The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 130: The Deposed Crown Prince (4)

Old Thirteen is missing!

Yinyou and his men searched the entire team, but did not see any trace of Old Thirteen.

This matter was of great importance, so Yinyu dared not neglect it and had to report it to Kangxi in person.

Kangxi narrowed his eyes, thought carefully for a while, suddenly smiled coldly, and said: "The Desperate Thirteenth Brother is indeed worthy of his reputation, he really dares to risk his life!" These were extremely unkind words.

Who does Old Thirteen dare to fight to the death with?

If the truth is told, Old Thirteen will be dead!
Yinyou used his magical skill of pretending to be stupid, closed his mouth tightly and refused to speak no matter what.

Kangxi had no intention of asking Yinyou's opinion. He pondered for a moment, called Zhang Tingyu, and issued several secret orders.

"Instruct the Governor-General of Zhili..."

"The Firearms Camp..."

"Instruct the Infantry Commander..."

Yinyou knew that the matter was serious, so he kept shrinking to the side and dared not say a word.

After Kangxi had made his deployment, he instructed Zhang Tingyu: "Hengchen, draft an edict. Order the fifteenth son of the emperor, Prince Yinyu, to lead the Suolun Camp and the Cavalry Camp and quickly take over the Tongzhou Camp. Give him the Ebilun sword, and anyone from the commander-in-chief down who disobeys will be executed!"

This military power was too great, and it might not be a test from Kangxi, so Yinyou declined without hesitation.

"My dear Khan, I have not done anything great for the country, how dare I accept such an important task?"

The eldest brother's accusation and the death of the nineteenth brother became the last straws that broke the camel's back for the prince!
However, Yinyu always kept in mind the profound lesson that the boss would lose his composure when he was too proud!
"Go ahead, I trust you!" Kangxi suddenly sighed, "Adopted sons are like wolves, I have to be on guard!"

Yinyu did not accept the order immediately, but reminded Kangxi seriously: "Khan Ama, taking over the Tongzhou camp is such a big thing, it is easy to cause a stir in the capital! I beg Khan Ama to send a prince and an important official to go to Tongzhou with me!"

With such great military power, no one can sleep well without a reliable military supervisor!

"You don't need to say more. I trust you!" Kangxi said confidently, "You will not let me down!"

Having said that, Yinyou had no choice but to accept the order.

"I accept your order and thank you!"

Leaving aside the Sauron Camp, the Qing Dynasty's Cavalry Camp is actually the most elite heavy armored cavalry unit.

The standard configuration of the Cavalry Battalion was one person with four horses, plus two armored servants to serve.

It is worth mentioning that each of the elite cavalrymen in the Cavalry Battalion is equipped with a set of cavalry armor and a set of cavalry cotton armor.

The cavalry armor, which is a cloth-covered iron armor, weighs more than 40 kilograms. Because it is too heavy and affects mobility, almost no one wears it.

There is another more important reason: the popularity of matchlock guns in the Dzungar Khanate reached a very high level.

The frontal charge of heavy cavalry is not only extremely difficult to break through the enemy's formation, but also has a high casualty rate.

The Qing Dynasty's muskets were not only bulky, but also had an extremely slow firing rate, far inferior to the matchlock muskets that the Dzungar Khanate bought from the Rakshasa Kingdom.

However, the Qing Dynasty could use its strong national strength to build many submachine guns.

In the battle where Galdan was killed, the Qing army relied on the massive bombardment of artillery.

However, there was no artillery organization in the Tongzhou camp, and all artillery was under the jurisdiction of the Firearms Battalion.

It is about a thousand miles from Mulan Paddock to Beijing.

Yinyu, with 500 Solon soldiers and 6000 elite cavalry, arrived near the Tongzhou camp in just five days.

In fact, such a large-scale troop movement had already alarmed Erlunte, the commander-in-chief of Tongzhou camp.

