Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 577: The end of the dynasty. In order to cover up the lie, the country can only be entrusted to a woman~
The long-term pressure and heavy workload finally overwhelmed Yongyan. He caught a cold and is now recovering slowly.

But the hunt to the west is imminent, and preparations cannot stop.

Imperial Concubine Xiao Xiaoqi has finally waited for a perfect opportunity.

She was responsible for handling all the memorials submitted to her.

Yongyan was not stupid, he knew that imperial power should not be delegated to women.

But which man should I entrust it to?

The emperor? Heshen? Yu Minzhong? Or a confidant of the Eastern Palace?
……

Trust is a luxury.

Yongyan was afraid that the secret would be leaked.

Once everyone knew that his plan to hunt west was to abandon everyone, he would not be able to leave.

Therefore,
You can only trust the women around you.

Queen Xitala was a loyal and honest person. Although she had received six years of education, she was helpless in practical matters.

Xiao Xiaoqi is different.

A top-quality skinny horse needs to serve as both a vase and a mentor.

After her debut, she moved between the Huguang Governor's Office and the He Mansion, often offering advice and going in and out of the study. She was no stranger to the court's reports and memorials.

……

Hall of Mental Cultivation, East Warm Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to take your medicine."

Xiao Xiaoqi held the medicine bowl in her bare hands, took a sip herself and then passed it to Yongyan.

Gudu Gudu~
After rinsing his mouth, Yongyan continued to lie down and listen to the summary report.

Xiao Xiaoqi handled the memorials in an orderly manner and gave basic suggestions for how to deal with them.

Yongyan sighed:

"My dear, it's a pity that you are not a man."

"Your Majesty is too kind. The state is in a difficult situation. I swear to live and die with Your Majesty."

"well."

Yongyan stared at the roof with wide eyes and sighed:
"Nowadays, I wonder how many men in this city are looking forward to a change of weather."

……

Xiao Xiaoqi did not respond. He gently tucked in the corner of the quilt, then turned on the fire to check the charcoal and ensure that the temperature in the hall was stable.

Only then did he leave the East Warm Pavilion.

He returned to the West Warm Pavilion and sat back at the imperial desk to continue reading various memorials and official documents.

Don't read any of the reports of the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers, it's meaningless.

Read "The Minister in the Palace", "The Secret Memorial from Ili" and "The Military Report from Central Plains" carefully.

After everything was done, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Someone is coming."

"The slave is here."

"Prepare the sedan chair, leave the palace, and go to Jingshan to supervise military affairs."

The trip was escorted by 50 guards and carried by palace maids, making it quite a grand occasion.

……

After leaving the palace, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted.

Xiao Xiaoqi glanced at the snow outside and whispered:

"Let's go to Fayuan Temple!"

"Whoo."

Fayuan Temple is a famous temple in the capital.

Nowadays, there are few people in front of the gate. This shows that those pilgrims are all hypocritical people.

The abbot met him personally and was very respectful.

The Buddha's name is chanted and the wooden fish is beating.

Princess Xiao knelt on the cushion and shook the lottery stick.

A sign landed~
The red wheel falls in the west and the rabbit rises in the east

Yin grows and Yang disappears, two forms

If a woman gets this hexagram

Increase fortune and luck and improve your mood.

……

This is the winning number, and Wu Zetian ascended the throne.

Good for women, bad for men.

For me, it's a good sign.

Xiao Xiaoqi's heartbeat accelerated instantly. He silently threw the sticks into the tube and continued to shake it, which attracted the admiration of his junior brother who was beating the wooden fish 5 meters away.

Clang, another stick fell to the ground.

The desire to win is very

What a busy day for relatives and friends

In the end, you will be shot by an arrow

A noble person guides you to your hometown.

……

Xiao Xiaoqi stood up silently, asked someone to reward him with 50 taels of gold, and then left Fayuan Temple without looking back.

This lot is a bit strange - the book recommends Jiang Wei, a good lot, Yin Palace.

This sign means a blessing in disguise.
But where does happiness come from now?

When returning to the palace, the streets I passed by were deserted, except for the long queues in front of the rice shops.

