Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 362 5.44 The capital has reached this point

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5.44 Beijing has reached this point

"Why, are you done now?" In the bedroom, Princess Yongchang was lying on the bedside boredly. She was obviously stunned when she saw the two embracing each other and entering the door. "I still feel that there is nothing to say. I have something serious to tell me. ? It’s rare for you young couple to see each other, and we don’t close the door behind each other to talk to each other. Do you really want me to arrange official business directly? "

"You go up first!" Zhou Yang let go of Xue Baochai, bent down and lifted up Princess Yongchang's legs that were stretched out from the edge of the bed and "threw" them inside. Then he took Xue Baochai, who was at a loss, and sat on the edge of the bed. "Her Royal Highness Princess has wronged Baochai so much. Is it possible?" The achievement has passed like this? In fact, I don’t care about the merchants and private households. Since I made the promise in the first place, it should naturally be done.”

"I know your temperament, and that's why I became a bad person!" Princess Yongchang threw the book in her hand angrily at someone, "But you have to think clearly, what you are facing now is no longer a matter of one person. It is the representative of so many of us; your position is indeed due to ability, but it is also indispensable for the operation of this palace!

There has never been so much right and wrong in matters in the imperial court, but the boundaries are often unclear; just like before you were released, the younger generations of the Wuxun family all called you brothers, and even after you took office, they continued to keep in touch. , but after you made great achievements twice in a row?Has anyone else contacted you? "

"If I have to say that there is one, only Brother Lian is left." Zhou Yang smiled helplessly, "Other families have nothing but rituals during festivals and the like."

"Him?" Princess Yongchang snorted disdainfully and turned to look at Xue Baochai who was sitting on the edge of the bed. She was so scared that Sister Bao quickly stood up, "Rongguo Mansion has now become the laughing stock of Wu Xun. The inheritance of the two dignified princes, There is not even one left who can go to court; there are a lot of hilarious things happening in private, and I don’t know what Mr. Ning Rong will think of these unscrupulous descendants!"

"Did something happen to them again?" Zhou Yang raised his hand and gave a certain princess two PP blows, then he held Sister Bao in his arms and sat down and asked.

"The second son of the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion spread rumors at the beginning of the year that he wanted to get engaged. No one paid attention to him for two months. He could only look for him among his own relatives, but he didn't even like Wang Ziteng's daughter." Princess Yongchang said with a sneer, "It's not just him. The over one hundred men in the eight houses of the Jia family in Jinling are all a bunch of trash, and none of them can be on the stage. In comparison, Jia Lian has become the best.

Okay, stop worrying about these useless things. Since you have returned to the capital, you will inevitably have banquets and banquets in these days. I have arranged your personal resources in advance to the East Camp, which is the left guard station in front of the Fifth Army Camp; The palace sent another manpower of about one hundred households, and they are now training with them. "

"Huh?" Zhou Yang looked over in surprise, "Rong'er, are you making it public?"

"Those are your manpower. They followed you all the way from Jiangnan. What does it have to do with this palace?" Princess Yongchang glanced at him sideways and said indifferently, "When you comprehensively sort out your troops and manpower, I will make arrangements one after another. A total of about three hundred households will pass by, no matter how your manpower is trained or equipped, these three hundred households will all be the same!"

"." Zhou Yang was so blocked that he almost lost his breath. He raised his hand and slapped a certain princess on the PP, "You are not a stranger at all - okay, I will treat it as my own, but you can't just Just a few words to get things done."

"The three hundred households you brought, Zhao Tong, Meng Kun and Jiao Zhen, right? They will still follow you from now on. Qianhu's prosecution has been sent." Princess Yongchang interrupted him directly, "There are still those who stay The two people from Daye, Yuan Xiu and Li Feng, are in good company and will keep everything for you. As long as nothing happens to you, I will ensure that their positions are stable.

Also, the total number of these three thousand households plus all the direct manpower is less than 500 people. I am afraid that more than half of them will not meet the manpower requirements you bring. No matter how you arrange it, I will be here before the end of next month. We must ensure that it takes initial shape and can at least be put out to work before the end of October.

One more thing, according to the rules, when you come back from overseas, you have to deal with official duties first, and then talk about family affairs. I will exempt you from this. The Ministry of War will just go and collect the petition. There is no need to worry about the emperor brother. Do your job first. Errands, if you have any questions, you can either wait until the matter is over, or I can give you the news before going. In short, don't worry about what is and what is not, and train your troops first. Is there any problem? "

"So urgent?" Zhou Yang was obviously taken aback and realized something was wrong. "According to the training code I formulated, recruits must undergo three months of training before entering the camp. The subjects cover physical fitness, queue discipline, firearms shooting, bayonet assassination, etc. On the other hand, if we insist on compressing it to a little more than two months, we can only sacrifice some quality and then consume." "It's good if you can do it. It doesn't have to be like the three hundred households you brought from the south. , It doesn't matter if it's a little worse." Princess Yongchang nodded to express her satisfaction, "It's already mid-August, and October is the end of the year. According to the usual practice, there are many things that can be done. The only thing the emperor can rely on is Qi Jianhui's guards. The military is really hard to rest assured.”

