Chapter 5: Raising a thief and respecting oneself ()

"Come on, push this Lu Yifeng out and cut it with one knife!" Wang Shirong, who felt that Feng Xiang was disliked from the first sight of Feng Xiang, was immediately happy when he saw Wu Sangui angry. He quickly shouted and asked the guards of the royal palace to push Feng Xiang out and cut it into seventeen or eight. The guards under Wu Sangui rushed over like conditioned reflexes, and almost knelt on the ground in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, there was another Liu Xuanchu present who felt that Feng Xiang was very pleasing from the first sight of Feng Xiang, and shouted in time: "Stop, let him go!"

The two most favored strategists under Wu Sangui issued two completely opposite orders at the same time. The guards who held Feng Xiang were immediately embarrassed, so they could only turn their eyes to Wu Sangui and wait for Wu Sangui's final decision. Wu Sangui also recovered his calmness at this moment. He rushed to Feng Xiang's small braid, grabbed Feng Xiang's face and looked at him, staring at Feng Xiang's eyes and said word by word: "Boy, tell me, are you timid and cowardly? I can't tell you a son, Chou Yin and Mao, I promise that you will regret being born in this world!"

Faced with Wu Sangui's death threat, Feng Xiang was not afraid at all, but asked calmly: "Prince, if you are not timid and cowardly, why should you submit the court to the court and request to hand over the power of the general government affairs management in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces? The court did not issue an order to let the prince hand over this power, so why should the prince take the initiative to propose it? Isn't this a timid and cowardly crime against you, Prince?"

"Lu Yifeng, don't talk nonsense to me!" Wu Yingqi also followed, and winked Feng Xiang while killing the chicken and wiping his neck, asking Feng Xiang not to implicate himself. He shouted: "It was because of the eye disease that my father took the initiative to remove the responsibility of being in charge of Yunnan and Guizhou affairs! Hurry up, kowtow to the father and apologize. I can also plead for you to avoid death, otherwise I will chop you up with my own hands!"

"Second Prince, is the prince's eyes really sick?" Feng Xiang asked calmly: "Since the prince's eyes are uncomfortable, why can the prince clearly see the appearance of Beizhi just now ten steps away?"

Hearing this, Wu Sangui and Wu Yingqi were both stunned. Only then did they realize that Wu Sangui had accidentally revealed a flaw just now. Feng Xiang was really brave and careful, and said word by word: "Prince, maybe Kunming and the capital are very far away, but as long as there are still people around the prince, there are roads from Kunming to the capital, and people are still coming and going, the capital will definitely know whether the prince's eyes are sick. After saying the words of Beizhi, you must kill and cut them. Please decide."

Wu Sangui's body shook, looked down at Feng Xiang for a long time, slowly let go of the rat tail on Feng Xiang's head, and turned back to look at Liu Xuanchu. Liu Xuanchu's expression was calm and nodded to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui's expression changed, and his venomous gaze suddenly turned to Wang Shirong and glared fiercely. Wang Shirong's head shrank, and he quickly lowered his head, saying that he would not dare to go to Wu Sangui's fierce gaze. Finally, Wu Sangui turned around and left, saying without looking back: "Ying Qi, bring Lu Yifeng into the west wing of Lie Cuixuan, and then call for a banquet to accompany me to drink. And Mr. Maoxia, come too."

"Yes." Wu Yingqi breathed a sigh of relief, quickly waved his hand to push Feng Xiang away, and pulled Feng Xiang up himself, whispering in Feng Xiang's ear: "Dog slave, you almost scared me to death just now! But you are lucky, and it happened to be the point. Liu Xuanchu was also very opposed to his father's adoption of Wang Shirong's strategy. It seems that his father is beginning to regret it now. After a while, he will be at the table and speak carefully, so don't be as silly as a fool. You are the one promoted by me. You have to be good for me and don't harm me." Feng Xiang sneered in his heart, and agreed in a submissive manner.

