Chapter 179 Delightful fall, loyal and full
"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince!"
In the glorious Jingnan Prince's Mansion on the Qiongshui River in Fuzhou, Zuo Chunqiu, who was jogging all the way, had not yet entered the study of the royal palace, and he greeted Geng Jingzhong, who had a very flattering and pointed monkey cheeks, from afar. This guy looks quite interesting, looks like a monkey, but he doesn't look treacherous, and he is a little honest, probably just an honest monkey spirit.
Of course, he didn't think he was honest... He also felt that he was quite smart. He tricked Emperor Kangxi into pieces and released him, the tiger, back to Fujian.
"Military advisor, come in and talk... Where did the lonely king come from?"
In his study, Geng Jingzhong was thinking about the Qing Dynasty's map of the Qing Dynasty. When he heard the words of this confidant military advisor, he asked with a smile; while lifting up his robe, turning around, and sitting down on a chair of the Grand Master.
"Prince, double...double happiness comes!"
"Double joy? What are the two happy events?" Geng Jingzhong looked up at his confidant military advisor, and then he realized that Zuo Chunqiu was blushing, holding two books in his hand, where was he breathing!
Since Zuo Chunqiu voted for Geng Jingzhong, he has been given a heavy responsibility and has secured the title of prefect. His actual dispatch was the chief magistrate of the royal palace. Today, he was on duty in the royal palace's large signing room, and he received two urgent reports at the same time.
One of them was sent by Chaozhou General Liu Jinzhong, who sent someone to rush to the horse. Liu Jinzhong is not Geng Jingzhong's subordinate now, but because Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong were kind to support Liu Jinzhong, Liu Jinzhong always regarded himself as the old subordinate of the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, and would occasionally report to the Jingnan Prince's Mansion to inform the important events that happened in Chaozhou and Guandong.
Another report was sent by Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, who sent someone - Geng Jingzhong actually didn't have the control of Shi Lang. Because Shi Lang himself had an imperial envoy, and there was an imperial envoy in Zhangzhou to supervise Fujian and Guangdong's military affairs minister Mi Sihan controlled Shi Lang. However, Geng Jingzhong was King Jingnan and the commander of the Fujian garrison flag army! According to the Qing system, the flag army was larger than the green camp, and the commander of the garrison flag army had the right to control all the green camp soldiers in the defense zone. Therefore, although Shi Lang was not controlled by Geng Jingzhong, he also needed to report to Geng Jingzhong according to the system.
After getting these two more urgent letters, Zuo Chunqiu could no longer sit still, and rushed all the way to Geng Jingzhong's study. Because the Jingnan Prince's Mansion occupied a large area, Zuo Chunqiu was so angry that he was out of breath. After entering the study, he gasped for a while before he breathed evenly. He could finally continue to answer Geng Jingzhong's question.
"Prince, this joy is that Shi Lang defeated Luoyang River, and the newly built Fujian Navy was destroyed. Even the six foreign warships that came to assist in the battle were burned!
Now the army of the pirate Zheng has landed on the shore at the Luoyang River Estuary, and is about to besiege Quanzhou Prefecture City!"
"What?" Geng Jingzhong jumped out of the chair after hearing this, "Master Zuo, what did you say?"
"Prince, please be at ease..." Zuo Chunqiu immediately smiled, "This matter is very unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, but it is very beneficial to the prince's career! The prince is just taking this opportunity to go further!"
"Going further?" Geng Jingzhong became energetic when he heard this. Even the Zheng family's invasion into Quanzhou was put aside. A simple monkey's face was full of anticipation.
"You go further..." Zuo Chunqiu said: "That's the Lord of Fujian!"
"What?" Geng Jingzhong was a little disappointed, "Why is the Lord of Fujian? I am the Lord of Fujian now!"
Zuo Chunqiu shook his head and said, "Prince, you are only the lord of Fuzhou, not the lord of Fujian! Even Fuzhou Prefecture is not your decision-making place! What you can really say is those few dozen vassal states!"
Zuo Chunqiu was right. The Qing Dynasty court granted the Three Feudals titles, and the Three Feudals Kings were not the leader of a province or even a government. Wu Sangui was not a little better. After all, he could have appointed Western election officials as the chief executive of Yunnan and Guizhou earlier. Although the privileges of the chief executive of Yunnan and Guizhou and the elected officials of the western election have long been handed over. However, many local officials in Yunnan and Guizhou promoted by Wu Sangui in his early years were still in office, so he could still control the Yunnan and Guizhou area.
