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

Kangxi looked at the cabinet ministers beside him and asked, "Please tell us what you think."

The seven cabinet ministers beside him were Suo Etu, Nalan Mingzhu, Yu Chenglong, Chen Yanyu, Hao Yu, Li Guangdi and Gao Shiqi.

The original ministers in name only, Oboi was killed, Suksaha died unjustly, Ebilun died of illness, Sony retired. After Kangxi took power, he reappointed the cabinet ministers.

Nalan Mingzhu, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Ryukyu Kingdom is a small country with a population of less than 50 and an area of ​​5 hectares, which is smaller than a county of the Qing Dynasty. Your Majesty treats it with the courtesy of the King of Po, which is a great grace from the Qing Dynasty. However, the King of Shangwen is ungrateful and has become a heretic. He is so rebellious. I think that the Qing Dynasty navy should be sent to suppress the rebellion!"

"We second the motion!" Hao Yu, Yu Chenglong and Zhang Yanyu stepped forward and said.

"Soetu, tell me what you think." Kangxi knew that the cabinet was divided into two factions, and Soetu would definitely oppose anything proposed by Nalan Mingzhu.

"Your Majesty, I oppose mobilizing a large army to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom for four reasons:

First, our Great Qing had just pacified the Three Rebellions, and the treasury was not yet full.

Second, our Great Qing Navy was established not long ago and only participated in small-scale battles to encircle and suppress the Shenlong Sect. If we were to send it to fight against the Ryukyu people who were familiar with water at sea, we would be afraid that it would be beyond its capabilities.

Third, the Zheng family in Taiwan, the remnant of the Ming Dynasty, is the arch-enemy of our Qing Navy, so our Qing Navy needs to prepare for war in order to recapture Taiwan Island.

Fourthly, since the Heavenly Federation was able to drive away the Japanese army on the Ryukyu Islands, its military strength must be strong. The enemy situation is still unclear, and sending troops rashly is a big taboo in military strategy.

Therefore, I dare to say that just to save the face of the Qing Dynasty, I will disregard the national dignity and send troops to Ryukyu. The risk is huge. I ask Your Majesty to recover the island of Wanwan first, and then attack the Ryukyu Kingdom. Please reject Mingzhu's request to send troops. "

After Suo Etu finished speaking, Li Guangdi and Gao Shiqi stood up and said, "We second the motion."

After listening to Suo Etu's words, Kangxi said to Shi Lang, who was kneeling on the ground, "If I ask you to fight against the Ryukyu Navy, do you have a chance of winning?"

Shi Lang raised his head and looked at Kangxi and said, “Your Majesty, I recently heard that the Ryukyu Navy annihilated the pirate Liu Damazi. Liu Damazi has been rampant in the East China Sea for thirty years, and his strength is not weaker than that of the Zheng Navy in Wanwan Island.

I think the Ryukyu Kingdom’s navy may not be Liu Damazi’s opponent, and the rumors may be wrong, but if they can be compared with the pirate Liu Damazi, I’m afraid our Qing navy needs to treat their strength with caution.”

After hearing this, Kangxi thought that the Ryukyu Kingdom had lost face in Poyang and it would be impossible to regain it in a short time.

It seems that we can only adopt Soetu's suggestion and recapture Wanwan Island first, and then deal with the Ryukyu Kingdom.

However, if the Ryukyu Kingdom was not punished for its rude behavior of breaking away from the Po River, the Qing Dynasty would lose face. Other Po countries such as Goryeo, Mongolia, Tubo... all followed suit and broke away from the Po River and refused to pay tribute. Where was the face of the Qing Dynasty?

"The navy cannot be sent, and I will not let Prince Shangwen have an easy time. Let Feng Jizhong take a group of martial arts masters to Ryukyu to assassinate Prince Shangwen and the so-called bandit leader of our country. In addition, I will send a gold medal spy to Ryukyu to find out the situation there. After we recover Wanwan Prefecture, we will immediately deal with the Ryukyu Kingdom!" Kangxi stood up from the dragon chair and said loudly.

Seeing that Kangxi had made the decision, everyone replied, "Your Majesty is wise!"

After all these people left, Kangxi asked the eunuch to summon Feng Jizhong and the golden spy to the imperial study.

Feng Jizhong is a veteran member of the Qingmu Hall of the former Tiandihui and has outstanding martial arts skills.

After the Turtle Killing Conference, the Tiandihui and Zheng Keshuang fell out. Feng Jizhong believed that the Tiandihui had no future, so he defected to the Qing court.

