Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 178 Performing Duties

It's approaching the third quarter of the hour.

The chief steward Wu Haiping came out of the side hall, paused briefly, and saw the Ding family brothers and his younger brother Wu Haining approaching. The three of them talked and laughed all the way, and it only took one night for Wu Haining to become familiar with the Ding brothers.

When they came closer, the Ding brothers clasped their fists and saluted. Wu Haining lazily called "brother", which made Wu Haiping frown immediately.

"Stand up straight! Who are you showing your frown to? If you disgrace me in the future, watch your skin carefully!"

Wu Haiping raised his hand, and Wu Haining immediately shrank in fear.

With a little luck, Wu Haiping explained: "Today, I have assumed my duties, the three of you should not cause trouble, and you should interact more with the rest of the entourage." After a pause, Wu Haiping fumbled for three silver barley coins from his sleeve pocket.

Wu Haining's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is there any money left?"

Wu Haiping held back his anger and divided the money, saying: "This is a reward from the master. Don't be stingy when interacting with others. If you find something useful, the master will give you another reward."

Wu Haining took the silver and immediately put it in his mouth, biting his teeth, and said happily: "Is there such a good thing? Brother, don't worry, I'm the best at interacting with people!"

Wu Haiping sighed secretly. It was unlucky to have such a careless younger brother in his life. He is indeed good at socializing, and now Wu Haiping only asks his brother not to cause trouble for this.

Seeing that Chen Zheng was about to arrive, Wu Haiping urged the three of them to harness their horses and prepare to set off. When they arrived at Chenzheng, Master Li Weijian, dressed in a bright red official robe, came out of the Yimen. Wu Haiping followed him hurriedly and explained in detail what he had just explained.

Li Weijian said: "You can just talk to Aunt Fu about these details."

"That's what the master said."

After leaving the door, the carriage had stopped in front of the door, and a half-height stool was placed in front of the carriage. Li Weijian looked at the stool thoughtfully.

Turning to look at Wu Haiping, Wu Haiping said: "The master is now a lord, so he must have some pomp and circumstance."

Li Weijian sneered and said: "It's just a second-class man, where does the pomp come from? I'd better save this stool for when I get older." After saying that, he got on the carriage, and once he got into the carriage, he opened the curtains, and if anything, Si said to Wu Haiping: "Haiping, you feel that being a housekeeper is not enough for you. Otherwise, I will ensure that you join the army, and you may not be able to be a wife and son in the future."

Wu Haiping blinked and shook his head quickly: "Don't go, little one! Cannons have no eyes. Now that I have just married, I have to leave something for the old Wu family to think about later."

Wu Haining, who was sitting in Ding Rusong's arms, said: "Brother, you don't want to make progress. Why are you so anxious after staying? You will still have me after you die, right?"

Wu Haiping immediately broke through, rolled up his arms and sleeves and rushed towards Wu Haining: "Little bastard, I don't want to teach you a lesson today, you don't know how high the sky is!"

Wu Haining turned over and dismounted with a 'Hey!' sound, and then circled the big green horse, sometimes dodging left and right, and sometimes diving under the horse's belly. Wu Haiping had a lot of strength, but he couldn't hold the monkey.

After a moment of commotion, Li Weijian called for a stop, and Wu Haiping stopped angrily. Li Weijian couldn't help but think to himself, as expected, Wenwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes. Thinking about how Wu Haiping was so unruly half a year ago, now that he is married, he seems to have stopped being a docile cat, and has lost his usual ambition.

Li Weijian sighed secretly, but since Wu Haiping was not happy, then forget it. With his protection, Wu Haiping's life is better than that of ordinary people.

Immediately the carriages and horses set off, heading towards the inner government office. Li Weijian's residence is closer to the inner palace than Rongguo Mansion, and he is only a cup of tea away from the inner palace.

After passing the sign and entering, Li Weijian learned that today King Zhongyong had entered the palace again to meet the emperor. However, the prince had already given instructions, asking Dr. Liang to send Li Weijian to take office.

The two drank a cup of tea and immediately set off to Duyusi. This Du Yusi is adjacent to the imperial city, and the yamen is just a house with three entrances, which looks very inconspicuous.

On the way, Li Weijian found out that the chief officer of Duyu Division was supposed to be the deputy prime minister, but since he came to Yuji, King Zhongyong has always been in charge of this mission, so the doctor of Duyu Division actually made the decision.

The surname of Doctor Du Yu was Hu, and his first name was Hu Debiao. He was originally a general in the Beijing camp.

Li Zicheng, Taizu of Dashun, established a five-camp military system, including Zhongji, left auxiliary, right wing, forward, and back force. Taizong Li Guo was originally the general of the rear camp. When Li Guo swept the world, the rear camp became bigger and became the current Beijing camp.

After subsequent restructuring, the capital camp was divided into eight towns, led by generals. There is a capital under it, and the chief officer is the captain; there is a brigade under the capital, and the chief officer is the commander-in-chief; there is a department under the brigade, and the chief officer is the commander-in-chief; there are sentries under the subordinates, and the chief officer is the commander-in-chief. There are anywhere from twelve to fourteen people per sentry post.

