Intelligence Sima Liujia found out a little bit of "rumor" news about the English, and immediately sent the information to the Jicoo Hall, and the headquarters of the Intelligence Department in the Jicoop Hall hurriedly sent a message to catch up with Fu Ning, who had just arrived in Yanjing and settled in Tianqi Temple, so that Zhang Wu's first words when he saw Fu Ning were not to say hello, but to transfer information. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Owner, Malacca Special Intelligence!" , Zhang Wu handed a telegram to Fu Ning.

"From the end of 1723 to the spring of 1724, the mysterious person who facilitated the strategy of the English and European colonists to cooperate in the annexation of Tianzhu was 'Mies Zhao'! Available information says that 'Mi Si Zhao' was a lame Taoist priest from the imperial court Yanjing. The rest is unknown! ”。

Fu Ning pondered for a long time after reading the message, "Could it be that the annexation of Tianzhu by the English has anything to do with the imperial court?" ”。

Zhang Wu is inconvenient to guess, "Yanshantang has found out that Emperor Shunhe once had a secret emperor who was a lame Taoist; He hadn't been seen for four or five years, and no one knew what he looked like; Could it be him? ”。

“――？ - What is the origin of this person? ”

"Maybe it's Wu Sizhao. ——, Yanshantang has been investigating for a long time, and this person is suspected to be the head of the Jiangnan scientific research case in the 14th year of Qianping; In that year, the Yangzhou Spring Boudoir scientific examination fraud case broke out, and the candidate Wu Sizhao instigated 800 students to storm and smash the Yangzhou School and Political Yamen; Later, Emperor Qianping killed many officials, and because he took pity on Wu Sizhao's talent, he only ordered someone to break one of his legs and sentenced him to be banned from entering the government for life. I was next to Song Wenli and Jia Yucun when he was chatting last month, and Jia Yucun said that Wu Sizhao was a monk and a Taoist priest at that time, so I began to suspect that the lame Taoist priest next to Emperor Shunhe was Wu Sizhao, but no one had seen him and was not sure whether it was true or false! ”。

"Is he in Beijing now?"

"I don't know! - I didn't see anyone a few years ago, so I once wondered if Emperor Shunhe had such an emperor; But during the Spring Festival this year, the intelligence officer of our development once spread the news that the 'imperial division' had entered Beijing, and I was sure that Emperor Shunhe had such an imperial division! ”

"Who is Ouchi's informant? And how do you say that? ”

"It is Xiang Cheng, the chief eunuch of the Huanyi Academy, he is the old man when Shunhe Emperor Long dived, and later after Emperor Shunhe ascended the throne, he was assigned to the Huanyi Courtyard, and he left his heart without reusing him; Yanshantang asked his cousin Feng Yang to take his surname, and also bought him 6,000 acres of land in Henan, so Xiangcheng invested in us. According to Xiang Cheng, there was a mysterious master when Shunhe Emperor Longqian was a lame Taoist priest, surnamed Wu, with a Henan accent, Xiang Cheng had only heard of it but had not seen it; During this year's Spring Festival, Emperor Shunhe had a three-day break to receive a mysterious person, Xiang Cheng guessed that the emperor had entered Beijing, otherwise Emperor Shunhe would not have been able to rest for three days in a row; You must know that Emperor Shunhe is usually the lord who does not rest all day, and even when he is seriously ill, he has to go to the court, so I can't think of any other reason besides receiving the emperor. ”

"That's not right! -- You see, when Wang Zongran was interrogated, Wang Zongran said that it was 'a mysterious man from Beijing, lame, and with a Henan accent'; now you say that the emperor may be 'Wu Sizhao, the first candidate in the Jiangnan scientific examination fraud case'; and the eunuch Xiang Cheng's statement is that 'the emperor is a lame Taoist priest with a surname Wu and a Henan accent'; -- these are not right, why is Wu Sizhao in Yangzhou a Henan accent? ”

"It should be true, -- I went to Huaiyangtang last month, and they found out that Wu Sizhao is from Shangqiu County, Henan, but his ancestral home is Yangzhou, so Wu Sizhao should have a Henan accent; Moreover, in the 14th year of Qianping, Wu Sizhao would conduct a scientific expedition in Yangzhou, and happened to catch up with the Jiangnan scientific expedition fraud case. -- Huaiyangtang also found out that Wu Sizhao had become a monk in Huiyunguan, southeast of Yangzhou, but Wu Sizhao disappeared after Emperor Jin Zheng, who was still the fourth prince of Qianping in the seventeenth year of Qianping, went to Jiangnan to assist Cao Yun; Now it seems that in the seventeenth year of Qianping, Wu Sizhao must have followed Emperor Shunhe! Zhang Wu said affirmatively.

