The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 160 Fighting for Military Power

In the evening, Yinyou and Zhang Tingyu sat together in the duty room in Changchun Garden.

Zhang Tingyu held a pen in his hand and was busy writing excerpts from various question books.

In front of Yinyou, there were two pots of wine and a plate of fried peanuts.

Wine and peanuts were Kangxi's special treats to keep warm, because Kangxi knew that Yinyu could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.

Not to mention just two pots of rice wine, even if it was twenty pots of rice wine, Yinyou would be fine.

When serving the emperor, the memorials delivered during the day were often not important.

The urgent questions delivered at night might involve waking up Kangxi immediately, which would be a great test of one's political acumen.

Whenever he was in the duty room with Yinyou, Zhang Tingyu would always keep his head down and deal with the papers, and had no time to chat at all.

As for Yinyu, he never chatted with Zhang Tingyu. He would drink when it was time to drink, and go out with his men when it was time to patrol the night guard.

What is there to talk about with Zhang Tingyu?
If he had the time, Yinyou might as well find a place away from people and have a good sleep.

"Report to Master Fifteen, urgent delivery of eight hundred miles!"

Yinyou took the memorial box from the guard's hand and took a closer look. It was indeed a feathered edict.

The so-called Yuxi is a music box with five chicken feathers stuck in it.

Most people would not dare to open the feathered letter when they saw it.

Yinyou was not an ordinary person. In the entire Changchun Garden, he was the only one who was qualified to open and read the imperial edict.

Because Kangxi granted Yinyou the right to read urgent military intelligence sent from other provinces.

Yinyou took a knife, opened the memorial box, took out the memorial book inside, glanced through it quickly, then quickly got up and walked to the door of Qingxi Book House with the memorial book.

"Eight hundred miles in an emergency, I want to see Khan Ama immediately!" In front of the Qingxi Study, Yinyou took out his badge, stuffed it into the guard's hand, and ordered him to go in and report.

Guan Bao, the first-class guard who led the team, did not dare to delay at all. He immediately ran into the study and asked Wei Zhu, the eunuch on duty, to wake up Kangxi.

Kangxi was hugging Lin Ying and making love with her when he suddenly heard Wei Zhu say outside the window, "Your Majesty, there is urgent military information from eight hundred miles away. The fifteenth master is waiting outside."

Eight Hundred Miles Express was the fastest express delivery method in the Qing Dynasty. It had very clear regulations and no one dared to use it casually.

Although he was reluctant to leave, Kangxi still chose military and national affairs and gave up the happy time that he was enjoying.

Only when you have the kingdom in your hands can you have the right to sleep with beautiful women.

If one loses his kingdom, he can only kill his wife and daughter with his own hands, just like Emperor Sizong of the Ming Dynasty did, to avoid being corrupted by the enemy army.

"Help me change my clothes!" Kangxi was Kangxi after all. Seeing the critical moment of sowing, he forced himself to quickly climb up from Lin Da Ying's body and decisively get up to change his clothes.

Unlike the palace, the changing clothes in Changchun Garden are just a ermine robe.

This ermine robe is smaller than a cloak, but larger than an ordinary robe. As long as you wrap yourself in it, you will never feel cold.

"Call the fifteenth prince in." Kangxi, wrapped in a sable robe, left the west warm room and entered the east warm room.

The west warm room of Qingxi Book House has a large bed and a warm room, which is very suitable for having sex in winter.

The East Warm Pavilion was where Kangxi handled military and national affairs in winter.

After Yinyou entered the room, he quickly bowed.

"Your Majesty, I, Yinyu, respectfully wish you the best of health."

"Get up, what happened?" Kangxi narrowed his eyes and looked at Yinyou without blinking.

Yinyu walked to Kangxi's side, held up the urgent memorial with both hands, and whispered: "My dear Khan, the Dzungars are besieging Barkol."

"What did you say?" Kangxi quickly took the urgent question book, first glanced through it quickly, and then read it again word by word.

After Kangxi read it three times, he asked Yinyu: "Tell me, what do you think?"

"My dear Khan, after Barkol surrendered, it has become the most important frontier fortress for the Qing Dynasty and the Dzungars. We must not lose it. We must quickly send a general to lead troops to provide emergency assistance."

In the 36th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the emperor changed Barkol to Barkol, which means the front paw of a tiger.

The tiger's front paws, which are the sharp claws and fangs of the Qing Dynasty, have important military significance, which needs no further explanation.

"Who is more suitable to send?" As usual, Kangxi would ask Yinyou for his opinion on military issues.

Although Yinyou had serious lack of military experience, he was often able to put forward unique insights, which greatly impressed Kangxi.

"My Lord Khan, this is a matter of great importance. How dare I speak nonsense?" Yinyou followed the old rules and always took a step back when it came to sensitive issues concerning military power.

"Just speak when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Kangxi also knew Yinyou's bad habit of being smooth, and glared at him unhappily.

"My Lord Khan, this is a serious matter. After all, I am still young and I have no idea who can be the general." Yinyou pretended to be young and refused to recommend a general to lead the troops.

Almost all the generals who led troops in the early Qing Dynasty were veterans who started from the bottom and gradually gained experience.

Winning the world by force is by no means an empty talk!
In the barracks, because of the basic principle that military orders are as heavy as mountains, it is impossible for there to be no mountains.

