As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

But think about it, the foster father is the emperor, the two fathers-in-law are the second minister of the cabinet and the other is the real power of the state, and he himself is awesome, can this guy have no energy?

so...

Theoretically, Lao Liu is the superior of Huamanlou in the matter of Pingwa, but in fact he sees it very clearly that this time Pingwa, the construction of coastal defense, and the restructuring of the navy will be dominated by Huamanlou, and he is the blame It's... well, it's a bit inaccurate to say that it's the blame, but it's more accurate to say that it's the soup.

But this soup is so delicious!

As for Zhang Jiahao...

Xiao Zhang knows how to reform a fart?

After Huamanlou's "casino enlightenment", this second generation ancestor immediately became the number one prodigal son of the capital, seamlessly filling the vacancy left by Huamanlou in lowering the bottom line of noble morals, just like him, give him a It's too much for a thousand households, why not return the army?

But the problem is that although a large part of the first victory in the Battle of Datong was allocated to Huamanlou, the command of Ning Guogong is also credited for his ability to fight to the death and never retreat. It's a little high.So after Lao Zhang came back, he began to plan to retire bravely, and even pretended to be sick, and made a will when he was dying, so he passed away smoothly...

Xiao Zhang just won the title without waiting for his grandfather to kick his legs. According to the tradition, Zhang Jiahao should have been appointed to the Three Thousand Battalion, but isn't this just a coincidence that Huamanlou wants to pacify the Japanese?

At that time, Emperor Guangxing searched around: Oh, there is still a stunned young man here?Then you go to Fujian and drink some soup with Huamanlou!

So Xiao Zhang was also sent to the southeast. On the surface, he was the commander-in-chief of Fujian, but in fact he was a cover for Huamanlou by Emperor Guangxing.In fact, before Xiao Zhang set off, Lao Zhang repeatedly told him: Don’t run around anywhere in the southeast, just stay with Hua Manlou, what he says and what you do!

And Xiao Zhang himself didn't have that kind of heart, and when he heard that he could go to the south to play, he was so happy that he almost had fun...

Therefore, this series of actions seemed to be okay, but most discerning people held their chests and gasped: Your Majesty, this...why the fuck is it better to just let Hua Manlou be the governor!Is it necessary to do so much fancy work?

As I said before, the governor is the governor, the governor is the governor, and the governor is the big boss of the military and government. Although this thing is still a temporary official position, the actual power in the local area is equivalent to that of the emperor. This...

Even Hua Manlou herself was taken aback: Uncle Zhao was stimulated by what?Such a big pen?

384. Old Fox

Suzhou House.

The imperial decree has arrived, although the imperial decree is very unexpected, but the things to be done are not bad.

Therefore, after Huamanlou and Liu Qiran explained the restructuring of Tianjin Wei in the past, the two jointly issued the first order after taking office: Zhenhaiwei, Jinshanwei, Linshanwei, Guanhaiwei, Shaoxingwei, Hainingwei, etc. are close to the Shengsi Islands. And the guards of the Zhoushan Islands collectively carried out reforms.

To strengthen the army, naturally, we must first start with disarmament, right?

Most of these guards have an establishment of more than [-], and most of their guard commanders and military officers are military positions handed down from their ancestors—that is to say, the source of the corruption of the military system is this stupid rule, this inheritance system This made the military households completely reduced to the private slaves of the military officers, completely losing their combat effectiveness.

However, Hua Manlou and Liu Qiran did not directly pursue the responsibility of the military officer because of this - if they are responsible, they are not theirs. The matter of eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood exists in the whole of Dazhao. This has become a practice. If the methods are too tough What if other guards in Zhejiang and Fujian follow in chaos?

If the water is clear, there will be no fish. If you really want to act like a stunned green or Qingliu who can't rub sand in your eyes, I'm afraid that the whole southeast will be in chaos before the Japanese are leveled. Are you worthy of this responsibility?

Therefore, Huamanlou's method is very gentle and very wicked: he directly released the news to every military household, saying that those who pass the selection will get five taels of silver to settle down, and they will become professional soldiers in the future. All are paid.Those who fail the selection will get a small severance pay and a certain amount of land from the army, and then become farmers, and pay according to the rules of ordinary farmers.

For military households, there is no better choice than this. No matter where they are, they can escape from the control of military officers and become free agents. Their lives are tens of thousands of times better than before.

Don't think that five taels of silver will be less. Before silver flows into the Chinese Empire on a large scale, the purchasing power of silver is so strong that it can even be used to buy some real estate in Jiading or Suzhou. Isn't that good?

