The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 172 The concubine and the transaction

Jiang Tao hurried back to Nanjing, only to find out that Li Lihua, whom he had been ignoring, was the mastermind and was now on the run. Facing the calm Wei Qingfeng, Jiang Tao smiled wryly: "Untie, brother Wei, let's go, if you dare to violate Daming The laws of the empire, then next time we will be enemies."

"This!" Wei Qingfeng's face suddenly changed. He thought of [-] ways to die, but he didn't expect that he still had a way to survive. It took him a long time to say in surprise: "Why did you let the guilty minister go?"

Jiang Tao said truthfully: "The third prince Zhu who escaped is not necessary to the Ming Empire. You can change it to anyone else. Has the third prince met the ministers since he became the throne? Has he ever issued a government order? Forget it, let's go .”

"Da Ming can still function without the emperor!"

After Jiang Tao finished speaking, he strode away. The former Jinyi Guard Chen Jiahe hurriedly followed up to accompany him and said cautiously: "My lord, sending someone to follow this person must be rewarding."

He is now the deputy general of the commoner guard, and the chief general of the commoner guard is Jiang Tao's brother-in-law, Jiang Heng. Discounting Jiang Tao's orders, more than a dozen corrupt officials have been found out, and their official positions are not obvious but they are well-known.

"Hehe, don't startle the snake. If you find their whereabouts, you will be closely monitored. This piece of the palace is empty like this. The sky net is fully restored. Well, step back." Jiang Tao said with a chuckle. The part that lives in the imperial palace is mostly handed over to Huaxing College. Even if he changes the dynasty now, the provinces under his rule will never say anything, but the people in other places don't know about Ming's policy of benefiting the people.

Wearing the cloak of Ming Dynasty can at least reduce the resistance of the people, and there will be less resistance and killings when the country is unified. When the people get real benefits, they will consciously maintain Jiang Tao's rule.

"My lord is wise!" Chen Jiahe took the opportunity to flatter him, but Jiang Heng nodded calmly.

When they retreated, Jiang Tao blamed himself endlessly. This matter is big or small. The main reason is that he did not guard against Qingfeng, so he pardoned the guards of the palace and ordered: "No one is allowed to enter or leave. The imperial palace can only be released unless this king holds the Golden Tiger Order."

A total of three Golden Tiger Orders were made, all of which are made of gold. On the front is a black tiger lying on a round ball, and seven gemstones of red, yellow, and blue colors are inlaid on the top, in the shape of seven North Pole stars. , on the back is the word Huaxing, which is extremely difficult to imitate.

"As ordered!"

Jiang Tao had just returned to Huaxing Mansion, but he did not expect that the memorials on the table had piled up like a mountain. He sighed, and hurriedly called Jiang Hu, the vice principal in charge of the Huaxing Military Branch, and ordered him to bring all the staff officers and marching Sima who were studying in the military academy into the palace. Jiang Tao taught in person.

There are a total of 600 people in this group, all of whom are former captains. They have been studying in the military academy for three months, and now they are short of the title of disciple of the prince. Of course, Jiang Tao still needs to train them in some theoretical knowledge. In fact, the most important thing is to brainwash them. .

Looking at the hundreds of memorials, Jiang Tao lamented, this is the end of too centralized power, it seems that a cabinet should be established as soon as possible, otherwise sooner or later he will die of exhaustion, before the students came, he hurriedly reviewed the memorials, reading dozens of books in a row, After all, they all persuaded Princess Jiang Tao to dona, Huang Zongxi and other old guys also came to meddle in their own business, and even Wei Donglai and other generals who were on an expedition also came to join in the fun.

Officials above the prefect and general have the right to submit memorials and make suggestions, which Jiang Tao allowed.

He was dumbfounded for a while, he knew that the main reason was that Tang Yanyu did not give birth to any heirs, and the ministers were afraid that something might happen to him, and the good situation might disappear. Tang Yanyu is Zicao. , ever since she became a servant girl of Luo Mansion, she has become Zicao.

