Ma Qi's words can be regarded as completely exposing the current scene of harmony between monarchs and ministers, but he can't say these words, because if he doesn't say anything else, the situation in the entire Qing Dynasty may really collapse completely.

Now it is not one or two officials who are opposing, nor is it a family of two Eight Banners opposing it, but almost the vast majority of the Qing officials, as well as the nobles of the Eight Banners, all think that Yongzheng's move is too harsh, especially those children of the Eight Banners, when they learned that they were going to form a new army of the Eight Banners and recruit the Han people, they were all attacking it in groups.

What are Eight Flags? That is the treatment of being able to eat iron crops every day lying at home, and the status of a thousand gold is not changed, since the entry of the Qing Dynasty, the full count is only about a million people, and even if the Han people work hard in ordinary times, they can't earn back a qualification to carry the flag.

However, now, Yongzheng plans to use the Manchu, Han and Mongolian ethnic groups to form a new army of the Eight Banners, which is almost equivalent to pulling many Han people directly into the system of the Eight Banners, which will naturally damage the interests of many original banner people, and has also been opposed by many people. In addition, many banner people have never let go of their defense against the Han people, how can they accept the Han people to carry guns like themselves.

If it were according to the past, Yongzheng would never use such a method, but he has no better way now, he is not an emperor who is still immersed in 'the eight banners are less than 10,000, and the 10,000 are invincible'. Since Kangxi's previous personal expedition, Yongzheng's understanding of the war is actually very deep.

Yongzheng is extremely thorough in his heart, and today's combat methods are more cruel than ever, just like Ning Yu's original idea, in the war of the flintlock era, human life is more of a consumable, and if you shoot me in one round, you will lose human life. And the victory or defeat of both sides is more than who can bear greater losses.

The Fu Han army can accept the dead, 100,000 dead, or even 1 million dead, it will not affect the status of the Han people, because the Han people have tens of millions of people, but the banner people are different, there are more than 1 million children of the Eight Banners, even if the old, weak, sick and disabled are counted, the number of soldiers who can fight will not exceed 200,000.

In this case, the banner people have already lost 70,000 or 80,000 people, how can they withstand even greater losses? The mixed compilation of the Manchu, Han and Mongolian ethnic groups has become a means worth thinking about at present. However, even such a measure has been understood by many Eight Banners disciples as the Han people are coming to rob their hardcore crops.

Under such a premise, Yongzheng will use such means to make up for the losses of the Qing Dynasty, of course, this is also based on the fact that the whole world is already at the threshold of chaos, so he will do so. Like the real historical Qing Dynasty, the situation faced by Yongzheng is much better, at least there is no so-called Fu Han army, so it can naturally take its time.

However, for Ma Qi, an old minister of the former dynasty, Yongzheng no longer wants to tolerate it.

“....... For example, Bimaqi, Gao Qizhuo, Wei Tingzhen, Gan Guobi, etc., are not people who cannot do things, but they have learned skillful skills, claiming to protect themselves from harm, and use them as a means of shirking. This trend is harmful to politics and is not beneficial to the country, and it will be especially effective in the future, and its disadvantages will be indescribable. ”

Yongzheng severely reprimanded Ma Qi, Gao Qizhuo, Wei Tingzhen, Gan Guobi and others, although there was no substantive punishment, but he had already expressed his attitude in his words.

Ma Qi was originally in his seventies, and he was older than Kangxi, how could he not understand the true meaning of Yongzheng? He slowly kowtowed to thank him, and then dragged his old body and limped out of the main hall, leaving Long Keduo and Zhang Tingyu in the hall to feel their hairs stand up.

There is no old minister like Ma Qi in front, let go of the great joy of other dynasties, after all, there is no one in front, and the people behind will rise quickly, but in the Yongzheng Dynasty, it is a blessing and a curse.

After all, with such a powerful emperor as Yongzheng staring at it, any minister may feel like a man on his back. But at the moment, Long Keduo and Zhang Tingyu both know in their hearts that if they plead for mercy at this time, I'm afraid they will have to get out of the way with Ma Qi.

When this happened, Yongzheng took the excerpt of the good news letter from Nian Qianyao, and a somewhat complicated look appeared on his face, this incident had made him deeply realize a problem, that is, if the internal problem is not solved, even if it is a few more victories, it will no longer have any meaning.

