Chapter 7: The Wind and the Sorrow (3)
Not only did he hide the matter of Li Xian's death, Yu Qian was also making other arrangements: "In the first and second half of the year, you studied government affairs in the governor's yamen; In the middle of the day, I went to patrol the camp. "In the battalion, of course, it does not refer to the regimental battalion, which was withdrawn after the Chenghua reform. Nor is it the standard camp of the Yamen of the Governor of Suez.
The camp Yu Qian said was a training camp for the Foreign Legion in the Yamen, Cairo, Alexandria, and Ismailia of the Suez Canal. He presented a note to Ding Yi and asked for the divisional structure of two foreign regiments. Ding is not worried about this money now, because the treatment of the foreign army is much lower than that of Chinese soldiers.
Raising two more divisions is basically equivalent to the battalion-level unit of two Chinese soldiers.
Not to mention the war dividends, after more than ten years alone, China has begun to industrialize on a large scale, and under the operation of Liu Yiyi, it is enough to support the operation of Ding Yi's side. So for Yu Qian's request, he happily agreed, as for Yu Qian's request, which is excellent, excellent, small, said, more, new, fastest, WWW.UUXS.CC. However, if Ding came to these four training camps to see, he would find a problem.
Because Yu Qian was not training the Foreign Legion at all.
Li Dongyang naturally didn't dare to disobey Qian's assignment, but said with a bitter face: "Boss, this side of Dongyang is doing it according to the boss's charter." However...... "he couldn't rest assured, he still intercepted the letters from Huaxia, worried about the terrible consequences after Ding Yi found out."
The old man assigned you to patrol the camp, but you still don't understand Yu Qian frowned and said, "No need to discuss it again!" And so it was decided! ”
"Yes." Li Dongyang looked at Yu Qian and came to a conclusion, and he naturally didn't want to argue anymore.
Of course he understood what Yu Qian meant. It's to assign him to patrol the training camp, that's it. Even if Ding Yi knew that he was to blame for this, Li Dongyang would have an excuse to extricate himself.
But Yu Qian quickly stopped Li Dongyang, who was about to resign: "Something in the camp." Don't take it lightly! Wan Xunji has the ability to soothe the people, and Yang Weizhen and Li Yuzhai can supervise the military and civilian; Liu Youzhi has the responsibility of counselor; Wang Shichang is even more handsome, and Du Zhanzhi is also independent. Thou shalt do thyself. ”
These people under Ding Yi are all outstanding in their own way, and Yu Qian is reminding Li Dongyang to do errands with his heart. Otherwise, although he is Ding Yi's step-son, if he is useless, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find his own position.
"Dongyang remember." This prodigy-born character. Of course, he can distinguish between good and bad, and knows that Yu Qian is for his good.
Watching Li Dongyang go out, Yu Qian's face showed a worried look.
"Mr. Yu." At this time, someone outside the official room whispered softly, Yu Qian raised his head, but it was Xing'an beside Mo Rena.
This former celebrant eunuch Xing'an, who has been in Egypt for several years, can be said to be at ease.
After all, Mamluk's rule in Egypt was an almost slave-like structure, and Ding Yi's strong entry into the throne and the existence of the concession gave Hung Yen a very strong foundation. Not to mention the storage of the canal governor's yamen. So this was the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. There is no shortage of wrists - Chinese bureaucrats, don't care about the outer court and the inner court, if you don't do this kung fu, do you want to climb to the first assistant or the celebrant supervisor? Dream on!
Plus it has a strong backing. Hung Yen now controls almost half of Egypt's affairs.
However, he is still as polite to Qian as he was back then.
The official who accompanied Xing'an was a little embarrassed and muttered, "Shaobao." The father-in-law ...... "Xing'an insisted on breaking in, wearing a Chinese python robe and jade belt." The grade is there. He took out a monocular and said that it was an object given to him by Ding Yi. Although there is no "such as me coming in person" on it, there is Ding Yi's own name engraved on it, and it is not easy for the officials to stop it; Xing'an said that it was a serious matter, so he rushed in like this, and there was really no way for the seven or eight officials.
They are all old officials who came over in Huaxia, and Yu Qian doesn't want to make it too difficult for them.
So he waved his hand and motioned for those officials to retreat: "Don't take it as an example." ”
Those officials looked at them as if they had been pardoned, and hurriedly kowtowed and retreated.
"Father-in-law Xing'an, why do you have time to come to the old man's side?" Yu Qian is still lukewarm, and the discrimination of the scholar against eunuchs is fully reflected in Yu Qian. Back then, Wang Zhenquan was overwhelmed, and Yu Qian dared not to bow his head. What's more, even if Emperor Jing is in power, it is also for those who are humbly called "Mr.", not to mention Xing'an, the slave of Emperor Jing.
"Mr. Yu, in the training camp in Cairo, on the day our family came, thirty-one people died. Can you take a break? "Xing'an doesn't care about Yu Qian's attitude, this has always been the case. He came to Suez from Cairo for a reason why he had to come, "Every day, the corpses of the dead are carried to be burned, and the people of Cairo have some bad rumors!" ”
There are dead people every day, not for a month, but every day.
People have parents, wives and children, and no matter how concealed they are to die, there will inevitably be rumors leaking out.
