Looking at the young man who was brought in by his subordinates, staff officer Li Hongyuan couldn't help but reach out and press his temple with his thumb, trying to make his swollen brain a little more comfortable.

He tilted his head and looked at the young man standing in front of him for a long time, before he said with some reluctance: "Report your name and position, and then tell me why you want to go to Jinyiwei." ”

The young man who was questioned by Li Hongyuan stood straight from the moment he entered the door, his eyes looking straight ahead, like a wooden man. After hearing the question, he seemed to come to life, and replied to Li Hongyuan: "The student is Zhang Tu, a student of Class 2 of the 1630 Cavalry Section of the Army Military Academy, and the student went to Jinyiwei to report that his uncle Cao Dan, who is now the captain of the Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners of Zhongyi, stole the plan for the autumn Liaoxi exercise, and handed it to the students, and instructed the students to take it to Houjin and present it to the pseudo-Khan Huang Taiji. ”

Looking at this young man with a righteous face, Li Hongyuan felt that his brain hurt even more, and while rubbing his temples, he asked weakly, "What about the plan?" Bring it up and show me. ”

The subordinate who brought the young man in hurriedly handed the booklet in his hand to Li Hongyuan, Li Hongyuan flipped through it slightly, and confirmed that this was the abbreviated version of the exercise plan he made, but he didn't expect it to return to his hands in less than 3 days, and he didn't know what expression to make to make the right expression.

Li Hongyuan sighed in his heart, reorganized his mood, put the exercise plan aside, and then continued to ask Zhang Tu: "You can expose your uncle and hand over this plan, this has already shown your loyalty to Da Ming, I will personally record this in your file." But then, I have a few routine questions to ask that I hope you can answer truthfully. ”

Hearing Li Hongyuan say this, Zhang Tu's heart finally lifted a little. He received a basic education in the military academy, of course, he knew what it meant to record a note in the file, he took a deep breath, and then replied respectfully: "Please ask the Shangguan to ask, the student must know everything." ”

Li Hongyuan was also not polite, and asked more than ten questions in one go, leaving Zhang Tu no room to think, and Zhang Tu did not mean to hide it, and replied one by one.

In these questions and answers, Li Hongyuan finally understood what happened to the whole thing and why Zhang Tu wanted to report his uncle. It turned out that before Cao Dan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he had a Niu Lu in the Yellow Banner Collar, but this Niu Lu was originally the inheritance left to him by Zhang Tu's father.

Zhang Tu's original name was Tuna, and his father was Cao Dan's brother, because he was injured and died in the battle, this Niu Lu fell into Cao Dan's hands. Originally, after Zhang Tu became an adult, Cao Dan should have returned this Niu Lu to him, but Cao Dan shirked and refused to return it.

Because Zhang Tu's father was Du Du's cronies back then, and Cao Dan supported the current banner owner Haoge, it was naturally difficult for Zhang Tu, who had no one to support him, to seek justice. This incident made Zhang Tu hate his uncle's treachery, and he also lost his favor with Haoge and Huang Taiji's father and son. However, in front of the increasingly powerful Khan Huang Taiji, Zhang Tu could only bury his dissatisfaction silently in his heart.

In the war at the end of last year, Cao Dan inexplicably betrayed Houjin with him and took refuge in Daming instead. At the beginning, Tuna was not very happy, after all, he was an ordinary soldier who had no future in Daming, but stayed in Houjin, he at least had real estate, a grange and relatives in Shenyang.

However, Cao Dan kept bringing him to the Ming army camp before telling the truth to him and the others, and under the threat of the Ming army that was close at hand, he could only accept his fate. However, after voting for the Ming Dynasty, Dudu Belle, who was originally suppressed in Houjin, was valued by the emperor, and even took him to study at the Army Military Academy.

Tuna, who was studying in the military academy, found that as long as he graduated from the military academy normally, he could get an official position, and the salary was not bad, so he lived in peace and changed his name to Zhang Tu.

However, he had just gotten used to life in the capital, and his uncle actually came to tell him again, saying that he was ordered by the Great Khan to pretend to defect to the Ming Dynasty, in order to collect information about the Ming Dynasty, so that the Great Khan could better understand the current Ming Dynasty. Now he had stolen a plan for military exercises against the Later Jin Kingdom from Du Du, and in order to prepare the Great Khan in advance, he asked him to return to the Later Jin with this stolen military exercise plan to give to the Great Khan.

Cao Dan didn't pay attention to the change in his nephew's face when he explained these things, and in order not to make others suspicious, he left the plan and hurriedly returned to the barracks after explaining the matter.

After Cao Dan left, the more Zhang Tu thought about it, the more angry he became, he felt that he had been being played by this uncle as a monkey. first swallowed the Niu Lu left by his father, and then dragged him to Daming, this is because he is afraid that after he fakes his surrender, he will accept the Niu Lu left by his father.

Zhang Tu then thought that even if he sent the military exercise plan back to Shenyang, the credit would still belong to his uncle, and he was just an errand coolie, and it was even more impossible for his father's Niu Lu to come back. On the contrary, he stayed on Daming's side, with Dudu Belle's care, and the future was better than returning to Shenyang.

