Zhu Youxiao couldn't wait to ransack his house. He was really short of money.
The plan reported by Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei alone requires two million taels of silver. The arsenal is also in the final stage and will soon build sophisticated weapons and equipment, which requires a lot of money and food.
"Back to the Emperor, things don't seem to be going very smoothly with the factory ministers. I heard that only a few minor characters confessed, and the others refused to admit it even after being beaten to death."
Although the civil servants of this era are shameless and fearful of death, they care more about their reputation. This is a common problem among most literati for thousands of years. If their psychological defenses are not broken down, they will really refuse to admit it until they die.
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"Li Yongzhen, tell Wei Zhongxian that no matter what method he uses, I will see their crimes before the sun goes down tomorrow."
Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming in more than ten days, how can we spend the Chinese New Year without money? These people are much richer than me, and their reputations are much better than mine.
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In the prison, there were wailing and screaming everywhere, but Wei Zhongxian was not happy, but looked angry.
"Wei Zhongxian, the Emperor has decreed that no matter what method you use, as long as the person does not die, the Emperor will see the crimes of these people tomorrow."
Wei Zhongxian frowned. Li Yongzhen was just a little eunuch who poured chamber pots. In the past two days, he had gained the attention of the emperor. How dare he call her by his first name in front of him?
"What? You entered Qianqing Palace to serve the emperor for two days and you no longer take our family seriously?"
Li Yongzhen smiled slightly and said:
"What did the factory owner say? Our family is just passing down the emperor's oral instructions. What? Does the factory owner think that the emperor can't call you by your name?"
"Of course your Majesty can do it, but we still advise you to be cautious in the palace."
Li Yongzhen knew that he was threatening him, but he was not afraid. Wei Zhongxian was just the admiral of the East Factory, and he was the emperor's personal eunuch. The position of the eunuch of the ceremonial department was still vacant.
"Thank you, Mr. Factory, for reminding me. Mr. Factory, you'd better finish the errands ordered by the Emperor first, and our family will leave first.
Wei Zhongxian stared at Li Yongzhen's back with a ruthless expression, thinking to himself, what an arrogant bitch.
"Bring Zhang Heming's whole family here!"
Zhang Heming is now drowsy in prison, with scars all over his body and wet blood still dripping on his clothes.
"grandfather!"
A childish voice woke up Zhang Heming, and he saw a six or seven-year-old boy hugging him in tears. Zhang Heming looked up again and saw that more than ten members of his family had arrived, and beside them were all men holding bright knives.
Factory Fanzi.
"Why are you here?"
"Father, they were the ones who brought us in."
Zhang Heming's son said fearfully.
Zhang Heming quickly shouted:
"Grudge, you have to die a good death, the world's scholars will not let you go."
Wei Zhongxian knew that Huo Hou had arrived, so he went in and said slowly:
"Zhang Heming, our family will give you one last chance to explain everything honestly. Anyway, your family will accompany you to the underworld today."
"How dare you, castrated dog? You are so unscrupulous, His Majesty will not let you go if you find out. Your death is not far away."
Wei Zhongxian glanced at a fan next to him. The fan understood and stabbed Zhang Heming's son to death from behind.
Zhang Heming was stunned when he saw this scene, and then he cried loudly.
Wei Zhongxian was about to take a step forward, looked at Zhang Heming who was holding his son's body on the ground and said:
"Our family is giving you a chance. Should you say it or not? Otherwise, a son will die."
Zhang Heming was in a state of confusion at this time. When he heard that Wei Zhongxian was going to kill his whole family, he immediately hugged Wei Zhongxian's thigh and begged for mercy.
"Our family has said that as long as you tell the truth, your whole family will be fine."
"I said, I said!"
After Zhang Heming all confessed, Wei Zhongxian used the same method to deal with other people, and the effect was extremely good. Most of them confessed honestly, and the remaining stubborn people were executed by Wei Zhongxian on the spot.
Anyway, with so many people recruited, the charges are completely sufficient, and a few fewer people will not cause any harm.
Wei Zhongxian spent several hours just drafting their charges. After finishing the work, he personally led people to examine their evidence.
Then based on the list of accomplices they provided, they all closely monitored them. By the time they were done, it was already midnight.
And Zhu Youxiao didn't sleep either. He was studying how Qi Jiguang used three arms of infantry, cavalry and artillery to defeat the Duoyan tribe. He also specially made a big sand table to restore the Duoyan tribe's march route and the purpose of the war at that time.
He carefully observed how Qi Jiguang arranged his troops. Qi Jiguang first annihilated Duoyan's forward army with lightning speed, then ordered an army to hold on to the fortress, and then he personally led the main force to encircle him from the rear, and then again
Order a partial division to cooperate with the defenders to attack Duoyan's army from the side.
At this time, Qi Jiguang's main force had prepared everything and was waiting for Duoyan's army to retreat. In this battle, Qi Jiguang chased Duoyan for more than a hundred miles and captured Duoyan's leader alive.
It sounds very simple to say it, but if it is on the battlefield, the general must know the enemy's movements at all times, and use this to guess the enemy's intentions, predict the enemy's march route, and know what conditions the enemy has.
, what kind of conditions you have, you still have to hide it from the outside world, and your army must not be discovered by the enemy.
Most of the current generals of the Ming Dynasty cannot do these things alone, let alone adapt to changes and bravery on the battlefield.
Before modern times, Qi Jiguang was truly the first general to coordinate the three arms and coordinate them well. He used hot and cold weapons to perfection.
Qi Jiguang is worthy of being a famous general throughout the ages. His strategic thoughts and tactics were far ahead of his time.
After Zhu Youxiao studied in depth, he realized that fighting is also a profound knowledge.
Then he ordered the auxiliary general of the dynasty to retrieve all the files from the Hongwu period. He wanted to know clearly how the Mongols fought.
The most easily misunderstood thing about history is that the Mongols have a barbaric fighting style. This is not the case. The Mongols have a profound understanding of cavalry and their fighting methods are unique. Genghis Khan's Western Expedition proved everything. After all,
People who live on horseback.
Over the past thousands of years, there have been too many things for reference and learning. Li Mu defeated cavalry with cavalry, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing perfectly demonstrated the combat method of a large-scale cavalry legion, Yue Fei defeated Jurchen cavalry with infantry, and Qi Jiguang fought with multiple arms.
But it is only enough for learning. These are extremely high military qualities for ordinary sergeants, and the generals who command the troops must also be highly qualified generals with both civil and military skills.
That night, the Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, and Zhu Youxiao stayed up all night. He had no talent, so he could only make up for it through studying.