Jiangling, Young President's Palace.
In Wu Yingxiong's study, the three people looked at each other silently. Wu Yingxiong's current status as Young President is a bit embarrassing, because Wu Sangui's position as President comes from the official position of "President, Marshal of the World's Arms".
Theoretically speaking, this president is still an "official", not a "lord", let alone a "monarch".
Because Wu Sangui planned to become emperor during his lifetime, he did not formally establish the "presidential hereditary system". Since the "presidential hereditary system" has not been determined, the position of "young president" does not actually exist. Therefore, Wu Yingxiong's "Young President" is just a private name for him, not his official official position. Wu Yingxiong's official official position is actually Prime Minister of the Zhou Dynasty.
Although the position of prime minister is lower than that of one person in the Zhou Dynasty, it is the second-ranking official position after the president.
But there is no official rule stating that the successor to the president must be the prime minister!
Moreover, the prime minister Wu Yingxiong has no military power!
Because Wu Sangui felt that Wu Yingxiong was a scholar who didn't know how to fight, he just let the Prime Minister's Office take charge of government affairs, while all the general power was transferred to the Presidential Office and was controlled by him personally. Although Guo Zhuangtu, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Palace who assisted Wu Sangui in command of the army, and Fang Guangchen, Chief Secretary of the Presidential Palace, were both supporters of Wu Yingxiong.
But after all, this military power is not in Wu Yingxiong's own hands!
But that's not the worst thing... The worst thing is that Wu Yingxiong also has a younger brother Wu Yingqi who is in charge of the military!
Moreover, this Wu Yingqi recently led Wu Zhou's 100,000-strong army to fight against the Qing army led by Emperor Kangxi in Zhuxian Town, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province - this was a gamble that cost the country!
As for Wu Yingxiong, the "young president", he feels as if his destiny is being staked on the gambling table as a bargaining chip - a chip, not a gambler!
This feels so bad!
Wu Yingxiong estimated that if Wu Yingqi won in Zhuxian Town, his life would have to be handed over to Wu Yingqi!
And if Kangxi wins in Zhuxian Town, it will be Zhu Heji or Kangxi's turn to take Wu Yingxiong's head.
The only vitality seems to be to "keep the tie"... A draw may damage Wu Yingqi's prestige and disqualify him from competing for the presidential heir.
So when the battle in Zhuxian Town was in a stalemate, Wu Yingxiong once saw hope, feeling that God was still favoring him, and that he still had hope of becoming a president or even an emperor.
But early this morning, General Wu's Lu Bu quickly arrived at Jiangling Mansion!
There were two copies of the good news, one was sent directly to the Presidential Palace, and the other is now in Wu Yingxiong's hands.
Wu Yingxiong read this good news over and over carefully countless times. Wu Yingxiong's two most trusted confidants, the fourth sister Kong Sizhen and the Prime Minister Shi Hongshiming, stood on both sides, both with gloomy expressions.
At the end, Wu Yingxiong shook his hands, threw the good news on the table, covered his face with a pair of fat hands, and sighed deeply: "Kangxi actually ceded the land of four prefectures and three states in Henan Province. And... and the whole army retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River! The second brother's army has now entered Kaifeng Fucheng."
"...Although the victory was not much, he only won half of the province. The losses were not small, almost 20,000 people were killed or seriously injured. But after all, he won! And he won the west of Henan After a few state capitals, the door to Shaanxi and Gansu was opened to him. As long as he waited until Zhu Heji's army went on the Northern Expedition, he could easily march westward to Guanzhong and swallow up the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu in one fell swoop.
If things continue like this, even if there is no change in the Xuanwu Sect, there will be a battle of peace sooner or later! "
Hearing President Wu's tone, both Kong Sizhen and Hong Shiming felt sad, and tears fell from their eyes.
Wu Yingxiong's skills in fighting and managing politics are actually not very good... He has been a hostage since he was a child, so he has no chance to practice at all!
But he also has his strengths, he is very good at coaxing people - during those years in Beijing, he relied on coaxing people to get by!
No matter male or female, he can coax them all around!
Moreover, he is sincere in his treatment of others - mainly because he has great style, is quick to give money, and is also willing to recommend and promote his subordinates.
