lied to Kangxi

Chapter 688

After dinner, Yu Zhu and Zhou Quan strolled side by side in the streets of Hangzhou.

Zhou Quan closed his folding fan, and suddenly sighed: "Zhejiang cuisine is not worthy of its name, and it is far inferior to Shandong cuisine!"

Yu Zhu smiled, the undisclosed secret of the Lu cuisine master is the fresh sea intestine powder.

The master chefs of Hangbang cuisine in this era have not yet mastered the secret of freshness, so they can only add more sugar to the dishes, or simply make them pure and light.

After returning to Xingyuan, just as Yuzhu entered the second gate, she saw Xuewei staring at him with teary eyes and her mouth was flattened.

"Daddy, you don't mean what you say anymore." Xuewei complained to Yu Zhu very aggrieved, and went shopping together without taking her.

Yuzhu walked over, took Xuewei's little hand, put it on her lips, kissed it lightly, and said apologetically: "Good girl, it's all because of my father's fault, so don't be angry. Tomorrow, yes, It's tomorrow, Daddy will definitely take you to play in the street, okay?"

Xuewei struggled to withdraw her small hand, raised her delicate face, and asked Yuzhu full of doubts: "Really?"

"Really, absolutely true." Yuzhu took Xuewei's little hand again, and nodded heavily.

When the night was late, the jade pillars were still lingering between the beds.

Alas, Alice seemed to be on drugs, becoming more and more unrestrained.

It was almost noon, and Yu Zhu had just washed up and was eating.

Wu Jiang walked in quickly, bowed his waist, and said in a low voice: "My Lord, the military officers of the Green Camp in He Province have gathered outside the gate, waiting for your reception."

Yu Zhu nodded and said with a smile, "Let them wait."

"Hey." Wu Jiang retreated knowingly, he knew that Master Zhu was deliberately trying to show off.

As the governor of the two provinces among the officials in the feudal border, Yu Zhu held extremely heavy military power.

Among the garrisons in Zhejiang Province, except for the Fubiao Zhongjun and the Eight Banners soldiers under General Hangzhou, they were all controlled by Yuzhu.

After Yu Zhu had eaten and drank enough, Wu Jiang led Xu Wenlong, the admiral of Zhejiang, to the study to meet his immediate superior.

"Admiral of Zhejiang Province, Xu Wenlong, a lowly post, kowtow to Yuzhong Hall." Xu Wenlong bowed respectfully, not to mention being submissive.

Xu Wenlong is the admiral of the green battalion of the first rank, and Yu Zhu is the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and is also the first rank of the first rank.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, it was common practice that the culture was noble and military was inferior.

According to the unwritten rules, military admirals must attend the ceremony when they visit civilian governors.

Xu Wenlong was worried that he would offend his immediate boss, and he would definitely have no fruit to eat, so he simply performed a lower level of Zhaqian ceremony.

Anyway, it's not surprising that there are many people who are polite, and they don't hit smiling people when they reach out.

In front of Yuzhu, the important official of Manchuria, Xu Wenlong deliberately lowered his posture, which is absolutely harmless.

Yuzhu picked up the teacup and took a sip, but deliberately didn't ask Xu Wenlong to get up.

Xu Wenlong's atrium trembled a few times, secretly thinking that something was wrong and he was in trouble.

It wasn't until half a cup of tea was drunk that Yuzhu ordered lightly: "Brother Xu, you are too polite, sit down and talk."

"Hey." Xu Wenlong, who was restless, lowered his head deeply as if he had been pardoned, and once again tied his head down.

Waiting for Xu Wenlong to lean sideways and sit down, Yu Zhu casually asked him: "This department has just come to Zhejiang Province, and his eyes are smeared. Please tell me about the military affairs of your province?"

"Master Hui Zhongtang, there are green battalion garrisons in Zhejiang Province..." Xu Wenlong was well prepared, and introduced the green battalion military affairs in Zhejiang in detail.

