The actions of the people of the Imperial Governor's Mansion in Kyoto City made the San people become vigilant, a staff officer disappeared, and the corpses of those Ning people were deceived and their whereabouts are unknown, which is enough to show that there are many secret agents of Ning people in Kyoto City.

Therefore, the inspection yamen in Kyoto City immediately became nervous, and they were ordered to search for all suspicious people in the city, and to arrest anyone who said or behaved in any way.

However, after a few days of searching, many rooster and dog thieves were caught, but not even a real Ningren spy was caught.

Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Emperor Takaihara's face was very ugly, and he felt a little embarrassed that such a thing happened in Kyoto City, if it was really done by Ning Ren's secret spy, what might have happened before the battle must have been more than just a corpse being stolen.

"Your Majesty."

Haruno Song leaned over and said: "Yesterday, the minister went to inspect the yamen and looked at the people they caught, not to mention the Ningren secret spy, there is not even a single outsider, all of them are Sang. ”

Takaihara asked: "Then how do you think you should deal with the matter of Ning Mi Spy?" ”

"The minister heard that Ningguo has a court governor's mansion, which has great powers, can supervise hundreds of officials, can also infiltrate enemy countries to obtain intelligence, can also be stationed in the army to supervise military discipline, and can also control the rivers and lakes and use their power."

Haruno Song said: "Sang Country, you also need such a Tingwei Mansion. ”

Gao Jingyuan frowned: "But no one has experience in this area, those people who inspect the yamen are stupid to death, and if a large number of scouts are transferred from the army, the war will start soon, and it will inevitably have an impact on the army." ”

Haruno Song said: "So the minister said another thing to His Majesty together with this matter, and the other thing is...... The minister asked yesterday that the treasury was empty and had less than 600,000 taels of silver, and it was not even enough to spend money on going to sea. ”

"Staff officer Gao Sachs Xingcheng thought of a solution...... He said that there were not many wealthy merchants in Kyoto and even in Kuang, who ostensibly ran their businesses and secretly hired pirates, and who had great wealth in their hands, but who already had money but no status, and if His Majesty agreed, let them donate a certain amount of silver to the imperial court, and His Majesty could give them status. ”

"For example, if you donate 10,000 taels of silver, you can receive a seven-grade false position, but you have no real power, you can give them a prestigious position, donate 100,000 taels of silver, you can receive a third-grade false position, and you can even be crowned a viscount, not hereditary, one generation will die, and there will be no money."

Takaihara was stunned: "Will they be willing to do this kind of thing?" Nothing but a name. ”

"It's money."

Haruno Song said: "If Your Majesty agrees, the minister intends to handle the formation of Sang Guo's own court governor's mansion as well, and it is said that the imperial court intends to form a new yamen, but does not plan to transfer people from the existing officials and the army, and intends to gather masters from the rivers and lakes, let those rich businessmen contribute, give them false positions, if this matter is feasible, at least millions of funds can be raised for the imperial court within a year." ”

Takaihara said: "But once you start selling officials, the imperial court discipline will inevitably be chaotic and collapse." ”

"Battle-oriented."

Haruno Song said: "The people who donate more than 100,000 taels of silver, the fiefs are all on the side of Ningguo, tell them that as long as the army is defeated, it is theirs, in their own fiefdoms, there is no need to pay taxes, there is no need to act according to the laws of the Sang Kingdom, they have absolute control over their fiefs, and life and death do not count." ”

Gao Jingyuan pondered for a moment and nodded: "Then let's do it, but this matter is just an expedient measure, and after defeating Ning Guo, there must be no such thing, and these people who bought officials must also find a way to get it back to them." ”

"If you defeat Ning Guo in the future, do these people still matter?"

Haruno Matsu said: "Now it's just that the imperial court needs their silver." ”

"Our Imperial Governor's Mansion...... What is your name? ”

"The minister has thought about it, so he will call it the Inspector's Mansion."

"Let's arrange it."

Takaihara said: "I personally went to train the troops, and if I have millions of dollars in half a year, I can move westward." ”

He walked over to the map and pointed, "I've seen it many times, and I've been studying how to fight this battle since I took over the Mariner. ”

His finger fell on the map: "Here, is the Lianshan Road of Ningguo, and the north of Liaobei is separated by a river, these two places are the grain producing areas of the north of Ningguo, as long as we take Lianshan Road and Liaobei Road, and hold it for a year, we can continue to attack westward." ”

"Lianshan Road."

Chunye Song said: "Some time ago, it was rumored that Emperor Ning Taishan sealed Zen, this Taishan is in Lianshan Road, if you win Lianshan Road, it will have unparalleled significance." ”

"The Empire's sailors are attacking from here."

Gao Jingyuan looked at the Lianshan Road Frontier Sealing Platform: "This is the Ningguo East China Sea Division Station, it seems to be the most difficult place to fight, but as long as the Frontier Sealing Platform is broken, the entire Lianshan Road is covered by troops, and the waterways are developed, and our Naval Division can quickly transport troops to other places, especially this Nanping River, which can go directly to Chang'an." ”

Takaihara let out a long breath: "It's just the money that's bad now." ”

"Come and figure it out."

Haruno Song leaned over and bowed: "The minister will retire first." ”

Two days later.

