Jingming

Chapter 307
"This general, Ma Wo, will guard Liaodong forever!"

In the Fifth Army Battalion, Li Quanli finished the meeting with the generals who came to participate in the big competition. Now it is time for each general and his assistant general to meet with the recruits under his command.

The time is already night.

The light of the torches flickered on the faces of more than four hundred soldiers standing in the open space of the barracks, and Ma Wo looked at them.

The general does not know the soldier, and the soldier does not know the general.Three months later, he will rely on these people to help him enter the next round.

The emperor actually gave them a problem, and Ma Wo knew it.

In training, take your time, you can always train better than you are now.But there are only three months, and you have to compete with other people. These three months are really a test of the general's personal charm and ability.

Ma Wo cut to the chase and told them his name.

what's next?Which axes?Eat and sleep together, exercise and practice together?
Ma Wo thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, give me the horse flag. After three months, if you don't enter the top ten, you will be weak in the fifth army camp, and this general will also be weak! After three months Dabi, I will eat and live with you for the next three months."

Yuan Bazong, who was assisting him, couldn't help but look at him: Is it useful if you just say that?

In another camp, it is now good wine and meat.

"Did you see it? This is the scar left by a sneak attack when I beheaded more than a dozen Tartars when the Tartars committed crimes the year before last! Damn it! I even hacked three to death!"

In the camp area, there was a strong man holding a wine bowl and clinking glasses with everyone one by one, and shouting there.

He gestured with one hand at the scar on his chest, his boldness suddenly appeared.

Looking at the hideous scars, the soldiers couldn't help being fascinated by what he told about the Northwest War.

"A brother is broken!" The strong man sighed, "But! I first let the tartar die three times for one life, and then I fought with the Shangguan! The money is paid, and I can't lose Lao Tzu's soldiers! You are now Not qualified to be Lao Tzu's soldier! No matter what I say, I'm a thousand households. In Shaanxi, I guard a city with tens of thousands of people!"

Yuan Bazong, who assisted him, also looked at the scar: what?I'm just a general in the capital for the time being, have you been wronged?

In another camp, it was quiet.

There was no banquet, nor lectures.

Their new "Ba Zong" was lying on the bed, his eyes still looking at the flag he could see outside the window.

Three months, strange partners, strange pawns, strange assessment items.

Although many colleagues who thought it was just a quiet martial arts competition were mistaken, this question is actually very difficult.

Before you think it through, you may be futile.

Soldiers are new, and so are themselves.

He thought about the three items of parade inspection, ten-mile march, and bow, gun, and cannon that Li Quanli had said, and suddenly sat up.

Walking out of his barracks, he knocked on the door not far away: "Brother Pang, are you asleep?"

Can be selected for the new barracks, in general, at least the level is not bad, right?
If he wants to be among the top ten, he is afraid that the first person who should establish a good relationship is this former boss who assists him.

From this night onwards, the military generals entering the Beijing Grand Competition must use their personal charm, communication skills and military training skills.

Few people are thinking about the actual combat exercise in a few months at this moment - only the top ten are eligible, and this level is almost one out of ten.

But some people are indeed studying actual combat exercises.

Li Quanli made it very clear that this actual combat exercise really included three items: pre-war planning, troop march, and hand-to-hand combat.

The subject of the exercise is: rush to aid Xuanfu.

Xuanfu is the gateway to the northwest of the capital.

If the Xuanfu is broken, the enemy will drive directly to the capital.

The subject of the exercise was actually to aid the Xuanfu.

The general who was thinking about this in his heart looked at the map of the border town overnight.

After finishing the meeting with the generals under his command, Li Quanli and Qiu Luan gathered in the tent of the chief general of the Fifth Army Battalion.

Li Quanli is almost Qiu Luan's father, but now, the two have been classified as rivals by the emperor.

Qiu Luan made a toast in a very low-key way: "Dudu Li, don't let your nephew lose ugly."

