Liu Ziguang gave Lai Youwei a very simple order: to search for the whereabouts of Cheng Liangjue and Wen Jun. Liu Ziguang did not have a navy in his hands, so he could only rely on the merchant ship Fuyuan. Lai Youwei said: "Shanghai Navy has docks in Chongming and Zhoushan
And the barracks, I don’t know where the warships are now. I will send a ship to investigate later, but their thousands of men and horses don’t know where they are going. The Navy simply does not have that many warships to carry people.
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"Boss Lai, I know that your strength is by no means an empty name. If the rebellion is successfully suppressed this time, I will at least report to the imperial court and grant you an official position. You can go about your business and find out whatever you can find."
"Liu Ziguang didn't bet all his money on Lai Youwei, he just wanted to make full use of the resources at hand.
Lai Youwei took the order, and Liu Ziguang praised Lin Sheng and Ding Li again, and then appointed them to monitor and guard against those overseas merchant ships. Now the officers and soldiers have very tight tasks, so they can only use the Ax Gang to run errands for the court.
, this is a great thing to do when there is smoke on the ancestral grave. Lin Sheng and Ding Li vowed to complete the task and left happily.
Liu Ziguang brought Li Peng in again. Now that the troops of the Shanghai Guard had openly rebelled, Liu Ziguang gave Li Peng the title of commander of the Shanghai Guard without authorization, and asked him to lead his troops to coordinate operations with all their strength. In addition to serving as an auxiliary force, his main task was
, and also have to deal with possible civil riots. After all, the Cheng family is a century-old family, and it is not difficult to start a popular uprising.
Li Peng's wish came true, and he left with a lot of thanks. Next in came Zhao Kang, a captain of the anti-smuggling squadron of the navy in Song Dynasty. The navy captain's eyes were red and swollen. It seemed that he must not have slept well last night.
"Sit down, let's talk about your eldest sister and Wen Juan. Now we are comrades on the same front. Comrades can't hide anything." Liu Ziguang asked the guard to pour a cup of tea and delivered it to Zhao Kang personally.
Zhao Kang lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally spoke, his voice hoarse and dry: "Although the eldest sister holds the rank of naval lieutenant colonel, she is actually from the Pingren Division. The Pingren Division in our country is basically equivalent to the Jinyiwei or Dongchang of the Ming Dynasty, but it is also
It’s not exactly the same, but it’s a secret agency that specializes in investigating all things that harm the country’s interests. The reason why I was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel in the navy is because our Wang family in Taiping Group has a tradition of being a navy. My eldest sister studied under a martial arts master in her early years and developed peerless martial arts.
Later, he first joined the navy and then worked in the personnel department. He became a lieutenant colonel at a young age and was promoted entirely on merit."
"So, Wen Juan is the target of the Pingren Division's investigation?" Liu Ziguang asked.
"Perhaps so. I'm not sure about this. Wen Jun is a hereditary loyal duke, and he participates in politics in the upper house. He also holds the title of lieutenant colonel of the Royal Forest Army and the deputy history officer of Honglu Temple Shaoqing's envoy to the Ming Dynasty.
His status was very high. His ancestor was Wen Tianxiang, Duke Wen. The Wen family was very powerful, so Wen Jun could mobilize all the troops except the Forbidden Army. This time he brought to Shanghai the vassal army, which was mainly composed of Nanyang natives.
Wenjun and my eldest sister are about the same age and can be described as childhood sweethearts. We in the Song Dynasty royal family have the habit of marrying ministers, so my sister and Wenjun are engaged. The four of us often played together when we were young. I, my twin sister and brother, also
With Wenjun, my brother likes to bully me, and Wenjun helps me every time." Zhao Kang said while falling into endless memories.
Liu Ziguang listened to him quietly without interrupting to ask questions. Zhao Kang was the prince of the county and a naval officer. Looking at the strange country of Song Dynasty from his perspective, there will be more discoveries.
The Song Dynasty is already a constitutional monarchy. The royal family and wealthy families can enter the upper house and participate in politics through hereditary. The political participants in the lower house are elected by civilians. Scholars, farmers, industry and businessmen can participate in the election. The head of the country is still the emperor, but the actual power is in the hands of ordinary people.
In the hands of Zhang Junguo, this is an official title with Song Dynasty characteristics, which is actually equivalent to the prime minister. Pingzhang Junguo is jointly elected by the upper and lower chambers. There are institutions such as the Privy Council below, which are replaced every ten years. If there is corruption and perversion of the law, it can be
The Yushitai conducted an impeachment, and the upper and lower houses made a resolution to remove Ping Zhangjun from state affairs.
In the past, the Song Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs, which led to the loss of the country and exile overseas. Now it has learned its lesson and has to be strong in both civil and military affairs. It vigorously developed military and science, and established the Academy of Sciences and the professional military academies "Martial Arts".
The military system of the Song Dynasty was relatively unique. The military ranks were the classic three-three system, which were ensign, lieutenant, and captain for junior officers, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel for mid-level officers, and major general, lieutenant general, and general for senior officers. They were higher than senior officers.
The military rank of a general is Grand Governor. In addition to the military rank, there are also additional titles such as Prince Shaobao and Prince Taibao as additional favors. This is very similar to the Ming Dynasty and can be regarded as a preserved tradition.
The evaluation of military ranks is very strict, so among the three children of the Taiping Prince family, the highest is a lieutenant colonel. According to Zhao Kang, his father, the Taiping Prince, is also a vice admiral of the navy. He is still one step away from being an admiral. After so many years, he has been
If you can't get promoted, you can see how strict the evaluation of titles is.
