At the end of the premier's meeting, Fan Jingwen was appointed as a privy envoy, and Zhang Shan, the chief soldier of Huguang, was promoted to the post of commander-in-chief of the Central Plains to suppress bandits, and ordered him to lead the soldiers and horses of Huguang Town into Henan to rescue Luoyang.

Liu Jun left the palace, and as soon as he returned to the Yamen, the governor of Deshengmen and Zhili, Liu Yongzhen had already come. "Third brother." He shouted, "I have something important to report." ”

Liu Jun led him into the back study. "Say it."

Liu Yunzhen walked to the bookcase and sat down, "It's about Zhou Yanru." With some excitement on his face, now he basically acts as a messenger between Liu Qiao and Liu Jun, Liu Jun and Liu Qiao now try to avoid private meetings, and let Liu Yunzhen pass on the word in the middle, and do not exchange letters, try to be cautious.

"Jin Yiwei has found out that the last time the trouble was made by Zhou Yanru behind the scenes, secretly instigated." He said with some excitement, "We have been staring at Wu Changshi for a long time, Wu Changshi is Zhou Yanru's henchman and mastermind, and the last incident was Wu Changshi's advice and then ran to instigate it." We have sufficient evidence and can take Wu Changshi at any time. Third brother, as long as Wu Chang is taken, Zhou Yanru will be tried immediately. ”

"Are you sure? Wu Changshi is just a small fish, if you can't use this small fish to catch Zhou Yanru's big fish, then you don't have to touch this small fish for the time being. What I want is full certainty, and even if you are 90% sure, we can't take the risk of this success. Opportunities are often only one and should not be easily wasted. ”

Liu Jun said while pouring tea for himself and Liu Yongzhen.

"If you investigate more, you must have ironclad evidence, if you don't make a move, you will be killed with one blow."

Liu Yunzhen looked at Liu Jun's calm appearance, and said a little anxiously, "Zhou Yanru has joined forces with Wu Fu now, and we won't make a move." I'm afraid they're going to fight back. Yesterday, Wu Fu went to visit Wu Xiang, they had been plotting for a long time, and it was obvious that they wanted to borrow Ning Jin's soldiers and horses. ”

"We have to strike first and act now. When he took Wu Chang, he turned Zhou Yanru over and made an example of him. As long as Zhou Yanru is won, Wu Fu will not be able to turn over the storm. ”

Liu Jun glared at him, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Everything is decided and then acted. As long as we hold our ground and let them bounce, the more they jump, the worse they will fall. Now that we are in a good situation in Beijing, we should try to avoid giving people the impression of being domineering. We should try to keep a low profile, and the latter can also be controlled. ”

Holding the army in his hand, Liu Jun was not worried that they would turn the tables. What he wants now is prestige, public opinion, and smooth control. It's really impatient. Why did he choose this path, directly seized the Beijing Division, wouldn't it be better to change the dynasty?

"During this time, Jinyi Wei has strengthened the monitoring of the officials and people of Beijing." said. Liu Jun took out a wooden box and opened it, and inside was a large stack of silver tickets.

"Here's a million silver tickets, you take them back to your uncle. Let him reward the brothers of Jinyiwei, hard work for everyone. Let me tell you that I will never treat my brothers who do things for me badly. ”

Liu Yunzhen looked at the box of money. It's also a big surprise. The third brother is really a big hand, bold.

Liu Jun actually already has his own set of intelligence personnel, but Jinyiwei's ability is still very strong, and it is more convenient for them to go out of the horse in many things. Liu Qiao controls this powerful intelligence agency, and Liu Jun can buy their support by spending some money, and Liu Jun is still very willing to spend some money.

One million yuan was sent out, Liu Jun was not distressed, although he now used a lot of money. With the expansion of these soldiers and horses, military expenditures have increased by a large margin, whether it is food or clothing, and they are all large investments, at least 30 million yuan a year.

However, you can't save the money you should use.

Liu Jun has already made Hubei's military industrial system full power, expanding the workshop again, recruiting more workers, purchasing raw materials everywhere, and is producing all kinds of military products day and night, changing the clothes of the newly expanded towns and Chu troops.

"The world can't be chaotic." Liu Jun sighed.

He picked up his teacup and walked over to the wall in front of the bookcase, looking at the map of the world on it. This is not a map of the world drawn by Europeans, and there are still many mistakes in the maps drawn by Europeans, and there are some important places that are not drawn on it, such as Australia. For example, the exact location and size of the Antarctic and the North Pole.

This map was corrected by Liu Jun himself.

The Ming Dynasty only occupies a small part of this map, and the boundaries of the Ming Dynasty at this time have not even been reached by the boundaries of China in later generations.

Several large territories such as the Western Regions, the grasslands, and the Northeast are still detached. And the sea at the doorstep of the south of the Ming Dynasty was occupied by a fleet from far away Europe.

The Ming Dynasty has a population of more than 100 million, which is completely called the most populous country in the world at this time.

The Netherlands, with a population of 2 million, can dominate the world, so why can't the Han Chinese?

Western liaoning.

