In fact, without Zhang Tingyu's reminder, Tong Guowei and Ma Qi can both understand the huge risks to be taken in electing a new monarch, especially when Kangxi's sons are extremely coveted for the throne, if they forcibly nominate a new emperor with the help of the authority of the auxiliary ministers, whether they can be recognized or not is two words. What's more, in terms of the system of the Qing Dynasty, if you want to elect a new monarch without leaving an edict from Kangxi, those imperial relatives outside the dormitory of the Qianqing Palace also have a great right to speak, because these people represent the power of the clan and the Eight Banners. If you want to become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty without the edict of the previous emperor, it is simply impossible without the consent of the nobles of the Eight Banners.

However, the election of a new king, for a courtier, its powerful "temptation" power is incomparable. Because, the merit of supporting the establishment is far greater than any political and military merit, and even I don't know how many times it is great, and this kind of merit is far more impressive and memorable to the emperor than other merits. There are many examples in history of such merit that have been honored and favored! What is the figure of being a minister? Isn't it just a favor? Therefore, Tong Guowei, Ma Qi, and even Zhang Tingyu, Hanchen, were a little hot-headed at the beginning. Fortunately, though, they recognized the situation they were facing in time. Let's not talk about others, the three of them may not be able to have a unified opinion, plus there are two powerful imperial concubines around them, how easy is it to nominate a new emperor in a short period of time? Even if they could stabilize the situation in the shortest possible time and prevent the Qing Kingdom from falling into some terrible situation, if doing so would implicate them and their families, or even protect them, they would rather choose to keep themselves and their families safe. As for the country? Let's go while it's cool first, and then talk about it when I'm free!

So, after a deliberate wait, the cry finally came out of the dormitory!

The news of Kangxi's death spread all over the world!

……

"Hehe, it looks like there's a big problem now!"

Old man Fei smiled a little gloating, and Luo Xin didn't need to look carefully to detect the old guy's inner happiness. However, she did not feel any resentment about it. Kangxi died, and she and Ma De, as well as Yu Zhong and Mo Qing, were all as happy as Old Man Fei. That's a mountain! Although they have done a lot of things over the years and created several great foundations, they all know that as long as Kangxi is careful, all the things they have created will come to naught in an instant! This is also why Yu Zhong sent troops to India after pacifying Tibet. He also let the Yunnan Ma Gyaltsen Tusi go to Burma to lure Burma to attack the Qing Dynasty, and even they even thought of "force" Britain and France to do it...... All of this is to drag the Qing court into the war! The war of the Qing Dynasty was very expensive, and before the war ended, coupled with the worry about the stability of the border areas, Kangxi did not dare to easily make up his mind to do something to them, because in that case, there would inevitably be a certain "chaos" situation within the Qing Dynasty. This will be greatly detrimental to the war against other places, even if Kangxi knows that there are people in the Qing court who can replace Yu Zhong, because it is very economical to fight in Yuzhong, and there is almost no need for central subsidies, but if it is another general, after a war, most of the treasury will probably be consumed. So, under the constraints of their painstaking efforts. Kangxi didn't do much to them. However, they themselves don't know how long this situation will last! Kangxi is obviously waiting, waiting for them to add a few more brilliant halos to the name of "Kangxi Emperor", and when they are no longer able to maintain this situation...... At that time, there was no guessing what would happen to them. But who would have predicted? Providence is unpredictable! Kangxi probably couldn't have imagined that he would suddenly go west, right? To be an emperor for sixty-one years? But it's only been fifty-five years! It's been six years, and that guy has been caught for six years to meet the king of Jiaoyan! Not even a single edict was left, so you can imagine what an interesting situation they will face.

