When the road is widened, not only can you think about yourself, but even the enemy will think about you.

Zhang Tingyu belongs to this mentality at the moment, in his opinion, it is completely impossible for the Qing Dynasty to save the country through normal means, in this case, it is better to choose another way, as long as it can keep the Qing Dynasty, everything is the price that can be paid.

As long as Russia still wants to comfortably eat the territory of the north, it will never sit idly by and watch the Qing Dynasty perish, otherwise once it is replaced by the enterprising Great Chu, it is difficult to say whether they will be able to keep their current territory at that time.

Therefore, in this battle, Russia has stood in the same trench with the Qing Dynasty, and what is lacking is only a piece of meat that can hang the Russians.

The ministers looked different, but they didn't say anything against it, everyone is not a vegetarian, and naturally understands that in the current situation, this is what the Qing Dynasty can do, but they are slightly disgusted by Zhang Tingyu's straightforward words, after all, everyone is a gentleman who wants to face.

After listening to Zhang Tingyu's words, Yongzheng did not express his position directly, but chose to remain silent, which in itself shows his tacit attitude, but these words cannot be said by him, the emperor, and should not be said by him.

Since the situation became clearer step by step, Yongzheng had already made up his mind, whether it was killing chickens and taking eggs, or selling the law to seek a complete strategy, there was only one purpose, that is, to keep the Eight Banners, not to keep the Qing Dynasty.

The key to keeping the Eight Banners and the Qing Dynasty is that Yongzheng has completely given up the unrealistic illusion of pacifying Chu Rebellion, and he has realized one point very rationally, that is, the Qing Dynasty has actually died in the sixty-first year of Kangxi.

Now the three years of struggle is just that Ning Chu is cleaning up the chaos in the south, and when Ning Chu is completely empty-handed, only one blow will be needed to destroy the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty has struggled in these three years, and it has only trained a nondescript Eight Banners New Army with the strength of the whole country.

Such a new army of the Eight Banners could not protect the Qing Dynasty, and could only try to preserve the Eight Banners, whether it was to return to Manchuria or wander to the wilderness, there were still multiple options for survival.

Zhang Tingyu is the minister who can understand Yongzheng's mind the most, because every word he says speaks to Yongzheng's heart, and Tu Lichen is a counterexample who does not know current affairs, he not only does not understand Yongzheng's inner thoughts, but also does not understand the thoughts of today's high-level Eight Banners, everyone hates this person who is full of nonsense.

"Hengchen, you still need to worry a lot about the matter of the envoy to Russia, but Tu Lichen's side, you also have to enlighten him well, and if it doesn't work, let him go home and rest more."

Yongzheng said slowly, which can be regarded as setting the tone for this matter, that is, betraying the country to survive, selling the territory of northern Xinjiang to lead Russian troops south, resisting the upcoming Ningchu Northern Expedition army, so as to protect the Eight Banners.

"The slave leads the order, but the slave is shallow in virtue, and the leader is still responsible for the king of Duoluo County, Celeng and Lord Bo Sige, as for the slave, just beat the side drum."

Zhang Tingyu smiled slightly, but this smile looked so hateful in the eyes of the rest of the ministers, it seemed that after he became the leader of Hanchen, the whole person was less and less different from the famous minister Zhang Hengchen back then.

Yongzheng doesn't care, he doesn't care about anything anymore, except for the Eight Banners, it naturally doesn't matter who he uses, as long as he can help him get through the difficulties, and Zhang Tingyu is such an excellent tool, as long as the Eight Banners survive the catastrophe, then only one word of command is needed to give death to the traitor in front of him who betrays the country and seeks glory.

However, Yongzheng still had one thing in mind, "Hengchen, what kind of method is the method of killing chickens and taking eggs you said the day before yesterday?" ”

Everyone was also quite surprised at this time, with these previous examples, now they really want to hear what kind of suggestions Zhang Tingyu can put forward in front of them.

"Delegate power to local governors, allow them to set up tax cards on their own, collect taxes, allow them to train regiments in various localities on a large scale, and allow them to promote and appoint governors to official positions at all levels."

