As Niu Tai sang loudly, Yuzhu appeared in the lobby of the Supervisory Office with square steps.
Yuzhu climbed onto the wooden platform in the middle of the lobby, stood behind the handsome man, and scanned the whole place for a week.
"The Admiral of the Land Route of Fujian, Hou Sheng, who holds a humble position, led the provincial green battalion infantry officer Bian to pay homage to Yu Zhongtang."
"Admiral of the Fujian Navy, Shi Shiqiao, who holds a humble position, led the provincial Lvying Navy Officer Bian to pay homage to Yuzhongtang."
The two highest military attachés of Fujian Shuilu Lvying unanimously addressed Yuzhu as Yuzhongtang instead of the usual Yushuai, obviously with a flattering mentality.
According to the bad custom in official circles, because Yuzhu was once a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, he was called Yuzhongtang in private to show his respect.
However, in public, Hou Sheng and Shi Shibiao respectfully addressed themselves as Yu Zhongtang, which was somewhat of a show-off.
On the island of Taiwan, this bad habit in officialdom has also been followed.
For example, Qiu Yi has long since resigned from public office. Under normal circumstances, everyone will still respectfully call him: Commissioner Qiu.
All in all, the issue of titles in official circles is by no means a trivial matter.
At least, from the names of Hou Sheng and Long Shaohe, Yuzhu could initially judge that these two people were afraid of him.
There is no way, can the arm be twisted past the thigh?
Who is Yuzhu?
The grand auxiliary Duke of the clan, who was born in Manchuria with a yellow flag, was an eldest relative. He served as a general and became a prime minister, and his status was extremely prominent.
What's more important is that Yuzhu has held almost all important positions around the old emperor.
If you go against someone like Yuzhu, it would be like hanging yourself, and you will be tired of living!
Yuzhu just arrived today. He met with the Green Camp officers in the lobby. It was just a routine matter.
To put it bluntly, the main thing is to let the officers of the Green Camp get to know him as a commander, so as to avoid a blind collision.
Although Hou Sheng was a bannerman of the Han army, Yuzhu was not familiar with him.
On the contrary, Yu Zhu knew Shi Shibiao's family background quite well.
Shi Lang had eight sons in total, and Shi Shiqiao was his sixth son.
Because of Shi Lang's extraordinary achievements, the old emperor did not treat him badly and granted him the hereditary and irreplaceable title of Marquis of Jinghai.
Under normal circumstances, the imperial title should be inherited by the eldest son.
The problem was that because his brother Shi Zhaoke died early, Shi Lang adopted his eldest son Shi Shize to his deceased brother as his heir.
Shi Lang's second son is a well-known upright official and the current governor of water transportation, Shi Shilun.
Now, the title of Marquis of Jinghai has been inherited by Shi Shifan, the youngest of the Shi family.
The old emperor trusted the Shi family quite a lot.
It can be seen from this that four of Shi Lang's eight sons stayed in Fujian and held considerable military power.
Yuzhu waved his hand and said gently: "That's all, sit down."
"Xie Zhongtang." After Hou Sheng and Shi Shiqiao saluted again, they sat down on the left and right sides.
Because Taiwan Island is isolated overseas, Fujian has always had a large number of troops stationed there.
The land admirals were under the jurisdiction of four towns, and the navy admirals were under the jurisdiction of five towns. There were nine chief military officers alone, which could be said to be the highest in the entire Qing Dynasty.
After the two admirals took their seats, the generals came forward to pay homage one by one according to their rank.
"Chief Soldier of Penghu Town, please...kowtow to the Yuzhong Hall."
"Chief Soldier of Haitan Town..."
"Chief Soldier of Kinmen Town..."
There were nine general soldiers, eight were there, and the one who didn't come was the Taiwan town general soldier.
Zhu Yigui on the island of Taiwan has raised the banner of "Marshal Zhu, radicalize the good people and revive the Ming Dynasty" and is causing trouble on the island.