Only then did Jiang Tao realize that even he had ignored Tang Yanyu. How could he have no feelings after being together for so long? In fact, he really wanted to talk about a vigorous love again, but he was repeatedly rejected. Now that I am busy with affairs, I feel chilly. After deliberating for a while, I sent someone to send a message to Jiang Zhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites: "Uncle, let Tang Yanyu be the princess, and the Ministry of Rites will select ten more beautiful girls. At that time, my nephew will Pick three of them."

Ah, no, why did I have no heirs for a long time?

Jiang Tao broke out in a cold sweat. If he had no heirs, even if he conquered the world by then, he would definitely be in turmoil, because no one under his command has such a high reputation.

He thought that he was no longer in the mood to review the memorials, and was going to practice in the martial arts field in order to calm himself down. Unfortunately, he met Xian'er, a maid from the palace. Seeing her cute appearance, an evil thought unconsciously appeared in her mind...

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Ten days later, Jiang Ning organized a concubine acceptance ceremony, and the whole country was jubilant, but Jiang Tao didn't make any major arrangements, after all, Daming is still very dangerous now.

Jiang Tao married three concubines at once, plus Tang Yanyu, there are four concubines, including Huang Zongxi's granddaughter Huang Shuya, Fang Yizhi's granddaughter Fang Tonger, and Xianer who was forced to bow by Jiang Tao's overlord a few days ago .

Xian'er is still brooding up to this day, and doesn't give Jiang Tao a good look. Thanks to Tang Yanyu's repeated persuasion, he finally gave up. Among them, Huang Shuya is dignified and generous, and Fang Tong'er is lively and cute. Very satisfied.

After many days, even if he is physically strong, he can't feel it. He is secretly vigilant. It is really not a good thing to have too many women. I hope that the recent efforts will bear fruit. It can't go on like this. It's more important...

I don't want to think that Zhang Qian'er, who is in charge of the doctor's camp, left a letter of resignation and left without saying goodbye just in the past few days.

……

At this time, Joseph had returned to Batavia, the headquarters of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia. Nicholas, the head of the East India Company, greatly appreciated Joseph. The cooperation request put forward by the Ming Empire was extremely attractive, and it was rare for the actual ruler of the Ming Empire to do so. Enlightened, and the Qing Empire also sent people to order a large number of muskets, and it happened that both sides supported it. As long as the huge war in China continued, the Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia would not be in any danger.

"Mr. Commander will continue to be in charge of the trade with Daming. As for the matter of further cooperation, King Huaxing will wait patiently. I will report it to the Great Speaker. I believe the Great Speaker will agree to this matter. First, we will sell five thousand handles to each of Daqing and Daming. The war-torn China is in the interests of the Netherlands, but let them wait for the rest of the musket orders.”

Nicholas thought for a while, and said with a happy expression.

"But we don't have so many extra muskets." Joseph frowned and brought up the crux of the problem.

"Hehe, there are muskets in reserve in the hands of governors all over the country. If we take some of the muskets in the hands of the garrisons in various places, we should be able to make up 15 muskets. Oh my God, [-] of the latest muskets. It's fatal, but it's so attractive, the Chinese market is too huge." Nicholas patted his forehead happily, and said incoherently.

"Mr. Speaker, I want to remind you that the Ming Empire rose in vain. Everyone under its rule was rich, and their musketeers were well-trained. It is no longer the China of ten years ago. We cannot take it lightly." Joseph came from a soldier Intuition, sighed.

"No, no, since we can't turn the huge China into a colony of the Netherlands, we can only put our interests first. From the orders of Qing and Ming, we can see that the other party is far inferior to the powerful in terms of shipbuilding and arsenals. In the Netherlands, today's war is a war of attrition. Even if China has a hundred of the top battleships, it is not an opponent of the Dutch fleet, because the Netherlands has more than a hundred shipyards. As long as they have gold coins, they can recover their vitality, but they can't , The more they rely on our guns and artillery, the more difficult it will be for him to build his arsenal." Nicholas said with some pride.

"Come on, let's have a toast to the great Netherlands, haha..."

Joseph also nodded, realizing a little bit in his heart, so the arsenal in the old country will also be enlarged?
(End of this chapter)