Feiyanggu knew that Qinghai was the opposite, but Zhungar was far away from Qinghai, so he didn't know that when he got the news, Luo Buzang Danjin had already regretted it.

Lobzang Tenzin's father, Tashbatu, was a son of Gushi Khan who was not very important, and his power was not very strong among the many Mongol tribes in Qinghai. If it weren't for the Qing court making Qinghai king in order to stabilize it, I am afraid that he would have to continue to live his life in obscurity from now on.

However, it was Zhun Geer who invaded Qinghai, which provided such an opportunity for Tashbatu and also provided him with an opportunity for Lobuzang Danjin.

Originally, in order to thank the Qing court for enshrined himself as the lord of Qinghai, it was only an ordinary act of repaying the favor that Tashbatu sent Lobzang Tenzin to lead a Mongol army to follow the Qing army on an expedition to Dzungar, but it was this trip that made Lobuzang Tenzin see the former glory of the Heshute Khanate created by his grandfather.

It was this trip that aroused his pride and made him secretly determined to restore the vigorous hegemony of his grandfather Gushi Khan.

In the eyes of Lobuzang Tenzin, Qingguo is no longer a benefactor who helped his father restore the throne, but an enemy!

Therefore, he did not want to work for the Qing court anymore, but pretended to be wounded in the battle, and asked Feiyanggu to lead his troops back. Then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he secretly contacted some other Mongolian tribes, hoping to get the support of these tribes. As the heir to the throne of the Heshute tribe, his proposal did receive the covert support of many Mongolian tribes and important Lamaist monasteries. It was these supports that further strengthened his determination.

However, his original plan was not reversed now. Because he has seen the lineup of the Qing army, it is indeed powerful. Therefore, he planned to wait until the Qing army pacified Dzungar and withdrew to its original station. In that case, the army that had just been engaged in a long-term expedition would inevitably need to recuperate, and even if he launched the whole of Qinghai to break away from the Qing Dynasty, the suzerain, the other side would not be able to immediately send a large army to attack him. That's it. He had enough time to put everything in order and be prepared.

However, he didn't expect that he would soon encounter another great opportunity.

The main force of the Qing court's expeditionary army penetrated deep into the territory of Dzungar to seek the enemy and fight, and the logistics road was almost under his control. At the same time, Yu Zhong, who had invaded Tibet, crossed the Himalayas and went to Nepal. That is, there is no longer a force around him that can make him feel threatened. And as long as he wants. He could cut off the Qing expeditionary force and starve them all to death in the desert, and he might be able to send a large army to attack Tibet and bring it under his rule, and if he was quick enough, he might be able to block Yu Zhong in the southern foothills of the Himalayas.

Of course, all this requires covert planning.

In order to reduce casualties and end the battle quickly, buy more time. He originally planned to lure the Xi'an general Erlunt, who had stayed in Xining in Feiyanggu, to his camp and arrest him. Then gather troops, attack Xining, and control the whole territory of Qinghai. At the same time, the road that Feiyanggu might retreat to Qinghai was blocked. Then proceed with the following plan.

However, he did not expect that just as Errent gladly accepted the invitation and advanced to his camp under the leadership of the envoys he had sent, a Mongol Khan king in his original contact was leaked secrets because of a conflict with a small force of the Qing army, so that Errent learned of these things in advance. As a result, the entrapment turned into a pursuit.

However, he was not able to catch up with Errent. The guy fled quickly. Before him, he fled into Xining City.

Therefore, he had to order the mobilization of all departments, a total of 100,000 people, to launch an attack on Xining.

At the same time, in order to avoid opposition from his father, Tashbatu, he put Zashbatu under house arrest.

However, the situation is not too good. More than half of the so-called 100,000 people who responded to him were old people, children, and women. In other words, the forces he can actually command are not very large. And. This is not the most terrifying, according to the Qing army military report they intercepted, a large army from Gubeikou in Shaanxi Province is heading for Qinghai. If he fails to conquer Xining in a short period of time, the consequences will be very terrible.

However, just when he needed everyone to work together, some of the Mongol tribes flinched.

It was this timidity that made the Mongolian army's morale begin to weaken. In addition, Xining's defense was very tight, and the Qing army still had a lot of firearms in hand, which always had a miraculous effect, so their attack seemed weak.

