Episode 16 A Teacher for the Empress

Although Xiang Xiaoqiang boldly guessed that the "Condor Legion" might be coming, he only guessed, after all, the "Condor Legion" was the general title of the German Spanish Legion after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 36, and there are no words like "Condor Legion" in the world.

In addition, did Hitler really intend to send "volunteer" legions to the Ming Dynasty? To what extent? Will you just send some military advisers, or will you really send legions? Even if they did, there would be only one purpose: to replace Britain, make friends with the Ming Dynasty, and make an ally for themselves in the Far East. By the way, you can also train the army.

In this case, it is still a big problem whether Da Ming accepts it. After all, the traditional ally of the Ming Dynasty was the United Kingdom. Of course, although Britain and Germany are not enemy countries now, Germany has just tore up the "Versailles Treaty" and openly rearmament. It's isolated at this time, and it's definitely eager to make new allies. Everyone knows that there is no free lunch in the world, and if the Ming Dynasty accepts Germany, it may lose Britain.

Britain's approach at a time of crisis for its allies must have saddened the Ming and allowed the diplomatically astute Hitler to see a good opportunity. Hitler certainly didn't realize it when Prince Edward returned home today, but he must have begun to think about it when the Qing Dynasty announced its general mobilization and Prince Edward was stranded in Singapore.

However, after all, Ming and Britain have been traditional allies for many years, will the Ming Dynasty "form a new love" because of this? Also, compared with Britain and France, Germany is a weak country no matter how you look at it, and people can destroy it with a single raise of their hand. Those in the Ming cabinet probably think the same way.

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't dwell on this matter for the time being, and ordered the stomachache to intensify the investigation of these Germans and try to make the situation as detailed as possible. He knew that, according to Hitler's efficient temper, he would come to formal contact within a few days as long as he wanted to.

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In the Marquis Mansion of Changping, Zheng Gongyin is presiding over an "interview".

He sat comfortably on the sofa, and there was a blackboard and a map hanging in the hall. Above, an old general with gray hair and reading glasses is giving a lecture.

The old general wore a full set of straight military uniforms, the rank of lieutenant general, tassels, ribbons, spotless white gloves, polished leather shoes, medals on his chest, tremblingly holding a teaching stick, pointing to the blackboard and saying:

"The art of war is cloudy: go out of the way, go unexpected...... Those who travel thousands of miles without working will also walk in a land where no one is ...... Those who attack and must take will attack what they do not defend...... Those who defend and will be fortified will ...... defend what they do not attack."

Jung Kyong-in frowned, his ass moving in the couch. The old general was taken aback, and hurriedly said:

"This and this...... Jomini also once said that the necessary condition for any strategic position is that it must be tighter than the position occupied by the enemy...... Often, an army is forced to maintain a dual strategic front, on the one hand, because of the terrain on the battlefield, and on the other hand, because every line of attack needs to be protected on the flanks......"

Zheng Gongyin was completely impatient to listen, yawned, and said with a smile:

"Oh, the old general is really a million soldiers in his chest, and he is also full of economy...... Hehe, okay, let's talk about it first, old general, please go back and rest first, ah......"

The old general knew that he was out of play, so he trembled and grabbed the whip of the book, bowed, and withdrew.

"Alas," Zheng Gongyin stood up, walked a few steps back and forth, and complained, "Our dignified Ming Empire, with the Army University, the War Department, the Navy Department, and the General Staff, as well as such a large army, and so many retired veteran generals, how can it be so difficult to find someone who can give lectures?" ”

Zheng Yuxuan flashed out from behind the screen and said with a smile:

"Dad, you've listened to several of them, and I've listened to them very professionally."

"No, no, no," Zheng Gongyin shook his head, "it's far from it." You listen to them one by one, a group of old decay, and it gives you a headache when they talk about it. Now that we have our own army, we can't ignore anything. This is a military class for His Majesty, and the selection of instructors is not improvised. Your Majesty used to have no military foundation at all, and as soon as these old guys came up, they didn't understand anything about Ni or Clauser, and Your Majesty couldn't understand anything. No matter how professional it is, it's useless, if you can't understand it, you can't understand it, and in the end, it's my uncle who doesn't do it well. ”

Zheng Yuxuan said:

"But it's all carefully selected by the War Department and the Admiralty."

