In fact, Kangxi didn't even need to think about it to know the thoughts of the people below - he must be doubting the correct leadership of his wise and martial little holy master!

That's why he had to laugh, so as to show his subordinates that he still had a bamboo in his hands, and that he still had a way!

When everyone's attention was suddenly attracted by the little pockmarked emperor, Kangxi suddenly stopped smiling, his expression became extremely serious, and he looked at the ministers with a confident gaze: "Do you know why I am laughing?" ”

Know, in order to hide the trepidation in your heart.

The ministers all knew it, but no one dared to tell the truth.

Although this bully is guilty, he still has to be deceived every day! What these ministers eat is the bowl of rice that deceives the king!

"The ministers (minions) don't know."

A group of ministers, who knew everything, said in unison that they didn't know.

And Kangxi's self-feeling is not bad, the emperor has to be "difficult to know like a king", so that the people below can live tremblingly, where can he be like Fuquan, that rotten good man, he wants to be the emperor, and the ministers below can sleep and live with peace of mind, can this thing still be done?

"The reason why I laugh is because I have seen through the general trend of the world today, and I have also thought of a countermeasure!" Kangxi's words were full of confidence, as if it was not the Qing Dynasty that had just lost Jiangning and was about to lose Qinzhou, but Wu Sangui and Zhu Sanzi.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

The ministers at the bottom continue to deceive the king. Very dutifully deceitful!

Kangxi raised his waist pole and regained the feeling of more Ming Monarch Holy Lord, he said: "For example, today's situation is a bit like the Three Kingdoms that we are very familiar with!"

When our Qing Dynasty occupied the sky, we controlled most of the world, comparable to Cao Wei who was dominant in the north back then. Moreover, he was also asked by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to become Cao Wei, who has become the world's Zhengshuo. It has both strength and fame. But just like Cao Wei back then, although he already had the reputation of righteousness and the strength to dominate the sea, there were always people who tried in vain to revive the Han family and fight against the Mandate of Heaven!

Although Wu Sangui, an old thief, occupied the territory of Shu Han back then, he couldn't be Uncle Liu Huang, he didn't have that righteous name. In terms of righteousness, he can only barely compare with the Jiangdong Sun family, which is equivalent to Sun Jian. But his troops are not weak, and there are dangers of mountains and rivers, so let us count him as occupying a geographical advantage. However, this geographical advantage is not much of an advantage for Wu Sangui, and the danger of mountains and rivers is not conducive to attacking. And Wu Sangui's troops are strong enough, if it weren't for being trapped in the mountains and rivers and inconvenient for transshipment and scheduling, the current situation would definitely be better. That's why I want to personally stand up to Xi'an, as long as I can trap Wu Sangui in the mountains of Sichuan and Longxi, I can compete with him for a long time, and I can win the battle!

And the third prince of Zhu. has a reputation but no strength. The reason why he was able to take advantage of the situation to take Jiangning was because of his righteous name. However, his righteous name is really a bit big for his strength. If the name is small, you will be trapped by the name! He now has the territory where his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang slowly became the king and built a high wall. But Zhu Yuanzhang at that time was just a Pingzhang of Jiangnan and other places in the Han and Song dynasties, and he was not prominent among the heroes in the late Yuan Dynasty.

But now the third prince of Zhu has no way to delay his claim to be the king, because he has the righteous name handed down from the Ming Dynasty. I won't let him become bigger, and Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng won't want Emperor Chongzhen's son to become big in Jiangnan. After all, Chongzhen was forced to death by Li Zicheng, and the purpose of Wu Sangui's rebellion was to be the emperor himself, not to make wedding clothes for others.

As for Li Zicheng of Wuchang, now he does not dare to use his banner, but acts in the name of Li Fengtian in self-deception. It seems that he is delaying the idea of becoming king. Of course, he has no righteous reputation, and his strength is limited, so it is not easy to open up the situation and turn the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' into the 'War of the Four Kingdoms'. And he is also old, and he has no ambition in the past, unless there is any external help, this Li Zicheng is afraid that he will be a thief who guards the land.

And Zheng Jing of Dayuan Island and Wang Fuchen of Liangguang, although they also have some strength, they are only Ma Teng, Shixie, Gongsun and the like, not surprisingly, the world will not fall into their hands. Therefore, we should try to win them over as much as possible to avoid spending too much strength on them before the overall situation is decided. ”

After listening to Emperor Kangxi's analysis, the ministers below had to admit in their hearts that this little emperor was still a bit sage, but the amount was a little small, and he was mean and unkind. Otherwise, Ao Bai would not have been forced away, Wu Sangui would not have rebelled, and the current Qing Dynasty would still be peaceful.

Kangxi continued to say his thoughts, "So my method is to 'block Wu and Zhu in four words'!" The so-called blocking Wu is to block Wu Sangui in the northwest at all costs, and not let his main force rush into the pass, otherwise I will have to share the Central Plains with Wu Sangui in the Qing Dynasty. In this way, we have to go all out to fight against Wu Sangui, and we will no longer have the strength to deal with the third prince of Zhu.

