golden scales

Kun Xing had a kind of blind admiration for Zhu Cihong, and immediately went to read his brother's writings after hearing what his father said.

Ding Wang Yongwang does not have such a nature, the former is disdainful, and the latter is still ignorant and ignorant.

"Prince Ding said: The emperor just blindly favors His Royal Highness. If he is not young, he may not be able to do such a thing." Ding Ao went to Zhending himself to inform the palace.He is the admiral of Dongchang, and is mainly responsible for detecting spies.The palace is his home field, so he has to inform the Crown Prince immediately about such matters.

Regardless of how young Ding Wang is now, who knows what he will become when he grows up?If it's mediocre and mediocre, it's fine.If there is something wrong in the future, if the words don't reach the crown prince's ears today, it will be negligence or dereliction of duty, or it will be a matter of position.

What Zhu Cihong focused on was the report provided by Dongchang. Although he didn't find too many valuable big fish, he also checked enough Daming Zhongliang.Whether it is to prove or to falsify, it has its value. From this perspective, it also shows that Zhu Cihong's money is not in vain.

"I know about King Ding." Zhu Cihong turned over the page casually.Who would dare to rebel without military power?What's more, at the age when King Ding is rebellious, it is only natural for him to feel resentment towards his elder brother who is hard to look forward to.His eyes fell on several marked merchants, and he said: "It turns out that these merchants are secretly cooperating with Shanxi captive merchants."

The Eight Great Shanxi Merchants who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty had an alias in the Ming court: Lushang.

These captive merchants originally relied on betraying the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time sold stolen goods and blood transfusions for the Manchu Qing to achieve their current status.After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Dorgon rewarded these people in the name of Shunzhi, gave them the status of imperial merchants, and took over the trade of Mongolia and Guanliao.

These captive merchants thought that they had achieved a positive result and could taste the fruits of victory.It turned out that the Ming army surprisingly blocked the Qing army's attack, and it grew stronger day by day.It seems that it is time to counterattack.This is of course not in their interests, so they took advantage of the appearance of the Han people and their connections in the Jianghuai area to start their old job of scouting for information again.

Among the scholars, there is a kind of people who like to boast that their hands and eyes are in the sky, and these people are often inextricably linked in the court.Relying on these people, the captive merchants were able to learn many important decisions in the Ming Dynasty without any effort.Coupled with the silver bullets opening the way, it doesn't take much effort to figure out the guards and troops.

The former Jinyiwei and Dongchang were not real spy agencies. To put it bluntly, they could only be regarded as spy thugs, and their influence would not go out of Beijing.The emperor's eyes and ears in the local area are guarding eunuchs everywhere, and they would not think of catching spies, because there is no oil or water to speak of.

It can be said that the eight great masters of Shanxi merchants made great contributions to the Dingding Central Plains of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.The Qing court only thanked them with Zhangjiakou, which is still a lot more stingy.

In this world, Zhu Cihong is the one who values ​​confidentiality and information the most.In his previous life, he often used internal or external commercial espionage, which was still on the edge of the law.Spy and counter-spy can be used for granted now, where is it possible to let go?He has a small number of troops, and it depends on abundant intelligence to ensure that good steel is used on the blade.At the same time, because of the small number of troops, extra attention must be paid to the security of military secrets.

After the expansion of Dongchang, those scholars with big mouths soon had all kinds of eyes and ears around them.They're like fish bait that smells delicious.Wait for the big fish to come and bite.The spies of the captive merchants did not know that there were already people fishing on the shore, and they swam around without vigilance.Dongchang stood still.Find out all their intelligence channels, just wait for the crown prince to order to do it.

"It's different now, the military situation will not be easily known to the court." Zhu Cihong said: "Even if they have a keen sense of smell, it is extremely difficult to obtain conclusive information. These businesses first monitor and don't move, and I still need to spread it through their mouths Get some news out."

The news that the Ming army attacked Baoding and Tianjin with 30 troops was sent out through such channels.

Hong Chengchou didn't believe that the Ming army could gather 30 troops at first, but he saw the grain and grass allocation vouchers sent by the merchants.As well as the number of people enlisted for civil service, if you calculate silently, there may be 30!This is also because the Ming army took the route of elite soldiers, and the supply of individual soldiers was two or three times that of the armored soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and the lieutenant-level officers had already reached the level of Ba Yala.

