The arrival of Yang Qilong interrupted the ongoing secret meeting. Except for Da Bo Ling, everyone else followed Zhu Heji to the Yimen of the Prince's Mansion to greet this hero who was active in the secret front of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. , please enter the second hall of the Prince's Mansion.
The two parties sat down separately, and after some pleasantries, Yang Qilong got into the theme and said to Zhu Heji: "Your Majesty, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shang Kexi took the oath of brotherhood in Guangzhou... Can he come this time? Really, the flag troops, green battalions, flag slaves and flag men under the Pingnan Prince's Palace alone mobilized 20,000 people, and also took out the 32 Macao-made red Yi cannons and many many years of accumulation. Muskets and gunpowder!
Shunde Town, Dongguan Town, Shaozhou Town, and Jieshi Town all received orders to send troops to participate in the war. The admiral of Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the pacesetters of the governor of Guangdong will also participate in the battle. Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Xushun Gongfu and Chaozhou Town. This time Shang Kexi was able to pull out at least 50,000 troops, which can be regarded as an overwhelming force!
In addition, the newly appointed Fujian Navy Admiral Shi Lang also traveled south day and night, and would reach Zhangzhou in the next few days. "
"What?" Zhu Heji was quite sure just now, but when he heard that Shi Lang came to Zhangzhou, he immediately became nervous, "Shi Lang came to Zhangzhou?"
In the memory of his previous life, Shi Lang didn't seem to show up much during the San Francisco Rebellion, and he didn't know where to make soy sauce? Why are you here in Fujian now?
Are you here to deal with me?
Zhu Heji couldn't help but frowned. He thought: "The Chaozhou land is relatively stable now. Jieyang County has been built into a simple fortress, and century-old artillery imported from Britain has also been installed. It can be said that it is impregnable." !
Moreover, this prince is becoming more and more adept at using troops. He has recently invented a new tactic of 'foot, cavalry and hammer' coordination. He is truly a tactical genius! But I don’t know how to fight in the water, so I can only rely on Da Lao Hui on the water.
There was no problem with this originally, but now that Shi Lang is a variable, Big Brother Hui may not be able to defeat Shi Lang when playing with the navy!
Moreover, sweet gunpowder is too susceptible to moisture and is unlikely to be used on the sea. Without the power of Sweet Gunpowder, and the opponent is a ruthless character like Shi Lang, if Big Boss Hui fails to win, the situation will be unimaginable..."
The more Zhu Heji thought about it, the more wrong he became! His brows gradually knitted together.
While Yang Qilong was introducing the situation, he was also observing the changes in Zhu Heji's expression. Seeing his frown, he thought he was worried about Shang Kexi's army, so he comforted him: "Master, don't worry too much, Shang Kexi Although there are many soldiers and horses, they are not united and have their own evil intentions. Yan Ziming, Miao Zhixiu, Zhang Guoxun, Wang Guodong, Liu Jinzhong and other generals are all princes of the same party.
Military Advisor Liu would take Wu Sangui's handwritten letter to visit Yan, Miao, Zhang, Wang and other generals, and naturally let them hold back Shang Kexi.
On Liu Jinzhong's side, I will also visit with Wu Sangui's autographed letter. When the time comes, I will grant him the title of Duke of Haiyang for Wu Sangui and let him control the three counties of Haiyang, Dabu and Fengshun forever, and he will no longer stand still. "
Yang Qilong did not offer any solution to the threat of Shi Lang - perhaps in his view, Shi Lang, who had just taken office, could not pose much of a threat for the time being.
Zhu Heji smiled and said to Yang Qilong: "Then there will be Commander Lao Liu and Commander Yang!"
"Strategist?" Yang Qilong was stunned and looked up at Zhu Heji. He didn't remember when he became a military advisor.
Zhu Heji smiled and explained: "Brother Qilong, you are indispensable for the Jieyang court that my father and I were able to open! Although the Jieyang court is just a grassroots team, your credit cannot be forgotten. So our bachelor It was discussed at the meeting that we would like to ask you to be our right assistant deputy military advisor, and in the future you will preside over the Grand Military Advisor Office together with Military Advisor Zhuge.
Brother Qilong, don’t think our Jieyang court’s Yamen is too small! "
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Now the grass-roots team of the Jieyang imperial court has been established.
Because Shi Lang and Fan Chengmo arrived in Fujian one after another, the Yanping Palace became nervous, so Chen Yonghua did not come to Chaozhou as agreed, but still sent someone to bring Zheng Jing's "Persuasion Form" and recommendation letter.
The "Encouragement Table" was to persuade Zhu Cijiong to proclaim himself emperor, while the recommendation letter was to recommend Chen Yonghua, Qiu Rong, Qu Dajun, Zhu Zhiyu, Zhu Da and Feng Xifan as bachelors.
However, Tianwang Zhu did not proclaim himself emperor - it would be too shameless to proclaim himself emperor for only half of the county's direct jurisdiction.
Therefore, Heavenly King Zhu is still supervising the country in the name of Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong, but he is not supervising the country with monopoly power.
