Kun Xing had a kind of blind admiration for Zhu Cihong, and after listening to his father's words, he immediately went to find his brother's writings to read.

Dingwang Yongwang does not have such a nature, the former is disdainful, and the latter is still an ignorant age.

"King Ding said: The emperor is just blindly partial to His Royal Highness, if he is not young, he may not be able to do such a thing." Ding Ao personally ran to Zhending and informed the palace of information. He supervised the East Factory and was mainly responsible for detecting spies. The palace is his home turf, and this kind of thing still has to be told to the crown prince as soon as possible.

Don't look at King Ding's young age now, who knows what will become of Lu Dao? If it's mediocre, it's just an ordinary vassal king. If there is something wrong in the future, if this word does not reach the ears of the crown prince today, it will be a matter of negligence and dereliction of duty at worst, and a matter of position at worst.

Zhu Cihong focused on the report provided by the East Factory, although he did not dig too many valuable big fish, but he also checked enough Daming Zhongliang. Whether it is confirmed or falsified, it has its value, and from this point of view, it also shows that Zhu Cihong's silver is not in vain.

"I know the matter of the king." Zhu Cihong casually flipped the page. Who would dare to rebel without military power? What's more, when King Ding is at the age of rebellion, it is natural for him to have resentment against his brother. His gaze fell on a few marked merchants, and said, "It turns out that these merchants are fornicating with Shanxi merchants. ”

The eight Jin merchants who took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a nickname in the Ming court: the captive merchants.

These captive merchants originally relied on selling the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time sold stolen goods and transfused blood for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to have their current status. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Dolgon rewarded these people in the name of Shunzhi, gave them the status of imperial merchants, and took over the trade between Mongolia and Guanliao.

These captives thought that they had achieved positive results and could taste the fruits of victory. It turned out that the Ming army surprisingly blocked the Qing army's attack, and it grew stronger day by day. It's time to counterattack. Of course, this is not in their interests, so they took advantage of the appearance of the Han people and the interpersonal connections in the Jianghuai area to once again do their old business of inquiring about intelligence.

There is a group of scholars who like to brag about their hands and eyes to the sky, and these people are often inextricably linked in the court. Relying on these people, the captives were able to learn about many important decisions in the Ming Dynasty without much effort. In addition, the silver bullet opened the way, and it didn't take much effort to figure out the guards and troops of each town.

In the past, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were not spy agencies in the real sense, and to put it bluntly, they could only be regarded as spies, and their influence would not go out of Beijing. The eyes and ears of the emperor in the local area are the eunuchs in various places, and they will not think of catching spies, because there is no oil and water to speak of.

It can be said that the eight masters of the Jin Dynasty have made immortal contributions to the Central Plains of the Manchu Dynasty. The Qing court only thanked them with Zhangjiakou, which was still a lot more stingy.

In this world, Zhu Cihong is the person who attaches the most importance to confidentiality and intelligence. In his previous life, he often used internal or external commercial espionage, which was still on the edge of the law. Now it is possible to use espionage and counterintelligence as a matter of course, where is it possible to let go? He has few troops under his command, and he relies on abundant intelligence to ensure that good steel is used on the blade. At the same time, because of the small number of troops, special attention should be paid to the security of military secrets.

After the expansion of the East Factory, those big-mouthed taxis soon had all kinds of eyes and ears around them. They're like bait with a delicious smell. Wait for the big fish to come and bite the hook. Unbeknownst to them, the spies of the captives were already fishing on the shore, and swam around without warning. The East Factory stood still. Dig through their entire intelligence channels, just wait for the crown prince to give the order to do it.

"Now it's different from the past, and the military situation will not be easy for the court to know." Zhu Cihong said: "Even if they have a keen sense of smell, it is very difficult to obtain conclusive information. These merchants are monitoring the movement first, and I need to use their mouths to spread some news out of the city. ”

The news of the Ming army's 300,000 attacks on Baoding and Tianjin was sent out through such channels.

Hong Chengchou didn't believe that the Ming army could gather 300,000 troops at first, but he looked at the grain and grass transfer vouchers sent by the merchants. and the number of people who are conscripted for civilian service, silently calculated, maybe there are really 300,000! This is also because the Ming army took the route of elite soldiers, and the supply of individual soldiers was two or three times that of the Manchu Qing armored soldiers, and the captain-level officers had already reached the level of Bayala.