Leaded by Wu Yingqi through a moon cave gate, and then through a large area of ​​colorful flowers and plants. Feng Xiang entered a remote and elegant room. There was a table in the room. Wu Sangui sat in the first seat and closed his eyes to rest. Liu Xuanchu was sitting in the second seat smoking a dry cigarette. Seeing Feng Xiang in, Liu Xuanchu didn't say anything, but pointed a gun at the last seat and signaled to sit down. Feng Xiang understood, bowed and sat down at the last seat without saying a word. Wu

Ying Qi also sat in three seats. After a while, a dozen beautiful maids came in with wine and food, presented a table full of wine and food, and then bowed out. Until there were only Wu Sangui, Feng Xiang, Liu Xuanchu and Wu Yingqi in the room, Wu Sangui opened his eyes and smiled at Feng Xiang and said, "Lu Yifeng, you are very lucky. If you said to me yesterday, I will definitely kill you."

"Thank you for not killing your husband." Feng Xiang left the seat and bowed to Wu Sangui hypocritically. Wu Yingqi next to him asked curiously: "Father, why did you definitely kill Lu Yifeng yesterday, but today?"

"Because last night, your uncle, Mr. Liu Maoxia, happened to say similar things to me, and pointed out that this king was in such an embarrassing situation. The reason was that he was too weak when he asked for the order to return the local government management power in Yunnan and Guizhou!" Wu Sangui replied lightly: "If it were Wang Shirong or Fang Guangchen, my father would definitely suspect that Lu Yifeng was instructed to assist the boxing, but Mr. Maoxia was different, and I believe him."

"Liu Xuanchu also saw the timid and cowardly mentality of the old traitor Wu Sangui?" Feng Xiang peeked at Liu Xuanchu who was calm and felt more admiration for this unstable old man. Wu Yingqi asked Liu Xuanchu in surprise: "Mr. Maoxia, no? Do you also think my father is timid and cowardly?"

"The second prince, the prince is not timid and cowardly, but is too weak to the court, which leads to the court's gaining momentum." Liu Xuanchu said calmly: "Since the end of last year, Kangxi Xiaomazi has instructed his confidants to attack the prince repeatedly. In order to further weaken the prince's strength and ultimately reduce the vassals, it has laid a foundation for public opinion. He has been picking the bones in the eggs to make things difficult for the prince and is extremely harsh. In this case, the prince did not take tough measures to fight back, but instead adopted Wang Shirong's suggestion, pretending to be eye disease and requested to remove his power to be in charge of affairs between Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, so as to test the court's true attitude towards the prince. As a result, Kangxi Xiaomazi, who was in charge of the ruler this year... "

Speaking of this, Liu Xuanchu paused, glanced at Feng Xiang's expression indifferently, and then continued: "Kangxi Xiaomazi accepted the prince's request without hesitation, really lifting the prince's power, which led to the prince's current passive embarrassment."

"Mr. Maoxia, you don't have to hide it for me. I am really timid, so I listened to Wang Shirong's bad idea." Wu Sangui said slowly: "I originally thought that if I regard me as the achievements of the court, as long as I am loyal to the court, the court will definitely not treat me as long as I am dead, and the birds are kept alive. After a hundred years, I can also achieve a great story of the emperor for the eternal monarchy and ministers with the current emperor. Therefore, in order to express my loyalty to the court, I will definitely not be able to achieve a great story of the emperor forever.

In the 17th year of Shunzhi, the court asked the king to withdraw his troops. The king without hesitation reduced his troops to 24,000 without hesitation. In the fourth year of Kangxi, the king took the initiative to submit the court to the court, requesting the disarmament, and laying off more than 5,400 more people, leaving only 17,000 troops to guard the Yunnan and Guizhou area. But what I didn't expect was that my step-by-step concessions were exchanged for the court's aggressiveness and aggressiveness... Alas!

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui sighed and said no longer. Liu Xuanchu next to him continued: "Mr. Lu, you have a very correct analysis. Since the Chinese New Year this year, there have indeed been many unfavorable voices in the court, and some of them have been proved to be the instructor of the top group of people in the court. Because of this, the prince heard Wang Shirong's bad idea and took the initiative to submit the court to the court to remove the management powers of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. As a result, the court agreed immediately. The memorial of the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and the Admiral of Yunnan and Guizhou to take back Cheng's life was also refuted, and the prince was in a dilemma."

"Mr. Liu, please forgive me for being rude." Feng Xiang finally spoke and said in a shocking way: "I don't think that Mr. Wang Shirong's plan is a bad idea, but a wonderful chess."