How could Kangxi, who was far away in the capital, know who would climb up first, who would fight to the death, and who would be cunning and treacherous?
The reporting of these situations all depends on the coach. Objectively speaking, as long as the coach helps to say a few good words, you can be promoted in the blink of an eye.

Those who the coach is willing to spend a lot of time and effort to recommend strongly are generally considered to be his disciples.

In fact, these people were all in Kangxi's pocket, and Kangxi knew them better than anyone else.

If Kangxi didn’t even know this, he wouldn’t be able to sit firmly on the throne!

If Yinyou was as clear as Kangxi, Kangxi would become suspicious sooner or later.

"My dear Khan, I really don't know much."

Yinyou and Kangxi spent almost every day together, and he already knew a lot about Kangxi's personality.

All emperors are suspicious.

However, how to control the emperor's suspicion within the range that he can tolerate is a profound knowledge that many people do not understand.

Kangxi also knew that Yinyu never made friends with important officials in the court, so it was understandable that he did not understand them.

"The Rakshasa Kingdom was treacherous and must have given Tsewang Arabtan a lot of muskets." As soon as Kangxi opened his mouth, he revealed the essence of the matter.

Yinyou also agreed with Kangxi's judgment that the day the treaty with the Russians was signed was the beginning of the countdown to tearing up the treaty.

Back then, before the ink of the Treaty of Nerchinsk had dried, the Russians began to make small moves.

Although the Russians were not able to invade in large numbers because their supply lines were too long, there were dozens of cases of small groups of Russians invading the border, burning, killing, and looting.
Because the powerful Dzungar Khanate lay across the western border of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi did not want to fight on two fronts, so he pretended to be confused.

Now, the Junggars, who have become strong again, are ready to make a move again.

If there hadn't been the secret instigation of the Russians, Kangxi would never have believed it even if he was beaten to death.

"How is Yanxin?" Kangxi was no longer sleepy, so he pulled Yinyou aside and talked with him all night long.

Yinyu was on duty anyway, so he had nothing to do, so he asked Kangxi honestly: "Khan Ama, who is Yanxin?"

Kangxi was stunned for a moment, then realized that Yinyou didn't like visiting relatives and might have never met Yanxin.

"Yanxin is the third son of Wenjun Wang Meng'e..." Kangxi noticed Yinyou's puzzled expression, so he patiently explained, "Meng'e's Mafa is my uncle Wang Haoge."

Yinyu then pretended to be enlightened and sighed, "According to what you said, Yanxin is actually my cousin?"

Kangxi nodded and said, "That's right. He was once a second-class guard and is now a minister of state and the commander-in-chief of the Manchu Banner."

Different from Yongzheng's open-mindedness, Kangxi had a distinct characteristic in employing people: those who were royal family members or hahazhuzi and were former guards would be looked up to.

Since Yanxin had served as a second-class guard and was the Manchu governor-general who held real power, it was clear that he was someone Kangxi could trust.

"Oh, so he is the uncle of Xian Wang Yanhuang!"

"That's right." Kangxi was inspired by Yinyou's storytelling, so he enthusiastically introduced, "When Yanxin was a guard at the Sticking Rod Office, every summer he would personally hold a long pole and stick the annoying cicadas off the trees for me."

In many operas, the Sticking Rod Department is almost synonymous with the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

In fact, the main job of the stick-catching office is to catch cicadas in summer, while in the other three seasons they serve as gossip collectors.

Longkodo used to love to join in the fun, and he would often go wherever there were a lot of people. His purpose was to find out all kinds of news about the royal family and wealthy families for Kangxi.

Now Longkodo still has the duty of being a busybody and goes to Changchun Garden every now and then.

Yinyou was the chief steward of Changchun Garden. He followed Kangxi around every day and could always be seen running to tell tales about Longkodo.

It’s interesting to say that the fourth brother always puts his uncle first and then his uncle, and Longkodo never seems to be very affectionate to him.

Yinyou always mentioned Long Laosan, but Longkodo showed him special respect.

Whenever Longkodo came to the garden, he would always force his way close to Yinwei, either handing him an ear spoon or a small jade fan, and he would never come to pay his respects empty-handed.

Kangxi mentioned many good points about Yanxin, how could Yinyou not understand? I'm afraid he was planning to let Yanxin lead troops to reinforce Balikun?

However, as soon as the slightest rumor came out in the garden, it attracted Lao Ba's attention.

The eighth brother called the ninth brother, the tenth brother, and the fourteenth brother to the Beile Mansion and said very cautiously: "This expedition is of great importance. It is best for our people to lead the troops to reinforce Barkol."

Before he finished speaking, Old Fourteen rushed to say, "Brother Ba, I'm happy to help you lead the troops to fight."

Lao Jiu glanced at Lao Shisi and thought, Myna wants to lead the troops himself, why are you, a young boy, butting in on this?

The Tenth Elder said frankly, "Fourteenth Brother, you have only been in charge of the Ministry of War for a few days. You are still very inexperienced and need more training."

The fourteenth brother was unconvinced and retorted, "Tenth brother, Eighth brother always praised me for my knowledge of military affairs."

Lao Jiu was speechless for a while. What a brainless guy. He actually took the polite words of the starling seriously!
The eighth brother held a small meeting here, and the fourth brother also held a small meeting in the prince's palace.

What Yinyu didn't expect was that the fourth brother actually said, "Fifteenth brother, you have to help me talk to Khan Ama and let me lead the troops to reinforce Barkol!"

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