In August 1859, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and the Emperor, Jin Jingxiang and Prince Shuoqian, hereditary replacement, Prime Minister, Government Council, and Regent of the Prison State.

More than 10 ministries of the Government Council were immediately moved to Nanjing, and Prime Minister Wang issued a letter of appointment, and the head of each ministry was Foreign Minister Zou Kaizhi; Minister of Commerce, Li Xiaocun; Chancellor of the Exchequer Gong Bingchang; Minister of Public Works Yuen Sze-shing; Minister of Education Kwok Leung-chun; Minister of Agriculture Li Hongzhang; Transport Minister Ihachi; Minister of Justice Lee Jong-seng; Minister of Health Mao Changxi; Minister of Supervision Zhou Jingshan; Patrol headquarters director Suna and so on.

Li Xiaocun, Zhou Jingshan, and Li Jianchen were added to the Shaobao, and at the same time, the officials of each house were rewarded.

At the same time, the general Wang changed the Pingyuan military system, the infantry and sailors of the Pingyuan Army were led by the general, and the infantry regiment set up five towns and one guard, but in fact it was still six towns, with 15,000 people in each town, and the commander of the infantry in the first town was Shenbao, plus the viscount; Admiral's Second Town Infantry Commander Harwich, plus Viscount; Admiral's third town infantry commander Han Jinchun, plus the viscount; Zhao Sanbao, commander of the infantry of the fourth town, plus the viscount; Admiral's Fifth Town Infantry Commander Su Hongniang, plus Earl; The sixth town is the garrison force, led by the general Wang, who defends Nanjing. Ma Dayong, the commander of the Pingyuan Navy Army, plus the viscount.

There are three infantry regiments under each town, which are commanded by the chief officer, and further down, there are infantry, artillery and other battalions.

In fact, there are also some unknown rewards, such as the Internal Affairs Bureau is organized as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the governor Ruisi is rewarded with wearing a yellow coat, adding a viscount, and so on.

In the courtyard of the inn behind a small donkey meat restaurant, the donkey croaking in the courtyard was soon whipped and his voice was lowered.

In the simple study, Ye Zhaore was sweating profusely, fanning his fan while flipping through a booklet, but he was still pondering the movements in Guangzhou.

Needless to say, the masterminds of various ministries, such as Yihaqi and Mao Changxi, are all hardcore rear parties, and compared to the six rooms of the palace, this government affairs yuan is even more incompatible.

Of course, if this is not the case, the system of the academy and the ministry will not be so smooth and straightforward, and from then on, the promotion of officials in various ministries will be transferred, and they will have to discuss with the two palaces, which is not as handy as when the six rooms of the palace were located, but well, you have a good plan and I have a wall ladder, and the yamen of the various ministries moved to Nanjing is a victory.

Prince Heshuo Qian, think about Ye Zhao and smile bitterly, this title is not grand, the dry Tianye, since the three emperors and the five emperors, I have never heard of such a scary title of the divided king, it can be said that the grace is great, and the ancient and the present are shocked, but the problem is that he just exterminated a heavenly king, and then he was named the heavenly king, and he wanted to live in the heavenly palace, how can he think about it is not a taste, although the heavenly king is a pseudo-king, a thief, but how to think about how wrong, not to mention that this dry can be read dry, is it not the dry king Hong Renji?

I don't know if Lan Guiren saw the letter he wrote to her, is this account satirizing himself and using dry characters to ruin his luck? Or is it something else in mind? Alas, anyway, it's just to call yourself awkward.

However, when it comes to the number of qi, Ye Zhao doesn't believe it, even if he has a number of qi, God calls himself to be reborn, how much qi is that? How can it be so easy to lose?

Suo surname is not thinking, these words can be very busy, all the towns of the Pingyuan Army are stepping up to clear the remnants of the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is inevitable that there will be a conflict with the north, the fourth town in Susong, the first town in Wuchang and the North [***] team exchanged fire, and Han Jinchun's third town took Jiujiang, Su Hongniang led the fifth town to Linyuezhou, only the second town Harwich Department returned to Guangzhou to rest, its intention is self-evident, now the center of the Southern Dynasty gradually moved to Nanjing, but how important Guangzhou is, there can be no chaos.

Now, taking advantage of the fact that the alliance between Shi Da Kaibu and the Twist Army has not yet been defeated in Henan, and putting pressure on the northern country, you can get the greatest benefits at the negotiation table, such as Wuchang and Yuezhou in the south of the Yangtze River, if you don't take the opportunity to take it, it will be like a wedge nailed to the south of the Yangtze River, and the heavy troops of the northern country can invade the southern dynasty from its stronghold at any time, which is a great threat, and the prince's father must also take this opportunity to take it back, otherwise when Shi Da is defeated, the northern country will ease this breath, and it will not be good to ask for a price at the negotiation table.