Because now the Jieyang court is under the banner of "serving the world for the common good, peace on earth, and safeguarding Chinese orthodoxy", so it has established a college of academicians as an institution to assist and supervise the country.
Under the Jianguo Mansion and the University of Science and Technology, there was the Zhongshu Mansion led by Zhu Heji himself. Under the Zhongshu Mansion, there are four directly affiliated yamen: Jinyi Qinjun, Military Advisor's Mansion, Tianwang Academy, and Jieyang County Yamen.
Among them, the Jinyi army was the main force of the Zhu family and his son's army, and the commander was concurrently served by Zhu Heji. At present, there are 1,200 standing soldiers, organized into two towns, with Su Yong and Lin Ahu serving as the governors of the northern and southern towns respectively.
The Military Advisor's Office is also an important bureau, in charge of operations, training, military orders, and intelligence investigations. Although the Jinyi Guards look like the Jinyi Guards of the past, they are actually a serious army and do not care about spies at all. The spy work of the Jieyang imperial court is now under the control of the Military Advisor Office.
The boss of the Military Advisor Office is called Zuo Fuzheng Military Advisor, and of course he is Zhuge Sanhe!
Of course, if there is a left, there will be a right, and the position of deputy military adviser on the right has been vacant and has not been appointed. In fact, it was reserved for Yang Qilong.
In addition, the Heavenly King Academy is also a very important yamen. It is a yamen in charge of education and ideology!
Now it is not only the children in the Youth Hall who need to receive the education of original Confucianism, but also all the officials and generals directly under the Jieyang imperial court!
Everyone needs to know why the war is going on?
You also need to know what are the benefits of fighting with the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu? Who will fight if there is no benefit?
As for the issue of benefits, we cannot let superiors talk to subordinates. We have to let the gentlemen of the academy talk about it.
As for the so-called Mr. Xue Gong, most of them are Chaozhou heroes who are proficient in writing or older Youth Hall students. Zhu Heji does not mean that they have really become scientists and philosophers... These talents have to come from the primary school students in the Youth Hall!
Therefore, after teaching these older heroes and students to recite, memorize, and interpret the passage "On the journey of the great road, the world is the commonwealth" in the "Book of Rites. Liyun", Zhu Heji sent them to the army as military attendants. He is specifically responsible for reasoning with the generals, and is also responsible for educating the generals about their illiteracy.
In order to let the following group of followers enjoy the pleasure of being high-ranking officials, the Jieyang court created six departments including officials, rites, households, soldiers, punishments, and workers, as well as a director of rituals, which sounded very big.
Six people including Mr. Yu, Mr. Guo, Ma Xiucai, Dao Scarong, Zhongyi Zhao, and Li Laocai all got the title of Shangshu!
Among them, Mr. Yu became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Dao Scarong became the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Li Laocai, who sold smuggled salt, became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhongyi Zhao became the Minister of the Ministry of War, Master Guo became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Ma Xiucai and Ma Chenglong became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After becoming the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, was of course Pang Yongzhong, Eunuch Pang.
By the way, in addition to being nominally ministers or eunuchs, the above-mentioned officials also have other actual positions.
Among them, Mr. Yu, Mr. Guo, and Ma Xiucai are all cultural figures, so they all serve in the Tianwang Academy and the Youth Hall.
Li Laocai no longer sells private salt, and has been promoted by Guan Shang City in the north of Jieyang County - this is a position that allows you to get a commission. Although it is not big, it is very affordable! This old Li was a businessman, and he got on Zhu Heji's pirate ship by chance. He couldn't be a military strategist or politician, he just wanted to make some money.
Zhongyi Zhao Zhao Zhongyi was a confidant of King Zhu Tian, so he became the admiral of the four gates. He was in charge of a city defense camp and was also responsible for supervising the defense of the country. He was the general of the Royal Forest Army, and there were three to four hundred men under him.
With such a large number of yamen and government-run factories in the southeast and northwest, the court of the third prince Zhu and his son, the third grandson of Zhu, is really impressive, and it seems that it may really become a big thing.
So when Yang Qilong heard that he could be the deputy military advisor to the right, serving as the deputy to the amazing Zhuge Military Advisor, he was immediately overjoyed.
If the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty succeeds in the future, they will not be granted the title of Duke!
But just when he wanted to salute and thank him, he felt it was wrong - he still wanted to walk to the enemy camp, but he couldn't let Wu Sangui and the others know that he was a military advisor of the Ming Dynasty!
Thinking of this, Yang Qilong hurriedly declined: "Your Majesty, I still have to walk around the enemy camp. It is really inconvenient for me to serve as a military advisor. If Wu Sangui and others know that I am a member of the Imperial Prince, I am afraid that something bad will happen."
Zhu Heji smiled and waved his hands and said: "Brother Qilong, don't worry, I have already made arrangements...Brother Qilong can use a pseudonym to be the right military advisor of the Military Advisor's Office. I think Brother Long looks elegant. If you are polite and polite, why not just change your name to Xiuqing!"
"Xiuqing?" Yang Qilong muttered in a low voice, "Yang Xiuqing? What a good name!"
