Chapter 449: Night Exploration of the Palace
Liu Wenju hurriedly shook his head, if the officer was okay and the soldier was a small soldier, he would never allow the Liu family to do this.
"In the future, we want you to increase the intensity of acquisition here, through the acquisition of different items, to guide the other party's actions, in the future, as long as cattle, horses, sheep, wool and fur, big wood, mountain treasures, engage in these things that are around you, it is better to rob thousands of miles and make money, I see how Nurhachi can mobilize these Jurchens to loot everywhere."
"Okay, Lord, my subordinates understand." Fujian can completely digest these things, not to mention, he also knows that Xiaoliuqiu also needs a large number of cattle, horses and other large livestock.
"Okay, that's it, I'm leaving."
There are 2,000 people stationed on the island, Wang Xuan is very relieved, with the ability of the Ming army's warships, if he wants to attack Juehua Island, it is a fantasy.
Replaced by a warship, Wang Xuan went straight to Tianjin Port, which was not far from Juehua Island, and three days later arrived at the sea off Tianjin, where the big ship stayed in a relatively hidden place on the shore and put two hundred people to guard.
A group of fifteen people changed into a small boat on the shore and went upriver directly into Tianjin.
At this time, Tianjin is still a large military station, theoretically, there are 50,000 soldiers, as the key node of the north-south communication of the Grand Canal, although theoretically there is no urban function, but in fact, military households, artisan households, businessmen make Tianjin Wei population is not a lot, plus the canal governor's yamen is in Tianjin Wei, here is also quite prosperous.
But this kind of prosperity is not worth mentioning in Wang Xuan's eyes, even the other people who accompanied him were used to seeing the new city of Fuzhou Mansion, and they didn't care about this Tianjin Wei, only the two Fan Wencheng brothers who accompanied him seemed very curious.
Along the way, looking left and right looks like a dirt bun.
In the past few days, Fan Wencheng's brothers also knew the general situation of Wang Xuan, and what surprised him was that the person who could mobilize such a large army turned out to be just a mere person, but he was rich, powerful, and had soldiers.
Of course, all this is based on what other people say, and Fan Wencheng believes fifty percent at most.
After passing Tianjin, I didn't waste time, went straight up along the canal, and arrived at Beijing the next day.
After all, it is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, with a population of one million, and the city covers a huge area, far exceeding Fuzhou Mansion, after all, there are no buildings in this era, and the area of one million people is far more than many times that of modern times.
After entering the city, he went directly to a house bought by his subordinates, and no one knew the news of Wang Xuan's arrival in advance, he just wanted to make a surprise attack to see if these guys were lazy.
Fortunately, the system is perfect, mutual supervision is not a big problem.
This time, Wang Xuan didn't have any big purpose, it was nothing more than to meet Li Shantang, and by the way, see if there was a chance to see Drunken Hongchen, it would be better if he could see the future Emperor of the Apocalypse.
That night, under Fan Wencheng's surprised gaze, Li Shantang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came to the door in person, hugged his fists at Wang Xuan and said: "Zaizhi actually came to Beijing in person, hurry, please inside." ”
Hong Chengchou was fortunate to follow Li Shantang's side, and when he saw Wang Xuan, he immediately saluted respectfully, "I've seen Mr. Wuzhou below." ”
"Well, you have to study hard by Elder Li's side, I have been paying attention to you, if you learn well, I will transfer you to a local substantive position in the next year."
Sure enough, it was entrusted by Mr. Wuzhou!
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou was overjoyed, and bowed with a faint smile on his face, "Thank you, Mr. Wuzhou." ”
"Alright, let's go inside."
The group came to Li Shantang's study, and Fan Wencheng and Wang Xuan beside him also introduced them, as for the traitor, he didn't mention it, so he saved some face.
It's just that...... Wang Xuan seems to have forgotten about beating him in front of everyone a few days ago, but it doesn't matter, I believe Fan Wencheng won't care.
After all, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace.
Moreover, Fan Wencheng is also very excited to see the current military department of the dynasty today, he is a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, he has always been proud of his ancestors in his heart, and wants to reproduce the glory of his ancestors.
This is also the reason why he is willing to take refuge in the Jurchens, if he doesn't go sideways, he will never have a chance to climb to the court in his life.
However, Fan Wencheng secretly glanced at Wang Xuan, he really didn't expect that he was inexplicably caught out of the hands of the Jurchens, he thought that his plan had completely failed, but he didn't want to meet such a master.
Violent ...... Simply, but, now it seems that it is very popular in the Ming Dynasty, that is, when the court is still the book, it seems that it is also faintly dominated by this master, not to mention the Jinshi next to him.
I can be next to such a person, really, the pie that fell from the sky, it's just that this pie is a little hard, and it hurts to smash people......
Wang Xuan and Li Shantang chatted for half an hour, talking about major affairs in the imperial court, and by the way, Wang Xuan also mentioned the matter of Liaodong, so that Li Shantang could rest assured that there would be no chaos over there in the short term.
For Liaodong's policy, Wang Xuan's meaning is to clear the wilderness, stabilize the defense, and take the initiative to enter the army to recover the territory.
The annual expenditure of four million taels is an imaginary number from top to bottom, and if this pit is not filled, it will only sink deeper and deeper.
Li Shantang shook his head and said a difficult word, there are too many people on the line of 'Liao Xiang', not only Guan Ningjun, but also in the court and in the place where taxes are collected.
