Cutting 1719

Chapter 71 Patience

Although the fourth elder brother Yinzhen was obstructed by others, he couldn't express his feelings, and felt very unhappy. As soon as he returned to Prince Yong's mansion, he summoned Wu Sidao, the think tank.

Wu Sidao can be called a strange man of his generation. He was originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and he loved reading all his life. After entering the government as an aide, he often offered up tricks.

Wu Sidao was wearing a blue gown, holding a folding fan in his hand, and had a tuft of wool beard on his chin. He looked a bit like a gentleman. As soon as he entered the study, he saw Yinzhen's expression was not good, and he guessed it in his heart. .

"Fourth Master, are you worried about Huguang?" Wu Sidao said softly.

Yinzhen sighed and said: "Huguang is in turmoil, the capital is now occupied by rebels, a little carelessness leads to a shocking case, and Man Pi is the chief culprit! But now Huang Ama doesn't care, not only won't put him in prison Instead of punishing him, he repeatedly covered up and let Man Pi continue to sit in this seat!"

As soon as Wu Sidao listened to it, he had a score in his heart, and said with a smile: "Fourth Lord, it's not a good time to mention this matter now, after all, the emperor's 60th anniversary will be celebrated soon, so there is one more thing to do at this time." It's better to do less."

"Then watch the capital of a province decay like this?" Yinzhen felt a little unhappy.

Wu Sidao shook his head and said, "Fourth Master, this is wrong. For you, the most important thing now is not the chaos in Huguang, but the chaos in the imperial court. Your opponent is not the rioters who occupy Wuchang, It's the other princes, don't make big mistakes because of small things!"

These words were a bit more serious, but they also extinguished Yinzhen's pain and unhappiness. He understood his goal and understood what it means to put the overall situation first, but his natural personality prevented him from just doing nothing.

"Fourth Master, just bear with it! If you can endure it one day in the future, will you be able to describe this great country?"

"The most important thing now is to sing this good show with the emperor. It will last forever if it is done well!"

While nodding his head, Yinzhen told himself in his heart that if he had the opportunity to be on the grand ceremony in the future, all of this would come back.

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The Manchu and Qing courts were used to ups and downs. Although they attached great importance to the Huguang matter, after all, too many things were involved, so they just picked it up and put it down.But for the Ning family, all this is a brand new situation.

In Wuchang City, the original sign on the Governor's Mansion has been removed and replaced by the Fuhan Governor's Mansion, which has also become the governing body of the entire Wuchang City.

Under Ning Yu's suggestion, Ning Zhongyuan was the governor of the Fuhan Metropolitan Government in today's Fuhan Metropolitan Government, and set up two major institutions, the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council, respectively corresponding to civil affairs and military affairs, to manage the entire Wuchang, Hanyang, and Xiaogan. The area controlled by the family.

The political affairs hall has set up the political affairs counselor and left and right counselors to coordinate the overall situation. Ning Zhongyuan is in charge of the political affairs counselor, Ning Zhongjing is in charge of the right counselor, and is in charge of the entire political affairs hall, and Cui Wancai is in charge of the left counselor, responsible for the planning and implementation of specific things.The subordinates of Zhengshitang are divided into departments such as household, etiquette, punishment, engineering, and official, which are held by some core members of the Ning family and some subordinate talents.

As for the traditional Ministry of War, it was directly assigned to the Privy Council, because in Ning Yu's view, the current Dudu's Mansion will focus on military struggles in the future, so checks and balances cannot be taken, and all efforts must be made to ensure the construction and use of the army.

The Privy Council is to realize the unified management of the entire military power. Ning Zhongyuan is the Privy Envoy, Ning Yu is the Privy Deputy Envoy, and the Staff Office, Logistics Office, Equipment Office, and Training Office are set up under the Privy Council. Due to the current shortage of talents, Ning Yu personally served as the director of the staff department and the director of the training department, Ning Zhongxin was the director of the logistics department, and Lei Tuozi was the director of the equipment department.

After winning the battle of Wuchang City, the prestige of the Ning family has been greatly improved. Coupled with the joining of the Cheng family and the Zheng family, the number of troops has also begun to expand rapidly. With the hidden strength and accumulated contacts of the three families, Today, the entire Fuhan Metropolitan Government has more than 1 soldiers under its banner.

Although there are more than 1 people in the scale, only about 2000 of them are veterans, while the number of recruits exceeds 8000. Therefore, Ning Yu has been busy integrating his forces during this period. They were broken up and reorganized into the Fuhan Army.

"The new Fuhan Army has a full quota of 5000 people, and its subordinates are divided into three main divisions, which can be used as a separate part to deal with a future battle, or they can also be assembled for a battle. The follow-up will further expand the army and strive to be in the future. Prepare all personnel, equipment and training years ago."

Ning Yu stood in the political affairs hall, talking with Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Zhongjing and others. Today, as a representative of the Privy Council, he came to the political affairs hall to ask for money, people, and equipment.

Ning Zhongjing, now the de facto leader of the Zhengshitang, said with a wry smile: "Private secretary, the expansion of the army is naturally the top priority now, but the plate is too small, and the logistics money and food may not be sustainable."

This is very true, because the population currently controlled by the Fuhan Army is only a few hundred thousand, and it cannot be fully utilized in a short period of time. However, the current military expenditure is like a bottomless pit, swallowing up the wealth of the Ning, Cheng and Zheng families. I'm afraid it won't last long if it burns like this.

Ning Zhongyuan knew how much money he had, but now that it was the critical moment of life and death, he couldn't care less, and said in a deep voice: "According to relevant secret reports, Man Pi is secretly planning in Xiangyang to concentrate the officers and soldiers of the green battalion in the whole province. There are about 3 to 4 people in the campaign, and I'm afraid it will be the end of the year at the latest, and now we have no choice."

The problem is actually on the table, the next step is to eat all the green battalion soldiers in Hubei, but Ning Yu is not worried at all.

"Whether it's 3 or 4, it's actually not that scary. Last time our army was 2000 against 4, we still beat them to death and captured more than [-] people alive. If our army has [-] people this time With trained troops, I have the confidence to eat up all [-] people."

5000 people, [-] flintlock guns, at least [-] artillery pieces are needed.After the account was settled, everyone's brows couldn't help but frown.

Cui Wancai, as the counselor on the left, naturally has a strategy in his chest, and said in a concentrated voice: "After our army occupied Wuchang, the money and food seized can last for about half a year, but the current production capacity of flintlock guns and Ray's guns needs to continue to expand to ensure supply. You can use the green battalion soldiers who don't want to surrender as slaves to mine ore and smelt iron."

Ning Yu sighed inwardly, this teacher is really not a modest gentleman.

(End of this chapter)