Therefore, in order to avoid becoming a war of attrition and preserve the strength of the Qing Dynasty army from Shaanxi, he had to lead the people to retreat.

However, he didn't expect that only a few days after he retreated, one dawn, a cavalry of tens of thousands of people suddenly fell from the sky. His troops woke up from their slumber, but they were unable to respond because their horses were not saddled, and it didn't take long for the whole army to collapse, and everyone began to flee for their lives. And he was even more ashamed to change into a woman's clothes before he was able to slip away smoothly. However, the enemy was not reconciled. After learning that he was not among the captives, the Qing army began to search for him in all directions, and after sending it in the direction of his escape, the Qing general with 3,000 iron cavalry pursued him relentlessly. And before that, he also learned the name of this Qing army general from the mouths of those Mongolian soldiers who were able to escape: Yue Zhongqi!

"You're not a little daring. Have you forgotten what I said before? ”

On the map, the distance from Xining to Yili is about the same as the distance from Xining to Beijing, but because of the road problems, it is much more convenient and faster to get from Qinghai to Beijing than to Yili.

Therefore, Kangxi got the news of Qinghai a few days earlier than Feiyanggu, who was far away on the front line of Junggar.

Seeing that everything was going according to the prior arrangement, Kangxi was also relieved.

Although he didn't know the final result, he hadn't seen Yue Zhongqi, and he didn't know the true skills of this young general who could be valued by Yu Zhong, but he was able to entangle Dunduo, who was good at fighting, so that he had to retreat all the way according to the route set by Yu Zhong in advance, and this alone was enough for Yue Zhongqi to wear the hat of a first-class general. If everything goes well, then the next thing he needs to do is to wait for the news of Yue Zhongqi's final victory. Then he took advantage of the situation to implement the autonomous yamen system proposed by Fei Laotou in Qinghai, and no longer gave those nomadic tribes a chance to take advantage of it.

In addition, not long ago, he almost completely solved the problem of the elder brother party dispute that had plagued him for several years, so he was still in a pretty good mood.

However, there are people who are unwilling to let him live a few days of easy life.

The three ministers of the study room and the old man Fei, whom he had always relied on, actually jointly wrote to ask him to re-establish the reserve.

In his opinion, if the root is to find trouble, it is a bad plot. I don't want him to live in peace, and I don't take him as an emperor in my eyes!

"Your Majesty, the four minions are also for the sake of the stability of the court. The prince will not stand for a day, and the civil and military officials will be restless for a day! ”

The other three people are enough ghosts, and it is already very rare to be able to rise to the top this time, so Ma Qi, who has always been "straightforward", has become the "main gun" of the four people. Although this guy didn't dare to really shoot at Kangxi, he was direct enough to speak.

"Uneasy? Are you afraid that one day I will suddenly collapse and I won't have time to welcome my new master? ”

Kangxi asked with a cold snort.

"Servants (ministers) don't dare!" Hearing that Kangxi was so ruthless, the four fierce men who could shake the court by stomping their feet could only kowtow obediently to apologize.

"Hmph. Can't? Don't you dare now? I've said it a long time ago. It is my family affair to establish a prince, and since I have not let you 'interfere', you are not allowed to speak. Do you all take my words as a deaf ear? As an important minister of the imperial court, he did this. Do you have to let the court be "chaotic" before you are willing? Kangxi said angrily.

"The emperor's words are too harsh, and the slaves dare not bear it." Ma Qi didn't know if it was a stubborn temper, so he kowtowed to Kangxi again and said: "Your Majesty, the servants and others violated the decree to ask for the crown prince this time, not for personal gain, but for the future of the Qing Dynasty." If there is no prince in the court, it is not a good thing for the country and the people. At the time of the Song Dynasty, Renzong had no children in his later years. There are only two adopted sons of Zong Shi and Zong Yin, and the matter of establishing a prince has not been decided. As a result, in the spring of the first year of Jiayou, Renzong suddenly fell seriously ill, and the ministers of the court and the central government immediately intrigued over the matter of establishing the prince, and left the Western Xia army to suppress the border and did not care, and for a while, the Song court was in danger inside and outside. At that time, there were many virtuous ministers in the Song court, such as Fan Zhongyan, Wen Yanbo, Han Qi, and Fu Bi. But there is nothing to be done. If it weren't for the fact that Renzong's condition became milder later, and he was invited by Wen Yanbo to set up a prince, how could the Song court be in danger? The slave thinks that this incident can be a lesson for me.

