Look at today.
Since Wang An left the palace, the power of the Donglin Party in the court has not only failed to grow, but has begun to shrink. To the extent that Wei Zhongxian, a man with no influence in the outer court, reached out to the outer court and even had his name in the cabinet. people.
"It's not that Wei Zhongxian is not in the Donglin Party, but it depends on whether Emperor Xi wants him to fall, otherwise the person who left the palace would not be Wang An." Liu Heng picked up the teapot and took a sip of water.
From the moment Wang An got close to the Donglin Party, his fate was doomed.
No matter who becomes the emperor, he will not let his inner servants collude with the forces of the outer court. What happened between Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng happened when Shenzong was in power. No emperor in the Lao Zhu family will allow this to happen again. .
Yang Yuan frowned.
He said: "What if Wei Zhongxian wants to raise the tiger flag? With his current status, I am afraid that many officials will be willing to do things for him."
"The foundation of the Tiger-Character Banner is local. As long as we maintain local relations, it will be difficult for Wei Zhongxian to gain power in Beijing to deal with the Tiger-Character Banner through the local government." Liu Heng smiled.
Various messages sent by the Foreign Intelligence Agency have proven that the conflict between Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party has intensified and reached the last moment.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian's energy was focused on dealing with the Donglin Party. After all, the Donglin Party was Wei Zhongxian's biggest enemy.
Yang Yuan said bitterly: "Wei Yi takes at least tens of thousands of taels of silver from our Tiger Character Banner every year. Including the usual management, in the past few years, there are almost 60,000 to 70,000 taels of silver. He is so cheap. I really can’t reconcile myself to it.”
Tiger Character Banner maintains many connections in the officialdom, but Wei Zhongxian is the one who spends the most.
"Wei Zhongxian's amulet can be regarded as blocking a lot of troubles for the Tiger Flag, and these tens of thousands of taels of silver are not wasted." Liu Heng said.
Wei Zhongxian played a big role in suppressing the rumors about the Tiger Flag's rebellion in the capital so quickly.
Although Wei Zhongxian's misunderstanding was involved, the matter was still resolved for the Tiger Flag and the temporary safety of the Tiger Flag was ensured.
Yang Yuan said: "Do Wang Zizi and the others need to lurk? Without Wei Gong as a backer, those in the capital may soon target the shop run by Wang Zizi."
"Well, that's good. You can arrange it and let Wang cash out the shop and goods by himself. Even if the price is lower, it doesn't matter. All the people in the capital with the tiger character flag have changed from light to dark. If there are any familiar faces, it is inconvenient to lurk. , we can arrange for them to come back." Liu Heng said.
Yang Yuan nodded and said, "Would you like Wang Zi to come back? He often interacts with court officials and Wei eunuchs, and everyone knows that he is from our Tiger Flag."
After hearing this, Liu Heng thought for a while.
Then he said: "Wang himself is familiar with the capital. It would have been difficult for anyone else to take over this stall in the capital in a short time. For the time being, he will stay in the capital to take charge of the overall situation and will not be easily moved."
"My subordinates are going to arrange for people to send the news about their lurking to the capital now." Yang Yuan said goodbye.
Liu Heng nodded.
Soon, Yang Yuan retreated from the signing room and left this former general's mansion.
"Come here!" Liu Heng shouted outside the door.
A guard who was guarding the door came in.
"Go find Zhao Wu." Liu Heng told the guard.
The guard retreated.
As the guard commander around Liu Heng, Zhao Wu usually stays with Liu Heng to serve him.
However, as the captain of the escort team, he needs to select some personnel from each battle camp to supplement the escort team. At the same time, some of the escort team members will be sent to serve in each battalion.
Not long after, Zhao Wu rushed back from outside and came to the signing room.
"Proprietor, are you looking for me?" Zhao Wu came to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng said: "Send a few people from the team of attendants to Xuanfu to check the construction status of the forts there. Before winter, we must ensure that all the forts are in normal use."
"Yes." Zhao Wu nodded in agreement.
Liu Heng added: "I will go to the grassland in half a month, and the entourage will go north with me."
"How long have you been gone and do you want to come back?" Zhao Wu asked.
Liu Heng thought for a while and said: "I will stay on the grassland for the time being. Some important workshops here in Datong need to be relocated to the grassland as soon as possible. This time the personal division will go north with me, and Lingqiu will be handed over to the newly established supply camp." .”
Dabanshengdi has become a place ruled by the tiger-character flag.
All things that are inconvenient to stay in Datong will be moved to the grassland.
The artillery range and firearms workshops like Tiger Flag have long been moved to the grassland. In addition to the workshops for making ironware and the workshops for making breastplates, there are also some workshops that are not particularly important in Lingqiu.
It's not that the workshop that makes breastplates can't be moved to the grassland, but because the Tiger Banner's military strength has increased sharply, the demand for armors has increased, so Lingqiu needs to continue to make breastplates early.
"Go and make arrangements! By the way, tell the personal division division to separate and go to the grassland. The first batch of personnel can go north in three days." Liu Heng explained again.
There are tens of thousands of personnel in a personal soldier division. It is too scary for the officialdom of Datong to have so many people go north at once, so he needs to break up the soldiers of the personal soldier division into parts and go north in batches.
Zhao Wu ran to the attendant team to convey the order.
However, on this day, Yang Hewei welcomed a guest from the capital.
"Young man, please pay homage to the Censor."
A dusty man knelt down and kowtowed to Pei Hong, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the back office.
Pei Hongxu raised his right hand and said, "Forgive me!"
"Thank you, Master Censor." The man thanked him and then stood up from the ground.
At this time, Pei Hong said: "You came all the way from the capital to Yanghewei. Is there any news from Mr. Wang that you should bring here?"
"This is a letter written by our master to the Censor, please read it." The man took out a letter from his arms and held it in his hand.
Pei Shun, who was standing aside, came over, took the letter from his hand, turned around and handed it to Pei Hong.
Pei Hong opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and read it.
The back office was silent, waiting for him to read the contents of the letter.
"Okay." Pei Hong slammed the table hard in excitement.
Pei Shun, who was standing aside, was startled and looked at Pei Hong in confusion.
After reading the letter, Pei Hong put it away and said to Pei Shun beside him: "Take him down to rest. After I finish writing the reply, I will let him take it back to Mr. Wang."
Pei Shun took the man from the capital and left Houya.
Pei Hong couldn't help but pick up the letter and read it again.
The more he looked, the brighter the joy on his face.
After a short time, Pei Shun returned to Houya.
"Sir, what good news did Mr. Wang bring?" Pei Shun saw his master's face full of joy and asked with a smile.
