Chapter 683: A Powerful Navy
This is Gonggong Wei's silver bullet offensive, and he is really good to these officers.
In this world, there are not many people who can withstand sugar-coated shells.
What's more, Gonggong Wei is wearing the emperor's tiger skin.
This "tiger skin" is the potential - irresistible potential!
Therefore, these "neutral" officers cannot but express their stance, but because of their faces, they will not step forward and carry a sack, which is too embarrassing to look at.
All they can do is remain silent, but this silence is fundamentally different from the previous silence.
Obviously, the Shuiying officers from Songjiang and Yangzhou were "in the same stream" as the Cantonese nationals. Even if they don't express any attitude at all, if they don't do anything, they have already exposed their true thoughts in their hearts.
In the chamber, there is a good situation of democracy.
Thirty-one against nine, the majority overwhelms the minority.
Gonggong Wei was elected as the first eunuch of the Ming Navy, which is already ironclad.
And these thirty-one officers, who accounted for the majority, represented the backbone of the Wusongshui battalion, and when they resolutely expressed their willingness to be sent by Duke Wei or remained silent, they also turned into vested interests in the soon-to-be-established Ming Navy.
From then on, they had a relationship of honor and disgrace with the navy, with the Duke of Wei, and with the Ming Dynasty.
For this reason, Grandpa Wei spent a lot of money, a lot of money.
But what can be solved with money will not be solved by force.
From beginning to end, Gonggong Wei praised the word "peace" and always insisted on taking it as a criterion.
He hoped that these nine officers who still rejected his father-in-law Wei would be able to understand the overall situation, take the general situation into account, and talk about politics rather than sentiment in everything. Similarly, he also made such a request to those loyal Jiang soldiers.
Cheng Qing and the other nine Huizhou officers who were surrounded, together with the five Jiang Liangdong's personal soldiers, were somewhat delicate in their psychology at this time.
This subtlety was not so much the fear they had of being suppressed, but a sense of eunuch Wei's actions.
Kill first, give money last; Intimidation comes first, reassurance comes later.
This approach seems to be a bit of a charlatan.
Although I didn't come forward to weigh it, looking at the size of the sack, I am afraid that one bag must be at least six or seven hundred taels.
That's a lot of money, and if you get paid honestly, it will take at least ten years to earn it.
But such a large amount of money, this Wei eunuch said to give it, which is really moving. Needless to say, the Cantonese Yankees who first turned back on the water are afraid that they have also gained so many benefits, otherwise they would dare to jump out one by one to support Eunuch Wei.
Looking at Eunuch Wei's posture, I am afraid that as long as any of them stand up and say that they are in order, they will be able to get a bag of money immediately, and they will not have to bear the charge of so-called resisting the order.
When the psychology is subtle, the demeanor will emerge.
Father-in-law Wei knows how to read people's faces best, so he pretended to sweep it casually, and he knew it in his heart.
The hardcore diehards are, after all, a minority of the few.
I was also proud of my "preemptive" method of executing the guerrilla Jiang, and it turned out that the snake was headless and just couldn't do it. The Du Si Cheng who jumped out at the moment is not worthy of being the leader.
Cheng Qing also sensed that there was something wrong with his subordinates behind him, and he also knew that the gang of guys in Songjiang and Yangzhou were in a very dangerous situation, but he did not give up because of this, and bowed down to this Wei eunuch, but said sarcastically: "Father-in-law is really generous, it seems that father-in-law is going to use money to buy my water camp?" ”
These words made many officers in the hall blush, and Wang Dali, who was the first to turn against the water, was also a little ashamed.
"How can it be called a bribe?"
Father-in-law Wei corrected, "Our family is rewarding you for Your Majesty!" … Your Majesty has said that if the navy wants to do well, it must have a lot of investment. What is Input? Our family thinks about it, and I understand that the emperor wants our family to be good to you... What a good way, our family doesn't read much, we don't understand those avenues, so we just do some things for ordinary people, give you money, and keep giving you money, in this way, our family is good to you, and in turn, you are also good to our family, isn't this reasonable? ”
"Hmph, what's the truth!"
Cheng Qing snorted coldly, he still heard this statement for the first time.
To be nice to people is to give people money?
However, he did not refute this, because it is useless to say it so far.
What Father-in-law Wei said was sincere, he really regarded giving money as a prerequisite for being good to people. Otherwise, no matter how nice it sounds, no matter how high-sounding it is, it's just a fart.
In these days, we don't talk about class or faith, but we really talk about benefits.
He looked at these officers and said very seriously: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to the reconstruction of the Royal Navy by the Wusong Water Battalion. Your Majesty also wrote an inscription for our navy for this, guess how Your Majesty wrote it? ”
The first is to ask the officers to hear clearly, especially to remember the key points, and the second is to wait for someone to cooperate and take over the stubble, so that they can continue below.
originally thought that Wang Dali would be this candidate for cooperation, but he didn't want to, but this candidate for cooperation came from a general manager behind Du Sicheng.
The general looked curious: "Your Majesty wrote it yesterday?" After asking, I realized that it was not appropriate to ask, and when I saw Cheng Dusi glaring at him angrily, I couldn't help but hang my head.
It's useless to get angry without Cheng Qing, and all the officers in the hall, including his people, will be really curious. The inscription of the Son of Heaven is a rare thing, and it is related to their Wusong Water Camp, how can you not want to know.
Father-in-law Wei will be overjoyed, that always cooperates well, very good.
He raised his eyebrows and said excitedly: "Your Majesty's inscription is a sentence, what is this?" … Your Majesty said that for the sake of our Ming Dynasty's 10,000-mile sea frontier, we must build a strong navy! ”
The three words "must", Wei Gonggong said very loudly, and it was unquestionable loud.
In his heart, he was wondering whether to ask Wanli Zhen to give an inscription when he turned around, otherwise if he made his own inscription, it would be easy for people to find out that it was a fake in the future, and he was suspected of bullying the king.
It's better to spend money on the real thing, and it's safe.
One thousand taels, the most.
"What is a strong navy?"
Gonggong Wei was very interested, and he waved his right hand, "A strong navy is a powerful sailor, this navy is not a sailor who shakes in the rivers and lakes, nor is it a sailor who turns around the seaside, but a large fleet that can go to sea for thousands of miles, or even tens of thousands of miles, that is called a powerful navy!" ”
After finishing speaking, the waving right hand fell fiercely in everyone's sight, "And you are the founder of this powerful navy, and also the pioneer and forerunner of my Ming Royal Navy!" It is the warrior of our Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty said, as long as you follow our family to complete the navy and do it well, Your Majesty will not be stingy with your wife and shadow! ”