Yuzhu squinted his eyes, drinking tea while listening carefully to Xu Wenlong's introduction.

Famous marshals from ancient times to the present have all attached great importance to the basic tactical qualities of the troops.

For example, a famous marshal once proposed classic tactical principles such as "one point, two sides", "three three systems", "four fast and one slow" and "three fierce tactics", compiled them into a book, and distributed them to his subordinates Study and understand carefully.

So far, Yuzhu, who has always been victorious and undefeated, naturally attaches great importance to tactics.

"Brother Xu, according to what you said, the troops of the Zhejiang Green Battalion practiced once every three days?" Yuzhu heard the flaw, stared at Xu Wenlong, and asked further.

In the Kangxi Dynasty in the early Qing Dynasty, Xu Wenlong was able to sit on the throne of the admiral of the green camp in a province, and he was by no means incompetent.

He heard that Yuzhu's tone was wrong, so he got up quickly, bowed his waist, and replied respectfully: "Back to Yuzhongtang, I have been thinking about exercising twice a day for my humble job, but what's the matter, the money and food are really not enough."

In the Qing Dynasty, the green battalion salary issued by the court as a rule was actually only the basic military expenses for the normal camp status.

For military affairs such as drills, mobilization, and bandit suppression, food and salaries need to be allocated first, and then Qiu Ba and the others will take perfunctory actions.

In layman's terms, that is, how much food is given by the superiors, and the Qiu Bas of the Green Camp will cooperate with their superiors to perform such a big show.

If you don't give money, you still want Qiu Ba and others to work hard, don't even think about it!

This involves many bad rules in the green battalion.

The first to bear the brunt must be the empty pay.

Based on Yuzhu's experience, the green battalion officers who only paid [-]% of their salary were considered good officers with a conscience.

Under normal circumstances, the generals of the green battalion have to pay at least [-]% to [-]% of their salary.

Among them, the richer the green battalion's garrison, the higher the proportion of officers who are not paid, and the more timid the soldiers are.

If Yuzhu, the immediate boss, wants to punish Xu Wenlong, he only needs to send someone to check the accounts, and he, Xu, will lose his head.

To put it bluntly, how can the military expenditure accounts of the Zhejiang Green Camp stand up to investigation?

Of course, Xu Wenlong was not helpless to fight back, and he also had ways to fight back against his boss.

Secretly instigating his confidantes, gathering troops to fight for food and wages, this tactic can be said to have a long history, but the vulgarity is very effective.

Ordinary Han officials or bannermen of the Han army always have scruples about being worried that the old emperor will be criticized for not being good at running the army.

However, the risk of facing the three banners of Manchuria and Yuzhu, who was born as a relative, is too great to control, and the whole family may lose their heads.

It was the basic state policy of the Qing Dynasty to rule the Han with the Manchus.

The imperial court wanted to use the green battalion soldiers, and was always on guard against the green battalion causing chaos. How could Xu Wenlong not know?

Yu Zhu must be dissatisfied with Xu Wenlong's explanation.

However, the main purpose of Yuzhu's move south this time is to go to Taiwan Island and wipe out the rebels.

The basic quality that any high-ranking person must have is actually to grasp the main contradiction first, and then grasp the secondary contradictions.

As the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, when Fujian is about to go to war, the supply of food and salaries on the Zhejiang side has become a major event that determines success or failure.

For the great plan of suppressing thieves, Yuzhu didn't want to do anything to Xu Wenlong, but he had to give the lesson that should be taught.

Seeing the signal from Yuzhu, Wu Jiang, who had been standing by the side all the time, raised his throat and shouted loudly: "See off!"

The immediate superior issued an order to evict the guest, obviously dissatisfied.

Xu Wenlong knew something was wrong, but he didn't dare to disobey him face to face, so he obediently stepped back.

(End of this chapter)