Chapter 364: Self-Inflicted Cleverness
Zhu Qizhen decided at the moment to gather the sailors and go on the expedition!
There is a way that when the king is outside, the order of the minister is not subject to it.
If you are in Beijing, if you say a word about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, I will say a word, and it will be difficult to go on the expedition again.
However, as soon as the news came out, the capital exploded.
More than a dozen officials, including Cao Nai, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Kuang Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately set off and took the train all the way south, desperately trying to dissuade them.
Yu Qian, who was far away in Chengdu Mansion, also received the news, but Wu Sizang was about to move, seeing that a war was inevitable, he couldn't pull away, so he had to write a letter and order someone to send it over.
When Zhu Qizhen saw Song Shu, he immediately couldn't cry or laugh.
Roughly speaking, the emperor, you wait for a while, there may be a war on my side, and when I finish fighting, I will go to sea with you to kill those Western devils.
"King Ning is okay to make money, but it's almost fun to fight. Write back to Yu Qian, and ask him to solve the problem of Wu Sizang first, and I don't need him to worry about it!"
"Yes!"
Kim Young respectfully agreed and took notes.
"Regarding the preparation before the expedition, I will give you a month's time, fuel, fresh water, food, weapons and ammunition...... In short, all the munitions are left to you."
"Yes, the slave will live up to the grace!"
Jin Ying's writing hand was obviously trembling, he had never thought that he would be able to participate in such a large-scale battle.
Moreover, as the emperor's right-hand man, this kind of thing is only Wang Zhen at the beginning......
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and scolded secretly: "I am doing things seriously now, how can I compare it with Wang Zhen's dog thing, this kind of thinking can no longer be had!"
Since the position of the celebrant was snatched away by Huaien's guy, I haven't experienced the feeling of being trusted by the emperor for a long time......
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ......"
Just as Jin Ying was immersed in the meeting and couldn't extricate himself, a familiar voice came.
He couldn't help but look back, and it turned out to be ...... Wynne?
What's the situation?
Jin Ying thought she was dazzled, so she couldn't help but wipe her eyes, and secretly said in her heart, in broad daylight, I saw the hell!
What do you think?
Knowing this, I thought about happy things, such as gold, silver, and jewelry......
"Your Majesty!"
Wynne trotted in all the way, and when he knelt down, he began to cry.
"Crying for what? Something to say!"
"Yes!"
Wynne got up slowly and said, "Since the slave and maid parted that day, I have always remembered ......."
"Alright!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Or tell me, what did you find?"
"Ah......h
Wynne was a little confused, and he had prepared a lot of rhetoric for a long time, but he couldn't use a single word.
He wanted to explain the situation that night, take the opportunity to show his loyalty, and then tell how much he suffered, and then how he found the clues of the thief, and worked hard to trace the clues to this point......
As a result, a word was useless......
"Stunned, I'm asking you!"
Wynne then realized, it seems...... The emperor did not blame himself for the sin of unfavorable protection?
Especially the anti-thief Li San, who is his old friend, and he doesn't plan to pursue such a relationship?
Thinking of this, his heart was overjoyed.
"According to the slave maid's secret visit, the blueprints of the ironclad ship were stolen by a gangster named Niu Dabao, and sold to Cao Dejin, a wealthy local merchant, and then Cao Dejin was sold to foreigners, and those foreigners' countries were thousands of miles away in Eastern Rome...... By the way, the slave brought the map here!"
Wynne pulled out a map from his body, and a location was marked on it.
"Your Majesty, please see, according to the results of the slaves' inquiries, the Eastern Roman Empire is roughly here!"
Zhu Qizhen pursed his lips helplessly and said, "You...... Good work!"
"It's not hard, it's not hard!"
Wynne said
Pointing to the location on the map, he continued: "The slave maid has found out that after the Eastern Romans got the drawings, many officials were skeptical, believing that the steam engines and steel equipment mentioned in the drawings were impossible to realize, and that they had not yet been put into construction."
"The slave maid also found out that the Eastern Romans have a fleet operating in the Nanyang area, and it has even infiltrated into the territory of my Daming, the slave and maid think that they must not be soft on these people, and directly dispatch ironclad ships, which will be expelled, and then cooperate with the sailors in the Nanyang area to go to sea to fight and take them down in one fell swoop!"
"Finally, there was an expedition to the Eastern Romans, and they were ordered to hand over the drawings and smugglers......
Zhu Qizhen listened, his face was a little embarrassed, but he was embarrassed to interrupt him.
Wynn also sensed that the situation was a little delicate at this time, why did he say so much and the emperor didn't react at all?
He cautiously raised his head, only to see Kim Young standing in front of him with a smile.
"Wynne, you have a heart!"
"Father-in-law Jin, ...... you are?"
"The fleet you mentioned, there are indeed three ships that have run into the territory of my Daming, and they have been wiped out."
"Huh?"
"Also, the emperor has decreed that he will go to Eastern Rome in a month."
Huaien's face became a little dazed, it turned out that the emperor had already killed the invading enemy and ordered to go on the expedition.
What's the point of doing so much on your own?
Seeing his entangled face, Zhu Qizhen said, "You go and look for Yuan Bin, he is dealing with the case of Qiongzhou Wei's fornication with foreign enemies, and the results of your investigation should be able to help."
Wynn nodded and bowed.
After taking two steps, I felt more and more that something was wrong.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What have I done?
At this time, a burly young man came to him, and the two looked at each other, and the young man immediately clasped his fists and saluted.
"Grandpa Huai!"
Wynne was stunned for a moment, and after seeing the person in front of him for a long time, he said, "Are you ...... Zhang Mao?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang Mao laughed and said, "I heard that my father-in-law went undercover in order to find out the enemy's situation, which is really admirable!"
"It's all ...... It should be, it should be!"
Huai En smiled, but he didn't understand, why did Zhang Mao come?
Shouldn't he follow Zhang Fuzhen to guard Jiaozhi?
Zhang Mao said again: "The emperor is still waiting to be summoned, and he will talk to his father-in-law later and say goodbye!"
Wynne nodded in agreement, and for some reason, a sense of loneliness welled up in his heart.
Zhang Mao is sitting at home, and now he is going to battle, what have he done?
After going through a lot of hardships, escaping from that dark cave, after getting clues, he became an undercover agent without hesitation, and in the end, why was it all in vain?
All the cases have been handled by the emperor.
The clues he finally got prepared for a battle with a foreign enemy, but as a result, even the ashes of the enemy were raised on the other side.
I've done a lot of things, but I don't seem to have done anything.
Alas!
In the future, it is better to follow the emperor honestly, and do something before and after the saddle and after the horse, and do what you can, but don't make your own opinions, only to find out in the end that they are all one step slower.
I thought I was very capable, but it turned out that I was all smart......