Kangxi fell silent, expressionless, and no one dared to speak.

Because Wang Fuchen's history is really not glorious enough, he is a habitual offender who jumps repeatedly, and the emperor himself is guarding against him.

As long as he does not suddenly rebel at this time, it will be a big help, but instead ask him to help the emperor open up the situation. This sounds really ridiculous.

The ministers all felt that if the emperor agreed, that would be unreasonable.

As the proposer, Mingzhu was a little nervous, but with his years of understanding of the emperor, he felt that the emperor should be moved by his proposal.

There are still many concerns if you have to make up your mind.

Using Wang Fuchen is a big gamble, and the bet is the fate of the Qing Dynasty.

If the bet is won, even if the difficulties faced by the Qing Dynasty cannot be solved easily, it will greatly reduce the positive pressure and get a chance to breathe.

But once you lose the bet, you may not be able to break the deadlock.                                                                                                                      

After the surrender of Wu Sangui and others who rebeled again, as well as a series of things that included Yu Chenglong and others surrendered to Chu, Kangxi is now very wary of using Han ministers.

Sometimes, in his eyes, the Han ministers in the court were the next one Yu Chenglong and the next one Wu Sangui.

Not to mention Wang Fuchen, who has a heavy army and a lot of history, has a lot of evil.

The other ministers sued, and only Mingzhu stayed with Kangxi.

There were so many civil and military nobles in the court, but what Kangxi trusted the most was the two generals, Suo'ertu and Mingzhu.

Now Soetu is still on the way back north, so you can only discuss anything with Mingzhu.

Although Kangxi was powerful, he was also a human being, not a god.

A clever wife cannot cook without rice. The emperor has no soldiers, and no matter how wise the emperor is, it is useless. It is already very strong to find a crooked tree to hang it on before the enemy enters the city.

"You go back and collect Wang Fuchen's movements and see what he has been doing recently."

Kangxi was obviously attracted by Mingzhu's proposal, so he ordered this.

As soon as Mingzhu agreed, she saw a man walking in a hurry outside.

It was Zhao Chang, the most useful eunuch around Kangxi, holding a note in his hand.

Kangxi frowned slightly, but his eyes soon settled on the note in Zhao Chang's hand.

Zhao Chang dared to disturb him while he was discussing matters with Mingzhu. It seemed that this comment was not an ordinary comment.

"Who posted the memorandum?"

Zhao Chang hurriedly bowed and replied, "Report to the master, it is a secret letter from the governor of Shaanxi Wang Fuchen."

Kangxi and Mingzhu looked at each other and were talking about Wang Fuchen, but Wang Fuchen sent a memorial. Is it such a coincidence?

"Take it."

Kangxi reached out to take the fold, checked the seal, but it had not been removed, and then took it apart in person. He finished reading it quickly, frowned and thought for a while, and waved his hand to let Zhao Chang go down.

"Look at it, too."

Kangxi handed the letter to Mingzhu, and Mingzhu took it with both hands. After reading it in a hurry, he looked surprised.

"What do you think?"

Mingzhu heard the emperor's question and thought about the words after brewing the language, she said carefully: "This Wang Fuchen has changed a lot, and I am a little confused about his thoughts."

Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "You might as well just say that there must be something strange about this matter. I can't understand that it's really interesting that people like Wang Fuchen actually took the initiative to express their intention to be loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty."

"What the hell is he going to do?"

Kangxi talked to himself, and Mingzhu said nothing.

To be honest, Kangxi really doesn't understand Wang Fuchen's motive now.

If he wants to rebel again, just take the banner of rebelling, or simply hold on and wait until the critical moment to suddenly announce the rebellion. This is the most correct way to rebel.

But now, what are the meanings of this happening suddenly?

Kangxi thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he would let Mingzhu go down to investigate the recent trends in the northwest.

For ministers like Wang Fuchen who have too many dark history, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is naturally the focus of monitoring.

Soon Mingzhu collected a detailed information and presented it to Kangxi.

After reading it, Kangxi was silent for a few words before frowning and said, "Does Wang Fuchen really have to make up his mind to be my loyal minister in the Qing Dynasty?"

This information mentions some recent movements of the army in Wang Fuchen's hands, and it seems that he will follow the Chu army's partial divisions who fought from Sichuan to resist to the end.

So Kangxi can't do this anymore.

After thinking about it, Kangxi felt that it was the most important thing to stabilize Wang Fuchen first. He could neither suppress others' enthusiasm nor really let him lead his troops to counterattack the Chu army.

