Chapter 13 Gifts

Late at night on the second day of the first lunar month, two black shadows wearing night clothes quietly appeared outside the still gratifying Pingnan Palace.

One of the black shadows looked vigilantly at the bottom of the four corners, so he stopped outside the wall of the Pingnan Palace, removed a burden from his back, opened the bag, took out a large stack of papers from inside, and posted it on the wall with his hands and feet. Another dark shadow was hiding in a small alley more than ten steps away, giving the sticker a blow.

In the city of Guangzhou, at least a dozen people were moving at the same time, and pieces of paper were pasted on the walls.

The next day, just after dawn, a group of people went out of the city. Subsequently, the chaos in the city of Guangzhou became a mess of porridge.

The thirteen county lords of King Pingnan were about to go out again as before, but they were stopped by the guards at the door: "Gege, the second young master has an order, all the sons in the mansion can't go out today!" ”

"How dare you stop this county lord?" The pretty face of the thirteen county lords sank.

The guard said: "Back to Gege, it's the order of the second young master, and the villain is just acting on orders!" Please forgive me! ”

"Why doesn't my second brother allow me to leave the house?" The Thirteen County Lords were very angry.

"Back to Gege, the villain doesn't know! The villain is just doing what he is told! The guard knelt on the ground and saluted.

The thirteen county lords were full of anger, shook their hands violently, and turned around and walked into the mansion angrily.

At this time, Shang Kexi was listening to the Buddhist scriptures, and the thirteen county lords did not dare to go to his father, so he directly asked his second brother Shang Zhixiao.

"Brother, why aren't you allowed to leave the house today?" Seeing Shang Zhixiao, the thirteen county lords asked.

Shang Zhixiao said solemnly: "Sister, there are anti-thief activities in the city!" My brother is worried that the thief will be bad for our Shang family, so he restricts the people in the house from going out! ”

"Anti-thief?" The thirteen county lords were stunned for a moment.

Shang Zhixiao pushed a piece of paper on the table: "Thirteenth sister, look! This was posted by the thief outside our house last night! Also posted a lot! General Gao of Qiongzhou has already suffered a disaster! ”

The thirteen county lords picked up the paper on the table and looked at it, only to see that it was written: Tell all the ministers in the world.

Looking at the following content again, I saw that it was written: Barbarians entering the customs and destroying Chinese civilization are the misfortune of China and the misfortune of human civilization! The Jurchen savages have developed with a mere 100,000 people, and the role played by traitors and retainers in them is very important. If there were no traitors and ministers, it would be impossible for Houjin to occupy the entire territory of my Ming Dynasty! The traitors and ministers in the world are optimistic, I, Wang Yu, swear to kill all the traitors and ministers in the world! If I can change my past mistakes, resign from my official position as a Tartar, and raise troops to revolt, my Wang Yu can ignore my past suspicions! If you continue to work for the tiger, the fate of Gao Jinku is your future fate!

Inside the paper, there is also a painting, which is a painting of Gao Jinku being tortured to death, the picture is bloody and creepy.

At the end of the letter to the world, Wang Yu was included in the list of shame, and Shang Kexi's name was in the third! In first and second place are Hong Chengchou and Kong Youde, followed by Shang Kexi Geng Zhongming and Fan Wencheng.

Shang Zhixiao's face turned pale and said: "The anti-thief is getting bolder and bolder!" He actually brutalized the generals of the imperial court, and threatened and intimidated our whole family! I'm worried about the safety of my family, so I don't allow my younger brothers and sisters to go out today! I've given the order to go down and hunt down the whole city! When the thief is caught, it will be safe outside. ”

The young masters and ladies in this fashion mansion are all panicked, because the prince is not there, and the second son Shang Zhixiao, who stayed in Guangdong, is the boss, and he is worried that his younger brothers and sisters will be retaliated against, so he ordered that no one should leave the mansion.

The thirteen county lords pursed their lips and didn't speak for a long time, pondering for a long time before saying: "My father killed too much back then, and how many sins he created!" The little girl could do nothing but do more good deeds, hoping only to atone for some sins for her father. If the Buddha still refuses to forgive our family, it can only be said to be karma. ”

"Nonsense!" Shang Zhixiao jumped like thunder, "Those anti-thieves do not obey the king, and they are lonely in the corner of the overseas and stubbornly resisting, so they want to confront the imperial court?" It's like an ant trying to shake the tree! Don't worry, sooner or later, my father will wipe out all those thieves! What is karma? How did my father raise a daughter like you! ”

The thirteen county lords ignored his brother and turned to leave with tears in his eyes.

