The celebration lasted only a few days. After receiving the instructions from King Yu, the generals took their teams and flew to various places.
In this way, those who remained in Xiangyang were the Sanguan Camp, the Guards Camp, the Firearms Camp, the Cavalry Camp, the Mingjie Camp, the Ming'en Camp, as well as Cao Xun, Wang Xiang and Erchuan Generals.
There are about 50,000 soldiers under Xiangyang City.
After learning about the Qing Dynasty's use of troops, they naturally became more concerned about Nanyang.
Chen Yongfu and You Shiwei had 16,000 soldiers and horses.
After the two left Xiangyang, they were followed closely by one hundred thousand shi of grain.
Throughout November, the main task of the Military and Political Department was to transport at least 300,000 shi of grain to Nanyang.
Due to the adoption of the lock-up strategy, except for the Yangtze River, there is no way in or out, which makes it a self-contained entity under the rule of the Prince of Yu's Mansion.
The advantage is that blocking messages is very convenient.
It is enough to hide it from the ships on the Han River.
Sun Changzhou weighed the silver coins in his hands and looked at the conspicuous seventeenth year of Chongzhen. He couldn't help but feel lost.
"Mr. Sun, Your Highness please come over."
The eunuch reminded him softly, with a very friendly attitude.
Everyone knows that this man is Sun Xuan'er's uncle and should not be underestimated.
He often gets close to His Highness, even closer than the princess. Who dares to provoke him?
"Thank you!" He handed over the silver coin casually.
The eunuch accepted it knowingly and said with a smile: "Your Highness is in a good mood."
Sun Changzhou nodded, said nothing, followed behind, and walked away quickly.
A few months passed by, and when he came to the palace again, he found that it was no longer empty as before, but rather crowded with people.
This also heralds the prosperity of King Yu.
Who would have thought that a declining clan in the past could be crowned a prince and guard a place?
Thinking of Nanjing City's slander, hatred, and jealousy towards him, Sun Changzhou couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
When we came to the front of the palace, almost 70% of the familiar guards had been replaced. I think they had all been transferred to the army to serve in the army!
However, Little Thirteen was still excited, acting as a eunuch and responsible for delivering news, and he had the authority of a general manager.
Regarding Sun Changzhou's arrival, Shisan resisted the urge to greet him, jumped a few steps, then ran over quickly, stuck to his side and said:
"Sister Xuan'er is looking forward to your return and asks you to meet her later."
"Has Xuan'er entered the palace?"
When Sun Changzhou saw that there were still people in the hall, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"No!" Thirteen shook his head and said with a helpless expression: "His Highness said that if she didn't want to, she would stick to the sect leader. Who doesn't know her thoughts?"
At this time, Sun Changzhou felt a little embarrassed. After a few words of confusion, he finally got the message.
"Your Majesty, Sun Chuanzhou, comes to see His Highness!"
Seeing a majestic and familiar face, Sun Changzhou hurriedly knelt down and showed respect.
"Get up!"
Zhu Yixi was quite emotional when she saw Sun Changzhou again after two months.
As soon as I went to Jiangnan to establish an intelligence network, I also helped build momentum for Prince Feng, but I don't know what the effect was.
"How is Jin Yiwei's secret service?"
Zhu Yixi asked impatiently.
"Thank you for your highness's blessing!" Sun Changzhou then raised his head and said, "You can just bring enough money."
"Although Beizhen Fusi was in charge of punishment and commanded Wu Bangfu and rebuilt the Imperial Guard, there was insufficient money and food, and the cabinet suppressed him, so many colleagues were happy to serve His Highness."
"Money!"
Zhu Yixi sighed.
In the final analysis, money has the final say.
"What is the situation in Nanjing now?"
"The cabinet is completely controlled by Chief Minister Ma Shiying, but most of the six ministries are members of the Donglin Party, and they are often dissatisfied. Your Majesty is happy to become famous and have heirs."
Sun Changzhou added: "Due to His Majesty's selection of beautiful girls, the trend of marrying off girls in the south of the Yangtze River became very popular for a while, which can be described as a turmoil."
