Chapter 1242: Next Year's Western Expedition, Chongyang Marries

In June, spies from the plateau reported that some people were colluding and planning a rebellion.

At Su Mingzhe's suggestion, the prince wrote a letter of recommendation to Kangxi, who was still outside the Great Wall, and asked Zhang Tingyu to go to the plateau to handle the matter.

Zhang Tingyu was gone for two months.

Now it was September, and he finally found out the whole story and ran back.

After a while.

After reading the memorial, Kangxi asked the ministers to discuss how to deal with it.

A military officer stood up and asked directly:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to attack Lazang Khan!"

"I am also willing to go!"

When a group of generals saw someone taking the lead, they immediately ran out and vied for the lead.

It has been sixty years since the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, and the generals have also been replaced by two or three generations.

According to the Qing court's rule of "inheriting the title by downgrading one's rank", the princes and nobles of the past have basically fallen on hard times today.

Now that a war has finally broken out, everyone naturally wants to take advantage of the courage they still have in their bodies to lead their troops into battle and restore the glory of their ancestors.

Kangxi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, saw that the army was ready, and his worries were relieved. He then looked at the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion:

"Guangdi, what do you think?"

When Li Guangdi heard Kangxi's name being called, he hurried out, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, Lazang Khan has colluded with Junggar and his rebellious intentions are obvious. We must conquer him. But it is already September. In another month, the roads in the northwest and the plateau will be blocked by heavy snow. Therefore, even if we want to send troops to conquer him, we have to wait until next year!"

After hearing what Li Guangdi said, Kangxi said nothing.

After all, this kind of thing is obvious.

The answer Kangxi wanted was definitely not Li Guangdi’s two nonsense sentences.

Li Guangdi was able to become the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, so he was certainly not a fool. His words just now were just a drop in the ocean:

"If we wait until next year to launch the campaign, and only conquer Lazang Khan, it will only be a temporary solution. After all, the new Khan of the Junggar tribe has been hiding his strength for so many years. He suddenly colluded with Lazang Khan, and he must think that he has accumulated enough strength. Therefore, if we want to launch the campaign, we must not only conquer Lazang Khan, but also the Junggar tribe!"

"And if we want to conquer both Lazang Khan and the Junggar tribe in the spring of next year, the amount of food, fodder, and troops that we need to prepare and raise will not be a small number..."

Following Li Guangdi, one problem after another was raised.

Kangxi asked everyone to discuss what kind of charter should be come up with.

As the head of the Ministry of Personnel, Su Mingzhe occasionally spoke up to recommend one or two talents to the court, and then rejected several talents recommended by others.

Under the chairmanship of Kangxi, the discussions at the grand court meeting were very efficient.

By noon, next year's Western Expedition was decided.

After returning to Prince Zhen's mansion, Su Mingzhe put this matter behind him.

After all, the preliminary preparations are mainly the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of War.

The Double Ninth Festival is here in a blink of an eye.

The day when Su Mingzhe married Niuhuru Lanxin.

Because of his nickname of 'Cold-Faced King', basically no one among the civil and military officials took the initiative to come to the wedding banquet.

However, almost everyone who received the invitation came.

After all, Su Mingzhe is now in charge of the Ministry of Personnel.

After the New Year, it's time for the Beijing inspection. In order to get a good evaluation and get a promotion and a raise, these people don't dare to offend Su Mingzhe.

"Congratulations, Fourth Brother!"

The tenth prince Yin'e came with Yinqi, Yinsi, Yin'er and Yin'zhen, but his face looked a little bit melancholy and sad.

More than 20 days had passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Yin'e was still unwilling to accept Mingyu, a fierce princess, as his legitimate wife. However, the emperor's order was hard to disobey.

Yin'ai knew that he could not escape, and could only express his dissatisfaction through the emotions on his face.

"Fifth brother, eighth brother, ninth brother, you should take better care of tenth brother!"

"Fourteenth brother, you and Thirteenth brother will accompany me to welcome the bride later!"

Today is Su Mingzhe's big day, and he is in no mood to comfort Yin'e.

After receiving the male guests, Su Mingzhe asked the maid to take the female guests to the backyard.

Today he is getting married to his concubine, Su Mingzhe is standing in the front yard, entertaining the male guests.

The first wife, Ulanara Rouze, brought Nian Shilan and several concubines to entertain the female guests.

Although as the legitimate wife of a Beile, it was Rouze's responsibility to help her husband marry a concubine.

However, watching a young and beautiful "myself" being welcomed into the house made me feel a little uncomfortable.

But he still had to force himself to entertain the guests, and Ulanara Rouze's pretty face was so stiff from smiling.

Ruoxi was sitting with her sister, watching the lively Kunqu Opera. She turned her head and looked around from time to time. She was somewhat disappointed that she didn't see the figure she had been looking forward to for a long time.

Soon, Nian Shilan arranged several female guests to sit at the same table with the sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi.

Ruolan also knew the other person, so she introduced him to her sister.

Ruoxi is a lively person. After chatting with the other party for a while, she became more and more excited.

The other party was also a chatterbox, and soon, he told Ruoxi a lot of gossip and scandals about the aristocratic circles in the capital.

After listening for a while, Ruoxi couldn't help but secretly smack her lips:
"I didn't expect that this stinky fourth brother had a legitimate wife and a concubine, and he even took his sister-in-law as a concubine... He is such a beast who only knows a person's face but not his heart! I thought highly of him before!"

the other side.

After entertaining the male guests, Su Mingzhe, accompanied by Yinxiang and Yinzhen, went to Nianhulu Lingzhu's residence to welcome the bride.

Although Niohuru was one of the eight major surnames of the Manchus, and Ling Zhu was Alinga's cousin, Ling Zhu was only a fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Rites, so his family background was naturally very ordinary.

Not only is the residential area a bit remote, the yard is also just a quadrangle with two entrances.

This time, Ling Zhu was able to marry his daughter to the Fourth Prince Yinzhen as a concubine, firstly because of his surname, and secondly because his daughter's appearance was 80% similar to Rouze.

This can be considered as smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.

Ling Zhu was an "honest man" and he began to instruct his daughter early on, asking her to be careful in her actions after arriving at Prince Zhen's mansion, not to contradict the legitimate wife, and not to have conflicts with other sisters in the courtyard.

Lan Xin felt aggrieved and upset seeing her father being so cautious, but she could do nothing about it.

After all, who made her look so much like the Fourth Prince's wife?

As a prince, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen was born into a noble family. He would never allow a woman to marry another man in the name of his legitimate wife.

It’s past half past the Si hour.

The joyous wedding procession finally arrived in front of Lingzhu’s mansion, and the Niuhuru clan hurried out to welcome them.

Because of his status as a prince, Su Mingzhe could not kneel down and kowtow to Ling Zhu and his wife, and could only bow to them.

The ceremony just ended.

Su Mingzhe heard a heart-wrenching cry coming from the backyard.

Soon, a bride wearing a phoenix coronet and a bridal robe, covered with a red cloth, was seen being dragged and supported into the bridal sedan.

Because he was marrying a concubine, Kangxi and Defei did not allow him to enter the palace to express their gratitude.

After Su Mingzhe got on the horse, he turned around and went back to the mansion accompanied by Yinxiang and Yinzhen.

(End of this chapter)