Fu Ning pondered for a while and thought about it, so it means that the emperor is Yangzhou Wu Sizhao, lame, Taoist, and Henan accent; But who is the lame Taoist "Mi Si Zhao" who gave advice to the English people found in Malacca? Could it really be Wu Sizhao? What does he want to do?!

"Send a report to the chicken coop, and let Malacca continue to investigate the decision-making process of the 'Mi Si Zhao' and the English to annex Tianzhu, and at the same time spread the word to the Tingfeng Pavilion, so that they can report it as soon as they have the news of the Taoist priest Wu Sizhao!" Fu Ning found out that he was "on the bar" with the "lame Taoist"? The previous one who killed a lame Taoist priest was "Dingchun Hou Zhu Yi", and now it is the lame Taoist priest "Emperor Wu Sizhao"; Is he particularly "fated" with a lame Taoist?!

"That's right! Let's not talk about Wu Sizhao first; This time I came to Yanjing to bring you a 'baby', guess what! ”。 Fu Ning's thinking was very jumpy, and as soon as he talked about Wu Sizhao, he suddenly turned to "guessing riddles". However, Zhang Wu is used to the dialogue with Fu Ning, so it is not surprising that this kind of thinking jumps; But he still wondered what could be called a "baby" by Fu Ning.

"Poison? Arbalest? Or is it a new pistol? -- What's the new weapon in the chicken coop? Zhang Wu looked at the small wooden box that Fu Ning took out and wondered.

"It's not! Guess again! Fu Ning shook his head.

“――？ Can't guess. Zhang Wu also shook his head.

"Look!". Fu Ning opened the small wooden box and took out a few pieces of "thick paper" and handed them to Zhang Wu.

It is a few "thick yellowed pieces of paper" with blurry images of black and white people on them. Zhang Wu stared at the "piece of paper" for a while and gradually became excited, and looked at Fu Ning suspiciously, "Is it Xiao Shunzi and his mother?!" ”。

"Right! -- The 2,000 students and craftsmen of the Scientific Research Department studied the 'camera' that they had worked on for more than a year, as if it were made of silver bromide or something; it was an experimental product, the technology was not yet mature, the fixing effect was poor, and the photographs were not clear; It was quite clear when it was brought out of the chicken coop, it was only yellowed for more than 20 days, and it would be good when the technology matured later, and then you could see clear photos. ”； Fu Ning is also very excited about the birth of the camera, although the effect is still very poor, but it is always a start, and the technology will eventually accumulate.

Zhang Wu's eyes began to redden, "Like the two of them!" - Are they alright? I'm not at home all the year round, and I don't know if Xiao Shunzi still recognizes me? ”。

"It's all good! ――Before I came to Yanjing, I went to see the family home of the administrative district, and Xiao Shunzi has grown taller and knows 200 words; He also said that when you grow up, you will be a soldier and a hero, so I must remember what you look like! Fu Ning smiled happily.

Zhang Wu looked at the blurred and yellowed "photo" again and again, and then carefully put it away. "I miss them both!" ，

"Baby, right? You are away all year round, and your family is your treasure! Fu Ning's words went to Zhang Wu's heart.

――

I have a lot to do when I come to Yanjing this time. The first thing is to sleep with the women of Jiafu, and the second thing is to investigate the feasibility of military raiding Yanjing; In addition, it is necessary to figure out some small issues, such as the population and tax details of the imperial court, the background of the four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue, the recent strategic direction of the imperial court, and so on; All of them have to be investigated. I'm probably going to be here for two or three months this time, secrecy is a big problem, how do you solve it? ”。

“――？ It's troublesome! ――, the owner, you can keep it secret for half a month, but it's a bit troublesome if it's a long time. Tianqi Temple is in the management roster of the Daolu Division of the imperial court, and the imperial envoys of Ying Tianfu and Jiumen are not in charge, and Yin Jiayu Village of Ying Tianfu is now a person from Yanshan Hall, so Tianqi Temple is very safe. The main problem is that there are too many people coming this time, and it will be troublesome in case someone leaks the secret! ”。

"You don't have to worry about this, the two battalions of nine hundred guards I brought are very loyal; Now scattered makeup lurks in the suburbs of Beijing, and the management is very strict, and there will be no leakage. There's a lot to do this time; I'm afraid that because there are too many actions, it will arouse some people's suspicions, which will cause leaks! ”

"That's the same thing! According to what you said, there are more actions to investigate the population and taxes of the imperial court, strategic trends, Gyeonggi armaments, and noble heritage, and to sleep with the women of Jiafu! -- We'd better divert the court's attention and see if we can turn the court's attention elsewhere. That would make it much easier for us to move! ”

"You speak to my heart! ――I'm thinking about how to turn the court's attention elsewhere! Tell us what you think! ”。 Fu Ning felt that Zhang Wu's thinking was very compatible, and he was thinking of going with him.

