Chapter 6: Guide the Road ()

"Master Feng, have you really cured the Prince Pingxi?" Erlang's face was flushed and he asked Feng Xiang very excitedly. Seeing Feng Xiang nodding, Erlang didn't say anything, regardless of whether it was on the way back to Kunming City from Wuhua Mountain, he grabbed Feng Xiang's sleeve and asked even more excitedly: "Master Feng, have you taken the opportunity to ask the prince to change the county town to be the county magistrate? Did the prince agree?"

"What are you doing to be a county magistrate if you change to a county town?" Feng Xiang asked back a little confusedly. Erlang and other unscrupulous servants immediately shouted together, "What are you doing to be a county magistrate if you change to a place? Of course, it's easier to make money if you change to a rich county magistrate if you get money!"

"Young Master, what you told us is that Qujing was just a second-class county in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, he was as poor as a third-class county. He was so miserable that he could get four or five thousand taels of silver in a year. If he could get four or five thousand taels of silver in a year, he would get one or two thousand taels of silver in a year. When he left, those bad people would have to give you the umbrella of the people to you!"

"Young Master Feng, you often say that your greatest wish in your life is to go to Yangzhou to become a prefect, and then you can buy ten or eight Yangzhou thin horses and go home to enjoy it! You used to read at least eight times a day, but why did you forget now?"

"Yes, Master, you also said that we will follow you to Qujing. We can get up to 40 or 50 taels of silver when we spend the whole year. If we go to a Fu County, we can get at least one or two hundred taels of silver. Master, you have to work harder to get promoted. The young people are still waiting to follow you to have a good time and drink spicy food!"

Erlang and other officials of the Lu Mansion were talking, their eyes shining, as if they had seen a lot of white silver in front of them. Feng Xiang rolled his eyes and scolded him for being evil and why he had such bad servants. In the future, he really wanted to become a local official. I am afraid that in less than a month, his reputation would be more stinky than the stones in the pit! After rolling his eyes, Feng Xiang waved his hand to interrupt the ambitions of the servants for a better life for corrupt officials and violent officials, and cursed: "Young man, I have been dreaming here. Master, I have cured the prince's illness, but the prince didn't say anything to let me change the place to be a magistrate. You should just wait to go to Qujing with me to live a hard life."

"No way? Young Master, you cure the prince's illness, but the prince didn't give you any reward?" Erlang screamed in surprise. Seeing Feng Xiang nodding, Erlang immediately beat his chest and stamped his feet, "Why are you so stingy? Young Master, you gave him hundreds of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of money, but you cure the prince's illness, and the prince will definitely not reward you with anything? One hundred taels of silver, how much land we have to scrape in Qujing to get it back?!"

"Yes! One hundred taels of silver is enough for two people to sleep in the kiln in Dali for a year!" The other servants also felt sorry. Feng Xiang was in a bad mood and could no longer listen. He picked up the whip and whipped it all over and cursed: "What are you thinking about in your head? Even if you really want to follow me to serve you, at least you can't say it out publicly? Are you deliberately trying to ruin my reputation, right?"

"Yes, yes, the young men won't say it anymore, let me go, please spare my life." More than 20 servants were beaten by Feng Xiang and ran around. Feng Xiang was not satisfied and raided the horse and planned to continue to beat the unscrupulous servants who had incomplete five elements. They beat the dogs led by Xiao Erlang to cry and howl up and down. Feng Xiang then threw the horse whip to the ground with a very bad look. Xiao Erlang, who had been beaten with two horse whips over there, saw that Feng Xiang seemed to be in a bad mood, so he covered his face and asked carefully: "Young Master, what's wrong with you? Look at your appearance, you seem very unhappy? Could it be that it was because our nonsense was heard by the prince and scolded you?"

