Chapter 5 The fifth meeting of the three vassals against the sky advocated rebellion at the Wuhua Mountain Gathering Meeting against the Qing Dynasty

Suo Etu and other trusted ministers made careful arrangements for the empress dowager and the emperor to go on a pilgrimage to Mount Wutai.In order to keep it secret, I only said that I went to Chanzhe Temple in the suburbs of Beijing to offer incense. Dozens of servants lined up and came out of the gate of the city. The eunuch Xiao Maozi, the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, shouted an order: "The holy chariot is coming, and all the officials are waiting!"Immediately afterwards, the deacon of the Ministry of Internal Affairs passed it on.At this time, it is at the Chenpai, the sun is shining in the sky, the breeze is blowing, and the canopy flags are fluttering, which looks very spectacular.Behind the 120 gate flags, Wei Dongting rode pompously on a yellow horse with a golden saddle, followed by forty guards and hundreds of guards.In the city and outside the city, there was a lot of shouting. Kangxi, who was sitting in the first chariot, nodded and raised his hands frequently. Wu Yingxiong saw that Kangxi was watching him, and hurriedly knocked his head on the hard stone floor a few times, repeatedly shouting: "Long live my emperor, long live!" He didn't dare to raise his head until the car was over.

Wu Yingxiong returned to Shihu Hutong with heavy steps.Zhou Quanbin, a member of the Ministry of Industry who has traveled here the most frequently for several months, has been waiting in the mansion for a long time.Zhou Quanbin is a cunning and insidious double agent, the person who Ming voted for Wu Yingxiong and secretly assisted Yang Qilong.After exchanging pleasantries, Wu Yingxiong smiled politely and said, "I'm tired, you've been waiting for a long time." He let Zhou Quanbin into Haochun Xuan in the inner mansion to have tea. After taking his seat, Zhou Quanbin picked up the tea leaves floating on the bowl lid, half-closed his slightly swollen single eyeball, and opened his mouth straightforwardly, with one sentence that made Wu Yingxiong shudder all over: "Wu Gong, the third prince Zhu!" I’ve already gone to the Father’s place in Wuhua Mountain, Yunnan, maybe the articles there are even more lively than today’s tour! Do you know?”

Zhou Quanbin's so-called Third Prince Zhu was Zhu Cijiong, the third son of Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was said that he disappeared after Li Zicheng broke through Beijing. Wu Yingxiong had already heard about this matter.Wu Yingxiong has been a hostage in Beijing for more than 20 years, and he has a deep understanding of the art of concealment. Although he was surprised in his heart, he said coldly on the surface: "I don't know about these things, and I don't believe them. Even if they are true, I think this third prince Zhu who has a suspicious background It is also easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down! One step was originally the nephew of the former Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the noble concubine of Zhou Dynasty. I don’t understand why you come to me to say these words? I don’t want to hear it, and I dare not listen. I'm here just to say this, it's better to go back and rest earlier." After speaking, Wu Yingxiong took a deep breath of the cigarette, and looked at Zhou Quanbin's reaction through the thick smoke.

Zhou Quanbin was also observing Wu Yingxiong, this unremarkable short man with a slightly bloated body, slender eyebrows, big eyes, and thick lips. He looked extremely honest and sincere at first glance, but unexpectedly he deviated from his usual slow-moving habit. Very quickly, he used a "wall of words" to touch him back.Zhou Quanbin was startled for a moment, and then he said with a half-smile: "If you don't dare to listen, maybe it's true. Why don't you want to listen... Why does His Royal Highness have to gallop to Yunnan every day since the earthquake? It's a pity, you want It will take a few days to get a reply from King Pingxi. Both of you and I are old ministers of the Ming Dynasty and have old friends, so why don't you listen to my opinion first?"