Zu Dashou lifted the curtain and sat by the fire with a plop, Wu Sangui was eating a piece of beef jerky, "Liu Jiye is becoming more and more arrogant." He shouted indignantly, "He actually let Qin Liangyu's old woman be the chief soldier of Ningyuan, but he drove you to this barren Guangning, this lucky thief, when Lao Tzu was fighting outside the pass, he was still in his mother's womb." Now he has actually been crowned the king of Liaodong and has become an auxiliary minister, can you believe it? ”

"What else can't be believed, he is not only the king of Liaodong, Gu Ming's auxiliary government, but also the governor of Zhili. Even now, in the thirty-one towns in the world, he Liu Jiye controls the eleven towns. ”

"We have to think of a way, if we continue like this, we will all be finished. When he digests the Beijing army, the next thing will definitely be to reorganize our Liaoxi army. This time, Qin Liangyu was sent to be the chief soldier of Ningyuan, and next time he might swallow us directly. In the nine towns of the Beijing Army, Liu Jiye said that he would cut it, withdraw when he said it, and merge it when he said it. ”

"What can we do? Staying outside this pass, all the food and salary are expected to be supplied by the imperial court. There is Qin Liangyu in Ningyuan, there are Beiyang soldiers on the sea, Mongolia in the north and Qing captives in the east, and they dare to make a little abnormal move. Liu Jun only needs to strangle Ning Yuan and cut off our food, and we will immediately die and destroy ourselves. Wu Sangui shook his head, finished speaking, and continued to chew his beef jerky.

Zu Dashou looked around uneasily, "But we can't sit still, right?" As you said, if we really sit down like this, we don't need Liu Jiye to annex and integrate, just cut off food, and our more than 80,000 people will have to finish playing. ”

Outside the customs in October, the north wind is howling, and the days are not easy. Especially after Wu Sangui handed over Ning Yuan to Qin Liangyu and moved to Guangning himself, the situation became more and more bad.

Quang Ninh was occupied by the Qing army for more than ten years and was dilapidated early. In this winter, when moving to Guangning, you have to brave the cold to build a city and strengthen the fortifications, otherwise, the Qing army is not far away on the west bank of the Liao River, who can sleep peacefully.

"We haven't been paid for half a year."

"The price of grain in western Liaoning is also getting more and more expensive."

"The soldiers are complaining."

In the tent, Zu Dashou sighed. In the cold winter, they still have to go out to patrol and hunt to replenish some food. Thinking that Liu Jiye is now occupying the capital division, eating and drinking spicy food, but they are staying in this icy and snowy land, Zu Dashou is full of discomfort.

"It's going to be very sad this winter, and it's going to be difficult to wait for the imperial court's salary." Wu Sangui swallowed beef jerky. "I plan to trade with the Mongols this winter, let's learn from Liu Jiye, make money in trade, and be self-sufficient."

"Doing business?" For a while, Zu Dashou couldn't believe his ears, when was this, Wu Sangui was still thinking about those things.

"The king of the county is still very trustworthy, and the previous transaction agreement with us has been maintained. Now that the imperial court and the Qing state have reached a peace, and the two sides have dismissed the army, it is a good time to make a deal. All kinds of grain, cloth, tea, iron pots, hemp ropes, etc., transported by the East India Company, were all commodities that the Manchu and Mongolian people desperately needed, and we used these commodities to exchange with the Manchu and Mongolian people for cattle, horses, sheep, fur, tendons, horns, herbs, jade, etc., and then sold them to the East India Company. ”

Zu Dashou looked at his nephew and saw that his eyes were shining.

"Uncle, in our current situation, if we dare to fight with the king of the county, it is self-defeating."

"But that's it?"

Wu Sangui snorted and did not answer. The most important thing now is not how to disobey Liu Jiye, but to keep the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Guangning and Jinzhou. In any case, the soldiers and horses of the two towns must be saved, as long as the soldiers and horses of these two towns are in hand, it will not be too late.

"Do you want to be trampled under Liu Jiye for the rest of your life?"

"This is not a shameful thing, Liu Jiye is the king of Liaodong, the minister of Gu Ming, or the governor of Zhili, whether it is a knighthood or real power, it is far beyond you and me, why don't we accept it?" Wu Sangui reminded him, "We obey him because he is the minister who cares about his life." ”

"If one day, Liu Jiye is no longer a minister who cares about his life"

Jingshi, the Forbidden City.

The emperor accompanied the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Empress Dowager Zhou to lunch together.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the heart of the king asks to see you."

Wang Chengen came in to report.

"I accompany the two queen mothers to dinner, what can't you wait for to play again?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly said, "The king's heart has important things to do, and it is urgent." ”

Zhu Cihong was very surprised, and Empress Zhang said on the side, "Since it is an urgent matter, let him come in and report it." ”

"What the hell is going on?"

Wang Chengen glanced at him, and the eunuchs and palace maids on both sides immediately retreated quietly with interest.

Wang Zhixin knelt down, "Your Majesty, and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, Dongchang Detective learned that the last time the Beijing army made a fuss, it was secretly instigated by Wu Changshi in the Ministry of Officials, and Wu Changshi was instructed by Zhou Yanru, the first assistant. In addition, Dongchang also detected that Wu Changshi and Zhou Yanru were selling officials, embezzling and illegal, and the evidence was conclusive and ironclad. ”

"Huh? Zhou Yanru was corrupt and perverted the law, and secretly instigated the Beijing camp to make trouble? Zhu Cihong was surprised. (To be continued.) )

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