"It's not your business." Feng Xiang waved his hand impatiently, but couldn't help but think of what happened before. On Mount Wuhua just now, Feng Xiang risked his head beheading and pointed out Wu Sangui's heart disease. He wanted to show off his talents and sharp eyes in front of Wu Sangui, and strive to gain the appreciation of Wu Sangui, and get the opportunity to approach the core top leaders of Wu Sangui's army, and then use Wu Sangui's army, who was destined to rise up and fight against the Qing Dynasty to realize his ambitions and ideals. But unfortunately, when Feng Xiang's plan was about to succeed, Liu Xuanchu, the most trusted strategist of Wu Sangui, made a fuss and stopped Wu Sangui's second son Wu Yingqi from taking his plan to enter the shogunate. He also forced Feng Xiang to continue to be the magistrate of the seventh-rank county magistrate who was as big as sesame and mung beans, completely disrupting Feng Xiang's wishful thinking. It would be strange if Feng Xiang's mood was still good.

"If I remember correctly, Liu Xuanchu has a good reputation in history. Even Man Yi and the traitors admitted that if Wu Sangui adopted Liu Xuanchu's strategic choice during the Three Feudal Rebellion, Wu Sangui might not have no chance of success during the Three Feudal Rebellion." Feng Xiang felt more depressed and said to himself: "Can this Liu Xuanchu be a very strategic person, but he is also a despicable villain who is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate others better than him? If this is true, plus Wang Shirong, I have offended, it will be difficult for me to gain a foothold in Guizhou, Yunnan. It is better to find a way to make other plans." Thinking of this, Feng Xiang grabbed a horse and shouted: "Erlang, go, take our people back to drink."

"Okay. But Master Feng, please be slower and be careful not to fall again. I heard from the doctor that if you fall again, you may forget what happened before again!"

The depressed Feng Xiang called two tables of wine and food, and pulled Erlang and other servants of the Lu Mansion to accompany him to drink. During the meal, Erlang and other heartless servants of the Lu Mansion to eat and drink a lot. Feng Xiang, who failed, drank the wine one by one, was depressed. Fortunately, the leader of Feng Xiang's servant Xiao Erlang was quite conscientious. Seeing that Feng Xiang was in a bad mood, he spoke and advised: "Young Master Feng, you can't adjust anything else.

Even if the county is poor, although Qujing is poor, it is better to make money than to make money. You have also said that Qujing is the only way to Yunnan to Guizhou, Sichuan and the Central Plains. Even if you can’t make too much money from the local area, you can still make some compensation at the checkpoint. After finishing this magistrate of Qujing, you can spend some money to clear and process some things, or transfer it to a rich county to continue making money, or to upgrade to one or two levels, it is more convenient to get the oil and water."

"Erlang, do you think I have so much time?" Feng Xiang answered casually in a depressed mood. Erlang was stunned and asked in confusion: "Master Feng, you don't have so much time? What does it mean?" Feng Xiang did not answer, but he just buried his head in drinking. Erlang did not dare to continue asking more questions. But he was even more worried when he was drunk. After drinking a few pots of soy wine, Feng Xiang was already drunk and had to go back to the guest room to rest with Erlang's support. After entering the room, Feng Xiang was too lazy to take off his clothes and shoes, and fell on the bed and fell asleep.

I don’t know how long it took for Feng Xiang to wake up again. When Feng Xiang woke up again, the sound of the third pm clapper sounded outside the window. Feng Xiang saw a candlelight in the room and felt thirsty, so he moaned, "Erlang, water, water." The sound of the seat, and one person came over with a bowl of tea and fed it to Feng Xiang's mouth. Feng Xiang drank it in big mouth until he was thirsty and leaned a little. Feng Xiang finally found that something was wrong - the hand holding the tea bowl to give him water was dry, dry and full of wrinkles? Feng Xiang looked up at the person who fed him water, and immediately jumped up from the bed, "Mr. Liu, why is it you?"

"It's me." Liu Xuanchu smiled and nodded to Feng Xiang, and said with a smile: "I have been here for more than an hour. Your servant Xiao Erlang can't wake you up. There is no way, I have to wait here for you to wake up." After that, Liu Xuanchu also joked, "Mr. Lu, your airs are really pretty. To be honest, even if I go to pay homage to the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he dare not let me wait for so long. In the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, the only one who can make me wait for so long is the prince."

