Chapter 45: Self-recommendation, seizing military power
Three important ministers who were famous in the Kangxi Dynasty entered the palace full of doubts and came to the Imperial Study Room.
Kangxi glanced at the surrounding ministers with serious eyes, and said crisply: "Wu Sangui rebelled! The commander of the imperial guards was killed. If Duke Qin hadn't done his best to rescue Princess Jianning, I'm afraid Jianning would have been killed.
Harmed by Wu Sangui!"
"What???"
The three ministers looked at Emperor Kangxi in astonishment.
Although when they came, they expected that something urgent might happen, they did not expect it to be something as big as a rebellion.
"You are all my ministers. I hope you can give me a good solution to today's matter!"
Kangxi continued with a cold face: "I received a tip a few days ago that Wu Sangui was urgently transporting grain and grass. I was a little confused at first, but now it seems that he has a premeditated plan. Please tell me, ministers, what should I do?
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Zhang Tingyu, a minister of the Han Dynasty, learned the art of protecting oneself wisely. Although he had thoughts in his heart, he lowered his head and said nothing.
Suksaha was the first to speak: "Your Majesty! There is nothing trivial about the military. We cannot sit back and wait for death. We must take action first! Now Wu Sangui has killed officials and rebelled. If we cannot respond in time, by the time he assembles the army, the consequences will be disastrous!
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Suo'etu on the side also echoed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty! We should take the initiative to attack Wu Sangui, and call on all provinces in the world to join forces to encircle and suppress Wu Sangui!"
Only Zhang Tingyu and Qin Ran did not speak.
Kangxi pondered for a moment and looked at the two people.
"Zhang Aiqing, Duke Qin, do you have any good ideas?"
Hearing Kangxi's words, Zhang Tingyu saluted him and said: "Your Majesty, I think the suggestions of the two adults are very good, but..."
"Just what?"
"Who does Your Majesty want to make handsome?"
Zhang Tingyu said respectfully.
Upon hearing Zhang Tingyu's rhetorical question, Kangxi's expression froze.
To be honest, Obai had just fallen. Although Kangxi took control of the army, his influence in the army was still not very great. Moreover, he also eliminated many mid-level and senior officers who followed Obai in the army.
Even though there were many senior ministers and powerful generals in the court, they either had sided with Obai or had great influence, such as Suk Saha, and Kangxi did not dare to appoint them.
Because Kangxi was worried that after they took control of the military, they would become the next Obai.
Thinking of this, Kangxi's expression changed for a while.
Qin Ran, who was standing aside, was overjoyed. Zhang Tingyu was really a helper, perfectly pointing out Kangxi's current predicament, as he had no one he could trust.
This made his sudden self-recommendation less abrupt.
Looking at Kangxi who fell into silence, Qin Ran felt that the atmosphere was almost brewing, so he immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Please come out to fight!"
"A Ran? Can you lead troops?"
Kangxi looked at Qin Ran with a look of disbelief on his face.
He had enough trust in Qin Ran, but could Qin Ran really lead troops to fight? If someone who couldn't lead troops was allowed to lead troops, wouldn't the consequences be even more disastrous if he failed.
Faced with Kangxi's questioning, Qin Ran remained calm and smiled slightly:
"When I was ten years old, I learned storytelling from an old storyteller. Before he died, the old gentleman left me a book on military affairs. I felt like I had found a treasure and read it all night long. Your Majesty, you can test me!"
"oh?"
Hearing this, Kangxi walked up to Qin Ran with great interest and said, "Are you serious? Does Duke Qin know that bullying the emperor is a major crime against the nine clans?"
Qin Ran slightly cupped his hands and said, "I dare not deceive Your Majesty."
Kangxi nodded, "Okay! Since you are so confident, I will test you! If you fail, be careful that I punish you for bullying!"
Soon, Kangxi arranged to select several generals with rich war experience to inspect Qin Ran.
The first is the literary test, which specifically tests various types of military writings and how to deal with various situations in military operations.
Qin Ran originally knew nothing about these things, but he had gained 'mastery in the art of war' from Feng Xifan.
It has to be said that Feng Xifan himself is indeed a great talent. With the knowledge of military art obtained from him, Qin Ran easily answered these inspection questions clearly and almost perfectly.
This made the court ministers and military generals who presented the question to Qin Ran quite amazed.
If they just looked at the questions answered, they would have thought they were in front of an experienced veteran in their forties or fifties.
Looking at Qin Ran's handsome and young face, they had to admit that Qin Ran was a military genius!
Seeing that all the ministers had answered in the affirmative, Kangxi couldn't help but look sideways at Qin Ran. He didn't expect that this little brother whom he had accidentally met among the eunuchs was actually so proficient in military affairs!
Thinking of this, Kangxi looked at Qin Ran as if he was looking at a gold mine.
Then they inspected Qin Ran's skills in riding and archery, swords and spears, etc. With Qin Ran's martial arts, riding and shooting were just child's play, and he could conquer ten levels with one effort. His performance won unanimous applause from the generals in the army.
"good!"
Kangxi looked at Qin Ran beside him, the more he looked, the more satisfied he became!
Right now, he was in need of reliable talents, and Qin Ran, his confidant, was actually capable of both literary and military skills, could ride a horse into battle, and was good at military affairs, which gave Kangxi a great surprise.
Otherwise, if a general who may have rebellious intentions was released to command hundreds of thousands of troops, Kangxi would probably have trouble sleeping and eating!
But if this general was Qin Ran, Kangxi would feel much more at ease. Firstly, Qinran had no power base in the court, and no one would respond even if he had evil intentions. Secondly, Qinran was already one of his few
, the great talent in my heart. Hmm.
After thinking about this, Kangxi narrowed his eyes slightly and ordered Qin Ran.
"Lu Dinggong Qin Ran obeys the order!"
"I'm here!"
Qin Ran bowed to Kangxi and saluted.
"I order you to be the general who conquers the south and lead an army of 100,000 to attack Wu Sangui!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will die for you!"
Qin Ran replied loudly, and at this moment, his high-spirited heart finally relaxed!
Wu Sangui rebelled in advance, so Kangxi now had no trustworthy general around him. However, he suddenly rose up and got the position of general!
A hundred thousand troops!
Even if I can win over half of them, it will be enough to achieve great things!
Thinking of this, Qin Ran's eyes flashed with a strange light.
Of course, as an emperor, he must be suspicious. Next, Kangxi appointed several lieutenants to restrain Qin Ran, and discussed with several ministers in the court about the mobilization of grain and grass and preparations for sending troops.
Finally, the deliberation came to a conclusion, and three days were needed to mobilize food and grass. Three days later, the army was dispatched to the front line to curb Wu Sangui's expansion.
After all discussions were completed, Qin Ran followed the ministers and exited the palace.
After leaving the palace, Qin Ran did not return directly to his mansion.