"Fei Lao, do you know how Kangxi died? There must be some rumors in Kyori, right? Luo Xin asked Old Man Fei with a smile. After hearing the news of Kangxi's death in Jiangning Mansion, Ma De immediately ordered his staff to write a table to mourn Kangxi and send it to Beijing, but unlike other feudal officials who left the jurisdiction to go to Beijing to prepare for Kangxi's funeral, Ma De stood still. The reason is very simple, the three provinces in Jiangnan are now one of their foundations, and on the occasion of the replacement of the old and the new, I don't know if Kangxi has left anything to deal with them, so Ma De must sit in Jiangning Mansion and respond at any time. This is also the order of Old Man Fei to send people to Pegasus to pick them up. However, she didn't have that many concerns. As long as Ma De is still in Jiangnan, as long as Yu Zhong still holds the army in his hands, there will be no fool who dares to 'mess' with her, Mo Jing, and the old man Fei, even if Kangxi has any will, it is useless. Before the end of this "chaos" situation, even if someone dares to risk the danger of rebelling against Yu Zhonghe Ma Dedi to trouble the three of them, someone will inevitably come forward to help them...... The three provinces of Jiangnan and Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, as well as their strong financial resources and solid military support, will definitely make those who are interested in the throne realize their important "nature".

"Rumors? Hehe, it is rumored that Kangxi was to death by the fire in Dongcheng...... Hahaha! Old man Fei laughed.

"Oh? Who got the rumors? It's too contemptuous of people, right? Luo Xin smiled lightly.

"Hmph, it's not necessarily that I look down on people, it's just that because of this reason, those ordinary people in Dongcheng who have been deceived of their land are unlucky! There are quite a few people who have been arrested......" Old man Fei snorted coldly.

"Arrest the common people? …… Damn it! Luo Xin clenched his fist. Why is the Dongcheng fire angry? It's because those nobles with the blue flag are disregarding the reputation of the court for their own selfish interests, but now it is those people who are arrested! It's clear that those guys are taking advantage of the fact that no one is in charge at the moment to turn black and white upside down. After all, the crime of killing the emperor is not trivial, and those guys don't dare to carry it themselves, so they naturally have to rely on the people of Dongcheng!

"Now there is no one in Beijing who can be in charge of things, although the three ministers of the study still have a certain amount of power, but there is no binding force on those princes and nobles, the nobles of the Eight Banners, who called Kangxi did not leave an edict? I want to be an emperor. Naturally, we have to get the consent of those people in the Eight Banners first! At this moment, those people are horizontal, no one dares to mess with them! Old man Fei also shook his head.

"Alas, it seems that Kangxi died at a really bad time!" Luo Xin already knew on the road that the Qing court needed to face several major events! The people collected debts, the fire in Dongcheng, the death of Kangxi, and the struggle for the throne...... It all adds up. It's enough for the Qing court to be busy.

"yes. This guy died at a bad time. I thought he would make it to us until we took Egypt!" Old man Fei also shook his head and said. However, after hearing his words, Luo Xin immediately woke up from the indignation he had just felt at the evil deeds of those Eight Banner nobles......

"Fei Lao. What did you just say? You...... What do you think? "Thought! Why? Dare to use such a word, it can only show that Old Man Fei has an expected time for Kangxi's death! Doesn't that mean......

"Huh. That's right. I thought ...... "understand that people don't have to say everything!" Old man Fei nodded, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "The last thing Kangxi should do is to leave me idle!" ”

"Fei Lao, I don't understand!" Luo Xin felt a little chill in his heart, Kangxi was actually killed by Old Man Fei? Although Kangxi's death made them all feel happy, if this act of killing the monarch was found out. Wouldn't their fate be worse?

"When people are idle, they love to think about chaos...... As a result, one day, I thought of Yu Zhong using a pill of white powder to send Qin Baoqi, the leader of the traitors in Taiwan, on the road! Old man Fei said lightly.