"I don't know that Mr. Liu has arrived. Not only has he not been able to meet him, but he has also made him wait for so long, for death, and for death." Feng Xiang quickly knelt down on his knees to apologize, and his heart was full of trouble. He didn't know what Liu Xuanchu, who was blocking his own way of progress during the day, suddenly ran over and over.

"Hahaha, Lord Lu doesn't have to be nervous, I'm just a joke." Liu Xuanchu laughed, helped Feng Xiang up, pulled Feng Xiang to the table, sat down opposite Feng Xiang's lamp, and personally filled Feng Xiang and himself with two bowls of tea. Then he stared into Feng Xiang's eyes and asked, "Mr. Lu, do you know why I came to visit you late at night?"

Feng Xiang shook his head blankly, and Liu Xuanchu asked again: "So Lord Lu, the second prince Wu Yingqi plans to reuse you today. Why is it for me to stop me? Do you know?"

"My younger brother is rude, don't blame Mr. Liu after hearing this." Feng Xiang replied with a sad face: "I originally thought, Mr., you are jealous of the virtuous, or blame me for not helping the old gentleman blame Mr. Wang Shirong. But now it seems that I must have guessed everything wrong. With Mr. Liu's demeanor, how could he be such a person?"

"Do you want to know these reasons?" Liu Xuanchu asked with a smile. Feng Xiang quickly replied, "I'll listen to the old man's teachings."

"Because, like me, you are all people who hate the Tartars in the court!" Liu Xuanchu said word by word: "At the same time, you are not a pedantic person who is only interested in anti-Qing, restoring and rebuilding Zhu Ming's world. Like me, you are only interested in expelling the Tartars, and you don't care whether it is a Han person with the surname Wu or Zhu who is in the world!"

"Mr. Liu, what do you mean?" Feng Xiang stood up again in shock, looking around nervously, fearing that there would be ears in the partition walls - although Feng Xiang claimed that Feng was brave enough, he still did not dare to say anything about expelling the Tartars on the land controlled by the Qing Dynasty. Liu Xuanchu said lightly: "Don't worry, the guests in the two rooms on both sides have been driven away by me, and my people are still guarding the front door and the back window, so others can't get close to him."

"I don't mean this." Feng Xiang felt relieved a little, and then explained guiltily: "I'm just strange. How could Mr. Liu give me such an evaluation?"

"Mr. Lu, you are very smart, but you are still a little too tender, so you can't hide it from me." Liu Xuanchu said calmly: "When I first met at the foot of Wuhua Mountain today, I felt a little strange. In such a hot day, your face was sweating, why are you still wearing a melon-skin hat? When I arrived at Wuhua Mountain, I was about to enter the palace. When I was about to enter the palace, the guards checked whether you had any hidden weapons. When I searched, I took off your coat and hat. The first thing I did after searching was to put on your hat and then put on my clothes. I understood at that time - you were afraid that people would see the braid on your head and the ugly braid on your head that the Qing Tartars imposed on you!"

Feng Xiang opened his mouth wide and admired Liu Xuanchu in a deep mood. He could see his political stance from such little details. How cunning and smart should he be? Liu Xuanchu looked at Feng Xiang again and smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, you have even bigger flaws! In the west wing of Lie Cuixuan, I deliberately called the Tartar Emperor Kangxi the little son of Kangxi. What a rebellious remark? As a court official, you are not only not shocked, but you didn't even blink your eyes - Lord. Lu, is this the performance that a lackey of the Tartar court should have?"

Seeing that Feng Xiang's mouth was already open enough to stuff three eggs into it, Liu Xuanchu smiled even happier, and his tone became more gentle, "After coming to this conclusion, I decided that you and I have a common ideal, ambition, and a dignified Han man! So I immediately made up my mind to advise the prince to use it for you, and at the same time, I made up my mind to advise the prince not to use it for you now!"

"Senior, are you too arbitrary?" Feng Xiang tried hard to calm down and asked solemnly: "Senior, aren't you afraid that the younger generation is really a suspicious person sent by the court? Or a two-faced villain who cheated him in front of the prince and the old generation to deceive him with sweet words. When he turned around, he sold the prince and the old generation to the court?"

