, you're right," Wang Zhongxiao nodded, "Wu Sangui has indeed become the climate. But the Qing Dynasty can't finish it for a while. No matter how capable Wu Sangui is, he is not as good as Zhu Hongwu, right? No matter how useless Emperor Kangxi is, he is a little stronger than Emperor Yuan Shun, right?

This Qing court is no longer presentable, it is much stronger than the chaotic court at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, right? With Zhu Hongwu's ability and the chaos of the Yuan Court, it took more than ten years from the capture of Jiqing Road to the capture of Dadu! How old is Wu Sangui now? Is there more than a dozen years? If Wu Sangui is gone. Who will succeed you? Will there be fratricidal brothers? Let's take refuge now, isn't it a little early?

In addition, do we have enough money now? Wu Sangui is now on the cusp of the wind and is about to be blown into the sky, let's take refuge in him, what good price can we offer? ”

"I, I have sixteen thousand soldiers and horses!" Wang Fuchen glanced at Sizhen again, and said with a smile, "Your Aunt Zhen still has thousands of elite soldiers under her command!" Can't we still find a position to determine, equalize, and continue the status of the three feudatories? In the future, your Jiqing brother will be the king of Guangxi, your eldest brother will be the king of Guangdong, and you will be the king of Chaozhou. That's a good arrangement, right? ”

The arrangements are good, and the Pingnan Mansion and the Xushun Mansion are gone, and there is no Guangxi General Sun Yanling!

And what's even better is that Wang Zhongxiao is busy working for half a day to be a Chaozhou king?

According to his original plan, if he rebelled in Guangdong, Wang Fuchen could be a "heavenly king", and he himself would be a "god"! Now a Chaozhou king? How can this work?

However, Wang Zhongxiao does not have enough capital to be a "god" now; he has only arrived in Guangdong, and he has not yet integrated and developed the forces of the Tiandihui, the Restoration School, and the Jingwu School in Guangdong, nor has he supported the Guangdong Customs, still less has he grasped a large number of local political power in Guangdong, and of course he has not begun to carry out the Juntian Movement in the Guangdong New Army.

If the Guangdong New Army was not given Juntian, then the Guangdong New Army would not be the armed forces of the Heaven and Earth Society, but the armed forces shared by the Great Qing Dynasty and Wang Fuchen.

Now pull the flag and oppose the Qing. The time is not ripe!

Thinking of this, he gave Yao Qisheng, the "third prince's brother", a look: "Xizhi, you must have figured out the strength of each mountain in Liangguang, right?" Let's hear it. Do we have the capital to rebel with Wu Sangui now? ”

"If we go back to the young owner's house, our capital is not enough."

Yao Qisheng didn't think there was anything wrong with this topic, and really began to analyze it!

It's been two eras now and before the battle of Daguan Town. At least in Guangdong and Guangxi, times have changed!

The restoration of sight is no longer a distant thing, but a thing that is happening!

Therefore, Yao Qisheng, the master master, should naturally have a good consultation for his Dong Weng, should he oppose the Qing Dynasty immediately, or wait and see?

"Dong Weng, Shao Dongjia," Yao Qisheng said, "Now there are nearly 10,000 elite soldiers on Sun Yanling's side, if you add Zu Zeqing's Gao Lei Lian Town and Gaozhou Water Division Battalion, then there are more than 13,000 elites!"

The Pingnan Wangfu also had fifteen elite soldiers, and also controlled the five general troops of Guangdong's left wing, right wing, Shunde, Shaozhou, and Jieshi, and the actual strength at hand was estimated to exceed 15,000!

And the incoming Zhu Guozhi, Li Lan, and Chen Shikai will also control a total of 8,000 green battalion soldiers.

In addition, the Xushun Mansion has five assistant leaders, 1,000 elite soldiers, Liu Jinzhong, the general soldier of Chaozhen, has 2,000 soldiers, the sons of the late Raoping general soldier Wu Liuyi still have 1,500 people on hand (one association), Guangdong Shuishi Town is huge, with 6,000 soldiers, and Qiongzhou Town has 2,000 soldiers. Coupled with some other miscellaneous troops such as the "Xie" and the city defense battalion and the sailor battalion, there can be about 20,000 small troops.

In other words, the total number of feudal armies and green battalions in various parts of Liangguang is about 80,000, while the number of troops that Dong Weng can control is only 16,000 to 20,000, accounting for only 20 to 2 and a half percent of the total strength of Liangguang. ”

Wang Zhongxiao immediately followed Yao Qisheng's words and said, "Father, did you hear that? Our troops only account for 20% of the total strength of the armies of the two Guangzhous! Wang Zhongxiao said, "And the new army of the green camp is still mostly recruits, and they have just come to Guangdong, and they are not familiar with the place, how many people can follow us with all their hearts?"

In addition, how much territory do we have now? Regardless of Guangxi, Guangdong alone has thirteen state capitals, eighty-nine counties, halls, and scattered prefectures. How much do we have?