Suddenly someone blocked the road and cried out for justice.

"what's the situation?"

"Your Highness, a minor official from the Infantry Command Office wants to expose his superior for colluding with Wu. He went to the Ministry of Justice and Shuntian Prefecture but no one responded, so he came to file a complaint with the Emperor."

Xiao Xiaoqi sneered.

"Kick him away."

"Whoo."

At this point, no one cares about this trivial matter.

Connect with Wu?

There are countless people in the capital who want to communicate with Wu and are actually communicating with Wu.

……

Xiao Xiaoqi vaguely heard the man wailing:
"Fu Shou, the right wing general of the Infantry Commander's Office, is a spy of the Wu Kingdom. He, he has a big shot from the Wu court's Sticking Rod Department behind him. Don't fight, don't fight~"

"stop!"

Lift the curtain of the sedan chair.

I saw two guards using their scabbards to attack the person who made the complaint.

"Take it back and ask."

"Whoo."

The person who filed the complaint has gone mad and is pouring out all kinds of information.

Xiao Xiaoqi understood after listening for a while.

This man worked in the Infantry Commander's Office, and was severely marginalized by Fu Shou. Now that he has lost his position and his money, he decided to give up everything and die together with Fu Shou.

Frankly speaking, it doesn't make sense.

Xishou had never intended to bring the children of the Beijing Banner with him.

……

However, Xiao Xiaoqi became interested in the Wu Ting Intelligence Agency behind Fu Shou.

At noon the next day,

Jiang Tianmu, the chief of the Wu Ting Intelligence Agency's Yanjing station, and Fu Shou, who were fooling around in a private residence, were pinned down by the Qing guards who suddenly rushed in.

Several young girls who were drinking with him quickly covered their faces.

A blue-feathered guard looked at a familiar face, stunned and crying bitterly. It turned out to be the little niece of his third uncle.

No way~
What's wrong with flag girls? Flag girls also have to eat.

If you want to eat, you have to adapt to the environment and make some sacrifices. After all, Jiang Tianmu and Fushou are both very generous.

But they collided like this, and both sides were devastated.

The dungeon inside the palace.

The two were tortured.

Fu Shou couldn't withstand the torture and died after a short while. It's hard to say whether any of the guards were venting their anger here.

Jiang Tianmu was a tough guy. He remained silent even after being beaten into a bloody mess.

He knew that the Northern Expedition had already begun, and that in half a day or a month, the people in Yanjing would be replaced.
……

a long distance away.

The Guards were marching, and the line stretched as far as the eye could see.

Li Yu rode his horse wearing a black cloak.

All you see along the way are plains, vast plains.

"Central Plains, the origin of civilization."

"As long as the water conservancy is well managed, how much grain should be produced on this vast plain? After the Northern Expedition, the Agriculture Department and the Water Conservancy Department immediately organized people to replant and restore order."

"Your Majesty is holy."

In the distance, a horse was galloping towards them.

The knight dismounted from his horse and the Royal Guards took the information and presented it to Your Majesty.

It was written by Lin Huaisheng, the Minister of the Army.

"~The Western Route Army has taken control of the entire Henan Province, and the route for the remaining Qing Dynasty to escape to Xi'an through Tongguan has been cut off."

"The Qing army in Henan has been completely annihilated, and the large-scale refugee armed forces in this province have also been eliminated. I will leave a part of the garrison behind and personally lead the main force to cross the Yellow River and continue northward to cut off the possibility of the remaining Qing army escaping through Niangzi Pass."

Li Yu nodded.

"That's right."

"Tell Lin Huaisheng that the defense of Henan, northern Anhui, and northern Jiangsu will all be handed over to the Second Corps. He can mobilize all his forces to attack, and attack again."

"I will meet him outside the city of Yanjing."

……

During the rest time, Li Yu pondered over the map, marking the locations of each legion in his mind, wondering if there were any loopholes.

Anhui, Jiangsu, and Henan were all in their hands. Wherever the troops reached, the resistance from local forces and the Qing army was weak.

Most local forces were physically eliminated during the war.

It’s only a matter of time before we take over Yanjing.

