Chapter 246: The Imperial Hall 1
readx;??? In fact, the mere 100-odd men in the camp were absolutely negligible in the eyes of the Senate, and what they lacked at first was loyalty to the Forces nouvelles, whose old units were captured when they were ready to withdraw to Vostochny as they made a clear statement of their unwillingness to participate. Secondly www.biquge.info these people lack training, and now they are malnourished, even if they are rescued, it is indeed as Yang Muqin said, they will not be able to exert their strength in a short period of time. But what the Senate is going to put on now is a posture, and we welcome those who are willing to defect to us, and we will be able to protect them.
Moreover, since the last Zhanchenggang Rebellion, some of the new troops who were originally going to stay found an opportunity to flee to Beiqiaotou Town, saying that they would resolutely obey the command of the new army in the future, and their firmness was better than that of the veterans, which had already made the officers of the new army find money for this several times. Although Ruan Wenyu Niu Jin Xing and these officers of the Champa Port New Army were supported by the Senate, almost all the veterans except Qian Longzhou and Lu Qi did not know each other, and Lu Qi's reputation in the new army was not very good, and the rest could only be reflected by Qian Longzhou. The fleeing Forces nouvelles said they still had friends or family members in the camps, hoping that the Novates would be able to fight to Champa and bring back all the captives.
However, the new army has become a rather strange existence in the Senate at this time. At first, this army was a princess's private army trained according to the training methods of Dongfang Port, but now that this private army has come to their own place, they naturally become stepmothers in the eyes of the Senate. Fortunately, there is such a share of the princess fund that is reserved for the new army, so that the new army has not been left without food. However, Qian Longzhou, the founder of the New Army, was not very willing to let the army he created by himself fend for himself in Beiqiaotou Town, so he also used some of his connections to start thinking of ways to "turn the New Army" in the Senate. Some time ago, when the anti-bandit operation was in full swing, Qian Longzhou tried to put some units of the new army into the suppression of bandits, showing the Senate that the new army still has a certain degree of loyalty to the Senate.
However, his proposal was rejected by both sides. First of all, after discussion at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it was felt that such an army that did not belong to the Senate was not suitable for being thrown into large-scale military operations led by the Senate; although it was said that the new army was founded under the leadership of the senators, it was not comparable to the army, navy, and air force of the Senate at the present stage in terms of tactics, weaponry, and combat awareness, and there was no concept of coordinated operations. Secondly, there is also a voice in the Senate, that is, Qian Longzhou is building his own army, a private army. You must know that this new army has always been the princess's private property, and the allegiance is to Annan's Ruan Phuc Yuan and Ruan Jiao, even now the princess has assigned the command of the army to Qian Longzhou, even if the backbone of this army is very obedient to Qian Longzhou's command, this is still an Annan army. If one day the princess comes back to regain power, they will still have to leave the port of the east and return to the port of Champong.
As for the reason for the refusal of the new army, it is very straightforward, Beiqiaotou Town is a territory belonging to the Annam State, and it is justified that they are stationed here, although the rebellion in the city and port is so big, the Annam State has not canceled their establishment, and they still belong to the Annam army. However, if you cross the border and enter the territory of Anyun to suppress bandits, then it will be a use of troops against the Wu Dynasty, which is quite tricky for them in Annan, Zhanchenggang or their very delicate status.
Qian Longzhou had no choice but to return in the end, and the Joint Staff Committee had directly told him that he could not integrate the new army into the Senate military system. Because the new army is loyal to the second force outside the Senate, if it is integrated into the Senate army system, then once the princess comes back one day, it will cause instability in the Senate army, causing trouble, for this reason, some non-naturalized people Annam who volunteered to join the Senate are also prevented from joining the army or other branches of the army to become a "green card soldier" The word comes from the ID card of the naturalized people, because the laser engraving machine is used to directly carve the portrait and text on the green bamboo plate, This kind of green ID card was called a green card by an unknown veteran, and soon the term green card became popular. Of the more than 20,000 workers in the Oriental Harbor, only 9,000 to 10,000 have this kind of green card, so joining the military and obtaining a green card has become a way out for workers who cannot obtain naturalized status.
However, according to the news from Annam, Hue was about to turn the world upside down, and the Sixth Ministry and Zuo Xiang had already written to Nguyen Phuc Yuan for the Champa Port Rebellion, asking for troops to be sent to quell the rebellion, and declaring that the new army of Champa Port was a rebel army, and also to come to the Dongfang Port to let Dongfang Port compensate for the losses of the Champa Port Rebellion and release the plundered rich merchants of Champa Port.