While listening, Wu Yingxiong carefully picked the oily sludge in the tobacco rod, and said unhurriedly: "The earthquake in Beijing, I am worried that there will also be an earthquake in Yunnan. What is so strange about writing a letter to greet my father?" Zhou Quanbin leaned forward and said: "Tongshan collapsed in the west, Luo Zhongdongying - it seems that the prince is also worried about the earthquake in Yunnan? This is the same as the imperial court. Otherwise, why would Long live send people to visit Mount Wutai to pray for blessings? " Wu Yingxiong twitched his brows, "Wutai Mountain"?No way, didn't they go to Zhizhe Temple in the suburbs of Beijing?Besides, Mount Wutai is a Buddhist resort.Going there shows that my empress dowager and the emperor are concerned about the people. "

Zhou Quanbin went on to say: "Not only worrying about the people, but also worrying about the country!! They went here to comfort the hearts of the capital. Second, they went to the West Road to inspect the conditions of the people and officials. This West Road is where King Pingxi seized the Sanqin and commanded the capital. Passage! It seems that the next step of withdrawal will not be far away!" "Hahaha, what are you talking about? It is the court's business whether to withdraw the feudal clan or not. What did my father do to seize the Sanqin? Besides, my ancestors and my father have guarded the North Gate for the former Ming Dynasty for decades. Chongzhen is at a critical juncture. My father was granted the title of Xibo Ping, but after submitting to the Celestial Dynasty, he was given the title of prince in one fell swoop! Our Wu family is different from your Zhou family!"

Zhou Quanbin was not angry.When he met Wu Yingxiong today, he made up his mind to knock on the door of this extremely closed mansion for the third prince Zhu: "Okay! What your son said is right. Ping Xibo of the former Ming Dynasty has become the vassal king of the Qing Dynasty. However, Old Uncle Wu is in Yunnan, has a large army, and sits in the silver palace. He is not satisfied. He still has to smelt iron and boil salt behind his back, cast copper to make money, collect food by himself, leave officials, and resist orders. This is the Wu family. It’s different! Alright, my son, take care, and I’ll take my leave.” As he spoke, he bowed his hands and was about to resign.

Wu Yingxiong hurriedly stood up and held back: "Hey, why worry! Finish the sentence." Seeing that he had softened, Zhou Quanbin couldn't help but feel a little proud: "That's fine, I'll just say a few more words. Although the emperor is young, you have seen how smart and wise he is. Fortunately, Shanxi has a lot of harm to King Pingxi, but no benefit. I hope that King Pingxi and Wu Shixiong will take care of themselves. In addition, the Holy Majesty wrote a poem of five masterpieces in his own handwriting a while ago, and presented it to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. What's in it, please think twice .” After speaking, he turned around and walked away.

Wu Yingxiong stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, smiling and saying "No".But I was thinking in my heart, this Zhou Quanbin is obviously a member of the Third Prince Zhu, why did he come to see me today?Does the king know what he said? ... The majestic and majestic Pingxi Palace stands high on Wuhua Mountain in the suburbs of Kunming.The dragon towers and phoenix towers, either covered by red walls or shaded by green bamboos, are scattered among the peaks and ridges criss-crossing streams according to the mountain situation.There are verdant clouds and trees in a radius of dozens of miles, and the scenery is myriad. The winding mountain road and the layers of marble steps zigzag and lead directly to the sky.This was originally the Yongli Forbidden City of the former Ming Dynasty. After Wu Sangui took over, he painstakingly renovated it. After nearly 30 years of operation, it is no longer its original appearance.Rows of large stone houses were built on the back mountain, which were Wu Sangui's treasury, and the gold, jade, pearls, and treasures inside were piled up like mountains.Next to the warehouse are all kinds of weapons, which are still constantly being cast and updated.In the corridors on both sides of the Yin'an Hall, there are Bingma Division, Fan Official Division, Salt Tea Division, Punishment Hall, Casting Hall, etc., all set up according to the imperial court system, but simplified and changed their names.The tall imitation of the Han Dynasty at the foot of the mountain extends in all directions, connecting Guizhou and Guangdong in the east, Qinghai-Tibet in the west, Myanmar in the south, and Pingliang in the north... All these constitute an extremely huge network, and the factors that affect this large "network" The central figure is Wu Sangui, king of Pingxi.