Zheng Gongyin snorted and sneered:

"The Admiralty of the War Department? They're really hand-picked! These people in the cabinet did not approve of our Majesty's military classes from the beginning, saying that Your Majesty does not need to understand military affairs, hum, doesn't it just see that we have the People's Guard? Now I deliberately sent a bunch of old fools over, trying to fool Your Majesty and make Your Majesty annoyed, and when this heat passes, this matter will be over. These guys, not our majesty, can they come to power? After coming to power, he is the same as the previous cabinet! Having said that, if I hadn't heard the military talk to Xiaoqiang, I would have really fooled them, and I really thought that the military was such a jerky and difficult thing to understand! ”

He took a few steps on the ground and complained:

"Xuanxuan, do you say that people are Xiang Xiaoqiang because of the foreign ink they drank in the UK? How can he be so clear about military affairs? People talk about one thing is one thing, it is clear, vivid and easy to understand, strategy, tactics, mobility, and depth, and I still remember those truths, and after listening to them once, they rot in my head. I was bent on finding someone like him to give a lecture to His Majesty. Can't we pick out such talents? ”

Zheng Yuxuan blinked and smiled:

"Then why don't you just let Xiang Xiaoqiang come?"

"Xiang Xiaoqiang?" Zheng Gongyin glanced at his daughter, shook his head and sighed, "Alas, it's not that I haven't thought about it, but people are proud now, the People's Guard is thriving, he is powerful, we have to rely on him to run the People's Guard, where can he find time to teach His Majesty." Besides, let's let him come to class, then if he wants to divide his time, he has to delegate authority, and he can't grasp everything in his hands. I'm afraid that he will be too careful, thinking that we want to use this to slowly empty him and take the People's Guard out of his hands. ”

"Oh Dad," Zheng Yuxuan said with a smile, "Look at what you think, all the way around, who else but you would think so complicated, what a glorious thing to teach Your Majesty a lesson!" I just don't have that ability, if I have, I'll break my head and grab it. Besides, if we want to bring the People's Guard, do we need to slowly empty him? My cousin has a will, can he still rebel if he doesn't hand over power? ”

Zheng Gongyin clicked his lips, thought for a while, and said:

"That's right, invite him to dinner at noon and ask him what he means."

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Xiang Xiaoqiang received a call from Zheng Gongyin inviting him to have a banquet at noon, and without saying a word, he immediately asked Qiu Yu to cross out all his afternoon work and assign it to his subordinates.

Jung Kyong-in's wine can't be left undrunk. Since the coup was successful, and they drank the wine of that royal banquet together, he and Jung Kyong-in have not eaten together again. Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that if he wanted to get close to Zhu Yourong, he first had to get close to Zheng Gongyin. But these days, one thing after another, and it is a war, and they are busy day and night, and in the other few days, when the war is going on, the national disaster is at the head, and it is not easy for them to drink highly. Today he suddenly took the initiative to find himself to go over the house to drink, this is a rare opportunity, and there are many things that have to be put off.

"Xiao Xiang, hahaha," Zheng Gongyin grinned and pressed Xiang Xiaoqiang and forced him to fill him with wine, "I haven't had a chance these days, and I know that you are busy, so we haven't sat together." Yesterday someone brought a bottle of good wine, saying that it was still from the last century, almost fifty years. I'm so hungry that I can't say it, so I'll open it and taste it today. Thinking of such a good wine, we can't forget to ask the commander, hahaha......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang shook his hand, and a small cup of elixir jade liquid almost spilled out. I don't know if this Zheng Gongyin is full of nonsense or true, if it is, this small cup in his hand is really worth a bottle of Louis XIII.

"Oh, I really don't dare to take it...... Master Hou is so kind to his students......"

"When" clink glasses and drink carefully. The taste is weird, but it's quite mellow, a little bit of Moutai's taste, probably a sauce-flavored type, not too used to drinking.

I didn't say it, Zheng Gongyin invited himself at noon today, and brought out such a good wine, there must be something!

Sure enough, after three rounds of drinking, Zheng Gongyin said in a roundabout way that he wanted him to give a lesson to His Majesty.

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart became excited. What a godsend! In this way, you can get close to the empress every day! already has real power in his hands, and he can get close to the Son of Heaven every day, this is an out-and-out close minister of the Son of Heaven! I don't know how many people to envy to death!

How could such a good thing fall on oneself? There are so many senior generals in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the old professors in the Army Academy, which one is not more professional than himself! Incredibly, Zheng Gongyin still invited him with a drink!

Seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang's suspicious look, Zheng Gongyin's heart sank slightly: he wasn't worried about being wrong, Xiang Xiaoqiang really had concerns.

"Xiao Xiang, hahaha," Zheng Gongyin filled him with another glass of wine and said with a smile, "You don't have to have any ideas, don't worry, it's okay, we are all our own people, close the door and talk......"

