In the south study where the Qing Emperor was walking, a group of ministers in robes and robes were discussing military affairs around a table with a large map at this time, taking advantage of Emperor Kang's absence.

"The troops are divided into six routes, attacking Heze, Juye, Jining Prefecture, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya? Jin Qing, Shanren, Dunfu, you are not mistaken, right? ”

"That is, there are tens of miles between Heze, Juye, Jining Prefecture, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya, and there is no way to support each other between any of the two armies, isn't this a lone army of the six routes?"

"That's right! This is the situation of Salhu back then. The 800,000 army is divided into six roads, and there are only 100,000 all the way, deducting half of the people, and the one who can really go into battle is only 50,000, and there are at least more than 100,000 people who can fight in our Dongping camp. ”

"There's no fraud, right? No matter how Li Yat-sen said, he is also the hero of the world, so he won't make such a stupid move, right? ”

Just when the generals in the East Parallel were discussing, they suddenly heard the voice of a male duck: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Hearing that Kang Mazi was coming, the minister who was discussing the military situation hurriedly lined up according to the size of the shift, and saw a middle-aged man of medium stature wearing blue regular clothes outside the door striding towards him under the guidance of two eunuchs with lanterns, and knew that their Emperor Mazi was coming, and quickly made a thousand salutes to Emperor Mazi together: "The ministers respectfully invite the emperor to be sainte." ”

Since the Qing Dynasty fought the meeting and engaged in the princes and the people, the Manchurians no longer called themselves slaves. It's all together, and it's not appropriate to call it a slave again. Many of the Manchurians are dignified princes, not retainers of the Son of Heaven, so the regular salute of seeing the driver has been changed to a thousand ministers to ask for peace.

Immediately after that, Kangxi's voice sounded, and it sounded quite happy, as if he had just picked up the money when he came over, and what he said was even more unexpected than everyone expected: "And the queen!" Don't patronize me, don't forget the Queen! ”

And the queen?

The big guy peeked at it, isn't it, Queen Yang twisted her plump and good figure and followed behind Kangxi, looking so proud, where is there a little bit of meaning to be abolished?

It seems that this emperor still can't pass the queen's beauty pass! Fortunately, I didn't bet on the fall of the Yang family too early, in fact, these loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty were unwilling to bet on the fall of Empress Yang, Empress Yang was just a little watery, and she had an ambiguous relationship with her uncle King Gong, and there was a bit of harem politics, but it was not difficult, and she was also very good at doing things, and she also handled things in an orderly manner when she was regent before, and it seemed that it was better than when Emperor Mazi himself was in power. The most important thing is that the big guys have all deposited money in Credit Suisse Hall!

Thinking of this, the ministers saluted Empress Yang again: "The ministers respectfully invite the queen's mother, Jin An." ”

Kangxi waved his hand: "Get up. Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, Zhang Ying, how is the situation? ”

Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, and Zhang Ying were all the closest ministers of the Southern Study of Emperor Kangxi, and they had always followed Emperor Kang. They added Laita, who was originally one of the eight ministers, as well as Feiyangu, Malage, Langtan, and Pengchun, who came back from the Western Regions with Kangxi, and made up a new "Eight Ministers", called the Eight Ministers of the Southern Study.

Among them, Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, and Zhang Ying were Kangxi's "big secretaries" and staff officers, while Laita, Feiyangu, Malage, Langtan, and Pengchun each led a banner of the new army, and the three banners of the new army were nominally led by Kangxi himself. These new banners are all 12,000 people, similar to the divisions of the Ming Dynasty.

That is to say, now there are 96,000 new troops on the side of Dongpingzhou, plus the 120,000 troops in the six castles of Heze, Juye, Jiningzhou, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya, Kangxi's troops on the Shandong front line are 216,000, not counting the people, only about half of Li Zhongshan's.

