Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 99 Panicked Wan Zhengse (please read more!)
Wangjiaxi Kingdom presented treasures for thousands of miles, which made Kangxi more and more inflated. He felt that it was time to cross the sea to clean up the Zheng Xiao court.

Last year, Wan Zhengse fought a big victory for him and drove these pirates out of the sea. It shouldn't be a big problem to leave this matter to Wan Zhengse, a hero.

"Show the emperor, the puppet Ming Yanping King Zheng Jing has passed away, now is a good opportunity to attack Yizhou Island." At the court meeting, Suo'etuhui, the Minister of Political Affairs, reported.

"Fight!" Kangxi said concisely.

"The emperor is wise!" Guo Sihai was the first to jump out and flatter him.

Amidst the praise, Kangxi decided to give Wan Zhengse a chance to leave his name in history.

He was in a hurry for eight hundred miles: he named Wan Zhengse the Prince Shaobao and asked him to lead the army to march eastward.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, Wan Zhengse panicked.

He hurriedly discussed with Wu Yangui, the sensible person, how to properly resolve this matter.

"Ziliang, the Holy Majesty asked me to fight Yizhou Island, can this work?" He has seen Mingzheng's navy and army, the navy can barely fight, and the army takes the lead.

Besides, fighting across the sea is different.

"Master Wan, if you don't want to, you can play to the emperor and tell the emperor that Mingzheng is afraid of being beaten by you, and Yizhou Island is nothing to worry about."

Hearing this question, Wu Yangui was also overwhelmed, and Wan Zhengse tried his best to give him difficult questions!

Wan Zhengse was indecisive, if he fought, he might lose his reputation, if he didn't fight, he would lose Kangxi's favor.

After thinking about it, in front of this most important opportunity in his life, Lao Wan flinched!

Lao Wan replied to Kangxi: I feel that this matter is different from fighting along the coast of Fujian.

Yizhou Island is separated by the sea, and the wind and waves are rough. Once the fleet goes out, it does not go to the village or back to the shop. In case of a storm, all the fish have to be fed.

In addition, although the Zheng family has lost consecutive battles, the navy is still quite strong.

Even if we go, we are not sure that we will win.

What's more, Fujian has been fighting for years, and its manpower, material and financial resources have reached their limits. If we fight against Yizhou Island now, I'm afraid the pressure will be too great.

Yizhou Island is a lonely and smoky land, even if it is conquered at a huge price, it is not easy to defend if you want to, and the cost is too high.

We just need to beat the Zheng family into obedience, let them bow their heads and surrender, and stop making trouble.

In a word, I think Yizhou Island is difficult to fight, and there is no need to fight at all.

This argument made Kangxi unacceptable.

On the issue of Yizhou Island, Kangxi has long made it clear that this is a matter of principle.

Seeing Wan Zhengse's memorial, Kangxi was very angry and thought: You Wan Zhengse, as the commander-in-chief appointed by me to unify Yizhou Island, actually said such words, which really disappointed me.

Because of his memorial, civil and military officials talked a lot.

Some feel that there is no need to waste people and money and fight a foreign land.

Some had the same idea as Kangxi and had to fight.

At this time, a Fujian accent caught his attention.

In this imperial court full of Beijing films, it looks so different.

It turned out to be Shi Lang's voice. He has been staying in Beijing for 13 years. How did he come here in these 13 years?

He is a Hokkien native, and no one takes him seriously in the territory of the Eight Banners.

No one took him seriously, and besides his origin, he also had a bad reputation.

Wu Sangui also repeated between the Ming and Qing all his life, resisting the Qing, surrendering to the Qing, and then resisting the Qing. Comparing him with Shi Lang, it can be seen that Shi Lang has more than him before surrendering to the Qing.

Although Shi Lang had surrendered one more time than Wu Sangui, the evaluation of the two by later generations was completely opposite, and there was a world of difference, which shows that the choice of history is very important.