"If you are such a person, then you dare not offer a plan to raise the thief to the prince." Liu Xuanchu said calmly: "Now that Kangxi Xiaomazi is getting older, and the conflict with Aobai's bearded man is getting worse and worse. If the prince really makes up his mind to raise the thief, the court, which is on the verge of civil strife, can only obey. In this case, even if you are an insider of the court or a two-faced villain, you plan to rely on defrauding the prince and my husband of trust, and are preparing to betray the prince and my husband for glory and wealth. Then, with your plan to raise the thief, neither Ao Dagu or Kang Xiaomazi will spare you! It is precisely because of this that the prince did not kill you to silence you, because the prince knew that you could no longer betray him!"

"Is there such serious consequences?" Feng Xiang was shocked. He realized that the plan to raise thieves to Wu Sangui today was actually a letter of claiming that Wu Sangui's pirate ship was tied up. If you think about getting off the ship, it would be no longer possible to get off the issue. Liu Xuanchu then observed his expression and vaguely guessed Feng Xiang's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, no matter whether you have considered this dangerous consequence in advance, it is too late to regret it now. But you can rest assured that as long as you are loyal to the prince, the prince will never treat you badly. The prince is not Zhu Yuanzhang or Liu Bang, and he will not hide his bow and cook it with all the rabbits and dogs. This is the evidence."

After a long silence, Feng Xiang finally asked: "Senior, since you have understood the younger generation's volunteer ambitions, why do you still want the second prince to reuse the younger generation? Could it be that the older generation wants the younger generation to serve the younger generation directly?"

"Wrong, and it's a big mistake." Liu Xuanchu shook his head and said slowly: "Mr. Lu, I didn't want you to serve the prince directly or directly, but to save your life, so that the second prince could stop me from using it for you. Do you understand this?"

"To save my life?" Feng Xiang was even more confused. Liu Xuanchu said calmly: "Mr. Lu, you are very smart. You can actually analyze the prince's situation and thoughts from several public reports from the court. It is indeed a natural talent. But, Mr. Lu, do you know that you have those two fatal weaknesses? If you don't correct these two weaknesses, then no matter where you go, you will not be able to become a great person!"

"Please give me advice, and I will listen carefully." Feng Xiang put away the young and crazy young man, and asked Liu Xuanchu respectfully. Liu Xuanchu did not answer, but picked up the room and dribbling cigarettes on the table, but did not put it on the table to light the fire, but refused to speak with his cigarette mouth in his mouth. Feng Xiang was stunned for a long time before he realized, and quickly took off the candle lamp on the table and lit the dribbling cigarettes for Liu Xuanchu himself. Liu Xuanchu nodded with satisfaction and suddenly said: "Mr. Lu, your two fatal shortcomings are, one is that they are too brave and so big that they are simply out of bounds! The other is that they are too shallow, so shallow that they can see through you at a glance! You cannot change these two shortcomings, not only can they become great, but they may also have life worries at any time!"

"My younger brother, please give me a detailed advice." Feng Xiang asked with his hands down. Liu Xuanchu said calmly: "Mr. Lu, tell me, how many times have you been wandering around the gate of hell today? The first time, you, a Western Examination Officer who was promoted by bribing the second prince, dared to point out directly that the prince was in the court. If I hadn't happened to analyze this for the prince last night, the prince had already realized his decision-making mistake, and the prince would have killed you at that time! The second time, you were to help me with him.

, He actually publicly satirized Wang Shirong, a celebrity in front of the prince, but Wang Shirong's petty eyes can tolerate you? The third time is even more dangerous. Since ancient times, it has been a taboo in dealing with people. You are a seventh-rank county magistrate with the size of sesame and green beans. You are a new official who has just entered the official career. Before you gain the trust of the prince and understand the prince's character and temper, you dare to offer the prince a plan to raise a thief and confront the court? Are you not afraid of the prince killing you to silence you, or are you afraid of the rumors leaking, and the court destroying you all?"

Liu Xuanchu said, Feng Xiang's body trembled, and the sweat on his face began to roll. Liu Xuanchu took another sip of dry tobacco and said, "As for your scheming, it's better not to say it - you risk pointing out the prince's heart disease, I'm afraid even a three-year-old child can see that you are using your head to bet on your future; and when I prevent the second prince from using it for you, the disappointment on your face can even be seen by the blind man. But you are not lucky.