However, Wu Sanwei had already given Kangxi a thorough understanding when he left Kao County, and Wu Yingqi, the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, had already protected the emperor Wu Shifan, and personally led an army of 150,000 troops to be stationed in Luoyang. After Prime Minister Wu learned the news that Li Zhongshan's back road was flooded, he would definitely send troops to attack Ming.

So in terms of total strength, Kangxi's side did not suffer too much.

"Your Majesty, according to the Malay Survey," Li Guangdi reported to Kangxi first, "the Ming army divided its troops into six routes to leave the Pizhou camp around the third day of the tenth month, and marched to Heze, Juye, Jiningzhou, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya, and the marching speed was quite fast, up to sixty or seventy miles a day. ”

Gao Shiqi added: "Your Majesty, according to the detailed report, every twenty miles of the Ming army marching on the six routes, some people will be left to dig trenches and build fortifications to cover the back road. ”

Zhang Ying said again: "Your Majesty, if the ministers are not wrong, Li Zhongshan's idea is to attack six castles at the same time, including Heze, Juye, Jining Prefecture, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya, and put on a posture of Mount Tai to overwhelm him, so as to force Shandong Haoqiang to fall to the Ming Dynasty and provide food and grass for his 800,000 army. ”

Kangxi turned his head and glanced at Yang Xiaomi again, Yang Xiaomi's Credit Suisse Bank not only serves the princes and ministers of various countries, but also has a close relationship with the local Haoqiang in Shandong, Zhili, Liaodong, Shanxi, Henan and other places.

Of course, Yang Xiaomi knew the details of Shandong Haoqiang, she raised her eyebrows, and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, as far as the concubine knows, Shandong Haoqiang is headed by the famous Holy Father Qufu Kong Shaobao. Kong Shaobao is also the lord of a county in Qufu, and he is also a prince, and he was recruited into Beijing by the concubine as the head of the hall of Beijing Normal University, and the emperor ordered him to return to Qufu not long ago to preside over military affairs. If Qufu loses the grain and grass of Li Zhongshan's 800,000 army, I am afraid that it will be gone! ”

"What?" Kangxi was taken aback, "Does the Qufu Kong family have so much food?" ”

"Yes," Yang Xiaomi said with a smile, "The Confucian family in Qufu is nominally the lord of a county in Qufu, but the land and tenants owned by his family are all over Shandong, and there are more than 130 million mu of Confucian sacrifice fields alone, and the annual land rent alone can collect 200,000 stones!" In addition, in recent years, the Confucian family has also cooperated with concubines, brothers, and King Gong to do grain trading, buying grain from all over Shandong and Lianghuai, and then shipping it to Beijing and North Korea, some of which will be transported to Monan Mongolia. It's a big business! In order to facilitate the transportation of grain and the hoarding of grain, his family has large warehouses in Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou! There are hundreds of thousands of stone of grain and a large amount of forage stored in it all year round."

Yang Xiaomi's words have a deep meaning. She not only has 10 million taels of private houses in her hands, but also controls the passage of grain from the south to the north, and has formed an alliance with the Qufu Kong family!

Kangxi dared to abolish her, not only was the 10 million taels of private houses gone, but even Beijing City and Monan Mongolia had to have a famine.

However, Kangxi was still a little skeptical and glanced at Raita.

The veteran general, who had previously been the governor of Henan's military affairs, nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress is right, the transportation from Shandong to Beijing was interrupted a few years ago, and now the grain in the capital is all by sea. And this grain shipping business is run by Yang Jianguo, Kong Shenggong, Prince Gong and . The queen stared. ”

This is actually another way to make a fortune!

Kong Shenggong was in charge of the "supply chain" - purchasing grain in Shandong and Lianghuai, Yang Qilong's fleet was responsible for shipping, Empress Yang and Prince Gong were responsible for selling in Beijing and Monan, and at the same time purchasing large livestock from MonanMongolia and transporting them to the Ming Dynasty, which was actually a trade route for livestock for grain.

