Since he raised his troops under Liguo City during the Spring Festival last year, Liu Ziguang has grown from eight hundred soldiers in the death camp to tens of thousands of soldiers now, whether it is the Iron Guard soldiers he received or the Shandong soldiers he recruited, from barracks to military uniforms, to training and weapons and equipment.
, even the arrangements for the soldiers' families and the education of their children were all inseparable from Liu Ziguang's care. The same was true for the Beiyang Navy stationed in the Shandong Peninsula. The money allocated by the court was far from enough for their expenses and consumption, and Liu Ziguang took whatever was not enough.
He had to make up the money himself. Such troops were really no different from his private soldiers. It was understandable that the court was worried about sending supervisory troops.
"Who is so bold as to come to supervise my army?" Liu Ziguang asked with a frown. No one likes a person who knows nothing and wants to point fingers in his army. Moreover, this person is also a humble eunuch.
"Commander, this man's name is Dai Yi. He is an old acquaintance of yours. However, he does not dare to come to Qingdao now for fear that you will be unfavorable to him. He will wait until your Excellency returns to Beijing before taking up his post. At that time, he will be in charge of low-level military personnel.
Yes." Li Yan replied.
Liu Ziguang was responsible for the construction of the Beiyang Navy as a temporary assignment. The work here would be handed over to Li Yan, the admiral of the Shandong Navy. Zhu Youxiao knew that his sister was pregnant, so he would not let Liu Ziguang live permanently in Shandong. He must have declared
His intention to enter Beijing will arrive in a few days.
"Isn't this Dai Yi the guy who embezzled internal funds? Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were gone. How did he escape?" Of course Liu Ziguang remembered his old acquaintance Dai Yi. When he was auctioned in Changzhou, he
He made trouble for himself. Later, during the Rishengchang bank run, he stopped himself from taking the money from the internal funds to help with the emergency. After he was found to have stolen the internal funds, wasn't he handed over to Yousi for interrogation? Why did the salted fish come back to life, not only was he not punished, but he was promoted
Where are the supervisors?
"Dongchang investigated the case and found out nothing more. In the end, a group of so-called hired personnel were introduced as scapegoats. Dai Yi, as an official in charge of the internal treasury, took a long-term approach to catch big fish and busted this criminal gang. Dongchang
Eunuch Wei issued an order to commend him. Originally, the Donglin Party wanted to let the censor go to various places to serve as supervisors, but everyone knew that you had issues with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so they asked Dai Yi to come. This can be regarded as a reward for him.
If you are promoted like this, if you follow us in red shirts, we will definitely not be able to escape the military glory, and we will not be successful after we return. Of course, this is just the result of the game between the Donglin Party and the Dongchang, but we have become the victims." Li Yan said slowly.
Liu Ziguang explained.
"Huh, my army is so easy to control. I just got him into the water and fed him to the bastard when I was unhappy. I didn't expect that they couldn't stand it anymore when I wasn't in the capital for a few days. Looking at it like this, they
They want to jointly deal with me. It seems that I have to think of some backup options." Liu Ziguang said.
Nanjing, an open racing field outside the city, the sun is raging, two light racing cars with welded iron pipes are chasing each other on the flat track, setting off waves of loess, the roar of the motors and the cheers and cheers of the little eunuchs in the stands.
Together, it was like an F1 competition atmosphere. At a corner before the finish line, the car that was slightly behind made a beautiful drift and overtook the car in front, and finally won the victory with half a car body advantage.
Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a rattan crash helmet, got out of the racing car with a smile, pointed at Wei Zhongxian who got out of another car and said: "Xiao Weizi, you are deliberately letting off steam again."
Wei Zhongxian was also dressed like a racing driver. He lifted the dark crystal protective goggles on his head and said with a grimace: "Your Majesty, how dare I let you offend? Your drifting skills are so superb that I can't even catch up to you."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "You are getting better and better at flattering me." Even so, the emperor was actually quite happy. He could see that Wei Zhongxian did not give in. The whole city of Nanjing could play racing with him.
Only this loyal eunuch, Wei Zhongxian built this racing track in the suburbs without telling himself, using his private money. In the future, the emperor would not have to play cars in the square of the palace. Moreover, Wei Zhongxian also learned to drive. After hard work,
He had no idea how many scars he left on his body to develop this skill. With such a skilled opponent, Zhu Youxiao's fun in playing with cars greatly increased, and he spent half of his time at the racing track every day.
Wei Zhongxian is only twenty years old this year. He is young and has a sharp mind. He grew up with Zhu Youxiao. Their relationship is already very deep. Children who grew up in the palace are naturally good at observing people's emotions and understanding people's psychology, especially towards Zhu Youxiao.
He has a very thorough mind and forgets everything else as soon as he starts playing. Dai Yi's promotion to Shandong Navy Supervisor was decided on the racing track.
The dominance of Liu Ziguang's family caused uneasiness between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian. Under this situation, the two groups came together. Qian Qianyi, who originally despised the eunuch, personally talked with Wei Zhongxian in the mansion all night, and finally reached an agreement.
No one knows about the agreement. Everyone only knows that the Donglin Party relented at the court meeting the next day and allowed the Dongchang eunuchs to serve as military supervisors.
This kind of alliance is beneficial to both parties. Wei Zhongxian is the internal minister and Qian Qianyi is the head of the cabinet. After the two of them unite, they can almost do whatever they want in the affairs of the government. Even when facing Liu Ziguang, they will no longer be timid and compare with power.
The army is more important than money than favor, and they are all inferior to Liu Ziguang.
At the end of the game, Wei Zhongxian accompanied the emperor to the umbrella, took out the iced sour plum soup and presented it to him. Zhu Youxiao drank a big bowl and said to Wei Zhongxian: "I see how tired you are and how sweaty you are, drink some too."