So in an instant, the military households were excited, and each of them was looking forward to passing the selection-five taels of silver plus free food and lodging, isn't this more fragrant than farming?

After the soldiers are dealt with, it's the turn of the military officers.

And the practice of the military officers who spent a lot of time in the building is also very gentle: forget the past, and those who want to continue to serve in the army through selection will still have the treatment of officers, but they will be demoted and have the right to be promoted first.Those who did not pass the selection and did not want to join the army were issued with a certain number of military farms and a certificate of discharge from the army, and then became landlords without military attache treatment.

This condition can be said to be harsh. The translation is: either downgrade or leave.

To be honest, the reform of the military system is aimed at the interests of military officers, and this backlash is not small.

but……

None of the soldiers who got Hua Zongbing’s promise were stupid enough to stand up for them, and the military officers also received a post from Xuanwuwei at the same time—not a post asking them to go to prison, but a post about them eating and drinking soldiers. Evidence of blood.

In other words, if you don't know what's good and what's wrong, you can't get anything, and you have to hand in one head...or the whole family's head.

So, the six guards have a total of 30 people from [-] households, [-] from [-] households, and even more general banners and small banners, but there are only dozens of people who are making trouble. The squad took them all and gave them to Xuanwuwei, and then strung them together like donkeys and took them back to the capital. People from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple must be very interested in these people...

The rest of the people...

It has to be said that even in the guard, there are still some people who want to be loyal to the country. Excluding the elderly and those who are really too useless, there are more than [-] military officers left.

Hua Manlou told these people on the spot that the past incidents would be written off, but if they dared to violate military discipline in the future, they would be severely punished.Then he disrupted and re-planned all the people left in the six guards, and integrated them into a new combat force.

But...

Nowadays, four out of ten guards are empty-paid, so there are only [-] people left in the original six guards out of [-] people. After cleaning up the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are only less than [-] people left. The numbers are somewhat exaggerated.

"Absurd! Absurd!" Liu Qiran said with a broken heart: "Although I heard that the military discipline of the Guards was corrupted before, I never thought it would be so bad! The defeat of Chongming is not unfair!"

Hua Manlou rolled his eyes when he heard the words: "I said Master Chief, it's just you and me here, can you stop acting?"

After working together for this period of time, and adding what Old Liu said in Jiading, Hua Manlou was sure that this old guy was an old fox who was very good at acting—on the surface he looked pedantic and annoying, but he was actually shrewd If so, how could I remind myself not to go too far that day?

Sure enough, Liu Qiran immediately withdrew his supernatural powers after hearing Hua Manlou's words: "Cough, I'm used to it."

Hua Manlou rolled his eyes again: "You always really don't want to care about this at all? Is it appropriate to leave it all to me?"

That's right, Lao Liu's positioning of himself is very accurate, so even though the latest series of orders are all from him, in fact they are all Hua Manlou's decision, and he just cheerfully stands by and stamps the order ...

Well, at most, it is a reminder or two when Huamanlou is not doing well, that's all.

"This old man doesn't know anything about the military system. If you don't throw it to you, who will it be?" Liu Qiran spread his hands and said, "However, there are less than [-] people in the current six guards. How do you plan to distribute them? Do you want to expand the army?"

Hua Manlou said habitually: "Soldiers are expensive and elites are not expensive. Just leave [-] mobile troops along the coast, and the remaining [-] will follow the method of the Tianjin Navy to form the Suzhou Navy. The base... are you talking to me again?"

Liu Qiran picked up his pen, nodded and said, "So that's how it is, using Daqu Mountain as a fulcrum to defend the line from Yangzhou Prefecture to Ningbo Prefecture..."

Hua Manlou clutched his forehead sadly: "Yes...the supplies will be shared by Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang, and can be expanded in the future to increase the Chongming navy..."

Liu Qiran took a pen to write down one by one, and then said cheerfully: "Uncle Xishan is far-sighted, I feel ashamed..."

"Pretend, keep pretending!" Hua Manlou became irritable: "If killing the governor is not breaking the law, I would have thrown you into Taihu Lake long ago, you know?"

Liu Qiran was not angry, but just smiled cheerfully: "Okay, after the boatman from Tianjin and the instructor from Xishan arrived in Suzhou, wouldn't the rest of the work be my husband's? Now, I'll ask a few more questions, so I won't worry about it." I have to write to you every now and then, don't I?"

Hua Manlou resentfully said: "I hope so!"

Liu Qiran looked dazzled at the building, and said without a trace: "In a few days, you will go south, right?"

