Chapter 329 Loyalty to the old country man! 【2 more】
Chapter 329 of the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful man in the world, the loyal old Duke! [2 updates]? Chu Yi glanced at the servant lightly, waved his hand slightly, and saw the Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi behind him
Standing solemnly, Chu Yi then turned over and dismounted.
Cao Shaoqin was slightly startled, but when he saw Chu Yi dismounting, Cao Shaoqin naturally dismounted immediately.
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The servant hurriedly entered the mansion, first informed the steward of the mansion, and then the steward led him to see Zhang Mao.
After all, in the huge Duke's Mansion, the servants below wanted to see Zhang Mao, but it was not that easy. If there was no important matter, the stewards at each level would have stopped these servants.
But now that Chu Yi led the Jinyi Guards and Dongchang Fanzi appeared outside the Duke's Mansion, any fool would know which was more important, so the managers at each level reported it to them almost immediately.
In just a short time, the servant arrived in front of the British Duke Zhang Mao.
"My lord, Chu Yi is asking for an audience outside the palace gate!"
Zhang Mao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Oh, Chu Yi really came to my British Duke's residence. Come on, follow me to greet the chief manager!"
It could be seen that Zhang Mao was not surprised at all by Chu Yi's arrival, and his expression was very calm.
The steward who was accompanying Zhang Mao took a step forward, helped Zhang Mao stand up and said: "My lord, Chu Yi is here at this time. What does he mean? It can't be..."
Zhang Mao smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "Don't think of things as bad, they are not that complicated."
The steward helped Zhang Mao move forward and said: "But my subordinates are overthinking it. Chu Yi has always been decisive in his actions. If he really wants to deal with our British government, then it should be Dongchang at this moment.
The Jin Yiwei rushed directly into the mansion instead of following the etiquette to come to see the old Duke!"
After quickly passing through several halls, a group of people followed Zhang Mao and appeared in front of the gate of the British Palace. From a distance, they saw Chu Yi and others standing in front of the gate behind them.
His eyes swept across the Dongchang and Jinyiwei people behind Chu Yi. Zhang Mao's eyes finally fell on Chu Yi. He smiled slightly and said: "When did the chief manager return to the capital? I'm feeling a little unwell and I'm a bit out of touch."
, please forgive me!"
Chu Yi glanced at Zhang Mao and saw that Zhang Mao was being supported by the steward beside him. He looked like he was feeling a little unwell, so he smiled slightly, walked a few steps forward and walked up to Zhang Mao, bowed his hands and said, "Chun, too.
But I just returned to Beijing recently, and I accidentally heard that the old man was ill, so I came to visit him, but I wanted to ask the old man to forgive me!"
Zhang Mao slightly turned sideways to invite Chu Yi into the house, while Chu Yi walked side by side with Zhang Mao. Zhang Mao could only hear Zhang Mao sighing: "My body is getting worse day by day. I accidentally caught the wind and cold and became lame."
The intercourse lasted for less than half a month and it didn’t feel any better!"
Chu Yi said with a smile: "It's just a cold wind, but it's nothing to the old man. Chu has actually studied medical books for a while, so why don't he diagnose and treat the old man later!"
Zhang Mao raised his eyebrows and laughed and said: "If this happens, I have already asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat it. If I take medicine for a few days, it will be almost fine."
In the middle of the exchange of words, they arrived in the living room without realizing it.
After the two were seated respectively, the maid served tea and quietly left. Only the steward who was accompanying Zhang Mao and Cao Shaoqin were left in the living room behind them.
Zhang Mao looked at Chu Yi and said: "Seeing the governor, I can finally let go of my worries that have been hanging around for a few days. With the governor in charge of the capital, there won't be any trouble in the capital!"
Chu Yi put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at Zhang Mao and said: "My old prince really knows everything about the world without leaving home!"
As if he did not hear the irony in Chu Yi's words, Zhang Mao smiled and said: "Not long ago, Xie Qian, the Duke of Muzhai, came to see me and tried to persuade me to support the new king, but I refused him flatly.
I think I am not feeling well, and Xie Qian and others have caused such a big trouble these days. In this way, I have failed to fulfill the trust of the governor."
When Chu Yi left Beijing before, he indeed entrusted Zhang Mao to assist the emperor, but it was obvious that Zhang Mao did not try his best.
But even though Zhang Mao said he didn't try his best, Chu Yi couldn't do anything about Zhang Mao, because there was nothing wrong with Zhang Mao's actions. If he really wanted to say it, he just didn't do anything in this matter.
If it were anyone else, the crime might not lead to death, but it would definitely be remembered by the emperor for the rest of his life, and it would be difficult for him to get ahead.
However, Zhang Maogui was a British duke and served several generations of emperors. As the head of the nobles, he had great prestige in the army. Even the emperor had to rely on his prestige to appease many nobles.
It can be said that as long as Zhang Mao did not take the initiative to rebel, the emperor would have to rely on Zhang Mao, the British duke.