Therefore, people who are close to him will be won over by him, and some of them will soon become his confidants.
As for Kong Sizhen and Hong Shiming, they no longer want Kang Mazi, and they have become Wu Yingxiong's best friends.
Even Kong Sizhen's husband Sun Yanling is now a party to Wu Yingxiong!
However, Wu Yingxiong's foundation in Wu Zhou's army is still too shallow, and now he is in the midst of a battle that affects Wu Zhou's future and destiny. Most of Wu Zhou's generals were on the front line, and Wu Yingxiong rarely had the opportunity to come into contact with them. Moreover, those generals are all small warlords, and they all have their own small groups... They are not Wu Zhou's workers, but shareholders!
Winning them over is not a matter of "increasing wages" or "paying bonuses", but involves adjusting shares.
This is so complicated!
Wu Yingxiong, who was not familiar with Wu Zhou's internal "shareholding situation", did not dare to mess around with the "share issue"...
Although Kong Sizhen was a female, she had been involved in Guangxi's military affairs for a long time, and she had her own subordinates earlier, so she was familiar with the issues of warlord interests.
So he comforted Wu Yingxiong and said: "Brother Wu, you are worrying too much... I think there will be no Xuanwumen Incident and Jingnan Battle."
"How can you see it?" Wu Yingxiong asked.
Kong Sizhen said: "Although my little sister is a female, she also knows how the three vassals and four vassals ran the army in the past... In the past, the lords of the three vassals and four vassals shared military power with the generals below. The following are all Although the president, deputy governor, chief soldier, and Xie Tai claimed to be slaves in front of the feudal lord, they were actually minor masters, just like the princes of the Eight Banners in the early years!
Although the territory that the Second Young Master will occupy is not large, with only four prefectures and three states, the population gained is quite large... some of them are refugees who have lost their land and homes. The Second Young Master can easily conquer them. They were enrolled in the military and then separated from the people below. "
"ah......"
Wu Yingxiong's face suddenly turned ashen.
The Eight Banners military system in the early years was actually an enhanced version of the military household system in the Ming Dynasty!
The current military system of Wu and Zhou is similar to the military system of the Eight Banners in the early years. What determines the power and benefits of generals is mainly the number of military households they lead.
Wu Yingqi captured a large number of relatively densely populated state capitals in Henan and also gained a large number of refugees.
There will definitely be a round of expansion of Wu Zhou's military households next... and Wu Yingqi, as the head coach of the Henan front line, will definitely have a big say in the allocation of military households.
Therefore, through this distribution of military households, Wu Yingqi will most likely be able to expand his power enough to become Wu Sangui's successor.
Wu Yingxiong... Now we don't have to worry about "Xuanwu Gate" and "Battle of Jingnan", but we want to worry about "Xuanwu Gate" and "Battle of Jingnan".
After all, Li Jiancheng and Zhu Yunwen were both very powerful, that's why there was "Xuanwu Sect" and "Jingnan", otherwise they would have died quietly!
"Young President," Hong Shiming suddenly spoke at this time, "I heard that the President has had diarrhea again in the past two days?"
Wu Yingxiong nodded: "It's always like this... As I get older, my intestines and stomach are not working anymore, but I still don't get used to it. I especially like to eat greasy things and will have diarrhea accidentally. In the past, when there was no magic garlic medicine, I had to be careful. , now that there is medicine to treat it, he has nothing to worry about."
It turns out that Wu Sangui has used allicin several times, and the effect is pretty good!
Hong Shiming said leisurely: "It's a pity that our own doctor can't make allicin, so we can only buy it at a high price from the public hospitals in Guangzhou and Nanjing... It doesn't matter if it costs a lot, the key is not to It’s safe! What if Zhu Heji’s people know that these medicines are for the president? It’s not that difficult to put some poison, right?”
Wu Yingxiong's eyes widened and he just looked at Hong Shiming. Hong Shiming's face was almost ashen, and he said eloquently: "If I were Zhu Heji, I would definitely not miss such a good opportunity... Now that the Qing captives have been defeated, it is only a matter of time before they are completely defeated. In the future, the world will It's either Ming or Zhou! Young President, you have to be careful!"