Hua Manlou rolled his eyes again: "Can we stop asking nonsense? There are already traces of Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. If we don't go south, we can wait for them to come here and be beaten?"

Liu Qiran responded, and then pointedly said: "Then there is nothing to do today, why not go out for a drink or two?"

385. Don't Curse Me

In a certain garden in Suzhou, Hua Manlou looked at the table full of hard vegetables and teased, "Tsk tsk...you call this a drink or two? According to what you said two days ago, how much money is there for this table? Liu, tell me honestly, how high is the sky in Suzhou in recent years?"

At present, Suzhou does not have the Humble Administrator’s Garden, one of the four famous gardens, but after all, Suzhou is famous for its gardens, so in Huamanlou’s view, this garden today is not inferior to the Humble Administrator’s Garden—maybe it is the best in this world. What about one of the four famous gardens?

Lao Liu booked the garden alone just to invite Hua Zongbing to "have a drink or two", so after taking his seat, Hua Manlou couldn't help but want to sneer.

Liu Qiran was not angry when he heard the words, but just smiled: "Uncle Xishan, you can sell a broken stove for hundreds of taels of silver, isn't it trivial for such a table?"

Hua Manlou sneered and said, "I don't like appetite, anyway, at least I've never seen such a drink."

The so-called food is never tired of fine food, and Dazhao’s food culture has also made great progress, and there are many things in the south of the Yangtze River that the capital can’t eat—for example, the big pot of crabs in front of it can’t be eaten by the palace. arrive.

So Hua Manlou teased and teased, but his movements did not hesitate at all. He grabbed a crab and ate it, and threw the word to Liu Qiran by the way: "So?"

"What so?"

"What are you pretending, you suddenly invited me to eat such an expensive meal... What do you want me to do for you?" Hua Manlou bit a crab leg until it made a loud noise: "It's hard to get promoted, but it's easy to get rich. If you commit a crime and want to bribe me to cover you... well, for the sake of this table, as long as it's not a major crime such as treason or rebellion, I'm fine." I can find a way to cover it up for you. So let’s say, did you knock on the widow’s door or dig the grave of a dead family?”

I have to say that the recent hustle and bustle and Liu Qiran's various response behaviors made Huamanlou very anxious, so the long-suppressed mouth attribute was turned on again, and by the way, the poisonous tongue attribute was turned on, so that Song Jie couldn't help it these two days. Those who were hit did not dare to stand in front of him...

And Liu Qiran has become immune to Huamanlou's bastard words in the past two days, and he just laughed when he heard the words: "The old man bribed you because he was crazy. The last person who bribed you is probably already squatting in Dali Temple now, right?"

Hua Manlou shrugged his shoulders: "Although it's rude to take the money and leave it alone, isn't the money handed over to you as evidence of a crime? It can be regarded as being used on him."

Liu Qiran laughed loudly: "If you are so lacking in morality, it is considered a skill."

The two taunted each other, and after drinking for three rounds and eating five flavors, Liu Qiran finally got down to business: "How much do you know about the things in Zhejiang?"

"Huh?" Hua Manlou bit a toothpick and leaned on the back of the chair: "I was born in the capital and grew up in the capital. This is the first time I have come to Jiangnan. How much do you think I know?"

Liu Qiran stroked his beard with a look of contempt: "Oh, you know about the Xinghua Mansion in Fujian, but you don't know about the mess in Zhejiang?"

Hua Manlou blinked: "What do you want to say? Let's say it in advance, I'm here to fight Japanese pirates, and I'm here to set up an air of coastal defense. I don't care about other things... If I want to take care of it, that's your business, right?" ?”

Liu Qiran looked at Huamanlou with a half-smile and said, "What about Kaihai? You don't care?"

Hua Manlou sneered and said, "Kaihai? Do you think I'm stupid or are you just being foolish? Do you want to touch this? If you want to touch it, you can do it. It's for the sake of us working together. When the time comes, we will Just choose a good place in Suzhou to bury you, and I will write you a eulogy by the way, such as, "I think the world mourns, but I cry for my own selfishness. Alas, my soul is back, and I will enjoy it!" ',what do you think?"

Liu Qiran imitated Hua Manlou and shrugged: "Not really, but this time you go, you will definitely meet that group of people, so I will write down this eulogy first, and use it when I go back to your funeral."

Hua Manlou gasped: "Don't curse me, I'm not married yet!"

