"Khan Ama, your old man is so angry inside. Only I am a fool who dares to come in and scold me."
Yuzhu was as sincere as ever. In just one sentence, he not only revealed his thoughts but also explained the reason why he didn't come in.
Maybe Yuzhu explained it appropriately, so the old emperor didn't pursue him so hard.
"Ma Qi, tell me?" The old emperor wanted to call Yuzhu, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered that Yuzhu was no longer the internal minister.
There are also private activities of the White Lotus Sect in the capital, but the scale is very small and has not become a major phenomenon, so it is not a cause for concern.
Today's Yuzhu is just an infantry commander and the governor of Shuntian. How can the White Lotus Sect in Shandong have anything to do with him?
After Song Zhu was dismissed as prime minister, Ma Qi took advantage of the situation and returned to the throne of the chief Manchurian scholar.
Since Yuzhu, the internal minister, was dismissed along with Song Zhu, Ma Qi was naturally extremely satisfied.
Without the jade pillar in the south study room, Ma Qi's psychological pressure was at least an order of magnitude smaller.
"Back to the emperor, I think we should send a general to lead troops to Shandong and resolutely suppress it." As soon as Ma Qi said this, the old emperor couldn't help but look at Yuzhu.
In today's imperial court, there are two recognized famous generals, one is the great general Wang Lao Shi4, and the other is Yuzhu who is victorious in every battle.
Ma Qi's suggestion was actually to drive Yuzhu out of the capital so as not to get in the way.
Yuzhu knew that the old emperor was looking at him, but he pretended not to know and just lowered his head and remained silent.
Shandong is not far from the capital.
Moreover, once something happens to the old emperor, Yuzhu directly raises troops to cut off water transportation, and then raises troops to march north to Tongzhou. What's so scary?
"Let Long Keduo go." The old emperor thought carefully and sent Yuzhu to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Sect. It was simply killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.
Could it be said that except for Yuzhu, there were no generals in the Qing Dynasty who could fight?
After Yuzhu returned as the infantry commander, Longkodo didn't say anything, but he must have some opinions in his heart.
Now, the old emperor simply sent Longkodo to Shandong and asked him to destroy the White Lotus Sect.
"Hey." No matter how unhappy Ma Qi was, he had no choice but to accept the order.
After Ma Qi finished his official report, Yuzhu saw the old emperor looking towards him, and continued to report: "Han Ama, the price of food in the capital keeps changing day by day, and it rises quite bizarrely. I plan to mobilize the infantry."
, strengthen patrols east of Tongzhou."
The old emperor knew as soon as he heard this that Yuzhu was planning to find someone to "borrow food".
"That's right." Since Yuzhu has the courage to take responsibility and is willing to be a villain, how could the old emperor not agree?
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Yuzhu only mobilized 3,000 soldiers and horses.
After Baita Mountain sent out the signal cannon to close the city gate, Yuzhu then raised his troops and left the city.
According to the rules of the capital city, the city gates were not allowed to open or close until the Eight Banners infantry stationed on Baita Mountain fired signal cannons.
Baita Mountain is located on Qiongdao in Beihai within the Imperial City.
The large water system in the inner city is mainly divided into the "Three Outer Seas" and the "Three Inner Seas".
The three outer seas refer to the Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. Among them, the Qianhai and Houhai are collectively called Shichahai, and the Xihai is Jishuitan.
The three inner seas, also known as Taiye Pool, refer to the Central Sea, the South China Sea and the North Sea.
After Yuzhu led the troops out of the city, the city gate was immediately locked. No one was allowed to open the door without purpose.
The main stream of the Grand Canal flows through the four main streets and towns of Tianjin Wei: Xiyingmen, Zhongbei, Yangliuqing and Xinkou.
Local people in Tianjin have an old proverb: First there is Yangliuqing, and then there is Tianjin Wei.
In the Qing Dynasty, the ancient town of Yangliuqing, where merchants gathered and brought goods from all directions, was a very important water transport terminal and economic center in the entire northern region.