But how could Nguyen Phuc Yuan not know that this was a trick by his officials to transfer the Medeno people's claims against Annam to Dongfang Port, and he only sneered in his heart. Princess Ji had already told him some things about the new army and the Senate army, and now these forbidden troops and the Zhancheng Gangxiang army can't even beat the new army, how can they win against these masters of the new army
At this time, the right minister was standing on the right side of the dragon throne and said to the left minister who had just made the remarks of stepping on the Dongfang Port, "Lord Zuo Xiang, you keep saying that you sent troops to conquer the Dongfang Port, and I don't know why the Dongfang Port did not harm the interests of my Annan, nor did it kill the people of my Annan, on the contrary, when the southern barbarians invaded the north a few months ago, they also sent troops to help defeat the barbarians under the city of Zhancheng Port, and by the way, you also saved tens of thousands of people to ensure that the Zhancheng Port will not be starved and devastated. Now instead of thanking them for stepping forward to help Champong Port tide over the difficulties, they sent troops to recruit them, which is too kind to take revenge."
"It's ridiculous that the old man has never heard of such a ridiculous thing," Zuo Xiang stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I don't know where the Right Prime Minister heard this nonsense, these fools in Dongfang Harbor have never assisted in the defense of Champa Port, and they have cleverly deceived Her Royal Highness the princess and defrauded a lot of money from Champa Port." As he spoke, his expression began to become cold, "Later, they didn't know how to use to deceive the army of the Southern Barbarians, and they also took the opportunity to plunder the money and merchant ships of the Medeno people in the port of Zhancheng, which caused the Medeno people to recover losses from us, such a shame, you can bear it, I can't stand it."
The officials of the left minister and the six ministries below expressed their solidarity with the left minister, and the "minister seconded the proposal" "Yes, the emperor, this is the shame of Annan"
The military department Shangshu hurriedly took a step forward, "Your Majesty, Dongfang Harbor is just a small city, and the construction of the city only began a few months ago, but after a few months, you can deceive the princess with false weapons, deceive me Annan, and use this as a means to seize the wealth of my Annan, and even expel and arrest the Maidno people in the name of barbarianism, which will increase the dilemma for my country's diplomacy, so that my Annan Kingdom will be coerced by the Maidno forces at this time, and I will make sky-high compensation." As he spoke, he turned to the officials behind him and said aloud, "This is just the establishment of the city of Fang for a few months, if it is allowed to go on for many years, it will definitely not take the majesty of my Annan Kingdom in his eyes, and if it grows in the future, it will not endanger the village like mountain bandits and pirates."
"This Dongfang Port is located in the territory of the Wu Dynasty, and it is An Yun's county official who wants to worry about this matter, and it has nothing to do with Lord Shangshu" The right minister couldn't help laughing, and suddenly the officials of his faction below couldn't help laughing, suppressing the momentum of the people of the left minister's faction. Not long ago, he saw the drills and tactics of the soldiers of the new army in the palace, and then saw the sharpness of the weapons of the new army, and could not help but be shocked, knowing that Annan's army was completely uncertain of victory with the existing combat strength, so he resolutely supported the emperor's views in the court. However, there are also hundreds of bureaucrats under the right minister, although they are not at the head of the six ministries, but they are also quite powerful, so they quarrel endlessly every day above the court about whether to send troops to conquer the city and port, and Ruan Fuyuan quarrels with one head or two.
"The Wu Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, even if it is I, Annan, I have to pay tribute to it," the Ministry of Rites Shangshu hurriedly stepped forward and said to the right minister, "The vastness of the territory of the Wu Dynasty is far beyond my Annan. As far as the lower officials knew, on the day that this group of pirates claiming to be Chinese landed, the Wuchao Coastal Defense Station had released wolf smoke, and An Yun had repeatedly submitted urgent documents to Beihai, asking Beihai to send a large army to rescue. But as you all know, if the army is mobilized, if there is no will of the emperor, it is a rebellion. I think the will of the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty should still be on the way, and the gang of bandits in Dongfang Harbor vainly tried to use this projectile city to block the car in front of the Wu Dynasty Heavenly Army, which is tantamount to asking for their own death. ”
"However, although the army of the Wu Dynasty has not yet moved the thief at this time, it does not mean that there will be no determination to kill the thief in the future, you must know that the size of the Wu Kingdom has exceeded that of my Annan several times, and the transmission of information is naturally much slower than my Annan." The waiter of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly said on the side, "Once the army of the Wu Dynasty comes to quell the thieves, this handful of pirates and Dongfang Harbor will not be like a local chicken and a dog without a place to be buried."