"The capital has reached this point? To allow Your Majesty to be like this, the matter is probably not just a little bit, right?" Even though Zhou Yang had suspected it for a long time, he did not expect the situation to be so exaggerated, "Now, what is the problem or can't Tell me? Even if I are asked to take action in the future, you must make it clear who the enemy is, right?"

"When you hear the order, just promise to kill all the enemies." Princess Yongchang glanced at him lightly and said, "You should have guessed what went wrong. No matter how deep the matter is, it won't be good for you to know too much. Benefits; also, prepare an extra 20 taels of silver, if the emperor wants to use it, your benefits are indispensable."

"The silver reward from the Imperial Guard?" Zhou Yang frowned, remembering the "rules" of the army in the feudal era before going all out, "No problem, I will give you 30 taels, which is also the maximum limit I can use; in return , I remember that His Highness Yongjing still has an empty guard commander position, right? Give it to Qiying, she will be in charge of it from now on anyway."

"You're welcome." Princess Yongchang glared at him, but still nodded in agreement, "Okay, you can send the money over as soon as possible; also, you have more than 3000 people under your command, and you need a lot of firearms. You were not Are they all bought from overseas? Can you keep up with such a large quantity?"

"It should be nearly 4000 people. I don't want to live on empty wages." Zhou Yang explained with a smile, "All personnel are issued with flintlock guns, two infantry cannons for every thousand households, two cavalry for each hundred households, and additional Coupled with a [-]-household cavalry commander and a heavy artillery commander, the troop strength is roughly around [-], which is considered full strength in peacetime.

The equipment is only half ready at the moment. My original plan was to get it all before the end of the year. Now I can only urge Uncle Xue to find a way to get more. This will definitely cost a lot of money. As for the cavalry, I am here. There is no foundation. You can help us get a hundred troops from the Three Thousand Battalion, and I will handle the rest by myself. "

"Where are the war horses and weapons and armor?" Princess Yongchang asked strangely.

"Of course it needs to be standard. At worst, I'll spend more money to solve it." Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment before he remembered that firearms can also be pushed to "imports", but sabers or double-layer leather armor cannot also be said to be "imported". "Bar? "As for war horses, Xue Zihao has already contacted Prince Dongping through business, and he can solve it the fastest. But for ordinary fusiliers, I only need a single layer of leather armor."

"This saves a lot of trouble - Xue Shidu, go get two glasses of water." Although Princess Yongchang didn't understand Zhou Yang "giving up protection" on the soldiers and horses, she didn't ask any more, "Also, what did you say? What is the so-called 'heavy artillery'? The Ministry of Industry's weapon inspection capacity is limited, and the few general artillery are also close to the Shenji Camp. The four major frontier armies are difficult to deal with, how do you arrange it?"

"Well" Zhou Yang paused deliberately, "I originally thought of getting twelve two-thousand-jin general cannons, but it seems that there is no chance; let's let Uncle Xue see if those red-haired ghosts in Haojing are willing to sell them. , but in this case, even if you can buy it, it will cost a lot of money, the imperial court’s salary."

"Stop dreaming and make up for it yourself." Princess Yongchang interrupted him directly, "The capital is not peaceful these days, both civil and military officials are very honest. None of these people are willing to come forward and expect the Ministry of Accounts to allocate an extra sum of money. Even the imperial brother can't do it; also, be careful with Wu Xun and don't really think that they are your own family members."

"I know, they won't take sides on this kind of thing." Zhou Yang nodded. Of course, he had already guessed that the problem lay with the Yizhong County Prince and the Supreme Emperor. In this way, none of the four kings and eight princes would make it public. Express your position, and then just "whoever wins helps whom" is fine. But judging from the original work, they seem to have a problem, but they can't tell where.

"Princess, Brother Zhou, let's have tea!" Xue Baochai happened to come in with a tea tray. She couldn't keep up with the two people's thoughts for such a long time. She could only let Ai Lang hold her in his arms and listen to their discussion in a daze. At this time, she finally It has played a little "effect".

"Okay, let's leave it like this for now." Princess Yongchang took a sip from the tea cup and said, "Your petition is also ready. Just take some time to go to the Ministry of War to get it back. You can get it from the east barracks. Heart, don’t forget where your roots are, and get busy—what do you want to do?”

"Your Highness, Princess, is very busy, isn't she?" Zhou Yang was almost annoyed by a certain princess, who just threw it away after using it. "You bullied Baochai when I was not at home, and made a lot of decisions in private, but you didn't even say hello. I'm going to give you a shout, if you don't clean it up, I'm afraid you will forget who is the master at home; sister Bao, don't leave either, I will see my husband avenge you today."

Princess Yongchang rolled her eyes angrily and was too lazy to say anything. She simply chose to lie down and let Ai Lang do whatever he wanted. However, she soon realized that the development of today's events was obviously not as simple as expected.
(End of this chapter)