Li Quanli only smiled and said: "Your Majesty did not say that the recruit battalion must win. The recruiting in the Beijing battalion is so rigorous that no army in the world can match it. The Marquis of Xianning has veterans in his hands and occupies the best location. Please give these places a place to enter the Beijing University." Take a look at the titans and let them know that Daming's sky is high and the earth is thick."

Today, the emperor personally came to lecture and present the flag, and in the evening, a banquet was allowed to boost morale.

The two were drinking, but their calculations were different.

Qiu Luan came into Zhu Houcong's sight together with Guo Xun, and Li Quanli came into the emperor's sight because of his ability to kill officials and suppress bandits in the southeast. The circumstances of the two are different.

Now, Li Quanli has a higher official position, but Qiu Luan has a higher title and is younger.

Li Quanli looked at the immature Qiu Luan, but there was only one thought in his mind: If he lost to him, would there be a gap between the strength of the "General" and the soldiers under his command, or the gap between the two generals?
Can't lose!
Zhu Houcong went to the Fifth Army Battalion to meet and hand out the flag, leaving the camp full of contests.

After he returned to the palace, he didn't compete with himself, he took a very comfortable bath first, changed into cool clothes, and went to the room where the ice cubes were placed.

It is not easy to use ice in this court.

The Inner Palace Supervisor, the Ministry of Rites, the Jinyiwei, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry are jointly responsible for the use of ice for the imperial palace and sacrifices. Today, the imperial court "cuts ice in 270 areas", and only the ice cellars in the capital need to use the Jinyiwei Banner School [-] Yu Ming has only one goal: to make the summer in the palace cooler.

After Zhu Houcong finished fighting in the Fifth Army Camp, he paid attention to another matter after returning to the palace.

"The chain, how is it made?"

"Your Majesty, I'm already waiting for your review."

Huang Jin talked, and only led him to the courtyard where the Sili Supervisory Economics Factory used to be.

Zhang Lun is also here.

The emperor followed up the printing press with another blueprint, and this new project was already highly regarded.

But this time, Zhu Houcong really did it for personal enjoyment, and at the same time wanted to see if he could inspire them.

Over there, another group of machines has appeared.

"Go up and let His Majesty take a look!"

Zhu Houcong's eyes were only fixed on the chain connecting the bicycle gear and the "human fan" gear.

It already tastes like this.As long as there is a clear idea, according to the current technical level, many things can still be done decently.

After the toss of the printing press, gears are nothing new.Between the gears, there is no need for the gears to mesh with each other to drive, and it is only a small change to use this chain with a slot to drive.

But now, as a little eunuch stepped onto the "bicycle seat", he stepped on the crank rod to drive the gear, which drove the fan over there to start spinning. Zhu Houcong felt the wind blowing towards his face and was still happy.

In the comfort of the human fan, Zhu Houcong only looked at Zhang Lun: "Mr. Yingying, do you understand?"

Zhang Lun:? ? ?
Zhu Houcong was also helpless, but he still said patiently: "Could it be that the British government thought that I was just for enjoyment? Now that this thing is feasible, did the British public not think that this thing can be used for more things?"

Zhang Lun:? ? ? +1
"...a carriage!" Zhu Houcong was convinced, "Horses and livestock are expensive and rare! This gear chain can turn the fan, but can't it turn the wheels? If you step on it with human power, a new kind of vehicle can appear. Carrying people, isn't it infinitely magical?"

Under today's conditions, Zhu Houcong doesn't think about internal combustion engines, trains, etc., but can't he also think about bicycles and tricycles?

Zhang Lun pondered for a while, suddenly realized, and then admired: "Your Majesty's opinion!"

Zhu Houcong also looked at the great achievements of his ancestor Zhang Fu, and endured this foolishness.

"Let Tongyi Bureau and Huangmingji think about it." Zhu Houcong enjoyed his fans first, "Make some more and send them to the palaces."

This is how his court purchase made the craftsmen more familiar with the technology. There must be many problems, such as the durability of the gear chain.

But more importantly, open your mind.