"Do you want Jia Yucun to pick another 'gentry to pay for food'?"

"No!"; Fu Ning shook his head. "In the first half of the year, it was only provoked once, and Jia Yucun won the favor of Emperor Shunhe, but Emperor Shunhe did not fight the gentry group, and only reluctantly implemented a 'clarifying the mu'; for the time being, Emperor Shunhe would not forcibly push the 'gentry to pay grain in one', the timing was not right, and it could not be provoked.".

Fu Ning thought for a while and said, "What can divert the attention of the imperial court is nothing more than the 'five chaos'!" 'Palace Rebellion', 'King Rebellion', 'Official Rebellion', 'Border Rebellion', and 'People's Rebellion'; Instigating 'Gentry to Collect Grain in One' is an 'Official Rebellion' and belongs to the struggle between the royal family and the gentry clique, which cannot be provoked in the last six months; 'Border Rebellion' cannot affect the Beijing Division, and the 'People's Rebellion' will hurt the vitality of the Han nation, so these 'three chaos' cannot be used, and the rest are the two strategies of 'palace chaos' and 'Wang Chaos'; 'Palace Chaos' is a rebellion of internal strife in the palace, and 'Wang Chaos' is a rebellion of royal infighting, and it seems that we can only think of a way from these two strategies! ――What are your ideas? ”。 Fu Ning asked Zhang Wu.

"I'm not good at infighting, Song Wenli is familiar with these, why don't you call him over and ask?" , Zhang Wu couldn't think of a way for a while.

"Where is he?"

"At the door."

"Call him here!"

So Zhang Wu went out and called Song Wenli into the room.

"Hello Wangye!" , Song Wenli immediately gave Fu Ning a military salute after entering the room. Song Wenli is the intelligence department that entered "halfway", not an "old man" who started Fu Ning in Liuqiu, so he is not qualified to call Fu Ning the "owner".

"Sit down!" , Fu Ning looked at Song Wenli and pointed to the chair; "Don't call me the prince, just follow Zhang Wu to call me the owner! You have done a good job in the past three years, and you have worked hard! ”。

As soon as Song Wenli heard Fu Ning's words, he stood up excitedly, saluted again, and said, "Thank you, host!" ”。 Fu Ning asked Song Wenli to call him "the owner", which means that he recognized Song Wenli's qualification status as an "old man", which is a qualification identity that many people in the East China Sea Kingdom cannot pursue.

Zhang Wu briefly told Song Wenli about the conversation he had just had with Fu Ning, and Song Wenli began to ponder, and after a while, he said: "In fact, the method of 'civil unrest' can also be used!" -- There is no need to stir up real civil unrest, but only to create some strange cases and spread rumors to attract the attention of the imperial court. In the first half of the year, there was a 'cat-faced old lady' incident in the Lushun Hall, which was widely circulated, and we might as well take it and change it and spread it as a rumor in Beijing; you must know that the things of gods and ghosts are the most attractive, and the emperor is no exception! ”

"Cat-faced old lady" is an incident in Lushun Hall in the first half of the year, when a folk old lady's face resembled a cat's face after her death, and I don't know how it became a rumor of a fraudulent corpse; It is widely rumored that it has become a zombie, and it will come out to bite people at night, and whoever bites it will become a cat's face, so that it affects the stevedores of Port Arthur and dare not come out to carry goods at night; It was useless for the head of the government affairs cabinet of Lushun Hall to come out to refute the rumors, and in the end Tian Yanwu came out and said that the "cat-faced old lady" was killed by the army, and the rumors gradually disappeared. Now that Song Wenli talked about this matter, he led to an idea, and Fu Ning had to praise Song Wenli's active thinking.

"There's a vampire legend in Europe, we might as well use it!" , Fu Ning's train of thought also opened; "The vampires in European legends like to bite and drink human blood, are afraid of the sun, and when they come out to bite at night, the bitten person will gradually become a new vampire and also like to bite; We might as well make this story a 'real story in the capital'! Fu Ning said.

"It would be better if we got a few more blood-sucking dried corpses!" , Song Wenli followed closely, "If the rumors are spread more fiercely, the court's attention will turn to the rumors, and it will be much more convenient for us to do things, and occasionally we will not be concerned by the court if we leak a little." ”。

Fu Ning looked at Song Wenli and couldn't help laughing.