And Trapped Zhu is to block Wu at the same time, the third prince of Trapped Zhu Yu Jiangning is placed in the second place. Now that the third prince of Zhu has taken control of Jiangning City and the surrounding five counties, it is estimated that he will soon form a force with Geng Jingzhong. Although the combined strength of these two thieves is not much, the territory of several counties is not large. But our Qing Dynasty also didn't have many available troops in Jiangnan. For the time being, we can only try to trap the enemy.

Tell me, what are the best ways to trap the enemy? ”

"Your Majesty," the scholar Suo Etu was the first to open his mouth to offer advice, "The slave suggested that the Jiangnan camp, Jiangbei camp, Jiangxi camp, and Jiangdong camp should be set up in Huzhou, Yangzhou, Jiujiang, and Zhenjiang immediately, and the southeast, northwest, and northwest sides of Jiangning should be surrounded!" ”

Kangxi nodded with satisfaction, this Suo Etu sometimes has a big picture! See how good the positions he found for the four big battalions besieging Jiangning? The southeast, northwest, and northwest are all arranged!

"Go on!" Kangxi then asked, "Where did the soldiers of the Jiangnan battalion come from?" And who will preside over it? ”

"Returning to the emperor," Suo Etu said, "Li Zhifang, the soldier who stayed in Beijing, has made great achievements in assisting King Yu in training troops and exterminating the Chahar rebels, and the emperor might as well let him serve as the governor of Zhejiang military affairs and concurrently serve as the head of the Jiangnan battalion, and at the same time, the emperor can also order King Yu to send three or four thousand new troops to follow him to Zhejiang." With these three or four thousand soldiers, the defense of the southern line of Jiangning must be foolproof! ”

It's a two-bird arrangement!

On the one hand, it can support the Jiangnan camp, and on the other hand, it can weaken the strength of Fuquan.

"Good!" Kangxi nodded, "I also think that this Li Zhifang can manage the Jiangnan camp, so what about the Jiangdong camp?" Who is in charge? ”

"Your Majesty," Suo Etu said, "the Jiangdong camp is the top priority, once it is lost, Su Song's money and grain land will be lost to the enemy, then Zhu San will inevitably become bigger, and the southeast cannot do it." Therefore, the slave suggested that Prince An and the main force of the Jingzhou army should be transferred to the east, and Prince An should be the governor of Liangjiang and the head of the Jiangdong camp! ”

The matter of transferring Yue Le and the main force of the Qing army in Jingzhou to the east was actually raised a few days ago when the news of Geng Jingzhong's rebellion just arrived.

And Kangxi also agreed in principle, but how to transfer Yue Le and his Jingzhou army, Kangxi and his courtiers still had disagreements. The main disagreement was whether to let the Jingzhou army take the water route or the land route.

There is a big difference between taking the water route and taking the land route!

The former has to pass through the Yangtze River controlled by Li Zicheng!

How's it going?

Can you please ask Li Zicheng to make a way?

And at what cost? Do you want to give up Jingzhou, Jingmen and other territories to Li Zicheng? That Li Zicheng can be seen to be bigger. The Three Kingdoms have become the Four Kingdoms, everyone has seen this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but what is the "Four Kingdoms War"? People don't understand it very well.

And the big guy is still worried, once the Romance of the Three Kingdoms becomes a war of the four kingdoms, will it be out of control in the future? Will there be more and more Congress? Will three more countries be added in the future, and it will become a seven-nation competition?

And the latter is to buy a road from Wu Yingxiong. But after Wu Yingxiong won the "Mailuzhou" and "Mailufu", would he join forces with Wu Guogui and enter the Central Plains north?

This is really the "Bear Tyrant Central Plains"!

And once Wu Yingxiong makes a breakthrough in the Central Plains, then Kangxi will definitely not be able to continue to defend the pass, and then Wu Sangui will not enter Chang'an, but Luoyang.

This is "Xiong Zhenyuan, Sangui Shangluo".

So Kangxi hasn't made up his mind yet - choose a relatively not too bad one from two very bad ideas.

This is a test of Kangxi's decision-making ability! Everyone raised their heads and looked at Emperor Kangxi, who seemed to be lost in thought.

I don't know how long it has been, just listening to Kangxi's cough, Xiao Mazi Shengjun has already made a decision!

"I ......," Kangxi said, "Although my Qing Dynasty has taken away the country that Li Zicheng has already obtained, the person Li Zicheng hates the most should be Wu Sangui, right?" ”

Everyone at the bottom gets it!

Kangxi was between "Sangui Shangluo" and "Dashun Resurgence", and finally chose the latter!

Kangxi said: "I and Wu Sangui are not wearing the same sky, and Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng are also not wearing the same sky...... And the Qing Dynasty and the Great Shun cannot coexist either!