Ye Zhao also wrote a letter to the warlord Miao Peilin in northern Anhui, and as expected, Miao Peilin really reacted enthusiastically, and accepted the regent's title of first-class viscount and general of northern Anhui, and wrote a letter asking for food, money, and arms.

Ye Zhao just laughed when he saw it, this warlord who fell with the wind, who really wanted to take him in? However, it is just a pawn to put pressure on the northern country, and the official title does not require money, so it is okay to give it to him, but if he really wants silver, he will naturally have no half a dime.

And for the Southern Dynasty and Miao Peilin's secret communication song, the temples of the northern country will inevitably shake, this multi-pronged approach, I don't believe that the northern country will not obey.

Sitting on the small wooden bench opposite Ye Zhao was Peter, the lecturer of the Lecture Hall, the earliest adviser of the New Army, but now he is teaching in the Lecture Hall in a down-to-earth manner, and at the same time sorting out the materials and writing some military theories.

"Your Royal Highness, I know my shallowness, please be sure to give me advice." Peter's attitude was extremely religious.

In this 100,000-word exposition, he summed up the combat examples of the Pingyuan Army of the Southern Dynasties, believing that in modern warfare, more and more attention has been paid to the combat ability of individual soldiers and the combat ability of small units, and to implement effective dispersion tactics, and the linear tactics of relying on large units to line up guns will completely disappear in modern warfare.

Ye Zhao nodded with a smile and said, "It's well written." Until the beginning of the American Civil War, line tactics were still the regular tactics of the warring sides, that is, the two sides fired each other with guns until one side launched a charge and decided the victory by hand-knuckle combat.

However, as the war progressed, the officers on both sides realized that because of the increased power of firearms, such charges were costly, and gradually, scattered defenses, squad infiltration tactics, trenches, and so on appeared on the battlefield.

However, in the Pingyuan Army, the practice of using squads (teams) as basic combat units and battalions as tactical basic combat units is becoming more and more formed, and Peter happily noticed the changes in them, and naturally he wanted to make a theoretical summary.

It is no wonder that in the history books of world wars in later generations, the war between the political axe army and the rebel army in southern China was called the last old-fashioned war and the first modern war, and its influence on the innovation of world military theory was highly evaluated, of course, these were unknown to Ye Zhao.

After sending Peter away, Ye Zhao, who was stuffy, shook his fan and paced into the courtyard.

A simple courtyard, four or five bungalows, there is a stone mill under the willow tree in the courtyard, and there is a donkey tied next to the stone mill, but the donkey is pitiful now, his mouth is tightly wrapped, and he looks at Ye Zhao pitifully.

There are a few bunches of red pepper and yellow bud rice hanging on the wall, the bungalows are very shabby, the papier-mâché window lattices are crackling in the wind, it is the kind of old-fashioned vertical window supported by long wooden sticks, I am really afraid that the wind is a little stronger, and the whole window will fly.

The east gate of the courtyard is the donkey meat restaurant, and the west door is closed all year round.

Ye Zhao grew up so big, and lived so hard for the first time, compared to the Guangzhou Palace, this temporary post house was almost hell.

But there is no way, the palace of the heavenly king is being repaired, it is not completed, and the plaques of all the halls of the Jesus Temple of the true god temple must be replaced, and the palaces in the harem have to be re-inscribed and carved, plus many building eaves dripping water pillars and other details of the modification, and several feng shui masters have come to mention, and invited the monks to do the rituals. Although the regent is auspicious, he will definitely cleanse the evil spirit and clean up the source. But first of all, this palace has to change its luck and feng shui.

In addition, the construction of the sewer channel of the Tianwang Palace, the reservation of tap water, electrical circuits and other maintenance, is that although the Southern Dynasty came to a large number of skilled craftsmen, I am afraid that within two or three months, Ye Zhao will not be able to live in it.

In fact, not only the future Qianwang Palace, but also the whole of Nanjing is under construction, including the renovation of the sewers of the entire city, including the construction of the yamen official offices of various ministries.

The city of Nanjing came alive all of a sudden, with tens of thousands of workers, officials, merchants, and immigrants entering the city, and it was self-evident that it promoted commerce.

Just like the Lantern Lane where Ye Zhao's donkey meat restaurant is located, almost all the backyards of the shops have been opened up as hotels for southerners to rent temporarily.