"What?" Liu Xuanchu was a little stunned, thinking that you, Lu Yifeng, took the wrong medicine. I rescued you from Wang Shirong's knife just now, and you actually helped him speak to refute me? Wu Sangui was also very surprised and sat upright and asked Feng Xiang, "Lu Yifeng, Wang Shirong wanted to kill you just now, but you still spoke to him?"

"When I go back to the prince, Bei Zhi is a straightforward person. He thinks that the misunderstanding between Bei Zhi and Mr. Wang is just a private holiday, and the private holiday will be resolved privately." Feng Xiang's face did not blush and his heart would not beat, as if he said loyally: "But as long as what Mr. Wang said and did, as long as it was beneficial to the prince, then the Xixuan official who was a subordinate of the prince and was favored by the second prince would definitely support him. For personal grudges, Bei Zhi would never do anything."

"Well, it's worth my promotion." Wu Yingqi smiled and patted Feng Xiang's shoulder, very satisfied with Feng Xiang's disguised flattery in his words. But Wu Sangui, who was treacherous and slick, would not be fainted by Feng Xiang's bowls of ecstasy soup, but said to Feng Xiang: "It's good that you have this kind of heart. Then tell me, Wang Shirong's idea of ​​pushing me into an awkward state is not a bad idea. Where is the reason?"

"Prince, the reason is very simple." Feng Xiang asked calmly: "Mr. Wang Shirong's plan should be to test the court's true attitude towards the prince. Now the court has issued a reply. Isn't this goal already achieved? Isn't the prince still clear about what the court's attitude towards the prince now?"

Wu Sangui looked at Liu Xuanchu in surprise, and then he realized that he was only concerned about the loss of local civil affairs management power in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces these days, and that he was also worried about the loss of this power. After losing this power, the Qing Dynasty would definitely follow in various methods of reducing the vassal states, but completely forgot their previous purpose of testing. At this time, Wu Yingqi, who was standing aside, interrupted and asked: "Lu Yifeng, your words make some sense, but for such a purpose, the father lost the local government affairs management power in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Isn't it too unprofitable?"

"When the Second Prince, Mr. Wang Shirong gave the prince's advice, he did not consider how to deal with the aftermath?" Feng Xiang asked in surprise: "Have he not considered, what if the court agreed to the prince's request and took the opportunity to weaken the prince's control over the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces? He was not ready to deal with the aftermath?"

"That idiot would have considered the consequences!" Wu Yingqi replied angrily. Wu Sangui replied, "Mr. Maoxia also warned before this, but I was eager to find out the attitude of the court at that time. I also considered that Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were located in the border, and the situation was complicated and difficult to deal with, and I could not do without my king's charge, so I agreed to this proposal. But I didn't expect that he... the court actually agreed immediately. Afterwards, your immediate boss Bian Sanyuan and others submitted a letter to redeem it, and they were immediately refuted."

"Is it really that simple?" Feng Xiang's eyes rolled around, and he was suspicious, and he said to himself: "With Wu Sangui's traitor, how could he adopt Wang Shirong's advice without thinking about it? Has he never considered the consequences of this cup? Or, there is something else in it, but Wu Sangui, the old traitor, doesn't want to say it? What did he hide from me?"

After thinking for a while, Feng Xiang, who had obviously insufficient information in his hand, shook his head and decided to temporarily throw this curiosity to discuss the final analysis. Liu Xuanchu, who had been watching Feng Xiang's expression, nodded slightly, looked at the expression on Feng Xiang's face meaningfully, and then asked Feng Xiang: "Mr. Lu, since you have understood the process of the matter, then tell me, what method should the prince use to get rid of the current dilemma? No need to be modest or scruples. The prince is a gentleman who is very polite and polite."

"Prince, I have heard the news recently." Feng Xiang said hesitantly: "I heard that after Long Jizhao, the chieftain of Ma Nai in Xingren, Guizhou in the 17th year of Shunzhi, was wiped out by the prince, there are still remaining parties lurking and hiding in the Yunnan and Guizhou area, contacting barbarian chieftains who refused to submit to Wang Hua in various parts of Yunnan and Guizhou. If they want to do something wrong, they may have to raise an incident against the Qing Dynasty in the near future - I just don't know if this is true?"

"The remnants of Ma Nai's chieftains are in trouble?" Wu Sangui and Liu Xuanchu's eyes lit up. Wu Yingqi next to him said foolishly: "Lu Yifeng, what are you kidding? Of course, this is not the case. Seven years ago, Long Jizhao's whole family was killed by us, so a Long Jizhao's daughter ran away. Long Jizhao's accomplices died almost all of the time. So, it is possible that the rebellion will be revived?"

