Chapter 57
Kangxi sat back on the dragon throne. Although he looked calm, these scheming ministers had already vaguely discovered that there was a sense of fear in the depths of his eyes.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, Ye Chu was alone, defeated 20,000 cavalry, and killed countless Manchu and Han generals. The commander Fei Yanggu escaped. What a terrifying and terrifying ability? Kangxi was young after all, and he was only eighteen years old this year. When he thought that his enemy was so powerful that he could not be killed and could not be destroyed, and he kept swallowing his own land, how could he not be afraid in his heart?
Thinking of fighting with such a peerless god, even the talented and stubborn Kangxi felt extremely slim.
Feeling the emperor's fear, the ministers present couldn't help but feel silent.
You should know that although Emperor Kangxi was young, he had excellent knowledge and made clear decisions in his work. In contrast, in many major events in the court, Emperor Kangxi's knowledge was far higher than that of these ministers.
Even the emperor was scared, so how could other ministers have the delusion of victory?
"Is there any good general who can deal with Wu Yingxiong?"
I don’t know when this thought arises in the minds of the king and his ministers.
But the study room was so quiet that no one said it, and no one thought about it. In short, there was silence in the room, and the emperor sat there blankly, with his eyes looking at him.
From beginning to end, no one dared to raise this topic.
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"Little Guizi, I really regretted that I had caused such a big disaster in my mind."
In the study room, Kangxi sighed, his face darkened, and said to Xiao Guizi beside him.
At this time, the ministers had left, and only two kings and ministers were left in the room.
"Emperor, although Xiao Guizi doesn't understand this major military and national affairs, he also knows that Wu Yingxiong doesn't care about the emperor's kindness, and is a loving and loving person in the world. No one of them doesn't want to eat the flesh of his father and son and drink the blood of his father and son. The emperor's bird raw fish soup is better than Zhuge Zhiliang, and he will definitely be able to defeat these traitors."
Wei Xiaobao quickly knelt down and kowtowed to comfort Kangxi.
Kangxi deeply understood the influence of Wu Yingxiong's single army. You should know that the Eight Banners and Green Camp officers and soldiers fighting on the Hunan front line were only 100,000, which was already a sacrificial force, but it was just a killing for Wu Yingxiong five times.
Twenty thousand troops gathered north of the Yellow River in Henan, but behind them were a huge amount of food, clothing, armor, silver, tents and other materials to be transported. The recruitment of farmers had to be organized behind the scenes and could not alarm the Pingbei Army. The heavy and huge workload was enough to crush Henan Prefecture.
If it weren't for the full cooperation of those gentry who were afraid of Ye Chu's actions, if it weren't for the fear of the Three Provincial Chamber of Commerce, such a private event would have been spread all over the world long ago.
After this battle, the trust of local gentry in the Qing court had dropped to a low point. Now the Qing court has no mobile power in the north, and its local control has dropped rapidly. Even loose gangs such as the White Lotus Sect in the Tiandihui can be expanded rapidly. This has further made the power of the Northern Army of the Great Zhou Ping even larger.
All the scenes, how could Kangxi, who was only eighteen years old, not feel painful and desperate?
"Little Guizi, you don't have to say these words of comfort to me. Now that the Three Feudatories have rebelled, Zheng Jing from Taiwan has also come ashore. King Chahar has just been pacified, but Galdan and Sang Jie have already raised an army. Now Wu Yingxiong is Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao, once he sends troops in Shanxi, no one in the world can block his peak. All of this is my rush. God tells the punishment, and all of it is to me, resulting in the death of even the three sons. This is my sin."
Kangxi said weakly, his mood was obviously depressed, but Wei Xiaobao became more and more afraid of the more he heard it. He thought to himself: "Xiao Xuanzi kept blaming himself, looking discouraged, but he was afraid it would be bad. The words in the plays are all the words said before his death. Is Xiao Xuanzi disheartened and in a mess?"
Sure enough, Kangxi continued: "I plan to abdicate and move to Shengjing, pass the position of emperor to the fifth brother Prince Gong Changning, and ask the Empress Dowager to rule the country from behind the curtain, let Prince Kang, Prince Yu, Soetu and Tong Guowei be the ministers of the regent, and reorganize the court's principles..."
The more he spoke, the more powerless he became. The more Wei Xiaobao heard, the more he became more and more scared. Even if he didn't understand the major affairs of the court, he knew that this was extraordinary. If one was careless, Wei Xiaobao was so sad that he was so scared that he knelt down on his knees and shouted: "Prince, don't say it, Xiao Guizi was frightened..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a "pop" sound, and the emperor fell to the ground from the dragon chaise, his eyes closed and his face flushed.
Wei Xiaobao was anxious and quickly reached out to touch the emperor's breath. Fortunately, he was brave and did not understand the court etiquette. He was placed on other eunuchs. Who dared to touch the "dragon body"?
Fortunately, the emperor's forehead was just hot and his breathing was still stable. He quickly helped Kangxi up and shouted, "Come on, come on, tell me the imperial physician, the emperor is sick..."
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After Ye Chu brought his followers, Aqi and Ake back to Jiezhou, the Pingbei Army immediately settled down. Just three days later, Aqi and Ake entered the room of the commander of the Pingbei Army and became Ye Chu's concubines.
Although A Ke is more beautiful and gentle than Zeng Rou, the Wangwu Sect has no objection. It is normal for men who started a family and started a business in the feudal era to have three wives and four concubines. Since Situ Bolei, Yang Yizhi, Situ He and others have become senior leaders of the Pingbei Army, who have not had three wives and four concubines? They naturally would not have any qualifications to accuse the lord.
In addition, although Aqi and Ake are senior sisters, they were adopted by the one-armed god nun. They were weak in the Pingbei Army and could not compare to Zeng Rou, who was supported by the Wangwu Sect. In addition, Zeng Rou was a big wife-like style, which was enough to suppress the two women, making Ye Chu's harem unable to cause any waves.
More than ten days later, Shanxi businessman Fan Yikui personally escorted the silver to Jiezhou. After seeing Ye Chu, he immediately knelt down and said, "General, the young man, as agreed, has already sent the one million taels of silver to Jiezhou. In addition, the young man admired the general's might, so he sent another one million taels of silver, 50,000 kilograms of pig iron, and 3,000 stones of food to express his previous apology for offending the general. Please accept it with a smile."
"Oh." Ye Chu ignored it, glanced at me, and sneered: "You gave me so many things. Do you think I would call you brother like Nurhaci, hold a banquet in the Forbidden City like Fulin, and reward officials and titles?"
When Fan Yikui heard this, he was shocked all over. He knelt down again and kowtowed continuously until his forehead was covered in black and did not dare to stop. He shouted: "God General, please calm down. The young one dare not, the young one dare not."
"Your cheap father Fan Yongdou, together with the other seven merchants, has provided military supplies to the Eight Banners, provided information within the pass, and made a lot of effort to make them bigger. Now, I am thinking about using the same trick again and wanting to continue to gain privileges with me? It's so whimsical!"
"Come here, pull Fan Yikui down. At noon tomorrow, five horses will be dismembered. In the future, our army will go north and will definitely kill all the eight treacherous merchants, and will never let them go!"
Ye Chu's tone was plain, but he was murderous.
Chapter completed!