Liu Qiran smiled and said, "Other people don't know what prosperity Tianjin means. How can I not see it? Japanese pirates are rampant in the southeast, but Tianjin Wei... Well, I have never seen the kidnapping of the magistrate of Tianjin, so you are in Tianjin. Who do you want to beat the navy master?"

"Then I came to the southeast to make peace with Japan?" Hua Manlou was startled by the old fox's eyesight, but he still refused to admit it: "After all, Tianjin is close to the capital, and I have other things to do in Xishan. Shall I run both ways?"

Liu Qiran just sighed when he heard the words: "You will go south in a few days, is it so difficult to tell the truth to this old man?"

Hua Manlou chuckled: "I'm telling the truth, and if I talk to you, I have to be on guard like a thief... By the way, you invited me to dinner today just to trick me? I'll tell you, don't even think about it!"

Liu Qiran looked at Huamanlou quietly, and suddenly smiled and said: "Hangzhou Tao, Quanzhou Jin, Fuzhou Wei... well, there are some people from Zhangzhou and Chaozhou, how embarrassing it would be if we met at sea, yes no?"

Hua Manlou looked at Liu Qiran with a frown, and sighed after a while, "What do I mean by you?"

Liu Qiran sighed and said, "Is it true that no one has seen the disadvantages of the sea ban? And you really want to open the sea alone?"

Hua Manlou shook his head: "No, grandson wants to open the sea, isn't it good to live?"

"..." Liu Qiran was speechless for a while, and then said: "Once upon a time, this old man had a close friend who was very talented. After he came out of the Imperial Academy, he served as the supervisory censor. On the first day he went to court, he went to the court to ask for the sea ban, and the result..."

Hua Manlou sighed and said, "Have you played it off? A group of people jumped out to accuse him of treason, impeached him for wronging the country and the king, and then His Majesty was forced to relegate him under pressure... Is this the script? If you guessed right If so, it is estimated that he was chopped up by thieves who came out of nowhere as soon as he left Shuntian Mansion?"

"That's right." Liu Qiran said with a gloomy expression: "He just mentioned a word, and he ended up like this, which shows how crazy those people are."

Hua Manlou clicked his tongue and said, "You have been going around and talking for a long time, what exactly do you want to express?"

Liu Qiran pursed his lips, and then said: "The old man just wants to tell you that things will be smooth if things are slowed down. This time I went to Zhejiang to see some things, so don't get mad at a disagreement like a stupefied young man."

Hua Manlou blinked: "I look like a stunned young man?"

Liu Qiran nodded without hesitation: "Like."

Hua Manlou said angrily: "Don't force me to scold you, although I can't control my mouth, I might curse you to return to the West as soon as possible or be inhuman..."

"Are you full? If you are full, get out of here quickly. This old man will practice it for you today."

"Good idea! I was still here before I left, I have to do it again!"

386. It's up to you...

Huamanlou will continue to go south when he is ready, while Liu Qiran will stay in Suzhou and follow Huamanlou's thinking to deal with the newly built navy, so the two will not go together. As for Zhang Jiahao...

Mr. Zhang is still playing on the road at this time, anyway, the guards in Fujian can't handle it now, why should he be anxious?

What's more, it's really useless for him to come, he's a fool...

Therefore, what Liu Qiran is worried about is that without him watching, Huamanlou will confront some people head-on. Not worth it.

But it was obvious that Old Liu was overthinking it. How could a salted fish like Huamanlou poke the sea's basket out of nothing?The matter in Tianjin is Wen Ge's fault, okay?

The two went around talking for a long time, but they were actually talking about the same thing: Lao Liu felt that Huamanlou still had a great future, so he wanted to persuade Huamanlou not to touch Kaihai for the time being. Huamanlou thought that Liu Qiran wanted to open the sea, so he asked him to leave it alone.

Although they are not polite, they are actually a little worried about each other in their hearts-that is to say, the two have been working together happily recently, and they complement each other well, and they don't want each other to take risks.

So, the relationship between people is so mysterious, they swear, but are they really related...

If it wasn't too shocking and superficial, it is estimated that these two would really be sworn brothers.

……

When Hua Manlou and Liu Qiran were having a drink, there were a few people in Ningbo Mansion also having a drink, but compared to Hua Manlou and the two of them, these people were a little absent-minded.

"The visitor is not good..."

"Which comer are you talking about? By water or by land?"

"No matter which way is coming, and they are all coming for me. These two ways, the virtual is the real, the real is the false. I thought it was the master on land, but I never thought that the sea one would make the first move. ...Wang Jin was wronged this time."

"That's what I said, but Wang Jin ran into it by himself, and we don't have as many tails as him."