Speaking of which, Yinyou and Erlunte are old acquaintances.

The last time Yinyu came to Tongzhou to pick up his relatives, Erlunte came out to receive him.

Yinyou sent someone to deliver a letter to Erlunte, asking him to come here to receive the imperial edict.

As Kangxi's confidant, Erlunte was naturally no ordinary person. He actually sent a trusted lieutenant over first.

After verifying that the imperial edict and the order were correct, Erlunte brought the senior generals of the Tongzhou camp to pay a visit to Yinyou.

"Imperial decree, the fifteenth son of the Emperor, Prince Yinyu, is to take over the Tongzhou camp... so decreed!"

After issuing the decree, Yinyou deliberately kept Erlunte and others by his side.

Since no one dared to cause trouble, Yinyou naturally took over the entire Tongzhou camp.

Thirty-eight thousand elite soldiers from Tongzhou, plus 500 Solon soldiers, and 6000 cavalrymen. Hey, now Yinyou controls almost half of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

However, the dilemma faced by Yinyou now is almost exactly the same as that faced by the Fourteenth Prince in Qinghai.

Yinyou seemed to have invincible power in his hands, but in fact, the generals under him were all Kangxi's confidants.

In addition, the army's food and salary supply was completely in the hands of Kangxi.

To put it bluntly, with Kangxi's political wisdom, he had long predicted that even if Yinyou had troops in his hands, he would not be able to cause any big waves!

In fact, the disappearance of the Thirteenth Prince made Kangxi highly alert.

By letting Yinyou control the Tongzhou camp, Kangxi was merely taking a defensive measure to prepare for a rainy day.

If Old Thirteen wants to take action, there are two essential conditions.

First, the prince is in his hands, and second, it must be Miyun Camp or Tongzhou Camp, one of them.

However, on the second night when Yinyu was stationed in the Tongzhou camp, he suddenly received a report that there was fire in the capital and chaos!
If it were an ordinary person, at this time he would definitely be thinking about leading the army into Beijing to quell the rebellion!

However, Yinyou not only sat firmly on the throne, but also ordered the camp gates to be closed tightly. Anyone who dared to leave the camp without permission would be executed on the spot!

Yinyu saw very clearly that the task given to him by Kangxi was simply to control the Tongzhou camp.

If so, sending troops to quell the rebellion without authorization will not only be in vain, but will also be a serious crime!
During breakfast, Yinyu called Erlunte and others into the big tent.

Lamb was being cooked outside the tent, and the aroma of the meat drifted into the tent with the breeze, which was particularly appetizing.

Since Yinyu took over the Tongzhou camp, the food quality in the camp has risen sharply. Anyway, Tongzhou is nearby, there are plenty of cattle and sheep in the market, and grain in the warehouse, so they can make as much as they want.

"Marshal, the brothers are all craving for wine!" Erlunte saw that Yinyou was in a good mood, so he boldly took the initiative to offer some wine.

When there was no combat mission, drinking was actually allowed in the Qing army camp.

Perhaps it was Erlunte's call of "Marshal" that made Yinyou very satisfied, so he ordered someone to bring two jars of rice wine.

More than a dozen senior generals were only allowed to drink one bowl each.

In fact, Yinyu had no interest in generals above the rank of lieutenant colonel.

What Yinyou was really interested in were the many assistant commanders.

The Eight Banners soldiers were hereditary positions, passed down from father to son, from elder brother to younger brother. Therefore, the people in a captain were often very familiar with the villagers.

This is equivalent to the fact that the subordinates of a hereditary company commander are either old subordinates or the brothers or sons of old subordinates.

In the era of cold weapons, this combination was actually quite effective. Moreover, there were very few deserters.

If you can escape from the monk, can you also escape from the temple?

It is a very realistic problem that if one person deserts, the whole family will suffer.

Therefore, even though they suffered a disastrous defeat at Tongbo, not a single official of the second rank and above surrendered; they either committed suicide or died in battle!

