When Gao Qiqian listened to it, he suddenly felt overjoyed.
In his heart, he was actually afraid of Yang Fan. Now the eunuchs in the capital palace are in awe of Yang Fan. How can someone who can bring down a nine-thousand-year-old person be easily provoked? He was worried about how to talk to Yang Fan. I didn't expect Yang Fan to be so considerate.
In fact, both Zhang Shize and Jiang Bingzhong were sent by Chongzhen to learn their skills. Will reuse them in the future. So are these eunuchs. After all, Yang Fan is not a direct descendant. Chongzhen was suspicious, but he still trusted the old people in Qiandi.
Yang Fan has only been in the Ming Dynasty for just two years. He has witnessed with his own eyes that the emperor is always changing. I am afraid that if a person stays in one position for a long time, he will gain influence. First he was used, and then he was driven back to Zunhua. Later, they designed a reversal of positions and took away the soldiers Yang Fan had trained to guard Qianhu and gave them to Zhang Shize.
He also took away the 6,000 Lumi gun soldiers that Zhang Shize had trained and gave them to Zhou Yuji, a subordinate of Yang Fan. Both of them were relieved of their military power. Now Yang Fan and Zhang Shize are used to conquer Mongolia. But the battle was only half over, and Jiang Bingzhong was ready to divide Zhang Shize's military power, and he also began to train eunuchs to supervise the army.
But Yang Fan didn't feel uncomfortable at all. In history, this man had fifty great bachelors in just seventeen years, and was known as the Fifty Prime Ministers of Chongzhen. Chongzhen was such a mean and unkind master. If he didn't, Yang Fan felt uneasy. Because history has deviated from its direction, it is even harder for Yang Fan to predict the future.
"Tomorrow the army will go out to attack Jiuyuan. Eunuch Gao will join us with tens of millions of dollars. He will personally participate in the military aircraft and make suggestions." Yang Fan said with a smile.
Gao Qiqian was even more elated, he knew nothing about military aircraft. This is purely an opportunity for yourself to make meritorious deeds. The emperor was more cautious, especially with Yang Fan. He wanted to use it but also be on guard. This time, I didn't even dare to say that Yang Fan would be assigned a supervisory army. He just said that he was here to announce the decree and inspect the situation in the northwest.
Yang Fan was not flattering him, but he wanted them to sincerely learn some military knowledge and stop giving blind orders in the future. The fault of Ming Dynasty's military lies in these civil servants and eunuchs who don't understand military affairs and play the piano randomly.
When he arrived at Guihua City, Yang Fan alone drew the best houses for these eunuchs to live in in the west garden of the palace. Now the palace is the commander-in-chief's residence. The people living in the East Garden were civil servants and the attachés of the Jinyiwei East Factory. The West Garden arranged for these eunuchs to live there.
Yang Fan hurried back to his bedroom in the second hall to rest, when Zhang Shize came. Yang Fan knew that this guy was holding in his anger today. He smiled and had no choice but to let the soldiers serve tea.
"How are you going to house these gelded dogs?" Zhang Shize said with a sneer.
"Let them participate in military aircraft and participate in strategic meetings. Gao Qi lurks in the commander's tent, and the others are assigned to various regiments and camps." Yang Fan said.
"Aren't you afraid that they will interfere with our military arrangements? If you open this hole and let the eunuchs interfere in the Beijing camp, there will be endless troubles." Zhang Shize said anxiously. When he saw Yang Fan dragging Gao Qiqi into the car, he knew that there must be something bad going on. The two of them must have talked about something in the car.
Yang Fan shook his head helplessly and asked, "Can you prevent His Majesty from not using these people to supervise the army?"
Zhang Shize was speechless for a moment. Indeed, he was powerless to stop him at this point.
"Now His Majesty's intention is clear. Since it can't be stopped, it's better not to stop it. Let them also learn military knowledge in advance, so as not to give blind orders in the future and kill the three armies."
Zhang Shize shook his head and said: "This is not a question of whether they understand military affairs. They abolish public affairs for personal reasons entirely because of their own interests. Even if they understand military affairs, what can they do?"