Without territory, our more than 10,000 troops are just rootless wanderers, and it is difficult to raise military rations and civilian soldiers, and there is no way to replenish the war damage and death, and there is no way to buy gunpowder and equipment. Once you encounter something wrong, you have to be scattered! ”

Wang Fuchen's ears were originally a little soft, in history, he opposed the Qing Dynasty and returned to Wu Sangui for a while, and after being fooled by Zhou Chang for a while, he returned to the camp of the Qing Dynasty, coming and going to make himself stink.

Now listening to the analysis of Yao Qisheng and Wang Zhongxiao, the already undetermined antipathy has shrunk a lot.

And Wang Zhongxiao glanced at Kong Sizhen again after speaking, Kong Sizhen hurriedly said to Wang Fuchen: "Brother Wang, Shikai and Master Yao are right, we can't be in a hurry about the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, we are not reckless now, but a strong man with a heavy army!"

Now that the imperial court and Wu Sangui are holding each other down, neither of them can spare too much strength for Liangguang, so we are just slowly grabbing the territory of Liangguang. With the territory, population, and wealth of the two wide. What is not what you want in the future?

If you are in a hurry now and rebel and smash up, then you will have lost all your efforts and have nothing left! ”

Wang Fuchen touched his beard, pondered and asked, "But how to manage this territory?" If there is no rebellion, how many counties can I, the governor, control? ”

"Dad, the child took advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to sell officials and lords to raise military salaries, and has already bought six prefects and twelve prefects, of which the prefects can also act as governors! In other words, we can control up to eighteen counties! Wang Zhongxiao calculated, "Let's try our best to get the coastal counties of Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Guangfu, and Gaozhou."

Coastal counties have a large amount of abandoned land because of coastal relocation, and these lands can be taken out! Our own new army can share a little, and we can also give some to the local heroes in Guangdong. In addition, these seaside counties are now very poor, and there are many pirates, and ordinary magistrates can't afford to eat them, so it's easy to get their hands on them. ”

Wang Fuchen glanced at Yao Qisheng: "Master Yao, how many counties are like this?" ”

"Dongweng, Guangfu has Xiangshan, Xinning, Xinhui, Xin'an, Shunde, Dongguan six counties, Zhaoqing has Yangjiang County, Huizhou has Haifeng, Guishan two counties, Gaozhou has Dianbai, Wuchuan. There are eleven counties in total. In addition, Gaoyao, the first county of Zhaoqing, Qiongshan, the first county of Qiongzhou, Huilai, which borders Chaozhou and Huizhou, and Qujiang, which guards the gateway to Lingnan, are all four counties that we had better take. ”

Wang Zhongxiao said: "With these fifteen counties, plus Uncle Ba's Zhaoqing Mansion, and my son's Guangdong Customs Road may have two or three more prefects or prefectures, we can start operating our own basis!" ”

"Still in business?" Wang Fuchen frowned, "How to operate?" ”

"First of all, of course, it is to select talents to enrich the governor's yamen and the provincial and county yamen that we can master!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "The officials of the Qing Dynasty, no matter how much they can use them, there are always too few and too few!"

If you don't say anything else, it's your father's governor's yamen, and you're just a bare pole. Even the master of the six branches is not an official. If we want to really effectively control the territory, this official and official. Still a little more! ”

The Qing Dynasty was not without redundancy, and there were many redundant personnel in the internal affairs system! However, there are too few local officials, and a county often has only one official with a seal, and even if it is a large county, at most it will be given to a county or a master bookkeeper or a pawn, and these two officials are not willing to get them all together. So often there are a lot of officials in a county!

There are not enough officials, so of course the local government affairs can only be handled by relying on the officials' "staff and family members" and the local tyrants, the former are hired by the officials themselves, and the latter are from the gentry or local ruffians who have long controlled the local government.

This official hires people at his own expense. It's not one or two! But at least one or twenty, so many that it can even reach one or two hundred! Where does the money come from? Isn't it okay to be corrupt?

As for the local gentry and ruffians, why do they do "petty officials" who have no money to pay?

"But the system of the imperial court," Wang Fuchen's brows were twisted, "and where can we find so many talents?" ”

"The imperial court is busy fighting with Wu Sangui now, how much more can it do in Guangdong?" Wang Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Let's do it ourselves!" As for where is the talent? Isn't there a Restoration School and a Jingwu School? If we want to run the site well, we have to run these two schools seriously! ”

"But does it cost money to run a school?" Wang Fuchen said, "Now these two schools have just opened, and they have already spent a lot. If you want to really do it big, you can't spend 120,000 yuan a year? Where does the silver come from? ”

"Silver." Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "Father, there are children!" The child is a customs road such as the Guangdong Customs Road, and he has a lot of silver to collect! ”

"Young owner," Yao Qisheng reminded, "the water of Haimao can be deep. Moreover, the Yi people entrenched in Haoao are not easy to deal with, on the one hand, there are people in the court, and on the other hand, they have friends with the Pingnan Palace. It was difficult for the successive governors of Liangguang and Guangdong to intervene. ”

Wang Zhongxiao laughed and said: "That's someone else's way, I have a way!" I dare not say that there is no problem in getting hundreds of thousands or millions from the customs a year! ”

"Are there really that many?" Wang Fuchen's eyes lit up, "If there are really so many, then our soldiers will be more than 16,000, and it is possible to double it again!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao said confidently: "Father, just look at it! ”

(End of chapter)