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Chapter 982
Within a day, the first town quickly returned to Beijing and took control of the situation. This is a show of muscle!

After capturing Lao Wu and Lao Qi, Yuzhu took Yi Zhen back to Dagukou, Tianjin. What kind of behavior is this?

Hey, there are many good words to describe it, such as: raising the bandits' self-respect, waiting for the price, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, etc.

Anyway, what Yuzhu meant was that if he didn't meet his request, he would definitely stay in Dagukou and not move.

On the third day after Yuzhu returned to Tianjin, the eighteenth son of Prince Zhuang rushed to Dagukou in a hurry.

Along with Old Eighteen were King Zhuang Fujin Yuyan and the second princess who was pregnant.

Fortunately, Old Shiba and the others are quite smart, and they came by boat from the official ship wharf in Tongzhou.Otherwise, the Second Princess would not be able to bear this kind of jolt.

The capital city of this era and the Dagu port in Tianjin have always been able to navigate smoothly because the Haihe River has not stopped flowing.

However, from Sanchahekou in Tianjin to Beiguan in Tongzhou, this section of the North Canal is very dependent on the high tide jacking effect of the Bohai Sea.

That is to say, a large water transport ship of thousands of stones can only reach Yangcun in Wuqing County at the farthest, and it is necessary to change to a small boat of less than a thousand stones to transport grain to Beiguan in Tongzhou.

Seeing that both Yuyan and the Second Princess had arrived, Yuzhu happily entertained a sumptuous Western-style meal.

Live geese from Landes, brought from France all the way, are slaughtered and made into French foie gras.

Roasted clams, French black pepper roasted goose wings, truffle chocolate, pan-fried French lamb chops with mashed potatoes, classic dessert macarons, cognac braised beef brisket, etc., all filled a large long table.

The jade pillars are full of silver. In order to entertain important foreigners and businessmen, they specially spent a lot of money to invite court chefs from various European countries, so that the guests can eat the most popular European dishes even when they are far away in Dagukou.

Engage in corruption, to put it bluntly, Yuzhu has seen what the Manchurian prince has seen.Lords of Manchuria, Yu Zhu has experienced all of them that he has never seen before.

The 3000-year-old ancestral hospitality skills and the little tricks played by foreigners can be summed up in three words: not popular.

As the saying goes, there is no most corrupt, only more corrupt.

When it comes to entertaining useful people, Yuzhu's experience is unparalleled.

Both Yuyan and the Second Princess are not used to knives and forks.

Yuzhu simply asked someone to bring chopsticks and spoons, anyway, it was a family banquet, and there was no need to pay attention to those stinky rules of foreigners.

Old Shiba has been in Dagukou for many years, but he has learned to enjoy Western food long ago, and he is very fluent in using knives and forks.

Eating western food, I was eating and chatting, but the old eighteen took a bite of the foie gras, and then talked about the purpose of this trip.

"Brother, what the court means is that they want to send you troops to put down the rebellion." The old eighteen laughed to himself first, "The condition is that you will be the foreman to assist the minister of the king."

Yuzhu smiled and said: "Tell the princes of the court that the new army has not yet been trained, and it may be difficult to fight!"

This kind of condition completely disrespects Yuzhu's strength, what is there to talk about?
The imperial court obviously expected that Yuzhu would sit on the ground and raise the price.

The old eighteen went on to say: "Brother, before my younger brother came, the emperor himself gave orders that everything is negotiable, as long as you raise conditions, the imperial court will consider it at its discretion."

Yuzhu immediately understood, the little emperor is more anxious than anyone else!

But, the little emperor is in a hurry, Yu Zhu is not in a hurry!

"How dare I raise conditions with the imperial court? Don't you want to lose your head?" As soon as Yu Zhu said this, he almost choked the old eighteen to death.

Old Shiba coughed again and again. After coughing for a long time, he finally passed the breath.

Fortunately, with the help of Yuyan's gentle pat on the back, Old Shiba recovered by himself.

Otherwise, Yu Zhu would probably resort to Heimlich's first aid method.

"Brother Shiba, Dagukou is your old place. Since you are here, let's play for a few more days to see the new changes here." Yuzhu deliberately made excuses, but in fact he wanted to keep Yuyan and the second princess behind. , just play for a few more days.

Old Eighteen is definitely not an idiot, he said with a smile: "Success, Yuyan and Second Sister can stay and play for a few more days, I will stay for two days at most, and I will return to Beijing to report to my life."

As soon as Yuzhu heard this, he understood that the court just wanted to test it out, to see what he really thought.

When it comes to negotiating conditions, the party who wants something must give in first.

In any case, Yuzhu is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, not worrying about the court not yielding.

Because, based on Yuzhu's understanding of Lao Si and Nian Gengyao, after Lao Shi raised his troops, they could not sit idly by anyway.

Sure enough, as expected, Old Shiba came to Dagukou just two days after his return.

"Hey, brother, you are waiting for the fourth soldier to leave Shaanxi and Gansu, right?" The eighteenth stared at Yu Zhu helplessly.

Yuzhu couldn't help smiling slightly, and asked, "Tell me, what conditions did the court offer?"

"Alas, Nian Gengyao's army has run out of food. The Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp mutinied and took Nian Gengyao hostage, yelling to go to Henan for food." The old eighteen sighed, this is really a house leak It happened to be raining all night.

Hmm, that's right!

At the beginning, Yuzhu wanted to kill the fourth and eighth children, just like slaughtering a dog!