In fact, it is easy to say that the official offices of the various ministries and yamen are numerous, and there are many palaces of the kings of Tianjing, which can be used to renovate, and the East Wangfu is the largest, part of which is divided into four ministries and official residences, and the other part is leased to businessmen, rushing to the treasury, Ye Zhaobai said that the Shangya is also temporarily working in the East Wangfu, but if it is said that the bedroom, Ye Zhaozi is unwilling to find a pseudo-palace to live in, and finally found such a donkey meat restaurant in this Lantern Lane, if you want to talk about living conditions, in fact, in Ye Zhao's eyes, there is no difference between the backyard of the Zhuwang Mansion and the donkey meat house, and there is no water, no bath, no lights, At most, the house is more luxurious, and what is it worth? Living in these pseudo-king's mansions is really a bit unlucky, and it is not as comfortable as a donkey meat restaurant.

What's more, the city is not stable now, and it is not noticeable to live in seclusion in this small alley, which little puppet king's mansion does it live in? Being targeted and assassinated a few times, although it is safe, it is not enough to worry about it. Lantern Lane gathered a large number of people from the Southern Dynasties, living here can also take the opportunity to contact the people, listen to their views on current affairs, the current Southern Dynasty has changed greatly, and any era in the previous life is different, the pulse of the people can not only rely on speculation, only rely on some feedback from the official, always have to see with your own eyes, listen to your own ears.

Ye Zhao's donkey meat restaurant, there are still a few residents in the backyard, men, women and children, in fact, they are all members of the special team of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and even among the bustling diners, most of them are palace guards, and the donkey meat restaurant has long been bought by Ye Zhao, from the identity of the cook to the buddy, it goes without saying.

It is this particularly inconspicuous donkey meat restaurant, I am afraid that it is the most heavily guarded place in Nanjing, and Ye Zhao, who is sticking to his beard in and out, has a rare freedom, and his heart said, it is hidden in the city, and the ancients will not deceive me.

However, the price of this relative freedom is a great sin, and bathing has returned to the age of wooden barrels, not to mention going to the toilet, so how unbearable is the open latrine? In the summer, you can see maggots wriggling in the dung heap, and it is not easy to build Guangzhou Wangfu into a super luxury paradise that combines modern and ancient, but now it has fallen into hell all of a sudden, so how can Ye Zhaoqing, who is accustomed to luxury and even have some cleanliness, be embarrassed?

But what can I do? Bear with it, there will always be a time when the clouds will open.

I am afraid that in the city of Nanjing, the heads of various ministries who are immersed in the great joy of exterminating bandits and promoting officials and making fortunes, no one knows the prince's mental journey, and they regard Nanjing's words as climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, and living a difficult life.

Shaking the folding fan, Ye Zhao walked out of the donkey meat restaurant, followed by two guards dressed in long clothes, but they were extremely inconspicuous, the three of them were dressed in regular robes, compared to the modern men and women wearing Laonji jackets, tunics, long plackets, and cheongsams that occasionally appeared in Lantern Alley, they were indeed not very eye-catching.

Lantern Lane gathered a large number of people from the Southern Dynasty, in order to prevent the remnants of the bandits from making trouble, the prevention is also very strict, there are patrol guards at the entrance of the alley, and the patrol of the two-person team of people in the alley can be seen everywhere.

Lie said, Ye Zhao finally felt a little more comfortable, but he dared to go out for a walk without bringing two guards for a few years, it was rare to have a leisure, but it was also a pleasure.

"Huh?" Ye Zhao raised his eyes and saw that on the door frame of the porridge shop on the side of the street, there was red paper, and the cursive script of the dragon and phoenix dancing "there is a billiard ball inside".

Ye Zhao couldn't help laughing, alas, the businessman's head is really well-informed.

Nowadays, compared with Guangzhou, Nanjing City is very poor in entertainment life, and a small billiards is afraid that it will make the southerners who are accustomed to living in Guangzhou flock to it.

Walking in, this porridge shop and Wang Ye donkey meat restaurant in general, are from the side door next to the counter into the backyard, the small courtyard is also very simple, four or five bungalows, the so-called billiard room is in a relatively large wing, two tables, there are really a lot of people in it.

The "boss" of the billiard room surnamed Ma, grinned with a mouth full of yellow teeth, the speculators who came from Guangzhou, stronger than the leather bag company in later generations, had a few small money, came to Nanjing for a turn, and then rented two old billiard tables from Guangzhou, in fact, they were just eliminated by a club in Guangzhou, the table legs were shaky, and they were reinforced with thick wooden planks, but they were still shaking.

There are people occupying the two billiard tables, and there are three or four people waiting next to them, all of them are very energetic young men, listening to them, or a group, it seems that they are the students of the Guangzhou Shipbuilding School, following the tutor to Nanjing to survey the foothold and sketch of the shipyard, of course, the Nanjing Shipyard, in fact, is to temporarily build a small dock for the Pingyuan Navy ships to berth, and can also carry out simple maintenance.

