Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

The magnificent Forbidden City with its carved beams and painted buildings is heavily guarded, with a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps.

In the imperial study, the flickering candlelight shone on the face of Emperor Kangxi above the dragon throne, making him look majestic and solemn.

At this time, Li Guangdi, who was in charge of the Ministry of Justice, was standing respectfully before the emperor, holding an urgent memorial from the prefect of Sizhou in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui's wife Chen Yuanyuan and illegitimate son Wu Yinglin were kidnapped at the execution ground! Even the imperial commissioner Ma Bao was kidnapped!" Li Guangdi reported anxiously.

Emperor Kangxi frowned slightly and asked solemnly, "Do you know who did this?"

Li Guangdi quickly replied, "Your Majesty, according to the Sizhou prefect, several groups of people arrived that day. First, there were fifty or sixty men in black. They were agile and moved quickly. They should be the remnants of Wu Sangui. Then a monk and a middle-aged scholar appeared, and then a young man appeared."

Emperor Kangxi fell into deep thought, and after a moment he continued to ask: "Monk? I have asked the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Master Huicong, to handle this matter. Is there anyone who can rescue the people from Master Huicong's hands?"

Li Guangdi quickly replied, "The Sizhou prefect said that Master Huicong had fought with that young man, but was ultimately defeated. He was knocked away a hundred feet by a palm strike and was seriously injured. It is estimated that he will need two to three years to recover."

"What? Huicong's martial arts skills are so high, but someone can actually send him flying hundreds of feet with just one palm. I don't think even Hong Antong, the leader of the Shenlong Sect who claimed to be the best martial artist in the world, could do it. Who is this young man?" Kangxi asked puzzled.

"The Sizhou prefect asked Master Huicong, but he refused to say. He also asked the other monks who were accompanying him, but they also refused to say." Li Guangdi replied respectfully.

Emperor Kangxi frowned, thought for a moment and then said, "Okay, I already know about this matter. I will have someone conduct a secret investigation to find out who dared to rob the execution ground and who that young man with great martial arts skills is."

"Yes, sir!" Li Guangdi responded respectfully.

At this moment, a eunuch hurried into the imperial study, his face full of anxiety. He knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, the Right Prime Minister Nalan Mingzhu asked to see you, saying that the Governor of Fujian Yao Qisheng came 800 miles away to report the military situation urgently."

Emperor Kangxi could not help but be slightly startled, secretly wondering in his heart: "Huh? There is news so soon? Yang Jie's actions are really quick." He pondered for a moment and said: "Well, please let in, Prime Minister." However, as soon as the words came out, Emperor Kangxi suddenly felt a chill rising from his spine, and he shivered involuntarily.

According to common sense, such a victory should be reported to Emperor Kangxi by Yang Jie himself, so why did it become Yao Qisheng, the Governor of Fujian? This anomaly made Emperor Kangxi feel uneasy, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

Mingzhu walked quickly into the imperial study, looking nervous and solemn. He walked straight to Emperor Kangxi, holding in both hands a letter of urgent memorial from Yao Qisheng, which had traveled eight hundred miles. Seeing this, Emperor Kangxi stood up quickly, eagerly took the urgent document, his eyes revealing anxiety and worry.

He quickly opened the memorial and scanned the text with his eyes like a torch. The memorial clearly read: "Your Majesty, I, Yao Qisheng, kowtow to the emperor. On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the governor of the Fujian Han Camp assembled 43,000 soldiers and horses, and built a floating bridge on the Haicang Peninsula through Huoshao Island to cross the sea to Xiamen Island to fight. However, due to the cunning of the enemy, our army unfortunately fell into an ambush by the rebels, resulting in the death of 3,000 Eight Banners soldiers, Yang Jie and 40,000 Han Camp soldiers were captured, and our army suffered heavy losses and returned in defeat. Now there are no troops stationed in the entire Fujian Province, and I am afraid that the rebels will take the opportunity to invade and pose a threat to the court. Therefore, I beg the emperor to quickly send troops to garrison Fujian to ensure national security. Your Majesty, Yao Qisheng, pays homage."

After reading the memorial, Kangxi's face instantly turned livid, his eyes widened, his face was full of anger, and he was shaking with anger. He threw the memorial to the ground fiercely, slammed the table in anger, and shouted: "Good-for-nothing! Yang Jie is simply an incompetent person! I gave him such an important task, but he made a mess of things!" His voice was full of disappointment and anger, and his roar echoed throughout the imperial study.

Kangxi turned to face Mingzhu, pointed at the memorial, and shouted angrily: "Forty-three thousand troops! They couldn't even defeat more than ten thousand rebels and fell into the enemy's ambush! Is this the commander you carefully selected?" His eyes were full of dissatisfaction and blame towards the ministers, as if he wanted to eat them alive.

"I am terrified!" Mingzhu was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy.

Kangxi ignored Mingzhu and turned to the eunuch in front of the emperor and ordered: "Hurry up and send the order to have Prince Kang Jieshu and the military ministers come to see me immediately!"

Prince Kang Jieshu was one of the most trusted generals of Emperor Kangxi. Last year (1674), he led a large army to successfully suppress Geng Jingzhong in the Three Feudatories Rebellion and was very familiar with the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. When suppressing the rebellion this time, Kangxi naturally thought of this capable general.

About an incense stick of time later, Prince Kang, Soetu and several other military ministers hurried to the imperial study.

As soon as Prince Kang entered the room, he saw Kangxi with a stern face and knew something was wrong. He cautiously asked, "Your Majesty urgently summoned me, but what's the urgent matter?"

Kangxi said nothing more. He handed Yao Qisheng's memorial to Prince Kang and ordered, "You come and read it to everyone."

Prince Kang took the memorial and read it aloud. However, as he read deeper, his voice began to tremble, and his hand holding the memorial also shook. He tried to calm down several times before he finished reading the memorial.

The news that 43,000 troops disappeared in an instant shocked all the ministers present. They were dumbfounded and at a loss for what to do.

Then, Kangxi turned to Prince Kang and said, "I intend to let you serve as the commander-in-chief and go to Jinxia, ​​Fujian to quell the rebellion. What do you think of this?"

Prince Kang quickly replied, "Your Majesty, since you have ordered me to quell the rebellion, I will do my best for you. But as far as I know, the rebels seem to have the support of the Heaven and Earth Federation. And I heard that the Heaven and Earth Federation has unified Japan, Korea and Ryukyu, and its military strength should not be underestimated. In addition, there are rumors that the Heaven and Earth Federation was founded by Wei Xiaobao. I wonder if these rumors are true."

"What you have heard is all true! What you haven't heard is that Ryukyu's goods flow into our Qing Dynasty through the black market at high prices, plundering our Qing Dynasty's wealth. A bottle of Ryukyu Daqu can be sold for 80,000 taels of silver. This is no different from robbery." Kangxi said angrily.