Don't repeat the mistakes of the past! ”

"Renzong was reluctant to establish a prince because he had no son. But I have more than 20 princes. How can he compare to me? Ma Qi is reasonable, but Kangxi has his own plans, where can he just recognize it.

"There are many princes in the emperor, and this sincerity is the blessing of the royal family and the blessing of the society. But the emperor, there are many princes, but it is not easy to do. Especially my Qing Dynasty royal family professors are very strict, and all the princes have their own skills. In addition, the emperor has also made the elder brothers enter various ministries to study government affairs, and the princes also have their own power. Now that the crown prince has been abolished, the trend of the kings to seize the heir has been achieved. If something goes wrong, the court will still be in a mess! Tong Guowei also said.

"Humph! Kings take the throne? Who else can take the heir? Kangxi snorted coldly. If he can still listen to Ma Qi's words, he won't be in such a good mood for Tong Guowei. He knew very well what his uncle's "temperament" was. The weight of selfishness is definitely the first of the four people in front of him.

"The emperor has scolded all the elder brothers, although this incident has made the court much more peaceful and avoided the occurrence of fratricidal brothers, but, the emperor, these elder brothers are also the most prestigious in the court. The rest of the elder brothers are talented, but they are also inferior to them. Now that they have all left, there is no backbone in the court, and they will still go down to the ground again! Marzi added.

"The backbone? You said that the elder brothers I sent out to do things are the backbone of the court? Hmph, it seems that you are dissatisfied with my disposition. Then tell me, should this backbone be Yinzhen, or Yinxiang, Yinyu, Yinzhen me, or Yinxiang and Yinyu brothers? Kangxi sneered.

"The slave lost his words, please forgive the emperor." Ma Qi was frightened in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed to ask for sin, if he wanted to be guilty of what he said just now, but he couldn't escape. After all, the backbone of the landlord of the Qing Dynasty can't take the turn of those brothers. However, although he knew that he was guilty, he had no intention of retreating, and continued to say to Kangxi, "The slave is all for the court, not out of selfishness, and please ask the emperor to see it." Establish the prince early! ”

"Your Majesty!"

Four people admonished. But one of the people who spoke was only Ma Qi and Tong Guowei, and the other two kept silent, which made Tong Guowei very dissatisfied, so he took advantage of Kangxi's inattention, and gave Zhang Tingyu an elbow, and finally typed two words.

"If you have something to say, say it!" Kangxi looked at Zhang Tingyu coldly, this kid was the youngest of the four. It has always been the most popular with him. But this time, he came behind his back and three other people to speak, which really disappointed him. It's just that this kid has always been very calm, why did he suddenly sweat so much when he turned around?

"Your Majesty", if it weren't for the fact that he is now the prelude to the king, coupled with his excellent self-cultivation, Zhang Tingyu would definitely scold his mother. He was born as a weak scholar, and he has always been pampered over the years, and his body is very delicate. But Tong Guowei used to be the commander of the infantry army and the foundation of a military general. Just now, this elbow came out with anger. The natural portion is not light. And it's also beaten on his ribs, and this kind of pain that half of the internal organs seem to be churning, but it's really uncomfortable. But. Now is not the time to settle accounts, he can only endure the pain and say to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, what Ma Xiang said is actually the same meaning." Before the second elder brother was the prince, he did it for more than 30 years, and when he had nothing to do, he followed the emperor to learn government affairs, and when he had something, he stayed in Beijing to supervise the country. Help the emperor. For more than 30 years, all civil and military officials in the imperial court have become accustomed to the existence of the crown prince. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was deceived by the "traitor" last year and was deposed, the position of the prince was vacant, and the officials still felt uncomfortable after all! ”

"It's not just that I don't fit in, but there are other reasons. The hundreds of officials in the court, either, thought that the emperor had been on the throne for nearly 50 years after all, and were worried that if they could not choose someone who could inherit in time.