Since the New Year's gifts are given to the traitors, of course the Heaven and Earth Association will not send only one Shang Kexi.

Almost at the same time, Wu Liuqi in Guangdong, Sun Yanling in Guangxi, Wu Sangui in Yunnan, Li Guoying in Sichuan, Zhu Guozhi in Jiangsu, Shi Lang, Huang Wu, Ma Degong, Geng Jimao in Fujian, Wu Ruyu in Zhejiang, and the Eight Great Emperors and Merchants in Shanxi all received this New Year's gift.

At this time, in the palace of Dingnan Palace, Sun Yanling called the generals Lian Guoan, Liu Yanming, Xu Hongzhen and others, and showed them the gifts sent by the Heaven and Earth Society: "There are only a few of you who can be trusted by this general. Wang Yongnian's gang has always been dissatisfied with General Ben. Ma Xiong's gang are all cronies of that slut. Now that something big is happening, I can only find a few of you. Look at this, how are we supposed to be. ”

Lian Guoan only glanced at it and said, "I have already seen it, and Guilin City is being posted everywhere!" Master Poma, this Haikou is also too deceitful! However, this Haikou is powerful at sea, and we are afraid that they will not be able to hit Guilin? Please rest assured, they are just scaring us! ”

Sun Yanling nodded solemnly: "Haikou first destroyed our sailors, and then went to Hai'an to destroy the Hai'an sailors, and now they have captured Qiongzhou Island and provoked us again!" However, it is true that they can only scare people, and the official feels that Haikou is not to be afraid! ”

Liu Yanming also said: "Master Horse! The pirates are not to be feared! If they go ashore, they won't be any! If Haikou dares to come to Guilin, he will be told that he will not return! ”

Sun Yanling said as if he suddenly thought of something: "Qiongzhou, that's the territory of Shang Kexi, this old turtle!" He didn't defend the land well, and he didn't report it! If we take this matter to the court, it will be enough to welcome this old turtle! ”

Sun Yanling has coveted the prosperity of Guangdong for a long time, but Shang Kexi has been controlling Guangdong, and even another vassal king, Geng Jimao, was driven away by Shang Kexi, and Geng Jimao spent a lot of money to build the Jingnan Mansion in Guangzhou City, which was cheapened by Shang Kexi and became the mansion of Shang Kexi's sons. Guangdong, which is so big and so rich, has become Shang Kexi's territory alone, and Sun Yanling is indeed red-eyed.

But Lian Guoan said: "Master Horse, since Haikou will send us this provocation letter, I think that they must be distributing it everywhere!" Maybe King Pingxi and King Jingnan already know about it! Even the imperial court already knew about it! The king of Pingxi and the king of Jingnan knew about it, and they were still happy, but they were comfortable. Especially the king of Jingnan, he was driven away from Guangzhou by the old turtle, and if the Haikou took Qiongzhou, the king of Jingnan would have an excuse to go to Guangzhou again. ”

There are contradictions between the three vassal kings and a concubine, Guangdong is the richest, but it is monopolized by Shang Kexi, and the other three must be jealous. Even Wu Sangui is very red-eyed, and he has secretly made a lot of stumbling blocks.

Guangzhou, Pingnan Palace.

It wasn't until the evening that Shang Kexi came out of the Buddhist hall and sent away the master who came to chant the Buddha for himself.

Seeing Shang Kexi walking out of the Buddhist hall, Jin Guang went up and bowed his hand to Shang Kexi: "Lord Wang! ”

"Mr. Jin, do you have something important to report?" Shang Kexi asked.

Jin Guang replied: "Back to the prince!" Something big is happening today! Please go back to the study. ”

The two walked into Shang Kexi's study, Jin Guang pointed to a piece of paper on the desk, and then knelt down on one knee and bowed: "Early this morning, the people in the house went out and found this at the door!" Please take a look! ”

Shang Kexi picked up the book of the second minister on the table, his face was pale, his whole body trembled, and before he finished reading it, he tore the paper to shreds, scattered it on the ground, and scolded: "Bold dog thief, deceive people too much!" Someone! Pass my order, immediately dispatch the sailors, this king will personally lead the army to attack Qiongzhou Island! To break through Qiongzhou before the fifteenth day of the first month! ”

Jin Guang hurriedly persuaded Shang Kexi: "The prince is angry!" This is a trick of the thieves to deliberately provoke the prince! The pirates have hundreds of huge ships, but they have no advantage on land. If our army attacks Qiongzhou Island, I am afraid that it will be sunk by the pirates at sea! The thieves are intent on leading us to a decisive battle at sea! ”

"Is that all?" Shang Ke said angrily.