However, Li Zicheng's strength is still small, and the harm is far from being comparable to Wu Sangui. Even if he takes a few more state capitals in Huguang, it will be impossible to hit the Central Plains, unless he doesn't want territory and becomes a rogue. But now he is a soldier of Juntian Prefecture, and he can't be a rogue.

Moreover, Jiang Ning has now fallen into the hands of the third prince of Zhu...... Li Zicheng should not go down to Jiangnan again to wade into this troubled water.

Therefore, I would rather let Li Zicheng become bigger and let him compete with Wu Sangui for Huguang, rather than let Wu Sangui, an old thief, have a chance to get involved in the Central Plains! ”

I have to say that Kang Mazi is still good at choosing one of the two bad ideas that is not too bad for him

Kangxi paused and said, "I now need someone to send an envoy to Wuchang to reach an agreement with Li Zicheng to exchange land for road. Do any of your ministers want to go through this? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister Jia Hanfu is willing to send an envoy to Wuchang!"

It is Wang Jizhen's father-in-law who is willing to send an envoy to engage in internal relations.

He had already had an errand to go to Liangguang to be a messenger before, but because the situation was changing too fast, and the governor of Shaanxi was too bad, he had to hand over the same thing, so he hadn't been on the road yet.

Kangxi looked at it and thought: It seems that only he is the most suitable! If Li Zicheng kills him, then there is a possibility that Wang Fuchen and Li Zicheng will fall out. This is completely unnecessary for Li Zicheng!

So Kangxi nodded: "Okay!" If I can negotiate with Li Zicheng, you will go to Chenzhou to take office, and rely on your in-laws, Wang Fuchen, to maintain a little situation in Hunan for my Qing Dynasty. ”

From the governor of Shaanxi to the governor of Hunan. For others, it's almost a condemnation, exile, and death!

But for Jia Hanfu, it was a reward.

Because others can't control Chenzhou and Guiyang Prefecture, Wu Guogui is in the north, and Wang Fuchen is in the south, and they don't seem to be good people! Sandwiched between them, that's the plate dish.

And Jia Hanfu is Wang Fuchen's in-laws!

If he wants to go to Chenzhou, then he can easily become a separatist warlord in Chenzhou and Guiyang Prefecture with the support of Wang Fuchen!

From a governor to a warlord, you can also pass on the land of the two states to your son, which is a good reward.

"Slave thank the emperor!" Jia Hanfu hurriedly kowtowed to Kangxi.

Kangxi waved his hand and said, "Han Fu, you don't have to call yourself a slave in the future!" I don't care how many families you are vassals to, but as long as you don't become an enemy of the Qing Dynasty, when the Qing Dynasty dominates the world in the future, you will be a first-class duke! ”

"Your Majesty. Slave, old minister" Jia Han didn't know what to say for a while.

He can't say how loyal he is, he's also a retainer!

Since you can be a second minister, what can't you do with the third and fourth ministers?

That Wang Fuchen. Now most of them have already declared themselves to Wu Sangui, otherwise why wouldn't Wu Sangui let Wu Guogui beat him? How many ministers are there? Seven ministers, right?

Kangxi said again: "Han Fu, this is also what I want to say to Wang Fuchen. His family can produce four princes, all of whom are hereditary! In troubled times, it is already fortunate that there can be such an ending. He is in Liangguang again, so he doesn't think he has the power to clean up the world, right? ”

"The Emperor Shengming. That's all Wang Fuchen has to offer. Jia Hanfu hurriedly spoke for his in-laws.

Kangxi then said: "There is also Zheng Jing of Dayuan Island. I guess there is also a connection between Wang Fuchen and Zheng Jing, you find an opportunity to contact Zheng Jing as well, and tell him that Fuzhou, Xinghua, Quanzhou, Funing and other four prefectures, he can have everything! ”

These four mansions are Geng Jingzhong's old nests!

Kangxi's meaning is to let Zheng Jing go to Geng Jingzhong's hometown!

Kangxi said: "If Zheng Jing can take Fuzhou, Xinghua, Quanzhou, and Funing, I will allow the Zheng family's merchant ships to trade in Jiangnan, Shandong, Tianjin, and even North Korea, and I will also return to him all the Zheng family members who were detained by my Qing Dynasty." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the minister will definitely persuade Zheng Jing for the emperor!"

Kangxi smiled and nodded: "Okay!" Han Fu, hurry up and set off, the soldiers are fast! Now the situation in Longxi is not good, Qinzhou is being attacked by Wu Yingqi's 50,000 troops in turn, and Laita can't hold it for a few days. As soon as Qinzhou is lost, the entire Guanlong will be shaken! Guys, do you have any ideas? ”

"Your Majesty," the scholar Jin Batai said to Kangxi at this time, "Northwest Oirat Mongolia's Khuntai Jigardan is a character!" If Wu Sangui seized the land of Longxi and Gansu, he would be sandwiched between the imperial court and the power of the Oirat Mongols. Perhaps the imperial court could contact this Galdan and ask him to harass Wu Sangui from the west in order to divide his people. ”

(End of chapter)