"Drugs?" Luo Xin's eyes suddenly widened. Can Kangxi be killed with just this thing? Kangxi's medical level is quite high, how could he not find out? Moreover, the reason why Yu Zhong's pill of white powder allowed Qin Baoqi to die without pain was not only because the amount of white powder was not small, but also because Qin Baoqi was seriously injured at that time, and with the stimulation of white powder, of course he couldn't live. But Kangxi didn't have this kind of place!

"The poppy was as early as the Six Dynasties. That is, it has been introduced to China and has been cultivated. Tao Hongjing's "Immortal Notes" said: The broken intestine grass is unknowable. Its flowers are beautiful, and the name is hibiscus flowers. Taibai poem said: 'In the past, it was a hibiscus flower, but now it is a broken intestine grass. Serve others with "sex", how long can you get good. 'Broken intestine grass refers to the poppy flower. However, opium poppy cultivation was not widespread at that time, and it was still paid as tribute from abroad during the Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, in the second year of the Tang Dynasty's Qianfeng (667 AD), the Fulin Kingdom (i.e., the Great Qin, the Eastern Roman Empire) sent an envoy to sacrifice the bottom and also be in the flail. One of its main ingredients is opium, which can cure dysentery and relieve poisoning. At the same time, opium poppy seeds were brought into China by Arab traders, and various cultivation began in parts of China. However, opium poppy was cultivated purely for ornamental and "medicinal" purposes, not as a drug. During the Tang Dynasty, people already knew a lot about opium poppies. Chen Zangqi described the characteristics of poppies in his "Materia Medica", and he quoted his predecessors as saying: "The poppy has four leaves, red and white 'color', with a light red halo on it, and its sac shape is like an arrow, and there is fine rice in it. Not only that, the Tang people also have an understanding of how to plant poppies, and Guo Lusnake, a contemporary of Tang Wenzong, pointed out in the "Book of Planting Trees": "If you plant it on the ninth day of September and the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the flowers will be big and the seeds will be full." Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, poppies were still precious and rare flowers. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the great writer Wang Shimao praised the poppies in "Hua Shu", he wrote: "After the peony and 'medicine', the poppies are the most prosperous. During the Chongzhen period, Xu Xiake saw a red poppy at the foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guiding, Guizhou Province, and was greatly surprised and amazed. He wrote in "Xu Xiake's Travels": "The warbler corn flowers are red, the thousand leaves are clustered, the flowers are very huge and dense, and the abundance does not reduce the 'medicine'. ’……”

"Fee...... Fei Lao, what do you say these things for? I know you've read a lot of old books over the past few years, but you don't have to drop my book bag, do you? Hearing that Old Man Fei seemed to be about to start researching the history of opium poppy cultivation in China, Luo Xin hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook it to stop him.

"Hehe, if you want to use 'medicine' on the emperor, especially if this emperor is also proficient in medicine, how can I do it if I don't study it carefully?" Looking at Luo Xin's expression of struggling to listen to the book, Old Man Fei said with a smile.

"But this is history, what's the matter with the doctor?" Luo Xin asked.