Bowl."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Wei Zhongxian knew that he was not in the inner court and did not need to abide by any red tape, so he took a bowl of sour plum soup without ceremony, drank it like the Emperor, and then drank it with his sleeve.
A touch of mouth, a bold look.
Zhu Youxiao liked Wei Zhongxian's informal style very much. He picked up the telegram from Shandong on the coffee table and browsed it. He smiled happily while reading. This was Liu Ziguang's report on his trip to Beijing, one by one.
The writing is very detailed, and the ups and downs are very interesting. Zhu Youxiao usually doesn't like to read official documents. Although he has rich scientific knowledge, his literary accomplishment is very poor. Those officials like to rip off words, and they can't care about even a small thing.
It's so long that I feel like dozing off after reading it. Only Liu Ziguang's Report is the emperor's favorite to read, and even reading it once is not enough. I take it with me and just read it twice when I have nothing to do. It's all like reading a martial arts novel.
"Hahaha, Liu Aiqing actually became the chief rudder of the Heaven and Earth Association. All the heroes in the world listen to his orders. What about Shaolin Wudang and Kongtong Qingcheng? It's really interesting. I want to go to their Heaven and Earth Association someday.
, look what the hero looks like." Zhu Youxiao laughed while reading, and opened another page of the telegraph newspaper with his saliva.
"Master Liu is really awesome. The emperor said that the slaves are also very interested. When the emperor goes to see the Heaven and Earth Conference, he must bring the slaves with him." Wei Zhongxian said with a smile.
"Of course, Xiao Weizi, you should also take a look. It's really funny. That Sumalagu is actually a man, haha. Liu Aiqing also confiscated Nurhachi's sword. He is really good. I really want to see it.
Look at the expressions of those Tatars who have lost their ancestral treasures, haha." It is better to be alone than to be happy together. Zhu Youxiao showed Wei Zhongxian the telegraph newspaper full of the turmoil in Beijing, so that he could also see what Liu Ziguang was causing.
trouble.
Wei Zhongxian marveled while watching, but he was secretly depressed. This time, Nanchang took the lead. As an investigative agency at the same level, Dongchang has not made any achievements for so long. It is no wonder that the resources of the old Dongchang have been exhausted.
Nan Factory inherited it, but Xindong Factory got nothing but a piece of land and a few eunuchs.
Liu Ziguang, Liu Ziguang, all these achievements should belong to me, Wei Zhongxian thought to himself, looking at Liu Ziguang's great achievements, a plan suddenly came to his mind.
The next day, in the imperial study room, the old academic who was responsible for giving Zhu Youxue's lectures temporarily added a class, called "Xia uses force to break the ban". It mainly talks about the dangers of Jianghu people in the past dynasties to the imperial court, and the inherent reactionary nature of these people, regardless of
No matter how kind the imperial court is, they are born to rebel, from plotting to assassinate the king to usurping the country and seizing power. The energy of Jianghu people should not be underestimated. The old scholar was selected by the Donglin Party to supplement Zhu Youxiao's knowledge. The old man lectures very well.
He has a teaching method that is not boring at all, he is lively, he quotes from classics, and he tells a few thought-provoking stories from time to time, so Zhu Youxiao likes to listen to his class very much.
The old scholar talked about a lot, from Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin to the beard warriors of the Tang Dynasty, the Liangshan heroes of the Song Dynasty, and even some anti-Yuan organizations in the late Yuan Dynasty, implying that both individual knights and organized gangs were harmful to the rulers.
It is extremely serious and must be restricted and channeled, otherwise it will cause endless harm. After the lecture, the old man left. Zhu Youxiao, who was left with a lawsuit on his forehead, seemed to be thinking about something. Wei Zhongxian, who was studying with the emperor, observed his words and comforted the emperor: "I will definitely
It was because the cabinet knew that Marquis Zhenwu had become the chief rudder of the Tiandihui that they asked him to teach this lesson. These old masters are really ignorant. The Marquis is a relative of the emperor, so how could he expand his wings secretly? He is like this
I must be doing it just to serve the emperor."
"You are still reasonable, Xiao Weizi. Those old Donglin guys are just suspicious. They reminded me by insinuating themselves like this. What do they think of me and what do they think of the Marquis of Zhenwu? It's really inexplicable." Zhu Youxiao was a little unhappy.
explain.
"Master Qian and the others are also doing it for the good of the country and the country. They may not be suspicious of Marquis Zhenwu. Your Majesty, please calm down. I have another happy event to report to your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian said.
"Oh, tell me if you have any happy news."
"The slave consulted the information and learned that Nurhachi's sword was not only a Tatar heirloom, but also an artifact of the country. It contained Nurhaci's prayer before his death. The one who got the sword would conquer the world. Now the sword was snatched by Zhenwu Hou.
, the Qing Dynasty's strength has come to an end." Wei Zhongxian said while paying attention to Zhu Youxiao's face.
"Oh, that's it. That's great. This is God's will. God is going to kill them." Zhu Youxiao's eyebrows were beaming, but he was not as gloomy as Wei Zhongxian expected.
"Marquis Zhenwu must also know this allusion, and he must have sent someone to send this object to the capital. When the time comes, the emperor will open a palace specifically to store this trophy with special meaning, which will definitely strengthen the prestige of the Ming Dynasty." Wei Zhongxian did not give up.
, said with ulterior motives.
"Yes, Marquis Zhenwu should send this sword to the palace for me to see, and for the ancestors to see. The swords of the Tatar ancestors have been confiscated, so how far can it be to regain the homeland?
"Zhu Youxiao finally said what Wei Zhongxian wanted to hear.
Whoever gets this sword will win the world. Who dares to put such a sword in his own hand?