However, the biggest difference between a super-politician and an idiot is that they are very scheming and short-sighted.

At the same time, the fourth and eighth children were released, and Yuzhu won more than two months of precious time for training in Tianjin.

In the past two months, the Manchurian Banners were actually divided and unable to form a joint force.

The fourteenth, the fourth and the little emperor in the capital each controlled a part of the bannermen.

To be honest, this is the most favorable situation for Yu Zhu.

It has always been Yuzhu's highest principle not to let people under the banner of the world conspire against me.

Lentouqing and the two idiots, like Ran Min, issued a stupid order to kill Hu.

As a result, all the barbarians stood against Ran Min.

Its prosperity is also vigorous, its death is also fast, and the lesson is extremely profound!

There were also some murmurs among the new army. Some people thought that the table should be turned over immediately and all the bannermen in the capital should be killed.

These are all immature ideas.

"Eighteenth brother, to tell you the truth, if someone cooperates inside and outside to help the old fourteen enter the capital, will it be in my best interest if I send troops to suppress the rebellion?" Yuzhu said so abruptly, the old eighteen couldn't help He opened his mouth wide and was completely dumbfounded.

"Besides, after Lao Si and Nian Gengyao entered Henan, they will definitely go north quickly. Hehe, sit and watch Lao Si and Nian Gengyao fight a decisive battle fiercely. Tell me, should I be optimistic? How will it work?" Yuzhu took a sip of cognac and looked at the old eighteen with a smile.

Others don't know the details of Dagukou, how can the old eighteen not understand?
By transporting food by sea, the new army can last for a long time.

To put it bluntly, as long as there is money in Yuzhu's pocket, foreign merchants can continuously send grain to Dagukou.

North Korea, Japan, Jiangnan, Nanyang, there is food everywhere!
Besides, Yuzhu is not stupid. After directly cutting off the water transportation, even if the old fourteen entered the capital, he would either follow Li Zicheng's example and rob food everywhere, or be forced to retreat outside the Great Wall.

Going south?Hey, there is Nian Gengyao in the south!
To give an inappropriate example, this is like a replica of the South Korean army and the US military huddled inside the Pusan ​​defense circle after the Korean War broke out.

The North Korean army not only failed to attack Busan, a tiny place, but was also stabbed in the ass by MacArthur from Incheon.

Yuzhu has guns, cannons, and soldiers, as well as food brought in by sea ships. You can keep it as long as you want!

Anyway, when the old fourteen kills the little emperor, Yuzhu can hold high the banner of revenge for the little emperor, and unscrupulously raise troops to put down the rebellion!
what is this?
Yuzhu's conspiracy!

It's like, Empress Dowager Longyu knows that Yuan Xiangcheng is not a good thing, but she must drink poison to quench thirst and reuse him to suppress the rebellion, there is no way!

In essence, Beijing was not suitable to be the capital of the Qing Dynasty because of the extremely difficult water transportation.

During the Tang Dynasty, I often went to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to eat, because there was not enough food, and there was no other reason.

Song Taizu wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, also because Kaifeng was not only safe to defend, but also because the water transportation of the Bian River was too crowded and complicated.

However, Song Taizu failed to move the capital successfully, mainly because of the comprehensive opposition of vested interest groups.

After the capital was moved, the fertile land and mansions built by the rich and powerful in Kaifeng were worthless.

"Brother, what do you mean?" Old Shiba knew in his heart that as long as Yuzhu and the court could not agree on terms, he would come to Dagukou again and again.

Who told Old Shiba to be Yu Zhu's sister-in-law?
"Prince Regent, plus 800 million taels of opening silver allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, it can't be lower!" Yu Zhu just said so casually.

Obviously, the imperial court hadn't been impatient yet, and it was hard to accept for a while, and another Dorgon came out!
Old Shiba whispered with embarrassment, "Brother, isn't this too demanding?"

Yuzhu cut a piece of steak, forked it into his mouth, chewed it thoroughly, and swallowed it slowly.

Seeing that Yuzhu refused to speak up, Old Shiba also understood that this was the bottom line for the new army to send troops.

These days, the so-called opening up silver is actually a bad habit transmitted from the green battalion soldiers to the Eight Banners soldiers.

The officers of the Green Battalion usually drink the blood of soldiers and eat empty pay, and they eat very vigorously.

When it comes to wartime, the big soldiers are not stupid, and they must be fired before they are willing to go out.

After a long time, even the Eight Banners soldiers in the Beijing camp were infected with this bad habit.

The so-called Bannerman of the World is a family, which is just a joke.

Bannerman officers, don't eat empty pay, don't drink soldiers' blood?
The princes of Manchuria live in big mansions, they eat hot food, they drink spicy food, they raise small actors, and they even play the little princes of Longyang.

However, ordinary Qi Ding's family is so poor that they can only eat meat during the New Year.

Banner people are also divided into three, six, and nine grades, not everyone can lie flat and enjoy the blessings.

The old Shiba returned to the capital without any success, while Yuzhu took advantage of the short period of peace before the war to continue to intensify his military training.

It's just that Yu Zhu was really not in a hurry, the little emperor was really red-eyed.

Because, the old fourteen obtained strategic materials such as war horses, cattle and sheep in the Mongolian area, and marched extremely fast.

According to urgent reports, the vanguard of the old fourteenth has already entered the city of Orkun, where Tuxietuhan Banner is located.

(End of this chapter)