At this moment, Wu Sangui is sitting in front of Lie Cuixuan in the Wangfu Garden on the west side of Yin'an Hall, watching singing and dancing.Sitting side by side with him, one is Geng Jingzhong who made a secret detour from Beijing, and the other is Shang Zhixin, the son of King Pingnan who has been here for half a month from Guangdong. All the information has been collected.Geng Jingzhong went to Beijing to meet Kangxi some time ago, and he was a little bit guilty in his heart. He was full of confidence in Wu Sangui's strength, but now he was a little uncertain. I was so impressed.It seems that the emperor is indeed a young and promising monarch, and definitely not the "wet child" that Wu Sangui said.With this idea in mind, Geng Jingzhong just watched silently and thought secretly for two days, not intending to express his opinion in a hurry.

As for Shang Zhixin, he is in a different state: he is the eldest son of King Pingnan Shang Kexi, and he has long been eager to take his father's throne.Shang Kexi is old and can't manage so many things. In fact, the military power has already been taken away by his son.This Shang Zhixin is vicious and vicious, and the city is extremely deep.After he came to Wuhua Mountain, he put on the air of a noble boy, a drunkard, full of foul language, and ridiculous behavior, which made Geng Jingzhong very disgusted, and even Wu Sangui looked down on him a little. On the surface, this gathering in San Francisco was full of delicacies and sensuality, but in fact, it was a premeditated rebellion.Wu Sangui, who is the oldest in age and generation, and the most powerful, is not only the host of this party, but also the core figure of course. At this moment, he saw Shang Zhixin staring at his beloved singer A Zi, feeling upset for a while, stood up and said, "It's getting cold outside, let's go in and talk." After speaking, he went in, and Geng Jingzhong and Monk Zhixin had no choice but to follow.Wu Sangui's advisers, Liu Xuanchu, Xia Guoxiang, Xiang Guozhu, personal guard Huangfu Baozhu and others also followed in.Passing through the hall of Lie Cuixuan, several people followed Wu Sangui into the study room in the East Wing, and sat around the long desk in front of the marble screen.Only Baozhu came in as a guard, guarding behind Sangui.Just as he sat down, the Wangfu Book Office hurried in and reported to Wu Sangui: "My lord, please have a look at the letter from Mr. Gan, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou." He handed over a sealed letter with both hands. Wu Sangui frowned, took it absent-mindedly, read a few lines, then turned to ask: "It's about transporting medicinal materials from Yunnan and Guizhou to the inland, do you know the whole thing?" In autumn, an order was issued to ban medicinal materials to the mainland. These merchants broke the order and bought ten carts of medicinal materials, all of which were poria cocos, gastrodia elata, panax notoginseng, musk, velvet antler, and cinchona cream. The governor’s yamen, Mr. Gan sent someone over here, and ask the prince to deal with it.” Wu Sangui pondered for a moment, then suddenly sneered: “Hmph, he just gave me a problem. Where are those businessmen now?” "It's all here, outside the hanging flower gate in the courtyard." "Tell their leaders to come in and wait outside the pavilion."After speaking, he got up and said to Geng Jingzhong and the others: "You guys discuss first, I will be back later." The drug dealer had already knelt at the steps of the courtyard. Seeing Wu Sangui coming out slowly, he bumped his head heavily on the brick floor three times, and begged: "My lord, a thousand years old! I beg my lord to be merciful...forgive me... If the ten loads of medicinal materials can't Send it back, the younger ones can only throw themselves into the river..." "Gu has already ordered the embargo of medicinal materials, why are you so bold?" "Returning to the prince, because the inland Shandong and Henan areas were flooded, and the plague spread, the little guy in the semicolon there said that these medicines were urgently needed. The little guy didn't dare to violate the prince's prohibition, because he asked the prefect's yamen for instructions. It was lucky. As the saying goes, doctors and pharmacies are based on curing diseases and saving lives..." "Huh? According