"Dongfang Port is within the scope of the Wu Kingdom, this is the internal affairs of the Wu Kingdom, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Annan Kingdom, and you actually encouraged my Annan army to enter the territory of the Wu Dynasty" The right minister took two steps forward and pointed to the Ministry of Rites and shouted: "You eat the king's lu, do not bear the king's worries, but concentrate on encouraging my Annan army to attack the territory of the Wu Dynasty, provoking the Wu Dynasty Is it something you want to do?"
"Lord Right Minister, please calm your anger" The soldier hurriedly took a step forward and said: "As far as I know, although Dongfang Port is in the territory of the Wu Dynasty, the rebels who have kidnapped the rich merchants of our Zhancheng Port are still entrenched in the north of the Boundary River. ”
"Nonsense" The right minister couldn't help but scold: "Since it is the boundary river, then it is the boundary line between Annan and Wuguo After crossing the river, it is naturally the territory of the Wu Dynasty, and the new army is still in the Wu country north of the boundary river at this time."
"Lord Right Minister, have you forgotten one thing" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu chuckled: "When the Wu Dynasty surveyed the boundary with my Annan, in order to reflect the tolerance of the Heavenly Empire, the national boundary was specially surveyed ten miles north of the Boundary River, that is to say, although these rebels escaped the Boundary River, they are still entrenched in my Annan, and if we want to use troops against the rebels, the Wu Kingdom has nothing to say, this is the internal affairs of my Annan Kingdom. ”
The right minister couldn't help but end for a while, just thinking about refuting the matter of suppression, he completely forgot about the boundary river, and now he was robbed of the book by the Ministry of Rites for a while, and he accidentally got stuck at this time.
"What Lord Shangshu said is true, but this is a major matter of using soldiers," Guozi Jian Xue stood up and said, "But when using soldiers, which time does not need hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the use of soldiers is known as the soldiers and horses before the grain and grass are used, if there is no silver taels, how can you get grain and straw, and how can soldiers die for the country, and now the silver taels collected by the whole country of Annam are only tens of thousands of taels, just three years ago during the battle with the Northern Rebellion, for example, only 60,000 soldiers and horses, and in three years, 1.3 million taels of silver were spent. With all the silver in our national treasury, I am afraid that it will not be enough for the purpose of counterinsurgency. ”
Right Xiang felt relieved at this time, Guozi Jian was his former disciple, and it was reasonable to stand up for him now. Now that he has brought it up, the right minister also immediately took over the conversation, "However, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and there is no silver naturally there will be no grain and grass, not to mention the silver needed by the forbidden army and the army in various places, if the old man is not mistaken, the military department Shangshu has written to the household department six times to ask for military expenses."
The military department Shangshu couldn't help but glance at the household department with some resentment, the 10,000 forbidden troops in Hue City have not been paid for more than two months at this time, and I heard that there have been soldiers clamoring for a series of salaries recently, but the household department is not allocated.
Although the household department is in charge of the money and grain of Annan State, but Annan is only so big, the annual tax collected is only more than 100,000 taels, and the money of the household department has always been stretched. If it weren't for this, how could he get involved with other people to participate in the black joke against the princess, the transaction tax of Champa Port alone is 750,000 taels a year, and only a few hundred taels are handed over to the treasury, how can this not make him blush
However, although the tricks used by the six princes of Gon Gong for several months successfully recalled the princess to Hue and successfully sent his spokesperson Nguyen Minh Phuong to the throne of the lord of Champa Port, they were benefited by the group of Chinese fishermen known as the Senate, and not only swept away all the silver that the princess failed to take away, but also swept away almost all the rich merchants in Champa Port. Although these officials don't know the old time and space sentence "The duty of a good shepherd is to shear sheep and not to pick sheepskins", but they still know that the wool comes from the sheep, without the rich merchants of Champanggang, Champanggang is a dead city, a city composed of poor people, there are no rich people, and a few dollars can be scraped from a group of poor mud legs, not to mention that Champanggang is still full of devastation at this time, but it needs the household department to allocate funds to re-dredge the waterways and repair the urban area.
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