And more importantly: From the material point of view, iron products have too many advantages.Iron implements, iron gears, iron chains, iron...

Iron!

China has already entered the Iron Age, but the scale of iron utilization is still an important indicator in the memory of Zhu Houcong's last life.

Large-scale iron smelting seems to be inextricably linked with chemistry.

Therefore, Zhang Lun and others saw the emperor standing comfortably at the downwind of the "fan" for a while, then stood up sadly and said, "Go to Qin'an Hall!"

……

Among the eight eyes, four eyes are said to be old, said to be sick, said to stop, said to be imprudent.

It is too common among Nanjing officials to take a leave of absence because of old age or poor health.

Now that Jingcha is in the moment, are you still asking for leave?

"When will such a day end!"

A certain official looked up at the sky and sighed before going out.

His wife couldn't say much, but asked: "If you can't, then visit a friend, and transfer out of Nanjing as soon as possible. This is a wrong place."

"...a woman's view!" The official glanced at him and continued to sigh, "How can you be transferred during the Beijing inspection? Promotion and relegation must wait until after the Beijing inspection! This delay is several months!"

He thought it was several months, but he didn't know that Yang Tinghe thought half a year or even longer would be fine.

But at the time of the Jingchao, the personnel were frozen, this is certain.

In the second half of the fifth year of Jiajing, officials in the two capitals felt the pressure from losing their official positions.

From the fourth grade and above, there is more space.Although it is said that self-Chen Shu has established merits and demerits, but since Chen Shuli can't talk nonsense to himself, is it possible that there is no other corroborating material for the imperial court to arrange all this?
After much deliberation, smart people know that the only way to push things forward in the past few months is the right way.

The Shangguan is urging, the Ministry of Rites and the officials of the Ke Dao are advising and consulting, and the fifth rank and below are trembling every day.

The current affairs must be done well, and the previous troubles must be resolved.

For the Beijing officials in Nanjing, the biggest warning from the Jingcha in front of them is naturally one thing: Do not interfere in the reform of government offices in various counties in Nanzhili.

The level of Nanzhili and Nanjing will not be changed, which does not mean that the prefectures and counties will not be changed.

Therefore, following the two major events of Qingzhang Land and Government Office restructuring this year, Nanjing is facing more and more "provocations" over the "independent power" of Nanzhili and even the three provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang.

"Mr. Xie, Nanjing is where the country is based! Now that there is a big war going on, all the officials are in panic. You have a high moral character, can't you persuade your majesty?"

In a mansion in Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, the elderly people seemed to have not heard this sentence.

"Thank you?"

"Ok?"

"Mr. Xie, my nephew Yu said that the officials in Beijing are currently in charge of the investigation, and the officials of Nanjing Kedao are stalking and attacking. All the officials in Nanjing are in panic. This is not the luck of the country!"

"...My nephew was promoted this year from Wai Lang, the car driver of the Ministry of War, to Lang Zhong of the Nanjing Ministry of War. This is the first time he has returned to the old man's house."

"...It's my nephew Yu who is busy with work, so I've been impolite."

"Li Gongmou, Liu Gongduan, and Xie Gongyou are so talkative." The old man laughed, "My nephew visited today, and the humble house is full of splendor. My old man is dim-sighted and deaf, what did my nephew say just now? , I can’t talk about it now! How is Xixian now?”

"...Lao Xie is worried, my father's body and bones are not as good as before."

This year is 78, it is Xie Qian who was famous in the early years of Zhengde.

And this young man is Liu Dong, the son of Liu Jian who was as famous as Xie Qian and Li Dongyang back then.

He was born as a Jinshi and worked as a member of the Ministry of War's car driving division Wai Lang.After Liu Jian became an official, he has been wasting time in the Ministry of War.Up to now, even the Vehicle Driving Division of the Ministry of War has transferred a lot of power and assets to Natong Post Bureau, and Liu Dong has also been "promoted" to an official position and placed in Nanjing as a doctor of a certain division of the Ministry of War.