Mr. Hu Debiao was originally the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp. He was unlucky enough to fall from his horse while chasing the White Lotus bandits in Shandong a few years ago. After recovering from his injuries, last year his troops were completely wiped out by the Great Strategy in Qinghai. He had no choice but to go to Du Yusi to serve as a doctor.

Under Hu Langzhong, there are three more chiefs, all of whom have been old officials for several years and have been running errands for a long time. Li Weijian was only in the name of Du Yusi this time. In fact, King Zhongyong had other arrangements, so he would not have any dispute with the other three principals over power.

After listening to Dr. Liang's introduction, Li Weijian probably had an idea. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Sure enough, King Zhongyong valued his practical learning ability more. As for military training, King Zhongyong probably just thought he was a scholar, right?

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Duyu Division. Dr. Liang personally escorted Li Weijian in. Not far away, he saw a short and sturdy man leading officials of all sizes to greet him quickly. This man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he smiled like Maitreya Buddha. He held his hands out from a distance: "Master Li, Mr. Liang, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Liang Langzhong smiled and said: "Old Hu, don't say that the prince has never taken care of Duyu Si. Well, Li Caishen is here. Whether you, Duyu Si, can make a fortune at the end of the year depends on how you do."

Hu Debiao glared and said, "What's the point? When Li Caishen comes to my place, if he is aggrieved at all, just ask the prince to whip me!"

Li Weijian looked around secretly and saw that not only Hu Debiao, but also the chief clerk and clerk behind him were all smiling. I couldn't help but wonder, was my reputation a bit exaggerated?

Because Li Weijian said hurriedly: "Hu Langzhong, I still don't know the inside story of Du Yusi. It's hard for this clever woman to make a meal without rice."

Hu Debiao narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Li. I'm not in a hurry. I just need to have a few more taels of silver at the end of the year so that everyone can have a good year."

It's almost October now, what can we do with just two moonlight scenes? Li Weijian couldn't help but shake his head. After thinking about it, I will not work here often in the future. It will depend on the situation. If I can come up with ideas, I will come up with them.

At that moment, all the chief officials and clerks had seen Li Weijian. Hu Debiao personally sent Li Weijian to the left side room, scolded several clerks for serving him wholeheartedly, and then left.

The scribes were really dedicated, serving refreshments in a moment, and leaving one person at the door to take orders. Li Weijian was eating snacks and drinking tea, but had nothing to do. He could only ask the clerk to ask about the errand of Mingdu Yusi.

The scribe didn't dare to neglect, and immediately explained Du Yusi's errand thoroughly. There are eight towns in the capital camp, and one town takes turns serving as the imperial army every year. The Shenxing Division made secret visits to find out the thoughts of the generals in various ministries, and then made a list of reliable people and forwarded them to the Duyu Division. Du Yusi will then check the general's ability based on the list. If he can fight, he will be promoted within the year. If his ability is not good, the officer will not be promoted. It is also good to be promoted to the first level of martial arts and get more salary. .

From time to time, junior officers would serve as imperial guards, and the imperial guards would often serve as imperial guards.

Li Weijian listened carefully and thought to himself, this is just mixed with sand.

Jia Daihua of Ningguo Prefecture was once the envoy of the Beijing Camp. After he took off his errands, the envoy of the Beijing Camp fell on Prince Teng. Among the four Jinling families, King Jia Shi and Xue Tongqi connected their branches. This move seemed to appease the Jia family, but in fact it was like cutting flesh with a blunt knife.

That Wang Ziteng was nothing more than a sword in the hands of a saint, cutting into the lifeblood of the old nobleman. Last year, after the defeat of Qinghai and the completion of the integration of Beijing Camp, Wang Ziteng immediately transferred the control of nine provinces. It seemed that he had a high position and powerful family, but in fact, the four major families could no longer get involved in Beijing Camp.

It was expected that when Wang Ziteng integrated the capital camp, he would have driven all the old disciples of the Jia family to Jiubian. They also rose up and down secretly, leaving the Jia family unable to find fault. He would also show up with Yuan Chunlu from time to time, giving the Jia family plenty of hope. In this way, within a few years, I am afraid that the former Jia Banchao will no longer be able to make any waves, and all the kindness and power will be used. The emperor will destroy the Jia family whenever he wants.

Li Weijian then thought about the saints of today. The emperor was quite wise, skillful, and good at benevolence and power. The only flaw was that he had too much face.

But this is a good thing for Li Weijian. If he meets a hero like Li Er or Zhu Baba, who calls you brothers today, he will kill you to sacrifice the flag tomorrow.

Now that Emperor Zheng He is just right and needs too much face, as long as Li Weijian doesn't push Emperor Zheng He into a desperate situation all of a sudden, the emperor will not jump over the wall in a hurry.

The clerk said that he looked at Li Weijian eagerly, hoping that Li Weijian would make an immediate decision so that Du Yusi could make a fortune.

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I'm just here. I don't know where I am. How can I come up with random ideas? Just go down."

The scribe smiled and cupped his hands: "Young adults, just think about it slowly. Don't be in a hurry, hey, don't be in a hurry."

