My Daming New Empire

It was the first time Liu Wan saw this court lady, and he frowned, a little displeased that the servants let her in so easily.But when he saw her face clearly, his heart moved and he asked, "What's the matter?"

This maid is the competent maid in front of Zhuang Fengyi, because the master who serves her is not high-status, and she doesn't have much sense of presence in the palace.Seeing Liu Shaojian, the celebrity of Xingqing Palace, he naturally did not dare to neglect.

"Reporting to Liu Shaojian, His Highness is going to rest at Zhuang Fengyi's place tonight. It has not passed yet. Fengyi asked me to inquire about the situation."

"Go back and tell me that I'll be there right away." Zhu Zhanji's figure came out, and after confessing, he said to Liu Wan: "You ask Sun Lin to meet me in Yongfu Palace, and then ask him to send someone to Jinyiwei and the Secretary of General Affairs to communicate with Liu Wan." The two departments contacted and sent all the information about the Northwest."

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Chapter 15 Situation and Trends

Zhu Zhanji looked at the list in front of him carefully, put it on the oil lamp and burned it until it turned into a mass of ashes, then looked at Sun Lin and said: "In the spring of 16, you returned from Nanyang. The company has contributed to the intelligence about the Northwest. However, this is not enough, not because the intelligence is not enough, but because the active participation is not enough."

Sun Lin bowed and asked, "Your Highness, what is active participation?"

"It is to take the initiative to participate in the economy, politics, and military groups of those subordinate countries, with Ming's interests as the fundamental interests, and guide their development in the direction that Ming needs them to develop. For example...Jin Yiwei's fishing law enforcement a few years ago ..."

During the period of Ji Gang, Jin Yiwei did a lot of bad things in order to achieve Zhu Di's political goals.

Under Zhu Di's command, they framed, lured, guided, and even framed those disobedient ministers, and threw a large number of disobedient ministers into prison.

Some of these ministers deserved what they deserved, but a large part of them were beaten into tricks just because they disagreed with Zhu Di.

This is also an important reason why Ji Gang was doomed to die in the original history. When there is no force to continue to oppose Zhu Di, Ji Gang, who has done all kinds of bad things, will of course be pushed out to quell public anger.

Sun Lin didn't expect Zhu Zhanji to say this, he was taken aback for a moment before he understood, hesitation appeared on his face.

But Zhu Zhanji said: "In the territory of Ming Dynasty, such fishing law enforcement is of course not advisable, so the power of Jinyiwei has been restricted now. But for foreign races and other countries, no matter what method is used, it is just. The interests of Ming Dynasty Above all else, the interests of the country above all else."

Sun Lin bowed and cupped his fists and said, "I understand!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "These days, you are looking for some servants who understand the situation in the north, especially those who have been in charge of trade with the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, Oala, and Tatar. Among them Develop strength. And these all need silver..."

He looked at Jin Kuo and said, "Eunuch Jin, give Sun Lin 20 taels of silver from the small treasury after the Chinese New Year..."

Before Jin Kuo could speak, Sun Lin was startled, and quickly said, "Your Highness, there are too many!"

Although the Advisory Information Department has extended its tentacles to most areas of Ming Dynasty, the Advisory Information Department has a huge advantage, that is, it is parasitic on the huge interest group of the Internal Supervisor.

All commercial activities in Ming Dynasty are controlled by internal control, whether it is silk, porcelain, factories, mines, cotton and linen, including the construction of cement roads. Although the project is controlled by the Ministry of Industry, the funds are controlled by internal control.

The internal prison is parasitic on the huge country of Ming Dynasty. The economic scale of a country has fattened them up and turned them into a huge interest group.

The Advisory Council is parasitic on this huge interest group. Although the stall is very large, the cost is not much.Because most of the internal eunuchs are loyal lackeys of the royal family, even if they don't give money, they will still work loyally.

The Consultation Department has been established for five years. In the first two years, the annual expenditure was less than 20 taels. That is, in the last two years, the intelligence network was rolled out in Nanyang, and the cost reached 40 taels.

Most of the inner eunuchs don't give salary at all, and only after obtaining the information, they give some rewards according to the importance of the information.

Therefore, although the Information Department has developed rapidly and has a large scale, its foundation is not deep, and it lacks real professionals.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "Espionage operations are very costly. Whether it is buying others, buying information, or even carrying out some assassination operations, nothing can be done without money. Although there is a lot of money, it is very important to the entire For a territory as large as Ming Dynasty, there are not many.

