Huo Wu and the three of them drunk Qi Musai and his companions, although Qi Musai drank a lot of strong wine, but he was obviously wary of what his companion said just now, so he didn't show much of it, but from those faint clues, Huo Wu could determine that this guy with a good skin was indeed a big man in Yongfu Palace.

Qi Musai has half Han Chinese blood, and because of this, he has been repeatedly excluded in the Manchu circle. His father was Niu Lu Ezhen in the white flag, and when he entered the south with Abatai in his early years, he died in the pass. Her mother was a Han woman who was plundered by the Manchus, and although she was just a slave-like cunzii, she gave birth to the male son Qi Musai. His father had no other heirs, so he asked Dolgon early on to ask for one day by Qi Mu Sai to inherit his own property, and therefore, after his father died in battle, Qi Mu Sai also took over his father's Qi Qiē, including the post in the Zhengbai Banner www.uuxs.cc.

It seems that if you want to find out some news in the Manchurian Palace, you have to open a breakthrough from this person.

In addition to the three things that he explained to his companions just now, there was another thing that was forced to be interrupted because of the appearance of Qi Musai and the others, and in the process of drinking, Huo Wu saw the stitches and intermittently explained to his companions, which was also the most important of the four things.

That is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also began to build sailors.

In fact, as early as the first year of the Mandate of Heaven, the current Manchuria, that is, the Houjin at that time, began to prepare for the establishment of a naval division and participated in the battle. For example, when conquering the Jurchen Sakhalian tribe in the East China Sea, Houjin dispatched a sailor to the north along the Wulejian River to help in the battle. However, the naval division of the Qing army at that time was at best just a troop transport fleet armed with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and eighteen blades, most of which were mainly imitations of small clippers of the Ming Dynasty. At most, it is just a sneak attack on the water to carry soldiers, and there is absolutely no such thing as naval battles and artillery.

Due to the limitations of his vision, Huang Taiji did not plan to develop the sailor on a large scale, because the manpower, material resources, and financial resources to be consumed were too huge. After Korea became a vassal country, Huang Taiji planned to assign all the Korean sailors to the Qing army's combat sequence, so that the Korean sailors at this time still had more than 200 warships. There are more than 5,000 professional water troops, and you can use them when you take them.

It's just that after the Hanyang Mutiny, the pro-Qing Luo Party was slaughtered, and the factions such as the Nanren Party in power were all pro-Ming scholars. At the time of the Battle of Songsan, Huang Taiji planned to send Korean troops to participate in the war, but was clearly refused, and the Korean king Yi Ju suddenly hardened his attitude and resolutely stated. North Korea will never participate in the battle to attack the Ming Kingdom.

This made Huang Taiji very angry, but at that time, there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yingordai on the Yiju side, and these 20,000 soldiers and horses were enough to protect themselves, but it was extremely difficult to attack and control Korea. Moreover, the North Korean scholars who were detained in Shengjing also disappeared suddenly, and they were secretly rescued by the North Korean side.

After the Battle of Songshan, Huang Taiji wanted to attack Korea again with the power of a great victory, but found that Korea at this time had become a difficult bone to gnaw. Joseon formed an alliance with the Franc machine man and the Ming Dynasty. Occupy Phi Island and set up a concession in Dingzhou. Both the Ming and the Franc were stationed, and the sailors alone had hundreds of warships, enough to threaten the coastal areas of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Denglai Naval Division, which rescued Songshan at the beginning, was based on Phi Dao and constantly harassed the Qing army in Songshan. After receiving the report, Huang Taiji was amazed by the firepower of the Denglai sailor. This also moved the idea of Daxing Water Master.

However, according to the technical level and financial resources of the Manchu Qing Dynasty today, at most about 20 medium-sized rushing ships, patrol ships, and multi-sentry ships could be built, and the rest were only more than 100 small boats. Huang Taiji also ordered the construction of forts along the coast of Uiju, equipped with heavy red-coated cannons. With the defense of the sailors, it is absolutely possible to resist the attack of the Denglai sailors for the time being, so as to ensure that the defense line on the east side is not lost.

Regarding this point, Huo Wu planned to report to Zhu Ping'an immediately and prepare early.

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After the high platform of the Phoenix Tower, there is the Yongfu Palace, which is located at the end of the West Palace, and the sequence is the West Palace. Different from the Daming Palace, the so-called Yongfu Palace is just a courtyard with three entrances and three exits, and the furnishings in the house are simple, only a bent kang connected on three sides, and a few tables, chairs and benches.

Before the earth dragon burned, Su Mo'er placed two braziers in the house, and the four-year-old Ninth Elder Brother Fulin was lying on the wooden table of the bent kang to write in red. Su Mo'er leaned over and looked at it, couldn't help but show a smile, and instructed her to serve her mother attentively, and then stepped out.

After dinner, Concubine Zhuang Da Yuer said that she would go for a walk outside, and no one was allowed to follow. But when Su Mo'er arrived in the courtyard, she turned around but didn't see Concubine Zhuang's figure at all, and she couldn't help but be a little flustered, but she didn't dare to make a noise, so she had to go to Yongfu Palace and look around.

Along the way, I arrived outside the Qingning Palace, but look at the time, the queen Zhezhe has generally rested at this time, and the emperor Taiji has been resting in the Chongzheng Palace after Concubine Chen's death, and usually rarely comes.