The clerk retired, and Li Weijian simply stood up after committing the crime and randomly picked out the books on the bookshelf to read through.

By coincidence, I was drawing a roll of battle reports about Yue Zhongqi leading 4,000 troops in Bashu to annihilate the three rebel chieftains four years ago.

Li Weijian took a brief look at it, and then he roughly understood the current tactics of Dashun's army. The Xiaoguo Town led by Yue Zhongqi is neither a Beijing camp nor a frontier army, at most it can be regarded as a local army.

Because the chieftains in the southwest often changed, the configuration of the town was similar to that of the frontier army. Approximately 50% of the firearms were used. During the battle, 20% of the heavy armored infantry were in the front line, 50% of the firearms soldiers and 15% of the archers were shooting, and the remaining 15% of the cavalry were watching the enemy's formation. When the enemy showed a weakness, they immediately moved from the left and right. Separate, sweep away.

What's interesting is that, not to mention that the heavy armored infantry has double armor per person, if the enemy has enough muskets and artillery, they will have to push carts to approach the battle.

Li Weijian thought briefly, isn't this the Eight Banners' strategy for entering the Pass? Good guy, this war is indeed the best catalyst for military reform. Dashun fought with the Eight Banners, not only destroyed the Eight Banners, but also learned a complete set of their tactics!

What a turn of events.

Li Weijian looked through other battle reports and found that since Taizong Li Guo, the Dashun army had gradually increased the proportion of firearms. When Li Guo annihilated Guan Nei, his proportion of firearms was only about 30%. After Li Guo died of illness and his successors annihilated Liaodong, this proportion had increased to 40%.

A hundred years have passed, and now the proportion of firearms in ordinary garrison troops is 45%, and the proportion of firearms in the Beijing camp is as high as 60% to 70%. It is not that Dashun's opponent at this time is Junggar, who is located in the Western Region and is not easy to mobilize for expedition. I am afraid that it is not far away from all the firearms and lining up to be shot.

However, Li Weijian invented the spiral-rifled Minie rifle. It is hard to say whether the Dashun Army will line up to shoot them in the future. Firepower delivery is for accuracy. Now that accuracy is available, there is no need to queue up and shoot.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and the manager, Hu Debiao, had booked a restaurant early, and it was near Duyu Si, so that he could help Li Weijian. At the banquet, Yan Yan was laughing and chatting. After the third round of drinking, Hu Debiao showed his true nature.

Li Weijian also made a few jokes to make fun of him, and Hu Debiao immediately became a confidant.

After the banquet was over, a group of people went back to the Yamen and sat for a while, then dispersed before a while.

In the next few days, because Li Weijian was in charge of the inner palace and did not have to go to court, he went to Dedu Yusi at exactly the right time every day, with a plate of snacks and a cup of tea, and could go to the Yamen at noon.

After a few days of doing nothing, no one else said anything, but Li Weijian himself became anxious. Why did he have to become an official in the inner government? One is to avoid the reform trend, and the other is because the inner government is almost equal to the highest technical level of Dashun.

He originally intended to take advantage of the newcomer's arrival to read through the imperial archives so that he could have a better understanding of Dashun's current technological level, but who would have thought that King Zhongyong had completely forgotten about him!

In October, Li Weijian couldn't help but went to the inner palace to look for King Zhongyong. Perhaps it was because the new year was approaching or he was caught up in other things, so he didn't see King Zhongyong twice in a row.

Unable to bear it, Li Weijian looked for Dr. Liang and finally got a thick stack of books from his hands. He took it back to Du Yusi and looked through it slowly.

At the same time, the besieging of Shuntian Mansion by Shixue Qiuwei scholars also came to an end. The four examiners were dismissed from their posts and waited for examination, and the five scholars who led the trouble had their shirts stripped off.

Emperor Zhenghe's move was a fifty-fifty move, which seemed harmonious. It not only saved the chief minister, but also gave an explanation to the subordinates. However, among these four examiners, two are die-hard New Party members and are from the Imperial Academy. One is from the military department, and the other is the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. Although their official positions are not high, they are like giving the New Party a slap in the face. .

Afterwards, the new party suffered a loss and one member of the old party was deposed. Only Yan Xiyao took the opportunity to bring his disciple to the military department and give him a central position.

Chen Shoufu naturally felt unhappy after the incident. He looked for faults several times, but Yan Xiyao put the heavy weight aside lightly.

Li Weijian couldn't help but sigh, he must be a teacher, his ability to hit the sap is so perfect, there is no trace of fireworks.

He had just entered the Yamen that day, and Hu Debiao came over and asked, "Master Li..."

"You are so polite, doctor. Why don't you call me by my first name, doctor?"

"Forget it, Fusheng, I have been here for nearly ten days in Duyu. This..." Hu Debiao rubbed his hands and said, "I wonder if Fusheng has any ideas?"

Li Weijian thought for a while, and if he couldn't count on King Zhongyong for the time being, he could only use his subjective initiative. Because he had some control over it, he said, "Hu Langzhong, I really have a little trick here."

　I came back late after taking my children to an interest class. This is the first update today, I’m extremely sorry.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)