to you, the lonely king is based on harming people?" Seeing that the drug dealer just kowtowed in fright, Wu Sangui changed his tone and sighed: "But you do have your difficulties. How about it, I Don't let you lose money, I bought all your ten cars of medicine, how about it?" The drug dealer raised his head, looked at Wu Sangui's pitiful face in surprise and bewilderment, and stammered, "This... this..." "We in Yunnan and Guizhou also have a plague recently, and there are often miasmas that hurt people. This is also for the sake of my people in Yunnan and Guizhou, so medicines such as quinine cream, yellow lotus, panax notoginseng, and musk are absolutely not allowed to leave the province. You are a businessman , It is natural to want to get rich, how about I show you a way to make money?" The drug dealer first kowtowed and said yes, and then he looked up at Wu Sangui in surprise after hearing this.Wu Sangui smiled and said: "Tell you merchants in the guild hall that we are short of horses and grain here. You can go to Inner Mongolia and Zhili to sell some back. I will definitely not let you suffer!" "My lord is kind." The drug dealer said with a bitter face, "It's okay to talk about food, but selling horses from the Central Plains to Yungui is breaking the imperial court's ban..." The drug dealer was still begging, but Wu Sangui was getting impatient. In Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, on Wuhua Mountain, Wu Sangui's words were imperial decrees, and he never changed his mind!Embargoing medicinal materials to the mainland, and smuggling food and military horses to Yunnan and Guizhou are two moves in his overall plan. Even if the drug dealers bang their heads and bleed, he will not change his mind. "Heh heh heh, whether you do according to Gu's will or whether you are willing to accept the crime and be punished is up to you. Come on, take them out." After finishing speaking, he turned his hands behind his back and went in without looking back. Geng Jingzhong quickly caught Wu Sangui, and said with a smile: "Old Shibo has a clever plan, kills two birds with one stone. This ginger is still very spicy." "Hahaha, it's a trivial matter, Nephew He Laoxian praised it. Let's talk about your trip to Beijing." "Ah, okay, okay, when my nephew was out of Beijing, I heard that the emperor had pardoned Fu Honglie, brother Zhixin, who was arrested by the old man's order, and maybe he wanted to use him again. There is also news that the emperor plans to put him in He was sent to Guangxi. If this is the case, I am afraid that there will be a lot of disadvantages for Zhixin and the old man." Shang Zhixin, who was sitting next to him, laughed without waiting for Wu Sangui to answer: "Hahaha, brother Jingzhong, you think Fu Honglie is too important. Let me tell you, this person can write a few fart articles and knows a little bit about it." Military. The little emperor wants to send him to Guangxi, just to put a nail under my nose and add a little trouble to Wu Shibo. I'm not boasting. To deal with him, I only need old man Wu to give me one person. " Wu Sangui didn't expect that this lustful man could see the court's thoughts so accurately, so he asked casually, "Nephew, who do you want to borrow from me?" "Wang Shirong" "Oh, my nephew is right. Wang Shirong is Fu Honglie's brother, but it's a pity that I sent him to Shaanxi, so I couldn't meet the two of you. Hey--Zhixin, I heard people say that you often eat raw human meat in Guangzhou , is there such a thing?" "Yes." Most of my subordinates are bandits recruited from the mountains, and they are used to being wild.My father has led soldiers all his life, but he can't understand their temper, so he can't control them.To these people, if you are not fierce or vicious, can they obey?Therefore, I, a descendant of the prince, have no choice but to show the prestige of the king of the mountain, non-toxic and not a doctor, hahaha..." Hearing this, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but move in his heart, this guy is too scary!But squinting at Wu Sangui, he was not only not angry, but very happy.At this time, Shang Zhixin said again: "Old Shibo, please don't worry about Guangdong and Guangxi. My nephew is a little worried about Shaanxi. The little emperor has placed a big bet on Wang Fuchen."