Today, Shi Lang still echoed the views of the few main fighters, and in this golden palace, it was obviously so weak.

Seeing Shi Lang who made a sound, Li Guangdi, a cabinet scholar, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Immediately, he fought against the Confucians at the court meeting, and strongly urged the Great Qingshui to march eastward.

Li Guangdi is from Quanzhou, and he is from the same hometown as Shi Lang. He knows the dangerous places like Yizhou Island, Yizhou Strait, Penghu, and Luermen very well.

He is also very clear about the previous situation of Yizhou Island, and believes that Yizhou Island is already very weak militarily and not united internally.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was rich and powerful, and the navy was strong enough to cross the sea to recover Yizhou Island, so his views coincided with Kangxi's.

Of course Kangxi adopted Li Guangdi's opinion and prepared to take military action to recover Yizhou Island.

Kangxi immediately asked Li Guangdi who could lead troops to attack Yizhou Island.

Li Guangdi looked at Shi Lang and said, "I recommend someone to take on this important task."

Kangxi excitedly asked: "Who?"

Li Guang said, "Shi Lang."
Kangxi listened to Li Guangdi's recommendation that Shi Lang lead troops to recover Yizhou Island, and he pondered for a while, thinking that Li Guangdi's words were right. Of all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, only Shi Lang was good at naval warfare, and he must be the one to recover Yizhou Island.

just, just...

Kangxi didn't reveal what he thought of Shi Lang, nor did he say anything in his mouth.

Those ministers were different. As soon as Li Guangdi recommended Shi Lang, those who opposed the use of troops said that Shi Lang was originally a subordinate of Ming Zheng and had close ties with the people in Zheng’s army. Zheng Jun colluded, and before Yizhou Island was taken, Fujian had already been lost.

The opinions of these people were exactly what Kangxi thought in his heart, and he didn't say it out of his mouth. When these ministers said it, Kangxi didn't plan to send Shi Lang to recover Yizhou Island.

Seeing this, Li Guangdi risked offending Long Yan, and strongly recommended Shi Lang to Kangxi again: "Your Majesty, although Shi Lang is a surrendered general, since he surrendered, he has been loyal to the country. Shi Lang leads the army. If there is a second heart, I am willing to share the same crime."

Kangxi frowned and asked again: "What if Shi Lang leads the army to march eastward, if he doesn't win?"

Li Guangdi firmly said: "If Shi Lang does not win, I will also be guilty of the same crime."

Li Guangdi recommended Shi Lang again and again with his status, wealth and life, but Kangxi still didn't dare to agree rashly. Without him, he is a house slave with four surnames!
Li Guangdi knew that it was not enough for his own family to recommend Shi Lang to lead troops to recover Yizhou Island.

Ask other ministers to jointly guarantee that no one dares to take such a risk, and all of them are either against it or be careful.As an official, it is most important to protect yourself first, there is no need to risk your life and wealth.

How to do it?

After much deliberation, Li Guangdi decided to use his entire Anxi Hutou Li family as a guarantee.

In order to buy time, the next day, Li Guangdi wrote a letter to the patriarch to explain the situation, and at the beginning of the five o'clock early in the court, in front of all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he used the words of the entire Li family in Hutou, Anxi. Head, recommend Shi Lang to lead the army to the east.

If Zheng Kezang knew about this, he would definitely not know whether to laugh or cry. In this historical line, the Li family at Hutou, Anxi, it would be really bad luck for him to stand!

With Li Guang's determination, coupled with his status and prestige, no civil and military officials would dare to oppose him.

It was also the first time for Kangxi to see the whole family's life being used to make trouble, and he was deeply moved, this slave is amazing!
Finally, it was decreed that Shi Lang would be appointed as the admiral of the Fujian Navy, and Shang Fang would be bestowed with the sword to lead the troops in the Eastern Expedition!

The cowardly Lao Wan was kicked away.

(End of this chapter)