But Geng Jingzhong, the vassal king, was not good at it. The Geng family had never been the chief executive of Fujian, nor did they have the "Geng Selection" official, so Geng Jingzhong had very weak control over Fujian localities. He could only control the land and population through some manors affiliated with the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, thereby exerting influence on the Fujian local government.
However, there are only fifteen subordinates under the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, how many vassals can they occupy? Therefore, Geng Jingzhong is indeed not the lord of Fujian, not even the lord of Fuzhou. Dingtian is the largest feudal lord in Fujian Province. It is a bit like the lord of the Japanese next door, but it is not a big vassal. His 15 subordinates plus 6,000 green camp soldiers, and Dingtian is 910,000 people... I'm afraid there is not even a "million stone", and it is worth 300,000 to 400,000 stones.
Relying on this little strength to be an emperor is simply a dream!
After hearing what Zuo Chunqiu said, Geng Jingzhong also felt that this emperor scored a few steps before he could become... But it seems that the Lord of Fujian is not easy to become!
"Master, how can this Fujian master be the main one?" Geng Jingzhong frowned, "Even if Zheng Jing conquered Quanzhou Prefecture City Jinjiang, there would be only a little territory. Isn't it possible for the emperor to entrust all the military and political power of Fujian to me, right?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, isn't there any good news?"
"There is good news?" Geng Jingzhong asked, "What good news?"
Zuo Chunqiu handed Liu Jinzhong's letter on, "Prince, look, this is Liu Zhengrong's letter."
"Liu Jinzhong's report?" Geng Jingzhong took the report, opened it and said while looking, "It should be the army sent by Mi Sihan to fight Chenghai that retreated in a mess, right? This is really a loss of rice..."
As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt as if he had been immobilized, standing there straight, unable to say a word.
After a while, he said in a trembling tone: "This, how is this possible? Shang, Shang Ke is over... The sky in Guangdong has collapsed! Ming Dynasty is back!"
Zuo Chunqiu smiled and said to Geng Jingzhong: "Prince, when the sky in Guangdong collapses, the court will think that you, the pillar of the sky in Fujian, are important! Only then will you hand over the power of Fujian Province to you! Only when you have the power of Fujian Province can you recruit soldiers and horses to do big things!"
"But... can the court believe me?" Geng Jingzhong was still a little skeptical.
He is also one of the Three Feudal Francisco!
And he is likely to be the only vassal king among the Three Feudatories who really want to rebel!
Among the Three Feudal Kings, Shang Kexi was over-loss of loyalty, and Wu Sangui was a powerful soldier... He wanted to be the king of Yunnan, but only Geng Jingzhong was trying to make trouble all day long and dreaming of becoming the emperor.
Geng Jingzhong, who has a ghost in his heart, certainly couldn't believe that Emperor Kangxi would trust him.
Zuo Chunqiu smiled and said, "Prince, of course the emperor believes in you. If he doesn't believe in you, he will let you go back to Fujian to succeed the throne? As soon as the former king submitted a petition, the emperor immediately asked you to go south... Wu Sangui is almost ill now. Will the emperor release Wu Yingxiong?"
"But, but how should I take all the power of Fujian Province?" Geng Jingzhong asked again.
"This is easy to deal with," Zuo Chunqiu said, "You went to the capital to ask the emperor for power!"
"What?" Geng Jingzhong was startled by Zuo Chunqiu's proposal, "Isn't this a trap?"
"Prince, what are you afraid of?" Zuo Chunqiu smiled, "You are a vassal king of the Qing Dynasty. You are in charge of Fuzhou to suppress the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty for the court. Now the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty are so big, can you do it with only three thousand flag soldiers and six thousand green camps? It is natural for you to go to Beijing to get power."
"Then, why don't the emperor give it?"
Zuo Chunqiu said: "If he doesn't give it, you will be reluctant to leave Beijing... He will give it to you once! And the emperor will also think that you are loyal and reliable, Prince!"
"Really? Am I loyal?" Geng Jingzhong looked at Zuo Chunqiu, his honest face wrinkled, as if he was thinking hard.
"Really, really!" Zuo Chunqiu said, "Prince, if the emperor really doesn't give it to you...you might as well withdraw your vassal! Just your 3,000 flag soldiers and 6,000 green camps are much worse than Shang Kexi. After a while, Zhu and the emperor fight over, and they will not be wiped out?"
Geng Jingzhong took a deep breath and nodded, "That's right... Although Shang Kexi only has this kind of people on the book, he is actually much better than me!
He has Xiangshan-Macao trade in his hand, and the amount of money he puts in his pocket every year is at least millions, which I can't compare to!
Chapter completed!