Wrong, I happened to meet me and I worked hard in front of the prince for you. Otherwise, I asked myself, do you still have the chance to stand here and listen to me nagging? Also, ask yourself, if I didn’t stop the Second Prince from using it for you at that time, you will continue to be so blunt, unstoppable, and so silly, and say whatever you think, and tell yourself, how long can you live?"

"I'll thank you for your help for your life." Feng Xiang knelt down on both knees and kowtowed to Liu Xuanchu. This time, Feng Xiang really convinced Liu Xuanchu, and for the first time he realized his bold and adventurous character. How dangerous is it in this turbulent and turbulent world. He also realized that if he did not correct these two shortcomings, then not to mention taking advantage of the Three Feudal Rebellion to overthrow the court and expel the Tartars, it would be a big question whether he could save his life.

"Don't thank me, thank you myself." Liu Xuanchu put down the tobacco gun, and the thin veteran stroked Feng Xiang's head and said with a smile: "If you hadn't used the newspaper to analyze the situation of the prince, and later offered a plan to raise the thief to prove that you are not a helpless talent, and I wouldn't bother to care about so many idiotic business. I'm old, half of my body has been buried, but the Tartars are still raging and poisoning on the land of our Han people and harming us Han people, I'm anxious! Now I can have a like-minded companion and a descendant with unlimited potential, why don't I do it?"

After sighing, Liu Xuanchu suddenly stared at Feng Xiang's eyes and asked, "Mr. Lu, are you willing to take me as your teacher? There are too few counselors and assistants around the prince. Although Wang Shirong is smart, his mind is too narrow-minded and has no tolerance. The Prime Minister Xia Guowei cannot become a great man. Fang Guangchen and Liu Xin are loyal to the prince, but they are a little lacking in ability. They have ambitions and even are not as good as Wang Shirong and Prime Minister Xia Guowei! My biggest wish now is to cultivate a successor for the prince before he dies. Then even if I get to the bottom of the nine springs, I can rest assured that I can rest assured. Lord. Lu, you have this potential, I am optimistic about you."

"My teacher is here, please accept the three bows of Lu Yifeng for the student!" Feng Xiang did not hesitate and immediately kowtowed three times to Liu Xuanchu, with the sincerity. Liu Xuanchu laughed happily, first received Feng Xiang's apprenticeship, then helped Feng Xiang up, took out a book from his arms and handed it to Feng Xiang, and said with a smile: "Yifeng is busy with his teacher's affairs, and it is difficult to take out one's body to teach you personally. Fortunately, you have a very high talent and don't need to worry too much about your teacher. This book "Maoxia Ce Questions" was written by the teacher and is also the source of your teacher's efforts. It is taught to you today. I hope that you can study it carefully and will definitely be of great use in the future."

"Students thank their teachers for their great kindness, and will live up to their expectations. They will study their letters carefully." Feng Xiang kowtowed, took the book "Maoxia Ce Questions" from Liu Xuanchu with both hands, and kowtowed three times again, saying solemnly: "Please don't worry, my teacher, students will definitely work hard to improve their own cultivation and knowledge, fulfill their teachers' wishes in life, expel the Tartars, and restore our China!"

"Very good, very good, I believe you will do this." Liu Xuanchu happily helped Feng Xiang up and instructed: "A master is a nearby person around the King of Pingxi. He is too famous. He has been a person who has already been appointed in the Tartar court. Therefore, you can't just talk about your worship as your teacher, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. You know and I know this, and I will tell the prince in secret."

"Students thank the teacher for guidance." Feng Xiang was very moved and said nothing, he did not expect his risky move today. Although he did not successfully get the opportunity to get close to the core of Wu Sangui Group, he found such a good master for himself.

Seeing Feng Xiang's inexplicable expression, Liu Xuanchu nodded, patted Feng Xiang's shoulder with love, and said kindly: "Yifeng, my master is here to find you today. In addition to wanting to accept you as his disciple, there is another thing I want to tell you. My master asked you for an errand today, so that you could take a detour to Guangdong when you rushed to Beijing to do something for the prince."