"Someone is coming."

"What's your majesty's order?"

"What is the logistics of immigration? I want data."

The guard of the Secretariat was stunned, then he saluted:

"Your Majesty, please review it in half an hour."

"Ah."

……

In Suzhou Prefecture, everyone from the Minister of Finance Hu Xueyu down moved to Xujiang Wharf to work on-site.

There are two groups: military and civilian.

Stacks of calculation papers, strings of numbers, and the latest maps dazzled everyone.

The sound of abacus is heard everywhere.
Shaoxing dialect can be heard everywhere.

Hu Xueyu no longer has the leisure time of the past.

There is a huge map hanging in his room.

There are two eye-catching red arrows, one starting from Changsha, passing Xiangyang, and finally pointing to Kaifeng, and the other starting from Hangzhou, passing the Grand Canal and pointing to Huai'an Prefecture.

These are two major transportation arteries.

Additionally, there is a blue arrow.

Starting from Taicang, it heads to Haizhou and then to Lushun in Liaodong.

……

In this era without computers, these descendants of Shaoxing lawyers came up with simple mathematical models without any guidance.

How much distance does a soldier walk every day? How much food does he eat?

How much distance does a refugee walk every day? How much food does he eat?

How much cargo can a ship carry? How many miles can it travel?

How much cargo can a truck carry? How many miles can it travel?

Taking into account normal losses and the food and drink consumed by people and horses along the way, they came up with several models. By plugging the required data into the formula, they could make a rough estimate.

……

The General Staff Headquarters was divided into two parts, one in Jingkou and the other in Xiangyang. They were the sensory nerves of the transportation artery and were mainly responsible for execution.

The Ministry of Finance is the heart.

Hundreds of thousands of boatmen and laborers, tens of thousands of boats, and countless mule and horse carts form the blood vessels.

Food, cotton-padded clothes, ironware, and military supplies are the blood flowing in the blood vessels.

For this Northern Expedition and immigration, the Wu court mobilized all its forces, regardless of civil or military, official rank, as long as they could be mobilized, all were mobilized to cross the river.

not enough!
Finally, His Majesty issued an edict that all civil and military officials, nephews and nieces of wealthy merchants, and students from all levels of schools must cross the river and be responsible for dispatching troops along the route.

Serve the empire and bring glory to the family.

then,

Boatloads of young people crossed the Yangtze River and set foot on the land north of the Yangtze River, joining an unprecedented immigration organization operation on an unprecedented scale.

The Northern Expedition and immigration can only succeed, not fail.

And it has to be efficient!

Li Yu knew very well that there would never be another window of opportunity like this one.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the world, we can lift the roof off the roof and accomplish the most difficult tasks.

Once and for all~
……

The southernmost tip of Zhili, Daming Prefecture.

After the Northern Expedition Army set up camp, Li Yu sat in the tent looking at logistical information.

suddenly,

The guard opened the tent and whispered:

"Your Majesty, Hu Zhihuang's army has withdrawn."

"Let him come to me."

After a while, Hu Zhihuang, covered in blood, walked into the tent and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I have failed to fulfill your Majesty's will."

"No need to be polite, just find a military doctor."

"Your Majesty. This is not my blood. This is the blood of my enemies."

Li Yu looked at him and said with a smile:
"Have the various rebel armies in the north gathered?"

"Your Majesty is wise. I have fought all the way through Yanzhou, Tai'an, Jinan, Qingzhou, Wuding, and almost reached Dezhou. In the end, these rebels actually joined forces."

"and then?"

"I fought a battle with them in the Dezhou-Linqing area, killing and wounding at least 1 rebels, but our army ran out of ammunition and had many sick soldiers. So I withdrew without asking for permission from Your Majesty, and I am guilty."

……

Li Yu signaled to the guards to bring a bowl of hot noodles to his sworn brother.

Said:

"Of course you are innocent. You were right to retreat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Tell me, what is the situation of the Northern Rebel Army joining forces?"

