After leaving the Criminal Department, Qin Dewei went to the Ordnance Bureau. This is not surprising. After all, it is not a secret that Qin Zhongtang likes firearms.
In the Ordnance Bureau, Qin Zhongtang's prestige is quite high. After all, this is the only person who has been ranked number one and has worked with craftsmen for thousands of years.
After coming out of the Ordnance Bureau, Qin Zhongtang went home, and the busy day was temporarily over.
Nine hours have passed since I went to the General Administration Department last night. Except for taking a nap in the morning to catch up on sleep, I have not been able to have a moment of leisure. This is the sorrow of a powerful minister.
On the way back, Qin Zhongtang himself behaved as usual, while Fang Sheren who followed behind sighed, always feeling like he was about to finish.
Since ancient times, apart from those who usurped the throne, how many powerful officials who were so arrogant and domineering that they did not conceal themselves and did not know how to restrain themselves have died a good death?
Fang Sheren has already thought about it. If he is expelled from Wenyuan Pavilion, he will learn a craft after leaving, or set up a calligraphy stall near Chongwen Gate and sell calligraphy for a living.
When Qin Zhongtang arrived at the door of his house, he saw lanterns and colorful decorations. Various lights were hung up for free. Then Zhang San, the concierge, came up to greet him, saluting and congratulating him.
After asking, Mr. Qin found out that Xu Xian's wife was pregnant, and he couldn't help but feel relieved. The days of being a sower at home were finally over.
When I came to the main hall in the backyard, I saw my mother Zhou coming and sitting in the middle, Xu Miaoxuan sitting next to her, and the other concubines surrounding her like stars holding the moon.
Qin Dewei said a few words after entering, but thought it was too noisy and came out.
It happened that Xu Miaojing came to the door with his wife and children to congratulate him, so Qin Dewei and Xu Miaojing went to the study to talk.
Xu Miaojing took the initiative to tell Qin Dewei: "The Duan Dynasty had a disciple who liked sleeping in flowers and willows. We took the opportunity to catch him. After torture, he confessed."
Qin Dewei ordered: "What to do next, just listen to Eunuch Qin. If Lu Bing can be implicated, it will be of great benefit to your future."
Among the younger generation of command-level officials in Jinyiwei, the two most eye-catching people are Xu Miaojing and Lu Bing.
One is capable of rescuing people from fires, and the other is the emperor's brother-in-law. If Emperor Jiajing is still alive, the guards in charge of the Jin Yiwei in ten or twenty years will definitely come from these two people.
Lu Bing has also been very busy recently, but he can be considered busy and happy. The feeling of flexing his muscles in his career is fascinating.
Today he met with Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding. In order to show respect, Lu Bing personally came to visit the Marquis of Wuding at his residence.
Ever since Lu Bing helped Guo Xun to be exonerated, maybe he wanted to repay his favor, or maybe Guo Xun was getting older and wanted to think about his descendants. Recently, Lord Guo has been acting as a think tank for the young Lu Bing.
After all, Marquis Guo, who had been in charge of the court for seventeen or eight years and became the most trusted "first military minister" of Emperor Jiajing, still had a few tricks up his sleeve.
For example, under the framework of Jinyiwei, the idea of "starting from scratch" to form "Tiqi" was proposed by Guo Xun to Lu Bing. Because of Lu Bing's special status, he could go a little beyond and do things that others could not do.
These pointers benefited the inexperienced Lu Bing a lot, and Lu Bing became even more convinced of Guo Xun. To a certain extent, this was regarded as the inheritance of the "first military minister" by Guo Xun.
After Lu Bing sat down, he said to Guo Xun: "I found a suitable place. There is an abandoned Qingshou Temple in the capital, which can be turned into a Tiqi camp."
Guo Xun sighed: "Even if I find a place by myself, I will definitely still have a quarrel with the Ministry of War."
When Lu Bing asked the Ministry of War for a camp for the Tiqi to use, the Ministry of War refused to give it to him - Prime Minister Wang Ting once told Qin Dewei about this.
That's why Lu Bing found a place by himself, but no matter what, the procedures for building a self-built barracks cannot bypass the Ministry of War.
Lu Bing, who was consciously high-spirited, said domineeringly: "It doesn't matter what the Ministry of War thinks, let's build the camp first! The affairs of Jin Yiwei's pro-army should not be dealt with by the Ministry of War!"
Guo Xun also reminded: "No matter what, the formation of Tiqi must be as fast as possible, and do not give others too much time to react. The scale does not need to be too large, but it must be fast and set up the frame first."
Lu Bing felt the heavy burden on his shoulders and sighed: "If we want to recruit warriors from various provinces, it will be difficult. We can only recruit some from the capital first.
Then they were sent to various provinces. This process was really cumbersome and could not be completed in a year or so."
With today's communication and transportation conditions, it is certainly not easy to recruit new people and build vertical systems in several provinces at the same time.
