Chapter 41: What is the enemy of the enemy?

Wang Wu was really surprised by what the clothed slave said in front of him, because this was the same as what he had thought when he was preparing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty before.

But he knew that the three feudatories would be opposed, how did this clothed slave know!

The ghost sent the god to ask what year the Xinhai Revolution was.

This question with infinite possibilities asked the clothed slave, and looked at Wang Wu with a confused expression: "The Xinhai Revolution that the general said refers to the Tangwu Revolution, which follows the heavens and responds to the people?" ”

“.....”

Wang Wu saw that his appearance did not seem to be a fake, and immediately became suspicious, and after a little thought, he took the clothed slave to a room not far away that had not been burned by fire.

He also instructed the dog left: "You and Wansi are guarding outside the door, and no one is allowed to come in without my order!" ”

"Hmm!"

The dog didn't say anything, and he didn't ask why the fifth brother was talking to the tartar alone, and went to whisper a few words to the blind man Wansi, who also didn't ask the reason, and the dog left a knife and guarded the door.

The house was a mess, there were no bodies, but there was a pool of congealed blood.

Wang Wu casually picked up a stool that fell to the ground and sat down, and asked the clothed slave who followed up: "Why do you say that the most feared person in the Tartar court is Wu Sangui!" ”

"This matter is not nonsense of villains, but many people in the capital are saying it, and the whole court is saying the same."

Xu was brought by Wang Wu to talk alone, Ta Abai had some confidence in his heart, he was no longer as afraid as before, and bent down with a smile on his face: "After the death of the first emperor three years ago, Wu Sangui led the army to the north to pay respects, and guess what happened to the general?" ”

"Huh?"

Wang Wu's eyes widened, "If you dare to sell your believability in front of Ben General, Ben will stop you and chop you up and feed the dog!" ”

"Huh! ... Be! ”

Ta Abai was so frightened that he didn't dare to go around in circles anymore, saying that after knowing that Wu Sangui was going to lead the army into Beijing to pay tribute to the first emperor, everyone from the court to the people was in a panic, and many banner people began to pack up their things and prepare to flee back to their hometown outside the Guanwai.

“.... The Empress Dowager and the auxiliary ministers Ao Bai, Sony, Kupilon, Suke Saha and others were afraid that Wu Sangui was taking the opportunity to capture Beijing in the name of entering Beijing to pay tribute to the first emperor, so Ao Bai and others issued a decree in the name of the Empress Dowager not to allow Wu Sangui to enter Beijing, and only told him to set up a shed outside the city to pay respects, and leave immediately after the ceremony was completed. ”

After speaking, Ta Abai secretly glanced at the fierce general in front of him, and said cautiously: "General, isn't this matter enough to show that the imperial court is afraid of Wu Sangui?" ”

"And this?"

Wang Wu frowned, he really didn't know that after Shunzhi's death, the Qing court began to guard against Wu Sangui, and he had the impression that Kangxi's little pockmarked man forced Wu Sangui to rebel after he became in power, which led to the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories".

Some historians in later generations believed that as long as Kangxi waited patiently for a few years, he would boil Wu Sangui to death.

As soon as Wu Sangui, the leader, died, Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong, the two juniors, did not dare to jump at all, so how could they fight the rebellion of the three feudatories for eight years.

It can only be attributed to Kangxi's desire to do something.

It's a bit like Chongzhen.

But according to Ta Abai's words, as soon as Shunzhi died, the Qing court was suspicious of Wu Sangui, and even did not dare to let him lead troops into Beijing to pay tribute to Shunzhi, so Wu Sangui had no objection, and he would be panicked because of the suspicion of the Qing court, so he had the idea of rebellion.

Until Kangxi had an impulse to completely ignite the flames of war.

"General, no matter whether the imperial court is suspicious of Wu Sangui, and whether Wu Sangui is loyal to the Qing Dynasty or not, it is inevitable to cut the domain!"

In order to make his argument more credible, Taabai went so far as to talk about the past and the present.

What do you say that once the feudal kings and feudal officials who have been divided into local areas since ancient times are arrested, a catastrophe will surely come.

The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, and the Jingyan Battle in the Ming Dynasty are all living examples of wars caused by the cutting of feudal domains.

"If the emperor wants to do something, he will cut the domain, and once the domain is cut, the war will definitely spread to the north and south of the country!"

Even, Taabai also analyzed that the four auxiliary ministers headed by Ao Bai may be brewing to cut the domain, but because the emperor has not yet been in power, they dare not rush forward with such a major event.

Success, naturally good.

But once something goes wrong, it is not only their heads that will be lost, but also the life of the Qing Dynasty.

"You mean that once your little Tartar emperor is in power, the Tartar court will take action against Wu Sangui?"

Wang Wu looked at the Baoyi slave in front of him playfully, it was rare for the little Baoyi to have such insight.

"It's not that I can do it, but I will!"

Taabai said that why the Qing court was afraid of Wu Sangui's entry into Beijing was not because the king of Pingxi was strong and strong!