"Hey, hey, doctor? Of course, this thing must not be forgotten! Old man Fei smiled again. Since the Song Dynasty, there have been many records in medical books of the past dynasties, and it has always been regarded as a good "medicine" for treating dysentery and other diseases. Kou Zongzao, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Materia Medica": "Poppy rice is cold in nature, eats more and defecates more often, moves bladder qi, takes people to study this boil, and adds honey to make soup." Very appropriate. Wang Bang clearly recorded the prescription of opium poppy for dysentery in the "Hundred and One Prescriptions". He used opium poppy as a special "medicine" for the treatment of diarrhea. For this purpose, the poppy seeds and shells are fried and ground to the end, and honey is added to make "medicine" pills, and the patient is cured after taking 30 pills. Furthermore. Doctors in the Song Dynasty also discovered other effects of poppy fields, such as treating nausea, abdominal pain, cough and other diseases. And it has the effects of nourishing the stomach, regulating the lungs, and improving the throat. Therefore, poppy seeds and shells are also used as tonics. Su Shi's poem: 'The Taoist advises to drink chicken and Su water, and the boy can fry the warbler and millet soup', which reflects this situation. His brother Su Zhe's poem "Planting 'Medicine' Seedlings" explains in more detail the tonic effect of the opium poppy: "The seedlings are better than autumn grains. Research cow "milk" and cook it into Buddha porridge. The elderly are weakened, and the diet is a few yuan; Meat-eating is not gone. The food is tasteless. Willow stone bowl, fried with honey water, stool mouth and throat, regulate the lungs and stomach. …… The ghost monk is relatively forgetful. Drink a cup and smile happily. Later, Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" also recorded the method of harvesting raw opium at that time. According to the records of the Ming Huidian, Siam and Java produced black incense (i.e., opium), and from time to time as a "tribute" and "medicine" contributed to the Ming emperor, such as Thailand, which paid a tribute of 300 catties of opium. Until the time of formation. Opium imports were still quite limited, so opium was as expensive as gold on the market. Subsequently, the import of opium gradually increased, and the Ming Dynasty officially imposed a tax on opium. In the seventeenth year of Wanli (1589), opium was included in the list of taxable goods for the first time. 5 in the forty-third year of Wanli), the Ming court stipulated that opium was taxed for every ten catties of silver, one penny, seven cents and three cents. This shows that the import of opium has increased, and the number of opium-eating people, especially the landlords of Fukun in the southeastern coastal areas, has become quite large. …… Kangxi prides himself on being well-read, and of course he knows these very well! ”

"It turns out that you took advantage of Kangxi's psychology, so you dared to present the drugs!" Luo Xin asked a little dumbfounded. Old man Fei seems to have really put a lot of effort into poisoning!

"It's none of my business to deliver opium...... It was sent by the doctors themselves. Old man Fei smiled, "I'm just trying to find a way to keep Kangxi from becoming addicted to drugs!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Luo Xin asked.

"I've done experiments in secret, and drug addicts don't get addicted until they stop using it for four to six hours. Exhibit symptoms of yawning, tearing, runny nose, and sweating. And as long as the supply of drugs is maintained, drug addicts do not show this situation. Old man Fei replied.

"You mean...... You keep Kangxi in a state of drug addiction all the time? Luo Xin asked.

"That's right. It's not difficult to get some white powder, anyway, now Yunnan, Guizhou and Myanmar are all in the middle hands...... In addition, I used to be the head of the internal affairs department, hehe, adding some ingredients to Kangxi's incense burner is naturally not a problem! Old man Fei's smile was a little ruthless.

"I understand......" Luo Xin exhaled slowly! Kangxi is already old, but he still has a lot of things to do every day, and he has been in a state of drug abuse, and various functions of his body may have been seriously damaged, so after hearing the news of the fire in Dongcheng and the news that hundreds of thousands of people went to Beijing to collect debts, the emperor died suddenly in anger. This kind of sudden death is extremely common among addicts, and she has been a police officer, although she is only a police officer, but she also knows this situation very well. Moreover, it is impossible to determine whether a person died of drug addiction or not, with the level of medicine at this age. No wonder there has been no rumor in the DPRK about how Kangxi died.

"It's good to get it!" Old man Fei smiled. His guesses were actually similar to those of Luo Xin. Originally, he thought that Kangxi would gradually die due to the decay of his physical functions, but he didn't expect that guy to be angry to death in the end. That's enough, though. Without the mountain of Kangxi pressing on it, those princes and the like would not be looked at by him at all.

"So what do we do next? Which guy are you going to support on top? Luo Xin put aside the little guilt caused by the murder of such a promising king as Kangxi, and turned to Old Man Fei and asked.

"I don't support anyone!" Old man Fei said lightly.

"I don't want to support anyone, but, Fei Lao, we can't have a capitalist revolution now, right? You can't live without an emperor these days! Luo Xin smiled.