Haruno Matsu entered the palace again, looking happy.

"Your Majesty."

Haruno Matsu walked a few steps quickly: "There is good news, the rich merchants in the city are very interested in donating silver for the lord, within two days, the minister has met dozens of people, rough estimates, the donation of silver in Kyoto City alone has been a million taels, among which there is a rich businessman named Dongfu, is a native of Beihai County, operating a shipping business, but the minister has checked, he was originally a pirate, in the Ningguo Bohai Road generation of robbery, so he is still a wanted criminal in Ningguo, and his identity is being verified. ”

"He is willing to donate 200,000 taels of silver, but there is one condition, he wants a real job in the Auditor's Office."

"Give!"

Gao Jingyuan said: "200,000 taels of silver, it's not too much to give a real shortage, if he is willing to give more, it doesn't hurt to give him a thousand things in the Auditor's House." ”

Haruno Matsu said: "He is also willing to fund the holding of a martial arts tournament in Kyoto City to recruit talents for the imperial court." ”

"It's ......"

Haruno Matsu said: "He asked, can you see Your Majesty." ”

"Okay."

Takaihara said: "Tomorrow he will enter the palace." ”

Early the next morning, the wealthy merchant Dongfu stood at the gate of the palace and waited, and waited for a whole day from the morning, until it was close to sunset, and someone came out to tell him that His Majesty was free to see him.

Golden Light Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, Gao Jingyuan nodded slightly after seeing Dongfu come in, and did not let Dongfu get up, Dongfu knelt on the ground for a full moment, and Gao Jingyuan put down the pen in his hand: "Get up." ”

Dongfu hurriedly got up: "Your Majesty." ”

"I want to know, where did you get all that silver?"

This first sentence was very unkind, Dongfu lowered his head and replied: "I originally made a lot of money doing business in Bohai Country, and I came back after the unification of Sang Kingdom, ran a business in Beihai County, and also accumulated some, at this time the country needs it, and I am willing to contribute to the country." ”

"It's a pirate." This second sentence of Takaihara is more direct.

Dongfu obviously froze for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he lowered his head and said, "Yes......"

"Who is your father?"

"Yes...... Sea ghosts. ”

"Hahahaha."

After hearing this, Takaihara got up, walked over and patted Dongfu on the shoulder: "I heard that you originally did business in the Bohai Province and accumulated a lot of wealth, so I probably thought that there were only three pirates who made the Bohai people fearful in that sea area, and two of them have returned to the imperial court and served in the sailors, only the whereabouts of the sea ghosts are unknown, so I immediately guessed your identity." ”

"I want to ask you."

Takaihara looked into Tofu's eyes and asked, "Why did you donate almost all of your money?" I don't want to listen to anything to serve the country, your father was originally a man of great power, but after being defeated, he had to go north to become a pirate. ”

"My father died at the hands of the Ning people."

Dongfu slowly exhaled: "A few years ago, when my father was doing business in the Bohai Sea with a fleet, he was caught up by the Ningguo Naval Division, and the general of the Ningguo Naval Division who led the army was named Xin Jigong, and he took the Ningshui Division to sink all of our more than 30 ships, and my father was cut off by his own hands......"

Dongfu paused, raised his head and looked at Gao Jingyuan: "So I've been looking for an opportunity to take revenge, but my fleet is gone, and even if there is, it is impossible to beat the Ning Guo Sailor. ”

"Good!"

Gao Jingyuan said: "I promised you that after defeating the Ning Guo Water Master, you will cut off Xin Jigong's head with your own hands. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Dongfu bowed to the ground again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”

"Get up."

Takaihara stretched out his hand and pulled Tofu up: "I want to know, how much silver can you donate?" Yes, it's not just 200,000 taels. ”

"What if...... I don't have a penny, I can donate at least 500,000 taels to the imperial court, but most of it is not in my hands, in Bohai Province, my father hid this money on an island outside Bohai Province, if His Majesty can send troops over, it should be able to get it back. ”

"Bokaido ......"

Takaihara looked at Harunomatsu: "What do you think?" ”

Haruno Song shook his head: "Meng Changan is in Bohai Dao. ”

Takaihara immediately paused.

"There are two big stones in front of the imperial army in the eastern frontier of Ningguo, one stone is called Shen Leng, and the Ningguo sailors under him are the main enemies of the imperial army at sea, and the other stone is called Meng Chang'an, and his eastern sword soldiers are the main enemies on land."

Takaihara let out a long breath: "If I don't take the imperial expedition in person, the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, no one can be sure to win the ...... of these two people."

Dongfu immediately said: "In fact, there are still many pirates who have not been naturalized by the imperial court, all of them add up, no less than tens of thousands, if they can be appeased, these people are the vanguards, and if they don't hurt the imperial sailors, they can fight with the Ningguo sailors at all." ”

Takaihara nodded: "Your father is a sea ghost, and he has dealings with these pirates, and the matter of appeasing these pirates is entrusted to you. ”

Gao Jingyuan waved his hand: "Let's go, within half a year, I want you to form a team that can compete with the Ning Guo Tingwei Mansion, and on the future battlefield, the Inspector's Mansion will completely suppress the Tingwei Mansion!" ”

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