"Idiot, shut up!" Wu Sangui scolded his son, and asked Feng Xiang again: "Mr. Lu, it is probably not enough to be the remnants of Long Jizhao's traitors?"

"Then I heard a few more news." Feng Xiang quickly replied: "It's said it's Myanmar, and there are some remnants of former Ming tragedies in Annan. Recently, there are also some signs of being ready to move."

Wu Sangui stopped talking, his eyes were circling in his pair of triangular eyes, and he quickly thought about it. Liu Xuanchu said: "Prince, the students think that Lord Lu's words are reasonable. Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong and his son are in Fujian. The troops are much more than the prince's, and the military pay expenses are much greater than those of the prince. But because of the Zheng Jing in Taiwan next to him, there are very few remarks in the court that are unfavorable to their father and son. By the same token, if there are some dangerous thief leaders in Yunnan and Guizhou and around him, I believe that the prince will have a much better life in the court."

"Mr. Maoxia wants me to raise the thief to be respectful?" Wu Sangui gradually accepted Feng Xiang's existence in front of him. In front of Feng Xiang, Wu Sangui even directly said the words of raise the thief to be respectful. After pondering for a while, Wu Sangui tapped the table with his fingers and said slowly: "But as a Qing minister, I am responsible for the country's kindness. Do you feel sorry for the court for doing such a thing?"

"Bah! You shameless old traitor!" Feng Xiang cursed in his heart, "If you were really loyal to you? Why did you lead the Tartar soldiers into the pass? Why did you hang the Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty? Get out of your way, no matter whether you are really loyal to the mites. Since I have come, I will force you, an old thing, to rebel, so that neither the mites nor you will live a good life!"

"Prince, before the birds shoot light, bows and arrows will not be hidden in the box." Liu Xuanchu said slowly: "By the same reason, as long as there are bandits in and around Yunnan and Guizhou, you can be as stable as Mount Tai in Guizhou, Yunnan. At least, those treacherous ministers and tyrants who don't like the prince will not dare to be so arrogant."

"Prince, please forgive me, and I will say something to punish my heart." Feng Xiang also took the opportunity to bewitch me: "Before the first time the prince was dismissed in the 17th year of Shunzhi, the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou were in chaos, and the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty looked at the Dandan. The court responded to the prince and rewarded him with great kindness! But after the prince put down these rebellions and sacked more than 70% of the army twice, have you received greater and heavier grace? So I feel that it seems that the stronger your power is in your hands, the more chaotic thieves there are in Yunnan and Guizhou, the less the court dares to do anything to the prince. I just don't know if the prince feels this."

After being encouraged by Feng Xiang and Liu Xuanchu, Wu Sangui suddenly realized that some of his previous actions were indeed a bit foolish. He took the initiative to submit a request to disarmament and poach the enemy. In order to express his loyalty to the Qing court, he killed the anti-Qing forces in Yunnan and Guizhou and surrounding areas in one breath, and even hanged the Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming with his own hands. As a result, the rabbit was killed. His loyal old hunting dog was in danger of being made into Huajiang dog meat. Regret is regretful, but Wu Sangui would not admit his mistake in person to his confidants. So after thinking for a long time, Wu Sangui raised his chopsticks and invited him: "If you talk about these things, eat and drink first, the food will be almost cold. Come on, Lord Lu, try the skills of the chef in the King's Palace. If you like it, eat more."

Feng Xiang pretended to be flattered and agreed, bowed and thanked each other, and kept toasting Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui poured bowl after bowl of the ecstasy soup. Wu Sangui smiled and drank the wine and soup one by one. At the same time, he also began to ask about Feng Xiang's origin. Feng Xiang answered truthfully. After finding out that Feng Xiang did not have any contact with Beijing, Wu Sangui was very happy and patted Feng Xiang's shoulder and said, "Do it well in Qujing, I will not treat you badly."

