Ping An Biography

When Zhang Ning was chatting with Yang Shiqi and others, according to Yang, there were Jin Yiwei guards watching at the door every day in the major yamen of the Beijing Normal University, which was called Zuoji.Zhang Ning's experience in the officialdom of the capital is relatively shallow, so he really didn't know about such a thing.

There is also such a "sit note" in the Wuchang cabinet lobby. It is Xia Yu, the permanent servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Whenever there are major issues discussed, she will almost always listen in the Zanzheng Hall next to the lobby.This is not for the purpose of monitoring the activities of the cabinet. Zhang Ning is usually present at the collegial meeting. If he is asked to make decisions, do he still need to monitor it?It is mainly for the upper echelons of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to understand the strategic direction of Huguang, to facilitate the Ministry of Internal Affairs to organize secret agents to focus on the intelligence needed by the military and government, and to instigate | some people who may turn against the water.

It is said that Xia Yu was born in a family of officials. Although she is a woman, she has seen the world. At least she can understand government affairs thoroughly, and she can go to Yao Ji and explain clearly what the Huguang court is doing.

Zhang Ning had a discussion with the ministers in the lobby this morning, and after they broke up, he called Xia Yu to the upstairs study to talk.

Of course, he didn't have any unreasonable thoughts about Xia Yu, he was just asking about something serious.For some reason, there are so many women in the Chu Palace, Zhang Ning alone has no evil thoughts about Xia Yu. Although he doesn't want to be obscene with every woman, he doesn't even think about it.He first took a look at Xia Yu, logically this "woman" was pretty, with good facial features and good skin, and long legs, but for some reason she lacked that style.Zhang Ning took a closer look, and felt that it might be because her face was too flat and less charming, and the main reason was that her words and deeds were orderly, she was tall and calm, like a man.

"I've seen the prince." Xia Yu clasped her fists in a salute without being humble or overbearing. By the way, that's the feeling. She is more upright than ordinary men and women. It will give people the illusion that she is an official.

Zhang Ning nodded, thinking about something in a low voice.Xia Yu knew her identity and just stood beside her without saying a word.He pondered for a long time before asking: "Zhu Guangyang, who was recently promoted to the command of the Second Battalion of the Navy, has written too little in the file. Do you have any inquiries?"

It's not that Zhang Ning doesn't want to trust the person selected by Monk Yao, but he made another big investment in the navy and pooled the resources of the two provinces, so he had to learn more about the candidates for the chief general.Now that so many people in the Wuchang court have become one, not all of them were drawn by Zhang Ning alone, and he did not have the ability to separate himself; most of the people formed a group through the geometric growth of the people around him. Relying on Yao Ji, he got the support of hundreds of people under Yao Ershang, and then because of his relationship with Emperor Jianwen, he met Zhou Mengxiong and attracted Yang Shiqi...Yao Ershang and Zhou Mengxiong each accumulated contacts, and Yang Shiqi and Yu Qian also attracted a large number of gentry in Huguang and Jiangxi, so they became more and more popular. Many, the victory of the war has accelerated the expansion of power.Zhang Ning couldn't use the person recommended by Monk Yao, otherwise he couldn't find a suitable candidate.

At this moment, Xia Yu said: "This subordinate has a little understanding... The prince's heart is attached to the navy these days. If I am prepared to ask me suddenly like today, how should I answer? I dare not do some understanding in advance." [

"Oh?" Zhang Ning was slightly surprised, because she was surprised by her explanation, and couldn't help but look at her with great interest.

Xia Yu asked unhurriedly: "Your Highness, do you still remember Zhao Hu?"

"Remember." Zhang Ning said without thinking.He once said to Xu Wenjun that although there are more and more people around him, he never forgets who there are when there are few people around him.This sentence was not meant to make her happy, Zhang Ning did remember it in his heart.

Then Zhao Hu was also a person who followed Zhang Ning very early. He was from Xuzhou. He was originally a sailor of the Ming army and a subordinate of Zheng He. He was injured in a conflict with the aborigines in Luzon and returned to the blacksmith shop in his hometown in Xuzhou.When Zhang Ning met him, it happened that the army of the King of Han defeated the defenders of Xuzhou and followed the king of Han Zhu Heng into the city. Wanting to humiliate his wife, he was rescued by Zhang Ning, and the man followed him to repay his kindness and earn his fame by the way.Zhao Hu first followed Zhang Ning to the mountainous area of ​​western Hunan, and then fought against Shimen County together; but after the Suzaku Army developed a little and entered Yuezhou, he joined the Yuezhou Navy and started his old business. He hadn't seen him for a long time It's over.

Xia Yudao: "The dossier of the Ministry of Internal Affairs records that Zhu Guangyang was favored by Yao Shangshu and worshiped him as his adoptive father. This is true. But if the prince wants to ask, he must first mention Zhao Hu, because Zhu Guangyang first defected to Yao Shangshu. Through Zhao Hu's relationship, without Zhao Hu, Zhu Guangyang might not have met Yao Shangshu.

At that time, our army defeated the Huguang official army in Yuanshui, took advantage of the victory and forced Yuezhou, and the prefect of Yuezhou joined forces to defend and surrender the city.However, the Yuezhou navy did not surrender for a while, but left Dongting Lake and entered the Yangtze River. Our army had no warships and could not enter the river to pursue it; ’, we persuaded many sailors to surrender.Zhao Erhu learned from the surrendered general that Zhu Guangyang was a general in the navy. It turned out that he and Zhu Guangyang were cousins... I should remember wrongly, Zhu Guangyang's grandmother and Zhao Hu's grandfather were brothers or sisters.Zhao Erhu then went to Yao Shangshu to ask for orders to persuade Zhu Guangyang to surrender.

Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers noticed the clues. General Shangfeng was worried that Zhu Guangyang was going to surrender, but he had no evidence and was afraid of his soldiers, so he sent people to Yuezhou City to pick up Zhu Guangyang's son out of the city, hoping to blackmail Zhu Guangyang.But at this time Zhu Guangyang had already surrendered, his cousin Zhao Hu praised the prince, and compared the prince with the King of Han, thinking that following the prince to fight the world is different from the King of Han, and the prince has great kindness to the Zhao family, and the brothers hit it off.

When Zhu Guangyang returned to Yuezhou, he found that his only son had been taken away.Zhao Erhu then informed Yao Shangshu of this matter, and Yao Shangshu knew that he was the prince's man, so he immediately mobilized elite troops to cross the Yangtze River at night and attacked a market stronghold of the navy in the north of the river. Although Shangshu's soldiers suffered a lot in battle, they snatched Zhu Guangyang's only son back from the place he had scouted beforehand.Zhu Guangyang was grateful to Yao Shangshu, and worshiped him as his adoptive father in public.Later, Yao Shangshu ignored his status as a surrendered general, and always attached great importance to it... This time, the second battalion of the navy is the focus of the imperial court's experience. Yao Shangshu promoted Zhu Guangyang as soon as he arrived in Jiangxi, and it was like this. "

Zhang Ning patiently listened to it from the beginning, and at this moment it suddenly dawned on him that he knew a lot about this person.I couldn't help thinking: Although Zhao Hu had been a military commander under Monk Yao for a long time, he was the one who followed him at first, and he didn't belong to any of the various camps within the Wuchang regime; and Zhu Guangyang was Zhao Hu. If this person is really capable, it is not impossible to win him over.Of course, Zhang Ning would not say this kind of factional dispute, but the difference in the relationship between one person and many people always exists objectively, and it cannot be avoided if he does not want to fight among himself.

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