"Yes. They were being chased and beaten by us, and they were so anxious that they thought of joining forces to counteract our firepower advantage with ten times the force. The leader of the rebels is the leader of the Cao Clan, with a total force of at least 10, maybe 20. But they are just a mob, and at least half of them don't even have standard weapons."

Li Yu seemed to be thinking about something and gestured for him to eat quickly.

Old Hu quickly picked up the bowl and gobbled it up in no time, leaving no soup behind.

……

Li Yu said calmly:
"Even rabbits will bite when they are angry, let alone hundreds of thousands of living people. Since they have the intention to resist, let's send someone to issue a declaration of war."

"Your Majesty, do you mean to just fight a decisive battle and wipe out all the rebels in the north?"

"Ah."

The staff officers immediately got busy.

The next day,

They came up with a plan:
We should be lenient with the enemy. If we calculate based on the size of the 20 rebel army, we estimate that about 2 people will have to be killed or wounded on the battlefield to achieve the goal of completely defeating them and persuading them to surrender.

When placing prisoners, you also need to be careful to identify the leaders and execute them by shooting.

Afterwards, the hundreds of thousands of captives could be dispersed and resettled, and then given land. I think few of them are born rebels.

……

The Intelligence Agency also sent the latest intelligence, they have been secretly spying on Qufu.

Xi Gongshu, one of the key figures of the Intelligence Agency and the chief of the Subei Intelligence Station, entered the tent and the Imperial Guards handed over the intelligence.

After reading,

Li Yu said in surprise:
"Duke Yansheng was taken away by the Qing Dynasty's troops?"

"Your Majesty, I saw it with my own eyes. It is absolutely true."

"It's okay, it's better to leave."

Xi Gongshu didn't dare to say anything.

"How are Old Yu's family doing?"

"Your Majesty, the eldest son of the Yu family took the lead in the uprising in Huai'an and actively responded to our army. The youngest son of the Yu family may be dead. I have not confirmed it with my own eyes, but I have only based it on the confessions of those who escaped from Qufu."

"An uprising?"

"Yes. One day before the Second Corps arrived, Master Yu took control of the Huai'an treasury and killed some officials appointed by the Qing court."

……

"From your accent, you must be from Jiangnan, right?"

"Your Majesty, I am from Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture. I am here today thanks to your Majesty's grace and the director's kindness."

"Ah."

Li Yu nodded, then suddenly raised his head and asked:
"Do you have any suggestions for the work of the Intelligence Agency? For example, business, funding, and organizational structure~"

Xi Gongshu's blood pressure instantly soared, and he replied with forced calmness:
"The Director always taught us to be loyal to His Majesty, to have a sincere heart, to not fear death, and to be His Majesty's sharp sword, eyes and ears."

Li Yu said nothing.

With a wave of his hand, Xi Gongshu hurriedly left the tent.

After walking out for more than ten feet, he slipped and fell. Today's conversation really made him feel scared.

……

Out of the camp,

The attaché from the Intelligence Agency who was in charge of looking after the warhorse saw that the stationmaster was lost in thought and said with a smile:
"Stationmaster, have you seen His Majesty?"

"seen."

"Did His Majesty praise you?"

"How could I be so lucky? I handed in the information and was then sent away."

……

The attendant thought it was just a pity for his superior, and he never had the chance to speak before the emperor.
So he comforted her:

"Stationmaster, don't think too much. We are just nobody. His Majesty is so busy that he has no time to ask us questions."

"You are absolutely right."

Xi Gongshu quickly nodded in agreement and changed the subject.

He was born into a street gang in Songjiang Prefecture and knows how to read people's expressions.

He could hear that there was actually a hint of temptation to recruit in His Majesty's words.

Moreover, His Majesty was obviously dissatisfied with his own stupidity.

……

but,

He neither dared nor wanted to betray the director. Liu Qian was both generous and cruel to his subordinates. The rules in the agency were strict, and a smile could turn into a fall in an instant.

Secret executions were common.

thinking about it,

He made up his mind not to tell anyone about the conversation in front of the emperor today.

Just pretend it never happened.

Once I tell everything, I will be actively trying to sow discord between His Majesty and the Director, and I will surely be killed without a burial place.

(End of this chapter)