Yongzheng's heart moved slightly, so that the little eunuch went to the Imperial Garden Duxiu Mountain Yujing Pavilion, and passed a message to the guards there, and after a while, several sturdy men in Tsing Yi walked into the hall and knelt in front of Yongzheng.

"The slave sticks to the pole and worships Tang Ah to see the emperor."

The so-called sticky pole worship Tang'a, which refers to the sticky guard, is an intelligence organization established by Yongzheng from the time of Prince Yong, and was set up under the banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also known as Shangyu Reserve. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he specially selected the children of the Eight Banners as the deacon, who was responsible for the emperor's patrol to support the public, cover and poppy, and was actually responsible for inspecting the officials and clans within the Qing court.

Nowadays, most of the sticky poles are the old people of the Yongzheng Mansion, so they are very powerful, and in addition to being responsible for the inspection, they can even order the guards of Shangyu's reserve place to arrest them, which can be called the Qing version of the brocade guard.

Yongzheng said slowly: "What has happened to those two people recently?" ”

The man in Tsing Yi knelt on the ground and whispered: "Your Majesty, those two people have been under the supervision of the minions, and they have not found anything unusual at present. ”

"Well, that's good, the manpower must be doubled, don't let go of any clues, if there is an emergency, you can arrest it directly."

A hint of gloom flashed on Yongzheng's face, and now, he didn't want to leave any more troubles for himself.

In July, the land camp of the Fu Han army under the city of Jiangning has been set up, and a series of barracks and military tents are arched in the central tent of the Chinese army, and the soldiers of the Fu Han army are patrolling around the camp, and the atmosphere is very serious and cold.

As the Fourth and Fifth Divisions gradually arrived at the prepared site, the entire Jiangning City was surrounded on three sides except for the east, and the day of the general attack was getting closer and closer.

A series of heralds hurriedly walked out of Ning Yu's tent, and they went to the various divisions with the orders they carried, and when the day of the general attack came, the entire Jiangning City would be in flames.

For Ning Yu, there are actually two ways to fight Jiangning, there are two ways, the so-called cultural attack is the change in the city, and it will be surrendered directly, and everyone will have less fighting, killing and killing, will not hurt the harmony, and there will be fewer unnecessary casualties. Ning Yu is more inclined to this path, and he is not the kind of madman who can't sleep without killing.

However, Ning Yu will not completely pin his hopes on this step, and he still needs to do to prepare for the martial arts, which is also a deterrent to the city, and he may be able to have the opportunity to fight and surrender. It's just that whether or not to do it will have to wait for someone to come back.

Time passed little by little, but a man walked in from outside the tent, with a faint smile on his face, it was Ning Luoyuan who came out of Jiangning City.

"Governor, you're done! Sun Wencheng is willing to be the internal response of our army, and when there is a need in the future, he will take the regiment to practice anyway. Ning Luoyuan had a smile on his face, this kind appearance really made it hard to believe that he was a demon who killed people without blinking.

Ning Yu's brows stretched slightly, "This person is credible?" ”

"In order to show sincerity, Sun Wencheng has handed over his family to the shadow, if he has different intentions, the consequences are self-evident." Ning Luoyuan sneered.

"Well, that's fine, remember to treat it well, we can't chill the hearts of heroes."

"Yes."

Ning Yu pondered, "Our army is basically in position at present, and it will be able to launch an attack in three days...... What does that person mean? ”

Ning Luoyuan frowned slightly, and then said slowly: "He has this idea, but the concerns in his heart are too deep...... Shadow managed to gain his trust, but there was nothing he could do to get him any further. ”

"Hehe, let him do it directly, it's really difficult, we can take a step forward and tell him that we will attack the city in three days, but he needs to cooperate from within the city, and when Jiangning captures, I will give him the first credit."

Ning Yu lightly tapped the location of Jiangning City, he no longer had that patience, even if the loss was a little bigger, it was enough to be able to take Jiangning. After all, for Ning Yu now, his eyes can't just be on Jiangning City.

"Yes."

After Ning Luo stayed away, Ning Yu walked into another tent, and at this time, several people were waiting in the tent. They were dressed in thick robes and dressed in a very mysterious way.