Zhang Tingyu bowed his head deeply, "Not only do you have to sell the country to the country, but you have to sell the country internally, the gentry are unreliable, and what the emperor can really rely on is still my officials of the Qing Dynasty." ”

...........

In the city of Nanjing, in front of an execution ground located in the southern suburbs, there were already several rows of soldiers of the Fu Han Army standing at this time, each of them carrying a musket on their shoulders, and the bayonet on the head of the gun was taken off and hung on the waist, and a fiery red flag of the Fu Han Army was fluttering in the wind, like red blood in the sunset, which made people shudder.

An officer stood in front of the clearing, he was a very young colonel, wearing several medals on his chest, his expression was very solemn, as if he was waiting for something, but no one dared to disturb him, everyone stood by with bated breath, waiting together.

I don't know how long later, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard, followed by the gurgling sound of the carriage driving on the road, and a team of Fuhan military policemen wearing bailiff badges on their shoulders were escorting a long convoy and slowly approaching.

When the convoy arrived at the execution site, a policeman wearing a senior police inspector got out of the carriage, his face was square, revealing a look of determination, and his demeanor was full of military color.

The officer stepped forward and gave a military salute to the senior superintendent, with a smile on his face, "Uncle, I didn't expect you to come in person this time!" ”

The senior police superintendent is not an ordinary person, he used to be the earliest deputy division commander of the Fu Han Army, surnamed Deng Mingfang, and the officer in front of him is his nephew Deng Tieshi, who is also his former subordinate.

Deng Fang can be called a legend in the army, it can be said that at present, the army from the privy envoy to the commander of each division, in front of him have to shout a senior, the reason is very classic, he is one of the right-hand men who followed the Taishang Emperor Ning Zhongyuan to fight against the Qing Dynasty, especially after Gao Yuan died in battle, Deng Yi became the only remaining representative of the old Hanyang battalion.

Of course, the Hanyang Battalion, as the earliest army of the Ning family against the Qing Dynasty, although it is legendary, but like other armies, it has been cancelled in the previous military reforms, so most people do not know that there is such an army at present, and as for the Qianzong Deng Fang of that year, they know very little.

After all, Deng Fang was an old man, and he was not able to master more advanced combat methods, so his position in the army was not promoted like Cheng Ming and others, but in the end, he only bid farewell to the active army as a new division commander, and became a senior head of the newly established police department.

However, although Deng Fang did not get too high a status in the army, his nephew Deng Tieshi was a prosperous martial artist, and he had made a lot of achievements in many battles, and also became the deputy commander of a new division, and now he has also been transferred to the Praetorian Guard and has become a commander of the Praetorian Guard.

Deng Fang looked at his nephew, but he didn't give too much good face, but said seriously: "Whether in the army or in the officialdom, there is no so-called uncle, please call me Superintendent Deng." ”

Deng Tieshi was a little embarrassed at the moment, he quickly returned to his original state of condensation, raised his hand and saluted, "Supervisor Deng, please hand over the list of prisoners who carried out the execution order this time." ”

Deng Fang nodded, took a thick document from the policeman behind him, handed it to Deng Tieshi, and said softly: "These people are all the gentry patriarchs and important members who colluded in the previous imperial examination case, a total of eighty-seven people, these people have a major relationship, so after the trial of Dali Temple, they were executed, please execute them immediately." ”

"Yes! Guaranteed completion of the task. ”

For the Praetorian Guards, they are not responsible for these things on a daily basis, but sometimes they are really in a hurry, so it is not a big deal, Deng Tieshi looked at the list, and then sent someone to review the prisoners escorted from the carriage, and finally confirmed that it was correct, and signed his name on the list.

It was only at this time that everyone felt that the atmosphere in the execution ground had become more and more solemn, and the leaders and dignitaries of the gentry clan, their faces were as dead as ashes, and few people even called out, perhaps the current scene completely dispelled the idea of survival in their hearts.

For the patriarchs of the gentry clans, killing people did not make them feel afraid, because how many of these patriarchs who were tried and wanted to be executed did not have a human life in their hands? In their hearts, ordinary people are the same as cattle and sheep, and if they are killed, they will be killed, and they will never feel guilty in their hearts.

