Chapter 196: Supervisors
As the deputy assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty and the internal minister of the imperial court, Xue Guoguan and Wang Chengen knew the meaning of Li Xing's words, that is, to make a wish to seal the official and let Zheng Zhilong assist some of the sea ships.
To be honest, the fifty bird ships and one hundred transport ships that Li Xingzhi asked for were nothing to Zheng Zhilong.
During the Apocalypse, Zheng Zhilong owned more than 700 large and small warships, and countless sea transport ships.
According to Xue Guoguan's estimate, the scale of the Zheng family's water division will only be larger now.
Zou Weilian, the governor of Fujian, once reported that the Zheng family sailors were in the South China Seaway, and now they have more than 3,000 warships, large and small, and the Xiyi warships did not dare to be good at their edge, and even the Dutch, Francois and other Xiyi caravans had to pay the corresponding tolls to them in order to pass in the South China Sea.
"Well, there are a hundred transport ships, there are Yangtze River Naval Divisions and Tianjin, this bird boat, this pavilion can also write to the Fujian side, Li Shuai, do you think it's okay?"
Xue Guoguan only said the text, not the request, which meant that he was not sure whether Chongzhen would agree to reward Zheng Zhilong, and he was not sure if Zheng Zhilong would provide a warship.
"Li Shuai is determined to forge ahead, beheaded more than 10,000 people, and now wants to go to Liaodong, the imperial court should have said that the matter of this warship is on our family, he Zheng Zhilong is now the deputy commander-in-chief of Fujian, after our family returned to Beijing, he asked the emperor to make him the governor of Fujian, and transferred a hundred bird ships and fortune ships to Dengzhou, Penglaibo can be satisfied, of course, this holy decree will definitely be made clear to the world."
Wang Chengen and Xue Guoguan are different, although Xue Guoguan is the second assistant of the imperial court, and there is a great victory in Laizhou, and it is already a sure thing to be promoted to the first minister, but the cabinet is not decided by him, Yang Sichang, those cabinet assistants, whose eyes are not like wolves staring at the position of prime minister.
As Chongzhen's most trusted eunuch and Chongzhen's side, Wang Chengen can even represent Emperor Chongzhen to some extent, although Chongzhen does not like eunuchs to interfere in politics, but this does not include Wang Chengen.
Xue Guoguan stroked his palms and laughed: "Okay, with the help of the prince and the princess, the warships that Li Shuai needs will definitely be able to be gathered." ”
Li Xingzhi glanced at Xue Guoguan with disdain, this guy wanted to use his own gun, but also refused to provide the corresponding ammunition, someone came out, and immediately came up and sold it first, what a fucking old fox.
However, this line of troops in Liaodong and attacking Shenyang was originally to deceive the imperial court.
According to Li Xingzhi's estimate, the Qing army used more than 80,000 military horses to enter the army this time, and there were nearly 40,000 military horses left behind in Liaodong.
Xue Guoguan also saw Li Xingzhi's gaze, and said with a dry smile: "Li Shuai, Shen Tingyang, a scholar from Zhongshushe, has studied the sea charts in Liaodong and Shandong, and after the old man returns to Beijing, he will ask His Majesty to transfer Shen Tingyang as the political envoy of Shandong. ”
Li Xingzhi said jokingly: "In this way, the last general will thank the elder Ge, my Leiden Town has been cared for by the imperial court for three months, thousands of dead and wounded military horses, nearly 10,000 small casualties, the imperial court should also say something, it doesn't matter if the town is sealed or not, the soldiers' military salaries and pensions, the imperial court can't shorten the officers and soldiers of my Leiden Town!" ”
Xue Guoguan bowed his head and said: "Li Shuai, the treasury is empty nowadays, and this cabinet can promise you that you will be exempted from the money and grain of the Shandong provinces for five years, and you can rest assured that Liu Minyuan is in charge of Shandong." ”
"What the minister said is that the soldiers are fighting bloody battles on the front line, we are politicians, if we are short of the soldiers' money and food, wouldn't it be as good as pigs and dogs, Li Shuai doesn't have to worry about money and food, I just hope that Li Shuai will make more meritorious contributions."
Although Liu Lishun is over forty years old, he still has an upward heart, Xue Guoguan let him govern Shandong The meaning is very clear, that is, to use Li Xingzhi's military exploits to obtain this strategic work, and his own teacher will be promoted to the first rank, as long as Li Xingzhi's plan to attack Liaodong is successful this time, he will preside over a department, and even enter the cabinet.
After Liu Lishun finished speaking, Wang Chengen picked up the teacup, took a sip, pointed to a eunuch of about forty beside him, and said with a smile: "Penglaibo, the Leiden army has repeatedly achieved great victories, and the emperor attaches great importance to Li Shuai. ”
The Ming Dynasty's military supervision system was formulated by Zhu Di during the Yongle period, the reason is that Zhu Di's seizure of the world is really disgraceful, and there are still many officials loyal to Emperor Jianwen within the court.
In order to consolidate the imperial power, Zhu Di had to use Zheng He, Iron and Steel, Wang Yan, Ma Ji and other eunuchs who fought with him to supervise the armies in various places, which created a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to set up a supervision army.
Later, after the change of Tumubao, the civil official group began to gradually control the government, and the supervisors of each town began to be served by civilian officials, which is the so-called patrol imperial history.
As for the Tianqi Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty, as the Eastern Emperor sat large, the imperial army was defeated repeatedly, and the emperor lost confidence in the civil officials, and began to use the eunuch supervision army again.
As a newly established military town, Leiden Town is also a "strong army" that has repeatedly defeated the Eastern Prisoners, so the establishment of a supervision army is naturally the proper meaning of the question.
Li Xingzhi hurriedly got up and arched his hand and said: "Father-in-law Zhang, this handsome is polite, my Shandong army will need Father-in-law Zhang to take care of it in the future!" ”
The so-called sedan chair carries people, a eunuch who has no soldiers and no power, Li Xingzhi wants to kill him, it is as easy as pinching a bedbug to death, but if this prison army can be content with his duties and honestly mix up military exploits, Li Xingzhi is not without this amount of tolerance, of course, if this father-in-law is willing to go along with him, it will be another matter.
"Penglaibo, our family can't deserve your big gift, can't deserve it! Our family is here, but also admire Li Shuai's tiger might, uncle rest assured, our family will not dare to interfere with the uncle's march and formation, our family only thinks that we can learn a few things from the uncle, so that we can lead the troops into battle in the future, and eliminate those rogues who kill thousands of knives for the emperor. ”
Zhang An hurriedly got up, gave way sideways, and then bowed to the ground and saluted Li Xingzhi, he was Wang Chengen's henchman, this time the imperial court sent a prison army to Leiden, and the eunuchs in the palace responded in a group, is there any worse than being a prison soldier in Leiden Town.
In order to become the supervisor of the Lydon Army, Zhang Chengke emptied his savings and begged his godfather Wang Chengen many times.
Despite spending so much money, Zhang Cheng still felt that it was worth it.
What kind of person is Peng Laibo, who is a ruthless man who defeated fifty or sixty thousand Tartars and captured two Tartar vassal kings alive, and served as a supervisor in the Leiden Army, and he is still worried that he will not be able to make war achievements?
Like Liu Lishun, Zhang Cheng also has an upward heart, and his dream is to become a Ming minister like his godfather, and even a peak eunuch like Wei Zhongxian.