But the doctor is the fifth grade, and he is listed in the "Tang Jue" of Jingchao.

Now, he, a doctor of the Nanjing Military Department, somehow ran to Zhejiang and came to Xie Qian's house.

Xie Qian at 78 pretended to be deaf and dumb, while Liu Dong was silent.

Although my father is still there, he may not be able to survive the past two years.

Although there is a policy of "seizing love", Liu Dong has been wasted for so many years, and he no longer has higher hopes for his official career.

With the help of his father Yu Yin, if he can accumulate some contacts and friends in Nanjing, he might not be able to wait for his children to have a bright future.

But Jingcha disrupted everything for him.

Now, he ventured to Zhejiang to visit Xie Qian, but what he got was just such an attitude.

"My brother passed away early, and my father's heart was broken. My nephew is ashamed, and so far he has only been promoted to a fifth-rank idle position." Liu Dong made up his mind and spoke very bluntly, "Xie Gong, Your Majesty is determined to forge ahead, and I am sincere. The tax-heavy land in the south of the Yangtze River is the foundation of the Nanjing state. At this time, it is not a blessing for the country to go to war. The stupid nephew is light-hearted, why don’t Mr. Xie speak up and tell His Majesty the benefits and harms, and don’t lightly touch the two capitals’ system?”

Xie Qian seemed to be too old, took a sip of tea with the support and service of his servants, and then only asked: "What?"

Seeing Xie Qian like this, Liu Dong was very depressed, but he couldn't attack.

But the purpose is always to be expressed.

In the end, Xie Qian still said: "The ancestral system of the two capitals? Good! Yingtian has a governor, good!"

If the words are not speculative, Liu Dong returns without success.

After he left, Xie Qian was more energetic. Where is the old guy who still needs help and tea?
His younger brother Xie Di, a Jinshi in the 12th year of Hongzhi, is now the right councilor in Jiangxi, working under the command of Yang Tinghe's younger brother Yang Tingyi!
His eldest son, Xie Zheng, is now a member of the Beijing Ministry of Rites, Wailang!

His second son, Xie Pi, took the provincial examination to Jieyuan, and was a Tanhualang in the 18th year of Hongzhi, and now he is an editor of the Imperial Academy!

His third son, Xie Dou, works secretly in Dali Temple in Beijing.

After his fourth son, Xie Gen, was adopted by his younger brother, he is now also in charge of the Metropolitan Affairs Department of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

His five and six sons are all officials in Shandong, and they are under the control of "Zhang Detou"!

Liu Jian's son, what kind of brain is wrong, wanting to force himself to jump out and make irresponsible remarks on His Majesty's strategy?

In this Beijing-chasing season, you leave your post and come to Zhejiang, are you crazy?I don't know how many science and Taoism officials are staring at them, for fear that their Jingcha suggestion has no content?
See you of course!After seeing him, there was no movement, neither was it a loss of old friendship, nor would His Majesty have any thoughts about Xie's family in his heart.

Xie Qian, who was 78 years old, was famous for being able to talk, and behind this is his side of talking to people and talking nonsense when he sees people.

After Liu Dong left, he only ordered: "Next year, I will live to be [-] years old. Let's go to Yan Dutai for an invitation first."

The re-establishment of the Zhejiang Shipbuilding Department, which has been rumored privately in Hangzhou, has not yet been decided. Yan Song, who is all-round and exquisite, will probably think a little bit more when he sees his post.

This student of Yang Tinghe still doesn't know how deep the water in the south of the Yangtze River is!

So what if he was born in Jiangxi?It went up so fast!
Xie Qian had his calculations for his descendants, Liu Dong could only return without success.

The officials in Nanjing, who are on the hot pot of the Jingcha, seem to be quite calm now, except for the ridiculous reasons such as "old age, sickness, resignation, and imprudence" that do not want to be left behind during the special period.

No one talks about Nanjing being the country.

What is the country of Nanjing?In case Beijing is gone, Nanjing is the way out.