But Yu Qian didn't care, he was still reviewing the official documents on the case, and he didn't even raise his head: "On Suez's side, the number of casualties per day is about this amount." Is this a special trip for my father-in-law to make? "Cairo to Suez, not to mention this era, even modern times, are not close. Such a trip, not only time, but also a lot of physical consumption, Xing'an is not in the prime of life.
"Mr. Yu, there are some untouchables here in Egypt who say that the female pharaoh bathes in blood, in order to stay young forever, and to be loved by Young Master Bo! There are also some untouchables who are spreading the word, saying that it is the young master who bestowed the title of pharaoh king on the sixth young grandmother, and he has hated the pharaohs of the past generations, which is the curse of the pharaohs! Xing'an reluctantly took a handkerchief, wiped his sweat, and said to Yu Qianchen.
Hearing this, Yu Qian finally raised his head, put down the brush under his hand, moved his wrist, picked up the herbal tea on the side of the desk and drank it, before he spoke: "Is my father-in-law faint in the heat of this Egypt?" Then Yu Qian picked up the pen again and continued to look at the pile of official documents, seemingly not even interested in saying the second sentence.
Xing'an sat there, not even a cup of tea, he was so thirsty, he had no choice but to go to the door of the office and call out, watching a clerk come out, and then said, "Take some soup and use it!" No eyes! "After all, he is also a eunuch who is a great Ming priest, and he is also a powerful figure in Egypt at present, and it is really depressing to ask for a cup of tea.
Who knew that the official didn't dare to answer him, but trotted over, and only went down to do it with Yu Qian's approval.
"Father-in-law, the officials on the student's side, all have to do business." Yu Qian said this sentence quite dissatisfied, and then ignored Xing'an again. In fact, he did it on purpose, no matter how unsympathetic he was, he wouldn't let people come up and not even give him a cup of tea. He did this because he felt that Xing'an was dizzy.
Xing'an finally took a sip of tea, gasped for a while, and said: "Mr. Yu, in these four major training camps, there are twenty or thirty people who practice to death every day, how can it be appropriate for a long time?" "The reason why he made this trip was that he felt that he couldn't sit idly by.
Every day there are dead people, every training camp, every day there are as few as twenty dead people, as many as thirty or forty dead people.
The cause of death is almost the same, that is, death caused by life and life drills!
Yu Qian finally put down his pen again, but this time his face became very stern: "The Governor's Yamen Standard Battalion, there is a marine brigade, three black divisions, and a cavalry brigade. For example, if a pirate robbed the merchant ships of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies last time and then fled to land, what would the destroyer fleet do without a marine? ”
"The cavalry brigade should not be moved lightly, whether there is an incident in Alexandria or Cairo, including in case there is a change in Egypt, to protect the Jin family, the cavalry brigade must also stay in the middle army. So there were only three black divisions available. But these Kunlun slaves, in fact, are responsible for some services such as canal dredging and mud cleaning, but they are competent; It is still okay to eliminate a small group of thieves. But if it is transferred to fight against the Ottomans, once the array is in front, the father-in-law of Xing'an, do you think they can hold it? ”
Xing'an couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard it, and printed the sweat oozing from his forehead with a handkerchief: "Mr. Yu! My Mr. Yu! It's a hundred and eight thousand miles from the Ottomans! As you said, thousands of horsemen were sent to King Qin! The charter of the young master's side, you also know that you are sitting here, our family is trapped in Cairo, and this Egypt is settled. The matter of expanding the territory has its own young master's dictatorship! ”
This is not daring to say it directly, otherwise, Xing'an wants to scold directly: Yu someone is really pure salty and eats radishes!
How to fight with the Ottomans, what is the matter with the canal yamen? Xing'an felt that as soon as Ding put him and Yu Qian here, he was just going to control Egypt! It is to limit the extension of the power of Pharaoh Morena! If you do this well, you can do it, and you can do those four training camps and train the dead every day, so why bother?
But for Qian, things are not like this, it is very simple: "Your Majesty is in power, and Qian does not dare to be outside!" ”
The consul was originally the highest position elected by the Council of Hundred in ancient Rome, and originally had military power but no executive power.
Although Ding Yi did not use the election, but regarded this position as an additional title and awarded it to Yu Qian and Xu Bin, he still retained the functions of the consul himself. In other words, for religion and military affairs, in principle, Yu Qian and Xu Bin have dual responsibilities. This is one of the reasons why Xu Bin dared not to leave Smyrna, because he had such power; It is also the original intention of Yu Qian to hold the four training camps, and he believes that if he accepts this position, he will have to take responsibility.
"Father-in-law has ever thought that once His Majesty is transferred to Egypt, what will happen to Israel and the Mamluk vassals?" When it comes to state affairs, Yu Qian doesn't have the word Ding Yi, "The dry and wounded branches are complete, the lord is weak and the ministers are strong, and the generation of Di Yi, how can you talk about loyalty?" If there is no strong force in hand, how can the four Yi be appeased? ”
Yu Qian was worried about the backlash of the Israelites and Mamluks after Ding Yi was frustrated and returned to his division.
In fact, when he saw the battle reports from the front, he began to run the four major training camps. (To be continued......) R1292