At present, the three feudatories headed by Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jimao (Zi Jingzhong) each have heavy troops, and Wu Sangui alone has 53 bannermen of the Han Army in his hands, more than 10,000 elite soldiers of the Green Battalion, and tens of thousands of Dingkou Jingzhuang who have not been included in the roster of the military department, and the overall strength is stronger than that of Manchuria of the Eight Banners.

The two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan also each had 15 bannermen of the Han army, six or seven thousand soldiers of the green battalion, and 20,000 soldiers of Dingkou.

That is to say, if the Qing court cuts the feudal domain and the three feudatories rebel, then the three feudatories can immediately mobilize no less than 150,000 elite soldiers to kill the Jingshi, the existence of this force, just ask, which imperial court is not afraid!

"Today, Wu Sangui is strong and strong, and most of the elite soldiers and fierce generals of the Quartet belong to his subordinates, as far as the villain knows, his generals Wang Fuchen are the governors of Shaanxi, Li Benshen is the governor of Guizhou, Wu Zhimao is the general army of Sichuan, and ten people such as Ma Bao, Wang Pingfan, and Wang Xu are the general soldiers..."

In addition to Wu Sangui's strong soldiers and strong horses, which made it difficult for the Qing court to sleep and eat, Taabai also pointed out that the salary required by the three feudatories was more than 20 million taels a year, so that the neighboring provinces lost all the annual endowments of the three feudatories, and the three feudatories were insufficient, and the money and grain from the south of the Yangtze River had to be lost to barely maintain.

"Half of the country's wealth goes to the three feudatories, and the general thinks this situation can last long?"

Ta Abai thought that his analysis would make the Ming General in front of him look at him with admiration and surprise, but he didn't want this Ming General to sneer: "These are extremely confidential things, how did you know about it as a little Bai Tang A?" ”

"This..."

Taabhai hesitated, and honestly said that it was all his cousin's words in correspondence with him.

Wang Wu was curious: "Who is your cousin?" ”

Ta Abai said: "Uncle Villain is Jiangning Weaving Cao Eryu. ”

"Cao Eryu?"

Wang Wu was a little puzzled when he heard this name, Jiang Ning weaved Cao Xi He knew, Cao Yin was his father.

Who is Cao Yin?

is Cao Xueqin's grandfather who wrote "Dream of Red Mansions".

The father and son of the Cao family have served in Jiangning weaving for two generations, and Kangxi has lived in the Cao family four times in the sixth patrol, and everyone who is slightly interested in red science knows.

I just don't know where this Cao Eryu came from.

"Eryu? Eryu? ”

Think about it carefully, isn't this Eryu written vertically up and down the seal?

Could it be that the clothed slave in front of him is the Cao family?

In order to verify, he asked Nata Abai: "Your cousin is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he is the same as you?" ”

"My Cao family was originally the enrichment of Prince Azig's family, and then moved to the enrichment camp of the Internal Affairs Bureau, not to hide it from the general, my aunt is still the nurse of the current emperor."

When he said this, Ta'abai's face was full of glory.

When he arrived here, Wang Wu basically didn't doubt that Cao Eryu was Cao Xi, but the clothed slave in front of him made him more suspicious, and asked at the moment: "Your uncle Cao Eryu is a Jiangning weaver, why is your cousin a little Baitang?" ”

"This..."

Ta Abai looked a little embarrassed, and finally honestly confessed that he was sent to Xi'an Mancheng to serve because of a crime.

"What did you do?"

Seeing that there was a pot of tea on the table, although it was cold, Wang Wu still picked up the "Gudu" and drank two sips.

After slashing all night, his throat and eyes were indeed very dry.

In order to survive, and in order to gain the trust of this general, Taabai did not dare to hide it, saying that he was originally the director of the Guangchu Department of the Internal Affairs Office in Beijing, but he couldn't control his hands and feet for a while and was accused of being imprisoned.

If it weren't for his cousin Cao Eryu to help him move, open up the upper and lower joints of the Internal Affairs Office, and finally sentence a flag camp to listen to the errand of Bai Tang'a walking, I am afraid that he would be sent to Ningguta without losing his head.

Wang Wu nodded and asked, "What is your original name?" ”

Ta Abai said honestly: "The villain's name is Cao Rong. ”

Seeing that the general on the other side didn't speak again, he boldly moved a small step forward, bowed down and said:

"If the generals and other Ming clan loyalists continue to insist on this Jedi, the villain thinks that the generals and others will have no chance of regaining their sight, after all, there is neither money, food nor population here, and it is difficult to support your army to hold on for a long time; Second, the imperial court was worried that the generals and other Ming families were loyal to each other, and they were afraid that they might not necessarily cut the domain. ”

"The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey is cooking, and the bird is hiding the bow?"

Wang Wuwei snorted, "Even if what you said comes true in the future, will your Tartar court really believe that I will wait for the Ming family to surrender?" ”

"Definitely!"

Ta Abai almost blurted out, "The general must know that Wu Sangui has a blood feud with your Ming Dynasty and Shun Dynasty!" ”