He lowered his voice and said:

"Let's close the door and say thoughtfully, don't be weird, it turns out that I really didn't think of you all at once, I wanted the cabinet to help...... As a result, they got such a bunch of old ...... I was hell-bent on finding someone like you to give a lecture...... So Xiao Xiang, you don't have any other worries...... Don't worry, the People's Guard is back to you, and we can't find anyone more at ease than you. ”

After some explanation, Xiang Xiaoqiang understood. So that's what happened. The two military services he talked about in front of him and Zhu Yourong really convinced these two great laymen. The second time was to persuade Zhu Yourong not to die in Nanjing, and gave her a literacy lesson.

But no matter how vivid and how you talk about it, after all, it is the level of military fans! Although I am not a military fan who is "obsessed" with various weapons, but mainly "fascinated" by military works, but military fans are military fans. That's trouble.

But Xiang Xiaoqiang was reluctant to give Zhu Yourong a good opportunity to take lessons. He began to pretend to excuse himself, saying that he was only an intelligence officer, and his military knowledge was relatively superficial, and he definitely did not have the professional profession of military academy instructors and active officers in the army, so he was afraid of delaying His Majesty......

Zheng Gongyin immediately patted his chest and said, although rest assured, you don't need to be too profound, Your Majesty has no foundation now, what you want is an enlightenment teacher, it's not good to talk too deeply, what you want is breadth, you can talk about it all-round by land, sea and air, and the most important thing is not to be boring, so that Your Majesty can't listen to it. He Zheng Hou Ye thought about it, and it was the most suitable for him.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was secretly happy in his heart, it's good to have this one, these requirements are said, and there are really few people in Quan Daming who are more suitable than himself. Anyway, the Son of Heaven takes military classes, and no matter how well she learns, she doesn't want to command the army personally, just have a general understanding, not just know nothing. In this case, I can really do it. Hehe, if you are happy, you can also teach some "cheats" to the great tomorrow at this time, something ten years ahead.

Zheng Gongyin saw that although Xiang Xiaoqiang was more embarrassed, he still nodded very righteously and agreed, very sincerely, and said a lot of similar words. The two agreed that Xiang Xiaoqiang would go back and prepare for two days, and enter the palace on the third day to teach His Majesty.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was full of wine and food, and came out of the Changping Marquis Mansion by car, his heart was extremely happy, and the pleasure that was forced on the wine table just now was all released, and with the dizzy wine, he rolled and laughed in the back seat of the wide car, singing and shouting, and scared his personal driver to stop the car several times, and asked if the adult had anything to do.

Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that he had got an opportunity that many people dreamed of, and this was not counting, he still handled it just right, which made Zheng Gongyin very grateful to himself.

It's really not your average cool.

If Zhu Yourong was a hypocrite who didn't hold real power like before, it would be okay, but now she is the most powerful person, and she can often approach such a person, or as the person who teaches her a lesson, this is amazing. The benefits are too great.

Cool!

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"Autumn Stream!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang "broke in", entered the commander's office, hugged Qiuqiu, hugged his head and kissed. Qiu Yu struggled a few times, his body gradually softened, and hung softly in his arms, blurring his eyes.

After a wild kiss, Xiang Xiaoqiang let go of his mouth, took a deep breath, and said loudly:

"Qiuyun, I suddenly found out that I love you so much, let's get married!"

"Gah?!"

Qiu Yu's cheeks were crimson, his eyes were hazy and he looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang, who was full of wine, his feet were weak, and he sat on the sofa, his face was incredulous, and then he was full of shyness that revealed happiness.

There were a few dry coughs around, and Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled, and found that there were several people around, including stomach aches, snails, and a few adjutant secretaries and the like. The stomach hurts, the face is embarrassed at first, and then the smile is very thief. The snail couldn't hide the excitement in his chest, and his face flushed with joy. This guy is sincerely happy that his uncle is finally going to live up to his name.

A few seconds later, crackling applause rang out. Xiang Xiaoqiang went out, grinned, and arched his hand around. Then an amazing one knee bent down, knelt in front of Qiu Yu, held one of her hands, and said romantically in a magnetic voice:

"Qiuyun, marry me!"

There was a huge cheer in the office, and many people in the corridor ran in to watch, and after a brief moment of surprise, they all followed the cheers.

Qiu Yu was so ashamed that she couldn't raise her head, and desperately pulled Xiang Xiaoqiang, her voice was like a mosquito:

"Xiaoqiang! You...... Really...... Everybody's watching......"

"Oops, there's no ring, I forgot," Xiang Xiaoqiang patted his head, pulled Qiu Yu and walked out, "Come on, come on, everyone let me go, my little couple is going to pick a wedding ring...... Hey, who knows which is the largest and most expensive jewelry store in Nanjing? ”

It's over, and a voice in Xiaoqiang's heart screams: I was happy today, and with the strength of wine, I killed my precious single career......