"Thank you, the prince. I must work hard in Qujing, and strive to live up to the prince's kindness and the second prince's recommendation." Feng Xiang agreed happily. Wu Yingqi next to him was moved and thought to himself that I could not expect that I would collect the cash and promote the magistrate of Qujing County. He was still a talent that even my father and Liu Xuanchu admired. If he kept him by his side as a staff member, he would definitely be much more relaxed in front of his father in the future. Thinking of this, Wu Yingqi took the initiative to say: "Father, after hearing Lord Lu's conversation, my son felt that it was rare. Being a magistrate in Qujing was too insignificant. The child dared to transfer Lord Lu to his subordinates to help him manage military affairs and government affairs. I hope his father will be grateful."

"This..." In fact, Wu Sangui also wanted to bring Feng Xiang, a rare talent, into his shogunate. Of course, Feng Xiang did not want to go to Qujing to be a sesame mung bean official, so he quickly sat upright and prepared to accept Wu Yingqi's invitation. Unexpectedly, Liu Xuanchu next to him suddenly said: "Prince, the Second Prince, the student thinks it is inappropriate. Lord Lu's arrangement for the magistrate of Qujing has been reported to the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Personnel has also ordered Lord Lu to enter the capital to meet him. At this time, he rashly changed his official appointment, but he was afraid that he would bring back the gossip of treacherous ministers and treacherous thieves. Therefore, the students thought that it would be better to let Lord Lu go to the capital first, and then go back to Qujing to take office, and then slowly promote it in the future. The left and right Qujing is not far from Kunming. The prince and the second prince can still be called at any time even if they have a place to use Lord Lu."

"Mr. Maoxia's words are reasonable, so let's do it." Wu Sangui obeyed Liu Xuanchu and agreed immediately. Although Feng Xiang and Wu Yingqi were unwilling to accept it, they did not dare to contradict Wu Sangui's decision in person, so they had to agree honestly. Finally, Feng Xiang muttered in his heart, "Sun, Liu Xuanchu in history does not seem to be a jealous person? Why didn't he let me do things under Wu Yingqi? If he can't get close to the core figures of Wu Sangui's group and participate in their high-level decisions, how can I encourage the old traitor of Wu Sangui to rebel against the Qing Dynasty?"

After the banquet, Wu Sangui and Feng Xiang made an appointment with Feng Xiang to ask him to meet him another day, and asked Wu Yingqi to send Feng Xiang out of the mansion in person. It was not until Feng Xiang and Wu Yingqi left the room that Wu Sangui smiled and asked Liu Xuanchu, "Mr. Maoxia, what do you think of this guy Lu Yifeng? Ying Qi intends to keep him under his command, why do you stop him? In my impression, Mr. Maoxia, you don't seem to be a jealous person?"

"Prince, Lu Yifeng is indeed a rare talent, but he is still too young." Liu Xuanchu replied calmly: "Prince, think about how many dangers Lu Yifeng took to show himself today? How can he become a great person without training? Also, the student has been observing Lu Yifeng just now and found that although he is naturally smart, flexible, and cunning, he is a little shallow. Especially after you said that after Bian Sanyuan and the others were rejected, Lu Yifeng immediately found that you did not finish your words. Although you did not dare to question the prince in person, your expression on your face was extremely unnatural - can such a young and vigorous young man immediately entrusted with important tasks?"

"Yes, this kid is really too bold and is too risky." Wu Sangui nodded and said with a smile: "If he hadn't been lucky enough, he happened to meet Mr. Maoxia, who was loyal to me and eager to seek talent, I would have slaughtered him with one knife! Such a person should be more so that he could become my helper like Mr. Maoxia in the future."

"Prince, the student has an idea to let Lu Yifeng practice more." Liu Xuanchu picked up the dry tobacco and said. Wu Sangui first picked up the flint and fire sickle and lit the dry tobacco for Liu Xuanchu, and then said: "Mr. Maoxia has any good ideas. Although I have enough military generals under my king. The most lacking civil servants must be used, but you are more eager to seek talent than Mr. Maoxia."

"Prince, since Lu Yifeng is going to meet in Beijing, why not let him take a detour to Guangdong and get the student's suggestion last night for the prince." Liu Xuanchu smoked and said, "Originally, that matter has little to do with success or not, and the confidence that it can be done is not very good. Instead of letting others go to Guangdong alone to waste time and expenses, it is better to let Lu Yifeng go there. Even if it fails, it can also allow Lu Yifeng to be tempered and gain some experience. The prince will be able to use it in the future. By the way, it can also test him to see if he is worthy of the important task of the prince, and also to see if he is loyal to you to the prince."
Chapter completed!