As long as this old man can hold up the Chu army's partial division in the northwest for a period of time and give the main force of the imperial court a period of time to fight the decisive war in Jiangnan.

I really can't count on anything else, otherwise I'm afraid I will repeat the mistakes I made back then.

Finally, Kangxi made such an order after some thought:

"The title of King and Auxiliary Minister is the Prince's Young Guardian, and the title of Minister of War is awarded 1,000 taels of silver and a yellow jacket, which is the key to defending the northwest."

The order was quickly rushed to Chang'an City by eight hundred miles.

After receiving the imperial edict, Wang Fuchen smacked his lips and said, "I still don't trust me, so don't blame me for being unfaithful to the Qing Dynasty."

Although I said that, I felt relieved in my heart.

Before he got this secret letter, he was really worried that Kangxi would transfer himself to Jiangnan to fight against the Chu army.

But now it seems that the effect of this remark is indeed good. Kangxi obviously did not trust him, but was afraid that he would surrender to Chu at this time, so he comforted himself with this sweetness.

The prince’s Shaobao and the Minister of War are all empty.

It was not as generous as the Chu State, so he just gave a marquis.

Yue Wenji, who was still in Chang'an City, also knew the content of Kangxi's decree and immediately saw Kangxi's thoughts.

"Governor General, although Kangxi doesn't trust you, he doesn't dare to force you to rebel. If he performs well at this time, it will definitely dispel Kangxi's many vigilances and will have the opportunity to make greater contributions. If he can stand up, he will definitely give up a lot of his vigilance.

It is even greater to make a great contribution, let alone a marquis, after unifying the world, it is not impossible for a king to advance to the throne of the emperor or a prince."

Yue Wenji fooled Wang Fuchen.

Wang Fuchen was moved when he heard this.

Except for the Three Feudal Friars such as Wu Sangui, almost few ministers from other surnames can be awarded the title of king.

The State of Chu has no title yet, except for the King of Chu.

If the King of Chu becomes Emperor Chu in the future, it is very possible that he will become a prince himself.

I feel very excited when I think about it. If I can become a prince in this life, even a prince will be enough to shine the ancestors.

Wang Fuchen was now very convinced by Yue Wenji and hurriedly asked for advice.

Gu Shi

The strategy given by Yue Wenji is not difficult, which is to make Wang Fuchen continue to act like he is fighting to the end with the Chu army. Even if he is defeated repeatedly, he cannot surrender.

Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the Chu army. The two sides will work together to perform a play.

Wang Fuchen fought repeatedly after repeated defeats, Kangxi would definitely change his impression of him and his trust would also increase.

At that time, Wang Fuchen will lead his subordinates to fight and retreat, and the distance between him and the Qing soldiers in the Central Plains will become smaller and smaller.

Wait until the critical moment and another counterattack will likely have amazing results.

Wang Fuchen thought about it and found that this plan was not very dangerous.

And if you have to lose repeatedly, you don’t need to act at all. Your subordinates are just acting in their true colors.

Seeing that Wang Fuchen was moved, Yue Wenji gave him another idea, asking him to continue to give Kangxi a note.

The main content of this memorial is to thank the emperor for his kindness, express his gratitude, and then express his determination, saying that he will definitely fight the Chu army to the end.

Wang Fuchen was very kind, and soon asked his confidant staff to write a thanksgiving note to Beijing.

After receiving the memorial, Kangxi still didn't believe that Wang Fuchen had truly regretted it and no longer became a 25-year-old, but really wanted to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty wholeheartedly.

But no matter what, this is a rare good news among so many bad news he receives every day, which makes him feel much better.

"Let's take a look. The Office of the Interior is more concerned to see if Wang Fuchen really wants to be my loyal minister."

Kangxi finally explained to Mingzhu and put the matter aside for the time being.

However, Kangxi's good mood soon disappeared because Soetu returned to Beijing.

He brought back the negotiation contract with Chu State over the past few months. After reading it to Kangxi with fear, Kangxi's face was as dark as the weather in Beijing these days. It was covered with dark clouds and thick clouds.

There are also surging thunder and lightning.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body. These terms are just a temporary solution, and they are in vain with Shen Moxu."

Soetu looked at Kangxi's face and explained carefully.

Kangxi, with a dark face, did not speak, and asked about the process of the negotiation again.

Although Soetu has made some modifications, he dare not fake the basic facts.
To be continued...