So he didn't do anything, and went to Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town with the military exercise plan left by Cao Dan, and reported that his uncle Cao Dan was a spy of Houjin.

However, this military exercise plan was used by the General Staff and Jinyiwei to test the Jurchen generals in the Eight Banners of Loyalty, so when Cao Dan left the barracks, he was already targeted by Jinyiwei. Originally, Jinyiwei wanted to continue to stare at Zhang Tu and escort him back to Shenyang by the way, but he didn't expect this spy to go to Jinyiwei. As a last resort, Jin Yiwei sent Zhang Tu to Li Hongyuan, and he would deal with the matter.

Using a condensed version of the military exercise plan, he fished out Cao Dan and Zhang Tu, two spies, and by the way, he was able to complete the disclosure of the exercise plan to Houjin, Li Hongyuan originally appreciated his plan. But this seemingly perfect plan was ruined by Zhang Tu, and it is difficult for him to decide now whether to continue to ask Zhang Tu to send the plan to Shenyang, or find another way to reveal the plan of the exercise to Hou Jin.

Continuing to ask Zhang Tu to carry out the mission, he was worried that the young man would break the jar and break it, and after returning to Shenyang, he would confess to Huang Taiji, which would be tantamount to exposing that there was a problem with this exercise plan, and God knows what kind of variables would emerge in the future. However, if you have to find another way, first, there may not be enough time, and second, it will be difficult to gain Huang Taiji's trust.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Hongyuan finally got up and said to the subordinates in the room: "Take him to the next room to rest first, I'll go out first, and then deal with this matter when I come back." ”

Zhang Tu followed Li Hongyuan's subordinates out safely, while Li Hongyuan walked in the direction of the Wuying Hall in the palace with a heavy heart, he felt that it was better for His Majesty to decide this matter personally.

When Li Hongyuan arrived at the Wuying Palace, he learned from his colleagues that the emperor was in the duty room of the Wuying Palace, and he just sighed that his luck was good. Seeing that Yu Zhigao, the newly appointed head of the Navy Staff Headquarters, was walking impatiently back and forth on the steps in front of the hall, he subconsciously asked his colleagues.

As a result, his colleagues told him that Yu Zhigao rushed over to report to the emperor about the establishment of the naval staff headquarters, but because the emperor was summoning others, he had been hanging here for almost half an hour.

Li Hongyuan suddenly asked with some surprise: "Who was summoned by His Majesty?" Even a celebrity like Minister Yu has been turned away for so long. ”

The colleague thought for a long time before he replied uncertainly: "The name I haven't heard much before, I just came back from overseas, it seems to be an official belonging to the East China Sea Patrol Mansion, surnamed Ye..."

When Li Hongyuan inquired with his colleagues about the people summoned by Chongzhen, Ye Yuxuan was also in the duty room of Emperor Wuyingdian, reporting to Chongzhen about his experience after going to sea, as well as the current situation in Jeju Island, Vladivostok, the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, Sakhalin Island, Ryukyu and Japan.

In fact, before Yu Zhigao arrived, he had reported to Chongzhen for nearly an hour, because the content of his report was too detailed, and the emperor still asked about it from time to time, so in the past two hours, he reported less than half of the content.

However, even if his report was so long, Chongzhen's interest still did not wane, and he did not have any urging. When Zhu Youzhen was listening to the report carefully, when he saw Wang Chengen walking in again, he couldn't help but make a pause gesture to Ye Yuxuan before asking Wang Chengen.

"Is Yu Zhigao urging again? Alright, I knew he just wanted to come over and show his face. Well, I won't summon him today, let him prepare, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, in the side hall of the Wuying Palace, I will listen to the first report on the establishment of the Naval Staff Headquarters, and listen to their goals and plans for the Ming Navy's and maritime policies, so there is no need to waste time here. ”

Wang Chengen nodded in agreement, but said again: "In addition to Minister Yu, Li Hongyuan is also waiting outside, and he said that he wants to report information about Houjin's spies. ”

Zhu Youzhen paused for a moment, then nodded at Ye Yuxuan and said, "You take a sip of tea here first and rest for a while, and I will come back when I go." ”

In the outer room of the duty room, Zhu Youzhen met Li Hongyuan and listened to the situation of Cao Dan and Zhang Tu's uncle and nephew from him. Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment, and then said to Li Hongyuan: "Cao Dan should be monitored and pay attention to his contact objects. It's unlikely, but we can't guarantee that there won't be a second spy besides him.

For Cao Dan's identity, report it to Mr. Sun, and Du Du can also be notified. But Du Du will also be monitored for a while to see what he is doing. However, Du Du should be monitored carefully, so as not to let him find out. It is better not to be monitored than to be discovered, lest he have other intentions. ”

Li Hongyuan nodded and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister understands." But what should I do with that picture? ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while, and then said: "Haosheng persuaded him, it is best to let him carry out this task, which will save us a lot of trouble." If he really doesn't want to, then think of another way. You can't rush back to Shenyang with your heart to the Ming Dynasty..."