Who wants to curse that now that His Majesty's talents are outstanding, Beijing will fail?

How did it affect the capital of Nanjing?

However, the speech officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate released by Xia Yan and the speech officials of the other six departments in Nanjing were not caused by trouble.Since he couldn't escape from the "court trial", it is natural to make meritorious deeds first.

Guo Xun has been in Nanjing for a long time, and now there are many guests in his house.

"Brother Guo, there is nothing illegal for us to live in Nanjing. But now the officials in Nanjing are like wild horses, brothers are really worried! Your Majesty set up Huangming Ji and set up various enterprises, we have nothing to say!"

Next to Guo Xun is Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei who lived in Nanjing for generations.

It wasn't Xu Pengju who spoke, but he who answered: "Everyone, uncles, you seem to have a lot of tricks."

"...What's the matter!"

Guo Xun smiled happily.

The River Transport Bureau and the Maritime Transport Bureau were established, and the Weis in Nanzhili were divided into one.

The Zhenwu camp recruited soldiers, and the rest of them didn't know where to go—other provinces began to recruit troops at the provincial level, but Nanzhili did not.

But now a Jingcha, what is Nanjing Xunchen anxious about?
There is no other reason, because there are many low-grade civil servants in Nanjing, who are actually their son-in-law, niece-in-law, and grandson-in-law...

Now, Guo Xun only said: "You can live in peace! You can worry less about the affairs of the Beijing camp and the Zhenwu camp? Your majesty has said it a long time ago. If you want to do business, you can find a way, and you can make contributions! You, I both I know it. Why are you afraid of Jingcha! Is there anything else I don’t know?”

Let you invite drinking people to enter the new camp of the two capitals again!

What are you afraid of?Is it because he is afraid that his daughter, niece, and granddaughter will have a bad life, or is he afraid that His Majesty has other intentions to investigate Nanjing's relatives?
The ants on the hot pot were acting indiscriminately, and the passionate soldiers began to train recruits in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

Entering August, the right servant of the Nanjing household department finally arrived in Beijing with a memorial.

Impeached Jia Yong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, and Xia Yan, Yushi Yushi of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. In the name of Jingcha, they condoned officials of the Ministry of Officials and officials of Ke Dao to criticize and threaten officials in Nanjing, resulting in the stagnation of ministries in Nanjing.

He didn't say anything about the importance of Nanjing's national foundation.

It is the right minister of Nanjing household department, not the minister of Nanjing household department.

But Beijing only gave one opinion: Governor Yingtian Yang Tinghe should find out the truth and report it to Beijing.

Yang Tinghe does not have the power to directly govern the six ministries of Nanjing, but now he has a mandate, and the coordination meeting will be held.

"The Beijing inspection is not a new thing, and the officials' consultations and visits by Ke Dao have not exceeded the regulations. Why are the affairs of the ministries stagnant?" Yang Tinghe looked at the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, "I heard that Liu Dong, a doctor of the Ministry of War, took leave due to illness for nearly half a month. Yu Yao mentioned Liu Dong’s visit in Mr. Qiao’s letter. You should know the meaning of Mr. Xie’s letter. The ministries and ministries in Nanjing have stagnated. Is there anything wrong with it? Why did it happen?”

What does Xie Qian mean by writing a letter to Yang Tinghe?Tell Yang Tinghe: I will not get involved in this matter. By the way, I will tell you that some officials in Nanjing are dishonest.

Adding insult to injury or putting an arrow in the back?It doesn't exist, he is an old man who has become an official, a former court elder, the words in the letter are definitely elegant, as if he was just chatting about old times.

But Yang Tinghe directly used Xie Qian's words as evidence on this occasion. Xie Qian knew that apart from the national curse that lingered in his heart for a moment, he probably could only sigh: Yang Ting and you boy are not the same Yang Tinghe back then.

Now, the chief officials of various ministries in Nanjing at this coordination meeting are not easy to answer.