"Show girl?"
Zhu Yixi said casually: "It is a national crisis at this time. Your Majesty is a little anxious, which is not good for the people."
"etc!"
Suddenly, Zhu Yixi thought of something, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face: "Your Majesty, you still have no heirs?"
You must know that Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was born in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607). He is now thirty-eight years old, and among the people, he is old enough to be a grandfather.
However, Feifan has no grandchildren, not even a son, which is a bit evocative.
Therefore, it is understandable to rush into the draft and select concubines.
If I don't have a son, I won't be able to do it anymore.
How can an emperor without a son make his subjects feel at ease?
By this time, Zhu Yixi felt a little regretful about her seniority.
If he is not Uncle Wang but a nephew, then he can directly recognize his father as his heir.
With legal authority directly in hand, and with the cooperation of the army, who dares to act arrogantly?
What a pity, what a pity.
He sighed repeatedly in his heart, but his face showed a look of worry: "Your Majesty has no heir, where will this country go?"
Hearing this, Sun Changzhou had no time to admire His Highness Prince Yu's acting skills and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty's brothers, King Yingchong and King Dehuai, were missing when Luoyang fell."
"That means that if your majesty is to live for a thousand years, he can only be King Lu?"
Zhu Yixi said rebellious words without any scruples, and was in an inexplicable bad mood.
In fact, if we follow the order, after King Lu, there will be King Rui, King Hui and King Gui, but Zhu Yixi's turn will not be around.
In this regard, Sun Changzhou could only remain silent.
Since the moral order is not up to me, I can only rely on my prestige to ascend the throne and become the emperor based on the popularity of the public.
From this, the battle in Henan is really going to start.
Zhu Yixi seemed to have just remembered that Sun Changzhou was present, and smiled: "Don't break the intelligence network in Nanjing, we must work hard to maintain it."
"I will give you 10,000 taels a month. All information about the Donglin Party, Nanjing, and Jiangbei towns must be found out. It is best to bribe those close to them."
"Ten thousand taels?"
Sun Changzhou was shocked, and then he was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed down: "I will never disappoint His Highness's expectations in my humble position."
After saying that, he raised his head and said hopefully: "I must have an yamen to collect information, and it will be easier to do things!"
When Zhu Yixi heard this, she smiled.
This is what needs to be compiled!
It goes without saying that the organization is important. If something happens, there will be someone on top.
After thinking about it, Zhu Yixi said: "The Jinyiwei can no longer be used. Nanjing has already rebuilt one. We need to think of a good name."
After thinking like this, Zhu Yixi thought of his own General Staff Department, where he could base his intelligence agency under the General Staff Department.
"The Staff Department has six departments: examination, search, food and salary, medical department, navy, and equipment. You can put it under the search department, and I will set up another military training department."
The so-called search section was previously responsible for recruiting soldiers, but now it has become a training section, which is appropriate.
After all, there are so many prisoners, and it is better to pick and choose them than to recruit soldiers.
For example, in the navy, after the battle of Jiujiang, there were enough sailors immediately, and then they went to the training camp to adjust their minds and they were qualified.
"Search Section?"
Sun Changzhou murmured, he always felt that he was not as majestic as the Jin Yiwei, but rather a small family person.
"Military intelligence agents, the more plain and simple they are, the less likely they are to attract attention. In the future, the Jinyi Guards will not be far away, so just use them!"
Zhu Yixi knew that he disliked being affiliated, so she couldn't help but smile and said:
"Although it is affiliated, it has an independent government office. I will give you a badge and you can see me directly."
Sun Changzhou was overjoyed. After all the hardships, he finally became an official again. He could see King Yu at any time. This was the greatest weapon.
"Come, let me get to know you!"
With that said, Yang Le walked in.
"I've met Section Chief Sun!"
Yang Le cupped his hands and smiled.
"He will be responsible for monitoring the internal affairs of Baiguan, Huguang, Sichuan, etc. in the future, and you will be responsible for the external affairs."
Zhu Yixi explained softly.
"I'm Yang Le, in charge of the Chengdu Department!"