Su Mo'er hesitated for a moment, but still did not enter Qingning Palace, but searched all the way south. When I arrived at the front yard of the inner court, I vaguely saw a figure.

In the courtyard, there is a white marble stone pedestal, on which a wooden pole stands alone, the top is a tin bucket, and the figure is climbing the top of the wooden pole, as if it is placing something in the tin bucket, and then the moonlight looks, the figure is vaguely Concubine Zhuang.

Su Mo'er couldn't help but be shocked, but she didn't dare to shout, so she could only run quickly under the wooden pole and shout in a low voice: "Gege, is it you?" ”

The figure looked down, then slowly slid to the ground, patted the dust on his body, and handed a cloth bag in his hand to Su Mo'er, "Don't worry, I'm just adding some food to the Solo rod!" ”

Before the words fell, the crow cries of crows were heard in the night sky, and when they looked up, several crows flew over with their wings flashing, and fell into the tin bucket to eat.

Concubine Zhuang couldn't help but show joy on her face, clasped her hands together, and prayed silently. After watching it for a long time, he walked towards the road accompanied by Su Mo'er.

Returning to Yongfu Palace, watching the henchmen and eunuchs and palace maids cover the palace gate, Su Mo'er breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help complaining: "Gege, what are you doing when you go to the Solo pole, women are not allowed to feed there!" ”

Concubine Zhuang sighed faintly, didn't answer, walked to the door of the outer room, stopped to see Fu Lin who was still concentrating on writing in red, and then gently closed the door and took Su Mo'er to her bedroom.

Closing the door, Concubine Zhuang sighed faintly again, "These days, I can't sleep well every night, so I want to go to the Soluo pole to sacrifice, don't worry, I have inquired, tonight the emperor also convened the ministers to discuss state affairs, the inner court does not need to wait, the people have rested early!" ”

Concubine Zhuang's eyes were a little desperate, "I only hope that the sacrifice can help us solve our current predicament!" ”

The Solo pole, which was used by the Manchu Inner Court to worship the heavens, was set up in most Manchu houses. During the sacrifice, some minced meat will be placed in the tin bucket and fed to the crows.

According to legend, when Nurhachi, the father of Huang Taiji, was still a teenager, he once served as a personal soldier entourage to Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. Once, when washing the feet of General Li Zongbing, Li Chengliang told him that he had a red mole on the center of his foot, indicating that he was born with the good fortune of being a feudal official. Nurhachi said that he had seven red moles on his feet, and took off his shoes to show Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang was shocked, because according to legend, the person who "stepped on the Big Dipper" had the fate of being an emperor.

Therefore, Li Chengliang decided to kill Nurhachi. Nurhachi fled and was surrounded in the grass, and his pursuers set fire to it. Just as Nurhachi was about to be discovered, a flock of crows landed on and around him, making the place where he was as black as the surroundings, thus rescuing him and establishing the future Manchu foundation. In order to thank the crow for saving his life, the Manchurians were not allowed to kill the crow, and they also came to repay the crow at the time of sacrifice and worshiped it as a sacred bird.

Concubine Zhuang said faintly: "You don't know yet, the emperor has noticed Yuan Zhonghe and that matter!" ”

Su Mo'er looked at each other in shock, and her voice became trembling, "How come?" The people who did the work were all dead, and all of them had committed suicide. Even the corpses have turned into ashes ......! ”

"Yesterday afternoon, Yuan Zhong left a mark to meet with us. During this time, the emperor has been thoroughly investigating this matter, and I have also been careful not to let the people who went to the meeting show up rashly. Who knew that someone really found out that someone was following Yuan Zhong! ”

"Ahh Su Mo'er covered her mouth in horror. "Who is staring at Yuan Zhong?"

"Who else!" Concubine Zhuang smiled bitterly, "Who else can there be besides the emperor?" ”

"How about that?" Su Mo'er suddenly messed up, "Should we kill Yuan Zhong?" ”

"No!" Concubine Zhuang categorically vetoed Su Mo'er's suggestion, "The emperor's people are staring at Yuan Zhong, just to lure the snake out of the hole, we can't throw ourselves into the net!" ”

"What ......?"

"In a few days, you will go out of the palace and send someone to take care of Yuan Zhong's family, they are all Koreans, and there are no other relatives and old acquaintances in Liaodong, I will send someone to try to remind him that as long as his family is in our hands, even if the emperor arrests and tortures him, Yuan Zhong may not dare to divulge our affairs!"

"Gege, this matter, do you want to say hello to the Fourteenth Master, just our people, it is a little inconvenient to act, if you have his support......!"

"No!" Concubine Zhuang shook her head resolutely, "You can't let him know about this matter anyway." ”

Concubine Zhuang stood up, looked at the dark night outside the window, and muttered to herself, "I don't want to destroy my appearance in his heart, and I never want to ......!" ”

Concubine Zhuang turned around, and her eyes suddenly stared at Su Mo'er like sharp arrows, and Su Mo'er became a little uncomfortable.

Concubine Zhuang walked up to her, took her hands, and said in a calm tone, "You have been by my side since you were a child, in my heart, you are my sister, there are some things, do you still plan to hide them from me?" ”

Su Mo'er's face suddenly turned pale, her knees weakened, and she knelt down in front of Concubine Zhuang, "Gege, you can do whatever you want with me, but don't hurt Qi Musai's life!" (To be continued......) R1292