Chapter 255: On the eve of the Great War

Zhao Qingfeng happily "played" in Hainan for three days, and everywhere he went, he had to record what he saw and heard. Wang Xu saw his small movements in his eyes and did not stop them. It is an indisputable fact that the people under the command of the White Lotus Sect are better and happier than the people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It's a fair and honest thing, and there's nothing unseemly.

If the Han people of the Manchu Qing knew that the jurisdiction of the White Lotus Sect had a good life, the blow to the Manchu court would be very powerful.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

Sometimes it's a, but sometimes it's a truth.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was unpopular, and in the absence of external forces, its rule remained stable. But with the two forces of the White Lotus Sect and Zhu Cihong eyeing them outside, it would be difficult to say.

In the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it was the same.

If there is no Manchu Qing outside the Guan, no matter how ruthless Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are, I am afraid that they will be able to destroy the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty involved the vast majority of the Ming Dynasty's military power.

On the morning of the fourth day.

Zhao Qingfeng came to bid farewell to Wang Xu.

"Lord Governor, I have completed the mission of the White Lotus Sect this time. Thank you, Your Excellency, for your hospitality over the past few days. The sect leader is right, the scenery and food of Hainan are indeed a must. It's hard to eat in the Qing Dynasty. It's time for me to take my leave. The emperor is still waiting for me to go back. Zhao Qingfeng said with his fists clenched.

Wang Xu said with a smile: "Lord Zhao, there are still a lot of places in Hainan that you haven't been to." Why don't you play a few more days?"

Zhao Qingfeng shook his head and said, "I really don't need it." ”

Wang Xu nodded and said, "Okay then." This seat is going back to Guangzhou, so let's go on the road together. ”

Wang Xu did not take Zhao Qingfeng to Chen Ji to resign.

Chen Ji is the head of a sect, his identity is extraordinary, and it is more than enough to see him off as Wang Xu.

When they came, they were four, and when they returned, they were still four.

Arrived in Guangzhou.

Wang Xu said: "Lord Zhao, with your ability, you can do something meaningful for our Han people, and maybe you can go down in history in the future." Our sect leader said that as long as Lord Zhao is willing to come to the White Lotus Sect, with Lord Zhao's ability and martial arts cultivation, I believe that it will not be long before he can be on an equal footing with the helmsmen of the provinces. ”

A rudder master of the White Lotus Sect has a lot of power and a lot of wealth that can be mobilized. The gold content of the helmsman is not as good as that of the prefects and governors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The more important thing is that he has become a high-level member of the White Lotus Sect, and his treatment is much stronger than that of the officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Personnel at the level of the helmsman, without corruption, have an annual income of 50,000 taels of silver, which is very easy.

For example, a giant like Wang Xu, who manages maritime trade, earns more than 100,000 taels of silver every year. Therefore, the personnel of the White Lotus Sect are rarely corrupt.

Zhao Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Governor Wang said that he was laughing. As an official of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao took the Qing Dynasty's Yulu, and his loyal ministers did not matter to the two masters. ”

The special combat team members beside Wang Xu looked at the back of Zhao Qingfeng leaving, and said coldly: "Pretentious." If Zhao Qingfeng really had backbone, he would have been cut off by Dolgon a long time ago, but behind his head, there was not a pig's tail hanging from it? Something that betrayed his ancestors and forgot his ancestors, and he still dared to talk about loyalty? Where did the Manchu Qing Tartars give him a fortune, and it was not the people's fat and people's ointment that he had looted. ”

Zhao Qingfeng's body paused slightly, and Wang Xu knew that he must have heard it.

Wang Xu scolded the special combat team members with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense. Lord Zhao is a Han Chinese, although he was an official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but perhaps, he was in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and his heart was in the Han Dynasty. ”

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Emperor Kangxi summoned Zhao Qingfeng at the Qianqing Palace. Zhao Qingfeng told everything he saw and heard along the way in detail. Emperor Kangxi's face was gloomy, as if he was about to drip water.

"Zhao Aiqing, what you said is true? If you dare to deceive me, it is a crime of deception, and you will destroy the clan. Emperor Kangxi said coldly.

Zhao Qingfeng knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed against the ground: "What the slave said, everything is true." If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to the jurisdiction of the White Lotus Sect to investigate, if the slave has half a lie, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. ”

The intelligence system of the Manchu court was still very primitive, and it was no match for those agents of the White Lotus Sect. What's more, the Manchu Qing Dynasty thought that it occupied the Ming Dynasty and was the Heavenly Empire, so where would it send intelligence personnel to those wild places occupied by the White Lotus Sect?

The intelligence officers of both sides fought to the death in secret, both in the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

If it weren't for Zhao Qingfeng now saying that the people of Hainan Island were doing too well, Emperor Kangxi would definitely not believe it.

You must know that in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the Han people, even if they are banner people, it is almost impossible to live the kind of life described by Zhao Qingfeng.

Zhao Qingfeng was silent when he received Kangxi, and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui and others are just minor troubles, and the White Lotus Sect and Chen Ji are the big enemies. The Great Qing Dynasty should immediately start a war with the White Lotus Sect, so that the Great Qing still has a chance of winning. If it drags on for a long time, the more unfavorable it will be to the Qing Dynasty. ”

Kangxi snorted coldly: "Okay, I know." If you go outside, you must first settle inside. If you want to concentrate on dealing with the White Lotus Sect and not pull out Wu Sangui and their forces, how can you do it? Since Chen Ji said that the contract is valid and the Great Grandmaster will not make a move, then I have to destroy Wu Sangui and them!"

The Qing Dynasty had more soldiers than Wu Sangui, more martial arts masters than Wu Sangui, and more money and grain than Wu Sangui. Kangxi thought that the Qing Dynasty had no reason to lose. As long as the plan is right, within two months, Wu Sangui can be exterminated.

Zhao Qingfeng's eyes darkened, Emperor Kangxi would not listen to him.

"The minions retired. Zhao Qingfeng respectfully retreated.

Zhao Qingfeng walked out of the palace and shook his head secretly.

After he returned, he was promoted, but he was not happy. His own suggestion was not adopted by the emperor, in the final analysis, because he was Han and could not be trusted by the emperor.

What the Manchu court said about the "Manchu and Han families", only when he became a high-ranking official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did he know how ridiculous this sentence was.

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Monk Yongxing came to the small courtyard and said to Fu Lin, who was dressed in a black robe: "Master Xingzhi, the envoy from the White Lotus Sect has returned. The contract signed by Chen Ji and Daqing is still valid. The emperor will soon launch a large army to withdraw from the domain. ”

Fu Lin nodded and said, "Got it." Tell the emperor that in order to be foolproof and deal with Wu Zhenhai, more than five martial arts masters must be dispatched. It's better to have a peerless grandmaster. ”

After getting rid of Wu Zhenhai, it would be much easier to assassinate Wu Sangui. Even if Wu Sangui was protected by those veterans of the Guanning Army, Fu Lin believed that if he dispatched a peerless grandmaster, he would definitely be able to assassinate him.

Capture the thief and capture the king first.

Get rid of Wu Sangui, and the power of the king of Pingxi will fall apart.