The army in the Song Dynasty was divided into three types: the Yulin Army directly under the emperor, which was one of the emperor's few privileges, and then the army and navy. The army was divided into the Forbidden Army, the Xiang Army and the Fan Army. The Forbidden Army was small but elite.
The army often accompanies the navy in landing operations. The Xiang army is a second-line army, responsible for homeland defense, a bit like a militia. The Fan army is a force that recruits local natives to serve as auxiliary soldiers. To put it bluntly, they are engineers and handymen of the army.
, specializes in hard work, but the fighting ability of the natives is not weak, they are very powerful when they go crazy, and the procedures for mobilizing them are not complicated, so this time Wenjun mobilized the Tibetan army.
The main task of the navy in the Song Dynasty is to escort, protect the huge fleet in the Song Dynasty, and combat piracy and smuggling. The most elite force is the anti-smuggling squadron where Zhao Kang is located. This fleet is equipped with many advanced submarines and specializes in combating piracy and smuggling.
Those elusive armed smugglers.
"Wen Juan is not only my future brother-in-law, he is more like my elder brother. He cares about me even more than my second brother Zhao Jing. I almost grew up in his shadow. Swimming, swordsmanship, equestrian, poetry and singing are all...
Brother Juan taught me step by step. I respect him and admire him. He is so mature and wise. Although my eldest sister doesn’t like to show her feelings, I know she must like Brother Juan very much. If it hadn’t been for this accident, they would have
The marriage will be completed in the second half of the year. As for the second brother, he is Brother Juan's best friend. I suspect that he is following Wen Juan now." Zhao Kang took out a cigar at some point and had already smoked half of it.
Liu Ziguang was secretly alarmed. It turned out that Wen Jun's power was so huge and the Zhao family had such a close relationship with him. It seemed that he had to remain appropriately vigilant about Zhao Jing and Zhao Kang.
"What do you think of what happened yesterday?" Liu Ziguang finally asked the first question.
"I don't know, I really don't know what to do. Both sides are my relatives. I thought the sword in the eldest sister's heart was stabbed by Wen Jun, but when I think about it carefully, I think it's impossible. Brother Juan is not that kind of person.
He must have a reason for doing this!" Zhao Kang's spirit seemed to be stimulated, and he suddenly shouted and became excited. The guards outside heard his shouts and looked over, and Liu Ziguang waved them away.
"What difficulties does Wen Jun have?" Liu Ziguang used a gentle voice to induce Zhao Kang.
"Brother Jun has had a dream since he was a child. Why don't men take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan? The homeland of China is 90,000 miles of rivers and mountains. That is the dream home of us Song people."
"I understand." Liu Ziguang nodded solemnly. As a descendant of the Song Dynasty, the ideal of regaining his homeland is understandable. Now the land of China has been torn apart. No matter who has the ability to conquer the world, they can try, but as the same Han people,
It's wrong to start in Shanghai. If you have the ability, go to Liaodong and land in Tianjin. Go and fight the Tatars. Make sure that others don't give a shit. It's nothing to attack me, the Ming Dynasty.
"Your court doesn't agree with his approach, does it?" Liu Ziguang continued to ask.
Zhao Kang shook his head: "The imperial court has never discussed such issues. I am just a captain, and I have not been exposed to strategic issues of this level."
"Go and have a rest. You are already very tired." Liu Ziguang originally wanted to use Zhao Kang's submarine for reconnaissance activities, but seeing his sluggish look and his unsteady stance, how could he dare to send him to do things?
Ah, he waved his hand to summon two guards to help him down.
Liu Ziguang thought for a while and sent an airship unit to investigate the enemy's situation. The paraglider unit accompanied him in the battle. He found that the enemy's situation could be attacked directly without reporting. Bombs were still very effective against the wooden ships of the Shanghai Navy. In addition, he sent many more
We patrolled the road to find out the location of Cheng Liangjue's troops and Wen Jun's Fan soldiers. It was very frustrating to find no trace of the enemy. We had relatively few men and horses, so we could not passively defend, but had to take the initiative to attack.
He drafted another telegram to the emperor, reporting what happened here, asking the capital to be on appropriate alert, and asking for reinforcements to be sent south. He also sent messengers to several prefectures and counties around Shanghai to issue warnings, asking them to be on alert and report any enemy situations in a timely manner.
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The sun has risen very high. The common people only dared to take to the streets after hearing the peace announcement issued by Liu Ziguang's people. They found that the streets today are different from those in the past. First, the familiar dark green figures disappeared. The small vendors selling breakfast could
You can set up stalls and hawk without restraint without worrying about being fined for setting up stalls. Moreover, there are not many tall foreign sailors on the streets, and even people from Song Dynasty don't show up much.
"I heard that all the dogs patrolling the city were chopped off by the imperial envoy, and their heads were lined up for a long time."
"I heard that the Governor was corrupt and violated the law, and his house was confiscated and investigated. It was also the Imperial Envoy who did it."
"I heard that those overseas boatmen were doing evil and were taken down by the Imperial Envoy."
"Good boy, Long Di Dong, the imperial envoy is so awesome."
The imperial envoy's famous name is spread on the streets of Shanghai. This is also the masterpiece of the gossips responsible for spreading rumors in Nanchang. Stabilizing people's hearts is currently the top priority.