A few days after Yuzhu returned to Beijing, he accepted the order and expanded the new army to 6,000 men.
Zhou Quan came to Yuzhu specifically, and he said with a smile: "Dong Weng, you robbed the wife of a famous man in Jiangnan, and your reputation has become notorious in the streets. Because of this, the emperor trusts you more and more. It can be said that we complement each other."
Yuzhu sighed secretly, this evil society forced him to do evil in order to gain greater trust and importance from Kangxi.
It must be admitted that the new army is the lifeblood of Yuzhu!
After the expansion of the New Army, it was still organized as an association, with five infantry units, one infantry unit and a small artillery unit.
As for the engineers and cavalry, I am afraid that they will not be fully equipped until Yuzhu takes control.
Before dawn, Yuzhu entered the palace.
After stretching the old emperor's right hand, Yuzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Old man, it's really much better."
The old emperor looked at his right hand that could barely be held in a circle, and then at Yuzhu's joyful smile. He couldn't help but nodded and said, "I'm sorry for you. It's indeed much better."
"Well, your days as the left minister of household affairs are not short. It's time to rotate." Kangxi was vague for the time being.
However, a few days later, Yuzhu was transferred to the Ministry of War and served as Zuo Shilang.
At the same time, Qingtai, formerly the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was transferred to General of Heilongjiang.
This is the unspoken rule of the imperial court. As long as one of the two fathers and sons is an official in the Ministry of War, the other must leave the capital to take up his post.
The elder brother in charge of the Ministry of War was Beizi Lao Si, which meant that Kangxi deliberately placed the jade pillar in Lao Si's territory.
Today, the military power in the world is divided into two parts. The Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Camp soldiers have different military systems. The Ministry of War of the imperial court only has jurisdiction over the military and political affairs of the 600,000 Green Camp soldiers in the world.
In the past, when Yuzhu was the governor of Pianyuan, he had a concurrent title of Right Minister of the Ministry of War.
An ugly daughter-in-law always has to meet her parents-in-law. Yuzhu sent Qingtai away, and after settling the housework, he took a sedan chair to report to the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of War is just to the right of East Chang'an Gate and south of Beiyuhe Bridge.
In front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Yuzhu got out of the official sedan.
The officers recognized Yuzhu at a glance and saluted him one after another, saying in unison: "Please be safe, Mr. Zhu."
"That's all." Yuzhu took four square steps and led Zhou Quan, Wu Jiang and Wu Sheng into the gate of the Ministry of War.
Under the guidance of the officers, Yuzhu entered his own official hall.
Among the six departments, there has always been a carrot and a pit. The official offices of the minister and the minister are fixed.
The Ministry of War is in short supply of Zuo Shilang. Among the six officials in the Ministry of War, he ranks second in real power.
Objectively speaking, apart from Man Shangshu, Yuzhu is the most powerful.
In fact, the only one who has the final say in the Ministry of War is Lao Shi4.
For example, take Lao Shiba, he has no management department, and even if he is favored by Kangxi, he is still a powerless goofing around.
There is a world of difference between being in charge of the department and being in charge of the department!
After settling in for a while, Yuzhu followed the usual practice and went to see Lao Shili, the manager of the management department.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuzhu passed by, Lao Shisi received him immediately.
"Please be safe, Brother Fourteen."
"Brother Zhu, I am a cheerful person. Let's stop hiding it. How about letting bygones be bygones?"
"Haha, Brother Zhu, it's strange that I didn't deliberately leave you alone, isn't it?" Old Fourteen came over, took Yu Zhu's arm affectionately, and said with a smile, "Just now, I studied the Hutu of Tianshan again.
The Battle of Sishan Pass can be said to be a classic among classics."
"Last time, I underestimated the enemy and rushed in, and was trapped near Zhenyuan City. If you hadn't broken through the natural chasm of Hutus Pass, I was afraid that the entire army would be annihilated..." Old Fourteen pulled the jade pillar and stood at the edge of the map.
On the side, I began to analyze the gains and losses of the last battle.
Yuzhu looked at the gushing old fourteen and thought to himself, has this reckless man changed his gender?
In Yuzhu's inherent impression, Lao Si was actually a spoiled big boy, very willful and arrogant.
However, today's performance by Lao Shi4 was amazing.
Yuzhu nodded secretly. As long as Old Fourteen didn't betray him in front of him, he would be happy to pretend to be confused.
As a result, several battles commanded by Yuzhu received extremely high evaluations from Lao Siteen.
At noon, Old Fourteen ordered someone to bring a table of banquets from Zhimeilou. He took Yuzhu to change the cups and drank until it was time to go to the Yamen, then he left happily.
Objectively speaking, Old Fourteen's current performance has greatly refreshed Yuzhu's inherent impression of him.
After returning home, Yuzhu and Zhou Quan discussed it for a long time. Finally, they decided that the old emperor might have hinted at the old fourteenth in private, right?
Only this explanation can explain the astonishing changes in Old Fourteen more clearly.
The future prince must pretend to be generous even if he is just pretending to be generous.