However, the murderers are always killed, and when these people reach the end of their lives, they finally have a trace of waving, and if they had understood what mercy is from the beginning, they would not have fallen into this fate.

"Bang-bang-"

The real execution didn't seem bloody, and as the prisoners gradually fell to the ground, the soldiers who fired the shots did not react much, but simply stepped forward to check their bodies, and if someone pretended to be dead or might have escaped by chance, then the soldiers would also pull out the daggers at their waists and give them a good time.

The remnant sun is like blood, Deng Fang got into the carriage and led the police towards the city of Nanjing, he has seen many pictures like this, after all, the establishment of Da Chu is not as smooth sailing as it seems at the moment, whether it is those with ulterior motives, or those with evil intentions, if they leak out of the horse's feet, they will always have to go on this experience.

For Deng Fang, a half-way policeman who was born in the military, the current Ning Chu is what he really needs to protect, because in this country, he has also invested his own efforts and expectations, and when the country becomes better and better, Deng Fang's heart will become more and more satisfied, this is the great era he has experienced.

Because Deng Tieshi is a Praetorian Guard system, so after cleaning up the scene, he will directly take people back to the barracks, and go by different roads, as for the carriage at this time, only one subordinate accompanied him back to the Criminal Affairs Department, and at the same time, he also needs to go to Dali Temple to submit a receipt, which has represented the end of the case.

His subordinate surnamed Zhao Minglong was a man in his early thirties, who also came out of the army before, and because he was clever enough, he slowly found a high position in the newly established police department, and gradually became Deng Fang's right-hand man.

"Lord Deng, I've heard that the Northern Expedition is just around the corner, and now that the troops on the front line have begun to assemble, I'm afraid your nephew will be able to gain a lot of military merits in this battle!"

A small number of people who came to the police department were speculators, and many more came because they had no future in the army, and Zhao Long was one of them.

"National reunification, this is a good thing!"

Deng Fang's tone was light, he was not a person who was ambitious, it was enough to be able to do the things in front of him, and he decided one thing from his qualifications, that is, as long as he did not betray Ning Chu, there would inevitably be a corresponding result in the future.

Zhao Long looked a little unwilling, "If I hadn't offended some people in the army back then, I wouldn't have run into the police system, who doesn't know that if you want to make meritorious contributions, you have to go to the army!" ”

"Young hawks?"

"How do you know so clearly? Ahem, don't mention the things back then, it's all a mess! Zhao Long seemed to have some regret in his tone, but now he had to admit it.

Deng Fang smiled slightly, "At present, although the old man doesn't know much about the factions in the army, he also understands that there are nothing more than two groups of people, one is the lord faction back then, and the other is the 'young eagle' personally brought out by His Majesty today. ”

"Yes, you look like Dong Ce, Xu Chengliang, Chang Youcai, and Ujijing, who has just been promoted to deputy director of the General Staff, are all fucking eagles, if I were a few years younger, maybe I could have entered the eagles a few years ago, and now I am also such a person!"

Deng Fang snorted coldly when he heard this, "You kid only know about other high-ranking officials, but do you know that the earliest young eagles, there were two hundred people at that time, and how many are left now?" Without the life and death of these years, do you really think that people are vegetarians? ”

"Hey...... Don't be surprised, Lord Deng is just talking about this, and he also knows his own ability, and he can have this treatment right now...... It's just that Lord Deng has the idea of putting on the military uniform again, I am afraid that it will be the biggest opportunity in the next few decades, and this time the Northern Expedition will be ......."

Re-don the uniform?

Deng Fang smiled bitterly and shook his head, if this was really possible, why wouldn't he be willing?

But everyone knows that now that there is the Eagle Battalion, the Central Military Academy, and all kinds of military academies, what does he have in Deng Fang? There are only a handful of old bones and an old qualification that is useless, and how can he arrange it if he really wants to return to the army, he can't be allowed to go back to be the battalion commander, right?

Thinking of this, Deng Fang sighed, his expression was a little lonely, "Old, in the future, the world will still be fought by young people!" ”

The sunset is slowly sinking into the sky, and the dark curtain is beginning to envelop the world again, but for a city like Nanjing, its nightlife has not really really begun, or like Deng Fang, they can no longer understand the world, let alone the people now.