Through this channel, the Qing Dynasty under the rule of Empress Yang had enough food to supply the capital and stabilize Mongolia, and the court magnates, the Mongolian princes, the Yang maritime merchants, the Shandong Haoqiang, and the Shanxi imperial merchants could all benefit from it, and the people of Beijing and the Mongolian herdsmen could also fill their bellies.

The only problem is that the Ming side has also obtained a large number of "mules and horses" that can be used for livestock and can be used for the army!

Oh, there is one more problem now, that is, Qufu can't be lost, and Kong Shenggong can't be lost!

Otherwise, Li Zhongshan would have gotten the "general hub of Shandong's grain supply chain"! With this "general hub", Kangxi still wants to starve Li Zhongshan to death, which is a dream.

Kangxi glanced at Yang Xiaomi with some reproachful eyes - such an important matter, why didn't you say it earlier?

And Yang Xiaomi looked at Kangxi with an aggrieved face - you want to abolish the concubine, how can the concubine have the right to speak?

"Your Majesty," Reita reminded at this time, "Li Yat-sen also seems to have overlooked the importance of Qufu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have divided his troops into six routes. ”

"Yes, yes, yes" Kangxi slapped his hands as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Horizontally and vertically, there are tens of thousands of soldiers, and I have 96,000 soldiers on hand, plus 20,000 in Qufu, a total of 116,000!" The advantage is mine! This is Sarhu's game! We don't care how many ways he comes, as long as he breaks one of them, he will be invincible! ”

When the people below heard this, they hurriedly sent Kangxi a sycophant: "The emperor is shengming!" ”

Kangxi also felt that he was quite sage, and turned his head to Yang Xiaomi and said: "Empress, I let Suo Etu, the minister of the guard, lead the new army of Zhenghuangqi to stay in Dongping, how about watching the old camp with you?" ”

Of course, Suo Etu and Yang Xiaomi are not to deal with, because there is also a Hesheri clan in Kangxi's harem, who is the concubine of Empress Xiaochengren and the niece of Suo Etu. This Hesheri clan is actually not favored, whether it is posture or intelligence, it is not as good as Yang Xiaomi, and the backstage is actually not good. Yang Xiaomi's elder brother was the de facto ruler of the Joseon state, the largest banker and the second largest merchant in East Asia. "Suojia" can't be compared at all!

But the Suo family didn't think so, they always felt that it was Yang Xiaomi who confused the king with his posture, so that the little Hesheri clan lost the opportunity to replace his sister and become the queen.

"Okay," Yang Xiaomi, of course, couldn't object to Kangxi's arrangement, "There is Suo Etu guarding Dongping Prefecture, and the concubine can sit back and relax." ”

Kangxi nodded: "Beat the drums, point the generals, send troops!" ”

"Huh!"

Qufu, Confucius.

Today's Confucian Shenggong's name is Yuqi, the sixty-seventh generation grandson of Confucius, who is only 27 years old this year. Later, under the guidance of Empress Yang, he was crowned the crown prince and became the hall master of the Beijing Normal University Hall. Belong to the hardcore post-party!

Hmm, does a 27-year-old prince in the prime of life like a charming queen or a little pockmarked emperor? And the queen also joined forces with him to make money, and now he, the Holy Duke of Kong, is not only "saint" but also rich. Shandong people call him "Kong Dafu" behind their backs.

After getting rich, Kong Shenggong of course has to be extravagant, eating and drinking to enjoy it is not a matter for Kong Shenggong, his biggest luxury after he gets rich is to repair the wall and build a house - Qufu City must be repaired well, and the double fortress must be repaired first! And it's not rammed earth, the inside and outside are brick cities, it's really solid!

Then there is the overhaul of the Holy Prince's Mansion, his house must be splendid, so that he is worthy of his identity as the richest man in Shandong and the Holy Duke of the Qing Dynasty!