In the future, some professional talents will be paid more, and those internal eunuchs who died on duty will also be rewarded.After you go back, ask some old people more, and formulate a reform plan. "

Zhu Zhanji wants to develop the Information Department in the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Jin Yiwei is the KGB or more like the FBI.

These two departments are directly responsible to the royal family, while the General Secretary and the Criminal Ministry are more like the investigative agencies of the imperial court, not just belonging to the royal family.

After sending them away, Liu Wan and Zhuang Fengyi had prepared another supper for Zhu Zhanji.

After eating and drinking enough, Zhu Zhanji began to be a diligent old scalper again, reclaiming the land.

Outside the bedroom, Liu Wan arranged for two servants who were responsible for protecting Zhu Zhanji, and some couldn't wait to come to the side room, watching the somewhat thin figure sitting by the bed, silently in a daze.

He had never felt his heart beating so fast, and he wanted to speak, but his voice was blocked in his throat.

It was the other party who saw him first, got up and saluted in fright, Liu Wan then waved his hand and said: "You don't need to be too polite... Your Highness doesn't like to be served by someone at night, you don't have to wait, and let the maids bring the hot water. Get out."

The other party responded, went out and ordered the little maids not to wait, and then returned to the room.Seeing that Liu Wan was still sitting there, she didn't dare to drive him away, so she sat down beside him. "Liu Shaojian is always so...busy every day?"

Liu Wan woke up with a start, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is full of energy, and has more daily affairs. But I and Li Shaojian take turns to serve, and I don't feel tired. I don't know the girl's surname, where does she live?"

"Don't dare to be a young supervisor. The maidservant's original surname is Cai. After entering the palace, she was able to serve Zhuang Fengyi and was named Yuheng by Zhuang Fengyi. Her hometown is Linzhou..."

Liu Wan couldn't wait to ask: "But Caizhuang, Yutang Town, Linzhou, is there a big jujube tree in front of your house?"

"Young Prison...how did you know?"

But Liu Wan stood up, bowed, and said in Linzhou dialect: "Liu Wan, the boy, hereby thank you for your life..."

Yuheng stood up in surprise, looked at Liu Wan but was speechless.

Although since entering the palace, Liu Wan has already enjoyed the wealth and honor of the world, and traveled around the world with His Royal Highness.However, the turbulent escape life in his childhood is still a deep memory that he can't erase.

He vaguely remembered that his father was a hunter, but was eaten by a tiger in the Taihang Mountains.The imperial court does not allow young women to be widows, and their mother wants to remarry. At first, they fell in love with an honest widower from a neighboring village, but they were afraid that the three mu of land left by his father would be taken by others, so the family forced his mother to take it. Let her marry into a broken family.

The mother refused, that poor settled not only did not do his job properly, but also liked to beat women, and he was also afraid of that person.

In the end, for some reason, his mother was sunk in a pig cage, and the eight-year-old him and his three-year-old sister became orphans.

Later, his younger sister was taken away, and he escaped alone in such a cold winter.

A child who is only eight years old and doesn't know anything, when Liu Wan often recalls, he is a little scared, and he is really lucky to be able to survive at that time.

It was also such a snowy night, he hid in Caizhuang's ancestral hall all night.That night he thought he was going to die, but the next day he met a master who brought his family to the ancestral hall to worship.

The young lady who was a little younger than herself was wearing a red padded jacket, holding a freshly steamed steamed bun in her hand.

The master saw him hiding in the ancestral hall and asked someone to throw him out, but the young lady gave him the buns in her hand.

Because of that steamed bun, he survived and gained strength to reach Linzhou.He thought he would be a beggar, but before he entered Linzhou, he encountered a team of princesses passing by.

Master Jin Kuo was still very young at that time, and asked him if he would like to be a eunuch with them.

He asked if he could have enough to eat, and the master laughed. "Be full."

From then on, there was one less Liu Hu and one more Liu Wan.

More than ten years have passed, and he doesn't have much memory of everything in his hometown.But in that gray and white cold winter day, that red padded jacket is the eternal warmth in his deepest memory.

Liu Wan smiled, the red padded jacket merged with the somewhat timid figure in front of him, she was still so beautiful.

He touched his earlobe and said, "Seventeen years ago, in the Caizhuang ancestral hall, the lady gave me a steamed bun, and I survived. I can't remember what the lady looks like, but the red mole on your earlobe, It’s always been etched in my heart.”

Yuheng didn't expect that she could still meet her old friend in the palace, in fact, she had already forgotten about it.She didn't have such a vague impression until Liu Wan reminded her.

But even so, her fate with Liu Wan made her extremely happy.In this icy palace, she could feel a little warmth.