Later, Kangxi learned that Wei Xiaobao was the leader of the Qingmu Hall of the Tiandihui. After repeatedly hinting at Wei Xiaobao to confess voluntarily to no avail, and under pressure from Wu Sangui's rebellion in Yunnan, Kangxi decided to first eliminate the Qingmu Hall of the Tiandihui in the capital.

It was only because of Feng Ji's tip-off that Kangxi bombarded the Earl's Mansion and wiped out Qingmutang.

Feng Jizhong is now serving under the command of the Governor of the Nine Gates of the Capital, as a fourth-rank inspector in charge of the affairs of the capital's underworld and outlaws.

Ever since Chen Jinnan, the leader of the Tiandihui, was murdered by Zheng Keshuang, and Wei Xiaobao and other Tiandihui leaders were brought to justice, the anti-Qing and pro-Ming Tiandihui disappeared, and Feng Jizhong was no longer valued.

In the past six months, Princess Jianning in the palace has always been causing trouble for him. Today, Duolong came to him to ask for "silver to ward off disaster", tomorrow Zhao Liangdong came to him to settle the debt owed to Lord Wei, and the day after tomorrow... Feng Jizhong has been hiding from place to place every day. It's hard to describe how difficult his life is.

Today, after Feng Jizhong received the eunuch's imperial edict, he thought that the emperor remembered him and that the hard days were finally over, so he quickly changed into court clothes and went to the palace.

Feng Jizhong followed the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict into the palace. When passing by the Ningshou Palace next to the imperial study, he happened to meet his natal unlucky star - Princess Jianning.

Ningshou Palace is the residence of Princess Jianning. Princess Jianning came back from the back garden of the palace with the one-and-a-half-year-old Wei Shuangshuang. When they were about to enter Ningshou Palace, the sharp-eyed Princess Jianning saw her enemy Feng Jizhong at a glance.

"Stop!" Princess Jianning shouted at Feng Jizhong.

When the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict saw that the person coming was Princess Jianning, he immediately knelt on one leg, with one hand facing forward and the other hand behind his back, performing a half-kneeling ceremony, and then said, "Greetings, Your Highness the Princess."

Feng Jizhong was shocked when he saw that it was Princess Jianning. He also hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, Princess."

According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, foreign officials did not need to kowtow when meeting princesses, princes and concubines, except when meeting the emperor and empress. They only needed to bow and kowtow.

"Kneel down!" Princess Jianning said in a princess-like manner.

Feng Jizhong did not kneel down, but said tremblingly: "Your Highness, the Princess, the Emperor has summoned me, and I must hurry to the Imperial Study to serve him. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Haha, I told you to kneel down, but you didn't. Believe it or not, I will go to the emperor and tell him that you molested me and let him chop off your head." Princess Jianning threatened.

Feng Jizhong had no choice but to kneel down.

"Go and get my whip." Princess Jianning ordered the palace maid beside her.

When Feng Jizhong heard this, he knew that he was bound to be beaten today. However, with his own skills, Princess Jianning, a mortal who didn't know any martial arts, wouldn't hurt his bones and muscles, and at most he would only suffer some superficial injuries.

After a while, the maid brought the whip, and Princess Jianning stretched out her hand to take the whip and started beating him, cursing as she beat him: "You treacherous turtle bastard, you caused my Xiaobao to lose his official position, you caused my Xiaobao to lose his life, you caused me to lose my man, you caused my daughter to lose her father, if I don't beat you to death today, I am not Princess Jianning..."

Feng Jizhong knelt there motionless and silent, quietly using his strength to resist the damage from the whip. Feng Jizhong thought: You are a princess, I can't afford to offend you, let you whip me, and when you are tired, you will stop.

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A reader sent me a message saying that Wei Xiaobao’s daughter is called Wei Shuangshuang, so I checked the original work.

In the original novel, Wei Xiaobao rolled the dice to name his children. The eldest son was named Wei Hutou, the second son was named Wei Tongchui, and the daughter was named Wei Bandeng. However, Princess Jianning was not happy and said the names were not nice. She asked Wei Xiaobao to change them. Wei Xiaobao said that it was God's will. Su Quan said that Bandeng means two points, so it would be better to call her Shuangshuang. So Jianning agreed to call her Wei Shuangshuang.

Thank you readers for your reminder. This book corrected Wei Bandeng to Wei Shuangshuang!