Besides, it's about learning!

Didn't the 67th grandson of Confucius learn to speak like a skill? Although he doesn't like to read sages very much, B still has to pretend! Therefore, Empress Yang appointed him as the master of the university, and he was very grateful, which is more face-saving than sealing him a king!

In order to pretend to be B, he often wrote to Leibniz, the hall master of Jinling University in Nanjing, to discuss his studies together. Discuss the science of why the apple fell from the tree!

But that Leibniz seems to be super knowledgeable, and he has learned both Chinese and Western! Even the calligraphy can be compared with Kong Shenggong!

In order to pretend to be B, Confucius had to hire a group of scholars at a high price, including masters who studied Chinese studies and foreigners who studied Western studies. This holy prince may be a science man who learns quickly, but he still "pretends" to be the one surnamed Lai.

Fortunately, a foreign scholar from England recommended to Kong Shenggong an English university scholar surnamed Niu, a professor at Cambridge College, who was very knowledgeable and would definitely be able to overpower Leibniz. Therefore, Kong Shenggong was ready to pay a high salary of 10,000 taels of silver a year, and invited this professor surnamed Niu Mington to come to Beijing Normal University to work.

It's a pity that this Professor Niu hasn't come yet, and Kong Shenggong was driven back to his hometown by Emperor Kang Mazi to prepare for the war. This is really nonsense, he is the 67th grandson of Confucius, and he is not the 67th grandson of Sun Tzu. Where will he fight? Doesn't this delay him from learning?

Besides, the Ming Dynasty will come, and whoever comes, he will surrender, isn't it okay?

But now that the queen is about to fall, and the emperor is in power, let him go back to Qufu, he can only go back to Qufu. Not long after he arrived in Qufu, Kangxi sent a die-hard Prince Kang Jieshu again, and also brought 10,000 fresh troops!

What does this mean? Is it to force the Qufu Confucian family to accompany the burial of the Qing Dynasty?

What made the Holy Father even more anxious was that a few days after Jieshu came, the Ming army's brigade also came, and they set up a large camp in the south of Qufu City, and began to dig a trench in the south of Qufu City. I don't know whether to besiege or siege the city, it's not a good thing after all!

"Sister Shuying, this "On the Attack and Defense of the Fortress" is"

In the depths of the Confucian mansion, in a secluded study, lonely men and widows are living in the same room, studying geometry and engineering

Of course, the lonely man is Kong Yuqi, the prince of Kong, and the widow is Shang Shuying, the plenipotentiary representative of Li Zhongshan. Shang Shuying, of course, came as a lobbyist of Li Yat-sen to persuade Confucius to surrender, and also brought a gift from Leibniz to Confucius - his personal translation of the book "On the Attack and Defense of the Fortress" by the Marquis de Vauban of France!

For Kong Shenggong, who is already familiar with science, he immediately knows what the content of this book is about?

This book is about how many ways the Ming army outside the city can break through the Qufu fortress, which is already a science!

"Brother Shenggong, this book is the textbook of the Ming Army's Martial Arts Engineer Section!" Shang Shuying said with a smile, "The Ming army outside is beating your Qufu step by step according to the method in this book, according to their calculations, your Qufu City can only hold out for another 28 days at most, and after 28 days, you will be a loyal martyr of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Loyalty?" Kong Shenggong was anxious, "I am the 67th grandson of Kong Shengren, he can't do this to me!" If I die, who will be the Holy Father of Kong? ”

"Who should be the Holy Duke of Kong?" Shang Shuying said with a smile, "There are at least ten tens of thousands of people surnamed Kong in Shandong Province, all of whom are of the same clan as you, is it so difficult to find someone who is more suitable to be a holy prince than you?" Holy Father, you have to think clearly. The reason why your Kong family can last for 2,000 years is because it will surrender! Whoever comes, you will surrender. Holy Father, sister asks you, will you surrender? ”

(End of chapter)