Verified at one point.It will be credulous to the intelligence sent by other similar channels.Therefore, the news that the army's main attack direction is the eastern front, and the strategic goal is Shanhaiguan to cut off the retreat route of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou had to be prepared.

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"As early as my grandson, I said that I should know how to use the time, but I started to really use the time, but it still started from His Royal Highness." Liu Ruoyu sat in the hall, watching Ding Ao standing beside him respectfully.The eunuch's registered relationship is no different from the master-student relationship. If they get along well, they really feel like father and son.

Although Liu Ruoyu has a nephew, he doesn't think much of his nephew's qualifications. On the contrary, he likes Ding Ao a lot and is willing to teach him more in his spare time.Ding Ao also treated him like a father, when he returned to Jinan from Zhending Xingyuan, he first visited Liu Ruoyu.

"You have to keep in mind that we are all private individuals of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Ruoyu cleared his throat: "What is a private person? It is the most private and intimate person! We must distinguish between the inside and the outside at all times, and we must do what we have to do." Do what you shouldn't do, and you can't do it even if you are killed."

"Yes." Ding Ao didn't talk much at first, but in front of Liu Ruoyu, his words were more refined and he cherished words like gold.

"You know?" Liu Ruoyu narrowed his eyes, and asked with a smile: "Then tell me, why did our family stand up for Liu Si's disrespect in front of the emperor?"

Ding Ao really didn't know.At that time, he knew that Liu Ruoyu went to Donggong because of this matter, so he was suspicious, and even felt that Liu Ruoyu was a little old-fashioned.On the one hand, I am loyal to the East Palace, and the empress only needs to save face. Which high-ranking eunuch really takes the emperor and empress seriously?On the other hand, Donggong made it clear that he would favor Liu Si, and even expressed some attitudes because of this, so why send it to the knife?

Seeing that Ding Ao didn't respond, Liu Ruoyu explained: "His Royal Highness seems to be unpredictable, but he is actually a simple young man. He has nothing else in his heart, only a great ambition to clarify the world. Under this, he has to go step by step. Road. He doesn’t care whether the ground is muddy pits or stones, he just crosses it in the most effective way. Therefore, he only acts with “logic” and has no “human feelings”. On this point, look at your highness who only writes "logic" and not "human feelings". "I understand."

"My child is reading His Highness's works." Ding Ao thought in his heart: You still didn't say why you did that kind of thing...

"Since you have read it, you must know how to use it." Liu Ruoyu said: "There is no right or wrong in a matter, the key is the logical relationship. Our family went to cry for a while, and it just smoothed out this relationship. Because we are His Highness's personal, So we have to cry for His Highness, laugh for His Highness, feel sad for His Highness, be happy for His Highness, and be humane for His Highness... As for whether it is useful or useless to offend others, that is irrelevant.

"Other people like Wang Zhixin and Wang Ping, can you think of it? They only think about whether they are doing the right thing, whether they are beautiful or not, but they forget the status of 'Private Crown Prince'."

Ding Ao was enlightened after hearing this, and immediately grasped the key to being a "private person".

"But don't think that as long as you sincerely plan for His Highness the Crown Prince, it doesn't matter if you do something wrong." Liu Ruoyu changed his tone: "Your Highness is a genius who is born to know the sage, so he is naturally arrogant. Look at "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix", why can the crane stand in front, and the crow doesn't even have a shadow?"

"Yes." Ding Ao's heart tightened.The so-called people are divided into groups by like flocks, and it is difficult for geniuses to tolerate fools.

Liu Ruoyu felt tired after talking so much, and said, "Dongchang had a bad reputation in Wei Xie's hands before, so you have to be cautious in your actions. It's best to learn from Jin Yiwei, do you think they have voices? If the police can be used for many things, let the police take action, whether it is so-called spies or espionage, it is nothing more than the word 'secret'."

"Thank you for your father-in-law's instruction." Ding Ao bowed down.

"Although Your Highness has not clearly stated the matter of the king, it cannot be ignored." Liu Ruoyu picked up the teacup: "It is not like there is no precedent in the Ming Dynasty."

Ding Ao said goodbye and left. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!

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