"Lord Wang, there is a letter from the thief here. It was picked up by one of the guards in the courtyard, and they didn't dare to open it without permission, so they sent it to the lowly office. Jin Guang handed over another letter.

Shang Kexi took the letter and looked at it, only to see that the seal of the letter had not been opened, and he knew that no one had touched it. He said, "What is so good about the letter of the thief!" Don't look at it! When he was about to tear up the letter, he was stopped by Jinguang.

"Lord Wang, you might as well take it apart and see what the thief said. If it were the same as the open book, the thief would not have written another letter. Jin Guang said.

Shang Kexi opened the letter and saw that the letter was written specifically for himself.

The letter said that the prince was originally a general of the Ming Dynasty, a general under Mao Wenlong in Liaodong, and had a deep blood feud with the Houjin Tartars, but later because of the bloody case caused by a chicken, he had to take refuge in Houjin. The letter also said that Shang Kexi made great contributions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Qing court gave the Guangdong fief to the prince. But the Qing court was actually always at ease with the prince, first used Geng Jimao and the prince to grab the territory, after Geng Jimao was driven away by the prince, the court was ready to add Yang Yuming as the governor of Guangdong, leading the eight banners of Guangdong, and in charge of the green camp in Guangzhou, which was the Qing court's distrust of the prince.

Shang Kexi finished reading the letter and tore it up: "The thief wants to sow discord between the king and the court, and the discord between the king and the king of Pingxi!" It's too simple, isn't it? Kids can see through it! ”

In fact, Wang Xinyu didn't really want to separate Shang Kexi and the Qing court, and for a hardcore traitor like Shang Kexi, such a discord plan is useless. Wang Xinyu just wanted to further provoke Shang Kexi and let him go to sea for a decisive battle and annihilate the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong at sea.

The Qing Army's Guangdong Naval Division, a total of more than 2,000 large and small ships, although these ships are vulnerable, but Qiongzhou Island is larger, and it is very close to the mainland, the existence of the Qing Army's naval division, Wang Xinyu feels that the thorn in the back, always have to prevent the Qing Army from sneaking up on Qiongzhou Island, so if you can deceive the Qing Army's Guangdong Naval Division, wiped out at sea, it is the best choice. If the Qing army and naval division of Guangdong can be completely annihilated, Qiongzhou will have no worries and will be able to let go of his hands and feet to seize Nanyang. But Wang Xinyu, who has a very bad history, ignored one person: Jin Guang, a military advisor who is still gratifying.

Jin Guang said: "Lord Wang, we should build more ships as soon as possible!" Although the Haikou has a huge ship, there are too many ants to bite the elephant to death. ”

Shang Kexi was dumbfounded: "Shipbuilding? Where is that simple? The wood used for shipbuilding needs to be dried for many years, and it is impossible to build a ship without three or five years. ”

Jin Guang laughed and said: "Lord, we don't need to build the kind of boats that can only be built in three or five years, we can cut down some wood, and now cut and build a batch of ships that can only be used once, and when we recapture Qiongzhou, we can dismantle these new ships, re-dry the wood, or transfer them to other uses." ”

"Is it okay to build a ship that is of inferior quality?" Shang Kexi shook his head.

"Anyway, it's only used once and then dismantled, what's not feasible?"

At that time, there was no governor in Guangdong, the first governor of Guangdong Li Chengdong of the Qing court later rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and was attacked by Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao in Guangzhou, after Li Chengdong was defeated and died, the Qing court in Guangdong except for a naval commander Wu Liuqi, there has been no longer a Guangdong governor, Guangdong Green Camp and Guangdong Naval Division are temporarily under the jurisdiction of Shang Kexi, so that Shang Kexi has his own fifteen vassal army in his hands, but also in charge of the Guangdong Seven Towns General Army and Guangdong Naval Division. Now the Qing court is preparing to set up a governor of Guangdong, which is to deprive Shang Kexi of the jurisdiction over the seven town soldiers, and Shang Kexi will leave his own vassal king's soldiers with fifteen assistants, 5,000 men and horses, plus 7,000 green battalion soldiers directly under the vassal king.

The official positions of the vassal king's soldiers are the same as those of the Eight Banners, and they are all based on the leader. One leader led more than 300 people. Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao are both fifteen assistant leaders, Wu Sangui is the strongest, with fifty-three assistant leaders, and the Yunnan and Guizhou governors in charge of the Yunnan-Guizhou green battalion are Wu Sangui's generals. The admiral that the Qing court was about to set up in Guangdong turned out to be Yang Yuming, Wu Sangui's old department!

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