"If we can't have a capitalist revolution, can't we have a constitutional monarchy?" Old man Fei said with a smile.

"It seems to be a bit difficult! Now the forces of all sides are aiming at that position, trying to seize that supreme position of power. At this time, resisting the constitutional monarchy, one is not good, but it is the target of the public! Luo Xin said.

"Hehe, didn't the Qing court have some 'Eight Kings Discussion Politics' before? Let's change this bullshit system, and it's not bad to bluff people! Old man Fei said.

"How?" Seeing that Old Man Fei looked like he was in his chest, Luo Xin didn't bother to use his brain.

"One, you can't let those strong princes ascend the throne! It's like the third, fourth, eighth, thirteenth, and fourteenth. We've got to do everything we can to smash these guys into the opposition! Only to become an opposition party. These people will support the 'Eight Kings Parliament' when they are not willing to lose the throne. Old man Fei said.

"Understandable. It's just," Luo Xin smiled and asked, "The others are just that." Then the third child doesn't seem to be a threat, right? ”

"The third child is a man who reads dead books, and he has a bunch of clear streams...... These people are useless for other things. will cause trouble. Good things can be made bad, and bad things will only make them worse. Moreover, the more such a reader, the more ruthless he is, and often recklessly. Therefore, even if it really doesn't work, let the other ones ascend to the throne, you can't let this third child come out and stir things up! Old man Fei said categorically.

“ok！ And what about the second? Luo Xin behaved like a secretary at this time. In the faithful record of the leader's arrangement.

"Second, win over the Eight Banners of Asuri and the Manchurian nobles. These people have been excluded from the central government, and they have long been dissatisfied. In addition, they were fooled by those people in the Beijing Banner not long ago, and caused a lot of trouble, if it weren't for Kangxi's sudden death, they would not be able to escape responsibility...... Therefore, although they are the same Eight Banners, they have long been of the same mind as Jingqi. And although these people owe a lot of debts to the banks, they still have a foundation in Manchuria all these years, and they also have markets in Mongolia, Japan, North Korea and North America. It's not that hard to rise again. Although the treasury of the Qing court is quite full, it is only dead money, and the Central Plains are Mo Jing and you, so if you want to compete for financial resources, Manchuria is the reserve warehouse of the Qing court. Therefore, we must support the Asuri gang as a force in the 'Eight Princes' Council, so that they will have their own say in the court, and they will inevitably separate themselves from Beijing for their own interests, and no longer serve the Qing court, and then we can take advantage of every opportunity to make Manchuria our vassal again." Old man Fei said again.

"Third?"

"Third, win over local forces and form our own backstage." Old man Fei sneered, "In the past, Kangxi was here, and we didn't dare to 'mess around', but now that he is gone, and there is such a favorable situation left, we don't have to worry about anything anymore." At this time, only by showing strong power will people be jealous and make our words appear weighty. ”

"Fourth, unite with Tong Guowei and other court forces to incite them to compete for seats in the 'Eight Kings Politics'. Even if you can't show up in person, you have to be represented! I think that even if Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu disagree, Tong Guowei will definitely agree to our request! ”

"Five, Mo Qing should be coming soon. You immediately contact her, tell her not to enter Beijing, and change her route to contact those Jin merchants and Hui merchants, and I want her to keep an eye on the business situation in the Gyeonggi area at all times until the new emperor is elected. All efforts must be made to keep the offerings of daily necessities such as food and salt to a limited number of days! When the time comes, once the situation is not right, she must immediately block all business operations in the Zhili area! When the time comes, there will be no food, no salt, no daily necessities, and even if you control Beijing, it will be difficult to do anything! ”

"Anything else?" Luo Xin asked again.

"Sixth, immediately go and exercise the fourth step, let Tong Guowei and them immediately transfer the trustworthy generals back to Beijing, and strictly control the situation in Beijing, lest anyone take the opportunity to raise troops to cause 'chaos'!"