With a slight cough, Zhang Mao said to the steward next to him: "Steward Lu, go to the study and get the brocade box where I keep my secret letters!"
The steward standing next to Zhang Mao responded and quickly walked out of the living room.
At this moment, Zhang Mao stroked his beard and said: "I and Duke Dingguo have finally lived up to the governor's trust and reorganized the capital camp after these days. Otherwise, I would be really bad."
See the Governor."
That is to say, Zhang Mao and others have extremely high prestige in the Beijing camp, so it is not wrong for Chu Yi to leave the matter of reorganizing the Beijing camp to Zhang Mao and others.
The army is intricately intertwined. If Chu Yi makes a one-size-fits-all decision, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Beijing camp can gain combat effectiveness.
After all, all the generals and generals in the army in this era are from family backgrounds. Nine times out of ten are from noble or general families. This is also the case. Although the noble lineage has lost its power in the court, it is still in the military.
After all, Zhong has not completely become a passerby.
Without the support of these generals, Chu Yi would not have the ability to have countless clones if he only relied on those young men who could not read a single word. That was an army of nearly 200,000 people. Only by relying on the line of nobles and nobles could Chu Yi be able to rise from above.
And Xia held the entire Beijing camp in his hands.
Coupled with Chu Yi's mixed bag, Chu Yi is not worried about the Xungui Group taking control of the Beijing camp through the reorganization of the Beijing camp. In this way, the military power will naturally be shared by the emperor and the Xungui Group.
Unless all the nobles can unite with one heart, it is possible to evade the emperor. But if the noble group is really so united, then it is probably impossible for the civil servant group to suppress the noble group to that extent.
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Regardless of whether it was Taizu or Chengzu, the strategy they left behind was to attach equal importance to civil officials and noble officials, with civil officials in charge of politics, and military officials in charge of military affairs, to restrict each other.
The two arms of the emperor were the Civil Service Group and the Xungui Group. As a result of the Tumubao Incident, the Xungui Group suffered heavy casualties and has been unable to recover since then. On the contrary, the power of the Civil Service Group has greatly increased, and it also controlled military power.
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From then on, the emperor, who had lost his arm, had to work hard to support the servants around him to fight against the civil servant clique.
While he was talking, he saw Steward Lu coming with a brocade box.
The brocade box was placed on the coffee table. Zhang Mao slowly opened the brocade box, which contained a dozen rosters.
Zhang Mao took out the roster and handed it to Chu Yi, saying: "Master Chu, this is the list of generals and generals in the Beijing camp that I have backed up. After the governor has reviewed it, it will be sent to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War for archiving!"
However, after Chu Yi took over the rosters, Zhang Mao took out a thin roster from the brocade box and handed it to Chu Yi with a serious expression: "This roster was specially compiled by me. I hope it will be helpful to Chu Yi."
The Overlord can be of use!"
Chu Yi glanced at Zhang Mao with some confusion, obviously not quite understanding what the purpose of the roster Zhang Mao specially compiled was, and what use it had to him.
However, when Chu Yi opened the list, he couldn't help but shrink his eyes. The names of several military generals were very familiar to Chu Yi.
After the reorganization, the Beijing camp had a total of eighteen battalions, each composed of eighteen admirals and hundreds of subordinate commanders, generals, guerrilla generals and other generals.
On top of this list are the names of three admirals, ten commanders, and dozens of generals and guerrilla generals.
The reason why Chu Yi is very familiar with them is because according to the information investigated by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, some of these people have been bribed by Xie Qian, Jiang Mian and others to instigate rebellion, and are used by Xie Qian, Jiang Mian and others.
Chu Yi looked at this roster. It can be said that it is more detailed and complete than the ones investigated by Dongchang and Jinyiwei. This alone can show how deep the influence of the British government in the military is.
If he did not have a profound background in the military, it would be impossible for the British public to know the actions of so many generals in the military.
At the same time, Chu Yi was also deeply amazed by the methods of the British Duke. He is indeed an old and strong British Duke. He has stood in the court for decades and is as stable as Mount Tai. No matter how the emperor changes in the court, this Beijing camp
But it has been in the hands of the British Duke Zhang Mao for decades.
This roster is clear evidence of Zhang Mao's goodwill towards Chu Yi and the emperor.
Of course, if Jiang Mian, Xie Qian and others succeed this time, I believe the British public will definitely prepare another roster.
As for the roster, Chu Yi knew without thinking that it must be military generals who were attached to him, such as Han Kun and Cheng Xiangwu.
Zhang Mao, who was stroking his beard, noticed the change in Chu Yi's expression, slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I don't know if this list will be useful to Governor Chu!"
Chu Yi heard the words and laughed and said: "It's useful, it's really useful, but the British Duke took the trouble. I think if your Majesty knew that the British Duke was so loyal, he would be extremely happy, and he would definitely give you a generous reward!"
Zhang Mao said humbly: "I don't dare to take credit. The British Duke's family is in the same line as the country and shares the honor and disgrace of the royal family. It is the duty of ministers to share your majesty's worries. How dare I ask for credit and reward!"
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