It is completely understandable that the commander-in-chief of Taiwan Town needs to mobilize troops to suppress the situation nearby and cannot escape to visit Yuzhu in Fuzhou.
All the green camp generals in Fujian came forward one after another to pay their respects. After completing their formal duties, they returned to their respective positions.
It is worth mentioning that the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Town also came to Fuzhou with General Zuoying to pay homage to Yuzhu.
Nan'ao Town is located at the choke point at the junction of the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong. Before the third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the entire Nan'ao area was under the jurisdiction of Fujian.
After entering this dynasty, the old emperor continued the strategy of Fujian and Guangdong in the previous Ming Dynasty to contain each other, and deliberately asked the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang to negotiate to resolve the issue of selecting the general soldiers of Nan'ao Town.
Not only that, in order to better restrict the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, the old emperor also copied Wanli's method and set up the Fujian Battalion (Left Battalion Staff General) and Guangdong Battalion (Right Battalion) under the banner of the Nan'ao Town General Soldier.
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The respective spheres of influence of Fujian and Guangdong are bounded by the Fujian-Guangdong boundary monument erected on Guiding Street, with the General Military Mansion in the center, the Fujian Battalion stationed on the west side, and the Guangdong Battalion stationed on the east side.
Due to unclear powers and responsibilities, regardless of whether the governor of Guangdong, Guangdong or Fujian and Zhejiang takes office, the general of Nan'ao Town must take the generals from the left or right battalion to Guangzhou or Fuzhou to pay a courtesy visit.
The table-maker.
On the surface, the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Town seems to be a mouse falling into the bellows, suffering from both sides!
In fact, precisely because both Guangdong and Fujian can manage, but neither can have the final say, the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Town has become a local emperor with a huge eunuch and a rich eunuch.
After performing the ceremony as expected, Yuzhu left only Navy Admiral Shi Shibiao behind and let the rest of the generals disperse.
As we all know, Shi Lang was one of the most famous naval generals under Zheng Chenggong. The old emperor's success depended on Shi Lang's betrayal.
Shi Lang's betrayal was mainly due to Zheng Chenggong's suspicion of him. In particular, after Shi Lang was arrested, he actually ran away. In a rage, Zheng Chenggong ordered the killing of Shi Lang's eldest son, Shi Shize, and more than 70 relatives of the Shi family.
As a result, Shi Lang and the Zheng family formed a sworn feud.
Yuzhu is a latecomer, so he naturally knows a hard truth: if you want to build a bay, you must strengthen the navy.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Fujian Navy is the most important magic weapon to control Taiwan.
"Wen Bing, sit down." After Yuzhu sat down, he greeted Shi Shiqiao with a smile.
However, Shi Shibiao went down and said respectfully: "My brother has suffered many disasters. If Zhongtang had not come to rescue him many times, he would have been a withered bone in the grave."
Yuzhu couldn't help but smile slightly, Shi Lang's tutor was indeed good, and the Shi family was still very united!
After Shi Lang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the whole family was incorporated into the Han Army Xianghuang Banner.
Shi Shiqiao's second brother, Shi Shilun, was full of knowledge. However, his temper was too upright, and he repeatedly offended the Manchu ministers.
Some people seized on the loopholes in Shi Shilun's poems and made a fuss about it, hoping to put Shi Shilun to death.
Yuzhu, who easily ignored other people's business, helped Shi Shilun by saying good things to him several times in front of the old emperor, helping him to successfully avert the danger.
With this connection, Shi Shibiao was naturally willing to get close to Yuzhu.
Yuzhu wanted to know the real situation in Fujian and Taiwan. Since Shi Shibiao took the initiative to come closer, he naturally wanted to know more.
"Wen Bing, you are too polite. Sit down, sit down, let's drink tea and chat, how about that?" Yuzhu stood up decisively and took Shi Shibiao by his own hand.