It will be difficult to continue the prosperity of the times; Or, it is afraid that the storage position will be vacant, causing the elder brothers to covet and fight; Or, as the emperor said, I'm afraid that it will be too late to welcome the new master. These three are all out of some kind of mind, and they can't hide it from others. However, if the prince does not stand for a day, people will still worry about it after all, so the slave thinks that the emperor should make a decision! After Zhang Tingyu finished speaking, Old Man Fei picked it up again.

"Decision? That's a good thing to say. Kangxi sneered, Zhang Tingyu just didn't fit in, and Old Man Fei just asked him to make a decision, from what the two said and the expressions when they spoke, he had roughly deduced the attitude of the four people. Since the four people are not one heart, then he doesn't have to work hard! And this old man Fei is still quite good at being a person, although he came to admonish, but he let him "decide"1 It seems that this old boy still knows who is in charge. Therefore, his original anger has dropped a lot, and he no longer intends to entangle with the four of them, "I have naturally made a decision. Nor will it allow what you are worried to do. Therefore, you don't have to talk much about this matter.

I remember my past achievements, and I don't blame you for disobeying my will. Stand down! ”

"Your Majesty!" Ma Qi was unwilling, it was rare to have the courage to mention this matter to Kangxi, and there were four people together, and if he missed this opportunity, it would not be so easy next time, so he said to Kangxi again: "Your Majesty, how can a word make the officials of the DPRK and China feel at ease." This time, the minions and others came to admonish, although they did not ask about the hundred officials, but this matter was indeed the intention of the ministers. If this matter is not resolved for a day, the officials will not be able to feel at ease for a day. ”

"If the heart is right, then all evils will be easily cured! What is there that you can't be at peace of? Can't I convince you of my words? Kangxi said.

"Your Majesty ......" actually turned around and said that my heart is not right? Although Ma Qi didn't think of this meaning for a while, he was still uncomfortable in his heart.

"Ma Xiang, the emperor is in good health, and the coming day is long, don't worry!" Old man Fei saw that Ma Qi didn't know what kind of evil fire he was in, so he dared to rush, and hurriedly leaned over and said.

"You ......" Since they came together, they should be on the same front, but Old Man Fei actually persuaded himself, which made Ma Qi very dissatisfied, and couldn't help but turn his head and stare at Old Man Fei. However, this distraction also made him sober up. Kangxi can't be angry.

"I'm tired today! Stand down, all of you! Kangxi was relieved to see that Ma Qi was no longer entangled. Everyone else is easy to clean up, but this Ma Qi is really a little reluctant to be punished.

"Eighth elder brother, it seems that the emperor will not be a prince in a short period of time this time, it's not that I won't help you! I can only blame you for your bad life! ...... "Since Kangxi gave the order, Tong Guowei and the four of them had no choice but to retreat." Tong Guowei looked at the other three and secretly calculated again. Fei Caitou guessed well, he was the leader this time. The eighth child was unwilling to be assigned like this, and decided to make a last stand. Before leaving, I asked him for help, hoping that he could work with several high-ranking officials and members of the Eight Masters Party to encourage hundreds of officials to ask Kangxi to establish a prince. In Yinxi's view, in the current situation, as long as Kangxi is forced to agree to the request of hundreds of officials, Yinxi is still sure to let most of the officials in the court choose himself. However, Tong Guowei also has his own plans. Kangxi doesn't like Yinxi, this matter is naturally not a secret to the minister of the study. Although he also thinks that Yinxi is good, it is not a good deal to let him mobilize hundreds of officials for a prince who is not liked by Kangxi. annoyed Kangxi, but the consequences were serious. However, because he also had several transactions with Yinxi in secret, and also knew the methods of the eighth elder brother, Tong Guowei still decided to keep a good fate, and it was also because of this that he found Old Man Fei and the other two ministers in the study. Anyway, the power of the four of them joining forces is not much worse than that of the hundred officials, as long as they don't do it too publicly, the scope of influence is small, and they can also give an explanation to Yinxi.

However, today's result is obviously to disappoint Yinxi.

"Which one does the emperor want?" Tong Guowei thought again.