Verified at one point. They will be gullible about information sent from other similar sources. Therefore, the news that the main direction of the army's attack was the eastern front, and the strategic goal was Shanhaiguan to cut off the Manchu retreat, also had to make Hong Chengchou prepared.

……

"As early as when Sun Tzu said that he would be able to use the room, but I really used the room, but it started with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Ruoyu sat in the hall and watched Ding Ao standing respectfully beside him. The nominal relationship between eunuchs is no different from the relationship between master and apprentice, and those who get along well are really like father and son.

Although Liu Ruoyu has a nephew, he doesn't look down on his nephew's qualifications, but he is quite fond of this Ding Ao, and he is willing to teach more in his spare time. Ding Ao also treated him like a father, and as soon as he returned to Jinan from Zhending, the first thing he did was to meet Liu Ruoyu.

"You have to keep in mind that we are all the personal individuals of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Ruoyu cleared his throat: "What is a private person?" It is the most private and the most secret! We must always distinguish between inside and outside, we have to do what we should do, and we can't do what we shouldn't do. ”

"Yes." Ding Ao didn't talk much, but in front of Liu Ruoyu, he was even more concise, and his words were like gold.

"Do you know the way?" Liu Ruoyu narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile: "Then tell me, why did our family come out of the way because of Liu Yan's loss of honor in front of the emperor?" ”

Ding Ao really didn't know what to do. At that time, he knew that Liu Ruoyu went to the East Palace because of this matter, so he was puzzled, and even felt that Liu Ruoyu was a little confused. On the one hand, his side is loyal to the East Palace, and the emperor and queen only need to have a good face, which eunuch in a high position really takes the emperor and queen seriously? On the other hand, the East Palace made it clear that it would favor Liu Shi, and even showed some attitudes because of this, so why send it to the knife?

Liu Ruoyu saw that Ding Ao did not react, and explained: "Your Highness seems to be unfathomable in the clouds and mountains, but in fact he is a simple young man. He has nothing else in his chest but a great ambition to clarify the world. Under this, it is a step by step road. He didn't care if there were mud puddles or stones on the ground, but he just stepped over them in the most efficient way. Therefore, he only acts with 'logic' and no 'human feelings'. At this point, you can understand when you look at the fact that His Highness only writes "Logic" and does not write "Human Feelings". ”

"The child is reading the writings of His Highness." Ding Ao said in his heart: You still haven't said why you did that kind of thing......

"If you read it, you have to be able to use it." Liu Ruoyu said: "There is no right or wrong in things, the key is the logical relationship. Our family went to cry for such a time, which smoothed out the relationship. Because we are His Highness's private individuals, we have to cry for His Highness, laugh for His Highness, feel sad for His Highness, be happy for His Highness, and have warmth and affection for His Highness...... As for whether it offends people, whether it is useful or not, it is irrelevant.

"Can the other Wang Zhixin and Wang Ping think of it? They only thought about whether they were doing the right thing and whether they were beautiful or not, but they forgot about the identity of the 'crown prince's private person'. ”

Ding Ao listened to Daigo's empowerment and immediately grasped the key to being a "private".

"But don't think that as long as you are sincere in planning for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it doesn't matter if you do something wrong." Liu Ruoyu's tone changed: "Your Highness's talent is the posture of a saint who is born to know, and he is naturally arrogant. You look at "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix", why can the crane stand in front of it, and the crow doesn't even have a shadow? ”

"Yes." Ding Ao's heart tightened. The so-called people divide themselves by clusters, and it is difficult for geniuses to tolerate stupidity.

Liu Ruoyu said so many words, and he also felt tired, and said: "Dongchang used to have a bad reputation in the hands of Wei Gelding, so you have to be cautious and cautious. It's best to learn from Jinyiwei, do you see that they have a voice? If you can borrow the power of the police for many things, let the police take action, whether it is a spy or a spy, it is nothing more than a 'secret' word. ”

"Thank you for your teachings." Tino leaned down and bowed.

"Although His Highness did not explicitly say the matter of the king, he should not ignore it." Liu Ruoyu picked up the teacup: "Our Ming Dynasty is not without precedent. ”

Ding Ao should be the same, and said goodbye. (To be continued......)

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