Yinyou spent ten days of leisurely and comfortable life in Tongzhou, and finally received the order from Kangxi.

The Thirteenth Prince has been found, and Yinyou's takeover has officially ended.

Kangxi ordered the Suolong Camp and the Xiaoqi Camp to return to their respective bases and no longer be under the jurisdiction of Yinyu.

Yinyou knew better than anyone that as long as Kangxi was still alive, no one could get hold of the real military power.

Yinyou, who had just returned to Beijing, heard the news that the Thirteenth Prince was imprisoned in the clan house on the charge of having an unauthorized tryst with the Mongolian princess.

When Yinyu heard this, he laughed out loud.

This is outrageous. Is there any reason more ridiculous than this?
However, Yinyou knew that Kangxi said this on purpose because he didn't want to kill the Thirteenth Prince.

The first thing Kangxi did after returning to Beijing was to convene a meeting of the ministers.

Before this, Yinyou was not a minister of state affairs, but Kangxi sent someone to notify him to enter the palace to attend the meeting.

The meeting place of the Council of State is located in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

When Yinyou entered the palace, he found Ma Qi whispering with others with a happy look on his face, chatting happily.

Yes, the crown prince had been deposed. In the mansion of the eldest son of the concubine, witchcraft items were found, confirming the crown prince's bad reputation of being a nightmare.

Among the remaining princes, who else can be made the crown prince except the virtuous Prince Lao Ba?

Logically speaking, today's meeting is very special and it is impossible for Hanchen to appear.

However, Zhang Yushu and Li Guangdi, the two Han Chinese ministers, were also present.

To be precise, the emergence of Zhang Yushu and Li Guangdi indicated that the imperial power held by Kangxi had completely surpassed that of the kings of the Eight Banners.

The fourth one, who was standing among the princes, gave Yinyou a special look.

Yinyou understood it immediately, and the fourth brother successfully completed the test task given by Kangxi.

After the crown prince was deposed, he was under the supervision of the fourth prince.

In fact, this has already shown that the fourth brother has an extraordinary status in Kangxi's mind.

If a big bomb were dropped in the Hall of Supreme Harmony at this moment, hehe, the Qing Dynasty would be doomed immediately!

Tong Guowei didn't look at anyone, but kept watching Yinyou's every move.

In fact, Tong Guowei had already learned the news within three hours after Yinyou took charge of the Tongzhou camp.

We must admire Kangxi’s wisdom!

In the Qing Dynasty, no matter how powerful you are, if you have no soldiers, you will be a fish at the mercy of Emperor Kangxi.

You can kill them however you want, there is no room for resistance!
After everyone had arrived, Liang Jiugong's duck voice suddenly came from the hall: "The Emperor has arrived!"

"Your servants and others respectfully greet the Holy Saint!"

"Your Highness, I respectfully wish you the best!"

It was somewhat strange that among the voices of the slaves, two people appeared to pay homage.

Kangxi walked slowly up to the Sumeru throne and sat steadily on the dragon throne.

To the surprise of Ma Qi and others, Kangxi started talking about all the good qualities of Crown Prince Yinreng as soon as he opened his mouth.

For example, he is good at reading, good at regulating the country, and proficient in river affairs.

However, after Kangxi spoke for a long time, no one agreed with him.

Who among those present is not a shrewd person?
What Kangxi meant was that he clearly did not want to formally issue an edict to depose the crown prince.

However, everyone knows that the prestige of the prince who was deposed once has been completely lost.

Whoever dares to support Kangxi, isn’t he afraid that his entire family will be liquidated by the new emperor in the future?

Kangxi was so busy talking that even Li Guangdi and Zhang Yushu, whom he had specially called, kept their heads down and remained silent.

Kangxi, who was completely unable to find any friendly forces, had no choice but to call out Yinyou's name.

"Fifteenth Prince, what do you think?"

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