Chapter 43: Grace and Might
At that time, Zhu Di was called the emperor, and the country name was Yongle.
And Chen Weikun's ancestor was named Yang Guogong.
In his generation, it is still hereditary.
With such a noble status, Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch, how dare he provoke?
After all, it wasn't just Yang Guogong who he offended at that time.
Or those old days of the Ming Dynasty.
Now those old nobles are no longer in power.
However, they are still powerful in their respective fiefdoms.
It is equivalent to the toast of the border area.
The iron toast, the emperor of flowing water.
Wei Zhongxian still knows this truth.
The other person is not as good as Sun Chengzong and Chen Weikun.
His name is Yue Ling.
Yue Ling was the governor of the pacification department during the Emperor of the Apocalypse.
It is equivalent to the current position of Zhou Xian.
The general flag belonging to the Jinyi Guard.
The reason why Zhou Xian invited him was also to reuse him.
This Yue Ling is Yue Fei's descendant.
Although it is not a lineage, it is also in the branches.
The most important thing is that Yue Ling is decent and vicious.
In his eyes, there is only good and evil, good and bad, and there is no so-called human sophistication.
This kind of iron-faced and selfless character is really a valuable quality in today's Ming Dynasty.
Zhou Xian looked at the twenty-four histories of the Ming Dynasty.
It is also rare to find an upright person like Yue Ling.
Counting him, he is the general banner under Wei Zhongxian.
But he was also the only one in the eunuch party who was dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian and resigned from the position of governor in anger.
Zhou Xian came to them today, but it was not just as simple as contacting feelings.
Xu Rongbing and Song Yingxing are treasures that are more expensive than pandas in Zhou Xian's eyes.
One Xu Rongbing can make the declining weapons of the Ming Dynasty develop to the peak.
One Song Yingxing is the panacea that saved the entire Xiaoice River period of the Daming Dynasty.
Sun Chengzong is one of the three giants of the cabinet, and he is actually the most powerful.
It was also the one who Zhou Xian had asked for a strategy when he dealt with the Xuanfu Mutiny before.
So Zhou Xian needs their support for many things in the future.
As for Chen Weikun, his role does not need to be emphasized.
Zhou Xian is now a colt.
Although he is a prisoner, in the eyes of most people, what he does is really holding chicken feathers as an arrow.
But if Zhou Xian can get the full support of the commander of the forbidden army.
Then the situation is completely different.
And what about Yue Ling?
That is definitely the one that Zhou Xian admires the most among the four people.
The brocade guards of the Ming Dynasty are supervising hundreds of officials.
But the biggest mistake of the Ming Dynasty was to ignore the enemy outside the country.
In other words, there are no spies with extraordinary abilities and strong hidden skills.
That's right.
Zhou Xian's use of Yue Ling was to set up the Ming Dynasty's spy department.
Specifically monitor decision-making in those countries outside the borders.
As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles.
Especially for Jiannu, it is necessary to send some elite talents who can penetrate into their organization.
Yue Ling is the best candidate.
Moreover, the reason why Zhou Xian did this is also because there have been similar events in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
For example, when Chongzhen was in power eight years ago, the change that happened was enough to change the history of the Ming Dynasty!
What's the reason for that?
It is precisely that Daming has no eyeliner on Jiannu's side, nor does he have any intelligence sources.
Until Huang Taiji plotted for two years, and the army directly arrived at the border of Jizhen.
It took just two days to take Jizhen, the military town of the Ming Dynasty.
Seven days later, the imperial court received the news from the urgent report of the border army that had been rushed for 800 miles.
Think about it, how inefficient and intelligence is.
If only there had been an elite spy deep behind enemy lines.
Huang Taiji's conspiracy, Da Ming has long been well aware.
So why is that?
Therefore, Zhou Xian's plan to establish an espionage network is already on the agenda and an imminent matter.
He needed to know about any movement of Huang Taiji.
Including the border of the Ming Dynasty, the island country on the East China Sea that has always coveted the mainland.
That's also an opponent that can't be ignored.
The plague of the Ming Dynasty has brought great suffering to the people along the coast.
So much so that in the Manchu Dynasty, the Central Plains was trampled by the Japanese pirates.
Known as the most powerful Beiyang naval division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was also tragically baptized by the Japanese State.
In the eyes of the Manchus, these things were only defeats in foreign wars.
But in Zhou Xian's eyes, this is a national shame.
It's a huge shame.
Therefore, in his own hands in advance, taking the Wa Kingdom has been included in Zhou Xian's basic national policy.
The spy network, Zhou Xian will also secretly build it from Jinyiwei.
Because of the current members of Jinyiwei, they are indeed obedient to Zhou Xian.
It's really coming to a critical juncture.
Such as Cao Zhengchun and others, Xu Xianchun and others, and Hou Lianhui and others?
They?
Zhou Xian is not enough to be believed.
After all, the people of the Jinyi Guard are the eagle dogs of the imperial power.
When it comes to discipline, they are the group with the least discipline.
After all, in orthodox history, when Li Zicheng entered the customs, there were only 200,000 Jinyi guards in Beijing.
That's 200,000.
Even if it was 200,000 steamed buns, piled up outside Beijing, he Li Zicheng would have to gnaw on them for two days.
Then there is that after Li Zicheng failed, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
Where did those brocade guards go?
Hey!
Some took refuge in Wu Sangui directly, and some changed careers to become robbers and robbers.
Only a small number of people have joined the Heaven and Earth Society.
Under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, he fished in troubled waters.
All in all, Zhou Xian didn't dare to easily reuse people who had already been tested by history once......
This time the feast.
It is a family banquet held by Zhou Xian personally.
It is also a family banquet for the master of the horse.
Princess Zhu Yujiao of Changping is also among them.
On such an occasion, the most beautiful and virtuous princess of the Ming Dynasty smiled frequently and said to Xu Rongbing: "My husband has always praised Lord Xu, saying that Lord Xu can make the Ming Dynasty go far to the countries of the world in the military field. ”
"It can be called a peerless double Confucian on the same level as Lord Song."
"Master Sun, Mr. Yue and Yang Guogong are the three heroes among the generals."
Zhu Yujiao's words almost praised the bigwigs in power.
The faces of the people were hot for a while.
Xu Rongbing, who was the thinnest-skinned, hurriedly stood up nervously and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess is falsely praised, and she is ashamed of her humble duties, and she can't serve the court as soon as possible. ”
Xu Rongbing was moved in his heart.
He also heard that the master of the dynasty had reused the ill-fated Song Yingxing.
He also gave him the official position of six Shangshu and the number one leader of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Now the imperial court has been restructured.
Obviously, it is necessary to take the lead in entering the game from the Ministry of Agriculture and the troops.
After all, the Ministry of Agriculture produces grain, and the Ministry of War produces soldiers.
Soldiers protect food, and food feeds soldiers.
The infinite loop is a sign of the empire's strength.
Therefore, he already knew that the horse master in front of him was a wise and heroic master who really wanted to do practical things and could do practical things.