There were already several blood debts between Yuzhu and Lao Shili, so it was naturally impossible for him to believe Lao Shili's lies.
The more times like this, the more important it is to be still than to move.
To put it bluntly, as long as the old emperor does not close his eyes, Yuzhu is the biggest loyal minister.
When the new army was still very weak, Yuzhu would work hard to complete any errands arranged by the old emperor in order to gain greater trust.
At least, it is particularly important not to attract the old emperor's suspicious eyes.
In the early morning, when it was time for the emperor to listen to the government again, Yuzhu was walking on the right side of Kangxi's shoulder.
After arriving at Qianqingmen, the important officials bowed politely.
Yuzhu still kept his mouth shut and stood behind the old emperor on the right side.
Since the Ministry of War was in charge of the feudal affairs of chieftains, the fourteenth elder took the lead in reporting the issue of chieftains in the southwest.
In today's Qing Dynasty, the most important chieftain issue is the seventeen chieftains of Jiarong, that is, the seventeen barbarian tribes in northwest Sichuan.
Among the seventeen Jiarong chieftains, the most important chieftain is Zanla chieftain.
Zanla Tusi is also known as Xiaojinchuan Tusi in later generations.
Different from the impression of ordinary people, Da Jinchuan Tusi is actually separated from the Xiaojinchuan Tusi family.
In layman's terms, Xiaojinchuan Tusi is the main direct branch, while Dajinchuan Tusi is the side branch.
Starting from the fifth year of Kangxi's reign, all successive chieftains of Xiaojinchuan must bear the seal of the Zen Master awarded by the imperial court as a sign of taking over power.
Until now, in the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi reign, there is no Dajinchuan chieftain, but only Xiaojinchuan chieftain, also known as Zanla chieftain.
Shaluoben, a descendant of Zen Master Hailam, helped Yue Zhongqi in his expedition to Nepal, Qinghai, and Tibet. In the first year of Yongzheng's reign, he was awarded the title of Jinchuan Appeasement Secretary.
After Saraben was granted the title, he established another foundation in Da Jinchuan and named it "Jinchuan Tusi". This was the beginning of the division of Da Jinchuan and Xiao Jinchuan.
What Old Fourteenth is talking about today is the issue of the sealing of Xiaojinchuan Tusi.
However, in the middle of the conversation, Old Fourteen deliberately named Yuzhu.
"Khan Ama, Yuzhu is very aware of the internal facts of Xiao Jinchuan. If what I said is incomplete, please allow Khan Ama to allow Yuzhu to supplement it." The fourteenth man deliberately pushed Yuzhu to the front desk.
Because Yuzhu served as General Jingxi in Xining, his familiarity with Xiao Jinchuan must be much better than that of ordinary ministers.
When Kangxi saw that the fourteenth old man was actually supporting Yuzhu, he couldn't help but feel happy, so he turned to Yuzhu and told him the truth about Xiao Jinchuan.
Therefore, Yuzhu gave a rough description of Xiao Jinchuan's origins and sphere of influence.
Regarding the family situation of Xiaojinchuan chieftain, Yuzhu did not go into too much detail, but focused his introduction on the extremely common problems among southwestern Yi chieftains.
Because the seventeen families of chieftains are not monolithic, and they often attack each other.
Therefore, in order to protect themselves, various chieftains built groups of watchtowers on traffic arteries to guard against enemy sneak attacks.
Historically, it was this dense group of watchtowers that caused great trouble for Qianlong when he sent troops to quell the rebellion.
The two battles of Jinchuan and Jinchuan lasted for twenty-nine years and consumed hundreds of millions of taels of silver from the national treasury. In the end, they only achieved the false reputation of "perfect martial arts".
Yuzhu deliberately raised the issue of the southwestern chieftain's watchtower group, just to prepare for the future snowy war in a very foreseeable way.
Because, whether you are marching from Sichuan or Qinghai, you will encounter the towers of chieftains from all over the snowy region.
Due to Kangxi's stubbornness, most of the artillery in the firearms camp were light, double-combination cannons with seriously insufficient range.
Just when Yuzhu was making the introduction, Lao Si looked at Lao Fourteen calmly, and he felt puzzled.
As we all know, two batches of Lao Fourteen's personal bodyguards died at the hands of Yuzhu.
However, with the reckless character of Old Fourteen, why is he still so affectionate towards Yuzhu?
Yuzhu knew in his heart that the more affectionate the fourteenth child was to him, the older emperor and the fourth child would appear happy on the surface, but deep down, they might become suspicious.
However, the fourteenth old man adopted the conspiracy of flattery and murder, and Yuzhu's method of cracking it was to do it in private and never to communicate with each other.
The old emperor was a very pragmatic emperor. When he looked at the relationship between his ministers, a very important point was: Are the contacts close?
Previously, except for having frequent interactions with Lao Wu and Lao Qi, Yuzhu had not much contact with the other princes and brothers. This was one of the reasons why the old emperor trusted him.
However, Lao Si's eyes and ears cannot be as numerous as Kangxi's, which will inevitably cast a shadow on future close cooperation.