After greatly despising Yang Xingguo in his heart, Zaitao did not say those words. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After all, tens of thousands of rifles have not yet arrived, and if Yang Xingguo cancels the transaction and sells the rifles to the Beiyang Army because of his gaffe, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.

However, Zaitao still had a disbelieving expression on his face.

Yang Xingguo did not show any dissatisfied expression, but replied confidently: "Whether the information I said is worth 100,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, the county king will know in a while." ”

"The king of the county will think that this news is not worth the silver, and I promise not to pay a tael of silver. If the king of the county thinks that the news is worth so much silver, I believe that with the identity and character of the king of the county, he will definitely send me the silver. ”

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, Yang Xingguo said it to this point, even if Zaitao didn't believe it, no matter how much slander he had in his heart, he could only affirm: "As long as this information is really as valuable as Governor Yang said, I guarantee that all the 100,000 taels of silver will be sent to the Shanhaiguan Guijun." ”

"Good!" Yang Xingguo affirmed loudly.

Then he directly handed a list of more than a dozen lives to Zaitao.

Although more than a dozen people on the list were all middle- and low-level officers of the forbidden army, as the commander of the forbidden army, there were still two or three of them who had a little impression. He asked with a frown.

"These people seem to be officers of the forbidden army, Governor Yang told me who these people are?"

Yang Xingguo reminded with a confident face: "The king of the county, think about how they joined the forbidden army!" ”

Zaitao was stunned for a moment, then showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and continued to ask: "When the forbidden army was first formed, the imperial court lacked a large number of low-level officers, and Yuan Shikai, who assisted the king, transferred vegetable Manchu officers from the Beiyang Army to the forbidden army. ”

"The problem is with these hundreds of people." Yang Xingguo continued to give an astonishing answer.

"No way, there is absolutely no problem with these hundreds of people. They are all Manchus, can the Manchus still betray the Manchus and rebel against the court. Zaitao immediately asked with a disbelieving expression.

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "I don't know if it will betray me, but I know a fact, these hundreds of middle and low-level officers have stayed in Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army for less than a year, and more than three years." Who can guarantee that someone will not have fallen to Yuan Shikai and been bought by Yuan Shikai for such a long time? ”

"Impossible, we Manchus are all warriors, and it is absolutely impossible to be bought!" Although Zaitao still denied it, his tone was not as positive as just now. There is no doubt that Zaitao was moved by Yang Xingguo's words, and he began to suspect those people.

At this time, Yang Xingguo continued to break the news: "I don't know about the others, but there are more than a dozen people on the list, and I can be sure that they are still secretly contacting Yuan Shikai." As for what to contact, you need to go back and check it yourself. ”

"In addition, the king of the county might as well think about it, the forbidden army is about to expand, and the hundreds of middle and low-level officers that Yuan Shikai transferred from the Beiyang Army at the beginning will definitely be promoted to middle and high-level officers this time."

"Not to mention too much, if half of these middle and high-level officers are bought by Yuan Shikai, the king of the county can think about it, if there is a conflict between the imperial court and the Beiyang Army in the future, whether the forbidden army will listen to the orders of the imperial court or Yuan Shikai."

Yang Xingguo said this point, if Zaitao still doesn't understand, then he will be the king of the county in vain.

frowned and said: "If half of the officers are really bought by Yuan Shikai, then after the expansion of the forbidden army, the 50,000 forbidden army that the imperial court has worked so hard to form will be cheaper than Yuan Shikai!" ”

Seeing the serious and cautious expression slowly showing on Zaitao's face, Yang Xingguo immediately said, "Does the county king still think that this information of mine is worthless?" ”

"No!" Zaitao replied immediately.

"After returning to Beijing, I will report to the imperial court to confirm the authenticity of this information. As long as it is true, 100,000 taels of silver, I guarantee that all the money will be sent to the Shanhaiguan noble army. ”

After the two of them briefly said a few more words, Zaitao proposed to return to Beijing immediately to deal with the matter.

In order to create some trouble for Yuan Shikai, Yang Xingguo also fought hard and directly agreed.

After returning to the capital in two days, Zaitao immediately played Cixi on Yang Xingguo's inference in Fengtian, Cixi was already very suspicious, and as soon as he heard Zaitao finish speaking, Cixi believed eighty percent,

Then Mai Gang ordered Zaitao to investigate this matter thoroughly.

Because of the list given to him by Yang Xingguo, it only took Zaitao half a day to secretly arrest more than a dozen people on the list from prison. Then they sent someone to secretly search the homes of these people.

Not to mention, everyone's mansion has searched what Zaitao wants.

In the face of evidence, more than a dozen people had no reason to deny it, and could only admit that they were still loyal to Yuan Shikai.

For this result, Zaitao was shocked or shocked. He didn't expect that the Manchu warriors he valued would be so soft-boned, and even his own people could betray them.

In addition to the shock, a trace of fear appeared on Zaitao's face.

This is only the list that Yang Xingguo provided to himself with evidence, and those who have no evidence do not know how many there are in the forbidden army. If they really let them grasp the right to the forbidden army, then the forbidden army that the imperial court finally formed would not be cheap Yuan Shikai.

Zaitao didn't dare to slack off, and immediately entered the palace to face the saint, and played Cixi on the situation he found out.

"Check, we must find out all these people who betrayed the court. The mourning family wants to see what benefits Yuan Shikai gave them, so that they can forget their Manchu identity and give Yuan Shikai a Han life! ”

"I don't know what the Queen Mother plans to do with these people. If all of them are arrested, the middle and low-level officers of the forbidden army will be reduced by more than half at once! Zaitao hurriedly asked.

"All of them were killed, the family rushed to the slaves, and the mourning family hated traitors the most in their lives!" Cixi replied without thinking.

Zaitao asked with a hesitant face: "Queen Mother, the minister has an idea, I don't know if it's feasible!" ”

"Yuan Shikai can install his own people in the forbidden army, and intends to secretly control the forbidden army. Why can't the imperial court give Yuan Shikai a counter-plan, spare the lives of those traitors, and let them secretly serve the imperial court, but on the surface, they still continue to write letters to Yuan Shikai and be loyal to Yuan Shikai. ”

"Once a conflict really breaks out between the imperial court and the Beiyang Army one day, we can use these people to deal a fatal blow to the Beiyang Army at a critical moment!"

In addition to hating these betrayers, Cixi hated Yuan Shikai the most.

Yuan Shikai was picked up by himself, but he didn't expect to oppose himself in the end, which Cixi didn't expect when she died.

Therefore, as soon as she heard that Zaitao had the idea of calculating Yuan Shi, Cixi subconsciously moved. (To be continued.) )