As the directors of nursing homes, most of them don't expect more in their official careers in this life.

Some people under them make their own decisions, and they can't make decisions about this—you don't have much real power yourself, so why do you control the people below?
Yes, it's because I have other thoughts - does His Majesty have any intentions to abolish the establishment of various ministries and offices in Nanjing's accompanying capital?If it is abolished, where will you go?

Yang Tinghe sighed: "It's just a routine Beijing inspection, why should there be so many incidents? I'm about to retire soon, and I hope you will let me relax for two years."

There was a moment of silent slander in the room: Which court official was the first governor of Yingtian before he became an official?
When you come to Nanjing, you have no good intentions!

Information is always asymmetrical. Yang Tinghe finally grasped the initiative after he came to Nanjing. Looking into the eyes of the chief officials of various ministries in Nanjing, he said slowly: "Jingcha, the key is always to promote Zhongxian. Your Majesty will work hard to govern, With the disturbance of the Beijing police, how come all the officials in Nanjing are not interested in ministerial affairs?"

What small fish and shrimp do has little influence, and Nanjing does not have much power to really affect the national economy and people's livelihood.

The main target of the Nanjing Jingcha has always been the high-ranking Zhupao officials from the fourth rank and above who have the right to "self-report", especially the second and third ranks of the various ministries in Nanjing.

As soon as the four characters "promote loyalty and virtuousness" come out, loyalty comes first and virtuousness comes later.

Nobody here is a fool.

Sure enough, it is to eliminate dissidents!
However, it is not any courtier who is eliminating dissidents, it is the emperor who is eliminating dissidents!
Nanjing is no longer obstructing the new law!Who else is alien?

Xia Yan, the "participant", was also in the room, and he was learning Yang Tinghe's words and strategies.

What is loyalty?
Even if you don't know what the emperor is going to do, if you are obedient, you are loyal!
Now that some people are delaying "ministerial affairs" because of Jingcha, who has the face to sue and go to the capital to blame Jingcha?
Yang Tinghe first threw out the evidence of Liu Dong's "negligence of duty" and went to Zhejiang to visit Xie Qian when he was sick, and then proposed soul torture.

What's new in Jingcha?Is the Nanjing Kedao spokesperson acting outrageous?

Xia Yan said with great emotion: "The lower officials have repeatedly told the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate not to interfere with the official affairs. The lower officials don't know where the attacks and threats come from!"

The Nanjing Household Department has real power, which is rare among Nanjing's various ministries. At this moment, the right servant replied forcefully: "How many practical things do we have to do to clear up the land, subsidize iron farm tools, etc.? Ask everyone over and over again, who still has the heart to tell the truth?"

Xia Yan chuckled: "I can count the total number of Kodao officials in Nanjing. The visit list is made and printed by the Department of Examination of the Ministry of Rites. Ask again and again, and you can figure out how much time it takes in total. How many hours are you on duty for twelve hours a day? How many hours are you on duty in a month? It turns out that without so much time, the ministries in Nanjing would not be able to do practical things? Do you want me to present this statement to Your Majesty?"

Yang Tinghe couldn't help but look at him: the officials in Nanjing have a lot of energy.Zhang Fujing started, Xia Yan is so brave?

Jia Yong smiled wryly: "Everyone, during the Beijing inspection period, people's hearts are indeed uncertain. It's just that the Beijing inspection is also a practical matter. There are all necessary links. Now that this matter has come before His Majesty, I can't help you. How can you bear it? It's better to go back to appease the subordinates and put your mind at ease."

Yang Tinghe spread his hands: "There is no complaint, it's just that the Beijing inspection has not been done for a long time, and some new recruits in Nanjing occasionally complain. The household affairs are heavy, and I am afraid that it will be delayed by the Beijing inspection. What do you think?"

The right servant of the Nanjing household department sank in his heart: Is it because I was a clown in vain?

He looked at his boss: Didn't you say that there was a lot of enthusiasm, and there were many followers from all ministries?
(End of this chapter)