Because it is close to the Grand Canal and the transportation is extremely convenient, the big grain merchants in the capital basically built their grain warehouses on the outskirts of Yangliuqing Ancient Town.
In the early morning, the townspeople who got up early were extremely surprised to find that large groups of officers and soldiers had deployed defenses along both sides of the street, extending all the way out of the town, and had controlled both the inside and outside of the town.
Yuzhu led his troops out of the capital and unexpectedly took control of Yang Liuqing. For a time, the places where the major grain stores in Beijing stocked up on grains were all under their control.
As the saying goes, if you hit a snake, it will hit you seven inches.
The warehouses where grain is stored are all controlled by Yuzhu.
The big bosses of the grain stores are like monkeys, can they find the Five Fingers Mountain of Tathagata Buddha?
The wealthy businessmen are not fools, they all know how powerful Yuzhu is.
Before Yuzhu could take action to "borrow grain", the price of grain in the capital fell sharply from 20 Wenqian/jin to within the normal range of 5 Wenqian/jin.
At any time, the greed of big bureaucrats and big landowners is uncontrollable.
Land annexation is just a symptom of the rise and fall of dynasty cycles.
The people in power and their accomplices plundered people's wealth unscrupulously without any restrictions, leading to the financial collapse of the imperial court, which was the truth behind the country's collapse.
The most obvious example is that Chongzhen was seriously short of military pay, and even the Confucian scholars from Jiangnan and the emperor's relatives could not collect any money.
After Li Chuang entered the capital, he easily obtained more than 70 million taels of silver.
Throughout the dynasties, only Laosi's system of sharing grains between farmers and the gentry, which truly alleviated the imperial court's financial crisis.
After the food prices in the capital stabilized, the powerful people who had suffered heavy losses became even more hostile to Yuzhu.
The accusations of impeaching Yuzhu piled up on the old emperor's court case like snowflakes.
After being publicly impeached by the censor, Yuzhu simply stayed at home and did not go out.
Before Xiuyun entered the house, she saw Xiao Fu Peng, Jiu Shi, Xiao Xuan Yu and Lao Twenty playing together, and couldn't help but smile.
In Lao Tong's family, based on the relationship between Longkodo and Qingtai, Xiuyun can be regarded as Xiao Fupeng's third aunt.
However, starting from Yuzhu himself, Xiao Fupeng and Xiao Xuanyu are actually half-brothers.
After entering the house, Xiuyun said with a smile: "Sir, Fu Peng and Xuan Yu had a great time together."
Yuzhu sighed and said: "It's the fault of parents who fail to educate them. After so many years, Cao Jia's heart has been filled with panic, and she has not disciplined Fu Peng in a serious way. Alas, if you can't study or practice martial arts, in the future
It’s going to be a useless snack.”
Although they are separated by a room, Xiuyun and Cao Chun's relationship is extremely close because of Yuzhu.
Xiuyun naturally knew Cao Chun's difficulties.
As he grew older, Xiao Fupeng's eyebrows gradually grew longer, and he and Cao Yi seemed to be created from the same mold.
Anyone who has ever seen Cao Yi and Fu Peng will know at a glance that Fu Peng must be Cao Yi's son.
While Cao Yi was still alive, Cao Chun, his aunt and aunt, had a thankless end no matter how he disciplined Xiao Fupeng.
More importantly, if Xiao Fupeng is really promising, Cao Chun will be worried that he will be in big trouble with Xiao Tiechui in the future.
Of course, little Fupeng doesn't like reading, and Yuzhu, his biological father, bears the greatest responsibility.
Yuzhu rejected from the bottom of his heart the hypocrisy of foreign Confucianism and internal law.
However, Yuzhu did not dare to let his sons follow the missionaries and learn scientific knowledge from the West under the eyes of the old emperor.
Because the old emperor modestly learned Western knowledge, it was just a personal interest at most, and he did not want Western learning to be fully spread within the Qing Dynasty.
The dilemma caused little Fupeng's studies to be delayed.