Zhang Shize saw clearly that the eunuchs and the emperor each took what they needed. These people were so greedy that they increased the scope of the officers' deductions from military pay in disguise. Complicating simple combat and military issues in the military. Turn the political struggle in the court into the guiding ideology of the military.
"This time, they are actually here to gain qualifications and learn. They will not tell us what to do. They themselves know the boundaries. It is not yet time for them to show their teeth. Maybe it will be possible in another four or five years." Yang Fan said
"We don't lack them in terms of etiquette, money, and merit. If they don't know what to do, they'll get into trouble. It just so happens that in addition to the ministers stationed in Zang, I think there are still some eunuchs stationed in Zang. They don't need to go back to the capital. "Yang Fan sneered.
Zhang Shize sighed and said: "When His Majesty first ascended the throne, he was so smart and wise, which raised people's hopes for the future of the Ming Dynasty. But this year, Your Majesty, alas! I won't talk anymore."
Whatever His Majesty wants to do, he will definitely do it. Zhang Shize doesn't understand. It's just that the Beijing camp has just gained a new look in the hands of him and Yang Fan. If this happens, if it continues like this, no matter how good the army is, it will be useless.
Yang Fan caressed his back and said: "Don't be discouraged, but do good things and don't worry about the future. This is the norm in the Ming Dynasty. We can train troops in Nanyuan without any restrictions. That is a special treatment under special circumstances." . Everyone has different abilities, but everyone can change some things. As long as you are willing to do it. Just do what you can. Many times, due to various circumstances, it is difficult to achieve the ideal state for many things. . Then you can do as much as you want.”
Yang Fan also sympathized with Zhang Shize in his heart. He was born rich and could achieve better than 99% of people by doing nothing in his life, but he still wanted to do something. It is rare for this generation of nobles to be ambitious.
After fighting this battle, you can hand over the Beijing camp and leave. As a distinguished nobleman, Zhang Shize had to continue to tangle with these eunuchs and civil servants. Yang Fan planned to finish this battle and take his troops to do what he wanted to do. I don’t want to waste any more time in the quagmire of Ming Dynasty.
The Age of Discovery has begun a century and a half ago. In the Spanish Netherlands, the power of capital has begun to shake the world. Ming Dynasty has begun to fall behind. ten thousand years is too long, fight for now.
Yang Fan wants to solve the land power problem in Eurasia as soon as possible, and then turn to sea power. What did land power rely on? It relied on steam locomotives and railways. Sea power relies on clipper ships and steam ships.
Within three years, Yang Fan will build the railway to Yinli.
Yang Fan's small train is not the standard track train of later generations. It has a low load capacity and slow speed, and the track is laid very quickly. By laying small train tracks in forest areas, one or two thousand kilometers can be laid in a year.
In fact, in the early stages of railway development, 762mm light narrow gauge should be promoted.
The development of civilization requires staged progress. In the early stage, it is more important to do it first, so that it can be laid quickly and save labor and materials. The first element is to quickly cover the entire continent and prioritize the integration of continental resources.
For the same 10,000 kilometers, the narrow gauge project can be completed several years in advance. Like a chain, the jurisdiction is tightly bound and does not break away from the rule. In the early days, the demand for transportation capacity was not large, and anything above narrow gauge was a waste. What’s more, with the development of technology, narrow gauge can also develop to large transportation.
When productivity and heavy-duty track construction equipment are sufficient, broad-gauge high-speed railways will be developed and standard tracks will be skipped. At this time the old narrow gauge was retained as a continental automatic freight conveyor, specifically as a freight system.
Now, due to simultaneous construction in sections, the 762mm track of the small train has been built from Beijing to Zhangjiakou. By the end of this year, the capital will arrive in Tianjin and Xincheng. The section from Zhangjiakou via Jining, Zhuozishan to Guihua will be completed.
By then, the Hetao area will be closely linked to the seaport of Beizhili. Guihua City will also be firmly occupied. Yang Fan's future supplies of supplies for his westward march will also be guaranteed.
Yang Fan patted Zhang Shize on the shoulder and said, "There is no need to dwell on this matter. Let's consider setting out tomorrow to attack Jiuyuan."