Seeing Ning Yu walk in, these people had a little panic on their faces, but they knelt directly on the ground and said in a low voice: "I have seen the Grand Duke, and I ask the Dadu Governor to forgive me and other previous sins." ”

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "I thought you wouldn't come to see me until I took down Jiang Ning." ”

The man at the head smiled bitterly, "Dadu Huwei, how dare I and the other small people offend?" The previous thing was that the Salt Gang had eyes and did not know Mount Tai, but they were offended, so they brought two million taels of silver, and asked the Metropolitan Governor to atone for their sins. ”

After the fall of Taohuashan, they also thought about revenge, but before they could take any substantive action, the Fu Han army had already launched an uprising, but they were shocked by this gang of smugglers.

At the beginning, the people of the Huaibei Salt Gang were still a little gloating, waiting for the Qing army to completely wipe out the Ning family, but what happened later was beyond their expectations, the Ning family and the Fu Han army actually fought stronger and stronger, and even Kangxi's pro-conquest army was defeated, and even Kangxi died after he went back!

Now seeing that the Fu Han army is besieging Jiangning, the people of the Huaibei Salt Gang understand that if they don't take the initiative to ease relations with the Fu Han army, I am afraid that when they fight Huaibei in the future, there will be no chance to regret it.

Ning Yu saw that the other party was soft, sneered, and said meaningfully: "If it's only two million taels, you can go back with the silver now, and I can get it myself in the future." ”

This bamboo pole sent to the door is not knocked on the white or not, and then I want to settle things with two million taels of silver, which is really too beautiful to think about.

The man sighed, he already knew in his heart that this trip was not so simple long before he came, but now the form is stronger than people, but he has to bow his head.

"The Metropolitan Governor has orders, please speak up."

Ning Yu walked a few steps in front of the man, and then said with a smile: "Your envoy is a guest from afar, and you don't know your name?" What is your position in your gang? ”

The attitude of Ning Yu among the men was no longer so aggressive, but he felt a little flattered, and hurriedly said: "The villain's name is Zheng Kui, and he can't be so polite as the governor of the capital, and now he is the head of the Salt Gang." ”

Ning Yu was a little surprised when he heard this, he also knew a little about the Salt Gang, the current Salt Gang is strictly speaking, it is not a very tight organization, compared to the White Lotus Sect, which is much looser, and it is also scattered in salt-producing areas all over the country, among which the Huaibei Salt Gang is such an existence.

Although the organization of the salt gang is very loose, but it is also very complicated, salt mining can be divided into sea salt and well salt, that is, divided into the beach gang and the well gang, the positions in the gang usually have the beach master, Wang master, beach leader and Wang Shang top level, and then responsible for frying salt and the stove house gang, including the stove room, shopkeeper, account management and other positions, salt transportation is a separate team, like the head of the tuozi is the leader of the salt transport.

Hearing that there was actually a tuozitou on the other side, Ning Yu was a little incomprehensible, strictly speaking, although the tuozitou was related to the lifeblood of the Salt Gang, it was generally difficult to participate in these things, and there was some doubt in his eyes at the moment.

Zheng Kui was a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Although the villain is the head of the son, my father is the helmsman of the Salt Gang....... This time he came in the name of his father. ”

As soon as he said this, Ning Yu thought that the current chief helmsman of the Huaibei Salt Gang seemed to be a person named Zheng Yuanzhen, but there was not a lot of relevant information, so Ning Yu was not very impressed.

"In that case, you're in charge...... Two million taels of silver is good, but the Governor is not short of silver now, understand? ”

Ning Yu had a meaningful smile on his face, what is silver? After taking Jiangning, a few million taels of silver is really not a problem, the key is that Ning Yu wants to completely control the Salt Gang, especially the fleet under the Salt Gang, which is a real sea ship and the foundation of the navy in the future.

"What do you mean?" Zheng Kui didn't quite understand, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Ning Yu had a smile on his face, "It's very simple, if you join my Han army, not only do you not have to pay a penny of silver, but you will still lose your position as a marquis in the future." ”

"Marquis?"

Zheng Kui's pupils contracted a little, and his heart was a little pounding, for the people in the Salt Gang, no matter how much silver they earned, it was all empty, and it would be taken away at any time, and only by getting on the right path could this situation be avoided.

In the final analysis, the feudal marquis not only promised them a glory and wealth, but also accommodated them, who were ninth-rate hard-working people, into the system of the Fu Han Army and gained a rare sense of security. And this sense of security is what the people in the Salt Gang crave the most.

For this sense of security, they are willing to pay the price.

Zheng Kui closed his eyes, and he felt his hands tremble slightly. That glittering golden avenue was now in front of him, just waiting for him to walk up.