At present, Lu Bing only dares to think about the neighboring provinces in the north, and he definitely does not dare to think about the far south.
Guo Xun said: "You have to do it even if it is troublesome. If you want to break through the original shackles and stand out in the factory guard system, you must independently control a force and make your own characteristics.
There are many successful precedents for this, for example, when Wang Zhi was in Dongchang, in addition to Jinyiwei, he also formed Xichang and immersed himself in side work."
Lu Bing asked for advice again: "How can it be distinguished by being deployed in various provinces? Even if we investigate more cases of stupid men and women in several places, it won't be a big deal."
Guo Xun didn't want to say it so straightforwardly, but seeing that Lu Bing didn't understand, he had no choice but to say it clearly:
"You also know that your Majesty likes auspiciousness, so you can search for auspicious auspicious reports in large numbers in various provinces; your Majesty is keen on spiritual practice, so you can search for ancient Taoist books and offer them to your majesty; your Majesty is addicted to elixirs, so you can also search for rare medicinal materials from various places and donate them!"
Lu Bing suddenly realized that he could do these things!
It’s not that he’s not smart enough, but that everyone’s life experiences are different, resulting in limitations in their cognition.
Other ministers had to put in all their efforts to please the emperor, but Lu Bing did not have to put in so much effort. Of course, he was a little slow in the art of pleasing the emperor.
Guo Xun woke up Lu Bing and talked about other things: "Last time, you used the art of combining vertical and horizontal forces to unite Xia Yan and Yan Song to fight against Qin Dewei.
Xia Yan will be dismissed from now on, and will Qin Dewei target you?"
When it comes to this, Lu Bing is a little discouraged. It may even be the most unpleasant thing for him recently.
At first I wanted to take this incident as the beginning of my participation in political life, and it could also be regarded as my first appearance on the political stage.
Being able to convince the chief minister and the cabinet minister to join forces to jointly defeat another powerful minister is such a stunning political appearance.
This plan went smoothly at first, and indeed blocked the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department and Qin Dewei's seizure of power.
Who would have expected that the plan suddenly went completely wrong, and then failed inexplicably, ending with Xia Yan being dismissed from office.
Fortunately, Lu Bing did not end up personally, no one paid attention to him, and there was no actual loss in the end.
I wanted to forget this failed operation as soon as possible, but Guo Xun brought it up again today.
Lu Bing didn't understand what Guo Xun meant and why he wanted to bring up this unpleasant memory again.
Guo Xun asked again: "You were behind the scenes to manipulate Xia Yan and Yan Song. Does Qin Dewei already know about it? Has Qin Dewei taken revenge on you recently?"
Lu Bing thought about it for a moment, "It hasn't happened recently. He probably doesn't know. What would he do if he knew?"
Guo Xun reminded: "The person we should be most wary of is actually Qin Dewei."
Lu Bing only felt that Guo Xun was too deliberate and clearly directed the topic towards Qin Dewei.
Although the hatred between Guo Xun and Qin Dewei is too great, the relationship between Lu Bing and Qin Dewei has not reached that level yet.
When he thought of this, Lu Bing couldn't help but murmur in his heart, did Guo Xun want to use himself to take revenge on Qin Dewei? If so, then he couldn't listen to everything Guo Xun said.
Then Lu Bing said: "Qin Dewei's recent affairs are also causing quite a stir. He first plundered 20,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Works, and then angrily whipped officials at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, which caused a lot of criticism.
It can also be seen from this that Qin Dewei is focused on fighting for power and is pursuing the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment. What does it have to do with me?"
How could Guo Xun, a man in his sixties, not see Lu Bing's little thoughts? But now in the relationship between the two, Lu Bing is the dominant party, and he, Marquis Guo, is the weak party, so he can only persuade him with kind words:
"When I talk about Qin Dewei, I don't mean to make you think of Qin Dewei, I just want you not to be careless.
Let’s not talk about anything else. Let’s just talk about Qin Dewei’s brother-in-law, Xu Miaojing. Can he be considered a competitor of yours? If everyone wants to move up in the Jinyiwei system.”
Thinking of Xu Miaojing, Lu Bing felt a little complicated.
Originally, this man could only be regarded as a younger brother in front of him, but for some reason he fell into the eyes of Eunuch Qin of the East Factory and became someone whom Eunuch Qin often called upon.
Later, Xu Miaojing saved a man from a fire and became one of the Emperor's most trusted guards, and his status immediately changed.
Guo Xun continued to provoke calmly: "So even if there is nothing else, Qin Dewei, as Xu Miaojing's brother-in-law, is destined to be your enemy.
Do you think that with Qin Dewei’s IQ, he would have foreseen this? If he had foreseen it, what would he have thought about it? "
Lu Bing remained silent, lost in thought.
Guo Xun couldn't help but laugh at himself and said: "I am an old defeated dog who has retired from the stage, and there is no threat anymore.