"What does the teacher want the students to do in Guangdong?" Feng Xiang asked curiously. Liu Xuanchu replied: "This year, the Tartars wanted to force the prince to cut expenses and reduce the military pay of 3 million taels of silver a year in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to 2 million taels of dollars. The prince refused to listen to my advice and killed the anti-Qing forces in and around Yunnan and Guizhou provinces early. It was difficult to find a suitable excuse to refuse. The situation was very embarrassing. In order to weaken the strength of the court and strengthen the prince's strength, I gave the prince several ideas to confront the court. One of the methods was to send people to Guangdong and persuade King Pingnan Shang Kexi to respond to the prince, submit to the Tartar court, and ask the Tartar court to increase the salary for Guangdong. In this way, the prince had an argument above the court - the barbarian court could not reduce the military pay for the prince to add to Shang Kexi, right?"

"But Shang Kexi may agree to the matter of shooting the first bird with a gun?" Feng Xiang asked worriedly. Liu Xuanchu smiled and nodded, and replied: "The analysis is correct. Shang Kexi's possibility of agreeing is not high. Moreover, Shang Kexi has been incompatible with the prince all his life, and it is even more impossible for him to offend the Tartar court for the prince. Therefore, both the prince and his disciples do not have too much expectations for this method."

Feng Xiang scratched his head, and he really couldn't figure out what he was selling for, a cheap teacher. He knew that it was unlikely to persuade Shang Kexi and Wu Sangui to join forces to deal with the Qing Dynasty Tartars, so why did he send his student to touch this shame and embarrass him? Fortunately, Feng Xiang has an advantage in his later generations. After his eyes turned, Feng Xiang suddenly woke up and blurted out: "Teacher, do you want the student to start from Shang Kexi's eldest son Shang Zhixin? The student heard that Shang Kexi is old and the government and military affairs in Guangdong are actually in Shang Zhixin's hands."

"Smart!" Liu Xuanchu happily patted Feng Xiang's head and smiled: "It's worthy of being a student who is optimistic about his teacher. It's true that it's understandable! Let me tell you the truth. Judging from the situation in Guangdong mastered by the Pingxi Prince's Mansion, Shang Zhixin not only has actually controlled most of Guangdong's power, but also is very dissatisfied with Shang Kexi's position of loyalty to the Tartar court. He repeatedly suggested that Shang Kexi improve relations with the prince and strengthen contact with Geng Jimao, King Jingnan. The Three Feudals joined forces to join forces, advance and retreat together, coexist and prosper, so that the Tartars court did not dare to attack the Three Feudals at will. Therefore, both the teachers and the prince believed that if they wanted Guangdong to respond and support our Yunnan and Guizhou in the military pay negotiations, the only hope was to fall on Shang Zhixin."

"Okay, the students must try their best to persuade Shang Zhixin to respond to the prince, so that the Tartar court cannot find an excuse to cut the military pay of Yunnan and Guizhou." Feng Xiang agreed. Liu Xuanchu patted Feng Xiang's head again and said with a smile: "Don't be anxious. After hearing from the teacher, Shang Zhixin is the target we can fight for, but this kid is not simple. Crazy and vicious are not under the joy of his father Shang Ke. It is not very likely that we will convince him to be this pioneer. So this time you go to Guangdong as the prince's envoy, you can only hold the mentality of success or failure. If you succeed, of course it is best. If you cannot succeed, you must carefully save your life and retain a useful body, and you will have the opportunity to expel the Tartars in the future and restore our China."

"Thank you for your guidance, and the students keep it in mind." Feng Xiang replied respectfully. Liu Xuanchu nodded and lowered his voice and said, "You are the teacher who asked you to go to Guangdong. In addition to letting you serve as the prince's envoy to hone yourself, you also have a private purpose - Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangnan. It is the places where the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty are the most underground activities, and it is also the base camp of the anti-Qing forces and the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty. When you go to those places, you have the opportunity to have a proper contact with these people, cultivate feelings and establish contacts for future great use. Do you understand?"
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