The guard iron-legged Liu San asked the price, and Boss Ma grinned with yellow teeth on his face, gestured a finger, and said, "The price starts at an hour, half a dime of silver." ”

If it weren't for the prince's presence, Liu San would have wanted to smoke him with big ears and melon seeds, but it was really a unique business, and there was no way to make money.

The young men and students of the Ship Master School were in a hurry, and after playing for a while, they settled the bill, and one of them, a rich boy surnamed Du, had a treat, although it was less than half an hour, he still threw a string of copper plates to Boss Ma and walked away with his partners.

"Liu San, come, play with me for a while." Ye Zhao thought of playing billiards with his wife and concubine in the house, and then looked at the desolation of the present, hanging from each other, and tears were in his heart.

Liu San was startled, but the prince ordered, how dare he disobey, and only tremblingly picked up the table rod and hit two shots, either the sliding rod or the white ball fell directly into the hole, seeing the prince frowning, his heart trembled even more, and he couldn't play well.

"No shame, no shame, stinky ball basket!" The crisp voice next to him was a little girl who hooked her nose and shamed Liu San.

Boss Ma said angrily: "Go and go, don't make trouble!" ”

The little girl was unconvinced: "Daddy, I play better than him." ”

Boss Ma was even more afraid of offending the guests, and he stretched out his hand to hit her, Ye Zhao stopped with a cue with a smile, and said to the little girl: "Then you come." "It's really boring to fight with Liu San.

Boss Ma laughed and said: "Sir, this, this is not in accordance with the rules, she is my daughter, not a caddy, and we don't have a caddie here to accompany us." ”

The guard next to him handed over a string of copper coins, and Boss Ma took it with a smile, and said to the little girl: "Have fun with this gentleman." ”

The little girl's ball skills are really not covered, it is better than Ye Zhao's play, but sometimes she can't reach the ball, Ye Zhao hugged her to hit the ball, one big and one small are also having fun, Ye Zhao even asked the guards to go out and buy candy, the little girl was even more happy, when Ye Zhao hugged her to play, she hugged Ye Zhao's neck and took a sip.

"Oh, isn't that just registration? How dare you bother the bureau? Damn it, damn it! Boss Ma suddenly ran out from behind the counter with a smile on his face, and it turned out that the wooden door was pushed open, and several black-uniformed patrols walked in.

Ye Zhao looked back, he was stunned, he never expected to see Zhu Sisi here, with a straight black uniform, silver epaulettes, a black belt with a gun holster tied around his waist, a crisp chest and a slender waist, attractive curves, heroic and delicate.

Zhu Sisi was also stunned, she hadn't seen this pervert for a long time, who wanted to meet her in Nanjing? When I entered the door, I saw the little girl kissing him, and then I saw him holding the pink and tender child affectionately, Zhu Sisi was already numb and couldn't be numb anymore, and nodded helplessly to Ye Zhao, which was regarded as a greeting.

And Boss Ma slapped a big sycophant, next to a patrol led him to the counter, registering the register, although Boss Ma did not have a shop, but now he is also a businessman, naturally he has to pay taxes, one of the most arduous tasks of the patrol house is to help the salt transportation division to make a register for all kinds of merchants in Nanjing.

Ye Zhao put down the girl and asked Zhu Sisi in surprise: "Promoted?" ”

Zhu Sisi's cheeks were powdered: "Well, I am now the deputy director of the Nanjing Prefecture Patrol Bureau and the inspector of the Xicheng Patrol House. ”

Ye Zhao sighed and said with a smile: "Congratulations, congratulations, why do you have to invite me to a big dinner?" "Patrol and transfer, Ye Zhao is at most a glance at the director of the provincial department and the municipal bureau, the deputy of the Nanjing Bureau will not care, but he doesn't want Zhu Sisi to be transferred, I think too, this transfer and patrol into Nanjing, the selection is all capable, Zhu Sisi is indeed a suitable candidate, but at a young age, the deputy bureau is also powerful, this is really done step by step.

Zhu Sisi said to the little girl Nunu, "If you let her go, I will invite you." ”

Ye Zhao was full of helplessness, who does this Zhu Sisi think of herself? No matter how much you do, the beast won't do anything to this young man?

Shaking the folding fan, Ye Zhao said, "Then you have to invite me to eat something delicious." ”

Zhu Sisi's bright eyes were slightly surprised, thinking that she didn't expect this pervert to let go so easily, and said, "You are talking, you can eat anything." ”

Ye Zhao folded the fan and said with a smile: "Deal!" ”

(To be continued)