Therefore, a smart person like Qin Dewei will not waste energy on me. If I can just be safe, what else can I think of?
The reason why Qin Dewei is mentioned is just to warn you, a latecomer!"
This sentence also makes sense. As long as the emperor is not involved, the political struggle between ministers will basically end with his resignation.
In Guo Xun's current state, as long as he can't recover or hold public events, it's not worth wasting energy.
Lu Bing responded: "Even if you are alert, what can you do? Entering Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion with the title of earl, such an extraordinary experience, how can it be easily shaken?"
Guo Xun pointed out: "So we can only make more friends. There will always be people who oppose Qin Dewei, and the emperor will not let them disappear from the court."
Lu Bing was about to say a few more words when suddenly a servant of the Guo family called outside the door.
Guo Xun shouted at the servant: "You blind servant! I'm talking to a distinguished guest without seeing you?"
The servant didn't care to apologize, and took advantage of the words to shout: "Something happened in Zhuangzi outside the city! So I have to disturb the master!"
Guo Xun frowned and said, "It's just Zhuangzi, what big thing can happen?"
The servant hurriedly said: "Just now, the village leader rode back to the house, saying that the Yongding River farmland was destroyed!"
Guo Xun had lived for more than sixty years, and this was the first time he heard such news. He was surprised and said: "How come our Guo family's tens of thousands of acres of farmland were destroyed?"
The servant continued to report: "In Zhuangzi across the Yongding River, a group of craftsmen from the Ordnance Bureau came today to test firearms!
Then it fired towards us, firing more than a hundred rounds and destroying the village field!"
Guo Xun's old eyes burst out and his hair turned white!
Unable to vent his anger, he overturned the tea tables in front of him, pulled out the sword from the shelf next to him, and shouted: "It's too much to bully someone!"
It was the first time for Lu Bing, who was present here, to hear such a strange thing. The servant of the Duguo family asked: "Whose place is on the other side of the Yongding River?"
The servant answered truthfully: "Originally, there were dozens of acres of land owned by Bachelor Qin. Last month, together with 10,000 acres of nearby land, the Fengzhou Bo Manor was built."
Lu Bing: "."
Well, no more guessing, the truth is as simple as that.
Except for Fengtian Yiwei, who pushed Chengcheng and declared his strength to defend the civil servant Fengzhou Bo Qin Zhongtang, no one could do such a fucking thing.
It's no wonder that Guo Xun was about to explode on the spot. If he didn't go crazy on the spot, he would have had the courage to do so.
Also, just now Mr. Guo Houye said, "Qin Dewei will not waste his energy on a loser like me." In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred rounds of ammunition were fired at his own field. It was really a slap in the face.
Lu Bing, who still felt that the matter had nothing to do with him, was very calm and analyzed: "I think it may be related to the recent rumors that Mr. Guo, you may re-serve as the chief military officer of the Beijing Camp?"
Guo Xun struck several cases with his sword and cursed: "Who is so boring as to spread such rumors!"
Lu Bing wanted to ask, did you really release it yourself to test the direction of the wind?
But after seeing Lord Guo's mental state, Lu Bing did not express his doubts in the end.
Probably because he was angry and exerted too much force, Guo Xun suddenly collapsed. He couldn't hold the sword firmly and dropped it to the ground, and his body was shaky.
Lu Bing, who was nearest, quickly stepped forward to support Guo Xun, and then called the servants and maids to come in.
After a lot of fuss, Mr. Guo was carried into the back hall. He asked the doctor to take a look, but he was very angry and worried, but fortunately he was not seriously injured.
The good conversation turned into a rescue scene. Lu Bing came out of Wudinghou Mansion with a wry smile. When he returned home, he saw someone waiting for him in the concierge.
The man bowed and said, "Young man is a servant of Mr. Yange's house. My uncle is at Wei Laoliu's house in Fangsi Hutong, inviting Mr. Lu to have a drink."
The "my uncle" in this man's mouth naturally refers to Yan Shifan, so Lu Bing asked: "It's not the New Year or the festival, what's the reason for gathering together?"
The man then replied: "My uncle said that last time I chatted with Mr. Lu for an hour, I actually wasn't able to fully enjoy it, so I made up for it tonight."
After Lu Bing thought for a while, he happily accepted the invitation. But he went home first, changed into ordinary silk clothes, and then went out to Fangsi Hutong.
It can be confirmed and affirmed that Yan Shifan is definitely anti-Qin Dewei, and no one in the officialdom of the capital knows this.
Therefore, Lu Bing judged that he could continue to get close to Yan Shifan, but not for Yan Shifan himself, but for the father behind Yan Shifan.
Looking at the entire court, after Xia Yan lost his official position, the only person who was qualified to compete with Qin Dewei was Yan Ge Lao.
Of course, whether you can break up with her is another matter. Others are not qualified to break up with you.
6.2, I talked about speeding up, and there will be more at night