Including the grain delivered to Guanning, the price and high quality are poor, and a large amount of profits must be shared in the middle.
Wang Xuan sneered, "You think far away, the root is not in the place, in the Guanning Army, as long as the Guanning Army is rectified, the rest of the matter will be solved, this matter, for the time being, don't be in a hurry, first make a fuss about the grain transported to Kanto." ”
"Starting next year, Xiaoliuqiu will have a bumper harvest, it is very convenient to transport grain to Juehua Island by sea ship, in private, you can let the Guanning army only need silver and not food, and buy it from Juehua Island when the time comes, it is cheap and good, after cutting this line, the influence of the court on the Guanning army can be much less, and they will command a few blind in the province."
"The surname Yang is dead, change to an obedient one, the policy of your military department is to guard, there are aliens outside the pass, and it doesn't matter if the human head is beaten into a dog's head, if Ye He asks for help, you can support money and food, let them let go of a fight, but it is absolutely impossible to send troops, if someone in the court opposes it, you will say that it may be a bitter ploy, and you want to lead the army out of the customs, who dares to say that the army is responsible, and if you are in a hurry, you will resign, and if something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with you, the secretary of the military department."
Wang Xuan knew that there would be a battle of Salsh next year, and it was Yang Hao who commanded him, and he was directly beaten into a dog, and now, Yang Hao is dead, and they all say that changing the commander is like changing the knife, and see if there can be any changes.
It's best to have changes, and it's not a big problem if you don't, as long as you keep Li Shantang, this kind of victory or defeat has no impact on the overall situation, and when Wang Xuan gets rid of the southern provinces, just the Jurchens, you can crush them to death at will.
Wang Xuan said that these things were not hidden from Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng at all, the two of them were in Liaodong and Li Shantang, they both understood the situation, and they were very convinced of Wang Xuan's statement, even if all the other tribes annexed by the Jurchens, the total population was not much.
Even if the Guanning defense line is a group of straw bales, but the hard attack on the defense line is also to pile up human lives, as far as the Jurchen population is concerned, it is not to look down on them, and it is not enough to fill the city wall.
The conversation was almost over, so Wang Xuan said goodbye from Li Shantang's mansion, and didn't let the two of them go out again, which made people see that it was not good, Wang Xuan was not suitable to go to the front desk now.
It feels good to be the big boss behind the scenes.
In the next few days, Wang Xuan wandered around Beijing, he had to taste what he should eat and drink, and he couldn't come in vain when he came, as for seeing the drunk red dust, this matter was not urgent, and the prince's mansion was not so easy to enter.
Especially a waiter who has just entered the palace, and he has no rights, so it is difficult to have the opportunity to meet him.
This time he came to Beijing, Wang Xuan deliberately brought six little eunuchs with him, all of whom were brought back in the Tang Palace, and have been cultivated by his side, three years have passed, although because of age, the body has not yet grown up, and the martial arts cannot be rushed, and the swordsmanship of warding off evil is only to the third-rate realm, but it is outstanding in other aspects.
In the past few years, under the hands of the green and red, all kinds of knowledge, including the medical scriptures, the poison scriptures, the way of dealing with the world, and the cramming style can be learned.
Wang Xuan is going to get these little eunuchs into the palace, some of them are going to be helpers by Zui Hongchen's side, and some of them are lurking in the palace.
Of course, this matter can't pass through Li Shantang, Wang Xuan is taking the path of Jinyiwei.
Although Fujian Jinyiwei is local, it has some connection with Beijing, and Wang Xuan has a pass, 'silver', just sending a few already cut into the palace, it is not difficult at all.
By the time of six days, these six people were all sent to the palace, and Wang Xuan was more relieved to them, their families had found them, and Wang Xuan treated them well.
From beginning to end, Wang Xuan didn't come forward, even the old eunuch who helped didn't know who these six people were, of course, he didn't dare to inquire blindly, he didn't know too much and wouldn't live long.
It will take a while to learn the rules in the palace, and then he can be assigned to each room, Wang Xuan didn't expect such trouble earlier, he didn't have the patience to wait, so he decided to visit the East Palace at night.
In the middle of the night, Wang Xuan and Qinghong quietly and silently followed the alleys one by one, and it didn't take long for them to come outside the palace walls.
The palace wall is not high, about a zhang, Wang Xuan jumped lightly and grabbed the edge of the wall with his hand, looked inside, and made sure that no one jumped in, and he also jumped in.
Inside the palace, the path is extremely complicated, Wang Xuan only knows the general location of the East Palace, and can only blindly touch it all the way.
It was dark all around, and he had to avoid the patrolling Praetorian Guards, and after a while, Wang Xuan lost his direction a little.
Before coming, Wang Xuan was still confident, but this time, he was also a little blind, and the blue and white eyes on the side began to have a trace of suspicion.
Damn it!
Wang Xuan cursed secretly in his heart, he didn't fail in his own dictionary, he simply didn't look for the East Palace, and began to break into it casually, he couldn't find it, wouldn't he find someone to ask for directions!
I am such a kind person, can the other party not tell me when I ask for directions?
Definitely not!
After looking for a while, I finally saw a lonely eunuch who looked ...... old No need to ...... , it doesn't matter how old you are.
Wang Xuan jumped behind the eunuch like lightning, grabbed the other party's mouth with one hand, and with a shake of his other hand, a round rumbling thing slipped into the eunuch's stomach.